WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results

WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/wikileaks-show-wmd-hunt-continued-in-iraq-with-surprising-results/

Superbombs and Secret Jails: What to Look for in WikiLeaks’ Iraq Docs [Bumped]

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/superbombs-and-secret-jails-what-to-look-for-in-wikileaks-iraq-docs/


Related :

Pentagon threatens entire world press with Espionage Act 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS81uTpZWBk

Pentagon threatens entire world press with Espionage Act 2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4fehntmAgk

Wikileaks Iraq: data journalism maps every death
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/oct/23/wikileaks-iraq-data-journalism

Google Spreadsheets: Wikileaks Iraq Data Analysis
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdFd5LU9Yamp3NGhrbnMxdTFjMWNadUE&hl=en&authkey=CLGhleIC#gid=0

Google Fusion Tables: Iraq Fatalities
http://tables.googlelabs.com/DataSource?dsrcid=273326

Some key findings:
Total deaths

• The database records 109,032 deaths in total for the period
• The database records the following death counts: 66,081 civilians, 23,984 insurgents and 15,196 Iraqi security forces
• The worst place for deaths was Baghdad - 45,497, followed by MND north (which is the region that goes from Baghdad up to Kurdistan) where another 34,210 died. The quietest place was the north east with only 328 deaths
Murders and escalation of force

• 34,814 people were recorded as murdered in 24,840 incidents
• The worst month was December 2006 with 2,566 murders - and 2006 was the worst year with 16,870 murders
• The database records 12,578 escalation of force incidents (where someone is shot driving too fast at a checkpoint, for instance) - and these resulted in 778 recorded deaths
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)

• There were 65,439 IED explosions over the period - with 31,780 deaths recorded on the database from those alone.
• There were another 44,620 IEDs found and cleared
• The worst month for IED explosions was May 2007 with 2,080 IED explosions

WikiLeaks redacted more information in latest documents release

An initial comparison of a few documents redacted by WikiLeaks to the same documents released by the Department of Defense shows that WikiLeaks removed more information from the documents than the Pentagon. CNN accessed the Department of Defense versions from the official U.S. Central Command website, where it posts items that have been released under the Freedom of Information Act.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/10/22/wikileaks.editing/

Iraq War Logs http://warlogs.owni.fr/
Iraq War Logs Diary Dig http://warlogs.wikileaks.org/iraq/diarydig

Julian Assange Introduces Wikileaks Iraq log
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgLGSBk730

Iranian PressTV on WikiLeaks Iraq log
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCRA8gq4oc

Reactions from the streets of Baghdad :

Al Jazeera: Iraqis respond to WikiLeaks files
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbppsACVlcE

Interviews with Julian Assange :

Sky News: Assange Defends Iraq War Files
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/WikiLeaks-Found-Julian-Assange-Defends-Publication-Of-Iraq-War-Files/Video/201010415770501

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Walks Out of CNN Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYU7pdGfrUM

The United States responds :

Iraq Spokesman Mark Kimmitt's Reply to Iraq War Diary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g86YTiI2oyM

WikiLeaks Release Enrages Pentagon
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6986173n

Coverage of the press conference :

Wikileaks Iraq War Diary Press Conference 1/2/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYymsUja3GI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtRQfWnFNHg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Ugy3ayY8M

Leaked Reports Detail Iran’s Aid for Iraqi Militias

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/world/middleeast/23iran.html

Secret Dispatches From the War in Iraq
Below are a selection of the reports from a six-year archive of classified military documents to be published by WikiLeaks. These examples provide an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Iraq. Some names and details have been redacted by The Times to conceal suspects' identities, or because they might put people in danger or reveal key tactical military capabilities. See below for more details on the redactions.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/iraq-war-logs.html#report/ABD1B1E9-D673-93B1-757861100C0728BC