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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09BANGKOK263 | SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...] | 2009-02-02 08:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK2792 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB WADES INTO [...] (C) Summary: When it comes to discussing the insurgency-related violence in Thailand's majority ethnic Malay Muslim Deep South provinces, two of the most sensitive issues are suggestions of outside involvement and proposals for autonomy. Armed with an invitation from Thai PM Abhisit to make a [...] | 2009-11-03 00:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY |
09BANGKOK2808 | THAILAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR SUPPORT U.N. [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel Goldstone report points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul November 4, urging Thailand to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution or other efforts to pressure the Security Council on the matter [...] | 2009-11-05 00:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TH |
09BANGKOK2844 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CHAVALIT'S "PATTANI CITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Puea Thai Party's new Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyut's November 2 suggestion that a separate administrative unit be established for Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces elicited immediate opposition from many quarters, from officials to political cartooni [...] | 2009-11-06 01:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK2955 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: A VIOLENT WEEK, EVEN BY [...] (U) Summary: It has been an active week on the southern Thai front. On November 16 and 17, there were two separate school bus shootings in Pattani. On November 17, a prolonged standoff and gunfight took place between government security forces and insurgents, ending in the death of six insurg [...] | 2009-11-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK3104 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...] | 2009-12-09 08:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY |
09BANGKOK345 | THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Admiral Keating: we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit, particularly the planned meeting with PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 17, will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as new governments settle in in both [...] | 2009-02-10 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH |
09BANGKOK385 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PM ABHISIT AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (S) Summary. During a February 12 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva the ongoing extradition case concerning Russian international arms trafficker Viktor Bout and serious concerns that Bout's associates had been able to influence testimony given by [xxxxxxxxxx]. Ab [...] | 2009-02-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK396 | THAI SECURITY FORCES RAID OFFICE OF OUTSPOKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Military and police officers raided and searched the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP),a Thai NGO that advocates for the human rights of Malay Muslims in southern Thailand and is harshly critical of security force efforts to combat the insurgency i [...] | 2009-02-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK556 | ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH THAI PM ABHISIT, [...] (C) Summary. In February 17 meetings during the visit of PACOM Commander Admiral Timothy Keating, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan stressed the importance of the U.S.-Thai military relationship and the Cobra Gold military exercise. PM Abhisit highlighted [...] | 2009-03-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK567 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...] | 2009-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU |
09BANGKOK618 | THAI SOUTHERN UPDATE: GRISLY INCIDENTS, INTRIGUING [...] (S) Events in southern Thailand since January, particularly a recent spate of beheadings, bombings, and shootings, have caused some speculation in the Thai press and among south watchers that the nature of the insurgency may be changing, but we do not believe there have been any fundamental c [...] | 2009-03-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09BANGKOK706 | AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...] | 2009-03-20 04:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS |
09BANGUI243 | CARG CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (SBU) On Friday, November 06, 2009, Ambassador spoke by telephone with Deputy Minister of Defense, Francis Bozize. The minister confirmed that Ugandan forces are in the national territory of the Central African Republic (CAR) to fight the LRA at the invitation of the CAR Government. An agreemen [...] | 2009-11-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV PINR CT UG |
09BARCELONA67 | IRANIAN REFUGEE SEEKERS REQUEST HELP TO RESETTLE IN THE [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian couple called the Consulate May 6 seeking help in obtaining refugee status in the United States. The couple, who claim to have information on Iran's terrorist activities, say they've been in Spain since March and believe their lives are threatened by Iran. The wife, N [...] | 2009-05-19 09:04:00 | Consulate Barcelona | SECRET | PREF PTER SP |
09BASRAH40 | BASRA: OMS LEADER FEARS MILITARY KILLING WILL HURT EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. Senior OMS (Office of the Martyr al-Sadr) leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Furaji expressed concerns about the June 21 killing of Ahmed Rahman Jasim, a member of Jaysh al-Mahdi, who he claims had no ties to Iranian-backed militant groups. Though the military operation that resulted in t [...] | 2009-07-06 08:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINR PREL PTER IZ IR |
09BASRAH43 | ONE BAATHIST LEADER SEEKS "GREEN LIGHT" FROM USG TO RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Awad al-Abdan, General Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of the South, briefed PRT officials July 15 on his recent meeting in Syria with senior-ranking officials from two factions of the Baath party command. Al-Abdan met with Ahmed Younis al-Ahmed, who reportedly expr [...] | 2009-07-16 16:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PINR PTER IZ SY IR |
09BASRAH44 | BASRA GOVERNOR SHILTAG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) Basra Governor Abud Shiltag escaped an attempt on his life during a visit to the electricity directorate on July 18. According the governor's head of security, Governor Shiltag was entering the directorate at around 7 p.m. when a shot rang out. His personal security detail quickly surround [...] | 2009-07-19 14:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IZ IR |
09BASRAH47 | PRT BASRA: ROUND-UP OF RECENT POLITICAL MEETINGS [...] (U) This cable provides summaries of PRT meetings held since July 13 with various Iraqi officials. These meetings have not been the subject of front-channel reporting. Complete reports of all these meetings are available by email by contacting MalloryJL@state.gov with a request for specific [...] | 2009-08-16 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID SOCI PHUM IZ IR |
09BASRAH51 | SHEIKHS WARN MALIKI TO STEER CLEAR OF ISCI [...] (C) Several well connected sources briefed us on recent conversations with Prime Minister Maliki concerning his coalition building efforts. They have counseled Maliki to avoid alliances with ISCI, suspecting that it is behind the recent increase in violence in Iraq. They have urged the Prime [...] | 2009-09-17 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BASRAH60 | BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL [...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...] | 2009-11-21 13:26:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | SMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR |
09BASRAH61 | IRANIAN SOFT POWER IN BASRA: EASY TO SEE; HARD TO GAUGE [...] (C) In examining the scope and depth of Iran's influence in Basra, a nuanced picture emerges. Based on information from Basrawi and international contacts, it appears that Iranian influence here is both overt and covert, direct and indirect, welcome and unwelcome. The most visible form of Iran [...] | 2009-11-21 13:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PTER SOCI KDEM IZ IR |
09BASRAH66 | STABLE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH BOLSTERS CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) The security situation in Basrah has remained stable since the April/May 2008 Charge of the Knights campaign. That operation largely rid Basrah of the militias that had turned the province into a cauldron of violence and instability. Although occasional IED and IDF attacks continue agains [...] | 2009-12-30 07:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCOR PTER PREL IZ |
09BEIJING1032 | CHINESE ACADEMICS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed cautious support for the new U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, though our interlocutors argued that the new strategy did not appropriately address the Kashmir issue. They were suspicious of long-term U.S. intentions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Citin [...] | 2009-04-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF IN |
09BEIJING1046 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S APRIL 15 DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER EAID NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1055 | XINJIANG: NO EVIDENCE OBSERVED OF MEDIA-REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors of arrests of underground or terrorism-related religious practitioners, the overall atmosphere in Xinjiang seemed more relaxed than on previous PolOff trips in advance of and just following the 2008 Olympics (Refs A and B),with no checkpoints and fewer propaganda p [...] | 2009-04-21 06:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF CH |
09BEIJING11 | PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN PAKISTAN: SEEKING TO REDUCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-05 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER PK IN CH |
09BEIJING1110 | MFA ARMS CONTROL DG ON IRAN AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran remained suspicious of U.S. intentions, but the new approach by the United States and the E3-plus-3 was the best way forward on the nuclear issue, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Cheng Jingye told A/DCM April 24. China had engaged Tehran "at dif [...] | 2009-04-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1113 | IRANIAN OFFICIAL ADDRESSES BEIJING AUDIENCE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A visiting Iranian Atomic Energy Agency official told an invited audience of some 30 PRC government officials, Chinese academics, and foreign diplomats (including PolOff) April 23 that Iran considered the attainment of nuclear energy a main policy goal, and argued that sanction [...] | 2009-04-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH IS |
09BEIJING1131 | AGENDA FOR JUNE GICNT PLENARY IN THE HAGUE [...] On April 29, PolOff joined Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, to present the proposed agenda for the June 16-17 2009 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Plenary Me [...] | 2009-04-28 06:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP CH RS NL |
09BEIJING1136 | APRIL 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR DETAINEES, SWINE FLU, [...] Key points at the April 28 MFA press briefing: -- The Uighur detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay are "members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement" and "should be handed over to China." -- China takes the swine flu issue "seriously" and has "jump started" a program to respond to the t [...] | 2009-04-28 22:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CH JA FR MX |
09BEIJING1148 | PRC-KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT STRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The energy deal announced during Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's April 15-19 visit to China was only a deal "in principle," and Sino-Kazakh energy cooperation was proceeding under "market principles," according to an MFA official. Otherwise, the visit emphasized security and la [...] | 2009-04-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER ZK CH |
09BEIJING1198 | PRC/MEPP: FM YANG EXPOUNDS ON CHINA'S PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a five-day swing through the Middle East, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi laid out China's five-point plan for progress on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),according to an MFA official. He conveyed to the new Israeli government hopes expressed by Arab leaders that the M [...] | 2009-05-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS SY EG IR |
09BEIJING1261 | CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...] | 2009-05-11 08:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF |
09BEIJING142 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On January 16, PolOffs conveyed to MFA the U.S. intention to request that the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 Sanctions Committee add four al-Qaeda associates detained or formerly detained in Iran to its list of individuals associated with the Taliban, al-Qaida and/or Usama Bin Laden ( [...] | 2009-01-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK IR |
09BEIJING1428 | CODEL PELOSI MAY 27 MEETING WITH PRC PRESIDENT HU [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with CODEL Pelosi, Chinese President Hu Jintao noted that China hoped that the developed world would take the lead on climate change by providing financial assistance and technical support to developing countries but admitted the developing countries had a res [...] | 2009-05-29 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH KN |
09BEIJING1446 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...] | 2009-06-02 05:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV |
09BEIJING146 | CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...] | 2009-01-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH |
09BEIJING149 | REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED [...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...] | 2009-01-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
09BEIJING1531 | S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...] | 2009-06-08 07:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS |
09BEIJING1559 | UPDATE ON CHINA'S INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) Post presents the following updates to the survey on China's immigration control and watchlist systems for terrorist screening. Responses are keyed to lettered subheadings in ref A. 2. (SBU) A: Immigration Databases and Traveler Information Collection: No updates to report. 3. (SBU) [...] | 2009-06-10 09:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR CH |
09BEIJING1589 | SCO: SECRETARIAT STAFF PREDICT NOT MUCH NEW AT [...] (C) Contrary to MFA official comments trumpeting the importance of the upcoming SCO summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, officials at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat in Beijing downplayed expectations for new developments at the summit in a meeting with PolOff June 12. T [...] | 2009-06-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1620 | PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES [...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...] | 2009-06-16 08:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH |
09BEIJING165 | PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LAYS OUT POSITION ON GAZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Special Envoy to the Middle East Peace Process Ambassador Sun Bigan described for PolMinCouns January 20 the five principles that China believes are necessary for progress in the Middle East Peace Process in light of the current situation in Gaza. In addition to calling [...] | 2009-01-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS |
09BEIJING1650 | PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF [...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...] | 2009-06-17 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK |
09BEIJING1658 | PRC: CHINA'S POSITION ON THE CCIT REMAINS UNCHANGED [...] (SBU) On June 17, PolOff conveyed to MFA Treaty and Law Department Public International Law Division Officer Wang Xiaolin reftel points noting U.S. concerns about the Coordinator's Proposal regarding the UN Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) and requesting Chinese gover [...] | 2009-06-18 08:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER UNGA CH |
09BEIJING1662 | PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...] | 2009-06-18 14:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING1680 | PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE [...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-06-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF |
09BEIJING1698 | PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...] | 2009-06-22 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1752 | PRC THANKED FOR SUPPORT OF NOMINATIONS OF 3 PAKISTAN-BASED INDIVIDUALS FOR UNSCR 1267 DESIGNATION [...] (C) On June 25, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin U.S. appreciation for Chinese support of the designation of Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ameen al-Peshawari to the UN S [...] | 2009-06-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1803 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...] | 2009-06-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING1844 | SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS [...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...] | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1850 | CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS ECONOMY TAKES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR |
09BEIJING1951 | PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SHIELD S15-09: SYRIA [...] (SBU) On July 10, Poloff conveyed reftel points and non-paper on Syrian desires to obtain Schedule 2B chemicals from China to the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Yi. Yang had no immediate response but promised to provide any [...] | 2009-07-10 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING1969 | PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY [...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...] | 2009-07-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1989 | PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED [...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...] | 2009-07-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN |
09BEIJING2004 | TRAFFIC CONTROLS REMAIN IN URUMQI UIGHUR QUARTER [...] (C) Embassy officers in Urumqi reported continued high security, including traffic controls, in the Uighur sections of the city July 15. About 50 percent of businesses in the Uighur quarter were closed, including large markets and bazaars. Uighurs remained fearful of being seen speaking at l [...] | 2009-07-15 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PROP PTER CH |
09BEIJING2038 | CHINA URGES USG TO "RESTRICT" KADEER, DEATH TOLL [...] (C) Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Liu Jing, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, argued that the July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist activity," claiming that rioters were "professional and well-trained." The Director said outside observers will only be convinced [...] | 2009-07-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PROP PHUM CH |
09BEIJING204 | PRC/MEPP: CHINA VEXES ARABS WITH RESTRAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a briefing by Chinese Middle East Envoy Sun Bigan, Arab ambassadors in China were frustrated and disappointed by Beijing's measured response to the recent Gaza violence, Arab embassy contacts said January 22. They expected Chinese condemnation of Israel, based on China's h [...] | 2009-01-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS XF |
09BEIJING2065 | URUMQI RIOT A "TERRORIST ACT": FBI DIRECTOR [...] (C) The July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist act" and the rioters were "professional and well trained," Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jing told visiting FBI Director Robert S. Mueller July 17. The violence in Urumqi was premeditated and well organized and had nothing to do with reli [...] | 2009-07-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2066 | JULY 20 XINJIANG SITREP [...] (C) EmbOffs in Urumqi reported no new violence or unrest over the weekend of July 18-19 or on July 20. The official death toll from the riots remains 197. In majority Han or mixed neighborhoods the security posture had relaxed noticeably while large numbers of police continued to patrol the Ui [...] | 2009-07-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2084 | CHINA URGES FBI DIRECTOR TO RESTRICT UIGHUR GROUPS [...] (C) MFA Vice Minister Zhang Zhijun, in a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert S. Muller, called on the United States to restrict the activities of Uighur "terrorist and separatist" groups operating on U.S. soil. Zhang also raised the Guantanamo Uighur detainees and urged the USG to step u [...] | 2009-07-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH |
09BEIJING2086 | CHINA WANTS EXTRADITION TREATY, JUSTICE VICE [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, PRC Vice Minister of Justice Hao Chiyong expressed hope that the United States would consider returning additional fugitives to China in the same manner as Bank of China suspect Yu Zhendong. VM Hao added that the PRC would like to [...] | 2009-07-21 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING2110 | PRC SUPPORTIVE BUT VAGUE ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) On July 21, Poloff conveyed to MFA Asian Affairs Department, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Division Desk Officer Hou Yanqi reftel points on enhanced civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan following the August 20 presidential election. Econoff also delivered reftel poin [...] | 2009-07-23 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER CH AF |
09BEIJING2137 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU)On July 23, Poloff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Li Jun reftel points requesting China to freeze the assets of and take other necessary actions against Qasmani, Mujahid, and Al-Peshawari in accordance with UNSCR 1267 designation [...] | 2009-07-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV KTFN ECON PTER CH |
09BEIJING2149 | CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK [...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...] | 2009-07-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN |
09BEIJING2224 | PRC:"WILL DO WHAT IT CAN" FOR SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed August 4 to MFA African Department East Africa Desk Officer Zheng Minjuan reftel points requesting that China contribute additional support to Somalia in light of the recent agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government(TFG) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) [...] | 2009-08-05 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO SO |
09BEIJING2318 | PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On August 12, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division official Jiang Bo reftel points noting the commencement of the USG review of tranche 3 names from the 1267 Consolidated List pursuant to paragraph 25 of UN Security Council Resolution [...] | 2009-08-12 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC CH |
09BEIJING2339 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...] | 2009-08-13 08:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH |
09BEIJING2402 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individual [...] | 2009-08-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH EAID |
09BEIJING2414 | PRC: INDIAN INFORMATION INADEQUATE TO WARRANT [...] (C) India has not provided sufficient information about the three Pakistan-based individuals it proposed to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to merit their listing as terrorists, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin told PolOff Au [...] | 2009-08-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK |
09BEIJING2438 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...] | 2009-08-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2456 | PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...] | 2009-08-26 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF |
09BEIJING2461 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...] | 2009-08-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH |
09BEIJING2468 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) August 27, Post delivered to the MFA reftel invitation letter from President Obama to PRC President Hu Jintao to attend the September 24 UNSC summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. PolOff August 28 provided MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missiles and Convention [...] | 2009-08-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PARM MNUC KSUM UNSC KNNP CH |
09BEIJING2479 | SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR [...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...] | 2009-08-31 09:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH |
09BEIJING2492 | XINJIANG: INCREASED ETHNIC TENSIONS AND HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic tension between Han Chinese and Uighurs has increased dramatically in three southern Xinjiang province cities and in Urumqi since the early- July ethnic violence in the provincial capital, according to local residents. Contacts did not report any increase in restrictions [...] | 2009-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING2494 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...] | 2009-09-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2754 | PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On September 24, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. concerns regarding the conclusions and recommendations of the Goldstone Report. 2. (C [...] | 2009-09-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS |
09BEIJING2793 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COVERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While state-run media in China question the motives of Western-led efforts to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue and stress that dialogue is the only way forward, two of China's leading Iran experts are doubtful the P5-plus-1 engagement with Iran will bear fruit. They echoed co [...] | 2009-09-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2869 | PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On October 14, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on the U.S. position on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaze Conflict (the Goldst [...] | 2009-10-14 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS CH KPAL |
09BEIJING2883 | CHINA: GICNT UPDATE WITH RUSSIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff and Russian Embassy Second Secretary Andrey Chernyshov delivered reftel demarche informing China that the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting scheduled for November had been postponed to January 19, 2010 to MFA Arms Control and Dis [...] | 2009-10-15 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC CH RU |
09BEIJING2884 | OCTOBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-IRAN RELATIONS, SCO [...] Key points at the October 15 MFA press briefing: -- PM Wen Jiabao met with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at the October 14 SCO Prime Minister's meeting. The MFA spokesperson stated that "China values its relationship with Iran," seeks to advance "cooperation and coordinat [...] | 2009-10-15 09:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH IR AF UK |
09BEIJING2932 | PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...] | 2009-10-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2933 | PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...] | 2009-10-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING2946 | XINJIANG: URUMQI CAUTIOUSLY CALM AS RIOT TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: During October 19-21 travel to Urumqi, PolOffs confirmed that security measures and troop presence remained high; People's Armed Police, local municipal police, and volunteer security personnel continuously patrolled the city. Most Urumqi residents we spoke to cautiously claimed [...] | 2009-10-22 09:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING2951 | MFA OFFICIAL ON ILLICIT FINANCING COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: China was willing to enhance its cooperation with the United States to combat illicit financing and terrorism, MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Sun Weidong told Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser October 19. Sun said the Chinese government was still going throug [...] | 2009-10-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER AF CH PK |
09BEIJING2961 | PRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] (SBU) On October 26, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin points (ref A) on U.S. plans to sponsor or co-sponsor delisting 24 individuals and five entities contained in tranche 3 list of names from the 1267 Consoli [...] | 2009-10-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN KTFN PREL UNSC CH |
09BEIJING299 | PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (S) On February 5, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yin Yin told PolOff "upon instruction" that China "attached great importance" to the U.S. UNSCR 1267 listing request (Ref A),based on China's support of anti-terrorism efforts and U. [...] | 2009-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK |
09BEIJING2996 | CHINA/AML: DAS GLASER'S MEETING WITH PEOPLE,S BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Bank of China (PBOC) Anti-Money Laundering Bureau was willing to consider formation of an anti-money laundering and illicit finance working group under the framework of the S&ED, PBOC Anti-Money Laundering Bureau Director General Tang Xu told Treasury DAS Glaser on [...] | 2009-10-29 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER CH |
09BEIJING3024 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Provincial Public Security Department who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has n [...] | 2009-11-03 01:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
09BEIJING3025 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TACTICAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Police College who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informati [...] | 2009-11-03 01:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH |
09BEIJING3036 | PRC ON POSSIBLE UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) On November 3, PolOff delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Shen Bo reftel points on the November 4 discussion of the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict (the Goldstone Report) at the UN [...] | 2009-11-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS CH |
09BEIJING3057 | PRC: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST UNDETERRED BY [...] (C) Summary: Zhu Juru, a Jiangxi province native and university professor, was recently released from a one-year term in a reeducation through labor (RTL) facility. In an October 28 meeting with PolOff, Zhu stated his intention to continue his efforts to bring about democratic reforms in Chi [...] | 2009-11-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER CH |
09BEIJING3059 | PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...] | 2009-11-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3072 | PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...] | 2009-11-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR |
09BEIJING3073 | PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES [...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...] | 2009-11-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH |
09BEIJING3287 | COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...] | 2009-12-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER |
09BEIJING3288 | PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...] | 2009-12-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING3295 | CHINESE FIRM RE-THINKS AFGHAN MINING CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) President Shen Heting told a visiting U.S. delegation on November 12 that inefficiency and corruption in the Afghan government, security problems, and a lack of skilled Afghan workers had delayed work on the MCC´s Aynak copper mine project [...] | 2009-12-10 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV EMIN ENRG MASS PREL PGOV PTER |
09BEIJING3323 | DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...] | 2009-12-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING3331 | AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL [...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...] | 2009-12-15 03:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3332 | U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...] | 2009-12-15 03:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3335 | CHINA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is China's submission for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The Embassy POC is Donna Gorman, who can be reached via email at GormanDX@state.gov. 2. (U) China continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and other nations throughout the year. In [...] | 2009-12-15 06:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASCE CH |
09BEIJING3347 | AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...] | 2009-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS |
09BEIJING3419 | PRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (S) On December 22, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points on co-sponsorship and pre-notification for the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders Nasir [...] | 2009-12-22 05:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR PREL CH YM UN |
09BEIJING3475 | CHINA: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT TERMS OF [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche informing China of the proposed amendments to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Terms of Reference to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Officer Xu Feng on December 28. Xu thanked PolOff for the draft Terms of [...] | 2009-12-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MNUC CH |
09BEIJING3488 | PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT [...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...] | 2009-12-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH |
09BEIJING3489 | DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...] | 2009-12-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS |
09BEIJING374 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A and B non-paper, draft amended text and talking points seeking PRC support in ongoing UNSC Resolution 1540 Committee Program of Work (POW) negotiations to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang Ze on February 13. PolOff [...] | 2009-02-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CH |
09BEIJING382 | CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES [...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...] | 2009-02-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG |
09BEIJING396 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRC AGREES TO JOINT UNSCR 1267 [...] (S) On February 17, Chinese MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin informed PolOff that China agrees to proceed with the co-sponsorship of the separate UNSC Resolution 1267 listing request of Eastern Turkestan Islamic Party leader Abd [...] | 2009-02-17 08:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH PK |
09BEIJING432 | PRC: CHINA SHARES U.S. POSITION ON MARCH 2 SHARM [...] (C) China "has the same position" as the United States on the March 2 conference in Sharm al-Sheikh, MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel Division Deputy Director Xu Chen told PolOff February 19 in response to reftel points on the U.S. positi [...] | 2009-02-19 10:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING526 | AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...] | 2009-03-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER CH |
09BEIJING560 | PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...] | 2009-03-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING58 | PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN [...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...] | 2009-01-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN |
09BEIJING604 | PRC: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHINA'S PLEDGE AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 10:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG CH IS |
09BEIJING606 | CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...] | 2009-03-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH |
09BEIJING646 | COMMUNISTS AND ISLAMISTS MAKE FOR STRANGE [...] (C//REL ACGU) Summary: Some Chinese academic and third-country diplomatic contacts believe the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and major Pakistani Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) strengthens the Chinese position in Xinjiang Prov [...] | 2009-03-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER PARM ETRD PK AF CH |
09BEIJING66 | CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY: PRC WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: China will participate in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) but would like to see member states take a cautious approach, MFA Department of International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff January 9 in response to reft [...] | 2009-01-09 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH SO |
09BEIJING679 | PRC/IRAN: REPORTED SOUTH PARS LNG DEAL NOT [...] (C) Citing Iranian media, international and Chinese media outlets are reporting that a consortium of three unnamed Chinese oil and gas companies have signed a USD 3.2 billion deal with Iran to produce 10.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year in Iran's South Pars gas field. Det [...] | 2009-03-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV ENRG PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL |
09BEIJING68 | PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE [...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...] | 2009-01-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH |
09BEIJING794 | SOUTH KOREA INVITES CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] On March 26, PolOff joined Lee Heon, Director at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in extending an invitation to China to attend a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop and Exercise Planning [...] | 2009-03-26 05:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PGIC MNUC KGIC KS CH |
09BEIJING96 | DUTCH INVITE CHINA TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] On January 13, PolOff accompanied Arjen van den Berg, Political Counselor at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing, and Andrey Chernyshov, Second Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Beijing, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue. Van [...] | 2009-01-13 06:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER MNUC MARR MASS CH RS NL |
09BEIJING972 | PRC/IRAN: BEIJING URGES TEHRAN TO RESPOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have urged Iran to respond positively to an invitation to meet with the P5-plus-1 grouping, according to the MFA. The Chinese told the Iranian Ambassador to China April 9 that the United States reiterated Iran's right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and that I [...] | 2009-04-13 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH |
09BEIJING973 | CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...] | 2009-04-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH |
09BEIJING991 | NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...] | 2009-04-15 05:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY |
09BEIJING992 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...] | 2009-04-15 05:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH |
09BEIRT96 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT101 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...] | 2009-01-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI |
09BEIRUT1022 | UNIFIL COMMMANDER ON SEPTEMBER 11 ROCKET ATTACK [...] (C) Forces from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),cooperating with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),responded quickly by increasing patrols following the launch of rockets from Lebanon into Israel on September 11, according to UNIFIL Commander Gen. Claudio Graziano. Graziano confirmed [...] | 2009-09-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNAUS IS LE |
09BEIRUT1045 | LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...] | 2009-09-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE |
09BEIRUT106 | LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...] | 2009-01-27 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA |
