Our pal and frequent commenter Doc Bailey has been interviewed by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n
Incident in New Baghdad\u2019: What happened in Iraq?<\/a><\/p>\n On July 12, 2007, during a long, hot mission, American soldiers searched houses in a ruined maze of a neighborhood in east Baghdad. The largely routine effort came to a violent conclusion: An Apache helicopter circling overhead spotted several men carrying weapons. The chopper stalked the targets, then opened fire. Among the 11 killed were a Reuters photographer and his driver. Among the wounded were two young children.The Army investigated. No one was publicly found at fault.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I’ve been following the story on FB here:\u00a02-16, (and 4th IBCT) Vets for Truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n On the face of it this is a story about the fog of war, but there’s more. Toss in Wikileaks, an potential Academy Award, and old wounds are being torn open.<\/p>\n First, a classified video<\/a> of the action as seen from the Apache was released by WikiLeaks in April 2010. Now a 22-minute documentary of the \u201cIncident in New Baghdad<\/a>\u201d by director James Spione is up for an Academy Award<\/a> at the Oscar ceremony Sunday.<\/p>\n Yet for all the documentary evidence \u2014 video doesn\u2019t lie, does it? \u2014 collective truth remains elusive. Nobody, including the Pentagon, disputes the authenticity of the video. What it means<\/em>, however \u2014 and what happened before, what happened after, what were the intentions of the actors \u2014 those are different questions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I can’t relate directly this event, but I CAN relate to the aftermath… Snippets of time, scenes from larger events, taken out of context and amplified. \u00a0Maybe used with good intentions, or maybe driven by some hidden agenda?<\/p>\n Every Nam vet can empathize.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"