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(WIRE/CM) -  WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff.

Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded.

The military did not reveal how the Reuters staff were killed, and stated that they did not know how the children were injured.

After demands by Reuters, the incident was investigated and the U.S. military concluded that the actions of the soldiers were in accordance with the law of armed conflict and its own “Rules of Engagement”.

Consequently, WikiLeaks has released the classified Rules of Engagement for 2006, 2007 and 2008, revealing these rules before, during, and after the killings.

WikiLeaks has released both the original 38 minutes video and a shorter version with an initial analysis. Subtitles have been added to both versions from the radio transmissions.

WikiLeaks obtained this video as well as supporting documents from a number of military whistleblowers. WikiLeaks goes to great lengths to verify the authenticity of the information it receives. We have analyzed the information about this incident from a variety of source material. We have spoken to witnesses and journalists directly involved in the incident.

WikiLeaks wants to ensure that all the leaked information it receives gets the attention it deserves. In this particular case, some of the people killed were journalists that were simply doing their jobs: putting their lives at risk in order to report on war. Iraq is a very dangerous place for journalists: from 2003- 2009, 139 journalists were killed while doing their work.

Source(s): Wikleaks/CollateralMurder

Kelly

Glenn Beck has done a fine job of turning a so-called conspiracy theory into a cable news soap opera.  Beck first appeared on Fox and Friends about 4 weeks ago a bit distressed and seemingly certain that FEMA concentration-like camps existed.  At that time he claimed that as much as he wanted to be able to debunk said camps, he could not.  Then, just hours after his appearance on Fox and Friends, his plan to go ahead with the story on FEMA concentration camps came to a halt as Beck decided that something so large and full of implications had to be further investigated before he could report on it.

The debunking job was given to Popular Mechanics and 4 weeks later, here is their report-

Kelly

Every day I wake up to pour another cup of hot coffee and delight in a hot shower is another day that I am grateful to have been born on American soil.  I know we’ve had it good.

But lately, every day as I pass my fellow Americans at the grocery store or the gas station  I wonder,  do they know what is going on?  Are they paying attention?  Do they see what I see?

It is not that long ago,  a time when Americans were beginning to get very comfortable with a slogan and a way of life that claimed you could have anything you wanted, even if it meant that you could not afford it.

Instant gratification became the crack of middle class America.  Credit line after credit line, a new car there and a new computer here, snowballed in to a dozen other must-have gadgets. Gadgets for him, gadgets for her, and an  XBox 360 for every boy and girl.  Not happy yet?  Spend more money.  How should we fight terrorism?  Spend more money.  Do you need a 3000 sq ft home to compete for a status symbol?  Spend more money.  No down payment?  We’ve got credit.

Is there more to it than that?  Sure.  There’s speculation, and brokers, and bankers, and Wall Street.  There’s interest rates, and deficits, and mortgage backed securities, sub-prime and ARM’s.  There’s the Federal Reserve, and the IMF, and a pyramid scheme from hell…  and a list of illiquid assets that would stretch for miles long.

“Who will fix this mess?” We ask.  And the fixers step in…

* With that in mind, I wanted to share the following video commentary, entitled  America’s Controlled Economic Implosion.   It presents how the American people are falling victim to the current tailspin of “fixing.”

Russell Means

(Original Video Blog) As we all sit awestruck in front of the television, the computer, or the newspaper, Mr. Means offers us a solution to the current Global calamity. In his own beautifully articulated words, Mr. Means, explains both how the World got into this mess and how we can move back towards sanity and wholeness. We must, as he says, return to Matriarchy, a balance, respectful way of life where we celebrate our differences, rather than stifle, or even, destroy them.