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Foreign Policy Research Institute

~MIDDLE EAST MEDIA MONITOR~

WikiLeaks in the Arab Press

By Tally Helfont

February 2011

On November 28, 2010, WikiLeaks-a non-profit media organization known for publishing secret and classified information obtained from anonymous sources-released 250,000 American diplomatic cables, detailing high-level meetings between prominent American diplomats and their international counterparts. These cables, many of which dealt with the Middle East and featured frank and often embarrassing statements by several Arab leaders, sent ripples throughout the region. [MORE]