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Hey Guys! Look at this: Collateral Murder
Syn | 3:50 PM on 10.24.2011 5 comments


When you're done here, if you decide you want more information, go to the website. The youtube link below is a link to the short (17min) version of the video. Maybe I'm retarded but I couldn't get the embedding to work.

Also, I realize this is "old news" but I only just heard about it.

(Text copied straight from the Collateral Murder website)

On July 6, 2010, Private Bradley Manning, a 22 year old intelligence analyst with the United States Army in Baghdad, was charged with disclosing this video (after allegedly speaking to an unfaithful journalist). The whistleblower behind the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has called Mr. Manning a 'hero'. He is currently imprisoned in Kuwait. The Apache crew and those behind the cover up depicted in the video have yet to be charged. To assist Private Manning, please see bradleymanning.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-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.

Collateral Murder

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.



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DimmuJed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2011 18:04
DimmuJed
I can see where this is video game related...on opposite day.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2011 15:18
Syn
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." -Thomas Jefferson

Don't be ignorant.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2011 15:45
Syn
That seemed a little short of me, so instead let me say this:

How would you feel if something similar happened in your neighborhood just because people happened to gather in one place and talk? Would you enjoy a response such as the one you just gave?

Furthermore: why would I want to keep such information to a Political Blog where it "belongs" when those people should already be aware of it while I want gamers (>50% of the country) to be aware.
Master Snake's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2011 17:56
Master Snake
@Syn: To be frank, I don't think anyone is going to care about you posting this here. All this is going to do is get you banned.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/26/2011 18:00
Syn
Clearly I'm terrified of bannination lawl

But just to humor you, where are rules saying that I could be banned for this?
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