Insurgent video targets Blackwater
source: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/04/insurgents-have.html
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Insurgents have put together hundreds of propaganda videos ranting about how oh-so-terrible the American troops in Iraq are. But this is the first flick I've seen that directly and exclusively targets the private military contractors like Blackwater that have become a hallmark of the Iraq occupation.
Earlier this week, the Sunni insurgent group Islamic Army of Iraq released "Bloody Contracts," in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. "Crimes against Iraqis happen on a daily basis done by unleashed barbarians dressed in security uniforms, criminals protected by law and instructed by the Bush administration to murder for the sake of killing," the IAI's deadpan narrator tells his audience. A cartoon of a masked gunman shooting at a black helicopter is in the background.
The video starts on March 31, 2004 -- a day when Iraqis, not American contractors, were the one acting barbaric. Four Blackwater employees were killed by locals after getting lost in Fallujah. Their bodies were burned, dragged through the streets, and hung from a bridge. "Many were confused and shocked" by the actions, the video notes, and "wonder[ed] what could be the reasoning behind such aggressive acts done to these contractors... [W]hat had driven Iraqis to forget their civilized path?"
Earlier this week, the Sunni insurgent group Islamic Army of Iraq released "Bloody Contracts," in English, Spanish, French and Arabic. "Crimes against Iraqis happen on a daily basis done by unleashed barbarians dressed in security uniforms, criminals protected by law and instructed by the Bush administration to murder for the sake of killing," the IAI's deadpan narrator tells his audience. A cartoon of a masked gunman shooting at a black helicopter is in the background.
The video starts on March 31, 2004 -- a day when Iraqis, not American contractors, were the one acting barbaric. Four Blackwater employees were killed by locals after getting lost in Fallujah. Their bodies were burned, dragged through the streets, and hung from a bridge. "Many were confused and shocked" by the actions, the video notes, and "wonder[ed] what could be the reasoning behind such aggressive acts done to these contractors... [W]hat had driven Iraqis to forget their civilized path?"
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