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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06KABUL5442 | BOUCHER AND SPANTA ON JIRGAS, MUSA QALA, IRAN AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta in Kabul to draw out Afghan expectations on cross-border jirgas and press for early consultations with Islamabad to bridge differences. Spanta described [...] | 2006-11-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5444 | RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...] | 2006-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF |
06KABUL5452 | PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...] | 2006-11-14 04:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5499 | STABILITY AT STAKE IN ZABUL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers visited the Romanian Forward Operating Base (FOB) and the U.S. run Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Zabul province November 6, where they attended security briefings on Taliban activity and redeployment of artillery assets as well [...] | 2006-11-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MASS AF |
06KABUL5518 | PRT GHAZNI - MULLAHS ADOPT A PRO-GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. At a meeting of Ghazni mullahs called by former Governor Sher Alam, the mullahs heard a series of speeches stressing the mullahs' responsibility, and past failures, to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. While the meeting was taking place, a small group of mullahs drafte [...] | 2006-11-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5526 | POST COMPLETION OF ANP PHASE III RANK AND REFORM [...] (U) Post has completed the in-country vetting of the 355 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers selected to serve as Colonels as part of Phase III of the ANP Rank and Reform Process. Post vetted all individuals through the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). UNAMA's vettin [...] | 2006-11-19 03:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF |
06KABUL553 | Justice Sector Support Project Progress Report [...] (U) Summary: In the July 2005 launch, the Chief of Team, three embedded advisors (two in the Ministry of Justice, one assigned to the Prison Director and one assigned to the Minister, and one in the Attorney Generals Office) and three legal experts (legal trainer, criminal justice, and crimina [...] | 2006-02-08 03:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
06KABUL5549 | PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS MAKING A [...] State Department officers and USAID representatives are working with military counterparts at Italian, Canadian, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, New Zealand, Icelandic, German, British and Lithuanian as well as U.S.-led PRTs. The difficult and often dangerous environment in which they work, coupl [...] | 2006-11-21 01:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EAID NATO PREF MASS AF |
06KABUL5579 | PRT/PANJSHIR: ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ATTACK SPARKS ALERT [...] (C) Governor Bahlul of Panjshir credits alert civilians with foiling the November 15 attempt of a terrorist to launch a suicide attack in the valley. According to the Governor, the Pashtun terrorist could get no further than Golbahar, outside the valley, where he blew himself up. The Governo [...] | 2006-11-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PHUM AF |
06KABUL5584 | MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...] | 2006-11-27 01:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF |
06KABUL559 | PRT/GHAZNI:NAWA, GHAZNI'S LOST DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographically isolated and largely ignored by the Afghan government and the international community, the southern district of Nawa is one of Ghazni's most troubled security environments and is vulnerable to infiltration by anti-government forces from neighboring Paktika and Zabu [...] | 2006-02-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR AF |
06KABUL5610 | POST VIEWS ON PRESSURING EU EXTRADITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to ref requests from SCA/A, Post has reviewed the issue of encouraging EU members to increase the number of extradition requests made to the GoA. While post recognizes the importance of bringing criminals to justice, we do not believe that substantially increasing th [...] | 2006-11-28 02:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL563 | Justice Sector Support Project Progress Report [...] (U) Summary: In the July 2005 launch, the Chief of Team, three embedded advisors (two in the Ministry of Justice, one assigned to the Prison Director and one assigned to the Minister, and one in the Attorney Generals Office) and three legal experts (legal trainer, criminal justice, and crimina [...] | 2006-02-08 11:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
06KABUL5632 | POLICY ACTION GROUP NOVEMBER 22: ADZ'S AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 22 Policy Action Group decided to: - Consider expanding the Afghan Development Zone (ADZ) concept to Regional Command - East (RC-East) while maintaining the focus on RC South; - Limit, for now, the Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) recruitment, trainin [...] | 2006-11-30 03:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR SNAR PTER AF |
06KABUL5638 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ? AN INSIDER VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21 PRTOff met with an Afghan from Helmand Province?s Musa Qala district, someone with some influence in the district and access to information about the current situation on the ground. The individual offered harsh criticism of the three factions vying for control [...] | 2006-11-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5644 | CODEL DREIER AND PRESIDENT KARZAI ON PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) In their November 26 meeting with President Karzai, Representatives David Dreier (R-CA),David Price (D-NC),Lois Capps (D-CA),and Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) reaffirmed the USG's unwavering commitment to providing development assistance and combating terrorism in Afghanistan. The congressiona [...] | 2006-12-01 05:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5651 | PRT MEHTARLAM - ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN LAGHMAN [...] (U) In the aftermath of the (second) attempted assassination of Laghman Governor Gulab Mangal, on October 14, 2006, various theories have emerged to explain the attack. These include: a Taliban attempt to destabilize the government; a local power broker's attempt to maintain political influe [...] | 2006-12-03 03:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5653 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS JIRGAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 28-29 meetings with the Ambassador, Pakistan Ambassador to Afganistan Sardar Tariq Azizuddin, noting that he was speaking personally without instructions, raised fundamental questions on the meaning and purpose of the cross-border jirgas. Searching for possible al [...] | 2006-12-03 06:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ASEC MARR MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06KABUL5676 | KUNAR GOV DEEDAR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Governor DEEDAR Shahlizay of Kunar Province met with the Ambassador on October 31 at the Embassy, and reviewed his efforts to improve security in Kunar and his ideas for spurring economic growth in the province. Deedar,s main complaint was of interference by the Ministry of Interior (MO [...] | 2006-12-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5678 | PAG NOVEMBER 30: TESTING MUSA QALA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The November 30 PAG focused on the Musa Qala agreement and the need to reach a PAG common line. The PAG reviewed an ISAF paper but put off any decision on it for the following week. We think the paper does not reflect recent intelligence showing that the Taliban are seeking to [...] | 2006-12-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS |
06KABUL5679 | KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD [...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...] | 2006-12-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5695 | PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, [...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...] | 2006-12-05 12:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5696 | PRT TARIN KOWT - SHURA HELD IN CAHAR SINEH, [...] (C) Summary - Uruzgan Governor Monib convened a shura of Cahar Cineh District residents in late September to exhort those supporting the Taliban to work with him to resolve issues peacefully, stop growing poppies, and support efforts to establish security in the province. The governor also [...] | 2006-12-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5698 | MUSA QALA ELDERS RETURN TO EMBASSY TO PROVIDE [...] (SBU) Six representatives of the Musa Qala Local Authority (LA) returned to the Embassy (Ref) on November 30 to report on recent developments and appeal for support for development projects in the district. The elders reported on their meeting with President Karzai on November 29, saying they [...] | 2006-12-06 01:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL5700 | NEW DRAFT OF AFGHAN MEDIA LAW SMACKS OF [...] (SBU) The Afghan Parliament's Committee on Religious and Cultural Affairs has circulated draft language amending the Afghan Mass Media Law (Media Law) - adopted by Presidential Decree in 2005 but never approved by Parliament - that troubles many in the Afghan media and international community [...] | 2006-12-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5716 | FM SPANTA DISCUSSES JIRGAS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This cable contains action requests (see para 12). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FM Spanta has been seized with preparations for the cross-border jirgas and his December 7 meeting with Pakistan FM Kasuri. Afghanistan very much wants the jirgas to be national in nature, but is wi [...] | 2006-12-07 04:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL572 | Justice Sector Support Project Progress Report [...] (U) Summary: In the July 2005 launch, the Chief of Team, three embedded advisors (two in the Ministry of Justice, one assigned to the Prison Director and one assigned to the Minister, and one in the Attorney Generals Office) and three legal experts (legal trainer, criminal justice, and crimina [...] | 2006-02-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
06KABUL5733 | PRT JALALABAD - DIFFERING VIEWS ON THE CROSS [...] (SBU//RELS NATO/ISAF) Summary: While meeting with Provincial Council Chairman Fazlhadi Mslimyar, PRT officials were introduced to three Pakistani journalists visiting Jalalabad and Kabul to discuss the proposed cross border jirga. In a lively discussion, two of the Pakistanis and the Afghan [...] | 2006-12-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5737 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN NARCOTICS INTERDICTION [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 15 Afghan National Police officers working in the Narcotics Interdiction Unit. This unit receives funding from the Department of State, Bureau of [...] | 2006-12-07 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5751 | DEC 6 PAG: NAC SHOULD TEST MUSA QALA [...] (C) The December 6 PAG continued to negotiate the tests necessary to determine whether Musa Qala district is operating under the control of the central government. A new document was issued but remains flawed as it still misses the essential ingredient needed to test the agreement )- a small [...] | 2006-12-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5771 | PRT Jalalabad: NEWS FROM TANGI RESETTLEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: There was both good and bad news in the Tangi Returnee settlement this week. It began with the delivery of the signed letter of intent to grant the land to the Returnees. The excitement was dampened at the end of the week when two young members of the community were gravely inj [...] | 2006-12-11 01:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5775 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ONE ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR NESA [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one Afghan National Police officer selected to attend the National East South Asia Center (NESA) Seminar January 13. The names of seven other candi [...] | 2006-12-11 04:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5776 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP PRIORITY DISTRICT/LOCAL CHIEFS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police officers who have been selected for appointments as chief of police in high-priority districts and locations. These appo [...] | 2006-12-11 04:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5777 | NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES [...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...] | 2006-12-11 04:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF |
06KABUL5823 | KARZAI AND SPANTA ON FM KASURI VISIT ON JIRGAS: NO [...] (S) President Karzai believes the Pakistanis are having trouble accepting the idea of large cross-border jirgas, due to their deep fear of the Pashtuns, and that we have to work to remove these fears. During his recent meeting with Pakistani FM Kasuri, Karzai did not accept the GOP proposal [...] | 2006-12-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5824 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT AT [...] (SBU) At 1250hrs on December 12, an explosion occurred inside the Helmand Governor's compound in Lashkar Gah, within the courtyard but outside the building. It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible. One account reports that one of the guards was trying to usher the bomber away from t [...] | 2006-12-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5825 | AN EMOTIONAL KARZAI LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) President Karzai broke into tears during his December 10 speech launching Afghanistan,s Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. While recounting the atrocities suffered by the Afghan people over the past 30 years, he noted that Afghans had suffered at the hands of both terro [...] | 2006-12-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS AF |
06KABUL5837 | DESIGNATING HIG: POST VIEWS [...] (S/NF) Reftel asks for Post's internal assessment of the impact of designating Hizb-I Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) as a foreign terrorist organization. Post has no objections to designating HIG in the UN 1267 Committee and the OFAC under E.O. 13224, provided that the designation distinguishes betwe [...] | 2006-12-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC AF KTFN PTER PREL |
06KABUL5839 | AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN JIRGA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) As reported reftel, below are the GOA and GOP jirga documents provided to us by Foreign Minister Spanta. The documents have not been provided to other nations, nor to the UN, although many have been given oral briefings. 2. Text of Afghanistan Jirga Document: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF AF [...] | 2006-12-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5845 | PRT JALALABAD: POLICE TRAINING WITH MINIMAL RESOURCES [...] (U) Summary: Jalalabad PRT Officer accompanied a two-military member PRT police evaluation and assistance team to two ANP district headquarters on November 25. The team conducted a simple survey of equipment, personnel, and facilities, and led a short training session. Both visits were ext [...] | 2006-12-14 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5850 | LEAHY VETTING: WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATION [...] (C) Credible derogatory information has come to light regarding Raz Mohammad Oryakhil, who was nominated as the deputy commander of the guard force for the Afghan National Detention Facility at Pol-e-Charki (reftel: see bio data in paragraph two). CSTC-A has seen MOD documentation reporting t [...] | 2006-12-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF |
06KABUL5853 | PRT/KHOST: KHOST EAGER TO CONVERT ARBAKI INTO ANAP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials had selected the first 460 members of a future Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) force for Khost, but MOI, implementing a November 11 agreement under the direction of the Policy Action Group (PAG),has since told Khost Af [...] | 2006-12-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER AF MARR SNAR |
06KABUL5865 | PRT KANDAHAR: ANAP IMPLEMENTATION SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Afghanistan National Auxiliary Police program (ANAP) is underway in Kandahar. Chief of Police General Esmatullah Alizai, accompanied by Kandahar PRT(KPRT),has convened three recruiting shuras. A large training class of nearly 300 recruits just graduated from the RTC, and [...] | 2006-12-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL5871 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GOA PARTICIPATION IN UAE [...] (U) On December 11, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche seeking GOA representation at the international conference on trafficking in persons hosted by the UAE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime. According to a contact at the MFA?s Office of UN Affairs, the MFA had received an invitation to the co [...] | 2006-12-17 04:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5876 | PRT JALALABAD - CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPPIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a December 2 meeting with PRT Commander, PRT Officer, and Maj. Richard Schwaiger, Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Serzai pledged his continued commitment to make Nangarhar free of poppies and terrorism, but he lamented that some Nangahar officials still encourage poppy cultiva [...] | 2006-12-17 07:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL5879 | PRT JALALABAD - POSSIBLE CHANGE IN NANGARHAR [...] (C) Provincial Council Chief Fazlhadi Muslimyar informed PRT officials November 26 of a possible change in the Deputy Governor position, currently held by Mohammad Allam Isaqzai, who Muslimyar said is a candidate for Deputy in the Ministry of Interior in Kabul. 2. (C) Muslimyar reporte [...] | 2006-12-17 07:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5889 | SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN [...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...] | 2006-12-18 11:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK |
06KABUL5900 | NEW HELMAND GOVERNOR: SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assadulla Wafa was appointed as the new Governor of Helmand Province on December 16. He is currently in Kabul but plans to move to Lashkah Gar in the next few days. Wafa was most recently Advisor, Minister, and Prime Assistant to the Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs and [...] | 2006-12-19 14:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK |
06KABUL5902 | TERRORIST LISTS - AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 01:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5908 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PHASE III ADDITIONAL COLONELS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of 67 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank reform process. This list is in addition to the names [...] | 2006-12-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5920 | BAGHLAN WARLORD AMIR GUL RELEASED [...] (S) Post learned on 12 December that Baghlan warlord Amir Gul, detained in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody since his July 2006 capture by Afghan National Army (ANA) and coalition forces, has been released despite recommendations to the contrary made by the Ambassador, COMISAF, [...] | 2006-12-21 04:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5925 | EMBASSY KABUL INTENTION TO ISSUE PROVISIONAL LEAHY [...] (C) Summary: There are clear indications that the Taliban will launch a well-coordinated offensive in the spring that will focus on gaining decisive control of districts with insufficient presence of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and international forces. In order to increase the ANS [...] | 2006-12-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL5926 | PRT/KUNDUZ: HOSPITAL REFORM WORKING IN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) The provincial hospitals in Kunduz and Takhar Provinces are two of five pilot projects under the World-Bank funded Hospital Reform Program. They receive extensive support from the Ministry of Public Health and are relatively well-equipped, have capable and well-paid staff, and appear to [...] | 2006-12-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5929 | POSITIVE REACTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL PAG IN KANDAHAR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) According to a sampling of official, press, and political analyst reactions to President Karzai's December 11-13 PAG visit to Kandahar, most Afghans viewed his visit to the South positively. They felt it was about time he criticized Pakistan publicly and want him and his Mini [...] | 2006-12-23 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5931 | GOA BITES BACK AGAINT HRW CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) President Karzai wasted no time in rebutting a December 12 statement from Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling for the immediate enforcement of the 2005 Action Plan on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation. The HRW statement named several prominent GOA officials as having committed gross human r [...] | 2006-12-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
06KABUL595 | PRT/HELMAND HELMAND WOMEN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF |
06KABUL5951 | DECEMBER 21 PAG AGREES TO TEST MUSA QALA AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The December 21 PAG agreed to move forward to test the Musa Qala (MQ) Agreement, although several members called for flexibility in the target date established for Test 3 (January 31) and for the new Helmand Governor to first lay the groundwork with the tribal elders, since Test 3 [...] | 2006-12-26 08:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5952 | PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR [...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...] | 2006-12-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5959 | PRT/ASADABAD: KORENGAL MURDERS CONTINUE, TALK OF [...] (C) This year several employees of the Korengal Outpost (KOP) in Kunar Province have been murdered for their association with ISAF forces. Other Korengalis have been murdered this year because of their support for ISAF and the GOA. Following the recent killing of another four employees of th [...] | 2006-12-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL596 | PRT/HELMAND HELMAND GOVERNOR DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-11 10:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF |
06KABUL5974 | PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests exp [...] | 2006-12-28 01:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5975 | PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests e [...] | 2006-12-28 01:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5980 | FINDING COMMON GROUND ON CORRUPTION TRIALS BETWEEN [...] (C) Afghanistan,s Attorney General Sabit has made a number of comments recently to officials of the U.S. and other governments that are critical of the policies and practices of Chief Justice Azimi in connection with anti-corruption cases filed in some provinces by Sabit. Some of these commen [...] | 2006-12-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5982 | PRT/ASADABAD: TALIBAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO [...] (C) The murder of two female teachers on December 9, along with three of their family members, was the first direct attack on education in Kunar in recent memory. This, and an increasing number of night letters in Kunar,s main towns, has created an increased climate of fear in the province. G [...] | 2006-12-28 08:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5985 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: GENERAL OFFICER FOR ANP RANK AND [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one general officer in the Afghan National Police (ANP). The Ministry of Interior wishes to assign to a top leadership position. UNAMA has [...] | 2006-12-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL662 | PRT/KABUL: PROVINCIAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A joint GOA - Coalition effort to address key problems in Zabul, Paktika, and Helmand Provinces could be a template for bringing greater stability to the southeast and help preclude an effective spring offensive by anti-government forces. In a series of meetings starting in [...] | 2006-02-13 06:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SNAR KCRS AF |
06KABUL804 | LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ronald Neumann 1.4 (d). This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (C) Positive Afghan-Pak relations are essential to long-term stability in Afghanistan and to U.S. strategic objectives in the struggle against terrorism. President Bush's visit [...] | 2006-02-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER PREF EAID AF PK |
06KABUL840 | MAIMANA REVISED - A STEP AWAY FROM DISASTER [...] (C) In the last week, more information has come to light about the events in Maimana on February 7. In particular, we have now been told that the 200 police who had been stationed in Maimana as a GOA Quick Reaction Force (QRF) were actively supporting the rioters. ISAF has obtained film foota [...] | 2006-02-27 06:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL852 | PRT/GHAZNI - GOVERNOR CONSIDERS SUPPORTING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghazni Governor Sher Alam, frustrated by his inability to maintain security in several of Ghazni's Pashtun provinces and perhaps also desiring to re- institute a security network that is loyal to him, has in recent weeks created or talked of creating informal armed forces outsi [...] | 2006-02-27 10:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL855 | PRT FARAH - ASSESSMENT OF 10 FEBRUARY ATTACK [...] (C) Summary. PRT Farah was attacked by rockets and mortar rounds, followed by small arms fire, in the early morning of February 10. Although no injuries or damage occurred, the well-coordinated attack demonstrated the growing sophistication of anti-Coalition elements. This and similar even [...] | 2006-02-28 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER AF |
06KABUL865 | PRT/KABUL - AFGHANS REACTION TO LONDON [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction in Afghanistan to the London Conference has been largely positive, with a surprisingly high percentage of the population having heard of the results and impressed with the USD10.5 billion in pledges. Significant skepticism remains, however, on the part of Afghans wh [...] | 2006-02-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL874 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - NAW ZAD PROSECUTOR SAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: Helmand's northern Naw Zad district suffers from both a lack of governance and security. District leadership appears to be engaged in drug trafficking. According to the district's prosecutor, after four years citizens are running out of patience and their loyalty to the gove [...] | 2006-03-01 15:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KJUS PTER AF |
06KABUL875 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - CITIZENS SEE BOOTS ON THE [...] (SBU) As the PRT continues its transition to the UK, an advance group of British soldiers has begun dismounted patrols in Helmand Province's capital, Lashkar Gah. Early indications appear positive. Up to the arrival of the UK troops, there have been no such patrols, as US forces use mounted [...] | 2006-03-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF |
06KABUL962 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Engineer Daud told PRToffs on February 28th that adequate security is a prerequisite to successful poppy eradication. Strong coordination is needed among the Afghan National Police (ANA)and Afghan National Army (ANA). To minimize alienation of the local popula [...] | 2006-03-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL963 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Daud told visiting Combined Forces Command/Afghanistan Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Major General Wilson on March 4th that he is concerned over eradication security and the apparent lack of provisions for the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National [...] | 2006-03-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL99 | Update on CN Activities: 12/21/05 - 01/06/06 [...] Summary: The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and INL are developing a series of media availabilities to complement the radio and printed products associated with the Governor-led eradication phase of the public information campaign. Afghan Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) team staffing ha [...] | 2006-01-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
06KAMPALA1512 | UGANDA: LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PTER UN UG IS |
06KATHMANDU1000 | WORRIED FORMER PM THAPA URGES KING TO ACT [...] (C) On April 17, the King expressed to former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa a determination to hand over power to the political parties as quickly as possible. King Gyanendra had a similar conversation with royal confidant Prabhakar Rana, also on April 17. Both Thapa and Rana expressed [...] | 2006-04-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1001 | KING MAKES POSITIVE STEP, BUT THEN A REVERSAL? [...] (C) On April 18, the government temporarily released Madhav Kumar Nepal, President of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) from jail, while the Supreme Court ordered 172 Party cadre and human rights activists to be released from jail on April 17. As demonstrations [...] | 2006-04-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1007 | NEPAL'S G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (SBU) On April 13, Russian Ambassador Andrey Trofimov organized a discussion among the local G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) to discuss the terrorism threat in Nepal. (Note: Our discussion did not focus on "ideological radicalization," nor did any member promote a law-enforcement ap [...] | 2006-04-19 06:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU101 | NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER WON'T JOIN HANDS WITH THE [...] (C) In a January 9 meeting, Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala stressed to the Ambassador that his party would continue its stance of not cooperating with the Maoists as long as the latter had arms. Koirala said that he had "rejected outright" a proposal by CPN-UML leader MK Nepal that [...] | 2006-01-10 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1013 | PROTESTORS GEARING UP FOR LARGE APRIL 20 RALLY IN [...] (C) Large pro-democracy protests continued in terai cities on April 19, day fourteen of the seven-party alliance general strike. Security forces killed four demonstrators in Jhapa District in Eastern Nepal, bringing the total to ten the number of protesters killed during the general strike. T [...] | 2006-04-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CASC ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU1015 | MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DEFY CURFEW TO [...] (C) Large pro-democracy demonstrations continued in Kathmandu and throughout the country on April 21, day sixteen of the seven-party alliance general strike. People responded to the Parties' call to continue to demonstrate until the King restores democracy to the people. The government anno [...] | 2006-04-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1019 | CPN-UML LEADER MK NEPAL WAITING FOR KING TO ACT [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with the Ambassador, the sixteenth day of the seven-party alliance's general strike/demonstrations and two days after he was released from detention, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal seemed to be waiting for the King to act. The Ambassador emphasized the [...] | 2006-04-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1021 | KING RETURNS POWER TO THE PEOPLE [...] (U) In a 7:00 pm local time address to the nation on April 21, a besieged King Gyanendra announced that "executive power shall be returned to the people." He also indicated the monarch's power would be limited and emphasized that the "source of sovereignty is in the people." He called upon th [...] | 2006-04-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1030 | AMBASSADOR URGING PARTIES TO DEVELOP GAMEPLAN, AND [...] (S) On April 23, the eighteenth day of the seven-party alliance general strike and demonstrations, the Ambassador contacted the Party leaders to urge them to develop a gameplan for transferring power, should the King publicly accede to their agenda. While the leaders were concerned about the [...] | 2006-04-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1033 | MAOISTS ATTACK DISTRICT NEIGHBORING KATHMANDU [...] (C) On April 23, Maoists launched simultaneous attacks on security forces deployed to guard a Nepal Telecom repeat tower, District Headquarters buildings, and a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Battalion at Chautara, district headquarters of Sindhupalchowk District, northeast of the Kathmandu Valley. [...] | 2006-04-24 06:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1034 | PARTIES AND PALACE NEGOTIATING OVER ROYAL [...] (C) On April 23 and 24, the Palace and Nepali Congress leader GP Koirala and UML Secretary General MK Nepal exchanged notes on a possible text for a Palace Communique that would be acceptable to the seven-party alliance. Although the King at times indicated he was leaning toward more repressiv [...] | 2006-04-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1036 | PARTIES CALL FOR APRIL 25 MASS PROTEST [...] (C) Defying a fifth consecutive day-time curfew in Kathmandu, pro-democracy demonstrations continued in the capital and throughout the country on April 24, day nineteen of the seven-party alliance's general strike and protest program. However, protests in the capital were smaller, and the num [...] | 2006-04-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1042 | JUBILATION AS KING REINSTATES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Seven-Party alliance leaders and people on the street declared victory for democracy following the King's April 24 late night message announcing the reinstatement of Parliament and meeting all the Parties' demands (ref A). The King called on the seven-party alliance to follow its road map [...] | 2006-04-25 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU1052 | MAOISTS LIFT BLOCKADE FOR NOW [...] (C) On April 26, the Maoists announced they had lifted their blockade of the capital and district headquarters until April 28, when the Parliament will convene. The Maoists say they will reinstitute their blockade, which had effectively stopped all goods coming up from India for the past three [...] | 2006-04-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU1059 | PRC OFFICIALS STILL CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS [...] (C) In an April 26 meeting with the Ambassador, PRC MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui, accompanied by Ambassador Sun Heping, said China was happy to hear the crisis had passed with the King's decision to restore Parliament and cede power to the Parties. Luo said that the [...] | 2006-04-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH NP |
06KATHMANDU1063 | MAOISTS ANNOUNCE THREE MONTH UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On April 27, Maoist leader Prachanda declared a three month unilateral cease-fire, calling for the new Parliament to announce unconditional elections to a constituent assembly. The Parties denied that they had reached a deal with the Maoists on a date for such elections. Instead, they sa [...] | 2006-04-27 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU1064 | MAOISTS TO JOIN IN PEACEFUL RALLY IN CAPITAL [...] (C) On April 27, three days after the King announced the reinstatement of the Parliament, over ten thousand people took part in a peaceful "victory rally" organized by seven-party alliance leaders in the capital. Senior leaders of the seven-party alliance addressed the crowd, outlining the al [...] | 2006-04-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1067 | TERRORIST FINANCING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 07:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
06KATHMANDU1068 | POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS TAKE CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO [...] (C) In separate conversations with Nepali Congress (Democratic) (NC(D)) President Sher Bahadur Deuba on April 27 and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on April 28, the Ambassador emphasized that the U.S. looked forward to supporting the new government as it moved ahead, but cautione [...] | 2006-04-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU107 | MAOISTS REJECT "PEACE FETISHISM" AND RESUME ARMED [...] (U) Maoist deputy Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has publicly reiterated that "to achieve a democratic republic both armed and unarmed struggles" in the villages and cities must be used. In the op-ed "Question of Armed and Unarmed Struggle," dated January 4, 2006, in the January 6 Nepali-language week [...] | 2006-01-11 09:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1074 | OHCHR LOOKING AT TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN [...] (C) On April 27, Ian Martin, Representative of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told representatives of OHCHR donor Embassies that, following the King's April 24 announcement to hand power back to the Parties and the Maoists' April 27 announcement of [...] | 2006-04-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1082 | PARLIAMENT OPENS FOR SHORT SESSION [...] Hours after its planned 1300 local time opening, Deputy Speaker, now Acting Speaker upon the former Speaker's April 26 resignation, Chitralekha Yadav opened the House of Representatives. The session lasted only about one-half hour. Yadav started the session by reading King Gyanendra's April [...] | 2006-04-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1085 | NEPALI PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (U) On April 30, the King swore in a frail G.P. Koirala as Nepal's new Prime Minister. Koirala subsequently addressed the House, calling on the Maoists to come for dialogue, and shun violence as early as possible. The House unanimously passed Koirala's motion (ref A) supporting a constituent [...] | 2006-05-01 10:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1087 | MAOISTS ASSERT THEIR PRESENCE [...] (C) Following their three month cease-fire announcement on April 27, the Maoists have been organizing mass meetings openly in Kathmandu (ref A) and the western terai, presumably to remind the seven-party alliance of their power and support in rural areas, and to pressure the Parties to meet th [...] | 2006-05-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1128 | CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher, NSC Senior Director Millard and the Ambassador, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa stressed that the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) would welcome, and work with, a civilian, democratically-elected government. General Thapa said [...] | 2006-05-04 08:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PTER MCAP NP |
06KATHMANDU1129 | GOVERNMENT RECIPROCATES CEASE-FIRE, LIFTS MAOIST [...] (C) The Cabinet on May 3 declared an indefinite cease-fire, and announced it would remove the terrorist label, allowing the Maoists to operate above ground throughout the country, all with the purpose of preparing for talks with the Maoists. The Cabinet also annulled the February 8 municipal [...] | 2006-05-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1154 | NORWAY'S ERIK SOLHEIM VISITS NEPAL [...] (C) Norwegian Minister for International Development Erik Solheim briefed members of the international community on his four-day visit to Nepal May 5, stressing that Norway wanted to show support for the government of Nepal (GON). He said he had assured PM Koirala that Norway would resume its [...] | 2006-05-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1157 | MAOISTS ACCEPT GOVERNMENT'S OFFER OF TALKS [...] (U) Maoist leader Prachanda on May 4 said his party would sit for talks with the government. Prachanda's statement came in response to the Cabinet's invitation to talk on May 3 (reftel). Prachanda welcomed other government actions, including the government's May 3 announcement of an indefinit [...] | 2006-05-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU118 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SAJID MOHAMMED BADET [...] (SBU) On January 12, Post delivered demarche information on the addition of Sajid Mohammed Badet to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee List to Under Secretary Kali Prasad Pokhrel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ref A). Pokhrel stated that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) continued to be su [...] | 2006-01-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER CVIS KVPR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU1184 | GREATER UN INVOLVEMENT IN NEPAL? [...] (C) Tamrat Samuel, visiting special advisor to the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, joined by UN Resident Representative Matthew Kahane, and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) head Ian Martin discussed with the Ambassador on May 8 the prospects for incr [...] | 2006-05-08 11:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1185 | JUBILANT POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS STILL WORRIED [...] (C) During separate May 2 discussions with SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher, NSC Senior Director Elisabeth SIPDIS Millard, and the Ambassador, political party leaders explained that the government was taking preliminary shape and moving toward constituent assembly elections. CPN-UML [...] | 2006-05-09 02:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EAID MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1186 | CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS A/S BOUCHER OF MAOIST THREAT [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with SCA A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard, Nepali civil society and human rights organization representatives voiced concern over the continuing Maoist threat as Nepal transitioned to a democratic government. A/S Boucher stressed the need for the political pa [...] | 2006-05-09 02:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1189 | STUDENT POLITICAL LEADERS WANT INTRA-PARTY [...] (C) Student political leaders representing all major political parties met with the Ambassador on May 5 to discuss Nepal's transition to democracy and their hopes for the future. A dynamic group, the students demonstrated a keen understanding of the difficulties faced by their party leaders. [...] | 2006-05-09 06:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
06KATHMANDU1191 | INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS BRIEF BOUCHER AND NSC [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with A/S Boucher, NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, the Ambassador and Acting DCM, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee and U.K. Ambassador Keith Bloomfield said they expected the remaining seats in a 21-member cabinet would be filled May 3 or 4. Mukherjee s [...] | 2006-05-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER NP IN UK |
06KATHMANDU1195 | PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA ON THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala appealed May 10 to the Ambassador for assistance in gaining Indian support for a third party witness for negotiations with the Maoists and for international monitors of the cease-fire. Koirala liked the suggestion of having two witnesses - perhaps an Indian and an o [...] | 2006-05-10 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MASS PINR IN NP |
