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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01CAIRO3303 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO5603 |
TFUSO1: EGYPT RESPONDS TO U.S. DISASTER [...] THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTED QUICKLY TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11. A CLEARLY DISTRAUGHT PRESIDENT MUBARAK APPEARED ON TELEVISION, EXPRESSING SORROW AND SADNESS AT THE EVENTS. HE LATER CALLED A CABINET MEETING, DIRECTING THAT ALL FORMS OF ASSISTANCE BE OFFER [...] |
2001-09-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EG IS |
| 01CAIRO5770 |
CAIRO MEDIA REACTION: THE ATTACK IN AMERICA - [...] SUMMARY: ----------- THE LEAD STORY IN ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA WAS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S INTERVIEWS WITH CNN'S LARRY KING AND THE BBC. ALL PRO-GOVERNMENT HEADLINES EMPHASIZED MUBARAK'S RENEWAL OF THE CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FIGHTING TERRORISM; HIS URGING THAT AN AMERICAN AT [...] |
2001-09-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OPRC KPAO EG |
| 01CAIRO6321 |
SHARING THE CASE AGAINST AL-QA'IDA WITH EGYPT [...] (S) ON OCTOBER 3 AND 4, DRAWING ON DOCUMENTS PROVIDED REFTEL, MISSION STAFF MET WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE, AND MILITARY OFFICIALS TO MAKE THE CASE AGAINST AL-QAIDA. IN PREPARATION FOR THE BRIEFINGS, WE HAD DISTILLED INFORMATION IN REFTEL INTO FOUR BASIC SECTIONS: [...] |
2001-10-04 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PINR EG |
| 01CAIRO7997 |
EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE), IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...] |
2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
| 04CAIRO8456 |
EGYPT: ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ, MEPP WITH A/S BURNS [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, NEA Assistant Secretary Bill Burns and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit recalled events surrounding Yasser Arafat's funeral the previous day and discussed the upcoming Iraq conference in Sharm El Sheikh. Aboul Gheit noted his desire [...] |
2004-11-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS SU IR KBIO |
| 05CAIRO1978 |
INTERNAL SECURITY IN SINAI--AN UPDATE [...] (C) The effects of the October 7, 2004 terror bombings continue to ripple through the Sinai Peninsula, even as tourism rebounds. In January the security services and tribal leaders formally agreed to work together against criminal activities by tribesmen. In early February, a combined forc [...] |
2005-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO2089 |
LETTER TO SECRETARY FROM PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) The Embassy received on March 1, 2005 a letter addressed to the Secretary from Nabil Soliman, who was returned by the United States to Egypt in June 2002. Soliman was convicted by an Egyptian State Security Court in November 2002 of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Soliman receive [...] |
2005-03-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KJUS EG |
| 05CAIRO2271 |
PRISON VISIT: MOHAMED HESHAM S. ELDIN YOUSSEF [...] Name: Mohamed Hesham S. Eldin Youssef 17. ACCESS: FEBRUARY 24, 2005 19. MISTREATMENT: NONE REPORTED THIS VISIT. 23. Remarks: Vice Consul and ACS LES visited Mr. Youssef at Liman Torah Prison, south of Cairo. Subject appeared to be in normal physical condition. He told us he is ambi [...] |
2005-03-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PHUM EG MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF |
| 05CAIRO2280 |
CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In a particularly relaxed meeting with CODEL Pelosi March 20, President Mubarak reviewed his efforts to convince Syrian President Bashar to withdraw all his forces from Lebanon (reftel) and reiterated his commitment to improving relations with Israel and pressing forward on solving the Israeli- [...] |
2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL KPAL KDEM IS IZ IR EG |
| 05CAIRO2281 |
CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...] |
2005-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO2285 |
CHARGES AGAINST AYMAN NOUR: ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...] (C) The statement of Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed, released on March 22 when the GOE formally charged Ghad Party leader and aspirant presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forgery and knowingly using forged documents (ref A), provides additional details on the GOE's case against Nour. [...] |
2005-03-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2357 |
IMPROVING ANTI-TERRORISM SCREENING FOR CAIRO VISA [...] (S) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Cairo consular officers met with local ORA and LEGATT staff as part of an ongoing effort to train officers to enhance their ability to prevent terrorists from entering the United States through valid visas. End summary. 2. (S) ORA began his briefing by dis [...] |
2005-03-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER KFRD EG |
| 05CAIRO2405 |
BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...] |
2005-03-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2410 |
ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE [...] Summary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staff met with the editor on March 23 to protest the cartoon. The editor stated that the cartoon was a 2004 work by a Palestinian freelancer. Although the edito [...] |
2005-03-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2416 |
EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2433 |
EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL [...] (C) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops in riot gear thwarted the attempt of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), accompanied by a smattering of leftists, to stage a demonstration either at the parliament bui [...] |
2005-03-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO2469 |
EGYPT: CYBERCRIME DEMARCHE/PROPOSED DOJ VISIT [...] (U) On March 27, poloff delivered the points in reftel to Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas. Poloff also flagged for Ghattas the proposed visit to Cairo April 11-15 of DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter, for consultations with the GOE on cybercrime issues and to attend [...] |
2005-03-29 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
| 05CAIRO2480 |
CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 21-24 visit to Egypt, Senator Gordon Smith called on Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Egypt's senior Islamic spiritual leader, and visited the President of Cairo's Jewish community. With Tantawi, Smith reaffirmed U.S. respect for Islam and discussed the mutual d [...] |
2005-03-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP KISL PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2481 |
GAINING SUPPORT FROM EGYPT ON MAGON DAVID ADOM [...] (C) During a March 29 meeting with Ambassador Ahmed Fathalla, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, the Acting DCM requested Egyptian support for a possible Swiss-convened conference on a Third Protocol and inclusion of Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) national society into the Red [...] |
2005-03-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2482 |
CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ agreement and prospects for an eventual FTA with the U.S. Smith underlined the importance of further Egyptian progress in particular areas, including IPR. S [...] |
2005-03-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2487 |
CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) In a cordial March 23 meeting, Senator Smith and Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif discussed political reform, bilateral trade, religious freedom, and Iraq. The Senator welcomed President Mubarak's move to open the field for competitive presidential elections, congratulated Egypt on the QIZ a [...] |
2005-03-30 08:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP ETRD PREL KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO2506 |
EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR REFERRED TO TRIAL [...] (C) The Egyptian public prosecutor's office announced on March 26 that opposition leader Ayman Nour and five codefendants would stand trial for forgery beginning June 28. Although the venue for the trial has not yet been publicly announced, a senior Ghad Party contact claimed to us that the c [...] |
2005-03-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2514 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, [...] (C) During a March 30 meeting with the Foreign Minister regarding the induction of Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement (septel), the Charge requested a readout on the latest Arab League summit in Algiers, as well as updates on a prospective Iraq Neighbors [...] |
2005-03-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG IS IZ |
| 05CAIRO2515 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMITS [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 to press the GOE to support a Swiss diplomatic conference on bringing Israel's Magen David Adom society into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. (Other topics are reported septel/NOTAL.) Drawing on the points cont [...] |
2005-03-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF EG IS SW ICRC |
| 05CAIRO2516 |
EGYPT: "ENOUGH" BACK ON THE STREETS IN CAIRO [...] (SBU) As of 1630 local time on March 30, 300-400 demonstrators from Kifaya ("Enough"), a loose coalition of opponents of the GOE, were gathered in front of the Press Syndicate building (about one mile from the U.S. Embassy) holding banners rejecting a fifth presidential term for Mubarak, rejec [...] |
2005-03-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO2517 |
CODELS PELOSI/KILPATRICK/SMITH/DREIER IN CAIRO [...] (C) During the week of March 20-24, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi met with 20 members of Congress and staff from CODEL Pelosi (March 20, eight representatives), CODEL Kilpatrick (March 23, five representatives), CODEL Smith (March 23, one senator), and CODEL Dreier (March 24, six repre [...] |
2005-03-31 09:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL MOPS MASS IR IS IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO2524 |
THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF EGYPT'S REACTION TO USG [...] (C) Egyptian anger at our March 3 announcement of direct USG funding for democracy promotion has now reached the Parliament. After several weeks of increasingly strident editorial coverage in newspapers controlled by or sympathetic to the GOE, the People's Assembly has debated the implicati [...] |
2005-03-31 11:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KMPI KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2532 |
CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...] |
2005-03-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP EG |
| 05CAIRO2534 |
SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...] |
2005-03-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO |
| 05CAIRO2536 |
WHAT IF YOU HELD A COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out the modalities, allow for direct, competitive presidential elections for the first time in the country's history. Although no announcement has yet been made, [...] |
2005-03-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2552 |
MESSAGE ON KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON SYRIA: [...] (C) The Charge spoke separately on April 2 with Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad and MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry to request the Government of Egypt to reinforce with the Syrian leadership the importance of timely parliamentary elections in Lebanon and of Syria's providing a timetable f [...] |
2005-04-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO2589 |
REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"), a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...] |
2005-04-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2596 |
EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES [...] (C) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia) on charges of involvement in both a 2004 act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and in conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in Egypt, including planning an assa [...] |
2005-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM ASEC IR EG |
| 05CAIRO2640 |
EGYPT PRESSING PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BETTER [...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff Sameh Shukry telephoned the Charge April 4 under instructions to convey that the Government of Egypt had communicated its "deep concerns" to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) regarding the struggle for authority among Palestinians and particularly [...] |
2005-04-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO2662 |
INTEL CEO MAKES A SPLASH IN CAIRO [...] In his first visit to Egypt, Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett last week delivered a slick, multimedia presentation resembling a primetime television show to assembled government and business leaders during an AmCham-sponsored luncheon on "Building the Digital Society in Egypt." The specta [...] |
2005-04-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON ETRD EINT EINV PREL TINT KWWW EG |
| 05CAIRO2682 |
LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...] |
2005-04-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO2691 |
PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Post is moving to implement an ambitious program of directly-funded democracy and governance (D&G) activities in Egypt, using USAID and other resources. Implementation of MEPI-funded D&G projects is a key component in this process. Post signed a new directly-funded D&G grant on March 3 [...] |
2005-04-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMPI PREL EG PDEM |
| 05CAIRO2693 |
EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...] |
2005-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG |
| 05CAIRO2722 |
EGYPTIAN REACTION TO DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE, Egyptian religious leaders, and the Egyptian media have joined the worldwide outpouring of condolences and respect on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II. Although the Roman Catholic population of Egypt is relatively small (about 350,000 from a total Egyp [...] |
2005-04-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL EG VC |
| 05CAIRO2733 |
MIXED REVIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: After several months of delay, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has completed its first annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt. After review by the Presidency, the document is expected to be released next week. Our discussions with NCHR contacts sugges [...] |
2005-04-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2734 |
CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to newly appointed Minister of Information Anas El Fekki reiterating the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors's (BBG's) long-standing request for facilities to [...] |
2005-04-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP KPAO EG BBG |
| 05CAIRO2736 |
EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2737 |
EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON WIPO IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to senior-level officials in the following ministries and agencies responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and policy: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Communications and [...] |
2005-04-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG WIPO EIAD |
| 05CAIRO2739 |
MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on April 6 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO solicited input from HSWG members for the Embassy's response to ref A, concerning the Department-wide assessment of [...] |
2005-04-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO2740 |
EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...] |
2005-04-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2741 |
SUDAN: EGYPT SUGGESTS DARFUR WAR CRIMINALS BE [...] (C) Following an April 6 meeting between President Mubarak and Sudanese Foreign Minister Ismail, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the press that "Sudanese war criminals need not go to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the Sudanese judiciary held fair trials." MFA contacts c [...] |
2005-04-07 19:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO2743 |
EGYPT: EXPLOSION AT CAIRO BAZAAR [...] (SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 8:30 p.m. on April 7 after reports of an explosion in the popular Khan al Khalili bazaar near downtown Cairo. An explosion occurred at about 5:45 p.m., causing multiple injuries, including four confirmed AmCit injured, one of whom [...] |
2005-04-07 20:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2744 |
APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...] |
2005-04-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO2789 |
TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...] |
2005-04-11 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2792 |
APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...] (U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Virtual Presence Post (VPP), or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...] |
2005-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG |
| 05CAIRO2799 |
CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: ARRESTS, CLAIMS, AND REACTIONS [...] (SBU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of the April 7 terrorist attack in the Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar as an 18-year old engineering student from the Delta province of Qalyubia. The announcement [...] |
2005-04-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2801 |
EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...] |
2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2852 |
IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...] |
2005-04-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP |
| 05CAIRO2853 |
APRIL 12 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, the Charge chaired a regular meeting of post's IDWG, which was attended by American and LES staff from the Public Affairs Section (including information and cultural affairs staff, as well as the grants specialist), the combined Economic-Political Section (ECPO), [...] |
2005-04-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2854 |
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...] |
2005-04-12 16:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS |
| 05CAIRO2875 |
PRESSING THE MAGEN DAVID ADOM ISSUE: SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) We learned from our Swiss Embassy contacts April 12 that the new Swiss Ambassador raised the issue of an international conference and the Third Protocol during an introductory meeting April 7 with MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ahmed Fathalla. The senior Egyptian officia [...] |
2005-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAL EG IS SW ICRC IFRC |
| 05CAIRO2876 |
EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...] |
2005-04-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO2877 |
EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disloyal. In early April, Egyptian media began reporting (baseless) rumors that the U.S. and the MB had covertly opened a channel for dialogue and potential cooperat [...] |
2005-04-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2892 |
EGYPT: GOE MAY BE CHANGING TUNE ON COE CYBERCRIME [...] (U) On April 12, DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter met with Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas to discuss the GOE's support for a proposed United Nations-sponsored global convention on cybercrime, as opposed to USG support for the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on [...] |
2005-04-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME |
| 05CAIRO2893 |
CHR-61 CUBA AND BELARUS RESOLUTIONS: GOE [...] (C) Responding to Ref B demarche request on the UNCHR-61 Belarus resolution, Post coordinated with the Dutch Embassy (representing the current EU President Luxembourg in Egypt) on our request for GOE support ahead of the expected April 14 vote. According to MFA Office of Human Rights Affairs [...] |
2005-04-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG PDEM CHR |
| 05CAIRO2896 |
EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...] |
2005-04-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO2897 |
MOD ADVISOR CLAIMS LIMITED EGYPTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) On April 13, PolOff asked senior MoD advisor MG Fouad Abd al Haleem about the depth of MoD interests in China. (Note: Defense Minister Tantawi visited China in the fall of 2004, the Chinese Defense Minister just concluded a visit to Egypt, the Egyptian Minister of Military Production i [...] |
