US Military Detains Soldier Linked to Iraq Video

[NormaRegula]

The Army has arrested a 22-year-old soldier in Baghdad in connection with the leak of a military video that shows Apache helicopters gunning down unarmed men in Iraq, including two journalists, defense officials said Monday.

The classified video was taken from the cockpit during a 2007 fire fight and posted this April on the Web site Wikileaks.org. It was an unflattering portrait of the war that raised questions about the military's rules of engagement and whether more should be done to prevent civilian casualties.

Spc. Bradley Manning of Potomac, Md., was being held in Kuwait, U.S. forces in Iraq announced on Monday. Manning had been deployed with the 2nd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division in Baghdad.

The statement released from Iraq said only that Manning had been arrested for "allegedly releasing classified information."

_http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100607/ap_on_re_us/iraq_us_attack_video

 

[Joe]

A perfect example of just how corrupt and pathological the US military and govt. are. This guy made an effort to hold the US military to account for the murder of innocent civilians. For this efforts he is arrested. Now think about what that says about the nature of the US govt. and military. Think about what it says about their level of morality.

 

[NormaRegula]

A perfect example of just how corrupt and pathological the US military and govt. are. This guy made an effort to hold the US military to account for the murder of innocent civilians. For this efforts he is arrested. Now think about what that says about the nature of the US govt. and military. Think about what it says about their level of morality.

Exactly.

Hope this guy gets some support and oversight from rights groups and individuals. He's going to need it.