London:
In the largest leaks of classified military documents ever American history the whistle blower website WikiLeaks has released 'The Iraq War Logs', a three lakh ninety one thousand eight hundred and thirty two page document on the war and occupation of Iraq.
The documents disclosed by WikiLeaks indicate that US forces often failed to follow up on credible evidence that Iraqi forces mistreated, tortured and killed their captives in the battle against a violent insurgency.
The documents are among nearly 400,000 released on Friday by the WikiLeaks website in defiance of Pentagon insistence that the action puts the lives of US troops and their coalition partners at risk.
Although the documents appear to be authentic, their origin could not be independently confirmed, and WikiLeaks declined to offer any details about them. The Pentagon has previously declined to confirm the authenticity of WikiLeaks-released records, but has never indicated that any past WikiLeaks releases were inaccurate.