2005-04-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS CH EG |
| 05CAIRO2898 |
EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...] |
2005-04-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2899 |
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: MODEST [...] (U) Reaction to the April 7 bombing in Cairo has been muted on the economic front, with the stock market registering a slight dip in the opening hours of trading on the first day after the bombing. The downturn was quickly reversed, however, and the market recovered the following day. For t [...] |
2005-04-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO2930 |
IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...] |
2005-04-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO2957 |
GOE MONETARY POLICY COORDINATING COUNCIL HOLDS [...] (U) The Monetary Policy Coordinating Council of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held its first meeting on April 10, 2005. The Council discussed a work plan to maintain price stability and increase economic growth rates. It also reviewed monetary, financial and economic developments in Egypt [...] |
2005-04-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO2967 |
EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK TO BE SOLD [...] (C) Roderick Richards (protect), Managing Director of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB), told the Charge on April 18 that the Board of EAB intended to put the bank up for sale. Richards said the EAB Board would meet on April 19 to approve the intended sale, and that public announcement would f [...] |
2005-04-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO2968 |
EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR [...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...] |
2005-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO2969 |
EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING [...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...] |
2005-04-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO2971 |
AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED: [...] Summary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of the bomber's blast-damaged face appeared above the fold in all of Egypt's major newspapers, along with Interior Ministry claims that "jihadi" publications had [...] |
2005-04-19 06:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO2990 |
BOGUS USG MEMO 'EXPLAINED' BY AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT [...] (SBU) Summary: PA officer visited Abdel Latif Al Manawy, Cairo bureau chief of pan-Arab Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, to discuss an April 3 article appearing on page 9 of that paper referring to an alleged State Department memo "urging the White House to begin direct talks" with the Muslim B [...] |
2005-04-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PROP OIIP KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3065 |
ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON A PROPOSED [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on the U.S.-EU sponsored conference on Iraq and a possible Egyptian-sponsored preparatory conference (PrepComm), poloff met April 19 with MFA senior Cabinet member Alaa Hadidi. Drawing from reftel talking points, poloff shared our preliminary responses to GOE [...] |
2005-04-24 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO3066 |
EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-24 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP |
| 05CAIRO3071 |
OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL STATUS REPORT: CAIRO [...] Quarterly/Annual Update (U) The Cairo Regional Security Office is making good progress in creating a viable Country Council. We have had monthly meetings for the past four months, characterized by an active and candid exchange of new ideas and company initiatives. The Country Council is a [...] |
2005-04-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EG KSAC |
| 05CAIRO3086 |
MULTI-HOUR MUBARAK INTERVIEW TO AIR STARTING APRIL [...] (SBU) A multi-hour interview with President Mubarak will be aired over three consecutive days on Egypt Channel One starting on the evening of April 24. The regional Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya has also bought the broadcast rights and will be airing it at the same time. The interview was [...] |
2005-04-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO3089 |
EGYPTIAN JUDGES LAUNCH "INTIFADA", THREATEN TO [...] (C) Over 1000 Egyptian judges meeting under the auspices of the Alexandria Judges' Club launched in mid-April what one paper dubbed "the judges' intifada." In their meeting, the assembled judges threatened to abstain from their supervisory role in the fall 2005 elections unless a new draft jud [...] |
2005-04-24 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3112 |
NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...] |
2005-04-27 04:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO3131 |
FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...] |
2005-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3132 |
FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...] |
2005-04-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3133 |
FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19 [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...] |
2005-04-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3146 |
GOE RESOLVES SOFT DRINK SALES TAX ISSUE [...] (U) On March 31, 2005 the GOE official gazette published Law No. 9 of 2005, which amends Sales Tax Law No. 11 of 1991. The amendment, effective April 1, removes soft drinks and non-alcoholic beer from Table A of the sales tax schedule, the "luxury goods" table. Luxury goods on Table A are s [...] |
2005-04-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO3147 |
EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...] (C) The Board of Directors of the Egyptian American Bank (EAB) met last week to approve the sale of EAB to a strategic investor, as reported in reftel. According to EAB General Manager Roderick Richards, the Bank of Alexandria (BOA) was instructed by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to sell it [...] |
2005-04-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO3164 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...] |
2005-04-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG |
| 05CAIRO3175 |
GOE TRACKING SYRIAN MOVES IN LEBANON; NOTES OUR [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad April 28. Before hearing the demarche, Awad noted that the just-concluded visit of Russian President Putin had been very successful. Turning to Lebanon, the Charge drew from reftel talking points to stress the i [...] |
2005-04-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO EG LE SY |
| 05CAIRO3176 |
PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...] |
2005-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS EG |
| 05CAIRO3178 |
MDA: SWISS PROJECT DIRECTOR PFIRTER'S [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Egypt April 20-21, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs Policy Coordinator Didier Pfirter met with senior Egyptian and Arab League officials to discuss the Magen David Adom (MDA) and Third Protocol issues. During the meetings, the Egyptian MFA expressed concerns [...] |
2005-04-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PHUM EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3179 |
NET-CENTRIC DIPLOMACY TRIP REPORT, CAIRO, APRIL [...] This cable was drafted by the Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) team from the Department and CITI that visited post from April 10-11 to install the NCD pilot system for publishing biographic files and telegraphic reports to the SIPRNet. The NCD application was successfully installed on a ClassNet w [...] |
2005-04-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF OTRA EG NCD |
| 05CAIRO3180 |
IMPROVING OUR SIPRNET WEBSITE [...] Post is committed to classified web-publishing as a way to provide end-users with easy access to cables, biographies, and other post reporting. As part of our ongoing effort to improve our SIPRNET website, post is beta-testing two new applications from the Net-Centric Diplomacy group. These [...] |
2005-04-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF EG SIPRNET |
| 05CAIRO3183 |
EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...] |
2005-04-30 19:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO3184 |
EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A), [...] |
2005-05-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC |
| 05CAIRO3239 |
TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S [...] (U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...] |
2005-05-04 06:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG |
| 05CAIRO3320 |
MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 4 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (C) HSWG members reviewed information and preliminary conclusions regarding the two April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo (refs A a [...] |
2005-05-04 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO3421 |
EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...] |
2005-05-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO3424 |
A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...] (C) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and uncertainty about Egypt's political future. Contacts are focused on a series of "unprecedented" recent developments which, in combination, are charging the [...] |
2005-05-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3445 |
IT'S THE REAL THING: U.S. SOFT DRINK COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Post contacted Tarek Kabil, Chairman and CEO of Pepsi Egypt, and Lobna El Dessouky, Chief Financial Officer for Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Egypt, to confirm implementation of the recently lowered tax rate on locally produced soft drinks (reftel). Kabil said that Pepsi had been pleas [...] |
2005-05-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO3493 |
CODEL FRIST MAY 4-6 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif and Finance Minister Boutros Ghali reviewed for CODEL Frist the GOE's economic reform policies and plans, particularly regarding tariff and income tax cuts. Nazif also described his efforts to use information technology (IT) to boost Egypt's economy, [...] |
2005-05-09 16:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL ECON EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO3495 |
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) is expected to approve on May 10 legislation that would amend Article 76 of the constitution to allow, for the first time, the direct and competitive election of the President. The bill was approved by the PA's legislative affairs committee and endorsed on Ma [...] |
2005-05-09 18:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3589 |
POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...] |
2005-05-11 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3617 |
EGYPT: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CHANGED, PASSED [...] (C) Egypt's parliament passed on May 10 an amendment to Article 76 of the constitution, allowing for the country's first direct, competitive presidential elections in its history. Before the amendment takes effect, it must be put to a national referendum, expected in late May. As reported re [...] |
2005-05-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3624 |
EGYPT ISSUES IPR COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, 2005, the Prime Minister issued decree 497/2005 which promulgated the final chapter of executive regulations of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Law 82 of 2002. Analysis of this chapter, which cover copyrights and neighboring rights, indicates potential defi [...] |
2005-05-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD EINV EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO3626 |
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN'S FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin April 26-27 to Cairo, Egypt will be remembered more for its ceremonial and nostalgic aspects than for substantive agreements or strategic re-alignments. Putin and Egyptian President Mubarak released a joint statement after their summit meetin [...] |
2005-05-12 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP ECON EG IS UNSC |
| 05CAIRO3627 |
PROMINENT REFORM ADVOCATE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Shafik Gabr praised the recent amendment to Egypt's presidential election law but said the GOE had done a poor job of explaining it. He hoped a scheduled May 12 news conference by Gamal Mubarak would clear the air. He was impatient with opposition complaints about the amendment [...] |
2005-05-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO3647 |
GUANTANAMO ALLEGATIONS OF KORAN DESECRATION NOT ON [...] (C) During a May 12 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif (septel), the Charge drew from reftel talking points to address allegations of desecration of the Koran at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo that sparked violent protests May 11 in Afghanistan. Nazif was unaware of the [...] |
2005-05-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3649 |
SUDAN: EGYPTIAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN [...] (SBU) During a May 12 meeting with MFA Sudan Office Deputy Director Abdelmoneim Omar, poloff explored the current Egyptian contribution to the African Union (AU)'s Mission in Sudan (AMIS), drawing from reftel talking points to express appreciation for Egypt's continued and expanding involvemen [...] |
2005-05-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3650 |
SUDAN: NATO TECHNICAL AND LOGISTICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Poloff met May 12 with MFA Sudan Affairs Deputy Office Director Abdelmoneim Omar to press the GOE to support African Union (AU) Chairman Konare's recent appeal to NATO for provision of technical and logistical assistance for the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan. Omar said that Egypt supported [...] |
2005-05-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
| 05CAIRO3687 |
RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...] |
2005-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC EG |
| 05CAIRO3688 |
EGYPTIAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Egyptian air traffic controllers began an air traffic slow down in response to what they considered low wages and unfair punishments meted out by the Minister of Civil Aviation, Major General Ahmed Shafik. The delays reportedly cost upwards of USD 600,000 per day. Such [...] |
2005-05-15 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR CASC OTRA EG |
| 05CAIRO3729 |
MARITIME PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egyptian officials responded positively to presentations by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Liaison Officer John Bowers in Cairo and Alexandria March 6 to 8, as he described the USCG plans to monitor foreign compliance with International Maritime Organization [...] |
2005-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PINR PHSA PTER OTRA EG |
| 05CAIRO3752 |
MDA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE LOOKING FOR [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, who has been in Brazil and is now in Libya, the Acting DCM delivered ref A demarche on May 16 to MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf, stressing that senior U.S. officials may raise the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue this [...] |
2005-05-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO3755 |
THE GOE AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) In recent months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has adopted both increasingly confrontational street tactics and reform-touting rhetoric (as opposed to its traditional Islamist slogans). As of mid-May, the MB's more aggressive approach, and the GOE's response, has built into what is be [...] |
2005-05-17 04:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3763 |
POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...] (C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...] |
2005-05-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3767 |
MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT; [...] Constitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage May 10 - 15. Viewers of Egyptian TV and pan-Arab satellite channels Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabiya on May 10 - 11 saw scenes of heated debate, with Ayman Nour an [...] |
2005-05-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3774 |
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY POSTPONES FOREIGN DIGNITARY [...] (C) Locally-based diplomats shared recently with us that the Egyptian Presidency had quietly and abruptly "postponed" long-scheduled visits by the Bulgarian and German Presidents due to occur in the coming weeks. Likewise, as the Egyptian leadership begins to turn its full attention to upcomi [...] |
2005-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3779 |
EGYPT: TREASURY OFFICIALS HEAR GOE APPEAL FOR TAX [...] (U) On May 4, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Technical Assistance James Fall, Treasury officials Robert Warfield and Keith Krchak, and Emboffs met with Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG) and GOE tax administration officials to discuss the possibility of Treasury prov [...] |
2005-05-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
| 05CAIRO3780 |
EGYPT TO CONSIDER NOMINATION OF JUDGE BUERGENTHAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 12 on the candidacy of Judge Thomas Buergenthal to MFA Second Secretary in the Office of Specialized Agencies Ms. Sohad Sabry. Sabry welcomed the diplomatic note and accompanying documentation relating to Mr. Buergenthal's candidacy for re-election as jud [...] |
2005-05-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO3785 |
EGYPT POLITICS: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF [...] (C) Leading opposition parties and other critics of the Egyptian parliament's proposal to amend Article 76 of the constitution (to allow for direct, competitive election of the president) are now calling for a boycott of the referendum the GOE will stage on May 25 to ratify the amendment. Tho [...] |
2005-05-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3792 |
Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05) [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-18 07:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3793 |
UNESCO: EGYPT REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] While delivering a demarche May 12 seeking Egyptian support for a U.S. candidacy to the International Court of Justice (reftel), MFA Office of Specialized Agencies Second Secretary Sohad Sabry requested from poloff an official reply SIPDIS to Egypt's request for U.S. support of its candidac [...] |
2005-05-18 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNESCO |
| 05CAIRO3806 |
MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 18 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO briefed the group on post preparations for the projected May 30-31 visit of Fran Townsend, President Bush's Homeland Security [...] |
2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
| 05CAIRO3807 |
THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...] |
2005-05-18 18:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3839 |
EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...] |
2005-05-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO |
| 05CAIRO3840 |
EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR, SUPPORTERS FACING HARASSMENT [...] (C) Sustained threats, intimidation, and harassment are making it "impossible" for Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party, to conduct his presidential campaign, according to his wife (and closest confidante and advisor) Gamila Ismail. Ismail accuses the ruling NDP, with [...] |
2005-05-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3841 |
MAY 10 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 10 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID Deputy Director and USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. MEPI Tunis Regional Director Peter Mulrean also attended. The meeting opened with Mulrean's review of MEPI activities [...] |
2005-05-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO3842 |
CHARGE PRESSES MDA ISSUE WITH FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the second-ranking official at the MFA), the Charge urged Egypt to play a constructive role on the issue of the Third Protocol and Magen David Adom (MDA) membership in the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Noting earlier demarches [...] |
2005-05-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO3889 |
EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...] |
2005-05-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG |
| 05CAIRO3901 |
MIXED COMMENTARY ON NAZIF VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...] Headlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was widely covered, as was Mubarak's May 17 statement encouraging Egyptians to get out and vote on the constitutional amendment referendum on May 25. Mubarak met May [...] |
2005-05-23 08:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO3911 |
EGYPT: ARTICLE 76 REFERENDUM SPEEDING TOWARD [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on parliament's proposed amendment of Article 76 of the constitution, to allow for Egypt's first competitive presidential elections, is virtually certain to pass, although a low voter turnout is widely anticipated. A broad array of opponents have nonetheless called f [...] |
2005-05-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO3941 |
ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...] (C) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is the most senior MB official to be arrested in at least a decade. His arrest comes in the context of an increasingly sharp and sustained confrontation between the government a [...] |
2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO3952 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...] |
2005-05-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU |
| 05CAIRO3953 |
THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT, MAY 23-24 [...] First Lady Laura Bush's May 23-24 visit to Egypt was a public diplomacy triumph and contributed significantly to USG efforts to promote education, reform, and the role of women. In Cairo, her visit included meetings with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and prominent female representatives [...] |
2005-05-26 04:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4005 |
REFERENDUM MARRED BY LOW TURNOUT AND REPORTS OF [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on revising the Egyptian constitution to allow for direct presidential elections was characterized by low turnout. Although the process was generally peaceful, there were sporadic incidents in Cairo of government-directed beatings of opposition protestors and journ [...] |
2005-05-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4023 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG KBIO |
| 05CAIRO4024 |
EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON REFERENDUM VIOLENCE [...] (C) ECPO Counselor raised the negative consequences of the GOE's handling of violent incidents during Egypt's May 25 constitutional amendment referendum (reftel) with Karim Haggag, a close aide to Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and chair of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) Polici [...] |
2005-05-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4025 |
CHARGE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VISITS OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Charge briefed the diplomatic corps May 26 on the visits of Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif to the United States and First Lady Laura Bush to the Middle East. Sharing transcripts of public statements and media interviews related to the two recent visits, the Charge offered hi [...] |
2005-05-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO4028 |
MAY 25 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 25 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. IDWG participation was limited to cleared Americans only to permit discussion of the status of post's submission to the Department for use in de [...] |
2005-05-26 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL KPAO EG KIIP |
| 05CAIRO4059 |
PDAS CHENEY CHALLENGES ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney SIPDIS pressed the Arab League to demonstrate its commitment to real political reform among its member states, and to support Gaza disengagement. Moussa insisted that the Arab Leagu [...] |
2005-05-30 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
| 05CAIRO4061 |
GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT MAY USE USDA'S GSM-102 PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, AgCounselor Asif J. Chaudhry met with Hassan Kheder, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, to discuss Egypt's participation in the GSM-102 Program. The Vice-Chairman of General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) also attended the meeting. The meeting was a f [...] |
2005-05-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO4119 |
EGYPT SHARES USG GOALS ON LA/SW MARKING AND [...] (C) Drawing from reftel points in a June 1 meeting with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the MFA Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, Poloff reiterated USG redlines regarding the marking and tracing of ammunition and our inability to agree to a legally binding document at the Open Ended Working G [...] |
2005-06-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4120 |
CWC: EGYPT SENDING NON-GOVERNMENTAL [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed ref B demarche with MFA cabinet member responsible for disarmament Sherif Kamel, who reported back on May 31 that Egypt would not send a governmental representative to the OPCW regional workshop in Cyprus June 13-15. Although the GOE would not participate officially, h [...] |
2005-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EG OPCW CBW CWC |
| 05CAIRO4121 |
EGYPT: MAY 25 REFERENDUM - RESULTS AND REACTION [...] (C) The GOE claims that 83 percent of those casting ballots on May 25 supported the amendment to permit future direct presidential elections. Voting day was marred by a disputed turnout and violence against opposition demonstrators in some locations. The violence, apparently perpetrated by [...] |
2005-06-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO4122 |
THE TERROR SUSPECT WHO BEAT HIMSELF TO DEATH: A [...] (SBU) On May 22, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor announced that 27-year-old Ashraf Said Youssef, the alleged mastermind behind the April 7 and April 30 terror attacks on tourist sites in Cairo (reftels), died in custody on May 19. According to the GOE announcement, Youssef, who had been captur [...] |
2005-06-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO4123 |
CHARGE PRESSES REFORM WITH EGYPTIAN COUNCIL FOR [...] (U) Summary: Members of the American-Egyptian Relations Committee of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs invited the Charge to discuss the bilateral relationship during an informal session on May 31. The event provided an opportunity to stress the importance to the bilateral relationsh [...] |
2005-06-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4124 |
RECENT EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo continued in May its robust outreach program to support the expansion of democracy and freedom in Egypt, with a particular focus on international monitors. Activities in May included the visit of the First Lady to Egypt; a grants-signing ceremony for the latest civil socie [...] |
2005-06-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4125 |
EGYPT CONVOKES CHARGE ON IRAQ PREPCOM PARTICIPATION [...] (C) The Charge was convoked late in the afternoon of June 1 by MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (acting for the Foreign Minister, who is overseas). Shukry said he was "disturbed" to have just heard from the Russian ambassador that the U.S. had invited the Russian Federation to participate [...] |
2005-06-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN |
| 05CAIRO4126 |
REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA; [...] May 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic voters casting their ballots and praising President Mubarak and the referendum throughout May 25. "We now have true democracy in Egypt and thanks to our Pres [...] |
2005-06-02 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4127 |
SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...] |
2005-06-02 05:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4159 |
PROPOSAL FOR FY-06 SINGLE COUNTRY PROGRAM FOR [...] Embassy Cairo requests a Single Country Program be organized for five to seven Egyptian participants on the topic of "Arts Management in the United States." This program is intended for young Egyptian artists who lack practical experience in the management of the arts, but who are currently i [...] |
2005-06-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4170 |
EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...] |
2005-06-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI |
| 05CAIRO4171 |
MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 30 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) HSWG members welcomed visiting Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and accompanying staff to the meeting and outlined the s [...] |
2005-06-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG |
| 05CAIRO4172 |
EGYPT COMFORTABLE WITH "NON-RESULT" OF NPT REVCON; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 1 conversation with a member of the Egyptian delegation to the NPT Review Conference, Poloff heard Egypt's view that the RevCon's inability to agree on a final document was a satisfactory outcome for Egypt. "We did your work for you" in preventing discussion of intrac [...] |
2005-06-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KSTC ETTC EG IAEA NPT |
| 05CAIRO4174 |
BMENA: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS LACK OF [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent meeting with Tunis MEPI Regional Office Specialist Labidi, Egyptian participants in last December's Civil Society Dialogue at the Forum for the Future discussed their p [...] |
2005-06-05 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KMPI EG MEPI |
| 05CAIRO4218 |
POST ENCOURAGES EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW YORK [...] (U) In advance of the July 6 decision in Singapore by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Post is bringing to the attention of Embassy visitors and contacts information related to New York City's bid and has distributed promotional materials received from the NYC2012 bid committee. [...] |
2005-06-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KOLY EG |
| 05CAIRO4221 |
ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO4256 |
CAIRO MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION HELD UP OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Apparently objecting to coverage of referendum-related protests by the English-language weekly "Cairo Magazine," the Ministry of Information (MOI) withheld permission to distribute the June 2 edition of the magazine for four days. The magazine's staff was never informed by t [...] |
2005-06-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4261 |
DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Following a June 2 Iraq Steering Group meeting in Cairo (septel), Post delivered demarches in refs A and C to MFA Cabinet Staff member Alaa Hadidi, drawing on ref A talking points to encourage Egypt to show its support to the Iraqi Transitional Government during a June 22 Iraq ministerial [...] |
2005-06-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ EUN |
| 05CAIRO4262 |
MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE ON ADVANCING THE PEACE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO4264 |
EGYPT: ANOTHER BLOW TO THE GHAD PARTY [...] (C) The Ghad Party, the beleaguered liberal/secular political party founded by Ayman Nour, has suffered another severe setback with the late May resignation of Secretary-General Mona Makram Ebeid. Ebeid, a SIPDIS widely-respected figure, had lent both stature and substance to the fledgling [...] |
2005-06-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4304 |
CRITICS ACCUSE NDP OF USING "THUGS" AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While the pro-government press was praising the May 25 referendum, independent and opposition commentators criticized what they considered poor media coverage and accused ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of acting like "thugs" and "mercenaries." One commentator [...] |
2005-06-08 06:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4309 |
IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN [...] (C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...] |
2005-06-08 07:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN |
| 05CAIRO4317 |
IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO ATTEND BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hesham Yousef June 7, urging the SIPDIS Arab League and its members to do as much as possible to support the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) in the run-up to, and beyond, the June 22 ministerial conference in [...] |
2005-06-08 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4318 |
EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EG FAA |
| 05CAIRO4321 |
WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST LAUNCHES NEW NEWSPAPER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Al Fagr ("The Dawn"), the latest weekly independent newspaper in Egypt, published its first edition on June 4. The newspaper's founder and editor, Adel Hamouda, stated on Egyptian TV that Al Fagr "aims to improve the state of Egyptian journalism," while privately telling a P [...] |
2005-06-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4336 |
GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN [...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...] |
2005-06-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG |
| 05CAIRO4359 |
EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA), Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...] |
2005-06-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO4360 |
SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...] |
2005-06-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER |
| 05CAIRO4361 |
EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ |
| 05CAIRO4362 |
GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...] |
2005-06-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4374 |
EGYPT'S FY2005/06 BUDGET: A MAKEOVER [...] (U) On June 7 the People's Assembly passed the budget for fiscal year (FY) 2005/2006. The new budget was drafted using the IMF Government Finance Statistics format, which allows for better use of fiscal tools and better assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on Egypt's economy. Total e [...] |
2005-06-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO4378 |
BIO INFORMATION ON NEW EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released in late April a list of names of Egyptian diplomats assigned to new postings, including that of Depty Assistant Minister for Eastern Arab Affairs, Dr. Ihab Sherif. At the time, the MFA did not reveal that Sherif was slotted to go to Baghda [...] |
2005-06-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ IS KBIO |
| 05CAIRO4379 |
MDA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS SWISS ENVOY [...] (C) According to the Swiss Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, Heinz Walker, Ambassador Didier Pfirter received encouraging signals on the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom (MDA) issue during his June 7 meeting in Cairo with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The Egyptian minister repor [...] |
2005-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MDA |
| 05CAIRO4428 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE [...] (C) A senior MFA official convoked the Charge on June 12, at the Foreign Minister's direction, to express concern over how Egypt understood it was being characterized in a draft of a final statement for the June 20 U.S.-European Union summit in Washington. Assistant Minister Shadia Farag told [...] |
2005-06-13 09:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EAID EU EG |
| 05CAIRO4430 |
FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT [...] Summary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of government spokesmen and financial experts who commented positively on the law over the weekend. Meanwhile, the opposition and independent press continued to [...] |
2005-06-13 11:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4441 |
SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...] |
2005-06-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY |
| 05CAIRO4495 |
GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...] |
2005-06-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO4518 |
EGYPT TO CONSIDER USG VIEWS ON COMPREHENSIVE [...] (SBU) In a discussion with Hisham Maher, a member of the Foreign Minister's cabinet, and a more detailed exchange with First Secretary Nameera Negm, acting Chief of the the MFA's Legal Affairs directorate, the Embassy underscored the USG's determination to conclude a Comprehensive Convention on [...] |
2005-06-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG UNGA |
| 05CAIRO4519 |
EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM AGENDA: MORE IN THE [...] (C) The amendment of Article 76 of Egypt's constitution, ratified by public referendum on May 25 (refs A and B), was the centerpiece of the GOE's 2005 political reform package, but not the only item on the agenda. Parliament has been debating this week a new law that will govern Egypt's first [...] |
2005-06-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4532 |
EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As a re [...] |
2005-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC |
| 05CAIRO4534 |
REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...] |
2005-06-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4535 |
EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...] |
2005-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG |
| 05CAIRO4576 |
OPPOSITION LEADER ALLEGES PLOT TO FIX THE [...] (C) In a June 16 meeting, Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party and presidential candidate, alleged to poloff that aides to President Mubarak have "persuaded" Khalid Mohieldin, the 84 year old honorary chairman of the leftist Tagammu' Party, to run for president. Moh [...] |
2005-06-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO4577 |
UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...] (U) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), detained during a large GOE arrest campaign in May (reftels), were released in the week of June 13. The GOE maintains that 349 of the MB members arrested in May remain in custody [...] |
2005-06-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4597 |
MDA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL ASKS FOR MORE [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, the Charge encouraged the Arab League to work for acceptance of the Magen David Adom (MDA) society into the International Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement. Moussa replied it was difficult to consider such a topic "while [...] |
2005-06-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG |
| 05CAIRO4598 |
OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO [...] Summary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's presidential elections law changes that they perceived would exclude Gamal Mubarak from running for the presidency. However, one commentator in leading pro-gov [...] |
2005-06-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO4681 |
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...] |
2005-06-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG |
| 05CAIRO4709 |
SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...] |
2005-06-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL |
| 05CAIRO4756 |
EGYPTIAN E-JOURNALISM - TWO WEBSITES IN VANGUARD, [...] Summary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Internet news sources. Masrawy styles itself as a reliable source for general news, while Arab Ambassador aims to serve as a "bridge" between the Arab and western w [...] |
2005-06-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO4757 |
GOE SEEKING INFORMATION ON EGYPTIANS REPORTEDLY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a June 22 meeting, Ambassador Ahmed Tayyeb, Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs, raised with A/DCM the cases of six Egyptian citizens the GOE believes may in the custody of U.S. Multi-National Force [...] |
2005-06-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4780 |
EGYPT: UN PRIORITIES UNDERSTOOD, BUT MECHANISMS [...] (C) Summary: The Acting DCM conveyed ref D points on USG priorities for UN reform at the MFA Assistant Minister level, in the absence of the Foreign Minister, on June 23. Assistant Minister Fathalla and his staff were familiar with many of the points raised, yet pressed to know what mechani [...] |
2005-06-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KUNR AORC EAID EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO4781 |
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESENTS REPORT TO MUBARAK; [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) president Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with President Mubarak to formally present the Council,s first annual report, which had been publicly released in mid-April (ref B). Following the meeting, Boutros Ghali announced tha [...] |
2005-06-23 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4805 |
OMS OF THE FUTURE: NEA REGIONAL OMS CONFERENCE - [...] Twenty-eight participants from 21 NEA posts joined the eight Cairo OMSes for the first NEA Regional OMS conference hosted in Egypt February 21-23. Conference topics centered on the OMS of the future. Gary Pergl, Director of the Office of Career Development and Assignments (CDA), opened the [...] |
