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Wikileaks Releases Video of Journalist Killings
linguizic writes "Today Wikileaks released a video of the US military firing large caliber weapons into a crowd that included a photojournalist and a driver for Reuters, and at a van containing two children who were involved in a rescue. Wikileaks maintains that this video was covered up by the US military when Reuters asked for an official investigation. This is the same video that has supposedly made the editors of Wikileaks a target of the State Department and/or the CIA, as was discussed a couple weeks ago."
Needless to say, this video is probably not work safe (language and violence), and not for the faint of heart.
Shit like this is why the rest of the world hates you.
I hope the guilt leads them to suicide
Your mama said the same thing about you last night.
You are wrong, the two cameras were not the weapons. Actually watch the video. The guy behind them is very clearly carrying a rifle, I could not identify it as an AK, but even if it was something else who cares. And if you travel with people who are armed in a combat zone, expect to be shot at. Again, our military is not a mass group of murdering thugs, They are good caring people for the most part so I will always give them the benefit of the doubt. If you don't FUCK YOU, continue to sit near your desk hidden from the realities of this world. Protected by the very people you castigate.
Uhh... bullshit. Maybe the Americans would like to think that their laws extend to everybody on Earth, but I'm quite sure that that isn't actually the case. And yes, rights are granted by law, depending on the jurisdiction in which you live (which for most people is not the US). The closest we get to a recognition of universal rights is the UN charter on human rights, and it makes no mention of a right to weaponry - not that every country is a signatory, anyway.
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Don't worry, I'm sure anti-war protesters will be all over Obama for this, not to mention his track record for higher troop deaths than under Bush and his campaign lies about pulling out all the troops and bringing them home.
Oh, wait, no, nobody will say anything even though they were very vocal when Bush was president, because Obama is a Democrat.
You are a RAGING military apologist. What would it take for you to say something bad about the military?
"I see an unarmed UN sanctioned medic administering CPR to a civilian, he's awfully close to that RPG looking stick over there, permission to fire?"
"This is your commanding superior, Lt. Sgt. Brekindalaw. I explicitly give you permission to break the Geneva convention and fire on them."
(followed by GPS tracking, time-stamped video of a helicopter blowing away UN uniformed Medics signed as authentic by 2/3rds of both branches of congress)
I was waiting for someone speak out against all this liberal drivel... (And the rest of my comment isn't directed at Firethorn)
War sucks. Period. The problem we have here, is terrorist scum hiding amongst the population and using them as shields.
When you're clearing an area, large gatherings of people tend to draw attention. Was it a gun that he was carrying? The AFTER ACTION report would say no, it was a camera. From a gunship, its a thing slung over his shoulder, in a hostile region that is crawling with insurgents. What about the guy they mistook for someone with an RPG? Did anyone bother to note that he was crouched behind a wall at a street corner, with something that was big? Knowing AFTERWARDS that it was a camera, yeah, it was probably a long telephoto lens... From the air, that thing damn sure looked like a RPG, and it was in a perfect spot for an ambush.
I am proud of the soldiers we have in our armed forces. Would you be willing to do what they do, for the pay they receive, the time away from your family, and the thanks they get from our newspapers and the public? Sounds like a suck job now doesn't it? You still want to blame them for making the wrong call that ultimately is trying to save Iraqi and American lives? I'm not even sure I really blame the military for trying to cover this up - reading the reactions of MOST of the slashdot crowd, it was best for them to cover this up and hope it never got out, because everyone is yelling about how savage and murderous our soldiers are. Once again, war sucks, and mistakes get made. Its easy to judge when you're here on American soil in your damn easy-chair.
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I agree. Having just watched the full length video I saw nothing wrong at all with what we did.
A group of people were about to attack our marines. We saw the threat and eliminated it. End of story. Job well done.
Is it our fault these bastards brought children along with their squad? I think not.
Did you watch the footage? I was able to identify at least three individuals of the 8 with AKs slung, and one guy with an RPG-7. The guy with the RPG crouched around a corner and the others were gathered around him, out of sight of the street.
Allow me to repeat - I could *readily identify* that at least three individuals were carrying small arms, and one with an anti-tank weapon.
This was absolutely a good shoot on the individuals at first. Later, the journalists show up in their black SUV/van thingy and try to render aid. Yeah, I get that, but WTF did they think would happen when they showed up to load up the enemy wounded in a war zone?
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The ICC is composed of a bunch of self important wankers who are so far removed from reality as to believe they actually matter. More importantly from an American's point of view, becoming a signatory to the Rome Statute would be unconstitutional.
Get an eye-exam, kkthx
If you had watched the video with functioning eyes you'd have noticed that cameras are infact not weapons, while there was one object that could have been confused with an RPG launcher it was pretty damn apparent that was not the case by the time they had circled around.