In 1971, on the heels of the My Lai massacre, Vietnam Veterans Against the War organized the Winter Soldier Investigation.

More than 125 veterans testified about atrocities they had committed or had seen other U.S. soldiers commit. There’s a decent film about it here. Modeled on that Citizen Tribunal method, Iraq Veterens Against the War has conducted their own public hearing on the atrocities committed by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Strangely, outside of the scant though varied sources of Democracy Now (here and here) and Wired Magainze, I haven’t seen much coverage of this historic event by major media.

Incredibly honest, candid and not for the squimish (or, actually, especially for them) these are the stories from Iraq and anyone in favor of the ongoing war needs to be made to hear. The only problem I have with this is that it’s not at the Hague being used as testimony in a war crimes tribunal against the Bush Administration.

• Watch the testimony at the Iraq Veterens Against the War website
• Watch or listen to them at Democracy Now here and here
• About the My Lai massacre at PBS

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