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07BAGHDAD1385 | IRAQI LEADERS OFFER CONDOLENCES AFTER VIRGINIA [...] (U) Iraqi Political leaders, including President Talabani, Vice-President Hashimi, and Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani offered their condolences both to the President as well as to the Ambassador in the wake of the shootings at Virginia Tech on April 16. 2. (U) The below let [...] | 2007-04-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1386 | IRAQ COMPACT: GOI ACTIONS AND POST RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The confluence of the May 3 Compact launch and the May 4 Neighbors, Conference adds a further important dimension to the Compact process. This message lays out embassy thoughts on how to get the greatest bounce from the Compact event and leverage the Saudi debt relief offer to [...] | 2007-04-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN |
07BAGHDAD1387 | COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL OPIC SUPPORT FOR BALTIMORE [...] Post has no information to report on the Iraq Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) that would prevent OPIC support. The MoWR is a national level agency within the Government of Iraq responsible for management of Iraq's ground and surface waters. The Ministry's annual capital investment budget [...] | 2007-04-23 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1388 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON POTENTIAL IRAQ MIDDLE MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1389 | PM ADVISOR SEES OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE SADRISTS, [...] (C) Sami al-Askari, advisor to Prime Minister Maliki and member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the A/DCM on April 18 that the "withdrawal" of the Sadrist ministers was a good step because it would give the Prime Minister freedom to choose new and better ministers. Asked if [...] | 2007-04-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1390 | MAYSAN ON THE EVE OF PIC [...] (S) Recent intelligence assessments have described Maysan province as ripe for continued violence, despite the imminence of transition to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC). Maysan's history of inter-militia and inter-tribal warfare sets the backdrop for this assessment. However, there is a ne [...] | 2007-04-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1391 | ACTION REQUEST: TURKISH SPRING DEPLOYMENT INSIDE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On April 18, the Turkish Liaison Team Chief passed a letter to Multi-National Corps -Iraq Commanding General informing him of Turkish plans to deploy military forces to five locations inside Iraq within the next [...] | 2007-04-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINR PREL TU PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1392 | STAFF SHARE VIEWS ON IRAQI PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting on April 11, members of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's staff told PolOffs that Talabani's health continues to improve, but his staff continues to try to limit his activities, including his desire to travel. His staff shared Talabani's techniques for fostering coope [...] | 2007-04-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1393 | IRAQ-IRAN PIPELINE PROJECT AND OIL/FUEL SWAP [...] (C)In an April 21 meeting, the State Oil Marketing Organization's head of the Crude Oil Marketing Commission told econoffs that he was under pressure to conclude a contract with Iran to swap crude oil for refined fuel products. The contract stems from Memoranda of Agreement signed by Oil Mini [...] | 2007-04-23 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1398 | SENATOR COLEMAN DISCUSSES INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senator Coleman (R-MN) met with the Chair of the National Investment Commission Dr. Abbas Mehdi on April 21, who described a lack of GOI support for a professional and effective Commission. Senator Coleman noted the importance of the development of the private sector and offered [...] | 2007-04-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1399 | KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The small Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) party has established a platform in favor of reform of the political party system in the Kurdistan Region to promote openness, a stronger economy, and broader political participation, according to several of its members. As a marginal par [...] | 2007-04-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1401 | MALIKI BLOCKS MEETING WITH OCINC ADVISOR (S) [...] (S) Prime Minister Maliki has apparently barred employees of the Office of the Commander in Chief from meeting with coalition representatives according to a National Security Council official, Major General Naqshbadne. On April 24, polmiloff arrived for a scheduled meeting with the Director o [...] | 2007-04-24 18:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1408 | ENDING TRADE BANK OF IRAQ'S MONOPOLY OVER LETTERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the President of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Hussein Al-Uzry, Treasury Attache, CETI Coordinator and USAID Director, Deputy Prime Minster Barham Salih called for ending TBI's monopoly over GOI Letters of Credit (LC). "It's a bottleneck," DPM Salih sa [...] | 2007-04-25 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1417 | REMOVING IRAQ'S YELLOW CAKE [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 7). 2. (S) SUMMARY: We believe that it is time for the US to remove the 550 tons of yellowcake uranium stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. We do not believe that the Iraqi government will be able to sell it to an appropriate buyer in [...] | 2007-04-26 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1424 | NINEWA'S PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FULLY FUNCTIONAL [...] (U) The Ninewa Provincial Council (PC) has evolved into a fully-functioning political body that debates and resolves provincial issues of the day. With this maturity, Ninewa PRT has assumed a role with Ninewa's PC that a U.S. Mission office would normally play in a developing democracy. Acco [...] | 2007-04-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1425 | BAGHDAD CHRISTIANS SAY INSURGENTS DISPLACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate meetings with PolOff, three Christian contacts since April 16 have verified April 17 Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) on-line news reports that Sunni insurgents have begun a new campaign to displace Christian residents of Baghdad's Doura district. Having a [...] | 2007-04-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM MOPS KIRF PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1426 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN DESPERATE FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din (SaD) is desperate for reconciliation, especially debaathification reform and reintegration of the former Iraqi Army (IA). In the new PRT Team Leader's round of introductory calls on the Governor, Deputy Governor, [...] | 2007-04-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1430 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 25 MEETING WITH BULGARIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an April 25 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Valeri Ratchev, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Iraq, discussed Iraq-related issues that might be raised during President Bush's planned trip to Bulgaria in June and the upcoming International Compact Ministerial meeting at Sharm [...] | 2007-04-26 16:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR ECON PTER PREL PGOV IZ BU AF |
07BAGHDAD1432 | UNAMI BROACHES POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has suggested that it may be able to play a constructive role in resolving the final status of Kirkuk and other disputed territories as outlined in Article 140 in two "informal" documents given to poloffs by UNAMI Deputy Specia [...] | 2007-04-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1433 | FADHILA LEADER SHARES PLAN FOR CREATING MORE [...] (C) Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Fadhila bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari shared with PolCouns on April 24 Fadhila's plan to create a more effective opposition to the Maliki government. Al-Shammari characterized the government as weak and corrupt, but acknowledged that the CoR w [...] | 2007-04-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1434 | PM OFFICE BLAMES UNAMI STAFFER FOR BIASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki's staff has expressed concerns to post about what it characterizes as "inaccuracies and misrepresentations" in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) human rights report released April 24. UNAMI did not consult substantially with the GOI in [...] | 2007-04-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1436 | DAWA HOLDS PARTY CONFERENCE - BUT WHO IS THE [...] (U) The Dawa party held its first party conference since the fall of Saddam on April 19-21 at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad's International Zone. Between 75 and several hundred party members (depending on whom one asks) from throughout Iraq attended the conference. Conference organizers invite [...] | 2007-04-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1437 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBES SUBORDINATE TO PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In Salah ad Din (SaD),the provincial government is clearly the leader in policy and security, and the tribal sheikhs follow the government's lead. Representative of this relationship, ranking tribal authority and Sheikhs' Counc [...] | 2007-04-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1438 | FM READOUT OF TRIP TO IRAN, TURKEY [...] (S) Summary. In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, FM Zebari described his April 25-26 meetings in Tehran as producing "good, constructive results," and expressed confidence that Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki will attend the Sharm el-Sheikh conference. Zebari stated he h [...] | 2007-04-28 18:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1439 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES U.S. CONCERN ABOUT UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern with UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) SRSG Qazi about content of UNAMI's human rights report released August 25. The report mischaracterized conditions for U.S.-held security detainees, failed to note Iraqi progress in some sectors, and [...] | 2007-04-28 19:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD144 | SCIRI/BADR LEADERS CONCERNED OVER ESCALATING [...] (S) Summary: SCIRI/Badr leaders, including Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Humam Hamoudi, Hadi al-Amri, Mohsin al-Hakim (son of Abdulaziz al-Hakim),and Rida Jawad Taqi, expressed concern to the Ambassador in a January 12 meeting about escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Briefly describing the [...] | 2007-01-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1442 | UNION OF KURDISTAN WOMEN IN SULAIMANIYAH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Zhinan Union of Kurdistan Women (ZUKW) supports the rights of Kurds to self-determination and freedom and the opportunity for women to exercise a broad range of civic and legal rights. ZUKW is supported by Iraqi public and international agencies and Iraqi President Jalal T [...] | 2007-04-29 05:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD145 | VP MEETS VP ABDEL MEHDI ON THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE [...] (S) Summary: PM Maliki and VP Abdel Mehdi met with the Ambassador January 12 to discuss the new Baghdad Security Plan, and the importance of GOI political support to ensuring the plan's success. Maliki asserted that ISF's heightened security operations would target anyone, Sunni or Shia, who [...] | 2007-01-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1451 | MUTHANNA-BASED IRAQI ARMY UNITS UNREADY FOR BSP [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Army,s Second Battalion, Second Brigade of the Tenth Division, based in Muthanna, is comprised of poorly motivated soldiers who appear ill-prepared for their imminent participation in the Baghdad Security Plan. During six days of training exercises with Australian force [...] | 2007-04-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PINR PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1452 | ABDEL MEHDI DISCUSSES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, [...] (S) Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi discussed the course of the U.S.-SCIRI strategic dialogue further with the Ambassador in an April 27 meeting. Abdel Mehdi said that, upon reading the papers provided by the U.S. side for the security, economic, and political committees (ref A),he was conc [...] | 2007-04-29 19:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD146 | DEPUTY PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES TO AMBASSADOR SADDAM'S [...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prosecutor Monqith Al-Faroun described Saddam's execution, including the people present, the cell phone video and the verbal taunts from guards at the scene. He stated that he saw two Iraqi officials using their phones and that on [...] | 2007-01-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1463 | TWO DAWA LEADERS SAY DEBAATHIFICATION WILL BE HARD [...] (C) In separate conversations with PolCouns April 28 and 29, Dawa leaders and Council of Representatives (CoR) members Ali al-Adeeb and Haider al-Abadi mentioned small signs of Shi'a and Sunni politicians working together but indicated that deBaathification reform would be hard to achieve in t [...] | 2007-04-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1464 | DPM SALIH REVIEWS COMPACT DEALS [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih described to Treasury Attache on April 29 the results of a number of GOI efforts to engage the international community in advance of the launch of the International Compact on May 3 in Sharm el-Sheikh. These efforts have produced good progress securin [...] | 2007-04-30 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1467 | SCENESETTER: IRAQ ON THE EVE OF SHARM AL SHAYKH [...] (S) Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki will arrive in Sharm Al Shaykh under no illusions about the views his neighbors hold of him personally and his government. He resisted holding such a conference outside Iraq, concerned that others would use it to try to impose solutions upon Iraqis or [...] | 2007-04-30 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD147 | CODEL BAYH/CLINTON/MCHUGH MEETS WITH IRAQI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, 2007 Senator Bayh (D-IN),Senator Clinton (D-NY) and Representative McHugh (R-NY 23) met with the Iraqi government leadership over lunch, and then held separate meetings with Prime Minister Al-Maliki and Vice President Abdul Mehdi. Many of the CODEL's questions foc [...] | 2007-01-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1474 | DPM SALIH ON BUDGET EXECUTION AND COMPACT [...] (C) In a meeting with Economic Counselor and Treasury Attache on April 30, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih discussed ongoing progress and challenges in improving GOI budget execution, and final preparations for the International Compact with Iraq launch on May 3. DPM Salih said that the G [...] | 2007-05-01 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1475 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT, UPDATE FROM BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Against the backdrop of intense diplomacy on the Neighbors' Conference and a difficult political environment, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has done a good job of getting international support for the Compact lined up. Given the relatively short lead time following the decision [...] | 2007-05-01 19:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1479 | ADHAMIYA WALL DIVIDES POLITICIANS FROM REALITY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 05:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD148 | IRAQI PM OUTLINES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the PM briefed the Ambassador on his plans for implementing the new Baghdad security plan, in the presence of the team he has assembled: Shiite VP Mehdi, who will coordinate political support; Sunni DPM Zawbai, in charge of bringing services to cleared areas; Ku [...] | 2007-01-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1483 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TORTURE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 22, Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) employee Amar Sabrih (strictly protect) told PolOff Iraqi police tortured him and nine other detainees at a Baghdad police station near the Khadra area of Baghdad (Mahalla 639) during March 21 to 25. According to Sabrih, they conce [...] | 2007-05-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1498 | UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BASRAH TO TRANSFER BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, UK Secretary of State for Defense Des Browne told the Ambassador that August is a key month for UK forces in Basrah. If all goes as HMG plans, Multi National Division-Southeast will transition Basrah to provincial Iraqi control (PIC) and hand the Basrah Palace keys ov [...] | 2007-05-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PNAT PINS MARR MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1499 | INTERMEDIATE RECONCILIATION MEASURES FOR PM MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: As intermediate reconciliation measures, PM Maliki could follow up on his March visit to Anbar with further outreach to Sunni areas; take steps to mitigate the effects of de-Ba'athification; appoint a senior Sunni adviser; make a targeted political push for a consensus candidate f [...] | 2007-05-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD15 | PRT TIKRIT: LOCAL POLITICIANS "REJECT IDEA" OF A [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. At a December 26 political roundtable, keyed-in Salah ad Din (SaD) politicians (all Sunni Arabs) "rejected the idea" that a national moderate front - potentially comprising SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP - could effectively wor [...] | 2007-01-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD150 | KURDISH REACTION TO RAID ON IRANIAN OFFICE [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (U) Summary: Kurdish press and government officials reacted on January 12 to an early-morning security operation by Coalition Forces in Erbil the previous day in which five Iranians were taken for questioning. [...] | 2007-01-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL KMDR IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD1500 | PM CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah commented on steps to improve the government's sectarian inclusiveness and the Iraqi perspective on Iranian attempts to exert influence in an April 29 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission. DCM reviewed Section 607 authority as [...] | 2007-05-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1505 | THE KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) members told RRT off that they would like to increase the dialogue on a range of issues between the KIG and USG. They similarly said they wanted to see more USG engagement with moderate Islamic political parties in Kurdistan and more broadly in Ira [...] | 2007-05-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1506 | LOCAL SURVEY SHOWS STRONG OPPOSITION TO ADHAMIYA [...] (C) During an introductory meeting on May 3 convened by Adhamiya-Taji EPRT Team Leader, Adhamiya District Advisory Council (DAC) Deputy Chairman Dawood Aadhmi reported that he conducted a formal survey of 3,000 residents of the Adhamiya neighborhood. The survey offered respondents five optio [...] | 2007-05-06 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1507 | PRT TIRKRIT: SALAD AD DIN HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN PM [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial government leaders, politicians, tribal sheikhs, and local imams, all say that meaningful reconciliation is not possible under the al Maliki administration. With their ident [...] | 2007-05-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1511 | ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON INTERMEDIATE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Reftel identified intermediate measures PM Maliki could take to keep momentum on reconciliation. We offer three additional thoughts. First, the PM's office should focus on making certain all reconciliation efforts are announced publicly and well-publicized when they happen, both in natio [...] | 2007-05-06 19:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1513 | PM CHIEF OF STAFF TARIQ ABDULLAH VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah discussed his upcoming trip to Washington May 6-10 with the DCM in a series of meetings on April 29 and May 2. Dr. Tariq outlined the concern among Prime Minister Maliki's inner circle that the U.S. views Iraq through a sectarian le [...] | 2007-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1521 | CODEL BOND EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 meeting with SCIRI chairman Abdelaziz al-Hakim, CODEL Bond--Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO),Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA),Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME),and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)--impressed on al-Hakim the importance of quick progress on key legislative issues related to [...] | 2007-05-07 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1525 | CHALABI AIDE DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION IN KARKH, [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff May 1 that Chalabi,s staff met this week with Jaysh Al-Mehdi (JAM) and Sunni extremist elements from the Karkh district to promote reconciliation. The aide, Sermad Al-Qaisy, [...] | 2007-05-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1526 | CHALABI AIDE DISCUSSES DETAINEES, VIEWS ON GOI [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff May 7 that Chalabi has received permission from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to place four lawyers each in three MOD detention facilities in the greater Baghdad area. He al [...] | 2007-05-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1528 | UNAMI - AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE LEADERSHIP AND [...] (S) Summary. The August renewal of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) mandate and expiration of Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi's third term in office provide an opportunity to expand UNAMI's contribution to reconciliation, especially in t [...] | 2007-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD153 | MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...] | 2007-01-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD1531 | MINISTER OF PLANNING SAYS BUDGET EXECUTION IS [...] (C) In a May 7 meeting with Coordinator of the Economic Transition Ambassador Carney, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban said that slow budget execution is a systemic, government-wide problem, although MoPDC data indicates that it is improving compared to 2006. [...] | 2007-05-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1532 | SCIRI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: FIRST POLITICAL [...] (S) At the first meeting of the political committee of the U.S.-SCIRI strategic dialogue (ref),both sides agreed to begin discussions by sharing their views on how each of Iraq's three major communities viewed the new Iraq. Most of the conversation focused on the Sunnis, with the SCIRI side [...] | 2007-05-09 04:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1536 | PART 1 OF 3: HOW SADRISTS TOOK SADR CITY COUNCIL [...] (C) This cable forms the first part of a three-part series on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, tw [...] | 2007-05-09 06:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1537 | PART 2 OF 3: MODERATES ENDURE IN SADR CITY COUNCIL [...] (C) This is the second of three cables on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, two leading moderates [...] | 2007-05-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1538 | PART 3 OF 3: WHOEVER RULES SADR CITY, RULES BAGHDAD [...] (C) This is the third of three cables on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, two leading moderates on [...] | 2007-05-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1539 | IRAQ-IRAN - THE SHATT AL ARAB BORDER DISPUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's detention of 15 British naval personnel in March highlighted long-standing tensions along the Iraq-Iran maritime boundary and the importance of helping Iraq develop the diplomatic and military tools necessary to defend its frontiers against intrusion and infiltration. The d [...] | 2007-05-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1540 | KIRKUK FACING WORST WATER SHORTAGE IN TEN YEARS [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Low precipitation in Lake Dokan's watershed means that Dokan Dam's electrical generation this year likely will be 25 percent less than last year's and Kirkuk faces its most serious water shortage in the last ten years, with a significant impact on farmers in Kirkuk's restive A [...] | 2007-05-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD1544 | PRT TIKRIT: INCREASED ATTACKS IN SALAH AD DIN WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (S) Since the early February sta [...] | 2007-05-10 08:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MCAP PINR PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1550 | ACCELERATING BUDGET EXECUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1552 | IDENTIFYING MODERATES IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the first of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage and empower moderates. 2. (C) Summary: Baghdad Province is home to many people who reject violence as a means to achieve political ends, respect [...] | 2007-05-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1562 | COR DEPUTY SPEAKER GIVES UPDATE ON KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a May 10 meeting with Khalid al-Attiya, First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, PolCouns raised the following USG priorities: -- Provincial powers law. Al-Attiya said that the government had not yet forwarded its comments to the CoR and that he had urged Minister of [...] | 2007-05-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1569 | SCIRI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: ECONOMIC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the first meeting of the US-SCIRI economic dialogue, both sides agreed on the need to coordinate economic activities with local partnership and engagement. Much of the discussion focused on the need to understand economic policy and to implement USG activities within a framew [...] | 2007-05-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1570 | KURDISTAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON MAY 9 TRUCK BOMBING [...] SUMMARY: (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of the Interior Sinjari told us that the May 9 truck bombing of the Ministry of Interior building in Erbil had killed 14 and wounded 123, and was carried out by Al-Kataib Kurdistan, an element of Al-Qaida. He said the organizers of the [...] | 2007-05-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1571 | PRT TIKRIT: SAMARRA'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Amidst a deteriora [...] | 2007-05-13 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1572 | MG FASTABEND'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH IRAQI VP HASHEMI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Iraq's Sunni VP Tariq Hashemi, MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Operations MG Fastabend underscored MNF-I support for Anbar province volunteers to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Coalition efforts to look into problems with recruits' pay; explai [...] | 2007-05-13 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1576 | CORRECTED COPY: ACCELERATING BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Capital budget execution in Iraq is a problem acknowledged by all levels of the Iraqi government. The GOI recognizes that delivering goods and services is a vital aspect of economic governance, and a major element of the GoI's popular reputation. Given the importance of capital [...] | 2007-05-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1577 | TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRAQ BORDER: [...] (C) SUMMARY. A well-placed Kurdish security official told IPAO that the level of recent shelling along the Iraqi-Turkish border was not unusual. He confirmed the location of seven Turkish military positions and two Turkish logistical offices inside Dohuk Province. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...] | 2007-05-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER MOPS IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1580 | THE KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) members told RRTOff that they would like to increase the dialogue on a range of issues between the KIG and USG. They similarly said they wanted to see more USG engagement with moderate Islamic political parties in Kurdistan and more broadly in Ira [...] | 2007-05-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1582 | MAY 11 IRAQ-EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The principal purpose of the May 11, 2007, Executive Steering Committee meeting was to obtain the Committee,s assessment of the effectiveness of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) to date. Prime Minister Maliki asked the Committee members whether the public felt that improvements are b [...] | 2007-05-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS IZ PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD1583 | POLITICS AND VIOLENCE IN IRAQ'S NINE SOUTHERN [...] (U) This cable was drafted by PRT Muthanna IPAO and PRT Najaf IPAO and reviewed by PRT team leaders or REO director from all provinces covered. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) This cable is a comparative overview of the drivers of political competition and violence across the nine Shi [...] | 2007-05-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR KDEM IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1584 | MINDEF AGREES TO DETENTION REFORM AS POPULATION [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At the urging of MNSTC-I Commanding General Lieutenant General Dempsey, Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir agreed on May 6 to address the abuse and substandard detention conditions discovered recently by an MOD-led inspection team visit to the Baghdad military intelligen [...] | 2007-05-14 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1587 | IRAQ'S SCIRI PARTY HOLDS CONFERENCE, CHANGES ITS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) held a party conference at its Baghdad headquarters on May 10 and 11. According to SCIRI contacts, several hundred people attended, including national and provincial leaders of SCIRI and the organizations under its umbrella [...] | 2007-05-15 04:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1588 | BAGHDAD MODERATES WANT CHANGES IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the second of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage moderate politicians and empower moderate movements. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Baghdad moderates are frustrated with Baghdad's governing elite and the p [...] | 2007-05-15 05:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1593 | MALIKI RESHAPES THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to reshape the Iraqi national security architecture seem to be producing increasing centralization of power in the hands of an inner circle of Shia Islamists at the expense of the formal chain of command. Defense Minister Abd al-Qadir, a S [...] | 2007-05-15 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1597 | Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Dohuk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The majority of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Dohuk Province are from two groups: Iraqi Christians from Mosul who moved for economic reasons or fled sectarian violence; and Iraqis from Baghdad and other parts of Iraq who fled due to the security environment. The off [...] | 2007-05-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1601 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISAPPOINTED IN SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, both Shia and Sunni Baghdad residents from all parts of the city have expressed to PRT Baghdad frustration with what they called the disappointing progress of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). On the security front, most said dire security conditions still prec [...] | 2007-05-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1603 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN ANBAR ASK FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 for action. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfourian refugees camped in west Anbar continue to ask for third country resettlement. While UNHCR and MNF-I are still meeting most of the refugees' basic needs, morale is low after two years living in precario [...] | 2007-05-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1604 | INFORMAL COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITION SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Post obtained a copy of a petition signed by a majority of Iraq's Council of Representative (CoR) members calling for a timeline for the withdrawal of MNF troops, which has been the object of much speculation (translation in para 7). The Sadr Bloc took the lead on rounding up 1 [...] | 2007-05-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1605 | CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: PREPARING FINAL [...] (C) Summary. The Constitutional Review Committee's (CRC) May 15 deadline to submit its recommendations to the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed with measurable progress on key issues but without final consensus on issues such as resource distribution and power-sharing. The most compreh [...] | 2007-05-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1606 | DHI QAR: FIGHTING BETWEEN JAM AND IRAQI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL MNC-I) Summary: This is a situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) and elements of [...] | 2007-05-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1607 | CHALDEAN PATRIARCH AGREES TO EXTEND COMBAT OUTPOST [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a May 14 meeting with MNF-I and Embassy representatives, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly and Vice Patriarch Bishop Shlemoon Wardoni requested that Coalition Forces (CF) continue to maintain Combat Outpost (COP) Amanche at the Chaldean Church's Babel College of Philos [...] | 2007-05-17 02:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IZ VT |
07BAGHDAD161 | IRAQI PRESIDENT MEETS WITH IRANIAN SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq and head of the PUK party, told RRToffs on January 11 that he had concluded an agreement with a delegation of Iranian security advisors whereby his home province of Sulaimaniyah would import fuel from Iran and Iran would turn over to Sulaimaniuyah [...] | 2007-01-16 08:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD1611 | VP ABDEL MEHDI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: In a May 15 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that he hoped to have a revised draft of a deBaathification reform law to the Presidency Council early next week. He confirmed that he and Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi had agreed on the principles for re [...] | 2007-05-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD1613 | BAGHDAD NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND (NEC) [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) In the wake of the indirect fire into the NEC on May 15, 2007, which resulted in the death of one and injury to five First Kuwaiti construction workers and damage to an NEC apartment block, I have instructed the RSO, in collaboration with [...] | 2007-05-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1614 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1620 | DEPUTY FM ON WORKING GROUPS: PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with PolCouns, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi updated on the status of working groups discussed at the March 10 Neighbors Conference and formalized at the May 4 Ministerial conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. The working groups will focus on border and secur [...] | 2007-05-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1621 | PRT TIKRIT: TIKRIT LAW SCHOOL LEARNS ABOUT U.S. [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (SBU) In a first of its kind May 14 lecture, the PRT's Rule of Law Advisor, a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, gave an overview of the U.S. Justice system to over 40 law school students and faculty from the University of Tikrit's [...] | 2007-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1622 | TALABANI DISCUSSES PRESIDENCY-PM MEETING, PCNS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said that a May 15 meeting between the Presidency and the Prime Minister (the so-called "Council of Four") had gone well and that Vice President Hashimi had seemed satisfied. He informed the Ambassador tha [...] | 2007-05-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1625 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for trainin [...] | 2007-05-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1626 | DHI QAR SITREP: REPORT ON FIGHTING IN DHI QAR [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL AUS, UK, USA) Summary: This is the second situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) [...] | 2007-05-20 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1630 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-05-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1632 | PRT TIKRIT: DEPUTY GOVERNOR CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah H. M. Ajabarah al Jabouri called for the GOI to commit to a "reconciliation timeline" in a May 16 meeting with MNC-I CG LTG Odierno and MNF-I Deputy CG LTG Lamb. Saying "the GOI [...] | 2007-05-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1645 | BAGHDAD SADRISTS LIKELY TO WIN NEXT PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Provincial elections in Baghdad, if run as a single-district party-list vote, will most likely result in a Sadrist-dominated provincial government. Baghdad moderates believe Sunni citizens in Baghdad would be better [...] | 2007-05-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1646 | ADMIRAL FALLON URGES SIIC LEADER TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Abdelaziz al-Hakim, leader of the newly renamed Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC),CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon urged al-Hakim to use his leadership position to work toward reconciliation. Al-Hakim promised to do so, but noted that Iraq' [...] | 2007-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1647 | COMCENTCOM ADMIRAL FALLON AND IRAQI VP AL-HASHIMI [...] (S) Summary. Visiting COMCENTCOM Admiral William J. Fallon, accompanied by Ambassador Crocker, met with Vice President and Sunni bloc leader Tariq al-Hashimi May 12 to press for progress on political benchmarks. Al-Hashimi stated his genuine desire for progress on key reconciliation issues in [...] | 2007-05-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1648 | HOW TO GET A JOB AT THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Young men and women in Baghdad struggle with the challenges of finding jobs, starting families and living in a violent city. Ali Dabbagh, an office manager for the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) Chairman, claims he did not get [...] | 2007-05-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1649 | CLARIFYING THE UN ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Michael Schulenburg told the SIPDIS Ambassador May 18 that UNAMI urgently needs a new UN resolution to update and expand its mandate. Schulenburg described what he termed a lack of political will at the UN as the mo [...] | 2007-05-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1650 | IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SITES COOPERATION DEFICIT [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani relayed the full slate of Sunni Tawafuq bloc complaints to the Ambassador May 19, noting the challenges facing the CoR as pressure builds for it to take on hydrocarbons and de-Ba'athification reform laws, which he stresse [...] | 2007-05-21 00:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1654 | TWO ISSUES REGARDING IRRF RE-OBLIGATION AUTHORITY [...] As the infrastructure programs supported by Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds (IRRF) come to an end over the next year, it is important that we retain the ability to shift funds among projects through re-obligation authority. We also need to make the de-obligation/re-obligation procedures m [...] | 2007-05-21 07:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1655 | COR'S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REQUESTS BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) According to Council of Representatives and Economic Committee Member Amirah Al Baldawi, the Committee is beginning an aggressive program of its own to pressure both the national and provincial government to execute their capital budgets promptly. The Economic Committee will ask for prog [...] | 2007-05-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1659 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1660 | ROCKETS SLIGHTLY DAMAGE IRAQI PARLIAMENT BUILDING, [...] (C) At approximately three this afternoon two rockets (believed to be 107 mm) struck the Iraqi Parliament Building located in the International Zone (IZ). The Council of Representatives was not in session and there were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure reported. Ground rada [...] | 2007-05-21 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PINS |
07BAGHDAD1662 | PRT ANBAR: IMPROVING SECURITY BRINGS PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Anbar Provincial Council held its first official meetings in the provincial capital of Ramadi in over a year on May 3 and May 13. Having fled to Baghdad in the face of insurgent threats in March, 2006, council members attribute [...] | 2007-05-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1664 | FADHILA AWAITS ANSWER FROM SADRISTS, JAFARI, IIP [...] (C) Fadhila bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari told PolOffs May 20 that he had recently traveled to Najaf to discuss Fadhila's proposal for a "national front" (ref A) with the Sadrists' political bureau. Despite his urging, al-Shammari said, the Sadrists told him they wanted to remain "independe [...] | 2007-05-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1665 | DCM MEETS WITH GOI LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Economic Minister Counselor discussed the hydrocarbon revenue management law and upcoming hydrocarbon legislation negotiations with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tarik Abdullah, Minist [...] | 2007-05-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1666 | MALIKI SAYS NEIGHBORS AND JAM ARE SERIOUS THREATS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told General Petraeus and the Ambassador May 17 that he was frustrated with his neighbors' continued treachery against him and Iraq. Maliki also expressed distress over Jaysh al-Mahdi and said he intended to act more aggressively against t [...] | 2007-05-22 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1672 | ISCI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: SECOND POLITICAL [...] (S) Summary: At the second meeting of the political committee of the U.S.-ISCI (formerly SCIRI) strategic dialogue, ISCI members briefly discussed their recent conference. A discussion of a CoR petition calling for a timetable for coalition withdrawal ensued, with PolCouns urging ISCI leade [...] | 2007-05-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1680 | MAY 11 IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On May 18 Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) meeting to discuss progress of supporting committees and their achievements over the last week in implementing Fardh Al-Qanoon (FAQ) initiatives and requirements. This week's [...] | 2007-05-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD169 | KURDISH REACTION TO RAID ON IRANINA OFFICE [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (U) Summary: Kurdish press and government officials reacted on January 12 to an early-morning security operation by Coalition Forces in Erbil the previous day in which five Iranians were taken for questioning. [...] | 2007-01-16 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PTER KPAO KMDR US IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD1696 | PM OF IRAQI KURDISTAN DISCOUNTS NATIONAL [...] (C) On May 17 outgoing Kurdistan Regional Coordinator Yellin, accompanied by incoming Acting Regional Coordinator Patterson, paid a farewell call on Nechirvan Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Barzani said that Iraqi Sunni and Shia Arabs will never [...] | 2007-05-23 01:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ECON PREL US IR SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1697 | CHALABI AIDE RELAYS POPULAR COMMITTEE COMPLAINTS [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),gave PRToff a summary May 19 of the weekly meeting of representatives from popular committees from across the city. Popular committee members meet with Chalabi,s staff weekly to discus [...] | 2007-05-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1699 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We request the release of U.S. sensors and weapons (described in para 3-5) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) for incorporation onboard Iraqi Air Force (IAF) aircraft to advance the GOI's counter-terrorism capability and sec [...] | 2007-05-23 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1700 | KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and Econ Counselor, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani, and former DPM Rowsch Shaways discussed the mood in Washington and the need for political progress in Iraq. The meeting was also attended by several KRG [...] | 2007-05-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1702 | AMBASSADOR AND VP ABDEL MEHDI DISCUSS VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In a May 21 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi expressed his deep appreciation to the Ambassador for the assistance given by the USG to ISCI leader Abdelaziz al-Hakim. He thanked the USG for its quick facilitation of all steps leading to the diagnosis and treatment of al-Hakim, incl [...] | 2007-05-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1707 | U.S.-ISCI ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Participants at the second meeting of the U.S.-ISCI economic dialogue discussed U.S. agriculture and micro-credit programs and the need for private sector development. (Note: At a party conference on May 10 and 11, SCIRI decided to change its name to the Supreme Iraq Islamic Cou [...] | 2007-05-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1711 | NINEWA'S GOVERNOR FADING [...] (S/NF) Ninewa's Governor Duraid Kashmoula has shown progressively greater mental and physical impairment over the last several weeks. His behavior has become unpredictable and counterproductive; his effectiveness as Governor and PRT and Coalition interlocutor is now questionable. However, h [...] | 2007-05-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PBTS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1712 | STATUS OF WOMEN IN SADR CITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sadr City District Advisory Council Members Suaad Allami and Hayder S. Zedan told EPRToffs May 22 that educational and employment opportunities for women in Sadr City have diminished significantly since 2003, due to religious doctrine, security concerns and infrastructure problem [...] | 2007-05-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1731 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the release of AN/PVS-7 (Gen 3, 1250 FOM) Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) and AN/PEQ-2 Target Pointer Illuminating Aiming Lights (TIAPL) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Mini [...] | 2007-05-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1732 | SHI'A OFFICIALS VOICE CONCERN OVER EVENHANDEDNESS [...] (C) CoR members Qassim Daoud and Taha Dera (both Solidarity Bloc, Shi'a coalition) discussed with the Ambassador on May 21 their concerns about the evenhandedness of MNF in Diyala. Daoud told the Ambassador that Ayatollah Sistani's "representative" had recently asserted during Friday prayers [...] | 2007-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1738 | LETTER FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER JA'FARI TO [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister and current Council of Representatives member Ibrahim al-Ja'fari gave the Ambassador a letter to President Bush on May 23. Full text of the letter is below. Begin Text: His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States of America I would like t [...] | 2007-05-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1739 | IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE SUBMITS [...] (C) Summary. On May 23 the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) submitted its interim report to the Council of Representatives (CoR). CRC Chair Humam Hammoudi (ISIC),and Deputy Chairs Fouad Ma'sum (PUK) and Ayad Sammarai (IIP) addressed the CoR to explain the progress the CRC has made. They [...] | 2007-05-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD174 | MINISTER OF TRADE ON THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY, PDS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Emboffs, the Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al Sudani (Shi'a - Da'wa Tanzim) stated his support for the new security and economic strategy in Iraq. He discussed the Ministry of Trade's plans for a new tracking system of food transport to reduce corru [...] | 2007-01-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1741 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the full release of U.S Generation III AN/PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq for use by the Iraqi Army to enable improved counterterrorism operations and reduction of potentia [...] | 2007-05-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1742 | STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE LAUNCHED WITH ISCI [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 20, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard that the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (ISCI) looked forward to developing a "special" security partnership with the United States. Abdel Mehdi recommended advancing the relationship by f [...] | 2007-05-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1747 | CODEL BAIRD VISITS RAMADI, MEETS WTIH LOCAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: CODEL Baird, which consisted of Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT),visited Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi on May 22, where the congressmen met with the Mayor of Ramadi and Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, a Provin [...] | 2007-05-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OEXC PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD175 | COR MEMBER DICUSSES BUDGET, POWER STRUGGLES, AND [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Shi'a - Iraqiyya) discussed the budget, the Prime Minister's struggle for power, and the new economic plan with the Economic Minster-Counselor on January 15. Dr. Hafedh said that the Ministry of Finance violated the Financial [...] | 2007-01-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1754 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBAL SHEIKHS DISCUSS RECONCILIATION; [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C //REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. At a May 23 Salah ad Din (SaD) Sheikhs' Council meeting, the thirty plus assembled tribal sheikhs discussed the lack of tangible progress on national reconciliation, recommended a national conference for triba [...] | 2007-05-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1755 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER JA'FARI LAMENTS LACK OF [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting, former Prime Minister and current Council of Representatives member (Shi'a Coalition, Dawa) Ibrahim al-Ja'fari hailed President Bush's decision to topple Saddam Hussein as a historic and strategic decision that Iraqis will view as "an Iraqi national decision." He liste [...] | 2007-05-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1756 | UK AMBASSADOR PROPOSES MEDIATION FOR IRAQ'S [...] (S) British Ambassador to Iraq Dominic Asquith described May 23 to the Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) a plan to prod Iraq's national party leaders to agree to a joint vision and set of principles. Iraqi leaders would then translate their agreement into a public declaration with a cred [...] | 2007-05-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1757 | IRAQI MFA AGREEABLE TO TRILATERAL PKK MEETING, BUT [...] (S) Deputy polcouns delivered reftel Turkish desired deliverables to Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Labeed Abbawi May 27. Abbawi said the GOI is willing to meet in trilateral format with the GOT and USG on PKK issues. However, Abbawi rejected any military action by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) t [...] | 2007-05-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1759 | IRAQIYYA MP PACHACHI DISCUSSES WITHDRAWAL FROM GOI [...] (C) Summary and comment: Former Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) President and cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party member Adnan Pachachi met with Ambassador May 22 to discuss Iraqiyya's plans to form a cross-sectarian opposition bloc. Ambassador welcomed Pachachi back to Iraq after long and fr [...] | 2007-05-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD176 | COR MEMBER DISCUSSES BUDGET, POWER STRUGGLES, AND [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Shi'a - Iraqiyya) discussed the budget, the Prime Minister's struggle for power, and the new economic plan with the Economic Minster-Counselor on January 15. Dr. Hafedh said that the Ministry of Finance violated the Financial [...] | 2007-01-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1760 | CODEL BAIRD MEETING WITH FADHILA PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) met with independent Shia Fadhila party leader Hassan al-Shammari May 22. Discussions centered on the current political and security situation in Baghdad and issues of national reconciliation. Al-Shammari explained [...] | 2007-05-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1762 | CODEL BAIRD MEETS IRAQI PARLIAMENT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) met Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani and First Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Atiya for a review of the situation in Iraq on May 22. The Speaker gave a Sunni perspective, with al-Atiya naturally [...] | 2007-05-28 01:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR JO IZ |
