Iraq War documents leak
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The Iraq War documents leak was a massive disclosure of classified U.S. military field reports from the Iraq War, published by WikiLeaks in 2010, revealing previously undisclosed details about civilian casualties, detainee abuse, and the conduct of the conflict.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Iraq and Afghanistan war logs leak | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Iraq War–related event
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document leak ⓘ whistleblowing event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Iraq War Logs
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Iraq War documents leak of 2010 ⓘ |
| appliesToPart | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Al Jazeera
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Der Spiegel NERFINISHED ⓘ The Guardian NERFINISHED ⓘ The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disclosedBy |
Chelsea Manning
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WikiLeaks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentType | U.S. military SIGACTS (Significant Activity) reports ⓘ |
| follows | Afghan War documents leak ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
controversy over U.S. handling of detainee abuse
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increased scrutiny of civilian casualty figures ⓘ renewed debate over Iraq War conduct ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
debates on whistleblowing and national security
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public perception of the Iraq War ⓘ |
| hasLegalConsequences | U.S. prosecution of Chelsea Manning ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationOfPublication | internet ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | digital documents ⓘ |
| numberOfItems | approximately 391,000 field reports ⓘ |
| partOf | WikiLeaks releases related to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 2010 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010-10-22 ⓘ |
| publisher | WikiLeaks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | United States diplomatic cables leak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reveals |
U.S. military awareness of detainee abuse by Iraqi forces
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allegations of torture by Iraqi authorities ⓘ details of IED attacks and small-arms fire incidents ⓘ detainee abuse by Iraqi security forces ⓘ friendly fire incidents ⓘ previously undisclosed civilian casualties in Iraq ⓘ rules of engagement incidents ⓘ under-reporting of civilian deaths ⓘ |
| scale | largest classified military leak in history at time of release ⓘ |
| securityClassification | classified U.S. military documents ⓘ |
| source | U.S. Army classified databases ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 2004–2009 ⓘ |
| topic |
civilian casualties in armed conflict
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military transparency and secrecy ⓘ rules of engagement in the Iraq War ⓘ treatment of detainees in Iraq ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Iraq and Afghanistan war logs leak