US Intell planned to destroy Wikileaks

[Jan Klimkowski]

In one of the pieces above, there's an attempt to discredit wikileaks, Assange, and these leaked documents as follows:

Yet these reports are being treated as if they are the "grim truth" behind the shining picture of official propaganda. But what do these stories in the NYT and Guardian actually "reveal"? Let's see:

That the occupation forces kill lots of civilians at checkpoints and botched raids, then lie about it afterward.
That these killings make Afghans angry and fuel the insurgency.
That elements of Pakistani intelligence are involved with some elements of the many resistance groups known collectively (and incorrectly) in the West as the Taliban.
That the Americans are using more and more robot drones to kill people.
That the Americans are running death squads in Afghanistan aimed at Taliban leaders.
That Afghan officials are corrupt, and that Afghan police and military forces are woefully inadequate.

Is there anything in these breathless new recitations that we did not already know?

This attack constitutes ignorant garbage.

In best spindoctor fairy tale fashion, the UK govt is still denying it colluded in, and perpetrated, acts of torture during the so-called "War on Terror".

There is zero chance that the US govt, the UK govt, or NATO will ever officially admit to "running death squads".

Any politician or military leader sanctioning a death squad is prima facie guilty of a war crime.

Any "killings" (to use a neutral word) committed by such a "death squad" constitute extra judicial killing, and hence a war crime.

The killing of any civilian by a US, UK or NATO-approved "death squad" would be an aggravated war crime.

The documents provided by a courageous whistle-blower, and made available by wikileaks, are incredibly important evidence substantiating the claim that "TF 373", which appears to be code for covert US, UK and NATO special forces operations, does indeed include extra-judicial killings of both "human targets" and entirely innocent civilians.

It appears that "TF373" often behaves like a "death squad".

This will NEVER be officially admitted by the political and military leaders who have approved the operations of "TF 373".