[ this was translated from the original french and passed to me today by our foreign correspondent, Chenapan. It'll be interesting to see how this story develops]
Canal+ will air tonight Tuesday 4th May images stolen from a US army base depicting a US helicopter killing three Iraqis who do not appear threatening. One of them is injured but finished off in cold blood.
The programme "Merci pour l'info" (Thanks for the info) got hold of the tape after a "European employee of a company subcontracting for the US army" left Iraq two weeks ago after having stolen the tape from a US army base where he was working.
The tape, dated 1st December 2003, filmed in an undisclosed location, was made on board a helicopter shooting on three individuals on the ground. It contains all the dialogues between the pilot, the sniper and their officer, who has a live video link to issue orders. The tape, three minutes long, depicts how the three men are shot dead, one after the other with heavy machine guns. The third man, after the death of his two companions, hides under a truck. The video recording shows him crawling. "He's injured" says the sniper. "Good. Fire at him", orders the officer.
Words (almost) fail me. The "greatest nation on earth", the upholders of "democratic rights", the self-appointed policemen of the "free world" and they have morals worse than Chinghis Khan's Mongols had when they rode into Arabi.
I like how you left out all the details, to make it look one sided. True, the helicopter acted like judge, jury, and executioner. They could have just flew over to the injured Iraqi, landed the chopper, and got out to arrest him and render first aid.
However, here is the rest of the story. The three Iraqis were conducting some sort of arms smuggling or deal. It was in the middle of the night, in some field. If you do not think this sounds suspicious, you definitely have strange habits. Two of the Iraqis arrived on scene next to the field. One of the men, sprints to the middle of some field and drops a long tube like weapon. (RPG, Stinger?) Another Iraqi arrives on a tractor and stops near the weapon. Maybe someone else tipped off the Americans that there was a deal going on. Who knows. I know the French don't.
The higher officer gave permission to exterminate the equipment, and the persons. What the French and other liberals don't understand is that we are at war against an army that already breaks the Geneva convention. It is illegal to fight with out a uniform, and disguised as a civilian. Therefore, the terroist and jihdist don't fall within normal Geneva guidelines. Countless times these isurgents fire at US troops behind women, children, and mosques. In this respect, America has the right to be judge, jury, and executioner.
Until these shameful terroist have the courage to face America on the battlefield, we will continue to fight them on their own terms.
Speaking of French. Let's talk about the UN Food for Oil program. Many French and German officials in charge of the program are accused of using it as a money laundering scheme to recieve bribes from Saddam. This is why France and German has staunchly opposed the Iraqi war from the get go. That is the scandal here. America will continue to fight the war against evil Islamic Extremist. The fact of war is that innocent people always suffer. The question is will it be Americans, or Arabs? America obviously prefers the latter.