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What Collateral Murder is Frame-by-frame analysis The day itself Myths and mistakes

The Incident

Collateral Murder An Analysis of Collateral Murder Timeline of Events Resources What Happened on 12 July 2007 The Strike on the Van The Missile Strike on the Building All 17 in the incident

Whistleblowers and Journalists

Namir Noor-Eldeen: The Photographer Who Was 22 Saeed Chmagh: The Life and Legacy of a Reuter’s Jou… Saeed Chmagh and the Impact of War on Journalists Ethan McCord: From Soldier to Whistleblower Josh Stieber and the Letter of Apology Bradley (Chelsea) Manning: The Whistleblower Behind… Adrian Lamo: The Man Who Turned Manning In All 13 in whistleblowers and journalists

WikiLeaks and the Release

How WikiLeaks Decrypted and Released the Video The National Press Club Release, 5 April 2010 The 38-Minute Video and the 17-Minute Edit Julian Assange: Hero or Villain? Julian Assange’s Influence on Digital Activism Wikileaks and Its Global Impact: A Comprehensive Overview The Iraq War Logs: What Wikileaks Revealed All 11 in wikileaks and the release

Courts and Consequences

Why Nobody Was Prosecuted Over the Airstrike The Espionage Act Charges Against Julian Assange The 2024 Plea Deal That Ended the Case The Legal Battles of Julian Assange: A Timeline Latest Update on Julian Assange: What’s Next for th… Human Rights Organizations and Their Response to Co… All 6 in courts and consequences

Ethics and the Media

How War Footage Shapes Public Opinion How to Check a Piece of War Footage Collateral Murder: Media Coverage and Public Response David Finkel's The Good Soldiers: The Book That Des… How Reuters and Other Newsrooms Reacted The Ethics of Leaking Classified Military Footage Ethics in Warfare: Civilians as Collateral Damage All 9 in ethics and the media

The War Around It

Baghdad in 2007 and the Surge Iraq Body Count and How the Iraqi Dead Were Counted Timeline of Key Events in the Iraq War The Impact of the Iraq War on Civilians: Statistics… How the Iraq War Changed Modern Warfare: Lessons Learned Civilian Impact of Modern Warfare Explained All 6 in the war around it

The 2026 Iran War

The Minab School Airstrike, 28 February 2026 Timeline of the Minab School Attack Counting the Dead at Minab Double-Tap Strikes and the People Who Come to Help Who Was Responsible for the Minab Strike The 2026 Iran War: What Happened Minab and Baghdad: The Same Shape, Nineteen Years Apart All 7 in the 2026 iran war

Collateral Killings in History

The Biggest Collateral Killings in History The My Lai Massacre, 16 March 1968 The No Gun Ri Massacre, July 1950 The Amiriyah Shelter Bombing, 13 February 1991 The Haditha Killings, 19 November 2005 The Nisour Square Massacre, 16 September 2007 The Kunduz Hospital Airstrike, 3 October 2015 All 14 in collateral killings in history

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