I would like to think that the U.S. military is honorable and just but it's full of fallible people who don't always make the best decisions. WikiLeaks has released a classified military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-sight, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of two Reuters employees. The military did not reveal how the Reuters staff were killed, and stated that they did not know how the children were injured at the scene. The incident was investigated and the military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own "Rules of Engagement".
WikiLeaks obtained this video as well as supporting documents from a number of military whistleblowers and goes to great lengths to verify the authenticity of the information it receives. They have spoken to witnesses and journalists directly involved in the incident. Iraq is a very dangerous place.
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