With the Obama Administration scrambling to dismiss last week’s WikiLeaks.org video of the July 12, 2007 US killings of two Reuters reporters and several other Iraqi civilians, the increasingly controversial site is poised to drop another video bombshell, this time on a much more high profile attack.
On May 5, 2009, US aircrafts bombed a number of homes in the Afghan village of Abdul Basir Khan, in Farah Province. The death toll according to Afghan officials was upwards of 140 civilians.
The Pentagon initially claimed that the entire incident was made up and that the Taliban had pre-killed all the civilians and stored the bodies in buildings before tricking the US into bombing those buildings. They later conceded to have killed 26 people, but insisted that “no one will ever” know the exact numbers. They also claimed that the planes had no idea any civilians were in the area.
Exactly what is on the video is unknown at present, but last week’s video showed that military claims that the Reuters employees were killed in a “battle” were shown as demonstrably false, as there was never a battle and the helicopters clearly attacked a group of people walking casually down the street.
Centcom insisted that the Iraq video was “taken out of context.” Secretary of Defense Robert Gates likewise admitted that the video was “unfortunate” but insisted that the troops had acted appropriately and that the matter would not harm the US image abroad.
Since the release of the video WikiLeaks’ profile has grown enormously, but so has the harassment it faces from the intelligence community. The group says that its employees are under growing surveillance and one of their volunteers was even detained by police for 21 hours.
While still not particularly shocked by the first video (after all, such trigger-happiness & ultraviolence is to be expected if you let loose the Dogs of War, no matter what), let's see the next one.
I sincerely hope Tiger Woods isn't doing anything when the next atrocity video comes out.
CENTCOM claims the video was taken out of context? Then they should release the evidence they have of that "context"!
go ask alice,she,they/them don't even kno the roles pawns play,did anyone figure out the name of that drug yet ? ,its' a sensory enhancer,,,wait i'll google the puke vommit and human scum right up,and this tape will self destruct if any sane reasoning is actually ever discovered,,,bingo we got some drugs here,kosher and puritanical quality assured
They mass murder civillians think they feel guilty about lying?
Just pay attention when the terrorist organization CIA will try to target the Wiki leaks site, and of course blame Iran for such criminal attack!!
About the video, it is really low mind when these sick soldiers said that the victims where all responsible about the children wounded, because they took them to the scene where they murder all those people!!….. come on!!
The Wiki leaks people should school themselves in the art of war and self defense. If that is is not palitable then hire some real bad asses for security purposes. After a few of the CIA mechanics get wasted that were sent to eliminate them, it may just bring a rethink of that phase of info leak control. If not………. waste some more of them! It would be their patriotic duty.
It is up to the american people to bring these war criminals to justice.Remember theThird Reich and how it ended?
The destrucktion of Yugoslavia made a perminate enemey out of Russia for Germany again . And I think the Germans know it . It put Russia on a fast track rearmement program and unified the Russian people behind a strong tough government ,
Said to me by a GI in a bunker just outside Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, RVN, 1971: "If somebody came and did to me and mine what we are doing to him and his, I'd fight me too!" But then on the other hand, from Gitmo, Abu Grahib, massacred wedding parties and now this, the criminal 'war on terror' needs and thus creates enemies to justify aggression. What condemnation harms or deters this gangster ssuperpower? In the end this piece of war porn becomes more psyops to arouse violence on both sides. Ain't none of you people ever been to a permanent war before? Damned zionists!
All,
If I was in either Afghanistan or Iraq and knew that innocent civilians were beng intentionally targeted and killed, (especially the two pregnant women in February), personally I would kill myself out of guilt, if nothing else. It is totally inconceivable to me to walk upon pregant women and blow them way, and then try to pull the bullets from their dead bodies afterwards to cover it up. I could never live with the shame and the disgrace of it all. But that is the difference between me and those in theatre who are commiting these atrocities……………
Sadly, they often cannot live with it either, and are haunted with guilt or kill themselves. One of several of the sacrifices made/prices to be paid by men and women in our military, but never talked about, Like the nurses in Vietnam. They never had to kill anyone, almost never were in danger themselves, but they had to care for the wounded and hold the hand of the dying.
The price paid by those who fight for us is greater than the respect shown them by the political elite.
These people that the morons back home are praising are animals pure and simple.
My only hope is they are the ones that will have to live (or die) with them when they return.
