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* First-half revenue: €220 million, down 14% compared with H1 2009

* Impact of commercial real estate and block sales to Spanish banks in 2009
* Housing revenue in France up 5% vs. H1 2009

* Orders

* Excellent second-quarter sales in France with orders totaling €119 million
* Smaller contribution from block sales compared with H1 2009

* Backlog up 21% since year-end 2009
* Rebuilding the land potential in France: up 120% year on year

PARIS–(Business Wire)–
Regulatory News:

LES NOUVEAUX CONSTRUCTEURS (Paris:LNC), a leading European residential real
estate developer, today released its review of the six months that ended June
30, 2010.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (in € millions) H1 2010 H1 2009 Change
Net revenue 220 255 -14%
Orders (including VAT) 294 342 -14%
Backlog, net (at June 30) 552 637 -13%
Land potential, net (at June 30) 958 666 +44%

Olivier Mitterrand, Chairman of the Management Board, said:

“The strong demand for housing in France noted in 2009 carried over into
first-half 2010. Given this situation, LNC continued to build up its land
potential in France, which has more than doubled over the past 12 months. This
in turn has enabled us to rebuild our product portfolio, leading to a number of
major program launches during the second quarter. In fact, there were as many
launches over this period as in all of 2009.”

REVENUE

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, LNC revenue totaled €220 million, a
decline of 14% from the prior-year period.

REVENUE BY OPERATING SEGMENT

In € millions excl. VAT H1 2010 H1 2009 Change
France 145.9 160.0 -9%
Of which housing 129.1 123.1 +5%
Of which commercial real estate 16.8 36.9 -55%
Spain 26.9 44.1 -39%
Germany 46.0 48.4 -5%
Of which Concept Bau-Premier 15.1 25.2 -40%
Of which Zapf* 30.9 23.2 +33%
Other countries 1.2 2.6 -54%
Total 220.0 255.0 -14%

*Zapf, which was 50% proportionally consolidated until April 30, 2009, has been
fully consolidated since May 1, 2009.

In France, first-half 2010 revenue totaled €145.9 million, down 9% from the
prior-year period. The decline was mainly due to the sharp reduction in revenue
from the commercial real estate business with the completion of the Copernic 2
program in late 2009.

Housing revenue on the other hand rose by 5% compared with first-half 2009,
thanks in particular to the first-time consolidation of Dominium. The new
subsidiary contributed €7 million to revenue for the period.

In Spain, revenue for the first six months amounted to €26.9 million, down 39%
from the prior-year period. Premier España delivered 88 homes in first-half
2010, compared with 128 in the first six months of 2009. The decline was due to
a high basis of comparison for second-quarter 2009, when four lots and 53
housing units were sold to a bank for €27.5 million. Excluding the impact of
this transaction, first-half 2010 revenue was up approximately 62%.

In Germany, revenue from Concept Bau-Premier totaled €15.1 million, compared
with €25.2 million in first-half 2009 as the company delivered only 43 homes in
the first six months of 2010, versus 70 in the prior-year period.

Revenue from Zapf amounted to €30.9 million, compared with €23.2 million in
first-half 2009, during which the company was 50% proportionally consolidated
for four months. This means that on a comparable basis, business was practically
the same for the two periods.

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

Orders were down 14% in value and 17% in volume year on year, mainly due to a
high basis of comparison stemming from the large number of block sales in
France, Spain and Germany in first-half 2009.

However, orders in second-quarter 2010 were up sharply compared with the first
three months of the year, rising approximately 55% in volume and 53% in value.

ORDERS – HOUSING

In € millions incl. VAT H1 2010 H1 2009 Change
France 195 206 -6%
Of which individual homebuyers 170 155 +9%
Of which block sales 25 51 -51%
Spain 29 23 +29%
Germany 58 105 -45%
Of which Concept Bau-Premier 30 68 -56%
Of which Zapf 28 37 -25%
Other countries 12 8 +51%
Total 294 342 -14%

In France, first-half 2010 orders declined 18% in volume but only 6% in value
versus the prior-year period. The difference was due mainly to the large number
of block sales in first-half 2009, which totaled 316 housing units versus just
155 in the first six months of 2010. The Company`s strategy produced results in
the second quarter with the launch of 14 new programs, compared with 13 for all
of 2009.

Excluding block sales, first-half sales to individual homebuyers declined by 4%
year on year to 688 units but rose by 9% in value because of higher average unit
prices.

