WATCH CNN. RIGHT NOW

[boolean]

Iraq..Hurry up....

Edit:
They're showing Insurgent videos...Troop interviews...THE TRUTH, basically.

[whistle]

1. Is Iraq gone? What?

[boolean]

3. AC: 360 - They'ree showing insurgent videos

This is horrifying...

[liberalhistorian]

6. Can you elaborate for those of us who

do not have access to TV right now?

[YDogg]

10. This sniper video is pretty damn bad ...

... but shows what a clusterfuck this all is.

[status quo buster]

37. Snipers in Iraq

The only defense against accurate snipers is to GET THE HELL OUT OF IRAQ

[newyawker99]

39. Hi status quo buster!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[eleny]

5. Video of insurgent snipers shooting American soldiers

Videos from the point of view of the snipers themselves. Soldiers being hit and going down. It's chilling.

[w8liftinglady]

12. oh,hell.well...it's time we saw the truth.

[eleny]

18. that's how i feel

so i made myself watch it. let's hope this really takes off and this airing becomes the story, too.

[Drum]

2. yikes!

[MissB]

4. Let's say my kids are, um, watching cartoons.

Could you expand on the CNN! TV! MUST WATCH! just a bit?

[solara]

Yes, please..what is happening?

I don't have cable

[LynneSin]

15. Be greatful they are watching cartoons - no one was there to stop me

Back during Vietnam War, I remember my mother was in the Kitchen when Walter Cronkike had a special report about the violence in Vietnam. There was a warning for parental caution for young children but since my mother wasn't around I watched it anyways.

Perhaps that's why I'm a liberal today and I fight against the war

[ContraBass Black]

7. I have no idea what's going on.

Care to elaborate?

[Drum]

9. dunno

[eleny]

14. CNN obtained the video recently

They determined by studying the tapes that they're authentic.

The moment a bullet hits a soldier, they've blacked out the tape for a second so we don't see the moment the bullet hits. But then you see the soldier on the ground.

The sniper is accompanied by another with a camera shooting the video. You can hear the sniper talking and deciding when to shoot.

[w8liftinglady]

8. c'mon-fill us in..I'm watching 'braveheart"

[upi402]

11. god i hate cnn

oh am i supposed to hate the enemy without and forget about the real enemy within?

[solara]

17. The war in Vietnam was televised and it opened people's eyes

Can't ignore the truth of what war is really like when it is in your living room.. is that what they are showing? or is there a weird POV?

[upi402]

20. true. but this ain't the 60's or even the 70's. It's propaganda

and war hype.
to me...

[babylonsister]

13. Michael Ware is a hero. One of the few telling it like it is. nt

[upi402]

16. here's some sniper porn if you're into it

http://us.f545.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&MsgId=8064_19207086_4179007_1506_2442558_0_41981_3290575_3122875088&bodyPart=2&tnef=&YY=76929&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&VScan=1&Idx=24

[MadMaddie]

19. It's disturbing.....

Our soldiers are targets.....

The military that Bremmer disbanded is killing our soldiers...Bremmer is responsible for this...

[eleny]

21. who is this idiot now saying "some of them missed"?

what a jerk with his smirking comments.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

23. Bushco shill

Must be one of the few generals who wasn't "retired". :puke:

[eleny]

25. Grange

[mrreowwr_kittty]

22. Much appreciation to AC for doing this story

He's bringing the attacks on our troops to public attention and it's exposing the lies of Bushco.

I don't know what you guys think, but I've noticed a big change in him since Katrina and his coverage of Darfur. He's trying to do real news and I think he should be encouraged to continue.

Who is this Brig. Gen. asshole who is trying to sugarcoat the situation? "But....sometimes they miss!" "And sometimes our guys hit them!"

Anderson is challenging him. Good.


Sorry about the stream of consciousness here....

[eleny]

24. this video puts it on the personal level

anyone would have to be a sociopath to not feel anything. clockwork orange comes to mind.

[babylonsister]

28. The fact AC and CNN spent so much time on this speaks volumes.

Perhaps everyone is sick of the killing and senselessness finally.
I know I am.

[eleny]

32. I believe AC's heart is in the right place

I've felt that way ever since his Katrina reporting. But then there's that drop of cynicism that whispers to me - the CNN suits took a hard look at Keith O's ratings and collectively gasped before soiling their shorts. I'd bet a lot on how long CNN has had these videos.

Better late than never.

[babylonsister]

33. I feel the same way about AC,

and have noticed a swing in the news. Witness Scarborough. And Buchanan said tonight 'throw the bums out?' :rofl: He was a cheerleader, even after Foley was outed.

[senseandsensibility]

36. What changed Buchanan's mind?

Seriously, what had happened since Foley that we didn't already know about?

[babylonsister]

38. I didn't see it but read this, so I can't tell you. Maybe the cumulation

of all the dirty deeds done (not so) dirt cheap, and the many other rethugs in trouble?


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2427783

[YDogg]

26. Washington post dot com had a story today about a DC native killed ...

... by a sniper.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/17/AR2006101701651.html

[NightOwwl]

27. Actual news on American TV.

What a concept.

[babylonsister]

29. Exactly! nt

[JackORoses]

30. wow

I can't believe this made the air.

It shows Iraq for the Turkeyshoot it is. Our guys don't have a chance before they're shot and the enemy disappears into the crowd.

It shows the insurgents to be highly capable, and most importantly that they're Iraqis. "Their concerns are local" as the rep said.

This is Propaganda of the most powerful kind.
It shows the Truth.
It shows the Adversary as they truly are. Human beings with goals and means to achieve them.

The American People can understand this.

How did it slip through?
Rove must be losing his grip.

[eleny]

31. How many parents, tonight, wonder if they saw their own kid

[babylonsister]

35. And an hour devoted to it. The show was really necessary and

important.
Hopefully some editorials will reflect that tomorrow.

[wellst0nev0ter]

34. Oh, So I Don't Have To Go To Ogrish.com Anymore?

Or just watch the international media?

Fuck him and fuck the broadcast media. They rallied for this war from the start, then sat on their thumbs when the shitmire went south. And they still can't find airtime to give to those who were fucking right from the start, and even then they continue to insult them.

They lost me a long time ago.