Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot- Crazy Horse One-Eight?
We need some real accountability. Not just in the case below, the accountability rests at the top, as that was where the illicit directions for the Iraq War came from-- including rules of engagement.
Even through this grainy video, I could easily see long-barreled cameras and bags, and not AK's and RPGs. No guns at all!
This has gone viral, and it looks pretty bad. Worse than the gunning of the Iraqi Farmers. Crooks & Liars seems to have a pretty thorough run-down with good links. Here's the video from WikiLeaks:
I've seen most of the worst of the online videos, and I thought that I couldn't be more sickened by this "war," but wartime under BushCo just keeps on giving. Donald Rumsfeld reminds us that "War is a messy thing."
support the troops and shit.
yeah.
"Oh, yeah-- those are weapons."
"Hotel Two-Six: Crazy Horse 18"
"Fuckin' prick."
"Have five to six individuals with AK-47s. Request permission to engage." (Reality: two Journalists with cameras, and their unarmed crews)
"Roger that."
"Keep Shooting."
... .... ... ... .. ....
"Keep Shooting."
The gunner chased down, and killed Reuters Photo Journalist, Saeed Chmagh.
"Nice"
"You keep shooting, and I'll keep talking."
... ... ...... ... .. ... ......
"Nice."
Good shooting."
Thank you."
"Got a guy crawling around down there."
The last wounded man was one of the Reuters PhoJos, Namir Noor-Eldeen.
They waited until a relief van-- unmarked, albeit-- showed up to help. Bushmaster approved engagement, and Crazy-Horse 18 engaged the first responders. Took them all out. Finished off Namir Noor-Eldeen. The force of the assault on the relief van blew it at least eight feet back, and through a cement wall, backwards, 90-degrees out from it's original position. Plenty of follow-up burst fire.
Textbook and thorough exhibition of an obviously effective saturated aerial assault tactic, on a totally unsuspecting objective.
US Troops took out two Reuters Photo Journalists, and their entourages as a tactical objective.
"Roger that."
"I think I ran over a body!"
"giggles all around"
Honor. Courage. Commitment... and Conscience flying somewhere in the wind.*
"Iraq War!" and expansion packs, "Shock and Awe!-- the Prequel," and "Surge!-- the Beginning of The End," by BushCo! Now, with LESS accountability!
*-Props to Dougie MacLean.
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Labels: Bush Administration, Support The Troops, War Crimes
