Published on Tuesday, July 05,
2016 by Common Dreams
Release comes two days before
the UK government is set to publish its official inquiry into the 2003 invasion
WikiLeaks on Monday marked the
yearly celebration of American independence by releasing over 1,200 private
emails belonging to former secretary of state and presidential hopeful Hillary
Clinton pertaining to the Iraq War.
The whistleblower platform announced
the new
archive in a tweet, noting that the emails would be made public just two
days before the UK government is set to release its official inquiry into the
2003 invasion of Iraq, initiated by former U.S. President George W. Bush with
substantial backing from then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Adding even more fuel to the speculation
surrounding the Chilcot Inquiry, WikiLeaks on Monday also released a complete
list of British MPs who voted to invade Iraq.
The emails were among the
trove released by the U.S. State Department in February, according
to The Hill, which WikiLeaks searched for any reference to the Iraq War.
Many of the emails were news reports shared between Clinton and her staff about
the ongoing U.S. occupation of Iraq.
WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange said
last month that the new release contains "very strong material" that
could be used to prosecute the former secretary of state, though he
acknowledged that would be unlikely under the current administration.
"[Attorney General]
Loretta Lynch...is not going to indict Hillary Clinton," he told ITV.
"It's not possible that could happen, but the FBI could push for
concessions from [a] new Clinton government in exchange for its lack of
indictment."
The email archive is the
latest to target the presumptive Democratic nominee. Late last month, the
anonymous hacker Guccifer 2.0 released
a trove of internal Democratic National Committee files which, among other
things, exposed the behind-the-scenes maneuvers to boost Clinton's candidacy,
underscoring the critique of her being the establishment party favorite.
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