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07CAIRO3342 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ EG |
07CAIRO3359 | EGYPT SIGNS LETTER OF REQUEST FOR BORDER EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) We have received a Letter of Request (LOR) from the Egyptian Procurement Office, dated November 27, requesting the $23 million in equipment and training recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers-led survey team. The team, headed by Dr. Jason McKenna of the Army Corps of Engineers, was [...] | 2007-11-29 12:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG |
07CAIRO3370 | EGYPT SIGNS LETTER OF REQUEST FOR BORDER EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) We have received a Letter of Request (LOR) from the Egyptian Procurement Office, dated November 27, requesting the $23 million in equipment and training recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers-led survey team. The team, headed by Dr. Jason McKenna of the Army Corps of Engineers, was [...] | 2007-12-02 05:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG |
07CAIRO623 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE OFFERS TO HOST CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Arab League Secretariat Staff Member Zeid Al Sabban confirmed to poloff on March 6 that the League wanted to host the next International Contact Group (ICG) meeting in Cairo, and was consulting in Nairobi for dates in early April. A diplomatic note from the AL asserting that the meeting [...] | 2007-03-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO |
07CAIRO90 | EGYPTIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S JANUARY 10 [...] (C) Reaction to President Bush's January 10 Iraq speech has so far been muted from both official and private sources, yet the general tenor of opinion among contacts and media sources is one of pessimism that an additional twenty thousand U.S. troops will end the violence in Iraq. During a J [...] | 2007-01-11 17:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG IZ |
07CAIRO946 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MEETING CALLS FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Arab heads of state met in Riyadh on March 28-29 at an annual Arab League summit, where they addressed the Arab-Israeli conflict, Darfur, and Somalia, among other topics. On Somalia, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal convened on March 28 an informal meeting that included the [...] | 2007-04-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS EG ARABL SO |
07CANBERRA1018 | DEMARCHE ON HEAVY-CALIBER AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adrian Lochrin, Director for Defence Policy and Liaison, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on July 5, emphasizing the urgency of the issue for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the need for a rapid response. 2. (SBU) Lochrin advised the GOA [...] | 2007-07-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PARM PREL LE AS |
07CANBERRA1021 | PM HOWARD'S JULY 5 SPEECH ON AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Howard used the July 5 release of the Australian Department of Defense's 2007 Defense Update to deliver a wide-ranging address on Australia's strategic future and implications for national security policy. In remarks to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that refle [...] | 2007-07-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PINR PREL AS |
07CANBERRA1547 | DUTCH, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL AUS, UK, CANADA) At our quarterly U.S.-UK-Canada-Netherlands lunch on October 19, Dutch Ambassador to Australia Niek van Zutphen commented that senior Dutch officials were sincere in voicing continuing support for the Netherland's troop commitment in Afghanistan, but faced formidable do [...] | 2007-10-19 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AS |
07CANBERRA1603 | AUSTRALIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS DEPENDENT [...] (C) Australia's requirements to deploy forces to Iraq following expiry of the MNF-I mandate will depend heavily on which party forms the government following the November 24 election. The Liberal/National Coalition government under Prime Minister John Howard has been solidly behind the missio [...] | 2007-11-02 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AS PM |
07CANBERRA1744 | U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER [...] (C) Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on newly sworn-in Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon on December 4. Fitzgibbon reaffirmed the Rudd government's commitment to the alliance with the United States, asserted his government's long-term commitment to Afgh [...] | 2007-12-11 23:33:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS KNNP PREL AS |
07CANBERRA1763 | AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...] | 2007-12-18 00:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL AS |
07CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL MILITARY TRAINERS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia, in a National Security Committee of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 14, approved a recommendation to deploy an additional 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to assist in training Iraqi Army forces. 2. (C) Robert Garran, Assistant Secretary [...] | 2007-02-20 07:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AS IZ XF ZP |
07CANBERRA293 | AUSTRALIAN PLANS TO INCREASE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) The Government of Australia, concerned about the upcoming Taliban offensive and worried that Dutch preparations to counter the expected Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan are not robust enough, are making preliminary plans to deploy an additional 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF [...] | 2007-02-22 03:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
07CANBERRA329 | AUSTRALIA WANTS ADDITIONAL FORCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 28, we received a briefing from Australian Defence Force (ADF) CMDR Jonathan Sadlier and Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Afghanistan Section Assistant Director Malcolm Brailey, which provided additional information about the proposed Australian troop increas [...] | 2007-03-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
07CANBERRA519 | AUSTRALIAN FM DOWNER URGES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) On April 3, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade David J. Ritchie gave the DCM a readout of Foreign Minister Downer's March 29 telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki regarding the 15 British naval personnel seized by Iran. 2. (C) According to Ritchie, Down [...] | 2007-04-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER INRA IR IQ AS |
07CANBERRA539 | AUSTRALIA TO NEARLY DOUBLE MILITARY FORCES IN [...] (S/NF) Stephanie Foster, First Assistant Secretary for International Policy, Australian Department of Defense, advised DCM April 5 that the Government of Australia had approved a planned deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan that would nearly [...] | 2007-04-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL PTER AS |
07CHENNAI280 | SRI LANKA CONFLICT: SPILLOVER INTO INDIA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the intensifying conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan forces continue to spillover into India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. The death of five Indian Tamil fishermen on March 29, gunned down by unknown assailants, has raised [...] | 2007-04-13 11:34:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIS MOPS IN CE |
07CHENNAI475 | Nuclear-Powered Nimitz Visits Chennai: The Only Emission Is [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 2-5 visit of USS Nimitz to Chennai was an overwhelming success, overcoming criticism, protests, and bureaucratic hurdles to make an indelible impression on the bilateral strategic relationship. Citing the incident-free shore visits by thousands of sailors and their read [...] | 2007-07-23 10:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR MNUC PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC IN |
07CHIANGMAI156 | NORTHERN THAI ACTIVISTS PREDICT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) A violent government crackdown against ongoing protests in Burma is the likeliest scenario seen by northern Thai-based activists and NGOs who met with CG and visiting Thailand Desk Officer September 25. As a first step, they anticipate the GOB will attempt to cut off protestors' communica [...] | 2007-09-26 11:40:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM CH IN |
07CHIANGMAI157 | BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...] | 2007-09-28 10:03:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA |
07CHIANGMAI185 | NORTHERN VILLAGERS EXPECT RTG TO TRY TO LIMIT PPP SUCCESS [...] (C) While candidates prepare their campaigns in the run-up to the December 23 election, government officials are gearing up to closely monitor political activity in northern Thailand, a stronghold for the former Thai Rak Thai party. Politicians, academics, and village leaders across the north [...] | 2007-11-16 09:05:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH |
07CHIANGMAI188 | FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT [...] (C) The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) provide humanitarian assistance and do not funnel weapons to armed groups that oppose the Burmese regime, FBR contacts told us in separate meetings on November 6 and 7. FBR's main mission is to provide assistance to civilians in conflict areas, they emphasized [...] | 2007-11-26 09:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM MOPS BM TH |
07CHIANGMAI200 | LOCAL MOI OFFICIAL ADMITS RAIDS IN CHIANG RAI TARGET PPP AND [...] (C) Raids in Chiang Rai Province in October and November by military and police officials targeted "old power" and vote buying, Association of Kamnan (local government leaders) and Village Heads of Northern Thailand President Inwan Bangnguen told Consulate staff on a Dec. 5 trip to Chiang Rai. [...] | 2007-12-18 04:05:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS TH LA CH |
07CHIANGMAI203 | BURMESE ARMY POSSIBLY PREPARING FOR KAREN STATE OFFENSIVE [...] (C) The Burma Army (BA) is deploying more soldiers than usual to Karen State in possible preparation for a new offensive, according to Free Burma Rangers (FBR) and Karen National Union (KNU) contacts. Normally, the BA maintains a 40-50-battalion strong presence in the area with new units rotat [...] | 2007-12-28 04:46:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL PREF BM TH |
07CHISINAU1331 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Because of its constitutional neutrality, Moldova sends its officers and soldiers abroad only to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian operations under a specific mandate, such as UN or OSCE, and for a specific purpose. For Iraq, the Moldovan soldiers officially deploy at the r [...] | 2007-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ MD |
07COLOMBO100 | SRI LANKA: INTERNATIONAL NGOS FACE CLIMATE OF [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the government appear to be orchestrating a campaign against international NGOs, particularly those working in LTTE-controlled areas. On January 11, a mob led by the nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party stormed the Colombo office of the Dutch NGO ZOA Refugee [...] | 2007-01-17 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1003 | EASTERN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (U) On July 16, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Council H.M. Herath Abeyweera in his office in Trincomalee. The gunmen fired several rounds at point blank range before fleeing the scene. It is unclear how the assailants were able to enter Abeyw [...] | 2007-07-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1016 | COLOMBO CELEBRATION MARKS VICTORY IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 19 the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) held a ceremony in Colombo's Independence Square to celebrate the military victory in the East. The U.S., United Kingdom, and India sent their Defense Attaches to observe, while many countries opted not to attend at all. The Preside [...] | 2007-07-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1017 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE ACSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties are trying to make political hay out of the GSL's execution of an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the USG. At the time it was signed on March 5, 2007, by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Ambassador Blake, Embassy issued a short [...] | 2007-07-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1020 | MAIN OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, the leading opposition United National Party and the recently-formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party/Mahajana (SLFP/M) wing (ref) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement stipulates that the two groups will jointly contest future elections. It outlines th [...] | 2007-07-20 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1023 | SRI LANKA: POLICE FORCES KILL TAMIL TIGER LEADER [...] (SBU) Elite Sri Lankan police officers known as Special Task Forces (STF) killed six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres on Saturday, July 21, including the Ampara area leader known as Ravindran, recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition. The STF reported that its raid was in [...] | 2007-07-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1029 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MODERATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representative of the President's party on the committee to develop a consensus devolution proposal told Charge on June 23 he was confident President Rajapaksa would accept the consensus on power-sharing with the regions and the country's minorities. Foreign Minister Bogollag [...] | 2007-07-24 23:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1036 | SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN JAFFNA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions in the military-controlled portion of the Jaffna peninsula are deteriorating, with eight extra-judicial killings in just three days and 21 dead in the past two weeks. Among the dead is a Tamil employee of the Danish Refugee Council, who was shot twice in the face at [...] | 2007-07-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1045 | SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS FOR "UP-COUNTRY" TAMILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5 million Tamils, mostly of Indian origin and often referred to as "Up-Country" Tamils, working on tea, rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Plantation exports account for more than 50 percent of Sri Lanka's gross domestic product, but the Govern [...] | 2007-07-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1046 | SRI LANKA: 1206 FUNDING JUSTIFICATION FOR FY2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy supports the allocation of fiscal year 2008 funds under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 for installation of a high frequency surface wave (HFSW) radar near Arugam Bay (Okanda) on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. The total estimated cost of this p [...] | 2007-07-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS MARR PTER CE |
07COLOMBO1048 | OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS SIGNIFICANT CROWD AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the newly formed United National Party/Sri Lanka Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing alliance, now called the National Congress, held its first public rally at Colombo's Hyde Park with the theme "Country is ruined. Come forward." Rumors that the Government would try to preve [...] | 2007-07-27 09:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1054 | SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on July 27 allowed a case filed by the Sinhalese nationalist parties against the constitutionality of the CFA to proceed. The Court of Appeals had previously dismissed the suit. The line of questioning by Chief Justice Silva may give an indication that he inte [...] | 2007-07-30 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1071 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa is losing support among his political base in southern coastal towns to former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, whose recent alliance with the United National Party (UNP) has re-energized the opposition. In an effort to sway public opinion in his favor, [...] | 2007-08-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1078 | SRI LANKA: JAFFNA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ENDS CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time Embassy interlocutors in Jaffna, including those who met with Assistant Secretary Boucher in May 2007, report that they continue to feel pressure from the government, particularly the Jaffna military commander. Contacts have told us that in addition to the GSL curtailin [...] | 2007-08-03 06:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1079 | SRI LANKA: DEFECTIONS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Party leader, Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman, and four out of five CWC Members of Parliament announced they would no longer vote with the President's coalition. The one CWC parliam [...] | 2007-08-03 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO109 | SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL ON TRACK, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tissa Vitharana, Chair of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC),has culled common elements from several devolution proposals and offered a compromise document for discussion within the committee. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Vitharana explained that he ba [...] | 2007-01-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1103 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...] | 2007-08-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1113 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Defense Secretary (and brother of the President) Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Charge and Pol Chief on August 9 of his plans to stabilize the security environment in Sri Lanka's East, where government forces recently routed the remaining regular Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces. [...] | 2007-08-13 10:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO112 | SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...] | 2007-01-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1123 | SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT UN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes visited Sri Lanka from August 6-9, the first high-level UN visit to Sri Lanka in almost a year. Holmes met with senior Government officials, attended the first year anniversary of the killing of 17 Action Against Hun [...] | 2007-08-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1127 | SRI LANKA: COMPROMISE ON DEVOLUTION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] SUMMARY: The deal the President put together on devolution (reftel) has come under fire from Sinhalese hardliners, delaying its approval for at least several days, perhaps much longer. The radical Sinhalese Buddhist monk-based party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) objected to the compromise, insi [...] | 2007-08-15 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1165 | SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...] | 2007-08-24 08:07:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE |
07COLOMBO1168 | SRI LANKA: NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO END SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna (JVP) has threatened to withdraw its support from outside for the government if the All-Party Representative Committee consensus in favor of meaningful devolution to the provinces is allowed to stand. The JVP insists on retainin [...] | 2007-08-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1171 | SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REASSURED AFTER MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) held its third plenary meeting with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) August 17 - 20. The positive tone of the meeting reassured even skeptics within the IIGEP. U.S. Eminent Person Gene Dewey noted that the possibilit [...] | 2007-08-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1182 | SRI LANKA PROMISES RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 [...] (S) Ambassador on August 24 sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama outlining US concerns about Sri Lanka's lack of compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Ambassador noted in the letter that Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon maintains a correspondent [...] | 2007-08-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1187 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FEARS RETALIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Correspondent Iqbal Athas is preparing to temporarily leave Sri Lanka with his family following a barrage of threats and intimidation apparently orchestrated by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). On August 12, he wrote an article for the Sunday Times about the Ukraini [...] | 2007-08-30 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1188 | SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...] | 2007-08-30 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1207 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN MANNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) began a military offensive on August 27 to clear Silavaturai and neighboring villages in southwestern Mannar district of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres. About four thousand civilians are reportedly displaced by the fighting. UN interlo [...] | 2007-09-04 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1225 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...] | 2007-09-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1259 | SRI LANKAN NAVY SINKS THREE LARGE LTTE SHIPS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 12, Ambassador and Defense Attache Oxley met with Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda to discuss the navy's recent operational successes, including sinking three large Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weapons supply ships (referred to by the media [...] | 2007-09-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1260 | SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...] | 2007-09-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1261 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: In an early September interview with Indian author and journalist Inderjit Badhwar (full text at www.tamilunitedfront.com/articles/rajapakse.h tml),President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized his desire for a political solution that addresses the aspirations of the Tamil people. He also [...] | 2007-09-12 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1266 | SRI LANKA: RESPONSE ON PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador, Embassy staff, and Washington-based officials have made a consistent, intensive effort over the past year to engage the Sri Lankan government on improving its human rights record, and to support and defend human rights advocates in the country. Sri Lanka has recen [...] | 2007-09-13 03:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO127 | SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...] | 2007-01-22 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO1284 | BUILDING A SOUTH ASIA COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for Counterte [...] | 2007-09-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO13 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKES KILL 16 [...] (C) Summary: On January 2 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a northwestern coastal area near Mannar. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website Tamilnet reported that 16 civilians died in the air strike. Government officials countered that the SLAF targeted and hit a known Sea Tig [...] | 2007-01-04 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PHUM PREL PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO130 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS TO MEND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met opposition leader Wickremesinghe on January 22 to urge him to seek common ground with his UNP critics, including leading dissident Karu Jayasuriya. Our only interest was in supporting the peace process, Ambassador noted, but the current round of political wrangli [...] | 2007-01-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO1304 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OUTLINES EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM and Poloff recently met with GSL officials from the Foreign Employment Bureau, the National Child Protection Authority, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Development, and the Sri Lanka Police to present the Department's TIP Action Plan and follow up on an Augu [...] | 2007-09-20 10:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1322 | SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) has made substantial progress on drafting its devolution proposal, but remains stuck on some final key issues. The President, under pressure from his Sinhalese base to stick to the "unitary state" concept, has decided to delay action [...] | 2007-09-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO133 | SRI LANKA: DEATH THREATS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary. Death threats are aggravating the atmosphere of intimidation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-two individuals, mostly anti-war advocates and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizers, received death threats in January from a shadowy Sinhalese ultra-nationalist group called the " [...] | 2007-01-23 10:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO134 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called an evening meeting with Ambassador Blake on January 22. Kohona expressed concern that a pending public letter from U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone to the White House would call for a special international envoy to investigate human rights. [...] | 2007-01-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1358 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES EMINENT PERSONS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) submitted its second Interim Report to the President on September 18 and released its third public statement on September 19. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) and Attorney General's (AG) office sent strongly-worded [...] | 2007-10-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1384 | SRI LANKA PROTESTS IMPROMPTU VISIT BY ICELANDIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Icelandic diplomat on a tourist visa paid an impromptu visit to the Tamil Tiger de facto capital, Kilinochchi. Icelandic FSO Bjarni Vestmann, who apparently was under consideration for a position with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),decided to accompany the SLMM on [...] | 2007-10-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1387 | MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 2, Ambassador hosted prominent Muslim leaders for a roundtable discussion on Muslim issues to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Participants noted the absence of Al-Qaida and other radical Islamist terror groups but expressed concern about a growing Wahhabi presence, an [...] | 2007-10-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO140 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER CONSIDERS CLEARING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met with Army Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka on January 23 following the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) victory in the eastern Tiger (LTTE) strong hold of Vakarai (ref B). Fonseka estimated that the LTTE had been significantly weakened by two and a half months of [...] | 2007-01-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1408 | SRI LANKA: RUMORS ABOUND ABOUT KARUNA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 8, the Hindustan Times reported that pro-government paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) military commander Chandrakanthan, more commonly known as Pillaiyan, ousted the group's founder Karuna Amman from the party's Executive Committee over "financia [...] | 2007-10-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1421 | ARBOUR CONCLUDES DISAPPOINTING TRIP TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour completed a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on October 14. UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne told Ambassador that Arbour was disappointed in the outcome of her visit and disturbed by the magnitude of the human rights problems [...] | 2007-10-15 10:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1425 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS STAGE A RAID DEEP IN THE [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base in Yala National Sanctuary, located deep in the predominantly Sinhalese portion of the South. Tamilnet, a pro-LTTE web site, reported that Tigers took a cache of weapons and set the camp ab [...] | 2007-10-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1444 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS ATTACK NORTH CENTRAL AIR [...] (C) Before daybreak on October 21, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a ground attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) base in Anuradhapura, 210 kilometers north-east of Colombo. Less than an hour later, two LTTE light aircraft dropped bombs over the base, hitting an air [...] | 2007-10-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1449 | SRI LANKA: PROPOSED TIP BENCHMARKS [...] In accordance with the Short Term Action Plan for Sri Lanka provided by G/TIP, post recommends the following benchmarks for use in evaluating Government of Sri Lanka progress in combating trafficking in persons: -Working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),set up and be [...] | 2007-10-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1450 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES US-FUNDED [...] Summary. Ambassador on October 18 hosted a press event to launch a Department of State and USAID-funded anti-trafficking program implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The event received wide coverage in the Sri Lankan media. The Sri Lanka Police's Women's and Chi [...] | 2007-10-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1459 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES WEAK RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on October 23 provided Charge with an Aide Memoire response to U/S Burns' request for additional information on the GSL's progress on human rights indictments and convictions. The GSL document, although constructive rather than defensive in [...] | 2007-10-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1479 | SRI LANKA: AIR BASE ATTACK RESULTS IN HEAVY [...] SUMMARY: Reports of damage from the October 21 attack on the Anuradhapura air base (ref A) remain varied. The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) reports 8 aircraft destroyed and 14 SLAF casualties, including two pilots. According to a U.S. defense contractor, approximately 75 percent of the SLAF's [...] | 2007-10-30 10:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO148 | SRI LANKA: ATTITUDE SURVEY REVEALS SINHALESE VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Sri Lankan think tank, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, recently released a study intended to provide a measure of public confidence in the peace process and public opinion on resolving the conflict. This attitude survey provides valuable insight into the views of the maj [...] | 2007-01-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1484 | SRI LANKA: UN BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour did not call publicly for an international human rights monitoring mission during her recent visit here. However, she made her desire for international monitoring clear to Sri Lankan government officials in private. The GSL i [...] | 2007-10-31 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1509 | SRI LANKA: TIGER POLITICAL WING HEAD KILLED IN AIR [...] (U) LTTE Headquarters announced in a press release on November 2 that LTTE political chief and lead peace negotiator S.P. Thamilchelvan was killed at about 6 a.m. in a Sri Lankan Air Force attack near the LTTE de facto capital of Kilinochchi. Five other LTTE officers, including Lt Col. Anpun [...] | 2007-11-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO1523 | SRI LANKA: TAMILCHELVAN'S DEATH - AFTERMATH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE Police Chief Nadesan has replaced the deceased Tamilchelvan as head of the LTTE political wing, but will continue to serve as head of the LTTE "police." A former Sri Lankan government peace negotiator noted that Nadesan has little experience in the negotiating field. A No [...] | 2007-11-07 13:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR CE |
07COLOMBO1526 | SRI LANKA: GSL HELPED KARUNA ENTER UK ON FALSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK High Commissioner Dominic Chilcott briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on November 7 on the arrest of TMVP leader Karuna Amman for entering the UK on a false Sri Lankan diplomatic passport. Chilcott said there is no question that the GSL, with high-level authorization, knowingly iss [...] | 2007-11-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CVIS CE |
07COLOMBO1527 | SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS SEE LITTLE PROSPECT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on November 5 concluded there will be little scope for promoting new peace talks in the next several months. Participants agreed to propose to capitals that the Co-Chairs principals meet during the first quarter of 2008 in Tokyo. Sever [...] | 2007-11-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR CE |
07COLOMBO1528 | SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...] | 2007-11-08 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE |
07COLOMBO153 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS FEAR "ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with three Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a party which shares the political goals of the LTTE, on January 24. The Tamil representatives said they feared an "ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing" of Tamils from the east. Ambassador ex [...] | 2007-01-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1533 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama requested a meeting with Ambassador on November 7 to follow up on Under Secretary Burns's October meetings with President Rajapaksa SIPDIS in New York and the Foreign Minister in Washington (reftel). He and his staff expressed frustration at their l [...] | 2007-11-09 09:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1534 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS RADARS AND RIB BOATS TO SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy Commander a radar-based maritime surveillance system and ten Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats in a ceremony on November 8 at the Trincomalee Base today. In his public remarks, the Ambassador explained that the equipment was transferred u [...] | 2007-11-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PTER PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO154 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CLERGY FACE [...] (C) Summary: Catholic and Protestant clergy engaged in human rights work in the predominantly Tamil North and East report they have received death threats from elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and their allied paramilitaries, including that of Social Development M [...] | 2007-01-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1551 | SRI LANKA: BUDGET VOTE A CLIFFHANGER AS JVP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the principal Sinhalese nationalist party, the JVP, with 37 seats in Parliament, told a rally of supporters on November 13 that the party would not support the government on the crucial budget vote unless its conditions were met. He demanded that the President agree [...] | 2007-11-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1562 | SRI LANKA: GSL ARM-TWISTING SUCCEEDS IN GETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government came to its own rescue in a must-win budget vote, using every means at its disposal to ensure passage of its budget in the second reading. President Rajapaksa was once again able to outmaneuver opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. In the process, Rajapaksa repo [...] | 2007-11-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO158 | Respected NGO Analyst Tells Donor Ambassadors to Expect Protracted Conflict in Sri Lanka [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER EAID CE PHUM |
07COLOMBO1582 | SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS FRUSTRATED, DECIDE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of the International Independent Panel of Eminent Persons assisting the Sri Lankan Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses feel their efforts have been stymied and concluded they can do little more to influence events in a positive way. A letter [...] | 2007-11-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1601 | LTTE CHIEF SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, LTTE supremo Prabhakaran reiterated his litany of charges against the majority Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. However, Prabhakaran went further than he has before in condemning what he sees as the international community's passivity in the [...] | 2007-11-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO1604 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS RESUME ATTACKS IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded near a clothing store in a crowded shopping mall in Nugegoda, a southern suburb of Colombo, at 5:55 p.m. on November 28. The attack may have been a reprisal for an alleged attack on a bus transporting schoolchildren near the Tamil Tiger de facto capital of Kil [...] | 2007-11-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1616 | SRI LANKA: ARMY, POLICE ROUND UP TAMILS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30 - December 3, Sri Lankan security forces conducted random arrests and cordon and search operations, rounding up approximately 2500 Tamils in Colombo and suburbs and perhaps 3500 island-wide. Some of the detainees were released within hours, others were transported [...] | 2007-12-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1651 | IIGEP INFORMS DONORS IT IS LEAVING IN MARCH [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) has decided to end its work in Sri Lanka by March 2008. IIGEP informed the Government of Sri Lanka of this on December 7. Ambassador received the following letter dated December 4 from IIGEP. BEGIN ME [...] | 2007-12-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PTER CE |
