[via Wikileaks] “At this time, we are working to verify the source of the video, its veracity, and when or where it was recorded,” a statement from U.S. military headquarters in Iraq said late Monday. An investigation of the shooting found that the crew of the two Apache helicopters at the scene might have erroneously [...]

via Cynical-C In a room packed with reporters and family members, Mr. Zaidi described the anger and helplessness he experienced after the American invasion in 2003, the suffering of widows and orphans he witnessed and why he felt compelled to wage a protest. “I saw the chance and I seized it,” he said. “If those [...]

Some would say it’s been a while since we had a proper holy war (the kind of conflict that pits believer against believer in a race to see who can be martyred first) – though it seems that others may disagree: the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are jihad or a crusade. If there [...]

We were ordered to open fire on the truck, and we were just doing our job. A job that was illegally ordered by a Congress and White House without any recognition of international law, let alone humanity. How were we to know if the white Toyota truck wasn’t loaded with explosives, ready to blow us [...]

Shut the fuck up! Until you man up, you shut the fuck up! You guys wanna be men? Go down there and start fucking beatin’ peoples’ asses! You’re supposed to be Iraqi police, why don’t you try acting like it. You’re sitting around here with your thumb up your ass ’cause you’re too fucking scared [...]