2005-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER EG |
| 05CAIRO4820 |
MDA: EGYPT REMINDED OF IMPORTANCE OF MDA ISSUE ON [...] (C) On June 26, PolOff shared ref A points with Amr Rushdy of the Foreign Minister's cabinet. Rushdy will travel with the Minister to Sanaa for the June 27 OIC ministerial and coordinates the Magen David Adom (MDA) issue as part of his portfolio. Familiar with the U.S. position on MDA incl [...] |
2005-06-26 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IS EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO4836 |
EGYPT: MONETARY POLICY ON TRACK [...] (U) In early June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) published the minutes of the first meeting of the Monetary Policy Coordinating Council on April 10 (reftel). According to Banking Law 88 of 2003, the CBE must implement a monetary policy that targets price stability as its main objective, im [...] |
2005-06-27 06:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO4873 |
VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) Emboffs visited Nabil Soliman on June 23, an Egyptian citizen returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002 and subsequently convicted of membership in Egyptian Islamic Jihad and sentenced to five years imprisonment. Soliman affirmed that he was being humanely treated and appeared generally [...] |
2005-06-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO4875 |
SUDAN: NDA OFFICIALS IN CAIRO SAY JUNE 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23, Cairo-based representatives of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared with the diplomatic corps their perspectives on the June 18 Cairo agreement. The tone of the briefing was hopeful, as the NDA highlighted increased NDA participation in Sudan's democratic [...] |
2005-06-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4876 |
EGYPT: PEACEKEEPERS HEAD TO SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] On June 21, President Mubarak reviewed Egyptian troops preparing for peacekeeping missions in south Sudan. The President reminded the troops, and the public, that Sudan would constitute Egypt's sixth active peacekeeping mission under the UN umbrella. Minister of Defense Tantawi highlighted [...] |
2005-06-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MOPS MASS SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4877 |
SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, each appointed by the GOE, as making unhelpful public remarks that imply religious justification for the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. Embassy requests for cl [...] |
2005-06-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO4882 |
CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...] |
2005-06-28 06:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG |
| 05CAIRO4917 |
EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) Summary: The Ayman Nour trial opened on June 28 in a chaotic atmosphere, as hundreds of Nour's supporters (alleged by some to be a "rent-a-crowd") swarmed the courthouse shouting anti-GOE slogans and jostled with police as they attempted to access the courtroom. Police prevented most from [...] |
2005-06-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4960 |
EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UN [...] (C) PolOff discussed ref A points June 29 with Mohamed Mounir of the MFA's Human Rights Department, who emphasized the need to reform "the human rights machinery" at the UN within the context of broader UN reforms. The GOE did not necessarily see a need "to tear apart" current organizations [...] |
2005-06-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR EG |
| 05CAIRO4961 |
EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court issued an advisory opinion June 29 stating that five articles of the new Presidential Elections Law, passed by parliament on June 16 but not yet ratified by the President or published, are unconstitutional. The Speaker of the People's Assembl [...] |
2005-06-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO4972 |
EGYPT AND ISRAEL SIGNED GAS DEAL [...] (C) Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer and Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi publicly signed June 30 in Cairo a memorandum of understanding for Egyptian gas sales to Israel. Negotiations on this agreement have dragged out over 10 years largely because of political concerns [...] |
2005-06-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 05CAIRO4980 |
EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED [...] (C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...] |
2005-06-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO4981 |
EGYPT: AT SECOND DAY OF AYMAN NOUR TRIAL, [...] (C) Summary: In a second chaotic session of the Ayman Nour trial, a codefendant and witness for the prosecution recanted his guilty plea and claimed he had been pressured by the government to testify against Nour. The development emboldened Nour and his supporters but surprised the judges, wh [...] |
2005-06-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO4997 |
DATE OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCED; PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's 2005 presidential election, according to senior presidential advisor Zakariyya Azmy, will occur on September 7, and the new president is to be sworn in on October 1. The People's Assembly (PA) approved changes in five articles of the presidential elections law after i [...] |
2005-06-30 17:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5000 |
EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-03 10:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5009 |
SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN [...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...] |
2005-07-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5035 |
PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL, [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...] |
2005-07-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5051 |
EGYPTIAN JUDGES ALLEGE FRAUD, MISMANAGEMENT OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Judges' Club has issued a report detailing irregularities and fraud in the administration of the May 25 referendum on the amendment to Article 76 of the constitution. The report, issued on June 28 and subsequently printed in the independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, co [...] |
2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5052 |
EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES TO ATTEND [...] Hesham Afifi of the Foreign Ministry's cabinet staff told poloff July 3 that Prime Minister Nazif would represent the GOE at the July 9 installation of the Government of National Unity. According to Afifi, PM Nazif is scheduled to be in Khartoum from 7-10 July. 2. Arab League Secretary Ge [...] |
2005-07-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG SU IGAD |
| 05CAIRO5054 |
QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL [...] Summary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian population and that remains a religious influence. Tightly controlled by the Egyptian government, Holy Quran Radio avoids hard news of any kind, while the three [...] |
2005-07-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SCUL KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5055 |
MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on June 29 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO and HSWG members discussed security developments in the Sinai in reference to regional terrorist threats and in light of rep [...] |
2005-07-05 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG |
| 05CAIRO5057 |
EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR [...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...] |
2005-07-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5058 |
MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S [...] (C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...] |
2005-07-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO5083 |
PDAS CHENEY'S MEETING WITH GOE MINISTER OF [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin to discuss the Fund for the Future. The U.S. envisioned contributing $50 million to the Fund, Cheney explained, and would like Egypt to participate along with Morocco, which had already agreed in principle to [...] |
2005-07-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5084 |
EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER, [...] (C) Summary: At the third session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial, the lawyer for defendant number three, Ayman Ismail Hassan, reiterated his client's retraction of his confession, the prosecution claimed to have a videotape of Nour advising a legal client to fake a torture inj [...] |
2005-07-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5185 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA LEGEND IBRAHIM NAFEI SHOWN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Of all the changes to the pro- government press leadership announced by the Shura Council on July 3 (ref A), most significant is the replacement of media giant Ibrahim Nafei, former Editor-in-chief and Board Chairman of Al-Ahram. Nafei, who was appointed Editor-in- chief by [...] |
2005-07-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5194 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...] |
2005-07-07 17:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5210 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...] (C) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has been sidelined by an internal coup. Akef, and his alleged successor, Deputy Supreme Guide Mohammed Habib, have denied the reports, but their denials have yet to douse t [...] |
2005-07-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5245 |
EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...] |
2005-07-11 08:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG |
| 05CAIRO5264 |
BLACK DAY OF TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day of Terrorism" was one leading newspaper's headline. All media outlets covered remarks by the Mufti of the Republic labeling Al-Sharif's killers as "thugs" w [...] |
2005-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5272 |
EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...] (C) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. Kifaya is an umbrella movement encompassing groups and individuals spanning a broad range of tendencies and ideologies, united by opposition to the Mubarak reg [...] |
2005-07-11 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5296 |
EGYPT SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE UN REFORM BUT [...] (U) Charge met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Sameh Shukry on July 11 to deliver reftel demarche regarding the G-4 framework resolution on UN reform. The Charge stressed that the USG is open to UNSC enlargement but believes the G-4 resolution, if adopted, would be d [...] |
2005-07-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO5305 |
ARAB LEAGUE STILL HOPING TO OFFER CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Arab League spokesman Hossam Zaki told PolOff July 12 that the League had been trying to facilitate the participation of legal experts in Iraq's constitution drafting process. With the assassination of the Egyptian ambassador in Baghdad, according to Zaki [...] |
2005-07-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ |
| 05CAIRO5344 |
EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...] |
2005-07-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG |
| 05CAIRO5350 |
UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...] |
2005-07-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5446 |
RECENT MEETINGS OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired meetings of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG) on June 21 and July 5, which were attended by USAID Deputy Director, USAID D&G staff, A/PAO and PA staff, ECPO Counselor and ECPO staff. The meetings included discussion of the June 2 [...] |
2005-07-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5447 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 2:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson D Special Assistant Eugenia Sidereas Ian McCary (Embassy Cairo Notetaker) [...] |
2005-07-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5467 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO EGYPT [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed Gaza disengagement, Palestinian security reform, and the Palestinian internal political situation with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on July 16. A/S Welch also asked the GOE to support the U.S. position on both the Magen David Adom (MDA) [...] |
2005-07-18 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS MASS OVIP MFO UNGA |
| 05CAIRO5472 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5473 |
TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...] |
2005-07-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5477 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...] |
2005-07-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5484 |
EGYPTIAN GAS PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (SBU) Egypt's ambition to become a major player in the gas sector is starting to be realized. With upstream and downstream production levels increasing and progressive policy makers thinking decades ahead, Egypt is on track to become a global gas producer, provided it sustains its explorati [...] |
2005-07-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5513 |
EGYPT'S POSITION ON THE G-4 PROPOSAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on July 18 to the MFA's Counselor for UN affairs, Dr. Hany al Selim. Selim said that Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit had sent Chief of Staff Ambassador Sameh Shukry and Cabinet Member for UN affairs Amr Rushdy to New York for consultations on UNSC reform. T [...] |
2005-07-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG KUNR UN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO5514 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He f [...] |
2005-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5521 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...] |
2005-07-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU |
| 05CAIRO5524 |
VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...] |
2005-07-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO5542 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 4:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge d'Affaires Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman J. Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Kamal Shazly, Minister for Peop [...] |
2005-07-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO5544 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) July 13, 2005; 12:30 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson ORA Chief Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Egyptian General Intelligenc [...] |
2005-07-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL SY LE IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5545 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) July 14, 2005; 8:30 a.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Egypt ----- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Minister of Foreign Trade and Ind [...] |
2005-07-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN OVIP EG |
| 05CAIRO5546 |
MFA COMMENTS ON HAMAS-PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TENSION [...] (C) In a meeting with poloff on July 17, MFA's Desk Officer for Palestinian Affairs Randa Labib highlighted concerns over the prospect of a peaceful disengagement from Gaza and the Hamas-Palestinian Authority (PA) dispute. She said that she had not yet seen an official report in her channel [...] |
2005-07-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG IS |
| 05CAIRO5547 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 13 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 13, 2005; 3:45 p.m.; Cairo, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt ----- Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit Chief [...] |
2005-07-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO5553 |
FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making [...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...] |
2005-07-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5564 |
EGYPT SUPPORT FOR USG POSITION ON FOOD AID [...] (SBU) During a conversation with Walid Nozahy, WTO Director of Egypt's Commercial Representation Office, tradeoff asked about Egypt's failure to support the USG position on food aid during July 6 WTO discussions in Geneva (reftel). Nozahy expressed surprise, claiming to have directed his rep [...] |
2005-07-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID EG ETRA WTRO |
| 05CAIRO5589 |
MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO [...] (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorandum is identical in text to the one described reftel, [...] |
2005-07-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO5590 |
EGYPT ADHERING TO AU POSITION ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke July 21 with Amb. Ahmed Fathallah, Egypt's Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral Affairs, and delivered points in ref A, underscoring the urgency. Fathallah said that the Egyptian position remained as described in ref B and that Egypt would not support the G-4 effort [...] |
2005-07-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO5591 |
JULY 18 MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired the July 18 meeting of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG), which was attended by the USAID Director, USAID Democracy and Governance (D & G) staff, PAO, ECPO Counselor, and ECPO staff. The meeting included discussion on facilitati [...] |
2005-07-21 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5592 |
EGYPT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Egypt's leftist Tagammu' Party, which holds six seats in the People's Assembly, announced on July 19 that it would not field Khalid Mohieldin, or any other candidate, in Egypt's first competitive presidential election, anticipated, though not yet formally announced, for September 7. A spo [...] |
2005-07-21 17:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5622 |
EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...] (C) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on Sharm el-Sheikh which occurred at 1:15 AM. Varying reports put the number of dead at 75-85, with at least 100 wounded. There are so far no reports of Americ [...] |
2005-07-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5650 |
EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...] |
2005-07-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO5652 |
"THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Summary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the attacks showed emergency workers removing bodies from the bomb sites and assisting the injured, while government officials and intellectuals gave phone interview [...] |
2005-07-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5695 |
EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA [...] (C) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Cairo rumor mill immediately suggested the incident was a botched terror attack, but an Egyptian security official suggested it was simply an industrial mishap [...] |
2005-07-25 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO5743 |
CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...] |
2005-07-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5744 |
SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...] |
2005-07-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG |
| 05CAIRO5746 |
EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PRIVATELY PRESSING SYRIA TO [...] (C) The Charge raised the issues of Syria's blockade of Lebanon's border and prevention of terrorist transit to Iraq (refs A and B) July 26 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad said that the GOE took the respective issues seriously and said that President Mubarak [...] |
2005-07-26 17:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO5753 |
PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY [...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...] |
2005-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5757 |
SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and contacts with influential Islamic leaders in Egypt but agrees more can and should be done. Key leaders like Sheikh Tantawi are generally allies in the struggle a [...] |
2005-07-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER KPAO EG |
| 05CAIRO5814 |
SENIOR EDITOR PRAISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S SIGNING [...] (U) The new editor-in-chief of the very influential pro-government news weekly Al Ahram Al Arabi (circulation: 80,000) had high praise for President Bush's signing the condolence book for victims of the Sharm bombings, at the Egyptian Embassy. (A color photograph of the same appeared on the [...] |
2005-07-28 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5820 |
UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS?: EGYPTIAN MEDIA HAS FREE [...] Summary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings. While some commentators continue to blame Israel for terrorism in the region, many commentators have pointed fingers squa [...] |
2005-07-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO5821 |
MUBARAK ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY; PROPOSES ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) In a July 28 keynote speech, President Mubarak made several major announcements, including his decision to run for a fifth term, plans to replace the Emergency Law with new anti-terror legislation, and a call for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh on August 3. Mubara [...] |
2005-07-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5860 |
EGYPTIAN TRADE MINISTER JUSTIFIES EXPANSION OF QIZ [...] (C) During Charge's July 28 courtesy call on Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid, the Minister raised the issue of expanding Egypt's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). Rachid noted that he had sent Deputy Secretary Zoellick a letter detailing the need for expansion (text of letter below), [...] |
2005-07-31 16:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EG USTR QIZ |
| 05CAIRO5924 |
EGYPTIAN GTMO DETAINEES - STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the context of the close and sustained cooperation between the USG and GOE on counterterrorism, Post believes that the written GOE assurances regarding the return of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo (reftel) represent the firm commitment of the GOE to adhere to the request [...] |
2005-08-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER EG GTMO |
| 05CAIRO5925 |
ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...] |
2005-08-02 05:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY |
| 05CAIRO5935 |
NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI), and the Hani Sar [...] |
2005-08-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5941 |
EGYPT: BANK PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In early July the Ministry of Investment (MOI) announced the choice of Citibank as the financial advisor for privatization of the Bank of Alexandria (BOA), the first of Egypt's "big four" public banks scheduled for privatization. Bids will be considered in September, with the goal of c [...] |
2005-08-02 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO5944 |
EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...] |
2005-08-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO5945 |
SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE [...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...] |
2005-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON ASEC PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO5946 |
A NEW GOE APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: A July 30 anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo was violently disbanded by Egyptian riot police and NDP "thugs," possibly including undercover security personnel. The tactics were reminiscent of events during the May 25 constitutional referendum (reftels), but on a much smaller [...] |
2005-08-02 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO6010 |
CODEL KING'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) In their August 4 meeting with Interior Minister El Adly, CODEL King discussed the desire for deeper cooperation with Egypt on counterterrorism, Egypt's upcoming elections and associated political demonstrations, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Egypt's proposed anti-terrorism legislation [...] |
2005-08-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO6093 |
30 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST [...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...] |
2005-08-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO6133 |
HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-government media continued to devote the majority of their coverage to Mubarak's candidacy, they also gave prominent coverage to the candidacies of two other polit [...] |
2005-08-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO6135 |
MAURITANIA COUP: ARAB LEAGUE SENDING PERSONAL [...] (C) Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs Said Kamal (protect) told poloff August 9 that he had been appointed as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on Mauritania and that he would visit Nouakchott August 11 to meet with coup leaders and others. Kamal, who reques [...] |
2005-08-09 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR EG MR |
| 05CAIRO6137 |
PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Since President Bush's May 7 call for international monitoring of Egypt's presidential elections, the GOE has expressed little enthusiasm for the idea, but has also avoided rejecting it. The GOE continues to argue that international monitoring is opposed by many in the Egyptian public a [...] |
2005-08-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6163 |
EGYPT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR FACING MAJOR [...] (SBU) The Egyptian telecommunications sector is poised to undergo two major structural changes in the coming months: liberalization of the fixed-line market and the possible awarding of a third mobile phone operator license. Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel is [...] |
2005-08-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD PREL KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO6171 |
EGYPT: BANKING SECTOR REFORM UPDATE [...] (SBU) As part of its banking sector reform program, the GOE has pushed legislation through parliament designed to strengthen the sector. As a result, banks now have more leeway in pursuing legal remedies and setting compensation for public bank staff. Requirements on foreign exchange bureau [...] |
2005-08-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO6200 |
DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS GEARING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian civil society is preparing to monitor the upcoming presidential and parliamentary campaigns and elections. USG funding is playing a key role in this process. Many challenges remain, but available information suggests that the upcoming elections will receive more sc [...] |
2005-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6210 |
BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...] |
2005-08-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG |
| 05CAIRO6211 |
AN UPDATE ON MEPI FUNDING IN EGYPT: REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 16-20, MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Alexandria and Cairo to meet with current and prospective MEPI grantees. In Cairo, two of the five Civil Society (CS) grantees described difficulty in obtaining approval from Egypt's Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs ( [...] |
2005-08-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EG MEPI |
| 05CAIRO6270 |
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...] |
2005-08-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6271 |
LIBYA: EGYPT HELPING HEAL RIFT BETWEEN SAUDIS AND [...] (S) During an August 14 conversation on Gaza disengagement, Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad volunteered to the Charge that Libyan leader Qadhafi had "rescinded his support" for hostile elements in the Saudi Kingdom, and that the Saudis had forgiven Qadhafi for the assassination attempt on [...] |
2005-08-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SA LY PINR |
| 05CAIRO6279 |
ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 14 to Presidential Spokesman and Policy Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad confirmed Egypt's keen desire to see a successful Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and stated that the GOE had communicated with all Palestinian factions to encourage cooperation [...] |
2005-08-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS GZ |
| 05CAIRO6286 |
UN REFORM: EGYPT NOT YET FOCUSED ON HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) The Charge delivered ref A demarche on August 15 to MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet, Yasser Morad. Morad accepted the points with limited substantive reply, but promised to study the U.S. message. He indicated that the GOE had not yet focused on the High Level Event (HLE). On [...] |
2005-08-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC UN |
| 05CAIRO6292 |
RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON CODEX AD HOC TASK [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO6370 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WOO THE RELIGIOUS VOTE [...] (C) As the presidential candidates jockey for votes, religion is playing a prominent role. Cairo salons are abuzz with rumors that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) appears to be considering overtures from the NDP, the Ghad, and the Wafd parties. The MB leadership has not yet said if it will sup [...] |
2005-08-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6414 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: DEFENSE [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Egyptian Minister of Defense Tantawi confirmed that he planned to accept an invitation from the U.S. Secretary of Defense to visit Washington. Tantawi said that he intended to travel after the Islamic [...] |
2005-08-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO6417 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During an August 18 telephone conversation with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pressed for GOE cooperation on moving SIPDIS forward with the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Third Protocol issue, particularly assisting Swiss efforts to convene a D [...] |
2005-08-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO6419 |
EGYPT'S NEW TAX LAW [...] (SBU) In June President Mubarak signed into law a new tax code that substantially reduces personal and corporate taxes. The law also includes provisions to settle outstanding tax debts and to encourage the informal sector of the economy to begin paying taxes. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) c [...] |
2005-08-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO6420 |
IRAQ: HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND [...] (S) The Charge delivered reftel demarche July 24 to Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad, stressing the importance of assisting Iraq with its battle to confront the insurgency movement. Addressing the need to prevent Egyptian nationals from travelling to Iraq for the purpose of conducting jiha [...] |
2005-08-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6435 |
PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ECON EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO6446 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC EG |
| 05CAIRO6447 |
CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS), Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge discussed Gaza withdrawal, terrorism in the Sinai, Iraq, and Iran. On Gaza, Soliman stressed the need to prevent Gaza from becoming a [...] |
2005-08-22 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS IZ |
| 05CAIRO6448 |
EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #1 [...] (U) This message is the first in a series which will update key developments in the Egyptian presidential campaign (August 17-September 4). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The presidential campaign kicked off August 17. Not surprisingly, Mubarak has the most visible campaign. In [...] |
2005-08-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6487 |
EGYPTIAN GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE DIRECTOR [...] (S) Summary: At an August 20 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS)(other topics reported SEPTEL), EGIS Director Soliman assured Congressman Hoekstra, Congresswoman Wilson, Congressman Shadegg, and Charge Jones that Guantanamo detainees would be treated humanely and that [...] |
2005-08-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM EG |
| 05CAIRO6488 |
ECONOMIC STUDY SEES BENEFITS TO FTA [...] (SBU) A U.S.-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would be politically and economically beneficial for both Egypt and United States, according to a new study by the Washington- based Institute for International Economics (IIE). The authors assert that the timing is right for Egypt to conclude an [...] |
2005-08-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EIND EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO6494 |
MAURITANIA: EGYPT MAINTAINING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) During an August 22 meeting on other topics with MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for Arab affairs, Alaa Hadidi, poloff inquired into GOE policy toward the recent coup d'etat in Mauritania. Hadidi acknowledged Egypt's relatively quiet public posture on the coup and stated that Egypt [...] |
2005-08-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM EG MR |
| 05CAIRO6508 |
ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...] |
2005-08-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG |
| 05CAIRO6509 |
SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...] |
2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO |
| 05CAIRO6510 |
ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...] |
2005-08-24 10:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO6539 |
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #2 [...] (C) One week into the presidential campaign, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) is drawing criticism for a lack of transparency. A local domestic monitoring coalition has publicly accused the PEC of obstructing Egypt's effort to conduct a free, fair, and transparent presidential ele [...] |
2005-08-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6577 |
VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that the U.S. had delivered on its promise of greater engagement on the peace process and would engage further as both sides made progress. The internati [...] |
2005-08-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO6582 |
ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON GOE GTMO DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S) This message adds additional detail to the GOE response regarding GTMO detainees as outlined in Ref A. Post received this information through established liaison channels and through face-to-face meetings with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Soliman. Soliman's thorou [...] |
2005-08-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINR EG GTMO |
| 05CAIRO6583 |
CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS), Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...] |
2005-08-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ |
| 05CAIRO6653 |
EGYPT: ABU MAZEN'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's (Abu Mazen) August 24-25 visit to Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in Gaza was marked by both symbolism and substance. Having Abbas enter Egypt via the Rafah crossing signaled Egyptian determination to keep the crossing open and to maintain close w [...] |
2005-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6654 |
EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #3 [...] (C) As Egypt's first campaign for the direct election of the president heads into its final week, the political landscape remains largely unchanged. There are no indications that the NDP's lock on political power is easing. Neither of President Mubarak's two leading challengers is making m [...] |
2005-08-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6673 |
PRESSING THE ARAB LEAGUE TO SUPPORT IRAQI [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa has so far been marginally helpful on building political support for Iraq's new constitution, despite USG and British requests for his assistance in reaching out to key Iraq Sunni figures. In public, so far, Moussa has focused his attention on dra [...] |
2005-08-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6703 |
THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...] |
2005-08-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR |
| 05CAIRO6710 |
EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #4: [...] (C) While Cairo streets are aflutter with banners urging the populace to reelect the President, the novelty of the presidential campaign is wearing off. Kifaya has launched a legal challenge to halt the elections, but is unlikely to succeed. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has [...] |
2005-08-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6711 |
BUILDING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S CONSTITUTION: EGYPT [...] (C) In conjunction with the Secretary's August 27 call to Egyptian President Mubarak, the Charge delivered ref A and B demarches on the Iraqi constitution to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad. Awad welcomed the USG points and promised to share them with Egyptian Intelligence Chi [...] |
2005-08-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPAO EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO6755 |
SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) In response to our March 1 demarche (ref A) and Charge's July 27 letter and aide memoire, Post received a formal letter from Egypt's Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed regarding Egyptian assurances on the return of fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Public Prosecutor is Egypt's r [...] |
2005-09-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO6757 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE [...] (C) The DCM was convoked to the Foreign Ministry September 1 by newly arrived MFA Chef du Cabinet, Ambassador Wafaa Bassim (D equivalent), to receive a verbal message to the Secretary (text at paragraph three) regarding steps Egypt believes Washington should take with respect to the Middle Ea [...] |
2005-09-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6877 |
VISIT OF CODEL DAVIS TO EGYPT, SEPTEMBER 2-5: [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif told visiting members of Congress that Egypt's September 7 presidential elections represent major milestone in Egypt's democratic development. He said that the GOE could not overrule the independent electoral commission's decision to bar outside observers from the pol [...] |
2005-09-06 08:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV EG IS KPAL KWBG IZ OREP |
| 05CAIRO6908 |
EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: UPDATE #5--FINAL [...] (C) The official campaign period for Egypt's first presidential election, which began on August 17, closed on September 4. The final few days witnessed a flurry of last minute campaigning by the leading candidates, as well as a growing storm of legal controversy. President Mubarak, Ayman N [...] |
2005-09-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6911 |
WTO DDA NEGOTIATIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS: [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Walid Nozahy, Head of the WTO Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry. El Nozahy had no reaction to the lists of environmental goods put forward by other member states. As for Egypt, he said that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry w [...] |
2005-09-06 16:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EG WTO USTR |
| 05CAIRO6912 |
EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: HOW IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 7 presidential election will be the Egyptian people's first opportunity to select a president in a competitive process. Although the GOE claims 31 million citizens are eligible to vote, participation will be much lower, and actual turnout rates could become a sour [...] |
2005-09-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6913 |
ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...] (S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...] |
2005-09-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO6914 |
TFUS01: EGYPT'S DONATION TO KATRINA RELIEF ON THE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has dispatched to Little Rock two Egyptian C-130 aircraft containing Katrina relief, including 3,000 blankets, 1.1 tons of jam, and 1.3 tons of powdered milk. Post requests that Task Force ens [...] |
2005-09-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN AEMR KPAO AMGT US EG |
| 05CAIRO6915 |
PROPOSED STATEMENT ON EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-06 18:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO6939 |
EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: FIRST [...] (SBU) Egypt held the first competitive presidential election in its history on September 7. Key themes from today's voting, as observed by contacts and emboffs in the field, have been an apparently low turnout, a predominantly calm atmosphere, with scattered exceptions, and often disorganized [...] |
2005-09-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6945 |
HURRICANE KATRINA, RECOGNIZING EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The GOE has sent two C-130 aircraft with relief supplies for Katrina victims. Senior Embassy officials have made televised statements and issued a press release to express U.S. gratitude. End summary. 2. The Government of Egypt has agreed to donate the following items to American [...] |
2005-09-08 07:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC |
| 05CAIRO6953 |
CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: [...] (C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...] |
2005-09-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO6957 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON UN REFORM ISSUES, [...] (C) During a September 4 introductory meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit to present credentials, the Ambassador drew from reftel demarches to urge improved Egyptian cooperation on UN reform and the UN High Level Event Outcome Document. Aboul Gheit stated that overall [...] |
2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO6958 |
CODEL DAVIS SEPTEMBER 2-5 VISIT TO CAIRO: MUBARAK [...] (C) In an ebullient mood on the eve of the Egyptian presidential election, President Mubarak told visiting Codel Davis that the main reason he was running for president was because the process would fail without him, given the candidates that had chosen to run. While affirming the importance [...] |
2005-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV EG OREP |
| 05CAIRO6961 |
REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 12:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OSCI |
| 05CAIRO6986 |
UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...] |
2005-09-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO6989 |
AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA [...] Summary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fekki's promise to be more open and balanced. While print and television the latter, without a doubt, the most influential medium in Egypt covered all candida [...] |
2005-09-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO6991 |
DOMESTIC MONITORS ISSUE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS [...] (C) Several Egyptian civil society groups which observed the September 7 election have issued preliminary findings. Although the election results have not yet been announced--and will likely remain unknown until Saturday at the earliest--the domestic monitors are wasting no time in criticizi [...] |
2005-09-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO6992 |
AMBASSADOR AND U.S. PARTY INSTITUTES ASSESS [...] (C) In a September 8 lunch hosted by the Ambassador, leaders of the assessment teams deployed by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) gave a soberly optimistic assessment of the September 7 presidential election and discussed next steps. Toge [...] |
2005-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7041 |
AMBASSADOR RICCIARDONE'S SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Ricciardone had an introductory meeting on September 8 with Egyptian Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG). YBG asked how the GOE could "package" the elections for U.S. audiences. YBG explained that he had not yet signed the Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) [...] |
2005-09-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO7045 |
NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was given unprecedented power over the conduct of the election. The positives of September 7 -- sidelining of the NDP "old guard" and the security forces -- were [...] |
2005-09-12 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7047 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 8 to discuss Iraq, Palestine, terrorism, and other key topics ahead of the UN General Assembly and a possible Arab emergency summit. Responding to forceful Iraqi criticism, ministers agreed to a Saudi proposal to create a task force to energi [...] |
2005-09-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL PHUM EG IS IZ MEPN ICRC |
| 05CAIRO7068 |
EGYPT - UPDATE ON GSP PROVISIONS ON THE WORST [...] Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress on restricting and regulating child labor. The GOE and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are working together to increase awareness of child labor-related issues and enforcement. Per ref B request, the following informat [...] |
2005-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EG PHUM SOCI ETRB USAID |
| 05CAIRO7087 |
INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID EFIN EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO7088 |
ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...] |
2005-09-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC |
| 05CAIRO7104 |
AND THE WINNER IS...: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10. Coverage also featured a debate among commentators about the election's importance, with many in the pro-government newspapers focusing on it as the first s [...] |
2005-09-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7113 |
(C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...] |
2005-09-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7147 |
TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILES AND APPAREL EMPLOYMENT [...] The following data responds to ref A request for specific data and information on textiles and apparel production, trade and employment. --------------------------- Total Industrial production --------------------------- Figures are for Egyptian fiscal year (July-June); conversion base [...] |
2005-09-14 07:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTEX ECON ETRD EINV EG USTR |
| 05CAIRO7149 |
AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...] |
2005-09-14 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7155 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON EGYPTIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) In his September 12 introductory call on Egyptian Interior Minister General Habib el-Adly, the Ambassador expressed enthusiasm for the strong working-level cooperation between various USG agencies and the MOI. The Ambassador congratulated the Minister on the success of GOE security forces [...] |
2005-09-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO7158 |
STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY: SEPTEMBER 14. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers on the scene report that the Egyptian Rafah border terminal is technically closed to pedestrian traffic going either way but that efforts to secure the border are moving slowly. In the 5km stretch to the north of the terminal, hundreds of Palestinians are transf [...] |
2005-09-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7185 |
WTO GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS ISSUE: EGYPT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EG WTO USTR |
| 05CAIRO7189 |
ENGAGING "LIKE-MINDED" NATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs have reached out to key members of Cairo's diplomatic community to urge public and private support for international observers in the run up to the parliamentary elections. We have spoken with a visiting UK Cabinet Secretariat team; a joint meeting of poloffs from ten [...] |
2005-09-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG EU |
| 05CAIRO7210 |
STATUS OF GAZA EGYPT BORDER SEPTEMBER 15 [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian forces effectively controlled the Egyptian side of the Gaza border September 15, dividing responsibilities between 350 police to the north of the Rafah terminal and 400 Border Guards to the south. Palestinians were on their way out of Egypt and only Egyptians with ID ca [...] |
2005-09-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7238 |
AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...] |
2005-09-19 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7286 |
EGYPT: REALIZING PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE [...] (C) Building on specific ideas outlined in ref D, and in keeping with the overall approach presented in ref C, Embassy Cairo is working on a series of practical measures that can be taken to improve the transparency of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, expected in three stages in Novem [...] |
2005-09-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7297 |
GAZA-EGYPT BORDER SECURITY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 18 [...] (C) Embassy officers at the Rafah border September 18 reported that formal GOE border terminals remain closed, as civilian two-way foot traffic to and from Egypt continues at modest levels through monitored gaps in security fences on the Egyptian side of the border north of the Rafah Terminal. [...] |
2005-09-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPAL PINS EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7323 |
STATUS OF GAZA-EGYPT BORDER: SEPTEMBER 20 [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers at the Rafah border reported that the Egypt-Gaza border was sealed as of the morning of September 20. Although the GOE allowed cross border traffic to continue through the day on September 19, they sealed the border wtih new barbed wife overnight. As of 1200 [...] |
2005-09-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PINS IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7324 |
ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL SAYS NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a meeting on other subjects (septel) with Arab League Chef de Cabinet Hishem Youssef September 19, the Charge raised Arab League resistance to the draft Iraqi constitution. The Charge noted that discussions in Iraq had resulted in changes to the wording of Article 3 dealing with Iraq' [...] |
2005-09-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7325 |
EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR WARDS OFF INTERNAL [...] (C) Barely a week after Ayman Nour placed second in the presidential race, with a surprising and impressive 500,000 votes, an internal crisis in his Ghad (Tomorrow) Party raised the prospect that his party might not survive to compete in the November parliamentary elections. An attempted putsc [...] |
2005-09-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7369 |
THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) The Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin on September 14. The Ambassador noted the positive progress on reform signaled by the recent presidential election, but noted concerns about heavy-handedness by the NDP. He suggested ways t [...] |
2005-09-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO7393 |
G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-25 08:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI EG MO |
| 05CAIRO7414 |
GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE ON ELECTIONS, U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. A close aide to Gamal Mubarak thinks that barriers to international observers for Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections are too high to overcome. He does not believe that any party other than the ruling NDP will win the number of seats required to field a candidate in the 201 [...] |
2005-09-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EG |
| 05CAIRO7418 |
EGYPT-GAZA BORDER: GOE UPDATE SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 meeting, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and General Emir and Colonel Osama of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) discussed the situation at the Egypt-Gaza border, the reason for the confusion following IDF withdrawa [...] |
2005-09-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7423 |
RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...] |
2005-09-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7450 |
AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...] |
2005-09-27 07:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG |
| 05CAIRO7451 |
GOE OFFICIALS RAISE ANTICIPATED CONCERNS ON MFO [...] (U) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble separately briefed Foreign Ministry and Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) officials on the MFO's upcoming transition to the UH-60 helicopters during meetings in Cairo September 22-24. The Assistant Minister fo [...] |
2005-09-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS MFO |
| 05CAIRO7452 |
EGYPT SUPPORTS AVERTING A MIDDLE EAST SHOWDOWN AT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EG IS IAEA |
| 05CAIRO7466 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF ACTING A/S OF [...] (SBU) In May 2002, Egypt passed a law criminalizing money laundering, which included terrorist financing within the scope of crimes covered by the law. The GOE has also used restrictions on NGO financing to combat terrorist financing. These restriction, however, have also impeded legitimate N [...] |
2005-09-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO7501 |
EGYPT: SENIOR NDP OFFICIAL MAINTAINS OBJECTIONS TO [...] (C) During a September 22 meeting, Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of the ruling NDP, told visiting DAS Dibble that Egypt aspired to the highest standards for the coming parliamentary elections. However, Ezz asserted that a GOE invitation to international monitors was highly unlikely, not because t [...] |
2005-09-28 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7510 |
SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASAD'S SEPTEMBER 26 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (S) Senior Egyptian contacts have shared read-outs with Post on the September 26 visit to Cairo by Syrian President Asad. President Mubarak reportedly pressed Asad hard to cooperate with the UN investigation into the killing of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri and to stop interfering negativel [...] |
2005-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG SY IS IZ MEPN |
| 05CAIRO7547 |
U/S HUGHES´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes asked Nazif what could be done to improve understanding of America in the Middle East. Nazif said that Gaza presented an opportuntity to changes per [...] |
2005-09-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7548 |
SURPRISES IN EGYPT'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) In a surprise move earlier this week, the GOE announced the merger of two of Egypt's state-owned banks, Banque du Caire and Banque Misr. The GOE also announced that the banks' management would be changed in anticipation of the merger. The banking sector reacted positively to the news; [...] |
2005-09-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 05CAIRO7549 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...] |
2005-09-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7552 |
EGYPT PREPARING FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Government of Egypt officials share our concerns regarding avian influenza (AI). The GOE's close co-operation with Cairo's U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) has positioned it for effective surveillance of AI, though the system has some limitations. However, the political will [...] |
2005-09-30 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI WHO KSTH |
| 05CAIRO761 |
EGYPT: UPDATE ON THE ARREST OF OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) The Embassy has raised strong USG concerns about the arrest and detention of opposition party leader Ayman Nour (reftels) with a variety of GOE contacts at both senior and working levels. Reactions have ranged from mute to mildly defensive. The Embassy has also been working with Chiefs of [...] |
2005-02-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7626 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2: [...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...] |
2005-10-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO7692 |
NEA PDAS CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 VISIT TO CAIRO - [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif said that he hoped domestic election observers would be permitted during upcoming parliamentary elections but was pessimistic about international observers. He agreed that other improvements to the election process, like transparent ballot boxes and greater voter edu [...] |
2005-10-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO7725 |
VISIT OF AMBASSADOR JEFFREY: EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ARAB OUTREACH STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EAID ECON EG IZ MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05CAIRO7748 |
EGYPT "NOT OPPOSED" TO UNGA HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS UNGA |
| 05CAIRO7766 |
SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE [...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...] |
2005-10-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO7782 |
PDAS LIZ CHENEY'S SEPTEMBER 28 MEETING WITH GAMAL [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with PDAS Elizabeth Cheney, Gamal Mubarak, head of the NDP Policies Committee, reviewed his father's presidential election campaign, which he argued had been a major success. He also reviewed the ruling party's preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections [...] |
2005-10-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7783 |
PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...] |
2005-10-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO7792 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM: STREET-LEVEL COMPETITION IN [...] SUMMARY: The USG, GOE, and a wide range of non- governmental organizations in Egypt are vigorously engaged in efforts to combat extremism. In response to reftel request, this message describes efforts in Egypt to reduce the sources of extremism, counter extremism in the media, create a poli [...] |
2005-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER |
| 05CAIRO7793 |
EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TAKE SHAPE AS [...] (C) A presidential decree issued on October 10 specifies the dates for Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary elections, which will be held in three rounds in November and early December, following a rough geographical pattern. Meanwhile, a new "National Front" announced on October 8 brings togethe [...] |
2005-10-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7794 |
PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During a September 29 meeting, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter discussed with Interior Minister General Habib El-Adly preparations for Egypt's parliamentary elections. Adly insisted that police and other security personnel would adhere to strict neutrality through the el [...] |
2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7795 |
SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DISENGAGEMENT WOLFENSOHN'S [...] (C) Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, James Wolfensohn visited Cairo October 9 and met with President Mubarak, Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Trade Minister Rachid. He briefed the Ambassador on the way out of town. Key points as follows: -- [...] |
2005-10-11 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KPAL PTER EG IS |
| 05CAIRO7860 |
TRANSPARENT BALLOT BOXES AND DOMESTIC OBSERVER [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), a semi-official organization which has nonetheless demonstrated its independence by publishing several reports critical of the GOE, is pushing the GOE to procure transparent ballot boxes for the parliamentary elections and to gu [...] |
2005-10-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO7877 |
COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE POLITICAL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Reason and justification for Egypt's request for political release of MK48 MOD 4M and 6AT Torpedoes: a. As part of its ongoing effort to prioritize future military modernization programs, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested Pricing and Availability (P&A) for future purchases of [...] |
2005-10-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG |
| 05CAIRO7878 |
PAKISTAN - GROWING NEED FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) The Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator (for resettlement) joined with the Islamabad Refugee Coordinator and the Regional Director of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) from October 3-8 to review the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program (USRP) in Pakistan. They vis [...] |
2005-10-13 12:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PA EG |
| 05CAIRO7885 |
A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA [...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...] |
2005-10-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EG |
| 05CAIRO7889 |
SAHRAWI: FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (SBU) The Algerian Red Crescent has apparently refused to accept the joint World Food Program/UNHCR decision to cut back from 158,000 to 90,000 WFP's assessment of refugees requiring food aid in the Tindouf camps. Despite WFP's announcement that the cutback would take effect from October 1, t [...] |
