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The Muhajireen Army, a group of jihadists closely tied to al Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria, the Al Nusrah Front, claimed it shot down a Syrian Army helicopter in Aleppo using what appears to be an SAM-7 surface-to-air missile.

The claim, which is backed by a video [above], was made on FISyria, a Russian website that has been releasing propaganda for the Muhajireen Brigade. The video was published on the FISyria website as well as on YouTube. A fighter is seen shouldering the weapon, then firing on a helicopter, which does appear to have been hit.

At the end of the video the shooter says, in accented English, “I shoot it.”

The cameraman responses in nearly perfect English, “Really?”

“Yes, yes.” the shooter says.

“It’s falling down,” the cameraman then says.

According to a translation of the statement accompanying the posting, the group said that while the Free Syrian Army claimed credit for shooting down the helicopter, the FSA does not have the capability to do so.

Propaganda from the Muhajireen Army, which does not have an official media outlet or website, has been published on FISyria. Just two days ago, the group claimed credit for two suicide assaults against the airport in Aleppo. In one of the attacks, the group used a BMP armored personnel carrier to detonate a suicide bomb on the base.

The Muhajireen Army is led by a Chechen known as Abu Omar al Chechen and has a significant number of fighters from Russia’s Caucasus region as well as Europe.

HOWEVER: It appears that this propoganda video is in fact merely propoganda: the audio seems to be overdubbed at the point in which emphatic yelling begins. The audio appears to be recorded indoors, and the video shows no signs that the helicopter was actually hit.

Read more:http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/06/muhajireen_army_fires_on_syria.php#ixzz2XehCl4wP