Sunday, November 28, 2010

US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomacy crisis

• More than 250,000 dispatches reveal US foreign strategies
• Diplomats ordered to spy on allies as well as enemies
• Hillary Clinton leads frantic 'damage limitation'
The release of more than 250,000 US embassy cables reveals previously secret information on American intelligence gathering, and political and military strategy. Photograph: Rex Features

The United States was catapulted into a worldwide diplomatic crisis today, with the leaking to the Guardian and other international media of more than 250,000 classified cables from its embassies, many sent as recently as February this year.

At the start of a series of daily extracts from the US embassy cables - many of which are designated "secret" – the Guardian can disclose that Arab leaders are privately urging an air strike on Iran and that US officials have been instructed to spy on the UN's leadership.

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3 comments:

  1. vzaNovember 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM

    WikiLeaks exposé: Iran used ambulances to run arms into Lebanon during 2006 war Top Iranian source told U.S. officials that medical staff loading Lebanon-bound planes in Iran noticed that the aircraft were 'already half full.'


    http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/wikileaks-expose-iran-used-ambulances-to-run-arms-into-lebanon-during-2006-war-1.327483

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  2. thankgodimatheistNovember 29, 2010 at 3:17 AM

    <span>Iran used ambulances to run arms into Lebanon </span>

    On the other hand Israel doesn't need ambulances to get arms through to its territory..Airportrs are wide open for that..

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  3. vzaNovember 29, 2010 at 12:37 PM

    That does not make the use of IRC right. It jeopardizes their ability to help others in the future, if their neutrality is in question.

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