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WikiLeaks Snapshot: A Week in War
CBS News Compares Official Iraq War Reports From Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2005 to WikiLeaks Documents From Same Period
While Americans were wrapping up their Thanksgiving weekend and turning towards holiday shopping in 2005, the war raged on in Iraq.
Through official reports, the Pentagon announced the deaths of 22 soldiers serving in Iraq during the week of Sunday, November 27, 2005 through Saturday December 3, 2005.
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On Tuesday of that week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did a radio interview with syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz.
Rumsfeld expressed frustration with the negative media coverage of the war: "All I know is that there are just an enormous number of very good things happening over there, and yet what we tend to see are the other side of the coin, namely that there are a few things going on over there that are not positive and that are worrisome."
A sampling of the secret files that week shows 372 explosive hazards; 702 attacks on the enemy; 272 enemy actions; 143 reports of IEDs found or cleared; seven reported kidnappings; and four tribal feuds.
During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rumsfeld was asked about reports of Iraqi death squads “assassinating and torturing hundreds of Sunnis."
Rumsfeld responded, "What you're talking about is unverified - to my knowledge, at least - unverified comments. I just don't have any data from the field that I could comment on in a specific way."
While Rumsfeld answered questions in Washington, Pentagon reports show civilian deaths in Iraq (although there's no indication they are the result of "death squads"). For example, one report two days before the press briefing describes the discovery of a grave in the desert with 13 dead civilians.
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