Collateral Murder - Wikileaks - Iraq

Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents. After the initial shooting, an unarmed group of adults and children in a minivan arrives on the scene and attempts to transport the wounded. They are fired upon as well. The official statement on this incident initially listed all adults as insurgents and claimed the US military did not know how the deaths ocurred. Wikileaks released this video with transcripts and a package of supporting documents on April 5th 2010 on http://collateralmurder.com

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[Jacen Solo]

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[Jacen Solo]

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[tyrantrvaed]

"One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic." Joseph Stalin....

[marc400317]

This is sick But hey why am I surprised.

[EverybodyLovesTOM]

ah, extreme patriotic American... you're just the same like extreme muslims. Radicale ideas are the breeding ground for agression, racism, war.

[ruatha58]

Why dont you try watching the unedited version instead of this propaganda garbage put together by wikileaks. A little research goes a long way.

[ruatha58]

If by " bigoted" you mean I hate traitors to my country you are correct.

[Romeo Mike]

No wonder the military didn't want to release this (in the name of "National Security"?) It's hard to watch, but even harder is to listen to members of the military try to play down what is taking place in the video. The actual audio gives the impression that this is SOP, and shows a callous disregard for civilians. It appears that like a video game, they are jumping at the chance to get their itchy trigger fingers to shoot at any target. Like kids burning ants with a magnifying glass.

[Amar Mirza]

Because they killed three people who were armed with DSLR cameras from their attack helicopter. Or as you people like to say, "They were risking their lives for our freedom".

[Amar Mirza]

Funny how you act so brave when you have attack helicopters and they can't fight back.