WikiLeaks: Evidence of war crimes in papers

WikiLeaks: Evidence of war crimes in papers

By Kimberly Dozier and Raphael Satter - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jul 26, 2010 10:05:36 EDT

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Monday he thinks there is evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan.

The remarks came after WikiLeaks, a whistle-blowing group, posted some 91,000 classified U.S. military records over the past six years about the war online, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures.

The White House, Britain and Pakistan have all condemned the release of the documents, one of the largest unauthorized disclosures in military history.

Assange told reporters in London that “it is up to a court to decide really if something in the end is a crime. That said ... there does appear to be evidence of war crimes in this material.”
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WikiLeaks Evidence of war crimes in papers