07BAGHDAD1773 | FADHILA LEADERS GIVE AMBASSADOR OVERVIEW OF PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Fadhila leaders Hassan al-Shammari, Basim al-Sherif, and Karim al-Yacoubi laid out to the Ambassador Fadhila's position on key legislative issues. They said there was political pressure on the Prime Minister to "certify" a vote of no confi [...] | 2007-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1774 | 25MAY07 IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 Deputy Prime Minister Zoubai chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) meeting to discuss progress of supporting committees and their achievements over the last week in implementing Fardh Al-Qanoon (FAQ) initiatives and requirements. The meeting for [...] | 2007-05-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD178 | NEW PM POLITICAL ADVISOR LAMENTS WEAK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki's new political advisor George Bakoos outlined changes in the PM's office and described the obstacles holding back transfer of provinces to Iraq control (PIC) and cabinet changes: an under-equipped Iraqi military and weak political pa [...] | 2007-01-17 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1780 | UNAMI SRSG QAZI'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Ashraf Qazi told the Ambassador that SIPDIS Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani would be publicly adamant about holding the Article 140 referendum this year; privately, he may be amenable to a d [...] | 2007-05-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1781 | A SUNNI PERSPECTIVE: ADNAN AL-DULAIMI SHARES HIS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Council of Representatives member and Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan al-Dulaimi (Iraqi People's Conference) discussed the greatest threats Iraq faces - terrorism and sectarianism - and his ideas for solutions. Al-Dulaimi pledged to cooper [...] | 2007-05-28 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1787 | TUWAITHA SITE SECURITY [...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On Sunday, May 27, 2007, Emboffs met with Dr. Srood R. Najib, the head of the International Organization for Multilateral Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A substantial portion of the discussion involved the nuclear materials stored at the Tuwaitha si [...] | 2007-05-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY |
07BAGHDAD1790 | BUILDING CAPACITY AT THE COR FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Chair of the Finance Committee at the Council of Representatives Ayad Samarai (Tawafuq - Iraqi Islamic Party) discussed building institution capacity with Econoff and USAID representative on May 27. He described efforts to review the Government of Iraq's budget execution process [...] | 2007-05-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1792 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140, PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and Kirkuk Governor Abdulrahman Mustafa discussed May 24 Kirkuk's current security situation, economic status, Article 140 implementation, the relationship between the provincial government and the central government, and the boycott of the Provincial Council by the [...] | 2007-05-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1793 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Envoy Oguz Celikkol said Turkey will propose that the Neighbors Conference energy working group meet June 14-15 in Istanbul. Celikkol and the Ambassador discussed ways to keep participation in the working group from becomin [...] | 2007-05-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ENRG TU SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1795 | VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...] | 2007-05-30 01:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1802 | REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON FURTHER UNAMI DRAWDOWN [...] (C) This is an Action Request. See paras 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In late May 2007 Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) announced wihin his organization the draw down of international UNAMI staff in Ba [...] | 2007-05-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KDEM IO UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1806 | IRAQ COMPACT: DPM BARHAM SALIH APPROVES [...] (SBU) According to Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih,s office, the DPM has approved a UN-drafted framework for establishing a Secretariat to govern implementation of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI). DPM Chief of Staff Ahmed Salman, joined by UN and World Bank representatives [...] | 2007-05-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1813 | VP ABDEL MEHDI AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW KEY [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on May 29 that the revenue sharing component of the hydrocarbon law was very close to completion. The major outstanding issue, he said, was the mechanism of distribution of surplus revenue to regions and provinces. The Ambassa [...] | 2007-05-31 05:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD1821 | MINISTRY OF TRADE'S GULF IRAQI EXPO [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Baghdad considers the Gulf Iraqi Expo to be a serious Ministry of Trade effort, run by the State Company for Iraqi Fairs. The U.S. Foreign Commercial Service in Iraq's website includes a link to the Expo, which was postponed from March 2007 to November 200 [...] | 2007-05-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EINV ETRD IZ |
07BAGHDAD1832 | FORMER GOVERNOR OF BAGHDAD ASKED TO TAKE ISCI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the third of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage moderate politicians and empower moderate movements. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former Governor of Baghdad Ali Fadel al-Misir recently took a position as [...] | 2007-06-03 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1833 | SADRIST COR MEMBER CALLS FOR TRUST-BUILDING [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with the DCM, Sadrist Council of Representatives (CoR) member Baha al-Araji (protect) said that Muqtada al-Sadr was not in full control of his organization, which was falling prey to "small groups with regional support." Describing the trust between the U.S. and the S [...] | 2007-06-03 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1837 | STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ISCI CONTINUES [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a May 27 meeting of the joint Coalition - Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) Security Committee, Badr Organization leader (and CoR Security and Defense Committee Chairman) Hadi al-Amri told MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects MG Winfield Scott that ove [...] | 2007-06-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1838 | SUBJECT: FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON OIL REVENUE LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and the central Government of Iraq have been making importatant progress in completing negotiations on a draft of the Oil Revenue Management Law. Recent negotiations have resulted in important breakthroughs in a number of [...] | 2007-06-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG |
07BAGHDAD1839 | UNHCR AND ICRC ON MEK: YOU TOOK THEM, YOU OWN THEM [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 26, a MNF-I/U.S. Embassy delegation consulted with ICRC and UNHCR representatives in Amman on the future of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) members who were granted 'protected persons' status by the United States in 2004 and currently reside in Diyala province under C [...] | 2007-06-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER MARR MACP MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1848 | ISCI POLITICAL COMMITTEE DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON [...] (C) The conversation in the third meeting of the ISCI-U.S. political committee focused on causes of violence in Iraq's central and southern provinces and how to encourage moderates. While recognizing violence in Shi'a-majority areas as a problem, ISCI participants urged the U.S. to focus on [...] | 2007-06-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1849 | NINEWA'S IIP: MORE DEMOCRACY PLEASE! [...] (C) Ninewa's Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) continues to press for early provincial elections prior to referenda scheduled under the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 process to resolve disputed territories, especially as violence in Ninewa directed against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) e [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD185 | U.S. RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY ATTACK [...] (S/ REL TO RUS) Summary: In response to the January 10 attack on the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and the associated Russian request for assistance, MNF-I had roving patrols and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor the Embassy. End Summary. Russian Embassy Attacked ---------------------- [...] | 2007-01-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC MOPS PREL PTER RS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1850 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS -- EASED BUT STILL SEVERE [...] (C) The Manager of the Northern Oil Distribution Company, Mohammed al-Zibari, reports that up to 40 per cent of Ninewa's fuel needs are now being met by fuel deliveries from Bayji refinery. New fuel contracts with Syria and Turkey are pending; renewed deliveries from those countries are requ [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV SY TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1851 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI ON UNSCR MID-YEAR REVIEW [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance: see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On June 4, 2007, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari provided Ambassador Crocker with a copy of a draft letter he intends to send to the United Nations prior to the mid-year review of UNSCR 1723 on June 14. The draft letter r [...] | 2007-06-04 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | UN MARR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1866 | BAGHDAD: SUNNIS IN AMERIYA ATTACK AQI -- WHY [...] (S) SUMMARY: An uprising in the Sunni-predominant Baghdad neighborhood of Ameriya continued June 4, after five days of fighting between Sunni residents and Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). This unexpected uprising offers insight into the process of securing Baghdad, including the nature of Sunni-on-Sun [...] | 2007-06-05 17:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1876 | JUNE 1 SULIMANIYAH INCIDENT [...] (C) Post appreciates Ankara's reftel assessment and suggestions regarding the June 1 encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga in Sulimaniyah. We recognize Turkish sensitivity to even what would appear to be a very minor incident. 2. (C) KRG officials and Kurdish media indicat [...] | 2007-06-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1882 | BADR HEAD CALLS FOR EMPOWERING LOCALS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a 3 June meeting of the joint Coalition - Iraqi Security Committee, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq deputy and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amri outlined to Embassy and MNF-I officials several issues that he feels are critical for establishing security, including: [...] | 2007-06-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1887 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 3 MCNS [...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 3 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that, similar to previous years, in advance of the June UNSCR review, he would prepare a letter for the United S [...] | 2007-06-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1888 | SULAIMANIYAH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISCUSSES INSURGENT ACTIVITY [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The head of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense Intelligence Service (MODIS),Sulaimaniyah branch, said he operates independently of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its dominant political parties. MODIS collects [...] | 2007-06-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBS PGOV PREF PTER PINR TU IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1889 | UPDATE ON BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil Reporting Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi military leaders in Dohuk Province request additional resources from the Iraqi central government and the USG to cover the Iraq-Turkey border area in Dohuk Province. They cite 22 instances of Turkish military action in Dohuk [...] | 2007-06-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PINS PTER IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD1894 | BUILDING ON SHARM: WORKING GROUPS HAVE LITTLE [...] (C) The Working Groups formalized during the May 4 Sharm el-Sheikh Conference have moved forward slowly in the past month, despite GOI efforts to organize themselves (Ref A). The status of the three working groups is as follows: -- ENERGY: Turkey responded to a letter from the Ministry [...] | 2007-06-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1895 | UNAMI SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140, KIRKUK, AND [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stated in a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador that, because of Kurd inaction, an Article 140 referendum on the status of Kirkuk was no longer technically [...] | 2007-06-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL UN |
07BAGHDAD1898 | BAGHDAD'S KARADAH DISTRICT IS HAVEN FOR RICH AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Local council leaders from the Karadah district of Baghdad told PRTOff that since they began recording the number of displaced persons in their district, 4,000 families have moved into Karadah, and that in the past three weeks th [...] | 2007-06-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD190 | COR MEMBER QASEM DAOUD DISCUSSES TEHRAN, POTUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) independent Qasem Daoud discussed with the Political Counselor on January 12 his recent trip to Tehran and the Iranian reaction to the late December detention of Iranian diplomats in Iraq. Daoud was shocked by how much influence he felt the Iranians d [...] | 2007-01-17 18:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1910 | DISPLACEMENT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ATTACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) Director General of Planning, Ali Shalan, informed the Embassy Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) that MODM will assign refugee attaches to Iraqi Embassies in the region to assist the estimated two million externally displaced Iraq [...] | 2007-06-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD1913 | SADR SEEKS TO CONNECT WITH BAGHDAD GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT Reporting Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Hussein al-Tahan (Badr) told PRToff on June 7 that he was recently invited to a conference of provincial governors hosted by Moqtada al-Sadr. Governor Tahan's Deputy Governor Qassim N'ima al-Duraji (Sadrist) attend [...] | 2007-06-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1915 | NATIONAL POLICE DETAINED FOR SUNNI MOSQUE BOMBING [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY. On June 9, Iraqi Security Forces detained two National Police commanders for possible involvement in the June 8 bombing that damaged the Sunni Al Fattah Pasha mosque in Baghdad,s Al Bayya neighborhood. The bombing follows two recent high profile cases of sectarian atta [...] | 2007-06-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1924 | DAWA LEADER HOPEFUL PROVINCIAL ELECTION DATE CAN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with Acting Pol Couns, Dawa leader and deputy Chair of the Shi'a Coalition Ali al-Adeeb said the provincial powers law was "almost done" and that when it was done a date for provincial elections could be set. There was no need to revise the elections law, al-Adeeb con [...] | 2007-06-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1933 | DCM URGES VP ABDEL MEHDI NOT TO EXCLUDE SUNNIS AND [...] (S) In a June 10 meeting, the DCM urged Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi not to exclude Sunni moderates from any efforts to re-energize the Iraqi government in the wake of Shi'a and Kurdish concerns over the "Cairo declaration" (reftel). Abdel Mehdi assured the DCM that there was no intention [...] | 2007-06-11 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD1934 | COR SPEAKER MASHADANI ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) Summary: An altercation between CoR Speaker Mashadani's security detail and another MP early on June 10 put focus on the long-standing desire of many CoR members to remove him as Speaker. The CoR voted June 11 to consider the Speaker to be on leave until such time as a replacement from [...] | 2007-06-12 01:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1940 | DEMARCHE: PROPOSED DELISTING OF PERSONS UNDER [...] (S//NF) In response to reftel (A),econoff delivered demarche on &Proposed delisting of persons under UNSCR 15188 to Ambassador Surood Najib, Head of the International Organization and Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday June 6, 2007. Najib ide [...] | 2007-06-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN IZ PREL UNSCR |
07BAGHDAD1942 | AYAD ALLAWI RUMORED TO RETURN, MANY IN IRAQIYYA [...] (S) Summary. Ayad Allawi, former Prime Minister and chief of the Iraqiyya bloc, is expected to return to Baghdad in the next week following several months traveling in European and Arab Capitals to drum up international support for a secular, cross-sectarian front as an alternative to the Mali [...] | 2007-06-12 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1944 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to engage the Government of Iraq (GOI) on the need to end all enforcement of the Arab League Boycott, urging officials at all levels to end this unfair trade practice. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih told the Ambassador on June 8 that he w [...] | 2007-06-12 17:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV KBCT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1945 | DEMARCHE: REMAINING OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) In response to action request in reftel c, econoff met with Ambassador Srood Najib, head of the International Organization and Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),on Wednesday June 6. Econoff re-iterated the USG,s desire to close-out remaining Oil-for F [...] | 2007-06-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1948 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI TO FOCUS ON OIL LAWS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 10, Prime Minister Maliki assured the Ambassador of his commitment to getting the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft laws in front of the Council of Representatives as a package within days. He also pledged to bring de-Baathification and prov [...] | 2007-06-13 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1950 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 10 MCNS [...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir summarized his proposal to address the shortage of officers in the Iraqi armed forces. Minister of Interior Jawad Bu [...] | 2007-06-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PNAT PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1955 | IRAQI POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FIGURES CALL FOR [...] (C) The second bombing attack on the Imam Ali al-Hadi "al-Askariya" or golden mosque in Samarra occurred at approximately 0900 local time June 13 resulting in the destruction of two minarets. The first attack in February 2006 set in motion major retaliation against Sunni mosques and an increa [...] | 2007-06-14 01:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1956 | POTENTIAL NEW COR SPEAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Since the June 11 vote in parliament to send Speaker Mashadani on indefinite leave, his political bloc has been trying to coordinate his graceful departure and a nominee to replace him. Uncertainty may continue until a new speaker gains the vote of an absolute majority of 138 Co [...] | 2007-06-14 01:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1960 | MEETINGS WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING THE TUWAITHA [...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the period between May 30, and June 5, Emboffs met with a number of representatives from the Government of Iraq (GOI) regarding removal of the natural uranium (yellow cake) and four high-level radioactive sources stored at the Tuwaitha site. In each meeting, Embo [...] | 2007-06-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1964 | AMBASSADOR, CG MEET WITH PM FOLLOWING SAMARRA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki June 13 within hours of the attack on the al-Askari mosque in Samarra to discuss immediate next steps. The PM imposed a curfew beginning at 1500 local time in Baghdad and called for extra security [...] | 2007-06-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD1969 | ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (IMK) members told RRT Erbil they seek consistent dialogue with the US, recognition and funding from the two dominant political parties of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and representation in the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA). Weakened [...] | 2007-06-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1973 | GOI REQUESTS HELP TO CONVENE DISPLACED IRAQIS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ JO |
07BAGHDAD1974 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with PolOff, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim reported that the Council of Ministers (CoM) on June 12 decided that Iraq should maintain both a Human Rights Commission, which is constitutionally mandated, and a Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR). The minis [...] | 2007-06-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1977 | ADHAMIYA SUNNIS DISCUSS SECURITY, VIEWS ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Sunni members of the Adhamiya District Council (DC) told PRToffs June 5 that the Iraqi Army (IA) and both Sunni and Shia extremists are the primary sources of instability in the predominantly Sunni areas of the district. They added that many average Sunni citizens in the district [...] | 2007-06-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1978 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Embassy Baghdad requests country clearance for refugee coordinator Rafael Foley to travel to Syria June 20 to June 22. The purpose of the trip is to join visiting Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Office Director of Assistance for Asia and the Near East Richard Albright and [...] | 2007-06-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF AMGT ASEC SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1981 | FOURTH ISCI SECURITY MEETING FOCUSES ON POPULAR [...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the fourth Coalition-Iraqi Security Committee meeting on 11 June, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard that leveraging the potential of local communities through Popular Committees could fill the intelligence and security v [...] | 2007-06-17 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1982 | DPM ZOUBAI ON SUNNI PARTICIPATION AND IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, DCM Speckhard met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Salam Zoubai. The DPM bemoaned the continued marginalization of Sunni leaders within the political process, citing specific problems his office has faced in gaining access to allocated funds. The DPM warned about [...] | 2007-06-17 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ |
07BAGHDAD1990 | SCATTERED PROTESTS AND REPRISALS FOLLOWING SECOND [...] (C) Summary: So far, the response to the second bombing of the holy Shia al-Askariya mosque in Samarra June 13 has been restrained, compared to the first attack in February 2006, which sparked large-scale sectarian violence. However, the violence following the first attack on Samarra did not [...] | 2007-06-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IR |
07BAGHDAD1991 | MEETING BETWEEN DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State David Satterfield, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker met with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih (DPM) to discuss a range of issues from security and budget execution to the draft hydrocarbon-related laws and re [...] | 2007-06-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL |
07BAGHDAD1992 | MEETING WITH KRG NEGOTIATOR ROWSCH REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Ambassador Crocker and Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard met with Dr. Rowsch Shaways, the lead KRG negotiator in the effort to prepare a Revenue Management law that the Council of Ministers can submit to the Council of Representatives. Dr. Shaways delivered copies o [...] | 2007-06-17 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD1993 | DEPUTY SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari told the Deputy Secretary June 13 that Baghdad security had deteriorated, and al-Jafari worried about the potential impact of that morning's Samarra bombings. He was not convinced that the Neighbors' Conference in Egypt was bearing [...] | 2007-06-17 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1994 | DEPUTY SECRETARY CALLS ON VP ABDEL MEHDI FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Secretary pressed Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi June 12 that Iraqis needed to make this the "last minute" in the effort to achieve progress on key reconciliation legislation. Abdel Mehdi replied that principles of the hydrocar [...] | 2007-06-17 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IR IZ PGOV PINS PNRG PREL SY XF |
07BAGHDAD1995 | DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BSP WITH LOCAL IRAQI [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Special Advisor to the Secretary on Iraq Satterfield and four Baghdad community leaders for dinner at his residence June 12. Primary topics of discussion were the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),elections, and what would happen if U.S. force [...] | 2007-06-17 17:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINS PREL SY XF |
07BAGHDAD1996 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH KRG PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: During June 13-14 meetings in Erbil with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Secretary Negroponte urged strong and visible KRG action against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to prevent Turkish milita [...] | 2007-06-17 18:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD200 | LIFE IN DHI QAR [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (U) Summary: Life for the average citizen of Dhi Qar is challenging, but is considered better than in most parts of Iraq. The provincial government has legitimacy in the minds of the average citizen, the rule of law, though nascent and troubled, does pro [...] | 2007-01-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD201 | HASHIMI WARNS AGAINST WITHDRAWAL, ADVOCATES SUNNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi told CODEL Brownback on January 9 that a withdrawal of coalition forces would send the wrong message to Iraqis and to the world. He called for a compact for Sunni engagement and pushed for the call-up of former Iraqi Army reserves as a way to [...] | 2007-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2010 | PROTESTANT CHURCH LEADERS SAY CHRISTIANS NEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pastor Estawri Haritounian and Pastor Bardilyan Yousif Aziz Hanna, representing the National Protestant Evangelical Church in Iraq, informed PolOff on May 10 that due to increased targeting of Christians in Iraq, they were seeking protection and resettlement for members of their [...] | 2007-06-18 16:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL KDEM KIRF IZ |
07BAGHDAD2011 | RELIGIOUS RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE ENDS WITH [...] (U) Summary: The two-day Iraqi Inter-Religious Congress conference on the violence in Iraq brought together a geographically and ethnically diverse group of approximately 55 religious and tribal leaders and parliamentarians. Although the primary product of the conference was agreement on a re [...] | 2007-06-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2012 | SUNNI POLITICIANS SEEK COR INSPECTIONS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The cross-sectarian Human Rights Committee of the Council of Representatives (CoR) has repeatedly voiced, especially through its Sunni representatives, a desire to conduct independent detention center inspections. Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim confirmed to PolOff June 13 [...] | 2007-06-18 17:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2019 | SHIA CLERIC BAHR AL-ALOOM DISCUSSES SAMARRA [...] (C) Summary. Highly respected Shia cleric from Najaf and former Iraqi Governing Council member Seyyid Muhammed Bahr al-Aloom met with the Ambassador June 15. Bahr al-Aloom shared the Ambassador's optimism concerning the positive stance taken by Iraqi political and religious leaders following [...] | 2007-06-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ KISL PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD202 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER JAFARI OFFERS HIS ADVICE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a dinner with the Ambassador on January 15, former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari evaluated Iraq's development since 2003 and shared his opinions on future policies the Government of Iraq (GOI) should make. He criticized the Sunni Arabs in government and characterized ma [...] | 2007-01-18 17:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2020 | IRAQIS UNDERTAKE SARAFIYA BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2007, suicide bombers detonated a truck laden with explosives while driving over the Sarafiya Bridge. The ensuing blast destroyed the historic bridge, bringing down the main central spans, affecting municipal traffic flow and commerce. As important, the bridge wa [...] | 2007-06-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL SOCI |
07BAGHDAD2021 | DEPUTY SECRETARY EMPHASIZES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki told the Deputy Secretary that the hydrocarbon law and the de-Baathification reform law would be sent to the Council of Representatives this week and passed this month. He expressed doubt, however, that progress on legislative priorities would lead to a reduction in [...] | 2007-06-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINS PREL SY XF |
07BAGHDAD2022 | DPM ZOBAIE DISCUSSES SERVICES, BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) During a meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and chairman of the Baghdad Security Plan's services subcommittee, Salam Zobaie (Sunni, Iraqi People's Conference) described security as the best service the Iraqi Government (GOI) can provide. He criticized budget ex [...] | 2007-06-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINS PREL SY XF |
07BAGHDAD2025 | PM SPEAKS TO AMBASSADOR AND COMMANDING GENERAL IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Prime Minister Maliki's June 14 meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, he said that the latest Golden Dome bombing showed Al Qaeda continues to attack holy sites to foment sectarian discord, making it critical to ensure that key shrines will be adequately pro [...] | 2007-06-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2026 | PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Since mid-2005, Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committees (PRDCs) have worked alongside provincial governments across Iraq. Developed to build capacity of newly elected provincial governments, PRDCs continue to provide assistance throughout the provinces. They are a premier pr [...] | 2007-06-19 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PREL SOCI |
07BAGHDAD2027 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: At a luncheon hosted by the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Deputy Secretary emphasized the importance of provincial elections and constitutional review to advance national reconciliation. Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Sheikh Khalid Al-Attiya (Shia - United [...] | 2007-06-19 19:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
07BAGHDAD2028 | MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND [...] (C) On June 17, the Energy Attache and others met with the Minister of Science and Technology, Ra,id Fahmi Jahid, and several of his directors general regarding a number of issues, including those associated with the Tuwaitha site. The Minister reported that he had not completed the letter a [...] | 2007-06-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2029 | SENATORS MCCASKILL AND CARPER MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] Sen. McCaskill first inquired about the DPM,s perspective of the American public,s frustration with progress toward stability in Iraq. The DPM responded that when he first returned to Iraq, he was shocked at the level of devastation he observed after thirty-five years of neglect and Saddam,s [...] | 2007-06-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD203 | RUBAIE ON STATE OF EMERGENCY, PORTS OF ENTRY, AND [...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: During a January 16 meeting, National Security Advisor Rubaie said that he needed ideas for the political and economic parts of the Baghdad Security Plan, noting that the Japanese Ambassador had expressed an interest in helping with vocational training centers. He said [...] | 2007-01-18 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PREL PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2031 | IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVINCIAL [...] (C) The work of the Provincial Reconstruction and Support Teams based at Hillah (PSTs Karbala-Wasit and Najaf-Diwaniyah, and PRT Babil) has been of concern to Embassy Management and senior Department officials for some time. The effectiveness of our Hillah-based personnel has been hampered b [...] | 2007-06-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2034 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PM INVITATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 17, Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Kanbay told the Ambassador that he had given Prime Minister Maliki an invitation to visit Turkey in late June, but the PM had declined. He said Turkey is preparing for the Neighboring Countries Energy Working Group meeting to be followed by a [...] | 2007-06-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD204 | RRT COORDINATOR LUNCH WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At a lunch with Regional Coordinator and Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Officers on January 11, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani praised the speech by President Bush on the new Iraq strategy. Talabani asked [...] | 2007-01-18 17:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER EINV ENRG IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2040 | LEGAL AMBIGUITY IN BAGHDAD GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad is ruled by political elements seeking to maximize their influence in an environment of legal and institutional uncertainty. Provincial powers legislation that defines the authority of a provincial government, and legislation that specifically describes Baghdad's status [...] | 2007-06-20 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2041 | WHY SADR CITY MODERATES REMAIN INDISPENSIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami told poloff June 5 that the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) rely upon moderate independents to register civil society organizations, write project proposals, draft legal contracts, and [...] | 2007-06-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2042 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GEORGE ADAIR AND J. [...] Embassy Baghdad's Econ Section requests country clearance for George Adair and Palmer Roseli to travel to Manama, Bahrain, June 25-26, 2007 to attend a meeting of the MENA-OECD Investment Programme working group. Econ also requests country clearance for travel to Dubai to meet with Amcit Jam [...] | 2007-06-21 01:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | APER OTRA |
07BAGHDAD2044 | STRUCTURES AND CONFLICT IN BAGHDAD GOVERNANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Understanding Baghdad's government structure assists in understanding the violence that occurs when political rivalry turns into institutional conflict. Competition over the power to distribute and profit from government services is a major source of instability in the capital. [...] | 2007-06-21 06:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2045 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL LEADERS SHOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The June 13 bombing of the Sammarra Golden Mosque was met by Salah ad Din leaders with calm concern, matched with expressions of public confidence in the ability of Iraqi Security Forces to restore order. After receiving the new [...] | 2007-06-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2047 | TALABANI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HYDROCARBON LAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 12 lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, President Talabani said he would engage SIPDIS the Turkish Government in an attempt to reduce tensions along Iraq's northern borders but dismissed the idea of GOI military action against PKK elements in Iraq. President [...] | 2007-06-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2048 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-06-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD205 | JANUARY 9-11 IRAQ/UAE BUSINESS EXCHANGE CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Al-Anbar Governor Ma'amoun al-Alwani and a delegation of Anbari businesspeople attended the Iraq/UAE Business Exchange Conference in Dubai on January 9-11 seeking to attract foreign investment to the province. Stressing that local g [...] | 2007-01-19 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV AE IZ |
07BAGHDAD2050 | KADHAMIYA DC CHAIR DISCUSSES SECURITY, RUMORS, [...] (C) Summary: The Kadhamiya District Council (DC) Chairman told PRToff June 10 that the residents in his district remain frustrated by the continued activities of militias and terrorists and poor public services. He also said that he and other secular moderates would like U.S. support ahead of [...] | 2007-06-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2051 | Iraq Generates 5000 MW of Electricity - ITAO Project [...] SUMMARY. On June 7, 2007 electricity peak production in Iraq achieved a milestone of 5000 MW and on the next day production reached 5208 MW. After a short downturn, over 5000 MW was again attained on June 13th and 14th. These are the highest production levels since August of 2006 and represe [...] | 2007-06-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SOCI IQ |
07BAGHDAD2055 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 17 MCNS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 17 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Maliki conveyed his outrage over a public conference held by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) earlier in the week and stressed that the GOI should tak [...] | 2007-06-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2059 | MFA ON WORKING GROUPS: NEIGHBORS ONLY FOR ISTANBUL [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting with Political Counselor, the Deputy Foreign Minister, Labeed Abbawi, confirmed the Energy Working Group will meet in Istanbul June 28-29. The Arab League and Iran have confirmed their attendance at the meeting, he said. Syria has stated that it will not host the Sec [...] | 2007-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD206 | PRT TIKRIT: LOCAL POLITICIANS VIEW PRESIDENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Ajbarah and other engaged local politicians termed President's Bush "New Way Forward in Iraq," as outlined in his January 10 speech, as a "military solution to a political problem." A [...] | 2007-01-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2067 | IRAQ'S HANDLING OF THE CURFEW AT THE BAGHDAD AIRPORT [...] SUMMARY: Following the recent al-Askiri Mosque bombing, the Government of Iraq imposed a curfew. Curfews, of course, have complex consequences. The GoI's successful handling of the curfew in regard to passenger traffic at the Baghdad International Airport showed its increased abilities to plan [...] | 2007-06-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2070 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) On June 21, 2007, the Ambassador, Meghan O'Sullivan, the Economic Minister-Counselor, and others met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (VP) to discuss a range of topics. The Ambassador expressed some frustration with so many senior officials from the Government of Iraq (GOI) traveling [...] | 2007-06-24 17:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PLO |
07BAGHDAD2073 | MEK - FINDING A HOME AND RESTRICTING THEIR [...] SUMMARY (C/REL MNF-I) On June 22, Prime Minister Maliki's political advisor, Sadik al-Rikabi, told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is committed to finding third-country residences for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) population residing in Camp Ashraf. He said that [...] | 2007-06-25 01:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD2082 | ACTION REQUEST: POLICY GUIDANCE FOR MEK [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is a request for policy guidance. Please see para 12. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: In the past week, the Prime Minister has insisted in separate meetings with the Ambassador and the Political Counselor that all Mujahedin e-Khalq active and former members must leave Ir [...] | 2007-06-25 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2083 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN - FUEL SUPPLIES FROM KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Insufficient fuel for electric power generating units threaten to continue electricity shortages in Baghdad this summer, thus undermining a top priority of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). The planned completion this summer and fall of up to 20 additional diesel generators at Mus [...] | 2007-06-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2099 | COR SPEAKER MASHADANI WEARY BUT NOT LETTING GO [...] (C) Summary: Departing PolCouns paid a farewell call on the embattled Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker June 25, hearing his side of a political struggle that continues to threaten his job. The Speaker lamented the loss that his departure would mean for the Sunnis and complained of Ir [...] | 2007-06-26 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD210 | JANUARY 14 MCNS: HAIFA STREET, BSP, MAYSAN PIC [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: During the January 14 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants discussed the ongoing operation in the area around Baghdad's Haifa Street, noting the need to have situational awareness of the humanitarian situation in the area. PM Mal [...] | 2007-01-19 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD211 | IRAQI PM ON BAGHDAD SECURITY, PROPOSED BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, Iraqi PM Maliki agreed to proposals for traffic controls in Baghdad to prevent suicide and vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attacks. The CG told the PM he is satisfied so far w [...] | 2007-01-19 17:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER PBTS IZ IR SY |
07BAGHDAD2116 | MALIKI ON OIL, RECONCILIATION, AND HAMID THE MUTE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 24, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador he would do his best to ensure the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft are submitted to the Council of Representatives as a package in the coming days. Maliki said he was pleased with the [...] | 2007-06-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD2117 | JUNE 22 I-ESC - FUEL, WATER, AND RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. On 22 June, for the first time in several weeks, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was present and chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) whose function is to support the implementation of the Baghdad Security Plan ("Fardh Al-Qanoon"). The meeting featured dis [...] | 2007-06-27 10:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD212 | SCIRI LEADERS DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER AL-KUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with SCIRI leaders Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Vice President Adil Abdel Mehdi, and Mohsin al-Hakim on January 17 to discuss the January 16 operation in which two Badr members were detained in al-Kut on suspicions of involvement in facilitation of explosively formed p [...] | 2007-01-19 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2122 | KURDS EXPRESS POSITIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD ANFAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The verdict in the trial of Ali Hassan Al-Majid, aka Chemical Ali, and others accused of crimes related to the so-called "Anfal" read out on June 24 evoked the expected positive reaction from Kurdish contacts in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region, though some felt those who received [...] | 2007-06-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2123 | KRG PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT DENYING [...] Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani issued a statement on June 27 clarifying Kurdish non-interference in Turkish affairs (see reftels for context). The following is the text of the statement as e-mailed to the Embassy. 2. Begin text: Sent on Wednesday June 27, 2007 [...] | 2007-06-27 21:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD2125 | KRG PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT DENYING [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani issued a statement on June 27 clarifying Kurdish noninterference in Turkish affairs as he had promised the Ambassador by secure phone, and as requested and referenced in State 87965 and Baghdad 2090. The following is the translated te [...] | 2007-06-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2140 | DDR - TIMING IS NOT YET RIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The political and security environment in Iraq among the contending parties does not make it possible to pursue a doctrinal demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) program for militia members at this time. A DDR Proof of Principle Reintegration effort can begin with [...] | 2007-06-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PARM PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2142 | DPM SALEH DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON HYDROCARBONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 24 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and the Ambassador discussed the remaining hurdles to passing the hydrocarbons framework and revenue management laws in the Iraqi Council of Representatives. They discussed the current impasse over the removal of Council of [...] | 2007-06-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2145 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 26 MCNS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 16 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Commander in Chief Joint Forces General Babakir al-Zebari gave an operational update on Baquba. Commanding General MNF-I David Petraeus expande [...] | 2007-06-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PINR PINS PNAT PREL |
