25 Jul 2010

WikiLeaks Publishes the Afghan War Diary

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A total of 91,731 reports from United States military databanks relating to the war in Afghanistan are to be made publicly available on the Internet. Never before has it been possible to compare the reality on the battlefield in such a detailed manner with what the US Army propaganda machinery is propagating. WikiLeaks plans to post the documents, most of which are classified, on its website.

Britain's Guardian newspaper, the New York Times and SPIEGEL have all vetted the material and compared the data with independent reports. All three media sources have concluded that the documents are authentic and provide an unvarnished image of the war in Afghanistan -- from the perspective of the soldiers who are fighting it.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,151...

Source/Attribution

'Explosive Leaks Provide Image of War from Those Fighting It'; Spiegel Online International, July 25, 2010, www.speigel.de.

Added Mon, Nov 15 2010 at 9:56PM UTC by

Colin Harris

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