Wikileaks diplomatic cables release 'attack on world'

Cape Town - A secret diplomatic cable sent to American diplomatic missions in the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton last April sought personal details – including fingerprints, DNA and iris scans – of leaders in the Great Lakes region, including political, military, business and religious figures.

The cable, sent from Washington to missions in Bujumbura, Kampala, Kigali and Kinshasa, was among 220 released by the WikiLeaks website on Sunday. WikiLeaks says it plans to release more than 250,000 State Department communications in the coming months, of which more than 15,000 are classified as secret.

The cable to Great Lakes region missions outlined what it called "reporting and collection needs" for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. It was dated April 16, 2009.

Apart from seeking biometric details for "key and emerging political, military, intelligence, opposition, ethnic, religious, and business leaders", the cable – and a separate directive sent to missions in the Sahel region – directed diplomats to collect local leaders' telephone, cell phone, pager and fax numbers, internet and intranet "handles", internet e-mail addresses, web site identification URLs, credit card account numbers, frequent flyer account numbers and work schedules.

Journalists who have examined all the documents published on Sunday report that biometric data were also sought by Washington for key United Nations officials.

The Australian newspaper, owned by media magnate Rupert Murdoch, characterized the State Department directives as "a secret order signed by Hilary Clinton" which "directed American diplomats to act as spies around the world against friends and enemies alike." In London, The Guardian suggested that the directive "appears to blur the line between diplomacy and spying."

The directive covering the Sahel is also dated April 16, 2009, and specified eight countries: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.

It said a separate document – which it named as "the West Africa Littoral directive" covered the coastal countries of West Africa: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and Benin. This directive does not yet appear to have been published by WikiLeaks.

Wikileaks: SA ambiguous with "crazy old man" 0



Nov29

Former president Thabo Mbeki had a bias for Zanu-PF during his time as mediator between Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), United States embassy documents have revealed. The set of US embassy cables released by Wikileaks this weekend has a South African twist.

During the past weekend whistleblower website WikiLeaks released 250 000 documents, consisting of US diplomatic and intelligence reports, to five international newspapers, sending shockwaves through the international diplomatic community.

Included in these documents is a report by US ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell in 2007, marked "confidential", which sheds light on the US strategy in Zimbabwe, as well as Mbeki's role.
It shows, for the first time, that Mbeki may not have been a neutral broker during the negotiations process, which he was mandated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take charge of.

"Mbeki has always favored [sic] stability and in his mind this means a Zanu-PF led GNU [government of national unity], with perhaps a few MDC additions. This solution is more likely to prolong than resolve the crisis and we must guard against letting Pretoria dictate an outcome which perpetuates the status quo at the expense of real change and reform," Dell wrote in his report.

Dell's report was written shortly after then-US president George Bush declared Mbeki as his "point man in Africa".

Behind the scenes, MDC activists claimed that during the negotiations process Mbeki had favoured president Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF, but this is the first time the issue is stated in official documents.

In his assessment of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Dell said he was the "only player on the scene right now with real star quality and the ability to rally the masses".

How to get access to Madiba…

The set of US Embassy cables also reveal that senior African National Congress members gave confidential information about the inner workings of the ANC to the US government before the 1994 elections with ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seemingly helping US officials gain access to Madiba.

One cable, sent from the US embassy in Pretoria on May 3 1990, describes how former South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) boss and now mining businessman Zwelakhe Sisulu persuaded the top leadership of the ANC at the time that Nelson Mandela should refrain from meeting United Kingdom prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Mandela, who headed the ANC at the time, and was formally elected as its president a year later, apparently was "keen" to meet Thatcher because he wanted to talk to her about the UK viewing the ANC as a "terrorist organisation". However Sisulu, who ran Mandela's appointment diary, argued successfully that the national executive committee veto the idea.

This information was given to US intelligence agents by Gabu Tugwana, then deputy editor of the Nation newspaper, which Sisulu, son of ANC stalwart Walter Sisulu, was editing at the time. Tugwana was until 2008 a spokesperson for the city of Johannesburg.

