Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan

March 17, 2008

‘US veterans gathered in Maryland this past weekend to testify at Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners.’ While the corporate media ignored the story, Democracy Now, the Real News Network and several other independent media institutions covered it in depth (see Jeff Cohen’s excellent piece ‘Iraq Winter Soldier Hearings: Victory for Independent Media‘). You can watch Democracy Now’s coverage here, and below you will find videos from Real News. (This page will be updated as more testimonies become available).