Wikileaks: the claims

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According to newspaper websites, the classified US Government documents released by WikiLeaks include claims of:


- "Inappropriate behaviour" by a member of the Royal Family.


- Requests for "specific intelligence" about British MPs.


- "Devastating" criticisms of British operations in Iraq.


- "Serious political criticisms" of Prime Minister David Cameron.


- US diplomats pressuring countries to resettle former Guantanamo detainees.


- "Grave fears" in London and Washington over the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.


- "Harsh" criticism by US embassy staff of their host governments, including Russia and China.


- Alleged links between the Russian government and organised crime.


- Details of countries involved in financing terrorist groups.


- Reports of a near environmental "disaster" involving a rogue shipment of enriched uranium.


- Technical details of secret US-Russian nuclear missile negotiations in Geneva.


- Secret US efforts to combat al-Qaeda in Yemen.


- A description of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who is said to be accompanied everywhere by a "voluptuous blonde" Ukrainian nurse.


- Reports that the King of Bahrein and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia urged the Americans to take military action to halt Iran's nuclear programme.


- US assessments that Iran has obtained advanced missiles from North Korea that could enable it to strike European capitals.


- Secret - and so far unsuccessful - US efforts to remove highly enriched uranium from a Pakistani research reactor amid fears it could be diverted for use in an illegal nuclear device.


- Conversations between American and South Korean officials over the prospects for a unified Korea, should the North's economic troubles and political transition lead it to "implode".


- A global campaign of computer sabotage by Chinese government agents.