http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20011594-83.html By Declan McCullagh and Steven Musil Security CNET News July 25, 2010 Wikileaks, the document-leaking organization that has previously released internal U.S. military videos, on Sunday disclosed over 75,000 confidential files related to the war in Afghanistan. The group gave the documents in advance to the New York Times, Germany's Der Spiegel, and the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper, which independently confirmed their authenticity. The Guardian called the disclosure a "devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan," saying it reveals how the U.S.-led coalition has killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents, Taliban attacks have risen, and NATO commanders worry that neighboring Pakistan and Iran are aiding the insurgency. About 76,900 of the files--which the group calls the "Afghan War Diary"--appeared on Wikileaks.org at around 4 p.m. PT. Wikileaks says it has delayed the release of an additional 15,000 files to allow names and other sensitive information to be removed. The U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4 performed its own analysis of the dispatches from individual military units, which cover the war from 2004 through the end of 2009, and concluded that 15,506 enemy deaths were reported. At least 4,232 civilians were killed, and 1,138 NATO troops were killed. [...] _________________________________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA 2010, hosted at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada July 24-29th, offering over 60 training sessions and 11 tracks of Briefings from security industry elite. To sign up visit http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Sun Jul 25 2010 - 22:43:36 PDT
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