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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.
In Soviet Chechnya, documents leak you!
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
Funny how the very rarely release the information they are given about China, Russia and other such countries. You would think that an unbiased source would not hold such information back, but they do. If you aren't a Western Democracy you are safe from Wikileaks.
HEY CIA!!!! ANYONE OUT THERE? what about a few death warrants? few words in the right ears shut the thing down already they're a threat to national security for crying out loud they're screwing the U.S. over do somthing about it
Give me one fucking valid reason why you need your troops anywhere outside your own territory murdering people.
Give me one country where US troops are present where the local government doesn't want them there.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
The 400,000 documents also reports the finding of mass graves of unmarked masses killed by Saddam's troops. These documents are more in line with the numbers reported in other places and far below what would have continued if Saddam had stayed in power. Whether you disagree with the reasons for the invasion or methods, or what have you, the rate of deaths in Iraq has lowered since 2003 when compared to the previous 23 years Saddam was in power.
See, it's nutcases like the Anonymous Coward above that are preventing a real discussion about real issue. Calling the right an equivalent of "fascist baby murderers" isn't helping things, you're just driving the divide further instead of conducting politics in a rational manner.
Noticing you're anonymous. The refuge of the coward.
HBI's Law: Frequency of calling others Nazis is directly correlated with the likelihood of the accuser being Communist.