The general, who ran special operations in iraq before going on to command american forces in afghanistan, has deplored the leaks. Oct 22, 2010 it was several days after the previously reported monday release, and earlier than some more recent indications, but wikileaks finally released its 391,832 war logs files from the iraqi war. Wikileaks had had no opportunity to redact them which, after the backlash in july, it wanted to do. Iraq war logs detail irans aid to militias iraq war logs. A compilation of videos from internet archive users about the iraq war and the issues and events surrounding it are collected here. In fact, there is a civil war in progress in iraq, one comparable in. In late september, assange pleaded for an extension. The latest release by wikileaks of the iraq war logs is the largest leak in u. Dec 10, 2010 a fulltext visualization of the iraq war logs this is a description of some of the proofofconcept work that led to the overview prototype, originally posted elsewhere. This is the category for the iraq war, a military campaign in iraq from 2003 to 2011 latest stories.
The files record 66,081 civilian deaths out of 109,000 recorded deaths. The iraq war logs recently released by wikileaks are contained in a 371729121 byte csv file. Iraqs war logs published by wikileaks reveal us troops appeared to abuse iraqi prisoners after the abu ghraib scandal, turned a blind eye to iraqioniraqi torture and imprisoned one in 50 iraqi men. Map sources congressional research service summary this report identifies online sources for maps of iraq, including government, library, and organizational websites. The iraq war documents leak is the disclosure to wikileaks of 391,832 united states army field reports, also called the iraq war logs, of the iraq war from 2004.
Interpreting the iraq war, december 2006 this is a picture of the 11,616 sigact significant action reports from december 2006, the bloodiest month of the war. Oct 23, 2010 a huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of iran. The war logs suggest evidence of torture was ignored, and detail the deaths of thousands of iraqi civilians. 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 states army.
A fulltext visualization of the iraq war logs jonathan. An archive of classified military documents offers an unvarnished view of the wars in afghanistan and iraq. The afghan war documents leak, also called the afghan war diary, is the disclosure of a collection of internal u. Oct 23, 2010 for people like general soleimani, who went through all eight years of the iraniraq war, this is certainly about poking a stick at us, but it is also about achieving strategic advantage in. However, the website wikileaks have announced that they are going to continue releasing classified documents, including iraq war logs, even though it has been feared that they could put the lives of troops at risk. You may wish to have the pdf file available pdf file 588kb, opening in new window when reading the following. It wis follaed bi a langer phase o fichtin, in which an insurgency emerged tae oppone the occupyin forces an the newly furmed iraqi govrenment. Indeed, datas, such as numbers, compose an objective material to use in comparison to the war reporting that can be biased in many ways with the embedded journalists program for example. The leak resulted in the iraq body count project adding 15,000 civilian deaths to their. Nov 03, 2010 twelve weeks ago the bureau of investigative journalism was given access to the biggest leak of military documents in history.
Twelve weeks earlier, he had posted some 77,000 documents on the afghan conflict. The secretspilling website wikileaks released almost 400,000 u. Oct 25, 2010 the wikileaks war logs disclose the conduct of british and us troops, as well as iraqis during the iraq conflict. This collection contains usersubmitted videos that are primarily from middle eastern sources. Iraq body count, the londonbased group that monitors civilian casualties, says it has identified around 15,000 previously unknown civilian deaths from the data contained in the leaked war logs. The sexual harassment charges also affected the release of the iraq war logs. These documents came on the heels of the release of the collateral murder video in april 2010, and afghan and iraq war logs in july. It is, however, the first time that it has been possible to examine such data and to compare and combine it with. The columns contain dates, locations, reports, category information and counts of the killed and wounded. Whistleblowing website wikileaks on friday released nearly 400,000 classified u. The iraq war logs leak is the largest leak of military secrets in history, supplanting the record wikileaks set with the afghan war diary. Last month, my colleague julian burgess and i took a shot a peering into the iraq war logs by visualizing them in bulk, as opposed to using keyword searches in an attempt to. A fulltext visualization of the iraq war logs jonathan stray. The leak resulted in the iraq body count project adding 15,000 civilian deaths to their count, bringing.
The at war blog is following reaction to the release of classified american field reports from the iraq war, which contain information about many episodes never made public in such detail. What is the effect of wikileaks for freedom of information. Gulf war logs national freedom of information coalition. The wikileaks war logs disclose the conduct of british and us troops, as well as iraqis during the iraq conflict. The 391,832 reports document the war and occupation in iraq, from 1st january 2004 to 31st december 2009 as told by soldiers in the united states army. The new york times had access to the documents and published a series of reports. Events that killed more people were far more likely to appear in both datasets, with 94. The war logs wikileaks documents interactive feature. The bbcs unrivalled team of correspondents is bringing you news from the gulf and reaction from around the world. Other people have created visualizations of this unique document set, such as plots of the incident locations on a map of iraq, and graphs of. Iraq war logs reveal truth about conflict bbc news. A fulltext visualization of the iraq war logs overview. Refresh this list to see the latest articles 7 september 2019. It is, however, the first time that it has been possible to examine such data and to.
Oct 22, 2010 the at war blog is following reaction to the release of classified american field reports from the iraq war, which contain information about many episodes never made public in such detail. Of the two thousand four hundred and nine war log records, 488 23. A fulltext visualization of the iraq war logs this is a description of some of the proofofconcept work that led to the overview prototype, originally posted elsewhere. Iraq war logs show that the use of datas in war reporting seems to be, in some cases, a solution to some issues linked to war journalism.
