As of this writing, WikiLeaks is in the prominent world news, and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested by London police and awaits trial for rape charges.
Is WikiLeaks the real deal? A beacon of hope amidst war landscapes of black smoke and desolated buildings, known as “theaters of war?” Is Assange a hero? Or is WikiLeaks a CIA-fashioned front as some claim, and Assange a patsy working for either CIA or MOSSAD or (pick your own group…)?
To my mind, one thing is for certain. We cannot know the truth by listening to mainstream media tell us what to think. We will not learn the truth from CNN, Glen Beck, Keith Olbermann, or Rachel Maddow, as well-meaning as some of these celebrity journalists and their colleagues may be.
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| Julian Assange - WikiLeaks Publisher |
Here is one example:
From the video “Collateral Murder” -
“On the morning of July 12, 2007, two Apache helicopters using 30 mm cannon fire killed about a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad.
Two children were also wounded.
Although some of the men appear to have been armed, the behavior of nearly everyone was relaxed.
The U.S. military initially claimed that all the dead were anti-Iraqi forces or insurgents. "
The stories of most of those who were killed are unknown. But among the dead were two Reuters news employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen.
The U.S. military claimed the victims died in a “battle” that took place between U.S. forces and insurgents.
“There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force.”
- Lieutenant-Colonel Scott Bleichwehl, spokesman for U.S. forces in Baghdad. (New York Times)
In August 2007, Reuters used the Freedom of Information Act to request a copy of the video evidence taken from the primary helicopter involved in the attack. The video has not been released… until now.
WikiLeaks obtained and decrypted the video you are about to see...”
(from the video)
This is a moving and riveting video, depicting the shooting of innocent civilians in Iraq, seen from an Apache helicopter.
The shorter video version follows, obtained through the WikiLeaks website.
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Some observations:
-Those people on the ground are clearly not engaged in a battle or war-like manner. They are too relaxed and nonchalant.
-The laughter / banter among the helicopter crew is joking and derisive, as if they are playing a video game.
What do you think?
More Video here:
There is a longer video on the same page, along with an interview video, U.S. soldier Ethan McCord’s eyewitness story.
WikiLeaks News story site:
WikiLeaks Main Content:
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PS - Use Startpage. (http://www.startpage.com/)
If you choose to go to the WikiLeaks site to explore for yourself (before it is completely removed from the internet, thanks to backward-thinking neanderthals like Joe Lieberman - U.S. Senator, Democrat, Connecticut ), don’t go through Google. Google records IP addresses. Go through Startpage instead. They do not save IP addresses, and your connection will be safer.
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