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May. 7th, 2004
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May. 7th, 2004 02:36 amRobert Fisk: Pictures of wounded men being shot censored by TV
Can someone explain to me what's so bloody out of the ordinary about this? The Americans are killing people left and right in Iraq, and suddenly when we have one tape actually showing it, people are like "oh we can't show this!!"? Like, do Americans really think that their 135,000 strong military is not killing anyone unless they're attacked? I saw that tape on the CBC, those guys looked like they were handling an RPG launcher or a mortar. If you're in the military and you think there's a risk that someone has a weapon, you don't send a team to investigate, you shoot. That's like standard procedure. The tape was made with a thermal imaging camera too, so it was probably the middle of the night.
Can someone explain to me what's so bloody out of the ordinary about this? The Americans are killing people left and right in Iraq, and suddenly when we have one tape actually showing it, people are like "oh we can't show this!!"? Like, do Americans really think that their 135,000 strong military is not killing anyone unless they're attacked? I saw that tape on the CBC, those guys looked like they were handling an RPG launcher or a mortar. If you're in the military and you think there's a risk that someone has a weapon, you don't send a team to investigate, you shoot. That's like standard procedure. The tape was made with a thermal imaging camera too, so it was probably the middle of the night.
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