Leaked video of U.S. Military killing civilians and Reuters journalists.

[Forrest Griffin]

Off topic but still....

 

[Communist]

Its very interesting to see an indian member (not American) is supporting the brutal act of shooting despite knowing the fact that the irresponsible shooting killed two Reuters reporters and wounding two innocent children.

I hope here Moderators show minimum amount of rationality by banning that member permanently.

And please don't miss this interview.

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

Off topic but still....

Here is another "Off topic but still".............It is not blackwater but some UK security firm.

 

[Forrest Griffin]

Why aren't any of the big US news sites reporting the Wikileaks release?

CNN: http://i.imgur.com/LQqdI.png
Fox News: http://i.imgur.com/f7UQL.png
MSNBC: http://i.imgur.com/H6sqz.png
New York Times: http://i.imgur.com/SL3rX.png

I guess Tiger Woods and the iPad is more important.

CNN posted just posted this 18 minutes ago

Video shows deaths of two Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007 - CNN.com

 

[IBRIS]

CNN posted just posted this 18 minutes ago

Video shows deaths of two Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007 - CNN.com

Because of this here. take a real close look about this journalist hanging out with gunmen with AK's and RPG. I'm not taking sides but one can clearly do some research before posting propaganda videos from rest of the world. Even Americans are not angels but truth needs to be told about this latest video.

Namir the journalist and his crew hanging out with Gunmen in the middle of the streets.

Sorry people you just can't fool everyone. Some of us actually know how to work with technology.

BIG: http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/2808/rpg1.jpg

Here a guy crouching behind a wall loading either an RPG or rifle:

BIG: http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1021/rpg2.jpg

Guy with AK47, far left. If you watch the clip you can even see the shoulder strap.

 

[macnurv]

5th April 2010 10:44 EST WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff.

Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.

The military did not reveal how the Reuters staff were killed, and stated that they did not know how the children were injured.

After demands by Reuters, the incident was investigated and the U.S. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own "Rules of Engagement".
Consequently, WikiLeaks has released the classified Rules of Engagement for 2006, 2007 and 2008, revealing these rules before, during, and after the killings.
WikiLeaks has released both the original 38 minutes video and a shorter version with an initial analysis. Subtitles have been added to both versions from the radio transmissions.

WikiLeaks obtained this video as well as supporting documents from a number of military whistleblowers. WikiLeaks goes to great lengths to verify the authenticity of the information it receives. We have analyzed the information about this incident from a variety of source material. We have spoken to witnesses and journalists directly involved in the incident.

WikiLeaks wants to ensure that all the leaked information it receives gets the attention it deserves. In this particular case, some of the people killed were journalists that were simply doing their jobs: putting their lives at risk in order to report on war. Iraq is a very dangerous place for journalists: from 2003- 2009, 139 journalists were killed while doing their work.

Sources:

http://wikileaks.org/
www.collateralmurder.com

 

[Forrest Griffin]

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[sparklingway]

Disturbing and horrifying. I hope these guys face the severest possible sentences.

Wiki leaks has been the greatest ever whistle blowers ever. They indeed are devoted at what they do.

 

[gambit]

I hope these guys face the severest possible sentences.

For what charge?

 

[FreekiN]

CHEKK OWT MY AR PEE GEE.

 

[FreekiN]

Regardless of what happened in this video, the US Government didn't want the truth to come out and tried to cover it up, they held a wikileaks employee hostage for 22 hours in order to make them not publish the video. They followed other employees in order to find out the source. Last month they were trying to shut Wikileaks down, guess why?

I just rolled over a body. Ha ha!

-Our tax dollars at work.

 

[gambit]

Please then explain why they shot the rescuers from the van?

Enemy soldiers can also be rescuers.

Were those from the van bearing any weapon or weapon like equipment?

Why should a vehicle need to visibly appeared armed? In war, the only vehicle, be it an automobile or an ship or an aircraft, that has protection is when it distinctly display either the Red Cross or the Red Crescent symbol. Everything else in a combat zone is assumed hostile.

Was there any shooting coming from the van?

No need to. See above.

Weren’t the soldiers knowing those coming out from van were only meant to rescue the wounded?

Why is the burden upon them? Even medics understand that the burden of identification in order to have protection rests upon them, not on combatants.

 

[gambit]

CHEKK OWT MY AR PEE GEE.

Talk to journalists and find out they understand how dangerous it is for cameramen when they carries their equipments. Talk to policemen and find out how dangerous it can be for YOU if you hold something in your hand and point it at an armed officer.

 

[FreekiN]

This is pretty messed up. How many similar cases do we have like this. Helicopters just flying around shooting at gatherings of people. The only reason this one probably stands out is because one of those that died was a reporter. They probably flew missions like this on a daily basis. Living around the biggest infantry base in the U.S. it's pretty obvious that it is an inside secret that Iraq was one big war crime. When the troops first starting coming back from Iraq the local rock station constantly played this one song with a chorus of "Getting away with murder" as the troops were enjoying some play time after their heroic deeds in Iraq.

At the beginning of the video the person on the radio clearly states that there are no U.S. troops in the vicinity and showed no aggression towards the helicopters flying around them. This is just another Vietnam for the younger generation, no doubt these murderers will come back over here and expect to be called heroes. Far as I can tell these troops haven't done ***** for me but go fight unemployment on the other side of the planet while our media went to ***** to justify it. Which by the way opened the door for the continuation of lies to help prop up the economy and the media spin about the "jobless recovery". Now lies and distortion of the truth have become common place, terrorist attacks are every day events in the places where "terror is being faught" with no end in sight, and the economy is hanging by a thread thanks to government stimulus, also with no end in sight.

The only people winning this war are those profiting from it and live to keep their mouth shut.

I feel sorry for all of the exemplary soldiers who risk their lives for this war and come back with a bad reputation because of the actions of a minority. Why are we still there btw? It's been 7 years.

THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL, NOT AMERICA.

 

[sparklingway]

I for once want to say that wikileaks has little complained about surveillance and harassment and the editors haven't been labeled as traitors or "agents" in their country. This at least goes to show that whistleblowers are respected as noble people in many societies.