WikiLeaks to release video of deadly US Afghan attack

[babsbunny]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/16/wikileaks-us-military-afghanistan-garani

Whistleblowing website says it is still working to prepare the film of the bombing of the Afghan village of Garani in May 2009

Chris McGreal in Washington

The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks says it plans to release a secret military video of one of the deadliest US air strikes in Afghanistan in which scores of children are believed to have been killed.

WikiLeaks announced the move in an email to supporters. It said it fears it is under attack after the US authorities said they were searching for the site's founder, Julian Assange, following the arrest of a US soldier accused of leaking the Afghanistan video and another of a US attack in Baghdad in which civilians were killed.

[Oregone]

1. Queue the "That's what they getters"

[tekisui]

2. KNR!

Wake up, America!

[Robb]

3. I wonder what the video will show, honestly.

There were two villages in Farah where the fighting was going on, over 50 hours of live fire, and multiple fuckups by US troops -- unconfirmed targeting from the air, breach of ROE by ground troops, some awful calls on force escalation, etc. etc. etc.

Is footage of any one of those incidents going to capture what 30-140 civilians killed means??

And as a reminder, the only person facing charges with respect to the Iraq horror? The 22 year-old that leaked the footage. How will this be different? :banghead: