Wikileaks Unloads 400,000 Documents on Iraq
The release of over 400,000 classified documents on the Iraq war has been officially labeled the biggest leak in U.S. history, leading the UN to call on the U.S. to investigate American troops’ human rights abuses while the Guardian newspaper has discovered record of 15,000 previously unreported civilian deaths. Wikileaks , the site responsible for the leak, also presents evidence that British forces were also involved in war crimes that happened in Iraq. —JCL The Guardian: The UN has called on Barack Obama to order a full investigation of US forces’ involvement in human rights abuses in Iraq after a massive leak of military documents that detail torture, summary executions and war crimes. The call, by the UN’s chief investigator on torture, Manfred Nowak, came as Phil Shiner, human rights specialist at Public Interest Lawyers in the UK, warned that some of the deaths documented in the Iraq war logs could have involved British forces and would be pursued through the UK courts. He demanded a public inquiry into allegations that British troops were responsible for civilian deaths during the conflict. The Guardian has analysed the 400,000 documents, the biggest leak in US military history, and found 15,000 previously unreported civilian deaths. The logs show how US authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers whose conduct appears to be systematic and generally unpunished. Read more Related Entries October 20, 2010 ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Back in Effect October 20, 2010 Wars Will Cease When We Refuse to Fight
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Wikileaks Unloads 400,000 Documents on Iraq
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