In what is being called the largest war document leak of all time, the controversial whistle blowing website released today over 400,000 pages of documents from the war in Iraq. Titled “The Secret Iraq Files,” the Wikileaks exclusive documents reveal a treasure trove full of classified information from the war.

The documents are dated from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2009, and reveal information which the United States government clearly does not want in the public’s hands. Not only could some of the information be used against them by enemies of the US, overseas, but some of it brings to light aspects of the war that the US can not be too proud of.

The documents reveal that approximately two thirds of all deaths in the war, or approximately 66,000, were Iraqi civilians. In addition to this, there is evidence that the United States and Iraqis tortured dozens of prisoners. To go even further into the horrors presented in this war, the documents describe accounts where pregnant women were shot at checkpoints, priests were murdered, and drills were used by Iraqi prison guards in order to torture prisoners into a confession.

Prior to the documents being released into the public domain by Wikileaks, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell stated, “We strongly condemn the unauthorized disclosure of classified information”.

Clearly the next few weeks will likely be filed with a media frenzy, as the various news outlets slowly go over all the information provided to the world in these revealing files. Whether they should have been released or not, does not matter any longer, as they are out there for everyone to view, free of charge.