09BEIRUT107 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN FIRMLY SUPPORTS ARAB [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman reiterated his support for the Arab Peace Initiative (API) in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. He speculated that, although the Arab League was divided in its position on the API, the Kuwaitis and the Saudis could easily persuade some Arab League members t [...] | 2009-01-27 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT109 | LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER ON THE FOUR GENERALS, REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SYRIA-LINKED INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare explained to the Ambassador in a January 26 meeting the issues surrounding the release or transfer to The Hague of the four generals currently in Lebanese custody in connection with former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination. According to Bellemare, the [...] | 2009-01-27 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT110 | LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...] | 2009-01-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1109 | NEW INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERICAL GATHERING HAS [...] (C) The newly launched Shia Independent Clerical Gathering (ICG) celebrated several significant benchmarks within its first month, such as hosting a successful iftar during Ramadan and gaining the "moral backing" of Shia parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri, independent Shia political activist Lo [...] | 2009-10-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PTER LE |
09BEIRUT1130 | THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...] | 2009-10-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1149 | UPBEAT HARIRI SAYS CABINET NEGOTIATIONS REACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri was optimistic that the week ahead would be "decisive" for cabinet formation. Discussions over the telecommunications portfolio with Christian opposition figure Michel Aoun continued, however, and Hariri suggested that he might [...] | 2009-10-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EFIN EAID PTER MARR MOPPS LE |
09BEIRUT1153 | RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...] | 2009-10-20 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1164 | UNSCOL CHIEF OF STAFF UNDERSCORES UNIFIL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNIFIL was not hindered in its investigation of the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides asserted on October 21. He also said that the upcoming UNSCR 1701 report to the UN Security Council would reflect "cl [...] | 2009-10-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS UN KPKO IS LE |
09BEIRUT1169 | HARIRI DESCRIBES CHALLENGES FACING LEBANESE ARMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had made "impressive" progress, it still requires training and equipment in order to undermine non-state actors, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting DASD Colin Kahl and delegation on October 22. Kahl pushed for development [...] | 2009-10-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT117 | LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...] | 2009-01-28 16:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1176 | LAF OFFICERS DESCRIBE CHALLENGES IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A formal strategy paper would be a critical tool to maintain Congressional support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),DASD Colin Kahl explained to LAF commander General Jean Kahwagi on October 22. Kahwagi portrayed the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident as perplexing, but reporte [...] | 2009-10-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE |
09BEIRUT118 | LEBANON: UNIFIL URGES COMMITMENT TO ENHANCED [...] (C) UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander General Claudio Graziano hosted an ambassadorial-level briefing for all UNIFIL contributing countries January 27 to update UNIFIL's bilateral partners on UNIFIL capabilities, a timeline of recent events, and lessons learned in the aftermath o [...] | 2009-01-28 18:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS |
09BEIRUT1180 | ROCKET FROM LEBANON HITS NORTHERN ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 27, one Katyusha rocket was launched from Lebanon into an uninhabited region near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) promptly retaliated with an artillery barrage into an uninhabited area. There were no reports of inj [...] | 2009-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS MCAP KPKO UN IS LE |
09BEIRUT1182 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENFORCING THE WEAPONS-FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche detailing U.S. concerns on GOL enforcement of a weapons-free zone in south Lebanon, Caretaker Minister of Defense Elias Murr, Advisor to President Sleiman Naji Abi Assi, and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi acknowledged the negative [...] | 2009-10-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC LE IS |
09BEIRUT1183 | BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...] | 2009-10-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE |
09BEIRUT1194 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S NOVEMBER 9-10 VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission in Beirut welcomes your November 9-10 visit. Your visit is the first by a U.S. Congressional delegation to Lebanon since the June 7 parliamentary elections. Your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, caretaker PM Fouad S [...] | 2009-11-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE |
09BEIRUT1200 | LEBANON TO SUPPORT GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS LE |
09BEIRUT1201 | ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...] | 2009-11-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT1214 | NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...] | 2009-11-10 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT1237 | LEBANON HOSTS MAJOR ITU CONFERENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Less than three years after its establishment, Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hosted the International Telecommunications Union's Global Symposium for Regulators in Beirut November 9-11. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Co [...] | 2009-11-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ACOA PTER PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1238 | THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...] | 2009-11-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE |
09BEIRUT1239 | UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...] | 2009-11-19 07:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS |
09BEIRUT1243 | MARKING THE BLUE LINE: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon's (UNIFIL) 121-kilometer Blue Line (BL) marking program is moving along, albeit slowly, with 25 of the proposed 198 markers now in place. UNIFIL officials maintain that despite the slow pace, the demarcation prevents inadvertent violations of UN [...] | 2009-11-20 06:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PTER PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC IS LE |
09BEIRUT1247 | GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...] | 2009-11-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE |
09BEIRUT1249 | EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...] | 2009-11-24 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE |
09BEIRUT125 | LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...] | 2009-01-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT126 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY WORK STALLED, SAYS [...] (C) On January 29, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that internal Government of Lebanon (GOL) discussions on border security had effectively stalled. The Prime Minister had taken this on personally and is the only who can move the complex issue forward. Turning to election [...] | 2009-01-30 09:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PTER PINR KTIP PBTS MOPS LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT1267 | HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...] | 2009-12-03 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE |
09BEIRUT1280 | MINISTERIAL STATEMENT GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper An-Nahar printed today the full Arabic text of the ministerial statement text that will be debated by parliament beginning December 8. Following is the Embassy's informal translation of Articles 5-8, which deal with UN Security Council Resolu [...] | 2009-12-04 16:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER UNSC LE IS |
09BEIRUT129 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...] | 2009-02-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT130 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...] | 2009-02-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT1334 | SYRIAN ALLIES SEEK "CANCELLATION" OF UNSCR 1559 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria's allies in Lebanon have launched a campaign for the "cancellation" of UN Security Council resolution 1559. Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri claimed to the Ambassador that following the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon and the election of Michel Sleiman as president, there i [...] | 2009-12-21 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS SY |
09BEIRUT1336 | DEFMIN MURR PLANS SHAKE-UP IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's message to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on the importance of UNSCR 1701 was loud and clear, Defense Minister Murr told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Murr reported he would underscore this m [...] | 2009-12-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL LE IS |
09BEIRUT134 | LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL SMITH [...] (C) Highlighting the fight against Islamic extremists, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told Codel Smith that the LAF had "changed the game" in its fight against terrorism in Lebanon by taking a more offensive approach. Kahwagi stressed that Islamic extremists had ga [...] | 2009-02-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT1351 | HARIRI'S DAMASCUS VISIT HERALDS NEW "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary: Prior to his December 19-20 visit to Damascus, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he "must go to Damascus to better relations," and he cast the visit as "a new form of achieving sovereignty and independence." Following the visit, the PM's chief of staff [...] | 2009-12-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS PINR KPAL LE SY |
09BEIRUT1353 | MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...] | 2009-12-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE |
09BEIRUT1358 | PM HARIRI URGES INCREASED MILITARY AID [...] (S) Summary: The U.S. must fully support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to enable it to implement UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and visiting Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs Frederic Hof on December 18. Lebanon wo [...] | 2009-12-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER UNSC PBTS KPAL MARR MASS IS LE |
09BEIRUT1367 | LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...] | 2009-12-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY |
09BEIRUT139 | LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD [...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...] | 2009-02-03 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT140 | LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...] | 2009-02-03 18:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT141 | LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN [...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...] | 2009-02-04 16:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT153 | LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON WIRETAPPING, BUDGETARY [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador that applying existing laws was the "easy solution" to the current fiery disputes over wiretapping and the budget for the Council of the South. However, he was not optimistic that this would occur. On the parliamentary elections, Berri [...] | 2009-02-06 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT154 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: TRIPOLI [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Tripoli, once a vibrant and vital economic hub, is one of seven electoral districts in the North Lebanon administrative a [...] | 2009-02-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT155 | LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES [...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...] | 2009-02-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT157 | LEBANON: ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF COMMITS TO MORE [...] (C) Dennis Hadrick, Program Manager in the Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA),received a verbal commitment from LAF Chief of Staff, Major General Shawki al-Masri, that the LAF will destroy 10 more Man Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS) missiles stored in a LA [...] | 2009-02-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT159 | LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE CHOUF [...] (SBU) This is the second in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Chouf is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary sea [...] | 2009-02-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT161 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE [...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...] | 2009-02-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT170 | LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...] | 2009-02-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT179 | LEBANON: SINIORA -- WE WILL COMPLY QUICKLY WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora on February 12 expressed GOL intentions to comply quickly to all requests that may come from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, including the transfer to the Hague of the four incarcerated generals, if the STL requests it. In a meeting with the Ambassador, visiting U [...] | 2009-02-17 07:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT196 | LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY" [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...] | 2009-02-19 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT197 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME [...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...] | 2009-02-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT198 | LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...] | 2009-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT199 | LEBANON: MARCH 2 SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE, GOL [...] (SBU) DCM delivered Ref A demarche to PM Fouad Siniora's assistant, Rola Noureddine, on February 18. Noureddine had no substantive response. 2. (SBU) Per Ref B, Lebanon continues to provide assistance to Gaza. Ambassador Khalil Mekkawi, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Commi [...] | 2009-02-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL |
09BEIRUT200 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: SIDON [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) South Lebanon is divided into two "muhafazas" (administrative areas): Nabatieh and South Lebanon. The heavily Sunni city [...] | 2009-02-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT201 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: WEST BEKAA-RASHAYA [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("quda") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) West Bekaa-Rashaya is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon. No single confessional group dominates this district, which l [...] | 2009-02-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT204 | LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...] | 2009-02-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT207 | LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK [...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...] | 2009-02-23 09:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
09BEIRUT210 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: MINNIEH-DINNIEH [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Minnieh-Dinnieh, an impoverished and overwhelmingly Sunni district, is one of the seven electoral districts in the North [...] | 2009-02-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT229 | LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ALEY [...] (SBU) This is the seventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Aley is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are five parliamentary seats in [...] | 2009-02-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT230 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED ABOUT CT COOPERATION, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT231 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US [...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...] | 2009-02-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT232 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA ON GAZA, GHAJAR [...] (C) During a February 25 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora shared his plans to attend the March 2 Sharm el Sheikh Gaza reconstruction conference. In addition to meeting with other regional leaders on Gaza, Siniora said he also hoped to present the GOL's experiences in Nahr al-Barid Pale [...] | 2009-02-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT233 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...] | 2009-02-26 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT235 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...] | 2009-02-26 18:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE |
09BEIRUT24 | LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...] | 2009-01-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER LE |
09BEIRUT240 | LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE [...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March  [...] | 2009-02-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT245 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ZAHLE [...] (SBU) This is the eighth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Zahle is a confessionally diverse district with a population that is 60 percent Christian, 25 percent Sunni and 14 perce [...] | 2009-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT247 | LEBANON: BODY THAT DECIDES ELECTORAL DISPUTES OFF [...] (SBU) After a contentious battle in parliament to nominate five members to the ten-member Constitutional Court, cabinet ministers -- expecting a similar battle -- have thus far avoided discussions to name the Court's remaining five members. As the June 7 election draws closer, the absence of [...] | 2009-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT25 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL [...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...] | 2009-01-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT251 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BEIRUT [...] (SBU) This is the ninth in a series of snapshots we are producing for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Beirut, with three districts and a total of 19 seats, 18 currently held by March 14 MPs, has the status of a "muhafaza" [...] | 2009-03-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT258 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KESERWAN [...] (SBU) This is the tenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Keserwan is the symbolic capital of the Maronites in Lebanon. Its population is 90 percent Maronite (and 98 percent Christ [...] | 2009-03-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT262 | LEBANON: WA'AD -- EXAMPLE OF HIZBALLAH'S [...] (C) The U.S. Government,s January 6 decision to designate Hizballah's Wa'ad construction company was met with muted reaction in Lebanon, likely because of the similar designation in 2007 of Hizballah's construction company Jihad el-Bina as well as the local media's preoccupation in early Janua [...] | 2009-03-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT263 | LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...] | 2009-03-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE |
09BEIRUT264 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BAABDA [...] (SBU) This is the eleventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Baabda, the home of the Presidential Palace, is one of the most confessionally diverse districts in Lebanon. Christian [...] | 2009-03-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT266 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...] | 2009-03-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE |
09BEIRUT268 | LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC [...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...] | 2009-03-08 09:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT269 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...] | 2009-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT270 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S [...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...] | 2009-03-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT271 | LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS WITH FELTMAN,SHAPIRO ON [...] (C) On March 6, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams provided a briefing for visiting Acting A/S of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro. Referring to his upcoming meeting with the Security Cou [...] | 2009-03-08 18:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS |
09BEIRUT273 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT274 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA [...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...] | 2009-03-10 13:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT277 | LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN [...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...] | 2009-03-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT278 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS, [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...] | 2009-03-11 16:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT279 | LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO [...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...] | 2009-03-11 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT28 | LEBANON: CALM AFTER ROCKETS; PALESTINIANS BLAMED [...] (C) The situation in southern Lebanon and throughout the country appears calm after today's exchange of fire between an unknown group in Lebanon and Israel. Press reports and Embassy contacts doubt that Hizballah had a direct role in launching three Katushya rockets into northern Israel the m [...] | 2009-01-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT280 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: JBEIL [...] (SBU) This is the thirteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Jbeil (also known as Byblos) is a majority Christian district with a significant Shia (19 percent) minority. Free Pat [...] | 2009-03-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT281 | LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN [...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...] | 2009-03-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT282 | LEBANON: MP HARB WITH FELTMAN, SHAPIRO: ELECTION [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Christian MP Butros Harb, NEA A A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa, and the Ambassador heard Harb caution that, while Syria's "style" had changed, it was still involved in Lebanon's electoral processes by selecting candidates, ve [...] | 2009-03-12 08:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT285 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ASSURES AA/S FELTMAN THAT [...] (C) Visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro recounted to DefMin Elias Murr on March 15 their visit to Damascus the day before, commenting on Syrian interest in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Mur [...] | 2009-03-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT288 | LEBANON: WHAT IS IMPACT OF THE DISAGREEMENTS IN [...] (C) There has been speculation in the media and among political observers about disagreements within the March 8/Aoun opposition coalition as its members prepare candidate lists for the June 7 parliamentary elections. There have been claims of disagreements between Christian opposition leader [...] | 2009-03-12 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT29 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON [...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...] | 2009-01-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY |
09BEIRUT30 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2009 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 8, 2009, Charge chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Embassy,s security posture in light of the current situation in Gaza and the incident in which rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier that day. [...] | 2009-01-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
09BEIRUT305 | LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO [...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...] | 2009-03-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT306 | LEBANON: CHURCHES LAUNCH POLITICAL CONDUCT CHARTER [...] (U) On March 5, a group of church leaders in Lebanon released a charter for political conduct in advance of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The charter calls for support for the sovereignty of the state, regulating relations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority, and the separation of [...] | 2009-03-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT337 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT LOWERS VOTING AGE FOR 2010 AND [...] (U) In a busy March 19 session, parliament approved a draft law to amend the constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18; however, it will not be effective in time for the June 7 parliamentary elections. Parliament also deferred a draft law requiring unanimity to amend constitutional l [...] | 2009-03-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT347 | LEBANON: SHIA FAMILIES READY TO TAKE ON HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Duraid Yaghi, a prominent Shia from Baalbeck and second-in-command in Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party, praised President Obama's March 20 message to Iran, believing it would corner the extremists into a dialogue with the United States. He expressed his readiness to run against [...] | 2009-03-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT350 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BATROUN [...] (SBU) This is the fourteenth in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the Jun 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (C) Batron is a small district with only two seats, both dsignated for Maronite Christians and both currently held by Marc [...] | 2009-03-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT358 | LEBANON: FINMIN AGREES: USE USG CASH TRANSFER TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3 below. 2. (SBU) In a March 27 phone call with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah agreed that the USG use its $50 million cash transfer disbursement, which was triggered by GOL reform of its gas excise tax, to pay World Bank [...] | 2009-03-27 14:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PTER LE |
09BEIRUT373 | LEBANON: WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE U.S. SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In all but the most pessimistic post-election scenarios, a robust program of U.S. assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will serve to further our policy goals in Lebanon and the region. Without continued support, the LAF will be unable to address the challenges of terrorism, bord [...] | 2009-03-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PBTS PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT385 | LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR--WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF CASH [...] (SBU) In a March 27 meeting with international donors, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director Salvatore Lombardo stressed the dire financial situation that UNRWA faces. Regarding Nahr al-Barid reconstruction, he said the land [...] | 2009-04-02 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT39 | LEBANON: PUBLIC STATEMENTS URGE RESTRAINT, 1701, [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 rocket-launching from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and subsequent Israeli response, Lebanese leaders have urged restraint by actors on both sides. In official statements and press interviews, key political figures have been moderate in tone, emphasizing t [...] | 2009-01-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT396 | LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO [...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...] | 2009-04-06 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT400 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S. [...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...] | 2009-04-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE |
09BEIRUT416 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST [...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...] | 2009-04-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE |
09BEIRUT421 | LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...] | 2009-04-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS |
09BEIRUT422 | LEBANON: GOL SIGNS 45 MILLION EURO LOAN WITH [...] (U) The GOL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran for the reactivation of a 45 million euro loan signed in 2003. The Ambassador queried Finance Minister Chatah on this development April 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) The visit of Lebanese P [...] | 2009-04-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PGOV PTER LE IR |
09BEIRUT440 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH [...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...] | 2009-04-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT442 | LEBANON: POST TERRORISM FINANCE CONTACT [...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is: -PolEconOff Megan McCulloch -Contact information: telephone 961 4 542 600, extension 4251; unclassified email mccullochML@state.gov; classified email mccullochML@state.sgov.gov 2. (SBU) Post looks forward to reporti [...] | 2009-04-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09BEIRUT443 | LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...] | 2009-04-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG |
09BEIRUT445 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...] | 2009-04-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE |
09BEIRUT46 | LEBANON: NEW ADVOCATES FOR LEBANESE DETAINEES IN [...] (C) On January 5, 2009 a group of Lebanese (many of whom are former detainees in Syria) launched a new organization. "The Association of the Lebanese Political Detainees in Syria" was formed to resolve the issue of Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons and garner support for those already rele [...] | 2009-01-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT463 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WILL TAKE STL'S CUE ON FOUR GENERALS' DETENTION [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed that the GOL had transferred all of its files related to former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination and the ensuing political assassinations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). He expects to learn by April 27 whether STL [...] | 2009-04-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC AE SY LE |
09BEIRUT465 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT466 | LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION [...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...] | 2009-04-23 19:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER LE |
09BEIRUT467 | LEBANON: BORDER SECURITY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) On April 22, UN Special Coordinator on Lebanon (UNSCOL) Senior Political Officer Diego Zorrilia evaluated the current state of Lebanese efforts on improving border security as purely "organizational," without significant tangible progress on the ground. Zorrilla described GOL intentions t [...] | 2009-04-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT471 | LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...] | 2009-04-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG |
09BEIRUT495 | LEBANON: UNRWA DIRECTOR SAYS NAHR AL-BARID [...] (C) In a April 29 meeting with the Ambassador, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Lebanon Director, Salvatore Lombardo, said he was worried about ongoing delays on the GOL side regarding reconstruction efforts for the destroyed Palesti [...] | 2009-04-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE |
09BEIRUT496 | LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14 [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...] | 2009-04-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT500 | LEBANON: FOUR GENERALS' RELEASE: HIZBALLAH DEMANDS "JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY" [...] (C) In a May 1 speech following the release of the four generals detained in connection with Rafiq Hariri's assassination, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah implied that he would now be wary of future STL decisions because he faults the international court for the generals' prolonged detention. Nasrallah als [...] | 2009-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT512 | LEBANON: GHAJAR: UNIFIL COMMANDER GRAZIANO ON [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting at UNIFIL HQ, General Claudio Graziano, Force Commander for UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),emphasized that the current UNIFIL proposal for Israeli withdrawal from northern Ghajar is "unchangeable," in his view. He noted that the June 7 parliamentary elections wil [...] | 2009-05-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT515 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...] | 2009-05-09 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT517 | LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, GEAGEA FEARS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) On May 8, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea proposed to visiting NEA DAS David Hale that the U.S. lend "silent support" to March 14 in the weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections. He specifically advised us to stop expressing support for "moderates." Admitting the March 14 coal [...] | 2009-05-11 06:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT518 | LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...] | 2009-05-11 07:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS |
09BEIRUT522 | LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Armenian opposition Tashnaq MP Hagop Pakradunian expressed his party's support for President Michel Sleiman and said the party will side with Sleiman in case of a dispute between the president and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun who is their political ally for the election [...] | 2009-05-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT523 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT [...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...] | 2009-05-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE |
09BEIRUT53 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO [...] (C ) Defense Minister Elias Murr on January 13 asked that the USG convey to Israel what the GOL is doing to prevent another rocket attack against Israel from Lebanese territory. Murr said he had directed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to cooperate with UNIFIL to control southern Lebanon and p [...] | 2009-01-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS SY IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT530 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...] | 2009-05-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT531 | LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE [...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...] | 2009-05-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT534 | LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...] | 2009-05-14 08:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY |
09BEIRUT535 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...] | 2009-05-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT536 | LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...] | 2009-05-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT539 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...] | 2009-05-14 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT541 | LEBANON: UNSCOL DOWNBEAT ON MARCH 14'S CHANCES [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams raised with NEA DAS Hale and Ambassador the idea of delaying any possible Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar village until after the Lebanese election on June 7, so as to avoid opponents of the Siniora government using the charge that Israel is t [...] | 2009-05-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT544 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...] | 2009-05-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT546 | LEBANON: PATRIARCH'S DISPLEASURE WITH AOUN'S [...] (C) In a May 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir declared that Free Patriotic Party (FPM) leader Michel Aoun's ambitions were too "hard to satisfy," and complained that Aoun wanted to be Lebanon's president "at any price." Sfeir also condemned Aoun for [...] | 2009-05-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT548 | LEBANON: PSP LEADER WALID JUMBLATT CONFIRMS HIS [...] (C) At a dinner hosted in honor of visiting NEA DAS Hale, March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said there were still some problems with March 14 candidate lists, notably in Beirut I and Keserwan Jumblatt reaffirmed his commitment to March 14 and disclosed that a meeting for the coalition would [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT550 | LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...] | 2009-05-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT551 | LEBANON: FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT LEADER MICHEL [...] (C) In two separate May 14 meetings, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) candidate Alain Aoun and senior advisor to Speaker Berri (Amal) Ali Hamdan confirmed that the public rift between FPM leader Michel Aoun and Speaker Berri was not resolved. Nevertheless, on May 14 FPM and Amal ministers voted [...] | 2009-05-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT558 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR AND LAF KAHWAJI UNWORRIED [...] (C) In separate meetings with visiting U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral Eric Olson and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji expressed appreciation for U.S. military aid to Lebanon, calling it crucial to the continued improvement of Lebanon's armed [...] | 2009-05-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT562 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14 [...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...] | 2009-05-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT563 | LEBANON: NASRALLAH UPS ELECTORAL ANTE IN FIERY [...] (C) Three weeks before the June 7 parliamentary elections, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah appeared in two televised speeches on May 15 and May 18. His speeches glorified the events of May 7, 2008 and highlighted Hizballah's preparations for any future conflict with Israel. Nasrallah taunted [...] | 2009-05-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS LE |
09BEIRUT564 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009 [...] (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO, DAO and ODC. 2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the impact on security of US government faci [...] | 2009-05-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
09BEIRUT571 | LEBANON: AOUN HAS LOST METN VOTES, MICHEL MURR [...] (C) Metn political heavyweight Michel Murr, meeting with the Ambassador on May 20, expressed confidence that March 14 would win the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he expected the result to be close. Murr disclosed that President Sleiman was feeling frustrated with Lebanon's electo [...] | 2009-05-20 19:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT584 | LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...] | 2009-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT585 | LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A [...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...] | 2009-05-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE |
09BEIRUT587 | LEBANON: ELECTION DISPUTE BODY FINALLY NAMED [...] (C) The Lebanese cabinet on May 27 appointed the final five members to the Constitutional Council, completing the formation of the body that will consider disputes over the June 7 parliamentary election results. This was a critical step to ensure the upcoming elections are seen as free and fa [...] | 2009-05-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT590 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...] | 2009-05-29 11:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY |
09BEIRUT592 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14 [...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...] | 2009-05-29 14:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT593 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO [...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...] | 2009-05-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE |
09BEIRUT594 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAY [...] (C) On a popular political talk show televised live May 28, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt called on March 14 leader Saad Hariri to seek only the truth, and not justice, from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, believing that justice that incriminates Hizballah could spark "internal sedition"; i.e. [...] | 2009-05-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS MARR LE |
