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'..it is time to take stock of a war that was catastrophic for Iraq and America's standing in the world.' - lexander Smoltczyk and Bernhard Zand

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<blockquote>'...Will the publication spark a fresh debate over the horrors of war?'

- Marc Pitzke, US Reacts to WikiLeaks Iraq Documents, 10/23/2010



'Wikileaks has presented evidence of the brutality of the war and has thereby done freedom of information a service. The online platform makes it possible for armies that wage war on behalf of nations to be controlled by the citizens of those countries. The people who run the platform should therefore ignore attempts to intimidate them.'

- Business daily Financial Tines Deutschland (The World From Berlin - 'War Logs Highlight US Failure to Probe War Crimes in Iraq', 10/25/2010



'With its invasion of Iraq, the United States rid the Iraqi people of a tyrant. But it also broke the law and destroyed tens of thousands of lives. With the release of close to 400,000 Iraq logs by WikiLeaks and the coming publication of George W. Bush's memoir, it is time to take stock of a war that was catastrophic for Iraq and America's standing in the world.'

- lexander Smoltczyk and Bernhard Zand, A 'Dumb War' - Taking Stock of the Iraq Invasion, 10/25/2010



'The online whistleblower platform WikiLeaks is posting close to 400,000 US military reports from the Iraq war on the Web. The logs show in detail how brutally the war was waged and the helplessness with which the United States acted.'

- SPIEGEL Staff, The WikiLeaks Iraq Logs - A Protocol of Barbarity, 10/25/2010</blockqote>