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Swedish court orders WikiLeaks founder Assange detained (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - A Swedish court on Thursday ordered the detention of Julian Assange, the founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks, on suspicion of rape and other sexual crimes, allegations he…

Sweden seeks detention of WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, which has made public about 500,000 classified U.S. files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, holds a news conference at the Geneva Press Club in Geneva, November 4, 2010, the day before the United Nation's Human Rights Council examines the U.S. human rights record in its universal periodic review programme. REUTERS/Valentin FlauraudReuters - A Swedish prosecutor on Thursday requested that Julian Assange, the founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks, be detained over rape allegations, a charge he strongly denies.


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WikiLeaks urges U.S. to fully examine abuses (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - The founder of WikiLeaks called on the United States on Thursday to fully examine abuses by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and to halt its “aggressive investigation”…

US: Enemies searching WikiLeaks Iraq papers (AP)

October 26th, 2010

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, Mohammad Mohaddessin, holds up documents he claims relate to Iran's meddling in Iraq during a media conference in Brussels, Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010. Documents posted by WikiLeaks last week recount Iran's alleged role in arming and training Shiite militias in Iraq, where Tehran has also sought to influence politics. Iran denies these charges.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - U.S. enemies already are combing through data released last week in a trove of Iraq war documents for ways to harm the American military, the Pentagon’s No. 2…

WikiLeaks docs raise questions of Obama policies (AP)

October 25th, 2010

Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. WikiLeaks revealed on Saturday previously secret files on the Iraq war, which in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.(AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)AP - President Barack Obama stepped into the White House pledging to end George W. Bush’s gloves-off approach to interrogations and detention — but a flood of leaked documents suggests…

Iraq PM: WikiLeaks abuse leak designed to hurt him (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Reports of brutality and torture of fellow Iraqis at the hands of government forces threw the country’s political scene into turmoil Saturday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki attacking…

Iraq WikiLeaks release offers new casualty details (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

FILE - In this May 17, 2006 file photo, three brothers of a man shot dead by a gunman in the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad sit next to his coffin as it is carried on top of a vehicle en-route to the funeral in Najaf, Iraq. Writing on coffin in Arabic reads 'Belonging to Al-Arqam Mosque'. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, File)AP - An Iraqi family gunned down after approaching a U.S. patrol too fast. Dozens of men shot execution-style by sectarian death squads.


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Iraqi PM: WikiLeaks release politically timed (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid to remain in power for a second term.


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Iraqi PM on the defense in WikiLeaks release (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for the WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Iraq’s prime minister is accusing WikiLeaks of releasing documents that detail prisoner abuse by Iraqi security forces to sabotage his re-election hopes.


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Critics denounce Iraqi PM over WikiLeaks material (AP)

October 23rd, 2010

Iraqi people surf the internet for WikiLeaks web site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of sectarian bloodletting and criminal violence unleashed by the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Allegations that Iraqi security forces tortured detainees, as described in new WikiLeaks documents, serve as a warning against keeping Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power, his main political…

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