[Fwd: [Marxism] Wikileaks video: US military massacre of over 12 civilians in Iraq, including two Reuters Journalists]

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Subject: 	[Marxism] Wikileaks video: US military massacre of over 12
civilians in Iraq, including two Reuters Journalists
Date: 	Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:28:03 -0400
From: 	Greg McDonald <gregmc59 at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition
<marxism at lists.econ.utah.edu>
To: 	aorta <aorta at home.nl>



http://www.collateralmurder.com/

Overview

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.

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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