07COLOMBO1652 | SRI LANKA'S RELATIONS WITH UN DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The last month has seen a deterioration in the UN's already shaky relations with Sri Lanka. On November 12, JVP parliamentary floor leader Wimal Weerawansa made a speech to parliament in which he accused UNICEF of supporting the LTTE through contributions of money and vehicles. [...] | 2007-12-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1656 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third and final reading of the budget on December 14 is shaping up as a battle royal for the government's survival -- and the government is losing ground in the count. On December 12, Sri Lankan Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem and three of his five Members of Parliament [...] | 2007-12-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1667 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) DCM and Pol Chief were summoned by Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on December 13 to discuss proceedings at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Kohona expressed the government's objection to the U.S. delegation's statement in support of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbo [...] | 2007-12-14 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO1677 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SCRAPES TOGETHER A FINAL [...] SUMMARY: On December 14, the United People's Freedom Alliance passed its budget with a majority of 47 votes. The Government's victory was not assured until the JVP decided, in the final hours before the vote, to abstain. The decision to abstain, after voting against the budget in the first tw [...] | 2007-12-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO168 | SRI LANKA: NAVY CLAIMS IT AVERTS TAMIL TIGER [...] (S) Summary: Government of Sri Lanka military sources described to DATT on January 27 an attempted Tamil Tiger (LTTE) attack on the Colombo Port that morning in which the Navy destroyed three suspected "Sea Tiger" vessels, two of them suicide boats, disguised as fishing craft. Local weekend [...] | 2007-01-29 12:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO170 | SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE NARROWS MAJORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa reshuffled his cabinet on January 28. Joining the government ranks were 18 "dissident" MPs from the opposition United National Party (UNP) and all 6 MPs from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). This gave the government, which previously had 98 seat [...] | 2007-01-29 15:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ETRD EINV CE |
07COLOMBO1708 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UPS WAR RHETORIC, FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary. In late December, Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary, Prime Minister, and Army Commander spoke out SIPDIS confidently on the GSL's prospects of defeating the LTTE militarily. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued in several areas in the North. The GSL's statements and actions conf [...] | 2007-12-31 08:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO175 | SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TO MAKE INDIA HIS [...] (C) Summary. Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad informed the Ambassador on January 30 that new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama is traveling this evening to New Delhi for introductory calls on the Government of India (GOI). Prasad suggested the U.S. and India should combine efforts t [...] | 2007-01-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO176 | SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VOWS NOT TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Disaster Relief and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe January 30 to share with him a list of suggested actions the Government could take to address the human rights situation. The deeply frustrated Minister (strictly protect throughout) expressed [...] | 2007-01-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO181 | SRI LANKA TO SIGN ACQUISITION AND CROSS SERVICING [...] On December 7, 2006, Ambassador and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa to provide background information (see para 4) on a Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) and a the draft ACSA proposed for signature. See paragra [...] | 2007-01-31 10:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO186 | SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...] | 2007-01-31 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO188 | SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...] | 2007-01-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO189 | SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS TIGERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar on January 31 to discuss the January 28-29 Sri Lanka Development Forum and the ramifications of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military victories in Vakarai and elsewhere in the east. The Ambassadors shared concerns over sp [...] | 2007-01-31 12:24:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO214 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY RECKONS TIGER GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa offered his interpretation of the government security forces' January victory in Vakarai to Ambassador and DATT on February 5 and explained the government's current military strategy. Gothabaya noted that the security forces encountered pred [...] | 2007-02-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO230 | SRI LANKA: NEW MEGA-CABINET BOOSTS RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent cabinet reshuffle has served to consolidate his and his brothers' control, particularly over the all-important defense portfolio. The new United National Party (UNP) ministers have settled for distinctly secondary ministries, while their de [...] | 2007-02-06 12:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO249 | SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...] | 2007-02-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO254 | SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...] | 2007-02-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO255 | SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...] | 2007-02-09 10:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO257 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a candid, hour-long meeting with President Rajapaksa on February 9, Ambassador pressed the President to show personal leadership in taking concrete steps to improve his government's human rights performance. Rajapaksa weighed in against a proposal by members of Congress to app [...] | 2007-02-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO264 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ROUNDS UP ALLEGED SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, three Sinhalese members of the Railway Services Trade Union disappeared. Three days after the abduction, Defense Spokesman Rambukwella announced that the Army had arrested the three men on allegations that they had links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L [...] | 2007-02-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO265 | SRI LANKA: MILITARY VICTORIES IN THE EAST PAVE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The military victories of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces against the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Vakarai, Sampur and elsewhere in the eastern province mark a significant change in the balance of power. The consensus, with which we agree, is that the capture of Vakara [...] | 2007-02-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO274 | MODERATE TAMILS SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador MET on February 9 with Ahilan Kadirgamar of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, a group of moderate Tamil expatriates. Kadirgamar, who is based in the U.S., was critical of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) monopoly over Tamil politics and saw the breakaway [...] | 2007-02-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO28 | SRI LANKA: TWO BUS BOMBS KILL 21 IN SINHALESE [...] (C) Summary: A January 5 bomb blast on a passenger bus in the Western Province town of Nittambuwa killed five and injured 50. On January 6, a second bus bomb near the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa killed at least 15 people, and injured 42. Both buses originated in Colombo. The indepen [...] | 2007-01-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL PHUM CE |
07COLOMBO290 | SRI LANKA: PRODUCTIVE KICKOFF FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary. The eleven members of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) met February 12 for the first time with each other and with the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) recently established Commission of Inquiry (COI) into human rights abuses, which they will be obse [...] | 2007-02-15 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO294 | SRI LANKA: GERMAN EMBASSY PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Ambassador has lodged a protest with Foreign Minister Bogollagama regarding separate recent incidents in Trincomalee and Batticaloa involving their aid agency and, apparently, members of the LTTE splitoff "Karuna group." German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),the German [...] | 2007-02-16 08:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE |
07COLOMBO302 | SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF VAKARAI, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy team that visited Vakarai on February 14 was the first group of foreign diplomats into the area since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) retook the strategic coastal town from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month. Demining operations and infrastruct [...] | 2007-02-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CA |
07COLOMBO303 | SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...] | 2007-02-20 13:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE |
07COLOMBO304 | SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...] | 2007-02-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE |
07COLOMBO316 | SRI LANKA: 5-YEAR CEASEFIRE ANNIVERSARY INSPIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 22 marks the five-year anniversary of the Cease-fire Agreement (CFA),which has inspired renewed calls to abandon the peace process. A group of Buddhist monks from the National Bhikku Front, officially backed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),mounted a hunger [...] | 2007-02-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO324 | SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE AND SACKING OF [...] (C) Summary. The effects of the President Rajapaksa's strategy of luring crossovers and reshuffling the Cabinet are still rumbling through both of Sri Lanka's main political parties. Senior Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Vice President D.M. Jayaratne held talks on February 21 in an attempt [...] | 2007-02-23 12:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO326 | SRI LANKA: FORMIN PROMISES DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on February 23 at their request. Bogollagama assured us that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) devolution proposal would be ready soon, perhaps before Bogollagama's propo [...] | 2007-02-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO328 | ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S CONVOY IN BATTICALOA [...] On February 27, 2007 Ambassador Blake and the German, Italian, Japanese and French Ambassadors accompanied Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe and representatives of the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations on a day trip to observe [...] | 2007-02-27 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MOPS |
07COLOMBO337 | SRI LANKA:EX-FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Ex-Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at his residence on February 26, at Samaraweera's request. Samaraweera reported that following his petition to the Human Rights Commission on Friday regarding his personal security, a senior official from the Ministe [...] | 2007-02-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO338 | SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA EXCORIATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga expressed strong disapproval of President Rajapaksa's approach to governance in a meeting with Ambassador on February 26. She feared that the current government was committed to trying to resolve the country's ethnic conflict through purel [...] | 2007-03-01 02:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE |
07COLOMBO341 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS IN BATTICALOA DECRY HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador participated in a visit to Batticaloa led by Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe. Although the visit was disrupted by a mortar attack as the delegation arrived in Batticaloa (reftel),the delegation met with civil society leaders. The Amba [...] | 2007-03-01 08:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KHDP CE |
07COLOMBO35 | SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO350 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Colombo comes at a critical time. There is a substantial risk of a return to fighting in the east and north in the next few weeks. Prospects are uncertain that the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) will present a viable devolution proposal to the All-Party Representati [...] | 2007-03-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO36 | SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SLMM head of mission Lars Solvberg briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors and new Indian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alok Prasad on January 8 regarding SLMM plans to reconfigure the mission. Because of their limited numbers and various constraints on their operations, but especially because [...] | 2007-01-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO37 | SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO38 | SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces captured the Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) main military camp in the eastern district of Ampara on January 7, where they reportedly uncovered an explosive-laden truck and three motorbikes fitted with explosive detonators. The military alleged [...] | 2007-01-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO388 | SRI LANKA: CRUNCH TIME COMING ON DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two months after the release of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) Experts Panel "Majority Report," the President's party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),has yet to put forward its own proposals on devolution. The President reportedly has told his party's ad-ho [...] | 2007-03-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO402 | SRI LANKA: EARLY ROADBLOCKS FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting on March 6 to brief donor country Heads of Mission on the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Samarasinghe acknowledged a lack of clarity on the responsib [...] | 2007-03-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO413 | SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN PRESSES PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told visiting PDAS for South and Central Asia Steven Mann that the Sri Lankan Freedom Party would present its proposals for devolution by March 14. He outlined a multi-tiered process for reconciling this with proposals of other parties, submitting the proposal [...] | 2007-03-14 03:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO416 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES SIX-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann that the government was certain that the LTTE was not interested in a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Nevertheless, he said, the government would try to reach out to the Tamil populations, [...] | 2007-03-14 05:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO428 | SRI LANKA: MILITARY STRIKES LTTE BASES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, the Sri Lankan military launched its latest campaign in Thoppigala. Thoppigala, roughly between Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa, is home to a cluster of LTTE bases, which are among the last significant LTTE camps remaining in the east. Sri Lanka's air force used Kfir [...] | 2007-03-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO434 | SRI LANKA WILL CONSIDER ENDORSING HAGUE CODE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA CE |
07COLOMBO45 | SRI LANKA: MINISTER'S "THUGS" BEAT JOURNALIST AT [...] (C) Summary: The BBC and several local independent news agencies reported that on January 9 a mob led by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Deputy Minister of Labor Mervyn Silva attacked participants at a peace rally in Colombo organized by the United People's Movement (UPM),an organization repr [...] | 2007-01-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO451 | SRI LANKA: OUTSPOKEN FORMER MINISTER, NOW A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Minister of Port Development, Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was arrested Saturday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of corruption for failing to return his government assigned vehicle after his dismissal as a minister. Sripathi alleges that he retur [...] | 2007-03-20 02:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO460 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA GROUP EMBOLDENED IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: As ref A reported, Karuna, leader of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) breakaway faction in the East, is engaging in serious human rights violations and criminal activities, often under the protection of the Sri Lanka security forces. This cable provides additional det [...] | 2007-03-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO464 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CANDIDLY BRIEFS FOREIGN MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa held a closed door, off-the-record meeting with members of the Foreign Correspondents Association and some foreign diplomats. In response to pointed questions, Rajapaksa gave blunt answers, revealing a different side to that usual [...] | 2007-03-21 04:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO483 | SRI LANKA: MANNAR COULD FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with military personnel and civil society members in Mannar on March 21, 2007, to discuss the humanitarian and security situation in the area. Over 8,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living on Madhu Church grounds in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...] | 2007-03-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER PREL EAID CE |
07COLOMBO484 | SRI LANKA: FRESH FIGHTING IN NORTHWEST COASTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 23, Government security forces attacked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) mortar positions inside LTTE territory. The activity took place at approximately 10:00 am in an area east of Mannar on the northwest coast. The attacks penetrated about two kilometers int [...] | 2007-03-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PHUM PGOV PREL CE |
