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- WORLD, Page 32World NotesEL SALVADORWho Killed the Copter Crew?
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- The undisputed facts were ugly enough: guerrillas of the
- leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (F.M.L.N.)
- last week shot down a U.S. military helicopter, killing its
- three-man crew. But determining just how and when the Americans
- died proved difficult.
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- The helicopter was hit by rebel ground fire about 75 miles
- east of San Salvador. The F.M.L.N. said all three crewmen died
- from injuries suffered when the chopper crashed. But area
- residents claim that the rebels ordered them to drag out two
- of the Americans, alive and begging for water. At first they
- said both died for lack of medical attention, but later
- suggested they were shot. In Washington officials said autopsy
- reports showed that two of the crew were killed with gunshots
- to the head. Both sides have motives for fudging the facts. The
- rebels do not want to upset peace talks with the Salvadoran
- government, and the Bush Administration is trying to rally
- support for its proposal to give El Salvador $42.5 million in
- new military aid.
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