07BAGHDAD2146 | DCM MEETS SUNNI LEADERSHIP ON HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard met separately with three Sunni leaders to enlist their support for the framework Hydrocarbon Law and the Revenue Management Law. The latter was due to be presented to the Council of Ministers (CoM) on June 26 (see para 19),with both laws [...] | 2007-06-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2153 | THE NEW ELECTIONS COMMISSION AT 60 DAYS: SOLID [...] (C) Summary: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq demonstrated solid potential during their first sixty days in office. After a successful training trip to India, the IHEC seized the initiative to begin creating a voter registry, which is a key prerequisite for provincial [...] | 2007-06-30 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2154 | NINEWA: A POSITIVE NOTE ON ARTICLE 140 IN SINJAR [...] (SBU) Team Leader Knight and other PRT members visited the Ninewa Province Article 140 Office in Sinjar 10 June, to assess current execution of the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 mandate for resolution of 'disputed territories' targeted for incorporation by the Kurdistan Regional Government [...] | 2007-06-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2155 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBES FORM SALAH AD DIN SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C//REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In its June 13 meeting, the Salah ad Din (SaD) Sheikhs' Council established the Salah ad Din Support Council to act as a liaison between the tribes and the provincial government on local security is [...] | 2007-06-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MCAP PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2156 | PRT TIKRIT: SUNNI SAMARRA SECURITY CZAR REPLACED [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) In the wake of the June 13 bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque (AKA Ali al Hadi Shrine, al Askariya Shrine),Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki fired Samarra security czar General Adnan Thabit, a Sunni native of the Sunni city of Samarra, at a [...] | 2007-06-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2158 | PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI REFINERY SHUTS DOWN AMID RISING [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) This cable has been cleared by the intelligence section, 3 BCT, 82nd Airborne Division. 3. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji oil refinery closed its distribution gates on June 25 in accordance with the qada-wide general movement curfew decreed b [...] | 2007-06-30 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR |
07BAGHDAD217 | IRAQI REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi reaction to President Bush's January 10 Iraq policy speech has been mixed, tending to be mostly but not completely favorable among Embassy contacts, consistently critical among Sadrists and hardline Sunnis. Most Iraqis across the spectrum hope the U.S. troop surge will bri [...] | 2007-01-20 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2172 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 28 MEETING WITH IRAQI DEPUTY [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 28, the Ambassador met with Sheikh Khalid al-Attiya, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). Al-Attiya offered thoughts on the CoR and the status of key legislation. Al-Attiya stressed the importance of tailoring counterinsurgency methods to [...] | 2007-07-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD218 | MIXED SUNNI/SHIA BAGHDAD SUBURB TROUBLED BY JAM [...] (C) Summary. Leading Mada'in resident Kamel al-Samaraii (Sunni Arab) told EmbOffs January 10 that anti-Sunni police aggression was causing large numbers of Mada'in youth to join the insurgency. He alleged that the patrolling MoI forces are infiltrated by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia members [...] | 2007-01-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2181 | TAWAFUQ ON GOVERNMENT BOYCOTT, COR SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary. Sunni Tawafuq leader Ayad al-Samarrai termed the Tawafuq boycott of Council of Ministers meetings a proper response to the political provocation by PM Maliki of attempting to arrest the Sunni Minister of Culture. According to al-Samarrai an objective investigative committee shoul [...] | 2007-07-02 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2182 | ISCI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: JUNE 30 MEETING [...] (S) Summary: The fifth meeting of the political committee of the USG/Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) strategic dialogue met for two hours on June 30. Embassy Political Counselor headed the USG team, which included Deputy Political Counselor, Embassy Legal Adviser, and ORA representat [...] | 2007-07-02 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2184 | KURDS STILL STANDING BY MALIKI GOVERNMENT - FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'fari is trying to cultivate support and position himself as an alternative to Prime Minister Maliki. He claims to have assembled an informal group that has backing from some Shi,a and Kurdish Council of Representatives (CoR) members. The extent [...] | 2007-07-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2189 | PRIME MINISTER DIRECTS MINISTER OF PLANNING TO [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: In a meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission on Sunday, July 1, Minister of Planning Ali Baban said that the Prime Minister called him back from a visit with his family in England to help solve "the problem he created," with regard to Tawafuq's denial of support for the [...] | 2007-07-02 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET |
07BAGHDAD2190 | PM CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES THE ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, DCM Dan Speckhard met with Iraqi Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah, at the latter's request to deliver a message from the Prime Minister. Dr. Tariq relayed that the PM is concerned that the U.S. might assist Minister of Culture Asad Al-Hashimi evade [...] | 2007-07-02 19:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2199 | Embedded PRTs: Two Months In [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report discusses the start-up and activities of the initial 10 ePRTs in Iraq, along with the challenges that they face as small, joint military-civilian operations at the very center of a conflict. On the whole, both the ePRTs and the brigades with which they have been emb [...] | 2007-07-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS AMGT ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD220 | PRT TIKRIT: SHEIKH'S KIDNAPPING DEMONSTRATES [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. The January 8 kidnapping of Sheikh Ahmad "Naji" Hussein Ajabarah al Jabouri, head of the Salad ad Din (SaD) Sheikhs Council, represents what could be a significant shift in al Qaeda (AQIZ) targeting toward legitimate provinci [...] | 2007-01-21 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2200 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN LEADERS FACE TOUGH ECONOMIC [...] This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. This is the first of two cables regarding the Salah ad Din Business Investment Conference. 3. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 4. SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah ad Din hosted a gathering of over 100 public and private sector leader [...] | 2007-07-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2208 | EXTENDING SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN CONCERN REFUGEE [...] (C) Post recommends extending "Priority Two" (P2, groups of special humanitarian concern) refugee processing category to all non-Muslim religious minorities from Iraq. Post assessment, supported by reftels, is that members of religious minorities in Iraq are particularly vulnerable to seriou [...] | 2007-07-04 04:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PHUM PREF PREL |
07BAGHDAD2217 | BAGHDAD'S CHANGING BOUNDARIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Baghdad Governor and Provincial Council (PC) initiated a plan to adjust the city's district boundaries in early May; this plan may exacerbate sectarian tensions if new districts reflect and entrench the recent displacement of people in the city, away from mixed areas and int [...] | 2007-07-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2218 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: At its June 29 meeting, the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (ESC) discussed the Government of Iraq (GOI) rewards program for weapons and information, the GOI's commercial dispute with Kuwait that is preventing delivery of fuel, Baghdad' [...] | 2007-07-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2220 | IRAQI POLICE PERFORMANCE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: According to the May assessments from U.S. police transition teams in eleven Baghdad districts and municipalities, the Iraqi police show signs of progress in leadership and operational capability, especially in neighborhoods where Joint Security Stations have been esta [...] | 2007-07-05 01:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD2228 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-07-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2229 | ANBAR TRIBAL POLITICS: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. A struggle for tribal leadership is underway in Anbar Province, as Ali Hatem, a young sheikh of prominent lineage seeks to replace Sheikh Sattar Abu Risha, the tribal leader responsible for evicting Al-Qaeda from Ramadi. Sattar ha [...] | 2007-07-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2239 | READ OUT FROM JULY 01 MCNS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 16 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Maliki directed Acting Minister of Justice Dr. Safi al-Safi to convene a July 2 meeting to deal with all unresolved issues regarding the GOI-pla [...] | 2007-07-06 02:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PINR PINS PNAT PREL |
07BAGHDAD224 | SADRISTS RETURN TO IRAQ'S COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Sadrists ended their "temporary withdrawal" from Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR) on January 21. Their return coincided with the first quorum since December 10. While the exact circumstances of their return are still unclear, it appears that after a round of negotia [...] | 2007-01-21 18:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2241 | PRT TIKRIT: BEHIND THE SCENES OF BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. While much work still remains in building transparency and accountability in Salah ad Din's (SaD) budget execution procedures, the provincial government has made significant advances in 2007. The provincial government is slowly [...] | 2007-07-06 10:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON KCOR PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2242 | PESHMERGA FORCE UNIFICATION, IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peshmerga forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) are scheduled to unify by the end of 2007 (NOTE: The PUK and KDP originally committed that unification would be complete by the end of 2006). This requires ambitious regulatory and [...] | 2007-07-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2254 | TALABANI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KEEPING IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met with the Ambassador and Meghan O'Sullivan, and they were later joined by DPM Barham Saleh. Talabani agreed to mediate between Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an effort to bring the Presidency Counc [...] | 2007-07-08 06:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD2255 | KHADHAMIYA WOMEN'S PRISON: NO SIGNS OF ABUSE, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On July 3, PolOff and representatives from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) found no evidence of torture or rape during an unannounced visit to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Khadhamiya Women's Prison. I [...] | 2007-07-08 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR KJUS KWMN IZ IS |
07BAGHDAD2262 | KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION (KIU) LEADER DENIES [...] (U) This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable 2. (C) Summary. KIU Secretary General Salahaddin Bahaaddin told RRTOFFs that Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani had approved in advance KIU attendance at the April meeting in Cairo where Sun [...] | 2007-07-08 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EG IZ |
07BAGHDAD2277 | JUNE 13 ISCI POLITICAL COMMITTEE DIALOGUE FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary. In the fourth session of the ISCI-U.S. political committee on June 13, both sides agreed to review common objectives of the dialogue and at the next meeting come up with practical, concrete steps to achieve these shared goals. Discussions focused on improving communication betwe [...] | 2007-07-09 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2278 | ACTIVITIES OF WESTERNZAGROS IN IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian-based petroleum exploration and development company, WesternZagros, has been operating in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region since 2005. It signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that was ratified on March 2 [...] | 2007-07-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2282 | ISCI SECURITY COMMITTEE STRESSES TRIBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) Security Committee meeting on July 2, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi reemphasized the importance of tribal engagement, popular committees, and detainee issues. Badr Organization Secretary-General Hadi al Amer [...] | 2007-07-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD2283 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired a more efficient 6 July 2007 Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). Key issues discussed included announcements that the Government of Iraq (GoI) has decided to make necessary payments to resolve [...] | 2007-07-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2285 | MALIKI VENTS HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE SADRISTS IN [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki warned the Sadrists in remarks to the media on July 7 to distance themselves from "Baathist and Saddamist" elements using the Sadrist name to undertake acts of violence. His remarks, apparently prompted by JAM confrontations with ISF in the south, provoked an outraged [...] | 2007-07-10 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2286 | SUNNIS NOT DELAYING REFORMS, VP HASHIMI TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told Senators McCain and Graham that Sunnis are marginalized in the Iraqi government and are increasingly questioning the benefits of political participation. Sunnis are now actively engaged in eliminating al-Qa'ida, yet 95% of detainees in Iraq a [...] | 2007-07-10 21:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD229 | TALABANI GIVES READOUT OF SYRIA VISIT, PASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 21 that Syria had agreed to cooperate in improving the stability and security of Iraq, but they needed improved trade relations as well. The Syrians told Talabani they also wanted to improve relations with [...] | 2007-01-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY |
07BAGHDAD2297 | PRT MOSUL: NINEWA'S COUNCIL CHAIR DETAINED ON CPI [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council Chair Salim Haji Issa was detained for questioning on financial malfeasance charges 2 July under a Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) warrant. Issa insists his arrest was motivated by his failure to respond to Kurdish Alliance directives; Ninewa Vice Gover [...] | 2007-07-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PBTS KJUS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2298 | MAJORITY GOVERNMENT NEEDED, PM MALIKI TELLS CODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An obdurate Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told Senators McCain and Graham on July 3 that the national unity government was to blame for delays in passing much needed reform legislation and called for a majority government instead. He complained that his government partners were [...] | 2007-07-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KCRM KDEM PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD230 | JANUARY 17 WEAPONS SEARCH AT MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A key step has been taken in restoring civilian status to the Makhmour refugee camp for Kurdish refugees from Turkey: an arms search of the camp and surrounding area carried out by Iraqi Army units with MNF-I support. No weapons were found in the camp. The search was witness [...] | 2007-01-22 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2317 | PART 1 OF 2: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE FORCES MAJOR SHIFT [...] (C) Summary: Sectarian violence has caused significant demographic shifts throughout Baghdad. Before February 2006, few areas in Baghdad comprised a clear Sunni or Shia majority; more than half of Baghdad neighborhoods still contained a mixed population. As of July 2007, only about 20 percen [...] | 2007-07-12 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2318 | PART 2 OF 2: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE FORCES MAJOR SHIFT [...] (C) Summary: Sectarian violence has caused significant demographic shifts in Baghdad. Before February 2006, most neighborhoods west of the Tigris River contained mixed populations from two or more of the city's three major religious groupings, Sunnis, Shia, and Christians. Western Baghdad cu [...] | 2007-07-12 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2320 | MP NAJAFI WARNS- RUSHING THROUGH BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with other Iraqiyya bloc Council of Representative (CoR) members July 8 (septel),Osama al-Najafi warned Ambassador against pushing through key reconciliation legislation just to meet the September benchmark deadline. Acknowledging the domestic American imperative, [...] | 2007-07-12 19:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2329 | INDEPENDENT SHI'A MP ON CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Taha Dera, an independent Shi'a CoR member now a member of Qassim Daoud's Solidarity Bloc, expressed skepticism to PolOff on July 11 about prospects for the ISCI-Dawa-KDP-PUK alliance, aka the "group of four." The alliance cannot count on the Ja'fari branch of Dawa, he reasoned, and the [...] | 2007-07-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2330 | IRAQ'S PRESIDENCY COUNCIL CHIEF: OPPORTUNITY OR [...] (C) Summary: The outgoing Secretary General of Iraq's Presidency Council (PC) is pessimistic that the PC can overcome its current dysfunctional, disjointed nature and develop into a professional administrative body. The incoming Secretary General promises develop the PC into a cross-sectari [...] | 2007-07-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2331 | HYDROCARBON LAW'S STATUS AT THE COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: A draft of the framework Hydrocarbon Law was submitted by the Council of Ministers to the Council of Representatives on July 3, and distributed to the Oil and Gas, Economic, and Legal committees for review on July 5. The bill and its supporters have faced criticism from Iraqi pr [...] | 2007-07-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2332 | HERO TALABANI ON SOCIAL ISSUES IN IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hero Talabani, wife of Jalal Talabani, the President of Iraq and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),runs a TV station in Iraqi Kurdistan, edits newspapers and leads charities. Her main concerns are the negative trends generated in Iran that impact Iraqi Kurdistan [...] | 2007-07-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGO PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2334 | PUK POLITBURO MEMBER DISCUSSES PARTY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A high-ranking member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) politburo said the PUK will undergo further internal debate until its next general congress in January 2008. He will head a new committee created to strengthen popular participation and improve the provision of bas [...] | 2007-07-15 02:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2340 | MINISTER FAWZI HARIRI DESCRIBES SHIA-KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, Minister of Industry and Minerals Fawzi Hariri (Kurdish, KDP) told the Ambassador that four major political parties plan to forge a formal alliance in order to challenge the power of extremists in Iraqi party politics. Hariri said that the Kurdish Democratic Party (K [...] | 2007-07-15 08:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IS IZ PGOV PINR PREL |
07BAGHDAD2343 | PRT TIKRIT: COULD A LIST-BASED ELECTION THREATEN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Most residents in the province of Salah ad Din (SaD) want elections to happen as soon as possible. They acknowledge that the boycott of the 2005 poll was a serious political misstep, and they are keen to correct it. In addition to wan [...] | 2007-07-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2344 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBAL SECURITY INITIATIVES IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Since the Salah ad Din (SaD) Support Council, a grouping of tribal sheikhs fighting al Qaeda in the province, formed in mid-June (reftel),two major differences have emerged which distinguish the SaD efforts from the tribal security ini [...] | 2007-07-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MCAP IZ |
07BAGHDAD2345 | PRT TIKRIT: PC BEGINS BUDGET OVERSIGHT, WORKS ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After noting the Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council's (PC) shortcomings and questionable legitimacy in the province in a July 2 meeting, Acting PC Chair Nabeel Ismael has reinvigorated the PC. In the PC's first real demonst [...] | 2007-07-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2346 | PRT MOSUL: USAID'S SNOWBALLING PROGRESS IN NINEWA [...] (SBU) Ninewa PRT's robust USAID efforts are making exceptional progress, especially in Ninewa's most difficult areas. New sustainable programs coordinated with Coalition and Iraqi leadership have multiplied our efforts to empower Provincial government and promote economic recovery. USAID an [...] | 2007-07-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON OIIP PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD235 | DR. AL-KASIR BLAMES IRAQI ARMY FOR HAIFA TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Dr. Quraish Fajir al-Kasir told the Ambassador that the militia-infiltrated Iraqi Army was to blame for the recent eight-day siege of his Sunni-dominated neighborhood. He attributed the ongoing ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad to 'politicians' such as Jalal al-S [...] | 2007-01-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD236 | PM MALIKI ON AL-DARRAJI, BASRAH, ISF EQUIPPING, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting, PM Maliki agreed that senior JAM leader Abdul-Hadi al-Darraji could be held for two days while investigations into his alleged criminal activities are carried out, but asked that this agreement not be publicized. Maliki also said he would support actions [...] | 2007-01-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PREL PTER PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2360 | IRAQ COMMITMENT TO FUND RULE OF LAW COMPLEX [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Jabr signed a Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) in a ceremony at Baghdad's Rule of Law Complex on July 10. The LOA, when funded with Government of Iraq wire transfers in the coming days, will satisfy outstanding funding requi [...] | 2007-07-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2361 | SUNNI INDEPENDENT MP CLAIMS IRAN BEHIND ALL EVLI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Sunni Arab parliamentarian Mithal Alusi told Poloff on July 14 that in his view, Iran was funding all sides in the Iraq conflict, saying a premature U.S. withdrawal will mean the U.S. will have to fight Iran in Bahrain. He alleged that Saudi Arabia and Iran were behin [...] | 2007-07-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2362 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 15 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 15 meeting with the Ambassador, the Iraqi Minister of Education Khudair al-Kuza'i complained about militia infiltration into Iraqi universities and asked for American support in replacing university presidents with militia ties. He said despite the violence, education w [...] | 2007-07-16 09:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ OEXC SCUL |
07BAGHDAD2363 | ACTING COR SPEAKER OPTIMISTIC ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15 Council of Representatives Deputy Speaker al-Attiya told us he was optimistic about making progress on the framework Hydrocarbon Law and Provincial Powers Law before the August recess, provided there was quorum during the next two weeks. He said that in a recent conve [...] | 2007-07-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2368 | COR COMMITTEE HOSTS ECONOMIC REFORM WORKSHOP [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives Member Amirah Al Baldawi reviewed the status of the hydrocarbon law, accession to the WTO and the Economic Committee's workshop on economic reform in a meeting with emboffs on July 15. Dr. Al Baldawi (UIA, independent) also discussed the efforts to organ [...] | 2007-07-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD237 | U.N. UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL VANESS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, United Nations Undersecretary General (U/SG) for Safety and Security David C. Vaness and Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi discussed with the Ambassador UNAMI mission staffing, Basrah facilities, oil revenue sharing, and t [...] | 2007-01-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2371 | SOME BAHA'I RECEIVE IDENTITY CARDS, MOST MUST [...] (C) Summary: On July 12, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Assembly in Iraq, Abdul Razaq Abaychi and assembly- member Sermid Moqbel said that since May 15, the Iraqi government has issued national identification cards or "jensiyya" to four members of the Baha'i faith. The jensiyya ca [...] | 2007-07-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ |
07BAGHDAD2372 | EMBASSY ECONOMIC MINISTER DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, Minister of Oil Husayn Shahristani met with MIN Charles Ries, ECONCOUNS Dan Weygandt and econoff to discuss hydrocarbon legislation, Daura refinery, fuel supplies from Kuwait and crude exports via fuel swaps with Iran. Sharistani said that there are two major issues t [...] | 2007-07-17 02:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ KU |
07BAGHDAD238 | VP MEHDI'S WHITE PAPER ON POLITICAL PORTFOLIO OF [...] (C) Summary: In meetings January 18 with Political Counselor and January 19 with the Ambassador, Vice President Abdul Mehdi (Shia) discussed a white paper he drafted for the political portfolio portion of the new Baghdad security plan (BSP). (Embassy e-mailed a copy to the Department on Januar [...] | 2007-01-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD239 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DE-BA'ATHIFICATION WITH [...] (S) Summary. In a January 20 meeting, the Ambassador urged de-Ba'athification Commission head Ahmed Chalabi to significantly revise the Commission's current de-Ba'athification bill to be more supportive of reconciliation efforts. Though the current draft now incorporates pensions for former [...] | 2007-01-22 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2395 | THIRD US-ISCI ECONOMIC DIALOGUE MEETING: ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The US-ISCI Economic Dialogue meeting on July 11 focused on addressing energy shortages and maintaining the Nassiriya water plant. Ministry of Finance Advisor Dr. Azez Jafar committed to ensuring greater Ministry of Finance participation in the Energy Fusion Cell, and offered to [...] | 2007-07-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2396 | NINEWA: CPI HARD AT WORK AND AFTER PC CHAIR [...] (SBU) PRT Team Leader Knight and other PRT representatives met the Director of the Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) for Northern Iraq and Judge Mohammad Najim (responsible for pursuing CPI cases) on 10 July for a wide-ranging technical discussion of CPI organization and operations. The [...] | 2007-07-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2398 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SAYS DETAINEE ABUSE RISING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim repeated to PolCouns anecdotes of torture cases that Sunni Vice President (VP) Dr. Tareq al-Hashimi, during a July 8 conversation with Ambassador Crocker, had credited her with reporting to him. She noted that the volume of detain [...] | 2007-07-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD240 | RFG: INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY LAW [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 3. 2. (S) National Security Advisor Rubaie provided us with a copy of the draft Intelligence and National Security Law (e-mailed to NEA-I),as approved by the National Intelligence Coordination Committee and relevant agencies. According to [...] | 2007-01-22 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PTER MOPS |
07BAGHDAD2400 | BADR HEAD ACCUSES COALITION OF TARGETING ISCI [...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The continued detention of persons affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) dominated discussion in joint ISCI-US Security Committee meetings (ref). In an effort to bolster our relationship with ISCI, at the 9 July Committee meeting, Genera [...] | 2007-07-18 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD2402 | FINMIN JABR DISCUSSES DEBT, BUDGET AND BANKING [...] (C) Begin Summary: In a meeting with Finance Minister Bayan Jabr, Economic Minister Charles Ries discussed a wide range of economic issues including the status of an agreement on the extension of a credit line between the Trade Bank of Iraq and JP Morgan, an update on Kuwaiti diesel fuel import [...] | 2007-07-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2403 | DPM BARHAM SALIH DISCUSSES ECONOMIC LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 17 introductory meeting with Economic Minister Ries, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih discussed economic reform legislation, budget execution and the International Compact with Iraq. DPM Salih said next week the Prime Minister would name Oil Advisor Thamir Ghadban to [...] | 2007-07-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD241 | VP HASHEMI SEEKS GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN BAGDHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 20, National Security Adviser Mowafaq Rubaie and the Ambassador asked Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to participate in the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) by leading the mobilization committee, a committee designed to invigorate public support for the plan. H [...] | 2007-01-22 19:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2410 | FADILA HEAD: CREATION OF NEW FRONT 'IMMINENT' [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 17 meeting Shia Islamist party Fadila's leader Hassan Shemmeri asserted that the creation a new political front that will include Sunni and Shi'a parties was imminent. He hinted that the front will support Ja'afari for prime minister. He criticized the parties that form [...] | 2007-07-20 07:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2411 | COR SPEAKER MASHADANI IS BACK -- BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Summary: The cloud hanging over Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani since his June 10 dust-up with a Shi'a MP was temporarily lifted on July 19 when Mashadani again chaired a session of the CoR. His return was accompanied by the return of the Sunni Tawafuq bloc, wh [...] | 2007-07-20 10:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2413 | JULY 19 MALIKI-PETRAEUS MEETING [...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus told PM Maliki on July 19 that there were signs of progress on the security front, including the recent death or capture of 12 Al Qaeda leaders in South Baghdad and the clearing of Baqubah. Maliki said he wanted to send a strong signal by traveli [...] | 2007-07-20 12:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2415 | DCM BUTENIS' JULY 19 MEETING WITH IRAQI FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with DCM, FM Zebari asked for USG assistance in ensuring that the next trilateral meeting between the U.S., Iraq, and Iran be held at the Foreign Ministry rather than the Prime Minister's office (Zebari said he recently told PM Maliki that Maliki's presence at [...] | 2007-07-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2418 | Practical Federalism Seminar Brings Together Kurdistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A July 10-13 "Practical Federalism in Iraq" seminar held in Erbil was the first such event attended by members of both the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) and the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). Discussion was focused on the Oil Law, Article 140, and regional formatio [...] | 2007-07-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2419 | IRAQ TRYING TO CHARM THE TURKS ON PKK [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi government's designated anti-PKK coordinator, State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, met on July 16 with PolCouns and the Turkish DCM. Wa'ili said he has an action plan for dealing with the PKK, expressed interest in ho [...] | 2007-07-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD2422 | BARZANI CONDEMNS TURKISH ATTACKS INSIDE KRG, [...] (S) Summary: A highly agitated Masood Barzani told the Ambassador on the evening of July 18 that Turkish strikes earlier that day were provocative and if continued would generate an armed Kurdish response. The Ambassador responded that both the Turkish and Kurdish regional governments need [...] | 2007-07-21 11:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD2423 | IRAQ TURKEY PIPELINE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Econ Emboff was informed that the Iraq Ministry of Oil (MoO) is sending a group of senior officials to Turkey at the end of July to renegotiate the transportation agreement for crude oil through the Iraq Turkey (IT) pipeline. The current agreement expired at the end of December, 2006. Un [...] | 2007-07-22 04:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2433 | TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE AND AMMONIUM NITRATE [...] (C). SUMMARY: Embassy officials recently attended two meetings to discuss issues associated with the Tuwaitha site. The first meeting was held on July 18, with the Minister of Science and Technology and the second meeting was held on July 19, with Amb. Srood R. Najib. Meeting topics includ [...] | 2007-07-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2434 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 21 MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassasdor pressed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the need to demonstrate meaningful political progress. Maliki agreed, but pointed at the Sunni Tawaffaq bloc as the key obstacle. Maliki said he thought a leadership meeting between himself, Jalal Talabani, Massoud Barzani [...] | 2007-07-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2435 | PRT TIKRIT: DE-BAATHIFICATION CONTINUES TO PLAGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din's continued receipt of de- Baathification orders to remove individuals with ties to the former regime from their government positions, many of which it has chosen to ignore, is eroding the central GOI's influence [...] | 2007-07-23 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2436 | AMBASSADOR CONVEYS SENSE OF URGENCY TO TALABANI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting July 21, the Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. Congress was out of patience. The Ambassador said the Congress needed short-term success to enable long-term partnership. He urged Talabani to help prepare for a leadership meeting between moderate [...] | 2007-07-23 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2437 | JULY 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers: -- heard about the poor security situation in Basrah from both the Basrah Operational Commander and the Chief of Police -- discussed the need to move forward quickly with a plan to rem [...] | 2007-07-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD244 | IRAQ'S COR PASSES ELECTORAL COMMISSION LAW AND [...] (C) On January 23 the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the law establishing the Independent Higher Election Commission (IHEC) and voted to extend the current CoR session until February 10 to give them extra time to consider the 2007 budget, the state of emergency, and the law of gover [...] | 2007-01-23 18:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2442 | MINISTER OF PLANNING WARY OF HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 introductory meeting with Economic Minister Ries, Minister of Planning Ali Baban discussed his opposition to the framework Hydrocarbon Law and the progress towards improving GOI budget execution. He noted that the Japanese and World Bank soft loans were approved by t [...] | 2007-07-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2443 | COR OIL AND GAS CHAIR EXPLAINS STATUS OF OIL LAW [...] (C) Summary: Chair of the Oil and Gas Committee at the Council of Representatives Ali Belu discussed the status of the hydrocarbon law with Economic Minister on July 23. Belu, a KDP member of the Kurdish Alliance at the Council of Representatives (CoR),said that differences remain between th [...] | 2007-07-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2447 | PART 1 OF 2: BAGHDAD'S SUNNIS REQUIRE LOCALLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ameriya Sunni leader Sayf Sa'ad al-Obaidi (Abu Abid) told poloffs July 15 that his neighborhood's fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) continues apace. Abu Abid, who serves as military commander of the group in Baghdad's Ameriya neighborhood that rose against AQI in late May (Re [...] | 2007-07-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2448 | PART 2 OF 2: BAGHDAD'S SUNNIS REQUIRE LOCALLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a two-part series examining the broader significance for Baghdad of local uprisings against Sunni and Shia extremists currently taking place in the Ameriya and Ghazaliya neighborhoods. Extremists in both neighborhoods appear to have suffered from physi [...] | 2007-07-24 14:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2451 | PREPARATIONS FOR REFUGEES & BORDER SECURITY [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is engaged in preparations for two of the three Neighbors' Working Group meetings which had been agreed upon at the Sharm al Sheikh conference in May. Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud will lead the Iraqi delegation to the July 26th Refugees Wo [...] | 2007-07-25 02:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ JO KU PREF PREL SA |
07BAGHDAD2453 | CODEL BURGESS MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL HUSAYN [...] (C). SUMMARY. On July 22, Congressmen Michael Burgess (R-TX),Steve King (R-IA),Jim Jordan (R-OH),John Carter (R-TX),Kevin Brady (R-TX),and David Davis (R-TN) met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss issues related to the state of Iraq,s petroleum infrastructure, plans [...] | 2007-07-25 05:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2454 | JULY 23 TUWAITHA COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C). SUMMARY. On July 23, Energy Attache attended a meeting of the Prime Minister's Tuwaitha issues committee. The committee emphatically expressed the desire to meet with high-level representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to understand all safeguards requirements [...] | 2007-07-25 07:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2455 | KURDISH PUK RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a close member of Iraqi President Talabani's staff, Talabani and his deputy Kosrat Rasoul are committed to reforming the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and are taking steps to ensure that this process is well underway before the next party congress. The staffer [...] | 2007-07-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2457 | AQI, IRAN ENEMIES OF IRAQ SAYS SUNNI HARDLINER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Hewar Leader Khalaf Allyan told Poloff that fighting Al-Qaeda was the first priority in Iraq and promised to support the Coalition. Fighting Iran and promoting a national unity government was the second priority. The Ministries of Defense and Interior must be cleansed of s [...] | 2007-07-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2463 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: On July 13, in the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowafaq Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). Key issues discussed included the preparation of new Government of Iraq (GOI [...] | 2007-07-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ MOPS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2464 | THE NEW JOINT CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR IRAQ [...] (S/REL MCFI) Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus have agreed upon a new Joint Campaign Plan (JCP) for Operation Iraq Freedom. It says that the Coalition, in partnership with the Government of Iraq, will employ an integrated set of actions to help Iraq achieve sustainable [...] | 2007-07-25 16:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PINS PINR ECON PREL ASEC KDEM PTER |
07BAGHDAD2465 | VP HASHIMI DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discounted the need for a senior leadership meeting to iron out political differences on benchmark legislation, saying the political leaders can resolve all issues within 5-6 days using their advisors. He tasked the Secretary General of [...] | 2007-07-25 17:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD2466 | BARZANI AGREES TO PUSH FOR NEW GOI ARTICLE 140 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani spoke passionately about the Kurdish right to Kirkuk and the dangers of failing to hold the referendum on time. Barzani and the Ambassador agreed it would be useful to try [...] | 2007-07-25 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
07BAGHDAD2467 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). The meeting featured a wide ranging discussion of Government of Iraq (GOI) media activities with a common consensus that a major increase in [...] | 2007-07-25 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ MOPS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2468 | TAWAFUQ ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT WALK OUT ULTIMATUM [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Tarik Hashimi on July 25 announced at a press conference that the six Tawafuq ministers would resign their positions in seven days if Sunni security and partnership demands were not met. The Maliki government needs a shock to force a turning point, said Hashimi. [...] | 2007-07-25 19:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2473 | NINEWA: CHRISTIAN PC MEMBER ARRESTED IN CPI SWEEP [...] (C) Prominent Christian politician and provincial council (PC) member Gevara Zia Youkhana (Assyrian Democratic Movement - ADM) was arrested July 18 by the Iraqi Police (IP) in conjunction with a Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) investigation into misuse of public funds charges. ADM chai [...] | 2007-07-26 06:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2474 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM KURDISH REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT BARZANI [...] (C) The following is the text of a letter that was hand-delivered to Ambassador Crocker for transmittal to the President on June 19, 2007. A copy of the letter was transmitted electronically and the original will be pouched. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: Dear Mr. President, Allow me this opportun [...] | 2007-07-26 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2476 | NINEWA GOVERNOR TELLS AMBASSADOR HE EXPECTS [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, the Ninewa Governor agreed that the security situation in Ninewa province is good and that security could be transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control soon, provided the Iraqi Police's key equipment needs are met. The Governor said he did not belie [...] | 2007-07-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PREL KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2477 | ECON COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Summary: In a July 24 introductory meeting with Economic Minister, Dr. Haider al-Abadi (Dawa),Chairman of the Economic Committee in the Council of Representatives (CoR),provided his views on the current status of the hydrocarbon framework law in the CoR. Abadi expressed interest in recei [...] | 2007-07-26 11:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ ECON ENRG PREL |
07BAGHDAD2481 | IRAQI MFA CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS IN ALTUN CASE [...] (C) PolCouns raised the case of fugitive PKK financier Riza Altun during a July 26 call on FM Zebari (ref A). DFM Labeed Abbawi said Turkish Ambassador Kanbay has raised the case with the MFA. The MFA Legal Department is currently considering next steps in the case including, according to A [...] | 2007-07-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU FR AU |
07BAGHDAD2491 | FM ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE, TAWAFUQ, UNAMI [...] (S) Summary: FM Zebari will travel to Cairo on July 27 to sound out his Arab counterparts on convening a second Neighbors' Conference sometime in September. Zebari suggested to Pol/C that Kuwait might be a good choice to host a Conference Secretariat. Zebari promised to check with participan [...] | 2007-07-27 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2494 | ANBAR PROVINCE -- THEN AND NOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Provincial government officials re-opened parts of the war-damaged Government Center in central Ramadi on July 26 amid signs of continuing security improvements. According to MNF-West records, there were 82 security incidents in th [...] | 2007-07-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2495 | ASSESSING TAWAFUQ'S THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Tawafuq,s threat to quit the government in seven days has created a political crisis at the very moment when we need the CoR and the Iraqi leadership focused on addressing benchmarks. Though Tawafuq has previously backed down from such threats at the last minute, it would be unwis [...] | 2007-07-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2496 | HELPFUL IRAQI VOICES ON CAPITOL HILL [...] (C) Summary: Post requests the Department's support for a proposal to organize, in cooperation with the Council of Representatives (CoR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),a delegation of Iraqi Members of Parliament (MPs) to travel to Washington, DC in late September to conduct meetin [...] | 2007-07-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2497 | DCM MEETINGS WITH KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] Summary: (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Butenis held separate meetings in Erbil on July 22 with Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) Chairman Adnan Mufti and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior (MOI) Karim Sinjari. DCM stressed the need for concrete progress on reconcili [...] | 2007-07-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KPAL PGOV PREF |
07BAGHDAD2498 | MUTHANNA VIOLENCE SUBSIDES, BUT CONFLICT REMAINS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) Fighting in Samawah and Rumaitha between Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) and local security forces has ended for the time being and the curfew has been lifted. Muthanna's Governor Hassani (Badr) claims he did not make a deal with [...] | 2007-07-29 05:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2499 | PRT TIKRIT: CORRUPTED FUEL DISTRIBUTION PROCESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A corrupted refined fuel distribution process in Salah ad Din (SaD) guarantees severe shortages across a large swathe of the southern area of the province, including strategic cities such as Samarra, Balad, and Ad Du [...] | 2007-07-29 07:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET IZ KCOR |
