I'm surprised there still isn't a thread about the latest wikileaks stunt.
Linky.
The documents also estimated that 63% of those killed were civilians.
- While the U.S. has maintained that it didn't have an official death toll and the Bush administration downplayed the number of civilian deaths, the documents showed military brass kept a secret tally that placed the number of casualties between 109,000 and 285,000.
Iraqi prisoners were shackled, blindfolded and hung by their wrists or ankles by other Iraqis. They also were subjected to whipping, punching, kicking and electrical shocks.
- U.S. forces turned a blind eye to Iraqi rights violations that made the abuse of prisoners by G.I.s at Abu Ghraib pale by comparison.
- Military brass covered up or ignored the slaughter of Iraqi civilians by government death squads.
- Iran armed and trained Shiite squads to kill senior Iraqi politicians and undermine U.S. and British military operations.
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