WikiLeaks unleashes flood of damaging US cables; RP gets 1.8 K
11/30/2010WASHINGTON — Whistle-blower Web Site WikiLeaks has unleashed a flood of US cables detailing shocking diplomatic episodes, from a nuclear standoff with Pakistan to Arab leaders urging a strike on Iran.
The US cables on the Philippines are said to number close to 1,800 but they are yet to be posted on the WikiLeaks Web Site.
The leaked memos describe a Chinese government bid to hack into Google; plans to reunite the Korean peninsula after the North’s eventual collapse; Saudi Arabia’s king call to the US to bomb Iran to halt its nuclear drive.
The confidential cables, most of which date from 2007 to last February, also reveal how the State Department has ordered diplomats to spy on foreign officials and even to obtain their credit card and frequent flier numbers.
The memos, released on Sunday, recount closed-door remarks such as Yemen’s president telling a top US general: “We’ll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours” when discussing secretive US strikes on al-Qaeda.
A description of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi said he required the near-constant assistance of a “voluptuous blond” Ukrainian nurse..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101130hed5.html
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