2005-10-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM AL EG |
| 05CAIRO7890 |
WTO AGRICULTURE NEGOTIATIONS AND GEOGRAPHICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-13 13:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR EG WTO |
| 05CAIRO7900 |
EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE REACT TO IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador made reftel points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit during a meeting October 13. Aboul Gheit argued that the constitution as drafted will inevitably lead to divisions among Iraq's Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurds. He expressed hope that there will be more work done to [...] |
2005-10-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO7937 |
HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...] |
2005-10-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7946 |
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...] |
2005-10-17 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO7963 |
ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...] |
2005-10-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7987 |
CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TENSIONS FLARE IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Coptic-Muslim tensions erupted in Alexandria October 14 as local Muslims protested the performance -- and DVD distribution -- of a controversial play by Copts, which the protestors deemed offensive to Islam. Large, angry crowds surrounded the St. George Coptic Orthodox churc [...] |
2005-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO7997 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES POSITIVE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) During an October 17 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador requested the minister's public support for Iraq's constitution referendum and political process. Aboul Gheit said he had given several press interviews earlier in the day, during which he had [...] |
2005-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO7998 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DETAILS OCTOBER 17 CAIRO [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador October 17 that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his meeting with President Mubarak earlier the same day had provided a confident and upbeat assessment of events in the Palestinian territories as well as prospect [...] |
2005-10-17 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MOPS PTER ECON EG IS IZ MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8009 |
UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI [...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...] |
2005-10-18 06:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC EG |
| 05CAIRO8016 |
ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA TO IRAQ: [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General intends to travel to Iraq October 20-22 to spearhead renewed Arab engagement on Iraq's political process (reftel). Moussa requested any technical assistance that Embassy Baghdad or Embassy Cairo was able to offer on travel and other logistics regarding the v [...] |
2005-10-18 11:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8024 |
ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007 FULBRIGHT EGYPTIAN [...] CECEUS/E received 147 applications from Cairo-based and regional universities, government and private organizations, for academic year 2006/2007 Egyptian Student Program (5 in accounting, 6 in archeology, 31 in fine and performing arts, 6 in business administration, 1 in computer supervision, [...] |
2005-10-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL |
| 05CAIRO8032 |
EGYPT "FAVORABLE" ON BUERGENTHAL ICJ CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO8033 |
U.S. WTO AG PROPOSALS: EGYPTIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry. Dr. Fawzy was well aware of the U.S. reform proposals and said she would review the demarche po [...] |
2005-10-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8034 |
EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR AT THE END OF HIS ROPE [...] (C) Opposition leader Ayman Nour recently gave poloff a dramatic account of his current political travails, claiming the GOE has responded "with ferocious vengeance" to his strong showing in the September 7 presidential election. While this is Nour's version of events, and needs to be put in t [...] |
2005-10-18 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8036 |
CARGO SHIP COLLIDES WITH FERRY NEAR SUEZ; 2 [...] (U) Two passengers were killed and another 40 injured when a Cypriot cargo vessel struck an Egyptian passenger ship, the Pride of Al Salam 95, near Port Tawfik at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal. The Pride of Al Salam 95 was carrying over 1,300 Egyptian Muslim pilgrims returning from [...] |
2005-10-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR EG |
| 05CAIRO8077 |
GAMAL MUBARAK ON CORRUPTION IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) During their October 18 meeting, the Ambassador flagged for Gamal Mubarak President Bush's personal interest in the subject of corruption and international efforts to combat it. Corruption poses a serious threat to the processes of economic and political reform, the Ambassador continued [...] |
2005-10-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8078 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY VOTE: EGYPT OPPOSED [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note October 19 to MFA Assistant Minister for International Cultural Affairs, Ambassador Sallama Shaker, requesting GOE support for our position on the UNESCO Cultural Diversity vote expected to occur October 20 in Paris. Shaker's Chief of [...] |
2005-10-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG UNGA UNSC UNESCO |
| 05CAIRO8081 |
MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting, Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid pressed for a specific date for the start of FTA negotiations, and said that Egypt supports the U.S. on WTO Ag reform. Rashid took on board the Ambassador's call to make anti-corruption a plank of the NDP par [...] |
2005-10-20 07:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EAGR EG WTRO |
| 05CAIRO8110 |
FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...] |
2005-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR |
| 05CAIRO8111 |
SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE AMRE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message (ref A) during a meeting late October 19 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa - the eve of his departure to SIPDIS Iraq. Moussa received the message positively while focusing attention on the issues of a conference venue a [...] |
2005-10-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8112 |
EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 1 [...] (C) Four weeks before the first round of parliamentary elections, we have achieved several modest successes and a setback in the effort to help Egypt realize a more transparent electoral process. Meanwhile, the ruling NDP has released its slate of parliamentary candidates: The list drops 35 p [...] |
2005-10-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8124 |
CAIRO FORMS AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP; US - [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM convened a meeting of Mission representatives on October 11 to establish an Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) to evaluate Mission preparedness in the event of an outbreak, and to discuss Mission's collaboration with the GOE on avian influenza (AI) issues. NAMRU-3 has [...] |
2005-10-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
| 05CAIRO8134 |
VISIT TO EGYPT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S FOR [...] (C) Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser met on October 1 with officials of the Egyptian Ministries of Social Affairs (MSA), Finance (MOF), Justice and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). At MSA, officials reviewed the Egyptian law regul [...] |
2005-10-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO8136 |
SYRIA/LEBANON: EGYPT "STILL STUDYING" MEHLIS [...] (SBU) Senior Egyptian Presidency and MFA officials have so far offered minimal reaction to the Report of the International Independent Investigation Commission Established Pursuant to UNSCR 1595, otherwise known as the "Mehlis Report." Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the DCM during [...] |
2005-10-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE MEPN UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8137 |
SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...] |
2005-10-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8143 |
STATUS OF REPATRIATED NLEC SAMI EL-LAITHY [...] (C) Guantanamo detainee Sami El-Laithy, returned by the U.S. to Egypt on October 1 after being designated "No Longer an Enemy Combatant," was met by Egyptian authorities at the airport and taken to hospital. Within 24 hours, following a set of medical tests, El-Laithy was released and returned [...] |
2005-10-24 08:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM EG KWRC |
| 05CAIRO8161 |
GOE PRIVATIZES "STRATEGIC" FIRMS, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Investment (MOI) has recently acted to extend the revitalized privatization program to cover petrochemical firms, which were previously considered untouchable "strategic" companies, theoretically important to Egypt's overall economic security. Nevertheless, there remain [...] |
2005-10-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND EG |
| 05CAIRO8163 |
EGYPT'S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] Egypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief supplies, including tents, blankets, food and medicine. The Ministry of Defense used three of its own C-130s and two U.S. Navy C-130s to transport the supplies. [...] |
2005-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8164 |
STAFFDEL ZWEIG DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA, AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Zweig held meetings on political reform, Gaza disengagement, and Foreign Military Funding (FMF) during its October 13-14 visit to Cairo. The delegation, consisting of Matthew Zweig and David Adams of the House International Relations Committee, also received a briefin [...] |
2005-10-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EG IS |
| 05CAIRO8188 |
LEADING CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP COMPLAINS OF GOE [...] (C) Summary: An October 22-23 meeting in Alexandria of non-governmental democracy activists organized by the Cairo-based Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) was disrupted by several audience members protesting the presence of foreigners, including U.S. and European NGO representatives. The disruption [...] |
2005-10-25 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8190 |
EGYPT SEEKING USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE [...] (U) Post recently received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for membership in the International Maritime Organization (IMO), "Category C," as well as our support for re-election of Egypt's representative on the Anti-Torture Commission. [...] |
2005-10-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ODIP EG UNSC UNGA |
| 05CAIRO8191 |
TRANSPARENCY WITH A SMILE: GOE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an Oct. 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Information Minister Anas al Fekki did his part to make the GOE's plans for the November Parliamentary elections look transparent and fair. The approach may in fact lead to gains for transparency and freedom, in both politics and the GOE-dominat [...] |
2005-10-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EG IS KRAL |
| 05CAIRO8238 |
GOE RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN IKC [...] (S) The Ambassador spoke to Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Rashid early October 26 to express his concern about allegations (reftel) that the GOE may have had a hand in the disruption of the civil society conference at Alexandria's Metropole Hotel on October 22-23. Rashid exp [...] |
2005-10-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8244 |
ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ VISIT AND SECURITY [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, the Arab League's Moussa briefed on his recent trip to Iraq and described planning for a preparatory meeting in Cairo in mid-to-late November. Moussa intends to invite (plus or minus) 50 Iraqis from all politically significant groups to th [...] |
2005-10-27 07:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ SY LE |
| 05CAIRO8269 |
EGYPT STILL STUDYING PROPOSED UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In advance of the Ambassador's meeting with FM Aboul Gheit (scheduled for October 27 but postponed by the FM until October 29) ECPO MinCouns delivered Ref A demarche to the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Aly Houssam Al Hefny on October 27. Drawing on Refs A and B, MinCouns [...] |
2005-10-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IO LE SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8275 |
AMBASSADOR'S 10/29 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C)Summary: Ambassador met with FM Aboul Gheit on October 29. Sticking close to the brief he gave the Secretary on October 28, the FM reported on President Mubarak,s trip to Syria. He repeated that the Asad regime had indicated a readiness to change its behavior, including on Iraq, but wo [...] |
2005-10-30 04:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PREL SY |
| 05CAIRO8288 |
STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...] |
2005-10-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8321 |
TAKING AL-MANAR OFF ARAB SATELLITES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Embassy Cairo has been engaging the GOE, the Arab League, and Cairo-based foreign diplomats, to take action to remove Hizballah´s Al-Manar TV from the GOE-owned Nilesat. Building on efforts already made by [...] |
2005-10-31 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO8334 |
EGYPT: WTO DOHA EUROPEAN AG PROPOSAL [...] (U) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on October 30 to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry (MFTI). FAS delivered key points to the DG at the Ministry of Agriculture. Egypt will continue to press for an improved European WTO Agriculture proposal. [...] |
2005-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR EG |
| 05CAIRO8365 |
EGYPTIAN, ARAB LEAGUE REACTIONS TO IRANIAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The GOE position on Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments calling for Israel's destruction (reftels) was expressed by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to reporters October 30. Aboul Gheit told journalists that [...] |
2005-11-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ IR IS MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8376 |
MDA/THIRD PROTOCOL: SWISS READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Swiss Embassy provided post with a readout of the October 28-29 visit to Egypt by Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for consultations on the Third Protocol/Emblem issue. During her short stay, Calmy-Rey met with First Lady Suzanne Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed [...] |
2005-11-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG SW IS UNGA ICRC MEPN |
| 05CAIRO8392 |
EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 3 [...] (C) A key member of the ruling NDP's leadership recently defended the party's slate of candidates for the People's Assembly elections, which will be held in three stages, starting November 9 and concluding December 7. Many have assailed the NDP for favoring "old school" party veterans over yo [...] |
2005-11-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8397 |
EGYPTIAN JEHOVAH'S WITNESS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOE [...] (C) Summary: A senior member of Egypt's small community of Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) said that the GOE's persecution of the group is intensifying. He linked the persecution to the strident opposition to the group's beliefs by Coptic Pope Shenouda III. End summary. 2. (C) Raymond Girgu [...] |
2005-11-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO8398 |
EGYPT TO BACK USG ON SINGLE MEMBER STATE VETO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 09:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EG ITU |
| 05CAIRO8402 |
GOE ON WSIS AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (SBU) During a meeting with GOE Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel October 31, the Ambassador asked Kamel for the GOE's position on the recent European Commission proposal on Internet management (reftel) in the lead up to the Tunis World Summit on the Informati [...] |
2005-11-02 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EG |
| 05CAIRO8403 |
ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...] (SBU) Assistant Public Prosecutor Ahmed Zohny told poloff on November 1 that it would be "impossible" for the Egyptian Public Prosecution to provide to the U.S. assurances that explicitly promised that fugitive Sameh Khouzam would not be subject to torture in the event of his return to Egypt. [...] |
2005-11-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM EG |
| 05CAIRO8421 |
TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR [...] Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars during Ramadan. PA worked with members of the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute to arrange three iftars from October 19 to October 30. The iftar seminars took [...] |
2005-11-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO8424 |
APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8434 |
MUBARAK AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON SYRIA [...] (U) Neither the GOE nor the Arab League have have issued formal statements regarding UNSCR 1636. However, in a wide-ranging interview November 4 with Al Ahram newspaper, President Mubarak stressed the importance of maintaining Syrian stability. He also noted that he had discussed with Syria [...] |
2005-11-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SY EG IO UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8462 |
CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...] |
2005-11-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG |
| 05CAIRO8496 |
EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the MI-17 helicopters supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6 that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items reque [...] |
2005-11-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM PK EG |
| 05CAIRO8498 |
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT ISSUE IN EGYPT [...] (C) Egypt has witnessed two recent cases related to protection and expansion of freedom of speech. In the first case, State Security in Alexandria has arrested and detained a young blogger, Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman, apparently because his recent blog entries have carried strongly-worded at [...] |
2005-11-07 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG |
| 05CAIRO8499 |
EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (PA) BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 15, AND THAT NO NEW PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BE ISSUED. THE RECENTLY UPDATED LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPT CONSULAR INFORMATION S [...] |
2005-11-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG |
| 05CAIRO8501 |
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 4 [...] (SBU) On the final day of campaigning before Egypt's three-stage parliamentary elections kick off on November 9, the stage is set for numerous bitterly contested races. A number of members of the cabinet and other key GOE and opposition figures have their seats on the line in this first roun [...] |
2005-11-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG KPAL |
| 05CAIRO8533 |
CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met on October 26 to review post and interagency preparedness and collaborative efforts with the GOE, and to discuss recent meetings with the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), the Ministrsy of Foreign Affair [...] |
2005-11-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
| 05CAIRO8534 |
EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: USG FUNDING [...] (SBU) USAID and MEPI funds are supporting a wide range of initiatives linked to Egypt's 2005 parliamentary elections, which begin on November 9 and will continue through December 7. This message provides an update on unprecedented USG initiatives, which are proceeding without GOE interferen [...] |
2005-11-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV KDEM KMPI EG |
| 05CAIRO8543 |
EGYPT WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO INITIATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV EG |
