WikiLeaks publication expected in waves

The latest classified files obtained by WikiLeaks are expected to be published insegments, with potentially embarrassing information gleaned from diplomatic cablesreleased throughout thecoming week, British media reports say.

The initialgroup of the messages from U.S. embassies and consulates around the worldwaspublished Sunday andanother batch was expectedonMonday.

Thediplomatic cables released so far haveincludedbackhanded remarks made by U.S. diplomats about some of their allies, as well as world leaders.

The Telegraph said Canadians can expect a mentionThursday regarding their "inferiority complex," while corruption allegations in Afghanistan will be under the spotlightFriday. Saturday will cover Yemen, while next Sunday will see the focus shift to China.

Washington, fearing embarrassing revelations from its embassies and consulates, had been working to stop the whistleblower website from releasing the U.S. dispatches.

U.S. authorities wroteto WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asking him not to release this cache of files.

In a letter released Saturday, the Obama administration warns that the publication would endanger the lives of "countless" individuals and "place at risk ongoing military operations."

The new batch offiles were made to the New York Times, England'sGuardian newspaper, Germany'sDer Spiegel news magazine, the French newspaper LeMonde and the Spanishnewspaper El Pais.

WikiLeakssaid on Twitter that itswebsite was, for much of the day on Sunday,under adenial of service cyber attack, which can shut a site down by flooding it with user hits.