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10-22-2010, 06:07 PM
Biggest Military Leak in History: WikiLeaks Releases 390,000 Iraq War Documents
WikiLeaks has once again captured international headlines with the release of 391,832 secret Iraq War documents that reveal new information about detainee treatment, civilian deaths, and the involvement of Iran in backing Iraqi militias.
The Iraq War Logs, provided to at least a dozen media organizations including The Guardian, The New York Times, Del Spiegel, Al Jazeera, CNN and the BBC, offer an on-the-ground perspective into six years of the Iraq conflict. Some of the documents posted by NYT and others provide unprecedented detail into how the war conducted.
Hereâs a summary of the conclusions many media organizations have made about the documents:
* The number of Iraqi civilians deaths is greater than the numbers publicly reported by the United States. Most of those deaths came at the hands of other Iraqis.
* Iran was involved in the training, supplying and support of Iraqi Shiite militias. They may have even engaged with U.S. troops directly.
* Detainees were treating with shocking amounts of violence. The abuse was so feared that U.S. troops sometimes threatened prisoners with a transfer to Iraqi police units, where they would have most certainly been treated worse.
While several media organizations have had time to analyze the documents, thereâs definitely a lot more to be learned from todayâs leak. The Iraq War Logs leak is the largest leak of military secrets in history, supplanting the record WikiLeaks set with the Afghan War Diary leak.
Last week, we reported on the impending Iraq War Logs leak. The Pentagon, which has been preparing for todayâs document release, responded to the Iraq War Logs release earlier today.
âWe deplore WikiLeaks for inducing individuals to break the law, leak classified documents and then cavalierly share that secret information with the world, including our enemies,â Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said in the Pentagonâs response. âWe know terrorist organizations have been mining the leaked Afghan documents for information to use against us, and this Iraq leak is more than four times as large. By disclosing such sensitive information, WikiLeaks continues to put at risk the lives of our troops, their coalition partners and those Iraqis and Afghans working with us. The only responsible course of action for WikiLeaks at this point is to return the stolen material and expunge it from their Web sites as soon as possible.â
WikiLeaks is looking to get back to what it does best: leaking secret documents. Since the Afghan War Reports, WikiLeaks has seen its website go down and its funding blocked. Recent actions by founder Julian Assange, who has been embroiled in scandal, have led to internal strife at the organization.
WikiLeaks has once again captured international headlines with the release of 391,832 secret Iraq War documents that reveal new information about detainee treatment, civilian deaths, and the involvement of Iran in backing Iraqi militias.
The Iraq War Logs, provided to at least a dozen media organizations including The Guardian, The New York Times, Del Spiegel, Al Jazeera, CNN and the BBC, offer an on-the-ground perspective into six years of the Iraq conflict. Some of the documents posted by NYT and others provide unprecedented detail into how the war conducted.
Hereâs a summary of the conclusions many media organizations have made about the documents:
* The number of Iraqi civilians deaths is greater than the numbers publicly reported by the United States. Most of those deaths came at the hands of other Iraqis.
* Iran was involved in the training, supplying and support of Iraqi Shiite militias. They may have even engaged with U.S. troops directly.
* Detainees were treating with shocking amounts of violence. The abuse was so feared that U.S. troops sometimes threatened prisoners with a transfer to Iraqi police units, where they would have most certainly been treated worse.
While several media organizations have had time to analyze the documents, thereâs definitely a lot more to be learned from todayâs leak. The Iraq War Logs leak is the largest leak of military secrets in history, supplanting the record WikiLeaks set with the Afghan War Diary leak.
Last week, we reported on the impending Iraq War Logs leak. The Pentagon, which has been preparing for todayâs document release, responded to the Iraq War Logs release earlier today.
âWe deplore WikiLeaks for inducing individuals to break the law, leak classified documents and then cavalierly share that secret information with the world, including our enemies,â Department of Defense Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said in the Pentagonâs response. âWe know terrorist organizations have been mining the leaked Afghan documents for information to use against us, and this Iraq leak is more than four times as large. By disclosing such sensitive information, WikiLeaks continues to put at risk the lives of our troops, their coalition partners and those Iraqis and Afghans working with us. The only responsible course of action for WikiLeaks at this point is to return the stolen material and expunge it from their Web sites as soon as possible.â
WikiLeaks is looking to get back to what it does best: leaking secret documents. Since the Afghan War Reports, WikiLeaks has seen its website go down and its funding blocked. Recent actions by founder Julian Assange, who has been embroiled in scandal, have led to internal strife at the organization.
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10-22-2010, 06:14 PM
I wish the media would leave the poor soldiers alone and let them do their very difficult job which in this case is protect us from terrorism. It's ironic that the very media that reports this crap is being protected by these same soldiers. The media should be praising these soldiers not reporting this crap about them. If they could do better maybe they should enlist in the military.
10-23-2010, 03:46 PM
"* Detainees were treating with shocking amounts of violence. The abuse was so feared that U.S. troops sometimes threatened prisoners with a transfer to Iraqi police units, where they would have most certainly been treated worse."
lol, funny how they didn't include any of that violence in the above article. How would you treat the people that are blowing up and killing your friends every day? Shocking amounts a violence, come on. We used the amount of violence needed, and that's it.
Oh yeah, Iran is providing more equipment and Anti-Afghan militia than they ever did in Iraq. The western part of AFG, which borders Iran, is wide-open. There's still some places where they get across easily without worry. It's pretty much the same with Pakistan, they act like they help us, but then we kill a Pakistani Intel officer in a village along with 20 Taliban? Ohh, they sure are supporting the fight! :eyeroll:
lol, funny how they didn't include any of that violence in the above article. How would you treat the people that are blowing up and killing your friends every day? Shocking amounts a violence, come on. We used the amount of violence needed, and that's it.
Oh yeah, Iran is providing more equipment and Anti-Afghan militia than they ever did in Iraq. The western part of AFG, which borders Iran, is wide-open. There's still some places where they get across easily without worry. It's pretty much the same with Pakistan, they act like they help us, but then we kill a Pakistani Intel officer in a village along with 20 Taliban? Ohh, they sure are supporting the fight! :eyeroll:
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