Bradley Manning
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Bradley Manning
Im späten Mai 2010 wurde der Gefreite Bradley Manning, ein Aufklärungsanalyst der US-Armee in Bagdad, verhaftet, weil man ihm vorwirft, den “colleteral murder” (Kollateral Mord) Video an Wikileaks weitergegeben zu haben.
Am 6. Juni 2010 wurde er unter Militärgerichtsbarkeit angeklagt, acht Straftaten gemäß des US Soldatengesetzes und vier weitere Verstöße gegen Armee Regeln bagangen zu haben. Die volle Anklageschrift (englisch) ist hier zu lesen.
Er wurde überstürzt verhaftet aufgrund eines angeblichen Geständnises in einem online-chat gegenüber dem bekannten Hacker und Journalisten Adriano Lamo.
Manning wird derzeit im Militärgefängnis, der “US-Marine-Corps” Basis Quantico in Quantico/Viginia gefangen gehalten, wo er auf seinen Prozeß wartet. Sollte er für schuldig befunden werden, erwarten ihn bis zu 52 Jahre Haft, eine unehrenhafte Entlassung sowie Entzug aller Bezahlungen, Zulagen und kleinerer, ungenannter Vergünstigungen. Seit seiner Inhaftierung konnte Mannings keine öffentlichen Erklärungen abgeben.
Daniel Ellsberg, der berühmte Informant, der die Pentagon-Papiere veröffentlichte, erklärte den Gefreiten Bradley Mannings zum Helden.
Der “Collateral Murder” Video
Amerikanische Soldaten schießen unbewaffnete Zivilisten, Journalisten und Kinder zusammen
Am 4. April 2010 veröffentlichte die Informanten Webseite Wikileaks ein geheimes Video aus einem Apache Kampf-Hubschrauber, der 2007 auf eine Gruppe von Zivilisten in Bagdad feuerte. Das Video, zu sehen unter www.collateralmurder.com, zeigt wie Amerikaner auf elf Menschen, die sich nicht verteidigen, schießen und sie töten. Zwei der Getöteten waren Reuters-Mitarbeiter, darunter der 22 jährige Reuters Fotojournalist Namir Nur-Eldin und sein Fahrer, der 40 Jahre alte Said Chmar.
Das Video enthält außerdem Audioaufzeichnungen der Gespräche der US-Soldaten im Hubschrauber vor, während und nach dem Beschuß. Die Soldaten bitten wiederholt um Feuererlaubnis, bekommen diese auch, bestärken sich gegenseitig und witzeln über die Toten und sterbenden Zivilisten. (Ein vollständiges Transkript des Tonmitschnittes gibt es hier.)
Insgesamt wurden elf Erwachsene getötet. Zwei Kinder, die in einem Kleinbus saßen, der ankam nachdem der erste Feuerangriff beendet war, wurden schwer verletzt, als der Apache-Hubschrauber das Feuer auf ihren Wagen eröffnete.
2007 forderte Reuters eine Untersuchung des Angriffs. Als Antwort erklärte ein Sprecher der multinationalen Streitkräfte in Bagdad:”Es gibt keinen Zweifel daran, dass Koalitionskräfte in Kampfhandlungen mit feindlichen Kräften verwickelt waren.”
Hier ist der Armeebericht zu lesen (englisch), über die Tötung von zwei Reuters Mitarbeitern und der Verwundung von zwei Kindern.
Der Tot der anderen neun Menschen wurde nicht untersucht.
Gegen die amerikanischen Soldaten in dem Apache-Hubschrauber wurde keine Anklage erhoben.
Lesen Sie den Wikipedia Artikel über Bradley Manning.
übersetzt von: Balder
WIKILEAKS IS A NEWS ORGANIZATION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNz9tlC0-2o
Bradley Manning is a HERO!!!
Great!
He’s the quintessence of a Hero. Free Bradley!
Bradley Manning is a hero! We need more people like him who’s not afraid to tell the truth.The American people need to know what’s actually going on in Iraq and protest.That some American soldiers seem to be over there just for “the fun” of killing civilians…
And what is the real reason American soldiers are there anyway?
FREE Bradley Manning. Who is the real criminal here? I think we all know.
