Look at Those Dead Bastards
Wikileaks has obtained sickening video of a US Apache helicopter killing a bunch of unarmed men and then wounding children in a van in Baghdad in the summer of 2007. The children were denied care at US military hospitals and taken instead to an Iraqi hospital.
Some quotes from the men on the radio:
Look at those dead bastards. Nice.
And, when Saeed, the Reuters journalist, is wounded, struggling to get up off the curb
All you gotta do is pick up a weapon
Or, apparently be rescued, because when a van shows up with children to take him to the hospital, they flatten it.
Well that’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle.
NYT coverage at the time and now, after the release of the video.
Update 4/7: Here’s an excellent analysis by the Medium Lobster at Fafblog
Update 7/8: Bradley Manning, the whistleblower, now faces up to 52 years in military prison.
