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08KOLKATA302 | UPDATE ON OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN ASSAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Assam police have confirmed that there were 9 serial blasts on October 30 in the Northeast Indian state of Assam, causing 77 deaths so far. Bomb experts are investigating the nature of the explosives that caused unusual amounts of damage. A very slow reaction by first responder [...] | 2008-10-31 11:32:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA311 | ULFA AND NDFB SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Northeastern state of Assam's police special investigation team has unofficially implicated the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) in the October 30 terrorist attacks that killed 86 people. Police suspect external assista [...] | 2008-11-14 07:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV IN |
08KOLKATA33 | WEST BENGAL AUTHORITIES BELIEVE JAN. 16 EXPLOSION NEAR [...] (SBU) On January 28, ConGen met with West Bengal Home Secretary Prasad Ranjan Ray, the state's senior official SIPDIS responsible for security, regarding the explosion which occurred 200 meters from the Consulate on January 16 (reftel). The explosion occurred a block from the Consulate on S [...] | 2008-01-28 13:52:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC IN |
08KOLKATA332 | KOLKATA RESPONDS TO MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Like their fellow Indians throughout the country, Kolkatans were captivated and shocked by the Mumbai terrorist attacks. However, the initial reactions have failed to transform themselves into a general sense of urgency in the government or the general public for action. The pr [...] | 2008-12-05 15:46:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
08KOLKATA349 | HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING EAC - KOLKATA [...] (U) On December 23, 2008, the Consul General chaired a meeting of Consulate General Kolkata's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post's current security posture and holiday security planning. In attendance were representatives from CLO, CONS, FCS, MGMT, PAO, POL and RSO. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-12-24 07:36:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08KOLKATA350 | HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING EAC - KOLKATA [...] (U) On December 23, 2008, the Consul General chaired a meeting of Consulate General Kolkata's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post's current security posture and holiday security planning. In attendance were representatives from CLO, CONS, FCS, MGMT, PAO, POL and RSO. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-12-24 07:37:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08KOLKATA56 | ASSAM POLICE CLAIM TO THWART AIRPLANE HIJACK ATTEMPT BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, Assam Police claimed to have thwarted plans to hijack a Deccan Air plane, with the arrest of three suspects. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),alleged by the Assam police to be backed by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),planned to hijac [...] | 2008-02-15 12:27:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR EAIR ASEC PK IN |
08KOLKATA65 | SECURITY FORCES IN ORISSA STILL PURSUE MAOIST INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, approximately 400 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel joined Orissa security forces in the search for the over 200 Maoists insurgents who attacked police facilities and armory on February 15. The scale of the Maoist attack prompted Orissa Chie [...] | 2008-02-21 13:09:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR ASEC PHUM IN |
08KOLKATA66 | GORKHAS PROTEST FOR A SEPARATE STATE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tension have increased in West Bengal's Darjeeling area over revived local demands for a separate Gorkhaland state. Since February 19, local "godfather" and administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) Subhas Ghising has been blocked by the opposition f [...] | 2008-02-21 13:36:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NP IN |
08KOLKATA9 | SUSPECTED MAOISTS KILL THREE CPM LEADERS [...] (U) During the first week of January 2008, suspected Maoists killed three Communist Party of India --Marxist (CPM) leaders in West Bengal. Two were killed in districts bordering the state of Jharkhand, a state with a significant Maoist presence. Local leaders believe that the attacks were ai [...] | 2008-01-11 09:16:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC IN |
08KOLKATA96 | EIGHT PEOPLE KILLED IN RECENT VIOLENCE IN ASSAM [...] Since March 12, the Northeast Indian state of Assam has seen a recent spate of violence with eight insurgency-related deaths. On March 12, four people were killed and four injured when police opened fire on a crowd in the town of Bengtol in the Chirang district. According to police, more tha [...] | 2008-03-18 11:51:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER ASEC IN |
08KOLONIA187 | FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON [...] Per reftel, post's 2008 Country Report on Terrorism follows. 2. The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is not a focal point for terrorist activity. No known terrorist groups operate in the area. To date, no terrorist acts have been committed on FSM soil, neither against the FSM governm [...] | 2008-12-22 00:02:00 | Embassy Kolonia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC FM |
08KOLONIA188 | CHINA FETES MICRONESIAN POLICE CHIEFS, AS FSM DISQUIET [...] (C) Summary. The Chief Police of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) described to Ambassador a ten-day trip that China recently sponsored for the national police chief and corresponding police chiefs from the four FSM states, along with their wives. Each couple receive [...] | 2008-12-23 05:02:00 | Embassy Kolonia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CH FM |
08KUALALUMPUR1001 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S. [...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...] | 2008-11-12 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1003 | MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...] | 2008-11-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1009 | MALAYSIA SEEKS DISCUSSION OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1026 | DPM NAJIB WELCOMES GREATER ENGAGEMENT, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is expected to become Prime Minister in late March 2009, told the Ambassador on November 11 that he anticipated a "very constructive relationship" with the incoming U.S. administration and welcomed greater engagement, which the Ambassad [...] | 2008-11-20 10:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1075 | OTHMAN PUTS ONUS ON MANILA FOR IMT DECISION AND [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak, speaking with Polcouns December 4, placed blame on the GRP for Malaysia's November 30 withdrawal from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) and would not specul [...] | 2008-12-10 10:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JP RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1111 | MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...] | 2008-12-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR1114 | PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) [...] (S) Summary: The Malaysian government's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial and is central to the GOM's intelligence-driven CT effort, has come under increasing political pressure over the past three months. The GOM's employment of the ISA in Sep [...] | 2008-12-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM |
08KUALALUMPUR1119 | SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...] | 2008-12-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY |
08KUALALUMPUR148 | MALAYSIA DEPLOYS NEW IMMIGRATION ARRIVAL DATA [...] (SBU) Malaysian Immigration has upgraded its collection of arriving passenger data, moving from paper landing forms to an electronic system. The system, a product developed locally, is called the Single Immigration Platform System (SIPS). Immigration deployed SIPS in late January at 44 entry [...] | 2008-03-04 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KFRD MY |
08KUALALUMPUR152 | CODEL SMITH MALAYSIA MEETING REPORT [...] (U) Congressman Adam Smith, accompanied by staff of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, visited Malaysia January 6-8, 2008 as part of a regional tour. The Congressman met with Malaysian NSC Secretary YBhg. Dato' Muhammad Hatta Bin Abd [...] | 2008-03-05 23:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PTER MY |
08KUALALUMPUR225 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE TRI-BORDER POLICYMAKERS' [...] (SBU) Preparations for a policymakers conference involving officials from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia are moving forward. PACOM and S/CT have committed funding for the event, scheduled to take place May 4-7, 2008 at the Shangri-La hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The maritime p [...] | 2008-04-01 00:59:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ID RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR253 | ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FALL-OUT FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Patel told a senior local Embassy employee during a private April 10 conversation that he would not allow AGO staff to participate in any Embassy programming, such as the International Visitor's Program, due to the lack of U.S. cooperation on securing [...] | 2008-04-11 08:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MARR KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR273 | TREASURY DEPARTMENT ENGAGES MALAYSIANS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During meetings on March 31 and April 1, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien impressed upon his Malaysian counterparts at the Central Bank, the Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs, charities regulators, and private banks [...] | 2008-04-17 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM UNSC |
08KUALALUMPUR343 | OTHMAN CONFIRMS MALAYSIA'S STAGED IMT PULL-OUT [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak, speaking with polchief April 28, confirmed Malaysia's decision to withdraw in stages from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) in Mindanao beginning on/about May 10 and [...] | 2008-05-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JA RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR366 | : SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...] | 2008-05-12 00:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR367 | SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter [...] | 2008-05-12 05:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR392 | AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS ISA, [...] (S) The Ambassador called on Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on May 13 and discussed prospects for prosecuting terrorists, the importance of passing an export control law, and factors affecting progress in the FTA talks. The Ambassador congratulated the AG on drafting of the 200 [...] | 2008-05-15 09:12:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ETTC KJUS MY |
08KUALALUMPUR4 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak met on December 31 for an introductory call, during which they discussed U.S. and Malaysia's common interests in bolstering international systems such as the UN and WTO. Najib described core relations with the U.S. as good and looke [...] | 2008-01-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON RP TH MY |
08KUALALUMPUR425 | MALAYSIA HOSTS TRI-BORDER INTERAGENCY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 4-7, 2008 brought together official maritime and border security delegations from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as facilitators from the U.S. Pacific Command and from Embassies Kuala Lumpur, [...] | 2008-05-23 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MARR ID RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR436 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) I welcome your planned meeting with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak in Singapore. Najib remains at the center of Malaysia's leadership crisis, but thus far has refrained from challenging the politically wounded Prime Minister Abdullah. Najib conveys a [...] | 2008-05-28 08:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR504 | S/CT PDAS FEIERSTEIN MEETS SENIOR MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: S/CT PDAS Jerry Feierstein visited Kuala Lumpur June 6-7 and met with the head of the Malaysia's National Security Council, Muhammad Hatta, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Home Ministry, Ahmad Fuad. Discussion of counterterrorism covered de-radicalization efforts, improvi [...] | 2008-06-16 05:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV MY |
08KUALALUMPUR66 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING ASEAN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 06:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARF PTER MY |
08KUALALUMPUR72 | THE MALAYSIAN MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur provided to its Trilateral Strategic Dialogue partners a summary version of its assessment of the Malaysian Maritime Law Enforcement Agency (MMEA). The seven-page brief reflects information culled from extensive engagement by the GOJ with [...] | 2008-02-01 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MARR MY |
08KUALALUMPUR74 | COUNTERTERRORISM: THIRD TRILATERAL STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur hosted the third local meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) January 28. The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. delegations reviewed their respective counterterrorism (CT) activities in Malaysia. Discussion focused on terrorist f [...] | 2008-02-01 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR AS JP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR772 | ADM WILLARD'S MEETING WITH DPM NAJIB [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with Admiral Willard and the Ambassador, DPM Najib expressed appreciation for U.S. military activities in Sabah and noted that terrorism remained a threat in the region. Najib indicated there was still a question as to whether Malaysian troops would stay in southe [...] | 2008-09-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR786 | STAFFDEL LUSE ENGAGES PM'S OFFICE, MFA ON [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staffer Mr. Keith Luse met with GOM officials at the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry's Southeast Asia Office, and at the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT) August 27-29. Luse raised concerns ab [...] | 2008-09-09 09:14:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM KTIP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR809 | SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CT VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassies Jakarta, Manila, and Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Legal Attaches from Embassies Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur have jointly designed a tri-border regional visitors program for police and prosecutors handling terro [...] | 2008-09-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV MY RP ID |
08KUALALUMPUR94 | EARLY FEBRUARY PROXIMITY TALKS BETWEEN PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak held proximity talks between GRP and MILF negotiators in early February, following the failure of the December 2007 round. Othman and the MILF regretted that the GRP side wa [...] | 2008-02-14 08:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL JA RP MY |
08KUALALUMPUR989 | POLICY LEVEL TALKS WITH MALAYSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for South and Southeast Asia James Clad conducted policy-level talks with the Malaysian Ministry of Defense on October 30. The talks, led on the Malaysian side by Dr. Haji Ismail Haji Ahmad, Defense Ministry Undersecretary for Policy, saw discus [...] | 2008-11-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV PTER MY |
08KUWAIT1006 | KUWAIT: HEAD OF KUWAIT'S FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their September 22 introductory meeting, Mr. Talal Al-Sayegh, Head of Kuwait's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Deputy Manager of On-Site Supervision, confirmed to Ecouns that the final draft of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law had been delivered to the Ministry [...] | 2008-09-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT1007 | KUWAITI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO BAGHDAD CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's newly-designated Ambassador to Iraq, expects to arrive in Baghdad no later than mid-October, prior to an anticipated visit by the Kuwaiti PM. According to Al-Mou'min, the GOK has made few preparations for his arrival in Baghdad and he will be, at least [...] | 2008-09-24 15:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER IZ KU |
08KUWAIT1008 | IRANIAN DISSIDENT CLAIMS TO HAVE INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Iranian cleric and rights activist Shaykh Ahmed Eidan Neisi (protect),in one of his periodic visits to Kuwait, told Poloff that he had information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad that he was willing to share in exchange for money. He claimed that Arad is still alive [...] | 2008-09-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PINR PHUM PTER IR KU |
08KUWAIT1022 | KUWAIT: PRIME MINISTER'S WASHINGTON VISIT STRIKES [...] (SBU) Notwithstanding their preoccupation with fasting and feasting during the holy Ramadan season, Kuwaitis were almost universally pleased with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington and his subsequent visit to New York, where he addressed the [...] | 2008-09-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU |
08KUWAIT1053 | REQUEST FOR M113 APC TRANSFER MAY HAVE TO COME [...] (S) In respective October 6 and 7 demarches, the Ambassador raised reftel points requesting the GOK consider providing U.S.-origin M113 APCs, on an urgent basis, to the Government of Yemen with MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and POLCOUNS raised the same points with Hamad Al Mashan of M [...] | 2008-10-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1084 | DHS CYBERSECURITY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Kuwaiti Central Agency for Information (CAIT) and National Security Bureau officials discussed with DHS Deputy U/S Scott Charbo on October 21 the vulnerabilities and challenges faced by the GOK in staving off electronic attacks on its information technology (IT) systems. The GOK official [...] | 2008-10-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KHLS AINT KU |
08KUWAIT1088 | FOR KUWAIT, THE SOFA A LITMUS TEST OF IRAQI [...] (S/NF) During an October 26 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammad Al Sabah suggested to Ambassador that Iraq's acceptance or rejection of the U.S.-Iraqi SOFA will be a litmus test for future Iraqi behavior towards its neighbors. While characterizing their bilateral relations as "correct," [...] | 2008-10-29 17:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT1096 | IMPLEMENTATION OF DHS API/PNR PROGRAM RAISES [...] (S/NF) Summary: In follow-up to discussions held between Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and the Kuwaiti Prime Minister held September 19, 2008, between, Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy Thomas Warrick and accompanying delegation from DHS met with Go [...] | 2008-11-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER CVIS KU |
08KUWAIT1099 | GOK RESPONSE TO THE DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS [...] (SBU) On October 27, 2008 post delivered reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On October 30 the GoK informed Post that it had contacted the appropriate authorities in the Ministries of Finance, Interior and Commerce and the Central Bank of the UN 1267 Designation of the Gulf-bas [...] | 2008-11-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR PREL PTER QT UNSC |
08KUWAIT1124 | RAISING USG POLICY ON RECONCILIATION IN [...] (C) POLCOUNS on November 11 shared points contained reftel concerning USG views on reconciliation in Afghanistan with Rashed Al-Hajri, Counselor in MFA's Asia Department. In delivering the points, POLCOUNS stressed the continuity of USG efforts in Afghanistan and our support for reconciliation [...] | 2008-11-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF KU |
08KUWAIT113 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW [...] (C) On January 17, A/POLCOUNS notified Director of MFA Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Maqamis of GTMO Administrative Review Board (ARB) determinations to keep three of the four Kuwaiti GTMO detainees in detention (refs A and B). (It was decided in a prev [...] | 2008-01-30 03:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KDRG PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT1135 | KUWAIT AND NATO CONDUCT FIRST GULF JOINT EXERCISE [...] (S) Kuwaiti National Security Bureau (NSB) and military services successfully concluded six days of training that culminated in an exercise involving boarding, air defense, and gunnery drills on November 09 with NATO's Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). In 2004, Kuwait became the first [...] | 2008-11-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MOPS KU |
08KUWAIT1180 | TERROR FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED US DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...] | 2008-12-04 06:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS SA WE |
08KUWAIT1186 | GOK BEGINNING TO WONDER IF MUMBAI-TYPE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: As reported reftel, Kuwaitis were shocked and horrified by the November 26-29 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. The fact that at least nine Kuwaitis -- including several women from prominent Kuwaiti families -- were trapped in a hotel room during the siege brought home to many t [...] | 2008-12-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KU |
08KUWAIT1188 | SHAYKH MISHA'AL: KUWAIT'S EXTREMIST REHABILITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT1199 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 07:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY KU |
08KUWAIT128 | TERROR FINANCE: DESIGNEES CONTINUE TO RANT WITH SOME SUPPORT FROM PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by the Kuwaiti media and GOK to the January 16 UN Security Council designation of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah and Mubarak Al-Bathali-- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has remained relatively subdued with the exception of defiant statements from [...] | 2008-01-31 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT148 | AMIR TO PETRAEUS ON IRAQ, SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) On February 4, GEN Petraeus met separately with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah; Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah; and Chief of Staff LTG Fahad Al-Amir. The Amir commented on the positive impact of the surge in Iraq, but again criticized the CPA's dissolution of the Iraqi milita [...] | 2008-02-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PBTS KU |
08KUWAIT151 | IRANIAN DISSIDENT DISCUSSES CONDITION OF AHWAZI [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, A/Polcouns and Poloff met with Ahmad Eidan Neisi (PROTECT/PROTECT),an Iranian Shi'a cleric and political dissident from the Ahwaz region of southwestern Iran. Neisi sought a meeting with Poloffs to discuss the dire social and economic conditions of Ahwazi ethnic Ar [...] | 2008-02-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PHUM PTER ECON IR KU |
08KUWAIT155 | EXTREMIST REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (C-CT8-00002) - [...] (S) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) does not currently have a rehabilitation program for jihadists or extremists. This analysis is based on post's conversations with the Ministry of Interior Kuwait State Security (KSS),the National Security Bureau (NSB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal [...] | 2008-02-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PINR KISL PGOV PINS PTER SOCI KU |
08KUWAIT159 | TWO MORE FORMER GTMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED [...] (S) On February 6, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, acquitted former Guantanamo detainees Omar Rajib Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari of all terror-related charges. With this ruling, the Court of Cassation has now acquitted seven of the eight former detainees released to Kuwa [...] | 2008-02-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL KDRG PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT174 | NO TEARS SHED FOR MUGNIYAH IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti opinion has long regarded Imad Mugniyah as a terrorist with Kuwaiti blood on his hands. Accordingly, Kuwaiti newspapers generally presented his February 13 assassination as, at best, a predictable end to a violent life. The GOK has not issued a statement, but FM Dr. Moham [...] | 2008-02-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KU |
08KUWAIT175 | NO TEARS SHED FOR MUGNIYAH IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti opinion has long regarded Imad Mugniyah as a terrorist with Kuwaiti blood on his hands. Accordingly, Kuwaiti newspapers generally presented his February 13 assassination as, at best, a predictable end to a violent life. Kuwait Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled publicly ca [...] | 2008-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KU |
08KUWAIT204 | GOK DISAPPOINTED IN SYRIAN INTRANSIGENCE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and NEA/I DAS Butler, senior GOK leaders expressed their disappointment with Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad and the SARG. Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, just back from a trip to Damascus, lamented Syria's [...] | 2008-02-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KSUM IZ KU |
08KUWAIT205 | KUWAITI CABINET CONDEMNS SHI'A RALLY FOR MUGNIYAH [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, hundreds of Kuwaiti Shi'a reportedly attended a rally to mourn the death of Hezbollah terrorist leader Imad Mugniyah. Kuwait's media are having a field day denouncing the event, and two (Shi'a) MPs who attended are targets of a massive outpouring of public hostili [...] | 2008-02-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KU |
08KUWAIT207 | DAS BUTLER ADVOCATES GREATER KUWAITI ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, NEA/I DAS Butler met with Under Secretaries in the GOK Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and the MFA to advocate for greater Kuwaiti engagement with Iraq. Butler called for the GOK to send an Ambassador to Baghdad immediately, open an additional border cros [...] | 2008-02-21 06:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ECON ETRD PTER KU IZ |
08KUWAIT218 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...] | 2008-02-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT227 | TERROR FINANCE: MFA ON GOK [...] (C) On February 13 A/Polcouns and Econoff called on Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination to discuss the implementation of Kuwait's obligations to freeze the assets of three recently Kuwaiti terrorist financiers under UNSCR 1267. This discussion was prompted [...] | 2008-02-28 09:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT238 | MOI U/S ON TIP, CEIP AND BORDERS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, CDA met with new Ministry of Interior (MOI) U/S, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Al-Rujaib to discuss TIP, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and Kuwait-Iraq border issues. On TIP, Al-Rujaib said that the U.S. report was "exaggerated" and laid blame for violations on thir [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET ELAB PREL PHUM KCIP PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT273 | GOK NOTIFIED OF ARB IV PROCEEDINGS FOR CYCLES 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG PINR PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT283 | (C) TERROR FINANCE: GOK SLOW TO FREEZE ASSETS OF [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by senior officials from the Kuwaiti MFA and National Security Bureau, the head of AML/CTF at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) said he has not received any instructions from the GOK and therefore has not taken any action to freeze the accounts of the [...] | 2008-03-12 12:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT286 | GOK DIPNOTE DETAILING TRAVEL PLANS TO GTMO [...] (S) On March 9, post received diplomatic note 20080342 from MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination office detailing the travel plans on March 13 of four Kuwait Security Service (KSS) officials to Washington and Guantanamo Detention Facility. The GOK previously informed Post of the names of the fou [...] | 2008-03-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDRG KU |
08KUWAIT30 | KUWAITI FATHER PLEADS FOR HIS SON'S RELEASE FROM [...] (C) An open letter appeared in the January 7 Kuwait Times that contained a personal plea to President Bush for the release of the author's son, Fawzi (AKA Fouzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Awdah-ISN 232) from GTMO. The letter is well-crafted and rational as opposed to the usual diatribes on GTMO that [...] | 2008-01-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PHUM KDRG PTER |
08KUWAIT305 | AMIR OF KUWAIT TO ATTEND DAMASCUS AL SUMMIT [...] (C) In a March 17 meeting at Seif Palace, Amiri Diwan Minister Sh. Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed Al Sabah told CDA that the Amir of Kuwait will/will attend the Damascus Arab League summit. The Minister acknowledged CDA,s arguments against attendance, but concluded that the Amir had considered careful [...] | 2008-03-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KU |
08KUWAIT313 | MUGNIYAH AFTERMATH: GOK TO PROSECUTE MEMBERS OF [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, Kuwait's public prosecutor questioned three individuals and issued arrest warrants for five others who were involved in the now-infamous Imad Mugniyah "eulogy" of February 16. By March 13, the GOK had released all of the detained individuals on bail, pending possi [...] | 2008-03-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PGOV SOCI KU IR |
08KUWAIT337 | U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...] | 2008-03-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC |
08KUWAIT36 | CODEL WOLF: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN JERUSALEM; NEED [...] (C) On January 4, Kuwaiti Islamist Mubarak Al-Mutawa told CODEL Wolf that Hamas would put an end to violence and recognize Israel, if it was convinced that Palestinian sovereignty was truly an option. He also praised the CODEL for promoting interfaith dialogue as a key to peace and stability [...] | 2008-01-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PTER KPAL IZ PHUM PINR |
08KUWAIT368 | GOK HOSTS FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-06 06:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT370 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSSES CT WITH KUWAITI [...] (C) During a March 24-25 visit to Kuwait, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff met with Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, PM, FM, MinDef and National Security Bureau President (NSB) to discuss counterterrorism and information sharing, Iran and Iraq, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and the USG's [...] | 2008-04-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCIP KDRG KTFN KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT384 | KUWAITI LEADERSHIP PRAISES MALIKI FOR BASRA [...] (C) In separate April 2 meetings with A/S Welch, Kuwaiti Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Amiri Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef El-Ebraheem offered their support for Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki's Basra campaign. The GOK, which typically expresses a lack o [...] | 2008-04-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT385 | GOK TO A/S WELCH: "OUR AID IS ADEQUATE, BUT WE'LL [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, NEA A/S Welch met separately with the Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Economic Advisor to the Amir to discuss Israel/Palestinians, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, and Iran. A/S Welch pressed all three contacts to enhance Kuwait's political and financial support for Pres [...] | 2008-04-08 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KPAL PTER KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT390 | GOK HOSTS FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: From March 31-April 2, 2008, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) in cooperation with U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Department of Justice hosted a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Implementation Seminar. The three-day event was attended by 53 GOK officials in [...] | 2008-04-09 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT396 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (C) CDA delivered Ref. A demarche to MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on 8 April. Al-Jarallah thanked CDA for the advance warning, but cautioned that this was a very sensitive issue for Kuwait. Al-Jarallah reiterated GOK requests for evidence against RIHS and UNSCR 1267-designated [...] | 2008-04-10 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN PREL PGOV KU DEMARCHE |
08KUWAIT453 | FINAL COMMUNIQU OF THE EXPANDED MINISTERIAL [...] On April 22, the participants of the Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbouring Countries of Iraq issued a final communiqu listing agreements reached during the conference. Text of the communiqu is included below. Overview of conference reported septel. 2. Begin text. Final C [...] | 2008-04-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KU |
08KUWAIT457 | OVERVIEW OF RECENT NATO-KUWAIT ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 9, the Polish Embassy delivered a briefing to NATO member-country COMs on recent NATO-Kuwait engagement. On January 14-15, a team of NATO experts visited Kuwait to identify GOK security priorities and investigate areas for increased cooperation. On March 27, Kuwait hoste [...] | 2008-04-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR NATO KCIP KISL KU RS XG |
08KUWAIT471 | AMONG KUWAITI SHI'A, NATIONAL LOYALTIES RUN DEEP [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait has always had a significant percentage of Shi'a citizens, and Sunni/Shi'a relations are traditionally good. According to most estimates, Shi'a currently constitute 30 percent of all Kuwaiti nationals, numbering some 350,000 individuals. There are also between 150,000 and [...] | 2008-05-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER KISL SOCI ECON KU IZ IR |
08KUWAIT476 | TERROR FINANCE: DESPITE GOK CONFIRMATION UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Despite assurances by MFA officials in March, contacts at the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) continue to tell us they are unaware of any official instruction to freeze the assets of the three recently designated Kuwaiti terrorist facilita [...] | 2008-05-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT48 | GOK PROVIDES NEW ASSURANCE ON GTMO ON EVE OF POTUS [...] (S/NF) The Kuwaiti message in para 3, delivered to Embassy Kuwait after-hours on the evening before President Bush's January 11 arrival, is a last-second GOK attempt to define a positive basis for discussion of the GTMO detainee question. It constitutes both an official response to the U.S. dem [...] | 2008-01-10 20:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDRG PTER KU |
08KUWAIT507 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GOK CT EFFORTS AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call with Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 7, Ambassador Jones urged the GOK to make progress on counter-terrorism efforts, especially with regard to monitoring former Guantanamo detainees, in light of possible Kuwaiti involvement in [...] | 2008-05-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KU IZ |
08KUWAIT508 | 5/8/08 AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH KUWAITI FM: MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah, her first call on the Kuwaiti FM Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah since presenting credentials April 20, Ambassador stressed the need for GOK action to improve CT performance and cooperation following reported suicide a [...] | 2008-05-08 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDRG KU |
08KUWAIT512 | AMB SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOK ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) In a nearly four hour session with Kuwaiti MFA and security officials, S/I Satterfield and team briefed on developments in Iraq, with particular focus on progress made re Sunni outreach/reconciliation and significance of Basrah confrontation between PM Maliki and Iraqi Security Forces and [...] | 2008-05-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PARM PBTS PINR KU |
08KUWAIT519 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 12:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KU |
08KUWAIT536 | INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT537 | KUWAIT MINDEF: STRONG TIES DESPITE FMS IRRITANTS; [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait MinDef Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah to thank him for the unparalleled support Kuwait provides to our military forces and their efforts in Iraq and the broader war on terrorism. The Ambassador noted that we were looking at ways to [...] | 2008-05-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MASS MARR MOPS KU |
08KUWAIT555 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT556 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT557 | S/CT DAILEY OFFERS CT COOPERATION; KSS DESCRIBES [...] (S) In separate meetings May 12 with Kuwait State Security (KSS) and MFA officials, on May 12, S/CT Dailey briefed on the USG paradigm of counterterrorism (CT) efforts and urged speedy and transparent information and intelligence exchanges and tighter border controls. S/CT Dailey also urged [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT558 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KUWAIT PM: IRAQ, CT, [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah to thank him for the "indispensable support" that Kuwait provides to USG efforts in Iraq and the region, and to urge greater GOK support for the Al-Maliki government. The PM s [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT559 | TERROR FINANCE: GOK NOT ON BOARD WITH UN 1267 [...] (C) On May 12, following a meeting between S/CT Dailey and MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khaled Maqamis (septel),Econoff met separately with Maqamis to solicit his response to S/CT Dailey's request that GOK support, a pending UNSCR 1267 designation of the Revivial of [...] | 2008-05-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT560 | TERROR FINANCE: KUWAI FINALLY FREEZES ASSETS OF THREE FINANCIERS [...] (C) Officials from the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Finance House (KFH) confirmed to Econoff on May 12 that they have frozen the accounts of the three terrorist financiers Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali, upon instruction of the MFA. 2. (C) xxxxxxxxxxxx tol [...] | 2008-05-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT585 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...] | 2008-05-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT586 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI REMAINS IN [...] (C) Kuwaiti press reported on May 21 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali had been arrested on May 8 for inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. The article indicated that although Al-Bathali was initially due to be released from detention on Ma [...] | 2008-05-21 16:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT604 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (C) Secretary Paulson, Embassy Kuwait welcomes you, Mrs. Paulson, and the members of your delegation to Kuwait. While we have requested meetings with the Amir and senior Kuwaiti leadership, we are able at this time to confirm only the Central Bank Governor, Kuwait Investment Authority Managin [...] | 2008-05-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT637 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND RIHS DESIGNATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's introductory meeting June 3 with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Bader Al-Duwaila, coincided with the planned June 4 release of the 2008 TIP report and Kuwait's downgrade to a Tier 3 ranking. Ambassador urged immediate action to me [...] | 2008-06-04 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
08KUWAIT652 | AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 3 CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their introductory June 3 meeting, Ambassador notified Minister of Information Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al Sabah that we were ready to sign a memorandum of agreement between the Ministry and the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). The Minister voiced concern about incre [...] | 2008-06-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SCOL PTER |
08KUWAIT656 | KUWAITI FM ON IRAQ SFA, TERRORISM, BASHAR AL-ASSAD [...] Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed in a June 8 meeting with Ambassador raised concerns that the expiration of Chapter 7 authorities and the negotiation of new SFA/SOFA arrangements between Kuwait and the U.S. could affect Kuwaiti equities on borders, POWs, compensation, and other issues. [...] | 2008-06-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER EINV IZ SY |
08KUWAIT694 | KSS TO WAINSTEIN: KUWAIT CT LEGISLATION INADEQUATE [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein, in a June 11 meeting with Kuwait State Security (KSS) Director Muhaylan, conveyed the President's appeal for increased counterterrorism (CT) cooperation and information sharing among partners [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT695 | JUNE 11 WAINSTEIN MEETING WITH SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Kenneth L. Wainstein, accompanied by the Ambassador on June 11 met with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Bader Al-Duwaila to discuss U.S.-Kuwaiti CT cooperation. Al-Duwaila thanked Wainstein for [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT696 | NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...] | 2008-06-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU |
08KUWAIT701 | APHSCT WAINSTEIN MEETS WITH KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein accompanied by AMB Jones met on June 11 with Kuwaiti Prime Minister (PM) Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah. APHSCT Wainstein shared a letter from Presid [...] | 2008-06-19 03:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN SY PINS |
