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The terrorists responsible for Mosul Bombing thoughtfully describe their methods:

BAGHDAD ? A video posted by an Iraqi insurgent group yesterday purported to show last week's suicide attack at a U.S. base in Mosul, with a fireball rising from a white tent.

The group said the bomber slipped into the base through a hole in the fence during a guard change ? an operation carried out after a long period of surveillance.

The footage showed a black-garbed gunman wearing an explosives belt around his body ? apparently the suicide bomber, identified in the tape as Abu Omar al-Mosuli ? bidding farewell to his comrades. The video of the pre-suicide ritual gives no details about the bomber beyond his name.

The Ansar al-Sunnah Army earlier had said it would release a video of Tuesday's attack, which killed 22 persons, including 18 U.S. service members and civilian contractors.

The bombing ? the deadliest attack on a U.S. base in Iraq ? prompted a U.S. military investigation into how the bomber got onto the heavily guarded site and how security at bases can be improved.

Three Iraqi national guardsmen and a fourth "non-U.S. person" also were killed. The military has not said whether that fourth man was the bomber.

In the video:

"One of the lions from our martyrdom-seeking brothers will infiltrate the defenses of the enemy at the Morez base in Mosul.

"He will slip through a hole in the camp's wire, exploiting the changing of the guard. We have been observing their schedule for a long time.

"This lion will then proceed to his target, and he will take advantage of lunchtime, when the dining hall is crowded with the crusaders and their [Iraqi] allies.

"The operation will then be carried out. Let Bush, Blair and Allawi know that we are coming and that we will chase them all away, God willing," the terrorist said, referring to President Bush and Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Iyad Allawi of Iraq.

The two men then embrace the one wearing the explosives belt.

An image then shows a map of the base, as one gunman points out locations using a military knife. One location is marked "the dining hall" in Arabic.

A later outdoor video image ? shot on Tuesday, when the attack occurred ? shows a fireball rising from the distance with the accompanying sound of the explosion. A final image ? shot from a vehicle driving past the base ? shows the torn white tent that served as the base mess hall.

This should help speed up the investigation, and avoid repeats.