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In the ensuing elections, in which corruption became a major issue, violence swept the country. "1,300 people were eventually killed, and 350,000 were displaced. That was a result of our leak," says Assange. It's a chilling statistic, but then he states:"On the other hand, the Kenyan people had a right to that information and 40,000 children a year die of malaria in Kenya. And many more die of money being pulled out of Kenya, and as a result of the Kenyan shilling being debased."
When I try to question him about the morality of what he's done, if he worries about unleashing something that he can't control, that no one can control, he tells me the story of the Kenyan 2007 elections when a WikiLeak document "swung the election". The leak exposed massive corruption by Daniel Arap Moi, and the Kenyan people sat up and took notice. In the ensuing elections, in which corruption became a major issue, violence swept the country. "1,300 people were eventually killed, and 350,000 were displaced. That was a result of our leak," says Assange. It's a chilling statistic, but then he states: "On the other hand, the Kenyan people had a right to that information and 40,000 children a year die of malaria in Kenya. And many more die of money being pulled out of Kenya, and as a result of the Kenyan shilling being debased."
Assange gloats about being responsible for 1300 dead?
Originally posted by wcitizen
Originally posted by palg1
Just goes to show how someone can be totally misrepresented by being carelessly or deliberately quoted out of context.
Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
Why would the OP even make this thread?
Assange gloats about being responsible for 1300 dead?
That is just plain and simple a lie, nothing else.
Shame on you OP!
Originally posted by palg1
Originally posted by SkurkNilsen
Why would the OP even make this thread?
Assange gloats about being responsible for 1300 dead?
That is just plain and simple a lie, nothing else.
Shame on you OP!
Prove it! Or does the fact that it is Assange mean that denials of the stories about him do not require the same proof as the accusations.edit on 9-12-2010 by palg1 because: (no reason given)
Note that from the beginning of this tread I have asked ATSers to prove or disprove this story. As of right now I see nothing but anchored positions. No real arguments.edit on 9-12-2010 by palg1 because: (no reason given)edit on 9-12-2010 by palg1 because: Should I be ashamed for asking questions now?
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange continued Friday to defend the website's posting of confidential U.S. documents, saying that no one in its four-year publishing history has been harmed as a result of material it put online.
"During that time there has been no credible allegation, even by (organizations) like the Pentagon, that even a single person has come to harm as a result of our activities," Assange said in written answers to readers' questions posted on the website of the British newspaper The Guardian.