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Infography : Chemical Weapons, Iranian Agents and Massive Death Tolls Exposed in WikiLeaks’ Iraq Docs | Danger Room | Wired.com
As the insurgency raged in Iraq, U.S. troops struggling to fight a shadowy enemy killed civilians, witnessed their Iraqi partners abuse detainees and labored to reduce Iran’s influence over the fighting.WikiLeaks Show WMD Hunt Continued in Iraq – With Surprising Results | Danger Room | Wired.com
By late 2003, even the Bush White House’s staunchest defenders were starting to give up on the idea that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Beaten, Shocked, Eyes Gouged: Iraq Abuse, WikiLeaked | Danger Room | Wired.com
Torture was a signature feature of the state terror that Saddam Hussein inflicted on Iraq.
Wheelbarrow Rockets, Remote-Control Suicide Vests and Captured Drones: WikiLeaks Exposes Insurgent Tech | Danger Room | Wired.com
It was billed as a war between low-tech insurgents and the high-tech U.S. military. But the WikiLeaks war logs from Iraq reveals that the insurgents were sophisticated and tech-savvy, too — embedding cameras in suicide vests, turning trucks into rocket-launchers, and deploying a variety of missiles to menace U.S. troops.
From the start, we all knew that Afghanistan was the CIA’s war. The spy agency spearheaded the initial push into the country after 9/11, and to this day it runs bases (and pays off strongmen) that keep the war effort running.
