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Collateral Murder – Classified US Military Video of Indiscriminate Shooting
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Arif Kabir
April 5, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Not only did they kill innocent civilians and harm children, but they also killed ‘Western’ Reuters reporters…I don’t think this type of act can ever be justified, no matter what ever “Rules” that they may guise it under.
suhail
April 5, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Absolutely horrible. May Allah punish these criminals in this life and hereafter. For them it looks like that is a Video Game. Kill this, kill that, shoot this, shoot that. Are they freaking playing a video game with human beings.
Yaqeen needed
April 9, 2010 at 7:35 AM
paid for by ‘halal’ tax payers money
suhail
April 5, 2010 at 2:28 PM
By the way this is only one video that was leaked. What about other countless video when they leveled Fallujah.
anon
April 6, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Why is this piece not on the front page slider? It’s almost impossible to find on the site even though it’s new, unless you look under MR’s post list or carefully for the small link on the front page under “News & Views”
Yaqeen needed
April 9, 2010 at 6:57 AM
Why
Umm Bilqis
April 7, 2010 at 3:22 AM
Assalamu alikum,
I was really disgusted with this footage.and the one about the palestinian child prisoners in the news!
Ya Allah please wake this Ummah up.
Please help us understand that running after the material comforts of this world and the false desires that we pursue should not be at the expense of helping the oppressed
Really sad ,I hope Muslims and non Muslims realize the actions of those within their ranks who aid and collaborate with barbarism.
This is the end result from an education that has sought to break down important principles such as ethics and morality. When morality is relative and ethics is situational, this is the result.
Allah protect us from awliya , (the helpers or those who aid) alshaytan.
Amad
April 7, 2010 at 3:39 AM
The fact that the US military would not release this video despite repeated attempts by Reuters, and it took a courageous (American) whistle-blower to expose it, shows that the military had something to hide.
The way these guys were acting seemed like they were playing a video-game and this sort of psyche is not abnormal among servicemen as has been seen in so many other videos. Something needs to be done to tackle this video-game psychology otherwise many more innocents will die. Those responsible for this obviously grave violation of all military codes and international laws that require great caution in avoiding civilian casualties, need to be brought to justice and made an example out of.
May Allah exact justice upon the perpetrators of this crime and forgive the deceased and reward them with jannah.
alpha sierra sierra
April 10, 2010 at 9:42 PM
First of all don’t walk down a street with AK-47’s and RPG’s where US troops are going to enter and not expect to get lit up like a Christmas Tree. Also what kind of Westernized reporters hang out with that kind of motley crew? I mean don’t get me wrong I’m a big fan of the rough and tumble guys from West Side Story, but as memory recalls they don’t have rocket propelled grenades in that production.
grammernazi
April 11, 2010 at 1:46 AM
Also what kind of Westernized reporters hang“s” out with that kind of motley crew?
grammernazi
April 11, 2010 at 1:52 AM
jk
DrM
February 7, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Except that they aren’t Ak-47s but cameras. You’re a liar making excuses for the terrorists who invaded iraq.
Hassan
April 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Read the confessions of soldeirs and appology
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2010/04/16/collateral-murder-veterans-apologize-to-iraqi-families/
alpha sierra sierra
April 20, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Its called PR. When you’re inevitably going to get in trouble, despite the fact you may be in the right, you apologize in order to just end the confrontation. Had the soldiers attempted to defend themselves against the inevitable collateral damage of war they would have opened up a storm of media frenzy attacking them. Better to make a apology for the reality that is war than get eaten alive.