Buy-to-let sales accounted for 45% of sales to private buyers in first-half
2010, versus 55% for full-year 2009.

In Spain, the subsidiary had 11 programs on the market at June 30, 2010,
compared with 12 one year earlier. Sales to private buyers rose by 134% to 138
units in first-half 2010, from 59 units in the first six months of 2009. This
sharp increase reflects the success of affordable housing programs in Madrid,
which represented 67 units. Other orders concerned 55 completed housing units
and 16 off-plan purchases.

No block sales have been carried out in 2010, compared with 48 in first-half
2009.

Premier España had 127 completed homes that were unsold as of June 30, 2010,
compared with 164 units three months earlier. Selling these homes remains the
subsidiary`s top priority.

In Germany, Concept Bau-Premier booked 70 orders in first-half 2010 versus 215
for the prior-year period. The substantial decline was due mainly to a high
basis of comparison in first-quarter 2009, when 91 units in Munich were sold as
a block to an institutional investor for approximately €24 million.

Zapf`s first-half 2010 sales totaled €28.4 million, compared with €37.7 million
for the year-earlier period. The decrease reflects the gradual discontinuation
of Zapf`s property development business as part of the restructuring plan.

BACKLOG

At June 30, 2010, net backlog amounted to €552 million, down 13% from one year
earlier but up around 21% from December 31, 2009.

Housing backlog totaled €533 million or 11.6 months of business based on housing
revenue over the past 12 months, versus 9 months of business at year-end 2009.

BACKLOG AT JUNE 30

In € millions excl. VAT 2010 2009 Change
France 341 408 -16%
Of which housing 322 334 -4%
Of which commercial real estate 19 74 -74%
Spain 43 40 +7%
Germany 153 178 -14%
Of which Concept Bau-Premier 75 98 -23%
Of which Zapf 78 80 -2%
Other countries 15 11 +36%
Total 552 637 -13%

In France, backlog at end-June 2010 came to €341 million, €67 million lower than
one year earlier but €42 million higher than the €299 million recorded at
December 31, 2009.

Housing backlog was down a slight €12 million year-on-year but up €57 million
from year-end 2009, due mainly to the contribution of Dominium. Consolidated as
from January 1, 2010, the new subsidiary added €29 million to backlog at June
30, 2010. With no new orders received since the completion of the Copernic 2
program, commercial real estate backlog was down €55 million compared with June
30, 2009.

In Spain, backlog amounted to €43 million at June 30, 2010, up 7% from one year
earlier. It included €20 million in orders for two affordable housing programs
in Madrid and €9 million for homes under lease with an option to buy.

In Germany, backlog stood at €153 million at end-June 2010. Backlog for Concept
Bau-Premier was €23 million lower than at June 30, 2009 but €15 million higher
than at year-end 2009. Zapf`s backlog rose by €28 million compared with December
31, 2009, of which one-third for the garage business and two-thirds for the
construction business.

LAND POTENTIAL

At June 30, 2010, LNC`s housing land potential came to €958 million (excluding
VAT). This represents 4,768 housing units, an increase of 68% from one year
earlier when the housing land potential totaled 2,845 units. Based on housing
revenue over the past 12 months, this represents 1.7 years of business.

CONFIRMED LAND POTENTIAL AT JUNE 30 – RESIDENTIAL

In € millions excl. VAT 2010 2009 Change
France 684 311 +120%
Spain 116 145 -20%
Germany 143 193 -26%
Of which Concept Bau-Premier 142 146 -2%
Of which Zapf 1 47 -98%
Other countries 15 17 -16%
Total 958 666 +44%

En France, LNC continued to build up its land potential in second-quarter 2010,
signing 15 new land purchase agreements representing 903 housing units during
the period. In one year, the land potential more than doubled to 3,757 housing
units at June 30, 2010 from 1,613 units at end-June 2009.

In Spain, the land potential stood at 502 housing units at June 30, 2010, versus
539 units one year earlier. The number of unsold, completed units declined to
127 from 167 one year earlier. In second-quarter 2010, LNC purchased two lots in
the Madrid area for affordable housing programs representing a total of 124
units.

At June 30, 2010, only four lots were intentionally being kept off the market,
compared with seven one year earlier.

The elimination of Zapf`s land potential was due to the discontinuation of its
property development business.