07COLOMBO491 | SRI LANKA: LTTE ATTACKS AIR BASE USING LIGHT [...] (SBU) At approximately 12:45 am on March 26, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted their first known aerial attack on Sri Lankan military targets. The LTTE used two small fixed-wing aircraft to drop four bombs on Katunayake Air Force Base adjacent to Colombo's Bandaranaike I [...] | 2007-03-26 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAIR CE |
07COLOMBO496 | SRI LANKA: LTTE SUICIDE BOMBER EXPLODES TRACTOR [...] (SBU) At 7:15 am on March 27, a LTTE suicide bomber detonated a tractor with an attached trailer just outside the entrance to Chenkalady Army camp near Batticaloa. Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe told us that the LTTE initiated a mortar attack on the south side of Chenkalady [...] | 2007-03-27 10:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO498 | SRI LANKA REQUESTS CO-CHAIR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama convoked Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 27 to brief them on the March 26 LTTE air attack on the military airbase adjacent to Colombo's international airport (ref),and to request that Co-Chair countries issue a statement condemning the attac [...] | 2007-03-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS CASC CE |
07COLOMBO500 | SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE LTTE AIR ATTACK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are indications that the damage to the Sri Lankan Air Force's fleet of attack aircraft may be more serious than the GSL has conceded. The military have clamped a virtual news blackout over the incident, refusing reporters and even the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission access to [...] | 2007-03-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO511 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador on March 29 to request Embassy cooperation in overcoming human rights-based concerns about Sri Lanka's eligibility for a Millennium Challenge Compact. Ambassador explained that MCC eligibility is based on a country's governance r [...] | 2007-03-30 05:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO521 | SRI LANKA: CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent violence in Sri Lanka's east included an April 2 blast on a civilian passenger bus in Amara district that killed 15 and injured 20. On Apil 1, in Batticaloa district, six Sinhalese consruction workers were gunned down. The Sri Lanka government blamed the Liberation Tige [...] | 2007-04-03 13:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO523 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES AGGRESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on March 30 to press Wickremesinghe to stay involved in working towards a political solution to Sri Lanka's widening conflict. Wickremesinghe outlined the UNP's new aggressive strategy toward the ruling Sri [...] | 2007-04-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO534 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, opposition party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan and three TNA members of Parliament pressed the U.S. to be a more vocal critic of the Rajapaksa administration. Speaking of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) an [...] | 2007-04-05 12:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM MOPS PGOV PREL CE |
07COLOMBO540 | SRI LANKA: JVP MAINTAINS PRO-WAR STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ambassador met with Somawansa Amarasinghe, chairman of the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),to discuss the prospects for a peaceful solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. The JVP, long critical of U.S. foreign policy, has made public [...] | 2007-04-06 10:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO545 | SRI LANKA: INTENSIFIED FIGHTING LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Fighting between the Sri Lankan military and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intensified over the weekend. An April 8 claymore mine attack 12 kilometers northwest of Jaffna city killed at least one SLA soldier and wounded six others. A bus bomb the morning of April 7 [...] | 2007-04-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO561 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA APPOINTS NEW [...] (C) Summary. President Rajapaksa has tasked Justice Mahanama Tilakaratne to oversee the GSL's response to concerns about abductions, including the list of 347 names Ambassador presented to Presidential Chief of Staff Lalith Weeratunga. Prior to this assignment, Rajapaksa formally appointed [...] | 2007-04-11 12:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO563 | IIGEP'S GLACIAL PROGRESS DISCOURAGING [...] (C) Summary. International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Assistants Rohan Titus and David Savage called on the DCM on April 10 to give an update on IIGEP's progress. The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) plans to finally hold public hearings for several days in May, June, and July. [...] | 2007-04-12 07:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO57 | SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY REITERATES COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Ambassador on January 10 that Army Commander Fonseka had been misquoted, and that the GSL would not take the fight to North after pushing the LTTE out of the East. Gothabaya insisted the GSL wants a peaceful solution to the conflict, not [...] | 2007-01-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO58 | SRI LANKA: INDIAN FOR MIN URGES GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, in Colombo ostensibly to invite President Rajapaksa to the next SSARC summit in April, expressed India's concern to the President and other senior leaders over civilian casualties in the two-decade old ethnic conflict. He ga [...] | 2007-01-11 13:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS IN CE |
07COLOMBO59 | KARUNA GROUP AGGRAVATING TAMIL-MUSLIM TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. A land dispute near Batticaloa led to violence between the Tamil and Muslim communities on January 8 and 9. At a meeting on January 10, political party, community, and government representatives agreed to allow the Batticaloa Government Agent to take control of the disputed lan [...] | 2007-01-12 02:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO591 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY THREATENS THE PRESS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Rajapaksa reportedly threatened Daily Mirror Editor Champika Liyanarachchi following the publication of a series of articles on the activities of the LTTE-breakaway Karuna group in the East. After the call from Gothabaya, Liyanarachchi contacted Karuna directl [...] | 2007-04-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO592 | SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE HITS LTTE POSITIONS IN JAFFNA [...] (SBU) The local wire service reported April 19 that the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gun positions in Palai (in the Jaffna peninsula, near the Forward Defense Line, or FDL) and in Mullaitivu in the East. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission also reported the [...] | 2007-04-19 12:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO593 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY THREATENS THE PRESS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Rajapaksa reportedly threatened Daily Mirror Editor Champika Liyanarachchi following the publication of a series of articles on the activities of the LTTE-breakaway Karuna group in the East. After the call from Gothabaya, Liyanarachchi contacted Karuna directl [...] | 2007-04-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO603 | SRI LANKA: GSL DENIES TRAVEL CLEARANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, the Ministry of Defense denied clearance for Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar to travel to Kilinochchi for a previously scheduled, regular meeting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On April 22 Associated Press correspondent Matthew Rosenberg (stri [...] | 2007-04-23 12:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO604 | SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOREIGN PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called in the Ambassador on April 20 to provide an update on Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights. He said the GSL's new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Promoting Sri Lanka's Image Abroad, which he chairs, is so far succeeding [...] | 2007-04-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO609 | SRI LANKA: MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY KICKS OFF NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met Ambassador on April 23 to outline the UNP's latest efforts (ref a) to push the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on human rights and media freedom. On April 22, the UNP launched a new website, www.unp.lk, which will serve [...] | 2007-04-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO611 | SRI LANKA: LTTE CLAIMS SECOND SUCCESSFUL AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reported on their website Tamilnet that two small LTTE aircraft bombed the Palaly military complex in Jaffna at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 24, "inflicting heavy damage and casualties." Sri Lankan government military spokesmen so [...] | 2007-04-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO616 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MAKES HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry on April 24 issued a media statement highlighting the April 12 re-issuance of the President's directive to the security forces on respecting human rights and outlining the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights issues. Essentially, the order on det [...] | 2007-04-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO630 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on April 26 to inquire about the military's future ambitions in the North. Ambassador reasserted the U.S. position that only a political solution will resolve Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. In a candid discussion, Gothab [...] | 2007-04-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO631 | SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Your visit comes at a time when the environment for human rights, civil liberties, and media freedom is declining broadly as the conflict escalates. Our top priority is to press the government to put forward a serious power-sharing proposal that can help it win back the sy [...] | 2007-04-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON EAID SL |
07COLOMBO636 | SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS BOMB OIL STORAGE FACILITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, while most people were watching Sri Lanka play in the Cricket World Cup finals, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out their third confirmed air attack, damaging Ceylon Petroleum Company oil and gasoline facili [...] | 2007-04-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO643 | SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY'S DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on May 1 released its devolution proposal, which will now move to the All Party Representative Committee (APRC). Unlike most previous APRC drafts, which recommend devolution to the provinces, the SLFP proposal recommends that the unit o [...] | 2007-05-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO68 | SRI LANKA: CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASSESS DIRE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishops of Jaffna and the northwestern district of Mannar on January 11. Political Chief and Poloff followed up with Jaffna Government Agent Ganesh on January 12. The bishops expressed deep concern regarding the humanitarian situation in the n [...] | 2007-01-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO683 | NORTHERN TAMILS LOSING FAITH IN THE LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Reverend S. Jeyanesan, a Tamil priest from Batticaloa, in late April. Jeyanesan reported that there are 172,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) in Batticaloa, and that those who were sent back to Vakarai have been relocated, not resettled in their original ho [...] | 2007-05-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO686 | SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref B demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Satya Rodrigo on May 4. Rodrigo agreed that electing Belarus to the Human Rights Council (HRC) would send a signal that human rights are of little concern to the international c [...] | 2007-05-10 12:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE |
07COLOMBO69 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO698 | PRESIDENT RELIES ON BROTHERS FOR POLICY ADVICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa relies on his brothers, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, for advice on security matters and political affairs respectively. Fear that Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) stalwarts are disloyal has caused [...] | 2007-05-15 05:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO70 | SRI LANKA: CROSSOVERS ENDANGERING COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on January 11 that a large-scale defection of members of Parliament from his UNP to the government ranks would force him to end cooperation with President Rajapaksa. He was concerned about the negative fallout for the peace proces [...] | 2007-01-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO702 | SRI LANKA: BOUCHER TELLS GOVERNMENT TO GET HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with human rights and non-governmental organization leaders in Jaffna, Assistant Secretary Boucher urged Sri Lankan officials to control SIPDIS paramilitary groups' human rights abuses and encourage greater freedom of the press. The Government asserted that it [...] | 2007-05-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO708 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FRACTURES; EPDP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 08:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO709 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA FACTION FRACTURES; EPDP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Karuna faction is experiencing a split between its political wing and its military wing. Some observers speculate this will result in Karuna leaving Sri Lanka again. Some Karuna members have requested asylum, fearing retribution from the breakaway faction led by Karuna's [...] | 2007-05-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO712 | SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador spoke today with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona to urge that Sri Lanka vote on May 17 in the UN General Assembly for Bosnia and Slovenia -- and not for Belarus -- as members of the UN Human Rights Council. Several other western embassies also demarched the GSL on this issue. [...] | 2007-05-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE |
07COLOMBO719 | SRI LANKA: MALDIVES MILITARY SINKS SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:25 a.m. on May 17, the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) fired on a 75 foot-long vessel suspected of trafficking weapons for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The MNDF's actions came after a 12-hour standoff with the vessel near the Gaaf Al [...] | 2007-05-17 11:28:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO728 | SRI LANKA: GSL COMPLICITY IN PARAMILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Allegations of government complicity in crimes committed by organized paramilitary groups have mounted in the last year. Paramilitaries such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-breakaway Karuna group and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) have helped the Government of Sr [...] | 2007-05-18 09:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO734 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER REQUESTS REVIEW OF A [...] (C) Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka asked Ambassador on May 18 to reconsider the case of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer rejected for U.S.-funded counterterrorism training under Leahy Amendment provisions. Ambassador explained the application of the Leahy Amendment, and said the E [...] | 2007-05-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO742 | SRI LANKA: SECOND "EMINENT PERSONS" PLENARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second plenary meeting of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) and the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) took place May 12. This was followed the same week by the CoI's first hearing, a meeting hosted by the Human Rights Minister to update donor countrie [...] | 2007-05-22 09:41:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO746 | SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSON DEVELOPS EYEWITNESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 21 meeting, U.S.-funded International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Assistant David Savage told PolOff that a witness to the January 2006 killing of 5 youths in Trincomalee approached the United Kingdom's Eminent Person (EP) Sir Nigel Rodley in the UK wi [...] | 2007-05-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO748 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SEEKS TO NEUTRALIZE SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the extremist Sinhalese party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) withdrew official support for the President in April 2006, President Rajapaksa has been working to establish a measure of indirect control over the party and sap its ability to challenge his policies. The Presid [...] | 2007-05-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO753 | SRI LANKA: LTTE ACTIVITY IN COLOMBO, JAFFNA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22 and 23, rounds from LTTE weapons fire fell in the vicinity of the ICRC compound at the crossing point at Omanthai on the A-9 highway and came close to hitting an ICRC vehicle with an expatriate ICRC worker inside. The checkpoint along the A-9 road to Jaffna was then [...] | 2007-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PREL CE |
07COLOMBO768 | SRI LANKA: LTTE DETONATE MINE DURING RUSH HOUR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2007, at approximately 5:40 p.m. local time, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a claymore mine on Galle Road near Ratmalana military base. The attack was clearly an attempt to kill Special Task Force (STF) soldiers traveling on a bus after comple [...] | 2007-05-29 12:16:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO769 | SRI LANKA: EU HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, passed to us on May 28 a confidential report describing a recent European Commission Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO) visit to Sri Lanka's Vanni region, the heart of the northern area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The repo [...] | 2007-05-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MOPS PHUM PTER CE |
