who’ve had embargoed access to the logs for 10 weeks — found previously unreported civilian death counts in the files, rampant brutality by Iraqi police and a report of a separate shooting incident involving the same Apache helicopter unit that was involved in the now-famous 2007 “Collateral Murder” video that WikiLeaks published last April. In the second incident, the unit reportedly shot and killed insurgents who were trying to surrender.

Threat Level reported last month on WikiLeaks’ plans to publish the Iraq database this week, and the role the publication schedule played in creating internal strife at the organization.

Last week, the Pentagon said it had already assembled a 120-person task force to prepare for the Iraq database dump. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has scheduled a press conference in London on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. local time (5:00 a.m. EDT) to discuss the release.

See Also:

• Superbombs and Secret Jails: What to Look for in WikiLeaks’ Iraq Documents
• Will 400,000 Secret Iraq War Documents Restore WikiLeaks’ Sheen?
• Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt
• WikiLeaks Releases Stunning Afghan War Logs — Is Iraq Next?
• Suspected WikiLeaks Source Described Crisis of Conscience Leading to Leaks
• U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in WikiLeaks Video Probe

Authors: Kevin Poulsen and Kim Zetter

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