WIKILEAKS CABLEGATE TOP 5/100 _1/ UNITED NATIONS: Signed by US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, this cable instructs US Diplomats to collect information on UN officials, including their phone numbers, e-mail addresses, work schedules, credit card numbers, passwords, and biometric information. _2/ ITALY-RUSSIA: Ronald Spogli, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, analyzes the relationship between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. It expresses concern about their closeness, saying Berlusconi’s attempts to repair the relationship between the US and Russia is damaging his credibility. _3/ QADHAFI: Gene Cretz, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, details his encounters with Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi and discusses his personality traits, including his various height-related phobias and love of horse racing. It also mentions his voluptuous blonde Ukrainian nurse, Galyna Kolotnytska, whom accompanied him everywhere. _4/ KING HAMAD: A meeting was held between General David Petraeus (then CENTCOM Commander) and King Hamad of Bahrain in which King Hamad said Iran was the source of many problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that their nuclear program must be terminated using any means necessary. He also mentioned Bahrain was looking into using nuclear power for electricity. _5/ TERRORIST FINANCE: This cable gives briefing instructions to Ambassadors regarding the Illicit Finance Task Force (IFTF), which was established in August 2009 to disrupt financial flow to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Lashkar e-Tayyiba. The approach discussed involves identifying terrorist funders, prosecuting them, and publically holding them accountable to send a message of deterrence to would-be donors. The countries focused on are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Qatar. cabledrum.net/top100/
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