Saudi Arabia warns citizens about 'fake' information after Wikileaks release 60,000 secret documents

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The Independent

Sunday 21 June 2015

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It mentioned ways to publicise the concerns of Iranian citizens through the internet and social media.

The memo also suggests "hosting opposition figures overseas, coordinating with them and encouraging them to use galleries to show pictures of torture carried by the Iranian regime against the people."

Other memos are even more inflammatory. One, which shows the Saudi emblem of a palm tree and two crossed swords above the words 'Top Secret', claims that Gulf states were willing to pay $10 billion to secure the release of deposed Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.

Another page marked as top secret alleges that Iranian fighter jets bombed South Sudanese forces during a 2012 standoff over the oil-rich area of Heglig, during a confrontation between Sudan and the newly independent nation of South Sudan.

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In a press release that accompanied the first batch of documents, Wikileaks co-founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange said: "The Saudi Cables lift the lid on an increasingly erratic and secretive dictatorship that has not only celebrated its 100th beheading this year, but which has also become a menace to its neighbours and itself."

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The Saudi government is not known for its tolerance of dissent, and issued a warning to citizens yesterday telling them not to distribute "documents that might be faked". The statement was made via Twitter from the Foreign Ministry, and did not directly deny the documents' authenticity.

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