Video shows deaths of two Reuters journalists in Iraq in 2007

Washington (CNN) — One of two photojournalists killed in a 2007 attack by a U.S. helicopter gunship in Iraq was being rescued when the gunship’s crew fired on the van to which he was being carried, according to footage posted online Monday.

Reuters photographer Saeed Cmagh survived an initial strafing by the Apache gunship’s 30 mm machine gun, but he apparently died when the gunship opened fire on people attempting to get him off the sidewalk where he lay, according to the video. The aerial footage was posted by the Web site WikiLeaks, which said the video remains classified and “clearly shows the unprovoked slaying of a wounded Reuters employee and his rescuers.” > more.
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Tony Blair admits: I would have invaded Iraq anyway

WMD were not vital for war says ex-PM ahead of appearance at Chilcot inquiry. – Tony Blair has said he would have invaded Iraq even without evidence of weapons of mass destruction and would have found a way to justify the war to parliament and the public. > more.

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Baptism in the Tigris

An Iraqi religious group recreates a biblical scene along the banks of the Tigris river. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports. > watch here.

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Islam According to Gallup

Dalia Mogahed spoke at July’s Common Word Conference at Yale University, where hundreds of moderate Muslims and evangelical Christian scholars met seeking better understanding. As senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Mogahed travels widely, engaging audiences on what Muslims think. Her analysis has appeared in The Economist, The Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Mogahed, a Muslim, lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband and two sons. Also attending the conference was Warren Larson, director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies at Columbia International University and author of Islamic Ideology and Fundamentalism in Pakistan: Climate for Conversion to Christianity?  > more. 
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Killings force 13,000 Christians to flee Mosul

“The full scale of the persecution of Christians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul became apparent last night when the UN’s refugee agency said about 13,000 had been hounded from their homes this month – more than half of the city’s Christian community.” > more.

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A cruel war story – and questions about morality

“This is true. This conversation took place in flight June 25, 2005. I transcribed the following on the same day. His name is Wes and he is 23 years old. On his third and last tour to Iraq, he was captured by “insurgents” in Fallujah. He is now detained at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. In a few days [June 2005] he has a hearing in front of the military court and is being tried on 3 counts of war crimes. How did I meet him? ” > more.

Read our German article about moral (Lawrence Kohlberg”:
> Das Heinz-Dilemma – Stufen der moralischen Entwicklung
> or in English:  Stages of moral development 
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