Wikileaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnnson & Julian Assange lawyer
Jennifer Robinson respond to two Guardian articles this week that
delivered significant context to Wikileaks‘ 2010 “Collateral Murder”
video release: In this video by Don’t Extradite Assange, Hrafnnson and
Robinson are joined by former Reuters’ Baghdad bureau chief Dale Yates
and Sami Ramadani, an Iraqi lecturer and writer.
Yates, subject of one of The Guardian articles, held the Baghdad post in
2007 when an Apache helicopter airstrike killed two of his staff
members, Saeed Chmagh and Noor-Eldeen. Yates wasn’t allowed to report on
what two U.S. Generals had shown Reuters at the time.
What we learn now is what Reuters wasn’t able to report, in particular
how the death of one Reuters employee strongly appears to be a war
crime. Yates reels at the deception and says Reuters was cheated by the
U.S. brass.
Sami Ramadani speaks of the Iraqi reaction to the ‘Collateral Murder’
release and the evidence WikiLeaks published of torture at Abu Ghraib
prison. The second Guardian article points out that in Assange’s
indictment there is no mention of the Baghdad air strike footage, even
though 40 of the 175 years in prison Assange faces relates to
“Collateral Murder.”
Robinson explains that the charges are in fact about the publication of
the Rules of Engagement, which Manning leaked to show that the Baghdad
air strike had violated them.
Watch the replay of Saturday night’s program here, courtesy of Don’t
Extradite Assange.
