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Thu 04 Apr 2010Pentagon trying to trace original video of helicopter massacre

THE PENTAGON has revealed it is trying to trace the original video showing US helicopter gunners killing a dozen Iraqis on July 12th, 2007.

The footage, certified as authentic and available on the Wikileaks website, consists of black-and-white footage recorded by an Apache gun-site camera.