09BEIRUT595 | LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES [...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...] | 2009-05-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE |
09BEIRUT596 | LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...] | 2009-05-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE |
09BEIRUT598 | LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, [...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...] | 2009-06-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR |
09BEIRUT599 | LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN'S POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman, in an energetic May 27 speech to mark the anniversary of his first year in office, called for action on a broad domestic agenda, to be led by him if, he implied, the new government is too divided to get anything done. His words and tone previewed a potentially mo [...] | 2009-06-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT60 | LEBANON: GOL RESPONDS CALMLY BUT FIRMLY TO SECOND [...] (C) On the morning of January 14, unknown persons in the Arqub region in south Lebanon launched rockets towards Israel, after which the there was artillery fire from Israel to the suspected launch area. This is the second rocket attack from Lebanon into Israel in one week. The second attack [...] | 2009-01-14 18:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT606 | LEBANON: OPPOSITION CANDIDATES ACCUSE SLEIMAN OF [...] (C) Not surprisingly, opposition candidates have accused President Sleiman of "interfering" in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections. Sleiman was accused of interfering in several Christian districts against candidates of Michel Aoun, a candidate who is aligned with Aoun complained to us [...] | 2009-06-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT617 | LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC [...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...] | 2009-06-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT624 | LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...] | 2009-06-05 12:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY |
09BEIRUT639 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S., [...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...] | 2009-06-10 06:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT643 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO [...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...] | 2009-06-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT644 | LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER, [...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...] | 2009-06-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT646 | LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG [...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...] | 2009-06-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY |
09BEIRUT655 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS S/E MITCHELL SHOULD FOCUS [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, advised that Special Envoy George Mitchell should secure a freeze on Israeli settlements in order that President Obama's peace efforts succeed. Asked about Lebanon's role in regional peace, he half-joked "We cannot aff [...] | 2009-06-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT656 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER [...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...] | 2009-06-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR |
09BEIRUT659 | LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL [...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...] | 2009-06-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE |
09BEIRUT671 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE: SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT672 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HAGUE CODE OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche requesting Lebanese support for nonproliferation efforts by subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Majid Ramadan, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on May 14. On June 17 Hazem Ab [...] | 2009-06-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT698 | LEBANON: OUTGOING PM SINIORA COMMITS TO BORDER [...] (C) On the last full day of his government's mandate before it became a caretaker government, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora confirmed to international donors June 19 Lebanon's continuing and firm commitment to secure the eastern border with Syria. Urging international donor support for the ext [...] | 2009-06-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS EAID IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT7 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES UNSC ACTION USING 1701 MODEL [...] (C) On January 2, PM Siniora convoked Ambassadors and Charges from UNSC members represented in Beirut and urged UNSC action to produce an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He suggested the Council use UNSCR 1701, which marked the end of 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict, as a model. He argued that Isr [...] | 2009-01-02 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MOPS LE IS |
09BEIRUT702 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...] | 2009-06-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT713 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS" [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...] | 2009-06-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT715 | LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...] | 2009-06-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR |
09BEIRUT768 | LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...] | 2009-07-10 10:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY |
09BEIRUT77 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA; [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...] | 2009-01-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT771 | LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...] | 2009-07-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT78 | LEBANON: SINIORA ASSURES GOL OPPOSED TO ROCKET [...] (C) In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora assured Charge that the GOL was united in its condemnation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon. He said he had ordered the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to coordinate with UNIFIL on patrolling the border area and preventing further [...] | 2009-01-16 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER LE |
09BEIRUT805 | LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS PETRAEUS ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Commanding General U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri said he had begun consultations on government formation, and though the opposition and the Syrians would make the process difficult, he was confident he [...] | 2009-07-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON OVIP MASS MCAP LE SY SA |
09BEIRUT818 | LEBANON: PM SINIORA TO PETRAEUS: PUSH SYRIA TO GET [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Commander General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus and the Ambassador June 30 that he was "quite satisfied" with the outcome of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora said that the Lebanese had voted fo [...] | 2009-07-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MASS MARR MOPPS LE SY IR |
09BEIRUT819 | LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH [...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...] | 2009-07-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT820 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...] | 2009-07-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
09BEIRUT821 | LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...] | 2009-07-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE |
09BEIRUT822 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH ON THE DEFENSE WHILE STRIVING [...] (C) In a series of public addresses over the last week, Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah has raised the rhetoric of a possible war with Israel while simultaneously offering conciliatory words to PM-designate Saad Hariri as he attempts to form a government. March 14 figures welcome Nasrallah's [...] | 2009-07-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT838 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT [...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...] | 2009-07-24 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT84 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 OUTLINES ROAD MAP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) With parliamentary elections a little over four months away, the March 14 Secretariat has outlined a three step "road map" focusing on increased activity by the Secretariat to coordinate the coalition's activities and messages, a second political convention to announce March 14's political [...] | 2009-01-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT851 | HIZBALLAH PUBLICLY RECRUITING COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR [...] (C) Publicly-available brochures and radio advertisements in early July confirm Hizballah is actively recruiting college students to participate in a "summer camp." The camp's activities include cultural, educational, religious and political discussions and activities. In addition, one "boys [...] | 2009-07-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER SOCI LE |
09BEIRUT859 | LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION [...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...] | 2009-07-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE |
09BEIRUT864 | LEBANON: RESPONSE TO JORDAN REGIONAL BIOMETRIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PREL PTER JO IS LE |
09BEIRUT866 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...] | 2009-07-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT867 | LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN [...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...] | 2009-07-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT874 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT [...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...] | 2009-08-03 16:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT878 | PRESIDENT SLEIMAN PRAISES ARMY, CRITICIZES ISRAEL, [...] (C) In his speech commemorating the 64th Army Day, President Michel Sleiman praised the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) while criticizing the delay in forming a cabinet. He called for constitutional reform if it would close "loopholes" and facilitate better institutions. Sleiman stated early tha [...] | 2009-08-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS LE |
09BEIRUT88 | LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS [...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...] | 2009-01-21 17:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE |
09BEIRUT887 | WILL HARIRI HEAD A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) Despite Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt's August 5 comments pledging he would stand by Saad Hariri in the government formation process, Hariri will not in the end head a majority government, predicted caretaker Ministers Mohammed Chatah (Finance) and Ziad Baroud (In [...] | 2009-08-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT903 | UNIFIL'S FC GRAZIANO CALLS FOR STRONGER GOL [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano dismissed recent criticism of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),emphasizing that it did not have the political "umbrella" to act decisively during last mont [...] | 2009-08-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PTER UNSC PINR PREL IS LE |
09BEIRUT91 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WORRIED HAMAS PLANS TO USE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador January 21, March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri expressed concern the past weeks' events in Gaza could lead to Hamas using Lebanon's Palestinian camps to confront Fatah and Israel. Hariri urged the new U.S. administration to "do something" about the Pales [...] | 2009-01-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS |
09BEIRUT911 | WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...] | 2009-08-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT92 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR [...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...] | 2009-01-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE |
09BEIRUT922 | NASRALLAH ATTEMPTS TO EASE FEAR, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah asserted Hizballah would take defensive action against Israel, if Lebanon was attacked, and called for national unity in his August 14 speech commemorating the third anniversary of the July 2006 war between Hizballah and Israel. Attendees at the [...] | 2009-08-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE IS |
09BEIRUT96 | LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...] | 2009-01-23 18:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY |
09BEIRUT971 | IRAN PUSHES INTO LEBANESE DEMINING OPERATIONS [...] (C) The demining NGO Mine Advisory Group (MAG) has confirmed the launch of a new Iranian demining NGO in south Lebanon. The Iranian NGO Peace Generation Organization for Demining (PGOD) is starting with a small presence. In addition, MAG director Christina Bennike reaffirmed that some of her [...] | 2009-08-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS MCAP PM IS LE IR |
09BELFAST14 | TWO SOLDIERS KILLED IN NORTHERN IRELAND BY DISSIDENT [...] (C) A March 7 gun attack by dissident republicans near Antrim which left two British soldiers dead, and injured four others, is the worst terrorist attack in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Omagh bombing. The attack was carried out by the Real IRA, a small dissident group formed by IRA member [...] | 2009-03-09 14:03:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV UK EI |
09BELFAST17 | NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...] | 2009-03-09 18:10:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EI UK |
09BELFAST21 | SCENESETTER FOR ST PATRICK'S DAY VISIT BY NORTHERN IRELAND'S [...] (C/NF) The visit to Washington by First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness comes on the heels of recent attacks by dissident republicans which have left two soldiers and one police officer dead. This visit will allow senior U.S. officials to express their sym [...] | 2009-03-12 13:45:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER ECON EINV UK EI |
09BELFAST29 | SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS DISCUSSES RECENT VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) During an April 27 meeting with Belfast Consul General, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams discussed his mid-April trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. During his meetings with Hamas leaders, Adams made clear he did not support violence. He also met with residents of the Israeli [...] | 2009-04-28 16:13:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UK EI IS KPAL PTER |
09BELFAST30 | NORTHERN IRELAND POLICE BRIEF CONSULATE ON DISSIDENT KILLING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Acting Consul General and Management/Post Security Officer met with Deputy Chief Constable (DCC) Paul Leighton and briefly with Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde on March 9 for a briefing on the security situation following the March 7 the dissident republican attack, which left tw [...] | 2009-05-01 15:05:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EI UK |
09BELFAST5 | NORTHERN IRELAND LEADERS THANK SPECIAL ENVOY DOBRIANSKY [...] (C) Summary: On January 7-8, Special Envoy for Northern Ireland Ambassador Paula Dobriansky made farewell calls on Northern Ireland political leaders. Everyone paid tribute to the Special Envoy for her efforts during the past two years and praised the role the United States has played in brin [...] | 2009-01-13 13:12:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UK EI |
09BELFAST6 | PROPOSED PAYMENTS TO VICTIMS OF NORTHERN IRELAND'S TROUBLES [...] (C) Summary: The public release on January 28 of The Consultative Group on the Past's report sparked controversy among Northern Ireland's politicians and victims groups. The Group, appointed by the British government in 2007, had a mandate to explore ways to deal with Northern Ireland's lega [...] | 2009-01-30 16:02:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EI UK PGOV |
09BELFAST9 | ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES [...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...] | 2009-02-20 18:25:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI |
09BELGRADE1296 | SERBIA PLANS TO SUPPORT EGYPTIAN RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) In response to our November 3 demarche, MFA Human Rights Directorate First Secretary Vladan Lazovic informed Poloff on November 4 that Serbia likely will support an emerging Egypt-led draft resolution on the Goldstone Report in the UN General Assembly (reftel) . 2. (SBU) Express [...] | 2009-11-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER KPAL IS SR |
09BELGRADE140 | SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE1484 | SERBIA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP RECOMMENDED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Belgrade nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Governme [...] | 2009-12-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE SR |
09BELGRADE1516 | Serbia: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Belgrade??????s submission for the 2009 Serbia Country Report on Terrorism. 2. Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security service [...] | 2009-12-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL SR |
09BELGRADE199 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE SPRING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09BELGRADE232 | SERBIA INFORMED OF APRIL GICNT MEETING IN KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE346 | SERBIA INVITED TO JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-22 04:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL PTER KGIC SR |
09BELGRADE358 | SERBIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SR |
09BELMOPAN147 | EMBASSY BELMOPAN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Name and contact information for Embassy Belmopan Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (DTFCO) are below. TFCO until June 5, 2009 Susanne Kuester Acting Political/Economic Section Chief 501-822-4011 ext. 4113 kuestersg@state.gov k [...] | 2009-04-16 17:23:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09BELMOPAN92 | GRENADE ATTACK AT THE RESIDENCE OF BELIZE'S [...] (U) On Tuesday, March 3, 2009, the residence of Gregory Gibson, Belize,s Comptroller of Customs, was targeted by unknown assailant(s) who threw a grenade onto the third floor balcony. Comptroller Gibson currently resides at #2 Signa Street, Belama, Phase 1, Belize City. The incident occurred [...] | 2009-03-11 21:30:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PINR HO BH |
09BERLIN1022 | GERMANY INQUIRES ABOUT RADIOACTIVE COBALT-60 [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: German MFA contacts have asked the U.S. to provide information regarding the reported import by the U.S. of radioactive cobalt-60 contaminated stainless steel. Open source reporting indicated this material may have been u [...] | 2009-08-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM MUNC PARM PINR PREL PTER GM KNNP |
09BERLIN1067 | GERMANY HAS NO OBJECTION TO UNODC'S OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 14:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1069 | GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...] | 2009-09-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1124 | GERMAN SHERPA FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 13:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1140 | GERMANY PRESSES EU FOR JOINT ACTION ON 6 [...] (C) Pol M/C delivered reftel demarche on missing and detained amcits to German MFA Amb. Klaus-Peter Gottwald, (A/S Equivalent) Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament, on Sept. 14. Pol M/C stressed with Gottwald, who was already well informed about the details of the cases, the importan [...] | 2009-09-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC GM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR |
09BERLIN1157 | FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S. [...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...] | 2009-09-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM |
09BERLIN1165 | BERLIN EAC MEETING ON 18 SEP 2009 [...] (S/NF) On 18 September the Mission Germany EAC met in Berlin to discuss the current threat situation. This discussion centered on the two different but related threat streams currently of concern (see refs),i.e. the threat of a terrorist attack on Germany timed to impact their elections and [...] | 2009-09-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
09BERLIN1166 | GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON SRI LANKAN IDPS, [...] (SBU) After presenting ref A demarche on Sri Lankan IDPs to the MFA Deputy European Corespondent in advance of the September 14-15 EU GAERC meeting (ref B),PolOff followed up to reinforce the points with MFA South Asia Office Director Gudrun Sraega. 2. (C) Sraega said that Germany shared U [...] | 2009-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09BERLIN1167 | DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...] | 2009-09-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1172 | SECURITY SERVICES ON ALERT AFTER AL QAIDA VIDEOS [...] SUMMARY: German security services are on alert following the appearance of two new Al Qaida videos featuring a dual German-Moroccan citizen who threatens Germany with repercussions if German voters do not vote in the upcoming federal elections for a new government that will withdraw German fo [...] | 2009-09-21 16:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL GM |
09BERLIN1276 | GERMANY INVITED TO WASHINGTON EXPERTS AND TOKYO [...] (SBU) Econoff provided reftel information to MFA Desk Officer for Nuclear Energy and Non-proliferation Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the points and stated that the German Sherpa for the Nuclear Security Summit will be Ambassador Viktor Elbling, Commissioner for Nuclear Energy [...] | 2009-10-13 16:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG PREL PTER TRGY IAEA |
09BERLIN1277 | GICNT: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF NEW DATES; QUESTIONS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to German MFA desk officer Dr. Bernd Rinnert. Russian MFA First Secretary Dmitry Cherkaschin also attended. Rinnert thanked Econoff for the information. 2. (SBU) Rinnert wondered aloud how the GICNT fits into the G-20 as it overtakes the G-8 and, pre [...] | 2009-10-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1361 | EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...] | 2009-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1377 | SECURITY TAKES BACKSEAT AS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has strong views on individual liberties and personal privacy that are likely to lead to complications with the USG concerning law enforcement security cooperation and data sharing. Leutheusser-Schnarrenb [...] | 2009-11-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1393 | GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...] | 2009-11-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
09BERLIN1467 | EUROPEANS TRACK U.S. ON EAST AFRICA BUT REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a German MFA experts level meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges facing East Africa, it was clear the Europeans saw eye to eye with the United States on most Horn issues but differed on the advisability of sanctions against Eritrea. We agreed Ethiopia's role in the region [...] | 2009-11-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PHSA SENV DJ ER ET GM KE SO |
09BERLIN151 | GERMANY LIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 09:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN1528 | COALITION TESTED AS US-EU TFTP/SWIFT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere overruled Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and abstained from voting at the November 30 COREPER vote in Brussels on an interim U.S.-EU agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. De Maiziere' [...] | 2009-12-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1548 | GERMANY RENEWS CONSIDERATION OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate December 1 meetings with Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (S/GC),the Ministry of the Interior, Foreign Ministry and Chancellery expressed a willingness to consider seven new cases of Guantanamo detainees for [...] | 2009-12-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER GM |
09BERLIN1590 | S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN PUSHES FOR MORE DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism Coordinator Daniel Benjamin urged German interlocutors to support a variety of programs to increase U.S.-European and U.S.-German counterterrorism-related information sharing. Ambassador Benjamin specifically called on Germany to support the U.S.-EU agreement to [...] | 2009-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS KJUS GM |
09BERLIN19 | GERMANY: ONBOARD FOR CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A and Ref B to MFA Deputy Division Head for European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Jens Beikuefner, who noted that MFA already had received the draft communiqu and proposed agenda from the German Permanent Mission to the UN. MFA Division Head for ESDP Kampmann l [...] | 2009-01-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER |
09BERLIN245 | EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...] | 2009-02-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER |
09BERLIN288 | GERMAN PLEDGE AT MARCH 2 SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS' [...] (SBU) On March 6, 2009 Econoff contacted Jacqueline Groth of the Middle East Regional Development Policy Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Bonn, to confirm German support for the Palestinians following the March 2 Donors' Conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, [...] | 2009-03-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN GM IS |
09BERLIN317 | GERMAY NOT CERTAIN OF PARTICIPATION IN SEOUL [...] (SBU) Econoff met with German MFA Assistant Desk Officer Marc Hinrichsen, Russian Federation First Secretary Dmitri Cherkaschin and Korean First Secretary Won-jae Lee. Hinrichsen said he would pass the Ref B invitation for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop in [...] | 2009-03-18 10:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM |
09BERLIN331 | IRANIAN MAJLES DELEGATION TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Majles Foreign Affairs Committee chair Alaeddin Boroujerdi led a Majles delegation visit to Berlin March 4-6, meeting with Interior Minister Schaeuble, as well as a variety of senior Chancellery officials and Bundestag MPs. Boroujerdi expressed Iran's interest in increase [...] | 2009-03-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR PHUM GM IR AF IS GZ WE |
09BERLIN459 | GERMANY LIKELY TO ATTEND JUNE GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will likely attend the June Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary at The Hague in June 2009, but does not desire to make a substantive presentation. Germany is not likely to host a GICNT meeting in the next two years. End Summary 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-04-20 06:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MUNC KGIC RS NL GM |
09BERLIN599 | MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...] | 2009-05-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU EUN GM |
09BERLIN678 | IRAN: SABERI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Acting Political Section Chief met with MFA Middle East Director Sabine Sparwasser on June 3, 2009 to deliver Ref A. A/POL Chief expressed USG gratitude for German assistance in the case, in particular the public declarations in early May by MFA Human Rights Commissioner Gunther Nooke c [...] | 2009-06-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR GM |
09BERLIN706 | GERMANY'S PREPARATIONS FOR GICNT PLENARY [...] (SBU) Marc Hinrichesn, German MFA Assistant Desk Officer welcomed Econoff's information regarding the availability of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism agenda. Hinrichsen also said that Ambassador Viktor Elbling is currently scheduled to lead the German delegation, although sc [...] | 2009-06-12 13:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09BERLIN935 | RETHINKING U.S. FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: [...] (S/NF) Mission Germany strongly endorses the call by USNATO (reftel) to give careful reconsideration to the planned continued draw-down of U.S. forces in Europe. If the draw-down continues as scheduled, two of the three remaining U.S. Army brigade combat teams in Germany will be withdrawn by [...] | 2009-08-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM |
09BERLIN985 | CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...] | 2009-08-11 14:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM |
09BERLIN988 | CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...] | 2009-08-13 07:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM |
09BERN109 | BERN SEPQ MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) The following are responses to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire for political violence and terrorism for the U.S. Embassy in Bern, and are keyed to the reftel. 2. (SBU) Political Violence -------------------------- I. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or [...] | 2009-03-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | ASEC PTER SV |
09BERN124 | GICNT: SEOUL WORKSHOP AND EPG (APRIL 14-16) [...] (SBU) On March 19, poloff delivered reftel messages to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Friedrich is the Swiss national point-of-contact for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Poloff [...] | 2009-03-19 16:58:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PTER PREL KGIC SZ |
09BERN136 | CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Poloff provided a copy of the White Paper in reftel A on March 27 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Fux appreciated the information, which he said was timely, not only with regard to the upcoming intern [...] | 2009-03-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ |
09BERN260 | GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SWISS EAGER TO MOVE ON \ [...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan \ Fried discussed prospective Guantanamo detainee resettlement \ cases on June 19 with Michael Ambuehl, State Secretary \ (Deputy Minister) of the Federal Department of Foreign \ Affairs (FDFA). Referring to the case files that the GoS \ alrea [...] | 2009-06-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | KAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ |
09BERN273 | SWITZERLAND SHUTTING DOWN COLENCO'S BUSINESS WITH [...] (S) Summary: Swiss Minister for Economics and Trade Doris Leuthard called CDA in to advise that the Swiss Federal Councilors had decided in a special session to shut down Swedish firm Colenco's commercial activities in Iran. The Minister also reaffirmed the commitment of the Swiss government to [...] | 2009-07-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | IR MNUC PARM PHUM PREL PTER KWAC ECON ETRD |
09BERN287 | UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULT OF USG REVIEW OF TRANCHE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Coordinator on Counter-Terrorism Alessandro Capelli on July 8. Capelli welcomed the news that the USG will formally seek the delisting of Nada and the two entities related to Nada. He also took [...] | 2009-07-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC SZ |
09BERN330 | SWISS RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Anja Zobrist-Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA),and Jenny Piaget, Deputy Regional Coordinator. Piaget responded that Swiss government funding for Somalia is solely [...] | 2009-08-07 13:44:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPKO PGOV EAID SO SZ |
09BERN390 | SWISS RESPONSE TO PERSUADING THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A talking points on September 11, 2009 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and one of his deputies, Yves Nicolet. Fux and Nicolet noted that the GOS was in agreement with the US [...] | 2009-09-16 16:32:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE SZ |
09BERN470 | UNGA DISCUSSION OF GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government has some understanding for USG concerns regarding the Goldstone Report and the resolution that will be discussed at the UN General Assembly on November 4. The Swiss, however, do not share all of these concerns, and generally have a sympathetic view of the Go [...] | 2009-11-03 18:06:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS SZ LS |
09BERN99 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL [...] Post has identified two entities that fit into the categories supplied by S/CT: the Swiss pharmaceutical industry and the Swiss banking system. 2. The Swiss pharmaceutical industry is located in Basel and produces internationally recognized products to combat Avian Influenza, cancer, tube [...] | 2009-03-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SZ |
09BISHKEK1332 | KYRGYZSTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Following is Bishkek's submission for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) In 2009, the Kyrgyz Republic took political and law enforcement steps to disrupt and deter terrorism. In June, the United States and Kyrgyzstan reached a new agreement establishing the U.S.-operated T [...] | 2009-12-28 03:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ASEC AEMR KG |
09BISHKEK2 | Kyrgyzstan: 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (U) Following is Bishkek's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) In 2008, the Kyrgyz Republic remained an ally in the global war on terror, taking political, legislative, and law enforcement steps to disrupt and deter terrorism. Since 2001, Kyrgyzstan has hosted the [...] | 2009-01-02 10:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ASEC AEMR KG |
09BISHKEK350 | EMBASSY BISHKEK'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy Bishkek hereby designates its Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCO) through July 2009: TFCO: Robert Burgess Title: Political/Economic Section Chief Office Phone: 996 312 551 241 x4518 Mobile Phone: 996 515 720 219 Classified e-mail a [...] | 2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KG |
09BISHKEK516 | KYRGYZSTAN: UZBEK AMBASSADOR DETAILS KYRGYZ ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek Ambassador Pulatkhodzhaev told the Ambassador May 27 that four or five Islamic Movement of Turkestan fighters of various nationalities had infiltrated Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan to carry out the May 26 attack in Khanabad. Referring to Kyrgyzstan as the "weak link" in Cent [...] | 2009-05-28 11:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KG |
09BISHKEK556 | KYRGYZ SOUTH SEEMS QUIET DESPITE CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Emboff noticed a slightly enhanced police presence during a May 28-30 visit to southern Kyrgyzstan, just across the border from where terrorist attacks took place May 26 in Khanabad, eastern Uzbekistan (Ref B). The airport in Osh, the largest city in Kyrgyzstan's South, was quiet with no [...] | 2009-06-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KG |
09BISHKEK764 | KYRGYZSTAN: UNSCR DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED [...] (U) On July 17, Post delivered reftel information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with additional notifications to the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank. Post will report any substantive feedback septel. LITZENBERGER [...] | 2009-07-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC KG |
09BISHKEK930 | KYRGYZSTAN: GICNT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On August 17 EmbOff and Russian Embassy officer delivered reftel demarche to Maya Sabirdina, Head of the Division for International Security at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Sabirdina was thankful for the message and pledged the MFA,s continued support for the Global Ini [...] | 2009-08-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KG |
09BISHKEK953 | KYRGYZSTAN: CONFLICTING VIEWPOINTS ON GOVERNMENT,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 18 EmbOff traveled to Kyrgyzstan,s second largest city, Osh, and met separately with religious officials from Osh State University and the State Agency on Religious Affairs. The officials presented different views on religious extremism in southern Kyrgyzstan and the Kyr [...] | 2009-08-27 05:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KG |
09BOGOTA1014 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA [...] (U) On March 10-11, the Ambassador traveled to Medellin on the occasion of a State Department-sponsored workshop on protecting cultural patrimony. Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos and Mayor Alonso Salazar Jaramillo told the Ambassador that the security situation had improved with the Rev [...] | 2009-03-27 21:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL EAID SNAR PHUM PTER PREF ECON CO |
09BOGOTA1027 | JUSTICE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS PROPOSE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA1104 | URIBE CONDITIONS PEACE TALKS ON VERIFIABLE END TO [...] (C) President Uribe reiterated on March 31 that the FARC would have to verifiably cease all criminal activities if the group wanted to engage the GOC on peace talks. Uribe's comments followed the FARC's open letter to "Colombians for Peace," in which it voiced its willingness to discuss a hu [...] | 2009-04-02 19:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA1108 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to poor weather, 6,410 total hectares were sprayed in February; eradication aircraft were involved in one hostile fire incident. February's operations in Tumaco included several NAS humanitarian missions to aid victims of floods and violence. The GOC's 2009 manual eradicat [...] | 2009-04-02 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1113 | COLOMBIA NEGOTIATES NEW AGREEMENT WITH UN TO MONITOR COCA [...] SUMMARY: The Colombian government (GOC) and the United Nations Office of Drug Control (UNODC) in Colombia have signed a new agreement on how the UNODC conducts its annual coca cultivation census. The GOC requested to renegotiate the agreement after the UNODC reported a 27 percent increase in [...] | 2009-04-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1123 | COLOMBIA CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's update on Colombia's efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) of 2000. 2. (U) LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABO [...] | 2009-04-03 20:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EING ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1208 | COLOMBIA: PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED [...] (C) The Colombian Supreme Court's recent denial of seven U.S. extradition requests marked the Court's shift to a more restrictive interpretation of Colombia's constitutional limits on extradition. The shift reflects a longstanding debate in Colombian judicial circles, a nationalist backlash [...] | 2009-04-08 21:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1248 | U.S. GOVERNMENT AIDS IN THE CAPTURE OF COLOMBIAN NUMBER ONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:40 a.m. on April 15, Colombian National Police (CNP) captured paramilitary head and narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario." "Don Mario" led a large criminal organization that engaged in drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and other narcot [...] | 2009-04-15 22:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1249 | COLOMBIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1252 | NEW INTELLIGENCE LAW CREATES UNIFIED FRAMEWORK AND [...] (C) The Colombian Congress recently passed Law 1288 which sets up a unified legal framework for domestic intelligence gathering, establishes a Joint Intelligence Council to facilitate intelligence sharing, and creates a congressional intelligence oversight committee. GOC officials say the law [...] | 2009-04-16 17:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1283 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aerial eradicators sprayed 10,920 total hectares in March; this number brought the calendar year total to 23,200 hectares of coca sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in three hostile fire incidents, resulting in four impacts for a total for the year of seven hostile f [...] | 2009-04-20 11:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1294 | COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY [...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...] | 2009-04-20 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR |
09BOGOTA1334 | COLOMBIA DCA TALKS MOVE AHEAD DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations reached tentative agreement on more than half of the draft text during round three of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) negotiations in Bogota on April 14-16. Still, key provisions remain unresolved, with the GOC insisting it cannot meet some U.S. requ [...] | 2009-04-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1338 | FARC CONTINUES HOSTAGE RELEASE STRATEGY TO STAY IN [...] (C) The FARC offered to release police hostage Pablo Moncayo in response to requests from "Colombians for Peace," the Piedad Cordoba-led group which advocates a humanitarian exchange. Peace Commissioner Frank Pearl told the Ambassador the GOC could not accept a humanitarian accord, and said it [...] | 2009-04-23 21:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA1352 | SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO SOACHA FALSE POSITIVE [...] (C) A public meeting convoked by the Colombian Senate on the Soacha killings turned heated when Senator Galan challenged Defense Minister Santos' claim that extrajudicial killings stopped after the GOC's high-profile dismissal of 27 military officers for the Soacha murders on October 30 last y [...] | 2009-04-24 18:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS MARR PTER MASS CO |
