This bulletin just came in from Wikileaks:
Wikileaks has released over 600 United Nations investigative reports, over 70 of which are classified. The reports expose sensitive matters from allegations of hundreds of European peace-keepers sexually abusing--and impregnating--refugee girls, to generals in Peru using Swiss bank accounts to engage in multi-million dollar procurement fraud.
(Cross posted at The National Gadfly)
(also from Wikileaks)
A number of the reports have not only been marked "Strictly Confidential" but as an additional measure have had selected regions redacted before before internal distribution. Often these redacted regions can be "unredacted" by simply "cut and pasting" the blanked area. On the description page for each report, where possible, Wikileaks has provided a simple text version of the report that includes the redacted portions.
Since the number of reports is subtantial we ask that journalists, bloggers and other investigators take responsibility for those those reports closest to the month and day of their date of birth before considering the material at large.
They are looking for help from journalists and the blogosphere to help pore through this info, to further expose what the UN already knows and is hiding concerning the crimes of its own forces. Here is a partial list of the items investigated:
- rape
- forced impregnation
- embezzlement
- extortion
- illegal weapons and ammunition dealing
- racketeering
- kickbacks
- fraud
- theft of food rations
Lest we forget that Bush & Cheney are not the only violators of human rights and public trust; there is a whole world of liars, thieves, rapists and murderers operating from the organizations that we ask to protect us from these crimes. Someone stuck their neck out and did the right thing by exposing this information. Let's not waste that good effort.
If you have time and the will to help, you can start here. The list of information is overwhelming. Please help.
- gadfly