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Summary Video showed a US pilot singing American Pie before blasting Afghans with a Hellfire missile.
A shocking video showing a US helicopter pilot blowing up Afghans while singing classic song American Pie has caused outrage.Cockpit footage shows the crew take aim at a group of people before launching a missile.Before the rocket strikes its target a person identified as the pilot can be heard singing a burst of the iconic chorus from the 1972 Don McLean hit, more recently made famous by Madonna.The shocking video is said to have been taken from the on-board camera of an Apache helicopter from the 101st Airborne Division.The caption on the video - from website Liveleak.com - claims the people on the ground were innocent farmers planting poppyseed.The weapon used on them was claimed to be a one kilogram Hellfire missile.After the missile slams into the ground, causing a massive explosion another voice, thought to be the co-pilot can be heard saying nice.
