Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Leak of Afghanistan war documents

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: Browse , Search
"Logs of war" is the internal records of the Army of the United States in connection with the war in Afghanistan , these records were published on WikiLeaks in July 25 , 2010 . He has WikiLeaks by making these records, which is about 91 731 document, covering the period between January 2004 and December 2009, are available for newspapers The Guardian , The New York Times , the magazine Der Spiegel , which published reports on the same day on the basis of a prior agreement. [1] has been classified Most of the documents as confidential, according to the New York Times, this relatively low rating of confidential documents. This infusion, which is the largest in the history of the United States Army, reveals what some people think of the coverage of the war in Afghanistan , and that the death toll of civilians, and attacks by the Taliban growing, and the participation of Iran and Pakistan in the so-called war.

Content

Allegations of external support for the Taliban

Pakistan

According to German magazine Der Spiegel, "the documents clearly indicate that the ISI is the most important partner for the Taliban in Afghanistan." I got The Guardian files show that Pakistan allow members of the intelligence engages directly with the Taliban. [2] described the New York Times Telecom Intelligence of Pakistan with the Taliban as strategy sessions secret, she said that intelligence Pakistani organize networks of groups of militants fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan , so they attend plots aimed at the assassination of Afghan leaders. [2]

Iran

Evidence that Iran has provided substantial support for the Taliban has been exposed. Came from sources such as Afghan spies and informants hired. Iranian support expansion from 2004 to today just as they claim provided weapons, money and support for anti-party North Atlantic. But Iran denies this. [3]

North Korea

Documents stated that the journalist Jeff Stein, who works for the Washington Post, that the commander of the Hizbul Islam Glboudan Hekmatyar and the Secretary of the right chief financial officer of Osama bin Laden, both flew to North Korea on November 19, 2005, and bought the missiles controlled by the remote to be used against U.S. aircraft and coalition forces. Jeff Stein said he did not find reports alleging that North Korea supports the Taliban in arms. [4]

Reactions

United States

U.S. President Barack Obama expressed concern that leaking private information may expose individuals and operations at risk. [5] , but said later in a statement a short in the White House that "these documents do not reveal problems not touching it during our discussion in public about Afghanistan," and pointed to the These documents indicate the difficulties that made ​​him reformulate U.S. policy in Afghanistan . [5]
Said U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones, "The United States strongly condemns the publication of classified information by individuals and organizations could put the lives of Americans and our allies at risk, and threaten our national security" and said that WikiLeaks has not contacted the U.S. government, and that the government did not know the documents only through the press. [2]

The Department of Defense

The head of Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen said WikiLeaks may be responsible for the deaths of American soldiers, and that the connections Afghan revealed because of the leak. [6] Mullen said that the director of WikiLeaks could say anything about the news published by he and his sources, but it can be responsible for the death of a young soldier or an Afghan family. [7] and called on the Pentagon to WikiLeaks delivered 15,000 secret document has not been published about the war Afghanistan , as demanded removal of documents already published. [6]

Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the face of the Ministry of Foreign and security advisers have to examine the leaked documents, especially those related to the involvement of Pakistan in the killing of civilians. "The war on terrorism is not in the villages and houses of Afghanistan .. but in the sanctuaries, sources of funding and training, all of which are located outside Afghanistan". [8] and wondered why that prevents the Allied forces hit Taliban bases in Pakistan , as President of the Afghan deployment documents containing the names of informants helped international forces as an act of irresponsible shocking. [9]

Pakistan

Ambassador of Pakistan in the United States Hussain Haqqani that the publication of confidential documents is an irresponsible act, and stressed that his country is committed to the fight against Islamic extremists, and said that these documents contained inaccurate information, and it does not reflect the reality on the ground. [2]
In a statement to the ambassador of Pakistan , said: "These reports do not reflect nothing more than the comments issued by a single source and rumors, and there are many on both sides of the border and turned out to be wrong after the study deeper" With regard to his country's policy said that his country would "follow the strategy clearly defined, through fighting and marginalizing terrorists. our intelligence and civilian and military follow this policy ". [2]
Has been defended by the media in Pakistan's intelligence service of Pakistan , and criticized the West for the accusations of the intelligence service of Pakistan , and the West has described as short-sighted and threw the blame on Pakistan in the failure of the military campaign in Afghanistan . [10]

Source of the leak

Began and the U.S. Defense Department and the FBI investigation into the source of leaked documents. [7]

References

No comments:

Post a Comment