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Sunday, October 20, 2013

Commander defends Apache pilots in WikiLeaks video before 'The Fifth Estate' movie release


More than three years after the WikiLeaks video went viral, the commander of the Apache pilots who fired on a group of men in Baghdad, killing two Reuters employees, is speaking out.

Retired Lt. Col. Chris Walach commanded 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment for three years, leading them in combat in Iraq for a 15-month deployment during the height of the troop surge.

Walach, now an independent management consultant based in Nevada, contacted and spoke to Army Times a week before the Oct. 18 release of the movie “The Fifth Estate,” which chronicles WikiLeaks’ rise to notoriety.

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2 comments:

  1. David21/10/13 05:41

    So, where is the clip of the commander speaking? There is no quote or video of his statement, just the video of the event. Why don't you post the commanders words? Are you only interested in one (very biased) side of the story?

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  2. Ko Savonije21/10/13 08:28

    Click the Read more link for the full story at ArmyTimes.com

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