'This is the story of the war since 2004' - Wikileaks, etc

[Patticus]

From the people who brought you the BNP membership list, the Scientology returns 2008, and the video of

- over 90,000 documents detailing the true scale of the Afghan war.

http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/

Over 90,000 documents, accessible and prioritised by date, type, category, region or severity, ranging from the everyday operations of various security forces to activities and events that have raised a few eyebrows.

He cited as an example an attack in June 2007 by a secret US special forces unit, Task Force 373, which used a Himars (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) to begin a raid on a compound where a senior al-Qaeda leader, Abu-Laith al-Libi, was thought to be hiding. Seven children died.

Other suggestions of the report include:

* The Taliban has had access to portable heat-seeking missiles to shoot at aircraft

* A secret US special forces unit, Task Force 273, has been engaged on missions to "capture or kill" top insurgents listed on a Joint Priority Effects List (JPEL)

* Many civilian casualties - caused by Taliban roadside bombs and Nato missions that went wrong - have gone unreported

* Iran is engaged in an extensive covert campaign to arm, finance and equip the Taliban and Afghan warlords allied to al-Qaeda

Not to mention how Pakistan is essentially declared to be playing both sides of the war, working with both the Allied forces and engaging in covert operations with Taliban insurgents.

What fun.

[Frozen Nitrogen]

Now this is a story all about how

My war got flipped-turned upside down

And I'd like to take a minute

Jus' sit there man

I'll tell you how Wikis ratted on Afghanistan

In west Helmand province, born and raised

In the hum-vee was where I spent most of my days

Chillin out maxin relaxin all cool

And shootin' some children outside of their school

When a couple of guys

Who were up to no good

Started leakin' secrets in my neighborhood

I got on one lil wiki and I said in frustration

"We strongly condemn the disclosure of classified information"

I whistled for a plane

And when it bombed near

The pilot said "We hit those civvies, oh dear"

If anything I could say the generals don't care

But I thought "Naw forget it, good goin' in the air!"

I pulled up in Herat about 7 or 8

And I yelled to the natives "Yo Holmes, smell ya later!"

Pulled out my rifle

Shot them all dead

Then Wikileaks said, that I'd lost all my cred

Do-do, do-do-do-do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do dododododo, do-do, do-do-do-do-do...

[Badnik Mechanic]

Uh oh....

Theres now something new from this which could actually cause some people to actually come to serious harm over this.

Aparently, in some of the documents theres details including the names and contact details of several normal non combattents who have informed the US military about various attacks and other sensative information which US and UK forces would find very useful.

Wiki-leaks has said... it will... not censor the names of these people, and it's founder has said "Blame the US military."

Now I said "good" when these documents were published... but now, now that innocent civilians could be... well... murdered because of it... come on the site should be doing something about it right?

[Saint Nathan]

Oh no!

There have been civilians killed in a war?

This is horrible! This is terrible! This is a travesty that would never possibly come with the whole idea of war itself! Let's all make a fuss!

[Frozen Nitrogen]

Wiki-leaks has said... it will... not censor the names of these people, and it's founder has said "Blame the US military."

HAHAHA

That's what you get for being a stinking traitor to your nation and collaborator with imperialist occupation forces.