PROPOSED LEDE: ON APRIL 5TH, A MILITARY VIDEO SHOWING THE 2007 KILLING IN BAGHDAD OF 12 CIVILIANS, TWO OF THEM JOURNALISTS FROM REUTERS, BY U.S. SOLDIERS FIRING FROM AN APACHE HELICOPTER, WAS RELEASED ON THE INTERNET. TWO CHILDREN WERE ALSO BADLY INJURED. THE WEB SITE, CALLED WIKILEAKS.ORG, STATED THAT THE VIDEO WAS OBTAINED FROM WHISTLE BLOWERS IN THE MILITARY. TO-DATE, THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE REPORTING OR INTEREST IN THE U.S. MAINSTREAM MEDIAS FOR THE SHOCKING PICTURES IN WHICH U.S. SOLDIERS ARE HEARD LAUGHING AS THEY SHOOT AND KILL UNARMED CIVILIANS. THIS PAST THURSDAY, A DOZEN ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS FROM WORLD CANT WAIT, LINED THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE 92ND STREET "Y" IN MANHATTAN WHERE GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS WAS SCHEDULED FOR A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT. PETRAEUS WAS THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES IN IRAQ AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND THE GOAL OF THE PROTEST WAS TO PUBLICLY DENOUNCE HIS ROLE IN FACILITATING WAR CRIMES. WBAI FRED NGUYEN SPOKE WITH THE PROTESTERS AND HE FILES THIS REPORT:
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