Revelations of an American Soldier.

[Munawar]

:salam2:

Some of us have seen the video of the American helicopter killing Iraqi civilians. There is an American soilder in that video. This post is about him.

The US soldier in WikiLeaks massacre video: “I relive this every day”

In July 2007, McCord was on patrol with his platoon in Baghdad when they came under fire from insurgents. A US helicopter gunship soon arrived, but instead of combating the insurgents it proceeded to deliberately and methodically mow down civilians, including children. The carnage, he says, was sickening.

Against his commander’s orders, McCord rescued two badly injured children from the pile of corpses. Unfortunately, for the US military top brass, a video of this mass murder of innocents recorded from the helicopter has since been “leaked” into the public domain and is now accessible via the internet, thanks to the campaigning work of human rights group WikiLeaks (http://www.collateralmurder.com/).

Please read the full article here:
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18907

And more detailed article here:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/emcc-a28.shtml

 

[Munawar]

:salam2:
This is what we call justice. But people still do not take heed from it.

Hidden toll of US wars: 18 veterans commit suicide daily

An average of 18 US military veterans are taking their lives every day as the Obama administration and the Pentagon grow increasingly defensive about the epidemic of suicides driven by Washington’s wars of aggression.

The stunning figure was reported last week by the Army Times, citing officials in the US Veterans Affairs Department. The department estimates that there are 950 suicide attempts every month by veterans who are receiving treatment from the department. Of these, 7 percent succeed in taking their own lives, while 11 percent try to kill themselves again within nine months.

The greatest growth in suicides has taken place among veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, who accounted for 1,868 suicide attempts in fiscal 2009, which ended on September 30. Of these, nearly 100 succeeded in killing themselves.

http://www.infowars.com/hidden-toll-of-us-wars-18-veterans-commit-suicide-daily/

 

[arzafar]

18/day!!! This cant be true surely?

Serves them good, for the atrocities they have committed.

 

[Munawar]

18/day!!! This cant be true surely?

Serves them good, for the atrocities they have committed.

:salam2:
Yes... 18 per day sounds a bit more.

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