BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- An Islamic militant group claimed on Monday that it had shot down a British C-130 military transport plane north of Baghdad.

    The group called itself Ansar al-Islam said in a statement posted on an Islamic web site that its fighters fired an anti-tank missile at the plane "which was flying at a low altitude".

    At least 10 British military personnel were believed to have been killed on Sunday when a Royal Air Force transport plane crashed in an area northwest of Baghdad. Enditem