07BAGHDAD2500 | COR MEMBER CALLS FOR NEW LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Council of Representatives Member Yonadam Kanna (Assyrian Christian - Rafidayn) called for replacing Prime Minister Maliki with Adel Abdul Mehdi and discussed current legislation with Econoffs on July 26. A member of the Council of Representatives' (CoR) economic committee, Kenna spoke he [...] | 2007-07-29 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2503 | DEPUTY PM ZOWBAIE'S HUMAN RIGHTS STAFF AND TAWAFUQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23, Sunni Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Salaam Zowbaie's human rights officers Shakur Farhan and Ahmed Faze outlined two distinct sets of Sunni concerns with Iraqi and Coalition detention centers, noting they both hold majority Sunni detainee populations. Farhan and Faze com [...] | 2007-07-29 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2511 | MUTHANNA SECURITY FORCES CLAIM MOI IMPAIRS FIGHT [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) At a conference on 23 July with LTC Ellwood, Australian Commanding Officer for Muthanna, senior leaders of Muthanna's security forces said that the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) in Baghdad was using de-Ba'athification l [...] | 2007-07-30 05:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2513 | NINEWA'S HERKI KURDS - THIS PROVINCE'S LARGEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurds of the Herki tribe, notorious in Iraq for their role as collaborators with Saddam Hussein, are the largest unresolved IDP issue in the northern province of Ninewa. They face threats from the Kurdish political establishment, which has not forgotten their actions under [...] | 2007-07-30 06:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV MARR EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD2514 | PM MALIKI: WE WILL NOT LET TAWAFUQ STOP THE [...] (S) Summary/comment: In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki harshly condemned Tawafuq's July 25 statement threatening to withdraw from the government (reftel). He accused Tawafuq of seeking to bring down his government, defeat the U.S. in Iraq, and force an internat [...] | 2007-07-30 06:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD2515 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AL-HAKIM ON HIS RETURN FROM [...] (C) ISCI chairman Abdulaziz al-Hakim, who returned on July 24 from chemotherapy treatment in Tehran, told the Ambassador on July 26 that he had urged Vice President Tarik al-Hashemi to work with Tawafuq and members of the UIC to find a solution to Tawafuq's potential withdrawal from the gover [...] | 2007-07-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD2516 | TALABANI DISCUSSES IRAN TALKS, TAWAFUQ WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador July 25 that Iran was very positive about the talks held the previous day with the Ambassador. Talabani had little to say on the prospect of Tawafuq withdrawing from the government, but he thought that they should handle their c [...] | 2007-07-30 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2528 | FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR DESCRIBES TAWAFUQ PLANS, [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Economic Minister, Council of Representatives (CoR) Finance Committee Chair Ayad S. Samarrai (Sunni-IIP) discussed the reasons for Tawafuq's decision to withdraw from the government. He complained that PM Nouri al-Maliki's government was paying no heed to [...] | 2007-07-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2529 | TALABANI PROPOSES A WAY FORWARD ON THE TAWAFUQ [...] (C) This is an action message - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) After the Ambassador's meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh July 30, it is clear that Tawafuq and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki are further apart than when the Ambassador spoke with Maliki [...] | 2007-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD253 | ANBAR REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES PROVINCIAL POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amr Abdulsittar, a Sunni Tawafuq bloc Council of representatives (CoR) member from Anbar, met with Poloffs on January 22 to discuss the situation in Anbar. He claimed Anbaris view Al Qaeda as a tool of Iran and as in cooperation with the United States. Abdulsittar expressed concer [...] | 2007-01-24 08:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2530 | CHARGE'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH NSA RUBAIE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 29 introductory call, National Security Advisor Rubaie told Charge Butenis that he expected MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus would have an easier time in September identifying progress on the security-related benchmarks than Ambassador Crocker would have with regard to [...] | 2007-07-30 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ JO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA SY TU |
07BAGHDAD2537 | PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN REFINERIES - OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the Private Sector Investment in Oil Refineries law on July 24. As is part of the Iraqi process, this law requires approval from the Presidency Council and then publication in the Official Gazette in order to become law. This law is [...] | 2007-07-31 07:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2541 | BUDGET EXECUTION UPDATE: ACCOUNTABILITY, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Several actions undertaken by the Government of Iraq (GOI) in recent months and an increase in data reporting by GOI units underscore the importance with which the GOI now views this issue. The developing creation of a culture of accountability between the GOI and its citizens is [...] | 2007-07-31 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ EAID PREL PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2544 | TURKISH DCM IN BAGHDAD ON TURKEY/IRAQ/PKK [...] (S) Summary: On July 31, Turkish DCM Ahmet Yazal said Turkey is not opposed to embassy-level meetings on the PKK with Iraqi State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, Iraq's envoy to the trilateral process for combating the PKK. However, the GOT does not consider such meetings a substitute for trilatera [...] | 2007-07-31 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2545 | IMPLICATIONS OF A SUNNI WALKOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Sunni Tawafuq party announced on July 25 that its six ministers would resign in seven days if their demands were not met (reftel B). The resignation of Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi might soon follow. Although the Sunnis insist they are not abandoning the political process [...] | 2007-07-31 17:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2550 | IRFFI DONORS DISCUSS TERMS OF REFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Italian Embassy hosted an informal meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donors Committee on July 31. Representatives from Donor countries were invited to review a draft report on the Terms of Reference (TOR),which were originally raised at the l [...] | 2007-08-01 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD2552 | ANBAR FORUM PLANNING MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH [...] (C) Summary: The Anbar Provincial Council Chair, Anbar Governor, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih and Ministry of Finance Director General for Accounts met in Baghdad July 29 with PRT Anbar Team Leader Soriano, Economic Minister Ries, MNF-W Deputy Commanding Brigadier Ge [...] | 2007-08-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2553 | GOI REACHES OUT TO NEIGHBORS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (S/REL ACGU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi, head of the Iraqi delegation to the upcoming Border Security Working Group, met with Pol-Mil Counselor July 30 to provide an update on GOI preparations, to preview their strategy, and to solicit assistance. Abbawi provided the text of a le [...] | 2007-08-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ JO KU PGOV PREL PTER SA |
07BAGHDAD2562 | TUWAITHA JULY 30 AND 31 MEETINGS [...] (S). SUMMARY. On July 30, Energy Attache and Econ Officer met with Ambassador Srood R. Najib, chairman of the Prime Minister's Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Complex (TNRC) committee regarding progress toward the sale of approximately 550 tons of natural uranium (yellow cake) located at the comp [...] | 2007-08-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | AORC ECON ENRG IAEA IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2563 | TAWAFUQ WITHDRAWAL IMPACT ON COR AND CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Tawafuq followed through on its threat to withdraw its six ministers from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. Maliki has responded to similar situations in the past by appointing "acting ministers" from his own cabinet (i.e., asking sitting ministers to cover [...] | 2007-08-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2564 | TAWAFUQ LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR RETURN TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tarik Hashimi defended the August 1 Tawafuq decision to withdraw its six Ministers from government. The action was designed to shock the government and rebuild Tawafuq's shattered political base which questioned continued participation in the political process abse [...] | 2007-08-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2565 | TAWAFUQ WITHDRAWAL IMPACT ON COR AND CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Tawafuq followed through on its threat to withdraw its six ministers from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government. Maliki has responded to similar situations in the past by appointing "acting ministers" from his own cabinet (i.e., asking sitting ministers to cover [...] | 2007-08-01 17:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2568 | JAPANESE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES NEW LOANS FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: Japanese Ambassador in Charge of Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq Gotaro Ogawa told Economic Minister on July 31 that the GOJ was prepared to sign an agreement with the GOI Minister of Finance for two new reconstruction projects financed by soft loans. Despite meeting with [...] | 2007-08-02 05:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD257 | ZEBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MFA STEPS TO FORMALIZE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshayr Zebari told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 18 that he had discussed with the Iranian Ambassador three steps for solving the diplomatic status issue: eliminating liaison offices, reducing and formalizing border entry points, and revamping the [...] | 2007-01-24 19:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD2570 | EMBASSY APPROACHES TO IRAQI MFA ON AL-ZAWRAA [...] (C) Political Counselor made reftel paragraph one points to Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi June 19. Abbawi welcomed the idea and noted it would require coordination with several GOI ministries. 2. (C) Deputy PolCouns followed up with Abbawi on August 1. Abbawi said the Foreign Mini [...] | 2007-08-02 05:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAO IZ |
07BAGHDAD2572 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETING WITH SRSG QAZI [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi stated that United Nations headquarters in New York has directed him to explore possibilities for a United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) role in resolving Article 140 [...] | 2007-08-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD2579 | SUNNI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DEPUTY VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee Deputy Dr. Harith Al-Ubaidy (Tawafuq) told PolOff on July 31 he noted better conditions during his July 26 visit to the Khadimiya 2nd National Police (NP) Division detention center at Forward Operating Base JUSTICE (also kno [...] | 2007-08-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2580 | POLCOUNS, TURKISH DCM AUGUST 2 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) Following up on a July 16 meeting (ref B),Iraqi State Minister Shirwan Wa'ili, Iraq's envoy to the trilateral process for combating the PKK, convoked PolCouns and Turkish DCM Yazal for an August 2 meeting. Per ref C, PolCouns informed Wa'ili that U.S. envoy Ralston thought that conditio [...] | 2007-08-03 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2582 | BORDER SECURITY: U.S. OBSERVER STATUS, GOI [...] (S/REL ACGU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Pol-Mil Counselor August 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi related that Syria was resisting granting observer status to the U.S. at the upcoming Border Security Working Group in Damascus August 8-9. He agreed to continue advocating the matter with his S [...] | 2007-08-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ JO PGOV PREL PTER SA SY |
07BAGHDAD2583 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: In the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barhim Salih chaired the 27 July 2007 Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The meeting featured a wide ranging discussion of secu [...] | 2007-08-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ MOPS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2584 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR REITERATES FULL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) Discussing recent political developments, Japanese Ambassador Kenjiro Monji told the Ambassador on August 2 that the Government of Japan (GOJ) will continue to contribute heavily to Iraqi economic development and to support political progress. Monji said he thought the GOJ could be most h [...] | 2007-08-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JA PREL |
07BAGHDAD2585 | CAN LOCALS FILL SUNNI POLITICAL VOID? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Tawafuq's withdrawal from the Maliki government on August 1, and the possibility of additional resignations in the near future, a leadership void may result among the Sunnis at the national level. On the local level, major successes in tribal cooperation in Anbar against Al [...] | 2007-08-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ KDEM PGOV |
07BAGHDAD2586 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DETENTION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee Deputy Harith al-Ubaidy (Tawafuq),and committee members Hanin al-Qeddo (Eitilaf) and Shatha al-Ebousy (Tawafuq) told PolOff separately in July that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki, in a July 23 meeting with the committee, said t [...] | 2007-08-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2590 | EPRT AL-ASAD: IRAQ'S FAR WEST: AL QA'IM'S SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-05 05:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2599 | PM POLITICAL ADVISOR COMMENTS ON TAWAFUQ, UNAMI [...] (C) On August 4, Ambassador Sadiq al-Rikabi, Prime Minister Maliki,s Political Advisor, said that Maliki had not yet received resignation letters from any of the six Tawafuq ministers quitting the cabinet. Once the letters arrive, Maliki will refuse to accept them (thereby playing for time wh [...] | 2007-08-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD26 | REVIEW OF THE DRAFT 2007 GOI BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq submitted the 2007 draft budget to the Council of Representatives for approval on December 24, 2006, following unanimous approval by the Council of Ministers on December 21. The overall budget for the year is $41 billion, with $10 billion for capital expe [...] | 2007-01-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD2604 | COR ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives Member Dr. Amirah Al Baldawi discussed the Economic Committee's activities with EconOffs on August 2. She said that the first workshop on economic reform went well, and included a presentation on the World Trade Organization accession process. Dr. Al B [...] | 2007-08-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2608 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 2 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, USAID Mission Director Bambi Arellano, and Rule of Law (RoL) Coordinator Jim Santelle, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim discussed the following subjects: -- problems within the Iraqi detention system (including alleged disappea [...] | 2007-08-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL |
07BAGHDAD2613 | SUNNIS ARE AMERICA'S FRIENDS, SAYS HARD-LINER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni hard-liners Khalaf Allyan and Adan Dulaymi told Ambassador Crocker that it was up to the U.S. to fix Iraq's problems by forcing the Shi'a and Kurds to accept their reconciliation demands, some of which were based on an unsubstantiated view of Iraqi reality (e.g., Sunnis outnu [...] | 2007-08-07 02:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD2615 | PRT-WASIT: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VOTES TO DISMISS [...] (S/NF) Summary. On 4 August the Wasit Provincial Council (PC) voted to relieve the Provincial Police Chief. According to the new acting Police Chief, Brigadier General Alawi Hussein Kadhim, the PC's decision will not be final until the Minister of Interior (MOI) agrees and appoints an interim [...] | 2007-08-07 04:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2616 | MINISTER OF OIL SHAHRASTANI'S TRIP TO MOSCOW [...] (C) EMIN telephoned Minister of Oil Shahrastani August 6 to ask him what his objectives would be on a trip the press is reporting he would be taking to Moscow August 7-10. Despite a bad mobile phone connection, Shahrastani explained that he will now first accompany the Prime Minister to Turkey [...] | 2007-08-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2629 | ALLAWI'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW MINISTERS: LOTS OF [...] (C) Summary: On August 5, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim from Ayad Allawi's Iraqiyya list informed emboffs that Allawi ordered his ministers to suspend participation in Ministerial cabinet meetings. This would impact four Iraqiyya Ministers ) Salim, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi (Minister of [...] | 2007-08-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2632 | FADHILA LEADERS OFFER THOUGHTS ON POLITICAL [...] (C) In an August 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Fadhila leaders Hassan al-Shammari and Bassim al-Sherif expressed skepticism about the "group of four" (i.e., ISCI, Dawa, KDP, and PUK). While not against new movement on the political front, they argued that the group of four was not offering [...] | 2007-08-08 02:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2634 | COM SECGEN BLAMES SHAHRISTANI FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) On August 7, EMIN made an introductory call on Council of Ministers (CoM) Secretary-General Ali al Alaq. Al Alaq recounted the chain of events that led to the confused July 3 initial introduction of the Framework Hydrocarbon law to the Council of Representatives (CoR). According to al Alaq, [...] | 2007-08-08 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2639 | BAGHDAD: YAWNING GAP BETWEEN IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three prominent Baghdad-based members of the Council of Representatives (CoR) report that they have no impact on the most important issues facing their neighborhoods, including the provision of security and essential services. Aliah Al-Ubeidi (Iraqiyya - mixed-sect, secular),H [...] | 2007-08-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD264 | IRAQI PM URGES PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Prime Minister addressed over 200 Council of Representative members on January 25 to garner support for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) and stress upon the CoR members the importance of the legislative and executive branches undertaking the "exceptional efforts" needed to [...] | 2007-01-25 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2647 | PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENMT STRATEGY IN MUTHANNA - A [...] This is a PRT Muthanna cable. 2. Summary: On July 25 and 26, Muthanna Province held the first public meeting in the long process of creating a Muthanna Provincial Development Strategy (MPDS). It was similar to a New England town council meeting, where citizens candidly articulated what they [...] | 2007-08-09 04:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD265 | IRAQ: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy POC: Allison Monz; monza2@state.gov. Telephone: 914-822-9289. 2. (SBU) Iraq remains at the center in the global war on terror battling al-Qaida and affiliated terrorist organizations; insurgent groups fighting against Coalition Forces (CF); along with militias and death squads inc [...] | 2007-01-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2656 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI OBJECTS TO SOME UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki explained his objections to the proposed text of the UNAMI mandate resolution in an August 6 meeting with the Ambassador. Maliki called for the addition of language guaranteeing that UNAMI could not act unilaterally without the prior approval of the [...] | 2007-08-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UNSC IZ |
07BAGHDAD2657 | TALABANI DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP MEETING, IRAN TALKS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Talabani told the Ambassador August 6 that he, Prime Minister Maliki, and Vice President Mehdi had a frank discussion on the current political crisis. He also spoke separately with Vice President Hashimi. Talabani said he had spoken to the Iranians who were still very positive [...] | 2007-08-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2658 | IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) held a shortened session August 3 with a number of key members absent. The Prime Minister asked for follow-up on a number of issues, including the renovation of ministry buildings in Baghdad, coordination of the Baghdad Provincial [...] | 2007-08-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD266 | TALABANI REPORTS ON SADR REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 24 that he had met with a Sadrist the day before who told him they were ready to accept indirect communication with the U.S. as well as U.S. troops in Sadr City. Talabani agreed to work on his own version o [...] | 2007-01-25 19:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ SY |
07BAGHDAD2665 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S AUGUST 7 MEETING WITH HUMAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim sought his advice on how to respond to Iraqiyya bloc leader Ayad Allawi's order for Iraqiyya ministers to resign from the Maliki government. Minister Wijdan said that she does not want to resign [...] | 2007-08-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2668 | NINEWA: DPM SALAH HOSTS BREAKTHROUGH MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih hosted August 1 a breakthrough meeting between senior Iraqi Government ministers and deputy ministers, and Ninewa Governor Kashmoula, his top two technical deputies, and seven Provincial Directors General (PDG) representing key central [...] | 2007-08-11 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EAID ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD267 | PM MALIKI DISCUSSES THE COR, IRAN AND SYRIA, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 23, Prime Minister Maliki said he would deliver a speech to the Council of Representatives (CoR) on January 25 encouraging the members to reduce or delay their recess. (Note: The CoR voted on January 23 to extend their sessions until Feb [...] | 2007-01-25 20:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR SA |
07BAGHDAD2670 | SUNNI DIALOGUE RAISES NEEDS OF UNDER-SERVED [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A July 24 meeting, requested by Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to the Vice President, offered an opportunity to hear first-hand about Sunni challenges in each district in the EPRT,s area of operations ) Rusafa, Karad [...] | 2007-08-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2671 | BAGHDAD EPRT: SUNNIS CONTINUE RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: This July 31 meeting followed one of July 24 (septel); the main thrust was for Human Rights Advisor to the Vice President Al-Jaboori and his team to get to know BCT battalion commanders and thereafter engage with them in we [...] | 2007-08-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2682 | THE NINE JEWS OF BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: One of Baghdad's last remaining Jews, Khalida Kouada Liahu Moualim, described to poloff August 11 the continuing hardships faced by Iraq's now tiny Jewish community. She said that she is one of only nine Jews still living in Baghdad, and that she believes Jews do not live any [...] | 2007-08-13 03:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PREF PGOV IS NL UK IZ |
07BAGHDAD2683 | AUGUST 8-9 BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP MEETING: [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOI and neighboring country delegations plus P5, UN, EU, and Arab League observers met in Damascus August 8-9 to develop steps to be taken by participants to stem the flow of foreign terrorists and arms fueling the violence in Iraq. While all neighboring countries were unanimous [...] | 2007-08-13 03:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY |
07BAGHDAD2687 | BAGHDAD'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- OVERTAXED AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Judicial investigators and investigative judges, and personnel at the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA),the Iraqi Jurists Union (IJU),local police stations, and provincial courthouses consistently tell the PRT Baghdad Rule (ROL) of La [...] | 2007-08-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2688 | PRT KIRKUK: LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Kirkuk Province elections director asserted that he is ready to conduct Provincial elections on 60-70 days' notice, although the province would clearly require additional GOI and Coalition Forces (CF) support for security and logistics. Leaders from all of Kirkuk's ethnic gr [...] | 2007-08-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2689 | ARTICLE 140 MEMBERS TO ATTEND FIRST HIGH COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Article 140 Committee will meet for the first time in six months on August 13. Its newly appointed Chairman, Minister of Science and Technology Raid Jahid Fahmi, plans to concentrate on administrative processes to make progress on implementation, leaving the divi [...] | 2007-08-13 08:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD269 | IRAQ: NSA RUBAIE LAYS OUT NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) Summary: DCM assisted Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafak Al-Rubaie in laying out the organizational structure necessary to implement the Joint Transition Strategy. Rubaie reported that PM Maliki had not allowed two Sadrist ministers, Minister of Health and Minister of T [...] | 2007-01-26 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD2691 | NINEWA PROVINCE: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) The Ninewa (Mosul) PRT Rule of Law section recently met with several key human rights organizations in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa. In an encouraging sign, there is a surprising amount of human rights activity in the province -- given the inherent security risks in Iraq today -- [...] | 2007-08-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2692 | WHY WE CARE ABOUT THE PROVINCIAL POWERS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite renewed debate in July, the Council of Representatives (CoR) failed to pass the Provincial Powers Law before the August recess. During CoR's July 17 and 25 sessions parliamentarians shouted comments, demanded changes to the draft text, and questioned the constitutionality [...] | 2007-08-13 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2693 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES IRAQ'S ENERGY NEEDS WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid al-Hassani outlined Iraq's energy needs to CODEL Baird (Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA),Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT),and Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)) in an August 11 meeting. Highlighting security and fuel shortages as the two most pressing issues [...] | 2007-08-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2694 | SHI'A COR MEMBER DISCUSSES TERRORIST CHALLENGE, [...] (C) Sheikh Mohammed al-Haideri, member of the Council of Representatives (CoR) from the UIC and chair of the CoR's human rights committee, told CODEL Baird on August 11 that terrorism, including Al-Qaeda (AQ) and armed groups operating outside the law, was the biggest challenge to Iraq. (Note [...] | 2007-08-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2697 | PLANNING FOR KADHIMIYA PILGRIMAGE SHOWS INCREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of sectarian violence at the August 9 annual pilgrimage to the tomb of the 7th Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad provided evidence of increased coordination capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),compared to last year, in which some 20 pil [...] | 2007-08-14 02:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2700 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH DEFENSE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ministers of the Interior and Defense on August 11, Reps. Brian Baird (D-WA),Ralph Hall (R-TX),and Christopher Shays (R-CT) asked for the opinions of the ministers regarding the current situation in Iraq and the path ahead. Each minister acknowledg [...] | 2007-08-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD2703 | PRT-WASIT: GOI'S PROVINCIAL TRIBAL LIAISON MAKES [...] (S/NF) Summary. On 10 August FOB Delta Commander and embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team (ePRT) Iraq Provincial Action Officer (IPAO) met with LTC Falih Hassan Nasir (protect),head of office for the Wasit Directorate of Tribal Affairs. LTC Falih gave his reasons for the security problem [...] | 2007-08-15 04:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2713 | NINEWA: GETTING HAJJ FLIGHTS OFF THE GROUND AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salih and Acting Minister of Transportation verbally committed to ensuring that this year's Hajj flights will leave from Mosul Airport during an August 1 meeting with Ninewa Governor Kashmoula, senior Ministers and Provincial Director Generals (reftel). Thi [...] | 2007-08-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR ECON KISL PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2714 | NINEWA: SUNNI ARAB IIP WORKERS SEE MULTI-ETHNIC [...] (C) On the margins of a lively and productive August 12 meeting with Sunni Arab women,s organizations (septel) at the Ninewa provincial headquarters of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),the party,s working level staff unofficially described the party,s priorities and philosophy. In an informal d [...] | 2007-08-15 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2722 | DIRT EXPECTED TO BE TURNED SOON FOR ANBAR'S FY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anbar Governor Ma,amoun signed 17 of an expected 131 construction contracts for the province,s $107 million FY 2007 capital expenditure budget on August 13. Six months ago, few if any private contractors would have stepped forward [...] | 2007-08-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2723 | NINEWA: BOMBINGS ROCK YEZIDI COMMUNITY; ONLY [...] (C) Summary. According to the best local estimates, four near-simultaneous VBIEDs August 14 killed at least 200, wounded at least 300 and destroyed dozens of structures in the Yezidi villages of Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa. 4/1 Brigade Combat Team Comman [...] | 2007-08-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER ASEC PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2724 | IRAQ'S RAILROAD [...] SUMMARY: According to a July 25 report by the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE),the Iraqi Republic Railway (IRR) is assessed as functional and currently transports grain, petroleum and refined oil products in southern Iraq, cargo from Syria, excluding Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) and a limi [...] | 2007-08-16 02:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2728 | BAGHDAD CITY HALL TAKES INITIATIVE TO EXPAND ITS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Baghdad Amanat (City Hall) has been independently continuing and improving earlier USG capacity building projects. In particular, a city Training Center is providing technical and management classes to Amanat professional sta [...] | 2007-08-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD2729 | NINEWA: FUEL CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT TL Hyland along with other PRT members met August 8 with Northern Oil Company Distribution Director Dr. Mohammed al-Zibari in his Dahuk offices for a lengthy discussion of the energy crisis in Ninewa province. He claimed the Bayji Oil Refinery,s current operations are ineffi [...] | 2007-08-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2730 | NINEWA: TERRORISTS, CRIMINALS AND NON-SUNNI [...] (C) Summary: Although Mosul University in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa has operated nearly continuously since 2003, the triple threats of terrorist infiltration, criminal activity and a gutting of the non-Sunni student population and professoriate threaten the institution. During an [...] | 2007-08-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV SCUL KPAO PINR PHUM EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD2736 | BAGHDAD IDP STATISTICS SHOW DISPLACEMENTS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Iraq (GoI) statistics indicate that displacements in Baghdad province continue, turning once mixed Sunni/Shia neighborhoods into homogenous areas in which one sect constitutes a clear majority. Statistics provided by the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) show that abou [...] | 2007-08-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2737 | BAGHDAD IDP STATISTICS SHOW DISPLACEMENTS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Iraq (GoI) statistics indicate that displacements in Baghdad province continue in spite of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). Ongoing displacements in Baghdad are turning once mixed Sunni/Shia neighborhoods into homogenous areas in which one sect constitutes a clear m [...] | 2007-08-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD274 | COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES REVIEWS THE 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 Budget and accompanying law is under review by the Council of Representatives (CoR). Discussion was expected to result in a vote during the week of January 21, but last minute differences between the Kurdish and Shi'a parties delayed release of the CoR report on the bud [...] | 2007-01-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2744 | NINEWA: IRAQI DPM VISITS BOMB SITE, BRINGS USD 1 [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, accompanied by the Minister of Defense and Deputy Minister of Interior, August 16 visited the site of the August 14 VBIED attacks on the villages of Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera in the Ninewa province of northern Iraq. With best estimates by the provincial [...] | 2007-08-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV EAID PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD2747 | OIL MINISTER UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil al-Sharastani touched on a number of issues in an August 16 meeting. He expressed disappointment that the USG was not providing more aid on the kidnapping case of his Deputy Minister. He was pleased with the results of his trips to Ankara and Moscow. He professe [...] | 2007-08-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2751 | GOI DIPLOMACY WITH JORDAN, SYRIA YIELDING PROGRESS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolMil Counselor met with DFM Labeed Abbawi August 16 to clarify details of the follow up to the Border Security Working Group held in Damascus August 8-9. PolMil Counselor also conveyed to Abbawi U.S. interest in holding trilateral talks with Syria and Iraq (reftel). Abbawi ag [...] | 2007-08-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ JO PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07BAGHDAD2752 | PRT TIKRIT: CHAIRMAN OF OIL MINISTRY IRAQ-CHINA [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. During an August 6 meeting in Bayji, Abdel Khader Sabah, the chairman of the Iraq-China Committee for the Ministry of Oil (MoO),claimed that the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is reneging on agreements made in earlier [...] | 2007-08-19 05:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENGR EPET KCOR EIND IZ CH |
07BAGHDAD2753 | THE JAFF TRIBE AND THE ROLE OF ITS LEADERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The largest tribe in Sulaimaniyah Province of Iraqi Kurdistan is the Jaff Tribe. Its members are Kurdish and 95 percent Sunni. Jaff tribe leaders act as arbiters partaking in consultative relationships with the local community and government. The leaders are widely integrated i [...] | 2007-08-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD2757 | Electricity Mirage: No Provincial [...] SUMMARY: Three provincial governors (Najaf, Al Anbar and Basrah) have said publicly that they intend to disconnect their governates from the national electricity grid. None has actually done so. They are exercised over the Iraq Ministry of Electricity's inability to meet growing provincial elec [...] | 2007-08-19 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2759 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-08-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD276 | NINEWA: SHABAK REJECT INCORPORATION INTO KRG [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) efforts to incorporate parts of Ninewa Province continue to fan tension in Ninewa. A number of Shabak leaders in Ninewa's al-Hamdaniya District insist that Shabak will not vote to join the KRG in a disputed territories referendum per Article 140 of Ira [...] | 2007-01-27 10:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER SCUL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2761 | VP HASHIMI AND POLCOUNS DISCUSS LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 16 meeting with PolCouns, Sunni Vice President (VP) Tariq al-Hashimi said that he was ready to participate in the upcoming three-plus-one-plus-one leadership conference, regardless of whether a four-party bloc consisting of the PUK, KDP, Dawa, and ISCI forms in the [...] | 2007-08-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2762 | DEPUTY SRSG SCHULENBURG WARNS DCM OF THE UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) second quarter human rights report will be as "shocking and heavy handed" as the first quarter report, said Acting Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Michael Schulenburg (protect) in an August 17 meeting wi [...] | 2007-08-19 17:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD2780 | RELIEF EFFORTS IN WAKE OF AUGUST 14 BOMBINGS IN [...] (C) Relief efforts are broadening following the August 14 bombings in Qahtaniya and Al Jazeera in Ninewa Province, northern Iraq, with the arrival of additional Iraqi contributions, as well as assistance from international organizations and NGOs - following on the initial relief primarily prov [...] | 2007-08-20 11:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PINR PTER KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2781 | PRT KIRKUK: KDP MAYOR RESIGNS, UN-RESIGNS, ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following a mass-casualty VBIED attack in Kirkuk city, its KDP mayor resigned, even though he had little authority over security. He later withdrew his resignation and remains a KDP member, but harshly criticized the KDP's local leadership and plans to start a competing politic [...] | 2007-08-20 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2782 | NINEWA: CHRISTIANS RELATIVELY SECURE IN BARTALLAH [...] (C) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Leader Hyland and other PRT members, along with the 4-1 Brigade Combat Team Chaplain, August 18 visited Bartallah, a majority Christian town in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa, part of the historic Iraqi Christian heartland. Local Christian polit [...] | 2007-08-20 11:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2788 | TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE UPDATE [...] (S). Energy Attache and Econ Officer have had a series of discussions with Ambassador Najib and members of the Prime Minister's TNRC committee on a full range of subjects. Regarding the GoI request letter, Amb. Najib had at first stated that he had spoken with the Prime Minister regarding th [...] | 2007-08-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG IAEA IZ PREL AORC |
07BAGHDAD2794 | ISCI-SADRIST RIVALRY: A COMPLEX MIX OF [...] (S) The often bitter rivalry between the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and the Sadrists - and their affiliated militias, Badr and JAM - highlights the different histories and structures of each organization. ISCI is more centrally organized; the Sadrist movement is more fragmented. [...] | 2007-08-21 08:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2802 | FOREIGN MINISTER SCHEDULES EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS [...] (C) In a letter delivered on August 19, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari invited Ambassador Crocker to an experts-level meeting the GOI plans to host September 8-9 in Baghdad. The gathering is intended to set the groundwork for the expanded Neighbors ministerial scheduled for October in [...] | 2007-08-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2803 | BAGHDAD EPRT ENGAGES SHIA SHEIKHS ON FIGHTING JAM, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT EPRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shia tribal leaders in the 9 Nissan district of Baghdad told EPRT Team Leader and Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Leader that Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) threatened many of the district's residents, and the people needed protection by Co [...] | 2007-08-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2804 | BAGHDAD EPRT ENGAGES SHIA SHEIKHS ON FIGHTING JAM, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT EPRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shia tribal leaders in the 9 Nissan district of Baghdad told EPRT Team Leader and Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Leader that Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) threatened many of the district's residents, and the people needed protection by Co [...] | 2007-08-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2805 | BAGHDAD EPRT ENGAGES SHIA SHEIKHS ON FIGHTING JAM, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT EPRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shia tribal leaders in the 9 Nissan district of Baghdad told EPRT Team Leader and Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Leader that Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) threatened many of the district's residents, and the people needed protection by Co [...] | 2007-08-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2807 | BAGHDAD EPRT REPORTS THAT SHIA SHEIKHS FEEL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT EPRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Shia Sheikhs in Baghdad's 9 Nissan district regard themselves as capable of resolving conflict, despite their stated belief that they have been ignored by the Iraqi government, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),and Coalition Force [...] | 2007-08-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2809 | CODEL VOINOVICH STRESSES POLITICAL PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: In an August 20 meeting with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, CODEL Voinovich -- Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH),Sen. Bob Corker (R-TENN),Sen. David Vitter (R-LA),Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TENN) -- stressed with VP al-Hashimi concern regarding the withdrawal of the Tawafuq party and [...] | 2007-08-21 19:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2816 | AFTERMATH OF MUTHANNA GOVERNOR,S ASSASSINATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Since the the August 20 killing of Muthanna Governor Hassani, local officials have tightened security and there have been few reports of violence. After the three day period of mourning, the Provincial Council will select the ne [...] | 2007-08-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD2817 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VISITS RULE OF LAW COMPLEX [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights (MOHR) Wijdan Salim stressed on August 13 that the jurisdiction of judges at the Rule of Law Complex (ROLC) in Baghdad's Rusafa district should be expanded to include processing of all detainees held onsite at the Rusafa detention center to prevent indefi [...] | 2007-08-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2818 | BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES EXACERBATED BY FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad residents get an average of about two hours per day of electricity from the national grid and an additional 16.3 hours per day of electricity from neighborhood and personal generators, at a total cost of about USD 171.00 per month, according to local contacts and a recent [...] | 2007-08-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ EAID EAIR PREL |
07BAGHDAD2819 | GOI RECEIVES U.S./UK COMMENTS TO CWC INITIAL [...] (C) PolMilOff and other EmbOffs met with Minister of Science and Technology Raid Fahmi Jahid, Director General Mohammed Jawad Al Sharaa (Head of the National Monitoring Directorate),Dr. Muhaned Kareem Al-Hilli (Chief, Chemical Department, NMD),and other MOST officials August 20 to discuss pr [...] | 2007-08-23 06:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CW IZ PARM PGOV PREL OPCW |
07BAGHDAD2820 | GOI AUCTIONS TELECOMS LICENSES FOR USD 3.75 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI auctioned three 15-year mobile telecommunications licenses, each one fetching USD 1.25 billion up front, plus 18.5 percent of monthly gross revenues and 15 percent of net profits. Two of three incumbents--Asiacell and MTC Atheer--won new licenses, and Korek Telecom won th [...] | 2007-08-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ANET ECPS PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2821 | MUTHANNA: SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (C) On 22 August Brigadier Khadim Abulheel, Muthanna,s Chief of Police, announced to Muthanna TV that security forces in the province had arrested perpetrators of Governor Hassani,s assassination. In the statement, he did not share the names, [...] | 2007-08-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD2827 | ARTICLE 140: NINEWA FACES SERIOUS DOWNSIDE RISKS [...] (S/NF) Ninewa borders the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and has a substantial Kurdish population. Because of a Sunni Arab boycott of provincial elections in 2005, the Kurdish Alliance (KDP/PUK combined list) has complete control over provincial government with a three quarters majority in [...] | 2007-08-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KDEM PREL MARR PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2828 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S AUGUST 21 MEETING WITH SHEIKH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Abdul Sattar, the leading tribal figure in Anbar province, stressed the importance of Anbar tribal leaders in improving security and unifying the local citizens of Anbar. Sattar lauded the separation of politics and religion, spe [...] | 2007-08-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2829 | U.K. CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DISCUSSES BASRA, LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: U.K. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Matthew Lodge alerted the Ambassador to negative publicity in the British press over the U.K. withdrawal from Basra, and stated that the PIC process was on track for August 29. The Ambassador then shared with Lodge his impressions to date of the leader [...] | 2007-08-23 14:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK IZ |
07BAGHDAD2830 | PENSION REFORM UPDATE: WILL COOLER HEADS PREVAIL? [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The future of pension benefits for Iraqi retirees remains in doubt as debate on the first amendment to the Unified Retirement Law (#27/2006) will not resume until the Council of Representatives (CoR) reconvenes in September following its summer recess. The Pension Reform S [...] | 2007-08-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2833 | NINEWA: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE NEEDS BEING MET IN [...] (C) Given the recovery efforts on the ground in Qahtaniya and Al-Jazeera after the massive August 14 attacks (reftels),local Iraqi officials are still trying to set a final, accurate number of casualties. The latest numbers provided by Coalition Forces are 345 killed, 725 wounded (about 320 [...] | 2007-08-23 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PTER KDEM MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2834 | BAGHDAD: MILITANTS TAKE OVER WHERE GOVERNMENT FAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Militant groups in Baghdad employ a complex mixture of violent and non-violent tactics to win control of the political prerogatives usually reserved for civilian governance institutions, including the delivery of essential services, the distribution of city resources, the collecti [...] | 2007-08-23 19:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR PREF PTER PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2835 | BAGHDAD: SEVEN TACTICS MILITANTS USE TO SEIZE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Extra-legal governance institutions created by Shia and Sunni militants repeatedly use the same tactics to seize and maintain control of Baghdad's neighborhoods. In almost all areas of the city, militants initially found a role and a purpose in forcibly displacing people from the [...] | 2007-08-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREF PTER PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2836 | FOURTH US-ISCI ECONOMIC DIALOGUE MEETING: PRT [...] (C) Summary: The US-ISCI economic dialogue meeting on August 15 focused on discussing USG economic initiatives in southern Iraq through Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and what ISCI believes comprises a free trade zone. ISCI officials highlighted a business and investment conference fo [...] | 2007-08-24 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2837 | PRIME MINISTER'S ADVISORS BLAME EVERYTHING ON VP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sadiq al-Rikabi, a senior political advisor to PM Maliki, complained on August 23 about U.S. criticism of Maliki. "We are partners, you must treat us as such," said Rikabi, who argued that Maliki was constitutionally "powerless" and therefore not responsible for any go [...] | 2007-08-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2838 | VP ABDEL MEHDI TO CODEL VOINOVICH: PATIENCE, PLEASE [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told CODEL Voinovich (Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH),Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN),Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)) August 20 that an improved security environment and a change in the Sunni "mood" indicate that Iraq is making slow b [...] | 2007-08-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2844 | BANKING SYSTEM IMPEDES INVESTMENT IN KURDISTAN [...] This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Private sector leaders and senior government officials recently told PRTOff that the Dohuk Governorate's primitive banking system remains the single largest impediment to the province's economic developmen [...] | 2007-08-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD2847 | A BAGHDAD COMMUNIST BECOMES A SUNNI CHAMPION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A key figure has emerged on the Baghdad political scene in Subhi al-Meshadani, the lone Sunni on the Baghdad Provincial Council. Subhi, a member of the Iraqi Communist Party, has recently vaulted from the backbenches of provincial [...] | 2007-08-25 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER |
07BAGHDAD2848 | FM KOUCHNER'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: On August 21, during his visit to Baghdad, FM Kouchner asked the Ambassador how France could be helpful on Iraq. The Ambassador suggested that an active French role on economic development -- including bilateral and EU assistance -- would be helpful, as would French support for th [...] | 2007-08-25 17:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2849 | MALIKI URGED TO LEAD PARTIES TOWARD POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker strongly urged Prime Minister Maliki to take advantage of an improving security situation and lead Iraq towards political reconciliation, emphasizing that Iraqi political factions were extremely close to agreement on two key sticking points: [...] | 2007-08-25 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD2854 | VP HASHIMI'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR AND TASK FORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sheikh Omar Jabouri, Vice President (VP) Tariq al-Hashimi's human rights advisor, proposed August 14 that tribal sheikhs should act as guarantors for the release of Coalition detainees. In his conversation with Task Force 134 (TF-134) Commanding General Major General (MG) Douglas [...] | 2007-08-26 07:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM MOPS PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2859 | UNAMI DSRSG SCHULENBURG SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) second quarter human rights report has been sent to New York for clearance, said Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) and Charge d'Affaires Michael SIPDIS Schulenburg in an August 23 meeting with the Ambassad [...] | 2007-08-26 10:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD286 | BAGHDAD SUNNI NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Three neighborhood council members representing the Sunni-dominant Doura sub-district in South Baghdad told Emboffs January 24 that Ministry of Interior abuse against residents was a common occurrence and included alleged torture, extortion, and killings. Representatives Hashim M [...] | 2007-01-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2860 | NINEWA: PRT SUPPORTS FARMERS' ASSOCIATION IN [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa is supporting the formation of grassroots farmers' organizations in the religiously and ethnically diverse towns of Bartallah & Al Qosh in northeastern Ninewa P [...] | 2007-08-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2867 | MALIKI'S STAFF -- INSIDE THE PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: The professional staff of the Prime Minister's Office is dominated by a small circle of trusted advisors, who travel with the Prime Minister and are often present at major meetings. The remaining advisors struggle with lack of information, infrastructure constraints, and movemen [...] | 2007-08-26 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2873 | GOI HEARS NEW TONE IN DAMASCUS, AWAITS ANSWER ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolMil Counselor met with DFM Abbawi August 26 to discuss PM Maliki,s recent visit to Damascus (reftels),outcomes from the visit, and the prospects for cooperation between Syria, Iraq, and the U.S. in addressing terrorism in Iraq and the region. Abbawi described the positive [...] | 2007-08-27 10:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PREL PTER EG IZ JO KU SA SY |
07BAGHDAD288 | JUDICIAL EFFECTIVENESS RETURNS TO NINEWA [...] (C) Major Crimes Court (MCC) judges TDY from MCC-Baghdad have begun trials of insurgent cases in Ninewa Province. This visiting judges program was proposed and facilitated by our PRT in partnership with our Coalition maneuver commands, the Chief of Police and Governor of Ninewa Province, and [...] | 2007-01-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2884 | CODEL TAUSCHER AUGUST 26 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Tauscher and accompanying CODEL members/staff met separately during their August 25-26 visit to Baghdad with Kurdish Regional President Barzani, Vice President Abdulmehdi, and National Security Advisor Al Rubaie. In each meeting, Representatives Tauscher (D-CA),Moran (D- [...] | 2007-08-28 06:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP KBIO IZ |
07BAGHDAD2888 | THEFT, EXTORTION, KIDNAPPING -- HOW BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR PREF PTER PHUM ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD2894 | SHI'A PARLIAMENTARY MALCONTENTS VENT ABOUT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Separate discussions with former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, nominally a member of PM al-Maliki's Da'wa party, and senior legislators from the Fadhila party revealed deep skepticism over the current government's ability to achieve meaningful progress and interest in formi [...] | 2007-08-29 04:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2899 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN THE KURDISH REGION [...] SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks there has been a rise in illnesses with diarrhea and vomiting in Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk. The Kurdistan regional Minister of Health estimates that there are a total of 4,000 new cases since the middle of August. Of these cases, 70 have been confirmed as cholera [...] | 2007-08-29 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD29 | AL ANBAR: FALLUJAH AND IRAQI ARMY LEADERS [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah leaders told Al Anbar PolOff January 1 that the city remained quiet following Saddam Hussein's December 30 execution. They criticized, however, the timing of the execution, which coincided with the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday. [...] | 2007-01-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD290 | BUDGET DISPUTE DELAYS VOTE, COR ADJOURNS UNTIL [...] (C) Summary: In an unusual Saturday session at the CoR on January 27, a dispute over the 55.5 million USD 'social benefits' allocation of the Presidency Council derailed the discussion, resulting in a walk out of the Kurdish and Tawafuq CoR members. Negotiations were unable to immediately r [...] | 2007-01-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2900 | SELCTION OF MUTHANNA'S NEXT GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: On 27 August the Muthanna Provincial Council (PC) met to nominate PC members to fill the position vacated by Governor Hassani's assassination on 20 August. There were three nominees, all of whom are current PC members: PC Chair [...] | 2007-08-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2902 | ELECTRICITY IN KURDISTAN REGION: AMBITIOUS PLANS, MANY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 9 meeting with RRT Officers, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Electricity Hoshyar Siwaily provided a candid overview of the electricity sector in the three provinces of the Kurdistan Region. Consumers here currently receive on average eight hours of [...] | 2007-08-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ |
07BAGHDAD2906 | JAM CREATES CRISIS IN KARBALA, HITS BADR IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Baghdad - PRT Karbala report. 2. (C) Summary: Three days of internecine Shi'a violence that began August 27 with a thwarted attempt by elements of Moqtada al-Sadr's Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia to seize one of Shi'a Islam's holiest shrines in Karbala and morphed [...] | 2007-08-29 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2907 | IMPLICATIONS OF MUTHANNA GOVERNOR'S ASSASSINATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) Summary: It is not yet known who is responsible for the assassination of Muthanna Governor Hassani. Members of his Jalabtah branch of the Albu Hassan tribe have taken tribal retribution, but the violence has been constrained [...] | 2007-08-29 18:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2908 | PRT-WASIT: AL KUT REPORTER KIDNAPPED, BEATEN, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 August, Hassan Shaheed Al-Azzawi, a journalist for Iraqi national newspaper Al-Sabab and Al Kut TV, was kidnapped, beaten and held for approximately 36 hours. Al-Azzawi believes the Wasit Governor directed the abduction, but there is an absence of substantial evidence to [...] | 2007-08-30 05:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD291 | ANBAR LEADERS ASK GOI MINISTERS FOR SUPPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon which brought Anbar provincial leadership together with GOI national level officials to discuss security issues of concern to the province. Anbar officials raised a number of "unanswered requests" with the Ministers of Interior, Def [...] | 2007-01-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2910 | EPRT-WASIT: STRONG SUPPORT FOR WASIT POLICE CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: As the Wasit security situation deteriorates, the selection of a new provincial police chief will have a major impact on the future of the province. In a series of meetings 17-24 August, ePRT and 214th BDE gathered unanimously positive input - if not always direct support - on [...] | 2007-08-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2911 | IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST [...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The previous two weekly I-ESC meetings had been canceled due to religious celebration and absentee officials, [...] | 2007-08-30 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD292 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH ON [...] (S)Summary: Ambassador met January 23 and again on the 24th with DPM Barham Salih to seek a way to get the Hydrocarbon Law process back on track. The latter meeting included Minister of Oil Shahristani, the PM,s Oil Adviser, Thamir Ghadhban, and, briefly, other members of the Energy Committe [...] | 2007-01-29 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2922 | DCM'S AUGUST 28 MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told the DCM on August 28 that she will remain in the Maliki government as an independent, despite Iraqiyya bloc leader Ayad Allawi's reported plan to return to Baghdad. The Minister noted she has not yet received a pre-publication copy of th [...] | 2007-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2923 | KURDISTAN REGION'S INVESTMENT LAW ATTRACTS LITTLE [...] (U) This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Dohuk Governorate has received little new foreign direct investment (FDI),following enactment of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Investment Law in mid-2006. Although the law is materiall [...] | 2007-08-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2924 | TUWAITHA REQUEST LETTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GoI) was asked to provide to the USG letters requesting assistance in the repackaging and transportation of approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium (yellow cake) and four high-activity radioactive sources from the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Comple [...] | 2007-08-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | AORC ECON ENRG IAEA IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD2925 | AL-SADR REINS IN JAM: PR RUSE OR STRATEGIC MOVE? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Moqtada al-Sadr's much publicized August 29 statement calling for his Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) to suspend operations for six months and ordering its restructure was well-received by Prime Minister al-Maliki and welcomed by a leader of a main target of recent JAM violence, the Iraqi [...] | 2007-08-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2927 | SULAIMANIYAH: YOUTH GROUPS STIFFLED BY PUK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-01 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2928 | RRT ERBIL: PUK POLITBURO MEMBERS ON KIRKUK AND USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are committed to completing the provisions of Article 140 which addresses the status of the city of Kirkuk. They will not negotiate on changing the 2007 deadline for Article 140 implementation but hinted that they will allow for [...] | 2007-09-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2930 | MALIKI PREDICTS IMPROVED SECURITY CONDITIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: An optimistic Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki predicted improved security conditions in Iraq due to Moqtada al-Sadr,s pledge to stand down his Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia and to very positive signals from his trips to Iran and Syria where he claimed to secure agreements to stop in [...] | 2007-09-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD2933 | WHERE IS BAGHDAD HEADED? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad at the end of the summer of 2007 remains a divided city. Since January, the troop surge has helped to create islands of safety and contributed to a reduction in sectarian violence in some areas. However, militant leaders and their cadres who profit from conflict have la [...] | 2007-09-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREF PTER PHUM ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD294 | LEADING IRAQI SHI'A PARLIAMENTARIAN ON SYRIA, THE [...] (C) Summary: Ali al-Adeeb, one the leaders of the Dawa party and the deputy leader of the Shi'a coalition in the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave the Ambassador a positive readout of his recent trip to Syria as part of President Talabani's delegation. He said that Shi'a coalition nego [...] | 2007-01-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ SY |
07BAGHDAD2942 | ANBAR PROVINCE SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. MNF-West leadership has commented on it. 2. (C) Summary. There were 421 security incidents throughout Anbar Province in August, marking the eighth consecutive monthly decline. The improvement around Ramadi is more dramatic than in the province a [...] | 2007-09-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2943 | RAMADI MARKET FLORISHES AMID DECREASING VIOLENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Ramadi's central market has seen an upsurge in commercial activity as a result of decreasing violence in the city. Goods are flowing into the market from Syria, Turkey and Baghdad, according to an unscientific inquiry made by member [...] | 2007-09-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2947 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ'S SLUGGISH [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi implementation of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) is in danger of losing momentum following its May 3 launch. The GoI named a director on May 28 to its ICI Secretariat, but has not staffed the Secretariat, nor formed most of the ICI working groups. The SIPDIS [...] | 2007-09-03 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD295 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 24 meeting, National Security Advisor Rubaie and the Ambassador discussed the Prime Minister's decision not to have Vice President al-Hashimi head the committee to mobilize support for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),as well as plans for the first meeting of the [...] | 2007-01-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD2957 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND SRSG QAZI'S SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) The USG and the GOI will be provided a copy of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) second-quarter human rights report at least a week before it is publicly released, UNAMI's Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi told Ambassador Crocker SI [...] | 2007-09-04 10:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | TAGS |
07BAGHDAD2958 | PM MALIKI: GOI SEEKS TO BUILD ON JAM'S STAND-DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister al-Maliki told the Ambassador SeptemQr 2 that a recent attempt by Moqtada al-Sadr,s Jaysh alQahdi militia (JAM) to seize one of Shi,a Islam,s holiest shrines in Karbala last week had alienated Iraq,s Shi,a masses, and that al-Sadr,s order for the JAM to stand-down [...] | 2007-09-04 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2959 | ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKEEM TO CODEL COLEMAN: WE'RE [...] (C) Summary: Shi,a leader Amar al-Hakeem, groomed to replace his ailing father as head of the Islamic Supreme Council (ISCI),told Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) on September 1 that a violent attempt by Moqtada al-Sadr,s Jaysh al-Mahdi militia (JAM) to seize one of Shi,a Islam,s holiest shrines in [...] | 2007-09-04 10:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD296 | SUNNI VP HASHIMI NOT BRIEFED ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (C) During a January 25 meeting, VP Hashimi told the Ambassador he preferred to appoint a Tawafuq representative to head the Baghdad Security Mobilization Committee to working with Ahmed Chalabi. Hashimi observed that he was not in a position to "mobilize anyone", because no one had briefed [...] | 2007-01-29 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2975 | SADIQ RIKABI DISCUSSES SADRIST CEASEFIRE, PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: On Sept. 4, Sadiq Rikabi, a senior advisor to PM Maliki urged us to "send a message" to mainstream Sadrists by announcing a willingness to fund reconstruction projects in Sadr City if the putative ceasefire ordered by Muqtada al-Sadr sticks. Rikabi also stressed the importance of [...] | 2007-09-05 04:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2976 | INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT GROUP MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD2977 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions of the August 31 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) centered upon the Government of Iraq's (GoI) capability to address potential winter fuel shortages. The Prime Minister decided to assign a greater role to the Baghdad Provincial Council in the supervision of [...] | 2007-09-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2979 | NINEWA: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKING THE FIRST [...] (SBU) The chairman and two other representatives from the Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the Ninewa Provincial Council, northern Iraq, told the Rule of Law Section of the Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in August that the committee was committed to protecting the dignity and human [...] | 2007-09-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD298 | ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO RESIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 25, Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani said the Arab League failed to support him politically. As a result, Lamani said he is resigning. He passed a copy of his resignation letter to the Ambassador and said it was confidenti [...] | 2007-01-29 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2980 | PRT KIRKUK: ITF MONOPOLIZES TURKMAN VOICES, BLOCKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Though claiming to speak for all of Kirkuk's Turkman community, the Iraqi Turkman Front (ITF) represents only a hardline minority and itself suffers internally due to the ideological inflexibility of its leadership. Despite this, the ITF enforces among the members of the Kirkuk [...] | 2007-09-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2981 | NINEWA: SUNNI WOMEN'S GROUPS ACTIVE AND READY TO [...] (SBU) Women's group leaders associated with the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),a Sunni Arab political party, in Ninewa Province told the PRT August 12 that they were dedicated to making Mosul, Iraq,s second-largest city, a better place to live for women and children. This cable outlines the activ [...] | 2007-09-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2994 | NATIONAL JOCKEYING FOR MUTHANNA'S NEW LEADERSHIP [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: National political parties intervened in the selection of the replacement to the assassinated Governor of Muthanna. Their motives differed, but all agreed on the need to choose a new leader quickly, to mitigate any instability [...] | 2007-09-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD2996 | IRAQI REFUGEE PROCESSING: CAN WE SPEED IT UP? [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. has provided substantial assistance to Iraq's two million refugees, over USD 120 million in FY-07, which is considerably more than all other donors combined. Assistance also involves resettling some refugees; over 10,000 UNHCR referrals are pending. The process typicall [...] | 2007-09-07 02:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SY JO IZ |
07BAGHDAD3006 | CORRECTED COPY: INAUGURAL IRAQ ECONOMIC CONTACT [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Baghdad 02976. Previous transmission sent in error. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 Economic Minister Charles Ries convened a meeting of senior diplomatic, military, and international institution officials in Baghdad interested in economic issues. EMIN told th [...] | 2007-09-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD3007 | CORRECTED COPY--SULAIMANIYAH: YOUTH GROUPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Youth groups in Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraqi Kurdistan, complain of wide-spread political party interference in the leadership and day to day operations of their activities. They expected greater freedom after 2003 but are still unable to act independently or discuss reform pr [...] | 2007-09-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD301 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW, FUEL ISSUES [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met January 28 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, Oil Minister Shahristani and the PM's oil adviser Thamir Ghadhban to discuss how to resolve final differences in the draft Hydrocarbon (HC) Law, as well as fuel supply issues and the IMF's r [...] | 2007-01-29 19:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD3011 | BAGHDAD EPRT: PALESTINIANS SEEK SERVICES, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During an August 20 meeting with Baghdad E-PRT and 2BCT/2ID, Palestinians from the Beladiat neighborhood of Baghdad's 9 Nissan district raised several concerns: poor basic services, insecurity, and the status of detainees. [...] | 2007-09-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PHUM ECON PTER SOCI SCUL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3012 | BAGHDAD EPRT: LOCAL ELECTIONS IN KARADA DISTRICT A [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Three neighborhood council elections took place in Baghdad's Karada district during June and July, with 13 members elected to represent Muhallahs 950, 952, 954, 956, 958, 962, 964, 966, 950, 952, 953, 954, 955, and 963. Kara [...] | 2007-09-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI SCUL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3013 | BAGHDAD EPRT: SUNNI RECONCILIATION DIALOGUES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On 28 Aug, Baghdad E-PRT, 2/2 ID CDR, and battalion commanders met with Human Rights Advisor to the VP Omar Al-Jaboori and Dr. Kheder Shukur to provide updates on the six battalion-level local reconciliation processes (reft [...] | 2007-09-09 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3023 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, 7 SEPT [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) observed the six-month anniversary of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon with a performance review of the six supporting committees of the IESC. The Joint Planning Subcommittee of the IESC presented a report that made recommendations for refo [...] | 2007-09-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3024 | ANBARI, GOI LEADERS GATHER FOR ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a joint PRT Anbar/Embassy ECON reporting cable. SUMMARY: 2. (C) Over 200 Anbari notables attended the Anbar Forum II on September 6, a gathering that showed a new face to Iraqi governance -- that of National and Provincial officials cooperating in a public and transparent mann [...] | 2007-09-10 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3026 | IRAQI MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DISCUSSES SUNNI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PolOffs on September 8, Abd Dhiyab al-Ajili said that he has technically resigned from his duties as Minister of Higher Education as part of the August 1 Tawafuq bloc withdrawal, but still advises his staff on ministry issues. He believes Tawafuq's withdrawal was [...] | 2007-09-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3027 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MASHADANI CITES FAILURES OF [...] (C) Summary: Mahmoud Mashadani, the ever-prickly Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker, told PolCouns September 6 that he felt slighted at not being invited with other GOI leaders to join President Bush's September 2 visit to Anbar. Mashadani complained about what he called the failure of PM [...] | 2007-09-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3038 | PROSPECTS FOR HYDROCARBON LAW PASSAGE - NOT SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders are pessimistic about the speed at which Iraq can pass the framework hydrocarbon and revenue management laws, but believe the GOI already has the parliamentary majority needed to ultimately enact the laws. END SUMMARY. VP thinks passage likely, but not soon ----- [...] | 2007-09-11 04:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3044 | NINEWA: YEZIDI LEADERSHIP FEARS FURTHER TERRORIST [...] (C/REL TO ACGU) On August 29, TL Hyland traveled to Ayn Sifni in northeastern Ninewa to discuss the political and security situation with Emir Teshin Beg, secular leader of the Yezidi minority, in the wake of the terrorist attacks August 14 on two Yezidi villages (reftels C, D, E). Teshin Be [...] | 2007-09-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM PREL MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3045 | JOINT RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS SUPPORT BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Joint Planning Commission (JPC) and the Joint Reconstruction Operations Center (JROC) in Baghdad are fast becoming Iraqi-driven institutions. Created to coordinate and synchronize Baghdad reconstruction efforts in support [...] | 2007-09-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3056 | CONTROVERSY CENTERS ON CPI COMMISSIONER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3059 | IRAQI REACTIONS TO AMB.CROCKER, GEN PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary reactions to the Ambassador's September 10 testimony, and that of General Petraeus, to the House Armed Services and International Relations Committees have been quite positive across Iraq's major sectarian communities and in various parts of Baghdad. Most educated Ir [...] | 2007-09-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3060 | FOLLOWING GOI "CONCESSIONS," NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) Dr. Mustapha Al Hiti, a senior parliamentarian in the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue Bloc (or, Hewar party led by Sunni politician Salah al Mutlaq),confirmed to poloffs on September 10 that Hewar had ended its two-month boycott of the Council of Representatives (CoR) after the governme [...] | 2007-09-11 17:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON PINR KBIO IZ |
07BAGHDAD3061 | GOI RELUCTANTLY AGREEING TO POSTPONE EXECUTION OF [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on September 10, Charge conveyed to the PM's Chief of Staff, Tariq Abdullah, and to President Talabani the need to delay action on executing Ali Hassan Al Majid ("Chemical Ali"),Sultan Hashim, and Hussain Rashid Muhammed -- all sentenced to death in the Anfal [...] | 2007-09-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3062 | CDA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSS SULTAN [...] (S) Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told CDA Butenis and PolCouns September 8 that there would be significant public outrage if Sultan Hashim, formerly Saddam Hussein's Minister of Defense, were executed -- especially without the approval of the Presidency Council. The Iraqi people, she no [...] | 2007-09-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PREL PGOV KJUS KAWC IZ |
07BAGHDAD3063 | SEPTEMBER 9 MCNS MEETING -- MALIKI URGES COALITION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki strongly urged Coalition Forces (CF) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to use restraint and proportional force when searching for rank-and-file militia members and insurgents. He deplored the death of innocent civilians killed during a recent CF operation and [...] | 2007-09-12 02:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3064 | EXPANDED NEIGHBORS PREPCON [...] C) SUMMARY. At the September 9 Expanded Neighbors preparatory conference in Baghdad, participants agreed to hold the next Neighbors Ministerial October 31-November 1 in Istanbul. Arab neighbors greeted the GOI proposal to establish a standing secretariat with skepticism, but with supportiv [...] | 2007-09-12 02:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3071 | HUNT OIL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH KRG UNDER KRG OIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) recently signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Hunt Oil Company that covers oil exploration and production in "the Dohuk area." Comments by Hunt officials indicate that the block is actually in the Ninewa Governorate's northern administr [...] | 2007-09-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD3074 | SWEDISH FOREIGN MINISTER--FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION--NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Immigration Minister Tobias Billstrom, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Bjorn Lyrvall, and Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (stationed in Jordan) Niclas Trouve discussed a wide range of political issues with Ambassador Crocker and suggested Sw [...] | 2007-09-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
07BAGHDAD3075 | FALLUJAH,S VERSION OF THE ANBAR MODEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Citizens Watch (ICW) and the Provincial Security Forces (PSF) have become the Fallujah area,s most visible sign of tribal buy-in on security matters. Although not originally conceived as a tribal outreach tool, field commanders quickly recognized its potential and cr [...] | 2007-09-12 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3078 | INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At 2.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs),Iraq now ranks third in the world among countries with IDP populations, behind only Sudan and Colombia. Such large-scale displacement in Iraq is producing potentially permanent social and religious segregation. Coordination r [...] | 2007-09-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | UN EAID PREF PHUM PREL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3082 | PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA [...] As requested in reftel, Post is submitting input for the President's September 25 Human Rights Roundtable at 2007 UNGA. --------------- POST ACTIVITIES --------------- 2. Post supports human rights development in Iraq by maintaining dialogues with key Iraqi officials on human rights [...] | 2007-09-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3084 | FURTHER IRAQI REACTIONS TO AMB CROCKER, GEN [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy and PRTs have continued to gather reactions to the joint testimony of the Ambassador and General Petraeus. In general, Shi'a leaders remain pleased with the testimony, while some Kurds criticized the focus on Anbar. The Baghdad PRT collected reactions from a dozen Ir [...] | 2007-09-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3088 | INITIAL 2008 BUDGET OFFERING SEEKS TO MINIMIZE [...] (C) Summary: The 2008 central budget negotiating season has begun. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) started the process in July with an austere first offer. Based on a very pessimistic oil export revenue forecast, the MoF's budget straight-lines security ministries and sharply cuts elsewhere, inc [...] | 2007-09-13 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3094 | RRT ERBIL: KRG PM ON RECONCILIATION, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Regional Coordinator Jess Baily made an introductory call on Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani August 28. The KRG PM encouraged a more visible US presence in the Kurdish region. Regarding cooperation among the various Iraqi factions, he expressed the op [...] | 2007-09-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3095 | DEPUTY OIL MINISTER HAS SECTARIAN WORRIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior GOI official warned EMIN about Iranian influence within the Oil Ministry, and conveyed his fear that the Ministry is falling apart due to sectarian tension. If left unchecked, he warned that USG officials in 4-5 months would no longer find it safe to visit or even be we [...] | 2007-09-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3096 | WHITHER IRAQI HYDROCARBONS FRAMEWORK? [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Charge and EMIN September 13 that implication of that day's New York Times article on the hydrocarbon law ("Compromise on Oil Law Seems to be Collapsing") was wrong. In fact, he said, discussion the previous day of the hydrocarbon framework [...] | 2007-09-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD3097 | ASSASSINATION OF ANBARI SHEIKH SATTAR BEZIA [...] (S) Summary: Sheikh Abdul Sattar Bezia al-Rishawi was killed on September 13 by an IED which exploded by his vehicle close to his compound in Ramadi. Sattar's father and three brothers died at the hands of al-Qaeda and it is unclear who will now lead the Anbar Awakening movement or the al-Ris [...] | 2007-09-13 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD31 | 2007 GOI BUDGET: REVIEW PROCESS AT THE COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq submitted the 2007 draft budget to the Council of Representatives for approval more than two months late on December 24, 2006, following unanimous approval by the Council of Ministers on December 21. The review process by the Council of Representatives ( [...] | 2007-01-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3104 | NINEWA: 2007 HAJJ FLIGHTS: PROGRESS TO DATE, [...] (SBU) PRT Ninewa organized a September 5 meeting of the Mosul Airport Hajj Operations Committee for Iraqi Prime Ministerial Advisor on Airports and Seaports Ahmed Al-Saadawi and Ninewa Governor Kashmoula. Both reported the Hajj Committee had approved Mosul as a point of embarkation for 2007 [...] | 2007-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD3115 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informati [...] | 2007-09-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3117 | OIL MINISTER COURTS ENAMORED OIL FIRMS WHILE KRG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 00:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3119 | SADRISTS ABANDON SHIA ALLIANCE, SEEK TO FORM [...] (C) Summary: Senior Sadrist CoR member Baha al-Araji told us September 16 that Moqtada al-Sadr (MAS) had ordered the 28-seat Sadrist legislative bloc to leave the Shia United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) and team with disaffected Shia and Sunni elements to form a new alliance to counter the Shia/Kurdi [...] | 2007-09-17 04:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD312 | IRAQI PM CHIEF OF STAFF ABDULLAH DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on January 24, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah said he learned new processes for his office during his trip to Washington. He explained that decision making in the PM's office varied according to the issue, but outlined different ways [...] | 2007-01-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3121 | TUWAITHA UPDATE: MEETING WITH MOST MINISTER [...] (S),SUMMARY: Energy Attache and Embassy officer met with Ra'id Fahmi Jahid, Minister of Science and Technology regarding progress toward completing the corrected letter requesting USG assistance in the removal of approximately 550 tons of natural uranium (yellow cake) and four high-activity [...] | 2007-09-17 06:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | AORC ECON ENRG IAEA IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD3124 | PRT TIKRIT: MAJOR CRIMES COURT OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (U) Summary. On September 9, the Salah ad Din Province Major Crimes Court (MCC) was opened pursuant to an order signed by the Chief Justice of Iraq. The key question is whether local judges will effectively carry out their duties or if inti [...] | 2007-09-17 10:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRS KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3125 | DAWA LEGISLATOR: JAM IS "THE NEW BA'ATH," MORE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Da'wa Party CoR member Haider al-Abadi told us September 13 that non-Sadrist Shi'a increasingly refer to Moqtada al-Sadr's followers as "The New Ba'athists" due to their use of violence and intimidation. Al-Abadi maintained that "moderate" Sadrists are afraid to speak out [...] | 2007-09-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3128 | FOLLOWING UP ON PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3129 | STATUS REPORT ON THE ENERGY FUSION CELL [...] SUMMARY: The Energy Fusion Cell has revised its original strategy on infrastructure integrity in Iraq, and is helping Iraq maximize its petroleum export revenue; meet domestic fuel needs; meet domestic power needs; transition to market-based energy policy decisions; and transition to self-capa [...] | 2007-09-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD313 | IRAQI PM CHIEF OF STAFF PROVIDES HIS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah provided his thoughts on changing the composition of the Cabinet to the Mission's PM Office Liaison on January 24. Abdullah said the Prime Minister is considering either forming a new government or replacing about half of his min [...] | 2007-01-30 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3130 | FOLLOWING UP ON PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3132 | NO CONFIDENCE VOTE FOR PM? VOTE COUNTING IN THE COR [...] (C) On September 16th Muqtada al-Sadr ordered the 28 members of the Sadr Trend bloc in Iraqi's Council of Representatives (COR) to withdraw from the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) and form a national alliance with Sunni or Shi'a members. According to Sadrist COR Member Baha al-Araji, Sadr hopes [...] | 2007-09-17 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD3133 | CODEL BAUCUS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with Codel Baucus, President Talabani said that while Maliki is not the ideal Prime Minister for Iraq, the August 26 Leaders' Agreement and creation of the "three plus one mechanism" and an inner Cabinet are genuine steps forward. He acknowledged, howeve [...] | 2007-09-17 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3134 | SEPTEMBER 16 MCNS -- REINSTITUTING CENTRALIZED [...] (S) SUMMARY: The September 16 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) was dominated by discussions about partially reinstituting centralized governmental control over provincial security organizations and increasing governmental control over disparate security units like Facility Prot [...] | 2007-09-17 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3136 | BLACKWATER PERSONNEL SECURITY DETAIL INVOLVED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 19:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC IZ PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD3139 | UPDATE: OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON IZ KU ENRG PREL |
07BAGHDAD314 | CODEL PELOSI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, IRAQI PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador before a luncheon with Iraqi President Talabani, and at the luncheon, CODEL Pelosi members expressed concern that Iraqi PM Maliki had not proposed and did not support a U.S. troop surge. They also expressed doubts about the GOI's political will to ma [...] | 2007-01-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3142 | PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO JOINT COMMISSION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ AMGT ASEC PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD3143 | PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO JOINT COMMISSION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 19:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3146 | RRT ERBIL: CODEL BAUCUS MEETING WITH KRG PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of the Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani told a Congressional delegation that he supported a federal Iraq. He did not believe national reconciliation was possible if Sunni and Shiia Islamic extremists remained in control and favored the idea of a U.S. residual troop [...] | 2007-09-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PGOV IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3148 | RRT ERBIL: PUK-PJAK CONFRONTATION IN SULAIMANIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: With approval of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Deputy Commander for Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga said he recently deployed 200 PUK Peshmerga soldiers to take military action against members of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan Party (PJAK) in the [...] | 2007-09-19 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PBTS PGOV IZ IR TU |
07BAGHDAD3150 | CODEL BAUCUS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 16 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, the members of Codel Baucus delivered a tough message to PM Maliki, underscoring the frustration in Congress with the slow progress on political reconciliation and the need for Maliki personally to do more. The PM defended his [...] | 2007-09-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3152 | SHIA COR DEPUTIES: DE-BAATH LAW MOVING FORWARD, [...] (C) Summary: ISCI Deputy Humam Hamudi and Da'wa Deputy Ali al-Adib told us September 18 in separate meetings that the De-Baathification Law is on track for CoR presentation and approval. A CoR source later told us the draft law could reach the CoR Legal Committee as early as September 20, wit [...] | 2007-09-19 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3155 | IRAQIYA COR MEMBER DISCUSSES MINISTRY WITHDRAWALS, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqiya Party Secretary and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Maysoon al-Damluji told PolOff on September 13 the two ministers (Science and Technology, Human Rights) that refused go to along with Ayad Allawi's decision to pull his party from the Council of Ministers (CoM) a [...] | 2007-09-19 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3156 | EMBASSY CONTINUES OUTREACH ON PERSONAL SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3158 | PRT TIKRIT: NOTES FROM VILLAGE OF TUZ [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a recent visit to ethnically-mixed Tuz, PRTOFF found a community increasingly distant both psychologically and politically from the Provincial Government in Salah ad Din. END SUMMARY. Where are the PC Members? ----------- [...] | 2007-09-20 05:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3159 | MEETING WITH MFA ON IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a meeting with Deputy PolMil Counselor, Ambassador Taha Al-Abassi, head of the Neighboring Countries Department of the Iraqi MFA, made it clear that Iraq did not recognize the validity of the Algiers Accord with respect to the Iran-Iraq border, and that Iraq had refused to di [...] | 2007-09-20 06:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3160 | PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT OF JAM CEASEFIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PRT reporting Muqtada al-Sadr's August 30th declaration "freezing" Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) operations has had no real impact on JAM-associated violence in the south. This lack of impact highlights the fragmentary nature of JAM and raises questions about Sadr,s relevancy. [...] | 2007-09-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IR IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD3161 | CODEL BAUCUS DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Codel Baucus on September 16, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the delegation that he does not think there will be true national reconciliation until the Shia and Kurds decide to compromise, particularly regarding power-sharing on security issues. He said he [...] | 2007-09-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3162 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI WELCOMES PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (C) During a September 19 meeting with Vice President Tariq Al Hashimi, Embassy Political Counselor and poloffs delivered reftel letter from President Bush, emphasizing the USG commitment to progress on benchmark legislation and to an enduring bilateral relationship with the government and pe [...] | 2007-09-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3163 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (S/NF) Mr. President: Your meetings with Prime Minister (PM) Maliki and President Talabani on the margins of the UNGA present an opportunity to build upon the outcome of the Benchmarks Report, and to focus both Iraqi leaders on making maximum use of the surge between now and next spring. You [...] | 2007-09-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UNGA IZ |
07BAGHDAD3164 | INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH IRAQI MOD, CO-CHAIR OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 16:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3175 | EPRT WASIT: WASIT GOVERNOR [...] (S/ REL to USA, ACGU) Summary. Wasit Governor Abd al Latif Hamad Turfa is a self-proclaimed political independent who meets regularly with ePRT. In a 16 September meeting in his office in Al Kut, the Governor, dressed as usual in a western business suit, discussed his views on Iraqi politics, [...] | 2007-09-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3176 | UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) The Iraqis have made additional progress in implementing the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) since post's in-depth reftel. ICI Secretariat head Ahmed Salman (Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih's Chief of Staff (COS)) will be moving to the United States within the month, and the curr [...] | 2007-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EINT EINV ENRG EPET ETRD |