OUTLOOK

Since the beginning of 2009, LNC`s strategic priority has been to build up its
land potential. In first-half 2010, these efforts produced results as the land
potential at June 30 was on a par with year-end 2007. During the first six
months of the year, new program launches were actively pursued and, more
generally, the product portfolio was rebuilt. LNC is continuing to purchase lots
while diligently complying with its land acquisition criteria.

FINANCIAL CALENDAR

* First-half 2010 earnings report: Thursday, September 30, 2010, (before the
opening of the NYSE-Euronext Paris stock exchange).

LES NOUVEAUX CONSTRUCTEURS

Les Nouveaux Constructeurs, founded by Olivier Mitterrand, is a leading
developer of new housing, as well as offices, in France and two other European
countries.

Since 1972, Les Nouveaux Constructeurs has delivered nearly 60,000 apartments
and single-family homes in approximately 200 cities in France and abroad. Its
operations in France`s five largest metropolitan areas and high-quality programs
have made Les Nouveaux Constructeurs one of the most well known names in the
industry.

Building on its solid footprint in France, the Company is deploying an
innovative development strategy, with operations in two other European Union
countries.

Les Nouveaux Constructeurs has been listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris,
compartment C, since November 16, 2006 (code LNC; ISIN code: FR0004023208).

All LNC press releases are posted on its website at:

http://www.lesnouveauxconstructeurs.fr/fr/communiques

APPENDIXES

QUARTERLY REVENUE – BY COUNTRY

In € millions excl. VAT 2010 2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
France (Housing) 52.7 76.4 46.7 76.4 68.2 116.3
France (Commercial real estate) 6.5 10.3 14.5 22.4 18.7 27.0
Spain 16.0 10.9 7.0 37.1 13.6 6.3
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 12.6 2.5 10.3 14.9 11.2 54.0
Germany (Zapf) 10.2 20.7 5.3 17.9 30.4 44.0
Other countries 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.8 0.8 3.4
Total 98.4 121.6 84.6 170.4 142.9 251.1

AVERAGE UNIT PRICE – HOUSING ORDERS

In € thousands incl. VAT H1 2010 H1 2009 Change
France – Including block sales (1) 231 200 +15%
France – Excluding block sales(1) 247 218 +13%
Spain(2) 212 211 +0%
Germany(3) 236 277 -15%
Other countries(4) 108 91 +18%
LNC 220 214 +3%

(1) Including VAT of 5.5% or 19.6% (2) Including VAT of 7% for first-time home
buyers (3) No VAT (4) Including 10% sales tax in Indonesia

NUMBER OF HOUSING ORDERS, NET

Number of units H1 2010 H1 2009 Change
France 843 1,030 -18%
Spain 138 107* +29%
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 70 215 -67%
Germany (Zapf) 178 165 +8%
Other countries 107 84 +27%
Total 1,336 1,601 -17%

*Of which 48 units through the sale to a bank subsidiary

QUARTERLY HOUSING ORDERS BY COUNTRY

In € millions incl. VAT 2010 2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
France 76 119 113 94 78 69
Spain 15 14 6 17 7 7
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 13 17 44 23 15 12
Germany (Zapf) 9 19 14 24 16 7
Other countries 3 8 3 4 4 6
Total 116 178 180 162 120 101

BACKLOG BY QUARTER (PERIOD END)

In € millions excl. VAT 2010 2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
France (Housing) 297 322 338 334 326 265
France (Commercial real estate) 28 19 95 74 57 34
Spain 42 43 48 40 36 38
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 60 75 89 98 101 60
Germany (Zapf) 57 78 68 80 77 51
Other countries 10 15 10 11 11 8
Total 494 552 648 637 608 455

LAND POTENTIAL AT JUNE 30

Number of units 2010 2009 Change
France 3,757 1,613 +133%
Spain 502 539 -7%
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 370 360 +3%
Germany (Zapf) 3 135 -98%
Other countries 136 198 -32%
Total 4,768 2,845 +68%

Excluding commercial real estate

LAND POTENTIAL BY QUARTER (PERIOD END)

In € millions excl. VAT 2010 2009
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
France 617 684 365 311 355 568
Spain 116 116 173 145 138 134
Germany (Concept Bau-Premier) 162 142 158 146 132 141
Germany (Zapf) 2 1 54 47 37 3
Other countries 12 15 21 17 16 12
Total 909 958 770 666 678 858

Excluding commercial real estate

DISCLAIMER

The statements on which the Company objectives are based may contain
forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties regarding the economic, financial, competitive, and regulatory
environment and the completion of investment programs and asset transfers. In
addition, the occurrence of certain risks [see chapter 4 in the Document de Base
registered with the French Stock Exchange Commission (AMF) under number
I.06-155] could affect the business of the Company and its financial
performance. Moreover, the achievement of the objectives supposes the success of
the marketing strategy of the Company (see chapter 6 of the Document de Base).
Therefore, the Company hereby makes no commitment nor gives any guarantee as to
the fulfillment of objectives. The Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statement subject to the respect of the principles of the
permanent information as provided by articles 221-1 et seq. of AMF`s general
regulations.

