This page is dedicated to documenting and chronicling cables and news that discuss Cambodia as part of Wikileaks’s 800 documents from the United States embassy in Phnom Penh. About 90% of diplomatic telegrams cover a period from 2004 to March 2010 (the others back to 1966). cambopedia is monitoring the ongoing releases that mention ‘Cambodia’ by publishing or pointing out links to related stories on the leaked-Cambodia affairs with the US and American diplomats. Reload this page for all the latest updates.
Guide to finding leaked Cambodia documents:
Use Google Site Search to find specific keyword such as “Cambodia” on http://wikileaks.ch.
US embassy cables: browse the database: by The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2010/nov/28/us-embassy-cables-wikileaks
Leaked documents:
Kuwait talking points
(S/REL USA, KWT) We appreciate the breadth and depth of our strong bilateral relationship. We would like to see our cooperation on counter-terrorist financing improve to a level that matches our excellent cooperation in many other areas. In this respect, the recent Kuwait anti-money laundering conference held in Kuwait is a positive step forward.
(S/REL USA, KWT) Our information indicates that Kuwaiti donors serve as an important source of funds and other support for al-Qa’ida and other terrorist groups. The arrest in August of six Kuwaiti men who were plotting terrorist attacks on U.S. and Kuwait interests marks an important step in enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. We encourage you to keep up the positive momentum.
(S//REL USA, KWT) We underscore that the Taliban and LeT are aligned with al-Qaida and that your government’s support for disrupting the financing of these groups is critical to the stability of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the broader Central and South Asian region. We emphasize the need to prevent the Taliban from using the cover of reconciliation talks to raise funds.
(S/REL USA, KWT) We appreciate your government’s generosity for a wide range of important causes and for the positive contributions made by Kuwaiti charities. We commend Kuwait for some of the initiatives taken to enhance oversight of charitable donations, but we need you to do more to prevent the financing of terrorism abroad from Kuwaiti soil.
(S/REL USA, KWT) Our goal is to work more closely with your government to separate and protect legitimate charitable activity from those that fund terror. We have particular concerns about their foreign activities.
(S/REL USA, KWT) We remain concerned that the continued absence of counterterrorism legislation criminalizing terrorist financing will continue to prevent effective counterterrorist efforts.
(S/REL USA, KWT) We urge your government to prioritize the passage of counterterror finance legislation. Robust and comprehensive anti-money laundering and counterterror financing laws will enhance your government’s ability to prosecute those seeking to undermine Kuwait’s security, but will also enhance the reputation of Kuwait’s financial sector as a whole.
(S/REL USA, KWT) If raised, Kuwait RIHS: We have shared our concerns with your government regarding RIHS on numerous occasions. We designated the organization in the United States as a specially designated terrorist entity based on information that RIHS funds have supported terrorist groups in various regions of the world. The USG is not alone in its concern; six other governments (Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, and Russia) have taken enforcement action against RIHS branches in their countries.
(S//REL USA, KWT) We would welcome the opportunity to work more closely with you to ensure that RIHS and other charities cannot be used to support terrorists.
Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew:
“China is following an approach consistent with ideas in the Chinese television series “The Rise of Great Powers.” The mistake of Germany and Japan had been their effort to challenge the existing order. The Chinese are not stupid; they have avoided this mistake. China’s economy has surpassed other countries, with the exceptions of Japan and the United States. Even with those two countries, the gap is closing, with China growing at seven-nine percent annually, versus two-three percent in the United States and Japan. Overall GDP, not GDP per capita, is what matters in terms of power. China has four times the population of the United States. China is active in Latin America, Africa, and in the Gulf. Within hours, everything that is discussed in ASEAN meetings is known in Beijing, given China’s close ties with Laos, Cambodia, and Burma”.
According the above tweet, dated 23 February this year, Wikileaks refers its supporters to help financing its operation by using its PO box in Cambodia.
Our Kenyan PO BOX is no-longer considered secure after a break in. Please use Australia or Cambodia instead.
Talking about freedom of speech and press, Wikileaks people also taught Cambodian reporters journalism.
teaching journos in Cambodia. Think the West has problems? In C. the whole intellectual tradition was wiped out.
In blogs:
The Pentagon Papers
So what was in the Pentagon Papers? Oh, you know, just proof that the U.S. secretly bombed Cambodia and conducted coastal raids on North Vietnam, and that four Administrations — from Truman’s to Johnson’s — had deliberately lied to the public. Ellsberg was put on trial for theft and conspiracy under the Espionage Act of 1917, but a series of legal missteps and dubious evidence-gathering tactics led the judge to dismiss all charges.
US embassy to work with Cambodia in Wikileaks case
Cambodia exposed in ‘Secret US Embassy Cables’ by Wikileaks
In Cambodian media:
WikiLeaks releases embassy cables: by James O’toole, The Phnom Penh Post
First Cambodia doc in leak: by James O’toole, The Phnom Penh Post
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