WikiLeaks: A list of sites that the United States wants to protect
The Trans-Med pipeline for transporting Algerian gas to Europe, a sensitive site
Following the revelations of Wikileaks: overnight from Sunday to Monday, Julien’s site Assange has published a list of sites that the United States wants to protect at all costs. According to the State Department, their loss would “significantly affect” American security.
Among the hundreds of sites revealed, the site cites the Trans-Med pipeline for the delivery of Algerian gas to Italy and Europe.
The WikiLeaks site has published a secret list of industrial sites and sensitive infrastructure around the world that the United States wants to protect from terrorist attacks, because their loss, according to the State Department, “would significantly affect” US security. Containing hundreds of sensitive sites and infrastructures, the list published overnight from Sunday to Monday covers all continents.
In addition to strategic infrastructures, it lists, among other things, the Panama Canal, a cobalt mine in the Congo, other mines in South Africa and Latin America as well as pharmaceutical companies producing vaccines in Denmark, Italy, Germany, and Australia. and in France. The State Department cable from February 2009 asks US diplomatic representations to identify “sensitive infrastructure and key resources” abroad “the loss of which would significantly affect public health, economic security and/or security national of the United States”.
The update of this list aimed to “prevent, deter and neutralize or mitigate the effects of terrorist acts aimed at destroying, blocking or exploiting” these infrastructures, reports the same site. This list also includes submarine telecommunications cables, ports, dams, oil and gas pipelines, mines, and companies manufacturing, in particular, pharmaceutical products important for public health. This revelation did not leave indifferent some diplomats who quickly criticized WikiLeaks.
For Malcolm Rifkind, former British Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, the attitude of WikiLeaks is “irresponsible” insofar as this list can help terrorist groups: “It is further proof that they (WikiLeaks) behave irresponsibly, almost criminally. This is the kind of information that terrorists are interested in,” he explained. The leaks have caused a stir in many countries, including the United States, which has called them “criminal” and is studying the possibility of legal action against the creator of this site, Julian Assange.
In another diplomatic note posted online by WikiLeaks, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called Chinese leaders “paranoid” and called on the United States to stand ready to use force in China if things go wrong. were going badly. So many revelations that should embarrass Washington even more.
