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Octobre 2009 : les #cablegate révèlent que des soldats américains opèrent déjà au #Pakistan :

Pakistan approves secret US special forces deployment | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/229065

The Pakistani Army has for just the second time approved deployment of U.S. special operation elements to support Pakistani military operations. The first deployment, with SOC(FWD)-PAK elements embedded with the Frontier Corps in XXXXXXXXXXXX, occurred in September (reftel). Previously, the Pakistani military leadership adamantly opposed letting us embed our special operations personnel with their military forces.

Sujet présenté par le Guardian :
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/wikileaks-cables-us-forces-embedded-pakistan

Small teams of US special forces soldiers have been secretly embedded with Pakistani military forces in the tribal belt, helping to hunt down Taliban and al-Qaida fighters and co-ordinate drone strikes, the embassy cables reveal.

The numbers involved are small – just 16 soldiers in October 2009 – but the deployment is of immense political significance, described in a cable that provides an unprecedented glimpse into covert American operations in the world’s most violent al-Qaida hotbed.

Une raison de plus d’adorer Facebook : Bush et Zuckerberg ont plein de points communs.

“Bush needled Zuckerberg over his failure to complete his computer science course at Harvard. For his part, Zuckerberg heaped praise on his fellow president. ‘It’s one of the things I’ve always admired about you,’ he said to Bush. ‘You’ve always stuck by your principles and pushed through.’”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/george-bush-mark-zuckerberg-presidents-together
#st2tw

#Siprnet: where America stores its secret cables | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/siprnet-america-stores-secret-cables

“Siprnet is itself an acronym, for Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. Siprnet was designed to solve the chronic problem of big bureaucracies – how to share information easily and confidentially among large numbers of people spread around the world. Siprnet is a worldwide US military internet system, kept separate from the ordinary civilian internet”

UNTIL NOW.

Saudi Arabia urges US attack on Iran to stop nuclear programme | World news | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-saudis-iran

“King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly urged the United States to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear programme, according to leaked US diplomatic cables that describe how other Arab allies have secretly agitated for military action against Tehran.”

#wikileaks #cablegate

US diplomats spied on UN leadership | World news | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-spying-un

«Washington is running a secret intelligence campaign targeted at the leadership of the United Nations, including the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and the permanent security council representatives from China, Russia, France and the UK.

A classified directive which appears to blur the line between diplomacy and spying was issued to US diplomats under Hillary Clinton’s name in July 2009, demanding forensic technical details about the communications systems used by top UN officials, including passwords and personal encryption keys used in private and commercial networks for official communications.»

Et aussi des infos (très) personnelles:

“Washington also wanted credit card numbers, email addresses, phone, fax and pager numbers and even frequent-flyer account numbers for UN figures and ‘biographic and biometric information on UN Security Council permanent representatives’.”

Le document d’origine:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/219058

#wikileaks #cablegate

Pope Benedict edges away from total ban on use of condoms | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/21/pope-benedict-edges-away-ban-condoms

“In Zimbabwe, a Catholic priest interviewed by the Associated Press had no doubt about the import. ‘Now the message has come out that [men and women] can go ahead and do safe sex, it’s much better for everyone,’ said Father Peter Makome.”

#pape #sida