Iraq files ‘not surprising’
Sabah al-Mukhtar, president of Arab Lawyers Association, speaks to Al Jazeera about the leak.
Published On 24 Oct 2010
For the past 10 weeks, working with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in London, Al Jazeera has analysed tens of thousands of documents, sourced through WikiLeaks, which cover six years of war – in the biggest leak of US military secrets in history.
The secret files reveal extensive abuse at Iraqi police stations, army bases and prisons.
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According to the files, coalition troops reported the allegations to their superiors on more than 1,300 occasions.
Sabah al-Mukhtar, lawyer and president of the Arab Lawyers Association in London, spoke to Al Jazeera about the allegations of “torture”, and said Iraqis will not be surprised by the findings.
Source: Al Jazeera