Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Leaked Iraq war files portray weak, divided nation (AP)
• Iraq WikiLeaks release offers new casualty details (AP)
• Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP)
• Leaked documents recount tales known by every Iraqi (AFP)
• Maliki says opponents exploiting WikiLeaks Iraq revelations (AFP)
• WikiLeaks defends its release of classified documents on Iraq War (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraqi officials vow to probe any abuse cases (Reuters)
• Wikileaks Defends Its Release of Iraq War Documents (Time.com)
• WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths (Reuters)
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• Five bombshells from WikiLeaks' Iraq war documents (The Christian Science Monitor)

Leaked Iraq war files portray weak, divided nation (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 05:18 PM PDT AP - The enormous cache of secret war logs disclosed by the WikiLeaks website paints a picture of an Iraq burdened by persistent sectarian tension and meddling neighbors, suggesting that the country could drift into chaos once U.S. forces leave.

Iraq WikiLeaks release offers new casualty details (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - An Iraqi family gunned down after approaching a U.S. patrol too fast. Dozens of men shot execution-style by sectarian death squads.

Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 02:10 PM PDT AP - Reports of brutality and torture of fellow Iraqis at the hands of government forces threw the country's political scene into turmoil Saturday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attacking the leak as an attempt to malign him, and his rivals citing the documents as proof he is unfit to lead.

Leaked documents recount tales known by every Iraqi (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT AFP - Iraqi schoolteacher Fatima Razak does not need the WikiLeaks revelations to appreciate the scars of the US occupation, which she wears on her disfigured face.

Maliki says opponents exploiting WikiLeaks Iraq revelations (AFP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 10:40 AM PDT AFP - The latest WikiLeaks revelations on Saturday deepened a leadership crisis in Iraq, where Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused his political opponents of using the documents against him.

WikiLeaks defends its release of classified documents on Iraq War (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 09:32 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - WikiLeaks â€" the controversial classified information clearinghouse â€" is defending its release of what it calls “The Iraq War Logs” against charges that it is undermining the security of American and coalition forces. In addition, the organization intends to release thousands more classified documents dealing with the war in Afghanistan.

Iraqi officials vow to probe any abuse cases (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:31 AM PDT Reuters - Iraq vowed on Saturday to probe allegations that police or soldiers committed crimes in the country's sectarian war, after WikiLeaks released classified U.S. files that revealed prisoner abuse by Iraqi forces.

Wikileaks Defends Its Release of Iraq War Documents (Time.com) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 08:05 AM PDT Time.com - "This disclosure is about the truth," founder Julian Assange said at a London press conference

WikiLeaks says logs show 15,000 more Iraq deaths (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 06:50 AM PDT Reuters - WikiLeaks said on Saturday its release of nearly 400,000 classified U.S. files on the Iraq war showed 15,000 more Iraqi civilians died than previously thought.

(AP) Posted: 23 Oct 2010 06:26 AM PDT AP - Iraqi prime minister says timing of WikiLeaks release aims to sabotage his re-election.

Five bombshells from WikiLeaks' Iraq war documents (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 22 Oct 2010 03:47 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor -

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