Officials say the accident was caused by fog, but witnesses and the Islamic Army in Iraq say it was shot down.
On 30 September 2004, while French diplomacy had been trying to obtain the liberation of Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot, two journalists held hostage by the Islamic Army in Iraq, he went to Damascus.
Ismail Jubouri (Arabic: إسماعيل الجبوري) is the senior rebel leader of the Islamic Army in Iraq, one of the influential insurgence groups operating in Iraq.
A November 2004 Washington Post interview with the group's leader, Ishmael Jubouri, stated that the IAI was predominantly composed of Iraqis (Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, and Arabs) trying to force foreign troops out of Iraq.
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