09BOGOTA1364 | GOC CELEBRATES DON MARIO'S ARREST, BUT CONCERNS [...] (C) GOC officials celebrated the April 15 arrests of major narcotraffickers Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") and Jose Leonardo Munoz (alias "Douglas"),noting that the detentions will disrupt drug flows in northern Colombia and send an important message to the public that no one is invi [...] | 2009-04-27 22:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1374 | URIBE SAYS ONLY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND [...] (C) President Uribe ruled out any role for Piedad Cordoba and her "Colombians for Peace" group in further FARC hostage releases at a Town Hall meeting on April 25, saying only the ICRC and Catholic Church are authorized to facilitate such releases. Uribe said the GOC would not allow new relea [...] | 2009-04-28 19:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM BR CO |
09BOGOTA1385 | SUPREME COURT ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT [...] (C) After more than one hundred votes and a four month delay, the Supreme Court elected Augusto Ibanez as its new President. The delay reflected divisions between magistrates who favor a confrontational approach toward the executive and those who want lower Court-Executive tensions. Ibanez co [...] | 2009-04-29 20:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1412 | DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...] | 2009-05-04 19:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1415 | DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...] | 2009-05-04 19:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1442 | APRIL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) asked for a 60-year sentence against ex-Senator Alvaro Garcia Romero for his role in facilitating paramilitary massacres, and charged former Cesar Governor Alvaro Araujo Noguera and his son, ex-Senator Alvaro Araujo Castro, for conspiring with paramilitaries t [...] | 2009-05-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA145 | HOMICIDES CONTINUE ON DOWNWARD TREND IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The GOC's preliminary numbers for 2008 showed that homicides dropped from 16,318 in 2007 to 15,200 in 2008, a 6.8 percent decrease. Atlantico and Meta saw a ten percent reduction due to an increase in Police operations and military presence. Still, some regions -- including Medellin -- [...] | 2009-01-15 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1534 | FARC DESERTIONS SLOW, BUT MILITARY REGAINS [...] (C) FARC desertions dropped nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2009, slowing for the first time since 2005. Kills and captures also fell. Still, some military officials believe that FARC desertions are starting to "cut to the bone," citing the defections of more senior members. The Colombia [...] | 2009-05-14 21:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER MARR PHUM SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA1571 | FRANCISCO PATINO FONSECA ASSUMED DIRAN LEADERSHIP ON MAY 6, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, 2009, Colonel Francisco Patino Fonseca (promotable in June to Brigadier General) became the Director of DIRAN (Antinarcotics Section of the Colombian National Police-CNP),taking over from Brigadier General Alvaro Caro Melendez. COL Patino faces challenges such as en [...] | 2009-05-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1582 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...] | 2009-05-19 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA1587 | REELECTION BILL PASSES FINAL SENATE VOTE - THREE [...] (C) The Senate approved a bill on May 19, that would modify the constitution to allow the 2010 reelection of President Uribe in the fourth, and final, vote on the measure in Congress. The House version, which would allow for reelection only in 2014, and the Senate version will need to be reco [...] | 2009-05-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA1588 | AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD PRESSES COLOMBIAN ARMY [...] (C) The Ambassador met Colombian Army Commander Oscar Gonzalez on May 8 to voice concern over extrajudicial killings and other human rights abuses. Gonzalez said the Army's Human Rights Directorate is facilitating the Prosecutor General Office's (Fiscalia) investigations of human rights cases and [...] | 2009-05-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1595 | ERADICATION OF COCA -- GOOD NEWS FROM MANY FRONTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last year numerous surveys, studies, and serious field reports have come out touting the success of eradication in reducing the amount of cocaine produced, the funding available to narcoterrorists, the amount of coca leaf available, and the amount of coca under cultivati [...] | 2009-05-20 20:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1596 | DCM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 20:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO SCUL SNAR PHUM PTER |
09BOGOTA1618 | DAS REVELATIONS KEEP COMING [...] (C) The DAS scandal returned to the headlines on May 13 with media reports that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) had spied on leading opposition figures in the 2006 elections and that a former DAS official linked high-ranking GOC officials to the illegal surveillance of Supreme [...] | 2009-05-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1624 | DAS SCANDAL REIGNITES URIBE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The longstanding feud between Colombia's judicial and executive branches reignited on May 14 after media reports claimed a former Department of Administrative Security (DAS) official had testified about high-level GOC involvement in the illegal surveillance and monitoring of Supreme Court [...] | 2009-05-22 20:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1632 | POLITICIAN WITH FARC CONTACTS REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) At the urging of National Conciliation Commission official Father Dario Echeverri, Polcouns met with XXXXXXXXXXXX-- a politician who was previously authorized by the GOC to transmit messages to the FARC. XXXXXXXXXXXX stressed he had no specific message for the USG, but wanted to establish a [...] | 2009-05-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA1717 | CONTROVERSIAL RULING WOULD REDUCE COLOMBIA'S [...] (C) In a controversial ruling, the Colombian Council of State held that conscripted soldiers cannot engage in combat operations. The military leadership publicly criticized the Council's ruling, arguing that it would effectively remove half of the country's soldiers from combat and would prove [...] | 2009-05-28 17:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PGOV PREL CO |
09BOGOTA1750 | COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJOR 2010 REQUEST FOR REPORT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...] | 2009-06-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1824 | ARBITRARY DETENTION FOCUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post's biannual certification consultations with human rights groups focused primarily on arbitrary detention. Participants reported the rate of detentions had declined under the new accusatory system. Still, they said the Colombian National Police (CNP) frequently abuse its right to provisi [...] | 2009-06-05 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA1826 | MAY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) Local United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Deputy Director Javier Hernandez told us extrajudicial killings by security forces fell 50% from 2007 to 2008. He said UNHCHR does not consider Defense Ministry Directive 29 to have been a factor in "false positive" cases, [...] | 2009-06-05 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA1832 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM PLAN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. I asked my Country Team to distill our combined Colombia experience into a cable offering a selection of lessons learned that may be of use to our colleagues in Mexico and other countries confronting escalating drug trafficking and related violence. This is not [...] | 2009-06-08 19:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID SNAR PREL MOPS PTER MX CO |
09BOGOTA1845 | MILITARY HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCES FACE GROWING [...] (C) President Uribe is increasingly sensitive to the need for further human rights progress within the military, publicly praising the efforts of former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos in this regard. Current GOC human rights initiatives have garnered results: reducing extrajudicial kil [...] | 2009-06-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA1853 | U PARTY MOVES AHEAD ON URIBE REELECTION--BUT ALSO [...] (C) President Uribe's allies remain focused on changing the Constitution to allow the president to run for a third term, but U party President Restrepo told us former-Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos would be the party's candidate if Uribe does not run. The bill to change the Constitution t [...] | 2009-06-09 22:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA1855 | NAS MONTHLY w5a hectares, with poor [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA1879 | BOTH SIDES UP THE ANTE IN EXECUTIVE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The ongoing feud between the executive and judicial branches heated up in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 4 conviction of two former congressmen for accepting bribes from GOC officials to help President Uribe's first reelection initiative. The Casa de Narino responded on June 7 by re [...] | 2009-06-11 19:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1894 | MEDELLIN'S MURDER RATE CONTINUES TO SOAR [...] (C) The murder rate in Medellin continues to soar, despite a late January GOC push to stem the increase. Medellin Secretary of Government Jesus Ramirez told us murders rose 80% in the city during the first five months of the year, compared with the same period in 2008. Ramirez and others att [...] | 2009-06-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1975 | SUPREME COURT AND GOC UPDATE POSTIIONS ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with leaders of Colombia's Supreme Court and with Interior and Justice Minister Valencia Cossio to discuss extradition-related issues. The Ambassador stressed the USG's desire to keep positive relations with the Court, and said the Court might find USG input [...] | 2009-06-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1982 | SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...] | 2009-06-18 23:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA1999 | COLOMBIAN SENATORS INVESTIGATED IN [...] (U) In the most recent development in the "FARC-political" scandal, Colombian Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez announced on June 10 the opening of preliminary investigations against Colombian senators Piedad Cordoba, Wilson Borja and Gloria Ines Ramirez. Ordonez said the investigations are [...] | 2009-06-22 15:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PJUS PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA2001 | SCENESETTER FOR URIBE VISIT: RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) President Uribe will use his visit to reaffirm our strong bilateral ties. He will seek a timeline for approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and will want continued U.S. help against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug trafficking organizations. Ur [...] | 2009-06-22 16:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID SNAR PGOV PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA2015 | RAPPORTEUR SEES PROGRESS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (U) United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston released his initial findings June 18. He praised the GOC's efforts to address 'false positives,' noting allegations of military extrajudicial killings have fallen sharply over the last 6-9 months, but called f [...] | 2009-06-22 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2016 | CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...] | 2009-06-23 18:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2019 | CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...] | 2009-06-23 20:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2030 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aerial Eradication program sprayed 10,895 hectares in May, putting the program on schedule to reach the calendar goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Due to enhanced communication and synchronization, Accion Social management agreed to remove previously established, large no- [...] | 2009-06-24 22:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2050 | ARMY IG ORDERED TO STOP 'FALSE POSITIVE' [...] (C) Army Inspector General General Carlos Suarez told us on June 23 that Army Commander General Oscar Gonzalez Pena had ordered him to temporarily stop investigating 'false positive' cases. Gonzalez claimed the investigations were undermining officers' morale and leading to fewer combat kil [...] | 2009-06-25 22:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2052 | COLOMBIAN CONGRESS FREES 19,000 AUC FROM LEGAL [...] (SBU) The Colombian Congress passed a law on June 15 allowing the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) to apply the 'principle of opportunity'--a plea bargain which allows suspension of criminal investigations--to 19,000 demobilized rank-and-file paramilitaries. The 19,000 demobilized in t [...] | 2009-06-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2062 | URABA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Local security officialstold us major drug trafficker Daniel Rendon's (Don Mario's) capture has not affected local crime rates, and that narcotrafficking remains an enormous problem. The FARC, ELN, and criminal groups grow coca in the region's national parks, ship drugs out through the G [...] | 2009-06-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2065 | BOTH SIDES SEE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE IN VICTIMS' [...] (U) Citing exorbitant costs, the Uribe coalition voted down the final version of the Victim's bill--which would have provided financial and land reparations to all victims--on June 18. Victims' groups considered the loss a relative victory since the GOC-sponsored Victims' bill--which require [...] | 2009-06-26 22:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2073 | SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING FOURTH ROUND [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations made swift and significant progress during the fourth round of Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) talks, held in Bogota on June 23-25. The two sides reached nearly complete agreement on roughly eighty percent of the DCA text. President Uribe's instructions [...] | 2009-06-30 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2088 | FISCALIA CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOACHA CASES [...] (U) The Fiscalia has formally charged 75 individuals--72 army and 3 civilians--for the 'false positive' murders of thirteen Soacha residents. In courtroom statements, prosecutors have attributed the motive to the military's informal bodycount system. Victims' families report receiving thre [...] | 2009-07-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2089 | JUNE HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to make progress in 'false positive' investigations, with 75 people charged for involvement in the Soacha scandal and seven members of the Army convicted in older cases. The Fiscalia is currently investigating 1056 cases--involving [...] | 2009-07-01 20:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2173 | FISCALIA: NO PATTERN OF ARBITRARY DETENTION, BUT [...] (U) Advisor to the National Director of Prosecutors Maria Ximena Rincon told us the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) is reviewing 32 cases documented in a recent Human Rights First (HRF) report on alleged baseless prosecutions and arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders. The re [...] | 2009-07-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2246 | THE URIBE COALITION: LESS THAN SOLID [...] (C) President Uribe's legislative coalition is focused on changing the Constitution to allow Uribe to run for a third term in 2010, but the House and Senate must reconcile differing versions of the reelection bill before it can go forward. After Congressional approval, Colombia's Constitution [...] | 2009-07-15 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2359 | URIBE AUTHORIZES CORDOBA PARTICIPATION, OPENS DOOR [...] (C) President Uribe reversed his previous position and announced on July 8 that Senator Piedad Cordoba was authorized to participate in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage releases, with the stipulation that the FARC's remaining 24 uniformed hostages be released simultaneousl [...] | 2009-07-24 23:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINS BR EC CO VT |
09BOGOTA2376 | COLOMBIA DCA NEGOTIATIONS -- EMBASSY IDEAS FOR [...] (C) The GOC expects positive signals soon on Track II issues as DCA negotiations wrap up. They have repeatedly stated that satisfaction on Track II is a precondition for closing out the DCA. Embassy recommends positive responses without additional commitments, specifically a U.S. Air Force-t [...] | 2009-07-27 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV MCAP KTIA PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2380 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 14,380 hectares in June and is on schedule to reach the 100,000 hectare goal. Accion Social opened up more area to spray in Tumaco, Narino. Phase II of the manual eradication campaign will end in July and Phase III will start in mid-August; [...] | 2009-07-28 18:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2409 | GOC ASKS FOR USG HELP TO PERSUADE EU AND RUSSIA TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Vice Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero and Vice Defense Minister Sergio Jaramillo called Charge to the Foreign Ministry on July 29 to request USG assistance in persuading the EU and Russia to suspend arms sales to Venezuela. T [...] | 2009-07-30 17:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC PARM SW RS EU CO |
09BOGOTA2472 | JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The GOC launched its administrative reparations program; President Uribe issued reparations to victims of paramilitary, FARC and ELN violence in Popayan, Monteria and Medellin. To date, 230,000 individuals have registered to receive administrative reparations. United Nations Special Rapport [...] | 2009-08-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2505 | COLOMBIA DCA WORKING GROUP TALKS YIELD MORE [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian working group delegations met in Bogota on August 4-5 to discuss the remaining unresolved issues in the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). Despite the intense public debate playing out in Colombia and regionally concerning the DCA, the Government of Colombia (GOC) tea [...] | 2009-08-06 22:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
09BOGOTA2520 | URIBE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR DEFUSES SOME U.S. DEFENSE [...] (C) President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez visited the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil from August 4-6 to privately make the case that the August 10 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Quito would be an inappropriate forum to [...] | 2009-08-10 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA2526 | COLOMBIA MOVES TO EXPEDITE IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (U) Summary. The GOC presented on August 5 a new state policy aimed at improving efforts to identify the remains of victims of forced disappearances. The policy will dedicate $48.3 million in investment and operations over five years, which is projected to increase the GOC's capacity for gene [...] | 2009-08-11 23:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2563 | COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE (AUGUST 20-23) [...] (SBU) We welcome the return of House Democracy Assistance Commission Chairman David Price and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement has heated up and amidst significant political developments, as Congress exerts greater [...] | 2009-08-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA2611 | COLOMBIA ACCEPTS POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...] (SBU) We delivered S/P's invitation to policy planning talks at the Department, the draft agenda and the talking points (per reftel) to MFA Vice Minister Clemencia Forero and the MFA North America office on August 10. On August 18, MFA North America Director Adriana Maldonado confirmed that C [...] | 2009-08-19 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM EAID MARR CO |
09BOGOTA2698 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...] | 2009-08-24 19:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2714 | GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...] | 2009-08-25 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX |
09BOGOTA2715 | GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...] | 2009-08-25 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX |
09BOGOTA2736 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH MOD SILVA [...] (S/NF) In an August 20 conversation with newly installed Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva, Ambassador Brownfield discussed several regional issues related to the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). The Ambassador noted that any cross-border operations while the region was focused on the DCA would [...] | 2009-08-26 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS CO |
09BOGOTA275 | COMMENTS ON THE CHILD LABOR DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (C) This is a response to the request for comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods from counties that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor in violation of international standards. Post concurs [...] | 2009-01-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA2756 | COLOMBIA DEMARCHES THAILAND ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (C) The Ambassador asked Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez to demarche the Royal Thai Government (RTG) concerning the case of arms trafficker Viktor Bout (reftel) on August 24 and followed up with Vice Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero on August 26. VFM Forero confirmed that the GOC sent a dipl [...] | 2009-08-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM MARR TH CO |
09BOGOTA2759 | GENERAL SAAVEDRA SENDS POSITIVE SIGNALS ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group met August 24 with Colombian Army General Carlos Saavedra, who coordinates implementation of the GOC's security strategy in relation to the National Consolidation Plan (PNC). Many areas targeted for CSDI assista [...] | 2009-08-28 19:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA2765 | LATEST AWA MASSACRE INCITES SWIFT RESPONSE, BUT [...] (C) Unknown actors murdered 12 Awa indigenous--including six minors--in their home the morning of Wednesday, August 26. Four people reportedly survived the attack. One of the victims, Tulia Garcia Guanga, was allegedly the sole witness to the May 25 'false positive'--military homicide repo [...] | 2009-08-28 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2786 | AERIAL ERADICATION RESUMES IN THE MACARENA CONSOLIDATION [...] Summary: On July 2, officials from the Macarena Consolidation Program (PCIM) met with NAS and the Colombian Antinarcotics Police to request aerial eradication operations in the PCIM. The request comes over a year after the Colombian government declared the PCIM off-limits to spray to accommod [...] | 2009-09-01 11:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL SENV KCRM PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2787 | FARC BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON U.S.-FUNDED JUSTICE HOUSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian national police blamed the FARC for an August 19 attack on a U.S.-funded justice center in Cauca department. There were no reported injuries, but approximately 80% of the structure was destroyed by the blast. USAID had invested $150,000 in the new justice house, [...] | 2009-09-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KJUS ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA2836 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ON [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with the country directors of the UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) separately to discuss the status of Colombia's conflict and several related human rights themes. Christian Salazar of the UNHCHR noted a [...] | 2009-09-03 17:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS MCAP MOPS KTIA CO |
09BOGOTA2839 | AWA MASSACRE: MANY ALLEGATIONS, FEW CLEAR FACTS [...] (C) Prosecutor General Human Rights Unit Director Castro said the unit has no suspects and has made no arrests in conjunction with the August 26 massacre of 12 Awa near Tumaco (Narino). Another source close to the investigation discounted military or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FA [...] | 2009-09-03 20:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2872 | THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS YELL "NO MORE CHAVEZ!" [...] A group calling itself "No More Chavez" launched protests across Colombia and around the world on September 4 against the Government of Venezuela. Protesters demanded that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stay out of Colombia, grouped him with the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colo [...] | 2009-09-04 21:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM VE CO |
09BOGOTA2904 | AUGUST COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Colombian military is moving forward with its security strategy in support of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),the GOC's effort to increase state presence in Colombia. Civilian participation at a senior level meeting for the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI),the [...] | 2009-09-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA2920 | AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) The Acting Prosecutor General announced September 7 that members of the military are not suspects in the August 26 murder of 12 Awa indigenous in Narino. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission told us privately he is concerned military public posturin [...] | 2009-09-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA2923 | CODEL PRICE: COLOMBIANS EMPHASIZE DEFENSE COOPERATION, FREE [...] (U) The House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Colombia from August 20-23. Led by Chairman David Price, HDAC met with President Uribe and Colombian Congressional leadership, including the Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees. President Uribe highlighted the successes of Pl [...] | 2009-09-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA2925 | COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) has heated up and amidst significant political developments. The Government of Colombia (GOC) [...] | 2009-09-11 16:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP MASS ASEC PREF ECON |
09BOGOTA2929 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 5,868 hectares (ha) and, with 73,084 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Phase III of the GOC's 2009 manual eradication campaign began in early August; total manual coca eradication through August [...] | 2009-09-11 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2958 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TARGETED [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield visited the prominent Colombian human rights NGO, the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) on September 4 to launch the Embassy's new human rights strategy. CCJ Director Gustavo Gallon attributed responsibility for illegal intelligence collection by the Administrati [...] | 2009-09-15 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2961 | MILITARY'S MOMENTUM SLOWS: COLOMBIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) demobilizations continued to decline in the second quarter of 2009, as did FARC kills and captures by the Colombian military. National Liberation Army (ELN) demobilizations remained higher. FARC Secretariat member Jorge Briceno (alias "Mono J [...] | 2009-09-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | MOPS MCAP PTER MARR ASEC SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA2962 | UK INSTITUTE TO PUBLISH CONTENTS OF FARC LAPTOPS [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Sergio Jaamillo told us on September 10 that the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London plans to publish the contents of the hard drives belonging to deceased Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Secretariat member Raul Reyes. The [...] | 2009-09-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA298 | ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN PROMPTS CUTS TO COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary. Reacting to a projected economic slowdown in 2009, the Government of Colombia (GOC) plans to cut the national budget by $1.4 billion, including a proposed $190 million reduction to the defense budget. The proposal would reduce future expenditures on ammunition, rifles, communicat [...] | 2009-01-29 21:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA3000 | GOC RESPONSE TO TVPRA LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED WITH [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOC officials on September 9 concerning the release of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor." Only the Ministry of Social Protection (MPS) responded to the demarche, providing the embassy with a detai [...] | 2009-09-17 19:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PTER USTR CO |
09BOGOTA3004 | LIBERAL PARTY TO TEST ITS STRENGTH IN UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Liberal Party insiders hope for a robust turnout in their September 27 primary to select local leaders and a presidential candidate in what they see as a test of strength. Cesar Gaviria, former president and head of the party, is publicly hammering away at the reelection referendum whil [...] | 2009-09-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3011 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA REGARDING UNASUR [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva during a Colombian Air Force ceremony in Tres Esquinas, Caqueta on September 16, 2009. Silva said that the Government of Colombia (GOC) was satisfied with the outcome of the September 15 UNASUR summit in Quito, Ecuador. S [...] | 2009-09-18 18:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
09BOGOTA3031 | UNDP LABOR VIOLENCE STUDY KICKS OFF [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Colombia launched its long-anticipated labor violence study with an Ambassador-level planning meeting (which Ambassador Brownfield attended) and working-level workshop on September 4, 2009. The study will analyze the causes and effects of la [...] | 2009-09-21 20:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PTER USTR CO |
09BOGOTA3043 | (C/NF) COLOMBIAN SENATOR CLAIMS DEATH THREATS BY URIBE [...] (C/NF) Opposition Senator Rodrigo Lara told us he received death threats that he believes emanate from influential supporters of President Alvaro Uribe. Lara - son of a crusading Justice Minister slain by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel - claims his own anti-corruption efforts unearthed corrup [...] | 2009-09-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KJUS SNAR |
09BOGOTA3045 | SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota warmly welcomes the visit of R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Your visit comes as Colombia faces new challenges from narcotrafficking groups as well as some political uncertainty. The Colombian Congress has just approved a referend [...] | 2009-09-23 23:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3047 | URIBE'S PARTY WINS BIG IN POLITICAL MUSICAL CHAIRS [...] President Uribe's "U" party consolidated its Congressional base as part of a political reform that gave members until September 14 to change parties. While the changes left the balance of power between Uribe's coalition and the opposition in the Congress unchanged, the "U" and Conservative Par [...] | 2009-09-23 23:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA3049 | MURDERS OF UNIONISTS DROP AS PROSECUTIONS INCREASE [...] (SBU) The number of trade unionist killings to date in 2009 is 24, 47% less than the same period in 2008. The Prosecutor General's Labor Crimes Sub-Unit has racked up 44 convictions in 2009 against perpetrators of violence against unionists. The majority of Colombian unionists work in the pub [...] | 2009-09-24 16:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER USTR CO |
09BOGOTA305 | GOC PRIVATIZATION OF PROTECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) Interior and Justice Minister (MOIJ) Fabio Valencia announced January 26 that the GOC-funded and administered protection program for at-risk individuals, including unionists and human rights defenders, will be contracted out to a private security firm starting January, 2010. The body guar [...] | 2009-01-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA3073 | THE AWA ARE PLEASED WITH RESPONSE TO MASSACRE, WELCOME USG [...] (C) On September 15 the DCM and several USG officials met with the president of the Awa Indigenous People's Unity Association (UNIPA),Gabriel Bisbicus, and several representatives of the Awa community. Bisbicus said the Prosecutor General's investigation into the killing of 12 Awa by unknown [...] | 2009-09-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3075 | QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON "OFFENSIVE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Brian Nichols hosted the Embassy's quarterly consultations with human rights groups on September 14. As agreed previously with the groups, the discussion focused on issues dealing with general criteria for the Human Rights Certification process. The groups focused on the i [...] | 2009-09-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS ELAB PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3093 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING [...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...] | 2009-09-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC |
09BOGOTA3097 | OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES HIGHLIGHT WEAKNESS IN THE [...] (U) Former Defense Minister Rafael Pardo of the Liberal Party and Senator Gustavo Petro of the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) won their parties' presidential primaries on September 27. These two opposition parties viewed the elections as a test of strength but voter turnout was much lower t [...] | 2009-09-29 18:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3123 | CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS IN NARINO PROMPTS FARC THREAT [...] (C/NF) The Colombian National Police (CNP) obtained on August 22 a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 29th Front pamphlet declaring all social projects under the GOC's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) military targets. The CNP has reviewed the communique and believes it to be authe [...] | 2009-10-05 13:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO |
09BOGOTA3129 | SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) The United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders called on the GOC to increase dialogue with civil society and to allocate resources for criminal investigations into threats against defenders at the conclusion of her visit September 7-18. The United Nations Children's Fund p [...] | 2009-10-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB PREL CO |
09BOGOTA3160 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN [...] (U) The Ambassador participated in a September 16 ceremony to transfer ownership of five counterdrug radar installations to the Colombian Air Force (COLAF). The ceremony was held at the Tres Esquinas Air Force Base, in a remote area near the Colombia-Ecuador border. The transfer ceremony incl [...] | 2009-10-02 17:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MARR PHUM PTER SNAR AORC MOPS |
09BOGOTA3185 | UPDATE ON ILLEGAL WIRETAP SCANDALS [...] (S/NF) Colombian Government officials continue to engage in damage control in the wake of wiretap scandals embroiling the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) and the Prosecutor General's Office. The Prosecutor General's Office is investigating alleged crimes by former DAS officials as [...] | 2009-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3189 | BOGOTA DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 22:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS |
09BOGOTA319 | FARC RELEASES ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES IN ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) The FARC released four "political hostages," including three police and one soldier, on February 1 to Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba and the ICRC. Brazil provided logistical support, including two helicopters. The FARC's last two civilian "political" hostages--former Meta Governor Alan [...] | 2009-02-02 22:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA3223 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA ON AFGHANISTAN DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva and Vice Minister Sergio Jaramillo on October 1, 2009. Silva told the Ambassador that the Government of Colombia (GOC) wants to complete the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and review of Track II issues [...] | 2009-10-16 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER PHUM AF CO |
09BOGOTA3241 | GOC MAKES INITIAL ARRESTS IN AWA MASSACRE [...] (C) The Colombian National Police (CNP) arrested five members of the criminal band "Cockroaches" ("Las cucarachas") for their alleged involvement in the August 26 murders of 12 Awa indigenous. United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission Christian Salazar said prose [...] | 2009-10-20 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3253 | POSSIBLE BOMB PLOT TARGETING A U.S. EMBASSY [...] (S) SUMMARY- On October 23, 2009, the RSO office received information from DEA Bogota that there is a possible plan using explosives targeting a U.S Embassy. The information was obtained from a recorded conversation between a DEA source and a Colombian Drug Trafficker. The validity of the so [...] | 2009-10-23 23:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
09BOGOTA3262 | SEPTEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) Diego Molano was named the new head of the President's Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Accion Social). The GOC has officially changed the name of "Fusion Centers" to "Regional Coordination Centers." Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton visited the Plan for [...] | 2009-10-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3267 | COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT SHOWS DECLINE IN NEW DISPLACEMENTS, [...] (U) The Colombian Government's (GOC) national registry of internally displaced persons (IDPs) shows a 10% decline in displacements in 2008. Social Action (Accion Social),the GOC's development agency charged with IDP assistance coordination, has registered only 86,397 new displacements through [...] | 2009-10-27 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3271 | CNP HYPOTHESIS AS TO ILLEGAL WIRETAPS MASTERMINDS [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolCouns and XXXXXXXXXXXX Colombia DeskOfficer on October 21 that the analysis of cell phone calls made by the six signers of mala fide judicial telephone intercept orders (see reftels) submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office pointed to an individual named XXXXXXX [...] | 2009-10-27 23:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3281 | GOC TAKES SOUNDINGS ON ELN PEACE TALKS [...] (S) The Government of Colombia (GOC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) continue to flirt with an official peace process but are far from taking concrete steps to initiate talks. Former National Liberation Army (ELN) peace negotiator Francisco Galan initiated an "exploration" of renewed peace [...] | 2009-10-29 18:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3287 | GOC REACTS CALMLY TO MASSACRE IN VENEZUELA, BUT WORRIES [...] (C/NF) The GOC has little information on the apparent massacre of nine Colombians (along with one Peruvian and one Venezuelan) whose bodies were discovered on October 24 in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. GOC officials say the GBRV has shared little and has paid no heed to Colombian offers of [...] | 2009-10-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO VE |
09BOGOTA3289 | AMBASSADOR SIGNED DCA ON OCTOBER 30 IN LOW-KEY CEREMONY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador signed the U.S. - Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in a low-key, private ceremony on October 30 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as instructed per reftel. Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaime Bermudez Merizalde, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva Lujan, and Mini [...] | 2009-10-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER KTIA CO |
