Wikileaks Bolsters Claim of Deadly U.S. Attack in Yemen

[ConsAreLiars]

NEW YORK, Dec 1, 2010 (IPS) - A diplomatic cable published by Wikileaks corroborates images released earlier by Amnesty International (AI) showing that the U.S. military carried out a missile strike in south Yemen in December 2009 that killed dozens of local residents, including women and children, the rights group says.

In the secret cable, written in January 2010, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh is reported to have assured U.S. General David Petraeus that his government would "continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours".
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An alleged al Qaeda training camp at al-Ma'jalah, Abyan, was hit by a cruise missile on Dec. 17, 2009. A Yemeni parliamentary inquiry found that 41 local residents, including 14 women and 21 children, and 14 alleged al Qaeda members were killed in the attack.
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Amnesty International provided the media with photographs of the aftermath of the Abyan strike in June this year, including remnants of U.S.-sourced cluster munitions and the Tomahawk cruise missiles used to deliver them.

More at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53739

No wonder the US and its corporatist military agencies are regarded with such loathing around this planet. After all, world domination through mass murdering does make enemies, and many people don't regard "collateral damage" as any sort of justification for some portion of the murder victims in wars of conquest.

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[Ramulux]

1. Didnt you hear?

All the Embassy files are meaningless and Julian Assange is just doing this because he is an egomaniac. How dare you claim that these cables actually imply that our government could do something this horrible, dont you realize that our system is perfect and that all our public officials would never keep important information from us. You must hate America.

[ConsAreLiars]

2. Oops, briefly forgot what I learned from TV school today.

What Did You Learn in School Today?
Words and Music by Tom Paxton

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie.
I learned that soldiers seldom die.
I learned that everybody's free.
And that's what the teacher said to me.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that policemen are my friends.
I learned that justice never ends.
I learned that murderers die for their crimes.
Even if we make a mistake sometimes.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned our government must be strong.
It's always right and never wrong.
Our leaders are the finest men.
And we elect them again and again.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that war is not so bad.
I learned of the great ones we have had.
We fought in Germany and in France.
And some day I might get my chance.
That's what I learned in school today.
That's what I learned in school.

The Seeger version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VucczIg98Gw