WikiLeaks claim that they revealed around 15,000 documents of US military. British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg called the allegations “extremely serious” and said people would want to hear “what the answer is”. “We can bemoan how these leaks occurred but I think the natures of the allegations made are extraordinarily serious. They are distressing to read about,” he told. “I’m assuming the US administration will want to provide its own answer.
“People will want to hear what the answer is to what are very, very serious allegations of a nature which I think everybody will find quite shocking.” Australia joined Iraq war associates Britain and the United States.
Washington on Sunday came under growing pressure to look into allegations in the leaked Iraq war documents published by WikiLeaks, which was called “shocking” by Britain.
Governments and human rights organizations alike put the focus on answers to the allegations made against US, associated and Iraqi troops as the whistleblower website released 400,000 classified documents of US military. Amnesty International called on Washington to investigate how much US officials knew about the alleged abuse.
Australian Defense Minister Stephen Smith vowed a “painstaking” review of the documents. Denmark’s military also said it would study the documents amid reports that the classified files reveal wrongdoings by Danish soldiers.
The files published Friday include graphic accounts of torture, civilian killings and Iran’s hand in the Iraq war, documenting years of bloodshed and suffering following the 2003 US-led raid to oust ruler Saddam Hussein. Other reports describe Iraqis beating prisoners and women being killed at US military checkpoints.
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