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Iraqi PM: WikiLeaks Release Is Political Sabotage
Published October 23, 2010 | Associated Press

New documents detailing alleged prisoner abuse by Iraqi security officials prompted fresh doubts Saturday about Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bid to remain in power for a second term.

The Shiite prime minister swiftly responded, accusing WikiLeaks of timing its document release to sabotage his re-election hopes.

The trove of nearly 400,000 WikiLeaks papers detail U.S. military reports of alleged abuse by Iraqi security forces -- some of which happened after al-Maliki became prime minister in May 2006. The documents were released as al-Maliki scrambles to keep his job, nearly seven months after national elections failed to produce a clear winner.

In a statement, al-Maliki's office lashed out at WikiLeaks, accusing it of creating a national uproar by releasing documents that it said were being used "against national parties and leaders, especially against the prime minister."

Al-Maliki's office questioned the timing of the release, but expressed confidence in "our peoples' awareness regarding such games or media bubbles that are motivated by known political goals."
The statement said the documents did not present any proof of detainees being improperly treated while al-Maliki has headed Iraq's Shiite-led government. Instead, it praised him as courageous for taking a tough stance against terrorists. It did not offer any details...............>>>>................>>>>................http://www.foxnews.com/world/2.....age/?test=latestnews

yup....it's still war......nothing new under the sun here.......