DID YOU KNOW that Bradley Manning exposed: A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence (1) that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant (2) factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to (3) U.S. troops withdrawing from the country. (1) mcclatchydc/2011/08/31/122789/wikileaks-iraqi-children-in-us.html
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