06KATHMANDU1200 | MINISTERS ON CONTROLLING THE KING, MAOISTS, AND [...] (C) In separate May 9 meetings with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Ram Sharan Mahat and Minister of Physical Planning and Works Gopal Man Shrestha both expressed concern that the King might try to reassert himself in the future. Shrestha noted that the Parliament was considering how to br [...] | 2006-05-11 06:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1201 | DEPUTY PM WORRIED KING STILL PLOTTING, MAOISTS [...] (C) K.P. Oli, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and CPN-UML Central Committee Member, told the Ambassador on May 10 that the King would not stay in his box for long and would be looking at his constitutional options. The King had already instructed loyalists to contact the military to [...] | 2006-05-11 06:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1203 | INSINCERE MAOISTS ABDUCT AND EXTORT, ANNOUNCE [...] (C) At the same time that the Maoists reportedly formed a team to hold talks with the government, they abducted five Armed Police Force members and intensified extortion nationwide. Seven-party alliance leaders urged the Maoists to end extortion and stop terrorizing civilians. M.K. Nepal, CP [...] | 2006-05-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU123 | SUGGESTED NEXT STEPS IN U.S.-NEPALI BILATERAL [...] (C) This is an action request. We seek Washington's concurrence on the steps outlined below. Summary and Introduction: Re-examining Our Policy in Nepal --------------------------------------------- ------------- 2. (C) Since assuming control of the government of Nepal last February 1, K [...] | 2006-01-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1238 | UML LEADER SEEKS GREATER INTERNATIONAL INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Ambassador in a May 11 meeting that the government needed the international community to continue to play a positive role in dealing with both the King and the Maoists. He hoped to have international observers monitoring the cease-fire, [...] | 2006-05-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1251 | MAOIST TEN POINT ROAD MAP [...] (C) The Maoists on May 13 laid out a ten-point road map and announced that Prachanda, CPN-Maoist Chairman, would lead the Maoist's dialogue team in the top-level negotiations with the government. Prachanda stressed the need to follow the 12-point understanding and cautioned the political parti [...] | 2006-05-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1262 | PROTESTORS CALL FOR CIVILAN CONTROL OF MILITARY [...] (U) Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Kathmandu on May 16 to protest the House of Representatives' delay in announcing a proclamation to bring all political and military powers under the Parliament. The expected proclamation was delayed because seven party alliance leaders wer [...] | 2006-05-17 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1267 | POWER PLAY TO WATER DOWN PROCLAMATION FAILS [...] (C) Just a few hours before the Prime Minister's planned May 18 3:00 pm proclamation to limit the King's power and place the army under civilian control, rumors swirled around Kathmandu that the Army and the King were planning a preemptive coup. The leaders of two of Nepal's biggest parties, [...] | 2006-05-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1282 | EUPHORIA, BUT SOME QUESTIONS, OVER PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Nepalese throughout the country took to the streets on May 18 and 19 to peacefully celebrate the May 18 "historic" Declaration of the sovereignty of Parliament (reftel). Civil society leaders welcomed the Declaration, but privately worried about its implementation and legality. Business p [...] | 2006-05-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU1284 | PRIME MINISTER APPROVES USG PROVIDING TRAINING TO [...] (C) On May 19, Dr. Suresh C. Chalise, the Prime Minister's External Affairs Advisor, told us that the Prime Minister had approved all the courses, seminars, and conferences we had planned as part of our FY 06 security assistance program. He indicated that we should take a quiet approach. He s [...] | 2006-05-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1285 | EUPHORIA, BUT SOME QUESTIONS, OVER PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Nepalese throughout the country took to the streets on May 18 and 19 to peacefully celebrate the May 18 "historic" Declaration of the sovereignty of Parliament (reftel). Civil society leaders welcomed the Declaration, but privately worried about its implementation and legality. Business p [...] | 2006-05-19 12:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU1287 | CONSOLIDATING NEPAL'S FRAGILE DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) Nepal is transforming. The May 18 proclamation of Parliamentary supremacy by Nepal's House of Representatives has clipped the King's wings; the three-corner struggle of Nepal's politics in recent years (the King versus the parties versus the Maoists) should turn into a more straightfor [...] | 2006-05-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MCAP IN NP |
06KATHMANDU1290 | FM OLI TELLS DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY MAOISTS MUST [...] (U) In a May 19 briefing for the diplomatic community, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli said Nepal's relationship with its immediate neighbors would remain unchanged, and that Nepal would continue its policy of friendship and cooperation with all countries. He highlighted N [...] | 2006-05-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF ETRD NP |
06KATHMANDU1293 | GOVERNMENT EXPANDS CABINET TO EIGHTEEN [...] (C) The Prime Minister announced eleven new Ministers on May 22, including one women and three minorities. Several key posts remained vacant as smaller parties in the seven-party alliance had yet to submit their names to the Prime Minster for consideration and one of the newly appointed Minis [...] | 2006-05-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1299 | MAOISTS ATTEMPT TO RAISE PROFILE, BUT GET PUSHBACK [...] (U) Maoists continued to raise their profile by organizing mass gatherings throughout the country, bombing the house of a Nepali Congress party member, recruiting new fighters, and extorting businesses. Businessmen in central Bara District pushed back, and threatened to close their businesses [...] | 2006-05-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU13 | MAOISTS END CEASE-FIRE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) On January 2, the Maoists announced the end to their four month unilateral cease-fire, claiming the government "compelled" them to do so in "self-defense." The Maoists said action would be directed tow [...] | 2006-01-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1319 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS ACTING QUICKLY TO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka on May 24 in order to push the message that Nepal's traditional donors should increase assistance as quickly as possible to consolidate the democratic transition. Hiraoka replied that he supported increasing assistance to the new [...] | 2006-05-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ASEC NP JP IN |
06KATHMANDU132 | BURMA'S BID TO JOIN ASIA/PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY [...] (SBU) Post discussed with Tapas Adhikari, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Bhanu Prasad Acharya, Secretary, Ministry of Finance, U.S. concerns about Burma's SIPDIS application for membership in the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (reftel). Adhikari stated that he wou [...] | 2006-01-13 08:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1329 | MAOISTS FANNING VIOLENCE IN NEPAL'S CITIES? [...] (C) Mob violence broke out at the Lumbini Zonal Hospital on May 23 in the south-central city of Butwal, after the alleged negligence of a doctor led to a patients death. Reports indicate that after news of the patient's death spread, a mob of several hundred, comprised of youths, street childr [...] | 2006-05-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1330 | CABINET ORDERS PRISONS TO RELEASE MAOISTS [...] (C) The Cabinet announced the government's code of conduct on May 25, and, as part of the process, ordered the release of almost all Maoists detained in prisons across the nation to help move the peace process along. The peace coordinating committee of the nine major parties in the House of R [...] | 2006-05-25 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1338 | FINANCE MINISTER APPRECIATES U.S. EFFORTS TO [...] (C) On May 24, the Ambassador, USAID Country Director Don Clark, and three representatives of USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) met with Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat and Finance Secretary Bhoj Raj Ghimire to convey the USG's interest in supporting development work and Governm [...] | 2006-05-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EINV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1340 | MAOISTS PROJECT POWER IN MID-WESTERN DISTRICTS [...] (C) During a May 22-24 visit to the mid-western districts of Bardiya and Banke, Emboffs found an atmosphere of fear instilled by the Maoists, despite the cease-fire and 12-point understanding with the seven-party alliance. The Maoists continue to extort, kidnap, train and recruit, while claimi [...] | 2006-05-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
06KATHMANDU1344 | EUROPEAN DONORS ON WORKING WITH THE MAOISTS [...] (SBU) During a May 24 meeting among international donors, DFID-GTZ Risk Management Officer Dan Huntington presented a paper on Suggested Development Approaches that argued that there were two governments in existence and that donors should treat them equally. His paper acknowledged that "the [...] | 2006-05-26 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1345 | PARTY LEADERS WORRIED ABOUT MAOIST ACTIVITIES [...] (C) In separate meetings, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal both shared the USG's concern SIPDIS about Maoist activities, particularly the threat that the Maoists were undermining the government's legitimacy. They [...] | 2006-05-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU135 | CONTACTS RELATING TO KIDNAPPED SDU SHIFT LEADER [...] (S/NF) On January 12, at the recommendation of Post's EAC (ref A),Emboff contacted a political party member known to have contacts with the Maoists, Hridayesh Tripathi, and asked that he convey to the Maoists that the USG would not tolerate threats and/or attacks against its employees and woul [...] | 2006-01-13 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
06KATHMANDU1371 | INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP CONDEMNS MAOIST EXTORTION [...] (C) On May 26, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the Industrial Security Group (ISG) to discuss Maoist extortion, the Government of Nepal's (GON) ability to revive the economy, and the trouble the Maoist aligned All Nepal Trade Union Federation (ANTUF) had been causing. (Note: The ISG compri [...] | 2006-05-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1373 | GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists on May 26 announced a 25-point Code of Conduct governing the cease-fire. There is talk about the United Nations monitoring the cease-fire. In the House of Representatives on May 29, Parliamentarians questioned the Maoist commitment to the Cod [...] | 2006-05-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1375 | MAOIST LEADER APPEARS IN PUBLIC WARNING GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Maoist Chairman Prachanda, in his first public appearance in Nepal in a number of years, said on May 30 that his party was committed to making the current peace talks a success. The party's second-in-command, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, also appeared at a Maoist rally in Makwanpur District, so [...] | 2006-05-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1376 | OHCHR REPORTS 49 PEOPLE "LOST" IN NEPALESE ARMY [...] (U) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal on May 26 recommended that the government "establish a credible, competent, impartial and fully independent investigation" into the arrest, detention, torture, and ultimate fate or whereabouts of people who [...] | 2006-05-31 08:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU138 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) On January 12, the Ambassador separately discussed the current political situation in Nepal with British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee, and Finnish CDA Pauli Mustonen who represents the European Union in Nepal for the next year (now on Austria's behalf, then [...] | 2006-01-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1391 | PREDICT LARGE BUT PEACEFUL MAOIST RALLY IN CAPITAL [...] (C) Leaders of two "royalist" parties separately told the Ambassador that the Maoists were gathering large numbers of people for the planned June 2 rally in Kathmandu as a show of strength; as the Maoist goal was to pave the way for a "second revolution" if they were unable to achieve power th [...] | 2006-06-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1398 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR CLAIMS NO INFLUENCE WITH NEPALI [...] (C) The Ambassador met with his Chinese counterpart Sun Heping on June 1 to encourage China to provide increased assistance to Nepal to support the current government. Sun agreed that it was important to support the current government, and said that China was trying to find funding for additi [...] | 2006-06-02 06:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID CH NP |
06KATHMANDU1399 | VISITING EUROPEAN COMMISSION DELEGATION ON NEED TO [...] (C) Herve Jouanjean, Deputy Director General of the European Commission's Directorate for External Relations told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor June 2 that he was visiting Nepal to demonstrate the European Commission's (EC) support for the new government. Jouanjean stressed that the i [...] | 2006-06-02 08:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1405 | MAOISTS MOBILIZE NEARLY HALF A MILLION FOR MASS [...] (C) The Maoists mobilized an estimated four-to-five hundred thousand people to participate in a peaceful, well-organized rally in Kathmandu on June 2. Emboffs estimated that Maoists bused in most attendees from outlying districts to participate in their first public rally in the capital. The [...] | 2006-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1432 | PRIME MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON UPCOMING NEW [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Moriarty, accompanied by A/DCM Schwartz met June 5 with Prime Minister G.P Koirala and Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Chalise on the eve of the Prime Minister,s upcoming visit to New Delhi. Although press accounts have speculated that the trip will focus on economic and trade [...] | 2006-06-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IN NP |
06KATHMANDU1433 | MAOIST EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Maoists have recently been taking steps to establish a parallel government in parts of Nepal. During the week of May 29, the Maoist-aligned "Interim Rupandehi District People's Council" (southwest Nepal) publicly submitted a tender for bids on a contract to collect rocks, pebbles, and [...] | 2006-06-06 02:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU1434 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON MAOISTS; ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief June 5 about his concerns regarding Maoist activities. The Ambassador saluted the Deputy PM for his recent statements in Parliament calling the Maoists to account for their violation of the Code of Co [...] | 2006-06-06 02:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU1435 | PM'S NEW MILITARY ADVISOR REQUESTS HELP FOR [...] (C) Newly-appointed Military Advisor to the Prime Minister Ramesh Jung Thapa explained to the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief that, in his position as the Prime Minister's Military Advisor, he would act as "coordinator" between the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Defense and the Nepalese Army [...] | 2006-06-06 02:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1438 | POLTICOS PONDER JUNE 2 PEACEFUL MAOIST RALLY [...] (C) Three days after the Maoists' June 2 mass-rally in Kathmandu (reftel),red flags and posters were beginning to come down around the capital, but there was little public recognition of the massive first public demonstration by the Maoists as a significant event. Politicos agreed that the g [...] | 2006-06-06 07:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1462 | UN CLARIFYING ITS POSSIBLE ROLE IN OBSERVING [...] (C) David Johnson, Senior Human Rights Officer at the United Nations Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told members of the diplomatic corps on June 6 that OHCHR was examining the role it might play in monitoring the cease-fire between the Government of Nepal (GON) [...] | 2006-06-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1464 | MAOISTS PRESSING THEIR ADVANTAGE DESPITE CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) The Maoist spokesperson Mahara again threatened to walk out of peace talks unless the Government of Nepal (GON) dissolved the House of Representatives. The Maoists are still abducting, recruiting, extorting and preventing government officials from doing their jobs in large parts of the co [...] | 2006-06-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1471 | UNHCR FINDS MANY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN [...] (C) The United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the international community on June 7 about a May 18-29 mission it led to nine districts in eastern Nepal, where it found that, using the international definition of internally displaced people (IDPs),there could be [...] | 2006-06-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1477 | MAOIST SUPREMO MAKES THREATENING NOISES DURING [...] (SBU) In his first-ever Nepali television interview, aired June 8, Maoist commander-in-chief Prachanda emphasized the Maoist road map: that Parliament should be dissolved; an interim government, including the Maoists, should be formed; and constituent assembly elections should be held. He str [...] | 2006-06-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1494 | PARLIAMENT'S NEW REGULATIONS FURTHER CURB KING'S [...] (C) The House of Representatives on June 10 passed "the House of Representatives Regulations 2006" further limiting the King's powers. While hailed by the seven-party alliance as a "landmark for democracy" and meant to move toward implementing the Parliament's May 18 Proclamation (reftel),c [...] | 2006-06-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1504 | CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF ON HUMAN RIGHTS; MAOISTS [...] (C) On June 12, the Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by A/DCM and ODC Chief, met with Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa to inform him of the USG decision to return Captain Indiver Rana to Nepal from U.S-based training due to our concerns that he was serving in a unit currently facing s [...] | 2006-06-12 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU1505 | GOVERNMENT SCRAPS TERROR ORDINANCE [...] (C) According to media reports June 12, the Government of Nepal (GON) Council of Ministers decided to scrap the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Ordinance (TADO),effective immediately. TADO allowed security forces to detain suspected terrorists for up to 360 days without charging them wit [...] | 2006-06-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1522 | HOPE AND CONCERN IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] (C) During a June 6-7 trip to Western Nepal, civil servants, political and business leaders, military officials, and human rights workers all expressed to the Ambassador their continued concern about Maoist activities; their concern was tempered with hope for peace. Surprisingly, and perhaps [...] | 2006-06-14 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MASS MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU1532 | MAOIST VIOLATIONS OF CODE OF CONDUCT OBSERVED [...] (C) RSO James Gayhart and USAID Director Donald Clark recently traveled separately in eastern and mid-western Nepal, respectively, where they observed widespread violations of the twenty-five point Code of Conduct entered into by the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (Reftel). The Mao [...] | 2006-06-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1555 | MAOISTS CONTINUING TO CONSOLIDATE GAINS [...] (C) NDI's Dominic Cardy (protect) expressed to ADCM on June 15 his concern that the Maoists could simply walk into Kathmandu in the weeks ahead. Cardy said that morning he had met with a Nepali Congress (NC) politico (NFI) who said they planned to offer the Maoists four Ministries: Health, La [...] | 2006-06-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1563 | PRIME MINISTER AND MAOIST LEADER MEET DURING [...] (S/NF) The Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs advisor told us June 16 that during the first meeting since Prime Minister Koirala resumed the post, Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda agreed earlier in the day on the dissolution of Parliament in about two months but that Parliament would be restor [...] | 2006-06-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1576 | MAOISTS-PARTY AGREEMENT ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Just one day after a Government-Maoist announcement that summit talks between Maoist leader Prachanda and Prime Minister G.P. Koirala would happen soon (reftel),the two leaders met and Maoist and Party negotiators announced an eight-point agreement on June 16. While the eight points are [...] | 2006-06-19 13:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1596 | GON OFFICIALS AND BUSINESSMEN EXPLAIN MAOIST [...] (C) During June 15-16 meetings, Government of Nepal (GON) officials and businessmen explained to Emboff how the Maoists go about funding their movement by looting rural banks, "taxing" businesses and organizations and engaging in flagrant extortion by preying on some of the country's poorest p [...] | 2006-06-20 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU1597 | SHOCKWAVES FOLLOW EIGHT-POINT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Political party members and commentators have launched a storm of protests against the eight-point agreement Maoist leader Prachanda and Prime Minister G. P. Koirala announced on June 16. While party leaders expressed hope that the agreement might lead to peace, they also expressed disapp [...] | 2006-06-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1615 | MAOISTS PURSUING PARALLEL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) Media recently reported that Maoists have established "People's Courts" in the Kathmandu Valley. A local businessman told Emboff that Maoist People's Courts in Kathmandu had been issuing instructions to businessmen on behalf of workers. In one case, the businessman's friend had paid his [...] | 2006-06-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1617 | GOVERNMENT TRYING TO WALK BACK THE EIGHT-POINT [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, told the Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief June 21 that the Government of Nepal (GON) now had to work on "damage control," following the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists (ref A). Chalise agreed with the Ambassad [...] | 2006-06-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1630 | GOVERNMENT CLARIFIES ARMS MANAGEMENT NEEDED BEFORE [...] (SBU) Leader of the GON talk team and Home Minister, Krishna Prasad Sitaula stated that an interim government with the Maoists would be formed only after the issue of Maoist arms was resolved. While addressing a meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Pokhara (western Nepal) on June 20, Sitaula [...] | 2006-06-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1649 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CITES CONTINUING MAOIST [...] (U) On June 21, the Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC),a Nepali human rights group with representation throughout the country, issued a press release expressing serious concern over continuing Maoist human rights violations, despite the Code of Conduct signed between the Maoists and the G [...] | 2006-06-22 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1650 | SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT IN THE WEEKS AHEAD [...] (C) Since the signing of the June 16 eight-point agreement with the Maoists, the government and seven-party alliance appear to have realized that unilateral concessions could ultimately result in a Maoist takeover and have since returned to their previous bottom line: the Maoists must lay dow [...] | 2006-06-22 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1652 | MAOISTS CREATE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (C) According to local businessmen, Nepal is becoming a less hospitable business environment each day as the political turmoil continues and the possibility of the Maoists entering the government increases. Nepali businessmen assert that the Maoists can not be trusted and many businesses are [...] | 2006-06-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER ETRD EINV PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1663 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER SURYA THAPA WORRIED ABOUT THE EIGHT-POINT AGREEMENT AND POSSIBLE MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Surya Bahadur Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) and five-time Prime Minister, condemned the eight-point agreement that Prime Minister G. P. Koirala had signed with Maoist chairman Prachanda on June 16. He stressed that the po [...] | 2006-06-23 12:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP PREF |
06KATHMANDU1664 | POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE MAOISTS MUST GIVE UP ARMS [...] (C) On June 22, the Ambassador met separately with Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),and Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan of People's Front Nepal (PFN) to stress that the Maoists must give up arms before they could be [...] | 2006-06-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KPKO EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1666 | DISCONTENTED PARTIES DISCUSS HOW TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) Members of the seven-party alliance (SPA) are meeting to discuss implementation of the eight-point agreement signed with the Maoists on June 16, which they recognize as flawed. During its June 22 discussion, the SPA committed to peace talks as long as party members remained included in [...] | 2006-06-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1667 | DEPUTY PM: IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING MAOISTS INTO [...] (C) In a June 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli stressed that it would be "quite impossible" to bring the Maoists into the Government of Nepal (GON) before "demobilization and decommissioning" had taken place. During the meeting, Oli excused h [...] | 2006-06-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1678 | MAOIST CONFUSION REIGNS: INCHING CLOSER TO [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) continues to issue vague statements about Maoist arms and an interim government. Home Minister Krishna Sitaula announced that the Maoists would join the government as soon as the UN started monitoring weapons, explaining that an interim government and arms [...] | 2006-06-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1689 | AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS HOME MINISTER/CHIEF NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) In a June 27 meeting, the Ambassador cautioned Government of Nepal (GON) chief negotiator and Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula that if the Maoists came into government without committing to give up violence irrevocably and permanently giving up their weapons, the USG would have to cut [...] | 2006-06-27 10:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1694 | CODE OF CONDUCT MONITORING COMMITTEE STARTS WORK [...] (C) On June 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists determined the terms of reference allowing the cease-fire Code of Conduct monitoring committee (also called the National Monitoring Committee) to begin its work. The National Monitoring Committee will form a network of sub-committ [...] | 2006-06-27 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP PINR |
06KATHMANDU1714 | JANUARY POLITICAL POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In May 2006, the Asia Foundation and a group called Interdisciplinary Analysts released the results of a poll, "Nepal Contemporary Political Situation -- II," conducted across Nepal in January, which showed that the overwhelming majority of Nepalese thought democracy was right for Nepal. P [...] | 2006-06-29 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU172 | MAOISTS BOMB CAPITAL, GOVERNMENT BANS GATHERINGS [...] (C) On January 14, the Maoists simultaneously attacked different police posts and government buildings in the Kathmandu Valley, detonating at least three bombs and raiding two police posts, killing at least twelve policemen. In reaction, the government issued a nighttime curfew with "shoot on [...] | 2006-01-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1722 | EU PRESENTS REASSURING STANCE ON AID [...] (C) In a June 29 meeting, Eduardo Lechuga Jimenez, Acting Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nepal, told the Ambassador that the EU wanted to help the people of Nepal but not finance the Maoist insurgency. Jimenez, clarifying the EU's position (reftel),said that the EU woul [...] | 2006-06-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1725 | INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) During a June 30 meeting, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee told the Ambassador that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran, following his visit to Thimpu, had sent up a suggestion that the Government of Nepal (GON) allow a small joint verification team (JVT) perhap [...] | 2006-06-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1726 | MONITORING COMMITTEE CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE WHILE [...] (C) The work of the Ceasefire Code of Conduct National Monitoring Committee is proceeding at a far slower pace than it took to reach the eight-point agreement (ref A) that created it. Members of the monitoring committee explained to us that the committee was busy developing its working framew [...] | 2006-06-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1727 | US-FUNDED FACILITATOR CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) USAID-funded contractor Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador June 29 that he was worried about the lack of progress by the Government of Nepal (GON) in the constitutional drafting committee as well as in establishing the cease fire monitoring committee. Siebert shared the Ambassador's assess [...] | 2006-06-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1744 | GOVERNMENT FORMALLY REQUESTS UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On July 3, the UN officially received a letter from Prime Minister GP Koirala to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan requesting help with the management and monitoring of Maoist and government arms. The GON declined to publicly disclose the contents of the letter "in the interest of the count [...] | 2006-07-05 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPKO NP |
06KATHMANDU1755 | PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA HOSPITALIZED WITH PNEUMONIA [...] (SBU) Prime Minister GP Koirala was admitted to the Martyr Gangalal National Heart Center in Kathmandu late on July 3 following respiratory difficulties. Dr. Madhu Ghimire, Koirala's personal physician, announced at a midnight press briefing that the Prime Minister had pneumonia in the lower [...] | 2006-07-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU1757 | PRACHANDA SAYS WEAPONS WILL NOT BE DECOMMISSIONED [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's June 28 speech and subsequent public remarks on July 1, Prachanda gave a TV interview July 3 in which he stated that the Maoists would not give up arms before joining an interim government. In a somewhat contradictory July 3 press statement, he issued a directiv [...] | 2006-07-05 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1785 | CODE OF CONDUCT MONITORING COMMITTEE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) On July 7, Charge met with Birendra Mishra, Coordinator of the National Monitoring Committee on Code of Conduct for Ceasefire (NMCC),to discuss the future plans of the NMCC and its role in peace negotiations. Mishra said that the committee, set up in the Peace Secretariat since just July [...] | 2006-07-07 12:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1786 | NEPAL POLICE READY FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL [...] (C) Maoists have decimated Nepal Police posts in most parts of the country and forced most police personnel to move into district headquarters. There has been no government security presence in most rural areas during the last few years of the Maoist insurgency. In addition, foreign assistan [...] | 2006-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU1794 | NEPAL ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C/NF) The GON shared with Post a copy of Prime Minister Koirala's letter requesting assistance from the United Nations (full text in para. 5) and asked for our support in getting the UN to give a prompt, positive response. The GON is worried that India is opposing UN action. According to th [...] | 2006-07-10 10:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1795 | CRIME ON THE RISE IN KATHMANDU VALLEY? [...] (C) Leading dailies have recently been reporting an upsurge of criminal activity in Kathmandu (ref A). However, according to police sources, despite the press reports, crime, and robbery in particular, have actually been decreasing in Kathmandu Valley. Keshab Adhikari, Superintendent of Poli [...] | 2006-07-10 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1799 | RESIGNATION OF COMISSIONERS AFTER PRESSURE [...] (C) The Commissioners of the Election Commission (EC) and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) tendered their resignations on July 9 after intense pressure from members of Parliament. Political party leaders conceded the Maoists had been pressing for the resignations of the Commissioner [...] | 2006-07-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1806 | MAOIST DEPUTY: NO SURRENDER OF ARMS BEFORE [...] (U) The Maoists are publicly emphasizing their opposition to decommissioning their weapons before constituent assembly elections, despite increasing public pressure to do so. During a July 10 media interview, Maoist number two in command Baburam Bhattarai stated, "let everybody be clear -- we' [...] | 2006-07-11 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1816 | CALL FOR HOME MINISTER'S RESIGNATION BY HIS OWN [...] (C) Media reports indicated that on July 10, Nepali Congress (NC) Members of Parliament demanded the resignation of Krishna Sitaula, Home Minister and Chief of the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiation team with the Maoists. The demand came during a meeting of the NC parliamentary committee [...] | 2006-07-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1828 | FORMER PM DEUBA URGES "OUTSIDERS" TO HELP NEPAL [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting, Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba told CDA that the Government of Nepal (GON) seemed to be in a hurry to make concessions to the Maoists. Deuba expressed concern that the GON was going to forfeit its gains, suc [...] | 2006-07-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU1865 | UML GENERAL SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT WAY FORWARD [...] (C) During a July 12 meeting, CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal told CDA he was worried about the way forward in the peace process. MK Nepal lamented the ground already lost to the Maoists in the eight-point agreement (ref A). He stressed the importance of achieving a consensus wi [...] | 2006-07-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1866 | PEACE SECRETARIAT STRAINING TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met July 10 with Vidya Dhar Mallik, Secretary of the Peace Secretariat, to discuss the role the SIPDIS Secretariat was playing in the peace process and the SIPDIS Secretariat's plans for the future. The Secretariat is SIPDIS currently supporting four important commit [...] | 2006-07-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU1867 | TWO PAKISTANIS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU: ALLEGED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU1908 | CONFUSION MOUNTS OVER INTERIM PARLIAMENT; MORE [...] (C) Informal talks July 14 between leaders of the two largest parties of the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists set the stage for agreement between the GON/Maoist negotiation teams to hold the next talks on July 21. The July 14 talks among the Nepali Congress (NC),the CPN-UML, and Maoists [...] | 2006-07-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1917 | MAOISTS "DECLARE WAR" AGAINST SPLINTER GROUP [...] (SBU) According to press reports, on July 17, Matrika Yadav, Maoist Central Committee member and Chairman of the Maoist-affiliated Madheshi Rastriya Mukti Morcha, "declared war" against the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM - People's Terai Liberation Front),a Maoist splinter group based [...] | 2006-07-18 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1918 | PAKISTANIS ARRESTED IN KATHMANDU REPORTEDLY HAVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1925 | TASK FORCE TO PRESENT UNIFIED VOICE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) On July 18, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) formed a 20-member task force to incorporate the differing opinions of the political party leaders into a unified agenda for the July 21 talks between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiation teams. Nepal Sadbhavana Party - Anandi De [...] | 2006-07-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1966 | POLITICAL LEADERS TOUGHEN ATTITUDE ABOUT ARMS [...] (C) In separate meetings with CDA on July 19 and 20, Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President Sushil Koirala, Speaker of the House and CPN-UML Central Committee member Subash Nemwang, and Nepal Workers and Peasants' Party (NWPP) Chairman Narayan Man Bijukchhe expressed increasingly hardline positi [...] | 2006-07-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1976 | MK NEPAL DECRIES SLOW ARMS MANAGEMENT, PEACE [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with CDA, CPN-UML Secretary General Madhav Kumar Nepal complained about the sluggishness in decision-making about managing Maoist and Nepal Army weapons, the interim constitution, the interim government, and the inability of the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and GON to a [...] | 2006-07-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1983 | HOME MINISTER SITAULA: NO DECISIONS BEFORE UN [...] (C) On July 24, Home Minister and GON negotiation team leader Krishna Sitaula told DCM that the GON and the Maoists would agree on an arms management strategy after meeting with the UN assessment team, scheduled to arrive on July 26. Home Minister Sitaula assured DCM that the Maoists would no [...] | 2006-07-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU1984 | PRACHANDA STRIKES OUT AGAINST MAOIST-ONLY [...] (C) Maoist Supremo Prachanda sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan July 24 protesting that the Government of Nepal (GON) had sent its July 2 request for assistance (ref A) to the UN without consulting the Maoists. The Maoist letter denounced the GON letter for refe [...] | 2006-07-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU199 | AMBASSADOR SUGGESTS HMGN POSTPONE MUNICIPAL [...] (C) In separate meetings on January 18 with Home Minister Kamal Thapa, Vice-Chairman Tulsi Giri, and Vice-Chairman Kirti Nidhi Bista, and in a January 19 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador pushed for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to postpone the munici [...] | 2006-01-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU1994 | DEPUTY PM SHERCHAN: ARMS MANAGEMENT A SECONDARY [...] (C) On July 25, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Amik Sherchan told DCM that the issue of the management of Maoist arms was secondary to resolving the wider political conflict. Deputy PM Sherchan said that the GON and Maoists had reached a bottleneck over the matter of Nepal Army [...] | 2006-07-26 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU200 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS POLITICAL PARTY AND CIVIL [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the January 20 mass protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent, the government cut phone services and arrested political party and ci [...] | 2006-01-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2004 | GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS WRANGLE FOR CONTROL OF [...] (C) On July 25, Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister GP Koirala's foreign relations adviser, told DCM that the Government of Nepal (GON) was uncertain as to what the Maoists wanted out of the peace process. He accused Maoist Chairman Prachanda of objecting to the spirit of the June 16 eight-point [...] | 2006-07-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2007 | FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A STRONG LINE AGAINST THE [...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister K.P. Oli to discuss the current situation in Nepal. Oli complained that he had been blasted from both within and without the government for his hard stance against the Maoists. Oli also expressed concern about [...] | 2006-07-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL UNGA NP |
06KATHMANDU2089 | NEPAL ARMY TORTURES NEPAL POLICE OFFICERS [...] (C) On July 29, dozens of soldiers from the Nepal Army's Bhairabnath Battalion in Kathmandu surrounded a local police station, abducted three police officers by force, and then allegedly beat and tortured the police officers in the battalion's barracks. The Bhairabnath Battalion is the same u [...] | 2006-08-01 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2097 | NEPAL: U.S. AND INDIA READING FROM THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) In an August 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee indicated that the Government of India (GOI) was moving in unison with the U.S. on Nepal policy, insisting that the Maoists give up their weapons before entering an interim government. Mukherjee also [...] | 2006-08-02 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF IN NP |
06KATHMANDU211 | CITY QUIET DURING CURFEW, BUT PARTIES STILL [...] (SBU) The January 20 government-called curfew from 0800 to 1800 inside the ring road in Kathmandu and Lalitpur was strictly observed. The city was quiet and the seven-party alliance was unable to hold its planned mass demonstration against the King. INSEC, a reputed human rights NGO, report [...] | 2006-01-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2110 | NEPAL'S KING REMAINS ISOLATED [...] (C) King Gyanendra's confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador on August 3 that popular animosity against the King had not died down since the April "People's Movement." Rana had suggested in vain that the King give his testimony to the high-level Rayamajhi Commission. Rana denied that the [...] | 2006-08-04 10:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2130 | NEPALI CONGRESS-DEMOCRATIC LEADERS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) During an August 1 meeting with Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Spokesperson Minendra Rijal and Central Committee Member Prakash Sharan Mahat, the Ambassador expressed his concern about the Maoists' expanded influence and stressed to the NC-D leaders that th [...] | 2006-08-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2142 | DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2152 | MAOIST LETTER DEMANDS U.S. REMOVAL OF TERRORIST TAG [...] (C) On August 7, a group of five individuals associated with the Magar National Liberation Front, an organization associated with the Maoists, appeared at the Chancery and delivered a letter to the U.S. President. The letter demanded that the USG remove the terrorist tag on the Maoists and st [...] | 2006-08-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2154 | ARMS MANAGEMENT STILL KEY ISSUE BUT TEMPORIZING [...] (C) Since the August 3 departure of the UN assessment mission without a deal on arms management, the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiating teams have struggled to reach an agreement. Neither party wants to be blamed for missing this opportunity for peace. According to at least one [...] | 2006-08-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2165 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DERAILING PROPOSED UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 12:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2166 | GON AND MAOISTS KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD [...] (U) Nepali media have reported that negotiations between the GON and Nepal's Maoists on August 9 resulted in an agreed letter to the United Nations signed by Prime Minister G.P. Koirala and Maoist leader Prachanda. In a joint press conference, the two announced agreement on a 5 point request [...] | 2006-08-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2167 | NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 12-14 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (C) Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. The country is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader Prachanda signed a [...] | 2006-08-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2174 | REACTIONS TO GOVERNMENT-MAOIST AGREEMENT VARY [...] (C) Reactions to the August 9 agreement between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists outlining ideas for future United Nations (UN) involvement in Nepal's peace process (reftel) have varied. Political parties disagreed on whether the agreement was good or bad for the peace process, a [...] | 2006-08-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2178 | PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2179 | REVISED NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 12-14 VISIT [...] Your visit comes at a critical moment in Nepal's history. The country is perhaps closer to establishing lasting peace than it has been at any other time during the 10-year-old Maoist insurgency. On August 9, the Nepalese Prime Minister GP Koirala and the Maoist leader Prachanda signed a join [...] | 2006-08-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2187 | NEPAL: SENATOR SPECTER MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Senator Arlen Specter met with Government of Nepal (GON) officials on August 13 to gain insight into Nepal's political situation and to remind the GON of the USG's continuing support in its move toward democracy. The GON representatives stressed their commitment not to allow the Maoists [...] | 2006-08-14 01:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU2188 | PRIME MINISTER TAKES A STRONG STANCE ON MAOISTS [...] (C) A spry Prime Minister Koirala thanked Senator Specter for continued support, explaining that United States financial assistance had helped stabilize the government. Koirala stressed his strong support of democracy, and emphasized that unless the Maoists gave up their weapons they could not [...] | 2006-08-14 01:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2198 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW LISTINGS BY UN 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2203 | INDIANS WANT TO WORK WITH US ON UN PRESENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 14 conversation with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee expressed Indian support for an expanded UN presence in Nepal, as long as the UN Security Council did not have to authorize that revised role. Mukherjee believed that the GON gave in to all Maoist demands in the [...] | 2006-08-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2204 | NEPAL GOVERNMENT'S TEMERITY PUTS INDIAN CONSULATE [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador August 14 that government forces had done little earlier that day to protect the Indian Consulate in Birgunj against a group of hostile demonstrators. Not until Mukherjee threatened to cancel India's assistance program did the police attempt [...] | 2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2251 | (C/NF) NEPAL'S FINANCIAL SITUATION AND CAPITAL [...] (C) The continuing extortion and intimidation of businesses in Nepal by the Maoists has created a significant problem for foreign- and Nepali-owned businesses in Nepal. Maoist activities against business have continued despite the cease-fire Code of Conduct. This threat has caused many busine [...] | 2006-08-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2253 | UN TEAM EXPECTED IN KATHMANDU BY SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) UNDP Resident Representative Mathew Kahane told DCM August 18 that a small UN team will arrive in Kathmandu by September 1 to start work on the 5-point GON/Maoist request to the UN for assistance (ref A). Kahane said that the five-person team would include representatives of UN technical [...] | 2006-08-18 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2255 | NEPAL SUPPORTS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador explained the U.S. position on UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1701 on Lebanon to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Oli on August 17. A senior Nepali Foreign Ministry (MFA) official told us August 18 that Nepal completely supports the resolution. Acco [...] | 2006-08-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE NP |
06KATHMANDU2268 | GOVERNMENT BACKS DOWN AFTER PROTESTS OVER [...] (C) The poorly handled attempt by the Government of Nepal (GON) on August 18 to bring its subsidized rates for petroleum products more in line with world prices ended with a complete reversal on August 20. Street protests in the 10-20,000 person range in Kathmandu on August 19 and 20 compelle [...] | 2006-08-21 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU2269 | OHCHR ACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE IN NEPAL [...] The work of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR) has been effective and useful for Post's reporting. The office in Kathmandu is the largest UN human rights presence anywhere (ref A). OHCHR has played an active role in monitoring various aspects [...] | 2006-08-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2270 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LISTS 78 AND 79 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU228 | PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS THWARTED; MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (U) The demonstrations rescheduled by the Parties on January 21 led to clashes between demonstrators and security forces, disrupting the Parties' hopes for a mass turnout. The armed police force (APF) and civil police used tear gas, baton charges, and arrests to control demonstrators, who cha [...] | 2006-01-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU2281 | CLEAR PUBLIC MESSAGE ON ARMS MANAGEMENT FROM PRIME [...] (C) On August 21 former Prime Minister and Rastriya Janashaki Party founder Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador that the issue of Maoist arms management "will decide everything." Thapa stressed that the Prime Minister needed to publicly and clearly explain why the Maoists could not [...] | 2006-08-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2284 | NEPAL: PUSHING BACK THE MAOIST TIDE [...] (C) We are reaching the crunch point in Nepal. Four months after Nepal's people's movement uprising, the Maoists appear intent on intimidating their way into power. Till now, the Seven Party Alliance government appears to have been more worried about alienating the Maoists than about preservi [...] | 2006-08-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2340 | PEACE PROCESS MAKES PROGRESS - SLOWLY [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Olivier told the Ambassador August 24 that the peace process in Nepal seemed to be making progress. Nonetheless, Olivier said that the Maoists continued to exert pressure on the Prime Minister to dissolve the Parliament. He reported that the Maoists had [...] | 2006-08-30 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2343 | CODEL KOLBE PUSHES FOR SOLUTION FOR BHUTANESE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to CODEL Kolbe on August 25 that the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) and the Government of Nepal (GON) should give bilateral talks one more chance, even though the last 15 rounds of talks have been unsuccessful. During a sub [...] | 2006-08-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2344 | MAOIST INFLUENCE STRONG IN CENTRAL NEPAL [...] (C) During an August 24 dinner with House International Relations Committee Staffdel Forsyth, Deputy Inspector General of Police in Pokhara (central Nepal) Ramesh Kumar Shrestha told Emboff that the Maoists could do "more or less whatever they want" in and around the city of Pokhara. Shrestha [...] | 2006-08-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2345 | PM KOIRALA SEES UN AS THE PANACEA [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Prime Minister Koirala told House Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Kolbe that the United Nations would solve Nepal's problems and help to bring a lasting peace. The PM indicated that he would continue to hold the line against allowing the Maoists into [...] | 2006-08-30 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2348 | NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY UNDER NO ILLUSIONS [...] (C) On August 29, the UN Secretary General's newly appointed special envoy, Ian Martin, told the Ambassador he was under no illusions about the difficulty of bridging the differences between the Government and the Maoists on the key question of managing Maoist arms. Martin stated that he was [...] | 2006-08-30 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2349 | GON STRUGGLES WITH MAOIST CHALLENGE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told DCM August 29 that the GON is acutely aware of stepped-up Maoist presence in Nepal's urban centers and the deteriorating law and order situation throughout the country. He said that the GON was trying to bind the Maoist ins [...] | 2006-08-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2363 | CODEL KOLBE STRESSES ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) During their August 25-28 visit, a four-member Congressional delegation led by Jim Kolbe, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, stressed to the Government of Nepal (GON) that arms management must occur before Maoists could be allowed into the government. [...] | 2006-08-31 11:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU2364 | AMBASSADOR URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (S) The Ambassador made the case for continued UK political engagement in Nepal in an August 29 meeting with the new British Ambassador. The Ambassador explained why he did not believe a Maoist victory was inevitable. UK Ambassador Hall expressed concern that nothing be done to impede the pe [...] | 2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UK NP |
06KATHMANDU2405 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU NP |
06KATHMANDU2418 | INDUSTRIAL SECURITY GROUP CONDEMNS MAOIST ACTIONS [...] (C) The Industrial Security Group (ISG),which brings together key Embassies, bilateral Chambers of Commerce and industry associations (with the U.S. Embassy as Acting Chair),issued a strong condemnation of Maoist extortion and other threats after an ISG meeting on September 5. Participants w [...] | 2006-09-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU2423 | NEPAL: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
06KATHMANDU2425 | MAOIST LEADERSHIP RATCHETS UP THE PRESSURE; SAYS [...] (C) The leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has decided after its recent Central Committee meeting to increase its pressure on the Government of Nepal. The most striking result of the August 27-31 meeting was the leaders' announcements September 2 and 3 that Maoist combatants w [...] | 2006-09-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2434 | PRIME MINISTER PLANS TO APPOINT NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador September 7 that Prime Minister Koirala is probably going to appoint a new Home Minister. Siebert expects incumbent Home Minister Sitaula to keep his position on the Government of Nepal's (GON) negotiating team with Koi [...] | 2006-09-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU244 | MAOIST DEPUTY DEFENDS VIOLENCE TO END AUTOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Maoist Deputy Baburam Bhattarai published an article in the January 18 issue of Budhabaar, a Nepali-language weekly (mouthpiece of CPN-UML, a major party of the seven-party alliance) with a circulation of about 10,000, explaining that the Maoists intended to use armed struggle to accompl [...] | 2006-01-25 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU245 | HEAVY FIGHTING IN WESTERN NEPAL; ELECTION [...] (C) Heavy fighting occurred when Maoist rebels attacked Nepalese security forces the evening of January 24 in the western border town of Nepalgunj. Reports indicated that fighting started around 8:15 pm local time and continued until approximately 10:00 pm. According to the press, there were [...] | 2006-01-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU2458 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR NP |
06KATHMANDU2461 | PRIME MINISTER TO ACT AGAINST MAOISTS IN TWO WEEKS [...] (C) In a meeting on September 10, the Ambassador told Prime Minister Koirala that the Government of Nepal (GON) was losing control of the country. The Maoists were acting with impunity and they clearly assumed the GON would do nothing. PM (and Nepali Congress Party chief) Koirala responded tha [...] | 2006-09-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2463 | DPM OLI WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO STAND UP TO THE [...] (C) After listening to DPM/Foreign Minister Oli's pitch to the diplomatic community for support for Nepal's bid for a UNSC rotating seat on September 8 (reftel),I asked for a few minutes of Oli's time. In a subsequent one-on-one meeting, I told Oli that the GON was losing the country to the [...] | 2006-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU247 | MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Fourteen percent of the total number of voters in Nepal live in the 58 municipalities. Voters must be at least 18 and candidates must be at least 21. In the 58 municipalities where February 8 elections are scheduled for over 4,000 seats, depending on population, there are between nine a [...] | 2006-01-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU2478 | MAOIST MILITIA AND NEPAL POLICE CLASH OVER [...] (C) OHCHR told us on September 12 that the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists had decided to pursue the idea of a joint deployment of Nepal Police and Maoist Militia forces to provide security at the Bhutanese refugee camps in Jhapa District (southeastern Nepal). OHCHR said this was d [...] | 2006-09-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU2479 | NEPAL: OHCHR AND NHRC PRESS MAOISTS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On September 11, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal sent a document to the Maoists demanding that they stop human rights abuses and fulfill their commitments in the peace process. The document focused on Maoist killings, abductions, tortur [...] | 2006-09-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU2488 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANDIDATES FOR TRANCHE II OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
06KATHMANDU2491 | MAOISTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLES [...] (C) On September 13, the Maoists called a nationwide traffic strike to protest an alleged shipment of weapons from India to the Nepal Army in violation of the government-Maoist cease-fire Code of Conduct. The Government of Nepal (GON) denied these allegations. It said that no weapons had ent [...] | 2006-09-13 12:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2495 | UN REP MARTIN WAITING FOR COALITION TO AGREE ON [...] (C) Ian Martin, UN Secretary General Annan's personal representative for the peace process, told the DCM September 11 that in spite of their rhetoric, the Maoists were prepared to move ahead. He remarked that they had recently hammered out a unified position and had taken steps to ensure their [...] | 2006-09-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2518 | STUDENT POLITICS IN NEPAL: NOT YOUR COLLEGE [...] (C) Student organizations - the starting point for many Nepalese leaders - have been instrumental in stimulating political change during the past 60 years. Students have been able to operate when and where mainstream politicians could not. Student organizations were the legal arms of politi [...] | 2006-09-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU2539 | MAOISTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING URBAN REVOLUTION IN [...] (C/NF) On September 12, Chauyen Lai Shrestha, member of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party and assistant to Prime Minister Koirala's daughter, passed two Nepali-language documents to the Embassy. The documents, which appear to reflect the results of the recent Maoist Central Committee meeting, ou [...] | 2006-09-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU254 | NEPAL-WIDE GENERAL STRIKE WIDELY OBSERVED; [...] (C) The January 26 general strike/closure (bandh) of all of Nepal called by the Parties to protest against the King and the upcoming February 8 municipal elections was widely observed. In Kathmandu and Patan, few vehicles were on the roads and most shops and businesses were closed (although s [...] | 2006-01-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU255 | RNA WORRIED THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO CONSENSUS ON HOW [...] (C) On January 20, Lt. General Katawal, Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Chief of General Staff, told the Ambassador he was worried that the government did not have a unified strategy for tackling the Maoist insurgency. Katawal reiterated that there was no purely military solution to the insurgency [...] | 2006-01-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2551 | WORLD BANK REP TRIES TO ENGAGE MAOISTS [...] (C) On September 15, World Bank (WB) Country Representative Ken Ohashi told Emboff that he had requested a meeting with the Maoists' 20-member economic advisory committee, but was rebutted. Frustrated with the Government of Nepal (GON),Ohashi suggested the Maoists should be allowed to run a [...] | 2006-09-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2558 | INDIAN AMBASSADOR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) In a meeting on September 18, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that he had heard that the recent meeting between Prime Minister Koirala and Prachanda had been successful. Two-on-two talks were planned, he said for September 26, 27 and 28 between the Government of Nepal (GON [...] | 2006-09-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MARR IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2573 | PM TELLS AMBASSADOR: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala and Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Chalise told the Ambassador September 21 that the Government of Nepal had to give the Maoists every chance to make peace. Maoist Supremo Prachanda had accepted the PM's demand in a meeting September 17 that Maoist arms management would h [...] | 2006-09-21 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2587 | CRUNCH TIME IN NEPAL? [...] (S/NF) It looks like we're getting to crunch time here in Nepal. The Maoists are still stringing along talks with the GON, hoping that the GON will follow up on its past four months of unilateral concessions by caving in and allowing an armed Maoist movement into an interim government. The Prime [...] | 2006-09-22 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2590 | FAR-WESTERN NEPAL: IN TROUBLE, BUT NOT HOPELESS [...] (SBU) During a trip to the far-western region of Nepal September 12-15, Ambassador Moriarty met with government and military officials, business and political leaders, human rights organizations, and USAID project partners to gauge the situation on the ground and the impact of U.S. assistance [...] | 2006-09-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON MARR MCAP PHUM SENV EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU2596 | ECONOMIC GROWTH UNLIKELY UNTIL RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Nepal, two INR economic analysts gained insight into Nepal's poor economic state. Industrialists in Kathmandu and the key border town of Birgunj explained how Maoist extortion and the activities of Maoist-affiliated trade unions had greatly disrupted their enterp [...] | 2006-09-25 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2598 | PARTIAL PEACE DEAL POSSIBLE BEFORE DASHAIN? [...] (C) On September 22, peace facilitator Hannes Siebert and UN Secretary General Annan's representative to the peace process Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were getting closer to agreement on several of the key peace documents. There were also, they [...] | 2006-09-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2619 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE MAOISTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador September 26, Chinese Ambassador Sun denied that China supported the entry of the Maoists with their arms into an interim Nepali government. To the contrary, the PRC still had a Maoist no-contact policy in place. Sun stated that China's key interest in Nepa [...] | 2006-09-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CX NP |
06KATHMANDU2620 | AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES SERIOUSNESS OF SITUATION [...] (C) During a September 25 meeting with the British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dr. Kim Howells and British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, the Ambassador strongly reinforced the need for the separation of Maoists from their weapons. The Ambassador stated that he thought [...] | 2006-09-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK NP |
06KATHMANDU2625 | BUCKING UP THE PARTIES ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) According to various sources, Home Minister and chief Government of Nepal (GON) negotiator Krishna Sitaula is pushing his Seven Party Alliance (SPA) colleagues, including Prime Minister Koirala, to accept a deal that brings the Maoists into an interim government quickly without dealing wi [...] | 2006-09-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2634 | AMBASSADOR TELLS DANISH AMBASSADOR AND VATICAN [...] (C) In a meeting on September 26 with Danish Ambassador Thilstead and another on September 28 with Vatican Nuncio Quintana on September 28, the Ambassador stressed that Nepal's peace process was important, but most important was the outcome. Ambassador Thilstead, who had just hosted his Minis [...] | 2006-09-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF DA VT BT NP |
06KATHMANDU2636 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR SUGGESTS UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka acknowledged that, while a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on arms management was an option, the Government of Nepal was not very interested in the idea. The Ambassador explained [...] | 2006-09-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER JP NP |
06KATHMANDU2666 | CHIEF GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator Krishna Prasad Sitaula told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann and the Ambassador October 6 that he was optimistic the summit meeting on October 8 would be successful. PDAS Mann stressed the USG's view that it was difficult to imagine how the tal [...] | 2006-10-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF CVIS UN CX NP |
06KATHMANDU2680 | OUTCOME OF PEACE TALKS NOT YET CLEAR [...] (C) With the second day of the staggered peace summit between the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) having drawn to a close, it is not yet clear where things stand. All the parties have agreed that constituent assembly elections should take [...] | 2006-10-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2700 | PEACE DEAL APPEARS UNLIKELY ON EVE OF THIRD DAY OF [...] (C) USAID contracted peace facilitator Siebert and leaders of two of the three major political parties in the Government of Nepal (GON) told the Charge d'Affaires and visiting SCA India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Office Director Bernicat in separate meetings on October 11 that they did not expect the GO [...] | 2006-10-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2702 | PARLIAMENT SPOKESMAN TO U.S.: "TAKE A CHANCE" WITH [...] (C) Parliament Spokesman Manohar Bhattarai told SCA/INS Office Director Marcia Bernicat on October 12 that the U.S. should aid the peace process by establishing informal dialogue with the Maoists. He stressed that there were many in Parliament, including himself, who agreed with the Ambassad [...] | 2006-10-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2703 | PEACE TALKS POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER 15 [...] (C) After a third day of peace talks on October 12, Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and Maoist leaders have decided to postpone peace talks until October 15. The leaders met for less than two hours during the afternoon of October 12 before deciding to continue the talks at a later date. Arjun Nar [...] | 2006-10-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2732 | NORWEGIAN/DANISH AMBASSADORS FAVOR MAOIST [...] (C) In a luncheon October 12 with SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat and Charge, Ambassador Finn Thilsted of Denmark and Ambassador Tore Toreng of Norway stressed the need for Maoist outreach and engagement to ensure a viable peace process, while Indian Political Counsellor Prabhat Kumar remained [...] | 2006-10-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU2733 | IAN MARTIN'S SHOP STAFFED UP AND POISED TO [...] (C) In consultations October 12 with Charge and SCA/INS Director Marcia Bernicat, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, Ian Martin, and Tamrat Samuel, visiting UN Political Advisor expressed measured optimism on the progress of GON-Maoist summit talks. Martin seemed poi [...] | 2006-10-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2734 | OCTOBER 15 PEACE AGREEMENT LIKELY [...] (C) It appears that agreement on Maoist entry into the interim government, arms management and the Constituent Assembly could be reached at the October 15 Summit Talks. October 13 discussions with USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert, the Prime Minister's (PM's) Defense Advisor Ra [...] | 2006-10-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2735 | PEACE FACILITATORS BRIEF ON STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert (please protect) told SCA PDAS Steven Mann and USAID Mission Director Don Clark on October 5 that the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M) had narrowed their differences on key issues in the peace pro [...] | 2006-10-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2738 | CENTER-LEFT LEADER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES AS PEACE [...] (C) SCA PDAS Steven Mann heard October 4 from Madav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),that success at the upcoming peace summit would depend in large part on reaching an agreement on the monarchy and Maoists arms management. MK Nep [...] | 2006-10-16 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2743 | CENTER-RIGHT LEADER CONCERNED AS PEACE TALKS DRAW [...] (C) Nepali Congress - Democratic President Sher Bahadur Deuba told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann October 4 that the Seven Party Alliance government would have to overcome considerable mistrust of the Maoists if it was going to reach a peace deal at the upcoming talks. The main question was Ma [...] | 2006-10-16 08:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2749 | PEACE PROCESS OBSTRUCTED BUT ONGOING [...] (C) Contrary to the indications we had on October 13, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) did not reach a peace deal at their meeting on October 15. No new date for talks was announced. According to our sources, Maoist arms management was the princi [...] | 2006-10-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2763 | MAOISTS ACTIVE IN RURAL SOLUKHUMBU [...] (C) From September 29 to October 4, Emboffs traveled to southern portion of Solukhumbu District in eastern Nepal and observed and heard about the Maoist activities in that rural area. In Salleri, the district headquarters, the Maoists had established a "People's Government" office, complete wi [...] | 2006-10-18 02:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU2773 | PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR UPBEAT ON PEACE TALKS [...] (C) PM Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise, was upbeat regarding the prospects for a peace deal between the (Government of Nepal) GON and Maoists in a meeting with CDA October 18. He said that the PM had instructed him to deliver a hard-line message to the UN peace team on t [...] | 2006-10-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2774 | NEW DELHI JOINS THE FRAY OVER NEPAL'S PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Siebert told Charge October 18 that the Government of India (GOI) has recently engaged in a powerful way in Nepal's peace process. Siebert said the intervention took place after a visit to New Delhi on October 13 by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Mukherjee. [...] | 2006-10-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM UN IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2776 | INDIAN CHARGE ADAMANT ON MAOIST ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) CDA called on Indian Charge Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya October 18 to discuss UN Nepal peace team leader Ian Martin's trip to New Delhi the day before and the overall status of the peace process. She applauded Prime Minister Koirala's firm stance on the need for the Maoists to disarm before [...] | 2006-10-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU2777 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Siebert highlighted the difficulties Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist negotiators faced in addressing the Maoist militia and security issues in an update for Charge on October 18. Senior politicians in the center-right Nepali Congress (NC) and the cen [...] | 2006-10-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM NP |
06KATHMANDU284 | MAOISTS THREATEN ELECTION PARTICIPANTS [...] (U) Pravakiran, Kathmandu Valley Commander of the Communist Party of Nepal, released the following press statement on January 28, 2005, warning people "not to participate in the elections in any way." He threatened that those who did so would "face the most serious consequences." Begin text [...] | 2006-01-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU286 | 600 ELECTION CANDIDATES WITHDRAW; MORE MAOIST [...] (U) More than 600 people withdrew their candidacy between filing to participate in the municipal election on January 26 and the deadline to withdraw on January 28. Some people withdrew voluntary, others claim the government forced them, and still others wished to withdraw but security forces [...] | 2006-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU2879 | FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) On October 26, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat expressed his concern to the Ambassador, World Bank Country Director Ken Ohashi and IMF Resident Representative Alexander Pitt that bilateral and multilateral donors not give legitimacy to the Maoists by signing assistance agreements with th [...] | 2006-10-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU2880 | INDIA SUPPORTS SEPARATION OF MAOIST ARMS [...] (C) During an October 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee reiterated that the Government of India (GOI) supported the separation of Maoists from their arms and enforcement of law and order by the Government of Nepal (GON). Ambassador Mukherjee acknowledged [...] | 2006-10-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2903 | PEACE AGREEMENT MOVING CLOSER? [...] (C) Dr. Shehkar Koirala, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's nephew and a key member of the Government of Nepal (GON)'s informal talks team, told the DCM October 27 that the two sides were converging on a peace deal. He claimed the GON and the Maoists had managed to reach agreement on nearly all of [...] | 2006-10-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU2909 | PRIME MINISTER'S CLOSE ADVISOR AND HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Over the recent Nepali holidays, Embassy LES discussed the arms management process with the Prime Minister's nephew and close advisor, Dr. Shekhar Koirala, as well as Home Minister Sitaula, the Government of Nepal's chief peace negotiator. Both argued for a phased strategy, highlighting [...] | 2006-11-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU2931 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI CONCERNED ABOUT MAOIST [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli shared his concerns about whether the Maoists intended to enter the political mainstream peacefully. He explained that the international community was playing an important role in the peace [...] | 2006-11-02 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2961 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER LE IS NP |
06KATHMANDU2962 | PRIME MINISTER ANGRY INDIA AND EU COSYING UP TO [...] (C) The Ambassador stressed to Prime Minister Koirala in a meeting November 3 that any arms management agreement with the Maoists had to begin to drain the fear and would thus require substantial domestic and international monitoring. The Ambassador's third point was that the Government of Nep [...] | 2006-11-03 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EU IN NP |
06KATHMANDU2973 | LAW AND ORDER DURING THE TRANSITION: CHALLENGES [...] (C) Interviewees, including Nepal security forces, Government of Nepal officials, journalists, local and international NGOs, UN agencies and the UK Embassy, who met recently with TDYers from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) described a sharp downward [...] | 2006-11-07 01:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UN NP MARR PREF PTER |
06KATHMANDU3000 | U.S.-NEPAL POLICY AT THE CROSSROADS: SUPPORTING A [...] (C) With the governing Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists in their second straight day of marathon peace talks, there is increasing expectation in Kathmandu that a peace deal might be on the way. While the text of an actual agreement or agreements could be delayed, the outlines of how Maois [...] | 2006-11-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN EU NP |
06KATHMANDU3013 | GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE DEAL: WHERE'S [...] (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early morning hours of November 8th (full text below). While punting many vital implementation details to a November 16 "comprehensive peace agreement [...] | 2006-11-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU3014 | CORRECTED COPY: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS SIGN PEACE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Kathmandu 3013 with text of the agreement attached. Summary And Introduction ------------------------ 2. (C) Following two days of marathon talks and weeks of anticipation, the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists signed a package agreement in the early mo [...] | 2006-11-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU3023 | GETTING A SECURITY COUNCIL MANDATE FOR NEPAL'S [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- see paras. 7-9. Summary -------- 2. (C) In discussions November 9 with Ian Martin, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal, the SIPDIS Ambassador stressed the need for a strong UN Security Council mandate to enforce the November 8 [...] | 2006-11-10 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3024 | PM KOIRALA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [...] (C/NF) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister GP Koirala shared his optimism on the future of the Government of Nepal's (GON) peace process with the Maoists, but underscored the need for a large presence of foreign observers on the ground in Nepal. The Ambassador pressed [...] | 2006-11-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3033 | FOREIGN MINISTER OLI PESSIMISTIC ON PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister KP Oli expressed strong personal reservations about the November 8 agreement between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists (ref A). Oli worried that the November 8 agreement set a bad example b [...] | 2006-11-13 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU3034 | INDIA URGES RAPID ACTION IN THE UN [...] (C) In a November 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee emphasized the need for rapid action in the United Nations regarding Maoist arms management and peace and election monitoring in Nepal. Ambassador Moriarty stressed the need for a UN Security Council res [...] | 2006-11-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR IN NP |
06KATHMANDU3061 | NOW IS THE TIME FOR UN MONITORS IN NEPAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. State of Play On Expanded UN Role --------------------------------- 2. (C) On November 17, Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet confirmed to the DCM that Ambassador Acharya, Nepal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, had del [...] | 2006-11-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3062 | UN REP. AND BRITISH AMBASSADOR DEALING WITH [...] (C) On November 15, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin and UK Ambassador Andrew Hall gave their views on the Maoists, the peace process and challenges for Nepal to Assistant Secretary Boucher and the Ambassador. Martin was not willing to wager on the Maoist intentions [...] | 2006-11-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PREF UN UK NP |
06KATHMANDU3063 | NEPAL PEACE PROCESS STALLED [...] (C) According to a joint statement the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists issued on November 16, the signing of the comprehensive peace accord, which was supposed to take place that day, was postponed until November 21. According to political leaders on November 16 and Dr. Shehkar Koirala, [...] | 2006-11-17 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3064 | NEW OHCHR HEAD NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) On November 17, Lena Sundh, the new Swedish head of the Nepal Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),told the Ambassador that impunity remained a big problem on both sides of the conflict in Nepal -- for both the security forces and the Maoists. Sundh stated that she wa [...] | 2006-11-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER MARR PINR NP |
06KATHMANDU3086 | BOUCHER DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF THE NEPAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) In a November 16 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Ramesh Jung Thapa, Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Bishnu Uprety, Defense Secretary, described an improving relationship between the Nepal Army and the civilian leadership. [...] | 2006-11-22 07:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU3091 | NEPAL PEACE DEAL: TEETH, BUT NOT MUCH BITE [...] (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed a comprehensive peace accord on November 21, after finally coming to a consensus on the remaining sticking points (ref A). Although the accord calls for an end to violence and states that anyone found carrying weapons will be subject to [...] | 2006-11-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3093 | REACTIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT: [...] (C) Reactions to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed on November 21 (ref A) have varied across sectors, although the majority of interlocutors have expressed cautious optimism. Political party leaders from the main Nepali Congress party worrie [...] | 2006-11-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3097 | BOUCHER STRESSES PARLIAMENT'S OVERSIGHT ROLE [...] (C) During November 16 discussions with Speaker of the House of Representatives Subash Nemwang, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, accompanied by the Ambassador, stressed the important role Parliament must play in overseeing Nepal's democratic transition [...] | 2006-11-24 00:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3103 | UN PEACE TEAM CHIEF: UN MONITORS URGENTLY REQUIRED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3104 | IMPLEMENTING NEPAL'S PEACE [...] (C) Three days after the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement," the Government and the Maoists are moving to implement its provisions, but considerable challenges lie ahead. Maoist extortion and violence as well as illegal recruitment are continu [...] | 2006-11-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3112 | FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH UN [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mahat gave his views on what the United Nations was doing and should be doing soon to assist the peace process. He expressed appreciation for Secretary General Annan's November 22 letter to the UN Security Council Presiden [...] | 2006-11-27 06:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN IN FI NP |
06KATHMANDU3115 | FINANCE MINISTER WANTS UN TO SET STRICT STANDARDS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador November 26, Finance Minister Mahat asked the United States to use its influence on the United Nations to ensure that only true Maoist combatants be permitted to go into cantonments. Mahat expressed concern that the latest draft of the tripartite (Governme [...] | 2006-11-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3116 | NEGOTIATORS FOCUSED ON HOW MANY COMBATANTS WILL [...] (C) The political adviser to the UN peace team told DCM November 27 that the Government of Nepal and the Maoists were arguing over how many combatants would get jobs in the security forces. John Norris said the issue preventing an arms management agreement was not who was a combatant. The po [...] | 2006-11-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3118 | PEACE AGREEMENT STICKING POINT: MILITARY TRAINING [...] (C) In a meeting on November 28, the lead UN negotiators told the Ambassador that an agreement on arms management between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists was stalled over the Maoist desire to conduct military training for their combatants in the cantonments. The Ambassador pushe [...] | 2006-11-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3124 | ARMS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT: VAGUE WORDING, BUT [...] (C) On November 28, the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed an arms management agreement, in the presence of the UN, creating a concrete mechanism for the separation of Maoist combatants from their weapons. The agreement provides that all Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) mem [...] | 2006-11-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3131 | COAS KATAWAL DOWNPLAYS RUMORS OF ROYAL RESURGENCE [...] (C/NF) On November 28, Siddharta Rana, a prominent businessman and son of a close confidante of the King, told the Ambassador that the King believed he was going to make a comeback soon, and that he still did not realize he was responsible for his own downfall. Rana said the King blamed India [...] | 2006-11-30 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3136 | NEPAL: MECHANISMS FOR PEACE SLOW-MOVING [...] (C) ON November 30, Hannes Siebert and Retief Olivier, USAID-funded peace facilitators working with Nepal's Peace Secretariat, told the Ambassador that the primary focus of SIPDIS the Secretariat during the past week had been Terms of Reference for the various mechanisms envisioned in the N [...] | 2006-11-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU3148 | UN MOVING AHEAD ON CANTONMENT OF MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) Key staff of the Office of Personal Representative of the UN Secretary General briefed members of the diplomatic corps and the donor community December 1 on the status of cantonment of Maoist combatants. Ian Martin's security advisor Dan Huntington, political advisor John Norris and milit [...] | 2006-12-04 09:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3163 | POLITICOS IN RAJBIRAJ: WE HAVE NO VOICE [...] (C) During a meeting in Rajbiraj (about 200 kilometers south-east of Kathmandu) on December 3, local political leaders told Emboff that they felt isolated from their parties and the government. The politicos in this rural community stated that the party leaders in Kathmandu did not listen to [...] | 2006-12-06 08:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3164 | STUDENT LEADERS FEEL LEFT OUT OF NEPAL'S POLITICS [...] (C) In meetings December 1 and 2 in Kathmandu and Biratnagar (eastern Nepal),student leaders from a range of political parties told Emboff that they were feeling increasingly left out of politics in Nepal. Although they disagreed on many social issues, they were united on the need for greate [...] | 2006-12-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3168 | NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WANTS TO GET THE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee stressed that the logistical realities of the peace agreements between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists needed to move quickly in order to succeed. Mukherjee worried about continued Maois [...] | 2006-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3178 | SECURITY FORCES IN EASTERN NEPAL: MAOISTS HAVE TO [...] (C) In separate meetings on December 3, Nepal Army (NA) and Nepal Police (NP) contacts in Sunsari District in south-eastern Nepal told Emboff that the Maoists had to earn the trust of the public for the peace process to succeed. An NA Major told emboff that some soldiers believed the NA did n [...] | 2006-12-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SNAR NP |
06KATHMANDU3199 | PEACE PROCESS: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador December 8 that the Government of Nepal (GON),the Maoists and the UN had established an effective working group to handle the nitty-gritty of the People's Liberation Army cantonments. The approximately USD 2.4 million i [...] | 2006-12-11 10:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3207 | POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE THAT MAOIST FEAR MUST BE [...] (C) In separate December 11 meetings with the Ambassador, MK Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),agreed that effective management of Maoist weapons was critical to [...] | 2006-12-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU321 | ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KING'S TAKEOVER [...] (U) On February 1, in a content-free speech marking the one-year anniversary of his takeover, the King announced no new initiatives, but highlighted the success of his plan to restore democracy to Nepal. He reconfirmed his intention to go ahead with municipal elections on February 8 and with [...] | 2006-02-01 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU3210 | NEPAL: UN SECY GENERAL'S REP. DISCUSSES NEED FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, the UN Secretary General's personal representative Ian Martin SIPDIS welcomed the U.S. plan to provide assistance to Nepal's peace process in two principal areas: electoral support and local security and governance. He agreed it would be cru [...] | 2006-12-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN IN UK NP |
06KATHMANDU3216 | NEPAL: NEXT STEPS ON INTERIM CONSTITUTION, [...] (C) Speaker of the Parliament Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador December 12 that the current parliament should have five to six days to consider the interim constitution before the Parliament promulgated it. Nemwang also suggested that the current parliament could enact some of the requir [...] | 2006-12-14 05:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU3218 | POLITICAL LEADERS IN GORKHA: WE MUST FACE THE [...] (C) In a meeting on December 9 in Gorkha District (just west of Kathmandu),political leaders from the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told Emboff that the only way to create an atmosphere for free an [...] | 2006-12-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3238 | CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF COMMENTS ON ARMS MANAGEMENT, [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal told the Ambassador December 13 that he had emphasized to Prime Minister Koirala earlier that day that the Maoists had to be completely separated from their weapons before they were included in the interim parliament and the interim government. K [...] | 2006-12-18 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU3252 | AMBASSADOR HEARS ABOUT MADHESIS AND MAOISTS IN [...] (C) Political leaders, business representatives, student leaders and government officials in Janakpur, southeast of Kathmandu, near the Indian border, expressed concern to the Ambassador over the lack of Madhesi representation in the Government of Nepal (GON) and their disadvantaged economic s [...] | 2006-12-20 08:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PTER MARR PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU3253 | PRIME MINISTER TAKES FIRM STAND ON ARMS [...] (C) Prime Minister GP Koirala, who was recovering from a cold, stressed to the Ambassador December 20 that he would not permit the Maoists to enter the interim government until arms management was complete. He confirmed, however, that he had agreed to promulgate the interim constitution and st [...] | 2006-12-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR PREF CASC UN BT NP |
