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Video Shows Insurgent Group Using Corpse in Attack

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An Iraqi insurgent group used the corpse of an Iraqi policeman to carry out an attack on a member of an Iraqi National Guards patrol, according to the group which posted a video of the attack on the Internet.

Ansar al Sunna says it carried the attack by setting off explosives strapped to the corpse. The video shows a distant shot of the booby-trapped body laying in the middle of the road, as an Iraqi officer approaches. As he leans down to check it out, a big explosion occurs.

The officer seems to have survived the attack, as he was seen crawling away from the site of the blast, while other members of the patrol rushed towards him to check what was going on. The group says the attack took place in al Karkh area in Baghdad, but did not indicate the date.

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