Wikileaks
Publisher: EA WorldView
24 Mar 2011
WikiLeaks and Bahrain 2008: Assessing Iran’s Threat
"Bahraini government officials sometimes privately tell U.S. official visitors that some Shi'a oppositionists are backed by Iran. Each time this claim is raised, we ask the GOB to share its evidence. To date, we have seen no convincing evidence of Iranian weapons or government money here since at least the mid-1990s."
Publisher: EA WorldView
25 Jan 2011
Sitting on a Volcano After Bouteflika Wins Choreographed and Heavily Controlled Election
In April 2009, the US Embassy in Algiers reviews the political and social situation after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a third term with more than 90% of the vote in "a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election".
Publisher: EA WorldView
4 Jan 2011
Did Ahmadinejad Get Slapped by His Revolutionary Guard Commander
A few weeks ago a WikiLeaks cable emerged in which an Iranian source, talking to a US diplomat, said President Ahmadinejad had been slapped across the face by the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari.
Publisher: EA WorldView
2 Jan 2011
How David Petraeus Pre-Empted Barack Obama in January 2009
It is only one sentence from a lengthy conversation, but it says volumes about how the Obama Administration escalated US intervention in Afghanistan. And it says just as much about the man behind that escalation: not President Barack Obama but General David Petraeus.
Publisher: EA WorldView
27 Dec 2010
Government Uses Real Estate to Suppress the Opposition
Two years after significant protests against the Government of Alexander Lukashenko and almost three years before this month's demonstrations against Lukashenko's re-election, the US Embassy in Belarus reports on how the Government is manipulating real estate and accommodation in an attempt to shut down the opposition, activists, and independent media.
Publisher: EA WorldView
24 Dec 2010
Grand Ayatollah Sistani Checks Iran’s Influence
An interesting snapshot from December 2009 in Iraq: local sources warn of Iran's attempts to "extend its influence", specifically in the central city and key religious centre of Najaf.
Publisher: EA WorldView
23 Dec 2010
Palestinian Authority Calls on Israel to Attack Hamas
In a June 2007 report, the head of Israel's internal intelligence service Shin Bet, Yuvak Diskin, had a meeting with US Ambassador Richard H. Jones. Diskin talked about the destructive yet balancing nature of the conflict between the Palestinian parties Fatah and Hamas, outlined Fatah's disadvantages in that contest, and complained about Cairo