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War Video Warning:Graphic
7 years!
I have gathered an exhibition of graphic and bloody videos. 30 in all.
I believe you'll find them sickening and hard to watch.
I encourage you to view as many as possible go gain insight into the issue I'm presenting.
Watch and learn about the reality of war.
Barack Obama and John McCain want this to continue...
How can anyone see the sense or goodness in this.
Please add any links you have.
Let others know your thoughts by commenting below. 7 years! I have gathered an exhibition of graphic and bloody videos. 30 in all. ... more -
US Not leaving Iraq:No Deal
U.S negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops in Iraq before the end of the Bush presidency, according to senior U.S. officials, effectively leaving talks over an extended U.S. military presence there to the next administration.
The failure of months of negotiations over the more detailed accord -- blamed on both the Iraqi refusal to accept U.S. terms and the complexity of the task.
The Us administration wants to secure permanent military bases in the region and have control over the government.
Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.), the presumptive Democratic nominee, has said he would immediately begin withdrawing combat troops at a rate of one or two brigades a month, a pledge he has softened recently by saying he would consult with U.S. commanders on the ground. But he has said that after 16 months in office, the U.S. presence in Iraq would be far smaller than the 144,000 troops there now, with only a "residual" number remaining.
The status-of-forces negotiations have been sharply criticized by Democrats, and some Republicans, as an attempt to tie Bush's successor to the president's policy in Iraq. Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, supports the administration position. He has said he hopes to bring U.S. combat troops home by 2013 but has insisted that any timeline or lessening of U.S. control over its own operations would undercut recent military gains and aid U.S. enemies. U.S negotiators have abandoned efforts to conclude a comprehensive agreement governing the long-term status of U.S troops in Iraq befo... more -
US death toll in Iraq is 'mostly white and poor'
The 4000 US soldiers killed in Iraq in the past five years were predominantly white and more than one in three came from poor southern states, according to a casualty analysis carried out by The Herald. The 4000 US soldiers killed in Iraq in the past five years were predominantly white and more than one in three came from poor southern... more
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Baghdad suicide bomber kills at least 18
It has been reported that a bomber has detonated an explosives-laden car in the centre of Baghdad killing at least 18 civilians and injuring well over 60.
The car was exploded at around 2pm local time in the Bab al-Sharij area of the city, damaging dozens of nearby shops.
A local shopkeeper told AFP that two men parked a BMW car in front of his shop and one of them stepped out, while the other remained seated in the vehicle.
"I went up to the man in the car and asked him to move it. He said 'Just have patience. I will move in a minute as I am waiting for my friend.' A few seconds later the car exploded," the shopkeeper said, adding the blast happened just after he had returned to his shop.
"I fainted in my shop from the impact of the explosion. I woke up after somebody threw water on my face. I miraculously escaped the bombing."
It has been reported that a bomber has detonated an explosives-laden car in the centre of Baghdad killing at least 18 civilians and in... more -
Baghdad ER - HBO
"You can learn about war by walking through this facility...the horrors of what man can do to man are visualized right here. But we do our best, our level best, to make sure our people survive and make it back to their homes."
-- Col. Casper P. Jones III, Commander, 86th Combat Support Hospital
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/baghdader/index.html ... more -
Montel tells FOX hosts to talk about the soldier who died, not Heath Ledger
Montel Williams turned the question around on live television when he chose to focus on the soldiers dying in Iraq rather than the passing of Heath Ledger.
He did not return for a further segment. Montel Williams turned the question around on live television when he chose to focus on the soldiers dying in Iraq rather than the pas... more -
Christmas, just another day in Iraq.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two separate suicide attacks, including one apparently targeting workers in a northern oil hub, killed at least 34 people on Tuesday, shattering more than a week of relative calm, local and U.S. military authorities said.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two separate suicide attacks, including one apparently targeting workers in a northern oil hub, killed at least 34 peo... more -
30 Seconds Fear
About the footage:
Winter, 2004. I am in a U.S. combat hospital near Balad, Iraq when a Marine is rushed in with a horrible wound to his leg. Someone tells me that he has been hit by mortar shrapnel, on duty somewhere near Ramadi. Myself and another journalist follow the gurney into the operating room and I swing my camera up as the doctors start flushing out the wound. I can hear him groaning before the sedative finally knocks him out. I film almost the entire operation. After a little while I stop noticing the blood and raw tissue; one gets used to it. At the end of it they wheel him away with his leg in bandages but later one of the medics tells me that theyd had to amputate. War is a very sick business and is nothing to be taken lightly.
8.22.05 thanks to everyone for their comments. i'm sorry i just put up this explanation today, i agree that the piece works best with context. but remember, the 'current challenge' was for 30 seconds of unedited, raw footage, so that's a rather limiting structure. ---dmz About the footage: ... more
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