"Gabu Tugwana (Protect), Sisulu's deputy at the ‘New Nation' newspaper, told USIS [United States Intelligence Services] officer April 27 that Sisulu had been the most persuasive speaker at the ANC executive meeting which decided the issue of whether to meet Thatcher," said the cable.

The document also reveals information given to US officials by UDM leader Bantu Holomisa, who was at the time the head of the Transkei government.

"Transkei leader Bantu Holomisa became so frustrated by dealing with Sisulu for Mandela's visit [to Transkei] he told us he insisted on complete control of Mandela's schedule as the price for the Transkei government's co-operation with the visit. Sisulu relented."

‘An ironic twist'

The anonymous US intelligence agent who wrote the text for the document marked "confidential" expressed the frustration the US embassy in Pretoria had at the time in arranging a meeting with Madiba.

"It took seven weeks of steady hounding to obtain an appointment for ambassador Swing [US ambassador at the time] with Mandela. In an ironic twist, the formerly undependable Winnie [Madikizela-Mandela] has now become one of the most effective channels to Mandela."

The document does not elaborate on Mandela's former wife's role.

The document quotes Sisulu where he complains to US officials that his job as Madiba's gatekeeper is taking its toll.

Mandela vs. Bush and the "cray old man"

The US cables between the embassy in Pretoria and Washington contain reactions to Mandela's strong criticism of then president George W Bush after he sent US troops into Iraq in 2003.

Mandela, who was no longer president, said Bush was incapable of thinking correctly and had ignored UN pressure not to go to war with Iraq because the UN secretary-general at the time, Kofi Annan, was a black man.

The cables also included brutally frank assessment of Robert Mugabe. "The crazy old man" – this apparently is how South Africa's International Relations Minister, Maite Nkoane Mashabane, branded Zimbabwean President, according to a US embassy cable from Pretoria to Washington
Nelson Mandela Foundation spokesman Sello Hatang said they had no comment and ANC was not immediately available for comment on Sunday night.

WikiLeaks Reveals Confidential, Blunt U.S. Assessment of Political Leaders
29 November 2010
Cape Town - A confidential 2007 diplomatic cable from the outgoing American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, is among the U.S. State Department documents released online by the website WikiLeaks on Sunday.
In the cable, Dell outlines his views of Zimbabwe's prospects at the time – eight months ahead of the 2008 elections -- and gives blunt assessments of key political figures.
Among the highlights:

• President Robert Mugabe "has survived for so long because he is more clever and more ruthless than any other politician in Zimbabwe. To give the devil his due, he is a brilliant tactitian (sic) and has long thrived on his ability to abruptly change the rules of the game, radicalize the political dynamic and force everyone else to react to his agenda…"

• Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai (now the Prime Minister) "is a brave, committed man and, by and large, a democrat. He is also the only player on the scene right now with real star quality and the ability to rally the masses. But Tsvangarai (sic) is also a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment in selecting those around him. "He is the indispensable element for opposition success, but possibly an albatross around their necks once in power. In short, he is a kind of Lech Walesa character: Zimbabwe needs him, but should not rely on his executive abilities to lead the country's recovery."

• Arthur Mutambara, leader of a smaller wing of the MDC, "is young and ambitious, attracted to radical, anti-western rhetoric and smart as a whip. But, in many respects he's a light-weight who has spent too much time reading U.S. campaign messaging manuals and too little thinking about the real issues.

• Welshman Ncube (of the Mutambara faction of the MDC) "has proven to be a deeply divisive and destructive player in the opposition ranks and the sooner he is pushed off the stage, the better. But he is useful to many, including the regime and South Africa, so is probably a cross to be borne for some time yet."