06KATHMANDU3256 | NEPAL'S INTERIM CONSTITUTION INITIALED [...] (SBU) On December 16, the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed the much-anticipated interim constitution. While the 77-page document places the fate of the monarchy in the hands of the constituent assembly, it strips the King of all powers vested in the head of state and transfers [...] | 2006-12-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN IN NP |
06KATHMANDU3264 | NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...] | 2006-12-22 02:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP |
06KATHMANDU3273 | NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...] | 2006-12-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN |
06KATHMANDU3275 | NEPAL NOT INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN...YET [...] (C) Top GON security officials indicated to S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer December 15-17, that although non-Maoist terrorist activity was currently minimal, Nepal's troubled law and order situation offered potential safe haven conditions to such groups. Despite progress in the peace [...] | 2006-12-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EFIN KTFN NP |
06KATHMANDU328 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...] | 2006-02-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU3283 | NEW COORDINATOR FOR CANTONMENT MANAGEMENT FACES [...] (C) On December 18 Sushil Rana, Coordinator of the newly formed Office of the Central Coordinator for Cantonment Management within the Home Ministry, told Emboffs that his office was working hard to get the People's Liberation Army (PLA) camps up and running. Rana's office is tasked with ma [...] | 2006-12-22 07:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER UN |
06KATHMANDU331 | MORE VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS ON "BLACK DAY" [...] (U) The one year anniversary of the royal takeover, termed "Black Day" by parties and journalists, saw continued Maoist violence and government arrests of politicos and journalists throughout the country. Political party leaders claimed that the King's address to the nation contained "nothing [...] | 2006-02-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU3322 | SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON NP |
06KATHMANDU3324 | NEPAL: PEACE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD IN FITS AND [...] (C) PM Koirala's foreign policy advisor told Charge December 28 that the Government of Nepal would not promulgate the interim constitution until UN arms management had begun in earnest. Chalise noted that Koirala had charged Maoist Supremo Prachanda with undermining the planned June 2007 Cons [...] | 2006-12-29 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR UN NP |
06KATHMANDU333 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There is considerable political instability in Nepal, which is in the midst of an ongoing Maoist insurgency. The current condition of the country has contributed to Nepal being used as a staging and transit area fo [...] | 2006-02-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU346 | RUN-UP TO ELECTION FILLED WITH MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Maoist violence, including bombings throughout the country and within the Kathmandu Valley, continued in the lead-up to the February 8 municipal election. Fear of Maoist violence kept many people indoors on the first two days of the Maoist's February 5-11 national general strike, and caus [...] | 2006-02-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU372 | NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE MOUNTING? [...] (C) At a February 6 luncheon hosted by Japanese Ambassador Hiraoka, visiting MFA Southwest Asia Division Director Shinsuke Simiju told the Ambassador that he wanted to coordinate closely with the U.S. regarding policy toward Nepal. The Ambassadors and Simiju agreed that the U.S. and Japan sha [...] | 2006-02-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF NP |
06KATHMANDU373 | MAOIST VIOLENCE AND ALL-NEPAL STRIKE CONTINUE ON [...] (U) This cable is an action request, see paragraph 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Maoist-called nationwide February 5-11 strike continues to envelop the country in a state of fear highlighted by the Maoist murder of a taxi driver near Kathmandu and continued Maoist violence and multipl [...] | 2006-02-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU379 | MAOIST LEADER PLAYS GOOD COP, SORT OF [...] (SBU) Playing off a series of bloody interviews by his deputy, which have been matched by a lot of violence, Maoist leader Prachanda gave an interview in the country's largest daily on February 7, saying, "we are open to holding unconditional discussions on all issues including constituent ass [...] | 2006-02-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU381 | MOSTLY QUIET ELECTION DAY [...] (U) On February 8, for the first time since 1997, Nepalis were able to vote in municipal elections, though few chose to do so, due either to fear of Maoist violence, lack of candidates contesting the election, or calls by major Parties to boycott the elections. Kathmandu was quiet as the gove [...] | 2006-02-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU390 | LOW ELECTION TURNOUT; GOVERNMENT, PARTIES AND [...] (C) The February 8 municipal elections saw an average 20 percent voter turnout across the country. The Government proclaimed the polls a success. However, the Maoists and political parties separately claimed victory for the low turnout, believing their actions (Maoists used a campaign of vio [...] | 2006-02-09 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU391 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) In a February 9 discussion with Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns about the lack of progress toward a comprehensive, durable solution for the Bhutanese refugees. The Ambassador noted that we expected Foreign Minister Pandey to send a letter to his Bhut [...] | 2006-02-09 12:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU404 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR SOFTLY PUSHING RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a February 10 discussion, Chinese Ambassador Sun agreed with the Ambassador about the need for the King to reconcile with the political parties. Sun informed the Ambassador that State Counselor Tang Jiaxuan's visit was postponed until mid-March because of Chinese domestic political mee [...] | 2006-02-10 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH NP |
06KATHMANDU427 | VIOLENCE CONTINUES ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) February 13 marked the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal. Following a major Maoist ambush on Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) troops attempting to remove a blockade across a key highway in Sunwal-Butwal in Nawalparasi District on February 10, in which 17 se [...] | 2006-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU428 | MAOISTS SET SOCKET BOMB IN CENTRAL KATHMANDU; NO [...] (SBU) At about 1500 on February 13, suspected Maoists threw a socket bomb into a rubbish bin at a park in central Kathmandu. No one was injured, but it snarled traffic throughout the middle of town. The police do not have anyone in custody. Comment ------- 2. (C) The bomb indicates th [...] | 2006-02-13 13:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU450 | MAOIST LEADER CALLS U.S. THE ENEMY [...] (C) The Maoists appear engaged in a big push to declare the U.S. the enemy and India the good guy. In his early February interview with the Hindu, Maoist Chairman Prachanda contrasted the roles of India and the U.S since the King's February 1, 2005 takeover. Although he urged India to abando [...] | 2006-02-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU468 | DEUBA RELEASED, COMPROMISE QUESTIONABLE [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with the Ambassador, newly-released former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, head of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) party, expressed his thanks to the USG for its support while he was in detention, and had a generally positive reaction to the Ambassador's [...] | 2006-02-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU47 | UML WORRIED ABOUT KING MORE THAN MAOISTS [...] (C) Arguing that the King forced the Maoists to end their cease-fire, UML leader MK Nepal suggested to the Ambassador on January 4 three scenarios in which the Parties would chastise the Maoists for violence. The Ambassador countered that there was no excuse for the resumption of violence. MK [...] | 2006-01-05 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU474 | RELEASES CONTINUE AMID VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) The government has released more than 900 student leaders, political activists and others arrested in the days leading up to the February 1 anniversary of the King's takeover and the February 8 municipal elections, although 800 remain in detention. Maoist violence throughout the country, [...] | 2006-02-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU482 | KING ATTEMPTS TO REACH OUT IN HIS DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (U) In his message to the nation on Nepal's Democracy Day, February 19, King Gyanendra apparently attempted to reach out to the political parties. He called "on all willing political parties to come forth to fully activate, at the earliest, the stalled democratic process in the greater intere [...] | 2006-02-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU583 | CRITICAL AMMUNITION SHORTAGE [...] (S) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Master General of Ordnance Major General Prakash Bahadur Basnyat told Emboff on February 28 that the RNA was running critically low on almost all types of ammunition. The RNA had 16,800 rounds of M-16 ammunition remaining in the depots for its 16,000 M-16s. In othe [...] | 2006-02-28 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU597 | FIGHTING IN WEST CONTINUES [...] (C) Since the January 31 Maoist attack on Tansen, headquarters of Palpa District (refs A and B),Embassy sources tell us up to 4,000 Maoists have remained in the area - Palpa, Rupandehi, Arghakhachi, and Nawalparasi Districts. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched a counter-offensive, including [...] | 2006-03-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU599 | POLITICAL LEADERS CONSIDERING RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In recent meetings with political party leaders ranging from pro-royalist to democratic center to parliamentary left, the Ambassador pushed the need for reconciliation should the King reach out to the Parties. Narayan Khadka of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D) indicated the Part [...] | 2006-03-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU624 | CHINA CONFIRMS NO LARGE-SCALE MILITARY SALES [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion, Chinese Ambassador Sun again stressed that China had decided not to proceed with large-scale lethal security assistance/sales to Nepal because India was "so sensitive" about it. Sun added that the utility of providing the lethal equipment was unclear, in light of [...] | 2006-03-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU633 | SEVEN PARTIES URGE MAOISTS TO CALL OFF STRIKE [...] (U) As Maoist violence throughout the country continued, including an attack on the Ilam District headquarters killing 37 people, the leaders of the seven-party alliance urged the Maoists to call off their indefinite general strike planned to begin April 3. At the same time, the Parties reaffi [...] | 2006-03-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU637 | GOVERNMENT OFFERED TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE LOAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. USD 250 Million Loan at 5 percent --------------------------------- 2. (C) In a March 7 meeting, Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti sought the advice of the Ambassador regarding a proposed foreign loan to His Majesty's Government of N [...] | 2006-03-08 06:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM EFIN UK NP |
06KATHMANDU658 | POLITICAL LEADERS SEEKING CLARITY WITH MAOISTS, [...] (C) On March 9, SCA PDAS Donald Camp met separately with leaders from the three largest political parties, G.P. Koirala - Nepali Congress (NC),Sher Bahadur Deuba - Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (UML) Acting General Secretary Amrit Kuma [...] | 2006-03-10 07:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU663 | FINANCE MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR FUNDING NEEDED [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting, Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti told the Ambassador that Nepal needed external funding to support additional security costs. (Note: For FY 2004-2005 Nepal's security budget was 17.2 percent of the total government budget.) Jyoti noted that security in the [...] | 2006-03-10 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS EFIN PTER PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU690 | MAOIST BLOCKADE DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE IN NEPAL [...] (U) Transport came to a standstill on March 14, crippling routine activity in many areas of the country on the first day of the Maoists' indefinite blockade of district headquarters. Although only about ten percent of normal traffic entered or exited the Valley, there was little impact on dai [...] | 2006-03-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU741 | MAOIST BLOCKADE CONTINUES, DISRUPTING KATHMANDU [...] (U) Fear of Maoist retribution continued to affect daily life around the country on March 15, the second day of the Maoist-called blockade of district headquarters and the capital. Due to limited supply, commodity prices soared in Kathmandu, and thousands of local commuters were inconvenienc [...] | 2006-03-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU751 | HUMAN RIGHTS: DRL VISITORS FIND MIXED REVIEWS [...] (C) In a February 26 - March 3 visit to Nepal, DRL officers Saba Ghori and Jennifer King met with local human rights groups, politicians, and government officials in Kathmandu and Pokhara to discuss human rights, democracy, and labor issues in Nepal. Human rights groups explained that followi [...] | 2006-03-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU752 | NEW IDP POLICY [...] (U) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a new policy for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on March 13. Home Minister Kamal Thapa, releasing the policy, explained that it was drafted in accordance with international humanitarian principles and designed to provide immediate h [...] | 2006-03-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU753 | NO MAOIST-PARTY AGREEMENT YET [...] (C) Late in the afternoon of March 17, the leaders of the seven-party alliance decided they needed more time to discuss the terms of an agreement modifying and clarifying the Maoist-Parties November 2005 12-point understanding (ref A) stemming from recent negations between Maoists and Party c [...] | 2006-03-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU762 | MAOISTS, PARTIES STICK TO UNDERSTANDING; BLOCKADE [...] (U) On March 19, as a result of negotiations between the Parties and the Maoists in New Delhi (ref A),leaders of the seven-party alliance and the Maoists signed separate documents reiterating their commitment to the 12-point understanding (ref B). Both sides stated they would continue dialog [...] | 2006-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PREL PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU766 | FIGHTING WITH MAOISTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Early in the morning on March 21, Maoists attacked police stations in three areas across the country. They attacked an area police office in Birtamod, Jhapa District (southeastern Nepal). According to Jhapa Chief District Officer Bhola Shivakota, the Maoists killed nine policemen and inj [...] | 2006-03-21 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU767 | HOME MINISTER OFFERS PARTIES LITTLE SPACE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting, the Charge urged Home Minister Thapa to release the ten remaining civil rights and political leaders in detention since January 19. The Charge also argued that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) should allow the political parties to conduct their planned peacef [...] | 2006-03-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU770 | MAOIST THROWS SOCKET BOMB OVER WALL OF NEPALI [...] (C) During the evening of March 21, a suspected Maoist riding a bicycle threw a socket bomb over the wall of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation office in Jawalakhel (Patan, south of Kathmandu, within the Kathmandu Valley). The bomb injured two people, one seriously. The police d [...] | 2006-03-22 06:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU776 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH URGES MAOISTS AND GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) Saman Zia-Zarif, Deputy Director Asia Division of Human Rights Watch (HRW),met with Emboffs on March 17 to outline the key human rights concerns related to the Maoist insurgency he encountered during his February 24-March 17 visit to Nepal. Major concerns included militarization of civil [...] | 2006-03-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU781 | DEUBA NOT OPTIMISTIC KING WILL REACH OUT [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting with the Charg, Former Prime Minister and current President of the Nepali Congress Democratic party Sher Bahadur Deuba was not optimistic that the King would reach out to the Parties. Deuba noted that the King was "very clever" in saying he wanted democracy, but in r [...] | 2006-03-23 09:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU80 | KING WORKING TO SPLIT ROYALIST PARTY [...] (C) Pashupati Shumsher Rana, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President, told the Ambassador that the King was "using the full resources of the state to break" the RPP, traditionally viewed as a pro-King party. Rana said that the King's goal was to use the RPP to field candidates in the Febru [...] | 2006-01-09 08:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU807 | GOVERNMENT JAILS UML LEADER [...] (U) On March 23, the government took Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary MK Nepal into police custody for "spreading false information" about the government. Nepal had been under house arrest of the previous two months. The government's actions foll [...] | 2006-03-24 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU814 | NORWAY CREATING "ARENA" TO GET PEOPLE TOGETHER [...] (C) On March 24, Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng briefed the Ambassador on a Norwegian effort to bring a group of about 40 influential Nepalis from a broad spectrum together to share "Norwegian Experiences in Conflict Resolution and Mediation." Toreng, explaining this was not a "Norwegian in [...] | 2006-03-27 10:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU819 | MAOIST BOMBS AND KIDNAPPING OF POLISH CITIZENS; [...] (C) A Central Committee Member of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) publicly urged the Maoists to declare a cease-fire to "open a door" for dialogue between the "three political powers." A Maoist bomb inside Kathmandu's Ring Road on March 25, another at a college campus in western Nepal on Ma [...] | 2006-03-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CASC ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU829 | NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER ADAMANT THAT SEVEN-PARTY [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, ailing Nepali Congress President G.P Koirala stressed to the Ambassador that the seven-party alliance was "not joining hands with the Maoists because the Maoists have guns." He explained that the political parties did not want to be associated with the Maoist-called [...] | 2006-03-28 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU830 | RNA HUMAN RIGHTS CELL WORKING [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting, Col. Dharma Baniya, head of the Human Rights Cell of the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),and Brig. Gen. B.A. Kumar Sharma, Judge Advocate General, told Emboffs that the RNA was working hard to improve its human rights record. Baniya gave a point by point reply to the U.S. [...] | 2006-03-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU831 | GOVERNMENT CONTEMPLATING APPOINTING A PRIME [...] (C) In separate March 27 meetings with the Ambassador, Vice Chairman Tulsi Giri and Home Minister Kamal Thapa each stated that the King was considering appointing a Prime Minister and relinquishing his Chairmanship of the Government. Giri mentioned that he was pushing former Prime Minister (a [...] | 2006-03-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
06KATHMANDU833 | PARTIES RESCHEDULE DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) According to Party contacts, the seven-party alliance canceled the mass demonstration set for April 8 in Kathmandu, and instead announced that the Parties would hold rallies in the districts April 6-9, in light of transportation difficulties associated with the general strike called during [...] | 2006-03-28 13:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU835 | DID MAOISTS ATTACK RADIO STATION BECAUSE OF U.S. [...] (C) Members of a visiting international media mission told Emboff that Maoists had told them a Maoist attack on a radio station in May 2005 was due to its American connection and that the Maoists had threatened future harm to any media with U.S. ties. Further investigation by the Embassy, ho [...] | 2006-03-29 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC KPAO EAID NP |
06KATHMANDU836 | DANISH AND NORWEGIAN AMBASSADORS INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Danish Ambassador Finn Thilsted and Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng separately met with the Ambassador to discuss a joint approach to Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey on internationalizing the Bhutanese refugee issue. They suggested that the three of them together go in to discuss Bhut [...] | 2006-03-29 08:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER IN NP |
06KATHMANDU838 | UPBEAT CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SEES POSSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) In a March 28 meeting, Chief of Army Staff General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador that he thought Nepal could successfully address the Maoist insurgency if enough military, diplomatic, political and economic pressure could be brought to bear on the Maoists. He cited a number of recen [...] | 2006-03-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MASS MOPS MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU866 | INDIA NOT INTERESTED IN CHINA-U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) On March 29, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee told the Ambassador that "pretty definitively, New Delhi is not interested" in the proposal that India, China and the U.S. Ambassadors co-host talks between the Palace and the political parties. On March 31, the Ambassador met with Chinese Amb [...] | 2006-03-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU883 | PARTIES STRESS APRIL 6-9 GENERAL STRIKE WILL BE [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on March 30, United Marxist Leninist Party (UML) Acting General Secretary Amrit K. Bohara and Nepali Congress (Democratic) Party (NC(D)) Acting President Gopal Man Shrestha both stressed that the upcoming April 6-9 general strike (bandh) called by t [...] | 2006-04-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU884 | FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES SHAKY LOAN [...] (C) On March 31, the Ambassador and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Advisor Sukhwinder Singh met with Minister of State for Finance Roop Jyoti to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to refrain from proceeding with a shaky loan deal (ref A). Jyoti stated that he "heard" ou [...] | 2006-04-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU891 | IFIS ARGUE FOR CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN NEPAL [...] (C) During an April meeting with the Ambassador, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Sukhwinder Singh, World Bank (WB) Country Director Ken Ohashi, and Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hafeez Rahman stressed that ongoing development work was important and mak [...] | 2006-04-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU895 | MAOIST CALL KATHMANDU VALLEY-ONLY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) On April 3, before the April 6-9 general strike and rallies planned by the seven-party alliance focused on the capital, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists announced a unilateral cease-fire for the Kathmandu Valley until further notice. Seven-party alliance leaders welcomed the "positiv [...] | 2006-04-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS NP |
06KATHMANDU896 | NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WORKING [...] (C) In a March 31 meeting, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Khatri and two other Commissioners thanked the Ambassador for USG support of the Commission, and detailed the NHRC's activities, especially its work to resolve old disappearance cases. While Nepalis had not reported a [...] | 2006-04-05 05:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU908 | GOVERNMENT PREEMPTIVELY ARRESTS PARTY LEADERS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) Citing fears that the Maoists would infiltrate the April 6-9 peaceful protest program of the seven-party alliance and turn it violent through targeted assassination, the government arrested over 100 po [...] | 2006-04-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU910 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 12-14 VISIT OF CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Kathmandu. Your visit here should help further our two principle objectives in Nepal: restoring multi-party democracy and dealing with the Maoist insurgency. The King's takeover of February 1, 2005 was a step back for both of these goals. Since th [...] | 2006-04-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU928 | PARTIES TERM DAY ONE OF GENERAL STRIKE "TOTAL [...] (U) On April 7, the second day of the Parties' announced April 6-9 nationwide general strike, demonstrations and arrests continued in parts of the Kathmandu Valley. Normal life in Kathmandu remained largely quiet, however, as virtually all shops remained closed and few private vehicles were s [...] | 2006-04-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU929 | FORMER PM THAPA STRESSES KING MUST BE MENTALLY [...] (C) On April 7, Surya Bahadur Thapa, former Prime Minister and current chairman of Rastriya Jyanashakti Party, told the Ambassador that he had recently met with Prabhakar Rana who convinced Thapa to have "not exactly hope, but some indicator" that the King was thinking of moving. Thapa recoun [...] | 2006-04-10 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU931 | DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST IN DEFIANCE OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On April 10, pro-democracy protesters took to the streets nationwide for the fifth day, in defiance of the third day of a government-called curfew, and despite security forces killing at least four protesters in the last two days. The seven-party alliance announced an indefinite continuat [...] | 2006-04-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU934 | GOVERNMENT LOSING CONTROL? [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 8. Summary ------- 2. (C) There is a growing sense in Nepal that time is running out for King Gyanendra and that the situation is slipping out of control. Since the seven-party alliance started their general strike on April 6, which they have [...] | 2006-04-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU944 | MAOIST LEADERS' STATEMENT: WE'RE IN CHARGE [...] (C) In their April 9 statement (unofficial translation in para. 5),Maoist leaders Prachanda and Dr. Baburam Bhattarai appear as if they are trying to make it clear that the Maoists, not the political parties, have the upper hand in directing the current anti-King, pro-republic movement. Stres [...] | 2006-04-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU946 | AMBASSADOR PRESSING NEPALI GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) On April 10, the Ambassador spoke separately with Vice-Chairmen Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to release political detainees, reach out to the political parties, and lift the curfew. Bista limited his response to agreeing that matters we [...] | 2006-04-11 12:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU948 | PROTESTS CONTINUE AS PARTIES ENJOY MOMENTUM [...] (C) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) announced a day-time curfew in Kathmandu for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to deal with growing civil unrest on the sixth day of the Party-organized pro-democracy movement. Protests continued across the country while political party leade [...] | 2006-04-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU958 | DAY-TIME CURFEW IN KATHMANDU LIFTED; CURFEW [...] (U) On April 12, day seven of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country again took to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Following April 8-11 day-time curfews, which protesters had increasingly disregarded, the governme [...] | 2006-04-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU959 | POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS HOPING KING WILL OFFER [...] (C) In separate meetings on April 12, the Ambassador urged Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Amrit Bohara and Central Committee Member Bharat Mohan Adhikari to respond positively if the King makes a good faith offer in his New Year's Message on Ap [...] | 2006-04-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU965 | MAOISTS BLOCK FOOD ACCESS TO BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) Maoist roadblocks on the highways in eastern Morang District, part of the Maoist "support of the seven-party alliance movement" (reftel),have prevented the World Food Program (WFP) from resupplying Bhutanese refugee camps with foodstuffs. Over 100,000 Bhutanese refugees in seven camps i [...] | 2006-04-13 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU969 | WAITING FOR KING'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) On the eighth day of the seven-party alliance nationwide general strike and demonstrations, Nepalis across the country continued to take to the street to participate in pro-democracy protests. Though there was no day-time curfew in Kathmandu on April 13, the government arrested over 200 p [...] | 2006-04-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC NP |
06KATHMANDU971 | KING'S NEW YEARS' MESSAGE DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) The King's much anticipated New Year's speech on April 14 contained no concrete initiatives, but called on "all political parties to join in a dialogue, which we have always advocated, to bear the responsibility of and contribute towards activating the multiparty democratic polity." Par [...] | 2006-04-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
06KATHMANDU991 | MAOISTS SHOOT AND INJURE ONE BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (C) The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (OHCHR) office reported to Emboff that Maoists shot and injured a Bhutanese refugee on April 16 outside the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa District during an Armed Police Force (APF) and Maoist gunfight. On April 15 several s [...] | 2006-04-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU992 | FUEL SHORTAGES AND INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES GROWING [...] (C) Fuel has become increasingly hard to find in Kathmandu and may reach a critical shortage within ten days due to the Maoist road closures (ref A). Ikshya Bikram Thapa, Manager of Nepal Oil Corporation's (NOC) fuel depot in Thankot (western Kathmandu Valley) explained to Emboff that no new [...] | 2006-04-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON AMGT NP |
06KATHMANDU993 | PARTIES TRYING TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON KING [...] (C) As pro-democracy demonstrations continued throughout the country and in Kathmandu on April 17, the twelfth day of the seven-party alliance general strike, media reported that the King had invited former Prime Ministers to the Palace to talk. Party leaders expected seven-party alliance memb [...] | 2006-04-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER NP |
06KHARTOUM1012 | SUDAN: MFA ON BIN LADEN STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 27, Charge raised reftel points on the recent bin Laden statement on Sudan with MFA Americas Director Osman Dirdieri. Charge stressed that, while we appreciated that the MFA had distanced itself from this statement, bin Laden's remarks were regrettably similar to those made earlie [...] | 2006-04-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU |
06KHARTOUM1116 | GOSS CONTACTS WITH THE LORD,S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) [...] (C) Summary: UNMIS, UNHCR, and Ugandan consulate officials, among others, have confirmed at least two meetings between GoSS Vice President Riek Machar and Vincent Otti of the LRA. In April, Machar reportedly offered to mediate peace talks with Kampala, an offer that Otti did not refuse. A fo [...] | 2006-05-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
06KHARTOUM1158 | VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE [...] (U) The following is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: CG met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar and Minster for Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changson on May 12 to discuss the security climate in Southern Sudan. Machar spoke at length on his [...] | 2006-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS PTER PEL SU |
06KHARTOUM1322 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: LATEST INFORMATION ON THE LORD,S [...] (SBU) Summary. Ugandan officials have confirmed that the GOU has accepted the concept of contact with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),but they were uncertain on the modalities. An initial meeting was postponed due to Vice President Machar,s travel to Khartoum but is expected to take place [...] | 2006-06-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UG SU CG |
06KHARTOUM1396 | LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...] | 2006-06-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1412 | Sudanese Bar Association Dean Calls for Release [...] On June 13, Fathi Khalil, Dean of the Sudanese Bar Association, renewed his call for the release of ASudanese national Sami al-Haj from Guantanamo, where he has apparently been held for over four years. In a symposium organized by the Al-Jazeera television channel office in Khartoum in coope [...] | 2006-06-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER US SU |
06KHARTOUM1477 | SOMALIA: TFG, UIC REACH AGREEMENT, PARTIES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Yusuf said the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts agreed on June 22 to cease hostilities, recognize each other, and meet again in Arab League-sponsored talks in Khartoum on July 15. He characterized the Union as a complex, multi-faceted orga [...] | 2006-06-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
06KHARTOUM1484 | SOUTH SUDAN VP MACHAR OUTLINES TALKS WITH LORD'S [...] (C) Summary: Fifteen Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators in Juba are still awaiting the arrival of a Ugandan delegation for peace talks, Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar told the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on June 23. The group -- which does not include any of t [...] | 2006-06-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1561 | SUDAN,S RESPONSE ON NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on July 3 to Magdy al-Mufaddal, Acting Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Magdy replied that he would forward the information to the MFA'S Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, as well as the national intell [...] | 2006-07-03 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR KAWC US SU |
06KHARTOUM1567 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1568 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1573 | SOMALIA: MFA READOUT ON SOMALI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Arab Affairs Mabrouk described the June 21-22 Somali talks in Khartoum as achieving a breakthrough, reflecting mutual interest in restoring a united Somalia. He described the tone as cordial and committed. Clarifying Sudan's role in the talks as facilitator and [...] | 2006-07-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO US AL SU |
06KHARTOUM1612 | UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...] | 2006-07-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1643 | UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE INCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar will return from Maridi on July 12, where he traveled to meet with Lord's Resistance Army leaders. Ugandan Consulate officials say that the Ugandan delegation is prepared to travel as soon as Machar returns and conf [...] | 2006-07-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1675 | UGANDA-LRA MEDIATION INITIATIVE OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir hosted the formal July 14 opening of the GoSS mediation initiative between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU). The head of the Ugandan delegation delivered brief, conciliatory remarks that [...] | 2006-07-16 11:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1775 | SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] | 2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1778 | SANT'EGIDIO ANALYSIS OF LRA/GOU TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE) assisting with the mediation of talks between the Lord's Resistance Army/Movement (LRA/LRM) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) have provided a detailed readout on where the talks now stand. After long discussions, the groups [...] | 2006-07-24 12:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1791 | SUDAN RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, post received on July 23 a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The text of the document is as follows: (Begin text) Sudan Preparedness to Receive the Sudanese Citizen Sami Mohy Eldin Muhammed Al hajj 1) The family of the Sudanese [...] | 2006-07-25 16:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM1940 | Demarche on UN Security Council's Resolution on Lebanon [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche to MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi al-Mufaddal on August 12, leaving talking points and a copy of the resolution text. 2. Al-Mufaddal was appreciative for the demarche information, but did not offer a substantive response. HUME [...] | 2006-08-14 18:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE |
06KHARTOUM2157 | KHARTOUM: PRO-NCP, PRO-IRANIAN JOURNALIST BEHEADED [...] (U) The body of "Al Wafaq" Editor-in-Chief Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed was found beheaded September 6 in the Kalakla area south of Khartoum, after he was abducted from his home in North Khartoum the previous night. Murders of this type are unknown in Sudan, and the shock was signaled by fro [...] | 2006-09-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM PINR KCRM KISL SU IR |
06KHARTOUM2191 | SUDAN: DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT AND LIST OF [...] (SBU) On September 11, Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarches (see reftels) to MFA Acting Deputy Director for the Americas Magdi Al Mofadal and presented him with non-papers outlining USG positions. Mofadal promised to pass the information to the delegates attending the NAM conference in [...] | 2006-09-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC UNGA SU CU IR |
06KHARTOUM2277 | IN SUDAN, EGYPT PREFERS THE DEVIL IT KNOWS [...] (C) In a September 16 meeting with Poloff, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout expressed his government's concern for Sudan's political stability in light of recent public unrest, the looming collision between the Sudanese government and the international community on Darfur, and the beheading of jour [...] | 2006-09-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SU EG US |
06KHARTOUM2288 | VP TAHA UNYIELDING ON UN TROOPS, ANNOUNCES DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 18 press conference, Vice President Ali Osman Taha maintained the Sudanese government's complete rejection of UN intervention in Darfur, denied allegations of escalating violence, and announced the establishment of a Darfur interim authority. He also critic [...] | 2006-09-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPAO KPKO UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2411 | SAUDI ARABIA EXTRADITES PROMINENT SLM LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) leader and ethnic Fur Abu Alghasim Ahmed was arrested in Saudi Arabia and returned to Sudan this past week. This comes shortly after his brother, Zakaria Ahmed Abu Alghasim, was arrested in connection with the recent beheading of Suda [...] | 2006-10-01 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KCRM SA SU |
06KHARTOUM2531 | SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH SALAH GHOSH: WILLINGNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, Sudanese intelligence chief Salah Ghosh said that the Sudanese government would never accept a UN force but was willing to work with the USG to find a solution to the Darfur crisis. He indicated that such discussions could include e [...] | 2006-10-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER SU UN |
06KHARTOUM2617 | SUDAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy Khartoum responds as follows: A. Contact Information for TFCO: Eric P. Whitaker, Pol/Econ Chief, landline phone number 249-183-774-700, cell phone number 249-912159576, unclassified e-mail address whitakerep(at sign)state.gov, classified e-mail a [...] | 2006-11-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KFTN KVPR PREL PTER SU |
06KHARTOUM264 | ANTI-DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL PROTEST SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) On February 2, an angry crowd of approximately 100 students surrounded the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and Agencies Coordinating Together (ACT)/CARITAS (which houses Norwegian NGOs) compounds in Nyala, South Darfur, and stoned several vehicles at 10:00 in the morning. The NGO staff were [...] | 2006-02-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SOCI PTER DA NO US SU |
06KHARTOUM2642 | U.S. INTERCEPTS SUDANESE FERRY [...] (SBU) The Sudanese Arabic daily "Al Shari Al Syasi" reported on November 3 that U.S. naval forces had boarded a Sudanese ship in the Red Sea. Post has confirmed the interception, which has been reported through other channels. The newspaper has ties to the National Islamic Front (NIF),thoug [...] | 2006-11-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO EWWT MOPS PHSA PTER ASEC |
06KHARTOUM2648 | INTERIOR MINISTER IMPLIES U.S. LINK TO [...] (C) In widely-reported remarks to the Arabic-language press, Minister of the Interior Al Zubair Bashir Taha alleged on November 8 that a Sudanese employee of a "Western Embassy" was involved in the September beheading of "Al Wafaq" Editor-in-Chief Mohammed Taha (reftel). Though Embassy Senior [...] | 2006-11-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KPAO KCRM PTER SU US |
06KHARTOUM2687 | CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR [...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...] | 2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN |
06KHARTOUM2785 | KHARTOUM: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) At present, the Sudanese Government does not have an effective computerized database to track entries and exits of suspected terrorists/watchlisted individuals; however, the U.S. government is working with the Sudanese Government to deploy the PISCES system, which should hopefully be operab [...] | 2006-12-03 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER SU |
06KHARTOUM2814 | SUDAN: BRIEF BIODATA ON KHALIL IBRAHIM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Khartoum offers the following information. 2. (SBU) Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, Chairman, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Co-Founder of the National Redemption Front (NRF) -- Leader of a Peoples Defense Forces unit that took part in its operati [...] | 2006-12-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PTER PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM2818 | Sudan: Letter to Sec. Rice from FM Lam Akol on Guantanamo [...] (SBU) On December 6, Embassy Khartoum received a letter dated December 4 from Foreign Minister Lam Akol regarding the status of Guantanamo detainee Sami Mohy El din Mohammed Al Hajj, an Al-Jazeera cameraman. 2. (SBU) the text of the letter is as follows: (Begin text) I am writing to yo [...] | 2006-12-07 20:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER US SU |