| 05CAIRO8546 |
EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...] (SBU) Appearing on State TV on the evening of November 8, President Mubarak urged citizens to excersise their right to vote, characterizing it as a "national duty." On the morning of November 9, polls opened at 8 AM in eight of Egypt's 26 governorates. According to Embassy teams deployed in f [...] |
2005-11-09 10:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8554 |
EGYPT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - NOV 9 ROUND - [...] (SBU) Summary: Voter turnout in the first round of Egypt's parliamentary elections picked up as the afternoon began. Most polling stations are the scene of active campaigning by the National Democratic Party (NDP), Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and other independent candidates. Reports from Embas [...] |
2005-11-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8555 |
EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: ASSESSING DAY ONE [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly elections kicked off on November 9. For the first time in Egypt's long history of legislative elections, domestic civil society monitors played a prominent role in the proceedings. The unprecedented numbers of civil society monitors have also begun to yield a ve [...] |
2005-11-09 18:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8556 |
EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the first round of People's Assembly elections. As anticipated, many races have gone to a runoff stage, which will take place on November 15. There have been d [...] |
2005-11-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8587 |
ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devoting live coverage throughout the day of voting. Pro-government media coverage emphasized what it termed the election's "transparency" and high voter turn-ou [...] |
2005-11-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG |
| 05CAIRO8595 |
EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK EG |
| 05CAIRO8602 |
EGYPT: PATTERNS EMERGING AS PA ELECTIONS MOVE TO [...] (C) Runoffs for the first stage of Egypt's parliamentary elections will be held on November 15. Almost 80 percent of the constituencies will have runoffs. Emerging patterns include a predictably strong performance by the ruling NDP, a noteworthy show of strength by the Muslim Brotherhood, and [...] |
2005-11-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8603 |
MDA DEMARCHE TO EGYPT ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EG ICRC |
| 05CAIRO8615 |
EGYPT: FIRST-STAGE RUNOFFS IN THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Polls officially opened at 8AM and will close at 7 PM on November 15 for runoffs in the first stage of the People's Assembly elections, which launched on November 9. Runoffs are being held in 62 constituencies in five provinces including metropolitan Cairo, representing about 80 percent o [...] |
2005-11-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8617 |
ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA COMMENTS ON [...] (C) During a November 15 meeting, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador of his latest discussions with Syrian President Asad. Moussa said that when he saw Asad before his recent speech, Asad pledged: full cooperation with Mehlis; that he would tell any high official [...] |
2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG UNSC |
| 05CAIRO8618 |
EGYPT-DEMARCHE ON PREPARATIONS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a meeting with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and his Chief of Cabinet Hesham Youssef on November 15, the Ambassador delivered the points in reftel and received a brief on the status of preparations for the proposed November 19 Iraq conference. Moussa said: 50-60 Iraqis r [...] |
2005-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ AL EG |
| 05CAIRO8661 |
EGYPT: WSIS INTERNET GOVERNANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Visiting EB/CBA Frank Mermoud and Econoff conveyed reftel demarche on November 14 to Dr. Khaled Ismail, Senior Adviser to the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology. Dr. Ismail, who departed on November 15 to join the Egyptian delegation in Tunis, indicated that [...] |
2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV ETRD EG |
| 05CAIRO8663 |
EGYPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE FLAT NDP [...] (C) Summary: Though official results are not yet out, much "unofficial" data on results of the first round of People's Assembly elections is in circulation as of late afternoon, November 16. The unofficial results show a flat performance by the ruling NDP, complemented by a relatively strong [...] |
2005-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8700 |
DETAINED BLOGGER RELEASED; AUC STILL STYMIED IN [...] (SBU) Blogger Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman has been released after spending more than two weeks in the custody of Alexandria's State Security Investigative Service. Abdul Karim announced his November 13 release with a post on his blog (www.karam903.blogspot.com). Aside from his post, Karim ha [...] |
2005-11-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL EG |
| 05CAIRO8701 |
EGYPT: RESULTS OFFICIAL FOR THE FIRST STAGE OF [...] (C) The Chairman of the Parliamentary Elections Commission has formally announced the results of the first of three stages of Egypt's People's Assembly elections. The numbers track with "unofficial" results in circulation yesterday (reftel), including an acknowledged win of 34 seats for the M [...] |
2005-11-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8702 |
EGYPT ELECTIONS ROUND 2: THE VIEW FROM ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Alexandria governorate, home to Egypt,s second largest city, is among those voting in the second round of parliamentary polls November 20. Significant portions of the coastal city are considered strongholds of the Muslim Brotherhood. The ruling National Democratic Party did [...] |
2005-11-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8704 |
NEA A/S WELCH AND ARAB LEAGUE SYG DISCUSS GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch and the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa expressed his congratulations to the USG on brokering the Agreement on Movement and Access (the "Agreement"). Moussa also provided an update on pl [...] |
2005-11-18 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
| 05CAIRO8705 |
NEA A/S WELCH AND EGYPT'S FM ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] 4(b) and (d). Â [...] |
2005-11-20 04:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IZ EG IG |
| 05CAIRO8734 |
Egypt: Minister of Agriculture Discusses [...] Summary: Ambassador Ricciardone met with Egyptian Minister of Agriculture, Ahmed El Leithy, to discuss the Egyptian ban on imports of poultry products from all sources, and to discuss the upcoming USDA mission to assess status of implementation of the Bio-safety Protocol. The Ambassador als [...] |
2005-11-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO EG |
| 05CAIRO8745 |
THE BELL RINGS FOR ROUND TWO OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Egypt's second round of parliamentary elections--in Alexandria, and eight other governorates, where approximately 1700 candidates are competing for 144 seats--were conducted on November 20 amidst GOE arrests of Muslim Brotherhood activists and multiple reports of attacks by NDP "bullies" [...] |
2005-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8785 |
IRAQ: FIRST TWO DAYS OF AL MEETING MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The first two days of the Arab League (AL) Iraq National Accord Preparatory Meeting has gone as expected and mostly well. Speakers at the opening plenary were generally supportive of a democratic, pluralist, federal, united Iraq, with the exception of Muslim Ul [...] |
2005-11-21 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ EG PROG |
| 05CAIRO8786 |
EGYPT: MORE ON VIOLENCE, INITIAL RESULTS IN STAGE [...] (SBU) On November 20, the second stage of People's Assembly elections was held in the provinces of Alexandria, Gharbiya, Beheira, Qalyoubia, Suez, Fayyoum, and Qena. Violent incidents marred polling in a number of districts, particularly in the provinces of Alexandria and Beheira. While the mo [...] |
2005-11-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8812 |
ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE [...] (U) The text below represents an unofficial translation of the "Agreed Statement" produced following the three day Conference for Iraqi National Accord, held in Cairo November 19-21. BEGIN TEXT: "The Preparatory Meeting of the Conference for Iraqi National Accord convened at the Headquar [...] |
2005-11-22 13:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO8822 |
AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...] (C) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Mostafa Fiqqi, a prominent member of Gamal Mubarak's circle of "reformists" in the ruling NDP, in the gritty Nile Delta city [...] |
2005-11-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8850 |
SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MULTILATERAL ISSUES: GOE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DCM raised UN reform and the need for greater U.S.- GOE cooperation at the UN with Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naella Gabr on November 16. Gabr noted that Egypt differs from the U.S. on many reform initiatives, the use of country specific resolutions on hum [...] |
2005-11-23 11:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EG UN |
| 05CAIRO8873 |
SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC [...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...] |
2005-11-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG |
| 05CAIRO8875 |
AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON ELECTION [...] (C) During a telephone conversation on November 22, the Ambassador cautioned Egyptian Interior Minister Habib el-Adly about the violence which accompanied the start of the second stage of Egyptian elections on November 20 (reftels). 2. (C) After an initial discussion of the upcoming visit of [...] |
2005-11-23 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8876 |
KEY NDP REFORM FIGURE DEEMS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In our first discussion with leading NDP reformer Hossam Badrawi since he lost his run-off race for re-election to Parliament, Badrawi alleged he lost as a result of NDP corruption. He said that the parliamentary elections are a major setback to the reform wing of the ruling party. Badr [...] |
2005-11-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8877 |
IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) Following coordination through liaison channels and in the absence of the Deputy Foreign Minister and the Assistant Minister for Multilateral affairs, ECPO Minister Counselor and RMAS Deputy and briefer presented reftel demarche and associated briefing to Deputy assistant minister for D [...] |
2005-11-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL IR EG AORC |
| 05CAIRO8878 |
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to requests for information in reftel regarding the government of Egypt's (GOE) planning and response capabilities with regard to the threat of avian influenza (AI). The GOE has made AI a top priority, and has taken steps to mobilize government ministrie [...] |
2005-11-23 16:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL |
| 05CAIRO8911 |
EGYPT: SECOND STAGE RUNOFFS: MORE VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Runoffs for People's Assembly seats took place on November 26 in seven provinces. The November 26 polls were marred by street fighting, charges that security forces blocked access to some polling places, and charges that domestic monitors were threatened "systematically" and deni [...] |
2005-11-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO8916 |
EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP ON GEOGRAPHI INDICATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG |
| 05CAIRO8917 |
EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER URGES FTA ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nazif convoked the Ambassador on November 27 to make a strong plea for an FTA announcement during this week's TIFA Council meeting in Washington. Citing President Bush's promise to take "positive steps" by the end of the year, Nazif stressed that the GOE has demo [...] |
2005-11-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO8929 |
NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP [...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...] |
2005-11-29 11:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL EG |
| 05CAIRO8933 |
EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...] |
2005-11-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG |
| 05CAIRO8937 |
PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...] |
2005-11-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD |
| 05CAIRO8938 |
SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL EG OVIP |
| 05CAIRO8990 |
EGYPT: THIRD ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Egypt's third and final round of parliamentary elections got underway on December 1 amid reports of hundreds of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters. Polling stations in the areas visited by emboffs tended either to be calm amid very light turnout, or cordoned off by security p [...] |
2005-12-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO9053 |
EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY [...] (C) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Amir Salim, Nour's lead defense attorney, told the media he presumed the detention order was a prequel to a conviction and prison sentence. In late November mee [...] |
2005-12-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9054 |
EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC EG UNGA |
| 05CAIRO9055 |
SENATOR HAGEL'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting, President Mubarak discussed with visiting Senator Hagel Egypt's efforts to promote peace and reconciliation in Iraq and outlined some of the obstacles that stood in the way. Mubarak stressed his dim view of the Shi'a and opined that its ties to Tehran and their "d [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OREP ECON EG |
| 05CAIRO9056 |
FM ABOUL GHEIT INSTRUCTS GENEVA DELEGATION TO GO [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Chief of Cabinet Wifaa Bassam on December 2. After consulting with FM Aboul Gheit, Ambassador Bassam told the Ambassador in a follow up conversation on December 3 that Aboul Gheit had instr [...] |
2005-12-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL IZ SZ EG ICRC MDA |
| 05CAIRO9071 |
Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4: [...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...] |
2005-12-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG |
| 05CAIRO9072 |
INVESTOR INEXPERIENCE FUELS TELECOMS IPO BOOM [...] (U) On November 29, the GOE began its long-awaited divestiture of 20% of Telecom Egypt (TE), with an initial public offering of 10%, or 170 million shares, on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) sold to individuals, and the additional 10% being sold to institutions. After several [...] |
2005-12-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KGIT EG |
| 05CAIRO9086 |
WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 05:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC KPAO |
| 05CAIRO9100 |
TAKING STOCK OF EGYPT'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) After the relatively positive presidential elections, Egypt's parliamentary elections were marred by a low turnout, vote-rigging, and violence -- but nonetheless signify a new stage in the country's political transition. Gains by Islamists and the role played by civil society testify to a [...] |
2005-12-07 09:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9134 |
MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...] (C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...] |
2005-12-07 17:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE EG |
| 05CAIRO9135 |
EGYPT: WIDESPREAD OBSTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE AT [...] (SBU) December 7 saw runoff races for seats in most parliamentary constituencies in nine provinces of Egypt. Although many polling places appeared to be quiet and functioning normally, there were serious disruptions at many others. Emboffs witnessed security force obstruction of polling place [...] |
2005-12-07 17:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9167 |
EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-08 12:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EG |
| 05CAIRO9168 |
EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION [...] (U) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS CHANGED FROM FPCON CHARLIE TO FPCON BRAVO. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHARLIE MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED: CHARLIE 4, CHARLIE 5, CHARLIE 7, CHARL [...] |
2005-12-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ASEC EG |
| 05CAIRO9177 |
AYMAN NOUR CASE DISCUSSED WITH GAMAL MUBARAK AIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO9178 |
POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS FOR EGYPT'S CHRISTIANS: [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mubarak has decreed that registered Christian groups will face new, less restrictive regulations governing repair and rebuilding of existing churches. Church repair and rebuilding has been a perennial problem for Egypt's Christians, as documented in the Department' [...] |
2005-12-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF EG |
| 05CAIRO9179 |
HONG KONG MINISTERIAL: EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A points on TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity to Dr. Samiha Fawzy, First Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry, and separately to Walid El Nozahy, Head of the Ministry's WTO Office (who had no formal response). During the meeting, Faw [...] |
2005-12-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON EG WTO |
| 05CAIRO9180 |
UN REFORM: AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI'S DECEMBER 10 [...] (C) During a December 10 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, followed by a more detailed discussion with senior MFA multilateral affairs staff, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for UN Reform Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli drew out Egyptian concerns on UN reform efforts and [...] |
2005-12-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EG UNGA UNSC |
| 05CAIRO9208 |
CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met November 8 to review Mission preparedness and interactions of Mission organizations with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on AI prevention. Although surveillance has detected no H5N1 in Egypt, post continues to work on prepa [...] |
2005-12-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED ASEC CMGT TBIO |
| 05CAIRO9209 |
EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL HEADS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of political opposition leader Ayman Nour, supervised by Judge Adel Abdel-Salam Gom'a, has been characterized by all of the irregularities and inconsistencies of the first two trials of Saad Eddin Ibrahim in 2001-2002, also tried by Judge Gom'a. The prosecution has gene [...] |
2005-12-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 05CAIRO9249 |
ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing (FMF), regional affairs, and internal politics during their December 1 meeting, held while Mr. Rodman was in Cairo for the annual Military [...] |
2005-12-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9252 |
DEFENSE CHIEF OF STAFF OFFERS REGIONAL OVERVIEW [...] (C) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces LTG Samy Enan and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed MoD's image in Washington D.C., regional affairs, foreign military financing, direct commercial contracts, and political release of new systems during their November 30 meeting during the [...] |
2005-12-13 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPAL PTER IS SY EG IG |
| 05CAIRO9254 |
EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...] |
2005-12-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
| 05CAIRO9263 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...] |
2005-12-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG |
| 05CAIRO9271 |
ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE [...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...] |
2005-12-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG |
| 05CAIRO9293 |
EGYPT TELLS EB/CBA MERMOUD IT'S "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" [...] (SBU) During his meetings with a large sampling of Egypt's political and business leaders, EB/CBA Frank Mermoud heard that while Egypt is "open for business" due to positive policy reforms, significant challenges to business development remain. Expanding outreach to |