• On other opposition politicians: "With few exceptions – Tendayi (sic) Biti, Nelson Chamisa – the talent is thin below the top ranks. The great saving grace of the opposition is likely to be found in the diaspora. Most of Zimbabwe's best professionals, entrepreneurs, businessmen and women, etc., have fled the country. They are the opposition's natural allies…"

• A South African-brokered government of national unity, subsequently ushered in after the 2008 elections by then President Thabo Mbeki, was in 2007 seen by Dell as a "less attractive" option. Dell added: "Mbeki has always favored stability and in his mind this means a ZANU-PF-led GNU, with perhaps a few MDC additions. This solution is more likely to prolong than resolve the crisis and we must guard against letting Pretoria dictate an outcome which perpetuates the status quo at the expense of real change and reform."

bagamoyo said:

Hii ni funika kombe mwanaharamua apite, Marekani kwa kuzua conspiracy stories ndiyo wenyewe:

• How war benefits USA Economy?
• Nani waliomuua John Fitzgerald Kennedy?
• Bay of Pigs invasion?
• 'Civil War in Congo, Sierra leone'
• Weapons of Mass destruction?
• USA Fighting marxist/communist idealogy in 1970s Latin America?
• Wikileaks

Mimi nadhani hapa hakuna kipya, kwani kila mmoja anaelewa kazi za maafisa ubalozi ni pamoja na ujasusi ndiyo maana kuna maafisa ubalozi wanaojificha chini ya majina haya 'military attaches', 'Education attaches', 'Economic Development attaches' n.k lakini kazi yao kubwa ni masikio na macho ya Usalama wa Taifa wa nchi zao.

Hapa dunia inafunukwa macho iweweseke na utamu wa story za Wikileaks huku Marekani inanufaika kwa kuchonganisha nchi kama Bahrain dhini ya Iran au kuchonganisha Saudia dhini ya Irani. Si tumesikia hii November 2010 wataalamu wa nuklia huko Iran wameshambuliwa na majasusi wa nje wakati wakielekea maofisini kwao na Iran inasema ni kazi ya Israeli na maswahiba wake wa nchi za Magharibi pamoja na Marekani.

Marekani inajua kuwa sasa kuna vyombo vikubwa vya habari ambavyo si vya kimagharibi vilivyo na heshima zaidi ya Voice of America (VOA) au BBC au CNN mfano vyombo ya RussiaToday, Aljazeera n.k Hivyo hii Wikileaks ni chombo cha propaganda kusambaza habari za nchi za magharibi kujijengea hoja kuzishambulia nchi za kimapinduzi kama Venezuela, Iran, Cuba n.k

Hii Wikileaks habari zake mbona hazipewi uzito mkubwa na vyombo vya habari ndani ya Marekani yenyewe? hii ni kwa sababu Wa-Marekani wanajua na wameshastukia mikakati inayosukwa na serikali yao yenyewe kuhalalisha kuanzisha vita katika maeneo mengine ya dunia mfano kifo cha Rais J.F Kennedy kilisukiwa hoja kuwa Fidel Castro wa Cuba anahusika!

Uchumi wa Marekani na nchi za Magharibi unaendeshwa kwa kusababisha vita kwa kuwa viwanda vya silaha ndivyo vinavyokuza uchumi wa nchi hizo pamoja na kuhodhi biashara ya mafuta. Hata Tanzania tumeathirika kwa kuuziwa radar na BAE na kisha serikali ya Uingereza kufukia kashfa chini ya zulia kwa kuwa Uingereza imenufaika kiuchumi na kiajira kwa kuuza radar hiyo ya kijeshi kwa Tanzania.

Hii Wikileaks ni conspiracy story nyingine ya kuitawala dunia kimawazo kwa kisingizio kuwa Wikileaks ipo huko nchi ya Skandinavia hivyo nchi za kibeberu hazihusiki na hivyo tuzame na kaamini habari hizi kijuu-juu.

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Ninafurahi sana ninapoona mtu anayekataa kufuata mkumbo. Ulichoandika ndiyo nimekuwa nafikiria kuhusu hii wikileaks. Marekani inapapatika sasa hivi, haina uhakika adui ni nani na rafiki ni nani, wanajaribu kutingisha kiberiti kuona kitakachotokea. Kwa tunaofuatilia siasa za dunia kwa karibu, tunajua kwa mfano, Ban Ki Moon alipoingia na kumteua Dr. Migiro kuwa msaidizi wake iliraise alarm kwa wakubwa, na mpaka leo naamini wanajiuliza na kuchunguza maana ya uteuzi huo (ikijumuisha uhusiano wa uteuzi huo na connection iliyopo, kama ipo, kati ya S. Korea, N. Korea, Japan na China kwa mfano). Wakati watanzania mnashangilia uteuzi, wengine tulikuwa tunakuna vichwa tukijua kuna wakubwa hawatalala huko).