Investor Relations
Les Nouveaux Constructeurs
Ronan Arzel, + 33 (0)1 45 38 45 29
Vice President
rarzel@lncsa.fr
or
LT Value
Investor Relations
Nancy Levain / Maryline Jarnoux-Sorin, +33 (0)1 44 50 39 30
nancy.levain@ltvalue.com
maryline.jarnoux-sorin@ltvalue.com
or
Media
Cap & Cime
Financial Media
Capucine de Fouquières, + 33 (0)6 09 46 77 33
capucine@capetcime.fr
or
Real Estate Media
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* Confirmed recovery
* Increased net profit
* Strong growth in bookings

PARIS–(Business Wire)–
Regulatory News:

The Board of Directors of Cap Gemini S.A. (Paris:CAP), chaired by Serge Kampf,
convened in Paris on July 28, 2010 to examine and approve the accounts of the
Capgemini group for the first half of 2010. The key figures are as follows:

(in millions of euros) H1 2009 H2 2009 H1 2010 Change vs. Change vs.

H1 2009
H2 2009
Revenues 4,376 3,995 4,211 -3.8% +5.4%
Operating margin (1) 287 308 245
as a % of revenues 6.6% 7.7% 5.8% -0.8 point -1.9 points
Operating profit (2) 167 166 200 +19.8% +20.5%
Group share net profit 78 100 101 +29.5% +1.0%
as a % of revenues 1.8% 2.5% 2.4% +0.6 point -0.1 point
Net cash and cash equivalents at 576 1 269 809 +233 -460

the end of the half-year

Although the impact of the global economic crisis on demand for IT services has
not been entirely erased, the stabilization of the main markets in which the
Group operates is now established and is reflected by steadily improving
activity levels. 2010 first-half revenues fell 3.8% compared to the first half
of 2009 (and even 6.1% like-for-like, i.e. at constant Group structure and
exchange rates) but increased 5.4% (1.8% like-for-like) on the previous
half-year. In the 2nd quarter alone, revenues (€2,159 million) increased 5.2%
(2.0% like-for-like) on the previous quarter.

Booking volumes also confirmed this positive trend, rising 14% like-for-like on
the first half of 2009 (and even 32% in the 2nd quarter alone). Outsourcing
Services recorded the greatest increase in bookings (+37%), thanks to the early
renewal or extension of several major contracts. Bookings for the three other
businesses (Consulting Services, Technology Services and Local Professional
Services) increased 4% for the half-year, accelerating significantly in the 2nd
quarter (+13%). The book-to-bill ratio for these three businesses was 1.17 for
the half-year and 1.28 for the 2nd quarter alone.

Confirming their good match with its clients` requirements, the five new service
offerings(3) launched by the Group at the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010,
represented 36% of total bookings recorded in the first half of the year.

The operating margin (5.8%) is down on the first six months of 2009 (6.6%), but
operating profit (€200 million) surged nearly 20% on the first half of 2009,
which was affected by particularly high restructuring costs.

After deducting a net financial expense of €38 million and an income tax expense
of €61 million, the Group profit for the period (€101 million) is up nearly 30%
on the first-half of 2009.

Consolidated net cash and cash equivalents total €809 million at June 30, 2010,
down some €460 million on December 31, 2009: this difference is mainly due to
increased working capital requirements – usual at this time of year – the
payment of the dividend (€0.80 per share, or €122 million in total) and the
financing of several small acquisitions for a total net amount of €90 million
(mainly IBX in Sweden and Strategic Systems Solutions, a company dedicated to
the financial services sector and in which the Group has held a minority
interest since the acquisition of Kanbay).

