WikiLeaks near release of secret US war documents

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102201682.html

WikiLeaks near release of secret US war documents

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER and PAULINE JELINEK
The Associated Press
Friday, October 22, 2010; 8:53 AM

LONDON -- The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history - hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

U.S. officials said Friday they were racing to contain the damage from the imminent release, while NATO top official told reporters he feared that lives could be put at risk by the mammoth disclosure.

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said any release would create "a very unfortunate situation."

"I can't comment on the details of the exact impact on security but in general I can tell you that such leaks ... may have a very negative security impact for people involved," he told reporters Friday in Berlin following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.


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