07BAGHDAD318 | IRAQI PM MALIKI TELLS CODEL PELOSI 50,000 U.S. [...] (S) Summary: During a January 26 meeting with a Congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated that 50,000-60,000 U.S. troops could withdraw in three to six months as Iraqi forces improved in capacity. He urged greater U.S. support for train [...] | 2007-01-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3180 | MALIKI CAUTIOUS ABOUT BASRAH AND MOSUL SECURITY; [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge d,Affaires Patricia Butenis that he was cautious about the security conditions in Basrah and Mosul, but contended that Basrah could come under Iraqi Provincial Control (PIC) by December. He was [...] | 2007-09-22 07:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD3182 | SURGE-RELATED DETENTIONS STRAIN IRAQI JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The detainee population at the GOI's Rusafa Detention Facility (RDF) is growing at a steady pace due to security operations and detainee transfers from other facilities. With very few cases reaching the trial stage, the population is approaching maximum capacity. The conditions [...] | 2007-09-22 10:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3188 | MUTHANNA SECURITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE IRANIAN HAND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3189 | NSA RUBAIE DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL AND WASHINGTON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (S) Summary and Action Request: In a September 18 meeting with Political-Military Minister Counselor Marcie Ries, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafak al-Rubaie reiterated the Iraqi position on UN Security Council Resol [...] | 2007-09-23 01:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3193 | CHARITABLE EVENT SETS THE STAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The PRT's Ramadan distribution of wheelchairs to needy citizens of Muthanna successfully advertised how we hope to use Quick Response Funds to make a positive difference in people's lives. We also used the event to reach ou [...] | 2007-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI KISL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3195 | CHARITABLE EVENT SETS THE STAGE FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The PRT's Ramadan distribution of wheelchairs to needy citizens of Muthanna successfully advertised how we hope to use Quick Response Funds to make a positive difference in people's lives. We also used the event to reach [...] | 2007-09-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI KISL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3196 | DR. MEHDI HAFEDH PROMOTES HIMSELF AS ALTERNATIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a Sept. 20 meeting, Council of Representatives (CoR) member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Shi'a/Independent) said it was time for the USG to "initiate" the replacement of PM Maliki. Poloffs pushed back, leaving no doubt that the USG supports Maliki as the head of Iraq's constitutio [...] | 2007-09-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3197 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 14 [...] (C) Summary. On 14 September, National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). In response to the critical 6-month review of the I-ESC committees by the NSA I-ESC Secretar [...] | 2007-09-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3198 | PRT ANBAR: SATTAR'S BROTHER ASSUMES CONTROL OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The new leader of the Anbar-based anti-insurgency movement Sahawa al-Iraq, or Awakening Council of Iraq (SAI),Ahmad Bezia Ftaykhan al-Rishawi, told poloff that his brother,s assassination would not slow efforts to [...] | 2007-09-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3199 | ADVANCED MISSILES USED AGAINST U.S. AIRCRAFT [...] (S) According to DIA and the U.S. Army Aircraft Shoot Down Assessment Team, insurgents recently targeted U.S. military helicopters in Iraq with advanced missiles that have some capability to defeat current U.S. countermeasures. The missiles are likely of Iranian origin. While military intelli [...] | 2007-09-24 01:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD3201 | MINISTER OF PLANNING ALI BABAN RETURNS TO GOI, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Planning Ali Baban told PolCouns and PolOffs on September 19 he is an "independent" and no longer part of the Tawafuq bloc because it "lacks vision." He believes the resignation of the Tawafuq ministers is paralyzing the GOI at a time when Iraq needs a strong central g [...] | 2007-09-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3209 | RECORD BREAKING ELECTRICTY PRODUCTION [...] SUMMARY: On September 16, 2007, the Ministry of Electricity (ME) set the latest in a series of record-breaking electricity production output levels. For the past five weeks the ME has sustained an upward trajectory of power production, which holds the promise of a new higher overall baseline po [...] | 2007-09-24 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3215 | SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES: EMPLOYEES RESURRECT ANBAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just outside the Anbar town of Faris, the employees of a state-owned (SOE) steel plant stepped up after the 2003 Gulf War and, completely on their own, kept the shop running. Today, against the odds, they continue to produce an array of high-quality steel products and may so [...] | 2007-09-24 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3219 | DPM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and the Ambassador discussed on September 23 ways to improve the political and security situation in Iraq in the wake of the Ambassador's testimony in Washington. The DPM said deputies to the leaders were continuing to make progress on foll [...] | 2007-09-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3221 | MUTHANNA SECURITY OFFICIALS BELIEVE IRANIAN HAND [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY. A survey of leading security officials in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna indicates widespread belief that Iran was behind the August 20 assassination of Governor al-Hassani. Quick Response Funds to reinforce [...] | 2007-09-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3222 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH THE [...] (C) During a September 23 meeting, the Ambassador and Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al Hashimi discussed detainee issues, political developments, pending executions, recent violence in the Washash neighborhood of Baghdad, Hashimi's draft "Social Contract," and Mosul Province. Hashimi was please [...] | 2007-09-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3227 | VIEW ON SHIFTING ALLIANCES AND OTHER ISSUES FROM [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) member Yonadam Kanna (Rafidayn) told PolOff on September 18 that former PM Allawi is the best candidate to succeed PM Maliki should a no confidence vote occur. He mentioned Dr. Mehdi Hafedh, an independent CoR member (once aligned with Iraqiyya),[...] | 2007-09-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD323 | FADHILA BLOC LEADER HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENCES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari told PolOffs on January 29 that the Shiite Fadhila party was not functionally a part of the Shi'a coalition. He claimed that Fadhila stood for a strong, unified Iraq, contrasting this position to that of the Kurds and SCIRI. The Kurds, he [...] | 2007-01-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3237 | JUVENILE JUSTICE IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Baghdad Rule of Law (ROL) Team meetings with Juvenile Police, Juvenile Judges and Investigators, Rehabilitation School personnel, the High Juridicial Council (HJC),and officials in the Mini [...] | 2007-09-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3248 | DE-BAATH LAW REPRESENTS COMPROMISES BUT NO RADICAL [...] (C REL USA GBR CAN AUS) Summary: On September 19, the Council of Ministers approved the Law of Accountability and Justice (the "de-Ba'ath Law") and passed it to the CoR where it is currently being reviewed by the Legal and de-Ba'athificaton Committees. It could be voted into law by the end of [...] | 2007-09-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3249 | AYAD ALLAWI RETURNS TO BAGHDAD, UNCERTAIN FOR HOW [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ayad Allawi, joined by CoR and Iraqiyya member Adnan Pachachi and his cousin Muhammad Tawif Allawi (the "resigned" Minister of Communications),told PolCouns and PolOffs on September 25 he is working to build a non-sectarian, moderate coalition among many parties, to include al [...] | 2007-09-27 19:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3252 | RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH ALI BAPIR, LEADER OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) claims to be a moderate Islamic party operating throughout the Kurdistan region. It actively recruits youth and students and supports the rule of Sharia law. The KIG leader blames the secular mass media, regional government, and party structur [...] | 2007-09-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3253 | NINEWA: UNAMI SRSG VISITS QAHTANIYA BLAST SITES -- [...] (SBU) On September 17, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi visited the blast sites in Qahtaniya and Al-Jazeera (reftels) to see the situation on the ground and assess the possibility of UNAMI coordination of futu [...] | 2007-09-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL USUN UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3254 | NATURAL GAS FROM IRAQ [...] (SBU) Iraq has world class reserves of natural gas, although most of it is associated with oil deposits and will become available only with oil development over the coming decade. In the medium term, however, Iraq may be able to export 4-10 billion cubic meters per year (BCM/yr) of gas. Depe [...] | 2007-09-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3255 | PRT KIRKUK: OPPOSITION TO JOINING THE KRG AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Many independent and moderate Kurds in Kirkuk city, frustrated with what they see as poor governance and rampant corruption in Kirkuk since 2003 by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),have come to oppose Kirkuk,s accession to the Kurdista [...] | 2007-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3256 | Electricity in Erbil: Operating on Private Generators. [...] (U) The city of Erbil established a system of government-subsidized private generators to provide electricity to meet the region's power shortages after Saddam cut power in 1998. While dangerous, noisy and crudely wired, these generators provide most consumers reliable power for an average of [...] | 2007-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3257 | UPDATE ON JOINT COMMISSION ON PSD ISSUES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3259 | CG MEETING WITH SADRIST COR MEMBER [...] (S) Summary: Sadrist Deputy Baha Al-Araji told CG Petraeus 9/23 that Sadrist leaders in Najaf have begun to advocate dialogue with coalition forces, though Muqtada himself has not made a decision. Al-Araji said JAM is collecting lists of "bad" JAM commanders, which they may eventually turn [...] | 2007-09-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3260 | PRT KIRKUK: PUK CLEANS HOUSE IN KIRKUK FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the recent "Strategic Agreement" between Iraq,s two dominant Kurdish parties, the PUK removed several prominent and troublesome members of its "Reform" faction, particularly those who favor "special status" for Kirkuk under Iraqi Constitution Article 140. In conjunctio [...] | 2007-09-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3261 | JAAFARI AND QASSIM COOKING UP NEW COALITION TO [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and senior Shia Independent CoR legislator Qassim Daoud told us of their ongoing efforts to form a non-sectarian coalition with the aim of unseating Prime Minister al-Maliki. They claimed they have received the blessi [...] | 2007-09-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3262 | AQI BEGINS ANTICIPATED RAMADAN ATTACK SURGE [...] (S) Summary: After a relatively quiet first ten days of Ramadan, Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) began its anticipated surge of high-profile attacks on September 23 with a four-fold increase in the rate of attacks. Analysis suggests that AQI is primarily targeting two groups: the ISF and Sunni tribal m [...] | 2007-09-29 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD3264 | SEPTEMBER 25 MCNS FOCUSES ON BASRAH SECURITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih led focused discussions at the September 25 Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on Basrah security issues, the cholera outbreak, national reconciliation, and a proposed intelligence exchange on al-Qaeda operations with Algeria and Mo [...] | 2007-09-30 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD327 | REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: ZEYAD TARIQ KADHEM [...] (SBU) Embassy Baghdad would like to refer the following locally employed staff from the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Al-Hillah to the US refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information of the principal applicant and dependents, a description of the persecution claim an [...] | 2007-01-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3273 | IRAQ'S ISLAMIC PARTY NEGOTIATES WITH KURDS ON A [...] (S) Following up on a discussion with IIP Deputy Secretary General Dr. Ayad Al Samaraie (Ref A),poloff spoke SIPDIS with senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) member and Parliamentarian Dr. Alaa Mekki on September 27 about the IIP's ongoing negotiations with the KDP and PUK on a Memorandum of [...] | 2007-09-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3277 | PRT NINEWA: IIP READY TO WORK WITH THE KURDS - AT [...] (C) September 26, Dr. Mohammad Shakir, head of the Ninewa branch of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and politburo member hosted PRT and 4-1 Brigade Combat Team members for an iftar at his party's provincial headquarters, during which the security situation of Ninewa, including a potential tribal [...] | 2007-10-01 03:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3281 | IRAQIS DENOUNCE SENSE OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3283 | IRAQIS DENOUNCE SENSE OF CONGRESS RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Many Iraqi politicians have denounced the U.S. Senate's adoption on September 26 of a non-binding resolution calling for an Iraqi political settlement based on federalism. In comments to journalists two days later, Prime Minister Maliki termed the resolution a "catastrophe" and called for [...] | 2007-10-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3286 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI UNVEILS SOCIAL COMPACT [...] (C) During a Baghdad press conference on September 26, Vice President Tariq al Hashimi unveiled his draft "Iraqi National Compact" document, aimed at creating a new "vision" for Iraq. One day after its public circulation, Hashimi made a highly publicized trip to meet Grand Ayatollah Sistani i [...] | 2007-10-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3287 | AMBASSADOR AND AMAR AL-HAKIM DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Amar al-Hakim, heir apparent to the leadership position of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),told the Ambassador on September 29 that his recent visit to Kuwait and discussions with other Gulf state officials revealed a new and reasonable attitude toward Iraq from Kuwait [...] | 2007-10-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD329 | REGIONAL COORDINATOR MEETS WITH SULAIMANIYAH [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting between Regional Coordinator and Sulaimaniyah provincial officials, Sulaimaniyah Deputy Governor Jutiar Noori Abdulla told us that the provincial government plans to end fuel [...] | 2007-01-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3293 | NINEWA: TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT MAY WORK IN LIMITED AREAS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the wake of Anbar-based anti-insurgency leader Sattar al-Rishawi's assassination on September 13, Sattar's brother and successor Ahmad al-Rishawi has stressed his dedication to confronting Sunni extremists and foreign fighters both in Anbar Province and beyond, particularly i [...] | 2007-10-02 06:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3294 | EU AMBASSADORS QUERY THE AMBASSADOR ON TESTIMONY [...] (C) On September 26, 2007 the Ambassador provided an overview of his congressional testimony to a roundtable of European Union (EU) ambassadors. The Ambassador emphasized that in his testimony he not only attempted to assess the progress of developments, but to also fully apprise listeners to [...] | 2007-10-02 08:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3298 | KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SIGNS NEW PRODUCTION SHARING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry for Natural Resources announced that the Regional Oil and Gas Council executed four new production sharing agreements (PSAs) and endorsed two new refinery projects in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The combined initial exploration inve [...] | 2007-10-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD330 | DEPUTY SPEAKER ATTIYAH DISCUSSES UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah (Shi'a coalition, Independent),First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR),told Dep PolCouns on January 31 that he was pleased with the roll-out of the Baghdad security plan (BSP) to date, particularly the government's insistence that i [...] | 2007-01-31 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3307 | MOD SETS DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3308 | TAWAFUQ BOYCOTT POLICY COMES UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (C/NF) Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al Zoubai's recent meeting with Prime Minister Maliki set off alarm bells within the Tawafuq Coalition and highlighted internal wrangling among Sunni leaders over maintenance of its boycott of the Maliki government. Explanations for Zoubai's uncoordinated m [...] | 2007-10-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3310 | EPRT AL ASAD - STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN WESTERN AL ANBAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in Western Al Anbar Province are under considerable strain to achieve even modest production goals. The availability of raw materials, fuel, and stable electricity are primary factors in lagging production for products that have a substantial econ [...] | 2007-10-05 05:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EMIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3311 | PRT ANBAR: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANBAR TRIBAL [...] (C) On October 1 the Ambassador met with Sheikh Ahmad Bezia Ftaykhan al-Rishawi, the new leader of the Anbar-based anti-insurgency movement Sahawa al-Iraq, or Awakening Council of Iraq (SAI). Ahmad urged a continued U.S. military presence in Anbar Province, saying that AQI could still make a [...] | 2007-10-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3312 | Jordan Gets Crude Oil from Iraq [...] (U) The Iraq Ministry of Oil confirms that it has resumed exporting crude oil to Jordan at a discounted price. Shipments are being arranged via truck from Kirkuk. 2. (SBU) Iraq had reached agreement with Jordan in August 2006 to export an initial 8,000 barrels/day of crude oil. Deputy Mi [...] | 2007-10-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3314 | SEPTEMBER 30 MCNS CONSIDERS BASRAH COMMANDER [...] (S) SUMMARY: The September 30 Ministerial Council on National Security was dominated by discussion on the future of the Basrah military commander, General Mohan, who was appointed to a three-month term. Many Iraqi government ministers, the U.S. and UK Ambassadors, and MNF-I Commanding General [...] | 2007-10-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3316 | NEXT STEPS ON COUNTERING PKK [...] (C) Summary: The signed September 28 bilateral agreement on combating terrorism provides an opening for increased GOI-GOT cooperation and action against the PKK. Given the moribund trilateral U.S.-Turkey-Iraq process, we should encourage the Iraqi and Turkish governments to continue taking po [...] | 2007-10-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3317 | AMBASSADOR TO VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI: SERVICE [...] (S/NF) During an October 4 meeting with Vice President Tariq al Hashimi, the Ambassador emphasized the importance of GOI service delivery over the next six months in order to sustain progress achieved by the "surge" and local/provincial security arrangements. The absence of the Tawafuq bloc f [...] | 2007-10-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3320 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-10-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3321 | SURGE STAFFING I: PRT STAFFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-06 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3322 | SURGE STAFFING II: MINISTERIAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-06 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3323 | THE AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH COR DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his Oct. 4 meeting with Sheikh Khalid Attiya, Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),to underscore the need for political progress and for the 3 1 mechanism to work. Sheikh Khalid agreed, and said the de-Baathification reform law might receive [...] | 2007-10-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3324 | BERLIN SEEKS PERMANENT PRESENCE IN IRBIL [...] (C) Summary: In an October 1 meeting with the Ambassador, German Ambassador Dr. Hanns-Heinrich Schumacher revealed a plan to establish a permanent presence in Irbil, and relayed Kurdish frustration with the detention of the latest Iranian. Schumacher also asked "what does the U.S. expect Germ [...] | 2007-10-06 16:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3325 | ANBAR PRT: ANBAR PROVINCE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. The transition between the FY 2007 and FY 2008 capital expenditure budgets presents the occasion to take stock on where Anbar Province stands on public expenditure issues, and on those areas where the PRT is engaged. The province i [...] | 2007-10-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON IZ PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD3330 | MUTHANNA: TRIBAL STRATEGY IN A PIC PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The province of Muthanna offers an example of a coherent tribal strategy the Coalition can pursue in Shiite southern Iraq to combat militias and promote stability. In Muthanna, there are four key partners who can help us ac [...] | 2007-10-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3341 | FIRST MEETING OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PSD ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-07 18:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3342 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 28 [...] (C) Summary. On 28 September, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). Discussions included Maliki,s positive recent trip to the UN; GoI efforts to fight the ongoing cholera [...] | 2007-10-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3349 | NINEWA: FUEL DELIVERIES UP, BUT IMPORTS NEEDED TO [...] (C) Ninewa's fuel supplies have increased since the end of last winter but remain critically short of the province's needs. Despite improvements in kerosene, diesel and gasoline deliveries from the Baiji Oil Refinery, Northern Oil Distribution Company (NODC) General Director Mohammed al-Zib [...] | 2007-10-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENGR PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3353 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-10-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3354 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-10-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3366 | ANBAR SHEIKHS MEET WITH PM MALIKI [...] (U) This is a Anbar PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On October 1 a delegation of Anbari leaders from the anti-insurgency movement Sahawa al-Iraq, or Awakening Council of Iraq (SAI),met with Prime Minister Maliki in Baghdad to discuss security and other Anbar-related issues. During t [...] | 2007-10-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3367 | VP ABDEL MEHDI ON LONG-TERM STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Just back from an extended visit to neighboring Arab states and Iran, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on October 6 that his soundings among Iraq's political leaders provide grounds for optimism that a bilateral long-term strategic relationship agreement can be [...] | 2007-10-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3372 | MALIKI OPTIMISTIC ON SECURITY; DISCUSSES IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described himself as optimistic on security because of a decrease in sectarianism and increase in confidence by Iraqis in their own security forces. Thi [...] | 2007-10-08 19:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD3375 | SADR AND BADR KISS AND MAKE-UP, BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's two most powerful Shia political entities, the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (ISCI) and the Sadr Movement, have entered into a formal written agreement that seeks to avoid armed conflict between their respective militias, ISCI's Badr and Sadr's Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM). (Note: [...] | 2007-10-09 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3377 | CODEL BOYD'S OCT 7 MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: In an Oct. 7 meeting with Codel Boyd, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki said that while the picture in Iraq was "not entirely rosey," discernible political and security progress has nevertheless been made. He credited his government with having pulled the country back from the edge of t [...] | 2007-10-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3383 | UK RELENTS ON BASRAH GOVERNOR; OUTLINES FUTURE [...] (S) UK Ambassador Prentice told Ambassador Crocker October 8 that the UK would stop boycotting Basrah Governor Wa,eli following the decision of the local administrative court that Wa,eli could not be removed from office by the Provincial Council. Prentice had informed PM Maliki, who was reporte [...] | 2007-10-09 18:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EINV MOPS PGOV PINR PTER UK IZ |
07BAGHDAD3391 | PROVINCIAL POWERS LAW: NOT QUITE THERE YET [...] (C) Summary and comment: More than a month after the August 26 leaders agreement on the provincial powers law, the Council of Representatives (CoR) last week sent the latest draft to the Shura Council for further revision. CoR members tell us disputed areas remain even in this version. The Pr [...] | 2007-10-10 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3393 | KEY FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 3, Director General of Accounts at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Mr. Gazi Faisal was assassinated 100 meters from the Ministry of Finance (MoF) building. Gazi worked closely with the Embassy and international donor community and was often the sole source of importan [...] | 2007-10-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON |
07BAGHDAD3395 | GOI STATEMENT ON OCTOBER 7 PKK ATTACKS [...] (U) On October 9 Iraqi Government spokesman Ali Dabbagh issued a statement on the PKK attacks that killed at least 13 Turkish soldiers in the Turkish Sirnak province near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan on October 7. 2. (U) Begin Text: Date: October 9, 2007 Al-Dabbagh: "Iraq Condem [...] | 2007-10-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3396 | MAYSANIS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH PRT [...] (SBU) This is a PRT Maysan report. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We have seen a dramatic turnaround in the willingness of Maysan officials to engage with the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),beginning in late May. On September 13, we hosted a substantive meeting with the PRDC Chairm [...] | 2007-10-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3397 | RECLASSIFIED COPY (C REL UK): OIL MINISTER COURTS [...] (U) This reclassified cable replaces Baghdad 3117. The cable is otherwise unchanged. 2. (C REL UK) SUMMARY: Iraq Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani assured a Dubai conference hall of international oil company (IOC) executives that the Government of Iraq (GOI) would welcome IOC investment [...] | 2007-10-11 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3414 | KEEPING THE MOMENTUM IN MAYSAN: KEY AREAS FOR [...] (U) This is PRT Maysan report. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Despite four years and over USD 200 Million of consent-winning projects in rural and urban Maysan, the province remains solidly allergic to any Coalition military activity. That said, the recent burst of engagement opens the d [...] | 2007-10-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3415 | EPRT-WASIT: IP CHIEF KEY TO TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary. On 25 September ePRT met with recently-appointed IP Chief Major General (MG) Hannin Abd Al Haninn Hamud Faysal Al Amir, Third Georgian BDE (3GB) CDR Major Shavlago Tabatadze, and fourteen influential Wasit shayikhs (selected by MG Haninn). Executive Officer of [...] | 2007-10-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3416 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Adviser to Ambassador pressed KDP Leader Barzani on need for cooperation on key national issues like hydrocarbons and national political accommodation. He also laid down a marker on Kurdish expansion in the Sinjar area south of Mosul. Barzani struck a pessimistic note abo [...] | 2007-10-12 18:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PBTS PGOV IZ SY |
07BAGHDAD3417 | OCTOBER 7 MCNS: MALIKI CALLS FOR RESTRAINED USE OF [...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for U.S. forces to exercise restraint when engaged in military operations; General Petraeus vigorously defended the actions of U.S. forces and said that GoI is being unduly influenced by militia and terrorist [...] | 2007-10-13 06:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3422 | IRAQIYYA COR MEMBERS DISCUSS MOI ACCUSATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqiyya Council of Representatives (CoR) members Husam Abd Karim al-Azzawi, Sheikh Khairallah al-Basri, and Alia Nasif Jasim al-Ubeidi told PolCouns and PolOff in a meeting October 9 the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has falsely accused Ayad Allawi of having links to Jund al-Sama [...] | 2007-10-14 10:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3430 | FADHILA PARTY LEADER ON FEDERALISM, GOI INERTIA, [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila Party CoR bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari told the Ambassador on October 9 that his party supports the broad concept of federalism but opposes formation of sect-based regions as favored by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI). Complaining at length about GOI "stagna [...] | 2007-10-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3432 | CONFESSIONS OF AN ANTI-MALIKI COR CONSPIRATOR [...] (C) Summary: Prominent independent Shia CoR legislator Qassim Daoud told us October 10 that he is working overtime to build a coalition to oust and replace Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Claiming he was acting with the full support of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani to save Iraq from "further tr [...] | 2007-10-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3435 | COR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE IN INFANCY [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Council of Representatives (CoR) National Reconciliation Committee, established by CoR order on July 30, 2007, is comprised of twelve members drawn from each of the sects (Sunni, Shia, Kurd, and Christian),and Chaired by Sheikh Wathab Shakir al-Dulaimi. It meets bi-weekl [...] | 2007-10-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3438 | DIYALA PRT: SUNNIS CALL FOR SHIITE POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On September 17, approximately 400 residents of Baqubah in the Diyala province gathered in front of the Government Center (GC) to peacefully demonstrate for the removal of Shiite Iraq Police (IP) Chief Staff Major Ghanem A [...] | 2007-10-16 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3441 | PRT TIKRIT: MCC HOLDS FIRST TRIALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The key concern during the initial cases heard by the new ad Din Province Major Crimes Court was whether local judges would have the courage to carry out their duties or whether they would succumb t [...] | 2007-10-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRS KCRM KJUS SNAR KWMN OTRA ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3442 | ELECTIONS COMMISSION PART 1: ANTICIPATED 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although discussion has focused on the need for new provincial elections, in fact the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is facing as many as five distinct electoral events in 2008: a voter registration exercise, an Article 140 referendum, a constitutional referendum, [...] | 2007-10-16 19:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3451 | ANBAR PRT: IRAQ AWAKENING LEADER SUPPORTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) The Iraq Awakening Movement (SAI) will name Sunni candidates to fill the vacancies created by the August 1 walkout of the Cabinet by the Tawafuq Bloc if the latter cannot find common ground with the Maliki government, SAI leader Sheikh Ahmed [...] | 2007-10-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3459 | ELECTIONS COMMISSION PART 2: BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF [...] (C) Summary: During September and the first half of October 2007 there was a surge in complaints directed at the International High Electoral Commission (IHEC),accusing it of political bias. These complaints are best understood in the context of the political parties battling for control of [...] | 2007-10-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3465 | MALIKI WORRIED ABOUT KIRKUK AND MOSUL SECURITY; [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki expressed continued concern over the security situation in northern Iraq particularly Kirkuk and Mosul, where he cited increasing ethnic tensions between Arabs and Kurds. Maliki agreed with the Ambassador about successes in turning around many Baghdad neighb [...] | 2007-10-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3472 | TURKISH AND U.S. AMBASSADORS URGE IRAQ'S [...] (C) Summary: One day after PM Maliki's October 16 emergency national security meeting on Turkey (septel),Iraqi envoy for countering the PKK Wa'ili hosted the Ambassador and Turkish Ambassador Kanbay to discuss re-activating the trilateral U.S.-Turkey-Iraq process to counter the PKK. Wa'ili ou [...] | 2007-10-18 18:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3478 | GOI SEEKS TO FORESTALL TURKISH INCURSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: At a hastily called meeting October 16, the Crisis Management Cell outlined steps to deal with the Turkish threat to attack PKK bases in Iraq. Noting that he would be speaking with PM Erdogan soon, PM Maliki emphasized the need to calm the GOT and to make sure the Kurdistan Regi [...] | 2007-10-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3480 | INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS READY FOR MORE ACTIVE ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, senior representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Iraq described plans for increasing in-country presence based on their assessment of improved security. The ICRC Head of Delegation to Iraq (HOD- [...] | 2007-10-21 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3481 | IRAQ-IRAN RESUMING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) At the Deputy Ministerial Council for National Security (DMCNS) on October 8, Deputy FonMin Abbawi reported that Iraq would resume border negotiations with Iran in November. Abbawi said he hoped the outcome would be a clearly-defined demarcation of the border based on previously negotiated [...] | 2007-10-21 03:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PTER IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3482 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ACCUSES TURKEY OF RESTRICTING [...] (C) The top customs official at Iraq's second most important transnational crossing for consumer and commercial goods - the Ibrahim Khalil (IK) gate on the border with Turkey - recently told RRTOff that the Turkish military is severely restricting the flow of goods in both directions through I [...] | 2007-10-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3488 | PRT NINEWA: KURDISH ENCROACHMENT: TRYING TO CHANGE [...] (C/REL ACGU) Western Ninewa is one of the key disputed areas in the Article 140 debate. Recent Kurdish actions there, such as a KDP chief's order to remove 113 Arab families who have moved to the area since 2004, and the Ninewa Provincial Council's decision to move the Qahtaniya subdistrict [...] | 2007-10-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3498 | ZEBARI DOUBTS TURKISH MILITARY MOVE IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zebari acknowledged the seriousness of border tensions with Turkey, but thought it unlikely that a Turkish cross-border operation (CBO) was imminent. Zebari confirmed that the GOI had authorized Iran to establish con [...] | 2007-10-22 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD35 | MALIKI'S GROWING WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON JAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: PM Maliki is increasingly willing to allow targeted military action against elements of Moqtada al-Sadr's Jaish al-Mahdi militia and other Sadr organizations involved in illegal activities, even in his Sadr City stronghold. Evidence for this shift can be seen in the increased num [...] | 2007-01-05 21:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PREL PGOV |
07BAGHDAD350 | PM MEDIA ADVISOR TALKS ABOUT TV STATION SHUTDOWNS, [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting Janaury 29, the Prime Minister's advisor on Media Affairs Yasseen Majid told Emboffs that the Prime Minister's Office had not been involved in the decision to close down al Sharqiya TV station in Baghdad (ref),saying instead that the decision had been taken solely by [...] | 2007-02-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3504 | PSD INCIDENT UPDATE: EMBASSY APPROVES CONDOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL APER IZ |
07BAGHDAD351 | DISPLACEMENTS IN THE RASHEED DISTRICT OF BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Neighborhood leaders from two areas of the Rasheed district of Baghdad report that internally displaced persons (IDPs) are both departing and settling in their neighborhoods due to sectarian violence or threats of violence and that [...] | 2007-02-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PTER |
07BAGHDAD3521 | OCTOBER 21 MCNS: AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR GOI ACTION [...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for Coalition Forces to exercise restraint in military operations to avoid civilian casualties, noting that the Council of Representatives (COR) was questioning the sovereignty and purpose of the government. [...] | 2007-10-23 21:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3522 | PRT ANBAR: ANBARIS HOST YET ANOTHER SUNNI-SHI'A [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar/Karbala joint reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Anbar Governor Ma,amoun and Karbala Governor Aqeel al-Kahazali met at the Ramadi residence of Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, head of the Iraq Awakening Movement (SAI),on October 20 along with 80 tribal sheikhs from their respec [...] | 2007-10-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3524 | KRG MESSAGE ON ALLEGED TURKISH BORDER OPERATION [...] (S) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) communicated to us October 14 information regarding alleged Turkish and PKK intentions as noted in reftel. The text of that communication is contained in para 2. In response to the KRG message, Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commander General Petraeu [...] | 2007-10-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3526 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONNECTS NATIONAL AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Baghdad Provincial Council passed a major milestone October 10 when it completed a Provincial Development Strategy and presented it to the Ministry of Planning. Provincial officials describe the Provincial Development Stra [...] | 2007-10-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3528 | IRAQ 2008 OIL PRODUCTION LIKELY TO GROW MARGINALLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq oil production and export levels (in volume) for the first half of this year were below forecast levels, but assuming no major interdictions, should grow marginally over the next year, from 1.6 million barrels per day (mmbd) in 2007 to around 1.8 mmbd in 2008, mainly thanks [...] | 2007-10-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3529 | CHALABI HEADS NEW SERVICES COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: In a follow-on meeting to the inaugural services committee meeting, Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO) Director, Mark Tokola, met with Dr. Ahmed Chalabi on Monday, October 22. The recently named chairman to Mailiki's new services committee briefly discussed the committee's missi [...] | 2007-10-24 11:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3531 | BAGHDAD: SURGE IMPROVES SECURITY BUT CITY REMAINS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT/Embassy POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The focused efforts of the surge Brigades and ePRTs to dampen violence in Baghdad and to build relationships with local leaders have improved the security situation in many Baghdad neighborhoods. Baghdad, however, rema [...] | 2007-10-25 03:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3532 | ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON IRAN, SADR AGREEMENT, AND [...] (C) Summary: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdul Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador on October 22 that an improved security climate has helped Iraqis and their regional neighbors accept "the reality of democracy in Iraq." Back temporarily from cancer treatment in Iran and lo [...] | 2007-10-25 03:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3534 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3535 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3536 | PKK: FM BABACAN VISIT AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Kanbay told Polmil Counselor that Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan sent a strong message during his October 23 visit that there was limited time for the GOI to act against the PKK. Babacan told the Iraqis that major, concrete action must be taken now to address [...] | 2007-10-25 03:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3538 | ANBAR PRT: IRAQ AWAKENING LEADER SAYS SUNNI TRIBAL [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The leader of the anti-insurgency Sunni tribal movement, Awakening Council of Iraq (SAI),Ahmed Abu Risha, told us October 24 that his organization will offer PM Maliki a list of SAI-backed candidates to fill the gap left [...] | 2007-10-25 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3539 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-10-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3540 | BAGHDAD: EXPLOITING SURGE SUCCESS THROUGH SERVICES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT/Embassy POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Improvement in service provision by the Government of Iraq (GoI) can play a critical role in converting the security gains of the Baghdad Security Plan into progress toward political unity in Baghdad. A focus on servic [...] | 2007-10-25 11:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3543 | BAGHDAD: EPRT SEEKS LINK TO SADR THROUGH LOCAL [...] (S) On September 28, the EPRT and Brigade covering Baghdad's most populous district, Sadr City, met with local tribal leaders with close ties to representatives of Muqtadar Al-Sadr (MAS). Months of engagements designed to gain trust among less influential Sadr City leaders culminated in a se [...] | 2007-10-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3545 | BAGHDAD: BUILDING GOI CAPACITY TO DELIVER SERVICES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT/Embassy POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: PRT Baghdad hosted a major inter-agency meeting September 26 to coordinate, at the working level, numerous initiatives launched to capitalize on the opportunities created by the troop and civilian surge in Baghdad. Thes [...] | 2007-10-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3546 | IRAQI PRESIDENT CALLS ACTION AGAINST PKK "FUTILE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador in a meeting October 22 that he thought fighting the PKK was futile and airstrikes against PKK camps would be ineffective, but thought strikes would cause little backlash in Baghdad. The Ambassador impressed on Talabani that the [...] | 2007-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3547 | COR MEMBER MEHDI HAFEDH DISCUSSES POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Independent, former Iraqiyya) told the Ambassador on October 23 the political situation in Iraq is "alarming." He highlighted the endemic corruption, infighting within many political parties, and the lack of transparency [...] | 2007-10-26 09:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3550 | WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | UN EAID PREF PHUM PREL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3553 | IRAQI ARMY - WITH COALITION HELP - CONDUCTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna message. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army - with Coalition help - on October 21 treated over 1,000 men, women, and children in its first-ever medical civic action program in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna. The local brigade commander has publicly taken [...] | 2007-10-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MOPS PINS SOCI AS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3555 | BAGHDAD-BASED FAYLI KURDS CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: Samia Aziz Muhammad, Fayli Kurd and PUK member of the Kurdish Alliance in the Council of Representatives, told Poloff October 11 that the Faylis have been struggling since 2003 to regain what was stolen from them under Saddam and to punish those that subjected Iraq,s Fayli Kurd [...] | 2007-10-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3557 | COR APPROVES SENSIBLE PENSION REFORM [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) on 3 October had the third and final reading of the First Amendment to the Unified Retirement Law (#27/2006) and arguably passed the first significant piece of legislation toward achieving national reconciliation. While some technic [...] | 2007-10-26 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3563 | MALIKI ON DIPLOMACY WITH TURKEY, STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the Ambassador and General Petraeus that the door remains open to dialogue with Turkey concerning the recent attacks by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) on Turkish Army units. He said it was important to include members of the Kurdish Regional Government ( [...] | 2007-10-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3565 | CHALABI'S SERVICES COMMITTEE SHOWS PROMISE [...] SUMMARY: Pending a formal executive order from Prime Minister, Nouri AL Maliki, the services committee holds regular meetings and shows early signs of cooperation and action. At an October 25 meeting, the Committee made several decisions. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------- Fuel an [...] | 2007-10-28 03:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3567 | COR LEGAL COMMITTEE DEPUTY DISCUSSES DE-BA'ATH, [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) member Salim Jeboori (IIP/Tawafuq) and Deputy Chair of the Legal Committee told EmbOffs on October 24 the De-Ba'athification law is "stalled" in the De-Ba'athification Committee because the Chair disagrees with the privileges the legislation would [...] | 2007-10-28 06:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3572 | NINEWA: TERRORISM COURT AT A TIPPING POINT - [...] (C/REL ACGU) The Ninewa Major Crimes Court, which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, is failing due to Chief Justice (CJ) Medhat's September 13 decision to abruptly end the province's "traveling judges" program. While the overall justice system in Ninewa functions effect [...] | 2007-10-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3573 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26 [...] (C) Summary. On 26 October, in the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Muwfak Rubai chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured a reading of the propo [...] | 2007-10-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3574 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 19 [...] (C) Summary. On 19 October, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured the surprise announcement that Ahmed Chalabi would be the new head of the Services C [...] | 2007-10-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3578 | NINEWA: TURKISH-IRAQI BORDER CRISIS HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Our political interlocutors in Ninewa told PRT that the current crisis along the Turkish-Iraqi border has had little impact so far on this northern province. Leaders of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) told the P [...] | 2007-10-29 02:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3579 | NINEWA: NON-TRADITIONAL IDPS PULLED FROM MANY [...] (C) Management of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is a significant issue facing Ninewa, which contains the second largest IDP population in Iraq. There is one formal camp and a few concentrated settlements; however, the majority of IDPs are spread throughout the ethnic communities in this [...] | 2007-10-29 02:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL MARR EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD358 | TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN IRAQ [...] In response to Department's request for a list of the top five influential women in Iraq, post submits the following names: Wijdan Mikael Salim Minister of Human Rights Tel: 914-822-5076 Maysoon Al-Damluji CoR Member, Iraqiyya List Secretary, Iraqiyya Party SIPDIS Publisher, Noon Mag [...] | 2007-02-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3585 | RECRUITMENT OF IRAQI TEACHERS IN JORDAN FOR MNF-I [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Deputy Multi-national Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commanding General for Detainee Operations MG Douglas Stone told the Ambassador on October 11 that he plans to travel to Jordan in the near future to recruit Iraqi teachers for positions in [...] | 2007-10-29 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IZ JO |
07BAGHDAD3590 | SAMARRA MOSQUE RECONSTRUCTION: PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Reconstruction Issues, Engineer Haq al Hakim, told poloffs and UNAMI staff during an October 24 meeting that the assessment phase of the Samarra Mosque reconstruction project in Salah ad Din Province is set to commence soon, pending finalization of [...] | 2007-10-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON PHUM IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3591 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION LAW DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee is seeking the Presidency Council's support for its draft of the High Commission for Human Rights (HCHR) law, which CoR Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Attiyah (Eitilaf) blocked from moving forward during its second reading (Oc [...] | 2007-10-29 09:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3597 | MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH [...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...] | 2007-10-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3598 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN APPROVES 2008 PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. With an enthusiasm and pride not normally seen at its meetings, the Salah ad din Provincial Council (PC) approved its 2008 budget and toasted this achievement as a group after its meeting. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ [...] | 2007-10-30 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KCRS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3599 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. The time is ripe for senior level economic engagement with Iraqis, as security improves in areas like Anbar and Baghdad. It is vital that security gains be cemented in place with jobs and investment. This will only happen if Government of Iraq (GOI) decision makers make the [...] | 2007-10-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD36 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 5 MEETING WITH IRAQI PM [...] (S) Summary: In a January 5 meeting, Iraqi PM Maliki advisor (and Council of Representatives (CoR) member) Sami al-Askari, who is point on the team writing the speech, previewed PM Maliki's speech about the new Baghdad security plan, in which the PM would say he would need more coalition for [...] | 2007-01-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD360 | UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS HMG WILL DRAWDOWN, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 29, UK Secretary of State for Defense, Des Browne told the Ambassador that HMG remains committed to the mission in Iraq, but would need to drawdown its force strength in the coming months. He promised that London would coordinate this downsizing with us. The Ambassador [...] | 2007-02-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PNAT PINR PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3600 | IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL BUDGET EXECUTION: FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial budget execution in 2007 remains one of Iraq's major accomplishments in good governance. At 60 percent, current commitment rates for 2007 remain impressive. USG programs in training and capacity building, administered nationally and through PRTs, have played an important [...] | 2007-10-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3601 | MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH [...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...] | 2007-10-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3605 | GOI TO REACH OUT TO ARAB LEAGUE AND EU TO COUNTER [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a September 29 meeting with PolMil Minister Counselor Marcie Ries and A/Pol Ellen Germain, a harried Foreign Minister Zebari outlined the GOI's response to the threat of a Turkish cross border operation (CBO.) Emphasizing that the GOI considers the PKK and a CBO separate iss [...] | 2007-10-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3607 | DEPUTY COR SPEAKER BLOWS HOT AND COLD ON PENDING [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) First Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Attiyah told us October 30 that he is guardedly optimistic that the CoR will approve a 2008 national budget and the De-Baathification Law before it adjourns for a two-month recess in late December. He stated that Ku [...] | 2007-10-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3608 | IRAQI DFM VIEWS ON TURKEY/PKK [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an October 30 meeting with Political-Military Minister-Counselor, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi related his concerns regarding the current PKK crisis and addressed items including Syria, Iran, and the Neighbors Process. He suspected that the Turkish military intended [...] | 2007-10-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ SY |
