Amy Goodman
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Bradley Manning on Leaking Iraq Helicopter Video: "I Hoped the Public Would Be As Alarmed as Me"
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0:54Now PlayingHear additional leaked audio clips aired on Democracy Now! at In leaked audio from his pretrial hearing, Army whistleblower Bradley Manning says he was encouraged by the public reaction to the release of video showing U.S. forces gunning down Iraqi civilians from Apache helicopters. "I wanted the American public to know that not everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan are targets that needed to be neutralized, but rather people who were struggling to live in the pressure cooker environment of what we call asymmetric warfare," Manning said. "After the release I was encouraged by the response in the media and general public, who observed the aerial weapons team video. As I hoped, others were just as troubled if not more troubled than me by what they saw."
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