New information has emerged about yesterday/s helicopter crash in Iraq. It now appears that an Iraqi resistance group shot down the Russian-made helicopter with missile fire north of the capital. A group identifying itself as the Islamic Army in Iraq said they also captured and shot to death the lone crew member who survived. In all 11 people were killed, including six US bodyguards from the Blackwater mercenary firm who were on a State Department contract to guard U.S. diplomats. The chartered flight is being called the first civilian aircraft shot down in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion began two years ago. An Internet statement by the resistance group was accompanied by a video showing the repeated shooting of a man who was found in tall grass and forced to stand up and walk. The video showed burning wreckage just before the shooting. The man who was shot to death in the grassy field spoke English with an accent and was wearing a blue flight suit, indicating he was one of the three Bulgarian crew members. Two Fijian helicopter security guards were also on board the flight. The video also showed two charred bodies near the burning wreckage. The helicopter was shot out of the air as growing numbers of contractors, diplomats and other civilian officials are turning to aircraft to avoid attacks on Iraq’s roads. The downing is part of a surge of attacks that have caused heavy casualties in recent weeks.