The top news director at the Arabic news network Al Jazeera has stepped down following the disclosure he changed the network’s Iraq War coverage following pressure from the United States. Diplomatic cables released by the online whistleblower WikiLeaks show the news director, Wadah Khanfar, held private meetings in which U.S. officials presented him with complaints about Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Iraq War. One cable shows Khanfar removed images of wounded Iraqi civilians from Al Jazeera’s coverage following a U.S. request. Khanfar is quoted in the cables as stressing the need to keep his collaboration a secret.