FORT MEADE, Maryland: United States (US) Army private Bradley Manning apologized on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) for leaking secret intelligence files to WikiLeaks and admitted for the first time that he had harmed his country and others.

The 25-year-old soldier, convicted last month of espionage for passing a huge cache of classified US battlefield reports from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and diplomatic cables, said he was ready to face punishment.

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