Outlook:

After a particularly tough 2009, the Group prepared itself to face an
environment which remained difficult at the beginning of the year, but which it
expected to improve steadily. First-half results, both in terms of growth and
profitability, confirmed the appropriateness of decisions taken, while the
dynamism of bookings validated the assumption that this improvement will
continue in the second-half, despite ongoing macro-economic concerns and
significant stock market volatility. In this context, Capgemini Group forecasts
revenue growth in the second-half of 2010 of 3 to 5%, like-for-like, on the
second-half of 2009. For the year as a whole, the operating margin rate should
exceed 6.5%.

Paul Hermelin, CEO of the Capgemini group, confirms that “Strengthened by this
above-expectations performance and the marked increase in bookings, the Group
will enjoy a return to growth in the second half of the year. We have now
relaunched a dynamic recruitment policy and will focus particularly on our five
global service lines, in order to satisfy the new expectations of our clients.”

Appendix

Operations by major region:

* France – which remains the Group`s leading “main region” – reported revenues
down 2.7% on the first half of 2009, but up 4.4% on the previous half-year
(second half of 2009), with the operating margin rate almost unchanged at 5.1%.
* Revenues in the United Kingdom/Ireland region dropped by 5.0%, essentially due
to the renegotiation of the terms of a major contract entered into several years
previously. The operating margin rate (7.3%), remains, however, one of the best
in the Group.
* In North America, revenues for the first six months recorded – due to the
termination (scheduled and announced) of a large outsourcing services contract -
a drop of 3.9%. Sogeti (Local Professional Services), enjoyed a marked
improvement, while Technology Services in the financial services sector
experienced a veritable bounce (+30%). The operating margin rate decreased 1
point to 4.3%.
* Benelux, where the crisis was the most acute, recorded a slump in revenues of
12.2% compared to the first half of 2009 but only 2.7% compared to the second
half of 2009, thanks to the stabilisation of operations and signs of recovery
for Technology Services. The restructuring carried out in 2009 enabled an
increase in the operating margin rate of 1.5 points to 9.1%, while operating
profit nearly tripled on the first-half of 2009, increasing from €18 to €51
million.
* The other regions reported revenue growth of 4.0%, with an operating margin
rate of 7.7%.

Operations by business:

* Technology Services recorded a drop in revenues (like-for-like) in line with
that reported by the Group. This was principally due to the pressure on prices
which heavily marked the second half of 2009 and has since decreased.
Nevertheless, activity levels increased by 2.9% between the 1st and 2nd quarters
of the year, announcing a significant improvement for the fiscal year. The
operating margin rate (5.5%) is comparable to that of the Group.
* The drop in Outsourcing Services revenues(-6.3%) can be fully explained by the
reduction in the volume of business under the two contracts referred to above,
while the remaining operations (which were particularly dynamic in North
America) recorded growth of 4.0%. Further, revenues also increased by 2.9%
between the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2010. Thanks to the increasing use of
offshore resources and strict control of costs, these operations maintained
their operating margin rate (6.7%) at first-half 2009 levels.
* Local Professional Services (Sogeti) achieved the Group`s best performance
with a return in the 2nd quarter 2010 to 2nd quarter 2009 activity levels and
reported a drop in revenues finally limited to 4.1% in the half-year and an
operating margin rate down more than 2 points on the first half of 2009.
* As expected, Consulting Services is the business which recorded the greatest
contraction in operations (-9.3%), however, extremely rigorous cost management
enabled it to see an improvement in its margin rate to 11.1%.

Headcount:

On June 30, 2010 the Group`s total headcount was 95,586, an increase of 6%
compared to December 31, 2009, thanks to an extremely dynamic recruitment policy
which brought over 13,000 employees into the Group in the half-year (5,000
employees in the 1st quarter and 8,000 in the 2nd quarter). With 62,717
employees, the Group`s headcount in its traditional countries increased slightly
on December 31, 2009. The strongest growth concerned offshore employees:
principally located in India (26,000 employees at June 30), but also in other
Asian countries, Eastern Europe, Latin America and North Africa, offshore staff
comprises 32,869 employees and represents 34.4% of the Group`s total headcount.

________________________________________________

(1) Operating margin, a key Group performance indicator, is defined as the
difference between revenues and operating costs, these being equal to the cost
of services rendered (expenses incurred during project delivery) plus selling
and general and administrative expenses.

(2) Group operating profit incorporates the charges associated with shares or
options granted to a large number of employees, as well as other non-recurring
income and expenses such as goodwill impairment, capital gains or losses on
disposals, restructuring costs, acquisition and integration costs of recently
acquired companies, as well as the impacts of the curtailment and/or settlement
of defined benefit pension plans.

