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3 May 2011

The 9 11 meeting on Spanish soil

The coordinators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States held last-minute preparations in Spain, according to classified documents made available by WikiLeaks. Ramzi bin al Shinbh, a prisoner in Guant namo, met with Mohammed Atta, the leader of the suicide pilots, in the Catalan town of Reus in July 2001.
The coordinators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States held last-minute preparations in Spain,...
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9-11, al qaeda, guantanamo files, mohammed atta
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28 Apr 2011

Eight years on suicide watch

That Walid Ibrahim Abu Hijazi, a former Guant namo inmate, is finding it hard to lead a normal life in Spain is hardly surprising in light of the secret Department of Defense files, made available to EL PA S by WikiLeaks.
That Walid Ibrahim Abu Hijazi, a former Guant namo inmate, is finding it hard to lead a normal life in Spain is hardly...
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guantanamo files, innocent prisoners, torture
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18 Jan 2011

The Bush administration kept relations under constant pressure

In classified documents released by WikiLeaks last year, the US ambassador to Madrid under the Bush administration wrote that Spain's foreign affairs minister was "selfish" and "unpredictable." Eduardo Aguirre, ambassador between 2005 and 2009, could now add that Miguel ngel Moratinos is also not one to hold a grudge: in his first interview since he was removed from his post as foreign minister, he said that Aguirre, "despite everything he later wrote, was a good ambassador."
In classified documents released by WikiLeaks last year, the US ambassador to Madrid under the Bush administration wrote...
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bush legacy, us foriegn policy
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30 Dec 2010

Iran blocks access to EL PAÍS website after combative embassy cable

Iranian authorities have blocked access to the EL PA S website following the publication of a WikiLeaks cable in which it is stated that the head of the Revolutionary Guard, Ali Jafari, slapped Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Access to other publications carrying the news has also been blocked, while local media have not reported the cable, the content of which has been neither confirmed nor denied by official sources.
Iranian authorities have blocked access to the EL PA S website following the publication of a WikiLeaks cable in which...
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censorship, iran
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29 Dec 2010

Spain asked CIA about barring Libyan chemicals deal

The Spanish government used information it requested from the CIA in deciding against giving the go-ahead to a firm to build a plant in Libya that was to be used to develop nitrate-based explosives for the mining industry.
The Spanish government used information it requested from the CIA in deciding against giving the go-ahead to a firm to...
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cia, lybia, spain
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28 Dec 2010

Ministry reopened bid process for a California solar company to compete

US diplomats in Madrid reportedly intervened to allow a California-based company to compete for a lucrative Spanish government contract to build a 50-megawatt solar thermal power plant, cables released by WikiLeaks suggest.
US diplomats in Madrid reportedly intervened to allow a California-based company to compete for a lucrative Spanish...
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corporate lobby, spain, usa
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22 Dec 2010

Spain asked US to push against EU ban on GMO corn

Spain was the United States' biggest European Union ally when it came to pushing for allowing US genetically modified (GMO) food industries to continue developing their markets within the continent, US Embassy cables show. The US government found itself in a hard battle to defeat the French position in favor of an outright ban on agricultural biotechnology for all EU member states.
Spain was the United States' biggest European Union ally when it came to pushing for allowing US genetically modified...
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europe, gm crops, spain, usa
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21 Dec 2010

I get death threats constantly. So do my lawyer and my children

Julian Assange has a disturbing anecdote from the time he spent in Wandsworth prison. One day, as he was tucking into a lunchtime dish of rice and beans, he noticed that something snapped in his mouth. A metallic object he had chewed on cracked one of his teeth in two. "I don't know if it had been placed there deliberately or if it was a simple accident," he says.
Julian Assange has a disturbing anecdote from the time he spent in Wandsworth prison. One day, as he was tucking into a...
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death threats, julian assange
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21 Dec 2010

Spain favored Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara

Ever since the Socialists came to power in 2004, they made a point of maintaining a public stance with regard to the Western Sahara conflict that appeared to be equidistant. Yet behind the scenes, the government supported and even offered to advise Rabat on how best to craft its plan for Sahrawi autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty.
Ever since the Socialists came to power in 2004, they made a point of maintaining a public stance with regard to the...
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foriegn policy, morocco, spain
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21 Dec 2010

Weighing up the leaks

Members of the Spanish government spoke far differently in public and in private on the secret CIA rendition flights, on the torture of Spanish citizens in Guant namo, on the death in Baghdad of TV cameraman Jos Couso and on relations with Morocco.
Members of the Spanish government spoke far differently in public and in private on the secret CIA rendition flights, on...
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cia, editorial, spain, wikileaks aftermath
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19 Dec 2010

Ex-US ambassador to Spain laments embassy cables coverage

Former US ambassador to Spain in the period 2005-2008, Cuban-born Eduardo Aguirre, on Tuesday lamented the "damage" done to individuals, governments and countries on both sides of the Atlantic by the release of the so-called State Department cables by WikiLeaks.
Former US ambassador to Spain in the period 2005-2008, Cuban-born Eduardo Aguirre, on Tuesday lamented the "damage" done...
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wikileaks aftermath
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17 Dec 2010

Portugal bank offered to spy in Iran for US ·

Political and financial circles in Portugal reacted strongly to revelations that the country's largest private bank, Banco Comercial Portugu s (better known as Millennium BCP), attempted to reach a secret deal with the US government that would allow it to conduct business in Iran in exchange for confidential information about financial transactions by account holders there.
Political and financial circles in Portugal reacted strongly to revelations that the country's largest private bank,...
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espionage, iran, portugal
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17 Dec 2010

Portuguese prime minister and foreign policy chief okayed rendition flights

Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado on Thursday rejected information contained in confidential US Embassy cables that the CIA was given permission to use his country's airspace to secretly repatriate Al Qaeda prisoners from the Guant namo prison camp in Cuba.
Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado on Thursday rejected information contained in confidential US Embassy cables that...
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cia, portugal, rendition flights
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8 Dec 2010

Chávez and drugs finance Nicaragua, say US dispatches

US Embassy dispatches from Managua suggest that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is running a country that has for some time has been financed by drug traffickers and by "suitcases full of money" from Venezuelan President Hugo Ch vez.
US Embassy dispatches from Managua suggest that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is running a country that has for...
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chavez, drugs, nicaragua
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6 Dec 2010

Worried Washington had eyes on Garzón

The American Embassy in Madrid has been keeping a close eye on the High Court, and in particular on the judges and attorneys involved in US-related issues. Secret documents leaked by Wikileaks show that one of the magistrates under closest surveillance was Baltasar Garz n, above all because of the possibility he might open legal proceedings against US officials for the torture of prisoners at the Guant namo detention center.
The American Embassy in Madrid has been keeping a close eye on the High Court, and in particular on the judges and...
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guantanamo files, spain, usa
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4 Dec 2010

If I saw that Spain was really in despair, I may have to step back in to national politics

US Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre took a special interest in getting to know former Prime Minister Jos Mar a Aznar, whom he invited to speak with on different occasions about the current political climate in Spain and his Popular Party's future.
US Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre took a special interest in getting to know former Prime Minister Jos Mar a Aznar, whom he...
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spain, usa
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