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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 10:00 AM EDT.

Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 10:00 AM EDT

Tigris River Corpses

Today in Iraq, a commercial helicopter crash killed 11 people, including six Americans. Also, over the past two months, around 60 corpses have been retrieved from the Tigris River south of Baghdad. Iraq’s president, Jalal Talabani, said the bodies were murdered hostages. Most of the victims, according to police statistics, died of gunshot wounds.

Patrick McDonnell, Baghdad correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, explains if there was independent confirmation that these bodies were recovered from the Tigris River.

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Patrick McDonnell, Iraq correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, reporting from Baghdad.

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