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In reply to the discussion: Manning’s Biggest Revelation of All [View all]kpete
(71,996 posts)11. so what you are saying, is we would be BETTER OFF --- NOT KNOWING THESE THINGS?:
Below is a list of 10 revelations disclosed by Mannings leaked documents that offer insight into the breadth and scope of what he revealed, help explain his motivation for leaking, and provide context for the ongoing trial. The list, in no particular order, is far from comprehensive but encompasses some of the most significant information brought to light by the leaked documents.
During the Iraq War, U.S. authorities failed to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse, torture, rape, and murder by Iraqi police and soldiers, according to thousands of field reports.
There were 109,032 violent deaths recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.
The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.
British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.
In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.
U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.
A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi governments refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.
A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed black unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.
The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret extraordinary rendition flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.
In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. by seeking to gather top officials private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data.
There were 109,032 violent deaths recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.
The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.
British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.
In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.
U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.
A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi governments refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.
A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed black unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.
The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret extraordinary rendition flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.
In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. by seeking to gather top officials private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/04/bradley_manning_trial_10_revelations_from_wikileaks_documents_on_iraq_afghanistan.html
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If you think about that long enough and hard enough you'll see colors.
East Coast Pirate
Aug 2013
#81
fantasy ? Don't flatter yourself, none of my fantasies include you, and certainly not prison.
NM_Birder
Aug 2013
#62
Wishing "Manning a very long and tormented prison life" speaks volumes about your views on this.
suffragette
Aug 2013
#98
Once more: SHE. pfc Manning is a woman. Please, start using proper pronouns when talking about her.
idwiyo
Aug 2013
#79
Everything I said is true, I see you agree with me, but I don't think you mean it ;)
NM_Birder
Aug 2013
#52
pfc Manning is a wistleblower and NOTHING will ever change that. BTW, it's SHE. She is a woman.
idwiyo
Aug 2013
#77
I would like to bookmark your post. Could you start a new thread with it so that I can?
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#41
That was my view in the beginning. When I saw how Manning was being railroaded into a long
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#43
yes, not to mention his incredible cruel imprisonent early on-- tantamount to torture
NoMoreWarNow
Aug 2013
#100
You know, so Did John Adams, Sam Adams, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, all the Founders
Demeter
Aug 2013
#20
In 35 years she could be the President of the US. Did you ever hear of Nelson Mandela?
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#70
I would not wish "a long and tormented prison existence" on anyone. What a horrible wish.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#63
Dennis Kucinich would have been viewed by many, as he so often was, as only a kook.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#112
Yes. And discouraged. I worked very hard to get Obama elected and re-elected.
JDPriestly
Aug 2013
#116
Another gem from the Manning leaks: US State Department killed a minimum wage increase in Haiti
limpyhobbler
Aug 2013
#24
The term of Bush-appointee Ambassador Sanderson ended less than a week after
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#88
Yeah. Aren't you glad Manning leaked these docs exposing how the State Dept.
limpyhobbler
Aug 2013
#89
During Bush years here at DU, I took the view that "Ownership Society" was code
struggle4progress
Aug 2013
#90
I think your main point is this was Bush's fault, not Obama's. Is that right?
limpyhobbler
Aug 2013
#92
Regarding those who condemn Manning and believe he did more harm than good, I must
GoneFishin
Aug 2013
#35
It's no matter to me. I am none of those you attempt to mischaracterize me as. You know nothing
GoneFishin
Aug 2013
#67
An ironic argument from someone with a name like yours. The early Americans that said
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#72