(3) Capgemini created five global service lines focusing particularly on the
most promising market segments: data management (Business Information
Management) and applications development and maintenance (Application Lifecycle
Services) – two offerings launched at the end of last year -; applications
testing (Testing Services), smart meters and networks (Smart Energy Services),
virtualization and cloud computing (Infostructure Transformation Services)
launched in the 1st quarter of 2010.

Cap Gemini S.A.
Press relations:
Christel Lerouge, +33 1 47 54 50 76
or
Investor relations:
Manuel Chaves d`Oliveira, +33 1 47 54 50 87

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Defense chief backs troops on Apache attack video

April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – A video showing U.S. Apache helicopters killing 12 people, including two Reuters news staff, is painful to watch but an investigation into the attack was very thorough, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.

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“It’s unfortunate. It’s clearly not helpful. But by the same token, I think — think it should not have any lasting consequences,” Gates said of the 2007 videotape when interviewed on the ABC News “This Week” program.

The U.S. forces involved were in combat, he said, and were operating in “split-second situations.”

The stark helicopter gunsight video of the July 12, 2007, attack has been widely viewed around the world on the Internet since its release on April 5 by the group Wikileaks, which promotes leaks to fight government and corporate corruption.

Some international law and human rights experts say the Apache helicopter crew in the footage may have acted illegally. The video includes an audio track of a helicopter crew conversation. Many have been shocked by the images and some of the fliers’ comments.

“It’s obviously a hard thing to see. It’s painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. But you — you talked about the fog of war. These people were operating in split-second situations,” Gates said.

The U.S. military said an investigation shortly after the incident found that U.S. forces were unaware of the presence of news staff and thought they were engaging armed insurgents, mistaking a camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

The Reuters staff killed in the attack were photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chamagh, 40.

“We’ve investigated it very thoroughly,” Gates said on ABC. The military’s Central Command said last week it had no plans to open a new investigation.

David Schlesinger, Reuters editor-in-chief, said: “I urge the secretary of defense to meet with me to help ensure a tragedy like this never happens again. We need to have transparency, accountability and an acknowledgment of the vital role journalists play in telling the story of war.”

Asked by ABC whether the release of the video would damage America’s image abroad, Gates said: “I don’t think so.”

“They’re — they’re in a combat situation. The video doesn’t show the broader picture of the — of the firing that was going on at American troops.”

Wikileaks said it obtained the video from military whistleblowers and posted it at www.collateralmurder.com.

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for an independent, thorough and impartial investigation into the incident shown in the video.

(Writing by Susan Cornwell, Editing by Howard Goller)

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US defense chief backs troops on Apache attack video

April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – A video showing U.S. Apache helicopters killing 12 people, including two Reuters news staff, is painful to watch but an investigation into the attack was very thorough, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday.

“It’s unfortunate. It’s clearly not helpful. But by the same token, I think — think it should not have any lasting consequences,” Gates said of the 2007 videotape when interviewed on the ABC News “This Week” program.

The U.S. forces involved were in combat, he said, and were operating in “split-second situations.”

The stark helicopter gunsight video of the July 12, 2007, attack has been widely viewed around the world on the Internet since its release on April 5 by the group Wikileaks, which promotes leaks to fight government and corporate corruption.

Some international law and human rights experts say the Apache helicopter crew in the footage may have acted illegally. The video includes an audio track of a helicopter crew conversation. Many have been shocked by the images and some of the fliers’ comments.

“It’s obviously a hard thing to see. It’s painful to see, especially when you learn after the fact what was going on. But you — you talked about the fog of war. These people were operating in split-second situations,” Gates said.

The U.S. military said an investigation shortly after the incident found that U.S. forces were unaware of the presence of news staff and thought they were engaging armed insurgents, mistaking a camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

The Reuters staff killed in the attack were photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chamagh, 40.

“We’ve investigated it very thoroughly,” Gates said on ABC. The military’s Central Command said last week it had no plans to open a new investigation.

David Schlesinger, Reuters editor-in-chief, said: “I urge the secretary of defense to meet with me to help ensure a tragedy like this never happens again. We need to have transparency, accountability and an acknowledgment of the vital role journalists play in telling the story of war.”

Asked by ABC whether the release of the video would damage America’s image abroad, Gates said: “I don’t think so.”

