Here's an interesting investigatory look into the practice of planting "drop weapons" on Iraqi civilian casualties by American soldiers. Soldiers supposedly confiscate excess weapons from civilians (who are allowed one per household by the U.S. Government), horde them in their vehicles, and then strategically place them in the hands of dead innocents in order to portray them as "insurgents" (thus deserving of their fate).
On a side note, I would love to hear the working definition of an insurgent as defined by the U.S. military.
I can't say I find the contents of this video shocking to any extent (a sad thing to be sure), I do have to commend the American News Project, which at least seems to have its talons firmly entrenched in the soft hide of investigative journalism.
Bravo. Maybe the New York Times reporters should take a few notes?
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You're still writing! Hooray!
This is really appalling - thanks for posting it.
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