The Obama White House is furious this morning about the massive leak of military documents chronicling the unvarnished truth about the Afghanistan war. At the same time though there must be a certain sense of relief around the West.

Coalition forces have launched a manhunt for two missing Sailors in Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan Papers 92000 Classified Documents on the War Leaked to the Liberal Media Wikileaks Some Will Swear By It Some Will Swear At It scroll down for updates By Dell.

A sixyear archive of classified military documents made public on Sunday offers an unvarnished groundlevel picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the official portrayal.

A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents Taliban attacks have soared and. Later the Taliban claimed they had captured the in.

Why didnt Wikileaks just publish the Afghanistan war logs and let journalists round the world have at them Why hand them over to The New York Times the Guardian and Der Spiegel first Because as Julien Assange founder of Wikileaks.

The New York Times Londons Guardian newspaper and Der Spiegel in Germany were offered early access to the archive the contents of which show why after the United Sates has spent almost 300 billion on the war in Afghanistan. The two service members went missing after driving off their base in Kabul on Friday July 23 2010.

I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation.

Thousands of secret military documents have been released by the website WikiLeaks a gigantic leak of classified information that appears to present a bleak view of Afghanistan war and could have a profound impact on the public.

One of the best investigative journalists who has been reporting on Americas wars is Seymour Hersh. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan.

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