Assange said that the video demonstrated that neither claim was true. Then it claimed the helicopters reacted to an active firefight. Initially the US military said that all the dead were insurgents. "Well it's their fault for bringing kids in to a battle," says one. Sitting behind the windscreen were two children who were wounded.Īfter ground forces arrive and the children are discovered, the American air crew blame the Iraqis. Right through the windshield," says one of the crew. One of the helicopters opens fire with armour-piercing shells. They are unarmed and start to carry the victim to the vehicle in what would appear to be an attempt to get him to hospital. One of the helicopter crew is heard wishing for the man to reach for a gun, even though there is none visible nearby, so he has the pretext for opening fire: "All you gotta do is pick up a weapon." A van draws up next to the wounded man and Iraqis climb out. One of the men on the ground, believed to be Chmagh, is seen wounded and trying to crawl to safety. Another responds a little later: "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards." I hit 'em," shouts one of the American crew. The lead helicopter, using the moniker Crazyhorse, opens fire. The men are standing around, apparently unperturbed. But the video shows there is no shooting or even pointing of weapons. One of the helicopter crew is then heard saying that one of the group is shooting. It is unclear if some of the men are armed but Noor-Eldeen can be seen with a camera. One American claims to have spotted six people with AK-47s and one with a rocket-propelled grenade. In the recording, the helicopter crews can be heard discussing the scene on the street below. Wikileaks director Julian Assange said his organisation had to break through encryption by the military to view it. The Pentagon blocked an attempt by Reuters to obtain the video through a freedom of information request. Among the dead were a 22-year-old Reuters photographer, Namir Noor-Eldeen, and his driver, Saeed Chmagh, 40. The newly released video of the Baghdad attacks was recorded on one of two Apache helicopters hunting for insurgents on 12 July 2007. The release of the video from Baghdad also comes shortly after the US military admitted that its special forces attempted to cover up the killings of three Afghan women in a raid in February by digging the bullets out of their bodies. The US defence department was embarrassed when that confidential report appeared on the Wikileaks site last month alongside a slew of military documents. The horrific mass shootings at New Zealand mosques have ignited strong demands for YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to regulate violent hate speech on their platforms.The footage of the July 2007 attack was made public in a move that will further anger the Pentagon, which has drawn up a report identifying the whistleblower website as a threat to national security. The shootings have left at least 49 people dead and is the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history. Christchurch mosque shootings: Gunman livestreamed 17 minutes of shooting terror NZ Herald 15 Mar, 2019 09:30 AM4 mins to read A horrific shooting at a Christchurch mosque was livestreamed for. Police said 49 people are dead after shootings at two mosques. The shooter reportedly posted a 74-page anti-Muslim manifesto to Twitter criticizing “white genocide.” He also posted likewise on 8chan (a discussion site where users frequently post hateful content). There were 39 people hospitalized, including 11 in intensive care. Many people were feared killed and over 40 sustained injuries as at least two gunmen opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch. Then on Friday, someone posted “I will carry out and attack against the invaders, and will even livestream the attack via Facebook,” Reuters reported. The live video of the alleged mass killings in Christchurch has been blocked from many Kiwis screens by internet companies. It is clear that online platforms played a huge roll in these shootings. One of the shooters even live streamed the attack on Facebook. He live streamed a 17-minute video of him shooting multiple people in the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. YouTube says a sometimes graphic three-hour live-streamed video of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, has journalistic value and doesn’t violate its rules on violent content. These individuals seek livestream videos in an attempt to prove a false flag theory, disprove that the shooting occurred, assert that the government was behind the incident, etc. The shootings have resulted in many demanding these online platforms to do more to prevent hate speech posted on their sites. Conspiracy theory extremism has the potential to feed violence if an individual believes that they need to use an act of force in order to stop what they believe.
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