07COLOMBO787 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL HOSTEL OWNERS TOLD TO EXPEL ALL [...] (C) At approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 31, a local holiday, police in the central Colombo business district of Pettah summoned more than 60 Tamil hostel owners and ordered them to expel all occupants from their lodging that night. The police warned that they would do so forcibly the next morni [...] | 2007-06-01 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO788 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ANOTHER FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, 2007, the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) arrested the Chairman of Standard Newspapers Ltd. and former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, Tiran Alles, on allegations of "aiding terrorists." The arrest occurred as Alles was receiving treatment in a priv [...] | 2007-06-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO789 | SRI LANKA: CONSULTATIONS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) chair Vitharana told Ambassador that discussions on devolution were proceeding constructively, and should be finished within two months, or by the end of July. He agreed with Ambassador's assessment that President Rajapaksa was prepared [...] | 2007-06-01 11:11:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO805 | SRI LANKA: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF RED CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The issue of abductions has again taken center stage in Sri Lanka as President Rajapaksa prepares to travel to Geneva to deliver a speech to the International Labor Organization on June 15 and meet with Louise Arbour. On June 1, President Rajapaksa announced a new committee desi [...] | 2007-06-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO809 | SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES IMPOSE TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Defense Ministry issued verbal directives to police stations in Colombo to evict from the city Tamils whose identification cards indicate they are from areas outside Colombo. According to local news media and Embassy sources, on June 6 and 7, police evicted Tamils [...] | 2007-06-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO820 | SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT STAYS ORDER EXPELLING [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 8 the Sri Lanka Supreme Court stayed the removal of non-Colombo based Tamils temporarily residing in Colombo lodges and hostels (ref A). The Court ruled in favor of a Fundamental Rights Application filed by the NGO Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA). Military spokesm [...] | 2007-06-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO824 | SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES REGRET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake publicly expressed "regret" for the deportation of Tamils from Colombo lodges and hostels. On Saturday June 9, approximately 160 Tamils who were forcibly deported from Colombo to Vavuniya returned to Colombo on the same [...] | 2007-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO830 | SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS SIPHON OFF PART OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: In late May PolOff met the XXXXXXXXXXXX described the LTTE's complete control of all activities that take place in Tiger-controlled territory, including forced conscription and the use of the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO) to extract money from XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX also [...] | 2007-06-12 03:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER PHUM MOPS PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO838 | SRI LANKA: INDIAN NAVY REPORTEDLY LIFTS OBJECTIONS [...] (C) On June 5, Sri Lanka Director of Naval Projects and Plans (DNPP) Commodore Lakshman Illangakoon contacted Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) to provide a readout of a meeting in New Delhi with the Indian Navy Commander and others (no further information) on the proposed U.S.-provided [...] | 2007-06-13 06:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS IN CE |
07COLOMBO841 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CRITICIZES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with Reuters and BBC correspondents, accused the international community, particularly the UK, of "bullying" Sri Lanka over human rights. He maintained that in fighting terrorism "anything is fair." He also charged that the [...] | 2007-06-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO844 | SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR ARREST OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: United National Party (UNP) Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, citing the same grounds used by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) to arrest Tiran Alles (ref A),has called for the arrest of the President's brother Basil Rajapaksa and other members of the President's [...] | 2007-06-14 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO861 | SRI LANKA: ABDUCTIONS PLAGUE MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muslim businessmen have been subjected to abductions for the first time in recent weeks, marking a new and disturbing trend. Following numerous complaints from Muslim community groups, Ambassador called on Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem (strictly protect),who st [...] | 2007-06-19 05:44:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO867 | IRAN DELAYS APPROVAL OF NEW COLOMBO PLAN HEAD [...] (C) On June 18, the Colombo Plan Council held a special session to confirm the nomination of Malaysian candidate Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia as the new Secretary-General. Chia had been selected by the Colombo Plan Selection Committee on June 11 (ref) from a short-list of four candidates. 2. [...] | 2007-06-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO868 | SRI LANKA: EMBASSY SUPPORTS SECTION 1206 POPOSAL [...] (S) Post hereby indicates its support for roviding the CENTRIX Communication package ($56,00) and Aircraft Command and Control Integrationpackage ($4.5 million) to the Government of Sri anka under Section 1206 of the National Defense uthorization Act for fiscal year 2007. BLAKE [...] | 2007-06-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO88 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] (S) On January 10, Ambassador and Pol Chief met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref a). Ambassador noted that SIPDIS the U.S. and Sri Lanka wanted to work with each other and with India on interdiction of arms shipments to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (ref b). He said the U [...] | 2007-01-16 13:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV CE |
07COLOMBO882 | SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT CREATES HIGH SECURITY ZONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 media outlets reported that the Government of Sri Lanka has designated Sampur and Muttur in the Trincomalee district as a High Security Zone (HSZ) by formal "gazette notification." Some NGOs expressed concern that the move could prevent thousands of Tamils, displaced [...] | 2007-06-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO883 | TWO EX-MINISTERS JOIN THE OPPOSITION, FORM NEW [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, two high profile ex-ministers, Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, crossed over from the President,s party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),to the opposition. In a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Samaraweera announced his and Sooriyarachchi,s [...] | 2007-06-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO889 | SRI LANKA: ACCESS TO TAMILNET RESTRICTED IN SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19 TamilNet, a pro-Tamil website accused by the Government of posting propaganda for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),was blocked by the major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. TamilNet has accused the GSL of ordering ISPs to restrict access, a [...] | 2007-06-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO893 | SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT IN PARTY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mahinda Rajapaksa was selected as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) candidate for the 2005 presidential election, tensions have been building within the party. Embassy contacts tell us that several SLFP stalwarts have tired of defending the Rajapaksa government's poor p [...] | 2007-06-22 05:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO899 | SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, a special unit of the Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit (CID) arrested former Air Force Squadron Leader Nishantha Gajanayake in connection with an ongoing probe into abductions, extortion and extra-judicial killings. Among other crimes, Gajanayake is [...] | 2007-06-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO920 | AMBITIOUS CHIEF JUSTICE BREAKS AWAY FROM PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a shift from regularly supporting the President in its rulings, the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Sarath De Silva, made several decisions this month that the public widely hailed as justice served by a newly independent judiciary. Legal experts say, however, that whi [...] | 2007-06-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO933 | SRI LANKA: TIGERS ATTEMPT TO ORCHESTRATE MASSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday June 29, the Sri Lanka Navy seized a truck laden with more than 1,000 kilograms of C4 explosives in the Panikkar district of Trincomalee. This find follows police confiscation on June 1 of a truck traveling towards Colombo containing 1,054 kilograms of explosives. T [...] | 2007-07-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO934 | IRAN ENDORSES NEW COLOMBO PLAN HEAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO944 | OPPOSITION COOPERATING TO PRESSURE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on July 2 to discuss the goals of his newly formed Sri Lankan Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing (SLFP-M) and its new informal partnership with the main opposition United National Party (UNP). Samaraweera told us he h [...] | 2007-07-03 11:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO946 | SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2 Ambassador met with President Rajapaksa's brother and chief political advisor Basil Rajapaksa to discuss the GSL's development plans in the East. Ambassador inquired about ongoing efforts to resettle internally displaced persons (IDPs),the concerns surrounding the cr [...] | 2007-07-03 12:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO947 | MALDIVES REPORTS PROGRESS ON NEW CONSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed called on Ambassador and DCM on June 29 to report positive progress on political reform. Shaheed and opposition contacts tell us that most of the draft of the new constitution is complete and that the Special Majlis, the committee drafting the new [...] | 2007-07-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO948 | SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AGREES TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, Swiss Ambassador Flint and the Head of the European Commission Humanitarian Office Verboom presented Defense Secretary Rajapakse on June 29 the findings and recommendations of the Bilateral Donor Group (BDG) visit in May to the Vanni (the LTTE-controlled area of north [...] | 2007-07-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID CE |
07COLOMBO959 | SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO ADDRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has recently made several announcements about its efforts to eliminate abductions in Sri Lanka. On July 4 Defense Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella announced the arrest of 10 suspected abductors in the GSL's efforts to eliminate abductions-for-ra [...] | 2007-07-06 07:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO966 | IIGEP DISPUTE WITH GSL DIFFUSED FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) received a harshly worded letter from the Attorney General (AG) accusing IIGEP of over-extending its mandate, relying too much on its assistants, and insulting the members of the Commission of Inquiry (C [...] | 2007-07-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO971 | SRI LANKA: MILITARY TAKES LAST REMAINING LTTE [...] (C) On July 11 military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe announced that the military had taken Baron's Cap, the last remaining high point in Thoppigala, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) last stronghold in the East. Later that evening, LTTE defense spokesman Irasiah Illanthirayan is [...] | 2007-07-12 10:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO973 | SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROCESS MAY BE RUNNING OUT [...] (C) Summary. The opposition United National Party (UNP) leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) process and is threatening to withdraw completely by August 15. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe admits that he is staying out of the AP [...] | 2007-07-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO977 | SRI LANKA: INSTABILITY IN THE EAST MAKES FREE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than a year of fighting to rid the eastern province of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government is making preparations to hold elections as a concrete sign that order has been restored. However, significant obstacles remain that could jeopardize th [...] | 2007-07-13 11:05:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COLOMBO98 | SRI LANKA: ARMY MAKES GAINS IN CAMPAIGN TO TAKE [...] (C) Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe confirmed to pol FSN on January 16 that the security forces, through air strikes and ground movements, made progress against LTTE defenses both north and south of Vakarai on January 16. However, they have not yet captured the strategic brid [...] | 2007-01-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE |
07COLOMBO986 | SRI LANKA: FIGHTING SHIFTS TO THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) battled with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Vavuniya district in northern Sri Lanka, resulting in at least 14 SLA deaths. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is planning a large celebration on July 19 in downtown Colombo to c [...] | 2007-07-16 11:20:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE |
07COPENHAGEN130 | DENMARK: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade the urgency of new contributions for Afghanistan and NATO-ISAF, emphasizing our common interest in ensuring that the requirements identified by SACEUR are met as quickly as possible. Gade indicated general support for our [...] | 2007-02-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS AF DA |
07COPENHAGEN167 | DANISH PM ANNOUNCES IRAQ WITHDRAWAL, INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced February 21 that Denmark will radically scale down its presence in Iraq in August 2007 and will then deploy additional forces -- perhaps as many as the net 400 soldiers to be pulled from Iraq -- to join the Danish battalion in Afghani [...] | 2007-02-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO IZ DA |
07COPENHAGEN63 | DANES IN IRAQ: EDGING TOWARD THE EXIT? [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing growing domestic opposition, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has signaled that Denmark hopes to join the British in scaling down its Iraq deployment by mid-2007, provided that Iraq forces can take over security responsibilities there. At the same time, the [...] | 2007-01-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ DA |
07COPENHAGEN66 | DANES SUPPORT U.S. INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL GOALS [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel the urgent need to SIPDIS seize the momentum in Afghanistan, to pre-empt and thwart an anticipated Taliban offensive in the spring. The United States plans to increase our forces and assistance a [...] | 2007-01-19 08:43:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF DA |
07DAKAR82 | SENEGAL TO INCREASE TROOPS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) During a 12 December meeting at the Senegalese Armed Forces Headquarters, Senegalese Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Colonel Cherif Mbodj informed Embassy Dakar Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief that Senegal would be increasing the size of its troop contribution for the A [...] | 2007-01-10 11:54:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SG SU MOPS |
07DAKAR820 | SENEGAL CONTEMPLATING WITHDRAWAL FROM DARFUR [...] (C) On April 11, Senegal,s Council of Ministers issued a statement declaring that &If the African Union is not empowered and given the means to assure the safety of our people in the field, the Government of Senegal could foresee a pullout of its (532) peacekeepers.8 The statement deplored t [...] | 2007-04-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PKPO PREL SG SU |
07DAKAR962 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 13:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG |
07DAKAR963 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG |
07DARESSALAAM1055 | TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bernard Membe briefed the European and Americas diplomatic corps recently on the deepening crisis in the Union of the Comoros and requested proactive diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue. Membe announced that at the African Union (AU) meeting in Accra (July 2-3),Ar [...] | 2007-07-29 12:01:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM TZ |
07DARESSALAAM1119 | TANZANIA: FORMAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO TRAIN [...] (SBU) The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Patrick Mombo, has delivered to the Deputy Chief of Mission a formal request for USD 4.25 million in financial assistance to support the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (TPDF) training of 1,000 Somali officers (see para [...] | 2007-08-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS SO TZ |
07DARESSALAAM1348 | ACOTA: TANZANIA INDICATES READINESS TO GET [...] (C) Only ten days after the former Chief of the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF),General George Waitara, retired from his position, the Mission's Defense Attache (DATT) learned that Tanzania is again ready to consider peacekeeping training through the Department's African Contingency O [...] | 2007-10-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL TZ |
07DARESSALAAM1539 | TANZANIA: AMBASSADOR GREEN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),Bernard Membe, told Ambassador Green on November 27 that he has instructed Ambassador Ombeni Sefue to work proactively to resolve the issue of the domestic worker who was employed without pay by an official of the [...] | 2007-11-28 16:26:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN PGOV EAID MOPS TZ |
07DARESSALAAM260 | TANZANIA: A/S FRAZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with A/S Frazer, President Jakaya Kikwete outlined the Government of Tanzania's plans to train up to 1,000 Somali armed forces officers in Tanzania over the next 12 to 18 months. He confirmed that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has no plans to deploy ground troop [...] | 2007-02-28 19:42:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU SO TZ |
07DARESSALAAM353 | TANZANIA: GENERAL WARD AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (C) In a March 3, 2007 meeting with General William Ward, the Deputy Commander of the European Military Command (EUCOM),President Kikwete warmly welcomed mil-to-mil cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including peacekeeping training under ACOTA and deployment of a U.S. Ci [...] | 2007-03-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS TZ |
