["I'm shocked! shocked!" -- Le Captaine Renault] Breaking News Alert The New York Times Fri, October 22, 2010 -- 5:00 PM ET -----
Trove of Iraq War Documents Sheds Light on Civilian Deaths, Abuse and Iran 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 secret archive is the second such cache obtained by the independent organization WikiLeaks and made available to several news organizations. A close analysis of the documents helps illuminate several important aspects of the war: -- The deaths of Iraqi civilians -- at the hands mainly of other Iraqis, but also of the American military -- appear to be greater than the numbers made public by the United States during the Bush administration. -- While the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by Americans, particularly at the Abu Ghraib prison, shocked the American public and much of the world, the documents paint an even more lurid picture of abuse by America's Iraqi allies -- a brutality from which the Americans at times averted their eyes. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
