"Wikileaks cache includes 2278 documents from Nepal"

[DecDoom]

This was recently posted to Kasama. The full article can be found here: http://kasamaproject.org/2010/11/29/u-s-covert-ops-in-nepal-get-ready-for-exposure


KATHMANDU: After leaking a cache of confidential United States documents on international backstage diplomacy on Sunday, whistle-blower website Wikileaks is preparing to publicise hundreds of cables from the US mission in Kathmandu.

The recent Wikileaks catch includes as many as 2278 documents related to or from Nepal, all of them originating from the US Embassy in Kathmandu from February 1, 2005 to February 25, 2010.

The documents are tagged with several keywords like Government of Nepal, political parties, U.S.-Nepali relations, India relations, Tibetan refugees, Human Rights, UN, Maoist insurgency, Bhutanese refugees, and acronyms like NP, IN, PINS, PTER, CASC, PGOV, MOPS.

They are expected to be released in a few months.

[Saorsa]

Can't wait to wade through the documents :-)

[mosfeld]

Anything on India and the Philippines?

[mosfeld]

As of today, only 291 of 251,287 documents have been released. Nothing so far on India, Philippines or Nepal.

[DecDoom]

There's an interactive graph at http://www.spiegel.de/flash/0,,24861,00.html that shows the number of US Embassy dispatches by location and date.

There are 1796 dispatches from the Philippines, and a total of 3552 dispatches from various locations around India (they are New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai). However, those haven't been released yet.

Interestingly, the rate of dispatches from India really spikes around the mid-2000's. Perhaps they're reporting on Maoist activity?

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

Wouldn't suprise me if most of the cables from nepal consist of an increasingly desperate Nepaliese govt beging the US for military aid/CIA intervention.