Monday, October 25, 2010

New Wikileaks Leak

Each death noted in the Iraq war logs released by Wikileaks. 
Click image to view the interactive map.

Thought I'd repost this from Boing Boing.
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Wikileaks has just published The Iraq War Logs, described as "the largest classified military leak in history."
"The 391,832 reports document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a 'SIGACT' or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout. The reports detail 109,032 deaths in Iraq, comprised of 66,081 'civilians'; 23,984 'enemy' (those labeled as insurgents); 15,196 'host nation' (Iraqi government forces) and 3,771 'friendly' (coalition forces). The majority of the deaths (66,000, over 60%) of these are civilian deaths. That is 31 civilians dying every day during the six year period."
UPDATE*** - There is now a documentary about these reports. Here is Part 1.

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