Hizo habari za kukusanya data za afya za viongozi wa dunia zilisharipotiwa kwenye miaka ya 2002-2003 hivi. Kuhusu S. Arabia na Iran, kama ulivyosema motive inaweza kuwa kuwachonganisha, au kama nilivyosema wanataka kupata undani zaidi wa jinsi hii so-called terrorism inavyoendeshwa, ni tofauti sana na wengi wanavyofikiri, na intelligence ya wamarekani imegundua inaingizwa kwenye mitego.

Binafsi, naamini siasa za ndani za TZ zinachezwa kwa ajili ya watazamaji wa nje ya nchi. Hizo drama za CUF vs CHADEMA vs CCM ni shell game tu. Niliposti hapa wakati wa uchaguzi nikiwaambia watu waache kupoteza muda wao na siasa. Kuna nchi nyingi miaka ya karibuni intelligence community ndiyo zimeingia na zinazoendesha nchi, ikiwemo kuwepo kabisa kwenye vurugu za kisiasa, mfano Pakistani. Kwa mtazamo wangu, TZ ni hivyo hivyo (na hii haimaanishi kila mwanasiasa yupo kwenye intelligence).

Wataongeleaje Zimbabwe na kumuongelea Mbeki kwamba alikuwa bias na kushindwa kumuongelea JK na support aliyoonyesha kwa Mugabe? Wangapi mnakumbuka ule mkutano ambapo baadaye JK alisema 'tutashinda hata kama all odds are against us'? Au ndiyo moja ya mambo walitoblock wikileaks wasi-release? Wangapi walioangalia uchaguzi wa iran na vurugu zilizotokea, katika muelekeo tofauti zaidi tu ya ule wa 'Ahmadinejad na wenzake wameiba kura'?

Wanajaribu kuiintroduce hii Wikileaks kama reliable source of information. Na njia gani nzuri zaidi ya kuonyesha wanaweza kutoa siri za serikali ya marekani? Nia ni siku za mbele kuitumia kuzitikisa na kuzivuruga nchi zingine.

Kuna njia nyingi za kusema uongo na kumanipulate watu, na hawa watu wamefuzu kwenye fani hii.

big up wikileaks, ngoja tujue mengi. ila nashangaa pamoja na ubabe wa marekani wameshindwa kuzuia taarifa zote za siri kuvuja through computer

dah,tutubuni madhambi yetu tu wandugu,as twaelekea mwisho wa dunia kwa kweli hizi zooote ndio dalili zenyewe sasa,nchi na nchi kugombanishwa..vita..etc. Shetani at his best

tototundu said:

Kuna mwenye link ya kudownload full documents? The guardian uk na new york times wametoa sketch ya information ilivyo, docs nilizonazo zinaonyesha kulikuwa na correspondence 755 kati ya US na Tanzania. Natamani kujua zina information gani

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Click kwenye link hii Cable Viewer chini yake kuna sehemu imeandikwa Click here to download full site in single archive. kula mzigo wote kupitia torrent.

Wataalamu wa nuclear wa Iran wanauwawa mmoja mmoja kule kule IRAN

Marekani wanazungumza nini juu ya Mugabe
fuata link Cable Viewer

Zamani kidogo, kama two years ago, mzee mmoja wa siku nyingi kwenye UN system aliniambia wafanyakazi wa FBI na CIA wameshtukia kuwa wanatumiwa kama vijakazi wa kuwatumikia wanasiasa, wa walio juu ya wanasiasa, wafanyabiashara wakubwa wa Marekani bila faida yoyote. Walichoamua hawa vijakazi ni kuwa watakusanya taarifa mbalimbali kwa kipindi kirefu, halafu watazileak...Ndio tunaanza kuona matokeo... Na iliyotoka sasa ni kwa upande wa politics na military intelligence, itakapotoka ya economic na business intelligence, hasa jinsi business inavyofanywa huku Africa, hakika machozi yatatutoka humu.

