LONDON -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there appears to be evidence of war crimes in the thousands of pages of leaked U.S. military documents relating to the war in Afghanistan.
Assange told reporters Monday that "it is up to a court to decide really if something in the end is a crime. That said ... there does appear to be evidence of war crimes in this material."
On Sunday, the online whistle-blower WikiLeaks posted some 91,000 leaked U.S. military records of six years of the war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings and covert operations against Taliban figures. Both the White House and Downing Street have condemned the release.
But there may be more. Assange says that the group has files that concern every country in the world - though on other subjects.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
LONDON (AP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says there's "no reason" to doubt the reliability of 91,000 pages of leaked U.S. documents relating to the war in Afghanistan.
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