"The fog of war" is responsible. It is horrible. My father and uncle were both in combat in WWII, and both had nightmares for the ensuing 65 years of their lives.
I suspect the servicemen involved are already living their own private hells from the incident. May all of us be spared similar horrors. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 4/6/10, John Poirier <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Poirier <[email protected]> > Subject: OT: Death of a Photographer > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 12:51 AM > Hi, all. I seldom have time to > post on this group, but I think this needs to be spread > around. A credible web organization called WikiLeaks > today set up a web site documenting the 2007 death of Namir > Noor-Eldeen, 22, a photographer for Reuters in Iraq. > The site includes very chilling video from the US helicopter > that shot and killed Noor-Eldeen and 10 other individuals, > as well as wounding two children. > > It seems that photographic equipment was mistaken for > weapons. > > I gather that the issue is now becoming prominent in > mainstream media. In Canada, the CBC has this: > http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/04/05/leaked-video-attack.html > > I encourage our American friends to take a look at > this, draw their own conclusions, and speak to their elected > representatives as they feel appropriate. Personally, > I feel that the military personnel who misjudged the > situation, and those who have denied culpability, must be > made accountable.. > > John Poirier > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
