Canadian newspaper thinks torture is merely part of a "fascinating" narrative

Apparently it's not only American media outlets that are downplaying the revelations of torture by Iraqi troops, as revealed in the release of U.S. Army documents by WikiLeaks. Apparently the Toronto-based Globe & Mail, which printed an article entitled "Opinion mixed on significance of WikiLeaks’ latest revelations", thinks that there multiple perspectives on the issue are valid.

The article begins as follows:

To some, the thousands of confidential U.S. military field reports released Friday amount to a damning indictment of the United States’ role in Iraq, providing long-awaited figures on the number of civilians killed and graphic details of war crimes gone unpunished by Iraqi troops.

To others, however, the trove of documents offers no great revelations, simply adding important first-hand observations to our knowledge of the war.

What no one disputes is that the piles of information, released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, offer fascinating, matter-of-fact accounts of day-to-day life on the front lines of a long and gruelling war.

"Fascinating, matter-of-fact accounts"? Like the following, I assume (also taken from the article):

Al-Jazeera highlighted one of the documents’ key revelations: the deaths of some 109,000 people, including more than 66,000 civilians. The total had previously never been released, as U.S. and British military officials have insisted they do not keep a running total of the number of civilians killed in the conflict.

The Guardian, a British newspaper, picked up on reports of the torture of detainees in the custody of Iraqi soldiers and police, including six incidents in which people were apparently killed. One graphic report describes a video of Iraqi Army soldiers – one of whom is identified by name and rank – beating and shooting a bound prisoner in the street. That report, like many others detailing abuse, was apparently ignored and the soldiers involved not investigated, the paper reported.

Sorry, I don't find anything "fascinating" about civilian deaths and brutal torture. Apparently major North American media outlets think otherwise.