An archive of classified military documents offers views of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. These documents formed a database of nearly 400,000 military logs recorded over six years of the iraq war and covering the years 2004 to 2009. Iraq s pm said the release amounted to political interference in his country. Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to in order to use the wikileaks public submission system as detailed above you can download the tor browser bundle, which is a firefoxlike browser available for windows, mac os x and gnulinux and.
Army civilian casualty mitigation manual acknowledges that. Jeannette rankin 1880 1973 the iran iraq war was one of the bloodiest, most costly wars of the last century. The first wis an invasion o iraq stairtin on 20 mairch 2003 bi an invasion force led bi the unitit states. Oct 30, 2005 the iraq war logs released by wikileaks, which are a version of the sigacts significant activities reports compiled from 20042009 by the united states military, 1 is not the first release of us military data on iraqi casualties. Each dot is labelled by the three most characteristic words in that report. Mapping a deadly day in baghdad iraq war logs wikileaks. The documents are a set of over 391,000 reports which cover the war in iraq from 2004 to 2009 and afghanistan from 2004 to 2009. 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. Dec 10, 2010 interpreting the iraq war, december 2006 this is a picture of the 11,616 sigact significant action reports from december 2006, the bloodiest month of the war. The iraq war logs released by wikileaks, which are a version of the sigacts significant activities reports compiled from 20042009 by the united states military, 1 is not the first release of us military data on iraqi casualties. So they moved back the publication date to friday, october 22. Oct 23, 2010 whistleblowing website wikileaks on friday released nearly 400,000 classified u. The iraq war wis an airmed conflict in iraq that consisted o twa phases.
It was several days after the previously reported monday release, and earlier than some more recent indications, but wikileaks finally. By then there was already unambiguous evidence indicating the urgency of defusing the imminent danger posed by iraq and its primary allies in the growing terrorist conspiracy. These sources have been selected on the basis of their authoritativeness and the range, quality, and uniqueness of the maps they provide. This means that they can also contribute to a broader accounting of the total number of persons killed in the war, civilian and combatant alike. Documents that are similar have edges drawn between them. At war in iraq the bbcs unrivalled team of correspondents is bringing you news from the gulf and reaction from around the world. Estimates of those killed in the war range from 500,000 to more than 1 million. Iraq war logs detail irans aid to militias iraq war.
Bottom of page 1 on april, 1995, the gulf war veterans of massachusetts requests logs from the 4th battalion bn, 64th armored ar and the 124th military intelligence mi battalion, both units that served in the persian gulf war. It lasted for eight years, longer than the second world war. Tor is an encrypted anonymising network that makes it harder to intercept internet communications, or see where communications are coming from or going to in order to use the wikileaks public submission system as detailed above you can download the tor browser bundle, which is a firefoxlike browser available for windows, mac os x and gnulinux and preconfigured to connect using the. Us officials confirmed that this was the largest leak of us military secrets in history.
Military files analysed by the guardian show how us authorities have let crimes go unpunished and concealed civilian deaths. Ibcs early assessment of what the logs released by wikileaks add to the known iraqi death toll. The us was part of the wolf brigade operation against us omar salem shehab tells of torture at hands of notorious iraqi police unit and says us forces were involved in his capture. Army reports from the iraq war on friday, marking the largest military leak in u. An extraordinary secret compendium of over 91,000 reports covering the war in afghanistan from 2004 to 2010. Oct 23, 2010 the war logs suggest evidence of torture was ignored, and detail the deaths of thousands of iraqi civilians. Student worksheet 3a the iraq iran war you can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. Student worksheet activity one classroom complete press. Dcs a10c warthog beta mission based loosely on a report from the iraq war logs. A huge trove of secret field reports from the battlegrounds of iraq sheds new light on the war, including such fraught subjects as civilian deaths, detainee abuse and the involvement of. The logs consist of over 91,000 afghan war documents, covering the period between january 2004 and december 2009. The iraq war logs released by wikileaks on 22 october 2010, contain 54,910 records compiled by the united states military whose numerical fields register 109,032 violent deaths between january 2004 and december 2009. The blood of my brother tells a story of the war in iraq from a perspective rarely seen.
Secret military field reports reveal more than 32,000 deaths in the baghdad area between 2004 and 2009. Twelve weeks ago the bureau of investigative journalism was given access to the biggest leak of military documents in history. May 28, 20 iraq war logs show that the use of datas in war reporting seems to be, in some cases, a solution to some issues linked to war journalism. Oct 22, 2010 iraq body count, the londonbased group that monitors civilian casualties, says it has identified around 15,000 previously unknown civilian deaths from the data contained in the leaked war logs. Oct 24, 2010 extreme sectarian violence in baghdad. The nhs are to take action, in order to regain the trust of the public, after an agency nurse was filmed switching off her patients life support machine by mistake. When chelsea manning gave her first interview, to abc, after her release last month, we saw a young pretty woman and, for the first time, heard her selfconfident and determined voice. On this page bbc news online logs their impressions and personal experiences as they watch events unfold. However, the website wikileaks have announced that they are going to continue releasing classified documents, including iraq war logs, even though it has been feared that they could put the lives of troops. It is, however, the first time that it has been possible to examine such data and to compare and combine it. Oct 23, 2010 the iraq war logs record deaths of all types, including combatant deaths that fall outside the scope of ibcs civilian deaths database. The iraq war logs record deaths of all types, including combatant deaths that fall outside the scope of ibcs civilian deaths database.
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