08KUWAIT704 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOK CONDEMNS USG DECISION TO [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Both liberal and conservative newspapers and politicians have been outspoken in criticizing the USG's action to designate the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). (See Refs A and B for Kuwait media reaction to RIHS designation.) The GOK Council of Ministers [...] | 2008-06-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT720 | TERRORIST FINANCIER MUBARAK AL-BATHALI WILL REMAIN [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on June 24 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali will remain in detention for an additional 14 days pending further investigation into his role in inciting youth to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan (reftel). Al Bathali has been in [...] | 2008-06-25 05:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT755 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on July 1, 2008. Post will report further action septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/?cable s Visit Kuwait's Clas [...] | 2008-07-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC VE |
08KUWAIT756 | KUWAIT: ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AL |
08KUWAIT771 | TERRORIST FINANCIER BATHALI OUT ON BAIL [...] (U) Kuwaiti press reported on July 8 that Kuwaiti terrorist financier and UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali (see reftel) was released on 1000 KD (USD 3775) bail, but is banned from travel (Note: His January 2008 UN 1267 designation already bans his international travel. End note.) Pres [...] | 2008-07-08 15:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
08KUWAIT777 | INITIAL KUWAIT REACTIONS TO UAE ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) The UAE's July 6 decision to cancel its Iraqi debt garnered front page headlines in Kuwait, and prompted commentaries that indicated that Kuwait will not follow suit. Kuwaiti daily, Al Watan reported, "Fearing that the Kuwaiti government may take advantage of the Parliament's summer rec [...] | 2008-07-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KUNC KU |
08KUWAIT787 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED'S JULY 20 VISIT TO [...] Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your July 20th visit to this small but important Gulf ally. Your timing is propitious for advancing bilateral engagement between Iraq and Kuwait. We have requested a meeting with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah during which you will have the oppor [...] | 2008-07-10 13:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV OREP KDEM KU |
08KUWAIT79 | GOK APPEALS TO STOP DESIGNATION OF KUWAITI [...] (C) Director of the MFA Americas Desk Ambassador Ali Hussain Al-Sammak sought an urgent meeting with CDA on January 17 to request, on instruction from the Kuwait FM, that the U.S. use "its good offices" to end the initiative to designate three Kuwaiti terrorist financiers (Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber [...] | 2008-01-17 17:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
08KUWAIT837 | KUWAIT: "WE'VE DONE OUR PART; BALL IS NOW IN [...] (C) Former NEA DAS and newly minted Senior Advisor on Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with GOK officials July 22 to discuss Iraq and how to facilitate progress on some of the outstanding issues between Kuwait and Iraq. In direct correlation to Kuwait's proximity to Iran, Kuwaiti paranoi [...] | 2008-07-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KCRS PBTS PINR KU |
08KUWAIT849 | OPENING THE ABDALY-SAFWAN CROSSING TO BUCCA [...] (SBU) During their July 22 meeting (ref B),Ambassador raised with Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Khaled al-Jaber Al Sabah opening an alternate route for U.S. military convoys provisioning Iraq's Camp Bucca. The current route exits Kuwait at the Khabari crossing and follows a parallel road [...] | 2008-07-28 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MOPS PBTS KU IZ |
08KUWAIT86 | GOK/PARLIAMENT DISCUSS ISRAELI ACTION IN GAZA [...] (C) Recent Israeli measures in Gaza illicited sharp reactions from the Kuwaiti Government, Parliament and press. The MFA U/S demarched P-5 member representatives on the matter and called for UN Security Council action, calling the Israeli response to HAMAS attacks unbalanced and unjustified. [...] | 2008-01-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KU |
08KUWAIT865 | DR. MOHAMMED ON VARIOUS AND SUNDRY: PA FUNDS, [...] (C) Ambassador requested a meeting with Deputy PM and FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to review a number of issues prior to both taking summer holidays. During an hour long exchange August 3, the following topics were addressed: -- PA Funding: Ambassador stressed the urgency of the situation a [...] | 2008-08-04 16:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM PGOV PTER KPAL KU BG |
08KUWAIT911 | KUWAIT: CONCERN ABOUT BEING CAUGHT IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The war of words over Iran's refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment activities has sparked considerable concern in Kuwait, which fears the situation could devolve into an actual U.S. or Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. The nation's media and a number of its parliamenta [...] | 2008-08-21 06:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KU |
08KUWAIT936 | (S) SCENESETTER FOR THE KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to honor and reaffirm the unique and indispensable security relationship between our two countries; it is also an important opportunity to encourage the PM [...] | 2008-09-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER CVIS MASS ECON EINV IR IZ KU |
08KUWAIT947 | (S) FOREIGN MINISTER ON PM VISIT: IRAQ, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 2 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem Al Sabah said Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 18-19 visit expects to raise Kuwaiti's 4 remaining GTMO detainees, regional security issu [...] | 2008-09-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER CVIS MASS KPAL EAID IR IZ KU |
08KUWAIT97 | TERROR FINANCE: LIMITED MEDIA REACTION SO FAR TO [...] (SBU) Initial Kuwaiti media reaction to the January 16 decision by the UN Security Council to designate three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- as terrorist facilitators and inciters has been subdued. There has been little reaction by the local press with [...] | 2008-01-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN |
08KUWAIT98 | KUWAIT MFA U/S ON IRAQ, GTMO, 1267 DESIGNEES [...] (C) On January 21, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah told CDA that Kuwait is ready to invest in Iraq, but delays in funding are caused by the Iraqi failure to get project proposals to relevant GOK officials. Recent high-level Iraqi visits to Kuwait have increased bilateral cooperation, and there are now s [...] | 2008-01-24 16:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IR IZ KDRG PINR PTER ETRD |
08KUWAIT982 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADOR INFORMS MFA U/S OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER KU |
08KUWAIT994 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 17. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait [...] | 2008-09-18 05:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL |
08KYIV1045 | UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S POSITIONS FOR ICAO AVIATION [...] (SBU) Post delivered talking points in reftel to the State Aviation Authority on May 22. On May 29 Deputy Econ Counselor and EconOff met with Ukrainian State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials to follow up. Deputy Head of the Aviation Security Department Valeriy Baranov confirmed that th [...] | 2008-05-29 15:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP |
08KYIV1108 | UKRAINE: AVIATION HEAD DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian State Aviation (SAA) officials discussed progress on outstanding issues including an upcoming International Civil Air Organization (ICAO) safety assessment scheduled for June 17. The SAA hopes that a positive ICAO assessment will fast-track it for an FAA safety reass [...] | 2008-06-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER UP |
08KYIV2306 | UKRAINE - DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 3, 2008, a DOE delegation from the National Nuclear Security Administration,s (NNSA) Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) met with Academician Boris Paton, President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU),to discuss possible USG assistance on th [...] | 2008-11-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PTER TRGY UNVIE |
08KYIV768 | UKRAINE: UNODC Nuclear Legislation Workshop - A Model for [...] The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department's Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Initiative (NSOI) office worked with the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to hold a "Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop on the Criminal Law Aspects of the Universal Legal Framework Against Nuclear Terrorism" i [...] | 2008-04-16 08:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER KNNP KCRM KGIC US UP |
08LAGOS434 | NIGERIA: PIRATES ATTACK OIL SUPPLY VESSELS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 25 and 26 in five separate incidents pirates attacked three oil supply vessels and six fishing trawlers, taking seventy Nigerian crewmen and seven Frenchmen hostage; by October 27 all hostages had been released. Bourbon Offshore, owner of two of the oil supply vessels [...] | 2008-11-04 08:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PREL PTER EFIS EPET KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS440 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA CHRISTIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-10 05:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS446 | NIGERIA: STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS RIVERS STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 12:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ECON KCOR NI |
08LAGOS449 | NIGERIA: FORMER MILITANT ON NEW NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Former militant and current President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council, Sheriff Mulade, and others met with Ijaw members of the Niger Delta Technical Advisory Committee to emphasize that unless the new Niger Delta Ministry were transparent and ministry officials held accountable it w [...] | 2008-11-14 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS493 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OF IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council, (protect throughout) condemned the tactics of the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, alleging that the JTF is so closely linked to illegal bunkering activities that it seeks to prolong the conflict rather than [...] | 2008-12-12 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KCOR NI |
08LAGOS508 | NIGERIA: CRIME A WAY OF LIFE IN THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Simon Amadoubogha, an environmental activist and lawyer based in Port Harcourt and Yenegoa, told PolOffs on November 18 in Lagos that crime has become a way of life in the Niger Delta as more and more people engage in illegal bunkering or low-risk hostage taking. A boat to transpo [...] | 2008-12-22 12:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PTER NI |
08LAGOS513 | NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...] | 2008-12-29 06:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NI |
08LAGOS68 | NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...] | 2008-02-22 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI |
08LAHORE233 | BOUCHER PAYS COURTESY CALL ON SHAHBAZ SHARIF WEARING CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher paid a courtesy call on Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Shahbaz outlined his priorities for the Punjab, expressing concern that terrorist cells already present in the province could be activated in light of the Federally Adminis [...] | 2008-07-17 12:47:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
08LAHORE234 | NAWAZ REMAINS FIXATED ON MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif in Lahore on July 1. Nawaz said the judges' restoration issue was a matter of principle not subject to political compromise. Nawaz expressed lukewarm support for the Federally Administered Tribal [...] | 2008-07-17 12:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK |
08LAHORE273 | LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - GENERAL [...] (SBU) Lahore's core EAC convened on Tuesday, September 30th and was chaired by the Principle Officer (PO). In attendance were representatives from RSO, RAO and IPC. The core EAC met to review the Consulate's security posture over the long Eid-Ul-Fitr holiday (October 1st to October 5th). [...] | 2008-09-30 11:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
08LAHORE276 | PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT SHARIFS ARE TOO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Ambassador Patterson September 30 that Punjab Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif and his brother Nawaz have ignored the growing extremist threat in the Punjab. Taseer, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),criticized the Sharifs' focus on pol [...] | 2008-10-07 06:05:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EFIN PK |
08LAHORE289 | PUNJAB POLITICIANS FOCUSED ON U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a series of October 9 meetings, Punjab politicians told Director of the Office of Pakistan and Bangladesh (SCA/PB) Brent Hartley that the bilateral relationship remained critical for Pakistan to survive the series of crises currently underway. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM [...] | 2008-10-21 10:28:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN |
08LAHORE295 | NO CHANGE IN PAKISTAN GOVERNMENT TERRORISM POLICY LIKELY -- [...] (S/NF) Summary: In... [...] | 2008-10-28 08:35:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EFIN ENRG PK |
08LAHORE302 | (S/NF) EXTREMIST RECRUITMENT ON THE RISE IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB [...] (S/NF) Summary: During recent trips to southern Punjab, Principal Officer was repeatedly told that a sophisticated jihadi recruitment network had been developed in the Multan, Bahawalpur, and Dera Ghazi Khan Divisions. The network reportedly exploited worsening poverty in these areas of the [...] | 2008-11-13 10:30:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KISL PK |
08LAHORE309 | BLASTS MAR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EVENT IN LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Three small blasts at an international cultural festival in Lahore November 24 injured two persons; no Americans were injured. The Punjab police arrested one suspect, a 16-year-old Afghan worker. Although no group has taken credit, most commentators speculated that the explosion [...] | 2008-11-24 14:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PK |
08LAHORE313 | MOST PUNJABIS BELIEVE INDIAN GROUPS ARE BEHIND MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: Although a few Punjabis see the possibility the Mumbai attacks could have been launched in Pakistan, overall politicians and lawyers in Punjab province believe that India should look to internal insurgent groups as the sole actors of the Mumbai attacks. After Prime Minister Manmohan S [...] | 2008-12-03 13:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08LAHORE314 | GOVERNOR TASEER KEEPS PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ALERT [...] (C) Summary: In response to a series of critical letters that Punjab Province Governor Salman Taseer sent to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in November, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah circulated incriminating photographs depicting Taseer and his family as un-Islamic. Although the leaders of [...] | 2008-12-06 11:40:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
08LAHORE315 | NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL MCCAIN PAKISTANIS WERE INVOLVED IN [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham December 6 he is convinced Pakistanis were involved in the Mumbai attacks and he would push for strict action against the responsible extremists. Sharif point [...] | 2008-12-09 07:43:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK |
08LAHORE316 | SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN TELLS PAKISTANI OPINION-MAKERS PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-09 07:52:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PREL PTER PK AF IN |
08LAHORE318 | JAMAATUD DAWA BAN HASTILY IMPLEMENTED IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab police confirmed that they detained twelve Jamaatud Dawa (JUD) leaders and sealed their offices as part of a December 11-12 crackdown directed by the Ministry of the Interior. According to the police and eyewitness accounts, mosques, madrassahs and hospitals run by Jamaatud Dawa [...] | 2008-12-12 15:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN PK IN |
08LAHORE320 | CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO CONTINUE STRONG JUD [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate wi [...] | 2008-12-15 07:32:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
08LAHORE325 | CORRECTED COPY: CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer December 13 that he intended to follow the directive to shut down Jamaatud Dawa (JUD). While he planned to take over JUD schools and hospitals, the madrassah network posed a challenge, he admitted. Pushed to cooperate with the [...] | 2008-12-18 11:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL EFIN PK IN |
08LAHORE326 | PUNJAB SHUTS DOWN JUD ADMINISTRATION BUT KEEPS SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: The Punjab provincial government has taken steps to shut down JUD offices and take over the administrative functioning of ten schools and 18 dispensaries while ensuring that people continued to receive necessary services. Provincial authorities related that they could easily handl [...] | 2008-12-20 08:50:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PK IN |
08LAHORE328 | GOVERNOR TASEER BLASTS PUNJAB'S CHIEF MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 10:31:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
08LAPAZ1018 | EVO'S MAY DAY DECREES AND REMARKS [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to a relatively small crowd of a few thousand on May 1, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced the state would "take immediate control" of Italian-owned telecommunications company Entel and three foreign-owned hydrocarbon companies (septel). Morales tried to soften the [...] | 2008-05-02 20:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EINV EPET IT BL |
08LAPAZ1301 | BOLIVIA: AFTERMATH OF MARCH ON EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, after a weekend of anti-U.S. rhetoric from El Alto leaders and public statements from President Morales (accompanied by the Cuban ambassador) blaming the USG for granting asylum to ex-Defense Minister Sanchez Berzain, thousands of Altenos protested in front of the Emba [...] | 2008-06-10 21:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1352 | IRAN AND EVO: PUBLIC LOVEFEST; PRIVATE FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent public gestures, such as a Bolivian envoy meeting with the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Bolivian Congress' Lower House endorsement of the 2007 Iran-Bolivia bilateral agreement, there is little evidence that Iran is on track to spend $1.1 billion in [...] | 2008-06-13 22:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR QA |
08LAPAZ1358 | LUGO VISIT: TRAVELS WITH EVO [...] (S) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales was once again forced to change his domestic travel plans because of opposition protests June 13 and 14. Since April, Morales and other senior officials have been blocked frequently from opposition strongholds despite increased rhetoric from securit [...] | 2008-06-16 22:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PA BL |
08LAPAZ1359 | EVO PRAISES DEMONSTRATORS, CLAIMS USG CONSPIRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with a Bolivian magazine reproduced in the leading La Paz newspaper on June 15, Evo again alleged a USG "conspiracy" in Bolivia and suggested a USG plot to kill him. Also on June 15, during an donation in his base of El Alto, President Evo Morales praised the June [...] | 2008-06-17 11:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1388 | BOLIVIA: EVO CONTINUES TO LASH OUT [...] (SBU) Despite a public statement that outlined the Department's concerns over the safety of the Embassy and the Bolivian government's responsibilities under the Vienna Convention, Evo and his ministers are now trying to twist the Ambassador's recall to Washington to suit their own propaganda n [...] | 2008-06-19 16:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1391 | BOLIVIA: BARELY REASSURING ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In a June 19 interview in La Paz daily La Razon, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman said, "We have given (the USG) assurances that (the Embassy) will not suffer incidents, that there will be no greater difficulties, that they can be sure that the National Police will [...] | 2008-06-19 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1406 | CHARGE REITERATES SECURITY CONCERNS TO VICE FM [...] (C) Summary. Charge and EcoPol Counselor reiterated Post's security concerns in the aftermath of a violent June 9 protest at the Embassy to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez. The Charge delivered a diplomatic note asking that appropriate action be taken regarding a march organizer who con [...] | 2008-06-23 13:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ODIP KLIG KTIA BO |
08LAPAZ1411 | TARIJA: ANOTHER WIN FOR AUTONOMY MOVEMENT [...] (C) The department (state) of Tarija overwhelmingly approved its autonomy referendum on June 22. Exit polls indicate that autonomy was approved by some 80 percent of those voting (abstention was around 35 percent). The vote clearly adds momentum to the now autonomous eastern lowland states [...] | 2008-06-23 22:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1419 | BOLIVIA'S RECALL SCRUM: DEMO-CRAZY IN ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 opposition prefects rejected the recall referenda scheduled for August 10 and challenged President Evo Morales to call new elections for the prefects and the president in which incumbents would not run. The central government responded by describing the opposition p [...] | 2008-06-24 21:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1420 | BOLIVIA: AFTER OWN MISTAKES; PODEMOS BLAMING US [...] (C) Summary: We are seeing increased signs of frustration with the United States from senior PODEMOS Party opposition contacts as the August 10 recall referendum for President Evo Morales and department prefects (state governors) approaches. Former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, the head of [...] | 2008-06-24 22:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO BO |
08LAPAZ1426 | BOLIVIA: NEW AND ONGOING ATTACKS ON USAID [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, the six coca-growing federations of Chapare (President Evo Morales' most loyal support base) and five mayors of the region announced their intention to expel USAID from the region. In a blatantly political move, these groups accused USAID of conspiracy and even suppor [...] | 2008-06-25 22:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL EAID ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1435 | EVO ENDORSES U.S.-FREE CHAPARE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales offered a far-reaching endorsement of the June 25 announcement by cocalero leaders and five mayors from the Chapare region that USAID should be expelled. Morales saluted the announcement and broadened the scope to include all U.S. presence in the Ch [...] | 2008-06-26 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1453 | BOLIVIAN SECURITY ASSURANCES STILL FAR FROM IDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a response to our diplomatic note presented June 19, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided us a note (text para 8) that continued to defend its actions regarding the June 9 attack on the Embassy. Although the MFA said it will comply with its Vienna Convention [...] | 2008-06-30 21:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1454 | CHUQUISACA DEALS EVO ANOTHER BLOW [...] (C) Summary. Savina Cuellar won June 29's election for Prefect of Chuquisaca Department (state governor) with between 56 and 62 percent, according to exit polling. As expected, the government accepted the results and voting was generally peaceful (reftel a). Three students have been detained [...] | 2008-06-30 22:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL |
08LAPAZ1460 | BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...] | 2008-07-01 19:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE |
08LAPAZ1484 | U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS: MFA BLAMES THE VICTIM [...] (C) PolOff, USAID's Alternative Development Officer, and USAID Legal Advisor delivered diplomatic note 205/08 (see para 7) to the Foreign Ministry's Americas Section Chief Estela Mendoza and U.S. Desk Officer Yuri Arce on July 1. The diplomatic note raises concerns over the breaking and enteri [...] | 2008-07-03 19:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1487 | BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR RETURNS; ATTACKS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. Two hours after the Ambassador landed in La Paz July 2, Minister of Government Rada held a news conference stating his hope that the Ambassador is returning to resume a "diplomatic role" and avoid "political activism." Rada accused the Ambassador of only returning to reunite a fra [...] | 2008-07-03 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1523 | RECALL PRIMER 2 OF 3: CONALDE'S RISING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The strength of the National Democratic Council (CONALDE),a pro-autonomy group of the prefects (governors) and civic committees from five opposition-led departments (states),was bolstered by recent opposition electoral victories. But divisions that erupted last week concerning [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ECON ENRG EPET BL |
08LAPAZ1529 | RECALL PRIMER 3 OF 3: ARE THEY IN IT TO WIN IT? [...] (C) Summary: As both opposition and government campaigns for the August 10 recall referendum move ahead full throttle and pick up rhetorical steam, back channel signs point to doubts on both sides about the recall process. The opposition architects of the May 8 recall referendum have always [...] | 2008-07-09 22:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ1536 | PONCHOS ROJOS' MIXED MESSAGE: BLOOD AND PEACE? [...] (C) Summary: The Ancoraimes chapter of the pro-government Ponchos Rojos militia group handed over 10 obsolete weapons to the government July 9. The public event was spun by the government to emphasize the alliance between the government and the Ponchos Rojos and the ability of the government t [...] | 2008-07-11 19:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL |
08LAPAZ1573 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON AND INL PDAS MCGLYNN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy La Paz welcomes A/S Thomas Shannon and PDAS William J. McGlynn to Bolivia July 21-23. Although President Morales and a number of his close advisors have accused the USG, the Ambassador, and the Embassy of conspiracy during the past year, recent weeks have brought the gove [...] | 2008-07-18 18:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1574 | BOLIVIA'S VOTER SYSTEM: RIPE FOR FRAUD? [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Court is facing strong opposition criticism concerning its ability to effectively organize and implement the August 10 Referendum. Plagued with internal tensions and coordination problems with the National Police and scandals over discrepancies in the natio [...] | 2008-07-18 20:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1646 | BOLIVIA: A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH FRIENDS GROUP [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon, PDAS McGlynn, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Andrew Bowen, and the Ambassador met with representatives of the Friends Group--Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina--on July 22 to share opinions of the state of Bolivian politics. Friends Group members expressed their fr [...] | 2008-07-31 18:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1667 | A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon, accompanied by INL PDAS McGlynn, the Ambassador, DCM, and Emboff, met at 5 a.m. on July 23 with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, Minister of Government Alfredo Rada, Presidential Spokesman Ivan Canelas, an [...] | 2008-08-04 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR BL |
08LAPAZ1671 | HOW THE BOLIVIAN MEDIA REPORTED A/S SHANNON'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: A/S Shannon's visit to Bolivia got widespread front page attention. Most media reported the visit as a positive effort to calm tensions in bilateral relations. Media mocked Bolivian President Evo Morales, attempt to show the upper hand with the A/S by setting his meeting at fiv [...] | 2008-08-04 19:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL EAID KPAO PGOV PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1695 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA WILL EXACERBATE RIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Although the opposition could try to stop the recall referenda, it seems almost certain that the election will take place on August 10. Already sporadic confrontations in connection with various strikes have caused deaths and injuries: while not expected, there could be violent [...] | 2008-08-07 21:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL KDEM ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1720 | MUCH ADO ABOUT CHAVEZ IN RECALL CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition tried to make Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez its main issue, along with inflation and unity, in its August 10 recall referendum campaign. Although the opposition failed to unseat Morales, (ref a),it still considers Evo's close association with Chavez a "fatal" we [...] | 2008-08-12 12:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE BL |
08LAPAZ1749 | EVO'S DEEPENS PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LIBYA, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Presidential advisor Mojtama Samare Hashemi came to La Paz August 13 to congratulate Bolivian President Evo Morales on his recall referendum victory and to advance $1.1 billion in promised Iranian investment and assistance to Bolivia. Also on August 13, Bolivia and Libya [...] | 2008-08-14 22:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EPET BL IR LY |
08LAPAZ1813 | BOLIVIA: THE PLOT CURDLES [...] (C) Summary: Divisions between the national government and the departmental (state) governments widened over the weekend as President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) allies met to push forward their agenda for "change" and the opposition departments continued to pursue the [...] | 2008-08-25 20:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1824 | EVO TO VISIT LIBYA, IRAN ... AND ALASKA? [...] (U) Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca announced August 26 that Bolivian President Evo Morales plans to visit Libya August 30 and 31 and Iran September 1 and 2 (anticipated in reftel a). "We have various (bilateral) projects (under consideration with both countries) and we want make our rela [...] | 2008-08-27 22:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA IR LY BL |
08LAPAZ1873 | BOLIVIA: EVO'S IRANIAN VISIT [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales finished an official two-day visit to Libya and Iran by issuing a joint statement with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declaring that the "interference of the United Nations Security Council (in Iran's nuclear program) has no legal or technical justificatio [...] | 2008-09-03 18:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1921 | BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO SUCRE [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, Ambassador Goldberg traveled to Bolivia's constitutional capital of Sucre to participate in the official launch of the Sucre Virtual Presence Post (VPP) and to meet newly-elected Prefect Savina Cuellar. While in Sucre, the Ambassador also visited two USAID projects [...] | 2008-09-08 22:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PTER SNAR BL KPAO |
08LAPAZ1931 | BOLIVIA: "TRANSFORMATION WITH VIOLENCE" MOST LIKELY [...] (SBU) The largest daily newspaper in La Paz ran a three page story over the weekend based on interviews with political figures. The article identified five possible outcomes to the current political stalemate from "Dialogue and Peaceful Transformation" to "Civil War." According to the pane [...] | 2008-09-09 16:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1941 | BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS, GOVT INSTALLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Starting late morning September 9, civic groups and university students in opposition-aligned departments (states) attacked and took over government installations. The focus of the attacks included buildings belonging to government agencies, Entel (the recently-nationalized form [...] | 2008-09-10 20:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1942 | BOLIVIA: MORALES DECLARES AMBASSADOR PNG [...] (C) Summary: One day after the Bolivian government informed Post that DEA agents were indefinitely expelled from the Chapare, President Evo Morales announced on national television September 10 that Ambassador Goldberg is persona non grata and requested that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca [...] | 2008-09-10 23:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1950 | BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...] | 2008-09-12 21:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL |
08LAPAZ1964 | CHARGE MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Charge met with Bolivian FM David Choquehuanca the night of September 14 to raise concerns about possible protests at the Embassy and in the Zona Sur residential neighborhood planned for September 15 and 16. The Charge asked the Foreign Minister for security guarantees and for the Bo [...] | 2008-09-15 14:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL CASC PGOV PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1966 | BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE DESIRED BUT DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Publicly, both the opposition and the government say they want to meet for dialogue. As a show of good faith, the opposition has called off regional road blocks. Based on past statements, however, there seems to be little will to compromise. The opposition has said it absolutely requires [...] | 2008-09-15 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1970 | BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 15:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1972 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/15/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: 0n 9/15 at 0930 the Post Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the impending demonstration at the Embassy, the possible impact of an announcement on counter-narcotics certification, next steps in authorized departure, the possibility that some USG agencies will be expelled, [...] | 2008-09-15 17:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1973 | EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...] | 2008-09-15 17:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL |
08LAPAZ1975 | BOLIVIA SITREP #2 1500: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] (U) Situation Report. This is the second and last situation reports planned for today. --EMBASSY. The Embassy compound is currently secure with no protesters in the vicinity. Embassy and USAID/NAS personnel have been informed that they may return to work or take liberal leave. --EL CENT [...] | 2008-09-15 18:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AEMR PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1979 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 1600 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 1600 9/15 to discuss the protest of 9/15 that required evacuation of the alternate command center, the planned protest for 9/16 that may include violent student demonstrators, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the overall po [...] | 2008-09-15 23:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1980 | MAS TO BLOCKADE CONGRESS AMID DIALOGUE TALK [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government representatives met on September 12 to discuss opening a formal dialogue to end the increasingly violent east-west conflict. Those discussions continued September 14 and 15. However, opposition sources concede they have low expectations and are primaril [...] | 2008-09-15 23:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE BL |
08LAPAZ1981 | BOLIVIA: WHAT EVO TELLS HIS PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary. A member of congress with President Evo Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party provided PolOff with rundown of Morales' latest meeting with MAS congressional representatives. Morales allegedly told the congressmen that "new friends" like Venezuela and Iran could make up [...] | 2008-09-15 23:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ODIP OFDP BL |
08LAPAZ1984 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 0900 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 0900 on 9/16 to discuss the expected 9/16 protest of university students, the possible impact of the counter-narcotics certification announcement, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the ongoing political situation. The Embas [...] | 2008-09-16 19:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1985 | BOLIVIA: UNASUR DECISION BOLSTERS EVO [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales applauded the UNASUR (group of South American presidents) decision in his September 16 press conference, thanking UNASUR for its "full support" and using the UNASUR declaration to lash out at the opposition. "I hope that the opposition authorities respect UNASUR" Mo [...] | 2008-09-16 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1994 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 1700 [...] (U) Summary: EAC meet on 9/16 at 5 p.m. to review the 9/16 demonstrations, discuss information on possible demonstrations for later in the week, review the Bolivian government's reaction to the counter-narcotics certification announcement, and discuss progress on authorized departure. End sum [...] | 2008-09-16 23:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2000 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/17 [...] (SBU) Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 10 a.m. 9/17 to discuss current political situation, status of authorized departure process, and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Current Political Situation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) Opposition and government-aligned groups are reacting [...] | 2008-09-17 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2004 | BOLIVIA: DEAL AND DIALOGUE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government-aligned groups initially reacted positively to the news of a "pre-negotiation" agreement between President Morales and opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio (who negotiated on behalf of the opposition association CONALDE.) The agreement supposedly call [...] | 2008-09-18 11:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EPET PHUM BL |
08LAPAZ2005 | CN PROGRAMS SURVIVE DECERTIFICATION BACKLASH (FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government's public backlash for the September 16 USG decision to decertify Bolivian counter-narcotics efforts as failing demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and internal obligations was less harsh than anticipated. Outreach to Bolivian officia [...] | 2008-09-18 11:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL |
08LAPAZ2019 | DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...] | 2008-09-18 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL |
08LAPAZ2035 | EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/18-CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG, formed by agreement of EAC on 9/17) met 9/18 to discuss contingency planning for a low probability but high risk event: President Evo Morales is removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG core will consist of RSO, ORA, DEA, MG [...] | 2008-09-19 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2036 | BOLIVIA: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS RATE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition prefects and civic leaders are meeting in Cochabamba with representatives of the central government in an attempt to negotiate an agreement that would avoid further violence after clashes have left many dead. Outside observers including the EU, religious organizations, [...] | 2008-09-19 21:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2037 | BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2052 | BOLIVIA: EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/19 [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG) met 9/19 with members of SSAT team to discuss contingency planning for low probability but high impact event: President Evo Morales removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG noted that while this remains a low probability ev [...] | 2008-09-22 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2055 | LIBYA PRESSES EVO TO JOIN SOUTH ATLANTIC ALLIANCE [...] (S) Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contact provided PolOff an English-language copy of a Libyan-draft treaty for a South Atlantic Treaty Organization targeted at South American and African nations. The draft agreement appears to combine elements of a free-trade agreement with NATO-like [...] | 2008-09-22 21:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ECIN EMIN EAGR EIND MARR |
08LAPAZ2056 | DIALOGUE: EVO PUSHING, OPPOSITION WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: The central government pushed hard the night of September 21 for the opposition to sign an agreement on the "framework" of the dialogue, but the opposition is thus far holding out. Government-aligned social groups have besieged the city of Santa Cruz and announced that they will [...] | 2008-09-22 21:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2072 | EVO THREATENS, SANTA CRUZ CLASH POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Announcing that he had left an agreement signed, President Evo Morales left Bolivia September 22 to attend the UNGA in New York. Morales also said that the siege of the city of Santa Cruz would be immediately suspended if the prefects would sign the agreement that guarantees a law [...] | 2008-09-23 22:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2073 | BOLIVIAN DRUG CZAR: CN COOPERATION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres told EmbOffs September 22 that the government would continue bilateral counter-narcotics efforts so long as USG funding was not cut. Caceres said the inclusion of waiver to continue CN assistance tempered cabinet reaction to the Sep [...] | 2008-09-23 22:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2083 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/23 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, GSO, ECOP, DEA, NAS, USAID, ORA, DAO, MSG, MILGRP, IPC, MED, SSAT, and others) met September 23 at 1600 to discuss the current situation in Santa Cruz, where government supporters (some armed) have surrou [...] | 2008-09-24 17:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2140 | BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON THE WAY? [...] (C) Summary: A negotiated agreement between the regional opposition and the government seems increasingly unlikely, despite the scheduled October 5 resumption of talks. Constitutional analysts point to endemic problems with the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution, including the [...] | 2008-10-01 22:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2150 | EVO BANS DEA FLIGHTS [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would ban DEA overflights October 2, a decision he claimed was based on the strong Bolivian public sentiment to stand up to "the empire" in order to recover national sovereignty and dignity. "Two days ago I received a letter from the DEA of the United [...] | 2008-10-03 19:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2165 | BOLIVIA: TALKS FAIL, MORALES PLANS PRESSURE TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Formal talks between the remaining opposition prefects (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, Chuquisaca--the Pando prefect is still in government custody) and the government ended on October 5. Opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio announced that the two sides "have not made any agreement t [...] | 2008-10-06 23:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2166 | MORALES' NOT SO EXCELLENT UNGA ADVENTURE; DEA [...] (C) Summary: An MFA insider and one of Bolivia's UNGA organizers provided PolOff October 4 with an inside look at the Bolivian UNGA delegation's schedule. President Evo Morales had heated discussions with EU officials, telling one the EU "could leave" Bolivia if it wanted, Choquehuanca had a [...] | 2008-10-07 11:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID BL |
08LAPAZ2168 | EAC RECOMMENDS EXTENDING AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, ECOP, DEA, NAS, DAO, MILGRP, PAS, and others) met October 6 to discuss the current political situation and security planning. EAC agreed unanimously to recommend extending Authorized Departure due to President Evo Mor [...] | 2008-10-07 14:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2176 | WHAT IS MAS THINKING? WHATEVER MORALES DECIDES [...] (C) Summary: Four ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) congressmen shared their views with PolOff following an October 1 closed-door session with President Evo Morales. Morales allegedly outlined to MAS congressmen his strategy to pass a MAS-drafted constitution with subsequent national elec [...] | 2008-10-07 21:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR BL |
08LAPAZ2178 | PANDO MASSACRE DISPUTED; HINTS OF PREFECT'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Congresswoman Ana Lucia Reis (Movement Toward Socialism, Pando) told PolOff October 5 that President Evo Morales told government-aligned lawmakers he may have to free Pando Prefect (governor) Leopoldo Fernandez. Reis also disputed the government's characterization of the September [...] | 2008-10-08 13:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR VE BL |
08LAPAZ2197 | SANTA CRUZ: WORN DOWN AND DISPIRITED [...] (C) Emboff met with Santa Cruz political, civic and business leaders on October 7-8. The mood within the Santa Cruz leadership is dispirited. All believe that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) constitutional referendum will pass and that it will be almost impossible to defeat Morales' c [...] | 2008-10-09 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ2220 | BOLIVIA: MORALES RALLIES (SOCIAL) TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales joined approximately 5000 marchers for the first kilometer of their journey from Oruro province to the city of La Paz, where they plan to encircle the congress to "encourage" passage of a law to convoke a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draf [...] | 2008-10-14 22:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2241 | VICE FM: BILAT RELATIONS COULD GET WORSE [...] (C) CDA and A/DCM met with Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez October 15 to discuss the state of bilateral relations. Fernandez rejected the notion that the relationship had bottomed out, stating that relations "could get worse" as the government evaluates the merits of continuing bilateral [...] | 2008-10-16 20:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM PHUM BL |
08LAPAZ2245 | OPPOSITION GEARS UP LAST RESORT "NO" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition strategist Javier Flores told PolOff October 15 that ongoing congressional negotiations to change the draft constitution are a "show." He asserted that both sides had agreed to engage in another round of negotiations for tactical reasons, but that both were turning the [...] | 2008-10-16 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2252 | EVO'S QUEST FOR THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) "social movement" groups began to arrive in La Paz on October 17, with the stated goal of encouraging or forcing the congress to pass legislation calling for a referendum on the MAS draft constitution. Negotiations on the text of the constitution ar [...] | 2008-10-17 18:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2293 | EVO THANKS DIPCORPS, ACCUSES USG [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales addressed the diplomatic community October 23, showering them with praise for helping him reach an October 21 compromise with the opposition on a draft constitution. Morales portrayed the compromise as a one-sided affair in which the radical opposition was f [...] | 2008-10-23 20:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL |
08LAPAZ2300 | BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT ASKS SECRETARY FOR HELP [...] (C) The President of Bolivia's Senate sent the letter, translated in its entirety in paragraph three, to the Embassy October 17. Oscar Ortiz was elected as President of the Senate for a one-year term in January, 2008. Ortiz is a contact of officers in Embassy's EcoPol Section and Front Offic [...] | 2008-10-27 13:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR OPDC OPRC BO |
08LAPAZ2305 | USG AGENCIES AGAIN IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of government attacks on the DEA suggest that the Morales Administration will decide whether or not to expel DEA based on the "independent" decision of Chapare-region cocalero leaders. Morales and MAS leaders railed against DEA "infiltrators" October 25 and 26, c [...] | 2008-10-27 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2374 | BOLIVIA: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE PANDO [...] (C) Summary: A series of interviews with Post contacts, including with Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and National Unity (UN) party Deputies, has shed light on the Bolivian government's contradictory statements on when it will lift the state of siege in Pando, and also on the continued detent [...] | 2008-11-05 17:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR BL |
08LAPAZ2483 | BOLIVIA: PANDO SIEGE LIFTED, SIEGE LIGHT BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Although the government lifted the state of siege in Pando Department (state) November 23 without incident and released 16 of 38 Pando prisoners November 24, the military maintains a strong presence in the department with the permanent addition of nearly 2,000 security personnel. [...] | 2008-11-26 17:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM PREF KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2543 | UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...] | 2008-12-05 23:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL |
08LAPAZ2566 | EVO TAKES ON THE CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: Recent sermons from Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas raising concerns about increases in narcotrafficking have unleashed a torrent of government criticism of Terrazas, the Catholic Church in general, and the Church's tax-exempt status. Terrazas maintains his views are endorsed by [...] | 2008-12-10 22:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM SNAR VT BL |
08LAPAZ2633 | MORALES' LATEST BLOWS AGAINST THE EMPIRE: BOMBAST [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales unleashed another round of vitriolic attacks against the United States December 23. Morales barred all but foreign and state media from the presidential press conference, underscoring his recent feud with the private media (reftels). Morales: DEA Tried to K [...] | 2008-12-23 22:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EPET ODIP CU VE IR BL |
08LILONGWE360 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN 1267 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE'S [...] (SBU) On June 18, emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Paul Chiunguzeni, Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chiunguzeni informed emboffs that he would give the nine names to Malawi's National Counterrorism Committee. EASTHAM [...] | 2008-06-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR MI |
08LIMA1213 | LEFTIST GROUPS STIR ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENT IN AYACUCHO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with local government and civic leaders during a June 23-24 visit to Peru's southern region of Ayacucho. Those leaders described the region's population generally as spirited and rebellious types who were suspicious of outside influence. As such, the region remains fert [...] | 2008-07-16 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PTER PE |
08LIMA1748 | REPORT OF RADICAL PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November APEC Summit, diverse political groups have announced plans for rallies and protests. Among these, the Lima newspaper Expreso recently published an article warning that a small ultra-nationalist fringe group linked to jailed radical leader Antauro Hum [...] | 2008-11-04 21:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR PE |
08LIMA1809 | PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR AMBUSH [...] (U) Authorities are blaming remnants of the Shining Path ("Sendero" or "SL") terrorist group for a November 16 ambush that killed three police and severely wounded another. The group was traveling in the south-central department of Ayacucho when it came under machine gun fire from an undetermi [...] | 2008-11-17 21:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SNAR PE |
08LIMA1876 | PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peruvian National Police (PNP) suspect that Shining Path forces in the Upper Huallaga Valley (SL-UHV) ambushed a police convoy November 26, killing five and injuring four others. Observers speculate the attack may have been retribution to earlier drug seizures by police in the [...] | 2008-12-05 19:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC PE |
08LIMA1938 | PERU: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy point of contact is John Robertson (robertsonjc@state.gov or 51-1-618-2514). 2. (SBU) Text of draft submission follows: Peru Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreig [...] | 2008-12-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PE |
08LIMA196 | "SHINING PATH": WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The terrorist organization "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso or SL) is currently comprised of two distinct groups, according to analysts. One consists largely of long-time SL members and "true believers" in the Maoist ideology who are reportedly working within civic organizations a [...] | 2008-02-01 17:42:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE |
08LIMA390 | SUSPECTED "BOLIVARIAN" TERRORISTS DETAINED AT [...] (SBU) Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) February 29 in the northern region of Tumbes arrested seven alleged members of the "Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee" (Coordinadora Nacional Bolivariana -- CNB),including the organization's pr [...] | 2008-03-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL EC PE |
08LIMA745 | GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...] | 2008-04-30 18:15:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR PE |
08LIMA948 | MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...] | 2008-05-30 20:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE |
08LISBON1237 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portugal supports the concept of a EU statement that would allow EU member states to accept low-threat Guantanamo detainees. MFA interlocutors told us that EU Foreign Ministers would discuss the subject May 26 at the GAERC luncheon. While no text would likely be adopted, at [...] | 2008-05-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PDRG PHUM PREL SMIG PTER PO |
08LISBON1782 | PORTUGAL LIKELY TO OPT FOR INDIRECT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Portugal agrees that Colombian insurgent groups, which continue to hold more than 700 captives hostage, are using a cruel and inhumane tactic and should be urged to stop immediately. MFA Director for South American Affairs Joao Baptista told us that Portugal fully agrees with our criticis [...] | 2008-07-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO PO |
08LISBON1808 | ALLEGATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SMUGGLING - PORTUGAL [...] (S) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning this report was relayed via [...] | 2008-07-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER |
08LISBON1874 | FOLLOW-UP REPORTING REGARDING ALLEGATION OF [...] (S/NF) Synopsis: On July 24, a walk-in approached Embassy Lisbon and reported that he knew of 5 to 6 plates of Uranium that are for sale in Portugal. The plates are allegedly in the possession of an ex-Russian General living in Portugal who was using a Portuguese Judge to broker sales. Al [...] | 2008-07-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER |
08LISBON1887 | PORTUGUESE MOJ ON CAPE VERDE'S NARCOTICS/TERRORISM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Portuguese Judicial Police leaders briefed us on counternarcotics and counterterrorism efforts in Cape Verde. They expressed concern that Cape Verde, West Africa's example of a successful state, was under threat and encouraged greater U.S.-Portugal cooperation to help the Gov [...] | 2008-08-01 17:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER SNAR EAID PREL CV PO |
08LISBON2588 | PORTUGUESE DEMARCHED ON OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer informed Portuguese MFA America's Director Helena Coutinho and EU Deputy Correspondent Florbela Cardy of the Kingpin designation on Venezuelan officials on September 12 per reftel request. Neither offered a response specifically to the notification, but MFA officials have [...] | 2008-09-18 11:24:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | LE KTFN KCRM PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL PO |
08LISBON2619 | PORTUGAL BRIEFED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
08LISBON2622 | PORTUGAL - TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ IR SY PO |
08LISBON2635 | PORTUGAL ON PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 14:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM PO |
08LISBON2648 | (SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...] | 2008-10-16 12:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO |
08LISBON2667 | PORTUGAL INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR PO |
08LISBON2711 | EMBASSY LISBON'S OCTOBER 2008 VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Lisbon's Visas Viper Program (VVP) Committee met on November 3, 2008. This month, Post submits the name of an American citizen fugitive, wanted in the U.S. for criminal, terrorist activities, a Syrian national with links to an Al-Qa'ida fundraising operative, and 14 members [...] | 2008-11-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PO |
08LISBON2725 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PORTUGAL: GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 15:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL PO |
08LISBON2751 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S TERRORIST FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR PO |
08LISBON2752 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S TERRORIST FINANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR PO |
08LISBON2784 | PORTUGAL: SUPPORT FOR THE LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC EUN PO |
08LISBON2785 | PORTUGAL TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC PO |
08LISBON584 | PORTUGAL WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON VISA WAIVER [...] (SBU) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Lisbon's Consul General delivered reftel points to representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, top officials indicated that Portugal 'fully shares' the EU Commission's view that visa [...] | 2008-03-07 12:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KPAO CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER PO |
08LISBON874 | PORTUGAL STRENGTHENS ITS COUNTERTERRORISM TOOLS [...] (C) Portugal has faced a lower threat profile than nearby European nations despite its proximity to past terrorism targets like Spain, the UK, and Morocco. Nevertheless, the government of Portugal (GOP) has heeded the warnings from the attacks in London in 2005 and Madrid in 2004 by enhancing [...] | 2008-04-10 16:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PO |
08LJUBLJANA144 | U.S.-EU JHA Ministerial Meeting Holds Productive Sessions [...] (U) Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate and Justice Minister Lovro Sturm hosted Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, and European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini on March 12-13 for the [...] | 2008-03-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS SMIG SNAR PREL KCRM KFRD EUN SI |
08LJUBLJANA206 | SLOVENIA: NO OBJECTION TO UNSCR 1267 TERRORISM [...] (C) On May 8, EmbOff informed Andrej Slapnicar, MFA Security Policy official and EU COTER Chair, of the U.S. intention to request the listing under UNSCR 1267 of the Kuwait-based international Islamic charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and all its branches and to convey the req [...] | 2008-05-09 14:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL KU SI |
08LJUBLJANA215 | SLOVENIA: NO OBJECTION TO UNSCR 1267 TERRORISM [...] (C) On May 13, EmbOff informed Andrej Slapnicar, MFA Security Policy official and EU COTER Chair, of the U.S. intention to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of three individuals (Bahrainis 'Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Jaffar 'Ali, Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd al-Khaliq, and Qat [...] | 2008-05-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL BA QA SI |
08LJUBLJANA244 | SLOVENIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] On May 30, Emboff passed reftel points regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism June 16-18 meeting in Madrid to MFA Security Policy Division official Andrej Slapnicar and requested information regarding Slovenia's conference delegation. Slapnicar replied that MFA Security P [...] | 2008-06-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SI |
08LJUBLJANA245 | SLOVENIA TO CONSIDER INFORMATION FUSION CENTER [...] (C) On May 30, DCM Maryruth Coleman met with Director Joze Romsek of the Slovene Ministry of Interior (MOI) Police Directorate (PD) to discuss the concept of an Information Fusion Center (IFC). The DCM suggested that Slovenia consider developing an IFC to facilitate the sharing of intelligenc [...] | 2008-06-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MASS ASEC PREL MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA27 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC SI |
08LJUBLJANA346 | SLOVENIA INFORMED OF MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN GI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER KGIC MR UZ SI |
08LJUBLJANA349 | SLOVENIA RELIEVED TURKEY'S ACCESSION PROCESS CAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN SI |
08LJUBLJANA350 | SLOVENIA AGREES TO KEEP PRESSURE ON FARC [...] (C) On August 5, Emboffs met with Natasa Furlan, MFA Americas Division, to encourage the Government of Slovenia (GOS) to condemn FARC human rights abuses and terrorist acts and to use its good offices to urge governments that provide support to the FARC to take demonstrable steps to terminate [...] | 2008-08-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL EUN COL VE HR AF SI |
08LJUBLJANA41 | U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS INFORMAL HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior U.S. and European Union (EU) officials met in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 9-10 for the U.S.-EU informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Senior Level Meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination across a broad range of transatlantic law enforcement and internal security [...] | 2008-02-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PTER SNAR PREL EUN KHLS SI |
08LJUBLJANA42 | SLOVENIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (U) Post has determined that there are no/no critical infrastructure or key resources (CI/KR) in Slovenia (as defined in para 4 of reftel) which - if destroyed, disrupted or exploited - might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the security, national economic security, national public [...] | 2008-02-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER |
08LJUBLJANA427 | SLOVENIA APPRECIATIVE OF DEMARCHE ON CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP ECON EFIN PARM SI |
08LJUBLJANA549 | SLOVENIA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2008 [...] (U) In 2007 Slovenia enacted a new Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, which became applicable in January 2008. During Slovenia's Presidency of the EU Council, Slovenia chaired an EU troika meeting with the United States on the external aspects of fighting aga [...] | 2008-12-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM SI |
08LONDON1001 | A COLLECTIVE YAWN GREETS HMG’S FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Criticism and indifference from British political leaders, foreign policy analysts, and media greeted the publication of HMG's first National Security Strategy (NSS),an initial reaction echoed in many of the Whitehall ministries to which the NSS was directed. UK opposition leaders [...] | 2008-04-08 12:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON UK |
08LONDON1113 | PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR’S CT FUND [...] (U) Embassy London welcomes the offer made by S/CT Ambassador Dailey for S/CT to consider granting funds of up to 50,000 USD to support projects to counter violent extremist ideology. Embassy London submits the following two proposals: 2. (C) REVERSE RADICALISM: Working with Her Majesty's Governm [...] | 2008-04-18 14:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK |
08LONDON1160 | REPORTS THAT BRITAIN IS IMPORTING PAKISTANI IMAMS [...] (C) Summary. The British press has reported that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced that Britain would launch a SIPDIS new initiative to bring "moderate Pakistani Imams" to preach in Britain. Poloff spoke April 24 with the Head of the Home Office's Prevent Unit Paul Morrison who said the initiat [...] | 2008-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL PK UK |
08LONDON1204 | IRAN: UK PUSHES BACK ESTIMATED DATE OF EU'S [...] (C) Summary. The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) told Embassy there is "an eighty percent chance" the EU will vote to designate Bank Melli and 34 other persons and entities at the "next available" EU-level ministerial meeting. FCO was optimistic a text on designations will be f [...] | 2008-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1224 | CODEL SMITH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Summary. On the heels of their trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Codel Smith traveled to London April 29 for meetings with senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),MI-6, and Department for International Development (DfID). The MOD and MI-6 talks focused on counterterrorism and coun [...] | 2008-05-01 11:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL AF PK IZ UK |
08LONDON129 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UK TO CO-SPONSOR LET-4 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 15:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UK |
08LONDON1292 | IRAN: DESPITE UK COURT RULING, HMG WILL KEEP ITS [...] (C) Summary. The UK Court of Appeals ruled May 7 unambiguously in favor of the Iran oppositionist group Mujahadeen e Khalq (MEK, aka MKO aka NCRI) on its long-standing petition to be de-listed as a terrorist group under UK domestic law (ref). The UK Government, which had fought the MEK's pe [...] | 2008-05-08 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER IR IZ UK |
08LONDON130 | TERRORIST FINANCE: UK AGREES TO UN DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) The UK agrees to support U.S. designation of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and members of his network, the five individuals in Ref A, according to Giles Cutler, 1267 Committee expert, International Organizations Department, Foreign Office. However, they have not yet decided whether to co [...] | 2008-01-15 15:18:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC IZ SY UK |
08LONDON1302 | LEBANON: UK TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT, WILL [...] (C) HMG in general, and Foreign Secretary David Miliband in particular, are very concerned about the situation in Lebanon, Miliband's Chief of Staff Matthew Gould told us May 9. Miliband is planning to issue a statement the afternoon of May 9 reflecting the points in reftel; he will also cal [...] | 2008-05-09 14:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC LE SY RU TU UK |
08LONDON1327 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 16:59:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL UK |
08LONDON1396 | IRAN: EU BANK MELLI DESIGNATION PUSHED TO MID/LATE [...] (S) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) working level contacts on May 19 told Embassy London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that, although the EU has agreed politically to designate Bank Melli, the EU has pushed the expected designation date, previously set for May 19 (ref),back to mid- or late [...] | 2008-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON1397 | (C) UK PREPARING TO DESIGNATE MILITARY WING OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK government is preparing to designate the military wing of Hizballah as a terrorist organization in the next two to three weeks, FCO Middle East and North Africa Director (NEA A/S-equivalent) John Jenkins told DCM May 19. The UK recognizes that the USG would like it to [...] | 2008-05-19 16:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IR SY LE IZ UK |
08LONDON1468 | IRAN: UK EXPECTS EU WILL SOON DE-LIST THE MEK [...] (C) HMG will formally notify its EU partners at a May 30 experts' meeting of the UK's impending removal (reftel) of the Mujaheddin-E-Khalq (MEK) from the UK's domestic terrorist list (reftel),FCO contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) May 23. Such notification will trigger an EU process [...] | 2008-05-27 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER IR IZ UK |
08LONDON1478 | UK ON CARIBBEAN SECURITY EFFORTS [...] (C) In response to reftel request, Embassy assesses that HMG has shown long-standing support for Caribbean regional integration to tackle transnational crime, terrorism and natural disasters, believing that Caribbean countries are more likely to build effective capacity together than separatel [...] | 2008-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER UK XL MASS |
08LONDON1505 | SUDAN: UK SUPPORTS DESIGNATION OF REFTEL [...] (C) HMG supports sanctioning all four individuals in reftel A, FCO Sudan Unit Senior Political Officer Rachel Edis said May 30. If other UNSC members oppose the entire list, however, sanctioning Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim and Doussa Deby would be the preferred o [...] | 2008-05-30 16:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU UK |
08LONDON1509 | IRAN'S EX-AMBASSADOR TAJIK: UK MAY EXTRADITE AS [...] (C) The UK says it intends to extradite ex-Iranian ambassador Nosratullah Tajik to the United States no later than June 11, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on May 29. the Tajik case has been a significant bilateral irritant between the UK and [...] | 2008-06-02 10:49:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON1552 | EDELMAN AND MOD HOLD PAKISTAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, UK counterpart Ministry of Defense Policy Director Desmond Bowen, and their staffs held a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on Pakistan May 30. (Participants in para 6.) Bowen described Pakistan as "vital strategic ground," a [...] | 2008-06-04 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS PK UK |
08LONDON1574 | PAKISTAN: UK VIEWS ON DEALS WITH TRIBAL GROUPS IN [...] (C) Summary. The UK is giving the Government of Pakistan (GOP) "space to try making peace" in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) through deals with tribal groups because the new government needs to be seen in Pakistan as "in charge of security," but London is "under no illusion th [...] | 2008-06-06 12:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MCAP PINR PINS PK UK |
08LONDON1577 | HOME SECRETARY SELLS THE COUNTER-TERRORISM BILL; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 14:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK UK |
08LONDON1580 | IRAN: UK INTENDS TO GO FORWARD ON TAJIK [...] (C) Summary: Taking a strong pro-extradition line, the UK still expects to extradite former Iranian Ambassador Tajik as soon as remaining medical-legal aspects of his case are resolved. Foreign and Commonwealth contacts underline, however, that HMG takes Iranian threats related to the Tajik c [...] | 2008-06-06 16:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON1593 | IRAN: UK MAY DE-LIST MEK BY EARLY JULY BUT WILL [...] (C) Summary. The UK's domestic de-listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) may occur as soon as early July or even late June, Foreign and Commonwealth contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) June 6, moving up their earlier estimates (ref) by two to three weeks as to when Parliament is like [...] | 2008-06-09 15:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC PTER IR UK |
08LONDON1619 | TORY SHADOW HOME SECRETARY DAVID DAVIS RESIGNS [...] (U) Conservative Party "Shadow" Home Secretary David Davis, and one time rival to David Cameron for the Conservative Party leadership, has unexpectedly resigned in protest of the House of Commons vote June 11 authorizing the detention without charge of British citizen and foreign terror suspe [...] | 2008-06-12 16:40:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER UK |
08LONDON1690 | UK PLEASED WITH U.S. DRAFT TEXT UNSCR TO RENEW [...] (SBU) Foreign Office officials Angus Stewart, Susie Kitchens and Will Taylor, of the International Organisations Department, told us June 24 the British government is "pleased" with the U.S. draft 1267 Monitoring Team renewal. HMG agrees with the need to keep the focus on stopping the flow of [...] | 2008-06-24 16:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC UK |
08LONDON1777 | FOREIGN SECRETARY MILIBAND SUBMITS RENDITION [...] (S/NF) Foreign Office Director for Defence and Strategic Threats Simon Manley informed Poloff July 2 that the Foreign Office would submit Foreign Secretary Miliband's written statement on rendition to Parliament July 2, for entry into Parliamentary records July 3. Manley said the statement (see [...] | 2008-07-03 11:28:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER UK |
08LONDON1887 | PAKISTAN: UK SEES KASHMIR SOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] (S) Summary. The UK sees resolving Kashmir as central to changing the dynamic in Pakistan's long-term security cooperation with the West, according to FCO contacts. Improving relations between Pakistan and India through a solution to Kashmir will allow the Pakistani Army to reduce its focus on Ind [...] | 2008-07-18 16:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PTER PBTS PINS IN PK UK |
08LONDON1988 | UK RESPONSE TO ADDITION OF TWO NEW PARTNERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 16:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ UK |
08LONDON1997 | UK AGREES ON NEED TO HELP COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) HMG is "100 percent on the same page as the United States" regarding FARC and the need to aggressively combat narcotics trafficking, Tony Kay, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Colombia and Venezuela Desk Officer told us July 31 during a discussion of reftel demarche. Kay stressed that UK [...] | 2008-08-01 10:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER CO UK VE |
08LONDON2005 | IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - FURTHER DELAYS AND [...] (C) HMG will take no final decision or action on the extradition of former Iranian Ambassador Tajik before 1 September because the Home Secretary, who reportedly wants to personally review all decisions on the case, will be on holiday until then, FCO Iran Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue on J [...] | 2008-08-01 14:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON2053 | UK REQUESTS U.S. INFORMATION ON TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Action request, see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) HM Treasury has passed us names of individuals and groups for which it is requesting any and all updated information, identifiers and statements of cases (SOCs) in order to comply with it's 2007 policy to conduct yearly reviews of all designated par [...] | 2008-08-06 14:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC UK |
08LONDON2060 | IRAN: UK SAYS LEGAL BASIS FOR EU LISTING OF MEK IS [...] (C) Summary: The EU's continued anti-terror listing of the Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK) depends on the existence of an active French investigation of the group, according to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO is uncertain whether the investigation, and the listing, will contin [...] | 2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EU IR FR UK |
08LONDON2080 | KENYA/CT: UK RECONSIDERS CT TRAINING PROGRAM FOLLOWING ACCUSATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (S) Following a July 30 Human Rights Watch report and brief UK media interest alleging human rights violations by the Kenyan military, HMG is "reconsidering" its counter-terrorism (CT) training to 20 Para, a parachute regiment in the Kenyan army, FCO CT Officer Lydia Strachan and Kenya Desk Officer [...] | 2008-08-08 12:20:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER PHUM PINR XW KE UK |
08LONDON2143 | PAKISTAN: UK SEES MUSHARRAF'S DEPARTURE AS A 'GOOD THING' BUT NOT A SOLUTION REF: A. STATE 88734 B. ISLAMABAD 2750 LONDON 00002143 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-19 09:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK |
08LONDON2169 | IRAN: EXPAT SOURCE'S INFORMATION AND VIEWS ON [...] (S) Summary: Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reportedly is widely viewed within the regime as a capable and forceful leader and manager who may someday succeed to at least a share of national leadership; his father may also see him in that light. A close ally of Tehran Mayor Q [...] | 2008-08-21 15:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PTER PHUM IR UK |
08LONDON2181 | AFGHANISTAN: BROWN URGES KARZAI TO KEEP HELMAND [...] (C/NF) During what was described by FCO Afghanistan Desk Officer Tom Burns as a mainly "morale boosting" trip to Afghanistan on August 21, Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with UK and Afghan military commanders and Governor Mangal in Helmand, and with President Karzai and UNSYG Special Representativ [...] | 2008-08-22 15:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER AF UK |
08LONDON2186 | IRAN: CHINESE EMBASSY ASKS WHETHER GEORGIA CRISIS AFFECTS P5+1'S IRAN POSTURE REF: BEIJING 3034 [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy counterparts asked informally whether the Georgia crisis means in U.S. eyes a suspension or slowdown in multilateral efforts on Iran nuclear. London Iran Watcher (Poloff) said this is not the case; international equities on Iran are too urgent and well-defined, and Iran [...] | 2008-08-22 16:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINS PREL PTER CH IR UK |
08LONDON2196 | DRC SANCTIONS: UK APPRECIATES INFORMATION, KEEN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 13:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF CG RW UK |
08LONDON2233 | (S/NF) UK CONSIDERING ENGAGEMENT WITH HIZBALLAH MINISTER, POLITICAL OFFICIALS REF: A. NEA/ELA-EMBASSY LONDON EMAILS B. LONDON 1396 C. LONDON 1292 D. LONDON 1968 [...] (S/NF) The UK is considering granting authorization to the British Embassy in Beirut to meet with Lebanese Minister of Labor Mohammad Fneish, a member of Hizballah, and other Hizballah party officials, FCO Levant Group Head Benjamin Saoul and Cabinet Office Desk Officer Brian Jones told us separate [...] | 2008-09-02 15:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE IZ UK |
08LONDON2243 | PAKISTAN: UK ASSESSMENT AND MEDIUM-TERM THINKING, SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN GROUP REF: LONDON 2143 Classified By: Political Counselor Richard Mills, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 08:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER PK UK |
08LONDON2474 | IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - UK DITHERING, MAY HAVE COLD FEET REF: A. E-MAILS EMBASSY (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR 9/3/08 AND PREVIOUS B. LONDON 2005 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not formally retreated from its earlier stated intention to extradite ex-Iranian Ambassador Tajik, and says the Tajik file is now on the desk of the Home Secretary for final decision. FCO is noticeably vague, however, on when a decision might [...] | 2008-09-29 14:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON2499 | WEST AFRICA: UK PRIORITIES, COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND ELECTIONS REF: A. LONDON 2487 B. FREETOWN 336 C. LONDON 1916 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 12:36:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PINR KDEM PTER KCRM XY UK |
08LONDON2589 | SOMALIA: UK SUPPORTS USG COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN SANCTIONS UNSC RESOLUTION REF: STATE 108662 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XW SO UK |
08LONDON2600 | IRAN: UK CURRENT POSTURE -- FCO FORMAL AND INFORMAL VIEWS [...] (S) Please see Department information request at paragraph4. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office working contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) October 14 that: -- Foreign Secretary Miliband pressed his Chinese counterpart to have China re-engage in the P5 1, with little resul [...] | 2008-10-14 19:04:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | CJAN PINS PREL PTER GE FR IT IR UK |
08LONDON2651 | USDP EDELMAN’S OCTOBER 15 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (S/NF) Summary. The UK is pessimistic about Pakistan, especially in light of President Zardari's poor leadership and the bad economy, although they praise efforts by Pakistani President Zardari to cooperate with Afghan President Karzai, UK senior officials at the Ministry of Defense (MOD),Foreign [...] | 2008-10-21 17:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK ECON KNNP MOPS PTER AF FR |
08LONDON2673 | PAN AM 103 BOMBER HAS INCURABLE CANCER; LIBYANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convicted Pam Am 103 bomber Abdelbasset al-Megrahi has inoperable, incurable cancer, but it is not clear how long he has to live, according to two separate medical opinions obtained by officials at Greenock prison near Glasgow, where Megrahi is currently serving a life sentence. Pre [...] | 2008-10-24 06:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LY UK |
08LONDON2778 | IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...] | 2008-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | CJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK |
08LONDON2821 | FCO PLEASED WITH U.S./UK ALIGNMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson visited London October 31, to review Afghan counter-narcotics efforts (CN) with British counterparts. Johnson shared observations from his visit to Helmand, noted the importance of Afghan National Army CNIK protection for eradication, and noted th [...] | 2008-11-07 16:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNAR PTER AF UK |
08LONDON2833 | CTF-150/SOMALIA: OUTBRIEF FROM CANADIAN SHIP [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian vessel HMCS Ville de Quebec escorted five WFP vessels in and out of Mogadishu between August and October 2008, and the vessel's commanding officer noted that there is clear evidence of collusion between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and pirates in Som [...] | 2008-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PTER SO CA UK |
08LONDON2898 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY - HMG SHARES ADDITIONAL [...] (C/NF) FCO Deputy Head Security Policy Chris Holtby (strictly protect) confirmed that HMG is satisfied with the progress in establishment of Operational Headquarters (OHQ) in Northwood UK, and afloat Force Headquarters (FHQ) for the EU counter-piracy mission "Atalanta." Holtby admitted that Gree [...] | 2008-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT PHSA PTER PREL UK |
08LONDON2964 | AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT KARZAI NOT CONFIDENT ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a November 25 meeting in Kabul, Afghan President Karzai told FS Miliband that it would be difficult or impossible to hold a credible Presidential election. He said that Afghanistan's USD 13.4b of reserves, were the &best in the world." Miliband commented to Karzai that, after [...] | 2008-11-28 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF UK |
08LONDON2968 | PAKISTAN: MILIBAND'S "POSITIVE" NOVEMBER 25 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband had a "positive" November 25 trip to Pakistan, FCO Pakistan Team Leader Laura Hickey told us November 28. The two main objectives of the trip were outreach on counter radicalization efforts and support for the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) ownersh [...] | 2008-11-28 16:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK UK |
08LONDON3062 | PAKISTAN: LYALL GRANT AND BOUCHER AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Boucher and Foreign Office Political Director Lyall Grant agreed on the need for Pakistan, and especially General Kayani, to close down Lashkar e Taiba operations and move on to reform of the intelligence service. Lyall Grant observed there would be less political [...] | 2008-12-08 16:51:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN PK CH UK |
08LONDON3079 | HMG SEEKS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN ESTABLISHING [...] (U) Guidance request. See para 4. 2. (C/NF) HMG will announce early in January 2009 an interagency initiative on international regulation of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). The announcement will be in the form of a written ministerial statement, which will include an invit [...] | 2008-12-09 16:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR PTER DS UK |
08LONDON3110 | IRAN: FCO QUIETLY URGES PRESSURE ON GERMANS FOR EU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany has deep political reservations over bank designations proposed against Iran under the EU's Common Policy, and is making legal and intelligence arguments within E4 against UK and French proposals to designate several Iranian banks, according to a UK Foreign and Commonweal [...] | 2008-12-12 18:03:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ENRG IR KTFN MNUC PTER UK |
08LONDON3122 | UK PLEDGE TO YEAR TWO OF THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) HMG is currenly in the process of determining the amount of its pledge to Year Two of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, FCO Levant Group Head Benjamin Saoul told us December 15 in response to reftel demarche. The exact amount of the contribution will not be decided until early 2009, Saou [...] | 2008-12-15 15:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC LE SY UK EUN |
08LONDON3191 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is post's 2008 submission for the Country Reports on Terrorism. POCs for this report are Daniel McNicholas (McNicholasDF@state.gov) or Jim McDonald (McDonaldJP@state.gov). Consulate Belfast contributed to this report. UNITED KINGDOM -------------- 2. (U) In December a jury [...] | 2008-12-22 12:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC UK |
08LONDON331 | IRAN: UPDATE ON UK'S APPEAL OF MEK DE-LISTING [...] (C) Summary. The FCO told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) the UK's Court of Appeals will decide in mid-February whether to hear HMG's appeal of a 2007 order to de-list the Mujaheddin-e-Khalk (MEK) and, if it hears the case, will also decide the merits of the appeal. Even if HMG loses this stag [...] | 2008-02-01 16:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR UK |
08LONDON365 | IRAN: SECOND HAND SOURCE CLAIMS EPD'S ARE PACKED, [...] (S/NF) Summary. Well-known Iranian expatriate broadcaster and long-time Embassy contact Ali Reza Nourizadeh passed to London Iran Watcher (Poloff) an allegation, parts of which Nourizadeh said he has independently confirmed, that an IRGC office in central Tehran is packing and shipping to Ir [...] | 2008-02-05 14:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ IR UK |
08LONDON592 | UK TO DESIGNATE THREE MEMBERS OF LIBYAN ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 17:08:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER LY UK |
08LONDON646 | HMG RAISES GUANTANAMO TRANSFEREES' ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO Legal Advisor Daniel Bethlehem raised February 22 with Legal Advisor John Bellinger, III HMG's concern over the USG response to HMG's earlier notification to the USG of allegations of mistreatment made by recent Guantanamo transferees. Bethlehem underscored that HMG woul [...] | 2008-03-04 13:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UK |
08LONDON676 | (C) C-DI8-00223: PROBABLE UK REACTION TO DUTCH [...] (S) In response to ref questions, Post informally contacted Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group regarding measures HMG may be taking in preparation for the release of the Dutch anti-Islam video. To the best of the Diplomatic Protection Group's knowledge, no specific protective [...] | 2008-03-06 17:29:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KISL UK |
08LONDON677 | UK COUNSELS PATIENCE ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] (c) Summary. HMG recognizes the issue of legal competency between the EU Commission and member states in the area of visa policy is "complicated," but London supports extension of the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) to other EU members and wants to complete its own bilateral visa MOU with USG [...] | 2008-03-06 17:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO CMGT CVIS PREL PTER UK |
08LONDON694 | UK MEASURES ON IRAN: HMG STILL LAYING GROUNDWORK [...] (C) On immediate EU sanctions steps in follow-up to passage of UNSCR 1803, FCO working level contacts on March 7 advised London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that "nothing substantive will happen on the EU track" at the GAERC session Monday March 10: "there will be no Iran conclusions." According to [...] | 2008-03-10 13:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER EU IR UK |
08LONDON71 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 16:56:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL |
08LONDON762 | (SBU) NEW PAKISTAN COALITION POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE, [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's election victors will probably form a government within a week, but lingering differences of opinion may make the coalition unstable, according to Laura Guy, Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Pakistan and India-Pakistan Relations Section. The PPP and t [...] | 2008-03-13 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD PHUM EU PK UK |
08LONDON765 | UK SUPPORTS U.S. G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) We delivered Reftel to Peter Storr, Home Office Lyon-Roma Head of Delegation, who indicated general UK support for U.S. aims on tackling cash and bulk couriers in the upcoming G8 Lyon-Roma meetings. The response in paragraph two is from Natalie Keough, Terrorist Finance expert, Home Off [...] | 2008-03-13 18:02:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN UK |
08LONDON821 | IRAN: FCO CAUTIOUS ON PROSPECTS AND END GAME FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) contacts are hopeful but uncertain on how and when a UK appellate court will rule on the legality of the current HMG freeze of Mujaheddin-E-Khalq's (MEK) UK assets; in case of an unfavorable ruling, HMG will likely pursue the case in the UK's h [...] | 2008-03-19 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC IR PREL PTER UK |
08LONDON878 | BROWN MEETS MCCAIN: DISCUSS IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown met Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham in London March 20. Brown used the meeting to present his big ideas about reforming the international financial institutions (IFIS) and increasing assistance to Africa as a means to preven [...] | 2008-03-27 09:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EFIN EAID UNSC IZ AF IS |
08LONDON890 | TONY BLAIR AND JOHN MCCAIN TALK ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tony Blair used his meeting with Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham to underscore the "centrality" of Israel/Palestine in bringing stability to the Middle East. Blair said progress could be made by "building from the bottom up," including by developing [...] | 2008-03-27 17:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PTER IS RU UK |
08LONDON957 | HMG VIEWS SITUATION IN PAKISTAN AS "BETTER THAN EXPECTED"; DESCRIBES NEW PM AS "SOLID" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-02 15:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER UK |
08LONDON989 | REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION [...] (S) London Iran Watcher (Poloff) delivered reftel demarche April 3 to Foreign and Commercial Office Iran Coordination Group Sanctions Implementation Officer Neil Kernohan. Poloff explained absolute need of U.S. financial institutions for identifier information for 1803 implementation to be e [...] | 2008-04-07 14:43:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL MNUC PTER KTFN IR UK |
08LUANDA258 | ENGAGING ANGOLA ON DESTROYING EXPIRED MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: GRA concerns at the highest level over the 2007 arms depot explosion in Maputo offer an opportunity to expand U.S. cooperation with Angola on destruction and/or toward improved physical security and stockpile management of the country's vast stocks of expired munitions. Although [...] | 2008-04-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM AO |
08LUANDA319 | REQUEST FOR STOCKPILE SECURITY TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 18 meeting, the Angolan National Police requested that the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) conduct stockpile security and management training in Luanda in late May 2008. Despite the probable time pressures caused by short notice, post stands ready to assist D [...] | 2008-04-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS PTER MARR PARM KHDP AO |
08LUXEMBOURG213 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND [...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved by the committee. 2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam DOB: 20 July 1980 POB: Rafah, Palestine Nationality: Israeli Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher Mother: NEGA, Shady Possible Al [...] | 2008-08-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
08LUXEMBOURG65 | LUXEMBOURG WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE |
08MADRID1008 | REPSOL CONFIRMS NO PLANS WITH IRAN AND INDICATES [...] (S) Ambassador Aguirre met September 17 with Repsol General Counsel and Secretary to the Board Luis Suarez de Lezo. During the discussion, Suarez de Lezo advised the Ambassador that, after Repsol had allowed to expire its option on its block in Iran's South Pars field (reftels),it had no remaining [...] | 2008-09-22 10:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR |
08MADRID1016 | SPANISH MFA RECEIVES NON-PAPER RE CHINESE [...] (S) On September 22 PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper from REFTEL to Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Deputy DG for Non-Proliferation & Disarmament, and Carlos Torres Vidal, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. As the non-paper is classified, neither GOS offici [...] | 2008-09-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PTER IR CH SP UK |
08MADRID1020 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATION OF [...] On September 12, Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper concerning the OFAC designations of Venezuelan officials under the Kingpin Act to Iago Lossada in the MFA,s International Counter-Terrorism Directorate. Econoff subsequently shared the information with Conchita Cornejo Garcia of [...] | 2008-09-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL PINR SNAR KCRM VE SP |
08MADRID104 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ SY SP |
08MADRID1055 | BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA STEPS UP OPERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Basque terrorist group ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) has conducted a series of bombing attacks in Spain in recent weeks as a "show of force" to counter Spanish judicial efforts to outlaw political parties affiliated with ETA. The Zapatero government and all opposition pa [...] | 2008-10-06 10:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS SP |
08MADRID1116 | SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on October 22 to deliver REFTEL A demarche. Torres said that he will serve as point of contact (POC) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for matters related to the Global Initiative Information Po [...] | 2008-10-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP |
08MADRID1182 | SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),has shared information with Embassy Madrid officials on a range of subjects related to non-proliferation, including Spanish participat [...] | 2008-11-06 17:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP KNNP PINR PINS SP KGIC PTER PREL |
08MADRID1186 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SIRES' NOVEMBER 13-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Representative Sires, Embassy Madrid looks forward to your and your delegation's visit to Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish are eager to share their assessment of political developments, regional issues, and bilateral relations with you. The recent US national election has been closely [...] | 2008-11-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN OVIP PINS PREL PTER SP OREP AMGT AFIN |
08MADRID1214 | CALLS FOR REFORM OF SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's counter-terrorism (CT) laws were designed with the domestic terrorist group ETA - Basque Fatherland and Liberty - in mind, but a number of recent rulings and actions by the Spanish judiciary and law enforcement forces in recent weeks have brought into focus Spain's need to [...] | 2008-11-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
08MADRID1230 | SPAIN: CIVIL GUARD OFFERS INSIDER ACCOUNT OF ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a counter-terrorism (CT) conference co-sponsored by Embassy Madrid, General Pablo Martin Alonso, the Head of Intelligence for the Civil Guard -- known in Spanish as Guardia Civil (GC) -- discussed the role of the GC in detaining radical Islamic jihadists within Spain's borde [...] | 2008-11-24 17:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP |
08MADRID1231 | SPAIN: ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT ETA [...] (C) SUMMARY: French police and Spanish Guardia Civil (GC) paramilitary forces conducted a joint raid in Cauterets, France early on the morning of November 17 in which they arrested ETA members Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina (aka "Txeroki" in Basque or "Cherokee" in English) and Leire Lopez Zu [...] | 2008-11-24 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR |
08MADRID1262 | SPAIN: MFA ADDRESSES HOST OF NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. POLCOUNS and POLOFF on November 28 met Spanish MFA officials for a wide-ranging discussion on non-proliferation issues. Gonzalo de Salazar, the MFA's Sub-DG for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament discusse [...] | 2008-12-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER SP SY IAEA IR VE |
08MADRID1269 | FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable continues the discussion from REFTEL, which examined recent Supreme Court acquittals of lower court convictions of radical Islamic jihadists. Most recently, the Supreme Court on October 7 overturned 14 of 20 convictions for a 2004 case known an Operation Nova; on Novem [...] | 2008-12-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
08MADRID1280 | SPAIN: ALLEGED DETAINEE FLIGHTS ISSUE BLOWS UP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A hot issue in the Spanish press since 2005, the detainee transfer flights that allegedly transited Spain from 2002 until 2006 have once again hit the headlines. The most recent flurry of reporting began November 30 when El Pais, Spain's leading newspaper, printed several stories bas [...] | 2008-12-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREF PGOV PTER KPAO SP |
08MADRID1291 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT TO SPAIN DEC. [...] (U) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. The Spaniards you meet will be eag [...] | 2008-12-09 11:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER OREP MARR SP |
08MADRID1303 | HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Spanish MFA DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Carmen Bujan December 12. Bujan said Spain, in principle, welcomed the formation of a contact group. She emphasized, as she and other GOS officials have in the past, that finding adequate judicial arr [...] | 2008-12-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SP |
08MADRID1306 | SPAIN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL A, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Report on Terrorism" follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT in Spain is Hugh Clifton. Telephone 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) The Government of Spain and its citizens were concerned that their cou [...] | 2008-12-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
08MADRID1320 | SPAIN SUPPORTS UN SPECIAL TRIBUNAL ON LEBANON [...] (C) Spanish MFA desk officer Maria Luisa Huibrodo received reftel demarche and said that Foreign Minister Moratinos strongly supported the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). She affirmed that contributions for Lebanon would continue to be a major component of Spain's foreign as [...] | 2008-12-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN SP |
08MADRID180 | SPAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Embassy Madrid's Counterterrorism Working Group has collectively taken inventory of Spain's critical infrastructure and key resources and does not believe that the country possesses any CI/KR that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious [...] | 2008-02-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08MADRID234 | SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT CONVICTS TWENTY FOR [...] (U) The Spanish National Court (Audiencia Nacional) on February 27 convicted 20 of 30 suspected Islamist terrorists who were arrested in October 2004 (during Spain's so-called Operation Nova investigation) on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and plotting to destroy the National [...] | 2008-02-29 19:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID236 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP |
08MADRID301 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOUR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche March 10, notifying the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the recent E.O. 13224 designation of four Syria-based members of the Abu Ghadiyah network. Ivo Pascual, desk officer at the MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism, accepted the additional informa [...] | 2008-03-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC SY SP |
08MADRID308 | IRANIAN TIES OF SPANISH BANKS SANTANDER AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, provided to post on March 7 a document summarizing activities that Bank Santander and Bank Sabadell have had or still have with Iran. The document is based on information the Bank of Spain received from the two banks on March 6 in response to [...] | 2008-03-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PTER PREL IR SP |
08MADRID312 | SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION NOT LIKELY UNTIL NEW [...] (C) The Spanish Council of Ministers (COM) on March 7 failed to discuss and approve the U.S. request for the extradition of Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar during its final meeting before Spaniards went to the polls to elect Spain's next government. The Ambassador and DCM followed up with senio [...] | 2008-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID452 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL OSCE ROLE INSIDE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 08:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT OSCE PGOV PREL PTER SP AF |
08MADRID48 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LET-4 [...] (S) On January 16, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez, Area Specialist within MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff advised Martinez of U.S. plans to request that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the "LET 4" operatives to the list of terrorist entities. Martinez [...] | 2008-01-17 17:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP |
08MADRID490 | ADDITIONAL TERRORISM FINANCE CHARGE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Judge of Instruction Ismail Moreno has filed charges against jailed Al Qaeda leader Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas, alias Abu Dahdah, for efforts to continue financing jihadist groups from his jail cell, according to an April 28 report in El Pais, Spain's leading daily. The charges wer [...] | 2008-04-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID50 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCOS) AT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID502 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL THAD W. ALLEN, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Madrid Country Team warmly welcomes your visit. It will provide an important opportunity to highlight the importance we place on the relationship, particularly as it concerns our strategic interests such as the fight against terrorism and transnational crime. We a [...] | 2008-05-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP |
08MADRID517 | TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on May 8 to MFA's Directorate of Counter Terrorism area specialist Laura Martinez. Martinez expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the proposed UNSCR 1267 listing of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). She co [...] | 2008-05-09 16:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL KU |
08MADRID522 | SPAIN/COUNTERTERRORISM - CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) The Charge, accompanied by EconOff, met with Gregorio Martinez, Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rubalcaba, on May 9. Charge stressed the need for better inter-agency cooperation in Spain in the fight against terrorism. Responding to the Charge's expressions of concern regarding the front-pa [...] | 2008-05-12 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN KTFN SP PTER |
08MADRID526 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...] | 2008-05-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN SP |
08MADRID541 | PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING UNSCR LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Area Director Laura Martinez on 5/13/08. Martinez said she would get back to EconOff if the GOS has a reaction. Llorens [...] | 2008-05-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL SP |
08MADRID546 | SPAIN SUPPORTS ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS IN LEBANON [...] (C) Charge delivered Ref(A) demarche to FM Moratinos' Political Director Rafael Dezcallar on May 16. Spain also strongly backs the Arab League's mediation of the Lebanon crisis and fully supports the agreement in Beirut announced May 15. Dezcallar said Spain is relieved that the violence [...] | 2008-05-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL LE SP |
08MADRID562 | SPAIN - DEMARCHE ON ICAO NINETEENTH AVIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER SP |
08MADRID595 | SPAIN: U.S. COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad W. Allen visited Madrid from 12-13 May to meet with Spanish naval and law enforcement counterparts to highlight the importance we place on joint efforts between civilian and military authorities to break down stovepipes in the fight again [...] | 2008-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SMIG SNAR SP |
08MADRID611 | SPAIN/AL-KASSAR EXTRADITION: LEGAL CASE IS CLOSED, [...] (C) Spanish Deputy Justice Minister Julio Perez-Hernandez phoned the DCM on May 29 to confirm that Syrian arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar had exhausted all of his legal appeals, and, as a legal matter, the case was closed. Perez-Hernandez said that he had the file sitting on his desk, and that he coul [...] | 2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID640 | SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES U.S [...] (C) Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba phoned the Ambassador on June 6 to say that the Council of Ministers had just approved the extradition to the U.S. of notorious Syrian arms trafficker Monzer Al-Kassar. Further to REFTELS, today's action by the Council was the final political de [...] | 2008-06-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID643 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION DELIVERED TO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel pre-notification on June 6 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Counter-Terrorism officer Ivo Pascual. Pascual expressed appreciation for the information and advance notice concerning the USG's intention to submit to the UNSCR 1267 committee a list of [...] | 2008-06-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | AINR ECON EFIN PINR PREL PTER SP KTFN PK |
08MADRID657 | SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. Although your relatively short time in Madrid will be taken up with events surrounding the fourth plenary session of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, it will provide a key opportunity to highlight the importa [...] | 2008-06-10 13:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SP |
08MADRID659 | SPANISH POLICE ARREST EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ALLEGEDLY [...] (U) According to the website of the Spanish Interior Ministry and press reports, Spanish National Police on the morning of June 10 arrested eight individuals in Barcelona, Castellon, and Pamplona during an operation aimed at an alleged Islamic terrorist cell that reportedly had been recruiting [...] | 2008-06-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID67 | SPAIN/BARCELONA CT HUB PROPOSAL: PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Per REFTEL proposal from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona to create a counterterrorism and law enforcement hub in Barcelona to improve US regional capabilities and work with our Spanish hosts in the target-rich environment of Catalonia, we provide rough estimates of the budgetary impact of [...] | 2008-01-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AMGT AFIN SP |
08MADRID692 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JUNE 14-20 [...] (U) After suspending last week,s disruptive truckers, strike, independent truckers, groups also cancelled a Madrid demonstration scheduled for June 18, ostensibly due to security concerns. Demonstrations, however, continue within other sectors affected by high fuel prices. Over 10,000 member [...] | 2008-06-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD EWWT PTER |
08MADRID698 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JUNE 24, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens met June 24, 2008, with FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff (and Spain's next Ambassador to the OAS) Javier Sancho. Sancho provided a readout on Moratinos' recent visit to Venezuela and Colombia. In Venezuela, Moratinos continued efforts to repair s [...] | 2008-06-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO VE SP |
08MADRID7 | SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION ON TRACK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The extradition process of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar continues to move forward and we are increasingly confident that he will end up in U.S. custody. Foreign Minister Moratinos and Interior Minister Rubalcaba have both told the Ambassador in recent days that the judicia [...] | 2008-01-03 12:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID714 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF GULF- [...] (C) On June 23, Econoff informed MFA Directorate of Counter-Terrorism Officer Laura Martinez that the U.S had proceeded with the domestic designations of reftel A al-Qaida financiers, reftel B Revival of Islamic Heritage Society, and reftel C LET operatives. Martinez thanked Econoff for the i [...] | 2008-06-30 07:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QA SP |
08MADRID73 | SPAIN/BARCELONA ARRESTS: SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Spanish media reports and our Mission contacts continue to reveal new information on the January 19 arrests in Barcelona of 14 suspected Islamist extremist terrorists (REFTEL A),and indicate that the terrorists were planning to conduct suicide bombings on bus and subway lines located near [...] | 2008-01-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
08MADRID733 | SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO [...] (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1) suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other was arr [...] | 2008-07-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN |
08MADRID764 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE JULY 7 - [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),Angel Gurria, said there is an economic "crisis" in Spain on July 4. He added that the economy would not be "normalized" until 2010 (Note. This latter points tracks with the Spanish government's view [...] | 2008-07-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV PTER SP |
08MADRID794 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes on 7/17/08. The minister acknowledged the serious economic difficulties that Spain was facing. He said that he would review the issue of granting the same tax benefits to religious denominations such as the Mor [...] | 2008-07-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SP |
08MADRID798 | SPAIN INVESTIGATES FIVE BOMBS CLAIMED BY ETA THAT [...] Five small bombs exploded in Northern Spain on July 20, four at popular resorts in Cantabria and one in Getxo, a Bilbao suburb. The sites included a Red Cross life-saving station, an ATM, seaside promenades and other tourist areas. According to the press, one woman was slightly injured when [...] | 2008-07-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SP |
08MADRID829 | SPAIN ALSO SEEKS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) Poloffs conveyed reftel points July 22 to MFA Deputy Director General for Andean Affairs Ramon Santos Arms, who agreed on the necessity of keep pressure on the FARC. Additionally, he said that Spain would use the upcoming July 24-25 visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to encourage Venezu [...] | 2008-07-28 06:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EUN SP VE |
08MADRID836 | IRAN FOCUS OF TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Under Secretary Stuart A. Levey, accompanied by Chief of Staff Christy Clark and Policy Advisor DeAnna Fernandez, traveled to Madrid, Spain July 15-17, 2008 to press for Spanish support for implementation of UNSCR 1803 per the EU-3 1 proposal and to provide information on the [...] | 2008-07-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PTER IR SP |
08MADRID841 | POST FACILITATES TESTIMONY FOR MILITARY COMMISSION [...] In accordance with reftel instructions, Post facilitated the testimony of Professor Geoff Corn in the trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Professor Corn was escorted to and from Embassy DVC facilities by Defense Attache Office staff on July 28. Thanks for department assistance with interagency co [...] | 2008-07-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PTER SP |
08MADRID844 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Laura Martinez from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff explained that the USG had designated an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals on July 8, and passed along to Martinez background on these entitie [...] | 2008-07-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SP PTER KNNP EFIN PARM IR |
08MADRID845 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Laura Martinez from the Directorate of Counter-Terrorism on July 28. Econoff explained that following the UNSC 1267 designation of 4 leaders of AQIM, the U.S. domestically designated these individuals under E.O. 13224 [...] | 2008-07-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC |
08MADRID848 | SPAIN RECEIVES NAM DEMARCHE [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North America Fernando Prieto received reftel demarche and informed Embassy that the Spanish MFA did not send a delegation to the NAM conference in Teheran. Prieto also verifed that Spanish diplomatic representatives resident in Iran did not attend th [...] | 2008-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PHUM PREL PTER SP IR |
08MADRID849 | SPAIN SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU SUCCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EUN SP |
08MADRID86 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Ivo Pascual Herrera at MFA's Directorate of Counter-Terrorism. Econoff informed Pascual that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee had approved the designation of the three reftel Kuwait-based terrorist facilitators, and that the U.S. had sim [...] | 2008-01-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU SP |
08MADRID879 | MADRID ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL WEEKLY AUGUST 4-8 [...] (U) Spain,s National Institute of Statistics (INE) released data August 5 showing that industrial output (mining and manufacturing) for the month of June was down by 9 percent from June 2007. This data is compounded by additional unfavorable economic news including unemployment increases for [...] | 2008-08-08 11:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PTER SP |
08MANAGUA1448 | NICARAGUA AVIATION UPDATE - AIRLINES TSA [...] (C) Summary: The security situation at Managua,s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is mixed. From October 20 to 24, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted a successful inspection of airlines and cargo carriers that fly directly from Sandino International Airpo [...] | 2008-12-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON PTER NU |
08MANAGUA573 | THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT 15 MONTHS: SLIPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary and Background: Fifteen months into his second administration, Ortega continues to skillfully use his political pact with former President and convicted felon, Arnoldo Aleman to keep pro-democracy forces divided, vulnerable to coercion, and unable to mount sustained opposition [...] | 2008-05-08 17:38:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EAID ECON PTER PREL NU |
08MANAMA117 | BAHRAIN WILL FORMALLY REQUEST QATAR TO EXECUTE LEGAL JUDGMENT AGAINST KHALIFA AL SUBAIE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA |
08MANAMA127 | U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON TERRORISM, IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION FINANCE REF: 07 MANAMA 1089 MANAMA 00000127 001.6 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Adam Ereli, reasons 1.4(b) and (d). ------- SUMMARY ------- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA130 | FUTURE BANK'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 12:54:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA138 | REISSUE - U/S LEVEY ENGAGES GOB OFFICIALS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA195 | U/S LEVEY PROMOTES CHARITIES CONFERENCE, WARNS BANKERS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury U/S Levey reiterated to banks the risks of engaging in transactions with Iranian financial institutions. U/S Levey said he expected the imminent U.S. designation of Future Bank. He told the Minister of Social Development about the importance of fund-raising oversight, and supp [...] | 2008-03-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN IR BA |
08MANAMA20 | COURT CONVICTS TERRORIST CELL DEFENDANTS, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA |
08MANAMA231 | BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] Econoff conveyed reftel non-paper regarding the Global Initiative (GI) to Combat Nuclear Terrorism planning group meeting to MFA Legal Advisor Dr. Yousif Abdulkarim April 8. 2. Dr. Abdulkarim reiterated the GOB's support for the GI, but said he had been unaware of the exercise planning group [...] | 2008-04-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC BA |
08MANAMA233 | BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Embassy Manama,s Global Initiative Coordination Officer (GICO) is: Pol/Econ Chief Steve Butler, butlersr@state.gov, butlersr@state.sgov.gov, 973-1724-2908. 2. (SBU) GICO is coordinating with the Russian embassy to jointly deliver reftel welcome message. **************************** [...] | 2008-04-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DTRA PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA |
08MANAMA28 | AUB CEO CONFIRMS BANK'S SUSPENSION OF IRANIAN BUSINESS NOT NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 15:46:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA |
08MANAMA299 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION OF THREE INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 13:00:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN PREL BA |
08MANAMA446 | BAHRAIN WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN BA |
08MANAMA455 | ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PTER BA |
08MANAMA470 | BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE ON IRAN AND GULF SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR IR BA |
08MANAMA528 | BAHRAIN’S RELATIONS WITH IRANREF: A. 07 MANAMA 1045 B. 07 MANAMA 1070 C. 07 MANAMA 1016 D. MANAMA 22 E. MANAMA 220 F. MANAMA 430 G. MANAMA 442 [...] (C) Summary: The Sunni ruling family of tiny, Shi'a-majority Bahrain have long recognized that they needed outsiders -- first the British, then the United States -- to protect them from predatory neighbors, Iran foremost among them. Both Shahs and Ayatollahs have asserted claims to sovereignty over [...] | 2008-08-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL KNNP PTER EFIN IR BA |
08MANAMA558 | SUNNI EXTREMIST ON TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA577 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BAHRAIN'S CROWN PRINCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR IR IZ BA |
08MANAMA592 | A FIELD GUIDE TO BAHRAINI POLITICAL PARTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV ELAB KDEM PINR PTER LE IR BA |
08MANAMA66 | NO GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST JUDGES' DECISION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC BA |
08MANAMA814 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) DCM chaired a meeting of the emergency action committee (EAC) on Monday, December 15 to discuss the upcoming Bahrain National Day on December 16 and the Shia oppositionist day locally referred to as Martyrs, Day on December 17. RSO also briefed on a separate school security issue. DCM [...] | 2008-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PTER CASC BA |
08MANAMA845 | ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN ALLEGED NATIONAL DAY BOMB [...] (C) Summary: The GOB claimed that a pipe bomb plot implicated Shi'a oppositionists in London, and that some plotters trained in Syria. Bahraini Shi'a are skeptical and angry over the charges. The GOB charges beg many questions, and the USG should treat them cautiously until more evidence c [...] | 2008-12-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM SY BA |
08MANAMA99 | BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD ON SYRIA, LEBANON AND THE [...] (S) Summary: Bahrain's King Hamad told the Ambassador that Syria was working to have anyone but Siniora represent Lebanon at the Arab League Summit; Qatar was proposing Bouez as a compromise choice for President, and Abu Mazen bemoaned Arab in-fighting. End Summary. 2. (S) During an hour-long aud [...] | 2008-02-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER SY SA LE QA BA |
08MANILA1030 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY CONDUCTS STRIKE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early morning hours of April 30, the Armed Forces of the Philippines launched an artillery strike against a terrorist redoubt on the island of Jolo and followed up with a ground assault. Information on the success of the operation against the terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf [...] | 2008-04-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
08MANILA104 | PRESIDENT ARROYO MEETS REP. ADAM SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting January 10, President Arroyo and Rep. Adam Smith praised Philippine-U.S. counterterrorism cooperation and agreed on the need to combine military action with development assistance. President Arroyo has ordered her forces to focus on senior terrorist figures and beli [...] | 2008-01-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS ECON EFIN RP |
08MANILA1108 | PREPARING FOR MERCY DEPLOYMENT IN LANAO DEL NORTE [...] (U) Summary: During an April 28 visit to Iligan City and Lanao del Norte province in the southern Philippines, Embassy officers and a U.S. Navy planner consulted with senior Philippine civil and military officials regarding the upcoming visit of USNS MERCY. Polcouns highlighted the importance [...] | 2008-05-08 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA115 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Anti-Money Laundering Council Executive Director Vicente Aquino on January 15. Aquino said that per standard its practice in such cases, his office would notify us if any financial transactions involving the designated entities were found. KENNEY [...] | 2008-01-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
08MANILA1188 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL CROWDER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral, welcome back to the Philippines! President Arroyo maintains her strong political position, in part due to robust economic growth. The Philippine armed forces continue to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, while supporting the Philippine go [...] | 2008-05-19 03:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1255 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MULLEN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral, we appreciate your engagement with Philippine officials at Shangri-La and your subsequent visit to the Philippines. The Philippines has undergone many positive changes since the last visit of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to the Philippines in 2002, many as a result o [...] | 2008-05-23 07:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1352 | BASILAN UNREST MIRRORS UNSETTLED PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Philippine government continues to reiterate its commitment to the Mindanao peace process, and a ceasefire is largely holding in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao, Malaysian-facilitated peace talks between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have b [...] | 2008-06-04 09:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
08MANILA1353 | Ambassador Kicks Off Pacific Partnership Philippines 2008 [...] SUMMARY: On May 30, 2008, Ambassador Kenney kicked off the two-week visit of the USNS MERCY to the Philippines, a Pacific Partnership 2008 initiative which brings together personnel from the U.S. military, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine government, partner militaries from other a [...] | 2008-06-05 00:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1399 | TOP BROADCAST JOURNALIST ABDUCTED IN MINDANAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A popular Philippine television journalist was reportedly kidnapped by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on June 8, in an isolated area of Jolo Island, southern Philippines, while en route to a putative interview with ASG leader Radulan Sahiron. President Arroyo immediately or [...] | 2008-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
08MANILA1443 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, welcome back to the Philippines! President Arroyo maintains her strong political position, in part due to positive economic growth. The Philippine Armed Forces continue to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, while supporting the Ph [...] | 2008-06-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1460 | BROADCAST JOURNALIST FREED BY KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kidnappers have released well-known broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and three members of her crew, after 10 days of captivity on Jolo Island. Drilon and her colleagues were abducted on June 8 on Jolo Island in southern Mindanao. While most media sources and government officials ha [...] | 2008-06-18 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS PHUM RP |
08MANILA1464 | DNA RESULTS NEGATIVE FOR SUPPOSED DULMATIN REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: DNA testing by FBI laboratories confirmed on June 18 that a corpse unearthed on Tawi-Tawi Island in the course of an operation by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not the remains of Dulmatin, a prominent Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist who masterminded the Bali bombings in [...] | 2008-06-18 10:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KJUS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER RP |
08MANILA154 | CATHOLIC PRIEST SLAIN IN APPARENT KIDNAPPING ON [...] (C) Summary: The murder of a Catholic priest and abduction of a school principal and fisherman in Tawi-Tawi, a remote island along a terrorist transit line in the southern Philippines, has sent shock waves through this usually peaceful island. Security officials believe a group of 10 armed [...] | 2008-01-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL RP |
08MANILA1696 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM MINDANAO IMPACT PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Provincial and local elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections are scheduled for August 11, even as an array of key Muslim groups urges that they be postponed until after the Philippine government signs a final peace agreement with Muslim insurgents [...] | 2008-07-17 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS PGOV PHUM RP |
08MANILA175 | GOVERNOR OF JOLO SEEKS POLICE ASSISTANCE; GRATEFUL [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of the southern island of Jolo - where Philippine Armed Forces track high-value terrorists with direct assistance from U.S. Special Forces - expressed deep appreciation for USG development and military assistance, which he said is helping rejuvenate the remote isla [...] | 2008-01-23 10:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
08MANILA1788 | PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON ECONOMY IN STATE OF THE [...] (U) In her penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA),Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo highlighted her administration's efforts to improve the country's economy and help the poor cope with rising food and fuel costs. The President called for legislation to implement a peace a [...] | 2008-07-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI PTER ECON KPAO ASEC |
08MANILA1795 | THE NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thirty-nine years after its founding as the armed wing of the Philippine Communist Party, the New People's Army (NPA) has lost much of its ability to conduct sustained military operations but remains capable of sporadically disrupting public security and business operations in cer [...] | 2008-07-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER RP |
08MANILA1819 | PHILIPPINE APPRECIATION FOR U.S. HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to USG humanitarian assistance provided in the wake of the June 21-22 Typhoon Frank, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto G. Romulo sent a warm, expansive letter of thanks to the Ambassador. The Foreign Secretary underscored the Philippines' heartfelt gratitude fo [...] | 2008-07-31 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1837 | AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a July 31 working breakfast with Philippine National Police (PNP) Director, Gen. Avelino "Sonny" Razon, Ambassador discussed extrajudicial killings (EJKs),the peace process in the southern Philippines, and the challenges that lie ahead for the Philippines' police force. R [...] | 2008-08-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER RP SNAR |
08MANILA1875 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY PREPARED BUT RESTRAINED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to increased attacks on civilians by radical hardliners allegedly linked to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the North Cotabato province of Mindanao, the Armed Forces of the Philippines have placed their forces on heightened alert and prepared a contingenc [...] | 2008-08-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
08MANILA1885 | THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY FIVE YEARS AFTER OAKWOOD: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years after a small group of Philippine military personnel seized an apartment complex in Manila, demanding an end to the corruption and neglect they believed was crippling the armed forces, the Philippine military has made significant progress in its efforts to retrain, reequ [...] | 2008-08-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER RP |
08MANILA1887 | MANILA RESPONSE TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post offers pros and cons for including the Philippines as pilot area for the APEC Food Defense Projects. The Philippines is a willing partner with a great deal of bilateral trade in food and food products, but at times has issues with program follow-through. 2. (U) The Ph [...] | 2008-08-08 06:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO APECO EAGR RP |
08MANILA1929 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY IN CONTROL IN CENTRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As fighting between the Philippine military and elements of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces entered its third day on August 12, government forces appeared to be re-gaining control over seized villages in central Mindanao, with two key Muslim insurgent units retreati [...] | 2008-08-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
08MANILA1930 | FIRST EVER AUTOMATED ARMM ELECTIONS PEACEFUL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thanks to new automated voting procedures, the regional elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) August 11 turned out more peaceful, clean, and efficient than previous polls and an estimated 60 percent of the 1.5 million registered voters turned out to cast thei [...] | 2008-08-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS PGOV PHUM RP |
08MANILA1940 | ARMED FORCES CHIEF DISCUSSES MINDANAO CLASHES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Alexander Yano told the Ambassador August 13 that Philippine military forces had largely expelled rogue Muslim insurgent units from villages they had occupied in central Mindanao, and forecast that thousands of displaced villagers would soon be re [...] | 2008-08-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1958 | SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, even as it reforms itself and controls extrajudicial killings. [...] | 2008-08-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1960 | SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, even as it reforms itself and controls extrajudicial killings. [...] | 2008-08-15 10:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1962 | NEW CLASHES IN MINDANAO, ARMY REACTS QUICKLY BUT [...] (C) Summary: Just days after the Philippine armed forces drove insurgent Muslim fighters out of villages they had occupied in central Mindanao, fighting flared anew August 17-18 farther north on the troubled island as Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces attacked an Army convoy and seve [...] | 2008-08-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MARR MCAP PTER RP |
08MANILA1980 | PHILIPPINES: COUNTERING TERRORIST USE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following consultation with post's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG),post has no objection to S/CT's proposed "countering terrorist use of the internet" training program, to be implemented by DS/ATA with FY 2008 regional NADR funds. 2. (SBU) We suggest that the order of the prog [...] | 2008-08-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA1999 | VIOLENCE IN MINDANAO CONTINUES BUT NOT "ALL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As fighting between Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces and the Philippine military enters its second week, the Philippine Armed Forces continue to score successes against the MILF, and the MILF insurgents appear to have miscalculated their own military capabilities and [...] | 2008-08-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
08MANILA2049 | RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT TERRORIST DEPORTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, Jr., a key leader of the Philippine terrorist group Rajah Solaiman Movement, was deported to Manila on August 30, after he was arrested on July 24 in Bahrain. The deportation was an important success for Philippine officials, who worked through the U [...] | 2008-09-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA207 | TERRORISM FINANCE MANILA UPDATE JANUARY 2008 [...] (S) Legatt and Econ officers met with Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Vicente Aquino on January 25 to discuss terror finance issues raised in ref A related to Rajah Solaiman Movement listing by the UN 1267 Committee, and to deliver the talking points and bac [...] | 2008-01-25 08:49:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | RP KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC |
08MANILA2130 | PHILIPPINES: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Manila provides the following for use with the upcoming Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) to be held in Washington. The Philippine government has been an active partner in trilateral and bilateral counterterrorism cooperation, and continues to achieve significant pro [...] | 2008-09-12 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER RP JA AS |
08MANILA2202 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Admiral Keating, welcome back to the Philippines! You are returning at a challenging time. The situation in central Mindanao remains tense but controlled. The Philippine armed forces (AFP) continue a targeted search for Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders who carried out sava [...] | 2008-09-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2355 | SCENESETTER FOR BG CROWE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. Our bilateral engagement remains strong with the Talon Vision/PHIBLEX exercise ongoing during your visit. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes again [...] | 2008-10-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2523 | YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH GENERAL YANO AT CHOD [...] (S) Admiral Keating, in advance of your meeting with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Alexander Yano at the Chiefs of Defense conference, I wanted to give you a quick update on the situation in the Philippines and some key areas where I believe the strong relationsh [...] | 2008-11-06 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2596 | SCENESETTER FOR LTG FRASER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. Our bilateral engagement remains strong with the Talon Vision/PHIBLEX exercise having recently concluded and planning for Balikatan 2009 in full swing. With U.S. assistance, the Philippine milit [...] | 2008-11-25 05:59:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2624 | MUMBAI ATTACKS DEPLORED, SECURITY LEVELS RAISED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Ambassador and senior Mission members spoke with top Philippine national security officials Nov. 27-28 to apprise them of the current situation in Mumbai, urge them to remain vigilant for any potential attacks here, and reiterate [...] | 2008-11-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER RP IN |
08MANILA2655 | YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH PHILIPPINE NAVY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Roughead, greetings from Manila! In advance of your meeting with Philippine Navy Chief Admiral Ferdinand Golez, I wanted to update you on some of the key issues we are working here in the Philippines regarding their Navy and the Philippine Armed Forces. Recently, I hoste [...] | 2008-12-05 04:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2677 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent successes by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the southern Philippines have disrupted terrorist networks in Mindanao and destroyed known terrorist camps in the Sulu Archipelago. In the last five weeks, combined military and police efforts in Mindanao, suppor [...] | 2008-12-09 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
08MANILA2724 | PROGRESS IN 2008 AS PHILIPPINES LOOKS TOWARD 2010 [...] (C) The past year was normally tumultuous for the Philippines. President Gloria Arroyo withstood serious domestic challenges, including an impeachment attempt and corruption allegations, and weathered global energy and financial crises. Human rights remained an area of deep concern, with act [...] | 2008-12-15 08:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID MOPS PHUM RP |
08MANILA2762 | PHILIPPINES: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: The Philippines remains a key partner of the United States in our bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. As in recent years, during 2008, terrorist groups active in the Philippines included the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI),the New People's Army (NPA) [...] | 2008-12-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC RP |
08MANILA285 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Admiral Olson, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines are targeting terrorists on islands in the southern Philippines, while supporting the government's efforts to make peace [...] | 2008-02-01 03:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA292 | SENATORS INOUYE AND STEVENS RECEIVE WARM WELCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a busy and productive January 17-19 visit to the Philippines, Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) met with Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who decorated Sen. Stevens with the Order of the Golden Heart (an award previously bestowed on S [...] | 2008-02-04 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA329 | PHILIPPINES: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met February 1 with Hans Siriban, Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),to outline reftel points regarding U.S. initiatives for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). Siriban was receptive to all U.S. initiatives, and [...] | 2008-02-06 22:20:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER RP ARF IO |
08MANILA360 | EMBASSY WORKING VARIOUS FRONTS TO KEEP BALIKATAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the U.S.-Philippine Balikatan joint military exercise set to begin February 18, all Embassy elements, to include JSOTF-P personnel, have been moving aggressively to counter negative publicity by a vocal minority of political and social leaders, who in recent weeks have soug [...] | 2008-02-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PTER RP |
08MANILA426 | POSSIBLE REMAINS OF TERRORIST DULMATIN RECOVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine Armed Forces recovered a cadaver February 18 that was reported by informants to be the remains of Jemaah Islamiyah leader and Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin, one of the most wanted terrorists in the Philippines, with up to a $10 million reward under the Rewards [...] | 2008-02-19 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MOPS PINS PTER RP |
08MANILA443 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral, welcome back to the Philippines! You will find the political atmosphere in the usual state of ferment, with President Arroyo still in firm control, in part due to continued strong economic growth. We have been working hard to counter the efforts of a vocal minority to [...] | 2008-02-21 04:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA454 | PRESIDENT ARROYO COMMITTED TO PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lively and wide-ranging February 21 meeting with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she exhibited an especially keen interest in my February 19 trip to Mindanao to visit Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leader Murad Ebrahim. I told President Arroyo that Chairman Murad [...] | 2008-02-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA455 | AMBASSADOR URGES MILF CHIEF TO EMBRACE PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met February 19 with the head of the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to urge more rapid progress toward peace, an end to support for terrorists, and a clear commitment to stability and prosperity. MILF Chairman Murad Ebrahim warmly welcomed the Ambas [...] | 2008-02-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA463 | SCENESETTER FOR LTG MIXON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: LTG Mixon, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines are targeting terrorists on islands in the southern Philippines, while supporting the government's efforts to make peace with [...] | 2008-02-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA592 | SCENESETTER FOR BG TOOLAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Toolan, welcome back to the Philippines! You will find the political atmosphere in the usual state of ferment, with President Arroyo still in firm control, in part due to continued strong economic growth. U.S. and Philippine military personnel just concluded [...] | 2008-03-07 09:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA625 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Executive Director Vicente Aquino on March 7. Aquino said his office would inform us if any financial transaction involving any of the named individuals was found. KENNEY [...] | 2008-03-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC |
08MANILA691 | DCM'S VISIT TO STRATEGIC PALAWAN PROFILES RANGE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM's March 3-4 visit to Palawan, a island province stretching to Malaysia, showcased a wide range of U.S. activities, including construction of a new schoolhouse by U.S. and Philippine militaries on a remote island prone to terrorist recruitment; Peace Corps engagement; U [...] | 2008-03-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINS PTER RP |
08MANILA836 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FOREIGN SECRETARY ON MCC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 2 private breakfast, the Ambassador and Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo discussed the need for more prosecutions and convictions of the perpetrators of extrajudicial killings (EJKs),the importance of crafting a comprehensive Millennium Challenge Corporat [...] | 2008-04-04 07:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EAIR RP BM |
08MANILA885 | LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR SUCCESSFUL MERCY DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) Summary: During an April 9 visit to Cotabato City, in the southern Philippines, the DCM, Mercy U.S. Navy Commander Speight, DATT, and D/PolCouns consulted with senior officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM),Cotabato City, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),and [...] | 2008-04-14 07:53:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA893 | HURDLES OVERCOME IN BALIKATAN 2008, CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: This year's Balikatan U.S.-Philippine joint annual military exercise was a solid success but was not without controversy, as insufficient public affairs coordination on the part of Philippine authorities led some local leaders, principally in central Mindanao, to complain that the [...] | 2008-04-15 02:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PTER RP |
08MANILA899 | PHILIPPINE ANTITERROR SUCCESSES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine authorities, with U.S. assistance, arrested or killed eight significant terrorists since January. These operations demonstrated enhanced synergies between security and intelligence forces, increased sophistication, and effective avoidance of collateral damage. In r [...] | 2008-04-15 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER MOPS PINS KJUS RP |
08MANILA976 | EU HEIGHTENS ENGAGEMENT IN PEACE PROCESS, HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 14 visit of ten European Union (EU) ambassadors to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Central Mindanao underscored the EU's interest in the peace process. At the same time, recent EU assistance to improve governance, particularly in resolving cases of extrajudicial [...] | 2008-04-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EU RP |
08MAPUTO1228 | INL-FUNDED BORDER GUARDS STOP PAKISTANI SMUGGLERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supported by INL funds, the US G and the Government of Portugal jointly developed a program to train and equip Mozambican border guards. The training bore fruit on November 26, when graduates of the program detected and participated in the joint task force that interdicted two [...] | 2008-12-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CLOK MZ PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
08MAPUTO1257 | THE CHANGING FACE OF ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a large Muslim minority, estimated to range between 20 and 40 percent of the total population, or 4 to 8 million adherents, the role of Islam and Muslims in Mozambique continues to grow in importance. Since the eighth century, Islam has developed along the Swahili coast in M [...] | 2008-12-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PTER SCUL MZ |
08MAPUTO959 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Maputo submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information. 2. Country: MOZAMBIQUE Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Between October 2007 and October 2008 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued efforts to establi [...] | 2008-10-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL ELAB PTER MZ |
08MASERU144 | MASERU EAC CONVENES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) The Deputy Chief of Mission convened the EAC on May 16 to consider Embassy Maseru's security posture and threat levels in light of recent attacks on Lesotho military and police units (reftel) . Representatives of all Embassy sections and agencies - including the Assistant Regional Securit [...] | 2008-05-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC LT |
08MELBOURNE141 | Australian Counterterrorism Ambassador on Progress, [...] (SBU) During a November 26 address, Australia's Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism, Bill Paterson indicated that his country would maintain its focus on Southeast Asia by stepping up operational capacity there. Recounting his recent visit to the United States, Paterson said he had been struck by [...] | 2008-12-07 21:11:00 | Consulate Melbourne | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV AS |
08MEXICO1082 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit comes at a key juncture, as Mexico's military takes stock of its role in Mexico and the world -- and looks at its evolving relationship with its U.S. counterpart in light of ongoing challenges and new [...] | 2008-04-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX OVIP PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
08MEXICO1097 | VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...] | 2008-04-11 17:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO1331 | SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...] | 2008-05-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX |
08MEXICO1487 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF FBI DEPUTY [...] (U) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for a variet [...] | 2008-05-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO1649 | U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...] | 2008-05-29 21:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX |
08MEXICO1779 | MEXICAN BANKERS DISCUSS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. During roundtable discussions with Embassy officials, bank compliance officers said their institutions base their anti-money laundering (AML) and combating terrorism financing (CTF) practices on international standards. They commented on how difficult it can be to stop illicit [...] | 2008-06-10 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER MX |
08MEXICO23 | DRAFT COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2336 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Deputy PolCouns met with the Foreign Ministry's Chief of the Department of Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, Landy Esquivel, 7/29, to stress the importance the U.S. placed on keeping up pressure on the FARC in the wake of the recent rescue of the hostages in Colombia. Esquivel drew attention [...] | 2008-07-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO VZ MX |
08MEXICO2426 | EPR-GOM "DIALOGUE" HELPING TO KEEP THE PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. In late April, adherents of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) requested a dialogue with the GOM to discuss the status of two disappeared members and offered up the names of several public figures they wanted to serve as intermediaries. However ambivalent about working thro [...] | 2008-08-06 21:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX |
08MEXICO2752 | MX #2008-256, RSO EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 22, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guide [...] | 2008-09-09 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX PTER ASEC |
08MEXICO3655 | U.S. COUNTRY TEAM SUPPORT OF USNORTHCOM FY09 1206 [...] (U) A STRONG MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING OUR COMMON NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) AND COUNTERNARCOTICS (CN) GOALS. SINCE ITS STAND-UP IN 2002, USNORTHCOM, IN CONCERT WITH MY COUNTRY TEAM, HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPROVING OUR MILITARY RELATIONS [...] | 2008-12-12 17:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTIA MARR MAS MX PM PREL PTER |
08MEXICO3742 | MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 23:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX |
08MEXICO3777 | MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 18:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX |
08MEXICO614 | MEXICO-IRAN RELATIONS: A LOT OF TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (C) More than a year after a dynamic new Iranian Ambassador hit the ground running in Mexico, bilateral relations between the two countries have yet to move beyond the symbolic. Economic ties remain limited and soft-power projections by Iran in Mexico have had little public impact. Mexican off [...] | 2008-02-29 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | ENRG MX PARM PEMEX PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
08MEXICO768 | MEXICO ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] Acting PolCouns stressed with Minister Jose Antonio Zabulguitia, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of the Office of Regional Organizations and Mechanisms in the Americas, the importance the U.S. attached to using the 3/17 OAS Consultations to focus on the future and better address tr [...] | 2008-03-14 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC MX |
08MEXICO886 | THE FARC IN mexico 

Classified By: POL Officer Frank Penirian. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM PINR SNAR MX |
08MINSK102 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: BELARUS [...] (C) Post believes three objects in Belarus meet the definition of critical infrastructure (ref A): the Druzhba oil pipeline, the gas pipelines, and the Sosniy nuclear research facility. The USG actively engages Belarus to improve security at Sosniy. End summary. Druzhba Oil Pipeline ---- [...] | 2008-02-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET | ASEC ECON PTER PREL BO |
08MINSK67 | GOB OFFICIALS OUTLINE ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (U) On January 16 and 17, poloff attended the Legal Workshop for Member States of the CIS on the Criminal Aspects of Countering Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Terrorism. The workshop was sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...] | 2008-01-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PTER MNUC PGOV BO |
08MINSK83 | TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 83 DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 14:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BO |
08MONROVIA1006 | LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...] | 2008-12-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI |
08MONTEVIDEO134 | URUGUAYAN REACTIONS TO FARC COMMANDER'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOU's balanced response to the killing of FARC secretariat member Raul Reyes by Colombian forces inside Ecuadorian territory was remarkable given the internal and external pressures to side with Ecuador and Venezuela. On March 3, the GOU issued a measured statement calling for [...] | 2008-03-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CO VE EC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO144 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros and Director for the Americas, Laura Dupuy on March 13 and mentioned that the WHA Front Office was intending to reach out directly to Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez in t [...] | 2008-03-13 20:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO213 | AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFICIENCIES AND FAST-TRACKING PROPOSED SECURITY UPGRADE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Embassy Montevideo is extremely concerned about the continued slippage in the start date for the embassy security upgrade projects first proposed and approved in 1999 and now delayed until 2013. The Ambassador is unable to meet his manda [...] | 2008-04-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC ABLD PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO220 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED FOR ENDORSEMENT OF STATEMENT OF [...] (U) Polcouns joined representatives from the Embassies of Spain (Charge Maria Teresa Daurella) and the Russian Federation (DCM Dimitri Belov) to deliver subject troika demarche on April 18. The demarche was delivered to the MFA's Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Julio [...] | 2008-04-21 20:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL UY |
08MONTEVIDEO314 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS RESPONSE ON POISONED WINE CASE [...] (C) On May 14, the Ambassador delivered a letter on behalf of President Bush to the Foreign Minister which responds to President Vazquez' earlier request (reftel) for USG cooperation in the release of pertinent documents related to the death of Mrs. Cecilia Fontana de Heber in Uruguay in 1978. Fou [...] | 2008-05-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR UY |
08MONTEVIDEO365 | SECURITY PLANNING FOR MONTEVIDEO JULY 4 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC to discuss the security for our planned 4th of July events. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL, and RAO. There is no known country-specific or regional terrorist threat in Uruguay at this time. 2. (SBU) Both of our July 4th functions [...] | 2008-06-24 19:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08MONTEVIDEO43 | URUGUAY RESPONSE: S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO432 | DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC DELIVERED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Nelson Fernandez, Secretary General of the MFA on July 23. Fernandez did not offer an immediate response (preferring to discuss the issue with FM Gonzalo Fernandez) but confirmed that the GOU was interested in avoiding a situation in Colombia whe [...] | 2008-07-29 17:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PREL CO UY |
08MONTEVIDEO46 | URUGUAY REPORTER FOR TRIPWIRE REPORTING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 18:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR |
08MONTEVIDEO49 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The spring 2008 Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and EAC concern over a very porous border. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Uruguay and the U.S., and the visit of POTUS/SECSTATE in March 200 [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO527 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attack in Yemen today AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. The RSO provided details on our additional security measures. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, RAOL, DAO, ODC, POL/ECON, MGMT, and MSG. 2. (S/NF) Shortly after learning [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO663 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attacks in India, AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, ARSO, RAOL, ODC, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe this threat extends to South America. EAC will continue to remain [...] | 2008-11-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO696 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...] | 2008-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO721 | Uruguay: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The level of cooperation and intelligence sharing on counterterrorism related issues greatly improved in 2008, especially at the working level where officers in law enforcement and security services recognized the importance of conducting proactive investigations, sharing intelligence with the [...] | 2008-12-29 17:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO78 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF): Summary: Per Reftel, on February 15, Charge Peter Harding chaired an EAC to discuss the local impact of the aftermath of Hizballah Leader Imad Mughniyeh's death. The EAC determined that security posture is appropriate given the current threat, and no other action needs to be taken at t [...] | 2008-02-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MOSCOW1052 | RUSSIANS EXPLAIN VIEWS ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Together with UK and French colleagues, we delivered reftel demarche April 16 to Aleksandr Deyneko, Senior Counselor in the MFA Department of Disarmament and Security Issues, responsible for UNSCR 1540 issues. Deyneko stressed that, as a co-sponsor of UNSCR 1540, Russia was very [...] | 2008-04-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC UK FR RS |
08MOSCOW1079 | GICNT: RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT INFORMATION PORTAL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) On April 14, we passed reftel information on the June 2-4 meeting in Tallinn of the Information Portal Advisory Committee of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR). On Ap [...] | 2008-04-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL RS |
08MOSCOW1282 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS G8 INITIATIVE AGAINST ABUSE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1425 | MEDVEDEV CULTIVATES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Medvedev's first official state visit will be to Astana on May 22-23, underscoring Russia's overarching focus on its neighborhood and particular attention to Kazakhstan. Previewing the visit, MFA Third CIS Director Peshkov stressed protocol over deliverables, emphasizing that Me [...] | 2008-05-21 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL PTER |
08MOSCOW1444 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1445 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 13:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR RS |
08MOSCOW1533 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN - SEEK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1597 | FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 10:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KRAD PREL PTER RO RS TBIO |
08MOSCOW1598 | CTWG BIOTERRORISM TABLETOP EXERCISE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO RU |
08MOSCOW1605 | GICNT MADRID MEETING: RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR INVITATIONS TO [...] (SBU) On June 4 we reviewed with Olga Kuznetsova, MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, actions (ref) to invite countries to make presentations at the June 16 - 18 GICNT Madrid conference. Kuznetsova noted she had already discussed the approaches with Washington, and that Russ [...] | 2008-06-05 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC RS |
08MOSCOW1640 | MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...] | 2008-06-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL |
08MOSCOW1647 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR ECON RS |
08MOSCOW1672 | DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1673 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUDAN/CHAD - URGE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU RS |
08MOSCOW1708 | TERRORISM WORK PLAN POINTS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW1709 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BA EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER QA UNSC KTFN |
08MOSCOW1710 | GOR TO SUPPORT DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET OPERATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC |
08MOSCOW1817 | RUSSIA CONCERNED WITH UNSCR 1267 DELISTING OF [...] (C) MFA Department of International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov told IO DAS Brian Hook on June 19 that Russia was concerned with the process of reconciling Taliban with the Afghan government and would continue to approach 1267 delisting cautiously. He explained that the GOR did not [...] | 2008-06-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KTFN UNSC AF RS |
08MOSCOW1822 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS STRONG MEASURES AGAINST PAKISTANI [...] (C) MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov told us on June 25 that Russia continued to advocate the use of strong measures against terrorists in Pakistan, and was concerned by the new government's "weak" approach to securing the tribal regions on the border with Afghanistan. Starkov did not b [...] | 2008-06-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS |
08MOSCOW1862 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1865 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW1875 | SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...] | 2008-07-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS |
08MOSCOW2048 | U.S.-RUSSIA COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: [...] (C) Summary. At the June 19-20 meeting of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG),both sides agreed to exchange a list of follow-up items (reftel A). This cable presents Post's contributions to Washington's thinking on CTWG next steps. Post and MFA officials discussed th [...] | 2008-07-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV AF RS |
08MOSCOW2117 | CTWG: S/CT LETTER AND DRAFT REPORT TO PRESIDENTS [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, we delivered reftel letter from Ambassador Dailey to Ambassador Safonov, as well as a draft Report to the Presidents on the U.S.-Russia Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG). Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Counselor in the MFA's Office of New Threats and Challenges, conf [...] | 2008-07-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW235 | RUSSIA CONTINUES TO RESIST KOSOVO CDI [...] (C) Summary. Russia claims that it has developed a "roadmap" in its continuing efforts to forestall a CDI by Kosovo, and to tempt wavering EU states away from recognition. However, the GOR has also prepared an "action plan" in anticipation of a CDI in coordination with Belgrade. Consistent [...] | 2008-01-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC KV RS |
08MOSCOW2502 | RUSSIA CONCERNED POST-MUSHARRAF INSTABILITY HARMS [...] (C) MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev told us on August 21 that Russia was concerned that Musharraf's resignation as President of Pakistan would contribute to the country's existing political instability and draw attention from Pakistan's efforts to fight its extremist insurg [...] | 2008-08-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF IN PK RS |
08MOSCOW2584 | DFM KARASIN: CONCERN OVER PAKISTAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) At the end of an August 27 meeting focused on Georgia (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin told the Ambassador that Russia was very concerned about events in Pakistan. In the wake of Musharraf's resignation, and with the departure of Nawaz Sharif from the coalition, "chaos [...] | 2008-08-28 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNDP PGOV PTER RS PK |
08MOSCOW262 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMING ARF MEMBERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ARF PTER RS |
08MOSCOW2714 | RUSSIA REMAINS CONCERNED BY PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Following recent comments by Kremlin Foreign Policy Advisor Prihodko and DFM Karasin to the Ambassador expressing concern over the security implications of political instability in Pakistan, we met with MFA Senior Counselor for Pakistan Aleksey Yudintsev on September 9, and stressed that M [...] | 2008-09-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK RS |
08MOSCOW2735 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...] | 2008-09-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS |
08MOSCOW295 | RUSSIA EMPHASIZES STABILITY IN GOTX RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and think tankers argue that Russia is comfortable with its relationship with the Berdimuhamedov regime, with the GOR emphasis on Turkmen stability over rapid democratic reform. Russia is pushing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) membership on an indi [...] | 2008-02-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENR EPET PGOV PREL PTER |
08MOSCOW2961 | WMD COMMISSION'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission),chaired by former Senator Bob Graham, met with Russian Special Envoy on Counterterrorism Anatoliy Safonov September 25. The Commissioners focused their questions on bioterrorism and the security [...] | 2008-10-06 12:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL OVIP PINS PARM RS |
08MOSCOW3059 | HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...] | 2008-10-16 07:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR |
08MOSCOW3137 | HUMANITARIANS WARY AS VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NORTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unknown attackers blew up a local official's car in front of a downtown hotel in the relative safe haven of Vladikavkaz. Expatriate humanitarians living and working in North Ossetia and its neighboring republics acknowledge a generally deteriorating regional security situation [...] | 2008-10-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3184 | COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS FOCUSED ON INSTABILITY IN [...] (C) Summary. With increasing violence directed against law enforcement in Russia's North Caucasus regions (ref. A),the GOR's intelligence agencies are focusing their counterterrorism efforts on domestic radical movements, although they still have some concerns about international terrorist m [...] | 2008-10-30 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER KCRM SNAR RS |
08MOSCOW3201 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...] | 2008-10-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW3213 | WORLD VISION INCREASING ITS INGUSHETIYA SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of a series of incidents (reftels) indicative of a worsening safety picture in Ingushetiya, World Vision Russian Federation is working to improve its staff's security. Unlike some other PRM implementing partners, the agency does not intend to move its North Caucasus [...] | 2008-10-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER EAID RS |
08MOSCOW3475 | POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...] | 2008-12-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW3508 | RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...] | 2008-12-05 06:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3648 | DELIVERY OF DRAFT MOU AND IA BETWEEN DHS AND [...] (SBU) On December 9, ESToff delivered the reftel draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Implementing Agreement (IA) between the Department of Homeland Security and the Russian Academy of Sciences in English and Russian to Oleg Rozhkov, Deputy Director of the MFA Department of Security a [...] | 2008-12-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL GKGIC PTER KSCA KNNP RS |
08MOSCOW3656 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR THE SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN RS |
08MOSCOW3684 | RUSSIA DOES LITTLE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has taken minimal action to calm tensions between India and Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks. While Medvedev stressed that the attacks should not be allowed to jeopardize India's dialogue with Pakistan, and has played up Russia's limited counter-terrorism cooperation [...] | 2008-12-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD MARR IN PK RS |
08MOSCOW3754 | MOSTLY QUIET IN THE WESTERN NORTH CAUCASUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Caucasus republics of Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia have largely been spared the violence and instability of their eastern neighbors North Ossetia, Ingushetiya, Chechnya and Dagestan. In view of the sustained improvement in the security situation there, [...] | 2008-12-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3763 | RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...] | 2008-12-30 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS |
08MOSCOW3773 | GOR NEVER RECEIVED INFO FROM POLAND REGARDING [...] (C) On December 30 we delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA DVBVR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral, who told us the GOR passed a diplomatic note regarding Polish GROM MANPADS sales to Georgia to the GOP via the Russian Embassy in Warsaw in June 2008, prior to the August conflict. To date, the GOR has [...] | 2008-12-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG |
08MOSCOW380 | SEPARATISM NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow-based experts believe that the insurgencies in the various North Caucasus republics are different in nature, none think that separatism is their root cause. Experts tell us that while the insurgency in Dagestan may have a religious basis, violence in Ingushetiya a [...] | 2008-02-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PHUM PTER ECON RS |
08MOSCOW502 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow has proposed the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Russia which, "if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" (ref A). As requested, this message also provides in [...] | 2008-02-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC ECON PTER PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW586 | DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN KVADRAT UPGRADES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-01 06:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EETC IR PARM PREL PTER RS |
08MOSCOW785 | UNSCR 1540 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EU KPAO PREL PTER UNSC JA |
08MOSCOW797 | TRANSFER OF HEU SAMPLE TO RUSSIA [...] (S) On March 24, we delivered to MFA reftel paper on logistics surrounding the transfer from the U.S. to Russia of the ten-gram HEU sample seized in Georgia in 2006. Mikhail Kondratenkov of the MFA Security and Disarmament told us he found it "a very interesting document." He expressed reli [...] | 2008-03-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP ASEC ENRG PTER MNUC AU GG RS |
08MOSCOW857 | RUSSIA CONCERNED POLITICS UNDERCUTS PAKISTANI [...] (C) Summary: Russia is concerned that Pakistan's new coalition government will fail to aggressively pursue Islamic extremists. MFA observers lament the diminished influence of Musharraf, Russia's preferred Pakistani leader, and hope that he could make a comeback if a new government comes to p [...] | 2008-03-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK RS |
08MOSCOW860 | INFO ON U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS THREAT REDUCTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PGOV PREL PTER MARR PARM |
08MOSCOW965 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On April 8, we delivered reftel inquiries regarding the Estonian Prime Minister's idea to draft a three-way editorial on the importance of international cooperation to combat nuclear proliferation to Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov, MFA Department on New Challenges and Threats. Pro [...] | 2008-04-08 13:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL ET RS |
08MOSCOW999 | DEMARCHES ON IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EUN IZ IR RS |
08MUMBAI364 | MUMBAI ON HIGH ALERT AS AHMEDABAD RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following serial blasts in two major cities on July 25 (Bangalore) and July 26 (Ahmedabad),India's commercial capital Mumbai will continue to remain on high alert until at least Indian Independence Day on August 15. In the meantime, life is returning to normal in Ahmedabad and [...] | 2008-07-28 11:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV ECON PK IN |
08MUMBAI365 | MUMBAI EAC MEETING AND AHMEDABAD BLAST UPDATE [...] (U) American Consulate General Mumbai's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the July 26, 2008 bombings in Ahmedabad, India. Since the initial attack on July 26, 2008 up to fifteen improvised explosive devices have been found and safely disarmed by police bomb squad personnel. EAC Mumbai [...] | 2008-07-29 11:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI518 | WEB OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN MALAGAON BOMBING COVERS THREE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maharashtra State Police Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested five people and charged them with murder and other related crimes in connection with the 2008 bombings in Malegaon, Maharashtra that killed six and wounded 89 others. The accused were picked up in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat [...] | 2008-10-31 08:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF IN ASEC PTER PGOV |
08MUMBAI545 | TERRORISTS LAUNCH COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT MUMBAI [...] Summary. Beginning at about 9:30 pm local time on November 26, an unconfirmed number of terrorists launched coordinated attacks on at least five of South Mumbai's key hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and rail stations. Currently, at least 100 people are reported dead, of which at least six ar [...] | 2008-11-27 08:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER IN |
08MUMBAI546 | (SITREP 2) MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An RSO team has visited both the Trident/Oberoi Hotel and Nariman (Chabad) House, where two of the three hostage standoffs continue. According to RSO investigators at the Trident/Oberoi, the Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary force, the National Security Guards (NSG) have cleared the [...] | 2008-11-27 12:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI547 | SITREP 3: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES PREPARE [...] (SBU) At 5 pm, the Consul General, A/RSO, and Acting PAO visited the Oberoi/Trident, Taj Palace Hotel, and Nariman (Chabad) House sites to gauge the response and strategy of the paramilitary and police forces in dealing with the hostage situations. Despite an army and police cordon, the CG's [...] | 2008-11-27 19:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI548 | SITREP 4: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES BEGIN [...] (SBU) As of 12 pm, operations continue at all three hostage sites: the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Trident/Oberoi hotels and Nariman (Chabad) House. National Security Guard (NSG)forces have continued clearing operations at both hotels, though an unidentified number of terrorists are still pres [...] | 2008-11-28 08:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI550 | SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 22:12:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08MUMBAI551 | SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...] | 2008-11-29 06:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI552 | SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...] | 2008-11-29 09:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI553 | SITREP #8: CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AT TAJ; CITY BEGINS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Since the ending of tactical operations at the Taj Palace Hotel by National Security Guard (NSG) forces, access to the Taj Hotel has been slow. Police told RSO teams at the hotel that there is still unexploded ordinance in the hotel. There were several explosions in the hotel as late as [...] | 2008-11-29 11:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI554 | MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN TO NORMALCY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI555 | CORRECTED COPY: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI560 | MAHARASHTRA STATE LEADER RESIGNS, RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the call of his "inner voice," the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, R.R. Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has resigned from the Maharashtra state government. The press speculates that Congress Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh might be the next to go [...] | 2008-12-01 14:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN |
08MUMBAI567 | CHHATTISGARH ELECTIONS: BJP CONFIDENT OF FORMING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state of Chhattisgarh went to the polls on November 14 and 20. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made wholesale changes to its roster, throwing out a majority of its sitting legislators to avoid anti-incumbency. It has high-lighted its anti-Maoist security [...] | 2008-12-03 12:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON KDEM PHUM IN |
08MUMBAI587 | MADHYA PRADESH AND CHHATTISGARH: ELECTIONS, BUT NO NEW [...] (U) Summary. In the recent state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh with clear victories, though the Congress Party made some gains. In both states, the BJP's development agenda and putting forth well-known, respected leaders [...] | 2008-12-17 14:00:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER KWMN |
08MUNICH317 | RUSSIA/COUNTERTERRORISM: RUSSIAN PLEDGES ETERNAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Anatoliy Safonov and Ambassador Dell Dailey, coordinators of counterterrorism efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States, met privately in Munich on September 17 to discuss counterterrorism issues. Safonov took pains to confirm that bilateral relationship w [...] | 2008-09-24 06:20:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN US RS |
08MUSCAT102 | SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF T. [...] (C) General Moseley: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for meetings with the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman and Mohammed al-Rasbi, Under Secretary for Defense Affairs (Deputy Minister equivalent). Al-Rasbi has been actively engaged in the Share [...] | 2008-02-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
08MUSCAT121 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for a meeting with Sultan Qaboos, who will appreciate hearing your perspective on events in the region. General Moseley visits the week prior to your arrival and will meet with the Commander of the Roy [...] | 2008-02-10 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
08MUSCAT150 | UN SPONSORS AML/CTF WORKSHOP IN MUSCAT [...] (SBU) On February 19, Econoff discussed a recent two-day seminar on anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) with Mahran Yarub al-Barwani, Director of Anti Money Laundering, Central Bank of Oman. Barwani noted that the event, sponsored by the Omani National Committee f [...] | 2008-02-20 10:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER MU |
08MUSCAT174 | ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON'S MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos discussed both domestic and regional issues during his February 19 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, CENTCOM Commander. On the domestic front, the Sultan described his desire to empower the government to be more responsive to citizen concerns. Seeking to strengthen th [...] | 2008-03-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ENRG KWMN IR IZ MU |
08MUSCAT195 | OMAN MEDIA CALLS FOR ARAB (AND PALESTINIAN) UNITY [...] In response to the recent escalation of conflict in Gaza, Omani media outlets have called for renewed Arab unity in support of the Palestinians. Under the March 2 headline, "So that Silence Is Not Consent," private Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" urged uniform condemnation not only of Israeli [...] | 2008-03-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KPAL PBTS KPAO MU |
08MUSCAT198 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...] | 2008-03-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS |
08MUSCAT237 | SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...] | 2008-03-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON |
08MUSCAT267 | OMAN MOVING TOWARD FIU IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) On April 5, FINCEN Middle East Director Ahmed el-Bashari and Econoff met with Lt. Colonel Mohsin Awad al-Muqaddam, Director of the Financial Crimes Department, Royal Oman Police (ROP),to review Oman's progress in formally establishing a financial intelligence unit (FIU). Muqaddam noted [...] | 2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PTER MU |
08MUSCAT273 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Schwartz: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested meetings with Air Vice Marshal Yahya [...] | 2008-04-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON |
08MUSCAT289 | OMAN REMAINS VIGILANT ON IRANIAN BANKING ACTIVITIES [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Central Bank of Oman (CBO) Executive President Hamoud Sangour al-Zadjali to urge vigilance on the increasingly deceptive practices used by Iranian financial institutions to circumvent UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2008-04-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PTER IR MU |
08MUSCAT3 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on January 7 to tour the Port of Salalah and discuss international trade security in the context of our overall bilateral relationship with Oman. In order to fulfill the objectives of y [...] | 2008-01-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL PTER MU |
08MUSCAT361 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALGOUE [...] (U) In preparation for the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue in Washington, D.C., Embassy Muscat provides the following updated information on the main subject areas scheduled for discussion. The final composition of the Omani delegation for the GSD has yet to be determined, [...] | 2008-05-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT41 | CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES TRADE SECURITY AND IRAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congressional delegation (CODEL) led by Representative David Price of North Carolina -- Chairman of the House Appropriations Sub-Committee for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- visited Muscat and Salalah January 7-9 to assess DHS's Secure Freight Initiative (SFI)(ref [...] | 2008-01-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER MU |
08MUSCAT556 | SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIIRAL GORTNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Vice Admiral Gortney: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region ) the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ) the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. Yet, while we enjoy close relations with Oman, we [...] | 2008-08-04 04:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT729 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty [...] | 2008-10-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER ECON ENRG ETRD KNNP KPAL KTIP SMIG |
08MUSCAT776 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. [...] | 2008-11-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU |
08MUSCAT789 | OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...] | 2008-11-18 11:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU |
08MUSCAT797 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (C) General Petraeus: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North [...] | 2008-11-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP IR IZ PK |
08MUSCAT812 | BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...] | 2008-11-24 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS |
08MUSCAT842 | OMAN ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting between a visiting U.S. CENTCOM Assessment Team (CAT) and MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the discussion turned to the topic of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and counter-piracy efforts. Sayyid Badr explained that Oman and its maritime industry has yet t [...] | 2008-12-08 11:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHSA PTER MOPS MU PREL |
08MUSCAT852 | NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...] | 2008-12-17 05:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU |
08MUSCAT853 | CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...] | 2008-12-17 06:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU |
08MUSCAT864 | OMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PHSA PTER EWWT KCRM MOPS MU |
08MUSCAT865 | OMAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is the proposed text for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Oman per ref A and B guidance: Oman continued to be proactive in implementing counterterrorism strategies and cooperating with neighboring countries to prevent terrorists from entering or moving freely throughou [...] | 2008-12-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MU |
08MUSCAT877 | OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...] | 2008-12-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU |
08NAIROBI1088 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-25 04:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1099 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT SUBMITS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) has submitted the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill to Parliament by publishing it in the official Gazette on April 18. This is the first bill gazetted by the new grand coalition government to the new parliament, indicating perhaps th [...] | 2008-04-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1129 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-04-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1183 | Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy [...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1257 | Somalia - Meeting With President Yusuf [...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf met with the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss his trip to the United States and next steps for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of this momentum. Yusuf highlighted the deteriorating security environment and urged us to pre [...] | 2008-05-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1272 | KENYA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering bill survived its second reading in Kenya's Parliament on May 8. Despite criticism from some MPs, the bill was sent to two committees for review, amendment and decision. The GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force is opt [...] | 2008-05-19 05:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1363 | Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise [...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...] | 2008-06-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1486 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1487 | COLLABORATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING IN KENYA [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. Prof. Kinandu Muragu, Executive Director at the Central Bank of Kenya's School of Monetary Studies (KSMS),asked if the USG can collaborate in introducing anti-money laundering (AML) courses at the School. Noting that the regulatory response [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PTER KCRM ECON KTFN KE |
08NAIROBI1488 | NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AVIATION SECURITY; KENYA [...] (SBU) As a post rated critical for terrorism in a key aviation hub for all of Africa, Nairobi already has multiple programs in place to improve aviation security in Kenya. The failed 2002 terrorist effort to shoot down an Israeli charter jet with a MANPAD and the ensuing collapse of tourism fo [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI1506 | DEMARCHE REPLY: SEEKING CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UNSCR [...] (S) On June 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations and Conferences Ambassador Kinyanjui told Acting PolCouns that he had relayed reftel request to the Office of the President, but it would take some time for him to receive a reply. He requested that we che [...] | 2008-06-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI1612 | Somalia - TFG Will Co-Sponsor UNSCR Listing of al-Shabaab [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO |
08NAIROBI1642 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-07-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1781 | CO-SPONSORSHIP OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya is not interested in co-sponsoring a UNSCR 1267 listing request of al-Shabaab. Andanje said that such a course [...] | 2008-07-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO KE |
08NAIROBI1961 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...] | 2008-08-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE |
08NAIROBI2041 | KENYA HITS TURBULENCE ON APPROACH TO "SAFE SKIES" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) must immediately hire at least three qualified aviation inspectors if Kenya is to potentially achieve FAA Category One status within 12-18 months. Despite the high salaries demanded by these inspectors, Prime Minister Odinga and Transpor [...] | 2008-08-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI2057 | Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...] | 2008-09-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI213 | KENYA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 18 January 2008 to review Tripwires for Nairobi and approve a separate set of Tripwires for Chief Of Mission (CoM) facilities in Kisumu. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) EAC reviewed the t [...] | 2008-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2139 | 10 SEPTEMBER 2008 WALK-IN REPORTS POSSIBLE URANIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 09 September 2008, at approximately 1215, two individuals visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have possession of uranium at their residence in Kenya. Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) concluded that the individual had no information of an imminent threat t [...] | 2008-09-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER |
08NAIROBI2174 | TERRORISM CONVICTION OVERTURNED, SUSPECT RELEASED [...] (U) According to multiple news reports, Omar Said Omar, the only suspect convicted of a crime in connection with the 2002 attacks on an Israeli owned hotel and airliner near Mombasa, Kenya, was released from prison today after his conviction was overturned by the High Court of Kenya. In 2005 [...] | 2008-09-17 04:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PINS PTER |
08NAIROBI2285 | SOMALIA - REQUESTING DEPARTMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (S/NF) Reftel describes Embassy officers' successful visit earlier this month to Hargeisa, in the Somaliland region of Somalia. Post believes it is important to continue careful, well-planned travel to northern Somalia to advance our political and development agenda. We therefore request De [...] | 2008-10-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2290 | WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS? [...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...] | 2008-10-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU |
08NAIROBI2326 | KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...] | 2008-10-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI233 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 30. 2. (C) Post requests Department approval and country clearance for a Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) Advance Team to travel to Hargeysa, Somaliland. The MSD Team will conduct a security assessment for future travel by Assistant Secretary [...] | 2008-01-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT ASEC PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2333 | TARGETED ATTACKS IN BAIDOA [...] (SBU) The last three months have seen the number of armed attacks targeting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarians or their perceived allies increase in Baidoa, the seat of the TFG's parliament, and in Mogadishu. There have been high-profile attacks in the southern coastal town [...] | 2008-10-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PTER SOCI SO |
08NAIROBI2368 | Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation [...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...] | 2008-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2380 | SOMALIA - TFG APPREHENSION ABOUT UPCOMING IGAD [...] (C) In an October 15 meeting, visiting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan worried about Ethiopia's plans for the October 27 - 29 Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit on Somalia. Adan reported that the TFG and transitional parl [...] | 2008-10-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2513 | ATTACKS IN PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND [...] Earlier today, in seemingly coordinated attacks, bombs exploded at public and foreign facilities in Bosaaso, Puntland and Hargeysa, Somaliland. In Bosaaso, two Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS) facilites were hit. In Hargeysa, the Ethiopian mission, the UNDP office and the Somaliland Presi [...] | 2008-10-30 03:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CASC SO |
08NAIROBI2519 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final number of casulties from the October 29 suicide car bombs in northern Somalia's Somaliland and Puntland regions have not yet been confirmed. In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, reportedly three car bombs killed 29 and injured scores more. In Bossaso, Puntland's [...] | 2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
08NAIROBI2527 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND, SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Security remained tight in Somaliland October 31 following the October 29 suicide bombings (reftels). A curfew remained in place, the land borders remained closed, and security was enhanced at key buildings in the capital, Hargeisa. Somaliland authorities report some progress in [...] | 2008-10-31 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS |
08NAIROBI2555 | SOMALIA: SOMALILAND ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS [...] On November 4, Embassy received a letter from the Somaliland Administration President (text below) that requests international community assistance in the wake of the three October 29 suicide bombings in Hargeisa (reftel). The letter solicits assistance in fighting terrorism, including trackin [...] | 2008-11-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2626 | NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...] | 2008-11-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2676 | NAIROBI CORE EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RECENT THREAT REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 28 November 2008 to discuss recent reporting contained in RefTel regarding a threat to the Lamu Festival taking place in Lamu, Kenya from 28 to 30 December 2008 and [...] | 2008-11-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2736 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 AFRICOM 1206 MARITIME [...] Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports AFRICOM's proposal to help the Kenyan Navy build its maritime capacity to counter the threat posed by terrorist organizations operating from Somalia. 2. Kenya's naval capacity has always been weak, and Kenya's overall security has suffered as a resu [...] | 2008-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PTER PREL KE SO |
08NAIROBI2738 | EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA [...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...] | 2008-12-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO |
08NAIROBI2790 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID [...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...] | 2008-12-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET |
08NAIROBI2862 | NADR-FUNDED PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Mission wishes to propose the following project for funding under NADR in support of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI): - Title of project: Preventing Attacks on Soft Targets (PAST) - Implementing agency or organization: DS/ATA - Description of program, to incl [...] | 2008-12-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER TZ KE ET |
08NAIROBI2867 | NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KY |
08NAIROBI2900 | Somalia - Violent Uprising Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 27, local residents and militias, loosely led by Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ),a group of moderate Islamic scholars, have clashed with al-Shabaab in response to al-Shabaab takeovers of central Somali towns and the subsequent desecration of graves in central Somali [...] | 2008-12-31 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS PTER SO |
08NAIROBI473 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...] | 2008-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI499 | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...] | 2008-02-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO |
08NAIROBI507 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] KENYA DOES NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR RESOURCES THAT WOULD FIT THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES (CI/KR) VITAL TO THE U.S. AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF REFTEL. 2. KENYA DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF CI/KR. THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS [...] | 2008-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KE PTER EAGER |
08NAIROBI544 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...] | 2008-02-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI815 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...] | 2008-03-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO |
08NASSAU645 | BAHAMAS NON-COMMITTAL ON PRESSURING FARC [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points encouraging further pressure on the FARC to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, September 2. PS Rodgers made no substantive comments in reply but indicated the GCOB was unlikely to take any s [...] | 2008-09-12 20:47:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PTER SNAR PGOV PREL BF |
08NDJAMENA262 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO CASE [...] On May 15, the MFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting the release of alleged Chadian national currently under DOD control at Guantanamo. Paragraph 2 contains the summary of the note. Post will pouch a copy of the note in French to Department. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: [...] | 2008-06-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD |
08NDJAMENA274 | CHAD'S LATEST "MADHI MOVEMENT" IN CENTRAL PART OF [...] (U) The Chad Government is reporting that its security forces crushed a violent religious extremist movement led by a self-proclaimed "Madhi" (spiritual leader) centered in the town of Kouni in south-central Chad, after peaceful efforts to dissuade the "Madhi" to moderate his rhetoric and thre [...] | 2008-07-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA514 | GTMO DETAINEE RETURN TO CHAD? [...] (S/NF). Summary. Post believes that the question of returning a Chadian from GTMO to Ndjamena needs to be fully coordinated inter-agency and with some thought for the consequences in terms expanding the terrorist threat aimed at Americans in Chad. On the basis of information available to us no [...] | 2008-11-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA543 | CHAD: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Based on the narratives of other African countries in the 2007 reports (there was no Chad narrative),post has complied the following report for Chad for 2008. 2. During 2008 Chad experienced several incursions by anti-regime rebel forces aimed at taking power. These military confrontation [...] | 2008-11-20 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA57 | CHAD: NO STRONG VIEWS ON LIBYAN TSCTP MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) DCM raised the question of Libyan membership in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) December 28 with Youssef Saleh Abbas, the President's International Relations Advisor. Abbas said that he didn't see any problems in principle, and suggested that this was an item which t [...] | 2008-01-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PINS PREL PTER CD |
08NEWDELHI103 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...] | 2008-01-11 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI |
08NEWDELHI1051 | INDIA SKEPTICAL NEPALESE ELECTIONS WILL BRING [...] (U) GOI officials are publicly upbeat on the significance of Nepal's first democratic election in 15 years, with the MEA officially saluting the Nepalese people for taking a positive and important step. However, Indian observers are privately dubious about the outcome of Nepal's voting, and p [...] | 2008-04-15 01:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KDEM NP IN |
08NEWDELHI107 | INDIA GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a January 11 conversation with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon asked how the U.S. views recent developments in Pakistan. The Ambassador conveyed that the U.S. and India share concerns about Pakistan turning into a failed state, and he commended the Indian government' [...] | 2008-01-11 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1166 | DELHI DIARY, APR 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Composite Dialogue Dates Set For May 20 and 21 -- UPA Announces Record Foodgrain Harvest Estimate -- Naxalite/Maoist Incidents Increase [...] | 2008-04-29 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS TBIO EAGR NP IN BG |
08NEWDELHI1336 | SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...] | 2008-05-14 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08NEWDELHI1344 | UPDATE ON MAY 13 JAIPUR BLASTS [...] News outlets have published e-mails sent by "Indian Mujahideen," claiming responsibility for the May 13 bomb blasts in Jaipur. The messages included video attachments that purported to show bombs strapped to the bicycles that were used in the blasts, and included the details of a bicycle frame [...] | 2008-05-15 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV EAID IN |
08NEWDELHI1364 | TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...] | 2008-05-19 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1372 | AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...] | 2008-05-20 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1433 | NARAYANAN DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described for CODEL Nelson and the Ambassador on May 26 his views on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Naxalites, counter-terrorism cooperation, and the state of the relationship in light of the nuclear deal and Enhanced End Use Monitoring (EEUM). Narayanan de [...] | 2008-05-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KNNP PARM PK PREL PTER TSPL |
08NEWDELHI144 | VHP DEMANDS EXPULSION OF "FOREIGN" CHRISTIAN [...] (U) Vote bank politics, along with opposition to Christian missionary activity in the name of national security continue to percolate in the Indian media as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders met Indian President Pratibha Patil on January 8. The VHP accused the Christian community of startin [...] | 2008-01-15 14:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL PTER SNAR SOCI PINS IN |
08NEWDELHI1440 | INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...] | 2008-05-28 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN |
08NEWDELHI1489 | NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
08NEWDELHI1515 | INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...] | 2008-06-04 13:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI156 | UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB [...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...] | 2008-01-16 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI1644 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: HIGH TURNOUT EXPECTED IN [...] (C) Summary: During a May visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Poloff learned that state assembly elections will be held in October, although the precise dates have not yet been announced. There was agreement among Poloff's interlocutors that the elections would see a record turnout barring a sustain [...] | 2008-06-16 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1674 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...] | 2008-06-18 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI1763 | QURESHI'S INDIA TOUR: INDIA EXPECTING GOODWILL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Chandigarh and Amritsar and will meet PM Singh, L.K. Advani, Jaswant Singh, PM Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. T [...] | 2008-06-26 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PBTS PINR PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1894 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S CONGRESS-LED GOVERNMENT FALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress Party Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on July 7, thereby ending the rule of his Congress-led coalition government in the state. Azad's coalition government lost its majority when its key ally, the People's Democratic Party (PDP),pulled [...] | 2008-07-08 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI1928 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE WELCOME DEMARCHE DELIVERED, [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and associated documents welcoming India as a new partner in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security division director Gaddam Dharmendra on July 9. (Dharmendra had postp [...] | 2008-07-11 07:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS |
08NEWDELHI1934 | KABUL EMBASSY BLAST UNLIKELY TO SPARK HARSH INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian reaction thus far has been muted to the July 7 attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, which killed four Indian personnel and at least 37 others, and the implication by President Karzai and others that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency was behind the blast [...] | 2008-07-11 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER PGOV PN ID |
08NEWDELHI194 | MODERATE KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS BANDING TOGETHER [...] (C) Former violent insurgent and longtime peaceful Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah decided January 14 to join the Mirwaiz faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by moderate separatist Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. The decision had been a long time coming, with Mirwaiz and his cohorts spe [...] | 2008-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1957 | INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES TALKS [...] (SBU) The Indian Ministry of External Affairs Director for Pakistan Affairs and the Political Counselor at the Pakistani High Commission told us in separate conversations on the afternoon of July 14 that the July 18 Confidence Building Measures (CBM) talks in Islamabad are still on, and that th [...] | 2008-07-15 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI1998 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the information contained in ref A on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra replied that India looks forward to fully participating in Globa [...] | 2008-07-21 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID |
08NEWDELHI2003 | MENON SEEKS INDO-BANGLA COUNTER-TERROR EFFORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Mohd Touhid Hossain met with Indian Foreign Minister Shivshankar Menon during his July 17 visit to New Delhi. During a joint press conference, both expressed interest in addressing security issues, specifically cross-border terrorism and escalating [...] | 2008-07-21 12:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINR KDEM BG IN |
08NEWDELHI2011 | FS MENON'S COMMENTS POINT TO RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon voiced allegations of Pakistan involvement in the July 17 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, on the heels of the fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (CD) with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir earlier [...] | 2008-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2047 | COOL HEADS PREVAIL IN RESPONSE TO KABUL ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian Ministry for External Affairs (MEA) Director for Pakistan Affairs Balasubramanian told Poloffs on July 23 that Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon,s aggressive press statements, alleging Pakistan's complicity in the July 7 Indian Embassy bombing, indicate a do [...] | 2008-07-25 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2048 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTFN EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR IN |
08NEWDELHI2109 | OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT [...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...] | 2008-08-01 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2111 | KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...] | 2008-08-01 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2146 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...] | 2008-08-06 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2163 | COUNTER-TERROR, NEW AID MONEY, REAFFIRMATION OF [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul and terrorist bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, President Karzai's August 3-5 visit to New Delhi focused on discussing counter-terrorism with Indian officials. Karzai and his Indian interlocutors emphasized the sh [...] | 2008-08-07 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL EAID AF IN |
08NEWDELHI2170 | NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...] | 2008-08-08 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL |
08NEWDELHI2173 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 4-8 [...] Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi from August 4-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- All-Party Meeting on Jammu and Kashmir Launches a Process -- Supreme Court Extends Ban on Islamic Student Group -- Election Dates Discus [...] | 2008-08-08 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI2223 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS PEAK [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of increasing tension and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the situation improved on August 13. There were fewer protests and confrontations, with only one reported incident of police firing on protestors. Curfew was relaxed for most of the day and truck traff [...] | 2008-08-13 14:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2246 | MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY [...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...] | 2008-08-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2255 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 05:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN KTFN PTER IR GM |
08NEWDELHI2264 | PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...] | 2008-08-21 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2265 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: TENSION EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: After a relatively calm week so far, August 22 is expected to be tense in the Kashmir valley because separatist leaders have called for a march in memory of those who died in police firings in recent weeks. Any clash between security forces and the protesters will further infla [...] | 2008-08-21 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2266 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...] | 2008-08-21 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK |
08NEWDELHI2289 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: THE GOI CRACKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Indian security forces cracked down forcefully in the Kashmir valley to prevent a protest march in Srinagar on August 25. They arrested prominent separatist leaders and imposed a complete curfew in the entire valley. The police and paramilitary aggressively enforced the curfew [...] | 2008-08-25 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2322 | INDIA TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 03:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE |
08NEWDELHI2341 | DELHI DIARY AUGUST 26-29 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 26-29, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bihar Floods a "National Calamity" -- Parliament to Convene October 17 -- Congress-SP Alliance Takes Shape in U.P. -- India to Expan [...] | 2008-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI2378 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CALM AND VIOLENCE-FREE WEEK [...] (C) Summary: The Kashmir valley and the Jammu region have been calm this week, with few reports of violence or police-protester clashes. Security forces lifted curfew around the state. Everyday life returned to normal with government offices, markets, businesses and schools reopening. The [...] | 2008-09-04 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2541 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2542 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2543 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2544 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2545 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...] | 2008-09-22 06:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2552 | INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities in [...] | 2008-09-22 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF |
08NEWDELHI2556 | UPA STEPS UP ANTI-TERROR REGULATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of India faced yet another political storm after a series of bombs ripped through New Delhi on September 13, killing 21 people and injuring more than 100. The Indian Mujahideen -- a new, homegrown Islamic extremist group -- claimed responsibility for the attacks. [...] | 2008-09-22 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI2606 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...] | 2008-09-30 07:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN |
08NEWDELHI2628 | INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...] | 2008-10-01 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC |
08NEWDELHI2631 | THE POLITICS OF BANNING THE BAJRANG DAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent violence against Christians in Karnataka spurred on by members of the Hindu militant group Bajrang Dal has renewed calls to ban the group. This issue has become entwined with the UPA government's consideration of a variety of measures to strengthen the GOI's ability to com [...] | 2008-10-01 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KWIR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI |
08NEWDELHI264 | BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT |
08NEWDELHI2671 | U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...] | 2008-10-07 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN |
08NEWDELHI2672 | INDIA AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-07 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC ECON ETRD KNNP PREL IN |
08NEWDELHI2698 | DELHI DIARY, OCTOBER 1-8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 1-8, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress Grapples with Jamia Incident -- PM Reiterates Support for Palestine -- Embassy Iftar a Roaring Success -- NSA Chief "Gravely [...] | 2008-10-10 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI270 | DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS BRAJESH MISHRA AND M.K. [...] (U) Summary: Two of Delhi's top foreign policy experts, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra and former Foreign Secretary M.K. Rasgotra, told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the civil nuclear initiative is may yet move through the governing coalition bu [...] | 2008-01-28 06:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PTER TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY |
08NEWDELHI2714 | DATES FIXED FOR FIVE STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Election Commission announced that state legislative elections will be held between November 14 and December 4 in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Mizoram and Rajasthan. The Election Commission deferred a decision on dates for state assembly elections in Jammu and Kash [...] | 2008-10-15 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF PTER USTR IN |
08NEWDELHI2722 | MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...] | 2008-10-16 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2739 | INDIAN, PAKISTANI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS [...] (C) Summary. In their first meeting together as counQrparts, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan and Pakistani National Security Advisor Mahmud Ali Durrani: -- explored ways to revive the Indo-Pak joint anti-terror mechanism; -- discussed allegations of continuing ceasefire viol [...] | 2008-10-17 12:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2742 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ELECTION COMMISSION STILL [...] (C) Summary: Several weeks of peace and quiet in Kashmir have reignited discussion of whether or not state assembly elections should be held as scheduled before January 8 or whether they ought to be postponed to some time after spring next year. No decision has been made as of the afternoon [...] | 2008-10-20 01:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2745 | PARLIAMENT SESSION LIKELY TO BE STORMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of the Indian Parliament convened a session on October 17 to open up a new session of Parliament, possibly its last before national elections due before May 2009. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is preparing itself for heated attacks from the Left Parties, [...] | 2008-10-20 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL KNPP ECON IN |
08NEWDELHI2746 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of consideration and consultations, the Election Commission finally decided to hold state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir in seven phases over a five week period starting November 17. Results will be announced on December 28. Most of the political partie [...] | 2008-10-21 01:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2803 | SRI LANKA EVENTS CREATE "TSUNAMI" IN INDIAN [...] (C) Summary. The recent uptick in violence and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has created a political firestorm in India, with a potential faceoff between the ruling Congress Party and its coalition DMK partners in Tamil Nadu. However, a political crisis appears to have been avoided, as th [...] | 2008-10-27 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE IN |
08NEWDELHI2830 | REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...] | 2008-10-31 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2831 | INDIA-PAKISTAN JOINT ANTI-TERROR MECHANISM: SLOW [...] (C) Indian External Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Vivek Katju and his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Choudry, held a Special Session of the Joint Anti-Terror Mechanism (JATM) on October 24 in New Delhi. This meeting, which was scheduled when Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakista [...] | 2008-10-31 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI2832 | DELHI DIARY, OCTOBER 24-31, 2008 [...] (U) Below is a complilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 24-31, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Parliament Will Reconvene December 10 -- Political Storm Brewing After Migrant Lynching -- Mayawati Faces Off with Gandhis Pa [...] | 2008-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI2838 | AMBASSADOR URGES NSA NARAYANAN TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought to bolster U.S.-Indian counter-terrorism cooperation in a November 3 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan. Pointing to the string of terrorist attacks in India this past year, the Ambassador said that they were intensifying and increasingl [...] | 2008-11-04 08:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PGOV IN |
08NEWDELHI2946 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...] | 2008-11-18 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI2987 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TOPS [...] (C) Summary: For the second time in less than a week, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 23 in the second phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 65 percent for the six seats contested. Each contes [...] | 2008-11-24 13:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI30 | TERRORISTS RAID INDIAN POLICE COMPOUND IN UP [...] (C) Summary: Four terrorists, dressed as paramilitary officers, attacked a federal police compound in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the early hours of January 1st and killed eight people. The attack displayed the hallmarks of a few different terrorist groups active in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K),th [...] | 2008-01-07 01:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AESC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI3009 | MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...] | 2008-11-28 00:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3018 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND [...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...] | 2008-11-28 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3023 | MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...] | 2008-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3024 | MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...] | 2008-11-30 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3025 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: GOI HEADS BEGIN TO ROLL [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister began to take some initial steps to respond to the anger and fury of the Indian public at GOI failures that made the Mumbai attacks possible. Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on November 30. Finance Minister P.C. Chidambaram takes over from him while the Prime M [...] | 2008-11-30 16:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3030 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PEACEFUL POLLING CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Voters in Jammu and Kashmir went to the polls in record numbers on November 30, and for the third time in a row, defied separatists' calls for an election boycott. The high turnout for phase three of the state assembly elections was all the more impressive as it came amidst the te [...] | 2008-12-01 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3031 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...] | 2008-12-01 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3032 | INDIA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ANTI-PIRACY PLANS, [...] (C) Summary. While media reports begin to surface that the INS Tabar sunk a pirated fishing boat with hostages -- and not a pirate "mothership," as the Indian Navy had first claimed -- Indian officials are struggling to come up with a policy for Indian involvement in anti-piracy operations i [...] | 2008-12-01 16:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MARR PTER EWWT KPKO IN |
08NEWDELHI3037 | NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 06:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3043 | (U) SECRETARY RICE'S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER |
08NEWDELHI3044 | MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER [...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...] | 2008-12-02 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3052 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: CODEL MCCAIN TOLD THAT [...] (C) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham that India expected Pakistan to respond directly and promptly to New Delhi's demands for the return of accused terrorists provided refuge in Pakistan. In a December 2 meeting, Mukherjee said [...] | 2008-12-03 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3054 | PM SINGH URGES MCCAIN CODEL TO DELIVER TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham, and the Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai were of an unprecedented level of sophistication, clearly launched by LeT from Pakistani soil, with at least the knowle [...] | 2008-12-03 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3058 | INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Criminal prosecutions against individuals for trafficking offenses remain a challenge in India, due to several inherent problems. Law and order is a state responsibility per the Indian constitution, which makes it difficult for the central government to intervene to enforce laws effecti [...] | 2008-12-04 09:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP |
08NEWDELHI3062 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: MUKHERJEE-ZARDARI CALL DID NOT TAKE PLACE [...] (C) Post now believes that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not in fact phone Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari November 28 despite conflicting reports from the Indian Government. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar had originally told P [...] | 2008-12-04 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM |
08NEWDELHI3066 | RAJASTHAN STATE ELECTIONS: IT'S ANYONE'S GAME [...] (SBU) Summary: As Rajasthan votes to elect a new assembly on December 4, it is unclear as to which of the two state's main parties - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress Party - would get the nod of the voters to form the next state government. Both these parties have had t [...] | 2008-12-04 15:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL SOCI PINR IN |
08NEWDELHI3067 | MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIA REELS UNDER STRAIN [...] (C) Summary: A week after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Indian security bureaucracy and the Indian public continued to struggle to make sense of how the attacks occurred and what form a proper response should take, both internally a [...] | 2008-12-04 15:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3091 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS AMBASSADOR "NEVER [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on December 8 to discuss the Secretary's trip to the region (Menon was out of the country during on December 4) and to follow up on the latest developments in Indo-Pak relations. Referring to the reaction to the M [...] | 2008-12-08 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3124 | CONGRESS BRACES FOR STORMY POST-MUMBAI PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The fallout from Mumbai terror attacks will dominate debate in the Indian Parliament, which reconvened on December 10. The political opposition will seek to lay the blame squarely on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and accuse it of being soft on terrorism. [...] | 2008-12-11 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
08NEWDELHI3126 | INDIA INTERESTED IN ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP -- [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Polcouns on December 11, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary UN-Political Asith Bhattacharjee conveyed India's keen interest in joining the Contact Group (CG) to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. However, J/S Bhattacharjee informally noted that the GO [...] | 2008-12-11 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER IN |
08NEWDELHI3136 | DRDO CONVENES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sponsored their first ever international conference on managing defense research and development December 3-5, in honor of their 50th anniversary. The conference was organized jointly by DRDO and the Federation of Indian Ch [...] | 2008-12-12 08:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP MCAP MASS TSPL PTER TPHY TNGD IN |
08NEWDELHI3157 | NARAYANAN AND MENON TO DEPUTY SECRETARY: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 12 that Pakistan's actions so far in response to the Mumbai terrorist attacks have been inadequate and were reminiscent of the insufficient efforts Pakistan [...] | 2008-12-15 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3158 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY: [...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...] | 2008-12-15 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3163 | EAM MUKHERJEE TELLS CODEL KERRY HE DOUBTS PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated to Senator Kerry his demands for the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to bring the ISI under civilian control, destroy terrorist training camps, turn over wanted criminals, and end infiltration of India by Pakistani [...] | 2008-12-16 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3164 | PAKISTAN MUST ACT: SENATOR KERRY HEARS FROM HOME [...] (C) Summary: Senator Kerry and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram discussed the state of Indo-Pak relations at a 30 minute December 15 meeting. The Home Minister stated that recent GOP actions against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terrorist groups in Pakistan were not sufficient in the GOI' [...] | 2008-12-16 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3165 | PM SINGH TELLS CODEL KERRY RE PAKISTAN: ENOUGH IS [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senator Kerry in a December 15 meeting that India had exercised tremendous restraint in responding to the Mumbai terror attacks but that India had reached its limit. He called on the U.S. to make clear to Pakistan that it must take ser [...] | 2008-12-16 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER SENV AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3166 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS SENATOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, Senator John Kerry: -- urged Narayanan to consider which Pakistani actions could be considered as sincere confidence building measures in responding to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, cautioning agains [...] | 2008-12-16 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3167 | ADVANI SAYS ISI MUST HAVE KNOWN OF MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on December 15, Senator Kerry extended his condolences for the Mumbai terror attacks and said he would deliver a strong message to the Pakistani leadership. Advani demanded immediate action from Pakistan on dismantling the i [...] | 2008-12-16 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SENV AF PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3185 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR ELECTIONS: SIXTH DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The sixth round of state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir went like the first five - record turnout, no violence, and no allegations of coercion. Voter turnout in this round was estimated at 65 percent, with dramatic increases from the 2002 election in constituencies tha [...] | 2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3197 | GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT [...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...] | 2008-12-19 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3217 | INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...] | 2008-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IN |
08NEWDELHI3228 | CONGRESS PARTY STUNG PLAYING RELIGIOUS POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On the floor of parliament, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram officially dismissed comments made by the Minority Affairs Minister A.R. Antulay that implied Hindutva elements may have been involved in the Mumbai attacks. Antulay sparked a political controversy on December 17 with comm [...] | 2008-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IN |
08NEWDELHI3236 | GOI Leaders' Statements on Pakistan and Terrorism, December [...] (SBU) Mission reports below statements made by the Indian Foreign Minister, the Indian Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister and President of the ruling United Progressive Alliance government over the last three days on Pakistan and terrorism. Despite the often heated headlines in both India a [...] | 2008-12-24 11:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3248 | INDIA CENSURES ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA [...] (U) The Government of India has over the last two days condemned the air strikes Israel carried out in the Gaza Strip and urged an ""immediate end to use of force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza that has resulted in large number of casualties"". The GOI statement, released by the External Af [...] | 2008-12-29 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
08NEWDELHI3265 | MENON WELCOMES END USE MONITORING TALKS, HAS NOT [...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that he welcomed a visit by Department of Defense Assistant Secretary Mitch Shivers on January 7 to seek an agreement on End Use Monitoring (EUM),and confirmed that he planned to meet personally with Shivers early in h [...] | 2008-12-31 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3267 | MENON SAYS INDIA TO DECIDE ON INFORMATION-SHARING WITH PAKISTAN, OPPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that the Indian government would make a decision later in the day on whether and how much information from the Mumbai terrorist attack investigations to share with Pakistan and other countries. Menon emphasized th [...] | 2008-12-31 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3268 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER CHIDABARAM ON INVESTIGATION OF MUMBAI ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 15:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | CJAN IN PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI431 | DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...] | 2008-02-08 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA |
08NEWDELHI478 | TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...] | 2008-02-13 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI483 | SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...] | 2008-02-14 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI485 | NSA NARAYANAN ENCOURAGES GREATER ASIAN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor MK Narayanan unsurprisingly highlighted India,s &benign and stabilizing role8 in his remarks at the Munich Conference on Security Policy on February 10. Although much of Narayanan,s address to the primarily European audience pointed to India,s role [...] | 2008-02-14 11:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS KTFN PK IN |
08NEWDELHI542 | INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI560 | CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...] | 2008-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS |
08NEWDELHI574 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...] | 2008-02-22 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI623 | INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...] | 2008-02-27 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF |
08NEWDELHI641 | THINK-TANKERS MULL WAYS TO CURB NAXALITE INSURGENCY [...] (U) The challenges for India in confronting the Naxalite/Maoist threat were highlighted in a seminar at the Indian think-tank Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS),an independent well-respected Delhi-based institution. The discusants agreed: the primary driver of the Naxalite/Maois [...] | 2008-02-29 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI702 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD AF BG BT BM PK MV CE |
08NEWDELHI724 | DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...] | 2008-03-07 12:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN |
08NEWDELHI836 | ON EVE OF ELECTION, BHUTANESE WARY OF COMMUNIST [...] (U) Due to months of low-level bombing campaigns by leftist groups, Bhutan as a precaution is sealing two border areas with India in the run-up to the Bhutanese National Assembly elections scheduled for March 24. Just as occurred during the December 31 upper house election, the border between [...] | 2008-03-20 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER BT IN |
08NEWDELHI888 | INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...] | 2008-03-27 11:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN |
08NEWDELHI932 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...] | 2008-03-31 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS |
08NIAMEY1068 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on November 3, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-11-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1081 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] | 2008-11-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
08NIAMEY1083 | NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...] | 2008-11-10 11:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI |
08NIAMEY1128 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1129 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1133 | NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...] | 2008-12-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY |
08NIAMEY198 | NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE [...] (U) A U.N. Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) team led by Mike Smith on February 13 briefed diplomats on their visit to Niger. The meeting was under the auspices of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) and was hosted by the French Embassy on behalf of G-8 president [...] | 2008-02-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY616 | MNJ KIDNAPS FRENCH URANIUM WORKERS [...] (U) The MNJ has claimed on its website to have kidnapped four French employees of the uranium mining company COMINAK (a subsidiary of AREVA) in the northern town of Airlit the night of June 21/22. It has not made any demands, and says that it will release the four as soon as arrangements can b [...] | 2008-06-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY625 | NIGER: UPDATE ON FRENCH HOSTAGES [...] (U) The MNJ has claimed on its website that the GON delayed for 48 hours giving authorization to the ICRC travel to the north to pick up the four French uranium workers kidnapped on June 22 (reftel). It also claims that early in the morning of June 24 the Nigerien Armed Forces used recently a [...] | 2008-06-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY629 | NIGER: UPDATE ON FRENCH HOSTAGES [...] (U) The MNJ reports on its website that it has turned the four French uranium workers (refs A and B) over to the ICRC, along with a message addressed to the French government and AREVA. It says that Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) MI-24 helicopters bombed the villages of Tadek (just north of Ifer [...] | 2008-06-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY633 | NIGER: FRENCH HOSTAGES FREED [...] The four French uranium workers kidnapped the morning of June 22 (reftel) have been freed and repatriated to France. The MNJ turned the three French men and one woman over to the ICRC which transported them to Agadez by road on June 27. They were flown to France that night. 2. The ICRC als [...] | 2008-06-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY97 | NIGER: ENGAGEMENT WITH FRANCE IN TSCTP COUNTRIES [...] (U) Following is in response to ref b e-mail request for information regarding engagement with France in TSCTP counties. 2. (C) French security interests in Niger are far greater than our own: -- There are more French than American citizens in Niger. Any security incident is therefore m [...] | 2008-01-24 09:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV NG FR |
08NIAMEY988 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2008 [...] (SBU) Post Visas Viper Committee met on September 15, 2008. Visas Viper Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair CDA Eric Whitaker requested information from the committee. 2. (SBU) Members of the Visas Viper Committee mentioned that sometime in the spring of 2008, A [...] | 2008-09-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEG PREL NG |
08NIAMEY993 | NIAMEY - ATA 6851 INTERDICTING TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Embassy Niamey submits the final participant list for participation in Department of State training program ATA 6851, scheduled to be conducted in Niamey, Niger, from September 29 through Otober 10, 2008: 1 (Name) Mahaman Sani Idi (Position) Police Commissioner (DOB) [...] | 2008-09-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
08NICOSIA213 | CYPRUS LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CY |
08NICOSIA524 | CYPRUS WELCOMES INDIA AND JORDAN TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PTER CY |
08NICOSIA644 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Second Secretary Cyril Nicolaou, the Americas Desk Officer for the Cypriot MFA, on August 5 regarding Cyprus's support for keeping the pressure on the FARC. Nicolaou replied that Cyprus does not support the human rights abuses and terrorist acts of the FARC, and [...] | 2008-08-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV CY |
08NICOSIA70 | CYPRIOT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed in Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Reftel Pa [...] | 2008-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA86 | CYPRUS WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL CY |
08NICOSIA90 | PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Per reftel, PolOff on January 30 demarched First Secretary Panayiotis Papadopolous, Department of Multilateral SIPDIS Affairs, Cypriot MFA, to encourage the Cypriot government to conduct private sector outreach in support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). Papadopol [...] | 2008-02-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA CY |
08NICOSIA984 | CYPRUS: LOGISTICS FOR EASTERN MED REGIONAL [...] (U) Embassy Nicosia, in conjunction with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),will host the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) review on January 13. Ref message provided background on RSI and a brief rollout of the substantive d [...] | 2008-12-22 07:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT113 | MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...] | 2008-02-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT256 | MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...] | 2008-05-29 13:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT365 | EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...] | 2008-07-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT629 | THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA [...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...] | 2008-10-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT639 | EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...] | 2008-11-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT666 | THE POST-COUP AL QAEDA THREAT IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The military regime has highlighted an increased terrorist threat as one argument the international community should accept their coup -- raising some questions whether the terrorist threat has substantially changed or whether it is being played up by the regime for political pu [...] | 2008-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT707 | GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28),but he offered no new proposals or changes in the High State Council's policy. Meanwhile, President Abdallahi was reportedly forbidden from meeting with journalists in his native villag [...] | 2008-11-30 17:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT733 | MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of contact is PolAsst Christopher Coffey (coffeycm@state.gov). Post's secondary point of contact is Charge Dennis Hankins (hankinsdb@state.gov). 2. (U) AQIM cont [...] | 2008-12-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT757 | FNDD: EMPTY PROMISES FROM AZIZ AND CONCERN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Anti-coup FNDD coalition leaders see General Aziz's supposed promise to release President Abdallahi "without conditions" as empty, and the upcoming "National Dialogue on Democracy" equally devoid of substance. They are also concerned for Abdallahi's personal safety, and see int [...] | 2008-12-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MR |
08OSLO130 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO |
08OSLO156 | NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO3 | NORWAY: DELIVERED US POLICY ON ELECTION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was shared with the Pakistan desk officer, Espen Rikter-Svendsen. His office is focused on the case of a Norwegian-Pakistani citizen who has recently been arraigned for murder in Pakistan and he did not have any immediate comments. NOTE: Norway has a large Pakistani immig [...] | 2008-01-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK NO |
08OSLO308 | NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO343 | (C) NORWAY "UNCOMFORTABLE" WITH CO-SPONSORING [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Norway will not co-sponsor UN 1267 designation of Al-Shabaab due to a fear that it will be perceived as an attempt by the Norwegian executive branch of government to influence the judiciary. Despite this decision, there seemed to be some enthusiasm with [...] | 2008-06-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO351 | NORWAY: A LONG WAY TO GO ON TERRORISM AND HSPD-6 [...] (C) In reviewing the Bhatti terrorist case (REFTEL A) with the Ambassador on June 18, Police Security Service (PST) Director General Jorn Holme said he was disappointed the synagogue shooting was not classified as terrorism, but pleased at the long sentence Bhatti received. He felt the recent [...] | 2008-06-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO460 | NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...] | 2008-08-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO |
08OSLO530 | NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Deputy Minister of Justice Terje Pedersen, DCM stressed continued U.S. concern over Norway's counterterrorism approach, requested prompt attention to our proposed HSPD-6 agreement, and asked about any improvements in GON procedures regarding chec [...] | 2008-09-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO665 | VISITING TEAM ADVANCES HSPD-6 IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 5th meeting at the MFA, a joint Department and TSC negotiating team gave a comprehensive overview of HSPD-6 to an inter-agency group of Norwegian officials. The GON was receptive and indicated that the meeting clarified many issues for them, which would permit th [...] | 2008-12-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO679 | NORWEGIANS WILLING TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING [...] (C) Meeting with Senior Advisor Anniken Enersen of the legal staff at the MFA on other counterterrorism matters, poloff raised the issue of Norway potentially accepting Guantanamo detainees. Enersen said that the matter was being "talked about" within the section and in the press, and said th [...] | 2008-12-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER NO |
08OSLO684 | NORWAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy point of contact is pol/econ officer Scott Sommers, SommersSE@state.gov: Norwegian authorities continued to consider the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief amon [...] | 2008-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC NO |
08OSLO69 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KTFN NO |
08OTTAWA1231 | VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SECURITY UPDATE - COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 12-28 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will present Canada, and the United States, with complex multi-jurisdictional security challenges. The RCMP has the security lead, but is planning for the Canadian Forces (CF) to render military support of civilian security a [...] | 2008-09-17 20:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC PTER KOLY CA |
08OTTAWA1246 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT U/S BURNS' MEETING ON [...] (U) The Canadian representative to the September 24 meeting on Colombia hosted by U/S Burns in New York will be Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiskis of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at [...] | 2008-09-19 18:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC PTER PHUM UNGA CO CA |
08OTTAWA1393 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...] | 2008-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA |
08OTTAWA1441 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) In response to November 12 ref a demarche, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) voiced Canada's full support, while expressing concern that the meeting now appears to be turning into more of a donors' meeting, des [...] | 2008-11-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA |
08OTTAWA1443 | FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: CANADA SEEKS BROAD SECURITY [...] (C) On November 13, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) elaborated on Canadian views of the upcoming Friends of Pakistan meeting (reftels). According to Fawcett, Canada seeks a "robust and broad" security discussion, [...] | 2008-11-14 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA |
08OTTAWA1474 | CANADA SEEKS GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) After receiving reftel demarche points and non-paper, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation David MacDuff said on November 20 that Canada believes the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) is struggling [...] | 2008-11-20 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER PREL KGIC CA |
08OTTAWA149 | CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...] | 2008-01-30 18:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER CA |
08OTTAWA1498 | MGIN01: CANADA ON MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on November 28 confirmed that one Canadian had died and two others had been injured (one of whom remains in intensive care but is in stable condition) as a result of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, while Canadian consular officials had been able [...] | 2008-11-28 19:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AEMR PTER IN CA |
08OTTAWA152 | CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...] | 2008-01-31 15:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF PTER CA |
08OTTAWA1524 | ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS HIGH ON CANADIAN AGENDA [...] (SBU) Anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden are "high on the agenda" of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),according to DFAIT counterterrorism senior policy advisor Neil Brennan. Brennan added that DFAIT has been engaged in extensive internal consult [...] | 2008-12-05 21:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA |
08OTTAWA1535 | CANADA CRAFTING PIRACY POLICY RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. Canada is still deliberating about its policy on piracy in the Horn of Africa, but is somewhat stymied by its domestic legal framework, which makes no provision for prosecuting international piracy. DFAIT legal and policy officers continue to search for answers on how best to co [...] | 2008-12-09 17:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA |
08OTTAWA1578 | CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...] | 2008-12-22 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC CA |
08OTTAWA1583 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck on December 23 reiterated to PolMinCouns Canada's strong support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. She confirmed that Canada had already made a contribution in FY07-08 o [...] | 2008-12-23 16:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN CA |
08OTTAWA1591 | CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) On December 24, Dutch Deputy Head of Mission Erik Boer, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Dimitri Trasimov, and Deputy Pol/C Kurt van der Walde jointly delivered reftel announcement about the upcoming fifth Global Initiative meeting in The Hague to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...] | 2008-12-24 18:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC RU NL CA |
08OTTAWA187 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | IZ KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CA |
08OTTAWA217 | SENATE MOVING TOWARD ON TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, Senator David Smith, chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism, and committee member Senator Joyce Fairbairn (one-time leader of the Government in the Senate under the Liberals) expressed optimism on the future of two key pie [...] | 2008-02-12 17:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CA |
08OTTAWA2327 | CANADA OPEN TO SHORT DELAY IN PAKISTANI ELECTIONS, [...] (U) During a December 31 news conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commented regarding Pakistan that "we understand there may be some delay in holding elections. I think that's justifiable as long as it's a delay to ensure a fairer process. As long as it is not a delay leading to suspen [...] | 2008-01-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PRFL PTER SHUM PK CA |
08OTTAWA252 | CANADA WITH U.S. ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu confirmed on February 19 that Canada had also received the text of the Greek proposal that tries to bridge the OIC position with that of the U.S. and li [...] | 2008-02-19 22:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CA |
08OTTAWA274 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA283 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA290 | NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...] | 2008-02-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA |
08OTTAWA291 | NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...] | 2008-02-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA |
08OTTAWA315 | CANADA AND G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA339 | CANADA FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO G8 CASH COURIER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA347 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 19:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER SY UNSC |
08OTTAWA36 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-08 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CA |
08OTTAWA360 | CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...] | 2008-03-11 21:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA |
08OTTAWA379 | CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...] | 2008-03-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO EC CA |
08OTTAWA396 | CANADA ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Counter-Terrorism Section Deputy Director Yves Beaulieu and Somalia Desk Officer George Jacoby on March 18 expressed appreciation for reftel information and promised that Canada would examine closely and take under consideratio [...] | 2008-03-18 20:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM SO BG CA |
08OTTAWA404 | CANADA AGREES WITH U.S. CALL FOR COMMON APPROACH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Michael Blackmore confirmed on March 20 that Canada is in "full agreement" with reftel points. In particular [...] | 2008-03-20 16:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EU CA |
08OTTAWA440 | CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day reviewed for Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum, Canada's program for border security and law enforcement. In addition to hiring 400 new border guards and arming the border service, Canada has put new res [...] | 2008-03-31 19:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PTER CA |
08OTTAWA444 | CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum March 18 (septel),Canadian Justice Minister Nicholson said that with its initial law and order agenda of strengthened gun laws, changes to the special advocate system for non-citizen terro [...] | 2008-03-31 21:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PTER SNAR CA |
08OTTAWA452 | UNLIKELY SPRING FEDERAL ELECTION IN CANADA [...] (C) Summary. The Liberal Party is disinclined to pursue a federal election in the spring, and possibly not even in fall 2008. Organization and finances remain problems, as does the weak popularity of its leader, Stephane Dion. Three new Liberal Members of Parliament from the March 17 by-e [...] | 2008-04-02 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CA |
08OTTAWA470 | CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP [...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...] | 2008-04-07 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CA |
08OTTAWA504 | CANADA WELCOMES BAHRAIN TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM DTRA PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA CA |
08OTTAWA595 | EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...] | 2008-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA633 | CANADA AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 20:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA EFIN KTFN KU PINR PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA634 | CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT REDUNDANCY OF G8 INITIATIVE [...] (U) On May 5 Econoff delivered reftel points to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Beaulieu confirmed that Canada had received the proposal on April 10 and stated that Canada share the USG's concern regardin [...] | 2008-05-07 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN CA |
08OTTAWA645 | CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST" [...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...] | 2008-05-09 18:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA695 | TBI: CANADA LOOKING TO INCREASE CARIBBEAN [...] (C) Summary: Canada is increasing its engagement in the Caribbean in order to bolster prosperity, security, and democracy. The move reflects the government's desire to recast Canada as a capable and reliable "player" in the hemisphere. Canadian government officials over the past year have h [...] | 2008-05-22 18:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XL CA |
08OTTAWA756 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANADA'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PINR PREL PK CA |
08OTTAWA808 | CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME [...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...] | 2008-06-16 13:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA |
08OTTAWA816 | DESIGNATION OF WORLD TAMIL MOVEMENT AS A TERRORIST ENTITY [...] (U) Summary. On June 16, the Government of Canada listed the Toronto-based World Tamil Movement (WTM) as a terrorist entity under the anti-terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code, describing it as the "leading front organization" for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada, whic [...] | 2008-06-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN CA CE |
08OTTAWA828 | CONSERVATIVES AGAINST RETURN OF DETAINEE [...] (U) Summary: Conservative MPs on June 17 defended the government's refusal to press for the repatriation of Canadian citizen detainee Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay, emphasizing that he posed a risk, that prosecuting him in Canada was unlikely to result in a conviction, and that he would inevit [...] | 2008-06-19 20:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA850 | CANADA: KHAWAJA TERROR TRIAL OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian government's ability to win its first major anti-terrorism case will soon be tested in Ontario Superior Court in the landmark trial of Momin Khawaja, which began on June 23 in Ottawa. Khawaja is the first Canadian citizen to be charged under the 2001 Anti-terrorism [...] | 2008-06-24 11:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA878 | FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KHADR INTERROGATION [...] (U) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has ordered the government to release sensitive information, including U.S. documents previously shared with Canadian authorities, to lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. The order derives from a recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC [...] | 2008-06-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS CA |
08OTTAWA884 | A CONSERVATIVE SCORE-CARD: A SOLID B+, BUT NO GOLD STAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Two-and-a-half years into its mandate, the minority Conservative government is effectively implementing its policy agenda and delivering on core pledges to rebuild Canada's armed forces, tackle violent crime, and cut taxes. The extension of Canada's combat mission in Afghanista [...] | 2008-06-27 21:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PTER SOCI CA |
08OTTAWA907 | CANADA UPDATES 1267 COMMITTEE ON ABDELRAZIK [...] (S) Acting Senior Coordinator for International Crime and Terrorism Evelyn Puxley at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade informed PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada had advised the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee that Canada was now providing limited in-kind assista [...] | 2008-07-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS CA |
08OTTAWA918 | COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS, [...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...] | 2008-07-09 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA960 | OMAR KHADR INTERROGATION DVD RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers on July 15 released DVDs containing the 2003 interrogation of their client by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) agents at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr's lawyers and friendly media characterized the content as "disturbing" and hoped the mater [...] | 2008-07-15 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC AF |
08OTTAWA961 | UNSCR 1816: CANADA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS [...] (U) Pursuant to UNSCR 1816 (reftel),Canada has announced the deployment of three warships to Somali waters. The deployment will include Task Force 150 flagship the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Calgary, and the oiler HMCS Protecteur. Visit Canada,s Economy and [...] | 2008-07-15 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EWWT KCRM KJUS SO XA XW CA |
08OTTAWA976 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) In meetings with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert in Ottawa on July 18 (septel),U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and PolMinCouns conveyed reftel talking points, ex [...] | 2008-07-18 20:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL VE CO CA |
08OTTAWA990 | PUBLIC OPINION STABLE IN WAKE OF OMAR KHADR DVD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 21:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KPAO AF CA |
08OUAGADOUGOU1065 | BURKINA FASO: FY09 1206 PROPOSAL FOR BASIC MILITARY [...] (U) Embassy Ouagadougou concurs with U.S. Africa Command's (USAFRICOM) proposal to use FY 09 1206 funds to conduct a Military Intelligence Basic Officer Course (MIBOC) in Burkina for selected Burkinabe. Post understands that this training will be offered to Burkina Faso as part of the larger U [...] | 2008-12-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PTER UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU492 | Burkina Faso: AF DAS Moss Meeting with Foreign Minister [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Bassole told AF DAS Moss June 3 that Burkina Faso hoped to help organize an international conference to seek an overall solution to Tuareg unrest in the Sahel region; Moss, by contrast, advocated targeted diplomatic efforts, believing that there was no single solu [...] | 2008-06-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP EAID UNSC UV |
08PANAMA247 | PANAMA: GOP INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA PM |
08PANAMA336 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos will meet with you on May 6 at the White House in the hopes of revitalizing his administration's initiatives in which our bilateral relationship plays a significant role. Panama's primary season is now in full swing, Torrijos cannot run for re-election, and Panam [...] | 2008-04-28 20:50:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD ECON KCRM MASS MARR |
08PANAMA419 | GOP COOPERATES ON UN 1267 SANCTION COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 19:54:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL PM |
08PANAMA485 | TERRORISM FINANCE: RECENT PRE-NOTIFICATIONS AND [...] (S) Econoff delivered ref points and background information for the three reftels on June 10 to Delia Villamonte, Director General of International Organizations and Conferences. Leoncio Hernandez, the Foreign Ministry's Director of the Department of Analysis Against Terrorist Activity, was un [...] | 2008-06-12 17:51:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER PGOV KTFN UNSC PM |
08PANAMA515 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-23 22:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN UNSC PM |
08PANAMA542 | PANAMA: LUIS POSADA'S PARDON REVOKED BY SUPREME [...] (U) The Panamanian Supreme Court unanimously revoked the 2004 pardon of Luis Posada Carriles (accused of plotting to assassinate ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the 2000 Ibero-American summit in Panama),three of Posada's accomplices, and 179 other individuals on June 30. This retroactiv [...] | 2008-07-03 19:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU |
08PANAMA556 | PANAMA: EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR POSADA EXPECTED [...] (C) Panama is under internal as well as external pressure - from the Cuban government - to request extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, whose 2004 pardon, along with those of 181 others, was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. A lawsuit was filed in Panama's Fifth Circuit requesting th [...] | 2008-07-08 20:02:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU |
08PANAMA606 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC [...] (C) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis thanked Charge for sharing with him reftel demarche, but did not commit to make any efforts to encourage governments and entities that historically supported the FARC to take demonstrable steps to sever ties with the FARC, deny it safe-haven, and withhold any f [...] | 2008-07-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE HR EUN AF PM |
08PANAMA626 | PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER PREL KGIC KNNP MR UZ PM |
08PANAMA650 | PANAMA: FARC REPORTEDLY LOOTS STORES IN THE DARIEN [...] (C) The Panamanian media reported August 3 that 60 armed men had entered the village of BajoChiquito (est. 200 population) in the Darien Province and looted a store. They reported that local residents of the region, which is in the Embera-Wounaan Area Number 1, reported that there had been s [...] | 2008-08-05 19:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PBTS PM CO |
08PANAMA661 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS URGES TAKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos urged Ambassador to work with Panama to strive to take the U.S.-bilateral relationship to the next level by undertaking to address shared security concerns, during the Ambassador's presentation of credentials to Torrijos on August 6. After noting Panam [...] | 2008-08-08 12:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EWWT MASS SNAR PTER MARR |
08PANAMA669 | PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS [...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...] | 2008-08-12 21:02:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR |
08PANAMA749 | PANAMA: DETAILS OF PARDON REVOCATION FOR POSADA [...] (U) Post acquired a copy of the June 30 Supreme Court ruling that revoked the pardon of Luis Posada Carriles - who is accused of plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro - as well as three of Posada's accomplices and 178 others. The Panamanian Supreme Court acted to overturn what they saw as [...] | 2008-09-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL PTER VE |
08PANAMA917 | PANAMA: GOP REQUESTS COLOMBIAN HELOS TO HELP [...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis expressed his concern over recent events in the Darien and requested U.S. assistance addressing the FARC threat in this border region that abuts Colombia, during a one-on-one meeting at his private office on December 12. The December 11 firefight between [...] | 2008-12-16 12:44:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PTER PBTS CO PM |
08PARAMARIBO111 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: [...] (U) Per reftel, Post shared information with Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division, and Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on March 14, 2008. 2. (U) Post will report any reaction from the GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] | 2008-03-17 14:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL NS |
08PARAMARIBO249 | SURINAME: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (C) Post is pleased to respond to Reftel request for information. Answers are keyed to Reftel. A. REFTEL QUERY: How could the United States help enhance Caribbean regional cooperation in addressing transnational crime and terrorism, including by providing additional resources? ----------- [...] | 2008-06-06 20:13:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MASS MOPS SNAR XL NS |
08PARAMARIBO259 | PARAMARIBO SECURITY PLANNING FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (S) Paramaribo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened June 11, 2008, to review Post's security plans for its Independence Day celebrations on July 4 and July 5. 2. (S) EAC discussed current threat environment and has detected no current intelligence to indicate a heightened threat level. [...] | 2008-06-17 20:03:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | SECRET | ASEC NS PTER CASC |
08PARAMARIBO428 | VISAS VIPER: SEP 2008 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on October 2, 2008. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, DEAL, RSO, and POL. 5. The committee identified no specific information to report [...] | 2008-10-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NS |
08PARIS1005 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRENCH WILL CONSIDER SANCTIONING FOUR [...] (C) GOF MFA Sudan desk officer Frederic Bouvier on May 28 said that the French would seriously consider joining us in seeking sanctions against the four individuals named in reftel. He said that the GOF would have to study reftel demarche before coming to a decision but he indicated that, a [...] | 2008-05-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU FR |
08PARIS1038 | UNMEE, CHAD/SUDAN, DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF/C/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that she understood that Belgium would draft a letter on behalf of the UNSC to be sent to Eritrea and Ethiopia to determine their views on UNMEE's future, which could indicate a preferred course of action should one or both reject co [...] | 2008-06-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER ET |
08PARIS1100 | FRANCE AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON RWANDAN FDLR [...] (S) MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on June 9 told AF/C Director Wycoff that France agreed with the USG approach to Rwandan FDLR sanctions as expressed reftel (other aspects of the discussion reported separately). Chevallier said that seven of the eight names on the U.S. list [...] | 2008-06-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA FR |
08PARIS1101 | AL-SHABAAB: FRANCE OPEN TO SANCTIONS BUT NEEDS TO [...] (S) MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche on June 10 said, in response to reftel, that France would study further our case for imposing UN sanctions on the al-Shabaab organization based in Somalia. (NOTE: DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal our normal interlocutor on such an issue, is out of t [...] | 2008-06-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG FR |
08PARIS1104 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRANCE STILL OPPOSED TO USG APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 9, 10, and 11 reiterated France's opposition to the USG position on sanctioning four individuals in connection with Sudan and Chad, particularly with respect to Daoussa Deby Itno, indicating that sanctioning Daoussa was a vir [...] | 2008-06-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CD FR |
08PARIS1131 | PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP EFIN ETTC PARM PTER FR |
08PARIS1168 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...] | 2008-06-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ |
08PARIS1169 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...] | 2008-06-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ |
08PARIS1170 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR |
08PARIS1188 | FRENCH REQUEST FOR U.S. DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Toward the end of a June 23 meeting DCM had with French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud (P-equivalent) focused on Iran and Zimbabwe (septels),Araud brought up the prospect of the EU rescinding its designation of the MEK as a terrorist group. Ar [...] | 2008-06-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR IR |
08PARIS1199 | 1267 MONITORING TEAM: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Strategic Affairs bureau took on board reftel points and text and subsequently informed Embassy of three points relating to the preamble, notifications and list reviews, all of which were included in MFA instructions sent to the French mission to the UN. The GOF wants t [...] | 2008-06-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC |
08PARIS1202 | AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...] | 2008-06-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR |
08PARIS1261 | FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR [...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...] | 2008-07-03 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA |
08PARIS1284 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS1286 | ZIMBABWE: FRANCE FAVORS SANCTIONING GIDEON GONO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS1287 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS1317 | FRANCE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR SHAB'A FARMS MENTION [...] (C) In consecutive meetings at the French MFA July 8 and 9, officials in the NEA bureau-equivalent have asked for U.S. support for French mention of Shab'a Farms in the draft PRST the French mission to the UN will present in response to the UNSYG's latest report on UNSCR 1701. DAS-equivalent [...] | 2008-07-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS1318 | LIBYAN DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: [...] (C) Unaware of fast-moving events in New York (per ref A),we met late July 9 with French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli to discuss the Libyan draft UNSCR and other topics (reported separately). Paoli noted his earlier conversation the same day with NEA A/S Welch. We presented Paoli [...] | 2008-07-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR IS LY |
08PARIS1323 | SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM VISITS PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Mu'allim visited Paris July 4 -- the same day Ingrid Betancourt triumphantly returned to France following her liberation from captivity in Colombia -- and met French FM Kouchner as well as French presidency officials (including a drop by from an otherwise [...] | 2008-07-11 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR SY LE IS |
08PARIS1331 | BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...] | 2008-07-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP |
08PARIS1358 | THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE [...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...] | 2008-07-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR |
08PARIS1386 | FRANCE SUPPORTS OAS LANGUAGE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On July 18, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to French MFA Colombia and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. While the GOF was in agreement with the USG regarding efforts to free the remaining hostages, end the guerilla movement of the FARC, and close the drug trade, GOF views do n [...] | 2008-07-21 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PTER COLOMBO PLAN VE HR AF SNAR |
08PARIS1426 | FRENCH MFA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 Poloffs delivered reftel points to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge and European Affairs officer Anne Predour. Auge said a Sarkozy visit to Damascus was highly likely but subject to a last-minute cancellation depending on events in Lebanon and whether [...] | 2008-07-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE PHUM |
08PARIS149 | MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...] | 2008-01-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT |
08PARIS1505 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: FRANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS JO |
08PARIS16 | FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S JANUARY 1-2 VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the first high-level Western official to visit Pakistan since Benazir Bhutto's death, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner carried a strong message to President Musharraf that free and fair elections must go forward as soon as possible. While in Pakistan January 1- 2, Ko [...] | 2008-01-04 18:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PARM SHUM IN PK FR |
08PARIS1627 | NO SUBSTANTIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP FR SY IR |
08PARIS1648 | FRENCH VIEW PAKISTAN THROUGH PRISM OF AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA desk officer Nicolas Bergeret told Poloff on August 28 that while the GOF is not necessarily sad to see President Musharraf depart, they hope the new Pakistani president to be elected on September 6 commits to strengthening democratic institutions and respect for the ru [...] | 2008-08-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PHUM PTER PGOV FR PK |
08PARIS1874 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR |
08PARIS1961 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO GICNT: GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR |
08PARIS2016 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on October 27 to discuss possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted there are approximately 25 detainees considered low-threat whom the U.S. wants to release but cannot return to their [...] | 2008-11-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
08PARIS202 | FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient with UN-led talks on Western Sahara and believes the process may even be moving backward. She blamed part of French frustration on UN Personal Envoy Peter van [...] | 2008-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS |
08PARIS2092 | CAMEROON HOSTAGES: MFA PROVIDES BACKGROUND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Cameroon desk officer Daniel Westerink (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on November 12 briefed on the Cameroon hostage incident that ended with the release of the hostages on November 11. While affirming that the GOF did not pay a ransom, Westerink strongly implied that the company [...] | 2008-11-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER CM FR |
08PARIS214 | FRANCE SUPPORTS PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy poloff delivered reftel demarche together with Russian Federation terrorism expert Artem Studennikov on February 6 to Thomas Guibert, French MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Guibert expressed France's support in principle [...] | 2008-02-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA FR |
08PARIS2195 | FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...] | 2008-12-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR |
08PARIS2253 | MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was blocked, with neither Aziz, President Abdallahi, nor opposition leader Amed Ould Daddah willing to compromise to reach a solution. Serman said that internal GOF [...] | 2008-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR |
08PARIS2256 | P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...] | 2008-12-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA |
08PARIS2322 | FRENCH SUPPORT SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO FR |
08PARIS3 | PAKISTAN: AMBASSADOR STAPLETON DELIVERS POINTS TO [...] (SBU) On December 31, in a telephone conversation with Foreign Minsiter Kouchner, Ambassador Stapleton delivered reftel demarche. Without responding directly to the points, Kouchner indicated his overall agreement with them. The next day, January 1, Kouchner departed for a two day visit to [...] | 2008-01-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FR |
08PARIS328 | UN COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) French MFA contacts told us that France supports the U.S. position on the upcoming UN discussions on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, and, like the U.S., intends to avoid providing a formal response to the Greek proposal until after having the benefit of considering [...] | 2008-02-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR |
08PARIS406 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety of the United States. Our CI/KR report is therefore negative. [...] | 2008-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08PARIS460 | BETANCOURT HOSTAGE SITUATION RENDERS "POOR" [...] (C) On March 6, Colombian Ambassador to France Fernando Cepeda Ulloa described Franco-Colombian relations as "poor" in a breakfast meeting with Ambassador Stapleton and WHA PDAS Craig Kelly. Cepeda encapsulated the current distrust between the two governments by suggesting that the GOF considers Co [...] | 2008-03-12 18:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL FR CO |
08PARIS498 | MINIMAL FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau told us March 12 that the GOF continued to have extremely low expectations for the fourth round of UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara set for early next week in Manhasset. Indeed, the French are so pessimistic that they hope [...] | 2008-03-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG SA |
08PARIS501 | LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...] | 2008-03-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU |
08PARIS572 | FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...] | 2008-03-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS624 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY THINKING ON LEBANON AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The recent Arab summit in Damascus was a "failure" but the French still have no ideas about how to move the situation in Lebanon forward, according to French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon. He told us April 1 that the status quo seems to suit everyone for different reaso [...] | 2008-04-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER FR LE SY |
08PARIS680 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS682 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS685 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS689 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS753 | FRANCE SUPPORTS OSCE PROJECTS INSIDE AFGHANISTAN; [...] (C) French MFA officials responsible for OSCE affairs told us on April 18 that, in principle, France now supports the idea that training activities for Afghan border security should take place on the border of and/and inside Afghanistan. The GOF clarified, however, that the projects should be [...] | 2008-04-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | BMGT GM GR SP RS OSCE PGOV PTER FR |
08PARIS766 | PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS FILLON'S VISIT TO U.S. MAY [...] (C) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon will travel to the U.S. May 1 - 2. The current focus of Fillon's visit is the international economy -- and how it affects France's domestic reform program. He is set to meet with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke, Secretary of the Treasury P [...] | 2008-04-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PTER PGOV PINR ECON EUN FR |
08PARIS866 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...] | 2008-05-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR |
08PARIS867 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...] | 2008-05-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR |
08PARIS888 | FRANCE: G8 INITIATIVE ON TERRORIST ABUSE OF CHARITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER FR |
08PARIS909 | FRENCH MFA ON LATEST LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) We passed reftel points on Lebanon early in the day May 9 to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille. In a subsequent meeting, Pouille stated that French FM Kouchner was engaged in active telephone diplomacy with Lebanese political faction leaders to urge restraint and respect for the [...] | 2008-05-12 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY |
08PARIS948 | FRENCH FULLY SUPPORT ARAB LEAGUE AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) We made reftel points to the French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge May 16 and passed relevant parts of press guidance and extracts from the May 15 Department press briefing to DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille and others in his "Lebanon cell." Auge, who noted [...] | 2008-05-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IR |
08PARIS957 | YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...] | 2008-05-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV |
08PARIS969 | NO CHANGE IN FRENCH POLICY TOWARD HAMAS, DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille denied on 20 May any change in French policy toward Hamas following erroneous reports that the GOF had resumed contacts with Hamas. No dialogue or official contacts, beyond "technical" ones related to security carried ou [...] | 2008-05-21 10:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS974 | GI: FRANCE SUPPORTS KAZAKHSTAN EXERCISE; REMAINS [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) POC was asked by the Russian Embassy to join in a demarche to the French MFA on the upcoming GI exercise activity in Kazakhstan in early June. Embassy poloff accepted the meeting per guidance in reftel A. French GI actio [...] | 2008-05-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIV PARM PREL |
08PARIS978 | FRANCE: ICAO AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Alexandre Crozat, Head of the Office for Civil Aviation Security Measures at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Crozat stressed that France would wish to hear the ICAO discussions before coming to final decisions on these issues. Non [...] | 2008-05-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ICAO PTER FR |
08PARIS988 | FRANCE/LEBANON: FRENCH PRESIDENCY POSITIVE BUT [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told us May 22 that the GOF regarded the recently Doha accord on Lebanon as mostly favorable to the March 8 opposition but not entirely so. Most important, he stressed, the agreement stopped the fighting and got the political process for addressi [...] | 2008-05-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAL FR LE SY IS |
08PARTO100602 | (U) SECRETARY RICE'S OCTOBER 4, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) October 4, 2008: 3:30 p.m.; New Delhi, India. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador David Mulford SCA Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher PA Assi [...] | 2008-10-06 03:31:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PTER MASS IN |
08PESHAWAR372 | FATA SECRETARIAT ON BEATING AN INSURGENCY [...] (C) National Intelligence Officer (NIO) for South Asia, Peter Lavoy, his team, and Peshawar PO met with senior personnel from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Secretariat on June 17. The officials believe that security forces in the FATA are unable to confront an "insurgency," a [...] | 2008-06-25 14:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
08PESHAWAR379 | FATA: OFFICIALS CONTEMPLATE EXPANDING KHYBER OPERATION [...] (C) Frontier Corps operations in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency continued over the weekend, primarily destroying compounds and infrastructure associated with Laskhar-i Islam warlord Mangal Bagh. One suspected Bagh supporter has been killed, and there are no repor [...] | 2008-06-30 12:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
08PESHAWAR381 | FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON JUNE 10 MOHMAND INCIDENT, [...] (C) Inspector General of the Frontier Corps, Major General Alam Khattak told the Counselor of the Department of State, Dr. Eliot Cohen and Peshawar PO on June 26 that the morale of his troops had been badly shaken in the wake of the June 10 incident on the Mohmand Agency/Afghanistan border that [...] | 2008-07-01 03:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
08PESHAWAR384 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JUNE [...] (C) A brief period of detente between GOP officials and militants was disrupted in late June as militant activity surged in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). A deteriorating security situation in Khyber agency including the kidnapping [...] | 2008-07-03 11:19:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08PESHAWAR389 | FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON FATA OPERATIONS, COOPERATION [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander Khattak and 11th Corps Chief of Staff Aamer Riaz briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on their strategy for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on July 3. Khattak and Aamer were on message with other Northwest Frontier Provi [...] | 2008-07-08 08:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
08PESHAWAR390 | NWFP GOVERNOR ON KHYBER OPERATION, FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on the status of current operations in Khyber Agency during a July 3 meeting. While the Governor would like to expand operations to other parts of Khyber agency, he is [...] | 2008-07-08 10:36:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF |
08PESHAWAR391 | PAKISTAN'S PROSPECTS FOR CURBING MILITANCY [...] (C) Despite the presence of over 100,000 combined military/security forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and over 50,000 in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),the government has been losing space to militants since 2002. The pace of loss has accelerated over the past [...] | 2008-07-08 13:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV EAID PINR PK |
08PESHAWAR394 | FATA: KHYBER OPERATION TRANSITIONS TO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) A military operation in the Bara area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas' (FATA) Khyber agency has given way to negotiations with tribesmen. Khyber's Political Agent (PA) has prepared a list of demands that he intends to deliver to militant leaders with whom he believes he is negot [...] | 2008-07-09 12:12:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK |
08PESHAWAR396 | NWFP: STANDOFF AT HANGU POLICE STATION [...] (C) A brief militant "siege" at a police station in the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Hangu district has dispersed after 200 Pakistani Army troops were deployed to the region. Approximately 20 government officials remain in militant captivity and negotiations are underway to secure thei [...] | 2008-07-11 04:02:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08PESHAWAR425 | FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JULY [...] (C) As Prime Minister Gilani traveled to the United States in late July, many locals perceived that the military strikes and operations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were tactically designed to appease the United States, but not [...] | 2008-08-06 09:59:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
08PESHAWAR426 | FATA: MILITANTS HIT SECURITY FORCES HARD IN BAJAUR [...] (C) Militants besieged and overran a Frontier Corps position near Bajaur's capital Khar, August 7-8. There are unconfirmed reports that up to 2,000 militants (including foreign fighters) with heavy weapons are surrounding the Khar Fort, with 1,400 Frontier Corps and 11th Corps personnel i [...] | 2008-08-11 17:17:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV PK |
08PESHAWAR428 | FATA: BAJAUR AIR STRIKES CONTINUE, CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ghani relayed that operations in Bajaur are still "hot but moving in the right direction." He expects air strikes on militant positions to continue for another 4-5 days. Senior al-Qai'da leader Abu Saeed al-Masri was reportedly killed during one [...] | 2008-08-15 11:05:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV EAID PK |