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MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi militants Sunday released a video of preparations for the suicide bombing of a U.S. military mess tent last week that left 22 dead.
The video appeared on the Web site of Ansar al-Sunna, the militant group that claimed responsibility for the deadly blast in Mosul and which wants to install a Taliban-like regime in Iraq.
The video was stamped with last Monday's date and shows three individuals dressed in black and wearing face masks describing a plan to blow up the mess tent, the BBC reported. The tape said the bomber would break into the base during the changing of the guard.
"He will storm the dining room where the crusaders and their (Iraqi) allies are gathered," one of the three said before embracing the apparent bomber, who was wearing a vest loaded with explosives.
The authenticity of the video was not immediately verified, the BBC said.
The Times of London reported the suicide bomber had help from sympathizers who infiltrated Iraqi forces.
The Times, quoting sources close to Ansa al-Sunna said the bombing had been in the planning stages for a month.
"The aim was to kill as many Americans as possible," the Times quoted a source as saying.
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