Wikileaks Cable of the Day.

 (1/29/2011) #CableoftheDay - "PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT"

Link:  http://213.251.145.96/cable/2007/05/07CAIRO1417.html

---  07CAIRO1417 : Classification - CONFIDENTIAL

" SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS 
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS.... IN THE CURRENT 
POLITICAL FRAMEWORK, THE MOST LIKELY CONTENDERS ARE 
PRESIDENTIAL SON GAMAL MUBARAK."                            Read More->

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 (1/28/2011) #CableoftheDay - "Mubarak's terror against writers, bloggers and journalists"

Link: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/07/09CAIRO1447.html 

--- 09CAIRO1447 : Classification -  CONFIDENTIAL

" A local government clerk [Egypt] arrested, convicted and 

jailed for writing unpublished poetry allegedly 

insulting to President Mubarak, illustrates how proactive 
security forces and courts can successfully move against a 
civilian defended by incompetent lawyers."     Read More->

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 (1/26/2011) #CableoftheDay - "WHAT PASSES FOR POLITICAL FERMENT IN LIBYA"

Link:  http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/10/09TRIPOLI860.html

--- 09TRIPOLI860 : Classification - SECRET

"estimating unemployment at 30 percent. xxxxxxxxxxxx believes the regime

is concerned about this frustration exploding into violence. With
 Saif at the top, xxxxxxxxxxxx reasoned, Muammar al-Qadhafi thinks he
 will fool people into believing that real change is taking
 place. Meanwhile, he still has a few more years to control
 Libya from behind the scenes."                           Read More-> 

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 (1/25/2011) #CableoftheDay - "Blair team’s “Quick Impact Project”"

 Link: http://www.ajtransparency.com/files/2124.pdf

 ---  “Quick Impact Project": Classification 'The Palestine Papers'

Blair team’s “Quick Impact Project” for the Palestinian territory that 
includes a list of projects for Jericho, Bethlehem and Palestinian 
institutions."The economic potential of tourism is significant. 

However, to give a few examples, since 2000 only 50% of tour operators

in East Jerusalem have survived and only 22 hotels out of 40 are 

still operational. Occupancy rates of hotels in Bethlehem are 

below 5%, which has caused a degradation of the quality for the majority of

hotels due to a lack of investment."                           Read More-> 

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 (1/24/2011) #CableoftheDay - "NETHERLANDS: UAV SALES TO IRAN"

Link: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/09/05THEHAGUE2555.html

--- 05THEHAGUE2555 : Classification SECRET - Excerpt:

"Noland explained that the Dutch intelligence services typically 

pass information on such cases directly to their U.S. intelligence
counterparts. She added that Dutch intelligence was actively
working the case; given Washington's keen interest, she said
she would try to pass us any update she receives."        Read More->

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(1/23/2011) #CableoftheDay - "ONE YEAR AFTER MURDER OF THEO VAN GOGH"

 Link: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/11/05THEHAGUE3069.html

---  05THEHAGUE3069 : Classification UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - Excerpt: 

" Van Gogh has become a symbol for free speech, and the

 need to defend it. His murder has triggered heated debate

 on how to deal with those who challenge such core Dutch

 values. The debate touches on the underlying question of how

 to deal with Islam in a secularized and individualized

 western society like the Netherlands."          Read More->

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 (1/22/2011) #CableoftheDay - "ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI [Afghanistan]"

 Link: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2010/02/10KABUL672.html

--- 10KABUL672 : Classification CONFIDENTIAL - Excerpt:

"... Afghans will not support a dominant international 

role, and that if we dig ourselves deeper into Afghan

politics, we'll entrench ourselves deeper into the 

country with fewer options."                     Read More->

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 (1/21/2011) #CableoftheDay - "ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'Global Partnership'."  LINK: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2006/04/06REYKJAVIK143.html
--- 06REYKJAVIK143 : Classification CONFIDENTIAL - Excerpt:

"Iceland will not make "Global Partnership" a foreign 

policy priority... In principle, cooperation with NATO

should be open to any like-minded country."     Read More->

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(1/20/2011) #CableoftheDay - "HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED IN DUBAI HOTEL"

LINK:  http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2010/01/10ABUDHABI47.html 

--- 10ABUDHABI47 : Classification SECRET//NOFORN - Excerpt:

"The suspects were reported to have left the country before the
 murder crime was reported. The deceased's body was later

discovered at a hotel in Dubai."                Read More->

Video of Assassination: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKr8NGiN-0c

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(1/19/2011) #CableoftheDay - "ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM TO ACQUIRE MACHINE TOOLS FROM BRAZIL" - LINK: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/12/09STATE123431.html 

--- 09STATE123431 : Classification SECRET  - Excerpt:

"Background: We want to alert the government of Brazil to

a possible effort by the Iranian firm Machine Sazi Tabriz

to acquire machine tools from a Brazilian company. Machine

Sazi Tabriz is the largest manufacturer of machine tools

in Iran and has likely supplied imported machine tools to

Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs."  Read More->

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(1/18/2011) #CableoftheDay - "BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS".
LINK: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2005/09/05BRASILIA2339.html 

  --- 05BRASILIA2339 : Classification CONFIDENTIAL  - Excerpt: 

"While the GoB strongly supports the concept of using 

FIU's to combat WMD proliferation, Rodrigues noted that

Brazil does not have domestic authority to freeze the

assets of WMD proliferators."                    Read More->

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(1/17/2011) #CableoftheDay - 'Crime boss Salim [#Uzbekistan] has reportedly sold a wide range of Government positions' LINK: http://wikileaks.ch/cable/2006/05/06TASHKENT902.html

 --- 06TASHKENT902: Classification SECRET - Excerpt:

"Crime boss Salim Abduvaliyev puts bidders for tenders in

touch with an Iranian businessman holding British citizenship,

who submits the paperwork to First Daughter Gulnora Karimova 

for approval. Salim works with the Deputy Minister of Internal 

Affairs responsible for personnel issues to arrange government

jobs, agreeing on a price and then adding his own fee before

selling the position."                           Read More->

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