U.S. Military Weighs Renewing Probe Over Iraq Video

Source: ABC Evening News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is reviewing a video posted on the Internet of a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, and could reopen an investigation into the incident, a military official said on Wednesday.

A preliminary review of the classified video, which was made public on Monday by a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption, is being conducted by lawyers at the U.S. military's Central Command, the military official said on condition of anonymity. Central Command oversees the war in Iraq.

"We're looking at a reinvestigation because of a question of the rules of engagement. Were all the actions that are depicted on that video in parallel with the rules of engagement in effect at the time?" the military official said.

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The video includes an audio track of conversation between the helicopter crew and many who have seen it have been shocked at the images and at some of the fliers' comments. WikiLeaks spokesman Julian Assange said on Monday the fliers act "like they are playing a computer game and their desire is they want to get high scores" by killing opponents.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10310972

"This type of indiscriminate killing has been typical from the initial invasion of Iraq."

http://www.truthout.org/iraq-war-vet-we-were-told-just-shoot-people-and-officers-would-take-care-us58378
It's too bad they wouldn't investigate them all, apologize, leave enough money to fix what they broke, then GTFO.

Cool video

"INVESTIGATION INTO CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES RESULTING FROM AN
ENGAGEMENT ON 12 JULY 2007 IN
THE NEW BAGHDAD DISTRICT OF
BAGHDAD, IRAQ
Report of Investigation UP AR 15-6
MAJ , Investigating Officer
2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM
2ND INFANTRY DIVISION (MND-B)"

is here: http://tinyurl.com/y8r2hxw (large .pdf, at .mil site).