Assange: Wikileaks’ Cables Spurred Arab Uprisings

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Publishing U.S. diplomatic cables helped shape uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange said on Tuesday.

The computer expert, who infuriated the U.S. government by publishing thousands of the secret cables, said the leaks may have persuaded some authoritarian regimes that they could not rely on U.S. support if military force was used on protesters.

They also made it difficult for the West to continue its support of the long-standing regimes, Assange told hundreds of students at the Cambridge University union…

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