06KHARTOUM2838 | PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER HANIYA VISITS SUDAN [...] (U) Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniya briefed Sudan's President and current Arab League Chairman Omar al Bashir on the Authority's current financial situation on December 12, as part of a tour to key supporters in the region. Haniya told reporters afterwards in Khartoum that [...] | 2006-12-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SU GZ WE |
06KHARTOUM2866 | SUDAN: 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). The Sudanese government has been a strong ally in the war on terrorism, aggressively pursuing terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Sudanese officials have indicat [...] | 2006-12-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR |
06KHARTOUM2903 | SUDAN: TERRORIST LISTS [...] (C) In response to reftel tasker, post notes that Sudan does maintain lists of terrorist groups. These lists are not published, and are not accessible by other than through direct, personal contact with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officials. In addition to terrorist gro [...] | 2006-12-26 12:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC EFIN PREL KVPR KTFN SU |
06KHARTOUM2920 | SUDAN: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] (C) On December 27, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered subject demarche regarding Guantanamo detainees to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi. 2. (C) Al-Sanosi understood the issue, and promised to relay the information to those responsible in the Government of Natio [...] | 2006-12-28 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KAWC SU |
06KHARTOUM509 | SUDAN DENOUNCES SAMARRA BOMBING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-27 15:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KDEM KISL SU IZ |
06KHARTOUM583 | SUDAN: NOTIFICATION OF 2ND ROUND GTMO ARB [...] (SBU) This is an action request ) see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Americas desk officer Magdi el-Mofadi on March 1 to discuss the case of Yakub Mohammed per reftel. Poloff asked that the Sudanese Government, within 30 days, confirm the nationality of Yakub Mohammed, notify any kno [...] | 2006-03-07 08:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU |
06KHARTOUM713 | SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...] | 2006-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN |
06KHARTOUM959 | UPDATE ON SUDANESE DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO AND [...] (C) On April 19, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim met at his request with Pol/Econ Chief at the MFA to provide undated documents about Ref A demarche on Guantanamo detainees. 2. (C) The first document provides information about an Administrative Review Board f [...] | 2006-04-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC US SU |
06KHARTOUM989 | SOUTHERN SUDAN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH LRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials have confirmed newspapers reports that they have opened discussions with the Lord,s Resistance Army, which continues to terrorize the people of Southern Sudan. According to Minister for Culture, Youth, and Sports John Luk Jok, Riek Ma [...] | 2006-04-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER UG SU |
06KIEV1561 | UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S UN SECURITY [...] (C) We discussed Venezuela's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council with Andriy Beshta from the MFA United Nations directorate April 18, reiterating ref C demarche points and drawing on information from ref A. Beshta said that his office had used our previous demarche to formulate a propos [...] | 2006-04-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC VE GT UP |
06KIEV593 | UKRAINE: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS CTAG, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin told a G-8(ish: see para 2) Counter-Terrorism Action Group gathering February 13 that he assessed the terrorist threat in Ukraine as low, but the Russian government had some concern over the presence of Chechen separatists on the Crimean pen [...] | 2006-02-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL |
06KIEV743 | UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS [...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...] | 2006-02-23 17:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ |
06KIGALI1026 | LEBANON DEMARCHE AND WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACTS [...] On 25 October poloff delivered women's empowerment fact sheet (ref A) and demarche and talking points (ref B) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amercia Division Officer Augustin Rutikara. Rutikara had no comment on the fact sheet or talking points but agreed that the GOR and Israel have a posit [...] | 2006-10-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA KWMN IS LE RW |
06KIGALI1035 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) [...] TFCO -- Richard M. Kaminski, Chief, Political and Economic Section, Tel Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3; E-Mail Address: KaminskiRM@state.gov 2. Deputy TFCO -- Daniel M. Stoian, Economic Officer Tel. Nr.: (250) 505-601/2/3 [...] | 2006-11-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER RW |
06KIGALI1175 | RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat terrorism financing and continued to increase its border control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda has an intergovernmental counterterr [...] | 2006-12-07 15:26:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW |
06KIGALI579 | TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION [...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...] | 2006-06-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW |
06KINGSTON1007 | CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...] | 2006-05-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON1118 | GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...] | 2006-06-07 19:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM |
06KINGSTON1269 | STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP [...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...] | 2006-06-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
06KINGSTON1589 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE LEBANON [...] (U) Political Officer delivered demarche regarding UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon to Minister of Foreign Affairs Anthony Hylton, Minister of State Delano Franklyn, and Deputy Director of International Organisations Angella Brown. 2. (U) On August 14, DCM Heg telephoned Minister o [...] | 2006-08-14 20:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE JM |
06KINGSTON1769 | JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU JA |
06KINGSTON1826 | JAMAICA: POINTS DELIVERED OUTLINING KEY ELEMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 17:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER KPAO JA |
06KINGSTON2145 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 14:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JM |
06KINGSTON2150 | JAMAICA: OPPOSITION PARTY'S ORIENTATION ON KEY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 20:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PTER SOCI CPAS |
06KINGSTON2200 | JAMAICA: TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) This message responds to questions raised in reftel. Answers are keyed to the format given. A) Primary Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Lloyd Moss Political/Economic Counselor Telephone: (876) 935-6083 Fax: (876) 935-6029 E-mail: mosslw@state.gov B) Deputy TFCO: Joh [...] | 2006-11-08 19:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER JM |
06KINGSTON2379 | JAMAICA: TERRORIST LIST [...] In private conversation with EmbOff on Dec. 7, Major David Anderson of the Ministry of National Security indicated the following: (A) The Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Immigration Department and the Special Branch of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) both maintain informal watch lists, [...] | 2006-12-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ASEC JM |
06KINGSTON2396 | JAMAICA: INPUT FOR 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para. nine: General Assessment ------------------ No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Jamaica in 2006. Safe Haven Assessment --------------------- Jamaica is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organiz [...] | 2006-12-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JM XL |
06KINGSTON418 | CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007: URGENCY REQUIRED, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Seeking to assess the state of Jamaica's preparations to host the opening ceremony and some competitive matches for the 2007 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup, Ambassador and Econoff met seperately with three top organizing officials: Chris Dehring, Managing Direct [...] | 2006-02-28 20:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER JM |
06KINGSTON513 | DEMARCHE ON OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 10, P/ECouns and PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points (without leaving points behind) to Joy Wheeler, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, and A'Dale Robinson, Americas Desk Officer, a [...] | 2006-03-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER OAS JA |
06KINGSTON558 | DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 20:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM |
06KINSHASA1682 | UNGA LEBANON RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa delivered non-paper and talking points regarding proposed UNGA resolution on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon. 2. (SBU) Minister Plenipotentiary Alice Bamba Kipembe, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the DRC Ministry of Foreig [...] | 2006-10-31 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER CG |
06KINSHASA1700 | FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (U) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanctions against the group as "unjust, useless, unjustified and counterproductive." It claimed the group has never been involved in arms trafficking or in undermi [...] | 2006-11-03 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW |
06KINSHASA182 | COAST GUARD GIVES DRC PORTS TEMPORARY THUMBS UP [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended its prior determination that the DRC's maritime anti-terrorism measures are inadequate (reftel). The USCG announced in a January 24 Port Security Advisory (PSA) that ships that have visited the DRC during their last five ports of call no longer fac [...] | 2006-02-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
06KINSHASA369 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNATION OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered March 3 reftel demarche and statements to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli. Djoli said the GDRC deplored the attack on the Al-Askariya shrine as well as any acts of violence in Iraq. He added that the USG must find a solution to the violence or ri [...] | 2006-03-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CG |
06KINSHASA720 | DRC LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH POC [...] (U) Econcouns delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Scientific Research Gerard Kamanda wa Kamanda on May 5. With Minister Kamanda was his counselor for science and technology, Professor Fortunat Lumu of the University of Kinshasa. Kamanda is the GDRC POC until mid-2006 elections for [...] | 2006-05-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER EAGR CG |
06KINSHASA796 | CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK? [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...] | 2006-05-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
06KIRKUK104 | KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...] | 2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK105 | PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...] | 2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK122 | KIRKUK SUNNI ARABS ON KIDNAPPINGS AND ARTICLE 140 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 22, Iraqi Republican Gathering's Kirkuk office head detailed a series of kidnappings between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk. He used the incidents as an example of how organized the Sunni Arab population would be against the annexation of Kirkuk. He warned that Isl [...] | 2006-06-29 16:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK130 | KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...] | 2006-07-20 13:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU |
06KIRKUK133 | (SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] | 2006-07-25 11:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK134 | (C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 12:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK135 | (C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...] | 2006-07-31 10:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK136 | (C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...] | 2006-08-02 17:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK139 | KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...] | 2006-08-15 11:31:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK140 | KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...] | 2006-08-15 11:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK143 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...] | 2006-08-22 07:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK145 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 07:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK146 | (C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...] | 2006-08-22 08:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK147 | (C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...] | 2006-08-22 09:00:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM |
06KIRKUK148 | (C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...] | 2006-08-22 09:09:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
06KIRKUK173 | KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...] | 2006-11-29 14:13:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ |
06KIRKUK18 | (SBU) SALAH AD DIN GOVERNOR WINS KRG LARGESSE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah Ad Din, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, is making inroads with Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani. Governor Hamad met with Barzani in January; he came away with a commitment for the KRG to fund medical s [...] | 2006-01-29 19:15:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU JO SA |
06KIRKUK20 | (U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...] | 2006-01-31 06:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ |
06KIRKUK30 | 02/07/06 EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A),PRT Leader (A),RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...] | 2006-02-07 19:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | ASEC PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK41 | OUTGOING TNA MEMBER ON IRAQ'S FUTURE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Tikrit SET Officer and 101 AASLT Deputy G-9 met with outgoing Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member, Hatem Mukhls, on 9 February. Mukhls said few candidates in the December elections understood voters. He sees ri [...] | 2006-02-22 09:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK44 | (S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...] | 2006-02-24 10:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK45 | (C) SAMARRA UPDATE, 1900 2-23-06 [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Mostly peaceful protests occurred in Samarra on the first day after the Golden Mosque was bombed. The entire province was calm. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) At approximately 9:20 AM, the Iraqi Police (IP) guarding the ruins of the Golden Mosque o [...] | 2006-02-24 10:26:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ |
06KIRKUK59 | SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...] | 2006-03-10 14:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK64 | (S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...] | 2006-03-17 14:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK65 | KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...] | 2006-03-18 19:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK81 | SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...] | 2006-04-10 05:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK93 | BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...] | 2006-04-16 08:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK97 | IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...] | 2006-04-22 17:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
06KUALALUMPUR1092 | SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...] | 2006-06-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1096 | PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...] | 2006-06-15 02:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1227 | SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...] | 2006-07-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1259 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...] | 2006-07-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1524 | MALAYSIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on UNSC resolution 1701 on August 12 to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Muhammad Shahrul Ikram. We highlighted in particular the resolution's call for an immediate cessation of hostilities, its reference to Lebanon's Seven [...] | 2006-08-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE |
06KUALALUMPUR1525 | MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...] | 2006-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1812 | MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...] | 2006-09-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1834 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...] | 2006-09-30 00:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1862 | Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) Initial Team [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. team held initial consultations on September 21 with nine Malaysian government maritime security agencies as a first step in the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) in Malaysia. The GOM representatives provided broad overviews of their activities, including in t [...] | 2006-10-04 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MARR MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1874 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Malaysia hosted the second International Maritime Organization (IMO)-sponsored meeting on "The Straits of Malacca and Singapore: Enhancing Safety, Security and Environmental Protection," held September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Delegations from the three littoral States (Indonesia, Malays [...] | 2006-10-06 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1898 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION KUALA LUMPUR MEETING ON [...] Summary: This cable conveys the full texts of four U.S. statements presented during the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Meeting on the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, September 18-20, 2006, in Kuala Lumpur. Reftel contains a summary report on the conference and the text of the fo [...] | 2006-10-12 06:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MARR MASS EWWT IMO MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1977 | MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...] | 2006-10-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1996 | MALAYSIA RELEASES SIX MORE ISA DETAINEES LINKED TO [...] (SBU) Following the unexpected October 18 release of 11 prisoners from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention (reftel),late on October 19 Malaysia freed an additional six detainees who had been held for suspected links to terrorism. The six men are all Malaysian citizens originally arrested [...] | 2006-10-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2041 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...] | 2006-11-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2089 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...] | 2006-11-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2108 | MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...] | 2006-11-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2111 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2119 | PM A/S HILLEN URGES GREATER SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) PM Assistant Secretary Dr. John Hillen encouraged greater bilateral and regional security during November 8 meetings with senior Malaysian officials in the Foreign Affairs and Defense ministries. He acknowledged Malaysia's strong support for UNSCR 1718 and discussed non-proliferation conc [...] | 2006-11-16 02:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PGOV MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2120 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) FOR [...] (SBU) David Shear, Deputy Chief of Mission, is Embassy Kuala Lumpur's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TCFO). In this capacity, he takes the lead on action against terrorist financing, which is coordinated through monthly law enforcement/Visas Viper committee meetings. Elaine Jones, [...] | 2006-11-16 04:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2159 | MALAYSIA MFA ON MILF TALKS, THAI UNREST [...] (C) A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official charged with Southeast Asia told us November 21 that the next round of GRP-MILF talks would take place in December with Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak remaining the facilitator. The GRP reportedly had readied a partial compromise on territorial [...] | 2006-11-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP TH MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2198 | NSD CHIEF DETAILS SECURITY DUTIES, THAI VISIT, [...] (C) The head of Malaysia's National Security Division (NSD),Ahmad Fuad, discussed NSD's broad duties, including its disaster management role, and inquired about U.S. technical assistance during a November 29 meeting with the DCM. Fuad said that Thai General Sonthi had used his visit to Kual [...] | 2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID SENV RP TH MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2235 | DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF [...] (S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest informal talks between the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In meetings held in Kuala Lumpur the week of November 27, GRP clari [...] | 2006-12-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2263 | ACTION REQUEST: TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Econoff met with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM -- Malaysia's central bank) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Director Jeremy Lee and Deputy Director Yusof Sulong to deliver reftel demarche and provide a copy of the names and backg [...] | 2006-12-12 02:56:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC MY PREL PTER XR KTFN UN |
06KUALALUMPUR2323 | MALAYSIA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 08:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2369 | MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN ARF WORKSHOP ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC |
06KUALALUMPUR332 | MINISTER SHAFIE ON EAST SABAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Domestic Trade Shafie Apdal and Ambassador LaFleur discussed IPR enforcement, planned new regulations on distributive trade, and the security situation in eastern Sabah state. Economic issues will be reported septel. Shafie said he receives special intelligence repo [...] | 2006-02-28 00:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MY |
06KUALALUMPUR705 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...] | 2006-04-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY |
06KUALALUMPUR832 | SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...] | 2006-05-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY |
06KUALALUMPUR833 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] (C) Econoff delivered talking points and background paper (see Ref A) on April 27, 2006, to Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar, Manager of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Bank Negara Malaysia and Zahid Rastam, Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Politics in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Econ [...] | 2006-05-09 00:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC MY |
06KUWAIT1010 | ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...] | 2006-03-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU |
06KUWAIT1011 | ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...] | 2006-03-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU |
06KUWAIT1057 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY DESCRIBES VISIT OF HAMAS LEADER [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah provided the Ambassador with a brief read-out of the March 24-26 visit to Kuwait of the Hamas delegation led by Khalid Mishaal. Al-Jarallah reported that nothing really important came out of the meetings with the Amir, Prime M [...] | 2006-03-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS KU |
06KUWAIT1060 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT1062 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KU |
06KUWAIT1421 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: MORE [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador chaired on April 22 the regular meeting of Post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). In addition to the Ambassador and DCM, the CWG includes section chiefs or representatives from CONS, ECON, DATT, RSO, OMC-K, PAS, POL, and SIMO. 2. (S/REL UK AUS) The meeting [...] | 2006-04-25 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT1449 | KUWAIT TO HAMAS' AL-ZAHAR: CHANGE YOUR WAYS OR [...] (C) During an April 26 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah informed the Ambassador that the GOK delivered a clear message on the need to cooperate with the international community to Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmod Zahar during his April [...] | 2006-04-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IS |
06KUWAIT1450 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THIRD MEETING OF MENA/FATF, [...] (C) On April 19, Econoff delivered ref A talking points to Naser Al-Ammar, Director of the Ministry of Social Affair and Labor's Charity Oversight office (GOK lead). 2. (C) Al-Ammar, who is one of the principal authors of the MENA/FATF charities paper (ref B),was unable to attend the Cair [...] | 2006-04-26 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT1519 | DEFENSE AND INTERIOR MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: In a May 1 meeting with Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense and Interior Minister, the Ambassador raised shutting down jailed terrorists communications and U.S. interest in proceeding quickly on two military construction projects. Durin [...] | 2006-05-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KTFN KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
06KUWAIT1559 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE JI-4 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT1594 | APPEAL OF PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT: JUDGE REFERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the remaining 36 Peninsula Lions defendants took a new turn on May 3 when the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals referred the original 37 cases to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the constitutionality of the charges relating to collaboration to commit [...] | 2006-05-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT1614 | PSI ENDORSEMENT AND EXERCISES: POLISH EMBASSY AND [...] (C) Polish Ambassador to Kuwait Kazimierz Romanski called on the Ambassador on May 7 to seek U.S. support for a joint demarche to the Government of Kuwait encouraging endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and participation in a June 23 High Level Meeting in Warsaw. Roman [...] | 2006-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT1624 | GCC CONSULTATIVE SUMMIT: KUWAIT PROPOSES [...] (U) Summary: Arabic Daily Al-Qabas printed in its May 8 edition the text of a paper reportedly presented by the GOK to GCC member states during the May 6 Consultative Summit in Riyadh. The paper outlines a two-part strategy to address issues facing the Gulf states, including Iran, Iraq, the [...] | 2006-05-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KU PTER |
06KUWAIT1675 | REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...] | 2006-05-11 03:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA |
06KUWAIT1687 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: During separate April 29 meetings with senior GOK officials, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey praised the USG's strong alliance with Kuwait; called for a law criminalizing terrorist financing to bolster the GOK's steadfast CT support and address existing legal gaps; encourag [...] | 2006-05-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT1759 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: During April 29 meetings with GOK officials on terrorism financing (septel),Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey previewed a U.S. strategy aimed at increasing financial pressure on Iran by cutting off its access to financial institutions in Europe, Japan, and the UAE. The Fina [...] | 2006-05-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN IR KU |
06KUWAIT1769 | GOK REAFFIRMS THAT GITMO DETAINEES WILL BE TRIED; [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (C) On May 13, Polchief delivered ref A information on Guantanamo detainee Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Awda (US9KU-000232DP) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Coordination and Follow-Up Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis. Al-Ma [...] | 2006-05-16 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
06KUWAIT1831 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES; [...] (SBU) On May 21, Court of First Instance Judge Hamoud Al-Mutaawa announced that the five Kuwaitis formerly detained at Guantanamo had been acquitted of all charges against them. (Following their return to Kuwait, the GOK brought various charges, including membership in an illegal organization [...] | 2006-05-21 17:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2020 | MFA OFFICIAL REQUESTS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) On May 29 PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, ref A information on two Kuwaiti detainees currently being held in Iraq: Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bathali and Ali Awad Faraj Al-Harbi. Al-Maqamis re [...] | 2006-05-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM KAWC PINR KU IQ |
06KUWAIT2023 | DEFENSE MINISTER DESCRIBES GCC DISCUSSION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 17:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT2065 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON PENDING TERROR FINANCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador, the Central Bank Governor pointed to GOK interagency progress in finalizing a draft TF law; cited inflation and rising import costs as factors prompting a revaluation of the Kuwaiti Dinar against the USD; and voiced a readiness to [...] | 2006-06-03 17:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT2118 | GOK INVESTIGATION OF REVIVAL OF THE ISLAMIC [...] Summary: During separate meetings with Econoff on June 5 and 6, senior GOK officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs and Labor pointed to ongoing GOK efforts to investigate the activities of the Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS); promised an official GOK [...] | 2006-06-06 20:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT2194 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2220 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI, MAN OR MYTH? [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-11 17:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR PTER PREL IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2238 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND THE LESSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 16:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2295 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND THE GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2302 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2323 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AFTER ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-17 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2332 | US-MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU KTFN TERROR FINANCE |
06KUWAIT2334 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT235 | KUWAITI DETAINEES IN GITMO AND IRAQ: ARB DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 4, 5, and 6. 2. (C) Summary: PolChief delivered January 24 to MFA Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis ref A demarche on the Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures for Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Rajab Amin. Al-Maqamis welcomed the infor [...] | 2006-01-24 15:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT2391 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV IR KU |
06KUWAIT2396 | KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER KCRM KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2416 | TERRORISM FINANCE - UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Reftel requests post's assessment of likely GOK reaction to UN 1267 Committee listing of Jaber Al-Jalahmah, Mubarak Al-Bathali, and Hamed Abdullah Al-Ali. Our assessment is that at this time, elements within the GOK are hesitant when it comes to public designations, but senior GOK of [...] | 2006-06-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN TERROR FINANCE |
06KUWAIT251 | MEETING WITH RIHS CHAIRMAN: DEFENSIVE IN FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Emboffs (Poloff, Econoff, PolMiloff) conducted a meeting with Tareq Al-Essa, chairman of the influential Kuwaiti-based Islamic charity, Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS)--"Jamiat Ahiya Al-Turath Al-Islami." During the meeting, Al-Essa was charming but [...] | 2006-01-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT2558 | SECRETARY'S LETTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The Charge delivered June 27 ref A letter from the Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary SIPDIS Khaled Al-Jarallah on the five Kuwaiti nationals detained at Guantanamo. (Senior MFA officials returned to work June 26 after accompanying the Amir on a 10-day trip to Asi [...] | 2006-06-27 10:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KAWC OPDC KU |
06KUWAIT2567 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (S/NF) The Charge advised Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on June 27 of the U.S. intent to submit to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee the names of three Kuwaiti nationals for listing as terrorism financiers: Jaber Al-Jalahmah, Mubarak Al-Bathali, and Dr. Hamad Ab [...] | 2006-06-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KFTN KU TERROR FINANCE |
06KUWAIT260 | FAILAKA ATTACK SENTENCES INCREASED ON APPEAL: [...] (U) On January 24 Kuwait's Court of Appeals overturned most of the original sentences of the twelve defendants charged in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island shooting which resulted in the death of USMC Lance Cpl. Antonio Sledd and the injury of USMC Lance Cpl. George Simpson. The court sente [...] | 2006-01-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PGOV PINR KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT2694 | APPEALS COURT ACQUITS FOUR KUWAITI YOUTH WHO [...] (U) On June 26, Judge Saleh Al-Muraishid of Kuwait's Appeals Court acquitted four men -- Fahed Al-Mutairi, Dhari Al-Zahamil, Abdullah Al-Shimmari, and Zayed Al-Enezi -- of charges of entering Iraq to fight U.S.-led coalition forces. The four were extradited from Syria in 2004 and convicted an [...] | 2006-07-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS |
06KUWAIT3009 | COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS ACQUITTALS OF FIVE [...] (C/NF) Kuwait's Court of Appeals upheld the acquittal of five Guantanamo detainees on terror-related charges, including membership in Al-Qaeda. Four of the five were released shortly after their May 21 acquittal in the Court of First Instance while the fifth, Adil Zamil Abdulmohsen Al Zamil [...] | 2006-07-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT3053 | PROSECUTORS REQUEST SUPREME COURT HEARING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 10:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT3071 | KUWAIT'S CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 10, 19, and 23, EconOff met with lead security officials from Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),Kuwait Oil Company (KOC),and Oil Sector Services Company (OSSC). EconOff conveyed the USG desire to help Kuwait to secure its critical energy infrastructure and req [...] | 2006-08-01 10:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KCIP KU PTER EPET |
06KUWAIT3078 | BIDOON ACTIVIST MP: BIDOON (STATELESS ARABS) ARE [...] (C/NF) After the recent announcement of the formation of a Bidoon Affairs Committee in the National Assembly, Poloff met with Committee Rapporteur Khodair Al-Enezi on July 29 to hear his views the Bidoon issue. (Note: The Bidoon -- which means "without" in Arabic -- are Arab residents whose [...] | 2006-08-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER KU |
06KUWAIT3079 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SENDS PENINSULA LIONS CASE [...] (C/NF) On July 26, Kuwait's Constitutional Court ruled that Article 56 of the Penal Code, dealing with collaboration to commit a crime, was in fact constitutional and immediately returned the Peninsula Lions case back to the Court of Appeals. The Constitutional Court's rapid decision to uphol [...] | 2006-08-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT3162 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN KU DEMARCHE |
06KUWAIT3167 | KUWAIT ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY VISITS U.S. TO [...] (C/NF) PolOff met Saad Al-Hajji, Director of the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) as well as the Barirah program to raise awareness about domestic labor (ref B),on August 6 to discuss FALCon, Post's anti-TIP ESF project (ref E). Al-Hajji ment [...] | 2006-08-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PTER KU |
06KUWAIT317 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON YEMENI VIOLATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT3273 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW 1267 LISTINGS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-13 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER KU |
06KUWAIT3293 | GOK INFORMED OF ARB DETERMINATION; FM DISAPPOINTED [...] (C/NF) During an August 14 meeting, the Ambassador informed Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of the recent Administrative Review Board (ARB) determination that detainee Fouzi Al-Awda continues to pose a threat to the interests o [...] | 2006-08-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KAWC KU |
06KUWAIT3322 | NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR MINISTER LISTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid told the Ambassador August 15 that he intended to improve Kuwait's international image through better oversight of charities and strengthening the legal protections for Kuwait's expatriate worker population. He [...] | 2006-08-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM SOCI PGOV PTER KU TIP KTFN |
06KUWAIT3371 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABDELRAZIK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-20 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN KU DEMARCHE |
06KUWAIT3387 | KUWAITI COMMENTATORS CONDEMN "ISLAMIC FASCIST" [...] (U) A number of Kuwaiti media figures broadly criticized President Bush's use of the phrase "Islamic fascists." They contended that the characterization was aimed at all Muslims rather than a small segment of the population. A few examples from the Kuwaiti op-ed pages: - "I was not surpris [...] | 2006-08-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KU |
06KUWAIT3484 | GOK ASKS AGAIN FOR DETAILS ON KUWAITI DETAINEES IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) In a 23 August meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-up Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis expressed GOK frustration at the perceived continued lack of full disclosure by the USG re [...] | 2006-08-29 06:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KU IQ |
06KUWAIT3597 | ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (S/NF) Note: Per ref A, this assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Kuwait is keyed to four principal areas: background information, legal regime, implementation and communication. For additional reporting, please visit Embassy Kuwait's classified website. End note. [...] | 2006-09-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | BA EG JO KU EFIN PGOV PREL PTER KTFN |
06KUWAIT3639 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER IR KU |
06KUWAIT3690 | TERROR FINANCE: LATEST RIHS NONPAPER DELIVERED [...] (S/NF) Econoffs delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, Director of MFA's Department of Coordination and Follow-up on September 12. EconCouns noted that the non-paper contained updated information on the activities of Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) offices in B [...] | 2006-09-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | KU KTFN PTER PREL |
06KUWAIT3691 | TERRORISM FINANCE: HIZBALLAH BANKS - USG [...] On September 12, Econoffs delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, Director of MFA's Department of Coordination and Follow-up. Al-Maqamis asked about the extent of Bayt Al-Mal operations in the U.S. but had no substantive comments. Econoffs left a copy of the non-paper. [...] | 2006-09-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER |
06KUWAIT3693 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
06KUWAIT3721 | HIGH VALUE DETAINEES WITH KUWAIT TIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KU |
06KUWAIT3920 | AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE, TERROR FINANCING, AND [...] (C) During a September 30 meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem, the Ambassador raised the following issues: -- Amir's Visit to Washington: Al-Ebraheem told the Ambassador the Amir was very pleased with his early September visit to Washington and with his warm wel [...] | 2006-10-01 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN |
06KUWAIT3965 | JUSTICE MINISTER STRESSES INDEPENDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, who currently serves as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, on September 27 to inquire about his plans for the Ministry of Justice. The Minister, who took over the Justice portfolio in February, said that [...] | 2006-10-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIPR KTFN EFIN PTER KU |
06KUWAIT398 | MFA GCC OFFICE DIRECTOR PREDICTS MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) During a February 5 meeting, the Ambassador and Abdullah Al-Ghanim, Director of the GCC Office at the Ministry of Affairs, discussed GCC involvement with Iran, counterterrorism, regional defense, and other issues affecting the Gulf states. Al-Ghanim said that Saudi King Abdullah has an " [...] | 2006-02-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ZP |
06KUWAIT3995 | TERROR FINANCE: INCREASING PRESSURE TO EASE GOK [...] (S/NF) Summary: On October 3, Econoff met with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Organizations Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) to discuss a perceived shift in his statements on MOSAL's charity oversight responsibilities. Al-Ammar, who [...] | 2006-10-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KTFN PTER KU |
06KUWAIT4022 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA UNSWAYED ON RIHS [...] (C) During an October 8 meeting, Econcouns asked MFA Director for Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Al-Maqamis what reaction the MFA had to the latest non-paper concerning the activities of the Islamic Revival and Heritage Society, which Econcouns delivered to Maqamis on September 12 (Ref A). [...] | 2006-10-09 07:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT4078 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARK STAMILIO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance to Mark Stamilio and Andrew Morrison, U.S. Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues, to travel to post for meetings and consultations regarding the Iraqi High Tribunal's investigation of regime crimes against Kuwaiti national [...] | 2006-10-14 04:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT APER PREL PTER KU IZ |
06KUWAIT4153 | IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE REGIONAL CT [...] (U) This message, cleared by embassies Kuwait, Riyadh, Amman, Damascus, Baghdad, and Ankara, provides recommendations for regional activities to advance the counterterrorism strategy developed in March in Kuwait. While not exhaustive, the initiatives described below are in posts' opinion relatively [...] | 2006-10-17 21:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL OEXC KU IZ SY JO TU SA |
