Exposing War Crimes Is Not A Crime!
The "Collatteral Murder" Video - American Solders Gunning Down Unarmed Civilians, Journalists and Children
On April 4, 2010, WikiLeaks publlished a classified video of a United States Apache helicopter firing on civilians in New Baghdad in 2007. The video (available at www.collateralmurder.com, shows Americans shooting and killing 11 individuals who do not return fire. Two of those killed were Reuters' employees.
The video includes an audio recording of the internal commentary by the American soldiers before, during and after the shooting. The soldiers repeatedly request and are granted permission to open fire, encourage one another and joke about the dead and dying civilians. Eleven aduts were killed. Two children were seriously injured when the Apache helicopter opened fire on their van. No charges have been filed against the American soldiers in the Apache helicopter who shot and killd the civilians in the video. Bradley Manning faces 52 years in prision for exposing the vedio documenting the murder.
Bradely Manning
In late May 2010, Private First Class Bradley Manning, an intelligence analyst with the US Army in Baghdad, was arrested. On June 6, 2010, he was arrested for leaking the video and charged with 2 counts of violating the Uniform Code of the Military Justice.
Manning is currently imprisioned in the brig at US Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, awaiting trial. If convicted, Manning faces up to 52 years in prison, dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and benefits and unspecified fines.
Since his arrest, Bradley Manning has issued no formal public statements. Daniel Elisberg, the famed whisleblower behind the Pentagon Papers, has heralded Pfc. Bradley Manning as a hero.
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