Video Shows Car Carrying 6 Al Qaeda Leaders Blown Up By U.S. Helicopter

A grainy videotape released Tuesday shows a carload of important Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq being blown up by missiles from a U.S. Army chopper, military officials said.

At least one of the dead operatives was a “high-value” target linked to suicide bomb attacks, including the car bombing of the Australian Embassy in Baghdad, an Army spokesman told FoxNews.com.

Of the six men killed in the Sunday attack, one was “believed to be an Al Qaeda cell leader known to facilitate attacks and orchestrate suicide bomb attacks,” Maj. Alayne Conway of the 3rd Infantry Division told Fox.

Conway did not release the insurgent’s name but said he was arrested Nov. 11 and later released. It is believed he had conducted two attacks on coalition forces, including one on Thanksgiving, Conway said.

The black-and-white 31-second video was shot from the sky and shows a small black sedan idling before it was hit byHellfire missiles shot from an Apache helicopter.

Military officials told Fox that a tip from local Iraqis put the operation in motion.

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