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110 000 deaths, composed of 66 000 civilians in Iraqi war, WikiLeaks says

23 October 2010 07:48 (UTC +04:00)

The files chronicling the Iraq war from March 2003 through 2009 says that U.S. authorities face accusations of failing to investigate hundreds of reports of abuse of Iraqi prisoners by Iraqi police and soldiers, including cases of rape and even murder that are detailed in the logs. WikiLeaks says there are also cases of abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody, but media given advance access say those cases pale in comparison.
According to WikiLeaks, Britain’s Bureau of Investigative Journalism says it found documents detailing new cases of alleged wrongful killings of civilians involving a firm previously known as Blackwater. Blackwater, which has now changed its name to Xe Services, saw its reputation badly damaged by a 2007 incident in which its security guards were involved in a shooting that killed 14 civilians.
Pentagon said release of the military documents would create serious problems not only for the US and NATO forces, but also for the Iraqis cooperating with them.