Iraq
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Interrogation Techniques at ‘Britain’s Abu Ghraib’ Revealed By Ian Cobain
Evidence of systematic and brutal mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at a secret British military interrogation centre that is being described as the UK’s Abu Ghraib emerged today during high court proceedings brought by more than 200 former inmates. Continue reading
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The WikiLeaks Enigma By Elena PUSTOVOITOVA
The very first outburst of former secrets – the Afghan dossier containing reports by commanders of various ranks, details of combat missions, analytical papers, etc. – sent a shock worldwide. Tens of thousands of secret documents shedding light on the entire range of NATO operations in Afghanistan suddenly became available to the public. Given the… Continue reading
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Reaction to Wikileaks in Iraq
28 October, 2010 — The Real News Network Sahar Issa: Iraqis scoff at notion that only 100,000 civilians died in war Reaction to Wikileaks in Iraq Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Wikileaks: garbage in, garbage out
It goes without saying that there’s lots of good information in the latest Wikileaks document dump. First-hand reports by the soldiers involved of killing of civilians at checkpoints, for example. But there’s also more than a fair dose of ‘garbage in, garbage out,’ because the source for all the material is the U.S. military, and… Continue reading
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The secret war between Wikileaks and the Pentagon, (and some media outlets) By Danny Schechter
Wikileaks introduced the significance of their immense treasure trove of secrets on their website this way: “The 391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United… Continue reading
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26 October, 2010 Following the leak by w…
Following the leak by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks of almost 400,000 secret US army field reports from the Iraq war between 2004 and 2009. Join Julian Assange at the Frontline Club this evening in conversation with one of the most famous whistle blowers in history, Daniel Ellsberg who was responsible for the leak of the Pentagon… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks out on CNN interview By Stephen C. Webster
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walks out on CNN interviewIf you want an interview, it’s unwise to ask WikiLeaks founder and former hacker Julian Assange about charges of sexual impropriety, as CNN correspondent Atika Shubert found out recently. Continue reading
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The Iraq War Logs by Daniel Ellsberg
DANIEL ELLSBERG: Four hundred thousand documents, allegedly. It is, of course, a leak on a scale that I couldn’t have done forty years ago without scanners and digital capability. I used the most advanced technology at that time, Xerox, and I couldn’t have done what I did ten years before that. Continue reading
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Defending Iraq War Logs by Julian Assange
23 October, 2010 — ZCommunications Founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has defended the release of hundreds of thousands of secret US military files, the “Iraq War Logs” which suggest numerous war crimes were committed on a regular basis. http://www.zcommunications.org//swf/player.swf Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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‘WikiLeaks exposed US, British govt lies about Iraq casualties’
23 October, 2010 Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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The Iraq war logs: nearly 400,000 files document the war on a daily basis
23 October, 2010 http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=16102857&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0 Continue reading
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Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture
A grim picture of the US and Britain’s legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a massive leak of American military documents that detail torture, summary executions and war crimes. Continue reading
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38 HIROSHIMAS HIDDEN: How’d The Army Do That? By Bob Nichols
There it was in black and white, on paper, from an internationally respected physicist – the utterly unbelievable, but certified results: Fallujah’s leukemia rate was 38 times higher than Hiroshima after the US Atomic Bombing in 1945. The questions were fast and furious. Continue reading
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Obama/Donilon: Staring down the generals By Eric Walberg
In the past 10 days, 150 NATO-bound oil tankers were torched in Pakistan, mostly by Taliban but some apparently by their own drivers, who siphoned and sold the fuel and then destroyed the evidence of their theft. Win-win for locals, none of whom are naive enough to believe killing more of their brothers is a… Continue reading
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National Security Archive Update: THE IRAQ WAR — PART III: Shaping the Debate
For nearly a year before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the British government of Prime Minister Tony Blair collaborated closely with the George W. Bush administration to produce a far starker picture of the threat from Saddam Hussein and his weapons of mass destruction (WMD) than was justified by intelligence at the time, according to… Continue reading
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Iraq: The Age of Darkness By Dirk Adriaensens
In the immediate aftermath of the 2003 invasion, the triumphalist verdict of the mainstream media was that the war had been won; Iraq was assured of a benevolent, democratic future. The Times’s writer William Rees-Mogg hymned the victory: “April 9 2003 was Liberty Day for Iraq. (…) It was achieved by “the engine of global… Continue reading
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UK Investigates Iraq War – US is Silent
Gardner: MI5 head testimony disproves Bush-Cheney-Blair claims intelligence agencies agreed on Iraq WMD Continue reading
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URGENT: BLAIR RUNS AWAY AGAIN FROM DEMOCRATIC PROTEST
Tony Blair’s decision to cancel his party at Tate Modern gallery today, following him pulling out of a book-signing at Waterstone’s, is another victory for the anti war movement and for the overwhelming majority in Britain who oppose his wars. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Beyond Hiroshima – The Non-Reporting Of Fallujah’s Cancer Catastrophe
Whereas the story of the maltreated cat received heavy coverage for almost one week across the UK media, we (and activist friends in the United States) can find exactly one mention of the Fallujah cancer and infant mortality study in the entire UK and US national press – Patrick Cockburn’s article in the Independent. The… Continue reading
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Experts demand a full Kelly inquest
Dr Richard Spertzel claimed Dr Kelly was on a ‘hitlist’ in the final years of his life. The former head of the UN Biological Section, who worked closely with Dr Kelly in Iraq in the 1990s, has written to Attorney General Dominic Grieve about the ‘mysterious circumstances’ surrounding the death. Continue reading
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