Wikileaks founder defends US documents on war in Iraq

The founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks has defended the release of almost 400 thousand classified US documents about the war in Iraq.



Founder Julian Assange said the intimate details of the conflict were made public in an effort to reveal the truth about the conflict.



The war logs suggest evidence of torture was ignored, and detail the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians.



But Iraq's Prime Minister said the release amounted to political interference in his country.



Nouri al-Maliki's office accused Wikileaks of trying to sabotage his bid to form a new government by stoking up anger against national parties and leaders, especially against the prime minister.