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Saudi king urged US to attack Iran: leaked US documentsParis (AFP) Nov 28, 2010 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia urged the United States to attack Iran to destroy its nuclear programme, according to US documents leaked by WikiLeaks and published Sunday by daily newspapers. According to a leaked US cable, published by the New York Times, King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz made the call during an April 2008 meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and US General David Petraeus. "He told you to 'cut off the head of the snake'," Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington, Adel al-J ... read more |
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  WikiLeaks unleashes flood of confidential US cables WikiLeaks on Sunday unleashed a torrent of US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive diplomatic episodes, from a tense nuclear standoff with Pakistan to Saudi Arabia's king repeatedly suggesting bombing Iran, the New York Times reported. ... more | .. |
  Yemeni president covers up US strikes: WikiLeaks Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh admits covering up US military strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen by claiming they are carried out by Yemeni forces, according to US documents leaked by WikiLeaks. ... more | .. |
 Key US senator resolute on Russia nuclear pact A key US senator reiterated Sunday his position that a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia could not be ratified this year, rejecting calls from President Barack Obama for quick action. ... more | .. |
 Merkel slammed by US as 'risk averse': WikiLeaks Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks to German news magazine Der Spiegel include embarrassingly frank US assessments of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is described as a weak leader. ... more |
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  China directed Google hacking: leaked US documents The United States believes that Chinese authorities orchestrated a hacking campaign into computers of Google and Western governments, according to leaked documents cited Sunday by The New York Times. ... more | .. |
 Israel warned US engagement with Iran pointless: WikiLeaks Israel has warned its US ally that President Barack Obama's attempt to engage diplomatically with Iran over its nuclear weapons programme will fail, according to leaked memos published Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US troops shoot dead driver on way to Baghdad airport US troops in Iraq killed a driver as they opened fire on a darkened car speeding towards a military convoy on the road to Baghdad international airport early on Sunday, a US army spokesman told AFP. ... more | .. |
 US considers military options against Iran Suspicious of Iran's nuclear capacity, the United States is weighing military options in the face of Tehran's announcement it had a nuclear power plant up and running, the top US military officer said Sunday. ... more |
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 ProteXus Crew Protection Systems To Help Defeat IED Threat Exotic Automation and Supply, a leading supplier of specialty rubber and plastic components based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, has announced the launch of the company's ProteXus Crew Protection Sy ... more | .. |
  Saab Receives FMV Gripen Order For Thailand Defence and security company Saab has received an order from FMV (Swedish Defence Material Administration) for six Gripen aircraft intended for the Royal Thai Air Force. The order is worth approxima ... more | .. |
  US Reservists Clear Path For Air Force Largest Rocket Air Force Reserve helicopter, maintenance and life support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing Airmen at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., along with their mission partners from their host wing, the 45 ... more | .. |
 US and S.Korea stage massive naval drill US and South Korean naval forces are staging their biggest-ever joint exercise off the tense Korean peninsula, days after the North launched a deadly artillery strike against the South. ... more |
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 Kadhafi never without 'voluptuous' nurse: WikiLeaks Veteran Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi fears flying over water, prefers staying on the ground floor and almost never travels without his trusted Ukrainian nurse, a "voluptuous blond," according to a US document released Sunday by WikiLeaks. ... more | .. |
Mood shifts in S.Korea for tough stance against North Patience with North Korea has snapped among many South Koreans and a martial mood is spreading among its leaders, military brass and public after Pyongyang's deadly artillery strikes last week. ... more | .. |
 Rheinmetall And Sikorsky Present Cyclone Naval Helicopter Rheinmetall and Sikorsky recently presented the Cyclone Naval Helicopter at a joint press conference in Bonn. With a view to the German Navy's planned procurement of thirty multi-role naval helicopt ... more | .. |
 Boeing Offers New Surveillance Detection System Boeing has announced it has begun offering a Surveillance Detection System (SDS) capable of near real-time, 360-degree detection of optical threats. The system identifies when friendly forces ... more |
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  Aurora Flight Sciences Rolls Out Orion UAS Aurora Flight Sciences has unveiled the Orion unmanned aerial system, a flight vehicle demonstrator that will stay aloft for up to five days. Orion was selected by the US Air Force Research Laborato ... more | .. |
 Robots To Rescue Wounded On Battlefield A robot being tested now may soon have the ability to rescue wounded Soldiers under fire without risking additional lives. The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, or BEAR, has been tested over the ... more | .. |
  Boy who fled KRouge returns to Cambodia a US navy commander When the destroyer USS Mustin docks in Cambodia next week it will be more than just a routine mission for the ship's commander. ... more | .. |
 US asked China to stop N.Korea-Iran trade: leaked documents Washington demanded China block shipments of missile parts from North Korea to Iran, according to US documents leaked by WikiLeaks and cited by the Guardian on Sunday. ... more |
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Dangerous US standoff with Pakistan over nuclear fuel: leaks The United States has led top secret efforts to remove highly enriched uranium from Pakistan for years, worried it could be used to make an "illicit" nuclear device, according to leaked US cables. ... more | .. |
 Iranian diplomats to Iraq vetted by US: Wikileaks Iranians applying for diplomatic visas to Iraq were vetted by the US embassy in Baghdad for as long as 16 months before their application was decided upon, a leaked US document showed Monday. ... more | .. |
  Britain could begin Afghan drawdown early 2012: army chief Britain could begin pulling its troops out of Afghanistan in just over a year, the head of armed forces told the Telegraph newspaper Monday. ... more | .. |
 US base in spotlight as Japanese island votes for governor Voters on the Japanese island of Okinawa were electing their governor Sunday, as Tokyo tries to reconcile the demands of its strained US security alliance with residents who want an American base moved. ... more |
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