Post by tufta on Aug 31, 2010 12:50:39 GMT 1
Wikileaks endangers lives, says German army commander
Wikileaks may have gone too far in releasing sensitive files
The German commander of international forces in northern Afghanistan has warned that the release of classified documents by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks poses a lethal threat to soldiers.
Major General Hans-Werner Fritz, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northern Afghanistan, said the publication last month of tens of thousands of secret military files by the Wikileaks website threatened the lives of soldiers and Afghans cooperating with them.
Fritz said, for example, that the classified documents contained the names of ordinary Afghans working with ISAF.
"I believe this action is absolutely irresponsible," he said. "It endangers the life and limb not only of our German soldiers, but of all soldiers who are deployed in Afghanistan."
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5953324,00.html
Wikileaks may have gone too far in releasing sensitive files
The German commander of international forces in northern Afghanistan has warned that the release of classified documents by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks poses a lethal threat to soldiers.
Major General Hans-Werner Fritz, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northern Afghanistan, said the publication last month of tens of thousands of secret military files by the Wikileaks website threatened the lives of soldiers and Afghans cooperating with them.
Fritz said, for example, that the classified documents contained the names of ordinary Afghans working with ISAF.
"I believe this action is absolutely irresponsible," he said. "It endangers the life and limb not only of our German soldiers, but of all soldiers who are deployed in Afghanistan."
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5953324,00.html
