MooPig Report from the Middle :: Recluse Superlative

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"Iraqi War_Logs" sounds ominous. It might be monotonous, we want to find out. We have made ourselves a login handle, and are in the WikiLeaks site in a few seconds. No problems.

Meanwhile -- Later in this very same day:

Hey, we just finished reading and rating the first stack of doc's ... now there are 400,000 more? Who is going to take responsibility for all this time we spend "doc ibid sic recluse superlatives?" Just made that up.

It boils down to this:

" ... Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told the BBC that if abuse by the Iraqi security forces was witnessed, or reports of it were received, US military personnel were instructed to inform their commanders. (SOURCE) ... "

... one simple command. Report all witnessed events to your commanders. Here is an example from Iraqi War Log:

" ... This document is a US military file published online by Wikileaks. Find it on Diary Dig.
--- armed persons wearing commando uniforms and black shirts, driving a pickup light brown in colour with no plates. Kidnapped --- from the --- region --- BASRAH near the --- Basrah high school for boys. The description of the vehicle and the persons who carried out the kidnap have been passed to the --- and Patrols. The --- vehicle has been towed to the --- Basrah IPS station.Imported MND-SE --- ID:--- of Rounds: Number of Blinds: Number inside the Wire: : : ---: Route: /---: Iraqi --- Type: Location: BC District: Nationality: : : : : ---: ... (SOURCE) "

Is it all clear now? Here's another report log:
This document is a US military file published online by Wikileaks. Find it on Diary Dig.
UNIT: - , / ---
IED TYPE: ---
KIA (/): ---

WIA (/): ---
EQUIPMENT BDA: ---
ENEMY BDA: ---
ENEMY DETAINEE: ---
CREW SYSTEM: DUKE
OTHER IED DEFEAT EQUIP: RHINO
--- DOOR KIT INSTALLED:
--- OF PATROL: ---

WHO: --- (RTE --- WITH EOD ---)
WHAT: FOUND IED
WHEN: ---
WHERE: ---, RTE
: ---

INITIAL REPORT:
--- (RTE --- WITH EOD ---)
REPORTS FINDING A --- IED DEVICE ON SITE.
--- IS REQUESTING AIR CLEARANCE ---' x ---' VIC IED AT --- FOR
---: AIR IS CLEAR FOR
: --- COMPLETE. CONDUCTING PBA.
--- X EMPTY --- 155MM ROUNDS AS BAITING MATERIALS TO STOP CF IN THE KILL ZONE.

SUMMARY:
--- X FOUND IED
--- X INJ
--- X DMG

///CLOSED//
--- ID IED-DEFEAT - THESE DEVICES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH --- REPORT --- - EFP ATTACK

Got that? Shall we just mosey on to some other subject now that attention deficit has set in? How do you like that spiffy quotation at the top of this story, too? I am feeling like a full moon in October... it just doesn't matter what I write anyway -- it's all illuminating -- this Iraqi War Log is like the very first word of history for all the history buffs. No speculation or conjecture -- just hard factual first line of journalism, no snail mail here, we think:

" ... The documents also reveal many previously unreported instances in which US forces killed civilians at checkpoints and during operations. (SOURCE) ... "

From the same SOURCE, BBC Report:

" ... In one incident in July 2007, as many as 26 Iraqis were killed by a helicopter, about half of them civilians, according to the log.

Another record shows an Apache helicopter gunship fired on two men believed to have fired mortars at a military base in Baghdad in February 2007, even though they were attempting to surrender. The crew asked a lawyer whether they could accept the surrender, but were told they could not, "and are still valid targets". So they shot them.

The helicopter - with the callsign "Crazyhorse 18" - was also involved in another incident that July in which two journalists were killed and two children wounded.

There are also new indications of Iran's involvement in Iraq, with reports of insurgents being trained and using weapons provided by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, IRGC .(SOURCE; ibid) ..."

Clarity, sweet clarity... 

Wikileaks, which was founded in 2006 by a group of dissidents and journalists, allows whistleblowers to anonymously post documents on the web.

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