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26th July
2010
written by Tobias Blanken

Adam Serwer’s comment on the “Afghan War Diary”:

The remarkable thing about the WikiLeaks documents is that they reinforce what we already know about the war in Afghanistan — the lack of a credible partner, the links between Pakistani intelligence and the forces the U.S. is fighting, the difficulty in building the Afghan Army and police. Which means for all the complaints about the media these days, the coverage of Afghanistan has been broadly accurate. If the war is out of sight and out of mind for most Americans, it isn’t because they aren’t getting a good idea of what’s going on over there.

Adam Serwer at The American Prospect: The Wikileaks Afghan War Diary

See also: Scoop!

See also: The Wiki-leak is more and less important than you think. By Joshua Foust [in short: nothing new, but very dangerous for intel sources].

Further reading (27-7):
Richard Cohen (WaPo): Wikileaks, telling us the obvious in Afghanistan
Andrew Exum (NYT): Getting Lost in the Fog of War
Fred Kaplan (Slate) Not the Pentagon Papers
Daniel Markey (CFR) WikiLeaks: The Revelations That Aren’t

Update (30-7): As expected… Newsweek: Taliban Says It Will Target Names Exposed by WikiLeaks

Update (1-8): Now it’s getting ridiculous. The Guardian: WikiLeaks founder accuses US army of failing to protect Afghan informers

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