The military talks about strength, honor, and courage. Yet when someone exercises all those aspects to the fullest, he is dubbed a criminal against the country. Bradley is a true representation of what an American should be. FREE BRADLEY
HE is a Hero (as noted by most everyone here) and Wikileaks is scaring the hell out of the govt!It IS a real News outlet (if Fox can call itself one!) He is to be thanked this holiday! His Bravery in this situation is AMAZING!
You have seen the documentation “Fahrenheit 9/11″ from Michael Moore? A must have! There you can recognize the truly criminals of the american “citizens”: Mission accomplished…
Great work Bradly. the president of the united states and his army general’s are the criminals and not soldiers like brad
Absolute Mister Bradley Manning is a real HERO!
Oh i like to donate with paypal please and dont find your paypal account.
Greets and thanks
This man is a true hero. You should not be punished for telling the truth, the people that murdered all those civilians and reporters and injured the children should be where Bradly is right now not the other way around….God Bless America…Land of the not so free
Bradley I read with horror & tears the way you are being treated. Please remember you have friends across the world who will fight with you emotionally & practicallly all the way. John(Liverpool UK)
Glenn Greenwald at Salon has been digging into this and it seems the case is entirely fabricated. See the link below and related articles;
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/29/wired_1/
Bradley,
You did a great thing. You are on the right side of history. You have millions of people thinking about you, appreciating and supporting you from around the world. Hang in there my friend. The stressfull times will pass. Have you tried yoga? – Eli
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We Support Bradley From México !!!!!!!!, Free Bradley ! Free Bradley ! Free Bradley ! Free Bradley !, He’s a hero.
The deepest thank to the parents of Bradly for their son,and all our love to them in this hard time.It is a shame for all peaple,who not protesting against this brutal war against all of us-the war against humanity,the right of peaple to know,that somebody is gilty on the death of innocent people.In God we trust?wich God trusting men,who claiming against Bradly?The God of Stalin?the God of Hitler?What shows the US Goverment with this act?In 40-ies in Germany Bradly would go to a conzentration camp,in all time of existence of USSR he would go to GULAG.Such a young Men,and such a Great Heart.He knew,what was his risk.Let us push from all directions!
Sergey,Medical assistant,born in the USSR,from Berlin with Love to Manning Family-you are always welcome at our hous!
If would be the possibility to transfer with pay-pal,please,let us know-not everybody from us have credit cards
I just read the Helicopter pilots comments to the “job“ they done…
So weak professionals,and the same way weak hearts…
So long as a man does`t accept such a “job“ as a tragical mistake becourse of his low professional qualification,nobody is allowed to speak about the `´collateral damages`´,but-ABOUT A WAR CRIME ONLY
this man is true hero.
his heart is in the right place and i bow my head for his courage.
it takes real courage, to take a step like he did.
war crimes are crimes, nothing less and would the internet have been arround at times of all the other wars, there would have been leaks after leaks to show waht was really going on.
german tv news magazin released a new video a few days ago:
http://daserste.ndr.de/panorama/archiv/2011/manning101.html.
here they found a new eye witness, a ground soldier who was ordered to the scene.
the video is mainly in german, but has parts of the interview in english.
have a look.
and keep the protest running high!!!!
Obama is an empty suit of armor, yet we must continue to pressure him and the leadership in Congress odf the Democratic Party to end the torture of Bradley and all political prisoners. Persuade Rachel Maddow to weigh in.
Bradley Manning – if responsible for the leak – is maybe the most inportant western hero of many decades. We proud ourselves of democracy, but still accept our leaders filling us with lies. It is a tragedy that Manning is prosecuted instead of being celebrated as the hero it seems he is.
Everyone in the western world should be much more critical of their goverments. If they are allowed to mislead us, do we really have democracy?
The uprisings that are happening all across the middle east are happening because of Wikileaks, which happened because of people like Bradley Manning. I am a first world citizen (Irish) and admit that I am too accustomed (self-righteous?) to my “luxurious” lifestyle that I could not even contemplate risking it to spend days, weeks or even months in solitary confinement. But that is EXACTLY what Bradley has done and he did it to protect OUR freedoms. He has sacrificed his well-being, which you can be damn sure he knew was going to happen, because he knew that the world needed to know what was being done in the name of “democracy”. He stood up for himself and what he believed in when all he had was hope, hope that people would listen. Now it’s time to prove that we have listened…