06KUWAIT4173 | KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER VISIT: OCTOBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Econoffs and DHS officer visited Abdaly Border Crossing, Coalition Crossing, and Navistar on the Kuwait-Iraq border. Despite a number of cross-border incidents in August and September 2006 (reftel),activity at the border appeared calm due in part to the decrea [...] | 2006-10-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KTFN PTER |
06KUWAIT4220 | SCENESETTER: APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO KUWAIT, [...] (S/NF) Embassy Kuwait welcomes your visit, which comes in the general framework of a longstanding and productive CT relationship between Kuwait and the United States, and continued close, effective cooperation on the ground across a range of issues. During your visit, you will meet with sev [...] | 2006-10-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4419 | KUWAIT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Kuwait's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: Mr. Matthew Tueller Deputy Chief of Mission Office Phone: (965) 259-1362 Unclass Fax: (965) 538-4251 SIPDIS Cell Phone: (965) 962-0784 Unclass E-mail: tuellermh@state.gov SIPDIS Class E-m [...] | 2006-11-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KU KVPR PREL PTER KTFN |
06KUWAIT4429 | GUANTANAMO RETURNEE UPDATE: ONE RELEASED, [...] On November 7, the Court of Cassation, Kuwait's highest court, ordered Nasser Najar Al-Mutairi, the first Kuwaiti national transfered from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base, released from state custody pending issuance of a final verdict by the court on December 5, 2006. In June, 2005 Mutair [...] | 2006-11-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4452 | FINAL APPEAL ON PENINSULA LIONS CASE: MOST [...] (SBU) After the failure of a constitutional challenge to the law on which the Peninsula Lions' defendants were convicted, the Court of Appeals issued its final ruling in the case on November 13. Of the 36 living defendants (Defendant 31, Nuha Muhammad Roomi Al-Enezi, died of cancer so no fu [...] | 2006-11-14 05:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4481 | PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...] | 2006-11-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU |
06KUWAIT4497 | CONFIRMATION FOR NEXT IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU IZ JO KISL PTER PREL PGOV ASEC |
06KUWAIT4506 | APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National [...] | 2006-11-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4509 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...] | 2006-11-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU |
06KUWAIT4510 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/13 MEETING WITH KUWAIT NSB [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 13 with Kuwait National Security Bureau President Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and regional developments. Shaykh Ahmed sought reassurances on U.S. policy in Iraq. He encouraged the U. [...] | 2006-11-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IZ KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4511 | APHSCT TOWNSEND BRIEFING AND TOUR OF KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 14 November, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend received a briefing from Director of the Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Shaykh Thamer Ali A. Al-Salem Al-Sabah and senior managers of Kuwait National P [...] | 2006-11-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET ENRG PTER KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4512 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...] | 2006-11-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU |
06KUWAIT4557 | NATO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PTER KU |
06KUWAIT4562 | CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: NEXT STEPS ON USG [...] (S/NF) On 29 November, Econoff met with Ali Al-Obaid, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) to discuss opportunities to expand USG-GOK cooperation to enhance the security of Kuwait's critical energy infrastructure. OSSCo is a new subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corpo [...] | 2006-12-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4581 | CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE: ADDITIONAL DETAIL [...] (S/NF) On December 6, Econoff spoke with Ali Al-Obaid, Deputy Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) to seek further clarification of Kuwaiti needs for USG assistance on critical energy infrastructure security. OSSCo is the subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) r [...] | 2006-12-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR |
06KUWAIT4582 | KUWAIT HIGH COURT REVERSES GUILTY VERDICT OF [...] On December 5, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, overturned the guilty verdict of Nasser Najar Al-Mutairi, the first Kuwaiti returned from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base. The high court reversed the guilty verdict and the five year sentence handed down by the Court of Appeal [...] | 2006-12-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4585 | UN COUNTERTERRORISM ASSESSMENT TEAM MEETS WITH G-8 [...] (U) On December 4, a visiting United Nations Counterterrorism Executive Directorate delegation met with Ambassadors from the G-8 nations and from Spain, Switzerland and Australia to discuss Kuwait's implementation of UNSCR 1373, the level of the terrorism threat in Kuwait and the counterterror [...] | 2006-12-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KTFN EFIN KU IZ |
06KUWAIT4629 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE ON HIZBALLAH-RELATED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN KU DEMARCHE |
06KUWAIT4630 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PUBLIC ROLL-OUT OF SECURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KHLS EWWT ASEC PTER ECON KU DEMARCHE |
06KUWAIT4637 | TERROR FINANCE: KUWAITI REACTION TO U.S. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Response in Kuwait to the USG domestic designation on December 7 of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- as terrorist facilitators and inciters (Ref A) has been muted. There has been little commentary on the development in the Kuwaiti [...] | 2006-12-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN PREL |
06KUWAIT464 | SECURITY BUREAU CHIEF SAYS KUWAIT TO BE EXAMPLE OF [...] (C) Summary: National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, responding to the Ambassador's concerns that the GOK was not as focused as before on CT efforts, reviewed a five-year plan developed by the Ministry of Awqaf to promote moderation and exert control over Kuwaiti mosques. [...] | 2006-02-08 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KU |
06KUWAIT4653 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (S/NF) On December 10, Ambassador chaired the regular meeting of the mission's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). The meeting was attended by section chiefs or representatives of POL, ECON, DATT, OMC-K, RSO, CONS, PA, FCS, and SIMO. The purpose of these regular meetings is identification [...] | 2006-12-14 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4664 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA INDICATES NO PLANS TO LIFT [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis told Econcouns December 16 that the three Kuwaitis designated as terrorist facilitators by the US Department of Treasury on December 7 -- Hamad Al Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- were not active and we [...] | 2006-12-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT4681 | GUANTANAMO RETURNEES MAY SOON BE RELEASED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post has learned that Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti nationals returned from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base in September 2006, may be released by the judge presiding over their investigation when their cur [...] | 2006-12-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4688 | GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE: [...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 190832 follows. 2. (C/NF) Immigration Databases ------------------------------- - The Government of Kuwait (GOK) Ministry of the Interior has a computerized immigration database. Information for all entries and exits are entered into [...] | 2006-12-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KVPR KHLS KU |
06KUWAIT4703 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HOLD ON DESIGNEES WITH FM [...] (S/NF) In a 12/24 meeting with Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador requested again that the GOK instruct Qatar to lift the UN hold on the U.N. designation of three Kuwaitis for involvement in terrorism: Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali (reftel). [...] | 2006-12-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU |
06KUWAIT4706 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK SEES HEADWAY IN REGULATING [...] (C/NF) Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of Charities at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told Econcouns December 23 he was making progress in implementing two-year-old restrictions on donations to charities in Kuwait. A recent internal MOSAL report, leaked to the Kuwaiti press in D [...] | 2006-12-29 08:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT482 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--INVIGORATING THE CASH COURIER [...] (SBU) On February 8, Econoff delivered ref A points to Talal Al-Sayegh, Head of Anti-Money Laundering at the Central Bank of Kuwait. Points were also passed to U.S. Customs Advisor for officials at the Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC). According to Al-Sayegh, the GOK, althoug [...] | 2006-02-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL XF KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT483 | PRESENTATION OF 2004 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ATRN KU ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER |
06KUWAIT490 | NEW KUWAITI MINISTERS PLEDGE TO FIGHT TERROR, [...] In public statements on February 11, the day of the swearing in of the new cabinet, three senior Kuwaiti Ministers made comments about specific aspects of the fight against terrorism. During courtesy calls on the new cabinet members in the coming weeks, Ambassador will be reinforcing the U.S [...] | 2006-02-12 08:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT498 | GOK RECONFIRMS THAT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RETURNED [...] (C) In response to ref B demarche on the Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures for Guantanamo detainee Omar Rajab Amin (US9KU-000065DP),post received by diplomatic note on February 11 written assurances that Amin would be detained and prosecuted upon his repatriation to Kuwait. 2. [...] | 2006-02-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT534 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened on February 8 Post's Counterterrorism Working Group to assess Kuwaiti progress in combating terrorism and curbing extremism. ECON, RSO, and OMC-K all reported positive Kuwaiti participation in training courses and conferences ranging from VIP protecti [...] | 2006-02-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT538 | NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior (MOI) and Minister of Defense (MOD),Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on February 14 to congratulate him on his appointment as Interior Minister. Shaykh Jaber, already Minister of Defense since 2001, was installe [...] | 2006-02-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM ELAB MOPS KU |
06KUWAIT539 | KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened on February 8 Post's Counterterrorism Working Group to assess Kuwaiti progress in combating terrorism and curbing extremism. ECON, RSO, and OMC-K all reported positive Kuwaiti participation in training courses and conferences ranging from VIP protecti [...] | 2006-02-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
06KUWAIT587 | RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...] | 2006-02-21 05:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT588 | RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...] | 2006-02-21 05:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT634 | KUWAITI CONDEMNATION OF THE AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] The highest levels of the Kuwaiti Government have condemned the February 22 bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra. According to the press, Amir Shaykh Sabah sent a message to Iraqi President Talabani condemning the act and asserting that the targeting of religious monuments and murder [...] | 2006-02-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KDEM IZ KU |
06KUWAIT658 | MUSLIM FSO'S REFLECT ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Note from Ambassador: At my request, two members of my staff, both of them Muslims on their first overseas tours with the State Department, provided below their reflections on the Danish cartoon controversy. I asked them to share their personal reactions as well as attempt some analysis [...] | 2006-02-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PTER KISL XF KU |
06KUWAIT661 | KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...] | 2006-02-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI |
06KUWAIT697 | NON-PAPERS ON RIHS, JALAMAH, BATHALI AND AL-ALI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KU KTFN |
06KUWAIT749 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) On March 5, only hours after Kuwait's Court of First Instance heard opening arguments in the case charging five Kuwaitis formerly held at Guantanamo with membership in Al-Qaeda, the court abruptly issued an oral decision to release four of the five men from prison on 500 dinar bail (appro [...] | 2006-03-05 15:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT806 | KUWAIT HOSTS ISLAM MODERATION CONFERENCE [...] Summary: Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf [endowments] and Islamic Affairs hosted a conference, "We and the Other," on March 6-8, 2006 to emphasize tolerance and to discourage extremism. During the opening session, Kuwait's Islamic Affairs Minister said that the true nature of Islam is one of mode [...] | 2006-03-09 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO SCUL KISL XF KU |
06KUWAIT838 | PENINSULA LIONS FUGITIVE TURNS HIMSELF IN; CLAIMS [...] (SBU) On Wednesday March 8 during a Court of Appeals hearing at the Palace of Justice, Peninsula Lions defendant Misha'al Muta'ab Mohammed Al Shimmari walked into the courtroom to surrender. Al Shimmari, number five on the defendants list (see reftel),told the surprised judge that he didn't [...] | 2006-03-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT851 | LOW TURNOUT AT SALAFI MOVEMENT-ORGANIZED PUBLIC DINNER FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 04:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL KU ISLAMISTS |
06KUWAIT872 | OP-ED PLACEMENT - "THE TRUTH ABOUT GUANTANAMO" [...] Summary: All daily newspapers in Kuwait published the generic Op-Ed "The Truth about Guantanamo" on March 6, 2006. 2. On March 5, 2006 Acting on a request from Washington, the Public Affairs Section at U.S. Embassy Kuwait sent "The Truth about Guantanamo" generic Op-Ed to all daily newspape [...] | 2006-03-15 06:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KPAO XF KU |
06KUWAIT88 | CENTRAL BANK DEP GOVERNOR TALKS TERROR FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed met January 7 with Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel Al-Mannae and other Central Bank officials to discuss coordination of terror-finance interdiction and anti-money laundering initiatives. A/S Wayne was accompanied by the [...] | 2006-01-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU |
06KUWAIT882 | MINISTRY OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS LAUNCHES [...] In a March 11 press conference, Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah announced the March 14 launch of the Ministry's strategic plan for the period 2006-2011. He explained that the plan is based on seven overriding themes: -- "The consideration that develo [...] | 2006-03-15 11:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KISL KU |
06KUWAIT903 | LOW TURNOUT AT SALAFI MOVEMENT-ORGANIZED PUBLIC DINNER FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 07:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KISL KU ISLAMISTS |
06KUWAIT913 | REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...] | 2006-03-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA |
06KUWAIT998 | NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...] | 2006-03-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU |
06KUWAIT999 | DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR TELEVISION, THE LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER ASEC ETTC KU |
06KYIV4106 | UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...] | 2006-10-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP |
06LAGOS101 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #16 [...] (C) Press reports of additional hostages are false. Bayelsa state officials' assurances of the hostages' release were proven wrong, and the negotiators are delaying further talks regarding the crisis. Delta State officials have not been any more in touch or informed about the situation than [...] | 2006-01-26 19:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS102 | COMMUNICATIONS PATCHED BETWEEN SHELL AND OIL [...] (C) USG and HMG interests, views, and actions have remained tightly aligned during the Shell contractor hostage crisis. However, we have noted a growing gap between Shell and the contractor companies Tidex and Ecodrill. Shell is concerned the contractors are engaging in a line of communica [...] | 2006-01-26 19:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1020 | POST-MORTEM OF A DELTA KIDNAPPING: SHELL AND [...] (C) This cable recounts Mission conversations with key Shell and Bayelsa State interlocutors regarding the July 6-10 kidnapping of Dutch national and Shell contractor Michael Llos (reftels A and B). Shell and Bayelsa State officials concurred the original kidnappers appeared to be a poorly [...] | 2006-07-24 09:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1021 | JULY 11 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previ [...] | 2006-07-24 10:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1029 | COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY; [...] (C) The Deputy Managing Director (MD) for AGIP, subsidiary of Italian oil major ENI, confirmed that unidentified youths occupied an AGIP flow station at Ogbainbiri, Bayelsa State on July 25. The remote station is accessible by a 45-minute helicopter flight west from AGIP's main export termi [...] | 2006-07-26 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1030 | SHELL AIMS FOR A YEAR-END PRODUCTION START FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Shell Exploration and Production Executive Vice-President Ann Pickard, Shell's ranking executive in Nigeria, said Shell was negotiating re-entry and new global Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with communities in the Forcados area, which wa [...] | 2006-07-26 17:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1043 | YOUTHS CONTINUE TO HOLD AGIP WORKERS; SHELL MOVES [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips management, joint venture partner for AGIP, confirmed that local youths continued to hold approximately forty AGIP employees at an AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State (reftel). The AGIP employees have now been confined to the flow station for three days. ConocoPhillips [...] | 2006-07-28 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1050 | AGIP EMPLOYEES RELEASED SAFELY [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips, a joint venture partner of AGIP, said approximately forty AGIP employees and Nigerian military held by local youths at the AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State since 25 July had been released on July 30. Nigerian press quoted a government aide saying that no ransom was p [...] | 2006-07-31 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1078 | ONE GERMAN, THREE FILIPINOS, KIDNAPPED IN RIVERS [...] (SBU) A German and three Filipinos kidnapped in Rivers State on August 3 and 4, respectively, are still being held hostage. Guido Schiffaiph, a German national working for German construction firm Julius Berger, was taken hostage in the city of Port Harcourt when reportedly a man dressed in [...] | 2006-08-07 21:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1093 | SIX ADDITIONAL EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES SEIZED IN [...] (C) Kidnappings of both oil and non-oil workers continued in the Niger Delta. Since 8 August, six more expatriates have been kidnapped in two separate incidents. Three of the four kidnappings during the last week may have been committed by the same perpetrators, a new group calling itself t [...] | 2006-08-10 18:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1101 | DELTA SITREP: AMCIT AND ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) According to an ExxonMobil source, the American captain of a service vessel under contract to Exxon, the "MV Jackie Chouest," was reportedly kidnapped from a bar in Port Harcourt Saturday night (August 12). We are attempting to get full confirmation of the kidnapping and the full name o [...] | 2006-08-14 16:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1103 | DELTA SITREP #2: AMCIT HOSTAGE CONFIRMED, TWO [...] (SBU) We have confirmed that Amcit Royce Anthony Parfait of Houma, Louisiana, was among those kidnapped over the weekend. Details remain fuzzy, but the greater weight of the information suggests Parfait was abducted August 13 from the Goodfella's nightclub along with the other five expatriate [...] | 2006-08-15 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1105 | DELTA SITREP #3 [...] (C) Consulate General personnel communicated with GON, state government, NGOs, and other Niger Delta contacts to try and learn more about the Goodfellas kidnapping and avenues for contact and negotiation. Halliburton Nigeria Country Manager Steve Segota reported the Nigerian State Security S [...] | 2006-08-16 14:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1112 | DELTA SITREP #4 [...] (C) Apparently, the GON and Rivers State Government are slowly beginning to organize themselves to handle this hostage situation. A German diplomat reported that the GON was establishing two crisis response teams, one in Port Harcourt and the other in Warri, Delta State. A security consulta [...] | 2006-08-18 20:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1113 | DELTA SITREP #5 [...] (C) Progress, thus far, has been slow. Rivers Governor Odili said his negotiating team, actually headed by the River State Director of the SSS, had made additional contact with the kidnappers since yesterday. Odili stated they had a better idea of the kidnappersQ, identity and the whereabout [...] | 2006-08-18 20:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1120 | DELTA SITREP #6 [...] (C) Rivers Governor Odili and other GON officials continue to voice optimism the hostages will be released soon. The latest forecast is for a dawn release tomorrow, August 22. (Comment: We would be unduly credulous if we accepted this forecast as gospel. Previously, Odili predicted the hosta [...] | 2006-08-22 16:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1121 | DELTA SITREP #7 [...] (C) SSS continues to negotiate with the kidnappers. Governor Odili told us that the talks had hit a momentary pause because of some disagreement among the kidnappers. Apparently, the kidnappers are somewhat factionalized and discussions were being conducted with both factions. Now, a single [...] | 2006-08-22 18:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1127 | DELTA SITREP #8 [...] (C) After days of our prodding, SSS negotiators finally have begun passing proof of life (POL) questions to the kidnappers. Yesterday, the captives provided a correct proof of life answer for British hostage John Guyan. SSS told the security consultants of the affected companies that they e [...] | 2006-08-23 16:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1129 | AMCIT PARFAIT AND OTHER HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) Ten days into the crisis, Amcit Royce Parfait and the five other expatriate hostages were released last night. The release came within several hours after Senator David Brigidi of Bayelsa State opened another line of communication to the kidnappers. While speculation is rife about ransom [...] | 2006-08-24 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1135 | KIDNAPPINGS & OIL PRODUCTION: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Recent militant activity in the Niger Delta has constricted oil company and service contractors' activities in the region. Fortunately, however, production has not significantly declined because of the recent kidnappings. However, both oil companies and service contractors have, to varyi [...] | 2006-08-25 15:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS1136 | MILITANTS TAKE TWO HOSTAGES AFTER FIGHT WITH [...] (SBU) The lull in kidnappings had a very brief life. Even before the six hostages released on August 23 could depart the country, another incident occurred in Port Harcourt. Two expatriates were taken hostage in Port Harcourt last night after fighting broke out between mobile police forces a [...] | 2006-08-25 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS122 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #17 [...] (C) The Bayelsa State Secretary of Government (SSG),Dr. Igali, informed us that the kidnappers have agreed to release the hostages to him at a location he would not disclose. Both the Bayelsa SSG and Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries said the hostages are in good he [...] | 2006-01-27 19:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS123 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #18 - NO RELEASE [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages were not released. Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government Dr. Igali told Conoff he received a call after midnight that the three associates of the kidnappers had left Warri, Delta State, to pick-up the hostages. However, by three a.m., Dr. Igali [...] | 2006-01-28 11:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS124 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #19 [...] (C) We have received several explanations for the breakdown of last night's hostage release. In addition to the presence of military patrol boats that allegedly frightened the kidnappers from leaving their hide-out (reftel A),Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said a [...] | 2006-01-28 16:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1249 | MILITANT ATTACK ON CONVOY [...] (C) Summary: Three Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers and a boatman were killed, one JTF soldier critically wounded, and seven JTF soldiers and a boatman are missing after an attack by Niger Delta militants on a Shell barge convoy on October 2. Twenty-five Nigerian employees of the Shell cont [...] | 2006-10-04 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS125 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #20 [...] (C) The hoped-for release of the four oil service company employees did not take place last night. Commenting on this latest in a series of miscues, Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said the release was postponed because the kidnappers disagreed over to whom to releas [...] | 2006-01-29 13:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1254 | EIGHT EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN AKWA IBOM STATE [...] (C) Summary: Eight expatriates, including four from the United Kingdom, two from Malaysia, one from Romania and one from India, were kidnapped October 3 in an attack on the residential compound of Bristow Helicopters, a contractor for ExxonMobil, in Akwa Ibom State. Two additional attacks on [...] | 2006-10-04 18:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS126 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #21 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages held for almost three weeks have been released. Post was informed at five a.m. this morning that the quartet was released and in Yenagoa. Conoff has seen and spoken with them. The former hostages appear to be in decent health. Amcit Landry was in [...] | 2006-01-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1263 | MILITANTS CONTINUE TO HOLD HOSTAGES; NO AMERICANS [...] (U) Summary: Seven expatriate employees of contractors for ExxonMobil kidnapped October 3 remain in captivity. No American citizens are involved in the incident. End Summary. 2. (C) The seven expatriates kidnapped on October 3 remain in captivity. The hostages, whose nationalities have [...] | 2006-10-05 17:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1264 | THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...] | 2006-10-10 06:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1268 | THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...] | 2006-10-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1272 | SHELL LOGISTICS BASE IN BAYELSA STATE ATTACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 remain hostages. On October 10, youths attacked a small naval facility and neighboring Shell logistics base in Bayelsa State; 10-20 Shell and Shell contractor employees, none of them Americans, are bein [...] | 2006-10-10 17:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1278 | 60 SHELL HOSTAGES RELEASED, 7 EXPATS STILL HELD IN [...] The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 in Akwa Ibom remain hostages; no American citizens are involved in this incident. On October 12 the British Deputy High Commission confirmed that all 60 oil workers taken hostage October 10 at a Shell logistics base [...] | 2006-10-12 15:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1279 | 60 SHELL HOSTAGES RELEASED, 7 EXPATS STILL HELD IN [...] The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 in Akwa Ibom remain hostages; no American citizens are involved in this incident. On October 12 the British Deputy High Commission confirmed that all 60 oil workers taken hostage October 10 at a Shell logistics base [...] | 2006-10-12 16:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1294 | HOSTAGES ENTER THIRD WEEK IN CAPTIVITY; NO [...] (C) Summary: The seven employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors captured in Akwa Ibom on October 3 began their third week in captivity. British and American diplomats are urging the state and federal authorities to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the hostages before the long Eid [...] | 2006-10-19 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1296 | UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF DEATH OF U.K. NATIONAL HELD [...] (C) According to an unconfirmed report, Paul Smith, a U.K. national, died on October 19 following an illness. Smith, one of seven hostages held by Niger Delta youths who attacked an ExxonMobil residential complex on October 3, works for Sparrows, a U.K. oil services company on contract to Exx [...] | 2006-10-20 16:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS130 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - EMERGING [...] (C) Accounts about how the hostage release was effected this morning are beginning to emerge. Little can be confirmed at this point. Two NGO sources in the Delta claim that the release came about only after Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Dokubo Asari, currently incarcer [...] | 2006-01-30 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1302 | 7 EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES RELEASED UNHARMED [...] After 18 days in captivity, all seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors taken hostage in Akwa Ibom were released unharmed on October 21. The release took place around 3:00 PM. The British High Commissioner was quoted in news reports that rumors of the death of a hostage (see [...] | 2006-10-25 15:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1303 | 7 EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES RELEASED UNHARMED [...] After 18 days in captivity, all seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors taken hostage in Akwa Ibom were released unharmed on October 21. The release took place around 3:00 PM. The British High Commissioner was quoted in news reports that rumors of the death of a hostage (see [...] | 2006-10-25 17:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1332 | DELTA SITREP: ONE AMCIT, ONE BRIT KIDNAPPED NEAR [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Jim Nelson Brazel and British citizen Martin Madison were kidnapped early morning November 2 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Both expatriates work for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),a Norwegian oil exploration firm under contract to Chevron. The expatriates wer [...] | 2006-11-02 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1338 | DELTA SITREP 2: AMERICAN CITIZEN REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Jim Nelson Brazel and Martin Madison, a citizen of the U.K., remain in captivity according to Armour Group, security consultants to Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),a Norwegian oil exploration firm under contract to Chevron. The location of the hostages is believe [...] | 2006-11-03 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1339 | DELTA SITREP 3: BAYELSA DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen James Brazel remains in captivity. The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State departed by boat at 11:30 AM November 3 for the villages of Ezetu and Ekeni Ezeatu 2, where the hostages are believed to be held. PGS has had no direct communication with the kidnappers, or [...] | 2006-11-04 13:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1340 | DELTA SITREP 4: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE, PROOF OF [...] (C) Summary. American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson remain hostages. Digital photographs verifying proof of life were received by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),the hostages' employer. We have met daily with Tim Branch, Operations Manager PGS Onshore, other PGS officials, [...] | 2006-11-06 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1343 | DELTA SITREP 5: HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson were released to the Bayelsa State Government on November 7. Upon release they were taken to the Bayelsa Capital, Yenagoa. Tim Branch of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) advised RSO on November 7 the hostages are traveling today to [...] | 2006-11-07 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS136 | OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES [...] (SBU) South-Korean Daewoo Construction facility in Okrika, Rivers State was attacked Saturday, January 28 at 0730 by approximately 30 armed men. Korean Embassy First Secretary Tok-won Lee spoke with Daewoo Managing Director to confirm there were no fatalities primarily because Daewoo's securit [...] | 2006-01-31 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ETRD KS NI |
06LAGOS1360 | GON HAS SURRENDERED DEFACTO CONTROL OF CREEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Consulate Lagos submits this missive to complement Abuja 2974. This message provides the consulate's perspective which is in close accord with that offered in Reftel. As things now stand, the Government of Nigeria (GON) has surrendered de facto control over large swathes of the [...] | 2006-11-17 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1365 | WILLBROS AMCITS REMAIN CAPTIVE IN LABOR DISPUTE; [...] (C) Summary: Six Americans remain among the thirty-five employees of Willbros oil services company held up at the company's Choba I facility in Rivers State over a labor dispute. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) claims the controverted collective bargaining a [...] | 2006-11-21 12:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ELAB ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS137 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...] | 2006-01-31 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1372 | NIGER DELTA YOUTH SUMMIT: A STARTING POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Niger Delta youth leaders are preparing a plan of action and initiatives to bring peace to the Niger Delta. These efforts follow an October 2-4 summit which brought together fifty youth leaders, resulting in a 12-point communique to address the root causes of violence in the Del [...] | 2006-11-22 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINR EPET NI |
06LAGOS1375 | MILITANTS KIDNAP 7 EXPATS FROM AGIP VESSEL, NO [...] (C) Summary. On November 22, militants reportedly took seven expatriates hostage from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel. No American citizens are involved in this incident, according to an AGIP contact. The British Deputy High Commission reported that one British, a Romanian, a Filipino, an Italian [...] | 2006-11-23 09:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1376 | BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...] | 2006-11-24 15:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS138 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...] | 2006-01-31 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1385 | COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...] | 2006-11-30 08:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER |
06LAGOS1408 | FOUR EXPAT AGIP EMPLOYEES KIDNAPPED; NO AMERICANS [...] (SBU) According to Fidelis Anju, General Manager for Public Affairs, Agip Oil Company, three Italian and one Lebanese Agip employees were taken hostage during an early morning attack on a residential facility near the Agip Brass tank farm. According to the Agip spokesman, no Americans were i [...] | 2006-12-07 15:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1416 | CONFIRMED: MEND HOLDS 4 EXPAT HOSTAGES; NO [...] (SBU) According to an Agip contact, three Italian and one Lebanese Agip employees remain hostage. According to this interlocutor, no Americans were involved in the December 7 attack near Brass in Bayelsa. Agip stated that a group purporting to be MEND has claimed responsibility for the kidna [...] | 2006-12-11 16:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1427 | ALL BUT THREE SHELL NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES RELEASED; [...] (C) Gunmen attacked a Shell flowstation on the Nun River in Bayelsa State on December 14. The attackers took control of the flowstation, holding 40 Nigerian military personnel and Nigerian employees of Shell hostage throughout the evening of December 14; no American citizens or other expatr [...] | 2006-12-15 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1432 | SHELL, AGIP CONFIRM CAR BOMBS DETONATED; NO [...] (C) Mike Achu, Corporate Security Coordinator for Shell Petroleum and Development Corporation, confirmed that a car bomb was detonated on the Shell compound in Port Harcourt on December 18. The car in which the bomb was planted, as well as several other cars parked nearby, were damaged in th [...] | 2006-12-18 16:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1441 | OIL COMPANIES EVACUATE DEPENDENTS IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of two car bombs, one that exploded outside a club on the Shell residential compound and a second that exploded along a perimeter fence ringing the Agip compound in Port Harcourt, some international oil companies and oil service companies, including Shell, Eni, Tota [...] | 2006-12-21 17:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1447 | ARMED ATTACKS ON TWO NIGER DELTA OIL FACILITIES [...] (C) Summary: In separate incidents, armed men attacked Agip's Tebidaba flow station in Bayelsa State, and a Total base camp for workers at Total's Obagi field in Rivers State. A Shell spokesperson indicated that reports of an attack on a facility in the Egbema council area of Rivers State we [...] | 2006-12-27 06:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1449 | FUEL SHORTAGES, POVERTY ARE BACKDROP TO PIPELINE [...] (C) Fuel leaking from a pipeline breached by vandals in the early hours of December 26 exploded, killing 269 people and injuring an additional 160 persons in the blast and ensuing fire, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. Early press reports put the number of deaths at 700, and some report [...] | 2006-12-27 16:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG SOCI ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS1458 | EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Four expatriate Agip employees taken hostage December 7 in Bayelsa State near Agip's Brass tank farm remain in captivity. Shell confirmed the December 24 release of four Nigerian employees seized from a Nun River facility December 14. Agip employees taken hostage in a second in [...] | 2006-12-29 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS210 | CHEVRON NIGERIA ENJOYS UNEASY IMMUNITY FROM RECENT [...] (S/NF) Chevron Security Consultant Hamish MacDonald told U.S. Ambassador Campbell that Chevron has not been a target of recent violence and hostage-taking in the Delta but was concerned about the longer term ramifications. He identified job creation and sustainable development programs by st [...] | 2006-02-14 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS233 | NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACKS ALLEGED BUNKERERS / EAC [...] (U) On February 15, a Nigerian military helicopter overflew the Nkerekoko area near Warri, Delta State, reportedly firing on 8 barges the GON alleges were being used for illegal oil bunkering activity. Giving a different version of the incident, Nkerekoko community leaders told the press 8 [...] | 2006-02-16 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS248 | SHELL FLOWSTATION CLOSED AMID HEIGHTENED DELTA [...] (U) Tensions have increased in the Delta but accounts vary widely as to what actually has occurred to spark the tension and what all this might portend. Amidst the swirl of conflicting reports, what we can relay with some certitude is that a Shell flowstation in Rivers State has closed and t [...] | 2006-02-17 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS249 | NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS, [...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...] | 2006-02-18 15:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS250 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (SBU) Willbros will contact the next-of-kin for all of their employees, and have already made contact with the family of AmCit Macon Hawkins. Shell reports Hawkins has hypertension, as does Russell Spell. 2. (U) Aside from the three Americans reported reftel B, the other captives have [...] | 2006-02-18 17:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS251 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3 [...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...] | 2006-02-19 14:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS252 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #4 [...] (C) Nigerian Government officials and NGO officials in contact with the kidnappers report that, according to the hostage takers, the hostages are healthy and unharmed. As with the January hostage crisis, Shell is hosting a daily meeting that includes Shell, Willbros, British High Commission [...] | 2006-02-20 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS263 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5 [...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...] | 2006-02-21 18:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS27 | FOUR OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES REPORTEDLY [...] (U)Summary: On January 12, Tidex, an American oil services company, reported an American employee and 3 other expatriates were kidnapped by a group of approximately40 armed men. The incident occurred aboard a Tidex vessel 7 miles off shore of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The abduction occurred at [...] | 2006-01-12 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC |
06LAGOS274 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...] | 2006-02-22 18:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS279 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7 [...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...] | 2006-02-23 19:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS287 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...] | 2006-02-24 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS288 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...] | 2006-02-25 16:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS290 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10 [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...] | 2006-02-26 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS292 | YORUBA MOSLEMS TEMPERATE TOWARD WEST [...] (SBU) At a dinner hosted by a prominent leader of ethnic Yoruba Moslems at a USG-sponsored conference on Islam, Terrorism, and African Development, Yoruba elites generally set a tone of cooperation with the West and moderation in religious fervor. This tone contrasted starkly with the prese [...] | 2006-02-27 06:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER SCUL SOCI NI |
