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Old 04-05-2010, 11:25 AM   #1
ikaris
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Default wikileaks.org releases classified US military video depicting killing of civilians

http://collateralmurder.org/

"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."


Initial article when incident happened in 2007:


http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...54C0A9619C8B63

"There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force,'' said Lt. Col. Scott Bleichwehl, a spokesman for the multinational forces in Baghdad.


Often you hear about these cover ups by the US military, but it's pretty damning when you actually have video evidence to back it up.
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