The day before sundays publication, davies learned that on friday assange had given the afghan war logs and a summary of the stories the guardian planned to run to channel 4 a british publicservice national tv station, al jazeera, and cnn. Al jazeera translit, literally the island, though referring to the arabian peninsula in context, also known as jsc jazeera satellite channel, is a statefunded broadcaster in doha, qatar, owned by the al jazeera media network. Malak al zubeidi says she was lit on fire by her husband and prevented from visiting her parents for eight. Channel 4 would release the bij film, while cnn and al jazeera would release related stories on their own. Military files analysed by the guardian show how us authorities have let crimes go unpunished and concealed civilian deaths. Iraq war between 2004 and 2009, now being hailed as the biggest leak of official documents in history that might be questionable, but certainly the most publicly accessible leak of that size. 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.
Wikileaks founder julian assange says the release of almost 400,000 classified iraq war documents is an attempt to tell the truth about the war. Although the organization had been in operation for four years, and had published many high profile leaks, this was the year that wikileaks became a household name. Yesterday a group of al qaeda terrorists assaulted a natural gas plant in algeria and killed two foreigners while taking 41 other hostage. An inside look at how world leaders and the american public were duped into a war that cost thousands of lives. At 5pm est friday 22nd october 2010 wikileaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The free syrian army is a loose conglomeration of armed brigades formed in 2011 by defectors from the syrian army and civilians aiming to topple president bashar al assad. In the biggest leak of official files in history nearly 400,000 military logs from the iraq war reveal the massive scale of civilian deaths, new torture allegations and a surge in us hellfire attacks. Estimates of casualties below include both the 2003 invasion of. In an extended interview, wikileaks founder julian assange discusses the release of nearly 400,000 classified us military records on the war in iraq, the biggest intelligence leak in us history. Gates of vienna news feed 11720 tonights news feed is unusually fat, due to the inclusion of last nights items, which were never used because of the blogger outage. British blunder may have let alqaida kingpin zarqawi go free helicopter ran out of fuel, allowing bin ladens iraq chief to evade capture for further 15 months, secret military. The 391,832 reports the iraq war logs, document the.
Despite a vigorous attempt by the pentagon to stop wikileaks from releasing 400,000 pages of classified military documents about the iraq. An indepth analysis of a leaked military video showing a us army helicopter firing on iraqis. Also, im just mainly saying that this shit is old news. Ibcs early assessment of what the logs released by wikileaks add to the known iraqi death toll. The bureau has made documentaries based on our findings for dispatches and al jazeera english and arabic. 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. The iraq war logs have been passed on to a wider range of media organisations than the afghan war logs.
You have to find individual journalists who are reporting fac. Inside the secret war between wikileaks and the pentagon. Outrage over iraqi womans alleged torture by her husband. A number of the documents, as defined by al jazeera english, describe how us troops killed almost 700. An archive of classified military documents offers views of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Wikileaks iraq war logs expose usbacked iraqi torture, 15,000. The original three partners continued to coordinate their efforts. Why mainstream media like al jazeera or cnn hasnt change.
The iraq war documents leak is the disclosure to wikileaks of 391,832 united states army field. Italy, iran report big jump in deaths, governments worldwide order people off streets, stop travel to curb spread. 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. Counterhegemonic contraflow and the al jazeera america. Al jazeera english, for instance, made several basic charts, graphs, and. Wikileaks has collaborated with international news agencies such as the guardian and aljazeera, as well as the international bureau of international. 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 to 2009 and published on the internet on 22 october 2010. Qatar gulf times 2 saturday, april 4, 2020 china will never forget help from qatar. Al jazeera accesses 400,000 secret us military documents, which reveal the inside story of the iraq war. Twelve weeks ago the bureau of investigative journalism was given access to the biggest leak of military documents in history. The big news this week is the release of 391,832 secret records that cover the u. Assange is indicted for exposing war crimes while trump. The war logs wikileaks documents interactive feature. The bureau, the whistleblower and the data journalist.
