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The Iraq War Wikileaks Docs (Part 1 of 2) At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified
military leak in history. 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. Each is a 'SIGACT' or Significant Action in the war. They
detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq
and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the
United States government has been privy to throughout.
The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 'civilians';
23,984 'enemy' (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 'host nation' (Iraqi
government forces) and 3,771 'friendly' (coalition forces). The majority of the
deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths.That is 31 civilians
dying every day during the six year period. For comparison, the 'Afghan War
Diaries', previously released by WikiLeaks, covering the same period, detail the
deaths of some 20,000 people. Iraq during the same period, was five times as
lethal with equivalent population size.
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