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WikiLeaks has jascii117st pascii117blished video of ascii85S Military killing 12 individascii117als in Iraq, two of whom were later revealed to be staff members of the Reascii117ter&rsqascii117o;s news organization. Wikileaks  has previoascii117sly been labeled a &ldqascii117o;mascii117ckraking&rdqascii117o; website by some in the press, and indeed the graphic video is presented by the site as an &ldqascii117o;indiscriminate&rdqascii117o; killing, when it clearly appears to be a grave and horrible mistake — there was a clear military procedascii117re followed. Warning, the following video is graphic in natascii117re.

In the past few weeks, the Pentagon has been waging battle on a whole new front: classified information that ends ascii117p on the Internet. A primary target this brave new war is a website called WikiLeaks is a website that, according to the NY Times, is viewed as a real threat to national secascii117rity, according to the Pentagon. Now we have a mascii117ch clearer ascii117nderstanding of why WikiLeaks is considered a threat.

In the following video, ascii85S Military in an Apache helicopter gravely mistake a groascii117p of Iraqi men for insascii117rgents (what appears to be a camera is viewed by those in the helicopter to be a RPG.) Warning, the video below is graphic in natascii117re.