The Bureau of Investigative Journalism Iraq War Logs
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US troops hand over detainees to interrogation squad

American troops transferred detainees to Iraqi interrogation squads despite allegations of violent practices


Wasted chance to capture Zarqawi

The coalition came tantalisingly close to capturing al Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, months before his eventual assassination


US troops fail to record civilian deaths in one of Iraq’s biggest battles

War logs record 25 days of intense fighting in Fallujah, providing new insight into one of the most controversial periods of the war


One day in Iraq: 128 dead, including three women and one child

An examination of a single day in Iraq at the height of the civil war reveals shocking bloodshed and violence


Map: special forces in Iraq

More than 3,000 entries of tasks undertaken by the various secretive government agencies and elite military units are described in the war logs. Here, 20 of the most interesting and significant files have been placed in an interactive map illustrating the operational and geographical scope of Special Forces activities in Iraq. Ranging from an unprecedented [...]


Special Forces accused of killing wrong family

The war reports detail hundreds of surveillance operations and night-time raids undertaken by elite US military units based in Iraq


Iraq’s bloodiest month: December 2006

The secret files reveal that 103 civilians were murdered every day in the continuing bloodbath that engulfed Iraq in December 2006


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