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DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]

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• palestine
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• journalists
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[tbutt1956]

Bush Cheney criminals should be tried as war criminals.

[Matthamp24]

I support our american troops to the fullest... USA! USA!

[anastasia2657]

The journalists have been the minions of the gov't for years. They just received their "thank you" note.

[returnoftheramble]

So those are the people they blamed but who were following orders. As for intelligence, they keep you locked in your parents fate and filled with anger. I'll never stop. I don't care. Life has no value. I have nothing of value. Write a note, satisfy my ego.

[playamango]

@petertrast I don't think this video is comparing the Nazis with the US soldiers. Please watch the video that i linked and tell me if you think it is the soldiers fault or their superiors authorizing the shooting or if it was no one's fault? i am talking about the video with the title:

WikiLeaks Iraq Shooting Video Analysis

Thank you in advance.

[petertrast]

@playamango I agree, some soldiers are children in uniforms. But the vast majority are not. Comparing US Soldiers to Nazi's is silly. The US never killed millions of civilian prisoners. The Nazi's were a murder machine. The US just has a few bad eggs to deal with. I should the difference would be obvious to any thinking person.

[playamango]

@petertrast I agree with you that this could be an accident but what about this next video where soldiers seem not to be able to discern between a war video-game and a real war. Could you please comment on it?

watch?v=20LkYvEZOZs

I'm not being able to write the entire link, please attach to the first part. Thanks

[OzZyMaDe]

LOL FAIL!

[PanZheXin]

This video is close to bullshit propaganda.

She is using much assertions vs hard data to back up her story. Hard data would mean verifiable documents and physical evidence that clearly states who did what. Military is secretive so I see no hard data.

2nd She uses anecdotal evidence which clearly is not proof. Correlation does not equal causation.

3rd The so called former reservists does not have top secret clearance so her story is only a perspective. Why people believe bullshit is beyond me.

[Samperor]

not really....If they wanted to, it could be done alot easily. This story seems more like an accident.

[petertrast]

Sorry Samperor. I think we got off track... what was it about this story that got your attention? Do you really believe that the military leaders would really kill reporters?