“They’re — they’re in a combat situation. The video doesn’t show the broader picture of the — of the firing that was going on at American troops.”

Wikileaks said it obtained the video from military whistleblowers and posted it at www.collateralmurder.com.

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for an independent, thorough and impartial investigation into the incident shown in the video.

(Writing by Susan Cornwell, Editing by Howard Goller)

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Baghdad strike video tragic: White House

April 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The White House has described a graphic leaked video of a US helicopter strike in Baghdad three years ago, which killed two Reuters employees and others, as “tragic”.

After the previously classified video was released by whistleblower website WikiLeaks, president Barack Obama’s spokesman Robert Gibbs stressed that US forces in war zones take pains to avoid civilian casualties.

The gun camera footage, posted on the internet, includes audio conversations between Apache helicopter gunship pilots and controllers in which they identify the men in a Baghdad street as armed insurgents and ask for permission to open fire.

“I do not know whether the president has seen the video that was released on the internet. Obviously, it is very graphic in nature and it’s extremely tragic,” Mr Gibbs said.

“Our military will take every precaution necessary to ensure the safety and security of civilians, and particularly those that report in those dangerous places on behalf of news organisations.”

Mr Gibbs referred all questions about investigations into the July 2007 incident to the Pentagon.

WikiLeaks said it had obtained the video “from a number of military whistleblowers” and decrypted it. It posted the video at collateralmurder.org.

The footage shows an aerial view of a number of men on a Baghdad street, including two later identified as Reuters employees Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh.

At least two individuals in the video appear to be carrying weapons but most are unarmed.

The Apache pilots also appear to mistake a camera carried by one of the Reuters employees as a rocket-propelled grenade launcher (RPG).

At one point, the pilots tell controllers they have spotted “five to six individuals with AK-47s” and ask for permission to “engage”.

The pilots open fire with the helicopter’s cannon after which one says there are a “bunch of bodies lying there”.

“Look at those dead bastards,” one says. Another replies: “Nice.”

Shortly after the initial shooting, a van pulls up to pick up the dead and wounded and is fired upon by the Apaches.

Two children in the van were injured and evacuated by US ground troops who arrived later on the scene.

A US military official did not dispute the authenticity of the video but said it “doesn’t give new information, it just gives footage”.

“We had insurgents and reporters in an area where US forces were about to be ambushed,” the official added.

“At the time we weren’t able to discern whether [the Reuters employees] were carrying cameras or weapons.”

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Leaked U.S. video shows deaths of Reuters’ Iraqi staffers

April 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Classified U.S. military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, was released on Monday by a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption.

The group, WikiLeaks, told a news conference in Washington that it acquired encrypted video of the July 12, 2007, attack from military whistleblowers and had been able to view and investigate it after breaking the encryption code.

A U.S. defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the video and audio were authentic.

Major Shawn Turner, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said an investigation of the incident shortly after it occurred found that U.S. forces were not aware of the presence of the news staffers and thought they were engaging armed insurgents.

“We regret the loss of innocent life, but this incident was promptly investigated and there was never any attempt to cover up any aspect of this engagement,” Turner said.

The helicopter gunsight video, with an audio track of conversation between the fliers, made public for the first time a stark view of one bloody incident in the seven-year war in Iraq.

It showed an aerial view of a group of men moving about a square in a Baghdad neighbourhood. The fliers identified some of the men as armed.

WikiLeaks said the men in the square included Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, who were killed in the incident.

“The gathering at the corner that is fired up on has about nine people in it,” Julian Assange, a WikiLeaks spokesman, told reporters at the National Press Club.

The gunsight tracks two of the men, identified by WikiLeaks as the Reuters news staff, as the fliers identify their cameras as weapons. Military spokesman Turner said that during the engagement, the helicopter mistook a camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

The helicopter opened fire on the small group, killing several people and wounding others. Minutes later, when a van approached and began trying to assist the wounded, the fliers became concerned the vehicle was occupied by militants trying to collect weapons and help wounded comrades escape.

The Apache helicopters requested permission to attack the van and waited impatiently.

“Come on, let us shoot,” said one voice.

The fliers were granted permission to engage the van and opened fire, apparently killing several people in and around the vehicle.

Two children wounded in the van were evacuated by U.S. ground forces arriving at the scene as the Apache helicopters continued to circle overhead.

“Well it’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle,” one of the U.S. fliers said.

