WikiLeaks releases video of US Apache helicopter killing civilians and journalists

[darkwing]

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kita namo ani?

Short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik

Originally Posted by WikiLeaks:
Overview
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.

Collateral Murder

[DeathPhoenix]

God Bless America...
And people still wonder why terrorists attack the good ol USA

[erwin_rommel]

its war. friendly fire could happen. the soldiers and the journalists were just doing their jobs but the journalists were unlucky this time coz the look like the enemy

[vipvip68]

I think na paranoid sad tong Apache nga gunner and pilot... ilang mindset kay its either kill or be killed.

One RPG hit is all it takes.. patay silang duha... so when they started thinking nga naay RPG... coupled with several guys walking with Ak-47s ... survival instincts kick in.


lesson for War correspondents... don't walk around surrounded by guys with Ak47s....

Unfortunate tong mga bata inside the van...

[erwin_rommel]

civillians in the first place shouldnt be there

[godCode]

yup seen it. ana man gyud na ang gubat. sh!t happens. embrace the hate.

[DeathPhoenix]

civillians in the first place shouldnt be there

American soldiers in the first place shouldn't be there.
God Bless America for spending Trillions of Dollars and Hundreds of Thousands of lives just to protect us from the "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

[flanker]

American soldiers in the first place shouldn't be there.
God Bless America for spending Trillions of Dollars and Hundreds of Thousands of lives just to protect us from the "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

hehe... WMD my @$$.. energy ra ilang reason sa Iraq.

I agree with vipvip68.. Once naa naka sa gubat lahi na imong utok.. patay na largo.

[YellowSubmarine]

kita namo ani?

Short: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0
Full: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik



Collateral Murder

malas nalang nila naa sila didto.

[aguanta]

American soldiers in the first place shouldn't be there.
God Bless America for spending Trillions of Dollars and Hundreds of Thousands of lives just to protect us from the "Weapons of Mass Destruction"

you remember how the americans saved the indios and the brown monkeys? and razed samar? prompting then news reporter samuel langhorne clemens (better known as mark twain and author of huck finn and other classics) to write a scathing indictment of the atrocities.