Collateral Murder - Right To Know

Lately a lot has been talked about the Freedom Of Information act, the right to know what's happening around you and the right to reason out whether it is 'right or not'. The citizens of any country expect their system to be transparent and all necessary information to be shared with the nationals. They trust them and give them the authority to perform activities for the welfare of the nation and their residents. However, a mere mention of the revelation from Wikileaks on 'Collateral Murder' questions the integrity and sanctity of the same.

What you see is not what actually happened. So even though, some officials might question the authenticity of the leaked documents, still can they answer the reason for the issue to have been left under wraps. Many innocent individuals (who were the target in the murder) could not even ask for mercy at the behest of the ignorant officials.

As picked up from Wikipedia ;

'WikiLeaks released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff. Reuters had been trying to obtain the video through the Freedom of Information Act, without success since the time of the attack. The video, shot from an Apache helicopter gun-site, clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers. Two young children involved in the rescue were also seriously wounded. For further information please visit the special project website www.collateralmurder.com. The military did not reveal how the Reuters staff were killed, and stated that they did not know how the children were injured."

This leaves one puzzled and baffled with questions which no one can answer but only ignore. As, from the moment the revelation started taking place all the Wikileaks sites were deactivated....the reason...???....It speaks for itself.

There is no conclusion that can be drawn, but the fact clearly lies in front of us ......."Be Awake & Aware", If something needs an action , then act upon it.....

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