07DARESSALAAM794 | TANZANIA: CONSULTATIVE MEETING OF [...] (SBU) Members of the Parliaments of ten African Union (AU) member states and of the Pan African Parliament (PAP),met in Dar es Salaam from May 26-28 to consider national responsibilities in responding to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the AU Spe [...] | 2007-06-05 03:34:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON MOPS SU TZ |
07DARESSALAAM819 | TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER MEMBE DISCUSSES [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, told the Charge June 6 that Tanzania will join an AU mission to stabilize the situation in the Comoros Islands, by sending a company of 200 soldiers to monitor upcoming elections and train the Comoran army. The M [...] | 2007-06-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IR SO ZI TZ |
07DARESSALAAM93 | TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP [...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...] | 2007-01-19 12:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ |
07DARESSALAAM94 | TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP [...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...] | 2007-01-19 12:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ |
07DHAKA1836 | FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION: PLANNING FOR THE NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: In only a week's time, the United States has been able to develop and implement an impressive humanitarian response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Sidr, which laid waste to large stretches of Bangladesh's southwestern coastal region when it made landfall on November 15 [...] | 2007-11-24 15:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BG EAID MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07DHAKA1902 | DEFINING THE USG ROLE AS BANGLADESH BEGINS ITS [...] (C) Summary: The prompt and effective response to Cyclone Sidr's devastation has saved many thousands of lives and averted a potential political crisis for Bangladesh's weak Caretaker Government. The USG response during this initial phase was a model of Diplomacy-Defense-Development workin [...] | 2007-12-06 11:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG EAID MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07DHAKA1979 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the one-year mark of the Caretaker Government as Bangladesh begins to rehabilitate areas of the country hit by Cyclone Sidr, while at the same time continues to prepare for nationwide elections at the end of 2008. Bangladesh largely survived the immediate cri [...] | 2007-12-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MOPS BG |
07DILI101 | AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...] | 2007-03-12 08:57:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ |
07DILI110 | AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE INTERESTS CONVERGE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate discussions, the Portuguese and Australian ambassadors downplayed concerns about support for military dissident Major Alfredo Reinado in the western districts. Their views converge on one matter, that Alfredo is a fugitive from justice who should surrender or be ca [...] | 2007-03-15 02:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM UN TT |
07DILI132 | SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...] | 2007-03-31 08:41:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
07DILI154 | EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...] | 2007-04-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT |
07DILI327 | PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...] | 2007-09-25 09:32:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT |
07DILI395 | USS PORT ROYAL CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO DILI [...] (SBU) Summary. The USS Port Royal visited Dili on December 10-12, a visit that all of Post's contacts characterized as extremely successful. The ship's engagements with the host nation, the United Nations Integrated Mission to Timor-Leste, and the Australian-led International Stabilization [...] | 2007-12-28 05:28:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL TT |
07DJIBOUTI1076 | DJIBOUTI OFFERS SUDAN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) The President of Djibouti has instructed his armed forces to prepare for a possible deployment of peacekeeping forces to the Darfur region of Southern Sudan. The size of the proposed force is expected to be a reinforced company of 150-200 troops, including a police or military police platoo [...] | 2007-09-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PK PREL SU DJ |
07DJIBOUTI1414 | DJIBOUTI REPLACES DUBAI AS A FOOD FOR PEACE [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting, Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh warmly thanked USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Kate Almquist for the U.S. decision to make Djibouti the new site for pre-positioned Food For Peace aid in the region (replacing Dubai). Guelleh called the decision a [...] | 2007-12-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | DJ EAID ECON ET FAS MAS MOPS PINR PM PREF |
07DOHA709 | SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...] | 2007-07-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA |
07DUBLIN30 | IRELAND FOLLOWS IRAQ POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT WITH AID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ EI |
07DUBLIN60 | IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...] | 2007-01-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
07FREETOWN46 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 18:05:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SL |
07GEORGETOWN407 | GUYANA NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GY |
07GEORGETOWN455 | MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...] | 2007-05-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY |
07GEORGETOWN511 | Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana [...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...] | 2007-05-22 17:40:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY |
07GUATEMALA1530 | COURT ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION OF MILITARY PLANS USED DURING [...] (U) Summary: An appeals court affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a local civil society group and ordered the declassification of four military plans carried out during the 1980s. Human rights activists hailed the decision as historic but voiced concerns over the physical integrity of t [...] | 2007-08-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM KCRM PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA469 | GUATEMALA: AMENDMENT TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Per previous consultations between PM/PPA and U.S. MILGP Guatemala, post needs to amend a previous diplomatic agreement concerning U.S. Army Corps of Engineers support for the renovation of the Guatemalan Army Regional Peacekeeping [...] | 2007-03-06 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MASS MOPS KPKO PREL EAID AFIN GT |
07HANOI1966 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Secretary Mull: Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. Your visit comes on the heels of Novem [...] | 2007-11-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV OTRA VM |
07HANOI2051 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...] | 2007-12-07 04:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PHSA VM |
07HANOI210 | COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET KICKSTARTS NAVAL [...] (C) During a recent visit to Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Admiral Gary Roughead, proposed a range of new initiatives intended to broaden U.S.-Vietnam naval cooperation, including cooperation in the fields of Meteorological-Oceanographic (METOC) predict [...] | 2007-01-31 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PHSA VM |
07HELSINKI140 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...] | 2007-03-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI |
07HELSINKI162 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER TUOMIOJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Tuomioja to thank him for his helpful comments regarding the US missile defense initiative with Eastern Europe, but also to note her disappointment with other public comments he had made suggesting that the US made grave mistakes in Iraq and [...] | 2007-03-08 09:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR FI |
07HELSINKI246 | FINNISH RESPONSE - CONTINUED SERVICE BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PINS SNAR FI |
07HELSINKI321 | FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...] | 2007-05-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI |
07HELSINKI351 | A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...] | 2007-05-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI416 | SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's stated goal of improving relations with Washington. Finland has a center-right government for the first time since 1995, and the right message from the Secretary will lay out our expectatio [...] | 2007-06-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI51 | FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...] | 2007-01-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI |
07HELSINKI514 | FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI |
07HELSINKI530 | GOF PREPARING REPORT AIMED AT INCREASED ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF is preparing a wide-ranging proposal for increased participation in NATO/ISAF and for increased assistance to Afghanistan. Details are currently sketchy, but MFA officials expect the proposal to include an increase in Finnish troops; increased weapons and other materiel t [...] | 2007-07-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID FI AF |
07HELSINKI614 | FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 06:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI |
07HELSINKI639 | FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...] | 2007-08-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI |
07HELSINKI675 | RESPECTED FINNISH NGO HOLDS IRAQ PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Crisis Management Initiative (CMI),a respected NGO headed by former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, hosted a seminar at an undisclosed location in Finland Sept. 1-4 aimed at reducing the violence in Iraq. Participants included leading Iraqi Sunni and Shiite civil society leaders, [...] | 2007-09-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ FI PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR |
07HELSINKI715 | FINLAND LOOKS TO AFGHAN PRT LEADERSHIP IN 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and other senior GOF officials told PDAS Volker and Ambassador Ware that Finland's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) gave a green light to PRT leadership in Afghanistan in 2009. The move will likely involve "alternating" leader [...] | 2007-09-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI725 | PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13 - 14 VISIT TO FINLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Volker visited Helsinki Sept. 13-14 for wide-ranging discussions with FM Kanerva, with MFA and MOD officials, and with senior advisors to the President and Prime Minister. Bilateral discussions focused on Finland's intention to increase its contributions in Afghanistan (sept [...] | 2007-09-25 09:29:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EAID PGOV AF FI |
07HELSINKI753 | FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...] | 2007-10-04 13:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI |
07HELSINKI76 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEPARTMENT SEEKS NOMINEES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI817 | UPDATE ON FINLAND'S FALL SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF's Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Security Policy (UTVA) met with President Halonen Oct. 26 to continue internal deliberations regarding Finland's next steps in relation to Afghanistan/ISAF, EU Battlegroups, and the pending EU operation in Chad. Finland appears ready to [...] | 2007-11-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL MOPS FI |
07HELSINKI860 | AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...] | 2007-12-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF |
07IRANRPODUBAI12 | IRGC, BASIJ, ANSAR-E HIZBALLAH: INSIDERS' VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 10:52:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IZ MOPS |
07IRANRPODUBAI21 | IRANIAN REACTIONS TO BRITISH DETENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 12:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR MOPS UK IZ |
07ISLAMABAD1583 | MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DON’T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...] | 2007-04-10 12:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE |
07ISLAMABAD1943 | PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO IRAQ MISSION [...] (C) Post assesses that Pakistan would not be willing to contribute troops or other support to the current Iraq Coalition, nor would it be productive to raise the matter with the Government of Pakistan at this time. 2. (C) Pakistani officials have intimated privately in the past that they w [...] | 2007-05-02 04:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PK IZ |
07ISLAMABAD256 | MUSHARRAF TELLS BOUCHER ABOUT PAKISTAN’S PLANS FOR [...] (S) Summary and introduction: In his January 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf spoke of irritants in Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tactical adjustments to enhance security i [...] | 2007-01-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAID MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2648 | SHANGHAI COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 12 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director of the Americas Kamran Mansoor, who stated the Government of Pakistan would consult the appropriate offices and respond within approximately one week. BODDE [...] | 2007-06-14 05:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2794 | F-16 SECURITY NOTES: REQUEST FOR TWO SPECIFIC [...] (C) Pakistan's September 2006 agreement to purchase 18 new F-16 aircraft marked an important milestone in our alliance. The agreement signaled Pakistan's and the United States' intent to continue strengthening our security relationship. We are grateful for both State's and DoD's enormous e [...] | 2007-06-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
07ISLAMABAD2796 | BOUCHER AND VICE CHIEF DISCUSS NEW STEPS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: While he demurred from speaking about Pakistan's political situation, Vice Chief of the Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat was eager to discuss a variety of topics during his June 13 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. Hyat reported tha [...] | 2007-06-23 05:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD2856 | DEPUTY SECRETARY, GEN HYAT, AND GEN UL-HAQ STRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat and then separately with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff GEN Ehsan ul-Haq on June 16. Both sides emphasized the importance o [...] | 2007-06-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK MOPS AG |
07ISLAMABAD31 | PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF BRIEFS GEN SCHOOMAKER AND [...] (C) Introduction and summary: During a December 29 meeting, President (and Chief of Army Staff) Musharraf reinforced for U.S. Chief of Army Staff GEN Schoomaker and the Ambassador that Pakistan and the U.S, are in the war on terrorism together, sharing the same goals and fighting the same enemy. No [...] | 2007-01-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07ISLAMABAD3342 | POST APPROVES 1206 PROPOSAL FOR SSG ENHANCEMENT [...] (U) Post supports the transfer of funds from the Regional Maritime Awareness Capability (RMAC) 1206 program to a new 1206 program of higher priority. The new program will enhance Pakistan's border operations and maritime security forces. Specifically, the 1206 funds will be applied to improv [...] | 2007-08-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PK |
07ISLAMABAD430 | PAKISTAN OFFICIALLY PROTESTS JANUARY 22 ISAF [...] (S) Summary: On January 23, the Foreign Ministry convened the Ambassador to protest the January 22 death of a Frontier Corps soldier and the wounding of two others during the bombing of a militant target in Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. The Ambassador expressed regret for the loss [...] | 2007-01-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF MOPS PK PNAT PREL |
07ISLAMABAD4993 | NWFP REQUESTS HELP TO SET UP IDP CAMPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) authorities have asked UNHCR and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for assistance in setting up IDP camps for residents fleeing the violence in Swat. The central government has yet to approve the request. Two potential sites have been [...] | 2007-11-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
07ISLAMABAD5060 | GOP DECLINES UNHCR HELP FOR IDPS FROM SWAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing concern about the optics, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority declined to approve the Northwest Frontier Province's request for UN assistance to help displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing the violence in Swat. NDMA claims it has sufficient tents and food, but pr [...] | 2007-11-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS PREF UNHCR EAID PK |
07ISLAMABAD528 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI AND 110TH [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting lasting more than an hour-and-a-half, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Committee/Sub-Committee Chairs of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Appropriations Committees called on Pakistani President Musharraf. The Speaker [...] | 2007-01-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IN MOPS PK PREL PTER XF |
07ISLAMABAD650 | INTERIOR MINISTER ANALYZES REPRISAL ATTACKS [...] (S//NF) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao shared his assessment that, with one exception, the spate of suicide bombings, IED and missile attacks since mid-January were not/not motivated by sectarian tensions; these attacks were [...] | 2007-02-08 13:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | AF MOPS PK PREL PTER |
07JAKARTA1075 | INDONESIA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Army Special Operations Forces (KOPASSUS) of Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) remains outside the ambit of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military cooperation. This message reviews its progress on the critical issue of human rights and provides an update on current Mission Jakart [...] | 2007-04-16 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PHUM MOPS ID |
07JAKARTA122 | NAMRU-2: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREED MOU TEXT [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Indonesian delegations held on January 9-10 a first round of technical negotiations toward a Memorandum of Understanding for the Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Following on the Ambassador's initial presentation of the U.S. position to a more senior gr [...] | 2007-01-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TBIO AMED AMGT KFLU KTIA ID |
07JAKARTA1279 | JAKARTA REQUESTS DOD REWARDS PROGRAM ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 2. 2. (S) The Indonesian National Police (INP) has provided us with information on four Indonesian counterterrorism rewards candidates who helped INP CT units track down top Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives Azahari, Jabir, and Abdul Hadi. Our rewards workin [...] | 2007-05-07 06:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID |
07JAKARTA167 | INDONESIAN NEXT STEPS TO GPOI MILITARY PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Poloff and Defense Cooperation Office (ODC) head met with Director General for Defense Strategy Dadi Susanto on December 20 to discuss Indonesia's progress toward a program for training military peacekeepers. Susanto said the Department of Defense (DEPHAN) had the lead within the GOI on p [...] | 2007-01-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS ID |
07JAKARTA1757 | PSI AND LAW OF THE SEA: DISCUSSION WITH HASYIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Charge discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Ambassador (ret.) Hasyim Djalal, Indonesia's foremost authority on maritime law. Djalal advises the GOI on martime matters and his views are widely acknowledged to be a major factor in the GOI's reluct [...] | 2007-06-26 09:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL BEXP UNO ID |
07JAKARTA1770 | INDONESIA: CT REWARDS PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (S) On June 11, Post received the counterterrorism rewards payments requested in Ref A from the Department of Defense (DOD) rewards program at U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) for four Indonesian civilian rewards candidates. On June 20, senior Indonesian National Police (INP) CT investigators in [...] | 2007-06-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS KCRM KPAO ID |
07JAKARTA2033 | BILATERAL DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS PROGRESS; HR VETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the seventh U.S.-Indonesia Bilateral Defense Discussions (USIBDD) in Honolulu July 18-20, USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) approved 132 military-to-military activities for FY2008, agreed on provision of U.S. GPOI assistance for the TNI's planned Peacekeeping Training [...] | 2007-07-27 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PHUM ID |
07JAKARTA2798 | DUE TO INCIDENT IN DARFUR, INDONESIAN POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has been moving forward with plans to deploy a police contingent to Darfur. In light of the recent attack on African Union troops, however, the Indonesian police are communicating with their advance team now in the region. The Indonesian government will make a decision [...] | 2007-10-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SU UN ID |
07JAKARTA2934 | RESUMING ENGAGEMENT WITH KOPASSUS, THE ARMY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The time is right to resume gradual engagement with KOPASSUS, the Indonesian Army's elite Special Forces unit. The basis for engagement remains the Secretary's waiver of legislative restrictions on military SIPDIS cooperation with the GOI issued in November 2005, which opened [...] | 2007-10-19 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ID |
07JAKARTA3365 | INDONESIA -- NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE 2008 PROPOSED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission welcomes the proposed visit (reftel) of NWC seminar students to Indonesia in May 2008. We request precise dates for the visit so that more definite plans can be made. Control officer will be CWO [...] | 2007-12-11 08:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS ID |
07JAKARTA430 | JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...] | 2007-02-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS ID |
07JERUSALEM983 | ASSESSMENT OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES AND PASF [...] (C) SUMMARY. FACTIONAL CLASHES THAT FLARED MAY 13-18 DEMONSTRATED THE WILLINGNESS OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) TO FIGHT HARD TO DEFEND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS, BUT ALSO SHOWCASED SUBSTANTIAL HAMAS ADVANTAGES IN TACTICS, EQUIPMENT AND MOTIVATION. END SUMMARY. METHODOLOGY ----------- [...] | 2007-05-25 14:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PINS PREL KPAL IS PTER MOPS |
07KABUL1023 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR: SECURITY LIMITS TRIBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings March 18 and 24, Governor Wafa reiterated that the security situation was the over-riding concern in Helmand Province. He was initially dismissive of the need for significant outreach to tribal leaders on governance and development, essentially saying that "having e [...] | 2007-03-28 10:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL1036 | PRT MEHTARLAM: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Laghman province is positioned to take advantage of new attention to governing capacity and increases in developmental funding after heightened anti-government activity in 2006. The security situation worsened somewhat in the second half of 2006 due to limited Coalition prese [...] | 2007-03-29 09:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL1169 | "OPERATION ACHILLES" MOVES TALIBAN FROM SANGIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since last fall, the Taliban presence in North Helmand had been growing, especially in the districts of Musa Qala, Now Zad, and Sangin. This Taliban presence undermined USAID's multi-million dollar efforts to refurbish the major hydroelectric plant located at Kajaki Dam -- an [...] | 2007-04-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PTER MARR PGOV AF |
07KABUL1311 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: POPPY HARVEST AND LABOR PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) The poppy harvest is in full swing in Helmand Province, which has brought an influx of young males into the provincial center of Lashkar Gah. Oddly, in recent days there has been no movement by laborers out of the town and into the poppy fields. The reasons for this are likely twofold [...] | 2007-04-17 12:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF MOPS |
07KABUL1345 | TENSION FLARES OVER PAKISTAN FENCING ALONG [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani actions to fence areas near the eastern border are seen by the Afghans as a deliberate effort to provoke a crisis over acceptance of the Durand Line. Shots have been fired, and President Karzai is said to have instructed Minister of Defense Wardak not to allow any enc [...] | 2007-04-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF PK |
07KABUL1478 | PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...] | 2007-05-02 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL1542 | AFGHANISTAN - TRUCKER STRIKE DISRUPTS COMMERCE AND DELIVERY [...] (SBU) A truckers' strike called by a Peshawar-based transport association has stopped containerized traffic from entering Afghanistan at the Torkham border crossing since April 27. The truckers are protesting taxes, bribes and illegal collections they have to pay on the highway between Torkha [...] | 2007-05-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD MOPS PREL KCRM ELAB ASUP AMGT AF |
07KABUL1690 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER FIRING INCIDENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Another border firing incident between Afghan and Pakistani forces occurred early on the morning of May 17. The facts regarding which side fired first and why remain hard to pin down, with each side blaming the other for having provoked the exchange. The incident occurred in [...] | 2007-05-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS MASS NATO PREL PK AF |
07KABUL178 | BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN [...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...] | 2007-01-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL186 | BOUCHER AND WARDAK TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Defense Minister Wardak, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher assured Wardak that the United States is working to provide "bigger and better" support to the Afghan National Security Forces. Wardak replied that, in the [...] | 2007-01-21 01:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO MOPS PREL PGOV AF |
07KABUL1971 | PRT URUZGAN - THE FIGHT FOR CHORA [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...] | 2007-06-19 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
07KABUL2004 | PRT URUZGAN - THE FIGHT FOR CHORA [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...] | 2007-06-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF |
07KABUL2071 | RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...] | 2007-06-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF |
07KABUL2130 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...] | 2007-07-05 08:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL2137 | PAG TO DISCUSS COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE SOUTH [...] (S/REL ISAF) Summary: At a June 28 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting chaired by Afghan NSA Rassoul, COMISAF GEN McNeill urged the GoA and international community to do more to address the growing narcotics problem in Afghanistan. Ambassador Wood proposed that the PAG meet in three weeks to di [...] | 2007-07-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MARR SNAR PTER MOPS NATO AF |
07KABUL2149 | PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL GHOR REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghor enjoys a stable security situation overall; most current issues stem from local land and tribal disputes. Pasaband and Taywara Districts remain vulnerable to Taliban elements based in Helmand, evidenced by several incursions this spring. A shortage of ANA and ANP contrib [...] | 2007-07-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL2191 | PRT BAMYAN: POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS IN BAMYAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 meeting, Chief of the National Directorate for Security's Bamyan office MG Wasiq described the overall security situation in Bamyan as positive but also spoke of recent intelligence indicating a Taliban plot to attack targets in Bamyan. Wasiq said that while Bamyan [...] | 2007-07-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV MOPS PREL PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL2244 | PRT GHAZNI: SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghazni province is split between the "have's" (Hazara districts in the north/west) and the "have-not's" (Pashtun districts in the south/east). In April 2007 a serious insurgent threat in the Pashtun districts brought reconstruction to a standstill in both areas, heightening anx [...] | 2007-07-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL2355 | PRT CHAGHCHARAN: PASABAND AND DOLINA DISTRICT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Chaghcharan conducted a patrol of Pasaband and Dolina Districts from July 4-7, meeting with district officials, police, and elders. Residents of both districts praised the work of the ANP. Development issues were the main concern for residents who thanked the PRT for its w [...] | 2007-07-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS MASS PGOV PTER AF |
07KABUL236 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND GOVERNOR UNVEILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Wafa has commenced his outreach to tribal leaders through a series of meetings with district shuras. In each meeting, Wafa has presented his "protocols," which are conditions the shura must accept before the Governor will give his approval and support. The c [...] | 2007-01-24 07:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL28 | NEW AFGHAN NATIONAL COMMUNICATION COORDINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: With active encouragement and support from the international community (IC) and especially Embassy Kabul, the Government of Afghanistan established the National Communication Coordinating Center (known as the NCCC or NC3) in early December 2006. Although the GOA is still identif [...] | 2007-01-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AF PREL PTER MOPS |
07KABUL281 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING AT ALTERNATIVE [...] (U) At approximately 11:50 a.m. on January 26, a suicide body-borne improvised explosive device detonated outside of USAID's Alternative Livelihoods Program (ALP/S) compound in the center of Lashkar Gah. According to Global Security, who handle security for ALP/S, the bomber approached the en [...] | 2007-01-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL336 | BAGHLAN GETS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (U) Dr Mohammed Alam Ishaqzai, who until recently served as Nangarhar Deputy Governor and Director of Finance, has been selected as the new Governor for Baghlan Province. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai of Nangarhar confirmed Ishaqzai's appointment to PRT officials at a meeting at Jalalabad Airfie [...] | 2007-02-04 03:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL3562 | NEW GHAZNI GOVERNOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting October 16, recently appointed Ghazni governor Lawang Faizan appeared to seek the Ambassador's endorsement for his plans to reach out to Taliban fighters in Ghazni. The Ambassador welcomed Faizan's efforts in principle, but cautioned that reconcilees must not ha [...] | 2007-10-20 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS AF |
07KABUL368 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ELDERS DEFY THE TALIBAN [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The death of a local Taliban commander,s brother in an air strike in Helmand province was the catalyst for a series of events that shattered the relative quiet of Musa Qala district, culminating in the Taliban,s seizure of the district center on February 1. In retaliation [...] | 2007-02-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS MCAPARR MARR PHUM AF |
07KABUL369 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...] | 2007-02-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
07KABUL375 | PRT/BAMYAN: ANA OPENS INTELLIGENCE BRANCH [...] (C) The Afghanistan National Army (ANA),which previously consisted of three recruiters in Bamyan, was augmented in December to include an intelligence component of approximately 20 soldiers. Their stated mandate is to recover arms caches and investigate smuggling. They have reached out to [...] | 2007-02-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF |
07KABUL3772 | DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY KEY THEMES IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Development and security were the key themes brought up in conversations with local officials during the Ambassador's October 29 visit to Khost Province. In meetings with the Provincial Governor, Provincial Council and university students, Ambassador underscored the U.S. respect for Is [...] | 2007-11-07 09:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS PREL PTER EAID AF |
07KABUL4019 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQI BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Per Reftel, on December 05, Post delivered talking points regarding the Declaration of Principles recently signed and long-term goals in Iraq to Aimal Zaman of the Fifth Political Division (U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand) at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2007-12-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ AF |
07KABUL4107 | AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S SHORT TERM STABILIZATION PLANS [...] (C) During a December 15 meeting, Presidential Adviser "Engineer" Ibrahim outlined for the DCM the GIRoA's efforts to stabilize the district of Musa Qala in Helmand province, now that Afghan and ISAF troops have driven the Taliban from the area. Ibrahim said President Karzai had dispatched In [...] | 2007-12-16 06:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL4143 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA STABILIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Task Force Helmand (TFH) is fully engaged in stabilization operations in Musa Qala and their Military Stabilization Team (MST) has identified health, education and road projects for immediate reconstruction. PRT officers and GoA officials visited Musa Qala on Dec 16, and were [...] | 2007-12-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL4152 | WOMEN GATHER PUBLICLY TO PRAY FOR PEACE [...] (U) On December 12, mostly unidentified organizers coordinated separate public gatherings of Afghan women in six cities across the provinces of Balkh, Ghazni, Helmand, Herat, Kabul and Kandahar to pray for "an end to war and destruction." According to media and eyewitness reports, the women g [...] | 2007-12-18 12:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS AF |
07KABUL4157 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALEH POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The political reconstruction of Musa Qaleh is proving to be an extremely complicated process. However, the sustained presence of Minister Popal, of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),has kept officials focused on governance creation for Musa Qaleh. Popal' [...] | 2007-12-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL442 | CODEL PELOSI CITES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During January 28 CODEL Pelosi visit to Kabul, Pakistan and poppy were dominant themes. Speaker Pelosi, Chairmen Skelton (Armed Services),Lantos (Foreign Affairs),and Reyes (Intelligence) and Sub-Committee Chairs Murtha (Defense Appropriations) and Lowey (State/Foreign Operatio [...] | 2007-02-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PTER PGOV SNAR MOPS AF |
07KABUL483 | PRT JALALABAD: NEW OFFICIALS REINVIGORATE DIAG [...] (U) Summary: New DIAG Regional Director visited the PRT to describe plans for new initiatives to reinvigorate the DIAG process. Two weeks later, DIAG hosted an event in Jalalabad for former Mujahideen. While the meetings were encouraging, getting new momentum for DIAG will require hard work [...] | 2007-02-13 06:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF |
07KABUL515 | CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...] | 2007-02-14 19:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL621 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 8 MEETING WITH COMISAF [...] (S) Summary: General McNeill emphasized that ISAF will maintain the initiative, and that the "spring offensive will be mine." He said that, from a military perspective, he does not like the current situation in Musa Qala (reftel). However, he said that he is prepared to leave things as they [...] | 2007-02-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | NATO MOPS MARR PREL PINS AF |
07KABUL68 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...] | 2007-01-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
07KABUL756 | AUSTRALIAN DESIRE TO PUT THEIR FORCES UNDER US [...] (S) Reftel explains that the Australians wish to put their additional forces under the Special Forces rather than NATOISAF command. Several of the issues discussed in the cable are not matters of the ROE or ISAF practice, but are specifically Dutch issues and we think some of them may be outd [...] | 2007-03-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS AS |
07KABUL944 | PRT GHAZNI: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security and governance in Ghazni have improved over the last six months due to an increase in troops and a change in governor. Reconstruction and development appear to be moving forward, but there is still no prioritized provincial development plan. Ghazni's citizens are expe [...] | 2007-03-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON AF EAID |
07KAMPALA1011 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 4-16, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-06-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1050 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...] | 2007-06-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
