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Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: Hundreds of Civilians Gunned Down at Checkpoints

Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by Emma Slater and James Ball It was lunchtime on September 6 2008 when a pickup truck travelling down a highway in Ninewah province, northwest Iraq, met a U.S. convoy driving in the opposite direction. The driver of the truck was elderly and had […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: Obama Administration Handed Over Detainees Despite Reports of Torture

Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 23rd, 2010 | by Angus Stickler President Barack Obama’s government handed over thousands of detainees to the Iraqi authorities, despite knowing there were hundreds of reports of alleged torture in Iraqi government facilities. Washington was warned by the United Nations and many human rights organisations that torture was […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: 76 Cases of Abuse Challenges U.S. Report on Iraqi Prisons

Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 19th, 2010 | by Emma Slater On November 13 2005, U.S. forces discovered 173 incarcerated men in a secret detention centre run by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior. Many showed signs of brutal torture. The discovery is recorded in the war logs: November 13 2005 Approx 95 x […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Wikileaks’ Iraq War Logs: Torture Widespread in Iraqi Detention Facilities

Republished from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism October 22nd, 2010 | by Angus Stickler When a U.S. military unit visited Diyala prison, north of Baghdad on May 25 2006, it discovered a man who had been held in an underground bunker. He had been tortured for approximately two months. May 25 2006 His hands were […]