By Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com, Dec. 15, 2010 Bradley Manning, the 22-year-old U.S. Army Private accused of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks, has never been convicted of that crime, nor of any other crime. Despite that, he has been detained at…
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War crimes are war crimes
A boy wounded in Gaza City is taken to hospital during Israel’ “Operation Cast Lead” attack on Gaza. Photo: metro.co.uk Israel is relieved not to be the only war criminal The voice of joy, the voice of rejoicing is heard…
The Shaming of America
By Robert Fisk, The Independent, Oct. 24, 2010 As usual, the Arabs knew. They knew all about the mass torture, the promiscuous shooting of civilians, the outrageous use of air power against family homes, the vicious American and British mercenaries,…
Wikileaks documents show US Iraq War resisters were right
Canadians renew call for Harper and Kenney to let Iraq War resisters stay By War Resisters Support Campaign, Oct. 23, 2010 TORONTO, Oct. 23 /CNW/ – Newly released US Military documents from Wikileaks, detailing widespread civilians deaths in Iraq, provide…
Iraq war logs: secret files show how US ignored torture
Insurgent suspects are led away by US forces. Some of those held in Iraqi custody suffered appalling abuse, the war logs reveal. Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian By Nick Davies, Jonathan Steele and David Leigh, The Guardian, Oct. 22,…
Punishing the WikiLeaker misses the point
By Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun, Aug. 15, 2010 George Orwell wrote: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” A true journalist’s job is to expose government wrongdoing…
Another Wikileaks release pending – this time Iraq
Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs to Be Published by WikiLeaks By Kim Zetter, Wired Magazine, September 9, 2010 A massive cache of previously unpublished classified U.S. military documents from the Iraq War is being readied for publication by WikiLeaks,…
The Afghanistan War Logs
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation By Nick Davies and David Leigh, guardian.co.uk, July 25, 2010 A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in…
U.S. Troops Apologize For Wikileaks Massacre Video
by Paul Joesph Watson, Infowars, April 20, 2010 Two soldiers who were in the same company as the culprits featured in the infamous Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video, which showed troops in Apache helicopters slaughtering Reuters cameramen and children while laughing…
CIA spins the Afghan war
Leaked Document Discloses CIA Plans to Target European Public Opinion over Afghan War By Antifascist Calling, March 28, 2010 Since their 2007 launch, the whistleblowing web site WikiLeaks have been the subject of “hostile acts” by state and private security…