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Wikileaks: a new journal of the disasters in Afghanistan.

Europe Intelligence Wire

| July 26, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Nothing beats raw material for its capacity to home in on truth. These logs are unvarnished and brutal , and it will take some time to digest in full their implications. They describe the reality of the Afghan war, including, apparently, the widespread and increasing use of targeted killings.

In particular, the logs describe the efforts of a secret commando unit, Task Force 373 , with its "joint prioritised effects list" of hundreds of senior targets, and its efforts to assassinate the enemy. Contrary to the impression that governments seek to promote, these operations are often unsuccessful and sometimes result in the killing of friendly …

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