Taking David Mark's Lateline Broadcast on 29/04/2010 first:

1. a leaked US military video showing Iraqi civilians and Reuters staff being killed

Now this "Report" is being broadcast two years and nine months AFTER the incident took place. So why is there no mention of those "civilians" being armed? Why is there no mention of the fact that just over two blocks away there are two US Patrols who have already come under fire? So much for factual, objective and impartial reporting of events.

2. TONY JONES, PRESENTER: A leaked video showing the death of 12 to 15 civilians, journalists and children in Baghdad has become one of the most compelling and controversial stories of the Iraq conflict.

The number of people killed in the attack was 10 and the only reason it has become what it has is down entirely to the way the media have presented it. All footage, recordings, transcripts, statements and still photographs were presented to Reuters by the 26th July 2007. And Reuters subsequently reported nothing on the incident, now why was that?

3. DAVID MARK: Among the group are two employees of the Reuters News Agency, the photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen and his driver Saaed Chmagh. The Wikileaks video identifies the two and the cameras they're holding. The US soldiers on board the chopper claim they can see weapons.

The US soldiers onboard the chopper claim they can see weapons. . I suppose somebody is going to tell me how they know for certain that the helo crew are actually referring to either Namir Noor-Eldeen or to Saaed Chmagh when they report that they can see weapons? Taking into account that they state:

"Hotel two-six, Crazy Horse one-eight. Have five to six individuals with AK47s. Request permission to engage."

Does that sound like he has just mistaken cameras for guns (only two people carrying cameras – right?) and that everybody else is unarmed??

I looked at the video and I could quite clearly see four people with weapons in their hands, none of those four being the two Reuters men. And lo and behold I must have been right because weapons were found at the scene, photographs were taken of them. The soldier who these reporters later interview actually refers to having seen:

"I did also notice a couple of RPGs as well as AK47s when I got to the scene."