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23 October 2010 - Iraq Special Weapons News

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  • WikiLeaks Defends Release of US Iraqi War Documents VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- The international whistle blowing organization Wikileaks has released some 400,000 secret U.S. documents on the Iraq war out into the public domain. At a London news conference Saturday, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange defended that huge release saying it was in the public's right to know.
  • US must investigate WikiLeaks files of Iraq abuse, says Amnesty IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- Amnesty International Saturday called on the US to investigate how much officials knew about the torture and other ill-treatment of detainees held by Iraqi security forces after new evidence emerged in files released by the Wikileaks.
  • US ignored Iraq torture, leaked files show IRNA 23 Oct 2010 -- US authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape and even murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to almost 400,000 secret US army field reports obtained by WikiLeaks.
  • Leaked Iraq War Files Detail Torture, Civilian Deaths RFE/RL 23 Oct 2010 -- Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has released what it claims are nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war, in the biggest security breach of its kind in U.S. military history.
  • Iraqi PM Says Politics Behind Latest WikiLeaks Relase VOA 23 Oct 2010 -- There was a mixed reaction from Iraqi political leaders over the release of classified U.S. documents Friday on the Wikileaks website concerning U.S. behavior in Iraq.



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