The Wikileaks organization recently released secret US government documents regarding the Afghan War. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel were given over 90,000 documents that show a side of the Afghan War that the United States government doesn't want you to see.
“It is a complete history of the Afghan war from 2004 to 2010,” said Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange.
The New York Times reported that the documents show that Pakistan is having "representatives of its spy service to meet directly with the Taliban in secret strategy sessions to organize networks of militant groups that fight against American soldiers in Afghanistan, and even hatch plots to assassinate Afghan leaders."
A document from 2008 has revealed that a high-ranking Pakistani intelligence officer was plotting with the Taliban to assassinate Afghan President and US puppet leader Hamid Karzai. Pakistan, unsurprisingly, has rejected this claim.
Massacres of civilians were also revealed by the documents.
US military field report 52169 details a supposed battle between US forces and "insurgents." A US Air Force Lockheed AC-130H Spectre was called in and opened fired on the supposed insurgents. The field report goes into detail about the combatant death toll, but says nothing about civilians. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported that 90 civilians were killed in the incident. More than half of the dead civilians were children. This shows how the US military whitewashes its crimes, it simply does not mention its wrongdoings in the ground reports.
American President Barack Obama has condemned the leaking of these secret documents, clearly showing his shady nature.
Monday, July 26, 2010
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