Another tsunami of United States government documents is up on Wikileaks. We’re talking confidential cables between the US State Department and 274 embassies around the world. 15,652 of them are classified “secret,” according to the site.

The big story circulating around the globe is that Arab nations have been urging the US to bear down on Iran.

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