We have a huge opportunity to shed light on US military tactics in Iraq -- but to do it, we urgently need your help. Can you pitch in?
On April 5, 2010, we at WikiLeaks released a classified U.S. military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad on July 12, 2007 -- including two Reuters news staff. The video, which became news worldwide, is the product of countless volunteer hours, help from military sources, and monetary donations. As part of a process of our meticulous reporting, we sent reporters to the Baghdad neighborhood where the attack took place, tracking down two children who were injured in the gunfight which killed their father. The investigation and production of the video cost WikiLeaks almost $50,000.
Now, concerned individuals have given us a new incendiary video from Afghanistan. Concerned individuals have also given us an encrypted military video from a May 2009 attack in western Afghanistan which killed over 100 civilians, including many women and children, through bombing. The U.S. Military has said it would release the video, but it has not.
To release that video to the public, we need resources to provide the correct context and find military experts and witnesses who can vouch for it. That will cost $50,000.
Every dollar defrays our cost and helps get the video out. Please chip in $20 now to support the military whistleblowers who were brave enough to take action against what they knew was wrong.
Let's show the world that courage is contagious.
