I hope that in between selling our embassies at weird figures, our foreign service mandarins take time to analyse and study the nairobi-related cables...although it doesnt need a genious to figure out what they are likley to be saying.

lesson on wikileaks: there are no secure data networks at all in the world when an insider/ staff runsa mok releasing info!

According to NYT online "Slovenia was told to take a prisoner if it wanted to meet with President Obama, while the island nation of Kiribati was offered incentives worth millions of dollars to take in Chinese Muslim detainees, cables from diplomats recounted. The Americans, meanwhile, suggested that accepting more prisoners would be “a low-cost way for Belgium to attain prominence in Europe.”

I think these Americans are in sh*t. They are the kind of friends who laugh with you and then stab you in the back. Anyway isn't that how it is all over?

[quote]this will most certainly cause ripples in certain quarters...from the despots adversely mentioned, to the patriots that have refused to become the US' biyatch and yield to commercial interests, to the nations who thought they helped tip the balance of power (and now realise they are no more than minions of the US and other powers).

I think there is so much to digest and this will merit a highly stratified analysis.

I think terrorism will escalate (Iran, PRC and North Korea will be happy to fund this and muddy the global waters). Trade will also suffer - esp Europe/US and Asia/ME at large.






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I digress Messr Djinn,well this is "old news" sure it does make an interesting read however but the real issue is now that is in the public domain.It was an "open" secret US was spying on Ban ki Moon, and also China was getting fed-up of North Korea and were considering nuking it,rather than wait the death of Kim jong il and face unknown repurcusiions.In regards to Iran and it's neigbours,this again Ahmedinejad wa aware esp in regards to Jordan, they are best of frenemies!!
What needs to be noted this are individualistic comments and in no regard reflect the countries policy on the particular nations, however America and Co have their work cut out to convince the world otherwise.

They would not dare take him out.

You see the spy arms of the US Government need him out there so that they can be able to create legislation that allows them to place wire taps on private citizens, something which is, I understand, illegal in the US.

Again remember, the Arms Industry has never allowed the capturing of Bin Laden. They would loose business.

Again, they kill him, they create a martyr.

My penny thoughts.