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WikiLeaks Releases Cache of 400,000 Iraq War Documents
Caelesto writes "Today around 21:00 GMT, WikiLeaks declared an end to their media embargo of over 400,000 Iraq War documents after Al Jazeera released their story 30 minutes ahead of schedule. These documents, which have been kept under wraps by WikiLeaks for months, may reveal tortures and murders ignored by coalition forces during the fighting and occupation in Iraq. The Pentagon maintained that releasing these documents represented a danger to US troops, but already dozens of news outlets are scrambling to report on what could be a devastating blow to the US Armed Forces' already tattered image." Reader Entropy98 points to the BBC's coverage, as well. If you care to download the collection of files, it's available as a torrent.
It's too bad Wikileaks has such an obvious agenda. I like the idea of them, but that the same time, knowing they have such a clear agenda, makes me wonder what they decide not to release because it doesn't flow with what they want the world to think.
I do what I can: I vote for candidates who are not from the demonstrably corrupt main parties
And that's how we got a second term for GWB instead of Al Gore - all you folks who voted for Ralph Nader and so on handed the White House to the Republicans.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
You are not a "veteran". You are a murderer. You talk about the "laws of war". You are attacking foreign countries that are clearly overpowered by you, who pose no threat to your country, and there's a fucking ocean in between your country and your 'enemy'. The only reason your country is there is because it needs the war machine to keep its economy alive. And the only reason you are there is because you enjoy killing people.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
The American documents seem to show folks trying to accomplish a goal without getting killed in the process. It's chaotic with most operations taking place in the fog of war. Some folks go over the edge and some folks do whatever they can make sure they get to go home. Bad shit happens. There have been voices in the American military that have tried put more order in the chaos. That has been offset by the fact that their opponents know all civilian casualties will be laid at the feet of the Americans and by the fact that US forces.
Show me the documents that describe how "the other side" planned to blow up markets and mosques. Show me how the various Iraqi neighborhood "tribal cleansing" on their own. Lets see the numbers for the numbers of people beheaded and dumped in the rivers. Then we'll have an idea how much of the operations were a counterbalance to the activities of others.