06LAGOS297 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11 [...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...] | 2006-02-27 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS306 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12 [...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...] | 2006-02-28 16:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS310 | NIGERIA: DELTA WORKING GROUP INITIATED [...] (SBU) Post initiated a weekly Delta Working Group (DWG) consisting of U.S. Consulate personnel and oil/oil service company representatives to facilitate Delta security and hostage crisis information exchange. Consulate personnel provided the group an overview of the security situation and ho [...] | 2006-03-01 07:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS317 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...] | 2006-03-01 18:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS318 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14 [...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...] | 2006-03-01 20:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS324 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15 [...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...] | 2006-03-02 17:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS327 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...] | 2006-03-03 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS333 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 17 [...] (C) There has been no additional confirmed information about the condition of the remaining hostages. Delta State Governor Ibori is obtaining new photographs to demonstrate proof of life. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (S/NF) Delta State Governor Ibor [...] | 2006-03-06 18:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS339 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 18 [...] (C) Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Assuni provided confirmed proof of life answers for Briton John Hudspith to the British Mission, but no additional information was provided for AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt. Willbros is contacting Oswalt's colleagues to ascertain his ab [...] | 2006-03-07 18:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS346 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...] | 2006-03-08 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS36 | MILITIA GROUP'S CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) Shell reports negotiations began for the return of the 4 hostages taken in the January 11 kidnapping reported reftel with a group that the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) has identified as responsible. The group is reportedly from the small village of Keremo, near the Chevron Escra [...] | 2006-01-13 07:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR NI |
06LAGOS363 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20 [...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...] | 2006-03-09 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS366 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21 [...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...] | 2006-03-10 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS367 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 22 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from AmCit hostage Cody Oswalt last night. Oswalt's identity was confirmed through his correct identification of the last statement he made to AmCit Macon Hawkins before his release last week. Oswalt said he and the two other hostages were in good health and were [...] | 2006-03-11 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS376 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 23 [...] (C) There was very little substantive activity for the second weekend in a row, with few confirmed reports following the Cody Oswalt call to Conoff Friday night. Ijaw leaders and elders held a meeting Friday and released a communiqu calling for the hostages' release. NGO Director Judy Asuni [...] | 2006-03-13 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS383 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 24 [...] (C) Conoff received a phone call from the hostage takers, and had a highly scripted exchange with Amcit Cody Oswalt. Ijaw youth leaders have been meeting in Warri since yesterday, and one of them tells us he expects a release of the hostages tomorrow night. There were no additional attack [...] | 2006-03-14 19:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS387 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 25 [...] (C) Shell provided a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) e-mailed to their journalist contact, which indicated that the hostages were split for strategic reasons, and their condition was no longer a concern for the hostage-takers. The statement promise [...] | 2006-03-15 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS39 | SHELL HOSTAGE SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) The State Security Service (SSS) reportedly told the Shell External Affairs Director in Warri that they had interviewed two suspects in the kidnapping of four expat contractors from the vessel Liberty Service. Both appeared to be associated with Dokubo Asari's Niger Delta Peoples' Volun [...] | 2006-01-13 13:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI |
06LAGOS391 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 26 [...] (C) Shell sources, including NGO lead Judy Asuni, reiterated earlier messages of the militants' distrust of Delta State Governor Ibori, and the disagreement among the militants about releasing the remaining three hostages, with some willing to release now and others arguing against their rel [...] | 2006-03-16 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS400 | SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS [...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...] | 2006-03-17 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS401 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 27 [...] (C) Shell sources said NGO leader Judy Asuni confirmed family letters were sent to the hostage-takers. Willbros and Shell are gathering another package of medicines and will contact Asuni to facilitate their delivery. Shell and Willbros are also sending in colorful t-shirts and hats, to bo [...] | 2006-03-17 16:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS405 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 28 [...] (C) NGO Director Judy Asuni said the package of medicine, the t-shirts and other morale boosters picked up from Shell's Warri clinic on Saturday were delivered as of 10:00 a.m. 2. (C) Willbros representatives reported the Oswalt family has arranged a 14:00 CST press conference with three [...] | 2006-03-20 16:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS417 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29 [...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...] | 2006-03-21 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS427 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...] | 2006-03-22 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS429 | BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...] | 2006-03-23 15:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG PTER NI |
06LAGOS430 | SHELL CONTEMPLATES LONG TERM HOSTAGE SCENARIOS AND [...] (C) A senior Shell executive assessed President Obasanjo is coming to the realization the hostage situation is symptomatic of larger Delta developmental problems; he has underscored the need to accelerate Delta development projects quickly. Shell management reiterated its view there is no m [...] | 2006-03-23 15:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC EAID PTER NI |
06LAGOS431 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 31 [...] (C) There have been no additional reports on the hostages' wellbeing. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) NGO lead Judy Asuni claims her sources in contact with the hostage-takers said the hostages will be released in 24 to 36 hours. Other Warri sour [...] | 2006-03-23 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS435 | BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...] | 2006-03-24 07:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG PTER NI |
06LAGOS438 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 32 [...] (C) Wilbros arranged for video tapes of appeals from Russel Spell and Cody Oswalt's families. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) Shell sources reported the GON was growing impatient with the negotiation process and the lack of clarity on the ground, an [...] | 2006-03-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS451 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 33 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The remaining three Willbros and Control Risk Group hostages were released early this morning, and are in good physical condition according to preliminary medical examination. The trio are currently in Lagos. AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell will be departing Nigeria tonight for th [...] | 2006-03-27 13:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS458 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 34 - HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) Former hostages AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell left Lagos on Lufthansa flight 565, arriving Frankfurt at 5:00a.m. Their connecting flight, Lufthansa 440, left Frankfurt at 9:45a.m. and arrives Houston at 2:15p.m. We thank Consulate Frankfurt for providing an ACS officer on hand [...] | 2006-03-28 09:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS476 | EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...] | 2006-03-31 15:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI |
06LAGOS48 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE SITUATION SITREP #4 [...] (C) The British High Commission, in conversation with PolCouns Abuja, confirmed the identity of the person whom Reuters correspondent Tom Ashby interviewed on January 16 as British citizen Nigel Watson Clark. During the interview, the perpetrators give a two-day deadline for complying with [...] | 2006-01-17 08:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI |
06LAGOS54 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5 [...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...] | 2006-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS595 | EXXONMOBIL TERMINAL ATTACKED; TWO YOUTHS KILLED [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Nigeria's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT),Akwa Ibom State, was occupied by a group of youths armed with machetes on 2 May, due to a labor dispute. Government security forces (GSF) killed two youths and wounded two others. GSF have arrested ten of the youths. The attackers briefl [...] | 2006-05-03 19:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENERG ASEC PTER ELAB NI |
06LAGOS60 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6 [...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...] | 2006-01-18 17:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS605 | A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT [...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...] | 2006-05-05 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS606 | TEXTS OF NIGER DELTA MILITANT LETTERS [...] (U) The following is the full text of the letter the chief of Oporoza village presented Conoffs. The letter lists the community's grievances against the GON and multi-national oil companies and was slightly edited for clarity. It is signed by the Oporoza secretary Lemon Gulbert. Begin te [...] | 2006-05-05 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EPET PREL PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS61 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #7 [...] (C) Guy Colgate, Head of Shell's Crisis Management Team in Warri, said the GON was giving the kidnappers cigarettes, money, and alcohol as gestures of good will and to ensure they will not harm the captives. He said the GON describe daily interaction with the captors and an open line of com [...] | 2006-01-19 07:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS644 | OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES RELEASED AFTER [...] (U)Summary: On May 11, three expatriate workers (one Italian, one Indian, and one British) were detained by a community group around Port Harcourt. The Italian and the Indian expatriates are employed by SAIPEM, an Italian oil services company. The incident occurred at 1120 hours in the town [...] | 2006-05-12 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS647 | AMCIT MURDER & WARRI CAR BOMB SUGGEST DANGEROUS [...] (C) The apparently targeted killing of AmCit oil service company worker Ricky Wiginton on May 10 is the latest incident of violence in the volatile Niger Delta region (reftel A). Nigerian security sources say this type of willful homicidal attack on an expatriate, particularly an American, i [...] | 2006-05-12 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS69 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #8 [...] (C) Tidex received an answer to the e-mail they sent out to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (ref A). The e-mail reiterated MEND's defensive warning that no rescue action should be taken and that any person found with a Nigerian soldier would be considered a soldi [...] | 2006-01-19 18:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS70 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #9 [...] (C) At 22:00 January 19, Chris Jones, Tidex Operations Manager in Port Harcourt (PH),spoke with all four hostages, starting with Nigel Watson Clark, the British Ecodrill employee. Clark told him that AmCit Pat Landry was not well. He said constant movement, mosquitoes, and diarrhoea were ta [...] | 2006-01-20 10:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS701 | SENIOR BAYELSA OFFICIAL SEES MILITANTS AS A [...] (C) Summary: During a series of April 28-29 discussions with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary of State Government, Dr. Godknows Igali, described militant activity in the Delta region as an inchoate "civil insurrection" that promised to expand. He emphasized the Ijaw militants re [...] | 2006-05-23 11:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI |
06LAGOS726 | DEA VISIT TO GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) DEA CA Sam Gaye visited Guinea-Bissau, May 18-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit was to meet Bissau-Guinean counter-narcotics officials to discuss trafficking trends, share intelligence, and provide the Judicial Police (PJ) with drug test kits. The PJ pleaded for more resources. The A [...] | 2006-05-30 11:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PTER ASEC NI PU NARCOTICS |
06LAGOS74 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #10 [...] (U) An Ecodrill representative attempted to set up a delivery of medicine to sick AmCit Patrick Landry at 14:00 on January 20. Post will monitor future communication to learn whether the delivery arrived. 2. (U) The kidnappers initiated at least 5 separate contacts between the night of [...] | 2006-01-20 17:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS743 | THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...] | 2006-06-02 13:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI |
06LAGOS753 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (C) The Hostages: The eight hostages were allowed to contact their families last night (June 2) using AmCit Texas Richards' satellite phone. All remain in good health, and have not been subjected to any mistreatment. Food, toiletries, a satellite phone battery and charger, and some medicin [...] | 2006-06-03 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS764 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) All eight expat hostages were released in good condition Sunday by 11:30am. The eight were flown from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday afternoon and given medical examinations, and then flown out of Lagos via British Airways last night at 11:45pm. London was notified that AmCit Texas Ri [...] | 2006-06-05 10:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS774 | NIGERIA: JUNE 2-4 HOSTAGE-TAKING - ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Released AmCit hostage Texas Richards confirmed the weekend hostage-taking was primarily a local community-based incident. Richards said the hostage-takers were local villagers armed with older, poorly-maintained weapons. The hostages were held in Duwumi village (Ekeremor local governme [...] | 2006-06-07 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS775 | SHELL GAS PLANT ATTACKED: SOME DEATHS; 5 KOREAN, 1 [...] (SBU) A Shell Petroleum Development Company gas plant in Chawthorne Channel, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was attacked Wednesday, June 7 at 0100. Press reported between five and nine deaths among government security forces when armed assailants attacked their houseboat. Military sources [...] | 2006-06-07 16:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR KS NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS787 | JUNE 9 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the initial edition of what will be a biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in ot [...] | 2006-06-09 11:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS80 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...] | 2006-01-21 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS81 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12 [...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...] | 2006-01-22 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS82 | BREAKING NEWS APPEARS POSITIVE, BUT DOUBTS REMAIN [...] (C) The committee set up to negotiate the release of the Tidex hostages (reftels) met today and announced progress in identifying the kidnappers, and again promised a positive outcome to the crisis in short order. The Bayelsa Governor, as chairman of the group, provided photographs of the h [...] | 2006-01-22 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS84 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #13 [...] (C) The State Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Bayelsa State said an arrangement had been made with the kidnappers to release the hostages at Sagbama, a point near the Delta State border. He said the kidnappers had altered their demands and now requested more infrastructure building in [...] | 2006-01-23 14:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS880 | TWO PHILIPPINE EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN PORT [...] (SBU) Two Philippine expatriate oil workers were kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 20. Vice Consul Randy Arquiza of the Philippine Embassy confirmed the incident, identifying the hostages as Pacifico Gajo and Joseph Docdolero. Both are employees of Beaufort International, a [...] | 2006-06-21 15:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS90 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14 [...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...] | 2006-01-24 17:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS91 | MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON AGIP FACILITIES; NINE POLICE [...] (U) Late afternoon on January 24, Agip's Port Harcourt headquarters was attacked and a bank on the premises was robbed. Eyewitnesses described the attackers as 30 youths dressed as police, traveling in speedboats, who immediately began a firefight with police. Nine policemen and 2 civilian [...] | 2006-01-24 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS912 | JUNE 23 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previ [...] | 2006-06-29 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS936 | TRANSOCEAN DRILLING RIG INVADED; 86 STAFF BEING [...] (C) Managing Director Kevin Wink of U.S. firm, Transocean Inc., confirmed armed community members invaded a Transocean rig, Trident 8, offshore Bayelsa State on the evening of July 3. Approximately 86 expatriate and Nigerian staff have remained locked down since then, and are being evacuate [...] | 2006-07-05 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS943 | SHELL DUTCH CONTRACTOR SEIZED IN BAYELSA STATE; [...] (C) Security contacts at Shell confirmed armed local residents today kidnapped a Dutch national from Shell's Gbaran gas gathering plant, Bayelsa State, located near the state capital Yenegoa. The hostage is an employee of Shell contractor Westminster Dredging, a U.K.-based company. As yet, [...] | 2006-07-06 18:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS956 | DUTCH HOSTAGE RELEASED SAFELY [...] (SBU) Officials from Shell and the Dutch Mission confirmed the release of Dutch hostage (reftel) Michael Llos after five days of captivity. Llos is at Government House in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, whre he being assisted by a Dutch Consular officer and representatives from his employer, Westmi [...] | 2006-07-10 15:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS98 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15 [...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...] | 2006-01-25 20:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS983 | MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON CONVOY [...] (C) Senior Chevron Nigeria management confirmed approximately 25 militants in five boats attacked a six-vessel Chevron convoy in the Chanomi Creek area around Warri South-East Local Government, Delta State, the night of July 12. Five Nigerian Government Joint Task Force (JTF) gun boats were [...] | 2006-07-13 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS99 | AGIP AND RECENT NIGER DELTA ATTACKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (SBU) A Shell contact provided additional details on the AGIP attack today during the daily hostage crisis response group meeting (reftel B). He indicated the attackers approached the AGIP compound on the creek side at about 1400 hours in two speedboats. The boats docked at the jetty, wher [...] | 2006-01-26 07:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS991 | AGIP PIPELINE BLOWN, BUT EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Press reported two Nigerian AGIP Oil Company (NAOC) pipelines in different locations in Bayelsa State were damaged by explosions on July 12. One is at the Clough Creek flow station, Tebidaba, and the other in Lagosgbene, Brass Local Governent. A senior AGIP executive told us the inci [...] | 2006-07-14 16:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAHORE159 | JAMAAT-UD-DAWA RALLY URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE AGAINST WEST [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 people turned out for an anti-cartoon rally organized by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and held at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan park on Friday, March 17. Representatives from various conservative religious and political organizations joined with prominent JUD leaders in accusing t [...] | 2006-03-24 09:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
06LAPAZ2138 | LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 21:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS BL |
06LAPAZ2494 | BOLIVIA: NOT TERRIBLY HELPFUL ON THE NAM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 20:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU BL |
06LAPAZ2495 | UNSCR 1696: BOLIVIA NOT HELPFUL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretary Eduardo Gallardo of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Relations September 20. Gallardo noted our concerns and said it would be difficult to reach consensus with the large number of countries attending the NAM. While the GOB does not h [...] | 2006-09-14 20:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR USSC BL |
06LAPAZ2995 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (C) U.S. Embassy La Paz has designated Ecopol Chief Andrew Erickson (591-2-216-8254, EricksonAS@state.gov) as the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer and Economic Officer Dovie Holland (591-2-216-8862, HollandDA2@state.gov) as the Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer. 2. (C) Fol [...] | 2006-11-03 20:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN BL |
06LAPAZ3062 | GARCIA LINERA'S RADICAL PAST RESURFACES [...] (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's membership in the indigenous-based terrorist group the Tupak Katari Guerilla Army (EGTK),the armed wing of the Tupak Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTKL),resurfaced recently as press reports focused on the progress of his petition with [...] | 2006-11-14 21:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ615 | FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...] | 2006-03-07 21:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL |
06LAPAZ626 | MNR CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials on March 8, MNR Senator Miguel Majluf and MNR deputy Michiaki Nagatani expressed confidence about their party's prospects for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and satisfaction with the opposition's efforts to limit MAS power in the CA. They said [...] | 2006-03-08 20:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR BL |
06LAPAZ810 | MORALES ACCUSES U.S. OF BEING BEHIND DEADLY [...] (C) Summary: The deadly bombings in downtown La Paz late March 21 appear to be the isolated handiwork of a mentally unstable U.S. citizen and his Uruguayan partner (refs A and B). But that hasn't stopped observers in Bolivia's political cauldron from speculating wildly about the hidden politi [...] | 2006-03-23 19:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ859 | CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...] | 2006-03-28 14:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL |
06LIMA1155 | MRTA LEADER VICTOR POLAY SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS IN [...] (U) On 3/21, Peru's National Anti-Terrorism Court imposed a 32-year prison sentence on Victor Polay Campos, the founder and principal commander of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist group. Polay was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, bombing, kidnapping and extorti [...] | 2006-03-23 22:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KJUS ASEC PE |
06LIMA248 | OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...] | 2006-01-23 11:58:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA3126 | PERU: URGENT DEMARCHE ON DERAILING PROPOSED UN [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Minister Counsellor Ana Rosa Valdivieso, Head of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Office of Mulitlateral Affairs on 8/9. Valdivieso said the GOP would not/not sign the request for a Human Rights Council Special Session on Lebanon, which she understood 16 other [...] | 2006-08-09 20:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | IS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER PE |
06LIMA3245 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE AND MANPADS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of TSA Attache Joseph G. Ochoa, Santo Polizzi and David W. Thomas from September 7, 2006 through September 16, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to assist TSA security specialists team conducting a MANPADS Vulnerability Assessment [...] | 2006-08-17 17:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER EAIR OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA3489 | APEC: PERU SUPPORTS CTTF EXTENSION, OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: The GOP supports an extension of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, and suggests Thailand as a possible new chair. The GOP generally agrees with the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, with one notable exception: the GOP strongly opposes the creation of a professional Executive D [...] | 2006-09-01 22:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON APECO ETRD PTER PE |
06LIMA3876 | PERU TO FARC WEAPONS SMUGGLING RING BROKEN-UP [...] (U) Summary: Peruvian police have busted an arms smuggling ring that planned to ship weapons and munitions to the FARC in Colombia. During the operation, authorities confiscated over 3,500 rounds of ammunition and five air-to-surface missiles reportedly diverted from Peruvian military stockpi [...] | 2006-09-28 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER CO PE |
06LIMA4248 | PERU'S VIEWS ON APEC 2006 AND HOSTING APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP sees eye-to-eye with the USG on priorities for the November APEC Leaders' and Ministers' meetings. Having passed the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (PTPA) in its Congress in June, Peru has already signed on to many of the USG's trade priorities. It is likely that Pre [...] | 2006-10-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON APECO ETRD PTER PARM TSPL PE |
06LIMA4249 | PERU INTERESTED IN UN COUNTERTERRORISM VISIT [...] (SBU) On October 19, Pol and Econ Officers delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Augusto Sibille of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Undersecretariat, urging the GOP to invite the United Nations' Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) to Lima to assess how the GOP's UNSCR 1373 implementati [...] | 2006-10-31 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER EFIN PREL USUN PE |
06LIMA4511 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA ATTACHE JOSEPH G. OCHOA, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph G. Ochoa, III from November 29 to December 1, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to discuss a proposed Memorandum of Agreement for technical assistance. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by [...] | 2006-11-28 20:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC OTRA AR PE |
06LIMA4601 | TERRORIST LISTS: PERU [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the Government of Peru does not maintain a list of banned terrorist entities, per se. The Office of Intelligence of the Peruvian National Police's (PNP) Directorate of Counterterrorism (DIRCOTE) maintains a computerized database with thousands of police files on i [...] | 2006-12-06 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PE |
06LIMA4766 | NARCO-TERRORISTS AMBUSH AND KILL FIVE POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: On 12/16 in the VRAE region of Ayacucho eight people, including five police officers, were ambushed and killed by a group of suspected narco-terrorists. Two inspectors from the national company that regulates the legal coca market (ENACO) were also killed. DEA sources said the a [...] | 2006-12-22 17:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA494 | HUMALA DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has recently been dogged by allegations that he committed human rights violations while serving as a Peruvian Army Officer in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the early 1990s. The Human Rights Coordinator, an umbrella group [...] | 2006-02-06 23:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA622 | NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR'S BRIEFING ON [...] (S) SUMMARY. National Intelligence Directorate Chief Julio Raygada sees SL as collaborating with the narcotics trade, but does not consider the Senderistas to be simply "narco-terrorists;" he asserts that the group remains ideologically focused in its activities. Raygada points out that in recent f [...] | 2006-02-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PTER PGOV PE |
06LIMA658 | HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...] | 2006-02-16 21:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA691 | SENDERO LUMINOSO (SL) LEADER "COMRADE CLAY" [...] (U) Summary: Based on PNP press releases and news reports, SL leader "Comrade Clay" was shot and killed by Peruvian police on 2/19 in a confrontation in Huanuco Department. Clay was the military leader for the SL faction in the Huallaga Valley, and considered the second in command under SL Co [...] | 2006-02-21 22:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR ASEC PE |
06LIMA713 | REPORTS CHAVEZ BUYS VOTES FOR HUMALA ROIL PRESS, [...] (C) Charges that Hugo Chavez is offering legal residency to expat Peruvians in Venezuela if they vote for Humala roiled the press over the weekend (2/19). Candidates have split on the issue, with Lourdes Flores Nano calling the accusations potentially serious and Alan Garcia dismissing them. [...] | 2006-02-22 22:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA86 | HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...] | 2006-01-09 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LISBON1546 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ABOUSOFIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PO |
06LISBON1642 | PORTUGAL OFFERS VIEWPOINT ON LEBANON SECURITY [...] (C) On August 7, Acting Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche and draft resolution to Acting Director for International Political Organizations Helena Paiva and Israel-Arab Affairs Desk Officer Maria Joao Coutinho. Paiva, who previously worked for the Portuguese Mission to the UN, agreed t [...] | 2006-08-07 15:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE PO |
06LISBON1776 | PORTUGAL INFORMED OF 2005 PORT STATE CONTROL [...] Per reftel, POL/ECON Officer met with Eduardo da Silva Martins, President of the Portuguese Port and Maritime Transport Institute to notify him of the Coast Guard,s 2005 Port State Control (PSC) report to be released later this year. Martins was advised that Portugal was identified as having [...] | 2006-08-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ATRN ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER AFSI PO |
06LISBON1921 | AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...] | 2006-09-08 16:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER PO US VE |
06LISBON2069 | PORTUGAL FULLY SUPPORTS UNSCR 1695 INITIATIVE [...] On September 15, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel demarche to Luis Cabao, Director for Asian and Oceanic Affairs at the MFA, and Angelo Seia Neves, Director General for European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Portugal fully supports the measures outlined in UN [...] | 2006-09-20 10:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KNAR KS |
06LISBON2134 | PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...] | 2006-09-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF |
06LISBON2419 | PORTUGAL AGAINST LEBANON-SPECIFIC UN RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER PO |
06LISBON2615 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICERS: PORTUGAL [...] Per reftel, Portugal's TFCO and Deputy TFCO are: a) TFCO: Cari R. Enav OFFICE: 351-21-770-2242 CELL: 351-91-776-4291 UNCLASSIFIED EMAIL: EnavCR@state.gov SIPDIS CLASSIFIED EMAIL: EnavCR@state.sgov.gov b) Deputy TFCO: Tiffany L. McGriff OFFICE: 351-21-770-2575 CELL: 351-91-959-482 [...] | 2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER PO |
06LISBON2750 | PORTUGAL DOES NOT MAINTAIN NATIONAL TERRORIST LISTS [...] Antonio Folgado of the Ministry of Justice and Angelo Seica Neves of the Department of Finance reported that Portugal does not have a national terrorist list separate from the European Union or United Nations lists. Names provided by other countries, such as the United States, are collated bu [...] | 2006-12-06 09:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER PO |
06LISBON2754 | PORTUGAL TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON TFTP [...] (SBU) Portugal intends to follow the recommendations of the European Commission regarding next steps for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) - according to Mario Pinto Lobo, Director-General for European Affairs and International Cooperation at the Ministry of Finance and Carlos Coim [...] | 2006-12-06 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON EU PO |
06LISBON2861 | PORTUGAL: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] As requested reftel, the following text comprises Embassy Lisbon's Country Report on Terrorism. Despite assistance from Washington offices, our offices were unable to access the Intellipedia option to submit this report. 2. Begin text: Portugal supports international efforts to combat te [...] | 2006-12-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PO |
06LJUBLJANA272 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...] | 2006-05-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA611 | SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...] | 2006-09-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA612 | SLOVENIA: SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) In preparation for the Secretary of Defense's visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006, and his bilateral discussions with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, please find below a current summary of Slovenia [...] | 2006-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA694 | SLOVENIA AGAINST UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Ambassador telephoned MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar on October 26 to deliver reftel points. Cerar said that the Governement of Slovenia would vote against the resolution. ROBERTSON [...] | 2006-10-30 05:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER |
06LJUBLJANA724 | SLOVENIA: PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih in context of regular GAERC demarche. Slovenia does not maintain a diplomatic presence in Lebanon, however, Arih agreed unreservedly with the USG concerns and call for US/EU coordination in support of PM Siniora's gov [...] | 2006-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SI |
06LJUBLJANA742 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] (SBU) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on November 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Policy staffer Bostjan Jerman. Jerman did not have any immediate substantive reply but promised to review the information carefully and pass it along to the relevant parties at the MFA and M [...] | 2006-11-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SI |
06LONDON1623 | (SBU) GUANTANAMO: LABOUR MP DISCUSSES OMAR [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Poloffs met with Labour backbench MP Des Turner March 2 at his request, to hear his concerns about Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, a Libyan national with longstanding legal residency status in UK as a refug [...] | 2006-03-03 14:15:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM UK |
06LONDON3200 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK POSITION ON MENAFATF BEST [...] (C) Summary: The UK fully supports the MENAFATF best practices paper on charities, and there is no UK policy to relax the measures set out in the draft version of the paper. While representatives of the Charity Commission have discussed the paper with MENAFATF members, they have done so base [...] | 2006-05-05 15:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON3207 | DEMARCHE ON EU LISTING OF THE LTTE AS A TERRORIST [...] (C) Embassy raised reftel points with Simon Bond of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's South Asia Department and Ben Lyon of the FCO's Counterterrorism Policy Department. Lyon said that the UK fully supports an EU designation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). LTTE is already [...] | 2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
06LONDON3208 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF JUD [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ben Lyon in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Counterterrorism Policy Department and to Sean Byrne in Her Majesty's Treasury's Financial Systems and International Standards Department. Both said that the UK would be holding an internal Asset Freezin [...] | 2006-05-05 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN UK |
06LONDON3365 | (C) TERRORISM FINANCE: EU CLEARINGHOUSE TO [...] (C/NF) Ben Lyon (please protect) of the FCO's Counterterrorism Policy Department said that the Austrian Presidency has decided to hold a snap meeting of the EU Clearinghouse on Thursday, May 18. The meeting was originally scheduled for either June 12 or 14 (ref A). Lyon said that he understo [...] | 2006-05-12 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
06LONDON3628 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO SEEK UN DESIGNATION OF [...] (C/NF) The United Kingdom intends to seek UN 1267 designation of two additional Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) targets. According to Giles Cutler, of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to seek UN designation for Sarra Properties Limited and Khalid Balaam. [...] | 2006-05-23 16:00:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN UK |
06LONDON4338 | UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...] | 2006-06-16 10:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR |
06LONDON4563 | UK MPs REGISTER REACT TO GUANTANAMO SUICIDES [...] (U) Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, a Labour Member of Parliament (MP),introduced a strongly worded Parliamentary motion on June 12, criticizing press statements by USG officials following the suicide of three Guantanamo Bay inmates. Thus far the motion has received support from [...] | 2006-06-23 15:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UK |
06LONDON5057 | (C) SRI LANKA: UK REVIEWING POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) FCO Sri Lanka Section Head Simon Lever told Poloff July 11 that HMG is reviewing its policy on Sri Lanka. This policy review is what is holding up its reply to the USG proposal that the UK consider chairing a contact group to a [...] | 2006-07-12 07:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR CE UK |
06LONDON5097 | UK PASSENGER NAME RECOGNITION CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The UK is in the process of developing contingency plans to ensure that airlines have legal cover to provide passenger name recognition (PNR) data to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after September 30, even if a new [...] | 2006-07-12 14:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON5500 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LONDON5503 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MONTREUX INITIATIVE ON ISLAMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: The Montreux Initiative is a non-governmental project designed to promote cooperation in removing unjustified obstacles to the effective operation of legitimate Islamic charities. The initiative, whi [...] | 2006-07-27 10:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON5861 | (C) UK FOREIGN SECRETARY PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett is pessimistic enough about the future of the draft Lebanon Security Council resolution that she planned to travel early this morning (August 10) to New York to do what she could to help the negotiations, Middle East/North Africa Director (NEA [...] | 2006-08-10 11:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE UK |
06LONDON5956 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK DOES NOT INTEND TO REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: The UK does not intend to request a UN 1267 designation in the short term for the nineteen suspects associated with the failed aircraft terror plot whose assets were frozen by the Bank of England on August 11 (reftel). According to HM Treasury officials, the decision not to pursue [...] | 2006-08-14 17:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON5958 | (U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels),prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...] | 2006-08-14 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL UK |
06LONDON6059 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REVIEW OF TERRORIST ABUSE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. The Home Office and Her Majesty's Treasury are conducting an in-depth review of the UK's regulatory and law enforcement structure for combating terrorist financing in the charity sector. Home Office officials are deepl [...] | 2006-08-17 15:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON6113 | UK: "NOT NOW" FOR G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE EXERCISE [...] According to Post's contacts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, HMG's Food Standards Agency (FSA) feels it is too early for HMG to effectively participate in the G8 BTEX exercise outlined in Reftel. The FSA currently plans on holding its own exercise this autumn and will not be able to c [...] | 2006-08-21 09:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN UK |
06LONDON6164 | (S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE: CHARITY COMMISSION TO [...] (S/NF) The Charity Commission of England and Wales intends to issue a temporary asset freeze either late August 22 or early August 23 on a UK-based charity with possible ties to the August 10 foiled terror plot. According to Stuart Young of the Home Office, the Charity Commission will temporar [...] | 2006-08-22 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EU UK |
06LONDON6196 | (U) GUANTANAMO: POLOFFS MEET WITH MP'S AND [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) At the request of Labour backbench MP Desmond Turner, Poloffs met August 22 with Turner and a group of activists to discuss Guantanamo. Most of the activists were campaigners on behalf of Guantanamo detainee Omar Deghayes, whose family [...] | 2006-08-23 16:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM UK |
06LONDON6559 | (C) SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING 9/27 [...] (U) Action Request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The UK still supports the Sri Lanka Contact Group in principle but would like more detail about it - i.e., what are the expected inputs and the anticipated outputs/results? FCO Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Section Head Simon Lever told Polof [...] | 2006-09-11 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE UK |
06LONDON7250 | (C) UK-INDIA SUMMIT: BUILDING ON THE STRATEGIC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Prime Ministers Blair and Singh met in London October 10 for the third annual UK-India summit since the bilateral strategic partnership was launched in 2004. This was not intended as a summit of breakthrough agreements, but rather of building on the multi-faceted relationship. [...] | 2006-10-11 16:05:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KNNP ETRD PTER IN AF UK |
