BLINGMW Wrote:while we're on the topic of our glorious government and your tax dollars being put to good use, did you guys see this video? It's too long, but the 18min version is worth a watch:

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://collateralmurder.com/">http://collateralmurder.com/</a><!-- m -->

Cliffs notes in order of unacceptableness:

1) Military misidentifies cameras as AKs (worse than the press!)
2) Annihilates everyone without provocation
3) Attacks the ambulance, finishes off the survivors
4) Our government covers it up for 3 years

BLINGMW Wrote:no-one has weapons that they can see, and they open up on them.

Centcom's Findings on this Incident Wrote:Only after extensive review of the AWT's gun-camera video and with knowledge of the two missing media personnel, is it reasonable to deduce that two of the individuals intermixed among the insurgents located in the engagement area may have been reporters. There was neither reason nor probability to assume that neutral media personnel were embedded with enemy forces. It is worth noting the fact that insurgent groups often video and photograph friendly activity and insurgent attacks against friendly forces for use in training videos for use as propaganda to exploit or highlight their capabilities. The aircrews erroneously identified the cameras as weapons due to presentation (slung over shoulder with the body of the object resting at the back, rear of torso) and association (personnel colocated with other having RPGs and AK-47s).