07BAGHDAD361 | IRAQI FEMALE POLITICIANS SPEAK ABOUT ANBAR, GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Tawafuq Council of Representatives (CoR) members representing Anbar, Dr. Asma Adnan Muhammad al-Dulaymi and Nadira Ayef Habib al-Ani, told Poloffs on January 31 about their frustrations with Anbar and the GOI. The women expressed concerns about Anbar,s poor economic situation [...] | 2007-02-03 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3610 | NEW COR MEMBER FOCUSES ON ROLE OF SPORTS IN [...] (C) The newest member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),Ahmed Rathi (IIP/Tawafuq),was installed by the Tawafuq bloc after one of its own, Abdul Nasir al-Janabi (Sunni, National Dialogue Conference) bolted from the CoR, saying he was leaving to "join the insurgency." Rathi, a popular a [...] | 2007-10-31 05:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3611 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DEFLECTS PRESSURE TO BACK [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told PolOff October 28 she has deflected multiple requests by Iranian-linked officials to guarantee the release of Ministry of Interior (MoI) Colonel (COL) Thamir Mohammad (Isma'il) Sinah Al-Husayni, in Coalition custody since his arrest on [...] | 2007-10-31 05:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINS PINR IZ IR |
07BAGHDAD3615 | KURDS IN BAGHDAD ON THE CRISIS WITH TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish view in Baghdad on the conflict with Turkey over the PKK has largely been unified and concentrated on several main themes. In multiple conversations with Poloff since the October 20-21 PKK attack on Turkish soldiers, the Kurdistan Democratic Party in particular has as [...] | 2007-10-31 18:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3616 | DIYALA PRT: POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Directly challenging Governor Ra'ad's authority, the Diyala Provincial Council (PC) voted unanimously October 23 to pass a resolution that calls for the dismissal of two assistant governors and demands Coalition Forces (C [...] | 2007-10-31 19:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3617 | KURDS: PKK IS PRETEXT FOR DEEPER TURKISH AIMS [...] (S) Conversations with senior Kurdish leaders indicate that they view Turkey's recent public statements and military action against the PKK as a pretext to forward Turkey's "true" strategic goals of undermining the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),delaying a referendum vote on Article 140, [...] | 2007-10-31 20:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD362 | IRAQI PRESIDENT AGREES TO FACILITATE HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 29, President Jalal Talabani agreed to go to Kurdistan with the Ambassador on February 3 to discuss the final details of the hydrocarbon law with KRG President Masud Barzani. The Ambassador said he would send Talabani a reasonable draft [...] | 2007-02-03 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY EG SA |
07BAGHDAD3622 | ANBAR PARLIAMENTARIANS OPPOSED TO ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (U) This is a joint Anbar PRT/POL reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Six of the nine Anbari members of the Council of Representatives (CoR),all members of parties in the (Sunni) Tawafuq bloc, told Poloffs during October 30 and 31 meetings that they do not believe Awakening Council [...] | 2007-11-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3623 | PM ADVISOR ON ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL, UNSCR RENEWAL, [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister,s Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah took on board the necessity that the PM attend the Istanbul Neighbors, conference and said the PM had not decided whether to attend, at an October 30 meeting with Charge and POLMIL Minister-Counselor. Passed a draft letter on th [...] | 2007-11-01 08:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3624 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) On October 26, Post provided Foreign Minister Zebari with copies of reftel Non-Paper and Fact Sheet. During an October 30 meeting with the FM, CDA followed-up and Zebari promised the GOI would do everything it could to assist the USG in this matter. BUTENIS [...] | 2007-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN |
07BAGHDAD3626 | BILLETS, BULLETS AND BENZENE: THE BLACK MARKET IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Corruption has flourished in Muthanna since 1990, leading to bustling black markets in billets with the security services, guns and ammunition pilfered from official sources, and fuel. The Commission on Public Integrity (CPI [...] | 2007-11-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3628 | FM SUMMONS DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO DISCUSS PKK CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Baghdad's Diplomatic Corps that if dialogue did not de-escalate current tensions, there would be a "serious crisis" between Iraq and Turkey. In a private sidebar with the Charge d'Affaires before the meeting, Zebari said that Prime Min [...] | 2007-11-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD363 | CODEL BROWNBACK DISCUSSES TROOP LEVELS WITH KRG [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a lunch with CODEL Brownback on January 10, Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani said that he favored a reduction in Coalition Forces to as little as 50,000 and a reorientation of their mandate [...] | 2007-02-03 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3630 | BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with RRT officers, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani's Chief of Staff Fuad Hussein emphasized "dialogue, dialogue, dialogue" to solve the crisis over the PKK. He asserted that Turkey's refusal to negotiate with the Iraqi delegation in Ankara o [...] | 2007-11-01 20:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3631 | SNAPSHOTS OF IRAQI ARAB REACTION TO TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) Anecdotal soundings taken among Iraqi Arabs of various walks of life reveal Iraqi Arab suspicion of Kurdish nationalist intentions and a feeling that Kurdish arrogance and aggression toward Turkey have landed the Kurds -- and Iraq -- in the current predicament; with a Shia CoR member even [...] | 2007-11-01 22:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3633 | BAGHDAD'S SCENESETTER FOR THE ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Secretary Rice: After Ambassador Crocker's September testimony, the widespread feeling within the GOI was that the Maliki government had shown just enough political progress to ensure 3-6 additional months of United States support. We are now close to the two-month anniversary of the h [...] | 2007-11-02 02:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3634 | VP ABDEL MEHDI ON SPD, TURKEY, ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Charge on November 1 that Prime Minister Maliki had yet to complete his review of a draft Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) and predicted that Maliki's proposed revisions would not differ significantly from the original text. On the [...] | 2007-11-02 02:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3638 | PM MALIKI MEETING WITH CDA AND GEN PETRAEUS [...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and CDA held their weekly meeting with Prime Minister Maliki November  [...] | 2007-11-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER BA IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD364 | PUK PLENUM LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR PARTY CONGRESS, [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) Summary: Iraqi President and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Secretary General Jalal Talabani told RRToffs on January 11 that he had convened a plenum of 808 members of his party on January 7 and 8, and that [...] | 2007-02-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3648 | ANBAR PRT: FROM HEMATOLOGIST TO POLITICIAN, ANBAR [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) The past year has been a turbulent one for Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Abdulsalam Abdullah al-Ani. While he began the year presiding over an absentee Provincial Council (PC) that met in Baghdad due to insurgent threat [...] | 2007-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3649 | DEPUTY SHIA COALITION LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chairman of the Shia United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) Ali al-Adib told us November 1 that the draft De-Baathification law faced only minor opposition and would likely be enacted before the Council of Representatives (CoR) adjourns in late December. After we urged Adib, who func [...] | 2007-11-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD365 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting January 29, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikha'il Salim told PolOff that she was disturbed by what she perceived to be a lack of action on the part of GOI to address overcrowding and detainee abuse issues, particularly in the face of a potential influx of detainees [...] | 2007-02-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3652 | STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DECLARATION AND UNSCR RENEWAL [...] (S) Summary. In separate November 1 meetings with National Security Advisor Mowaffak al Rubaie and Prime Minister's Political Advisor Sadiq al Rikabi, Political-Military Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries discussed the draft Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) and United Nations Security Coun [...] | 2007-11-04 03:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3653 | NINEWA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT NOW INTERESTED IN AN [...] (C/REL USA, ACGU) Khasro Goran, Ninewa's powerful Vice Governor, provincial head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),and provincial chief of the Article 140 committee, told PRT Leader October 24 that the Ninewa Provincial Government planned to work with Sheik Fawaz al Jarba to conduct an [...] | 2007-11-04 03:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KDEM PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD366 | SULAIMANIYAH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS DISCUSS FUEL [...] (U) This is an Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting between Regional Coordinator and Sulaimaniyah provincial officials, Sulaimaniyah Deputy Governor Jutiar Noori Abdulla said that the provincial government plans to end fuel-price [...] | 2007-02-04 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KMDR IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD3660 | EPRT: SUNNIS IN EAST BAGHDAD STRESS RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT EPRT reporting cable. 2. (C) A series of six large iftar dinners hosted by Sunni mosques during October emphasized the theme of reconciliation. The dinners took place in the eastern Baghdad district of 9 Nissan. Almost 300 guests attended one of the dinners i [...] | 2007-11-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3663 | KRG RAMPS UP CHECK POINTS AROUND QANDIL; IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, RRT Erbil DTL visited five Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) checkpoints leading toward known PKK areas in the Qandil Mountains. Local security officials have reinforced efforts to control the flow of goods and people to the PKK by adding new checkpoints and in [...] | 2007-11-05 09:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3665 | DRAFT 2008 BUDGET NEARING CABINET APPROVAL [...] (C) Begin Summary: Budget negotiations continue in the Council of Ministers (CoM). DPM Barham Salih told EMIN in a 3 November telcon that the Economic Committee recommended that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) raise the budget's oil price from 50 to 55 USD/barrel, translating into a 3.1 billion U [...] | 2007-11-05 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3667 | SADR REPRESENTATIVES MODERATE RHETORIC AND POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite an immediate, angry response from Sadrists in the Council of Representatives to an October 21 raid in Sadr City by Coalition Forces, the raid did not trigger notable reactions anywhere in Baghdad, including Sadr City, according to post's local contacts, Baghdad PRT, and [...] | 2007-11-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3669 | KURDISH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION ON TURKEY/PKK [...] (C) Adnan Mufti (PUK),Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),led a hastily-assembled delegation to Baghdad October 31 ) November 4 to meet with the Council of Representatives (CoR) and the GOI leadership to discuss the Turkey/PKK crisis. At a dinner for the delegation on October [...] | 2007-11-05 18:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3670 | DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE [...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel demarche on November 3 to Foreign Minister Zebari's Chief of Staff Qusay Alkoubaisi and on November 4 to Prime Minister Maliki's Political Advisor Gorges Bakoos. Mr. Alkoubaisi said the Iraqi Charge in Damascus, along with a deputies-level team from the Ministry [...] | 2007-11-05 18:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KBCT ECON ETRD PREL |
07BAGHDAD3671 | PRT TIKRIT: PROVINCIAL BUDGET EXECUTION - SLOGGING [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Uneven management skill among provincial and local Directors General (DGs),lack of qualified contractors, and a complex bureaucracy are among the key factors inhibiting the province from spending its capital budget allocations [...] | 2007-11-06 03:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3672 | PRT NINEWA: LOCAL BUSINESS SAY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team Ninewa (PRT) regularly engages the Iraqi private sector in and around Mosul, a region known for its historically active traders, agricultural processors and constructio [...] | 2007-11-06 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL EAGR EAID PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3673 | NINEWA'S NOT-SO-FREE TRADE ZONE [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ninewa Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is anything but a free market. Originally conceived under the Saddam regime as a truck park to exchange imported food for exported fuel, encourage a market for high-va [...] | 2007-11-06 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3674 | PRT NINEWA: LOCAL FARMERS LAUNCH MULTISECTARIAN, [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) In a region of eastern Ninewa, northern Iraq, more often known for confrontation and competition over scarce land resources, six Al Hamdaniya District farmers - with strong PRT Ninewa support (see reftel) - established Oc [...] | 2007-11-06 03:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON IZ PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD3675 | PRT NINEWA:LENDING MARKET IS DRY BUT SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 03:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID EINV IZ PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD3679 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of ANV-20/20 NVD Infinity Focus System (NSN: 6625-01-431-8615) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command [...] | 2007-11-06 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD3680 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command and Coalition Forces t [...] | 2007-11-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD3681 | IRAQ: TALK AROUND BAGHDAD ON THE KRG PM QUESTION, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings during October-November, Kurdish contacts in Baghdad provided useful insight into who might replace the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister, though none could provide a clear answer. Additionally, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's advisor Aram Yarweissi [...] | 2007-11-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3684 | DIYALA PRT: IDPS CONTINUE TO FACE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Management challenges continue to constrain the Diyala provincial government's capacity to address issues confronting the estimated 52,000 internally displace persons (IDPs) currently living in Diyala. Housing, [...] | 2007-11-06 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3690 | Letter from President Talabani to POTUS [...] (U) Post received a letter from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on November 5, addressed to President Bush. The following is the English text. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America The White House Washington DC. November 4, 2007 [...] | 2007-11-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3691 | ABDUCTORS RELEASE RADIO FREE LIBERTY-IRAQ [...] (SBU) Jumana Take was released by her captors on October 31, 2007 after 9 days in captivity. Ms. Take is an Iraqi citizen freelance journalist employed at times by Radio Free Liberty-Iraq (RFL-I). 2. (SBU) According to Bill Key, Director of Corporate Security for RFL, Ms. Take called the R [...] | 2007-11-07 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCRM PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD3692 | AMB. SATTERFIELD PRESSES COR LEADERS ON PENDING [...] (C) Summary: In November 6 meetings, CoR Deputy Speakers Khalid al-Attiyah and Arif Tayfur and influential CoR member Humam Hamoudi told Amb. Satterfield that progress on key pending legislation remained possible during the current CoR session. Attiyah and Hamoudi agreed that, among pending [...] | 2007-11-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3693 | KIRKUK REFERENDUM: PROBLEMS WITH KURDISH FOCUS ON [...] (C) One obstacle of many to holding a referendum on the status of Kirkuk, as required by Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution (the Article 140 Referendum),is the lack of a credible voter registry. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is currently working to develop a national vo [...] | 2007-11-07 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3694 | MALIKI ADVISOR SAYS CHRISTIAN LEADERS ACCEPT PM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PM's advisor George Bakoos, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly on October 27 accepted assistance to the Iraqi Christian community that Maliki had offered when they met three months earlier. Bakoos said the offer consisted of hiring Christian security personnel th [...] | 2007-11-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IZ VT |
07BAGHDAD3697 | DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES ISTANBUL, PKK, AND IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil M/C called on Deputy Foreign Minister Abbawi November 6 to discuss his impressions of the Istanbul Neighbors Ministerial, progress on dealing with the PKK, and setting up trilateral talks with Iran. Abbawi was pleased with Istanbul and praised Turkish cooperation at the m [...] | 2007-11-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ SA |
07BAGHDAD37 | IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: At a dinner December 20, in honor of Secretary of Defense Gates, Iraqi political leaders SIPDIS underscored the fundamental importance of the new plan for Baghdad Security as well as steps to forge a new moderate political front to allow the government to marginalize and attac [...] | 2007-01-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3702 | SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS: PROBLEM OF NARROW [...] (C) The majority of our locally-employed PRT staff were hired as third-party contractors. Congress passed Public Law 110-36 with the intent to provide up to 500 SIVs for Iraqi and Afghan translators and interpreters working for the U.S. military and under Chief of Mission (COM) authority. [...] | 2007-11-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | APER CVIS PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD3703 | NINE IRANIAN DETAINEES RELEASED NOVEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) BAGHDAD ) Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) released nine Iranian detainees at approximately 0900 (local) Friday, November 9 to the custody of the Government of Iraq (GOI). Two of the nine were part of the five suspected Qods force members detained January 11 by Coalition Forces in Erbi [...] | 2007-11-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD3708 | DR. CHALABI'S SERVICES COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: Only three weeks have passed since the surprise announcement naming Dr. Ahmed Chalabi as chair of a new Baghdad services committee. Since that time, the committee has met weekly, had open discussions and come to several conclusions. Implementation of the committee's recommendations is [...] | 2007-11-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3710 | BAGHDAD EPRT: OMAR AL-JABOORI ON SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to the Vice President, told E-PRT Team Leader September 11 that Shia assistance to Sunnis fighting Al Qaeda in Iraq forms the essence of reconciliation. As part of an on-going discussio [...] | 2007-11-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3711 | BAGHDAD EPRT: SUNNI VOLUNTEERS PROTECT [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Dr. Kheder Shukur, assistant to Sheikh Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi, told E-PRT Team Leader September 25 that local Sunni security volunteers will play a "major role" in protectin [...] | 2007-11-12 06:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SOCI SCUL ECON PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3712 | BAGHDAD EPRT: OMAR AL-JABOORI OUTLINES SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 Brigade E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sheikh Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi, told the E-PRT October 9 that the priorities for Sunnis in Baghdad are to re-open mosques and activate the Iraqi Security Volunteer (ISV) p [...] | 2007-11-12 06:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3713 | LEGISLATIVE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INFLUENTIAL COR [...] (C) Dawa Party Deputy Bloc leader Ali al-Adib told S/I Satterfield on November 10 that his party and Prime Minister al-Maliki favor submission of the Council of Ministers draft of the De-Baathification law for Council of Representatives (CoR) debate, with the possibility that amendments could [...] | 2007-11-12 07:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3716 | AL-HAKIM IDENTIFIES PROGRESS, OBSTACLES TO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 talk with Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk, ISCI defacto leader Ammar al-Hakim identified recent positive developments but cautioned that true reconciliation required more political progress. He express [...] | 2007-11-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3719 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LETTER TO NATO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU). The Office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor requests the assistance of Embassy Baghdad and USNATO in forwarding the letter in paragraph 3 to the NATO Secretary General. Embassy Baghdad POLMIL has already provided a facsi [...] | 2007-11-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT |
07BAGHDAD3721 | MALIKI ON CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS, STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting, Prime Minister Maliki emphasized the primacy of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and local police in maintaining law-and-order. He expressed concern about the sectarian composition of many Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) groups and urged future CLC expa [...] | 2007-11-13 02:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD3726 | DIYALA PRT: EDUCATION SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) The education system in Diyala continues to face severe challenges. Pre-OIF infrastructure shortcomings combined with the effects of recent kinetic activity in the province and general neglect have left only a skeleton of a [...] | 2007-11-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3727 | DIYALA PRT: COMPENSATION PAYMENTS-STILL WAITING [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) In August 2007, as operation Arrowhead Ripper came to a close in Diyala, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salah visited the province. After surveying the damage he promised that USD 50 million would be made available to r [...] | 2007-11-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3728 | DIYALA PRT: BRING BACK THE BA'ATHISTS? IT COULD WORK [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Several senior provincial executives in Diyala Province, both Sunni and Shia, believe that controlled conditions allowing former Ba'ath party members to return to public life would accelerate the stalled reconcil [...] | 2007-11-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3729 | TALABANI ON THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, DE-BAATH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Talabani told Ambassadors Crocker and Satterfield on November 7 that Maliki wanted to delay the strategic partnership and was negatively affecting the possibility of reconciliation by his dismissal of the Tawafuq ministers. The PM was willing to submit the leaders' [...] | 2007-11-13 08:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3731 | TALABANI REITERATES STANCE ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told Ambassadors Crocker and Satterfield on November 9 that he would agree to whatever changes the Embassy wanted to Vice President Mahdi's draft of the strategic partnership paper. He said the Presidency would send the leaders' draft of the de-Baat [...] | 2007-11-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3732 | DPM BARHAM SALEH DISCUSSES LEGISLATION, TURKEY, [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 6 meeting, DPM Barham Saleh told the Ambassador, U/S Jeffery, and S/I Satterfield that passage of the de-Ba'athification law is possible, but he is not as confident on the oil law. He noted the Council of Ministers (CoM) signed on to the de-Ba'athification law and [...] | 2007-11-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3733 | BARZANI ANNOUNCES KDP/PUK EFFORT TO RESOLVE LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK, DISCUSSES KRG EFFORTS TO END PKK CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador November 8 that he and President Talabani would meet to review and find a solution to end the current deadlock on pending GOI legislation. He proposed a national reconciliation conference in Kurdistan to move the political process [...] | 2007-11-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER ECON TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3734 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV 9 [...] (C) Summary: The return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to Baghdad was the primary topic of conversation at the 9 November Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) meeting. The Minister of Displacement and Migration spoke about the lack of capacity within his ministry to handle the r [...] | 2007-11-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3735 | SAMARRA RECONSTRUCTION: CONSTRUCTION ON GOLDEN [...] (U) This is a joint POL/Salah ad Din PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister on Reconstruction Issues Haq al-Hakim told Poloff and MNF-I representatives during a November 7 meeting he will soon sign a contract with the Turkish contractor to begi [...] | 2007-11-13 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3736 | MALIKI'S ADVISORS PRESSED ON DE-BA'ATH, EXPRESS [...] (C) Sadiq Rikabi and Gorges Bakous, both advisors to PM Maliki, met with Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador David Satterfield, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk, and Political Counselor Matthew [...] | 2007-11-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV |
07BAGHDAD3737 | SADRISTS PLOT OUSTER OF KEY MUTHANNA COMMANDER [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Sadrists and Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) leaders in Baghdad have nearly succeeded in pressuring Prime Minister Maliki and Interior Minister Bolani to fire Colonel Ali Najm [...] | 2007-11-14 02:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD3748 | ICRC REVERSES PLANS TO OPEN PERMANENT MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary: ICRC representatives from Amman and Geneva told Pol-Mil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Ries that ICRC had decided not to establish a permanent presence in Baghdad at this time. ICRC Near East and North Africa Director Beatrice Megevand-Roggo said that, after a security review, the Gen [...] | 2007-11-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SOCI ICRC IZ |
07BAGHDAD3749 | PRESIDENCY COUNCIL VETOES PENSION REFORM [...] (C) Begin Summary: Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi's recent veto will delay implementation of sensible pension reform legislation that would potentially benefit all public sector employees, including members of the military, regardless of sect. Discussions between the Pension Reform Steering C [...] | 2007-11-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD375 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIR SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Political Counselor and Shiite Chairman of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee (and SCIRI member) Humam Hammoudi discussed constitutional review, the Baghdad security plan, regional elections, and de-Ba'athification February 3, with Hammoudi [...] | 2007-02-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3750 | KURDISTAN REGION PRIME MINISTER ON PKK AND OIL [...] (S) Ambassador Crocker told Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on November 8 in Erbil that violent acts by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) must now be permanently stopped, and that the KRG must take strong, visible and effective actions against the PKK throu [...] | 2007-11-14 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3752 | NORTHWEST BAGHDAD SUMMIT SHOWCASES SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad EPRT-5 reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. A distinctive reconciliation movement has taken hold north of Baghdad's city center, spanning the qadas (counties) of Taji and Abu Ghraib. On November 8, 1/1 CAV Brigade Combat Team Commander and Embedded Provincial Reconst [...] | 2007-11-14 18:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3753 | DPM BARHAM SALEH OPTIMISITIC ABOUT THE BUDGET, [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 12 meeting, DPM Barham Saleh told the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield the budget is almost ready and will go to the "core" cabinet November 13 for approval. He is optimistic the Presidency Council will support sending the de-Ba'athification law (leadership version [...] | 2007-11-14 19:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN EPET PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3754 | MOI HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy on November 5 described measures he took to follow-up on a severely burned detainee and a juvenile that were found during a Coalition-supported, bilateral inspection of the MoI Criminal Investigations Direct [...] | 2007-11-15 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3758 | ANBAR TRIBAL MOVEMENT EYEING GREATER PROVINCIAL, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) In the absence Anbar's top political leadership, currently in Amman after two weeks in the United States, the anti-insurgent tribal movement Sahawa al-Iraq has been considering ways to increase its political power in Anbar [...] | 2007-11-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3765 | PERSONAL FEUD DELAYS DE-BA'ATH IN COR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers passed a copy of the "Leaders' Draft" de-Ba'athification law to the Council of Representatives on November 14th. A meeting the same day between COR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and Deputy Speaker Shaykh Khalid al-Attiyah degenerated into a shouting match [...] | 2007-11-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3766 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI TO PUSH [...] (S) Reinforcing the USG message on importance of finalizing benchmark legislation and a joint statement on the Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD),the Ambassador and visiting Iraq Coordinator Ambassador Satterfield met with Vice President Tariq al Hashimi on the evening of November 12. Ha [...] | 2007-11-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3768 | ARTICLE 140: UNCERTAINTY FUELS ARAB-KURD TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Article 140 High Committee Chairman (and Minister of Science and Technology) Raid Fahmi gave Senior Advisor an overview on November 12 of committee developments since Fahmi took office at the end of July. Fahmi asserted that the committee's recent progress will help alleviate Kur [...] | 2007-11-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3769 | KRG WELCOMES COUNTER-TERRORISM ASSISTANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari welcomed upcoming visits by an Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC) agent and the S/CT terrorist finance assessment team. Sinjari told RRT Erbil November 14 that he sees the visits as a means to identify specific deficienci [...] | 2007-11-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3770 | HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LAW REMAINS ELUSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki on November 7 promised Under Secretary Jeffery that GOI action on the hydrocarbon SIPDIS framework law would begin within two weeks, but discussions with a multitude of other officials in Baghdad revealed that bridging the remaining gaps between the political partie [...] | 2007-11-15 16:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3771 | EXPANDING TAILORED NATO-IRAQ COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: USNATO forwarded an Italian non-paper (ref A) for Embassy Baghdad and Department consideration about the future role of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) in a post-UNSCR environment. NTM-I fills a critical niche in the training and mentoring of mid-level leadership of the I [...] | 2007-11-16 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD3772 | MALIKI PLANS GENERAL AMNESTY; BASRA PIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the November 11 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) meeting, PM Maliki stated his intention to proclaim a general amnesty; Ambassador Crocker responded that this was a bold move that the U.S. supported and could work with the GoI on the details. Maliki also pushed [...] | 2007-11-16 04:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
07BAGHDAD3773 | ERBIL: KNA SPEAKER ON COR COOPERATION, PKK, AND [...] (C) Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) Speaker Adnan Mufti said the KNA's recent trip to Baghdad laid the groundwork for further communication and collaboration, in a November 11 meeting with RRT Offs. He repeated the oft-heard Kurd call for a peaceful resolution to the PKK crisis. The Speake [...] | 2007-11-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3776 | NSA RUBAIE RESISTS BASRA'S GOVERNOR SIGNING PIC MOU [...] (S REL UK AS) MNF-I Deputy CG LTG Rollo (UK) and Political-Military Minister-Counselor (PMMC) Ambassador Marcie Ries met November 14 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie to discuss the modalities of Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) for Basra. Rubaie,s opening position was that th [...] | 2007-11-16 20:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ UK AS |
07BAGHDAD3779 | SULAIMANIYAH OFFICIALS ON COMBATTING PKK [...] (C) Summary: RRToff pressed officials to continue specific actions against the PKK, such as using enhanced checkpoints effectively to stop PKK logistical and fighter movements and stepping up airport security, in meetings held November 12 in Sulaimaniyah, a PUK-dominated province in the KRG tha [...] | 2007-11-17 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAIR TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3780 | VP ABDEL MEHDI ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a November 14 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi expressed pronounced reluctance to persuade Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to come to closure on the proposed bilateral Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD). Claiming that such persuasion would be counter-productive, Adel [...] | 2007-11-17 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3782 | AMBASSADOR URGES PM TO PUSH FORWARD WITH SPD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Crocker urged PM Maliki November 14 to meet the November 20 deadline for signature of the Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD). Ambassador said conclusion of the SPD was an important effort that will set the stage for the UNSCR renewal and will define the bilateral [...] | 2007-11-18 05:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3787 | PARLIAMENTARIAN HACHIM HASSANI DISCUSSES FORMATION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Independent CoR member Hachim Hassani told PolOff on October 31 he is forming an independent, moderate bloc in the CoR, although these efforts are in the early stages. He dispelled rumors that he may be nominated by PM Maliki to become Minister of Communications, but did not [...] | 2007-11-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3788 | KURDISH PARTIES SAY THEIR DELEGATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with RRT Off, Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) Secretary General Salahaddin Bahaddin indicated that the Turkish government was considering a proposal for direct Turkish-KRG discussions put forward during the November 11 visit to Ankara by a Kurdish politica [...] | 2007-11-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3793 | Baghdad Services Committee [...] SUMMARY: Attendance at Dr. Ahmed Chalabi's meeting was down this week, lacking representation from the Ministries of Oil, Electricity and Education. The committee heard for the first time from the Ministry of Trade and Commerce as well as the Ministry of Transportation. The committee did review [...] | 2007-11-19 04:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3795 | KRG SNAPSHOTS CONFIRM ACTIONS AGAINST TURKEY/PKK [...] (C) Summary: RRT Erbil contacts in Erbil and Dohuk provinces report that increased checkpoints, stepped-up checkpoint manning, PKK-affiliated office closures and redeployment of Peshmerga forces are having an effect on the ability of the PKK to get supplies and move around. Kurdistan Regional [...] | 2007-11-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3798 | BLAMING VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (S) Many of our Shia contacts in the Iraqi government have complained to us and the media for the past two weeks, that Iraqi Islamic Party head and Sunni Vice President Tareq al Hashimi is deliberately delaying and interfering with passage of legislation. One Shia parliamentarian put the num [...] | 2007-11-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3799 | AMAR AL-HAKIM: SUPPORT FOR SPD, MOVING AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 16 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told the Ambassador that ISCI strongly supports a Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) and that he would convey ISCI's support for a long-term bilateral partnership to Prime Minister Nu [...] | 2007-11-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD380 | PRT TIKRIT: TUZ PC BOYCOTT HIGHLIGHTS POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Discontentment among the Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) members from the predominately Kurdish and Turcoman city of Tuz has led to political disarray in the council's operations, delaying important reconstructi [...] | 2007-02-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3800 | SUNNI TAWAFUQ BLOC NEGOTIATING A RETURN TO [...] (S) Our contacts among senior GOI and Tawafuq officials confirm that negotiations over a return to government by the Tawafuq Coalition of Sunni political parties recently commenced, with a (likely flexible) deadline set by PM Maliki of "two weeks" starting on November 9. Tawafuq leaders dele [...] | 2007-11-19 18:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3801 | SAI SUSPENDS ACTIVITY WITH ANBAR'S PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," (SAI) called for the replacement of Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Abdulsalam Abdullah and the "suspension" of SAI membership on the Council. Ahmad's call [...] | 2007-11-19 18:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3802 | THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...] | 2007-11-20 02:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3803 | BAGHDAD'S ECONOMIC TRANSITION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Reforms to educational institutions, the banking system, the civil service, state-market relations, and inter-governmental coordination has the potential to contribute significantly to private sector development in Baghdad provinc [...] | 2007-11-20 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3805 | THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...] | 2007-11-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD3807 | TAWAFUQ FINANCE COMMITTEE MP OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Begin Summary: Ala'a Alsadon (IIP, Sunni) told us 20 November that she remains optimistic that the 2008 draft budget will be passed in a timely fashion. She confirmed that the Council of Representatives (CoR) completed a first reading of the draft budget on 19 November, having formally rec [...] | 2007-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3809 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV 16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki proposed creation of a committee to handle issues related to internally displaced persons at the November 16 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC),though he did not specify the committee's structure or purpose. He also noted that the improved [...] | 2007-11-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3817 | IRAQ-IRAN OIL TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's oil trade with Iran at present is composed mainly of legitimate imports of refined fuels, and seems to represent Iraq's attempt to address consumer demand rather than Iran's attempt to exert economic power over Iraq. The proposed Iraq to Iran crude oil pipeline may, howeve [...] | 2007-11-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3818 | MALIKI: SHOW MORE FLEXIBILITY ON SPD LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 18 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reviewed ongoing discussions over the text of a proposed Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD). In reply to the Ambassador's observation that proposed GOI changes to our latest working draft affects the [...] | 2007-11-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3819 | ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM: TIME TO TALK TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a November 20 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador that ISCI supports our efforts to bring to rapid closure a bilateral Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) that will serve the interests of both nations. Looking fa [...] | 2007-11-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3821 | KEY SADRIST LEGISLATOR: IN IRAQ, IRAN IS EVERYWHERE [...] (C) Summary: Sadrist Trend CoR legislator Baha al-Aaraji claimed during a November 19 meeting that while Iran may not like the U.S., it likes the Iraqi people even less and is infiltrating Iraq at every level. He conceded that Iran has tried to penetrate the Sadrist Trend through support to p [...] | 2007-11-21 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3823 | INDEPENDENT COR MEMBER SAYS LEGISLATION DELAYED BY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Independent CoR member Safia Souhail (Shia, former Iraqiyya) told Poloff unnecessary delays with de-ba'athification and other laws are occurring because of sectarianism and ineffective CoR leadership. She is doubtful the de-ba'athification law will receive the votes necessary [...] | 2007-11-22 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3826 | IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN AND NEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3827 | 2008 FUNDS FOR IRAQ - THE GROUND TRUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than a year underway, the surge has produced major security, diplomatic and economic results; however, those gains will be in jeopardy should the current House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2008 State, Foreign Operations and related appropriations bills pass in curr [...] | 2007-11-23 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS ECON PREL ASEC KDEM IZ EAID |
07BAGHDAD3828 | KIRKUK/ARTICLE 140: SENIOR SUNNI POLITICIAN'S [...] (S) During a November 20 introductory meeting, senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Ayad al-Samaraie provided Senior Adviser Pearce his views on Kirkuk and Article 140 implementation. Samaraie, expressing his personal thoughts, believed it bes [...] | 2007-11-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD3833 | Baghdad Services Committee [...] SUMMARY: The Baghdad Services Committee chaired by Dr. Ahmed Chalabi pressed forward on November 20th with a high number of attendees, including representatives from the city administration and the Baghdad Operations Command (security). Given the number of participants representing various inte [...] | 2007-11-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3834 | PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SPD, UNSCR, PKK, CLC, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, hour-long meeting November 22, Ambassador Crocker and PM Nouri al-Maliki discussed progress on the Security Partnership Declaration (SPD),foreseeing its signing on Monday, November 26; moving quickly on a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) for 2 [...] | 2007-11-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3836 | Baghdad Services Committee [...] SUMMARY: The Baghdad Services Committee chaired by Dr. Ahmed Chalabi pressed forward on November 20th with a high number of attendees, including representatives from the city administration and the Baghdad Operations Command (security). Given the number of participants representing various inte [...] | 2007-11-25 02:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3837 | BUILDING CAPACITY AT THE MINISTRY OF OIL [...] Summary and Comment: Capacity building at the Ministry of Oil is a high mission priority. A modern, capable ministry would be better able to make the sound investment decisions that will affect the future economic and political viability of the Iraqi state. Alternatively, a dysfunctional cen [...] | 2007-11-25 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3838 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-11-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3839 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-11-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD384 | HASHIMI ON SUNNI SUPPORT FOR BSP, CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador gave VP Al-Hashimi a read out of his KSA trip on February 1, observing that continuing sectarian violence, the way Saddam was executed, and perceptions of increased Iranian interference appeared to have cost PM Maliki credibility with Iraq's Arab neighbors. Hashimi [...] | 2007-02-05 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PREL PGOV |