Devastating picture of war in iraq and afghanistan from. There are many taboos in arab countries polygamy, womens rights, the tyranny and corruption. Wikileaks iraq files reveal torture the guardian uk. On april 5, 2010, the attacks received worldwide coverage and controversy following the release of 39 minutes of. We will first have a brief look at war journalism, especially regarding iraq war. The files record 66,081 civilian deaths out of 109,000 recorded deaths. Wikileaks 400,000 iraq war documents reveal torture, civilian. These are the small but relentless tragedies of this war that these logs reveal in unprecedented detail. It is the hardesthit nation in the middle east with nearly 14,000 confirmed. The new york times had access to the documents and published a series of reports.
Wikileaks 400,000 iraq war documents reveal torture, civilian deaths. No, it wasnt because of wmds, democracy or iraqi oil. Hes written about the leaked iraq war logs for the guardian of london. Then, we will proceed in the contentanalysis of iraq war logs, and discuss it. The july 12, 2007, baghdad airstrikes were a series of airtoground attacks conducted by a team of two u. Al jazeera s documentaries seek to engage, inform and inspire with a wide range of stories from around the world. Iraq war logs detail irans aid to militias iraq war. Focusing on iraq war logs case, can data journalism affect war journalism. Prime minister nuri kamal almaliki denounced the reports, while his opponents called them an indictment of his administration.
Iraq war simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A social network analysis of al jazeera americas following on twitter reveals that 42 per cent of al jazeera americas followers did not follow any other us news outlet and that most of the remaining 58 per cent followed liberal stations. The buildup to the release of the iraq war logs data gave it the opportunity to do both of these things and the organisation helped produce hours of films for al jazeera english and arabic, a programme for channel 4s dispatches and stories for french newspaper le monde. 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. Contrast this with the guardian coverage which called its package iraq. Aljazeera, one of several news organizations provided advance access to the wikileaks. The conflict continued for much of the next ten years as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the postinvasion iraqi government. The documents include accounts of iraqi forces sodomizing and electrocuting prisoners, according to aljazeera news. Wikileaks defends iraq war files, more afghanistan. Wikileaks releases secret iraq file al jazeera accesses 400,000 secret us military documents, which reveal the inside story of the iraq war. The iraq war was an armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of iraq by a united statesled coalition that toppled the government of saddam hussein. But then, alsoand i think this is the strongest parallel to dan ellsberg and the pentagon papersis the iraq and afghan war logs, that were released by wikileaks, gave us raw historical. Ammar alsaffar, deputy health minister, becomes the highestranking iraqi to. Wikileaks 400,000 iraq war documents reveal torture.
The war logs, and goes high with revelations of serial detainee. Iraqi death estimates by source summary of casualties of the iraq war. In this evolving context, there are some correlations between the new world, new media and new wars. Possible estimates on the number of people killed in the invasion and occupation of iraq vary widely, and are highly disputed. Wikileaks releases secret iraq file news al jazeera. During the iraq war it was the weapons of mass destruction. The failings in the iraq war were cited as one of the main causes of the republicans defeat, even though the bush administration had attempted to distance itself from its earlier stay the course rhetoric. Iraq secret war files, 400,000 leaked channel 4 news. Troops abused prisoners for years after abu ghraib. Ah64 apache helicopters in al amin al thaniyah, new baghdad during the iraqi insurgency which followed the iraq war. Al jazeeras listening post leads with discussion about wikileaks and the iraq war logs, and the way many in the mainstream u. Which had no validity but the news still reported it. The iraq war logs, provided to at least a dozen media organizations including the guardian, the new york times, del spiegel, al jazeera, cnn and the bbc, offer an ontheground perspective into.
Basically in times of war propaganda is the main stream of information. This is a companion article to our analyses of the wider context and the previously unknown details concerning iraqi casualties to be found within the iraq war logs released by wikileaks. The group has published some 77,000 us intelligence reports about the war in afghanistan in addition to the almost 400,000 alleged secret u. Casualties of the iraq war wikimili, the free encyclopedia.
Us criticises wikileaks release of afghan war documents duration. All of the us by now knows the troops tortured people. The public was given access to iraq war records from 2004 to december 2009. The films reflect a range of people, places and perspectives and challenge. In the biggest official files leak in history nearly 400,000 iraq war logs reveal the massive scale of civilian deaths and new torture allegations following an investigation by channel 4s dispatches.
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