06LONDON7400 | (C) TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO BEGIN USING [...] (U) Chancellor Gordon Brown announced October 10 that Her Majesty's Treasury -- on the advice of law enforcement agencies -- had agreed to use "closed source evidence" (i.e. classified materials) in asset freezing cases where there are strong operational reasons to impose a freeze, but insuffi [...] | 2006-10-17 16:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PREL PTER CO UK |
06LONDON7531 | UK ANTICIPATES UK AND EU OPPOSITION TO UNGA [...] (C) The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued instructions to UKUN to vote against the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) resolutions, as currently drafted, on "The Situation of the Lebanese Children" and "Consequences of the Israeli Invasion on the Human Rights Situation in Lebanon" in the [...] | 2006-10-23 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS UK |
06LONDON7856 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT US SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) The UK has urgently requested U.S. support for a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK is seeking the earliest possible UN designation of Al Ghabra. [...] | 2006-11-07 17:12:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LONDON7916 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee held its 92nd session in Paris, France at UNESCO, October 16-20 (LEG 92),under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic Of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, the Draft Wreck Removal Co [...] | 2006-11-13 11:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO EWWT AORC ASEC UK PTER |
06LONDON7974 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE ON AL GHABRA 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) The UK intends to prenotify P-5 partners November 24 of its intent to request a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to submit the request to [...] | 2006-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LONDON8002 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 15:34:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LONDON8004 | (U) PAKISTAN: PM BLAIR MEETS MUSHARRAF IN LAHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: November 19 talks between PM Blair and President Musharraf focused on counter-terrorism, Afghanistan, and Islamic extremism, according to Kate English of FCO's Pakistan Section (based on a preliminary read-out from the UK High Commission in Islamabad). Musharraf complained to B [...] | 2006-11-20 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID PK AF UK |
06LONDON8066 | (C) SOMALIA: MUSEVENI TELLS A/S FRAZER UGANDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uganda's President Museveni told AF A/S Frazer November 21 that he is ready to send a battalion to Baidoa to protect the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions, provided there is a clear UNSCR, adequate funding and a tacit agreement with Ethiopia. He was expecting Ethiopia to [...] | 2006-11-22 15:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER UNSC SO UG ET |
06LONDON8157 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT JOINT [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the Chinese have indicated to the UK that they intend to place a hold on an eventual UK submission to the UN 1267 Committee of Mohammed Al Ghabra. The UK, which is convince [...] | 2006-11-30 14:08:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LONDON8247 | TERRORISM FINANCE: NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP [...] (C) Summary: The UK is extremely concerned that the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, and SWIFT's involvement in it, is being treated by the European Commission purely as a privacy issue when it should be "rooted in a national security debate." While HM Treasury officials are currently prep [...] | 2006-12-07 15:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN ECON EU UK |
06LONDON8249 | POLONIUM SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post provided reftel A information on polonium-210 to HMG to assist in its investigation and public response. UK health authorities continue to contact those individuals who may have stayed in rooms at the Millennium Hotel that tested positive for radiation; CA/OCS continues to [...] | 2006-12-07 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PTER RU UK |
06LONDON8394 | NEXT STEPS ON THE TFTP: UK BUILDING COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Action Request: The UK sees the emergence of a "coalition of the constructive," EU member states willing to work together to develop solutions to safeguard the terrorism finance tracking program (TFTP). The UK intends to work with Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany ( [...] | 2006-12-19 10:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PTER KTFN ECON EU UK |
06LUANDA1255 | TERRORIST LISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AO |
06LUANDA673 | ANGOLA - GRA READY TO SIGN PEACE ACCORD IN CABINDA [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations for a peace agreement between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) are set to conclude on June 30, 2006. The agreement recognizes Cabinda as a part of Angola, grants special economic status and local governance powers to Cabinda, and condemns further act [...] | 2006-06-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA676 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN CEASE-FIRE SIGNED [...] (U) As noted reftel, a cease-fire between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) was signed on June 30, 2006. A small signing ceremony was held in Massabi, a frontier town in northern Cabinda province, between the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Angola (FAA),General [...] | 2006-07-03 16:32:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA710 | ANGOLA - CATHOLIC CHURCH NEUTRAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) During the U.S. 4th of July celebration, Graciano Apolonio, a prominent clergyman in the Catholic Church and personal priest to President Dos Santos, stated that the Catholic Church's new Bishop in Cabinda, Filomeno Vieira Dias, was unlikely to comment on the Cabinda peace accord because o [...] | 2006-07-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA736 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD NEGOTIATIONS [...] On July 15, 2006, the final text of the Cabinda Peace Accord was approved and signed as a Memorandum of Understanding in Brazzaville. The accord has six main components central to which is the still undefined special political and economic status for Cabinda. Other items include granting amn [...] | 2006-07-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA740 | ANGOLA - SECOND, "DEFINITIVE" CEASE-FIRE SIGNED IN [...] (C) GRA and Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD) military representatives signed the second and "definitive" cease-fire agreement on July 18, 2006 in Macabi, Cabinda province. While some of those opposed continue to publicly attack the peace accord, including a call by some Front for the Liberati [...] | 2006-07-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA765 | ANGOLA - CABINDA PEACE ACCORD DISCUSSIONS MOVE TO [...] (C) In a July 24, 2006 statement before the National Assembly, the Minister of Territorial Administration Virgilio Fontes Pereira noted that the final signing ceremony for the Cabindan Memorandum of Understanding would be held on August 1, 2006 and gave details on how Cabinda's special status [...] | 2006-07-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA812 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD SIGNED [...] (C) On August 1, 2006, the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace in Cabinda. In attendance at this event were the highest officials of all three branches of the GRA, including the acting President Roberto de Almeida. The FCD [...] | 2006-08-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUXEMBOURG423 | LEBANON: LUXEMBOURG AGREES WITH UNSCR DRAFT, [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points to Stephan Muller, Deputy Political Director at the MFA, on August 6. Muller stated that FM Asselborn had argued stridently for such a 2-step approach at the extraordinary August 1 GAERC, and that Luxembourg's priority is an immediate cessation of hostilities to [...] | 2006-08-08 08:01:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS LU |
06LUXEMBOURG438 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE LU |
06LUXEMBOURG568 | JUSTICE MINISTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL BANKERS ABOUT NORTH [...] (U) In remarks during an October 23 financial seminar in Tokyo, Luxembourg Minister for Justice and Budget Luc Frieden warned financial institutions to be extremely cautious in any dealings which might involve North Korea. As he has often in other public fora, Frieden touted Luxembourg's "le [...] | 2006-10-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV EUN LU |
06MAAMA2067 | SENATOR NELON AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 07:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BA REGION OFFICIALS OREP PTER |
06MADRID1722 | SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...] | 2006-07-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL IZ SP |
06MADRID1914 | COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN" [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...] | 2006-07-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID2334 | SPAIN SEES ENGAGEMENT WITH SYRIA AS NECESSARY [...] (C) In a Sept. 13 meeting with MFA Director General for Middle East Alvaro Iranzo, PolCouns discussed reftel points on Syria, stressed that the United States strongly discourages high-level contacts with the SARG and made clear that the USG is not asking third parties to deliver any messages [...] | 2006-09-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU SP |
06MADRID2380 | DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN - [...] (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deploye [...] | 2006-09-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP |
06MADRID2381 | EL PAIS ARTICLE CRITICAL OF ASPECTS OF THE FIGHT [...] Summary: El Pais, Spain's most influential daily paper, and the one most closely aligned with the current Socialist government, has run an article called "The list nobody wants to be on: The system of rosters featuring details of suspected terrorists must be improved, experts believe." The ar [...] | 2006-09-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP |
06MADRID2435 | SPAIN: SIX MONTHS ON, ETA'S "PERMANENT CEASEFIRE" [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire, many inside Spain are now doubting its permanence. Street violence and vandalism continue in the Basque region and alleged ETA supporters released a statement over the weekend claiming that the gr [...] | 2006-09-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID2657 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON KEY TERRORISM-RELATED CASES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the October 24 visit to Madrid of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Post presents a brief update on several of the most important pending or recently completed terrorism or criminal cases in the Spanish judicial system. Spain has made great strides in disrupting terro [...] | 2006-10-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER SP |
06MADRID2759 | SPAIN: NAM RESOLUTIONS ON LEBANESE CHILDREN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER SP |
06MADRID2810 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR R&D TEAM [...] Embassy grants country clearance to the U.S. technical representatives; Adam Tarsi, TSWG International Program Manager, Mary Ungar, Executive Director IIHS, Ralph Pasini, Director, IIHS, Timothy Corcoran, Principal, IIHS, Timothy Armstrong, Analyst, IIHS, Jame Boswell, Facility Security Offic [...] | 2006-11-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SP PTER |
06MADRID2895 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED! [...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...] | 2006-11-16 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID293 | SPAIN: CHIEF PROSECUTOR FORCED TO QUIT [...] (U) Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido forced the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court, Eduardo Fungairino, to step down for alleged mismanagement of terrorism cases under his supervision. Fungairino, a highly-respected 26-year veteran of the National Court, will move to a position [...] | 2006-02-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID3006 | SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...] | 2006-12-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP |
06MADRID3014 | SPAIN/VENEZUELA: ETA ISSUES SPARK SPANISH ANGER [...] (U) Only hours after Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos had called to congratulate Hugo Chavez on winning his second presidential term on December 4, all major Spanish media outlets seized on a report from Basque news agency Vasco Press [...] | 2006-12-07 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID3036 | SPANISH CONTACTS ON TFTP AND SWIFT [...] (C) On December 7, EconCouns delivered reftel points to contacts at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Finance (Director of the Treasury),and at the Bank of Spain. 2. (C) On December 12 DCM followed up with a call to Navarro. Navarro said he had received the points and was awar [...] | 2006-12-13 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ECON SP |
06MADRID3042 | SPAIN: POLICE ARREST 11 ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN [...] (U) Spanish National Police arrested ten Spanish nationals and one Moroccan national in the North African enclave of Ceuta on charges that the men were plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. Among the detainees were two brothers of former Spanish national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abderrah [...] | 2006-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID3078 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: MOVING AHEAD ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) The DCM and Embassy officers met with Eugenio Pereiro, Director of Spain's "National Center for Antiterrorist Coordination" (CNCA) on December 19 to discuss a broad range of security cooperation issues. Much of the discussion focused on the establishment of a mechanism to share terroris [...] | 2006-12-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID3104 | SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: PLAINTIFFS DEMAND 13 USG [...] (U) The Mallorcan "Free Association of Attorneys" and a group of Mallorcan professionals filed a motion calling upon National Court Judge Ismael Moreno to name 13 presumed USG officials as suspects in connection with the transit of a CIA flight that stopped in Palma de Mallorca in January 2004. The [...] | 2006-12-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SP |
06MADRID3111 | SPAIN: CAR BOMB DETONATES AT MADRID AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. A car bomb detonated at 9 a.m. Madrid local time on December 30 in a public parking garage outside of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. Minister of Interior Rubalcaba said that one person is missing and several were lightly injured. Rubalcaba expressed his c [...] | 2006-12-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV SP |
06MADRID38 | SPAIN ARRESTS 20 ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS [...] (U) Spain arrested 20 people on January 10 on charges of recruiting and training potential terrorists to be sent to Iraq to carry out attacks against coalition forces. The individuals arrested in Barcelona are suspected of being members of a cell that recruited and trained terrorists who carr [...] | 2006-01-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID462 | SPAIN'S CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID596 | ETA VIOLENCE AMID RUMORS OF IMPENDING TRUCE [...] ETA carried out its second series of bombings in the last two days with two attacks the morning of of March 9, the latest in a string of 14 ETA attacks since the beginning of the year. The attacks, one along a highway in the Cantabria Region in the north of Spain near the Basque Region and a s [...] | 2006-03-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID611 | MADRID TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION NEARING [...] Examining Judge Juan del Olmo is nearing the close of his 23-month investigation of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, as the second anniversary of the attacks approaches. He recently issued orders to extend the pre-trial detention of nine key suspects being held in connection with the [...] | 2006-03-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID644 | BASQUE JOURNALIST DOUBTS ETA READY FOR PEACE DEAL [...] (SBU) Oscar Beltran, a journalist for the Basque Region daily "El Correo" and a former International Visitor grantee, recently shared his observations regarding rumors of an upcoming truce declaration by ETA. He has covered ETA for several years and reports extensively on the group. Beltran [...] | 2006-03-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID74 | VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE, IN A RECENT ANTI- TERR [...] | 2006-01-12 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP ET AL FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ |
06MADRID766 | ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...] | 2006-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID780 | AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT FELIPE [...] (C) Former Spanish President Felipe Gonzalez told Ambassador Aguirre March 24 that the ETA ceasefire represents the "best chance ever" for ending ETA violence once and for all. Gonzalez, still one of the leading luminaries of the Spanish Socialist Party, but not in the inner circle of current [...] | 2006-03-31 10:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SP IR RS WI MO AG AE |
06MADRID787 | ETA CEASE FIRE: HOW IT HAPPENED [...] The small group of advisers who have guided the Zapatero government's contacts with ETA remain tightlipped about their activities due to the extreme political sensitivity and domestic controversy surrounding the issue. Spanish officials have maintained this silence even as they discussed othe [...] | 2006-03-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID801 | SPAIN: SEVEN ARRESTED SUSPECTED OF ACQUIRING ARMS, [...] (S) Spanish National Police units arrested seven suspected arms traffickers in Madrid and Alicante in raids on March 29. The suspects are from various countries including Spain, Syria, Argentina, Egypt, Estonia and Germany. They are suspected of working to acquire arms and explosives for Isl [...] | 2006-04-03 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID802 | SPAIN: SUSPECTED AL-QA'IDA WEBMASTER SENTENCED TO [...] (U) On April 3, Spain's National Court sentenced Algerian national Ahmed Brahim to 10 years in prison for attempting to create web pages for al-Qa'ida. (Brahim was detained on terrorism charges in April 2002 in a town near Barcelona). The court found that Brahim's web pages were designed to " [...] | 2006-04-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID916 | SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 29 FOR MARCH 11 ATTACKS [...] (U) On April 11, National Court Judge Juan del Olmo released a 1460-page indictment of 29 people for their involvement in the March 11,2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Press reports say that after two years of investigation, the judge found that the local terrorist cell cons [...] | 2006-04-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV SP |
06MANAGUA1539 | NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 22:11:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU |
06MANAGUA1775 | NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON LEBANON [...] Embassy received the following in response to the demarche on Lebanon Security Council Resolution, as outlined in SECSTATE 128442. An unofficial translation follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs In view of the intensification of the crisis in the Middle East, the Ministr [...] | 2006-08-15 21:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS NU UN IS |
06MANAGUA2390 | NICARAGUA WILL NOT BACK NAM'S UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 23:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNGA LE IS PHUM PTER NU |
06MANAGUA2741 | DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...] | 2006-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU |
06MANAGUA436 | OVER 540 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED AT PENAS BLANCAS [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) seized over 540 kilograms of cocaine on February 22 at the Penas Blancas vehicle inspection station. According to post law enforcement sources, the NNP pulled the suspicious-looking vehicle aside as it crossed the border from Costa Rica. There were irre [...] | 2006-02-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PTER NU |
06MANAGUA571 | NICARAGUA CICTE DELEGATION [...] The final composition of Nicaragua's delegation to the CICTE Sixth Regular session has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but will likely be led by Vice Foreign Minister Javier Williams Slate. At the technical level, the GON will send Myriam Vasquez, the Vice Director for [...] | 2006-03-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL OAS NU |
06MANAGUA624 | NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...] | 2006-03-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU |
06MANAGUA725 | AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO [...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...] | 2006-03-31 18:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU |
06MANAGUA755 | NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAGUA882 | NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 23:34:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAGUA884 | NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On April 20, Ambassador shared with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the pattern of harassment directed by the Venezuelan government against U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, William R. Brownfield, most recently when Ambassador Brownfield was donating baseball equipment to a Little [...] | 2006-04-21 23:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU |
06MANAGUA936 | CASINOS AND MONEY LAUNDERING: GAMBLING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of casinos in Nicaragua has grown exponentially over the last few years, just as the attractiveness of the country as a transit point for narcotics and illegal weapons. These trends - - combined with a weak regulatory system for the gaming industry, judicial corruption, and [...] | 2006-04-28 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SNAR PTER NU |
06MANAMA1000 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE NAMING BAHRAINI OFFICIALS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on June 3, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/15-69076 Date: June 3, 2006 Confidential and Urgent SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdo [...] | 2006-06-07 13:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1017 | BAHRAIN: GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE NONPAPER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-11 12:19:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS BA IR REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1018 | BAHRAIN ENDORSES PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Post received the following diplomatic note June 11 from the Bahraini MFA. Begin text of dip note: 11 June 2006 1/100/231-69649 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents its compliments to the United States Embassy, and has the honor to inform the Embass [...] | 2006-06-11 12:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA BA BILAT REGION |
06MANAMA1030 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON GCC COUNTER-TERRORISM CENTER [...] (S) Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa told EmbOffs June 7 that he and the other GCC Interior Ministers had discussed the mission of a regional counter-terrorism center during a recent meeting held in Abu Dhabi. The meeting came as a result of a decision by GCC heads of [...] | 2006-06-12 14:01:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC BA REGION BILAT CTR OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA1040 | BAHRAINIS REACT TO AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH [...] (C) Privately, all Bahrainis we have been in touch with, whether Sunni or Shi'a, have expressed satisfaction with the death of Al Zarqawi. Public reactions have broken down along mostly sectarian lines. Shi'a Bahrainis, who represent some 70 percent of the country's citizens, expressed their [...] | 2006-06-13 12:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BA IZ REGION CTR |
06MANAMA1094 | BAHRAIN: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] (C) A/DCM June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the Yemeni GCC assistance request to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz SIPDIS bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz listened carefully and said the Bahraini government agreed that it sho [...] | 2006-06-19 07:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER BA REGION ECTRD |
06MANAMA1101 | GOB FEELS PRESSURE ON REMAINING GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Activity in support of the remaining three Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo Bay increased following the recent suicides. Anti-U.S. MP Mohamed Khalid said he holds the U.S. Administration responsible for the deaths and called Guantanamo a "U.S. Nazi prison." Former detainee Abdulla Majid [...] | 2006-06-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BA BILAT CTR POL |
06MANAMA1156 | COURT RULES CHARGES AGAINST SUNNI EXTREMIST CELL [...] (C) Bahrain's constitutional court issued a decision June 26 that the conspiracy charges filed against four Sunni extremists are unconstitutional, citing a conflict between Article 157 of the penal code and Article 20 of the constitution. The constitution requires that only "acts" be punishe [...] | 2006-06-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BA BILAT CTR POL |
06MANAMA1163 | FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS HARM DONE BY GTMO ISSUE [...] (S) The Ambassador June 25 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the proposed visit of Bahraini security officials to GTMO to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The Minister thanked the Ambassador for the response and said he would get back to us on proposed travel det [...] | 2006-06-28 11:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC PTER OPDC BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA1173 | FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS BA IR REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1193 | BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief July 2 delivered reftel notification of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that he would pass the request for information about Bahraini detainee Isa Al Murbati to MFA Direc [...] | 2006-07-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1205 | FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS PUBLICLY THAT GTMO OBSTACLE [...] (U) All newspapers July 5 covered statements by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at a press conference in which he called for the release of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and characterized the detention facility as an "obstacle" in bilateral relations [...] | 2006-07-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1289 | BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S) Further to Assistant Secretary John Hillen's May 14 meeting with MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and A/DCM's June 10 delivery of reftel Gulf Security Dialogue nonpaper, the MFA July 15 officially responded via diplomatic [...] | 2006-07-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS BA IR REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1313 | TFLE01: FM SHAIKH KHALID ON LEBANON, ROADMAP [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 18, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid was clearly anguished about the hostilities in Lebanon. The Lebanese have worked so hard to bring their country back from civil war, but now there is much destruction and many civilian deaths. Shaikh Khalid voiced [...] | 2006-07-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA1317 | TFLE01: PUBLIC PROTESTS, EMOTIONAL STATEMENTS ON [...] (C) Between five and 15 thousand men, women, and children marched July 18 to express their support for Lebanon and Hizballah. Protesters chanted pro-Hizballah and anti-American statements. Leading Shia political society Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman spoke at the rally SIPDIS statin [...] | 2006-07-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER BA REGION POL |
06MANAMA1326 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONTAINING REQUESTED INFORMATION [...] (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on July 17, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing the information requested reftel A. Attachments referenced in diplomatic note are being sent via classified email. 2. (C) Post's informal translation follows: Begin Text: 1 [...] | 2006-07-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1327 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1329 | TFLE01: BAHRAIN TEMPERATURE RISES ON LEBANON AND [...] (C) Activity on the streets has increased with several protests over the Bahraini weekend July 19-21, including the first directed at the U.S. Embassy. Approximately 300 individuals attempted to march towards the Embassy July 21, but were stopped by security personnel several blocks away. Wh [...] | 2006-07-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA POL REGION |
06MANAMA1363 | GOB PROPOSED DATE FOR SECURITY DELEGATION TO GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Post received the following diplomatic note July 25, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-72857 Date: July 25, 2006 Secret SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain pres [...] | 2006-07-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL KAWC PTER OPDC CTR BILAT BA |
06MANAMA1366 | BAHRAINI SHIA MPS URGE CONTINUED EMBASSY ROLE [...] (C) Shia MPs Mohamed Al Alshaikh and Shaikh Abdulla Al A'ali met with the Ambassador July 24 and urged the Embassy to continue to support Bahrain's democratic reform. Shaikh Abdulla expressed the wish they could have accomplished more for the people, but said that their four years of service [...] | 2006-07-29 09:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR POL REFORM |
06MANAMA1391 | TFLE01: GOB CONDEMNS QANA BOMBING, PUBLIC ACTIVE [...] (C) The PM's Cabinet expressed July 30 its strong condemnation of the Qana bombing and urged the international community to intervene to stop the bloodshed of innocent civilians. While still relatively low-key and orderly, the number of public events has increased, including plans by leading [...] | 2006-07-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL |
06MANAMA1414 | TFLE01: ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF LEBANON INCREASE [...] (U) King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa reiterated July 31 his call for an immediate cease-fire and reaffirmed Bahrain's support for the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people. Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa issued a similar statement August 1. Demonstrations and fund-rais [...] | 2006-08-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL |
06MANAMA1469 | FINANCIAL CRIMES LAW ESTABLISHES EXEMPTION FOR [...] (C) Summary. A recently passed law on its way to the King for signature that addresses money laundering and terror financing establishes an exemption for funding "freedom fighters" and "nations struggling against foreign invasion and aggression." Bahrain Monetary Agency Advisor Ralph Ricks c [...] | 2006-08-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD POL |
06MANAMA1489 | BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UNSC BA IS LE REGION |
06MANAMA1507 | BAHRAIN'S FIRST COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW ENTERS INTO [...] (C) King Hamad August 12 signed into law Bahrain's first law specifically criminalizing terrorism. Both chambers of parliament passed the law in the final days of the legislative session, which expired at the end of July. The law enumerates the types of crimes considered to be terrorism and [...] | 2006-08-15 10:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM BA CTR POL HUMRIT |
06MANAMA1513 | BAHRAINIS REACT WITH JOY AND RELIEF TO END OF [...] (C) Bahrainis have greeted the implementation of a cessation of violence in Lebanon with joy and relief - joy at what many view as Hizballah's "historic victory" and relief that they are no longer viewing daily images of Lebanese civilian casualties and destruction. The Cabinet August 13 rel [...] | 2006-08-15 16:27:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL |
06MANAMA1550 | FINANCIAL CRIMES LAW ENACTED AMID BOOM IN LEBANON [...] (C) The King August 8 signed a financial crimes law that crimininalizes money laundering and terror finance, thus entering the law into force. Ministry of Justice Under Secretary Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa told EconOff that SIPDIS the law's terrorism definition, which has a cutout for [...] | 2006-08-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER BA REGION CTR ECTRD |
06MANAMA1559 | BAHRAINIS RAISE FUNDS FOR LEBANON; HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Bahrain's media have been filled with stories about efforts to deliver financial and material assistance to the Lebanese people in the aftermath of implementation of the cessation of hostilities. The government has donated $5 million to the local Lebanon Fund and $1 million to UNICEF. Th [...] | 2006-08-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN PTER BA LE IS REGION POL |
06MANAMA1596 | CROWN PRINCE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS IN WAR [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador August 29 that he was pleased with the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA). He proposed that the Bahrain Navy join one of the coalition task forces coordinated out of Bahrain, in particular CTF-150, which o [...] | 2006-08-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD BA REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1614 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 08:56:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM BA REGION ROW |
06MANAMA1634 | SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE'S SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa will visit Washington September 12, his first official trip to the U.S. since March 2006. His visit comes six weeks after the implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and soon after a concerted effort by the senior-most members [...] | 2006-09-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1635 | BAHRAIN: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON [...] (C) DCM September 7 delivered reftel points concerning President Bush's September 6 speech on the transfer of CIA detainees to Guantanamo Bay to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz said he would pass the info [...] | 2006-09-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC BA BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA1641 | BAHRAIN: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 10 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa concerning discussion of the Iranian nuclear program at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana. Shaikh Abdul Aziz reaffirmed that Iran' [...] | 2006-09-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IAEA UNSC BA IR REGION |
06MANAMA1658 | BAHRAIN: MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche September 14 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa concerning the efforts of the international community to assist the rebuilding of Lebanon and to support the deployment of LAF and enhanced UN [...] | 2006-09-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON BA IS LE REGION |
06MANAMA1753 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND COMMANDER [...] (S) General Abizaid, we warmly welcome your October 11-12 visit to Bahrain. Your Bahraini interlocutors remain concerned about heightened tensions with Iran and will want to hear your views on U.S. plans to contain Iran, with specific reference to Iran's nuclear ambitions. The GOB is suspic [...] | 2006-10-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC BA REGION BILAT |
06MANAMA1755 | TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES NEW MONEY [...] (C) A Department of Treasury delegation led by Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime Patrick SIPDIS O'Brien met with Justice Ministry Under Secretary Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa to discuss Bahrain's new anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terror ( [...] | 2006-10-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD |
06MANAMA1846 | BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT THE NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 09:59:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC BA CTR |
06MANAMA1908 | U/S HUGHES, ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In a discussion with senior Ministry of Islamic Affairs officials November 1, U/S Hughes sought to elicit ideas for continued cooperation to broaden the reach of the message of religious tolerance and to [...] | 2006-11-09 05:59:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OEXC OIIP PTER KISL BA OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA1954 | AS EXPECTED, COURT FINDS ALLEGED TERRORIST CELL [...] (SBU) In the expected final move of a legal process that began in June 2004, Bahrain's Higher Criminal Court November 20 found four Bahrainis accused of planning to carry out terrorist attacks not guilty of any remaining charges. The four, Mohieddine Khan, Yaser Kamal, Bassam Ali, and Bassam [...] | 2006-11-22 14:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BA BILAT CTR POL |
06MANAMA2003 | BAHRAIN: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] Bahrain has one of the most diversified economies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). In contrast to most of its neighbors, oil accounted for only 11.1 percent of Bahrain's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. Bahrain has promoted itself as an international financial center in the Gulf re [...] | 2006-12-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR BA CTR ECTRD REGION |
06MANAMA2011 | BAHRAIN: TERRORIST LIST [...] (U) Per reftel, Bahrain does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities. However, Bahrain does endorse the UN terrorism lists and takes action against individuals and organizations identified in applicable UN Security Council resolutions, based on Bahrain's Terrorism Law and An [...] | 2006-12-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD |
06MANAMA2019 | READOUT ON GERMAN FM VISIT TO SYRIA, DISCUSSION OF [...] (C) Meeting with NSC Senior Director for Near East and North African Affairs Dr. Michael Doran December 8, German Foreign Ministry Political Director for Maghreb/Middle East Affairs Dr. Horst Freitag discussed German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier's December 4 visit to Damascus. Freitag said that [...] | 2006-12-10 15:31:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER KPAL KPKO KWBG BA REGION |
06MANAMA2040 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (U) Embassy Manama TFCO is EconOff Stephen Simpson, phone: (973)1724-2986, unclassified email: SimpsonSC@state.gov, and classified email: SimpsonSC@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Pol/Econ Chief Steve Bondy serves as an alternate point of contact. His contact information is: phone: (973)1724-2908, [...] | 2006-12-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER BA CTR |
06MANAMA2045 | URGING BAHRAIN TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL BA SY |
06MANAMA2067 | SENATOR NELSON AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) In their December 18 meeting, Crown Prince Salman told Senator Nelson that Bahrain is 100 percent committed to the bilateral relationship and credited the United States with protecting the stability and security of the region. The Senator briefed Shaikh Salman on his recent meeting with S [...] | 2006-12-26 07:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER OREP BA REGION OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA245 | TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY STUART LEVEY VISITS [...] (C) Summary. On January 23, 2006 Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey visited Bahrain and met with Rasheed Al-Maraj, Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA),Sheikh Ebrahim Al Khalifah, Undersecretary for the Ministry of Finance, Adel Qulish, Middle East and North African Financial [...] | 2006-02-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR BA KSEP REGION OFFICIALS ECTRD |
06MANAMA268 | PRESS, DIP NOTE PROTEST CONTINUED GTMO DETENTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Bahraini newspapers February 22 reported that Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary would remain at Guantanamo for at least one more year following an Administrative Review Board (ARB) decision that he contin [...] | 2006-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PTER PREL BA APDC BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA288 | BAHRAIN REACTS TO SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Tens of thousands of Bahrainis, mostly Shias, participated in peaceful and orderly demonstrations over the weekend protesting the attack on the Imam Al Hadi Shrine in Samarra. Officials, politicians, and religious leaders denounced the Samarra bombing and revenge attacks on Sunni targets [...] | 2006-02-27 13:45:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER BA IZ REGION POL |
06MANAMA333 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in a February 12 meeting with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, discussed recent Ashoora celebrations in Bahrain, reviewed worldwide reactions to the release of Danish cartoon depiction's of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, and was provided wit [...] | 2006-03-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER OFFICIALS BILAT CTR |
06MANAMA358 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 7 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak March 7 discussed Crown Prince Salman's upcoming visit to Washington, elections in Bahrain, trafficking in persons, and the anti-terrorism law. During his March 19-21 visit, the CP will discuss the U.S.-Bahrain Free Tra [...] | 2006-03-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM KNNP PTER OVIP KDEM KPAL BA REGION OFFICIALS BILAT |
06MANAMA399 | BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON MUQTADA AL SADR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 09:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM PGOV BA IZ REGION |
06MANAMA418 | BAHRAIN: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF PLENARY IN CAIRO [...] Emboffs March 15 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Head of Compliance Unit Khalid Al-Jaber and provided him with a copy of the MENA-FATF charities white paper (Reftel). Al-Jaber said he was unfamiliar with the document and that the GoB was still working to finalize its [...] | 2006-03-17 09:45:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER BA BILAT ECTRD CTR |
06MANAMA442 | DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR [...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...] | 2006-03-20 05:45:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA443 | COUNSELOR ZELIKOW DISCUSSES IRAN AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: State Department Counselor Zelikow met March 12 with Shura Council members Dr. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Ibrahim Mohamed Bashmi, both of whom are on the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee, to discuss Iraq, Iran and domestic issues in Bahrain. Dr. [...] | 2006-03-20 05:52:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR IZ BILAT OFFICIALS REGION |
06MANAMA497 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Ambassador reviewed security and counterterrorism concerns in a March 25 meeting with Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid. The Ambassador, while expressing great appreciation for the excellent cooperation across the board in addressing our security and CT concerns, advised t [...] | 2006-03-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER BA OFFICIALS CTR REGION |
06MANAMA530 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S APRIL 8 [...] (C) We warmly welcome Under Secretary Joseph's April 8 visit to Bahrain. The visit comes during a period of high-level bilateral engagement, which the Bahrainis seek and appreciate. In the past six weeks, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and State Department Counselor Zelikow came to Bahrain (R [...] | 2006-03-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS |
06MANAMA541 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON STATUS OF RETURNED GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | KAWC PTER ASEC BA CTR BILAT |
06MANAMA63 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PTER ASEC PREL BA CTR BILAT |
06MANAMA678 | MFA DENIES REPORT OF POSSIBLE MUQTADA AL SADR VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BA IZ REGION |
06MANAMA694 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note from the MFA on April 17. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-65437 Date: April 15, 2006 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it compliments to the Embassy of the [...] | 2006-04-23 08:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR |