Ten Revelations From Manning's WikiLeaks Documents

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"In 2010, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was detained in Iraq on suspicion of passing classified U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks. On Monday, after more than three years in military jail, his trial finally began at Fort Meade, Md.

The 25-year-old intelligence analyst admitted earlier this year to passing documents to the whistle-blowing website, though he denies the charge of “aiding the enemy,” an offense that carries a life sentence or the death penalty. Manning said at a pretrial hearing in February that he leaked information, including diplomatic cables and U.S. military war logs from Afghanistan and Iraq, in order to “spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy.”

Below is a list of 10 revelations disclosed by Manning’s leaked documents that offer insight into the breadth and scope of what he revealed, help explain his motivation for leaking, and provide context for the ongoing trial. The list, in no particular order, is far from comprehensive but encompasses some of the most significant information brought to light by the leaked documents.

During the Iraq War, U.S. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to thousands of field reports.

There were 109,032 “violent deaths” recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops’ alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.

The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.

British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.

In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.

U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.

A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.

A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed “black” unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.

The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret “extraordinary rendition” flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.

In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. that sought to gather top officials’ private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data."
 

PsyOps

Pixelated
During the Iraq War, U.S. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to thousands of field reports.

Why are U.S. authorities required to report what the Iraqis do?

There were 109,032 “violent deaths” recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops’ alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.

People died in violent deaths during a war? :jameo: NOOOoooooooooo :jameo:

The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.

And this is important how??????????????

British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.

So the British colluded in a plan against the British? :ohwell:

In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.

Innocent people dying in war? OMG! Do you want a civilians count in Germany (3.8 MILLION)? How about the Japan a-bomb (250,000)?

U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.

Conducting secret operations during war? Say it isn’t so.

A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.

I think this is complete :bs: There is a video that shows potentially 12 civilians killed in an airstrike. You pathetic leftists love to play armchair commander thinking you know what was behind all the intelligence. While you’re spending so much of your efforts condemning our military – who do all they can to avoid civilians casualties (something militant Islamists don’t bother with)(and I know you leftists believe our military are the evil of this world while believing Islam is that epitome of peace ) – you take no effort showing how Islam constantly targets civilians OVERTLY and unapologetically.

A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed “black” unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.

During a war? The outrage!

The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret “extraordinary rendition” flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.

Threatened the entire Italian government? Threatened how? How did the US threaten Italy? Were we going to bomb them if they didn’t cooperate? More “bs”.

In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. that sought to gather top officials’ private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data."

Spying during a war? Spying on people we don’t trust? THE OUTRAGE! I think we ought to be spying on the US given their overt loathing of Islam.

Look boy, we get it… We know you hate America. We know you hate our military and what they did during the war. We know you want war to be nice, and neat and pretty, with little pink roses and no one gets hurt and everyone sings wonderful songs with each other and conflicts are resolved by playing rock-paper-scissors. We know when our military does anything that shows the smallest of mistakes it has to be some sort of big evil conspiracy; that our military foams at the mouth at the thought of butchering children and women indiscriminately. :sarcasm: I know you feel glee at the thought of our military – and even our own civilians – being butchered by those all-so-peaceful Islamists. They’re really the good guys. And we know Manning is your hero.

We get it.
 
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cwo_ghwebb

No Use for Donk Twits
Sounds like Manning really needs to die

The little worm leaked the identities of Afghans working with the U.S. against the Taliban. Thanks Manning! How many of their deaths are now on your conscience???

Manning is not a whistleblower. He's a POS and should die by lethal injection for being a traitor.
 

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
The little worm leaked the identities of Afghans working with the U.S. against the Taliban. Thanks Manning! How many of their deaths are now on your conscience???



Oh but he also leaked the Apache Incident looking for 'Justice' for the Reporters and Civilians killed ....

I guess their lives were more important than Afghans cooperating with US Forces
 

edinsomd

New Member
The Apache incident has been debunked time and time again- there were armed individuals in the group, so it was a legitimate strike. Too bad the reporters decided to hang out with insurgents *sniff*.
 
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