Statement hii ya Julian Assange - Founder wa Wikileaks imebeba ujumbe mzito -
" The cables show the extent of US spying on its allies and the UN; turning a blind eye to corruption and human rights abuse in "client states"; backroom deals with supposedly neutral countries; lobbying for US corporations; and the measures US diplomats take to advance those who have access to them "

* Angalia sinema ya "The Constant Gardener" kama preview ya jinsi biashara inavyoletwa Africa, na sinema ile ili base kwenye true story.

tototundu said:

Zamani kidogo, kama two years ago, mzee mmoja wa siku nyingi kwenye UN system aliniambia wafanyakazi wa FBI na CIA wameshtukia kuwa wanatumiwa kama vijakazi wa kuwatumikia wanasiasa, wa walio juu ya wanasiasa, wafanyabiashara wakubwa wa Marekani bila faida yoyote. Walichoamua hawa vijakazi ni kuwa watakusanya taarifa mbalimbali kwa kipindi kirefu, halafu watazileak...Ndio tunaanza kuona matokeo... Na iliyotoka sasa ni kwa upande wa politics na military intelligence, itakapotoka ya economic na business intelligence, hasa jinsi business inavyofanywa huku Africa, hakika machozi yatatutoka humu.

Statement hii ya Julian Assange - Founder wa Wikileaks imebeba ujumbe mzito -
" The cables show the extent of US spying on its allies and the UN; turning a blind eye to corruption and human rights abuse in "client states"; backroom deals with supposedly neutral countries; lobbying for US corporations; and the measures US diplomats take to advance those who have access to them "

* Angalia sinema ya "The Constant Gardener" kama preview ya jinsi biashara inavyoletwa Africa, na sinema ile ili base kwenye true story.

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Ndugu unaweza ukatuhabarisha walau kwa kifupi ni nini kimejiri huko WikiLeaks? Manake naona umetoa comment tu

Hivi kati ya wikileaks na FBI na CIA ... nani ni more strong ..kuliko mwingine..

..how comes... vijakazi wawapelekeshe ..wazito hao?

Vipi KGB na Mafia hawamo umo?

Kwa mara ya kwanza Marekani imeachwa uchi kwenye so called top secret. Halafu Tanzania tunategemea nini!! Lol

Azimio Jipya said:

Hivi kati ya wikileaks na FBI na CIA ... nani ni more strong ..kuliko mwingine..

..how comes... vijakazi wawapelekeshe ..wazito hao?

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The media is so powerful today in terms mass influencing than anything else. It has become the source of their propaganda as at it can be reached by the masses around the globe, just has they conviced most of you about Mugabe.

Im beggining to think white man has no tricks left under his sleeves and the world is getting smarter.

Time 4:14

Mhafidhina said:

Ndugu unaweza ukatuhabarisha walau kwa kifupi ni nini kimejiri huko WikiLeaks? Manake naona umetoa comment tu

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Latest news, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
WikiLeaks Archive ? Cables Uncloak U.S. Diplomacy - NYTimes.com
cablegate.wikileaks.org/

Azimio Jipya said:

Hivi kati ya wikileaks na FBI na CIA ... nani ni more strong ..kuliko mwingine..

..how comes... vijakazi wawapelekeshe ..wazito hao?

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Wikileaks ni platform ya kutolea habari, kumbuka source yao ya information ni inside job ya Military/CIA/FBI. Kumbuka sasa hivi intelligence information za USA zimewekwa kwenye point moja, unachohitaji ni 'security clearance" yenye level ya kutosha ku access hizo taarifa. sasa fanya 1+1

Marekani wanavuna walichopanda. Hakuna makali yasiyo na ncha. Ncha inawachoma wenyewe sasa. Yatafumuka mengi nchi baina ya nchi zitachukiana baada ya siri zote kumwagwa huu ni mwanzo wa machafuko. Kwa mtazamo wangu Africa itabaki shwari tukiendeleza ujinga wetu lakini waliosalia moto utakuwa moto.

Tuwekee link ya wikileaks hapa tuone kuna nini mkuu.