The audio accompanying that video leaves no wiggle room for 'context': American pilots murdered those civilians gleefully. Screeching in joy. When told that they'd just murdered several children, they couldn't care less.
Just for fun, somebody ought to pin a medal on the chests of those brave men and call them 'heroes.' Oh wait. Wanna bet it's already happened?
God Bless America.
Nike
What can possibly motivate you to say "God bless America" after pointing out the crimes committed by these people? The famously quoted words of Revered Wright (Obama's pastor) would be more appropriate
Why now? How forgetful Americans are. Back in 2002, the Americans gathered over 5000 Afghastians (so called Al-Qeada) locked them up in 100s of steel shipping containers in temperatures outside–130F degrees. When the scream were unbearable–the Americans in command give orders–give them fresh air—30MM caliber guns mounted on Humvees riidled all the containers–3 ft high–blood streamed and the cries stopped.Out of 5000+ only less than 100 lived. This was reported on one still picture. Americans concerned? Not a bit!
Too high on cheap money for homes, cars, boats and good times. Really sad affairs.
Just like the closing of Vetinam–reporters are now come out of hiding. Shamefull! Recall after WWII, Americans killed over 1 million German prisoners–starved and let them freeze to death–Sorry to offend–American Animals Pigs at large :^/
The trick to staying alive as a soldier is to shoot first and shoot evreyone and evreything that moves .
The journalists should do like they did in the Yugoslavia wars , stay well away from any fighting and than ask their favorite side what happend . Yugoslavia is where United States furnished the airforce for Al Quida , And the largest ethnic groupe where ethnicialy cleansed from over half the country . Yugoslavia is where almost evreything reported in the news about who was right and who was wrong was really much closer to the oppositte . I recently saw a picture of bunch of muslim soldiers with christians heads on their spears . according to the news the guys with their heads choped off were the butchers and the guys with beards and spears were the victims . Hillary Clinton said this was Bill's successfull war , and not one american life was lost . I dont believe Yugoslavia would have ever been dismembered if it was part of US policy and Germany's dream to destroy Her .
yeah shoot anything that moves,"in theater" trains on bridges,buses,ambulances etc,etc,,its all cover for camoflaugh,thair over thair now ,look thair they/them go again , now thair whispering,they're probably after my/me/mine trinkets and beads
You are correct. What we were fed regarding Milosevic and Yugoslavia was pure bullshit.
The Albanians, the the KLA were equipped and trained by US contractors and were complete butchers and war criminals. Why am I not surprised the US would align themselves with criminals and despots such as their leader known as "Snake" Hashim Thaci, our darling that was was playing huggy kissy face with Madeline Albright in a number of photo ops for the Clinton cabal.
Well the US paid dearly for that Clinton inspired aggression as we lost over two hundred and fifty aircraft over Kosovo and Serbia. Their War Museum is full of junk US and NATO scrap aircraft brought down by Yugoslav air defenses to prove the point. They hurt US aircraft so much that US planes could not bomb below 15 thousand feet because Yugoslav air defenses were so deadly and we had to "Stand Down" our air forces for six months to recover from the brutal air defenses the Serbs put up against us. This from a country with only five or six million people.
Imagine if you will an attack on Iran or Russia. ran has sixty or seventy million people and a military capability that far exceeds Yugoslavia.
ask General whats his name if thairs any/some THING that may have evolved a design more intelilied ,if even if his "oo,conducy would mirror facts on the video display,that i bet they wish was smashed on the ground ,,,ooh yeah better tighten up a few nuts at military editorial CONTROL,huh
wait ,i got another one ,oo,the war on drugs "on drugs,it's better that were/we/us -them/they are fighting it over thair instead of under whair,go ahead think about for a minute,i'll stay her and help the brass count THEIR marbles,which apearintly unlike scuples or bodily fluids can or may be syk uhh logically/atrically induced,sorry the correct answer was/is CONDUCT,GD that Karzais' corrupt,how do you kno this,dont make em break out the rubber/plastic chicken feathers again,please no , OO mommy mommy,thats it you've really gone to far this/that tyme
Killing civilians makes more terrorists.
The US Government knows this.
They want the War on Terror to go on and on.
Maybe that is why GWB talked a lot of shit but never walked the walk. That goes for the new master of the universe, Barak Obama. Go ahead assholes, make their day!