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WikiLeaks: 9/11 Mastermind Says He Killed Daniel Pearl Against al-Qaida Warnings
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA senior al-Qaida military commander instructed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not to kill Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that Pearl should "be returned back to one of the previous groups who held him, or freed." But Mohammed, the supposed mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks, says he killed Pearl anyway, according to military documents released by WikiLeaks on Monday and published by the Los Angeles Times, The Australian and other news organizations. AP Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is shown after his capture in 2002. Military documents released ...
Leaked Files Show Gitmo Inmate Released After Informing on 123 Others
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Leaked U.S. military documents reveal that a Guantanamo Bay detainee was freed after informing on 123 other prisoners, despite concerns about the reliability of his evidence, a British newspaper reported Tuesday. The Guardian, The New York Times and El Pais are publishing details of more than 750 leaked U.S. military dossiers on terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. They reveal that the detainees ranged from close associates of Osama bin Laden to seemingly innocent men held even though they were judged to pose little threat. The Guardian said the prolific informer, a Yemeni man ...
How Can You Tell Someone Is al-Qaida? Look at His Watch
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsIt's a simple, water-resistant digital watch that retails for about $11. But beware: It could sell you out as al-Qaida. A new batch of WikiLeaks files from Guantanamo Bay reveals a secret checklist U.S. investigators used to figure out whether detainees were really al-Qaida members. Among the criteria was the kind of wristwatch they were wearing. Shiho Fukada, AP The U.S. military says Casio F-91W watches like this one have been used in terrorist bombings by members of al-Qaida, according to Guantanamo Bay files released by WikiLeaks. The U.S. military lists the Casio F-91W model ...
Leaked Files Shed Light on Gitmo Detainees
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Secret documents about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison reveal new information about some of the men that the United States believes to be terrorists, according to reports about the files released by several American and European newspapers. The U.S. government criticized the publication as "unfortunate." The military detainee assessments were made public Sunday night by U.S. and European newspapers after the WikiLeaks website obtained the files. The records contain details of the more than 700 detainee interrogations and evidence the U.S. had collected against these ...
WikiLeaks: U.S. Secretly Funded Syria Opposition [VIDEO]
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US Secretly Backs Syrian Opposition, Leaked Cables Reveal
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON - The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website. One of the outfits funded by the U.S. is Barada TV, a London-based satellite channel that broadcasts anti-government news into Syria, the Post reported Sunday. Barada's chief editor, Malik al-Abdeh, is a cofounder of the Syrian exile group Movement for Justice and Development. The leaked documents show that the U.S. has provided at least $6 million to ...
WikiLeaks: US Worried About Safety of Romanian Nuclear Plant
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- As Japan struggles with the crisis at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, leaked U.S. diplomatic cables have focused a spotlight on another potential hot spot: the Cernavoda plant in Romania. Documents provided to Romanian media this week by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks indicate that U.S. officials are concerned about Romania's ability to cope with an accident at the facility. The cables, published Monday in the Jurnalul National newspaper, cast doubts on assurances made by the government in Bucharest that the Cernavoda plant has been operating with adequate ...
WikiLeaks Cables Cause Uproar in India Over Nuke Deal With US
By Betwa Sharma - AOL NewsIndian politicians are in a stew over cables released by WikiLeaks suggesting that Indian lawmakers were paid millions of dollars to vote in favor of a civil nuclear deal with the U.S. The deal was regarded as a milestone in Indo-American relations. But it was opposed by several groups in India, especially the Communist Party, which withdrew support from the governing coalition as the deal was being finalized in 2008. Brinda Karat, a senior leader of the Communist Party, told AOL News that the cables exposed how Congress Party leaders tried to "whitewash the political crimes that have been ...
WikiLeaks: Cables Show Japan Was Warned About Nuclear Plant Safety
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsThe Japanese government has said it is doing all it can to contain the crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was critically damaged in last week's earthquake. But according to U.S. diplomatic papers released by WikiLeaks, that atomic disaster might have been avoided if only the government had acted on earlier safety warnings. An unnamed official from the International Atomic Energy Agency is quoted in a 2008 cable from the American embassy in Tokyo as saying that a strong earthquake would pose a "serious problem" for Japan's nuclear power stations. The official added that ...
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