07BAGHDAD3840 | BAGHDAD'S SUNNI SUBURBS TO SEE SOME SERVICES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Representatives of the Baghdad provincial government held the first in a series of coordination meetings focused on improving services in the largely Sunni communities of suburban and rural Baghdad Province on November 20, facilita [...] | 2007-11-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3841 | IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON 2008 BUDGET, DEBT [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a 21 November working dinner, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told EMIN and TreasAtt that he does not anticipate any problems getting the 2008 draft budget passed by the Council of Representatives (CoR). He highlighted four key concessions made by the Kurdistan Regional G [...] | 2007-11-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3842 | IRAQ-JORDAN OIL HITS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS [...] (C) We received a translation of an undated letter signed by Ghassan Farkuh, Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transport Company, addressed to the Ministry of Oil, concerning the reasons for the delay in tankers transporting crude oil from Kirkuk to Jordan. 2. (C) The first rea [...] | 2007-11-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3843 | THE DE-BAATH LAW GETS ITS FIRST READING WITH VOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25 the Justice and Accountability law (i.e., the "de-Ba'ath law") received its first reading in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR). The reading was repeatedly disrupted by the Sadr Bloc and a handful of Kurdish and Shi'a MPs protesting that the law contradic [...] | 2007-11-25 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3848 | KIU SECRETARY GENERAL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TRIP TO [...] (C) Salah al-Din Bahaddin, Secretary General of the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),on November 20 briefed the Ambassador on the delegation of Kurdish political parties he led to Ankara to discuss the PKK crisis. Bahaddin said the visit had helped break a Turkish psychological barrier against [...] | 2007-11-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3849 | TALABANI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON TOUR OF ARAB STATES [...] (C) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on November 20 briefed the Ambassador on his recent trip to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait, saying he received a warm welcome in each and made some progress towards improved diplomatic and economic relations. Turning to other issues du jour, Talabani pledge [...] | 2007-11-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3852 | OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani on November 26 agreed in principle to the idea of proceeding with a technical committee to clear up the few remaining brackets in the July draft of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, as long as the result is completely consistent with the principles [...] | 2007-11-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3858 | NEW UNAMI SRSG OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR MANDATE, [...] (C) United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan De Mistura stated in a November 25 meeting with S/I Satterfield and PolCouns that his top two priorities will be to resolve Article 140 and assist internally displaced persons [...] | 2007-11-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR EU UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3859 | CODEL MCCAIN STRESSES NEED FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Maliki on Nov. 23, the members of Codel McCain applauded the recent security progress in Iraq but stressed the need for political progress to cement the security gains. In particular, Senator McCain pressed Maliki on the need to make progres [...] | 2007-11-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD386 | CHALABI OUTLINES HIS POPULAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Chalabi is moving forward on the political mobilization component of the new Baghdad Security Plan, although he suggested he is having some difficulty achieving full Sunni participation and has asked for Embassy assistance. His plan consists of creating tiered committees [...] | 2007-02-06 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3860 | ANBARIS MEET IN AMMAN TO DRAFT A PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) Some 115 Anbari notables, including government officials, civil servants, and tribal leaders, participated in an off-site conference November 14-18 sponsored by USAID contractor RTI in Amman to draft the Provincial Developm [...] | 2007-11-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3861 | CODEL MCCAIN TO ABDULMAHDI: NEED POLITICAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. On November 23 Senators John McCain, Saxby Chambliss, Lindsey Graham, John Barasso and Governor Jon Huntsman met with Deputy President Adil Abdulmahdi, advisor Zuhair Humadi, and former oil minister Ibrahim Bahr Ulum. The American delegation repeatedly emphasized the need for po [...] | 2007-11-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3862 | ICI SECRETARIAT IMPLEMENTATION MOVING AHEAD...AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih is close to officially announcing an ICI Secretariat head, Iraqi Secretariat staff, and the formation of ICI thematic working SIPDIS groups (TWGs) in an early December ICI Executive Steering Committee meeting in Baghdad. Problems still [...] | 2007-11-27 13:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD3863 | DEPUTY OIL MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Oil Minister Motasim on November 27 revealed that Oil Minister Shahristani had not been entirely convinced about the idea of proceeding with a technical committee to clear up the few remaining brackets in the July draft of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, as discussed [...] | 2007-11-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3868 | CODEL MURTHA PRESSES MALIKI FOR POLITICAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Murtha and Ambassador Crocker met with PM Maliki on November 23. Mr. Murtha acknowledged that he sees improvements in Iraq but repeatedly stated that the American people are impatient because necessary steps have not been taken and that they want to see dramatic action by [...] | 2007-11-27 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3869 | MOD GENERAL ABBADI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BASRAH ISF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD3874 | MCNS NOVEMBER 25, 2007 ADDRESSES SPD, CLCS, AQI, [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) reviewed the situation of Concerned Local Citizen (CLC) groups' evolution and future, success to date against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),protection of Iraqi refugees returning to Baghdad, dealing with Fo [...] | 2007-11-28 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3876 | SIGNING OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3877 | MUTED IRAQI REACTION TO SPD [...] (C) Summary: On November 25th the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) held a closed session to discuss the Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) between the U.S. and Iraq. Despite scattered complaints, the overall reaction among MPs to the SPD has been muted, reflecting CoR members' pre [...] | 2007-11-28 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3878 | ISCI COR LEADER HAMOUDI ON REGIONAL TRAVEL [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion 11/25, influential Council of Representatives (CoR) Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Humam Hamoudi (ISCI bloc leader, Shia) expressed optimism about bilateral relations with Kuwait and Egypt, while noting several obstacles to further improving ties [...] | 2007-11-28 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU SA IZ |
07BAGHDAD3881 | BARHAM SALIH ON CORRUPTION, IRAQI UNITY [...] (C) Senators Inouye and Stevens met on 26 November with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss GOI corruption and the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq. Salih acknowledged serious institutionalized corruption, but said the GOI was working to establish effective oversight mechanisms [...] | 2007-11-29 09:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GPGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3882 | MAYSAN'S GOVERNOR: JAM ASSOCIATE AND RISING SHI'A [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3885 | BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS RETURNING HOME [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See Para 19. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Families displaced from their homes in Baghdad have begun returning, according to Post and PRT contacts, officials at the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM),and local press reports. While re [...] | 2007-11-29 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD3886 | PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS CENTERS CHANGING THE PREMISE [...] (C) On October 29, Karbala became the eighth province to transfer from Coalition to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) in a two-hour ceremony that was intended to symbolize Iraq's growing stability and progress. The transfer ceremony was slightly different this time, however; when MND-C Commander [...] | 2007-11-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL |
07BAGHDAD3887 | TRANSMITTAL OF LETTER FROM PM NOURI AL-MALIKI TO [...] (U) Post received a letter addressed to POTUS from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (PM) addressed on November 28, 2007. Scanned copies of the original document and the translation to English have been emailed to the NSC and NEA/I. The following is Post's translation of the Arabic tex [...] | 2007-11-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3893 | OIL MINISTER ANNULS KRG OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani has written to at least two international oil companies that entered into production sharing agreements (PSAs) with the Kurdish Regional Government to declare the annulment of their contracts, and intends to annul others. END SUMMARY. Oil Minister: Cont [...] | 2007-11-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3894 | LEGISLATIVE HIGH JINKS MAY DELAY BUDGET [...] (C) Begin Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) Finance Committee members Ala'a Alsadon (IIP, Sunni) and Muna Zelzela (ISCI, Shia) told Econoff 28 November that the 2008 budget legislation is currently in limbo. The CoR ostensibly had the first of three readings of the budget legislation 1 [...] | 2007-11-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3895 | UK AMBASSADOR TO IRAN ON IRI NEGOTIATING STYLE, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR IQ |
07BAGHDAD3896 | KUDOS AND THANKS FOR STATE'S PSD MOA NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD3897 | COR ECON COMMITTEE CHAIR ELUCIDATES KURDISH BUDGET [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a 29 November meeting, Dr. Haider al-Abadi (Dawa, Shia),Chair of the Economic Committee in the Council of Representatives (CoR),clarified the changes the Kurds made to the Council of Ministers (CoM) approved draft budget for 2008. According to al-Abadi, the Kurds wa [...] | 2007-11-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3898 | EMBASSY AND MNF REACH AGREEMENT ON MOA ON PSDS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
07BAGHDAD3901 | NINEWA: VICE GOVERNOR HINTS AT KURDISH FLEXIBILITY [...] (C/REL ACGU) Ninewa's influential Vice Governor, who is also the provincial Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) head, told PRT Leader November 11 in the presence of a visiting reporter that he recognized the importance of being practical in making compromises in resolving disputed areas under Arti [...] | 2007-11-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3902 | NEW UNAMI SRSG TO FOCUS ON ARTICLE 140 IMPASSE [...] (C) United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Senior Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan De Mistura emphasized in a November 25 meeting with Senior Political Advisor that resolving the Article 140 impasse is one of UNAMI's top priorities. "My strategy is to put all [...] | 2007-11-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IR UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3903 | BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: IRAN SEES U.S. AS ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IR IQ |
07BAGHDAD3904 | SHIA POLITICIANS NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MOVING [...] (C) Summary: The first step toward resolving complicated Article 140 territorial issues, including Kirkuk, is for Iraq's political leadership to come to agreement on the way forward, according to Council of Representatives (CoR) Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Humam Hamoudi (ISCI bloc lea [...] | 2007-11-30 16:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3907 | BAGDHAD EPRT: OMAR AL-JABOORI HOSTS RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 Brigade E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sheikh Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi, hosted a November 13 meeting as part of a series of on-going discussions with the Brigade Combat Team (BCT) and E-PRT (reftels A - E). The [...] | 2007-12-02 02:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI SCUL ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3908 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV. 23, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 23 November, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured an extensive discussion of fraud and poor quality within the Public Distribution [...] | 2007-12-02 02:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3909 | KRG PRESIDENCY COUNCIL'S REP ON ARTICLE 140: WE [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting with RRTOffs, Kadir Aziz, KRG Presidency Council Representative for Article 140 and Toiler's Party Secretary General, and Sahd Emin, KRG Minister of Region for Parliament Affairs, expressed strong interest in the United Nations assuming a role in the Article 140 pr [...] | 2007-12-02 10:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3911 | CG AND CDA DISCUSS FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND SYRIA, [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging hour-long meeting Thursday, November 29, MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge Patricia Butenis reviewed efforts with Prime Minister Maliki to stem the flow of Foreign Terrorists (FTs) from Syria and elsewhere, possible limited Turkish military acti [...] | 2007-12-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3912 | REFCOORD VISIT TO SUDANESE REFUGEE CAMP [...] (U) Summary: There are currently 128 Darfurian refugees camped on a highway median in west Anbar who continue to request third country resettlement. The camp is provided humanitarian assistance by UNHCR and the occupants are recognized as refugees by UNHCR and have been designated as eligible [...] | 2007-12-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREF PREL |
07BAGHDAD3913 | TALABANI BLASTS MALIKI BUT IS OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte, S/I Satterfield, and CDA Butenis met November 30 with Iraqi President Talabani. Talabani endorsed Washington,s efforts to renew the UNSCR resolution authorizing the presence of U.S. and other Coalition forces and expressed serious impatience with Prime Ministe [...] | 2007-12-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3915 | KRG OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY LACK [...] (C) In November 28-29 meetings with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, S/I Satterfield, Ambassador Charles Ries, and Senior Advisor David Pearce, KRG PM Barzani and VP Rasoul praised Iraq,s improved security while criticizing PM Maliki,s failing performance and cautioning that security gains could [...] | 2007-12-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EPET ENRG TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3916 | ABDULMAHDI DISCUSSES POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On December 1 Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Coordinator for Iraq David Satterfield, and Charge d'Affaires Patricia Butenis met with Iraqi Deputy President Adil Abdulmahdi, CoR Shi'a independent Qassam Daoud, and former oil minister Thamir Ghadban. Abdulmahdi emphasi [...] | 2007-12-02 17:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3922 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (S) Dear Mr. Secretary: Your visit to Iraq comes at a critical time. Since the September testimony by the Ambassador and Gen. Petraeus, we have seen further progress on security: Anbar Province remains remarkably calm; the Sadr ceasefire continues -- in general -- to hold; the threat from Al- [...] | 2007-12-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC OVIP IZ |
07BAGHDAD3924 | DPM BARHAM SALEH SAYS BLUEPRINT NEEDED FOR WAY [...] (C) Summary. DPM Saleh told the Senior Advisor to the Ambassador November 27 that the Article 140 issues on Kirkuk and disputed territories were the most difficult in Iraq. But, he said, the outlines of a deal are there and the time was opportune to push Iraqi leaders to agree to a process to [...] | 2007-12-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3927 | INDONESIAN DELEGATION LOOKING FOR EMBASSY SITE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29/30, an Indonesian delegation toured prospective International Zone embassy sites and told USG officials they want to establish a mission in Baghdad "as soon as possible." To the surprise of their Iraqi hosts, the delegation sought to cap its trip by signing a Memor [...] | 2007-12-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AA IZ |
07BAGHDAD3931 | THE EVER-EVOLVING CHALABI SERVICE COMMITTEE [...] SUMMARY: Chalabi's service committee yet again changed format at it's November 27th meeting. Representatives from Baghdad's rural areas attended last week's meeting and detailed their service needs in what looked and felt like a town hall meeting. At the committee's previous meetings only offic [...] | 2007-12-04 02:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3933 | AMMAR HAKIM TO SATTERFIELD: CRISIS OF TRUST IN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting with S/I David Satterfield and Polcouns, Ammar al-Hakim expressed support for a strategic U.S.-Iraq relationship, shared his concern over U.S. policy on tribal engagement and a crisis of trust in the Iraqi government, and outlined a non-sectarian vision of [...] | 2007-12-04 09:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3934 | COMBATTING PKK VIA STOPPING MONEY FLOWS [...] (S) An analyst from the Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC) visited the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) last month to see if there were any immediate steps we could encourage the KRG to take against PKK/KGK financing in the wake of the Turkey-PKK/KGK crisis, assisted by RRT Erbil. An S/CT-led [...] | 2007-12-04 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER ECON PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3940 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a Dec. 1 meeting with the Deputy Secretary that focused on the question of UNSCR renewal, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki agreed to not open up the operative paragraphs of the UNSCR to debate. We agreed that GOI concerns over roles and responsibilities in military operations could b [...] | 2007-12-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3946 | NINEWA: HAJJ FLIGHT INAUGURATES MOSUL'S FIRST [...] (U) In Mosul's first commercial passenger flight operation since 1993, Iraqi Airways Flight 020 departed Mosul Airport for Baghdad International Airport at 2230 December 2 with approximately 150 Hajj pilgrims. A second Iraqi Airways flight departed Mosul Airport December 3 with approximately [...] | 2007-12-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAIR EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD3947 | LEGISLATIVE UPDATE -- DE-BA'ATH, PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: As a consequence of our pressure upon the leaderships of Iraq's political blocs, the Law of Accountability and Justice received its second reading on December 1; a third reading has not been scheduled and may be delayed if the CoR is unable to muster a quorum due to the upcoming H [...] | 2007-12-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3949 | S/I SATTERFIELD URGES PROGRESS ON LEGISLATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. Key UIA operative and CoR Constitutional Committee Chair Sheikh Hummam Hammoudi told S/I Satterfield December 3 he believes a "compromise" draft of the provincial powers law, which rolls back PM Maliki's press for a strong central government, can be achieved early in the new year [...] | 2007-12-05 10:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD395 | MEETINGS IN ERBIL ADVANCE HYDROCARBON LAW, ENERGY [...] (S//NF) Summary: On February 3-4, meetings took place in the Kurdistan Region (KR) on the draft national hydrocarbon framework law to resolve the four outstanding areas of dispute between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). These issues included a) the mechanis [...] | 2007-02-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD3950 | DPM SALEH TALKS SECURITY AND ECONOMY, TURKEY, AND [...] (C) Summary. DPM Barham Saleh told CODEL Webb in a meeting November 30 that security is improving, highlighting improvements in Anbar province and several neighborhoods in Baghdad. On the economic side, he mentioned oil production is close to 2 million barrels a day, and referenced positive [...] | 2007-12-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3951 | SOUTH'S INDEPENDENT POLICE CHIEFS NEED U.S. SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL, PRT Babil, PRT Karbala, and PRT Muthanna cable. 2. (C) Summary: Recent events in Babil, Karbala and Muthanna demonstrate the precarious position of police officials willing to prosecute militias in southern Iraq. The political independence that makes thes [...] | 2007-12-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3955 | SUNNI LEADER ADNAN DULAYMI'S SECURITY DETAIL UNDER [...] (S) Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan Dulaymi continues to protest his innocence following discovery of evidence linking his security staff to terrorist activities during a November 29 joint Iraqi-MNF/I raid on his Baghdad offices. As a result of that raid, approximately 35 members of his secur [...] | 2007-12-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3956 | VP ABDEL MAHDI: ARTICLE 140 NEEDS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Iraq Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi (ISCI, Shia) told Senior Advisor December 4 that it was important to resolve the territorial issues involved in Article 140 of the Constitution, but a referendum focused on Kirkuk was not the way to go. Insisting on this route, he thought, coul [...] | 2007-12-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3957 | MCNS MEETING FOR DECEMBER 2 DISCUSSES ROLE OF [...] (C/REL UK AS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired December 2 a two-hour session of the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) devoted entirely to a review of the CLCs and their evolution within Iraq. After briefings by Baghdad Operations Commander (BOC) LTG Aboud, Iraqi G [...] | 2007-12-05 18:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3958 | MOVING FORWARD ON MEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: As reported in Ref B, the MEK presence in Iraq and MNF-I protection duties have become a major irritant in our relationship with the GOI. For most Iraqis, the group remains associated with some of the worst human rights abuses of the former regime. The GOI has repeatedly pressed [...] | 2007-12-05 18:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREF PREL PTER IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3959 | ANBAR PROVINCIAL LEADER INFORMS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Abdulsalam told Deputy Secretary Negroponte during a November 28 meeting in Ramadi that Anbar leaders had reversed their previous opposition to national hydrocarbon revenue-sharing legisla [...] | 2007-12-05 20:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3960 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH RAMADI MAYOR AMIDST [...] (U) This is a combined Anbar PRT/Ramadi ePRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On November 28 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Ramadi Mayor Latif Obaid Ayadah at the city,s Municipal Center. Negroponte noted the improved security situation since his last visit in June. The Mayor descr [...] | 2007-12-05 20:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3961 | SADRISTS TELL CODEL POMEROY "WE ARE BROTHERS" [...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 session with Codel Pomeroy, a delegation of Sadrists led by Sheikh Shia al-Faraji solicited U.S. investment in the reconstruction of Sadr City, lambasted the GOI's dependence on Iran, and suggested that the U.S. use the good offices of Grand Ayatollah Sistani to lau [...] | 2007-12-06 09:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3962 | BAGHDAD 2 E-PRT: ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 Brigade E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Assyrian Democratic Movement Public Relations Head Sargon Lazar Slewa told E-PRT Team Leader that the Christian community has minimal involvement in the Iraq central government. He charact [...] | 2007-12-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI IZ |
07BAGHDAD3963 | BAGHDAD 2 E-PRT: ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 Brigade E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Assyrian Democratic Movement Public Relations Head Sargon Lazar Slewa told E-PRT Team Leader that the Christian community has minimal involvement in the Iraq central government. He charact [...] | 2007-12-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI IZ |
07BAGHDAD3964 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-12-06 11:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3965 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-12-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3966 | FM SHARPLY CRITICAL OF PM OFFICE UNSCR ROLE; [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 4 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Foreign Minister Zebari described the "heated" debate UNSCR renewal triggered in both the Iraqi Council of Representatives and the Council of Ministers. Both on the record and in private, Zebari blamed the small cadre of "Dawa Party [...] | 2007-12-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD397 | EMBASSY COMMENTS ON IMMDF PROPOSALS FOR RASUN [...] Embassy Baghdad does not have information indicating that it would be inadvisable to give loans to the Rasun Company or the Sarqala Company. Please note that IRMO/Private Sector did not suggest the project with the Rasun Company, as stated in ref B. 2. Evidence suggests that the northern [...] | 2007-02-06 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3970 | COR ADJOURNS UNTIL DECEMBER 30; GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani abruptly adjourned Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR) until December 30. Mashadani's announcement was a bit of a surprise, as just one day earlier Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiya indicated to us that he was inclined to use parliamentary [...] | 2007-12-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3971 | SOUTH'S GOVERNORS AND PCS: SHIFTING ALLEGIANCES, [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL - Southern PRT/REO/ePRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: The relationships between provincial governors and the Provincial Councils (PCs) shape the political landscape of southern Iraq. Those relations are marked by fluid political identities, uneven distributions o [...] | 2007-12-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3974 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 1 Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr, Baghdad's senior Shi'ite cleric, hosted Deputy Secretary Negroponte at his residence attached to the SIPDIS Khadimiya mosque complex. Al-Sadr spoke with commitment about his vision of shared U.S.-Iraqi efforts to build a democra [...] | 2007-12-07 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3975 | KIRKUK OFFICIALS TELL DEPUTY SECRETARY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Kirkuk Governor Abdulrahman and Provincial Council Chairman Rizgar Ali November 29. The two senior provincial officials expressed their frustration with the Central Government in Baghdad and outlined their requests for funding o [...] | 2007-12-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3976 | DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETS WITH DIYALA PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Eight Executive and Provincial Council (PC) members from Diyala Province met on November 29 with Deputy Secretary Negroponte at Forward Operating Base Warhorse SIPDIS (Baqubah). They confirmed dramatic improvements in the secu [...] | 2007-12-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3977 | SOUTH CENTRAL LEADERS DISCUSS SECURITY AND U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte welcomed Iraqi leaders from the south central region to a meeting at the Regional Embassy Office in Al Hillah on November 27. Common themes from the discussion included strengthening the Iraq Security Forces and the Rule of Law, encouraging Iraq,s nei [...] | 2007-12-07 18:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD398 | IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S STATEMENTS CAUSE SOME [...] (C) According to a February 6 Baghdadiyah TV report, both Firyad Rawanduzi of the Kurdish Alliance (KAL) and Shia Independent Sami Al-Askari (Shiite, Da'awa) made statements on a 'consensus' reached by the Council of Representatives (CoR) blocs to replace Sunni Speaker Mashadani. Conversation [...] | 2007-02-06 19:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3985 | S/I SATTERFIELD, CG, AND CDA DISCUSS UNSCR, [...] (S) Summary: S/I Satterfield took the opportunity of the regular weekly meeting between PM Maliki and Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General Petraeus (CG) and Embassy COM (CDA Butenis) to press PM Maliki to sign his (Maliki's) letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) requesting a UNSCR [...] | 2007-12-09 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3986 | PROVINCIAL COUNCILS TERMS OF OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq,s provincial councils were seated in January 2005. It is commonly assumed that members of the provincial councils were, like members of the Council of Representatives, elected to four year terms and that new elections are therefore required by January 2009. However, this [...] | 2007-12-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3988 | A YEAR IN REVIEW: AYAD ALLAWI'S IRAQIYYA COALITION [...] (S/NF) Summary. Despite high expectations by many, Allawi's attempts to make a splash in Iraqi national politics fell flat in 2007. Instead of participating in a positive agenda to unify the government, he focused his efforts on overthrowing PM Maliki. This strategy appears to have back-fir [...] | 2007-12-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD3990 | PM MALIKI EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE TO SECDEF GATES [...] (C) Summary. In a December 5 meeting, PM Maliki repeatedly noted to Defense Secretary Gates the positive impact of progress in the security situation. Improved security was facilitating positive developments in Iraq's internal political situation as well as Iraq's relationships with the Unit [...] | 2007-12-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS MARR MOPS ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3991 | DEPUTY SPEAKER ATTIYA OPTIMISTIC ON KEY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a December 5 meeting with S/I David Satterfield, Deputy COR Speaker Khalid al-Attiya gave a rosy outlook for key legislation in the new year. He said the De-Ba'athification bill and budget were nearing completion, a provincial powers law would reach the COR in ea [...] | 2007-12-09 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD4001 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD4003 | SOUTH'S INDEPENDENT POLICE CHIEFS NEED U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ref A detailed the threats facing independent police chiefs in the south and made the case for offering these chiefs increased USG support. On December 9 Babil Police Chief Qais al-Mumury was killed in an explosion targeting his convoy (ref B). His assassination came amid fo [...] | 2007-12-10 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD4005 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALEH [...] (C) Summary: During his December 5 meeting with U/S Jeffery, DPM Saleh underscored the importance of achieving needed political reforms to consolidate economic gains. U/S Jeffrey said KRG/oil company contracts give the impression of a lack of progress on hydrocarbons legislation. Saleh said [...] | 2007-12-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4006 | CO-FINANCING HEADLINES IRFFI DONORS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Ambassador De Martino chaired the first International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFF) Donors Committee meeting following Bari. Recently arrived UN SRSG Steffan De Mistura also gave opening remarks during a mostly unremarkable meeting. MoPDC senior advisor Dr. [...] | 2007-12-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4007 | FM TO TRAVEL TO SYRIA, IRAQ REP AT PARIS DONOR [...] (C) In December 6 and 9 meetings with PolMil Minister Counselor Amb. Marcie Ries, Foreign Minister Zebari reviewed the SPD and UNSCR processes, and robustly criticized the Prime Minister's Office's (PMO) role in the matter. Citing improved relations and increased Syrian pressure on foreign [...] | 2007-12-11 01:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4008 | PRT KIRKUK: ARABS END PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BOYCOTT [...] (U) This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: The return of the Arab bloc members on December 4 to the Kirkuk Provincial Council peacefully resolved a year-long Sunni Arab boycott. Negotiations for the Arab bloc's return saw concessions by the ruling Ki [...] | 2007-12-11 06:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4014 | CHALABI SERVICE COMMITTEE REVIEWS PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: Pausing to review previously adopted recommendations, the Services Committee dedicated nearly two hours of discussion at its December 4 meeting to that end. The Ministries of Trade, Oil, Defense, Health and Electricity presented, as did the Amanat and a council representative from Sabi [...] | 2007-12-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4024 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH PM ADVISOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thamir Ghadban, Advisor to the Prime Minister, on December 5 discussed the "way forward" for hydrocarbon law enactment with a delegation led by Under Secretary Jeffery. END SUMMARY. SIPDIS 2. (U) Participants: U/S Jeffery, Thamir Ghadban, Ron Jonkers, Tom Pierce, Abdulilah [...] | 2007-12-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4025 | MCNS DECEMBER 9: AQI, RUSAFA FACILITY, JUDICIARY, [...] (S/REL MNF) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki led the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) in discussion of funding of the Rusafa Rule of Law facility, relocation of prisoners closer to family, and final details of the Basrah Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) handover ceremony. MNF-I b [...] | 2007-12-11 18:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD4027 | FM RECEIVES OBJECTIVE MASSEY BRIEF [...] (C) On December 10, and in advance of what will be Foreign Minister Zebari's first official trip to Syria, PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries and MNF-I intel personnel provided him a foreign terrorist and facilitators (FTF) briefing based on Objective Massey data. Zebari listen [...] | 2007-12-12 01:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD403 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. KRG President Condemns Bombings in Baghdad, Babil, and Kikuk --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Newspapers reported on KRG President's condemnation of the recent terrorist attacks in Baghdad, Babil, and Kir [...] | 2007-02-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU US |
07BAGHDAD4032 | PM MALIKI CHAIRS ICI BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP [...] (SBU) On December 10 Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki chaired a meeting of International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) to provide the international donor community with an update on ICI implementation. Maliki opened the 45 minute session by noting the difficulties faci [...] | 2007-12-12 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4039 | CODEL POMEROY MEETING WITH AMAR AL-HAKIM [...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 meeting with Syed Amar al-Hakim, son of ISCI head Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Codel Pomeroy heard that there are signs of security, economic, and even political improvement in Iraq. Syed Amar said the Strategic Partnership Declaration (SPD) proved that a large portion of [...] | 2007-12-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD404 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Sulaimaniyah to Give Fuel to Owners of 300 Private Generators --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Kurdistani New reports that the Sulaimaniyah provincial government will supply 50% of the diesel fuel and ele [...] | 2007-02-07 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU US |
07BAGHDAD4041 | USAID-SPONSORED WORKSHOP ON DISPLACED [...] SUMMARY: Representatives from Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) were among the 75 participants discussing the considerable challenges in meeting the immediate and long-term needs of Iraq's Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as well as the new complexities of a burgeoning [...] | 2007-12-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD4044 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an 8 December meeting with Under Secretary Reuben Jeffrey, KRG President Masoud Barzani SIPDIS expressed concern with what he described as the centralization of power amongst a certain few in Baghdad. President Barzani said that the hydrocarbon law had become a politica [...] | 2007-12-12 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4045 | KRG PM BARZANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an 8 December meeting with U/S Jeffery, Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani requested U.S. support as an "honest broker" between the central government and the KRG on the national hydrocarbon law. PM Barzani also outlined his plans to travel to [...] | 2007-12-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD4046 | DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT,S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Shahristani told Treasury D/S Kimmitt that Prime Minister Maliki and President Talibani have written a joint letter to KRG President Barzani stating that the KRG,s PSA arrangements with foreign companies are unconstitutional until they are reviewed by f [...] | 2007-12-13 06:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD4048 | JAM FREEZE CONTINUES UNTIL GOD AND SADR SAY [...] (S) Summary: Roughly three months after Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a six-month "freeze" of military activity by his Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia, the mercurial cleric issued a lengthy internet statement December 2 in which he ordered continuation of the freeze "until Almighty God wills otherwise; [...] | 2007-12-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD4049 | EPRT DIYALA SOUTH: HOW CONFLICTING LINES [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala South reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The emergence of effective local government in Diyala Province is stalling due to conflicting lines of authority, a lack of defined roles and responsibilities, and disconnects with ministerial representatives from the cen [...] | 2007-12-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4052 | GOI ASKS KRG TO STOP SIGNING NEW PSCS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and President Talabani jointly sent a letter dated December 2 to Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani, asking that the KRG comply with the Constitution and existing federal oil laws and cease executing oil production contracts with private intern [...] | 2007-12-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD4055 | REHABILITATING INDUSTRY IN DIYALA PROVINCE - PROGRESS AT [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY -------- 2. (U) In the wake of recent clearing operations by Coalition Forces in Baqubah, rehabilitation of the primary State-Owned industrial facility in Diyala province made good progress in September and October. The Director General [...] | 2007-12-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4056 | Currency in the city - A Diyala Banking Update [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Despite various setbacks in September, October was a very successful month for banking in Diyala. Most significantly, Ministry of Finance contracted money trucks are now being used to transport funds from Baghdad to Baq [...] | 2007-12-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4057 | JAAFARI'S VEIL DANCE OF IMPERFECTLY-CONCEALED PM [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari warned that the USG will be able to conclude a long-term bilateral security arrangement only with an Iraqi leader who has a solid base of popular support and is able to explain the upside of the agreement to a skep [...] | 2007-12-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4058 | DASH FOR DINARS AS DOLLAR DEMAND DROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demand for the dinar has risen this past week in response to the holiday period, a reported drop in imported good prices in Baghdad due to an appreciating dinar against the dollar and improved security, and speculation among money traders of a sudden appreciation of the dinar that [...] | 2007-12-13 18:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4059 | WHAT IS DRIVING IRAQ'S DECLINING INFLATION RATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Inflation in Iraq is on a downward trend, reflecting improved security, supply and targeted monetary policy. A close examination of the country's inflationary trend revealed poor security compounded by increasing demand--especially for fuel--to be the major inflationary pressur [...] | 2007-12-13 18:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4062 | GOI TESTING THE WATERS ON PDS REFORM [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: In recent weeks, GOI officials, including the Ministers of Trade and Finance, have spoken publicly about the need to institute changes in the public distribution system (PDS). World prices for wheat alone, one of the commodities provided in the PDS basket, have risen signi [...] | 2007-12-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4063 | Weekly Update: Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - [...] SUMMARY: The December 11 Baghdad Services Committee meeting reviewed previous recommendations, briefly mentioned an oil report to be discussed more thoroughly at an upcoming meeting and reviewed GoI contracting procedures. It was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Trade [...] | 2007-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
07BAGHDAD4065 | JOURNALISTS ON THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Broadcast and print journalists in Baghdad reported that the government, political parties, and religious leaders were attempting to control the content of their reports during a series of meetings during October and November. Seven journalists who have worked for a variety of t [...] | 2007-12-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECPS KDEM KPAO IZ |
07BAGHDAD4066 | U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH PLANNING MINISTER BABAN [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban's key message to the U/S Reuben Jeffery during a December 6 meeting was that the current government's lack of decisionmaking undercuts Iraq's political and economic development. He stressed that the Iraqi government need [...] | 2007-12-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG IZ POL |
07BAGHDAD4067 | DPM SALEH: DECENTRALIZE AUTHORITY TO THE [...] (C) Summary. DPM Barham Saleh told GOVDEL (Don Carcieri, R-RI; Bill Ritter, D-CO; and Mike Rounds, R-SD) on December 11 the central GOI needs to devolve more authority to the provinces. Political fixes are needed, he said, and called for more compromises between the party blocs as well as po [...] | 2007-12-14 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4068 | UN SRSG POSSIBLY GAINS BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General Staffan de Mistura told Senior SIPDIS Adviser December 13 that he had "good news" on an Article 140 way forward. De Mistura said that President Talabani, Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barz [...] | 2007-12-14 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4070 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Salah ad Din Provincial government officials tell PRTOffs that on every issue that is important to them - from provincial powers, to De-Baathification and institutionalizing arrangements made on the tribal se [...] | 2007-12-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4078 | MALIKI ON USG-IRAQI BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, BASRAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the USCENTCOM Commander, Admiral Fallon, that he was pleased with the recently signed Declaration of Principles and blamed negotiating delays on deliberations required by the Council of Representatives (CoR). Concerning the transition of Basrah to Provin [...] | 2007-12-16 12:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD408 | KURDS DELAY BUDGET OVER FUNDING FOR PESHMERGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Baghdad coordinator Dilshad Miran (KDP) told Poloff February 1 that negotiations on the security and defense portion of the national budget were still ongoing but had stalled because of disagreement over GOI funding for the Kurdish Peshmerga sec [...] | 2007-02-07 09:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4084 | ELECTIONS COMMISSION STAFFING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has appointed twelve of the twenty Governorate Electoral Officers; however, the CoR remains deadlocked over nominations for the remaining eight positions. While mid- and lower-ranked IHEC employees complain of patronage and nepoti [...] | 2007-12-16 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD4085 | FM PROVIDES SYRIA TRIP READOUT; NOTES "NEW TONE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries and Pol Counselor Matthew Tueller, Foreign Minister Zebari said he detected a "new tone" from the SARG and an increased willingness to engage on a range of issues. The Foreign Minister reported that [...] | 2007-12-17 01:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4088 | PRESIDENT TALABANI HOSTS 750 BAGHDAD TRIBAL [...] (S) On December 13, President Jalal Talabani hosted at his Baghdad compound 750 Baghdad sheikhs (Sunni and Shia) along with Vice President Hashimi, Interior Minister Bolani, Parliament Defense Committee Member al-Samaraie, General Petraeus, the Charge, the UK Ambassador, and other distinguish [...] | 2007-12-17 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4090 | KRG WASHINGTON REP REPORTS ON PM MALIKI-KRG OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG Washington representative (and son of Iraq President Jalal Talibani) Qubad Talibani called on EMIN December 15 to convey Kurdish impressions of the "serious" bilateral meeting earlier that day between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime M [...] | 2007-12-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD4094 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, 14 DECEMBER 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on December 14. Rubaie announced that the Government of Iraq (GoI) will launch their ne [...] | 2007-12-17 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD4095 | INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR: POLITICS SHOULD NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD4096 | KRG ON ARTICLE 140: "TECHNICAL" DELAY ACCEPTABLE [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani told the Senior Advisor December 9 that only a "technical" delay for some months in implementing Article 140 would be acceptable, and must be announced by the GOI, not the KRG. While PM B [...] | 2007-12-17 08:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD4098 | NORTHWEST BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION: SUCCESSES AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad embedded PRT 5 and Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Introduction: Reconciliation in Baghdad requires locally-tailored approaches. In the predominantly rural Abu Ghraib Qada (county) of Baghdad Province, sustaining reconciliation momentum demands a delicate balan [...] | 2007-12-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD4099 | IRAQI LEGISLATIVE CASE STUDY: JAPANESE ODA LOAN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Approximately one year following initial agreement, a batch of Iraqi reconstruction assistance projects financed with Japanese soft-loans has nearly completed its journey through the Iraqi legislative process. Currently, ten projects (valued at some USD 2.1 billion) have b [...] | 2007-12-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4106 | VP HASHIMI SUPPORTS ARTICLE 140 IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the press December 16 after meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani that he supports the implementation of Article 140 and blamed delays in the implementation on the security situation. He [...] | 2007-12-17 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4107 | RRT ERBIL: UN SRSG DE MISTURA ADDRESSES KURDISH [...] (U) Summary: In a Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) session December 17, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (UN SRSG) Staffan de Mistura presented UNAMI's proposal for a six-month technical delay of the Article 140 process and offered UN technical support to serve [...] | 2007-12-17 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD4108 | COR ISSUES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) is scheduled to reconvene on December 30, following its three week hiatus for the Hajj and the Eid holiday. It has the Budget Law and Accountability and Justice (i.e., the de-Ba'ath law) to deal with during the January extension of its reg [...] | 2007-12-17 18:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4109 | IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 02:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD4110 | IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: While both PM Maliki and FM Zebari were measured in their remarks in reaction to the December 16 Turkish airstrikes against PKK targets in the northern Qandil mountains, they underscored that loss of civilian lives was "unacceptable." Implying U.S. involvement in the airstrikes, [...] | 2007-12-18 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD4111 | Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - December 16 [...] SUMMARY: The Provision of Services Committee met December 16 in a special meeting to hear from representatives from Nahrawan and Mada'in. Council members detailed their service needs which included potable water, doctors and medical equipment, schools and security for electricity infrastructure [...] | 2007-12-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
07BAGHDAD4115 | NINEWA: KURDS AND ARABS A LONG WAY FROM DIALOGUE [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: In a series of meetings on Article 140 with many influential Ninewa political figures on December 10-11, Special Advisor David Pearce heard unanimous support for continued USG engagement on the issue but agreement on little else. While Kurds favored implementation of wha [...] | 2007-12-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD4116 | TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE NGO COMMENTS ON DE-BA'ATH LAW [...] (C) Summary: The International Center for Transitional Justice, a U.S.-based NGO, has delivered an analysis of the Law of Accountability and Justice to the GOI and CoR leadership that criticizes the current draft. The analysis warns the CoR that the draft will not further national reconciliat [...] | 2007-12-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4117 | IRAQ'S NGO REGISTRATION WOES [...] (C REL USA GBR) Summary: In early October, the NGO Assistance Office proposed to the Council of Ministers that all NGOs formerly registered by the Ministry of Planning be forced to re-register. Although the request was denied by the Council of Ministers General Secretariat, significant number [...] | 2007-12-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4118 | MCNS ON DECEMBER 16 DISCUSSED TURKISH ATTACKS, [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met December 16 to be briefed on Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) contributions and support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and to clarify funding procedures for the Rusafa Rule of [...] | 2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MASS PTER PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IZ TU |