Wikileaks Releases Video Of US Gunship Attack In Iraq 2007

Combat Video: The Pentagon Springs a WikiLeak -- Time Magazine

The Pentagon has for years allowed the world an occasional peek through its keyhole as U.S. aircraft generated video while bombing their targets. But the military had always been able to cover that keyhole when it wanted, allowing outsiders a look only when public viewing was deemed to serve the Pentagon's interests. All of that apparently changed Monday, after at least one Pentagon insider leaked a bloody video that appeared to show the killing of two reporters by a U.S. helicopter gunship in Baghdad to WikiLeaks, an independent website.

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More News On Leaked Iraqi War Footage From 2007

Leaked video footage shows Iraq journalists killed by US gunships -- Times Online
Video shows deaths of two Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007 -- CNN
Leaked U.S. Video Shows Deaths In Baghdad -- NPR (Audio)
Web site releases video of Baghdad attack that killed 2 journalists -- Washington Post
Disturbing Iraq Video Leaks -- CBS News Report (Video)
Group Releases Classified Video of 2007 Baghdad Attack -- New York Times
Whistleblower Report: Leaked Video Shows U.S. ‘Coverup’ -- The Danger Room
Wikileaks releases video depicting US forces killing of two Reuters journalists in Iraq -- Christian Science Monitor
Footage shows US soldiers killing civilians, laughing -- Economic Times of India
Profiles: Iraq journalists killed by US gunships -- Times Online

My Comment: I remember that day very well. That day was a bloody day throughout Iraq and it appeared to many (including this blogger) that Iraq was slowly descending into civil war. The ambush of a US patrol and the disabling of a US vehicle laden with weapons and ammunition is what brought the US gunships into the area .... the rest (as the above video depicts) is now history.

Update: Captain's Journal observes and reminds us that these Reuters journalists were embedded with insurgents. Not U.S. troops, but insurgents.