Monday, April 05, 2010

WikiLeaks : Collateral murder




Glen Greenwald : The war on WikiLeaks and why it matters



Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Assange was on As It Happens tonight. Very well-spoken.
Unbelievable they fired on a whole crowd of people just standing around on the street because they mistook a camera for an RPG, as if it was, as Assange says, just another day at the office.


West End Bob said...

Rather refreshing to actually have investigative reporting again in our lifetime.

I had totally written the possibility off . . . .

thwap said...

I think one of the Iraqis did have an rpg.

Given that Blackwater and the US-military were ramapaging through their country that seems understandable.

Anyways, they could have been Shiite allies, private security, or it could have been something besides an rpg.

Regardless, shooting the wounded from helicopters isn't part of any official rules of engagement that I know of.

At best, for the thoroughly corrupted US legal system, the two specific individuals who fired the guns or gave the orders MIGHT be sacrificed for this, but the big fish won't ever be touched.

RossK said...


Bumiller actually did something useful....

Of course, as Bob noted above, the previously always obfuscatory one, didn't actually do any investigating...instead she just managed a third hand confirmation which helped get this story catapaulted into the NYT....



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