“Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards.” “Nice. Nice. Nice shooting.”
This footage was known about since 2007 but all Freedom of Information Requests to release it were rebuffed by the Department of Defense. WikiLeaks released it in July 2010.
Up to 24 innocent Iraqi civilians were killed, including two Reuters photographers. Two children were wounded in a van that came to try to rescue the bullet-riddled survivors and the pilots continued shooting at the vehicle.