09BOGOTA3300 | NAS Monthly Report for September 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...] | 2009-10-16 19:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3313 | A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS HEATS UP COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA [...] (C/NF) The GOC is remaining cool in the face of rising bilateral tensions with Venezuela, with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez publicly calling for calm on November 4. However, observers worry Venezuelan actions reveal an aggressive intent. The GBRV blames alleged Colombian param [...] | 2009-11-05 18:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD VE CO |
09BOGOTA3333 | Ambassador Discusses DAS Scandal and Judicial Cooperation [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Court President Augusto Ibanez thanked the Ambassador for USG support in ensuring a successful U.S. visit for Colombian judges and emphasized the Court's desire for ongoing collaboration. The Ambassador impressed upon Ibanez the need for continued exchange programs between [...] | 2009-11-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3347 | COLOMBIA'S CLOUDY ELECTIONS PANORAMA [...] (SBU) As the May 30, 2010 presidential election draws nearer, campaigns have begun and the field of candidates is slowly being whittled down. However, the potential referendum to allow President Uribe to run for a third term combined with missing electoral rules of the game (especially regardi [...] | 2009-11-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PINR OAS CO |
09BOGOTA335 | COLOMBIA RAISING ITS REGIONAL PROFILE, STARTING [...] (C) High-level meetings between Colombian and Mexican officials in recent months highlight the GOC's growing willingness to take on a leadership role in the region in combating terrorism, narcotics and other criminal activity. The two countries are working more closely than ever to fight narc [...] | 2009-02-03 21:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR |
09BOGOTA3362 | TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY: FROM FAILING STATE TO STABLE ALLY [...] (SBU) The Ambassador challenged the Embassy's Country Team to critique and refine Post's strategic mission during the annual offsite meeting on October 5. The Country Team developed several objectives for the coming year, including: articulating and promoting the USG message on human rights i [...] | 2009-10-23 14:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM PREF PTER MARR SNAR ETRD |
09BOGOTA3365 | OCTOBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) On October 26, the DCM addressed a labor event and conveyed the USG's strong support for the work of labor leaders and other activists. The Prosecutor General's Office obtained convictions and issued arrest warrants in cases involving military extrajudicial executions and paramilitary mass [...] | 2009-11-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV PTER ELAB MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3389 | 2009 STALEMATE CONTINUES: COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR [...] (C) The Colombian military's momentum remained slower in the third quarter of 2009, with demobilizations, captures and kills of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members below 2008 levels. The Colombian military believes the FARC may be planning to concentrate on Cundinamarca depar [...] | 2009-11-16 18:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS MCAP ASEC PREL PGOV PREF CO |
09BOGOTA3393 | MOD OVERULES ARMY COMMANDER'S TRANSFER OF KEY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Minister of Defense (MOD) Gabriel Silva Lujan countermanded a transfer order from the army commander that would have sent the reform-minded army inspector general to the defense attache post in Chile -- and to an early retirement. Instead, Army Inspector General (IG) Major General Carlos S [...] | 2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA3435 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...] | 2009-11-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3437 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRASER'S NOV 30 - DEC 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric, violence against Colombians along the b [...] | 2009-11-25 18:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3483 | COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SOURS ON ISRAELI DEFENSE FIRM [...] (S/NF) General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),told the Ambassador on November 24 that Defense Minister Gabriel Silva was souring on the Defense Ministry's relationship with Israel. Naranjo said that the CNP's relationship with retired Israeli Major General Yisr [...] | 2009-12-01 20:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER IS PE PM CO |
09BOGOTA3491 | NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) General Jaime Humberto Uscategui was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 1997 Mapiripan, Meta massacre -- Uscategui is the first general to be convicted for involvement in a paramilitary massacre. A non-commissioned officer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2005 extrajudicial e [...] | 2009-12-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3499 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NGO RECEIVING THREATS [...] (C) On November 27, the Ambassador met with Leon Valencia, Director of the Colombian think tank New Rainbow Corporation (CNAI). The Ambassador expressed concern over the threats CNAI had received in October. The discussion centered on CNAI's annual report that posits the GOC's democratic secu [...] | 2009-12-03 21:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3503 | THE MEDELLIN MIRACLE LOSES ITS LUSTER [...] (C) Medellin's homicide rate continues to climb, reversing positive trends experienced between 2002 and 2008. Residents attribute the rise in murders to local criminal groups competing for turf in Medellin's underworld. As the GOC successfully eliminates cocaine kingpins nationally, drug traf [...] | 2009-12-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SOCI |
09BOGOTA3519 | DAS DIRECTOR: ILLEGALITY OF SURVEILLANCE UNCLEAR [...] (C) In a meeting with Polcouns November 13, Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz said that allegations against his agency of illegal surveillance were exaggerated in some cases. Nevertheless, he emphasized that DAS is cooperating with Colombian judicial authorities [...] | 2009-12-07 22:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3526 | Researchers Assess Post-FARC Consolidation, Intelligentsia [...] (U) On October 28, think tank New Rainbow Corporation and the Dutch Embassy held a public forum on the Integral Plan for the Consolidation of La Macarena (PCIM). La Macarena lacked a state presence for years and was the home base region of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). R [...] | 2009-11-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3533 | EMBASSY BOGOTA WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION [...] Embassy Bogota nominates Claudia Maria Mejia Duque, Executive Director and co-founder of women's rights NGO Sisma Mujer, for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Mejia's organization has empowered women to address and overcome the impact of sexual violence [...] | 2009-12-11 20:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3559 | Charge Discusses Colombia-Panama Border Cooperation with [...] (S/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),on December 15 to discuss Colombia - Panama law enforcement cooperation. Naranjo repeatedly stressed that cooperation with Panama would be completely coordinated with the USG, and that the [...] | 2009-12-16 20:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR ASEC PM CO |
09BOGOTA3577 | COLOMBIA'S LEFT STRUGGLES FOR POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) During eight years of an extremely popular center-right Uribe Administration, Colombia's political left has struggled to define itself, its opposition role, and ways to influence national institutions of power. The left has been fractured, changing, and not united by shared objectives or [...] | 2009-12-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON SNAR PHUM CO VE |
09BOGOTA3581 | QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON JUDICIAL [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Brian Nichols hosted the Embassy's quarterly consultations with human rights groups on December 15. The discussion focused on judicial independence, the failure to implement the new intelligence law, and specific cases of displacement and "social cleansing." The Director [...] | 2009-12-18 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA3582 | OCTOBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (U) At a senior level coordinating meeting, Diego Molano, civilian lead of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),set goals for consolidation and attempted to reinvigorate the interagency coordinating mechanism. The military is still playing a large role in Montes de Maria. USAID held 11 town [...] | 2009-11-10 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3586 | Colombia Shares Lessons from Demobilizing over 51,000 [...] President Uribe and Frank Pearl, High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration and High Commissioner for Peace, launched a document based on Colombia's experience in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) on November 3. The GOC initiative seeks to share with other nations in c [...] | 2009-11-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO BR HA RP |
09BOGOTA3593 | VICE MINISTER OF DEFENSE JARAMILLO RESIGNS OVER THIRD TERM, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense Sergio Jaramillo resigned on December 17. He told the Charge d'Affaires on December 18 that despite his poor relationship with Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva Lujan, the real reason for his departure was his disagreement with President Alvaro Uribe's intention to [...] | 2009-12-21 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3595 | FARC AND ELN ANNOUNCE NON-AGGRESSION PACT [...] (C) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN) issued a joint communique in mid-December announcing non-aggression pact between the two organizations. Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva said that the pact shows the organizations are in a weakened st [...] | 2009-12-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3599 | FARC KIDNAPS COLOMBIAN GOVERNOR FROM HIS RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) On the evening of December 21, approximately ten Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) fighters dressed in Colombian military uniforms kidnapped the governor of Colombia's Caqueta department from his residence in Florencia. The kidnappers, believed to belong to the FARC'S Teofilo [...] | 2009-12-22 18:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3604 | COLOMBIA TOTAL COCA ERADICATION IS DOWN IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing record coca eradication in 2008, the USG and United Nations reported significant declines in Colombian cocaine production potential and coca cultivation in Colombia last year. Total coca eradication in 2009 is projected to be approximately 157,000 hectares, 32 percent less tha [...] | 2009-11-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3617 | FARC KILL GOVERNOR OF CAQUETA [...] (SBU) On December 22, security officials recovered the body of the governor of Caqueta Department, who had been kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) the night before (reftel). President Uribe condemned the murder, said that rescue teams would now turn to capturing the per [...] | 2009-12-23 21:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PHUM ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3621 | Unfinished Business: Reelection, Prosecutor General, Intel [...] (U) Although the Colombian Congress managed to pass the national budget and an extension of the "war tax" before adjourning in December 2009, the legislative and judicial branches left a number of important initiatives for the new year. These include: a Constitutional Court decision on whethe [...] | 2009-12-23 21:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3635 | COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10) [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...] | 2009-12-31 19:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO |
09BOGOTA3662 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...] | 2009-11-18 13:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA379 | PROTECTIONIST LABOR LAWS HINDER FORMAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Colombia's heavily taxed and regulated labor market--higher than many regionally--encourages informality and temporary contracts and cooperatives, said Vice President of the National Association of Industries (ANDI) Alberto Echavarria. He added that the 50% additional non-wage worker c [...] | 2009-02-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA383 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The signing of a new defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States is a priority for President Uribe. The current negotiations come at a time when the GOC is eager to cement the historically solid U.S.-Colombian bilateral relationship under the new U.S. administration. The GOC and [...] | 2009-02-05 19:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS CO |
09BOGOTA3968 | NOVEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Embassy activated the Northern Band (Bajo Cauca in northern Antioquia) as the fourth Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) priority zone. Montes de Maria will remain a part of CSDI but requires less coordinated action from USG agencies due to progress on the ground. Gener [...] | 2009-12-11 15:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA3998 | 2009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...] | 2009-12-15 18:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC |
09BOGOTA401 | DESERTIONS RISING, OPS SLOWING?: COLOMBIA CONFLICT [...] (C) The Colombian military did not score any high-profile tactical wins over the FARC in the fourth quarter of 2008, leading to a public perception that the GOC lost momentum following earlier successes. Some officers claimed commanders had become too cautious after the dismissal of 27 milita [...] | 2009-02-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA4122 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...] | 2009-12-30 21:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA413 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...] | 2009-02-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO |
09BOGOTA427 | URIBE SLAMS FARC "INTELLECTUAL BLOCK" AFTER [...] (S) The FARC freed six "political" hostages the week of February 1 to the ICRC and members of the "Colombians for Peace" group led by Senator Piedad Cordoba. After the releases, Uribe slammed the FARC's "intellectual block"--a reference to Cordoba's group--for trying to "trick" Colombia and [...] | 2009-02-10 22:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA434 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...] | 2009-02-11 20:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA435 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...] | 2009-02-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO |
09BOGOTA438 | FARC MASSACRES 17 INDIGENOUS IN NARINO - HIGH RISK [...] (SBU) The FARC killed at least 17 members of the Awa indigenous tribe, including three minors, on February 4 in the southwestern department of Narino. Details remain unconfirmed, but the local UNHCR Representative told us an eye-witness reported that the FARC tortured and stabbed the victims [...] | 2009-02-11 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA455 | THINK TANK "NUEVO ARCO IRIS" BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Center-left think tank Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris (CNAI--"New Rainbow Corporation") leaders Leon Valencia, Claudia Lopez, and Mauricio Romero told the Ambassador on February 2 that the GOC has not done enough to break paramilitary ties with politicians, especially at the local level. [...] | 2009-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA478 | NATIONAL POLICE SPEARHEAD RECORD YEAR OF DRUG SEIZURES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian Public Forces set new records for seizures of cocaine (including base),marijuana, and drug labs in 2008. Colombian Public Forces seized 245 metric tons of cocaine and base, 258 metric tons (MTs) of marijuana, and 695 kilos of heroin this past year. They also de [...] | 2009-02-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA483 | STEADY PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN FIRST ROUND OF [...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations made steady progress in the first round of negotiations on a defense cooperation agreement (DCA). Citing regional tensions, the Colombian delegation attempted to include U.S. security guarantees in the text of the agreement, but later agreed to discuss these [...] | 2009-02-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MOPS MCAP MARR CO |
09BOGOTA485 | URIBE HARDENS LINE ON HUMANITARIAN ACCORD TALKS [...] (C) President Uribe ruled out talks with the FARC on a humanitarian exchange of FARC-held hostages for FARC members in Colombian jails, saying the FARC must unilaterally free its hostages. He also ordered the military to put "permanent pressure" on the FARC through "humanitarian encirclement [...] | 2009-02-17 22:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA488 | UPDATE ON FARC KILLINGS OF INDIGENOUS IN NARINO - [...] (U) The FARC confirmed in a communique on February 17 that a FARC unit executed eight Awa in Narino department after the victims supposedly "confessed" to collaborating with the Colombian military. Other reports say the FARC tortured and killed at least 17 Awa, with ten more missing. A human [...] | 2009-02-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI CO |
09BOGOTA526 | SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 4-5 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Admiral Mullen to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As you know from previous visits, in ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in [...] | 2009-02-19 18:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP ECON CO |
09BOGOTA569 | DAS CONTINUES DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Colombia's leading news magazine reported that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) illegally spied on a wide range of the GOC's domestic political opponents, including Supreme Court magistrates, opposition leaders and journalists. Some DAS officials reportedly monitored private [...] | 2009-02-23 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA571 | JOURNALIST RECEIVING DEATH THREATS - BLAMES GOC [...] (C) Independent journalist Hollman Morris told us he has received 50 death threats after President Uribe called him a "terrorist apologist" for his presence at the FARC's liberation of four hostages on February 1. He also complained that he was detained for seven hours by the Colombian mili [...] | 2009-02-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA613 | DEFENSE MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) The Defense Ministry (MOD) invited members of the diplomatic corps to a February 20 briefing on the events surrounding the December 16 killing of Jose Legarda--husband of Cauca indigenous leader Aida Quilcue. Vice Minister Jaramillo said that the killing was accidental, but accepted tha [...] | 2009-02-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA646 | BOGOTA MAYOR STRUGGLES AS POLO PARTY SEEKS TO SET [...] (C) Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno of the leftist Polo Party has been slammed by the media over a perceived "collapse" in the city--especially in mobility and security. Amidst rapidly falling poll ratings, Moreno has also faced tough criticism from members of his own party. Polo Senator Gustavo [...] | 2009-02-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN PGOV PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA688 | URIBE RESTRICTS DAS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN [...] (C) President Uribe stripped authority from the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) to conduct wiretaps after press revelations that the DAS had illegally spied on domestic political figures. All DAS monitoring must now be done under the control of the Colombian National Police (CNP). [...] | 2009-03-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA697 | UNHCHR HIGHLIGHTS COLOMBIAN PROGRESS/CHALLENGES IN [...] (U) In its draft annual report on human rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) highlights GOC efforts to ensure human rights protections including: implementation of new policies to reduce extrajudicial executions, a focus on victims' rights concerns in public [...] | 2009-03-02 19:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA715 | PRESIDENT URIBE APPROVES THE "STRATEGIC LEAP" [...] (C) On February 19, President Uribe approved a comprehensive plan known as the "Strategic Leap," designed to achieve irreversibility in the GOC's fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other criminal groups before his term ends in 2010. The plan calls for the deci [...] | 2009-03-02 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MOPS MCAP MASS MARR CO |
09BOGOTA736 | FEBRUARY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) reported that for the first time in 23 years, no Colombian journalists were killed for their work in 2008. The FARC and the ELN mounted indiscriminate attacks against security forces resulting in civilian deaths. Two former AUC members [...] | 2009-03-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA743 | ARMY FINDS UNION LEADER IN FARC CAMP [...] Colombian troops captured labor leader Juan Efrain Mendoza in the same February 27 raid that netted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Bernardo Mosquera Machado ("Negro Antonio"). Mendoza initially tried to flee the soldiers, but later claimed the FARC had kidnapped him. [...] | 2009-03-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KJUS PGOV PTER SOCI PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA768 | "NO CHANCE" OF FARC PEACE TALKS AS PEACE [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo announced on February 28 that he will resign from office, effective in mid-March, to start a unified "Uribista" political movement. He said President Uribe does not expect peace talks to occur during the remainder of his term, and the President will n [...] | 2009-03-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA776 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY OFFENSIVE GETS RESULTS [...] (SBU) The military scored several recent victories against the FARC, ending a lull of several months in which some questioned whether the GOC may have lost the initiative. On February 27, the Army's 5th Division captured "Negro Antonio," the deputy commander of the FARC's "Antonio Narino" urb [...] | 2009-03-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PTER MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA803 | GOC DISCOUNTS DIRECTIVE 29 LINK TO EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) Human rights groups contend that Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Directive 29 contributed to extrajudicial executions by providing financial rewards to soldiers for killing FARC members and thus it should be repealed. MOD officials who participated in the investigation of the Soacha murders [...] | 2009-03-10 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA849 | SUBJECT: URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER CONTINUES [...] (C) The recent scandal involving the Department of Administrative Security's (DAS) surveillance of several Supreme Court justices has exacerbated the already tense relations between the Court and the GOC. The dispute, originally centered on longstanding turf battles between the Supreme and Co [...] | 2009-03-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA852 | DON MARIO CONSOLIDATES POWER AS GOC INTENSIFIES [...] (C) GOC officials believe that leading narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") has consolidated control over most narcotrafficking in Antioquia and Choco, and has ALSO made major inroads in northeast Colombia. Rendon may also be starting to expand southward to gain access to tr [...] | 2009-03-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA896 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATES SEXUAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) The office of the Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) is investigating 183 cases of sexual abuses of women and girls allegedly committed by former paramilitaries, the FARC, and members of the military and police from 1993-2008. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) highli [...] | 2009-03-17 20:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA926 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA929 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA930 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrique Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA973 | EAC ON INCREASE OF REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Charge (CDA) convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 20, 2009 to review the Mission's security posture in response to an increase in FARC related threat reporting. The threat increase is related to what the FARC is calling "Black March," a period corresponding t [...] | 2009-03-20 21:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | ASEC AMGT CASC PTER CO |
09BOGOTA981 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...] | 2009-03-24 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA998 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY MAKES PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) The Defense Ministry and Armed Forces are making progress in implementing the fifteen measures announced by Defense Minister Santos in November 2008, to improve the military's human rights record and eliminate extrajudicial killings. The Ministry and the local UN High Commission on Huma [...] | 2009-03-25 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BRASILIA1194 | BRAZIL, HRC, AND GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) On September 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira, interim chief, Human Rights Division, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Cunha Oliveira disputed some of the points in the demarche and agreed with others. 2. (U) ONE-SIDED AND BIASED REPORT: [...] | 2009-09-24 18:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS BR |
09BRASILIA1206 | BRAZIL: POLICE PUBLICLY ADMIT AL QAEDA'S PRESENCE; [...] (U) Summary: The head of the Brazilian Federal Police,s (DPF) intelligence division admitted publicly during a Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, hearing on terrorism July 7 that an individual arrested in April on hate crimes-related charges was in fact linked to al Qaeda (AQ),the first time a Br [...] | 2009-10-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR |
09BRASILIA1216 | BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-7 VISIT OF S/CT [...] (C) The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on Lula,s excel [...] | 2009-10-02 21:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR |
09BRASILIA1239 | HANDLING VISA REQUEST FROM BRAZILIAN INVOLVED IN [...] (U) This is an action request--see paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Consulate General Sao Paulo on October 6 issued a visa to Paulo de Tarso Venceslau, who after the fact was identified in Brazilian media as one of the kidnappers of the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1969, s [...] | 2009-10-15 17:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER CVIS BR |
09BRASILIA1282 | BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" [...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...] | 2009-10-30 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR |
09BRASILIA1287 | BRAZILIAN RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff stressed that, because of our serious concerns about the Goldstone Report, the USG sought to prevent passage of a harmful Genera [...] | 2009-11-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER BR |
09BRASILIA1343 | BRAZIL'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCE SYSTEM: [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil has established generally adequate anti-money laundering mechanisms but lacks basic legislation criminalizing the financing of terrorism as an autonomous crime. The Financial Action Task Force evaluating Brazil this year is expected to make recommendations regarding the ef [...] | 2009-11-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR |
09BRASILIA1540 | BRAZIL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to cooperate in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere-to include investigating potential terrorism financing, document forgery networks, and other illicit activity. Opera [...] | 2009-12-31 13:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV BR |
09BRASILIA156 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1 [...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...] | 2009-02-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR |
09BRASILIA322 | FOLLOW UP ON BRAZIL'S SHARM AL SHEIKH PLEDGE [...] (U) On 10 March, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Counselor Claudio Cesar Nascimento, chief of the Middle East Division I of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Nascimento confirmed the USD 10 million pledge made by Foreign Minister Amorim at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, and noted t [...] | 2009-03-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BR |
09BRASILIA481 | BRAZIL TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per reftel A, Post designates the following terrorist finance coordination officers (TFCOs): -TFCO Name: Melissa San Miguel Title: Economic Officer Phone: 55-61-3312-7185 Unclassified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.gov Classified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.sgov.gov -Deputy TFCO Name: Jav [...] | 2009-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BR |
09BRASILIA671 | BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...] | 2009-05-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN |
09BRASILIA709 | Brazil: Initial Reactions on Cairo Speech [...] (U) Summary: In Brazil, President Obama's address to Muslims worldwide has drawn praise for its even-handed approach to the issues of religion and politics in the Middle East from government, congressional, academic contacts and from members of the Brazilian Middle Eastern and Muslim communitie [...] | 2009-06-04 22:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KPAO PREL PGOV ECON BR |
09BRASILIA771 | BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...] | 2009-06-18 19:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OREP PGOV BR |
09BRATISLAVA100 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) The eastern border of Slovakia, which is shared with Ukraine, is a common passage for Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians, and Chinese who mak [...] | 2009-02-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC SK PTER |
09BRATISLAVA34 | SLOVAKIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Slovakia. Embassy POC for this report is Political/Economic Chief Susan Ball, office phone 4212-5592-3412; email:BallSM@state.gov. General Assessment -------------------------- 2. No transnational terrorist or extr [...] | 2009-01-16 15:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC LO |
09BRATISLAVA441 | (S) RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FORM SLOVAK POLICE [...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer continues to work with the Slovak Police Presidium to further aid in its request for assistance. ARSO and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regional representative recently met with the local police, where we were informed that the request is related to a [...] | 2009-10-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER LO XG XH |
09BRATISLAVA444 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LO |
09BRATISLAVA465 | SLOVAKS WILL VOTE AGAINST GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL LO |
09BRATISLAVA470 | SLOVAKIA AGREES TO RESETTLE THREE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary: In a November 4 meeting with Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan Fried, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed to accept three Guantanamo detainees for resettlement in Slovakia. After further discussion of details and logistics with Foreign Minister Lajcak and Interior Min [...] | 2009-11-06 16:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LO HU PHUM |
09BRAZZAVILLE336 | CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper Coordinator (CONS) convened a Visas Viper meeting on 25 November 2009 to discuss activity for the month of November 2009. Viper Committee is comprised of Ambassador Eastham, DCM, ROS, CONS, and ECON/PD (Back-up CONS). There were no actionable viper issues during the re [...] | 2009-11-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | CF CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC KVPR |
09BRIDGETOWN116 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] (s/nf) According to the definitional criteria in reftel, the countries of the eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) have little that qualify as CI/KR assets from a U.S. national security perspective [...] | 2009-02-23 17:09:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL ETTC XL |
09BRIDGETOWN187 | JRCC ASSESSMENT, EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN [...] (SBU) The JRCC has proven to be an incredibly useful tool for this mission and in particular for our law enforcement community. Originally developed to screen for potential terrorist threats attendant to the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC),JRCC and the APIS system have had the unforeseen benefit [...] | 2009-03-25 21:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM CVIS EAIR PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN238 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS - [...] (sbu) Per reftel request, contact information for Embassy Bridgetown's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers follows: TFCO: Cheryl Kast Title: Treasury Attache Telephone: 246-227-4132 (office); 246-822-1176 (cell) unclass email 1: cheryl.kast@ci.irs.gov unclass email 2: kastcl@state.go [...] | 2009-04-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER XL |
09BRIDGETOWN292 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on May 15 the Embassy provided information concerning the addition of Abdul Haq to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with al-Qaeda, Usama bin Ladin, or the Taliban to the MFAs of the following countries under cover of Diplomatic Notes: [...] | 2009-05-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID XL |
09BRIDGETOWN699 | GOLDSTONE POINTS SENT TO EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 18:19:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL XL |
09BRUSSELS101 | (C) EU LIFTS MEK SANCTIONS; SECRETARIAT REQUESTS [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 11-12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S//NF) At the January 26 EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC),EU-27 Foreign Ministers approved as an "A-point" (no discussion) the de-listing of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) as a terr [...] | 2009-01-27 06:26:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC |
09BRUSSELS1021 | EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...] | 2009-07-27 04:56:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS1053 | BELGIUM: SMALL IRANIAN PROTESTS REQUESTING U.S. [...] (U) Poloff met with three small groups of Iranians in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels on July 28, 29 and 31. Members of each group had immediate family inside Camp Ashraf and left Poloff with literature, which has been sent to the NEA/I desk. Their requests were for the U.S. to intervene [...] | 2009-07-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR BE ASEC |
09BRUSSELS108 | INTRODUCING THE EU IV: THE JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL, SUPERVISORY [...] In addition to its core policy and law-making institutions (the Commission, Council and European Council, and European Parliament - see REFs B and C),the EU institutional system also includes several other bodies with judicial, monetary, financial, supervisory or advisory functions. Among th [...] | 2009-01-27 15:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV EUN PTER KTFN KJUS UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS1097 | BELGIUM: DONOR SUPPORT FOR THE SOMALIA TFG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID KPKO BE SO |
09BRUSSELS1105 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: INTRODUCING THE NEW CIVIL LIBERTIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past, the European Parliament's (EP) Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) served as the EP's platform for debate on often controversial issues regarding U.S. policy, including Guantanamo detainees and data transfer. If the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, t [...] | 2009-08-10 15:48:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS120 | EU COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATOR ON GAERC INFORMAL [...] (C) According to European Union (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, with whom Mission officers met January 27, the previous day's informal discussion on Guantanamo at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) remained as yet inconclusive. De Kerchove said h [...] | 2009-01-28 15:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWK KISL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1213 | BELGIUM DECIDES TO TAKE ONE GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on September 4 that Belgium "has accepted the request of the United States to resettle an ex-detainee from Guantanamo." The detainee, who was not named, is to receive an entry visa and resident status with the right to a work permit. Before [...] | 2009-09-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BE |
09BRUSSELS1230 | (S//NF) EU REQUEST FOR HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS [...] Action Request: Please see paragraph 10. --------------- Summary/Comment --------------- 2. (S//NF) The EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen") has submitted to USEU a request for U.S. information at any level of classification on Hamas and Hizballah financing for a research project S [...] | 2009-09-10 16:51:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS1261 | BELGIUM MAY NOT BE READY FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER BE |
09BRUSSELS1263 | EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) USEU Poloff met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states' Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its message o [...] | 2009-09-18 17:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS1266 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET (GAERC) TO DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers (FMs) met in Brussels on September 14-15 as the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to review EU foreign policy priority areas. Discussions in the External Affairs Council centered on Iran, Afghanistan, and the Southern Caucasus, with the [...] | 2009-09-21 09:04:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINT ECPS PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS1279 | BELGIUM: NO MORE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES FOR NOW, BUT [...] (S) Summary: At his September 17 meeting with Franciskus Van Daele, Chief of Staff of the Belgian Foreign Minister, the U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure (S/GC),Daniel Fried, thanked Van Daele for agreeing to take one Guantanamo detainee, Al Janko, for resettlement. He said that other [...] | 2009-09-22 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PTER PREL PREF BE |
09BRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09BRUSSELS1288 | SPECIL ENVOY FRIED BRIEFS PSC ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: Through assembled PSC representatives, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan Fried expressed gratitude for EU and Member State cooperation in resettling Guantanamo detainees. He updated the PSC ambassadors on precise numbers transferred or poised for resettlement, and he u [...] | 2009-09-24 14:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS1301 | U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation took place on September 9, 2009. The two sides were generally on the same wavelength on key armation issues. ISN DAparticular that the EU crt in this area, so that Egypt could not say nothing had [...] | 2009-09-25 14:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN XF |
09BRUSSELS132 | AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...] | 2009-01-29 16:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID |
09BRUSSELS133 | WORKING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2 and 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January 22, USEU facilitated a videoconference with representatives of the European Commission to discuss the Critical Maritime Routes initiative, which is designed to provide capacity building support t [...] | 2009-01-29 17:13:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PHSA PTER XI XO XW ZR EUN |
09BRUSSELS1344 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ: FUTURE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials serving in the EU Rule of Law Mission for Iraq, EUJUST LEX, have assured us that they remain committed to expanding the EU's training and mentoring operations in Iraq. EUJUST LEX has developed plans to hold 18 additional training events both in Europe and in locations i [...] | 2009-10-02 15:09:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IZ MARR MOPS PHUM PINS PREL PTER SOCI |
09BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
09BRUSSELS1487 | BELGIUM GENERALLY WILLING TO SUPPORT UN RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Belgium believes the UNGA resolution sponsored by the Arab Group is acceptable with few changes. However, the text it is working from contains few of the ideas presented reftel that the USG finds objectionable. The GOB supports the resolution's call for domestic investigations a [...] | 2009-11-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1500 | BELGIUM SET TO ABSTAIN ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) The Chief of Staff to Belgium's Foreign Minister, Franciskus Van Daele, told the Ambassador and POL/ECON Counselor November 4 that there was no European consensus on the UNGA resolution on the Goldstone report. Van Daele said that there was still on-going coordination between the 27 EU [...] | 2009-11-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BE |
09BRUSSELS1515 | UN TERRORISM SANCTIONS: REFORM SEMINAR [...] (C) On October 15-16, Belgium sponsored a &Seminar on Strengthening the UN Targeted Sanctions through Fair and Clear Procedures8 to discuss with UNSC Members and select Member States (mostly from the EU) options for reforming the UNSCR 1267 (Al-Qaida and Taliban) sanctions regime. Many semin [...] | 2009-11-10 17:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BE CH EFIN ETTC EUN FR KTFN PTER SZ UK UNSC |
09BRUSSELS1524 | TERRORISM SANCTIONS REFORM: EU VIEWS AND PROCEDURES [...] (C//NF) In preparation for a Belgium-sponsored conference on UN targeted sanctions reform (REFTEL),USEU held separate meetings with sanctions officers and legal advisors from the EU Council Secretariat and the European Commission. Commission officials posited - but would not speculate on the [...] | 2009-11-13 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC EFIN KJUS PINR EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS159 | GUANTANAMO: EU PREPARES DECISIONS, HAS QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 4. 2. (C) POL M-C met February 3 with an EU Council Americas Directorate staff member Christiane Hoehn at her request. Hoehn asked a dozen specific questions related to our ongoing discussions with the EU concerning the release of Guantan [...] | 2009-02-04 12:03:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KAWK KISL EUN |
09BRUSSELS1625 | (S//NF) DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS FINANCING [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: USEU shared Treasury-provided analysis related to Hizballah and Hamas financing with an analyst from the EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen"). The analyst expressed gratitude for the USG contribution, which will help inform a paper that he is preparing for EU-wide [...] | 2009-12-03 05:51:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS1633 | DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Napolitano met November 6 with Belgian Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom to promote information sharing and security. The Secretary stressed the importance of finding a solution for the Swift Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) issue prior to December 1. [...] | 2009-12-03 17:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN KHLS KISL BE EU |
09BRUSSELS1708 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009 [...] Embassy point of contact for this report is Political Economic Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report: The Belgian government recognizes that terrorism is a serious threat. Belgian agencies identify possible terrorist threats, respond to those threats, a [...] | 2009-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BE |
09BRUSSELS1718 | BRUSSELS APPELLATE COURT ACQUITS DHKP-C OF [...] (U) Belgian media reported December 23 that the Brussels Appellate Court found the six defendants in the on-going DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party active in Turkey) case not guilty under Belgium's 2005 counterterrorism law. The defendants are Turks who were arrested in 1999 in [...] | 2009-12-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL TU BE |
09BRUSSELS1740 | DEMARCHE TO EU ON AMCIT CASES IN IRAN [...] (C) On December 21, 2009, USEU Senior Consular Representative delivered ref A non-paper and talking points to Giorgio Porzio, Head of the Consular Communication Unit at the EU Council's Joint Situation Center. Porzio promised to relay the non-paper to Ambassador Maria Victoria Morera Villuen [...] | 2009-12-31 14:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EUN IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER |
09BRUSSELS24 | BELGIUM FIVE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS TO BE HELD FOR [...] (SBU) A Brussels Court decided January 7 to extend for a period of 30 days the detention period of five of the six suspected terrorists held since December 11, 2008. The sixth, Jean-Cristophe Trefois, a Belgian citizen who converted to radical Islam will be held for 15 days, after prosecutors [...] | 2009-01-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL BE |
09BRUSSELS247 | AFGHANISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS HITS RE-SET BUTTON [...] (C) Summary. General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed Afghanistan with representatives from all 27 EU member states and other high-ranking EU officials in Brussels February 11 and 12. General Petraeus emphasized that his objective in meeting the EU was to consult [...] | 2009-02-20 16:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID |
09BRUSSELS248 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH 2 [...] (C) Summary: Drawing on Reftel points USEU discussed the March 2 donors' conference with EU officials and representatives of the Czech and Norwegian missions in Brussels, as well as with the EU's humanitarian aid organization, ECHO. According to our interlocutors, Javier Solana, Commissioner [...] | 2009-02-20 16:22:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EU KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER |
09BRUSSELS254 | U.S.-EU TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Douglas Hengel and USEU Econoff met on February 6 with European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (EU CTC) Gilles de Kerchove, Council Secretariat Principal Administrator for the Counter-Terrorism Workin [...] | 2009-02-23 12:27:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS260 | BELGIUM: TRABELSI EXTRADITION UPDATE: BELGIAN [...] (U) The Brussels Chamber of Indictments (BCI) February 19 ruled that Tunisian-national Nizar Trabelsi may be extradited to the United States. The appellate court (that is, the BCI) reaffirmed the November 19, 2008 ruling by the Nivelles Chamber of Indictments. Trabelsi is now expected to a [...] | 2009-02-24 06:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CJAN CVIS KCRM BE |
09BRUSSELS269 | GUANTANAMO: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON CONFERS WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and European Union (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove discussed de Kerchove's upcoming whitepaper for the EU Council on detainee issues and its relevance for developing a common EU position on the topic. The two also spoke about whic [...] | 2009-02-25 18:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWK KISL PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS364 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLEDGE AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] Mission confirms as reported reftel that the European Commission pledged EURO 440 million (approximately $572 million at an exchange rate of $1.3 to the Euro) for Palestinian assistance at the Sharm al-Sheikh donor conference. In announcing the pledge Commissioner Betina Ferrero-Waldner said [...] | 2009-03-13 15:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER PREL EAID EUN |
09BRUSSELS41 | EU TERRORISM FINANCE LISTINGS: TROUBLE AHEAD [...] (SBU) EU and Member State courts are rendering judgments that may hinder our ability to secure EU-wide designations of terrorist entities. The new problem for us is higher standards of evidence, and judicial review of the sufficiency of that evidence, that will make the EU and its Member Stat [...] | 2009-01-13 10:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS420 | BELGIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-24 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS444 | EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO COUNTER MUSLIM RADICALIZATION [...] (U) The European Union (EU),with the European Commission at the forefront, has made several advances in the past six months in addressing the topic of Muslim radicalization and related terrorism. The Commission has revised its Plan of Action on Combating Terrorism, or Action Plan, as it doe [...] | 2009-03-27 13:34:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EUN SOCI PHUM PINS SCUL KISL |
09BRUSSELS454 | BELGIUM: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the items on Belgium's 2008 Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources list. 2. (S/NF) Port of Antwerp: The Port of Antwerp, despite the global economic downturn, remains a critical transit point for shipping to and from the United States, including at times U.S. mil [...] | 2009-03-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BE |
09BRUSSELS485 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON TAMIL FOUNDATION (U.S. [...] (C//NF) A contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process expressed doubt that the EU will to join the U.S. in autonomously designating the Tamil Foundation (Ref A). However, the EU would consider this request within the same context as the prior USG request for EU designa [...] | 2009-04-02 12:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PHUM EAID SL PINR |
09BRUSSELS486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Per recent conversations with sanctions contacts, the EU remains interested in any follow-up information the USG could provide related to Ref A demarche on the autonomous designation of Venezuela-based Hizballah terrorist financiers. Ref B informally reported the October 2008 formal EU F [...] | 2009-04-02 12:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS487 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON WAAD PROJECT (U.S. [...] (C) Discussing Ref A demarche on the Waad Project, a contact conceded it is unlikely the EU will join the U.S. in an autonomous designation for sanctions. However, the EU has not yet provided a formal reply. On a related note, contact said the EU would still welcome any formal U.S. response [...] | 2009-04-02 12:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR LE KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS488 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON UNION OF GOOD U.S. [...] (C) In a recent follow-up conversation regarding Ref A demarche on Union of Good, to which we have not yet received a formal EU response, a contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process anticipated that the EU will be reluctant to join the U.S. in an autonomous designatio [...] | 2009-04-02 12:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS |
09BRUSSELS492 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS [...] (C) The European Commission designated three Gulf-based Al Qaida financiers (Ref D) on November 6, 2008. The EU only took action after the UN formally included the designations at the 1267 sanctions committee on October 10, 2008, despite the EU's having been invited to take action on the basi [...] | 2009-04-02 14:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS493 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON AL-SHABAAB'S THREE [...] (C) In a follow-up conversation regarding the U.S. domestic designation of three members of Al-Shabaab (Ref A),a contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process intimated that the EU may continue to consider itself legally unable to autonomously designate entities linked t [...] | 2009-04-02 14:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS494 | TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY THE [...] (C) The EU formally responded to Ref A regarding the designation of Kuwait-based charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society as a terrorist organization with the following letter, previously transmitted Ref B. Recent conversations related to similar designation cases demonstrate that this is [...] | 2009-04-02 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS517 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU PROBLEMS DESIGNATING FOUR [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The European Commission designated four members of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (Ref D) on March 6. This case illustrates three dilemmas impeding U.S.-EU cooperation in countering terrorist financing through UNSCRs [...] | 2009-04-06 17:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS536 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...] | 2009-04-08 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
09BRUSSELS537 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...] | 2009-04-08 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
09BRUSSELS576 | UPDATED INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] Per reftel, information for Embassy Brussels' Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO is as follows: TFCO - Aaron Jensen Political Officer 322-508-2483 JensenAW@state.gov JensenAW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO - Timothy Forsyth Economic Officer 322-508-2430 Fors [...] | 2009-04-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BE |
09BRUSSELS598 | BELGIUM ON ATTENDANCE AND AGENDA FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche jointly with diplomats from the Netherlands and Russian Embassies to Belgium on April 24. They met with Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver the invitation to the Global I [...] | 2009-04-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL MNUC PTER KGIC BE |
09BRUSSELS616 | EU TERRORISM SANCTIONS: TROUBLE CONTINUES [...] (U) This message contains an urgent Action Request (paras 31-32). Please see also Summary and other Action Requests paragraphs 6-7, 12, 17-18, 23, 25, 29 and 37. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Due in part to recent European court rulings, EU implementation of UN and autonomous sanctions ag [...] | 2009-04-29 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS625 | BELGIUM STILL CONSIDERING POLICE TRAINERS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian government at the cabinet level is interested in providing police trainers to Afghanistan in cooperation with the UE or NATO. However, it is running into internal opposition by the Belgian Federal Police, which would have to provide the officers to staff such a missio [...] | 2009-04-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE |
09BRUSSELS651 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...] | 2009-05-08 05:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS679 | GOB STILL WILLING TO CONSIDER RESETTLING [...] (C) Summary: Belgium remains supportive of U.S. efforts to resettle Guantanamo detainees and is willing to consider specific proposals for resettlement, according to the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor Dirk Wouters. Wouters discounted comments by Alain Winants, Belgium's head of State Sec [...] | 2009-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BE AF |
09BRUSSELS693 | CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY MAIN OBSTACLE TO BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Thomas Baekelandt, told Charge on May 13 that Belgium's main concern about taking detainees from Guantanamo is the risk to Belgian and European security. He also said he would want to know why the U.S [...] | 2009-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BE AF |
09BRUSSELS697 | BELGIUM DESIRES TO "PRESERVE UNSCR 1267" BY ADDING [...] (C) On May 13, Charge met with Thomas Baekelandt, Counter-Terrorism Coordinator at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Baekelandt said that sanctions under UNSCR 1267 against terrorist financing entities such as Al Barakat have been challenged in Belgian courts and in the European Court [...] | 2009-05-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ETTC PGOV PREL KTFN UN BE |
09BRUSSELS742 | SPECIAL ENVOY DAN FRIED DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure (S/GC) Daniel Fried met with a group of Belgian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Interior and Immigration on May 19. The group was chaired by Axel Delvoie, Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs of the MFA. Fried inf [...] | 2009-05-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV BE AF |
09BRUSSELS743 | GUANTANAMO: S/E FRIED AND EU COUNTERPARTS DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure (S/GC) Daniel Fried met with EU counterparts on May 19 in Brussels. EU officials expressed optimism that wording of the U.S.-EU joint statement on resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in EU member states will be agreed to in time for appr [...] | 2009-05-29 11:09:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER EUM |
09BRUSSELS747 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points May 18 to the EU Council Secretariat, European Commission and EU Presidency. The same day, foreign ministers meeting in the EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting issued a previously-drafted statement addressing many of the same points so [...] | 2009-05-29 13:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO EUN |
09BRUSSELS778 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU 1267 DESIGNATION AND PROCESS [...] (SBU) As discussed Ref A, the European Commission designated Abdul Haq (Ref B) on April 25. Furthermore, the EU is progressing in revising the law implementing UNSCR 1267 Al Qaida and Taliban sanctions EU-wide (Ref C). Contacts indicate that some EU Member States may be favoring an overhaul [...] | 2009-06-05 05:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PHUM EAID CH EUN UNSC |
09BRUSSELS779 | BELGIUM: PKK UPDATE [...] (S) Summary: Poloff and Polintern met with MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Thomas Baekelandt June 4 to receive an update on the PKK (DHKP/C) in Belgium prior to Deputy CT Coordinator Schlicher's scheduled trip to Brussels June 9. Poloff and Legatt also met with Belgian Federal Police Islam E [...] | 2009-06-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KTFN PGOV PREL PTER IZ BE |
09BRUSSELS787 | DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO BELGIAN RECOMMNDATIONS TO [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Werner Bauwens, Belgian Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 4. Bauwens said that Belgium is sending a "substantial delegation" of technical experts to a Proliferation Security Initiative Operational [...] | 2009-06-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC BE |
09BRUSSELS79 | GUANTANAMO/DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT: DISCUSSION IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C//NF) Summary. The EU is moving quickly to discuss issues of resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. On January 26, EU Foreign Ministers will likely consider the prospects for an EU common position on resettling detainees. In order to [...] | 2009-01-21 19:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS83 | CZECH PRESIDENCY CONFIRMS GUANTANAMO ON THE AGENDA [...] (C) EU assistance for resettlement of Guantanamo detainees will "definitely" be discussed by EU Foreign Ministers at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on January 26 in Brussels. Blanka Fajkusova, Head of Unit for External Relations at the Czech Permanent Repr [...] | 2009-01-22 16:51:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS830 | BELGIAN POLICE PREPARING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for SCA-A. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Belgian Federal Police are preparing a report on the feasibility of sending two to four police trainers to Afghanistan. The contribution is likely to be in the framework of EUPOL-Afghanistan. Belg [...] | 2009-06-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE |
09BRUSSELS868 | CHARGES AGAINST FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS BE |
09BRUSSELS886 | AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA & PIRACY DISCUSSED BY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Czech EU Presidency's Ambassador Ivo Sramek chaired a meeting of the EU Political Security Committee (PSC)ambassadors with NATO Allies and EU accession states on June 23. Topics were the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM),the EU's Civilian Police mission in Afghanist [...] | 2009-06-26 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN MARR MOPS PREL EAID KDEM PINS PTER MASS |
09BRUSSELS888 | NIZAR TRABELSI EXHAUSTS LAST BELGIAN JUDICIAL [...] (U) Belgium's highest court, the Cour de Cassation, ruled June 24 against Nizar Trabelsi's appeal to block a U.S. request to extradite him to the United States. The Court found no irregularities in the U.S. extradition request. Trabelsi has exhausted all Belgian legal options, and the Belgian [...] | 2009-06-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CJAN CVIS KCRM BE |
09BRUSSELS895 | BELGIUM ON PKK AND CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Ronald Schlicher met June 9 with Belgian CT officials to discuss PKK, Roj-TV, and wider CT cooperation; a luncheon hosted by the Charge covered additional CT themes. Ambassador Schlicher conveyed a message from Danish CT off [...] | 2009-06-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR TU IZ BE |
09BRUSSELS923 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: S/E FRIED THANKS E.U. FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 16:18:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER EUN |
09BRUSSELS934 | GUANTANAMO: SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED,S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT, IN A MEETING ON JUNE 30 WITH SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED, AGREED TO REVIEW SEVEN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE CASES WITH &A VIEW TO FINDING SOLUTIONS.8 FM DE GUCHT INFORMED THAT HE WOULD SEEK THE SUPPORT OF THE BELGIAN &INNER CABINET8 THE NEXT DAY (JULY 1) TO I [...] | 2009-07-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF BE |
09BRUSSELS984 | BELGIUM: REQUEST FOR TALKING POINTS ON ABU GHRAIB [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph three. 2. (C) During a July 13 meeting with MFA Director for Human Rights, France Chainaye, to discuss reftel demarche, Chainaye asked about the current status of Abu Ghraib prison and talking points the GOB can use on the treatment of pris [...] | 2009-07-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER AF IZ BE |
09BUCHAREST164 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT -- ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP RO |
09BUCHAREST231 | ROMANIA: SANCTIONS CONFERENCE REVEALS CRACKS IN EU [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Associate Director John Smith and EconOff attended sessions of a workshop on terrorist financing in Bucharest April 1 and 2. The conference, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Organization for Securit [...] | 2009-04-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PTER KTFN UNSC OSCE RO |
09BUCHAREST259 | ROMANIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE REMAINS A PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Poloff accompanied Russian and Dutch counterparts on April 15 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) 2009 Plenary meeting in The Hague (reftel) with the MFA's Nineta Barbulescu, Director for Assymetric Threats and OSCE Affairs and Emilia Mazuru, GICNT Desk O [...] | 2009-04-17 06:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP RS NL PREL PTER MNUC KGIC RO |
09BUCHAREST265 | VISAS VIPER SUBJECT: ABU ELBA, HUSSAM [...] (S) The Romanian Internal Intelligence Service (SRI) notified post that Hussam Abu Elba (DOB: 27-Jun-1975, POB: Jabalia, the West Bank (Israel),Passport number 1194591, email addresses XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com, XXXXXXXXXXXX@yahoo.com) recently applied for a visa and has direct connections to indivi [...] | 2009-04-21 08:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC RO |
09BUCHAREST30 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL |
09BUCHAREST31 | ROMANIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER |
09BUCHAREST44 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST480 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO U.S. REVIEW UNDER 1822 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC RO |
09BUCHAREST699 | GICNT: ROMANIAN REACTION [...] (U) POLOFF, joined by Russian Embassy Counselor Andrey Kosilin and Russian Attache Igor Isaenko, delivered REF comments October 15 to Nineta Barbulescu, Director of the MFA Directorate for OCSE, Asymmetric Threats and Nonproliferation. Barbulesco stated that Romania would be attending the E [...] | 2009-10-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC RO |
09BUCHAREST740 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered REF demarche on 3 November 2009 to Razvan Rotundu, MFA Head of OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Directorate, and Cosmin Boiangiu, MFA Head of United Nations Affairs Directorate. Rotundu stated that the Government of Romania (GOR) shared the U.S. point of view. R [...] | 2009-11-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER RO |
09BUCHAREST79 | ROMANIA: GOR ON MEK AND TERRORIST ABUSE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. Post delivered ref A demarche points to Elena Paris, Chief of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 27th. During this discussion, EconOff also raised the recent EU Mujaheddin e-Khalq (MEK) de-listing dec [...] | 2009-02-10 08:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID RO |
09BUDAPEST129 | HUNGARY'S "SILENT SUPPORT" ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Budapest February 13 and met with Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz, other MFA and Justice Ministry Officials, and the Prime Minister's Security and Foreign Policy Advisor Karoly Banai to discuss detainee issues, the GOH's role in the EU process, and [...] | 2009-02-19 15:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
09BUDAPEST141 | ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) Crime Mobility into Emboff Neighborhoods (c/d): Criminals continue to focus on the soft/easy targets, including affluent neighborhoods and neighborhoods where emboffs reside. Since February 2008, there have been three home intrusions at emboff residences. The majority of crime in e [...] | 2009-02-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
09BUDAPEST143 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post is unable to identify any critical infrastructure or key resources in Hungary that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Foley [...] | 2009-02-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP HU |
09BUDAPEST152 | HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO MARCH 2 CONFERENCE, SHARM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM HU |
09BUDAPEST153 | (CORRECTED COPY) HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO MARCH 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 11:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PGOV EFIN KPAL HU |
09BUDAPEST180 | HUNGARY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. MFA Senior State Secretary Marta Fekzsi told the Ambassador March 3 that the Hungarian Government continues to move forward on accepting a small number of Guantanamo detainees. Although ruling out accepting Uighurs due to [...] | 2009-03-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
09BUDAPEST188 | HUNGARY'S PLEDGE - MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAL KWBG EFIN PHUM PTER EUN HU |
09BUDAPEST270 | HUNGARY REFINES GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph four. 2. (C) In an April 1 meeting with the DCM, MFA Senior State Secretary Marta Fekszi provided a non-paper related to Hungary's request for further information on several Guantanamo detainees. The non-paper states that Hungary is considering [...] | 2009-04-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EUN HU |
09BUDAPEST305 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (U) Embassy Budapest's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Economic Officer Steven Weston. Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Jeffrey Jordan. Requested contact information follows: TFCO: Steven Weston Economic Officer (36-1) 475-7595 Unclassified email: westons@state.gov Clas [...] | 2009-04-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER HU |
09BUDAPEST461 | AMBASSADOR FRIED'S GUANTANAMO DETAINEE MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy (S/GC) for the Closure of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facilities Ambassador Dan Fried met with Hungarian government officials and major political party leaders June 18 to discuss Hungary's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees. MFA Senior State Secretary Vilmos S [...] | 2009-06-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER HU |
09BUDAPEST501 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH CHARGE [...] (SBU) Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs requested a meeting with Charge July 9 to discuss three topics: Guantanamo detainees; Hungarian Ambassador to the U.S.; and relations with Slovakia. Concerning Guantanamo detainees, the FM said that the Government will decide before the end of Jul [...] | 2009-07-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER OFDP LO HU |
09BUDAPEST507 | HUNGARY ON USG REVIEW OF TRANCHE 1 AND 2 NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC |
09BUDAPEST696 | HUNGARY AGREES TO ACCEPT A GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai told Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure (S/GC) September 16 that Hungary will accept one Guantanamo detainee, who will likely be of Palestinian origin. The main opposition party Fidesz has said it will support the government's decision and backed [...] | 2009-09-22 09:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER HU |
09BUDAPEST784 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with Krisztina Kovacs, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Finance Ministry's Department of International Relations; Andrea Kadar, Head of the Sanctions Unit of the Foreign Ministry's Consular Service/JHA Strategic Issues Department; and Gergo Pasqualetti, E [...] | 2009-10-28 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC HU |
09BUDAPEST796 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche November 3 to Anna Miklos, MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations' UN desk officer responsible for the Goldstone Report. Miklos stated that the MFA has received a draft copy of the proposed resolution outlined in ref A from the EU, commenting t [...] | 2009-11-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER HU |
09BUDAPEST887 | HUNGARY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Hungary remained a consistent and reliable counterterrorism partner in 2009. In addition to the continued leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team, Hungary sent 28 troops to Afghanistan as part of a new joint Operational, Mentoring, and Liaison team (OMLT). The OMLT, which is comma [...] | 2009-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC HU |
09BUENOSAIRES102 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) Action request for State and DEA HQ Washington, para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez received the Ambassador January 28 in his office and answered "yes" to virtually every offer of collaboration and assistance, including new anti-terrorism training, an enhan [...] | 2009-01-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM ASEC KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1031 | GOA SHARES ITS CONCERN ABOUT INTERPOL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti voiced concern with Charge d'Affaires on September 14 over a press statement quoting the Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, discussing efforts to resolve the dispute between Argentina and Iran over Iranian suspects in a 1994 terro [...] | 2009-09-16 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PTER MNUC PREL AORC IR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES105 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1055 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1056 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1077 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1156 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE VP COBOS [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos, long estranged from the Kirchners and now the country's most popular politician and leading contender for the presidency in 2011, received the Ambassador for a warm and friendly half-hour introductory courtesy call in his Senate office Octobe [...] | 2009-10-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1160 | ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE WELCOMES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights Julio Alak invited the Embassy Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) to brief him October 16 on the range of USG activities in the law enforcement area and to make suggestions regarding challenges he should address as minister. His [...] | 2009-10-26 00:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC PTER KCRM PGOV EFIN AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1165 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory call on Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez (AF),the Ambassador thanked AF for his role in strengthening bilateral relations and expressed appreciation for GOA cooperation on law enforcement issues. AF said he had always had good relations with the Emba [...] | 2009-10-27 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1194 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHED ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Poloff discussed on November 3 the reftel points regarding the Goldstone Report and the November 4 consideration by the UN General Assembly of a resolution on the topic with Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials from the General Directorate on Human Rights. Argentine officials Ed [...] | 2009-11-04 18:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1208 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1209 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES121 | ARGENTINA: GOA CONDEMNS ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community continues to express concerns over the lack of official condemnation of recent anti-Israel protests featuring anti-Semitic imagery (reftel) led by pro-Kirchner "piquetero" social activist leader Luis D'Elia. In response to these concerns, the GOA [...] | 2009-02-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1212 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...] | 2009-11-09 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1223 | AMBASSADOR RAISES PRESS FREEDOM, TIP ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a very warm, 70-minute meeting November 11, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed the Ambassador and said he was pleased by news of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela's nomination. The Ambassador raised trafficking [...] | 2009-11-12 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ASEC KREC AMGT PTER ELAB KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1257 | ARGENTINA FACES CHALLENGING AML/CFT REVIEW [...] (S/NF) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held a two week peer review of the Argentine anti-money laundering and counter terror finance (AML/CFT) regime. Although hoping to see some positive moves by Argentina, the FATF operational team leader is skeptical of the GoA's intentions to combat mone [...] | 2009-12-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES126 | ARGENTINA: FUGITIVE HACKER RETURNS TO ARGENTINA [...] (U) Fugitive Argentine government employee or contractor Pablo Carpintero returned to Buenos Aires on February 3 and is in the custody of the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura). Carpintero and his fellow indictee, Ivan Velazquez, sought political asylum in Uruguay in May 2008 claiming to be the [...] | 2009-02-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER SNAR ASEC KCOR KFRD UY AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1336 | Human Rights Vetting for US Training Program [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1338 | Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...] | 2009-12-10 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES1414 | Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...] | 2009-12-29 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP |
09BUENOSAIRES1418 | Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...] | 2009-12-31 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES200 | ARGENTINE PARTICIPATION AT SHARM AL-SHEIKH [...] (U) Poloff discussed February 25 the upcoming Sharm al-Sheikh conference per instructions (reftel) with Argentine Foreign Ministry Counselor Guillermo Nicolas, in the Office of North Africa and the Middle East. Nicolas reported that Argentina's delegation would be led by Ambassador Gabriel Fu [...] | 2009-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG PHUM PTER EAID AR |
09BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] | 2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
09BUENOSAIRES313 | ARGENTINE TAX AMNESTY LAW LOOKS ACCEPTABLE ON [...] (C) The local controversy over Argentina's new tax amnesty law continues, in part due to the uproar that followed mention of the law in the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) on money laundering in Argentina (reported Reftel). The GoA dismisses concerns that the new law w [...] | 2009-03-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES520 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES592 | ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO [...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...] | 2009-05-19 22:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES597 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...] | 2009-05-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES599 | ARGENTINA: 15 ARRESTED FOR ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine police have arrested 15 persons for their involvement in a violent attack on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The attack left five persons injured, including two federal police officers. On May 18, two sy [...] | 2009-05-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES602 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS MOJ FOR LAW [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, the Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez and thanked him for the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) collaboration in promoting human rights and addressing international crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in persons (TIP),m [...] | 2009-05-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES631 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA [...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...] | 2009-05-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES658 | ARGENTINA: CODEL Thompson Advances Bilateral Homeland [...] (U) Summary: The May 28-30 visit of CODEL Bennie Thompson to Argentina helped to advance bilateral cooperation on port and other infrastructure security issues, as well as positively demonstrate broad USG interest in bilateral cooperation with Argentina. Representatives Thompson (Chairman, Home [...] | 2009-06-04 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES704 | ARGENTINE JUDGE INDICTS DOZEN INVOLVED IN MAY 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: An Argentine judge has indicted a dozen persons for their involvement in a violent attack (reftel) on a Buenos Aires city celebration May 17 marking the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel. The Israeli Ambassador and the head of the Jewish community's political advocacy [...] | 2009-06-17 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM ASEC AR |
09BUENOSAIRES739 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES740 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES747 | Argentina: Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri [...] Post received a June 22 letter from Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri to President Obama applauding the President's efforts to promote the Middle East Peace process and pledging to do his part to promote peace between Argentina's large Jewish and Muslim communities. Macri, a businessman [...] | 2009-06-26 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC KPAO PTER PBTS XF AR |
09BUENOSAIRES794 | ARGENTINA: PROFILING KEY KIRCHNER-ALLIED PIQUETERO LEADERS REF: (A) BUENOS AIRES 0526 (B) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1550 AND PREVIOUS (C) 08 BUENOS AIRES 1715 (D) BUENOS AIRES 0315 (E) BUENOS AIRES 0750 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite sharing the same goals -- job creation, social inclusion, and state intervention in the economy -- the leaders of Argentina's social activist movements, known as ""piqueteros,"" differ on how to achieve those objectives. Indeed, former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts t [...] | 2009-07-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI ASEC PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES8 | ARGENTINA: DEPUTIES ENGAGE WITH CODEL MEEKS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Members of Congress meeting with CODEL Meeks December 17 saw the beginning of a new U.S. administration as a "window of opportunity" to strengthen bilateral relations while bemoaning what they characterized as the USG's past focus on confronting "problem" countries ins [...] | 2009-01-02 18:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV ECON SNAR PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES816 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES849 | ARGENTINA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. Argentina's newly-appointed Minister of Justice Julio Cesar Alak pledged to continue bilateral law enforcement cooperation in a productive courtesy call meeting with CDA on July 21. During the meeting, the CDA briefed Alak [...] | 2009-07-21 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM MASS AR |
09BUENOSAIRES861 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 16:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES869 | ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15 [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...] | 2009-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES911 | ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD [...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...] | 2009-08-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES926 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PTER AR |
09BUENOSAIRES927 | (C) ARGENTINA: TAIANA TRIES TO EXPLAIN CFK'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA confirmed August 12 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) August 10 invitation to South American heads of government to an August 28 UNASUR meeting on the Colombia-U.S. negotiations of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). CFK made the invitation during UNASUR [...] | 2009-08-13 22:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES944 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES964 | ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...] | 2009-08-24 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES966 | ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT JOINS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Argentina on August 21 condemned Iranian President Ahmadinejad's August 19 nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Minister of Defense, labeling the selection an "insult to Argentine justice and to the victims of the brutal terrorists attack against the Argentine Jewish [...] | 2009-08-25 14:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM ETTC ENRG IR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES975 | ARGENTINA: CODEL GRANGER, AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 2 [...] The Charge d'Affaires, Tom Kelly, warmly welcomes Representative Kay Granger and the delegation she is leading to Argentina August 30 - September 2. Per reftel, the purpose of the trip is to examine Department of Justice office operations in Buenos Aires and consult with the Government of Arg [...] | 2009-08-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SNAR PTER KTIP AR |
09BUENOSAIRES977 | ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...] | 2009-08-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
09BUENOSAIRES978 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES984 | DAS MCMULLEN BRIEFS ARGENTINE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Christopher McMullen visited Buenos Aires August 26-27 to brief Argentine authorities on the USG's Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Colombia ahead of the August 28 UNASUR conference hosted by Argentina in Bariloche. He had excellent meetings with Cabinet Chief Min [...] | 2009-08-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES997 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR |
09BUJUMBURA103 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 05:03:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER BY |
09BUJUMBURA302 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: STATE 030541 Classified By: CDA JoAnne Wagner for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 12:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA334 | RESPONDING TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with reftel conclusion that the purported nuclear material in Bujumbura is likely a hoax. Despite this, due diligence demands the material be tested, and Post believes this is a good opportunity for cooperation with the Burundian government. Note that Post wishes to work w [...] | 2009-07-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | KCRM KNNP ASEC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA342 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON [...] (S/NF) Post is responding to follow-up question per ref A. There are no marking or etchings visible on the container now that the baseket has been removed, per photographic evidence. Due to safety precautions, Post has not been in physical proximity to the container since first contact was mad [...] | 2009-07-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KNNP PARM PINR PREL PTER BY XAAF |
09BUJUMBURA378 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT BUJUMBURA REF: A. STATE 75013 B. BUJUMBURA 00302 Classified By: CDA Charles Twining for reasons 1.4 (b) (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PREL PTER |
09BUJUMBURA689 | NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION AT [...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reference A that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report was generated by the Defense Attache (DATT) after a walk-in, Nawab Chakaa [...] | 2009-12-17 10:43:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BY KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PINR PTER |
09CAIRO102 | EGYPT: REQUESTING GOE SEIZURE OF M/V MONCHEGORSK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met with Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Ambassador Wafaa Bassim on January 21 to request the GoE's assistance in preventing the passage through Egyptian waters of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged merchant vessel which is carrying ammunition, explosive [...] | 2009-01-21 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS EG |
09CAIRO104 | GAZA EVACUEES DESCRIBE "ORDEAL," ASSERT WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Palestinian-American familes evacuated from Gaza into Egypt on January 19 described for us their "horrifying ordeal" trying to survive Israeli attacks. They recounted the emotional trauma both they and their children experienced in the face of "primitive" living condition [...] | 2009-01-21 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM PGOV PTER KPAL CASC IS EG XF |
09CAIRO1059 | PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON CT AND PLACES OF WORSHIP LAWS REF: A. CAIRO 858 B. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 12:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1194 | MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...] | 2009-06-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG |
09CAIRO1220 | U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 03:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY |
09CAIRO1301 | ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Key Points: -- Zeid Al Sabban, African Affairs advisor to Arab League (AL) SYG Amre Moussa said that the recent meeting with A/S Carter and S/E Gration at the AU Summit was "very good." Moussa was upset by the allegation that Qatar was supporting the Somali Al Shibaab through funds given [...] | 2009-07-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO SU ER QA CD EG |
09CAIRO1341 | EGYPTIAN IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar told the Ambassador that the Government of Egypt (GoE) considers the current situation in Somalia to be the most important on the African continent, and it has put together a plan to try to prevent Al Shibaab from succeed [...] | 2009-07-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KTFN ER SO QA EG |
09CAIRO1363 | EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED UNSCR 1267 [...] (S/NF) Key Points - Econoff delivered reftel points and list of people and entities that may be de-listed from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list. - Ashraf Mohsen, the MFA Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, told us the GOE had issues with only three proposed de-listings. - Mohsen express [...] | 2009-07-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1371 | UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...] | 2009-07-16 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG |
09CAIRO1395 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BIOMETRICS [...] (C) On July 19, we delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen. Mohsen was not familiar with the Regional Biometrics Partnership Conference and said the MFA had not received a conference invitation. He suggested that the invitati [...] | 2009-07-20 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL EG JO |
09CAIRO1428 | EGYPT PROVIDES INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (S/NF) Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen, in a July 19 meeting, restated Egypt's opposition to the proposed removal of Egyptian citizen Hani al-Sabai from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list (refs A and B). Mohsen [...] | 2009-07-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1433 | MFA LOOKS AHEAD TO THIRD UN EXPERT VISIT, 2010 UPR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER SENV KIRF KTIP UN EG |
09CAIRO1457 | EGYPT'S SHI'A CRACKDOWN [...] Key Points -- (C) According to Mohamed al-Darini (ref A),a leader of the Egyptian Shi'a Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, Egyptian security forces have arrested approximately 300 Shi'a since mid-April. The Council's headquarters has been shut down by authorities. -- ( [...] | 2009-07-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL PTER EG IR |
09CAIRO1521 | EGYPT RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE [...] (S/NF) In an August 2 meeting, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen responded to the requests for more information contained in reftel A by providing forty pages of documents, in Arabic, which he said are the records [...] | 2009-08-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK |
09CAIRO1571 | PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN TALKS PIRACY WITH EGYPTIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 09:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO1618 | EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...] | 2009-08-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG |
09CAIRO163 | DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NORTH SINAI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-01 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL ECON PTER SNAR EAID EAGR EG IS |
09CAIRO1679 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EGYPTIAN INVITATION TO ERITREA [...] (C) On August 24, OMC officers delivered reftel points to MG Ahmed Moataz, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Branch at the Ministry of Defense. Moataz confirmed that Egypt had already delivered an invitation to Eritrea to participate in the Bright Star military exercise as an observer, but noted that Eritr [...] | 2009-08-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PTER ER EG |
09CAIRO1709 | UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 1, we delivered reftel demarche and provided the names of individuals currently under review to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen. 2. (C) Mohsen commented on a number of individuals under review. On Sayf al-Adl (QI.S [...] | 2009-09-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG |
09CAIRO1742 | EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) On September 6, Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim briefed Ambassador on initial results of a set of Egyptian interagency consultations undertaken in response to S/RAP Holbrooke's July visit to Cairo seeking additional regional s [...] | 2009-09-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER AF EG |
09CAIRO1817 | PRESIDENT MUBARAK ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER AF EG |
09CAIRO1834 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT REF: STATE 98567 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UN KISL KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1844 | DEMARCHE GIVEN: PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE EG |
09CAIRO1852 | REFUGEES CAUGHT IN EGYPT-ISRAEL BORDER CROSSFIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREF PTER PBTS KWBG KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO1893 | REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MB FOLLOWING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL EG |
09CAIRO1925 | UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of State for Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Moufid Shehab confirmed that the new counter-terrorism law would be submitted to parliament by March 2010 in order to go into effect before the Emergency Law expires in May 2010. However, internal disagreements r [...] | 2009-10-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PRGOV PTER KIRF KDEM EG |
09CAIRO1960 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...] | 2009-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG |
09CAIRO1976 | TREASURY DAS DANIEL GLASER,S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KN PTER ECON PGOV EG |
09CAIRO202 | SALAFISM ON THE RISE IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER KIRF SOCI SCUL PGOV EG |
09CAIRO205 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM EMBASSY CAIRO'S EVACUATION OF AMERICAN [...] Summary: Embassy Cairo evacuated four families with American citizens and family members entitled to immigrant visas, and assisted in the evacuation of over 100 foreign nationals on January 19, 2009. The evacuation went smoothly and lessons learned follow. End Summary. 2. On January 19, 2 [...] | 2009-02-04 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER ASEC KPAL EG |
09CAIRO2064 | POLICE BRUTALITY UPDATE: LAWYERS ALLEGE SEVERE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Credible human rights lawyers representing members of the Hizballah cell detained since late 2008 believe the GOE tortured the suspects with electric shocks and sleep deprivation to reduce them to a "zombie state." -- (S) The lawyers believe the GOE used the same torture on a se [...] | 2009-10-29 17:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL LE EG |
09CAIRO208 | THE ARAB LEAGUE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN MR SO SU EG |
09CAIRO2084 | EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MOPS AF EG |
09CAIRO2133 | ASD VERSHBOW'S NOV 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS PTER PARM SU IR EG |
09CAIRO218 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON COUNTER PIRACY, SOMALIA AND SUDAN REF: A. KHARTOUM 51 B. KHARTOUM 75 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT SO SU EG |
09CAIRO2183 | EGYPT: MB LEADERS RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO2249 | SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER EAID SOCI SNAR SCUL KPAL KCRM IS EG |
09CAIRO2298 | EGYPT: MB INTERNAL CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO2299 | NDP REFORMER SEES LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS REF: A. CAIRO 2283 B. CAIRO 2166 C. CAIRO 1850 D. CAIRO 1181 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EG |
09CAIRO2315 | EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...] | 2009-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG |
09CAIRO2323 | AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DISCUSS SECRETARY'S SPEECH, ELECTIONS, SUCCESSION REF: A. CAIRO 2299 B. CAIRO 2283 C. CAIRO 2277 D. CAIRO 1925 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID EG |
09CAIRO2325 | EGYPT: COUNTER SMUGGLING UPDATE [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Egypt increased its efforts to combat smuggling over the last several months, including beginning installation of a subterranean steel wall and resuming installation of an FMF-funded tunnel activity detection system. -- (S/NF) Installation of the tunnel detection system has re [...] | 2009-12-20 05:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PTER MASS KPAL EG |
09CAIRO2331 | DNI MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a December 10 meeting, Defense Minister Tantawi provided Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blair with an overview of Egyptian security concerns, including potential instability in Sudan and Iranian interference in the region. -- (S/NF) DNI Blair stressed the impor [...] | 2009-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS PTER IR PK AF EG |
09CAIRO269 | CALL IN TO EMBASSY REPORTS POSSIBLE SUICIDE BOMBER REF: RSO CAIRO SPOT REPORT 02/16/2009 Classified By: BILL A. MILLER, RSO, REASONS: 1.4 (B)(C)(D) [...] (S) On 2/16/09 at approximately XXXXXXXXXXXX local time, the RSO Office received a telephone threat from a caller identified as XXXXXXXXXXXX. Speaking in Arabic, the caller reported that he was worried about his friend XXXXXXXXXXXX as he has been befriended by Pakistanis who have convinced him to c [...] | 2009-02-16 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
09CAIRO290 | SMUGGLING TUNNEL DETECTED AND DESTROYED, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Egypt re-started the implementation of a $23 million FMF-funded tunnel detection program along the Egypt-Gaza border, put on hold during Israel's incursion into Gaza. A new 24-man Tunnel Detection Unit (TDU) completed training on January 26 and is working alongside the U [...] | 2009-02-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MOPS PTER ASEC KPAL IS EG |
09CAIRO328 | DINNER WITH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the DCM hosted a dinner for several members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly. The attendees included two National Democratic Party (NDP) MP's, one independent, and two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, including the head of the M [...] | 2009-02-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PTER EAID KPAL PA IS EG |
09CAIRO334 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG |
09CAIRO335 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG |
09CAIRO336 | FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, at approximately 7:00 p.m. local time, an explosion went off near the Khan el-Khalili market in Cairo,s old city, close to the El Hussain Mosque. Although the market is normally a heavily trafficked tourist area, many shops are closed on Sundays and there were re [...] | 2009-02-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER |
09CAIRO451 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON KHAN BOMBING, GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) On March 12, Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly told the Ambassador that evidence indicates "one or two" individuals were responsible for the February 22 Khan Al-Khalili market bombing. He said the MOI believes the individuals were not linked to any organized group, but r [...] | 2009-03-16 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KPAL ASEC SU EG |
09CAIRO557 | EGYPT: MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, PIRACY AND ERITREA [...] (C) Key Points -- Despite disagreements over prosecution of suspected pirates and the role of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somali (CGPCS) in funding the development of Somalia, the Government of Egypt (GOE) was pleased with the Contact Group meetings and the debate on the issu [...] | 2009-04-02 06:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT KCRM PTER ER SO EG |
09CAIRO604 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- President Mubarak told CODEL McConnell he feared that the new Israeli government would be "very difficult to work with," in particular Foreign Minister Lieberman, whose public statements have already had a very negative impact on Arab public opinion. -- On Palestinian re [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PHUM KDEM PTER PARM PGOV SOCI SY |
09CAIRO624 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...] | 2009-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
09CAIRO634 | DARFURI ARAB LEADERS IN CAIRO CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Key Points -- Osama El Hassan, Secretary General of the Sudanese Democratic Popular Front (DPF) and Siddique Ander, Chairman of the DPF, told us on April 1 that Darfuri Arabs are fearful of being targeted by the Darfuri Rebel groups as retribution for "past crimes," even though most Darf [...] | 2009-04-14 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER SU CD IR EG |
09CAIRO65 | CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO EGYPT DECEMBER 13-14 REF: A. CAIRO 2542 B. CAIRO 2435 C. CAIRO 2502 D. CAIRO 2505 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senators Byron Dorgan (ND),Thad Cochran (MS),Kent Conrad (ND) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) visited Cairo on December 13-14. All of their GOE interlocutors asked them to convey to the incoming Obama Administration that the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Palestinian statehood [...] | 2009-01-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PGOV PTER PREL EWWT MEPP IR IZ SO EG |
09CAIRO657 | EGYPT-GAZA BORDER OPERATIONS IMPACTING NORTH SINAI [...] (C) Key Points -- The Government of Egypt (GOE) is using aggressive security measures to control the North Sinai population as a result of counter-smuggling operations at Egypt-Gaza border. -- The local North Sinai population understands the national security concerns, but is getting frust [...] | 2009-04-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON KCRM KPAL KWBG IS EG |
09CAIRO737 | VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT SHAYKH SHARIF TO EGYPT [...] (C) Key Points: -- Ismail Hussein, DCM at the Somali Embassy in Cairo, told us on April 23 that he was pleased with substantive discussions on Egyptian support for the Somali Government and how to fight piracy during the April 22 meeting between Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed an [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT MOPS MARR KJUS SO EG |
09CAIRO747 | ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH FIELD MARSHAL [...] Key Points: - (S/NF) During an April 21 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi noted the strong Egypt-U.S. military relationship and looked forward to increased cooperation with the new U.S. Africa Command. - ( [...] | 2009-04-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR SO EG PTER |
09CAIRO810 | BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE CAIRO CHURCH [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) At approximately 9:45 pm on May 10, a bomb exploded in a car parked near the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary (al-Azraa Miriam) in Cairo's Zeitoun neighborhood (ref A). Police found and destroyed in a controlled explosion a second bomb, also located in a parked car, at app [...] | 2009-05-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KIRF EG |
09CAIRO868 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES TERRORIST FINANCE [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor indicated that he would discuss with the Governor and others the possibility of a formal policy directive prohi [...] | 2009-05-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
09CAIRO872 | FULL EAC MEETING, MAY 18, 2009 [...] (C/NF) The acting DCM convened a full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to ref A, to review potential security implications for USG interests in Egypt resulting from the possible release of photographs of detainees, and to discuss the impending release of Egyptian wage revi [...] | 2009-05-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CASC KWBG PTER EG |
09CAIRO886 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EG PTER |
09CAIRO975 | UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN [...] Key Points -- (S) Egyptian interlocutors confirmed to U/S Levey their concern about Iran and their desire to keep financial pressure on Iran. -- (S) Central Bank Deputy Governor suggested that it would not be difficult to issue a formal policy directive prohibiting Egyptian banks from opening or [...] | 2009-05-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN EG IR IS KDEM KPAL NP PGOV PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA1001 | UN 1267 SANCTIONS: AUSTRALIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO [...] Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Counter Terrorism Policy Section said on November 9 that, having consulted all relevant Australian government agencies, they have no derogatory information on 29 names the United States is considering sponsoring or co-sponsoring for d [...] | 2009-11-13 01:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AS |
09CANBERRA1124 | AUSTRALIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The stakeholders at post, RSO, Legatt, and DEA have cleared the text. The embassy point of contact is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia Australia continued to play a leadership role in the fight against terrorism through multilater [...] | 2009-12-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR AS |
09CANBERRA121 | AUSTRALIAN QUESTION ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/CTR. Please see para 5 below. 2. (S) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, called in Deputy POLCOUNS on February 4 to discuss Dr. Ali Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Za'ag, the former biological weapon scie [...] | 2009-02-04 06:45:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL AS IZ |
09CANBERRA204 | CANBERRA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (U) This response has been coordinated and cleared by the EAC. The following responses are keyed to the questions listed in the reftel and cover all constituent posts in Australia. POLITICAL VIOLENCE I.(SBU) Demonstrations A. Yes. There are significant Greek, Malaysian, Lebanese, Ser [...] | 2009-03-02 00:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
09CANBERRA248 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - AUSTRALIA [...] (S/NF) Based on criteria in reftel A, Post has identified undersea cables landing in Australia, and civilian/commercial owned and operated terrestrial cables, as critical infrastructure/key resources in Australia whose loss would immediately affect the security of the United States. 2. (S/N [...] | 2009-03-13 04:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AS |
09CANBERRA265 | AUSTRALIA PROSCRIBES SIX TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS [...] (U) On March 18 the Australian Attorney General's Office announced the relisting of six groups as terrorist organizations under the criminal code because of information provided by Australia's security agencies. The relisting insures that it remains an offense to associate with, train with, pr [...] | 2009-03-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER AS KVPR CVIS PINR ASEC AF IZ PK YM IN |
09CANBERRA269 | AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING DETERMINATION FOR [...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. CLUNE [...] | 2009-03-19 02:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER AS |
09CANBERRA272 | SHARM AL-SHEIKH FOLLOW-UP - AUSTRALIA STILL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 23:49:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER AS |
09CANBERRA286 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SEOUL GI WORKSHOP, [...] Embassy Poloff and Republic of Korea Embassy Political Counsellor Youngsik Park met with Australian Assistant Secretary for Counter-Terrorism Paul Foley, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on March 18 to hear Australia's response to reftel invitations to Global Initiative to Comb [...] | 2009-03-23 09:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER KS AS |
09CANBERRA301 | ADDITIONAL AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (C/NF) Amembassy Canberra possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Royal Australian Regiment, 4th Battalian (Commando) as of March 3, 2009, 0800. Point of contact at AmEmbassy Canberra is Carol Hanlon, Political Officer. RICHE [...] | 2009-03-25 05:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER AS |
09CANBERRA321 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT SEOUL; PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-30 06:41:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA325 | CORRECTED COPY: GICNT: AUSTRALIAN PARTICIPATION AT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Further to information in Ref A regarding GOA participation in two Seoul-hosted events under the auspices of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) furnis [...] | 2009-03-31 02:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MNUC PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA382 | GICNT: RUSSIA DELIVERS DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA ON [...] (SBU) Roman Voloshchenao, a Russian Embassy political officer who apparently had received reftel demarche instructions before the four-day Easter holiday, notified us by telephone on April 14 he had arranged to deliver reftel points to James Nachipo, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs a [...] | 2009-04-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA389 | GICNT: AUSTRALIA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN 2009 [...] (SBU) Following up April 15 on the Russian demarche delivered a day earlier (REF A),poloff heard confirmation from DFAT Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination James Nachipo that Australia would attend the 2009 Plenary in The Hague. 2. (U) Nachipo also confirmed Australia would be prep [...] | 2009-04-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA41 | AUSTRALIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The text of the report follows. The embassy POC is Virgil Strohmeyer, strohmeyervb@state.gov. Australia continues to maintain a regional leadership position in the fight against terrorism. Australia's trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States addressed terrorist threats in [...] | 2009-01-13 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
09CANBERRA414 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH JAPANESE DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a bilateral meeting on the margins of the U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) Senior Officials Meeting in Canberra on April 21, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae agreed that the United States and Japan woul [...] | 2009-04-28 00:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KNNP MOPS PARM PHUM PREF PREL PTER AS JP |
09CANBERRA421 | PRIME MINISTER RUDD ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a press conference April 29 that Australia would boost its troop contribution in Afghanistan from 1,100 to 1,550 troops, mostly for training and capacity building and to support the Afghan elections in August 2009, and that it wo [...] | 2009-04-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER PREL AS |
09CANBERRA459 | AUSTRALIA THANKED FOR SABERI INTERVENTION [...] (SUB) On May 15, post forwarded a letter to the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, signed by the Charg d'Affaires,Daniel A. Clune, thanking the Australian government for its help in the Saberi case and seeking additional assistance in the cases of AMCITS Robert Levinson and Esha Momeni. 2. [...] | 2009-05-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CANBERRA503 | GICNT: AUSTRALIAN QUERIES ON OUTREACH, PLENARY AND [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/WMDT -- please see para 8 below. 2. (SBU) James Nachipo, Director for Counter-Terrorism Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),invited poloff to DFAT on May 29 to convey some questions and seek assistance on GICNT issues. Mohan [...] | 2009-05-29 07:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER MNUC KNNP PREL AS |
09CANBERRA53 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel prenotification January 16 to Peter Scott, Director for Sanctions and Transnational Crimes, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Scott thanked us for the advance word and per usual, said he would contact embassy if Australia had any information on the four ind [...] | 2009-01-16 04:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER IR AS |
09CANBERRA533 | SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS GOA ON UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Daniel Fried asked Australia to resettle some of the Uighur detainees in Guantanamo. Campbell listened politely, but because the ultimate decision rests with Prime Minister [...] | 2009-06-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | KDRG PHUM PINR PTER AS |
09CANBERRA565 | AUSTRALIA ASKS IRANIAN MINISTRIES ABOUT AMCIT [...] (SBU) In reply to the Charge's letter of thanks, reftel, to Foreign Minister Smith for Australia's help in the release of AMCIT Roxana Saberi, Smith's Chief of Staff, Frances Adamson, wrote on June 9: Start text Thank you for your letter dated 15 May 2009 thanking the Government for its assi [...] | 2009-06-16 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | IR AS JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC |
09CANBERRA568 | GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) The Australian government is forward leaning in both maintaining border security and providing assistance to partners in the fight against terrorism. To that end, robust and dynamic protocols are in place to ensure that the movement of suspected and known terrorists are monitored and thwar [...] | 2009-06-17 23:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA582 | AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO USG POSITION ON UN [...] June 17, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel a. to Peter Scott, Director Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section, International Legal Branch of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mr. Scott replied that Australia was in basic agreement with the U.S. positions; h [...] | 2009-06-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER |
09CANBERRA590 | DEMARCHE ON GICNT UPDATED MODEL DOCUMENT DELIVERED [...] (U) On June 25, poloff met with Mohan Matthews, Executive Officer, Counter Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to deliver information on the GICNT Model Document (reftel). 2. (U) Matthews thanked poloff for the information, noting he [...] | 2009-06-26 00:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA652 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Avryl Lattin of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Sanctions and Transnational Crime Section. Lattin expressed appreciation for the information and said she would notify us of any official reaction. CLUNE [...] | 2009-07-15 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER AS |
09CANBERRA751 | NATIONAL SECURITY LAWS TO BE CHANGED [...] (U) Summary: The government has proposed changes to Australia's counter-terrorism and national security laws which strengthen them in some areas, while softening them in others. The government will seek to expand the definition of terrorism and give police greater search powers. On the other h [...] | 2009-08-13 23:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS PGOV PTER |
09CANBERRA793 | GICNT: GOA INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] (U) The embassy has informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime has joined three other international organizations (IAEA, EU and INTERPOL) as off [...] | 2009-08-27 06:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS |
09CANBERRA833 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] (C) Pol/Econcouns delivered on September 8 reftel points on freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka to Gary Cowan, Director of the India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives section in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and raised the issue sep [...] | 2009-09-10 05:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN CE |
09CANBERRA891 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES GICNT UPDATE [...] (U) On September 29, the embassy informed Mohan Mathews, Counter-Terrorism Branch, International Security Division, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) that the Nov 2009 Exercise Planning Group of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),to be held in B [...] | 2009-09-29 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC AS |
09CANBERRA926 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia will support the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report (State 106423) and will instruct its UN Missions in New York and Geneva to coordinate with their U.S. counterparts. DFAT Security Council Task Force Head Bassim Blazey, who is acting First Assistant Secretary for [...] | 2009-10-14 06:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL |
09CANBERRA981 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) Australia generally shares the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. Pol/Econ Couns delivered reftel demarche regarding the UNGA debate on the Goldstone report to Acting First Assistant Secretary Bassim Blazey of the International Legal Department. Blazey said that Australia is still [...] | 2009-11-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS IS KPAL PHUM PREL PTER |
09CARACAS1065 | VISAS VIPER JULY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on July 28, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for July 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS dat [...] | 2009-08-13 21:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1137 | CHAVEZ SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE ON COLOMBIA PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 25 televised address, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to start preparations for a rupture with Colombia. This latest episode of brinkmanship appears targeted at multiple audiences -- his domestic constituency, Colombia, [...] | 2009-08-28 17:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CO VE |
09CARACAS1167 | VISAS VIPER AUGUST 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 25, 2009. Committee members submitted one name for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Qureshi, Muhammad Zubair Ali meets the Visas Viper criteria. His information is as follows: Name: Qureshi, Muh [...] | 2009-09-04 19:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1207 | CHAVEZ DEMANDS OBAMA EXPLAIN DCA TO UNASUR [...] (SBU) Speaking in Madrid on September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated the suggestion, first raised by Brazilian President Da Silva at the August 28 UNASUR summit in Argentina, that President Obama publicly explain the purpose of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Colombia. [...] | 2009-09-15 21:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL VE CO |
09CARACAS1225 | OPPOSITON MAYOR GUNNED DOWN BY UNKNOWN KILLERS [...] (SBU) On September 12, opposition Mayor Lluvane Alvarez was shot dead in front of his house in Coloncito, a ranching town in northern Tachira state. Mayor Alvarez was a member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party and a strong supporter of Tachira's COPEI Governor Cesar Perez Vivas [...] | 2009-09-18 19:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1226 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT USES DCA TO JUSTIFY ARMS [...] (SBU) Following the fractious September 15 UNASUR Summit in Quito, President Chavez declared victory, claiming on a September 17 television broadcast that Colombia had been "completely isolated." He said it was "embarrassing" that the Colombians could not even show the Defense Cooperation A [...] | 2009-09-18 19:47:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1233 | RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors). El Aissami described the [...] | 2009-09-18 21:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1312 | VISAS VIPER SEP 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on September 29, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for September 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...] | 2009-10-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1325 | GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...] | 2009-10-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1353 | POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Venezuela's western states of Zulia and Falcon October 4-8 and met with a range of political leaders. Complaints of Colombian guerrillas operating openly in Zulia and reduced budgets were widespread. Pablo Perez, the opposition governor of Zulia, sai [...] | 2009-10-20 19:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SNAR VE CO |
09CARACAS1355 | AA ASKED TO HEAD NEW US-VENEZUELA BUSINESS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: American Airlines Senior Vice President for Latin American Peter Dolara informed the Ambassador that he had been approached by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. concerning a proposal to help form a new bilateral business organization to promote a positive image of Venezuela. [...] | 2009-10-21 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
09CARACAS1376 | GBRV BLAMES PARAMILITARIES FOR DEATHS OF 10 KIDNAP [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan media reported that the bodies of 10 kidnap victims were discovered on October 24 in Tachira state along the border with Colombia. The deceased included a Venezuelan, a Peruvian, and eight Colombians who were kidnapped in Venezuela on October 11. The opposition-led [...] | 2009-10-27 18:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1413 | VISAS VIPER OCT 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on October 27, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for October 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...] | 2009-11-04 19:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1426 | GBRV LAYS BLAME FOR BORDER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the weeks of October 24-November 6, Venezuelan-Colombian border tensions rose sharply as a result of the killing of 10 kidnap victims (reftel) and two Venezuelan National Guardsmen, the arrest of three alleged Colombian DAS (Administrative Department of Security) agents b [...] | 2009-11-06 17:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS145 | VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas VISA VIPER Committee meeting on January 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new VISAS VIPER names to submit to the Consular Section for January 2009. 2. Conoff reminded participants to continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the C [...] | 2009-02-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS1485 | Colombian Guerrillas Reportedly Met with GRBV Officials in [...] (S) Investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on November 16 that a reliable source had told him that Colombian guerrilla leaders had been in Caracas the previous week to meet with senior Venezuelan government officials to plan a possible provocati [...] | 2009-11-20 20:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS1529 | COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty years of civil war in Colombia have created a unique situation where four generations of refugees, totaling an estimated 6 million people, call Venezuela home. Colombian expatriates are integrated at every level of Venezuelan society, from casual day laborers to pro [...] | 2009-12-04 22:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PTER CO VE IOM |
09CARACAS182 | AUSTRIANS REQUEST INFORMATION ON VENEZUELA-FARC [...] (U) This is an Action Request - See Para. 4. 2. (C) During a February 5 courtesy call on the Charge, Austrian Ambassador to Venezuela Thomas Schuller-Gotzburg said the Venezuelan National Guard is seeking to purchase weapons from Austria. Schuller-Gotzburg inquired whether we had informa [...] | 2009-02-10 20:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MCAP VE CO |
09CARACAS28 | BRV REITERATES THERE'S NO FARC IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) According to press reports, FARC Supreme leader Alfonso Cano AKA Guillermo Leon Saenz inadvertently revealed the names of seven senior FARC operatives in Venezuela in a communique that vowed a new offensive against Colombian police and military units following setbacks during 2008. Cano [...] | 2009-01-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER VE CO |
09CARACAS311 | VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 25, 2009. Committee members submitted two names for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Lina Ron meets the Visas Viper criteria. Her information is as follows: Name: Ron Pereira, Lina Nine [...] | 2009-03-13 13:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS422 | CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...] | 2009-04-01 19:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE |
09CARACAS446 | VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on March 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for March 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...] | 2009-04-08 12:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS492 | BORDER BRUHAHA NEARLY OVERSHADOWS URIBE VISIT AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe held a brief meeting on April 14 in Caracas. Consistent with prior reporting (Ref B),the Colombian side was focused on trade and protecting the interests of Colombian businessmen and investors in Venezuela. I [...] | 2009-04-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER CO VE |
09CARACAS559 | CHAVEZ DEFENDS TERRORISM RECORD BUT WON'T STOP FARC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 1 rally, President Hugo Chavez harshly criticized the Venezuela section of the USG April 30 Country Reports on Terrorism, calling it "a new aggression by the American empire." During the May 3 broadcast of his regular Sunday political talk show, "Alo Presidente," [...] | 2009-05-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL VE CO |
09CARACAS691 | VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The RSO chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on April 28. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for April 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS databas [...] | 2009-06-05 14:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS715 | VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on May 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for May 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...] | 2009-06-09 21:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS728 | VENEZUELA INCAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIVE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A plain-spoken nuclear physicist told Econoff that those spreading rumors that Venezuela is helping third countries (i.e. Iran) develop atomic bombs "are full of (expletive)." He said Venezuela is currently unable to provide such assistance particularly as the Chavez administration "do [...] | 2009-06-11 17:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TRGY EMIN PTER |
09CARACAS890 | VISAS VIPER JUNE 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on June 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for June 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS data [...] | 2009-07-14 13:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE |
09CARACAS983 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLOMBIAN FOLS PROMPTS CHAVEZ TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the announcement of U. S. Forward Operating Locations in Colombia, President Hugo Chavez openly labeled the United States as "the enemy" in a July 23 speech to military officers. In an attempt to intimidate Colombia, Chavez on July 20, ordered a "review" of relatio [...] | 2009-07-28 22:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO VE |
09CASABLANCA112 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following names o [...] | 2009-06-08 17:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA131 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the arrest of five members of a [...] | 2009-07-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA140 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD (UPDATE) [...] As reported previously (Casablanca 0131),members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2000 and discussed the arrest of members of the terrorist cell Salafiya Jihadia. 2. Legatt office provided the following submissions. All are Moro [...] | 2009-07-15 15:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA159 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 3, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM/PD, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, RAO, POL, ECON, and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee had nothing to report for Jul [...] | 2009-08-07 09:24:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA177 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM/PD with ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, ECON and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee does not have anything to report at [...] | 2009-09-08 16:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA181 | AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...] | 2009-09-15 17:17:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG |
09CASABLANCA182 | AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...] | 2009-09-15 18:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG |
09CASABLANCA19 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for [...] | 2009-02-05 14:22:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA193 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the September arrest of 24 [...] | 2009-10-08 12:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA197 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD UPDATE [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following na [...] | 2009-10-20 16:56:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA2 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by [...] | 2009-01-05 16:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA224 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, USAID and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the November 2009 reporting period. [...] | 2009-12-08 09:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA40 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, and ECON. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of February 2009. [...] | 2009-03-10 13:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA66 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, PD and FCS. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of March 2009. [...] | 2009-04-07 17:35:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA85 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the m [...] | 2009-05-05 11:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA90 | ISLAMISTS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH SALAFIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings the government of Morocco (GOM) detained and prosecuted thousands of suspected Islamic extremists. The creation of a concentrated Salafist population in the prisons has presented the GOM with new challenges including the b [...] | 2009-05-11 18:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KISL PHUM MO |
09CHENNAI104 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CATHOLIC LEADERS URGE FLOCK TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During Sunday services Catholic priests across Kerala read a pastoral letter to their congregants that essentially told them to vote against the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and its allies in the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The pastoral letter was just the latest [...] | 2009-04-06 05:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI107 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: ALLIANCE ARITHMETIC IS A KEY FACTOR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No single party is likely to win a majority of the seats in India's parliament in the upcoming elections. As a result, whichever party ultimately forms the next government will need to do so by building a coalition government. This cable outlines the broad features of allianc [...] | 2009-04-08 06:53:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI145 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: UPA FACES SETBACK IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has played a crucial role in the formation of India's recent coalition governments. In 2004, a DMK-led alliance swept the polls, contributing all of the state's parliamentary seats to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). But the tables have turned, with the DMK [...] | 2009-05-13 07:08:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI151 | TAMIL NADU QUIET AFTER PRABHAKARAN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Mixed but moderate responses in Tamil Nadu followed the news of the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),from relief to indifference to occasional outright denial. Despite the efforts of political parties to turn concern over [...] | 2009-05-22 05:22:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN ASEC CE |
09CHENNAI161 | ANDHRA POLICE KILL KEY MAOIST LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Andhra Pradesh (AP) killed two top members of a violent Maoist group ("Naxalite") in an encounter on May 24. They also recovered several firearms. The police link one of those killed to several high-profile terrorist attacks, including assassination attempts against [...] | 2009-05-28 06:37:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM IN |
09CHENNAI163 | BHARAT BALLOT '09: MAY 28 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS: ELECTION [...] (U) This report is part of a periodic series covering items of interest in South India not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: Parties unable to leverage the plight of Sri Lanka's Tamils for political gain -- Andhra Pradesh: Sops tr [...] | 2009-05-29 02:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI185 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: TAMIL NADU ANALYSIS: CONGRESS-DMK [...] (SBU) Summary: The alliance between the Congress Party and the regional DMK party surprised nearly all observers by winning a thumping victory in Tamil Nadu in the recent parliamentary elections. Most commentators expected an opposition led by an alliance of regional and communist parties to [...] | 2009-06-15 00:16:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI22 | SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE AND GUJARAT BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-22 07:58:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC IN |
09CHENNAI317 | SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...] | 2009-10-30 05:03:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE |
09CHENNAI349 | INDIAN COPS BUST NETWORK TRAFFICKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO [...] Summary: India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has made three arrests in South India as a part of a wider effort to prevent illegal export of controlled pharmaceuticals, primarily to the United States, by so-called "net pharmacies." The NCB's investigation has revealed a network comprised o [...] | 2009-12-15 02:52:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ETRD PTER IN |
09CHENNAI38 | SRI LANKAN WAR HEATS UP TAMIL NADU POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dramatic self-immolation by a young man in Chennai protesting Tamil civilian casualties in Sri Lanka gave opportunistic fringe parties a political opening. Their efforts to whip up more widespread protests through the call for a statewide general strike, however, fell flat d [...] | 2009-02-06 08:12:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN CE |
09CHENNAI53 | MAOISTS SUFFER FURTHER BLOW IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Konapuri Ilaiah ,former Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee (APSC) of India's indigenous Maoist insurgency (also known as Naxalites),surrendered to police on February 15, allegedly because of his ill health. Deputy Inspector General of the Special Intelligence Branch B. Shiv [...] | 2009-02-24 06:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM IN |
09CHENNAI57 | SRI LANKA PERMEATES VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues related to the war in Sri Lanka dominated SCA/INS Acting Director Diane Kelly's February 3 to 5 visit to Chennai. Local concern for the civilians trapped in the fighting was a constant theme as she visited an NGO that supports refugees from the war and had lunch with Sri [...] | 2009-02-26 02:10:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON IN CE |
09CHENNAI59 | BHARAT BALLOT O9: SRI LANKA BECOMES AN ELECTION ISSUE, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Increasingly harsh coverage of the war in Sri Lanka in the Tamil Nadu press has shifted public opinion in the state. Expressions of support for the LTTE, once limited to the fringe of the state's politics, are becoming more commonplace. Representatives of an umbrella organizatio [...] | 2009-02-27 01:48:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN |
09CHENNAI66 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CPM STILL FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Kerala are increasingly dissatisfied with the state's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in the run-up to the national election. The Kerala CPM has been gripped by a personal dispute between its two senior-most members, the Chief Minister and the party chief [...] | 2009-03-06 00:20:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM IN |
09CHENNAI70 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: SETTING THE SCENE FOR SOUTH INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Election Commission's announcement of national election dates (April 16 - May 13),we have composed brief political scenesetters for the four South Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. These four states, with a combined population of r [...] | 2009-03-09 08:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM IN |
09CHENNAI76 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 12 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of election highlights from Consulate General Chennai that did not feature in our other reporting on India's upcoming elections: -- Tamil Nadu: Congress/DMK partnership set to reprise 2004's grand alliance? -- Tamil Nadu: a brief fast for Sri Lankan Tamils [...] | 2009-03-12 07:47:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI86 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 24 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS, VOLUME 2 [...] (U) This report is the second in a periodic series of election-related items in South India that highlight important information not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: BJP searching in vain for alliance partners in Tamil Nadu -- Ta [...] | 2009-03-24 07:21:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN |
09CHENNAI94 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA COMMUNISTS TURN TO CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerala's ruling party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),has made a tactical alliance with a controversial Islamic leader, Abdul Nasser Madhani. Beset by internal problems -- both within the party and its coalition -- the CPM is featuring Madhani on the campaign tra [...] | 2009-03-31 04:04:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KDEM IN |
09CHIANGMAI100 | RUBBER GROWS INTO NEW CASH CROP IN THAILAND'S NORTH [...] As southern China's appetite for raw materials continues to grow, northern Thailand's agricultural sector is adapting by expanding rubber production, which is a traditional sector of southern Thailand. After a significant effort to expand the area of rubber-producing land in the north under fo [...] | 2009-07-14 10:11:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PGOV PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI11 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STALLED PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, has expressed cautious optimism that the peace dialogue might be resumed under the new Democrat Party-led government. He told CG January 14 that PM Abhisit has asked if he would be willing to resume his former r [...] | 2009-01-22 05:35:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY ID |
09CHIANGMAI145 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM PUSHES SECRET DIALOGUE, BUT IT WON'T [...] (S) The recently renewed secret peace dialogue between the RTG and southern insurgents is - despite strong support from PM Abhisit - making little progress, according to sources involved in the talks. The two biggest confidence-building measures on the table - investigation of the June 8 mosq [...] | 2009-10-07 04:19:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI171 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: SKEPTICAL ARMY LEADERSHIP STEPPING [...] (S) PM Abhisit appears to be bringing a skeptical Thai military leadership more fully on board with his policy to resume a secret dialogue with insurgents as a means to resolve the long-running ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency in the country's deep south. At an Abhisit-chaired November 2 meetin [...] | 2009-11-13 07:08:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PTER TH MY |
09CHIANGMAI184 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: READOUT ON ABHISIT-NAJIB, LOCAL [...] (S) During a joint visit to southern Thailand by the Thai and Malaysian Prime Ministers, PM Abhisit reportedly raised with PM Najib - indirectly - RTG concern over official Malaysian pressure on Malaysia-based insurgent leaders involved in secret peace talks with the RTG. In a post-Najib-visi [...] | 2009-12-21 06:24:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER TH MY |
09CHIANGMAI23 | SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: SECRET DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD IN FACE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, is nervously ambivalent about the recent renewal of the discussion channel. He told CG February 10 that the resumption lacks a formal mandate from the RTG Cabinet, and instead proceeds unofficially under encoura [...] | 2009-02-12 18:25:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH PTER |
09CHIANGMAI58 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSURGENT LEADERS PRESS AHEAD ON PLAN TO [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, reports that militant leaders continue to meet among themselves to flesh out a proposal they aim to present as a basis for resuming direct dialogue with the RTG. He told CG April 28 that this effort, now broadene [...] | 2009-04-29 02:42:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09CHIANGMAI89 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF SECRET DIALOGUE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, sees a potential silver lining in the recent surge in violence in southern Thailand following the June 8 mosque killings and subsequent reprisals. He told CG June 24 that the uptick in violence and the military' [...] | 2009-06-25 09:06:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
09CHISINAU1012 | MOLDOVA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Chisinau nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Government [...] | 2009-12-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE MD |
09CHISINAU545 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK MD |
09CHISINAU71 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD |
09CHISINAU72 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD |
09CHISINAU989 | CHISINAU: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. One significant act of possible politically motivated domestic terrorism, however, did occur. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terr [...] | 2009-12-24 09:06:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR MD |
09COLOMBO1006 | MFA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER DHS QUESTIONING OF [...] (C) On November 2, Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had requested that Sri Lankan Chief of Defense (CHOD) Sarath Fonseka come in for a "voluntary" interview with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office [...] | 2009-11-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1012 | THE MALDIVES AGREES TO ACCEPT FIVE UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 27, Ambassador Daniel Fried, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, held meetings with senior officials from the Government of the Republic of the Maldives (GORM) to discuss the possibility of the GORM accepting five ethnic Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Followi [...] | 2009-11-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MV |
09COLOMBO1016 | JVP: PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE CHEST--FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with PolOff, MP Vijitha Herath of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the People's Liberation Front) offered guarded comments indicated the leftist-nationalist party was probably waiting for a more certain political climate to declare publicly its political intention [...] | 2009-11-06 06:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1017 | SIGNIFICANT IDP RELEASES CONTINUE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Significant numbers of IDPs continue to be released from camps in Manik Farm and elsewhere. Exact figures differ on just how many have been released, depending on whether the source of the information is the UN or the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). The bottom line is that in dramatic cont [...] | 2009-11-06 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1018 | FONSEKA'S U.S. VISIT AND RECALL MAKE WAVES IN SRI [...] (C) News of CHOD General Sarath Fonseka's visit to the U.S. and subsequent interaction with DHS dominated the local headlines in Colombo during the week of November 1. Many news outlets and political actors strongly criticized the U.S. for this apparent attempt to question Fonseka and possib [...] | 2009-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1019 | MUSLIM CONGRESS LEADER ON ELECTIONS, FONSEKA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chairman of Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) and Eastern Provincial opposition leader Basheer Segudawood spoke of his party's strategy to defeat President Rajapaksa at the upcoming elections. The strategy included forming a broad coalition with the UNP and [...] | 2009-11-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1030 | HANGING CHOD? GENERAL SARATH FONSEKA SUBMITS HIS [...] (C) Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Sarath Fonseka submitted his resignation to President Rajapaksa on November 12. Senior military officials in the Office of Chief of Defense Staff (OCDS),a Ministry of Defense official, United National Party (UNP) insiders and a retired military general wit [...] | 2009-11-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1031 | TAMIL LEADER SAMPANTHAN FORESEES "HOT" ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 10 meeting with PolChief, Tamil National Alliance Chairman Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan said President Rajapaksa told him there would be early presidential elections. He affirmed General Fonseka's intention to run but noted that a Rajapaksa/Fonseka contest would "spli [...] | 2009-11-13 10:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1032 | MISSION ANNOUNCES RE-DIRECTION OF ASSISTANCE AWAY [...] (C) On November 11, Ambassador met with Basil Rajapaksa, senior advisor to the president and chief of the Sri Lankan Government's relief and reconstruction efforts, to announce the U.S. decision to redirect aid from closed camps to returnees, host families, and open camps by March 2010. Rajapa [...] | 2009-11-13 10:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1038 | PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA GETS COLD FEET ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a much-anticipated nationwide speech on Sunday night failed to announce either a presidential or general election. Rajapaksa instead largely gave a speech that extolled the virtues of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and took thinly-veiled swi [...] | 2009-11-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1043 | MALDIVES OPPOSES IRAN'S NO-ACTION MOTION ON UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Vice President Ahmed Shaheed assured Ambassador of the support of the government of the Maldives (GOM) and of the Maldives intention to oppose the &no-action8 motion on the human rights resolution on Iran. Shaheed instructed their mission in New York not to participate in t [...] | 2009-11-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV |
09COLOMBO1046 | MALDIVES POISED TO CHANGE POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered reftel points urging non-support of Anti-Israel UN Resolutions to the Maldives High Commissioner Ali Hussain Didi. While he could not commit to a definitive response, Didi assured Pol Chief of government of the Maldives (GOM) serious consideration of the [...] | 2009-11-18 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV |
09COLOMBO1047 | SRI LANKA WILL NOT OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered ref A points urging Sri Lanka to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) would continu [...] | 2009-11-18 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA CE |
09COLOMBO1051 | PRM PDAS WITTEN EXAMINES IDP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 12-16 visit of PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Witten came during a critical period in the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. The Government is accelerating releases from closed camps, a move welcomed by the international community but on [...] | 2009-11-20 10:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1061 | TAMIL PARTIES CONFUSED AND UNDECIDED ON WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main Tamil parties remain disorganized and unsure of their strategy for the upcoming election season. Faced with the possible role of kingmaker in the upcoming presidential election, the Tamil parties generally are uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting the ree [...] | 2009-11-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1062 | TRUST BUT VERIFY: SRI LANKA ANNOUNCES IDP FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 21, 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced its intention to increase freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in northern Sri Lanka. While specifics are unclear, it appears that as of December 1, IDPs will be able to leav [...] | 2009-11-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1066 | BATTLE OF THE TITANS BEGINS [...] (U) Late on November 23, President Mahinda Rajapaksa began the process to hold an early presidential election and instructed the Elections Commission to begin preparations for the election. Rajapaksa issued the instructions at a meeting with leaders of political parties constituting the ruling [...] | 2009-11-24 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1073 | RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE: UNP LEADERS BELIEVE THEY ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) are upbeat about the party's electoral prospects and are confident that UNF alliance candidate General Sarath Fonseka can beat President Rajapaksa in the upcoming presidential election. UNP party members noted that the U [...] | 2009-11-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1094 | SHOW ME THE MONEY: KEY TAMIL LEADER DELAYS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1110 | IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...] | 2009-12-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1111 | SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...] | 2009-12-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1112 | IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...] | 2009-12-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1113 | SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...] | 2009-12-04 05:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1118 | ELECTION SEASON MAY BRING INCREASED RISK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunday Leader newspaper editor-in-chief Frederica Jansz, and chairman of Leader Publications Lal Wickramatunge reported feeling increasingly at risk as election season took off and expected that conditions would worsen after presidential nominations on December 17. The pair wer [...] | 2009-12-04 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1129 | RED ROVER: PARTY MEMBERS START CROSSING OVER [...] (C) On December 7, senior UNP leader S.B. Dissanayake resigned from his position as National Organizer for the UNP and his position as opposition leader of the Central Province provincial council. Local observers have noted in the past that Dissanayake was a possible presidential candidate ( [...] | 2009-12-09 12:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1135 | SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE FINDS SITUATION IMPROVED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a December 8-10 visit, Assistant Secretary Blake found progress on humanitarian issues but also much that remained to be done. The IDP situation had greatly improved, with about three-fifths of the IDPs returned home or resettled, freedom of movement allowed f [...] | 2009-12-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1139 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 1 [...] (SBU) Introduction: As an air of anticipation builds in Sri Lanka in advance of the upcoming Sri Lankan elections, including a presidential election scheduled for January 26 and a parliamentary election anticipated for later in the spring, post will provide update reports as events dictate, [...] | 2009-12-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1140 | UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1145 | SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.2 [...] (C) Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva spoke at an event organized by UNF member Mangala Samaraweera on December 15, criticizing the concentration of powers developed through the executive presidency under Mahinda Rajapaksa. Fonseka was a "surprise" guest at the event, and local media publis [...] | 2009-12-16 12:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1148 | UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civilian population displacement issues in Sri Lanka have evolved rapidly over the last several months. Key protection issues identified most recently by the humanitarian community in Colombo include freedom of movement, transferred displacement, de-mining and demarcation, singl [...] | 2009-12-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1150 | FORMER PRESIDENT NOTES DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with Ambassador, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga discussed President Rajapaksa's abuse of power and said that under his leadership, the economy, the political climate, health care, education and international relations had spiraled down reaching a new low in [...] | 2009-12-17 09:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1152 | SRI LANKA ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.3 [...] (C) With official nominations registered between 9:00 and 11:00 this morning, 23 candidates will be vying in the January 26 presidential election. Both President Rajapaksa from the UPFA and his main challenger former General Fonseka of the UNF and JVP handed in their nominations while hundreds [...] | 2009-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1159 | DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency; disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups; reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation Tigers of [...] | 2009-12-22 04:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1165 | EASTERN PROVINCE: RETURNS NEARLY COMPLETE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with local authorities, community leaders, United Nations (UN) officials, and returnees in Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in the Eastern Province. Returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to these districts are nearly complete but land issues, livelihoods, [...] | 2009-12-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1166 | ELECTIONS IN THE EAST: TAMILS UNCONVINCED [...] (S) SUMMARY: A visit to the Eastern Province by Embassy officers found that Tamils in the East do not strongly support either President Rajapaksa or General Fonseka in the upcoming election and that many would spoil their votes. Only Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities expressed strong c [...] | 2009-12-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO1177 | SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER: FAQS FOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The following provides Post assessment of key issues related to the Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for January 26. The message is organized in frequently-asked-question (FAQ) format and draws on Ambassador's Dec [...] | 2009-12-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO118 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/02/2009 RE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 2, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture and guidance to the expatriate American community in light of the upcoming Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations and the possibility [...] | 2009-02-03 03:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO1180 | ACCOUNTABILITY: FONSEKA STIRS UP HORNETS' NEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The committee appointed by the president to look into allegations raised in the Department's October 21 incidents report to Congress will not issue a public report but rather a recommendation memo for President Rajapaksa's consideration. Although Sarath Fonseka was quoted as accu [...] | 2009-12-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO12 | GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA LIKELY SOON TO BAN LTTE [...] (C) A senior Government Minister confirmed to Ambassador on January 5 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is likely to ban the LTTE as early as Wednesday, January 7. Although he was one of the Ministers involved in lifting the ban in 2002 so the Government could open peace talks with the LT [...] | 2009-01-06 02:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE |
09COLOMBO200 | SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS RAID COLOMBO; SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) On February 20 at about 21:45 local time, two LTTE aircraft attacked Colombo. The government of Sri Lanka reacted quickly to activate the air defense system in Colombo, cutting electric power while high-intensity spotlights searched the sky. Shortly thereafter, the security forces act [...] | 2009-02-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO218 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL NEWSPAPER EDITOR'S "WHITE VAN" ARREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eyewitnesses reported that several men, some in plain clothes and some in police uniforms took Tamil newspaper editor M. Vidyatharan at gunpoint at about 9:45 am local time on February 26 and bundled him into a white van. Vidyatharan was taken as he came out of a funeral parlor [...] | 2009-02-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE |
09COLOMBO252 | SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS WAYS TO [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador hosted a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 5 to take stock of actions since the February 3 Co-Chair statement and consider what further actions we should recommend to capitals. Ambassadors agreed not to recommend an additional Co-Chair statement at this time [...] | 2009-03-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO26 | GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA BANS LTTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 7, the Government of Sri Lanka banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Under the ban's regulations, anyone found guilty of promoting, encouraging or aiding and abetting the LTTE would be sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On January 8, Ambassador attended [...] | 2009-01-08 12:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER PREF CE |
09COLOMBO266 | SRI LANKA: PILLAIYAN'S TMVP HANDS IN SOME OF ITS [...] (SBU) On March 7, cadres loyal to Eastern Provincial Council Chief Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan ("Pillaiyan") surrendered 150 weapons and 7,000 rounds of ammunition to government security forces in Batticaloa. Press reports characterized the ceremony as the "official disarming" of Pi [...] | 2009-03-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR EAID CE |
09COLOMBO27 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JANUARY 8, 2009 [...] (C) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 8, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent attacks by Israel in Gaza and the possible U.S. veto of a one sided, Libyan-proposed resolution to the United Nations Securit [...] | 2009-01-08 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PTER PREL |
09COLOMBO279 | SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BOMBING AT SOUTHERN MOSQUE KILLS 14; ONE [...] A presumed LTTE suicide bomb attack killed at least 14 and injured 36 at celebrations for the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed on March 10 at 10:15 am. The explosion at the Godapitiya Mosque in Akuressa, 15 km inland from the principal southern coastal town of Matara and about 160 km south of [...] | 2009-03-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO33 | SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF KILINOCHCHI, WHAT WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of Mahinda Rajapaksa has achieved considerable success in its military campaign against the LTTE. The Defense Ministry under his brother, Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, has had top priority for funding and other support, and has used this mandate to transform the [...] | 2009-01-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
09COLOMBO34 | CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS RE-AFFIRM IMPORTANCE OF A [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting convened by Ambassador on January 8, Co-Chair Ambassadors and the Indian High Commissioner agreed that recent Sri Lankan military successes have given new impetus to Sinhalese extremists and other hard-liners to expand their extreme agenda to include efforts to sto [...] | 2009-01-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CE |
09COLOMBO370 | SRI LANKA: JOINT DEMARCHE PRESENTED ON EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief, accompanied by Russian and Korean counterparts, presented the invitation (ref a) for the Exercise Planning Group Meeting to Sri Lankan MFA Assistant Director for Multilatleral Affairs Gihan Indraguptha on March 19. The Korean political counselor also provided a folder conta [...] | 2009-03-31 12:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC CE |
09COLOMBO383 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/01/2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 1, 2009. The EAC discussed post's residential security policy and the provision of static guards at residences, as well as a newly-drafted armored vehicle policy. The EAC concurred that no specific [...] | 2009-04-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
09COLOMBO397 | SRI LANKA: POLICE ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: H. L. Jamaldeen the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Kalmunai police division was shot and killed on April 5 outside of a mosque in Kalmunai, Ampara District. Jamaldeen was also the Director of Kalladi Police Training College and USAID's main point of contact for a DoD-fund [...] | 2009-04-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CE |
09COLOMBO423 | SRI LANKA/MALDIVES: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Per reftel request, Colombo Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Econ Chief Kami Witmer. Tel: 94-11-249-8770; unclass email: witmerka@state.gov; siprnet: witmerka@state.sgov.gov. In her absence, DCM James R. Moore acts as the TFCO. Tel: 94-11-249-8591; unclass email: moore [...] | 2009-04-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER CE MV |
09COLOMBO44 | SRI LANKA: ARMY TAKES ELEPHANT PASS; NOW CONTROLS [...] (U) In a significant victory, the Sri Lankan Army completed its reconquest of the entire Jaffna peninsula by seizing control of the key base at Elephant Pass, held by the "Tamil Tigers" (LTTE) since 2000. On January 9, the President announced in an address to the nation that after heavy fight [...] | 2009-01-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |