Autonomy

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.

hard hats people.... (or tin foil if you prefer)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...plomacy-crisis

shiva

did you read the uae ones?

flares

Go MbZ and King A!!

UAE and KSA dislike the Persians. Sunni v Shia. Persian v Arab. eek

Autonomy

MbZ's main message to us during his September visit was that we needed to be better coordinated for Iran contingencies. High level engagement by CENTCOM planners have helped to address this concern, but he believes we have made less progress in addressing what he sees as the slow pace of deliveries of US security assistance and he is still worried that he does not have enough equipment in place to defend his people when war with Iran breaks out. (And for MbZ it is a matter of when, not if.) We have repeatedly presented to his staff the various explanations for what he perceives as delays, but he remains unconvinced that we are addressing his concerns as a matter of priority.

oh boy...

shiva

yeh, thats the bit i was refering too...sheeeeet


has anyone managed to find any of the stuff on cameron or teh uk royals yet? looks like its been d listed at the guardian

flares

Nuclear Scientist assasinated in Tehran this morning!! A bearded fat George Clooney was spotted fleeing the scene. (Syriana reference)

Norm_uk

Read this on the beeb:
"In a criminal terrorist act, the agents of the Zionist regime attacked two prominent university professors who were on their way to work," Iran's state television's website reported.

Funny they immediately blame Israel but cite no proof...as if no one else in the world wants Iran's nuclear program to be halted

N.

flares

I guess the Yanks have the defence that if it was them it would have been on a cable in the public domain by now.

The Dean

"But people will be looking at the security of electronic communications and archives. Paper would have been impossible to steal in these quantities."

Good point.................

Bahtatboy

An analogy:

You have a teenage son; you know the mother of one of his friends. His friend is concerned about your son's activities, and gives to his mother--who gives to you--hard evidence of your son's lying, trespass, hacking and total lack of respect for all your friends and for your family. You confront your son. "I'll work harder to make sure the evidence doesn't leak out again." Life goes on as normal.