David Schlesinger, Reuters’ editor-in-chief, said the video released by WikiLeaks showed the deaths of Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were “tragic and emblematic of the extreme dangers that exist in covering war zones.”

“The video released today via WikiLeaks is graphic evidence of the dangers involved in war journalism and the tragedies that can result,” he said.

Reuters has pressed the U.S. military to conduct a full and objective investigation into the killing of the two staff.

Video of the incident from two U.S. Apache helicopters and photographs taken of the scene were shown to Reuters editors in an off-the-record briefing in Baghdad on July 25, 2007.

U.S. military officers who presented the materials said Reuters had to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to get copies. This request was made the same day.

Turner said the military had released documents to Reuters last year in response to the FOIA request showing the presence of weapons on the scene, including AK-47 rifles and an RPG 7 grenade launcher.

Assange said he disagreed with a U.S. military assessment that the attack was justified.

“I believe that if those killings were lawful under the rules of engagement, then the rules of engagement are wrong, deeply wrong,” he said. The fliers in the video act “like they are playing a computer game and their desire is they want to get high scores” by killing opponents, he said.

WikiLeaks posted the video at http://www.collateralmurder.com.

(Reporting by David Alexander and Phillip Stewart, Editing by Frances Kerry)

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Leaked US video shows deaths of photographer

April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Classified US military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, was released on Monday by a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption.

The group, WikiLeaks, told a news conference in Washington that it acquired encrypted video of the July 12, 2007, attack from military whistleblowers and had been able to view and investigate it after breaking the encryption code.

A US defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the video and audio were authentic.

Major Shawn Turner, a spokesman for US Central Command, said an investigation of the incident shortly after it occurred found that US forces were not aware of the presence of the news staffers and thought they were engaging armed insurgents.

“We regret the loss of innocent life, but this incident was promptly investigated and there was never any attempt to cover up any aspect of this engagement,” Turner said.

The helicopter gunsight video, with an audio track of conversation between the fliers, made public for the first time a stark view of one bloody incident in the seven-year war in Iraq.

It showed an aerial view of a group of men moving about a square in a Baghdad neighbourhood. The fliers identified some of the men as armed.

WikiLeaks said the men in the square included Reuters photographer Namir Noor-Eldeen, 22, and his assistant and driver Saeed Chmagh, 40, who were killed in the incident.

“The gathering at the corner that is fired up on has about nine people in it,” Julian Assange, a WikiLeaks spokesman, told reporters at the National Press Club.

The gunsight tracks two of the men, identified by WikiLeaks as the Reuters news staff, as the fliers identify their cameras as weapons. Military spokesman Turner said that during the engagement, the helicopter mistook a camera for a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

The helicopter opened fire on the small group, killing several people and wounding others. Minutes later, when a van approached and began trying to assist the wounded, the fliers became concerned the vehicle was occupied by militants trying to collect weapons and help wounded comrades escape.

The Apache helicopters requested permission to attack the van and waited impatiently.

“Come on, let us shoot,” said one voice.

The fliers were granted permission to engage the van and opened fire, apparently killing several people in and around the vehicle.

Two children wounded in the van were evacuated by US ground forces arriving at the scene as the Apache helicopters continued to circle overhead.

“Well it’s their fault for bringing their kids into a battle,” one of the US fliers said.

David Schlesinger, Reuters’ editor-in-chief, said the video released by WikiLeaks showed the deaths of Noor-Eldeen and Chmagh were “tragic and emblematic of the extreme dangers that exist in covering war zones.”

“The video released today via WikiLeaks is graphic evidence of the dangers involved in war journalism and the tragedies that can result,” he said.

Reuters has pressed the US military to conduct a full and objective investigation into the killing of the two staff.

Video of the incident from two US Apache helicopters and photographs taken of the scene were shown to Reuters editors in an off-the-record briefing in Baghdad on July 25, 2007.

US military officers who presented the materials said Reuters had to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to get copies. This request was made the same day.

Turner said the military had released documents to Reuters last year in response to the FOIA request showing the presence of weapons on the scene, including AK-47 rifles and an RPG 7 grenade launcher.

Assange said he disagreed with a US military assessment that the attack was justified.

“I believe that if those killings were lawful under the rules of engagement, then the rules of engagement are wrong, deeply wrong,” he said. The fliers in the video act “like they are playing a computer game and their desire is they want to get high scores” by killing opponents, he said.

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