2011-01-18 WikiLeaks in today's media: Cablegate coverage

The Guardian: US advised to sabotage Iran nuclear sites by German thinktank

"As Stuxnet cyber attack pinned on US and Israel, US embassy cable reveals advice to use undercover operations.

The United States was advised to adopt a policy of "covert sabotage" of Iran's clandestine nuclear facilities, including computer hacking and "unexplained explosions", by an influential German thinktank, a leaked US embassy cable reveals."

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The Guardian: US feared Turkish military backlash in 'coup plot' arrests

"Turkish arrests of senior military officers last year could trigger 'unpredictable reaction', US embassy cable warned.

US diplomats in Turkey feared that a wave of arrests of senior military officers last year over an alleged plot to topple the country's Islamist-rooted government could trigger an "unpredictable military reaction", according to a leaked diplomatic cable."

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