April 5, 2010

WikiLeaks Video – “Collateral Murder, Baghdad July 12, 2007”

By Michael Collins

Report from the W’ikiLeaks Press Conference

By Michael Collins

(April 5, Washington, DC) Julian Assange and Wikileaks kept their promise of February 20 by releasing a video tape that showscivilians and reporter deaths from an attack by United States forces. The tape was presented at a 9:00 ampress conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Before the conference began, Assange described this as a “very rich story.” He opened with a brief statement and then showed the video tape. The edited and unedited versions of the tape are available here. WikiLeaks received the tape through unspecified channels. Assange did say that the leak to his organization “sends a message that there are some people in the US military who don’t like what’s going on.”

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