Haïkuleaks: Cable is poetry 65 haikus in 1830 cables

The difference (in a nutshell) being that Haiku tend to deal with seasonal scenes from nature with a "cutting" word that provokes discord (the syllable thing really isn't that important), while Senryū depict "human foibles". Seen in that light makes these excerpts somewhat more profound.

Arguing about this is somewhat akin to debating about "Hackers" vs "Crackers" in contemporary usage...

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senry%C5%AB

    A DATE BEFORE WHICH NORIEGA MUST
    FALL IF THE U S DOES NOT WISH TO HAVE
    THE PRECEDENT OF AN ANNULLED ELECTION

    NOT UNDERSTOOD BY MANY ACTIVISTS
    ESPECIALLY YOUTH WHO FEAR A SELL OUT OF
    THEIR CAUSE THERE

    HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE
    A CARROT FOR MUGABE TO ENDORSE

    COUP THAT REMOVES MUGABE POSSIBLY
    WITH A GREAT DEAL OF BLOODSHED FROM WHICH IT

    THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING CHANGE BEFORE
    THE SITUATION GETS WORSE HE PROFESSED

    USE LETHAL FORCE ON DEMONSTRATORS AND
    WE URGE THE OPPOSITION NOT TO GET

    been branded mercenaries terrorists
    or traitors End Note On the other hand

    IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN
    ELITE OPINION MAKERS Classified

    to peer file sharing caused grave damages
    She said that peer to peer file sharing must
    be curbed

    By POL MC Josiah Rosenblatt
    for Reasons 1 4 b and d 1 S

    important means to signal willingness
    to reconcile with former enemies

    is taking active steps to undermine
    it Many opposition groups are prone
    to dominance by individuals

    to help the government achieve those aims
    the middle class has largely been ignored

    who worked inside the final conflict zone
    the government declared no fire zone

    Brazilian Embassy in Washington
    received a bomb threat via telephone

    is almost always framed in socialist
    and revolutionary rhetoric

(The appropriate answer, I think, is "I can't confirm or deny.")