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Title: This is what our soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan.
Topic: Military
Written By: Fiatlux2
Date: Thursday, July 29 at 09:15

TechNewsWorld.com

July 26, 2010   02:18:32 PM PDT

WIKILEAKS PLUNGES POLITICAL WORLD INTO TURMOIL By Katherine Noyes

Wikileaks  has  opened  the  spigot  on what appears to be the biggest intelligence leak in history, but opinions are sharply divided as to whether it constitutes a courageous act of patriotism or an irresponsible act of treason. One thing that seems certain, though, is that the days when the government could exercise tight control over dissemination of information are gone.

In what's been called the "biggest leak in intelligence history," more than 90,000 classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan came to light on Sunday and are wreaking havoc in political circles around the globe.

Covering the period from January 2004 to December 2009, the reports were published Sunday by whistle-blowing site Wikileaks while analyses of the included  material  appeared simultaneously in The New York Times, The Guardian and German outlet Der Speigel.

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[RickW]

One of the things that evidently did in the Germans at Nuremburg was their zealousness at record-keeping. Things haven't changed much it seems.

[Dragom]

Killing 200 civilians over 5 years in a war-zone is pretty good.

[RickW]

Killing, as in deliberately targeting..........? As opposed to "collateral damage"......?

[Michael Scott]

I don't see any where a civilian was "deliberately targetted". All seem to be mistaken identity or collateral damage. And the only case I know of where some idiot decided to target innocent people deliberately has led to those yahoos being put on trial long before the press got a hold of it. So yes, 200 civilians over 5 years would be pretty good. Cold comfort to the kids and moms and dads of the victims.