23-10-2010, 03:00 AM
Huge dossier of secret files shows the US ignored torture of Iraqis --Killings at checkpoints were 'covered up' --Estimate of civilian deaths rises to 122,000 23 Oct 2010 Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks unveiled its cache of secret Iraq war documents last night in what is the largest leak in US military history. The reports deliver a devastating verdict on the Coalition's involvement in Iraq including revelations that the American military: --Knew Iraqi officials were torturing detainees but ruled against intervening. --Conspired to cover up the deaths of "hundreds" of Iraqi civilians at manned checkpoints. --Kept records of the number of Iraqi civilians that were being killed, despite famously claiming that the military "didn't do body counts".
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