of the unjust, illegitimate war in Afghanistan: Wikileaks releases 91,000 records revealing hundreds of civilian deaths, execution squads, other war crimes
Wikileaks.org, over the past few months, has released some of the most damning evidence yet against the ongoing occuptions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Collateral Murder (released April 5, 2010)
Collateral Murder is the military's own video of 12 Iraqis being shot and killed from a US helicopter circling above. No one has been charged in connection with these killings. However, 22 yr. old Pfc. Bradley Manning has been held incommunicado on military bases for several months now, suspected of leaking this incriminating video to Wikileaks. World Can't Wait is distributing copies of this harrowing video so that many more people in the US see what is being done in their names. For a copy, write to us.
What stands out to us at IVAW is the regular, seemingly commonplace occurance of civilian death depicted in the body of Wikileaks documents...
In a recent interview on Democracy Now, Wikileaks' founder, Julian Assange put out a call: "We really need the public, other journalists and especially former soldiers to go through this material and say, 'Look, this connects to that,' or 'I was there. Let me tell you what really happened. Let me tell you the rest of the detail.' And over the next few days, we'll be putting up easier- and easier-to-use search interfaces, the same ones that our journalistic teams use to extract this data."
These search tools will allow any soldier or veteran to look through the trove of documents on Wikileaks and find reports of incidents they were involved in to check for their accuracy and provide more details.
IVAW members are answering the call to humanize these 'war incidents.' Right now, we are mobilizing our membership to look through the relevant Wikileaks materials, and provide additional information for the public.
Wikileaks released 76,000 military records exposing the truth of the unjust, illegitimate war in Afghanistan: revealing hundreds of civilian deaths, execution squads, other war crimes. They have 15,000 more records from Afghanistan that they are holding back for the time being. For more on the developing picture emerging, see The Afghanistan War Logs on the Guardian UK and Wikileaks.org (both are being regularly updated). If Wikileaks is down, it may be overloaded. To see the files, go directly to wardiary.wikileaks.org.
Webcast: Anti-War Leaders and Veterans Respond to the WikiLeaks Revelations (recorded August 1, 2010)
World Can't Wait presents a national webcast of anti-war leaders and veterans responding to the WikiLeaks revelations. What should we do NOW, immediately to end the occupations of Afghanistan & Iraq?
Featuring:
Dahr Jamail, journalist, author of "Beyond the Green Zone"
Cindy Sheehan, antiwar leader, author, Director, Peace of the Action
Josh Stieber, Army veteran of Bravo Company 2-16
Matthis Chiroux, Army veteran, Iraq war resister
Mike Ferner, President, Veterans for Peace
Ray McGovern, former CIA Agent, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Elaine Brower, military mother, World Can't Wait
Debra Sweet, Director, World Can't Wait
Julian Assange on the Afghan War Logs: "They Show the True Nature of this War"
The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War
With independent British journalist Stephen Grey; Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg; former State Department official in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh; independent journalist Rick Rowley; and investigative historian Gareth Porter.
We spend the hour with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, talking about the biggest leak in US history: the release of more than 91,000 classified military records on the war in Afghanistan.
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