WikiLeaks: Afflicting the Comforted or Comforting the Afflicted?

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According to documents released by WikiLeaks quoting U.S. diplomats, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi was accused of being \"erratic\" and was criticized for constantly being with a Ukranian nurse who one cable described as \"a voluptuous blonde.\" <\/p>', 'alt': 'Moammar Gadhafi', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'Iranian Nuclear Power Plant', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/372/Iran's Nuclear Power Plant.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Iran's Nuclear Power Plant.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Iran's Nuclear Power Plant.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '504', 'height': '284'}, 'description': '

Iran, whose nuclear exploits led to U.N. sanctions earlier this year, earned copious criticism, but not just from traditional corners. Cables said officials in Jordan and Bahrain have openly called for Iran\'s nuclear program to be stopped by any means possible. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates reportedly referred to Iran as \"evil\" and an \"existential threat.\" <\/p>', 'alt': 'Iran\'s Nuclear Power Plant', 'source':'AP2005'} , {'title': 'Saudi Arabian King Abdullah', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/King Abdullah.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/King Abdullah.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/King Abdullah.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '510', 'height': '287'}, 'description': '

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejahd, left, is seen shaking hands with Saudi Aribian King Abdullah. The cables reported Abdullah urging the United States to attack Iran\'s nuclear program and to \"cut off the head of the snake.\" The cables also reported a source calling Ahmadinejahd \"Hitler.\" Ahmadinejahd reportedly insists that the documents were written by the U.S. government, and that relationships between his neighboring countries will not be affected. <\/p>', 'alt': 'King Abdullah', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'China and the Koreas', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/China and Koreas.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/China and Koreas.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/China and Koreas.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '512', 'height': '288'}, 'description': '

Loaded trucks crossing the Friendship Bridge which connects China and North Korea were lined up Monday as diplomats call for advancement in the efforts to ease tensions between North and South Korea. WikiLeaks reported talks between the U.S. and South Korea that revealed a long term solution after the \"eventual collapse of North Korea.\" North Korea\'s Kim John Il was reportedly called a \"flabby old chap,\" by a U.S. source. <\/p>', 'alt': 'China and Koreas', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/Asif Ali Zardari.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Asif Ali Zardari.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Asif Ali Zardari.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '430', 'height': '242'}, 'description': '

The New York Times reported cables that show U.S. concern over Pakistan\'s nuclear power plants and Saudi Arabian King Abdullah critical of Pakistain\'s President Asif Ali Zardari. Abdullah refers to Zardari as \"the greatest obstacle to Pakistan\'s progress.\" He goes on to say, \"when the head is rotten, it affects the whole body.\" <\/p>', 'alt': 'Asif Ali Zardari', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'German Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Westerwelle', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/372/Merkel Westerwelle.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Merkel Westerwelle.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Merkel Westerwelle.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '419', 'height': '236'}, 'description': '

Germany\'s Chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly found to be risk aversive, have a lack of creativity and be a \"teflon politician,\" which in this case may not be a bad thing. This particular cable was address to President Barack Oabama days before he met her in March of 2009. The cable also mentions Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and calls him inexperienced, \"a wild card,\" and an unreliable ally. <\/p>', 'alt': 'Merkel Westerwelle', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/372/President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpeg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpeg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/President Ali Abdullah Saleh.jpeg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '460', 'height': '259'}, 'description': '

It was revealed in a January 2010 cable that Yemen\'s President Abdullah Saleh told General David Petraus that in reference to the U.S. missile strikes on al-Qaeda targets in Yemen, \"We\'ll continue saying the bombs are ours, not yours.\" BBC news reports that Deputy Prime Minister Rashad Alimi then joked that he had lied to parliament by telling them that the recent air raids in Arhab, Abyan and Shweba had only be U.S. made, but fired by Yemeni forces. <\/p>', 'alt': 'President Ali Abdullah Saleh', 'source':'Reuters\/Khaled Abdullah '} , {'title': 'Google China Headquarters', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/381/China's Politburo.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/China's Politburo.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/China's Politburo.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '487', 'height': '281'}, 'description': '

Cables from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing reported that China\'s Politburo reportedly directed a cyber intrusion into Google\'s computer systems as part of a \"coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws.\" <\/p>', 'alt': 'China\'s Politburo', 'source':'AP2010'} , {'title': 'President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/Hamid Karzai.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Hamid Karzai.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Hamid Karzai.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '489', 'height': '275'}, 'description': '

The Guardian reported that in one cable, Afghan\'s President Hamid Karzai was described as an \"extremely weak man who did not listen to facts but was instead easily swayed by anyone who came to report even the most bizarre stories or plots against him.\" The cable also reportedly depicts Karzai\'s brother as a corrupt drug trafficker. <\/p>', 'alt': 'Hamid Karzai', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'French President Nicolas Sarkozy', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/Nicolas Sarkozy.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Nicolas Sarkozy.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Nicolas Sarkozy.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '446', 'height': '251'}, 'description': '

The Guardian reported that a cable from the U.S. Embassy in Paris called French President Nicolas Sarkozy \"thin-skinned\" and as having an \"authoritarian personal style,\" citing his habit of repeatedly scolding his team and the French prime minister. <\/p>', 'alt': 'Nicolas Sarkozy', 'source':'AP '} , {'title': 'Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/Putin and Berlusconi.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Putin and Berlusconi.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Putin and Berlusconi.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '425', 'height': '239'}, 'description': '

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were criticized in the documents for their close relationship. While Berlusconi was called, \"feckless, vain and ineffective as a modern European leader,\" and \"physically and politically weak,\" due to his partying habits, Putin was accused of overstepping Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The cable said, Medvedev, \"plays Robin to Putin\'s Batman.\" Berlusconi and Putin\'s exchange of \"lavish gifts,\" was also enough to concern the U.S. embassy who alerted Washington, reported the Guardian. <\/p>', 'alt': 'Putin and Berlusconi', 'source':'AP2008'} , {'title': 'WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange', 'media': {'m': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/660/371/Julian Assange.jpg', 'tm': 'http://a57.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/Politics/60/60/Julian Assange.jpg'}, 'imgUrl': '/static/managed/img/Politics/Julian Assange.jpg', 'orginalImg': {'width': '507', 'height': '285'}, 'description': '

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks is being accused by lawmakers of putting American lives in danger and breaking down the trust between the Untied States and its allies. Rep. Peter King urged Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to designate WikiLeaks a \"foreign terrorist organization.\" Holder said Monday the U.S. is treating the leaks as a criminal investigation.<\/p>', 'alt': 'Julian Assange', 'source':'AP '} ]}); var relatedsData = ({"items": [ ]}); var slideshowInfo = { title:"WikiLeaks: Afflicting the Comforted or Comforting the Afflicted? ", dek:"

On Sunday WikiLeaks posted more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables that included criticisms of leaders all over the world. The New York Times, the Guardian, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and El Pais had access to the documents before they were published and highlighted some excerpts from the cables.<\/p>", date:"November 29, 2010", language:"" };

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