A song for Haditha

An amateur video, apparently made by US marines in Iraq, endorsing the killing of civilians, is being investigated by the US military. The video shows a US marine singing about gunning down members of an Iraqi woman's family after they confront him with automatic weapons. You can watch the video here.

Comments

[raf*]

ya issandr,

the song/vid is about a marine who walks an iraqi woman home, whereupon she is shot by her brother & father, upon which he pulls her sister in front of him, who is also shot & killed by her male relatives, whereupon he kills the brother & father.

not quite as black/white as you make it out to be. if you have the link - why not take the trouble to actually listen to the song?

there are even the complete lyrics posted in the comment section of the video link you provide.

--raf*

[raf*]

ya hossam,

i didn't see you posted it so i addressed you as "issandr".

apologies.

--raf*

[Hossam el-Hamalawy]

Wow, raf. This adds a completely different insight into the song indeed.

[Rebecca]

Hi Hossam,

I am not sure Raf has it right. I have another version of the lyrics at makesomenoise-zazou.blogspot.com, and they do not indicate that the father and brother shoot the girl- they show the guns, the marine pulls the little sister in front of him ( I assume they point the guns at him finally, although I am not completely sure) she dies in the shooting, and them he blows everyone away,

(by the way, I told elendil any of the bloggers against torture can use the ceci n'est pas la torture pict if they want.)
zazou