07KAMPALA1079 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (June 17-30, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-07-02 03:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1089 | UGANDA: BESIGYE'S DETAINED BROTHER GRANTED BAIL [...] Summary. The High Court finally granted bail and release of Joseph Kifefe, Dr. Besigye's brother and an alleged member of the Peoples' Redemption Army (PRA),due to grave illness. The court was satisfied with the medical reports, which provided grounds for bail to be granted. Kifefe had spe [...] | 2007-07-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
07KAMPALA1122 | UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED AMNESTY [...] Nine treason suspects allegedly members of the Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) were granted Amnesty on July 5. The suspects are part of the first group of 23 suspects arrested in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in March 2003. Meanwhile, the High Court failed to produce [...] | 2007-07-12 05:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
07KAMPALA1160 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-07-13 08:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1172 | UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...] | 2007-07-17 05:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG |
07KAMPALA1197 | NORTHERN UGANDA: KEEPING MOMENTUM IN THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The peace talks between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are at another important juncture. Currently, the parties are consulting with the stakeholders on the mechanisms for accountability and reconciliation. We expect the recess to be extended for anoth [...] | 2007-07-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA1209 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...] | 2007-07-26 04:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
07KAMPALA1224 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 15-28, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-07-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1242 | UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] The High Court in Arua finally granted bail to seven suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels currently facing murder charges. The suspects were returned to jail after failing to raise adequate bail funds. The suspects are part of the group charged with treason alongside Forum for Demo [...] | 2007-08-02 09:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
07KAMPALA1251 | NORTHERN UGANDA: PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT TO KEEP MOMENTUM [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) U.N. Special Envoy Chissano, the international observer team, and post concur that we consider making another public statement to keep up the momentum of the process in the wake of agreement on the general principles of accountabili [...] | 2007-08-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA1270 | UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK [...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democ 2. (SBU) On August 3, the GOU protested to the Government of DRC of a m 3. (SBU) This incident comes at a time when Ugandan exploration efforts 4. (SBU) Uganda is increasingly optimistic about exploratory offshore d [...] | 2007-08-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG |
07KAMPALA1272 | UGANDA PROTESTS TO DRC OVER OIL FACILITY ATTACK [...] (SBU) The Uganda Government protested to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accusing DRC troops of attacking Heritage Oil installations on Lake Albert on August 3rd. Security sources affirm that a British geologist was killed. In a separate incident on July 28, four Ugan [...] | 2007-08-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PTER UG |
07KAMPALA1291 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 29 - AUG 10, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-08-13 05:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1310 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30, [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...] | 2007-08-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG |
07KAMPALA1346 | UGANDA: COURTS SET TOUGH BAIL TERMS FOR PRA SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) The High Court in Mbarara granted bail and released two suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels charged with murder on August 16. The court imposed a new condition, requiring each suspect to have three individuals deposit land titles as a guarantee for bail. The suspects are part [...] | 2007-08-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG |
07KAMPALA1351 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-08-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1419 | SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...] | 2007-09-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA1429 | Ugandan Perspective on Museveni-Kabila Summit [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila met in Arusha, Tanzania for a two-day summit on September 7 and 8 to discuss border issues, the Lord's Resistance Army and other negative forces, and sharing of common resources. The two heads of state agre [...] | 2007-09-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS UG CG |
07KAMPALA1435 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUGUST 25 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-09-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1467 | NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, traveled to Kampala with AF A/S Secretary Jendayi Frazer and remained in the region to meet with key officials in Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo from September 5-17. The GOU's lead negotiator at [...] | 2007-09-20 13:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA1482 | NORTHERN UGANDA: MILITARY OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan and Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley discussed Congolese plans for dealing with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park with Ugandan officials. The meeting took place at the conclusion of t [...] | 2007-09-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV UG SU CG |
07KAMPALA1485 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-09-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1594 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-10-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1595 | UGANDA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT OF PRESIDENT MUSEVENI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A look inside Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's in-box reveals a range of international and regional issues, many where the U.S. also has interests. Museveni's immediate "to-do" list includes repairing relations with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to gain its cooperation [...] | 2007-10-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG |
07KAMPALA1689 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...] | 2007-10-31 07:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA1720 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DEFECTOR AND NEGOTIATORS WELCOMED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) Operations Chief Opio Makasi, who fled the group's camp on October 2, and the LRA's Juba Delegation arrived in Kampala on October 31 and November 1 respectively to warm welcomes and heavy press coverage. The Government continues to debrief Makasi a [...] | 2007-11-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA1756 | UGANDAN MILITARY CLASHES WITH CONGOLESE REBELS [...] (SBU) A Congolese rebel associated with General Laurent Nkunda was killed during a gunfight with the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) in the southwestern district of Kisoro on November 11. In response, the GOU increased border security in the troubled area, and vowed to push forward with [...] | 2007-11-15 03:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL CG UG |
07KAMPALA1894 | LRA PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Turmoil within the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),including the execution of LRA deputy leader Vincent Otti and recent defections, have injected uncertainty into the future of the peace process. The LRA negotiating team's consultations were set to wrap up in Uganda on December 8, but fu [...] | 2007-12-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV SU UG |
07KAMPALA1904 | MUSEVENI PUSHES UNSC MEMBERS FOR ACTION ON CONGO [...] (SBU) President Museveni summoned UN Security Council representatives (resident in Kampala) to a State House meeting on December 14 to criticize UN inaction in Congo. Museveni accused the UN of shirking its responsibility by not acting to counter "negative forces" in eastern Congo. In a calm [...] | 2007-12-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC UG |
07KAMPALA193 | UGANDA: VOTE ON APPROVAL OF SOMALIA DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) On January 31, ruling party parliamentarians rejected the Defense Minister's motion to short-circuit parliamentary procedures to move forward a resolution to approve the Ugandan military's deployment to Somalia. In a 45-43-4 vote, ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentaria [...] | 2007-02-01 02:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID KPKO ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA238 | UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, Parliament referred the Somalia resolution to the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee. The committee's chairperson, Rose Nsereko Namayanja, told P/E officer on February 9 that the committee was wrapping up its work on the Somalia resolution. She would be preparing the [...] | 2007-02-12 02:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA240 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (January 27-February 9, 2007) [...] Summary: Post presents the thirteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good gove [...] | 2007-02-12 04:33:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA247 | UGANDA REQUESTS ACOTA SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA BOUND [...] (U) Summary: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala 9-10 February 2007, to discuss the possibility of ACOTA peace support operations (PSO) training and equipping support for Uganda. The Ugandans stres [...] | 2007-02-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG |
07KAMPALA254 | UGANDA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES SOMALIA DEPLOYMENT [...] On February 13, Parliament approved the deployment of the Uganda Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) to Somalia. The Defense and Internal Affairs Committee presented its report recommending the approval of the mission and ruling party parliamentarians debated the resolution for 1 1/2 hours. The [...] | 2007-02-13 12:54:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA312 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD (FEB 27-28) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money, and logistics. Uganda cooperates fully in the War on Terror, and is highly receptive to U.S. training and presence. On the humanitarian and develo [...] | 2007-02-23 03:10:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA341 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 10-26, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the fourteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] | 2007-02-28 10:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA342 | UGANDA: ACTION ITEMS ON SOMALIA FROM EUCOM DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command General William Ward, discussed a wide range of issues with Ugandan military and civilian officials during his visit to Uganda from February 27 to 28. Ward praised President Museveni's commitment to regional stability. Senior military off [...] | 2007-02-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA345 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...] | 2007-03-01 03:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG |
07KAMPALA448 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA LEADER JOSEPH KONY AGREES TO RESUME [...] Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda described the discussions between Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and United Nations Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joaquim Chissano on March 11 as "positive and constructive." Rugunda said that he anticipated anothe [...] | 2007-03-14 05:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA449 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (February 27-March 9, 2007) [...] Summary: Post presents the fifteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governanc [...] | 2007-03-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA526 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...] | 2007-03-27 08:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA561 | UGANDA: SAVE THE CHILDREN UGANDA ALLEGES ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Save the Children Uganda, an auxiliary non-governmental organization (NGO) to Save the Children USA, released a report on an alleged Ugandan military attack in Karamoja that killed 66 children and 20 adults. At Save the Children USA's request, Save the Children Uganda shared t [...] | 2007-03-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN MOPS SOCI UG |
07KAMPALA577 | GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...] | 2007-04-03 01:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM |
07KAMPALA581 | UGANDA MOVES FORWARD WITH ACOTA PROGRAM FOR SOMALIA-BOUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Ugandan military leaders and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials met in Kampala from March 29-30 2007, to plan peace support operations (PSO) training for Uganda's Somalia-bound peacekeepers. The ACOTA team also began laying the [...] | 2007-04-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL UG |
07KAMPALA589 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 23-April 6, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the seventeenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] | 2007-04-06 03:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA630 | NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA TALKS TO RESUME APRIL 23 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10 for proposed press guidance. 2. (SBU) Summary: Negotiations between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are set to resume in Juba, Southern Sudan on April 26. The two parties agreed to extend the Cessation of Hos [...] | 2007-04-16 10:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU |
07KAMPALA637 | UGANDA: ADF CLASH WITH UPDF NEAR TOURIST LODGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the rebel Allied Democratic Front (ADF) continue to clash in western Uganda. American citizens in the region have been warned to avoid traveling in the Bundidugyo District and the popular Semliki Safari Lodge has closed for two weeks [...] | 2007-04-17 06:28:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC MOPS PINR UG |
07KAMPALA669 | UGANDA: OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ERITREA ON [...] (C) Summary: President Museveni and Foreign Minister Kutesa held two separate, but similar, meetings with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki over the issue of external support for Somali factions. Museveni and Kutesa asked that Eritrea end its support for the Islamic Courts in early April an [...] | 2007-04-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA727 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (April 7-30, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the eighteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good [...] | 2007-04-30 09:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA778 | UGANDA: ACOTA TRAINING STRATEGY CONFERENCE SHAPES PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan military leaders and planners and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials and training specialists joined a four-day Training Strategy Conference (TSC) in Jinja, Uganda, to develop a strategy for near and mid-term Peace Support Op [...] | 2007-05-10 05:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UG |
07KAMPALA854 | UGANDA/SOMALIA: MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VIEWPOINTS [...] (C) Summary: Support for Uganda's deployment to Somalia remains firm among Ugandan military and civilian officials. During Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan's visit to Uganda from May 7-9, the Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Forces, and parliamentarians raised a number [...] | 2007-05-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG |
07KAMPALA871 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 1-18, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-05-22 07:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA964 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting MissionQs objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to socia [...] | 2007-06-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KAMPALA968 | NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (May 19-June 2, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...] | 2007-06-06 03:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU |
07KATHMANDU1262 | DEMARCHE ON END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL NP |
07KATHMANDU63 | GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NP |
07KATHMANDU879 | NEPAL ABLE BUT UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NP |
07KHARTOUM1141 | SPLA DEPLOYS NEW TACTICS IN REDEPLOYMENT QUAGMIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM and NCP are renegotiating a redeployment deadline of 9 November 2007 for southern-deployed Sudanese Armed Forces. In contrast, the SPLA has commenced redeployment of SPLA forces north of the 1956 line in advance of standing CPA deadlines, despite significant hardship, in [...] | 2007-07-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS SU UN |
07KHARTOUM1143 | SUDAN DENOUNCES UNMIS SPOKESWOMAN [...] (SBU) Sudan denounced United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) spokeswoman Radhia Achouri for stating that the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) had not completed the withdrawal of its troops from Southern Sudan, in violation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). In a July 21 statement, SAF spokes [...] | 2007-07-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO KPAO MARR MOPS UN SU |
07KHARTOUM1177 | PRIVATE OIL FIELD SECURITY TIED TO NISS, SAYS AL-JAZ AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A July 28 Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) special session on the oil sector revealed new information on the sensitive subject of oil field security. The session featured a presentation by and dialogue with the Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr. Awad Al- [...] | 2007-07-29 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS SU |
07KHARTOUM1389 | JEM/SLA-UNITY LAUNCH BRAZEN ATTACK AHEAD OF PEACE [...] (SBU) An estimated 250 rebel fighters allied with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity struck a police installation in North Kordofan on August 29, resulting in the death of nearly 50 policemen, according to a variety of credible Embassy sources. I [...] | 2007-09-04 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS AU UN SU |
07KHARTOUM1415 | SAF/SPLA STAND-OFF COMES CLOSE TO EXPLODING [...] (C) Summary: The tank-supported SAF encirclement of an SPLA platoon in Muglad, Southern Kordofan, has reportedly been resolved. The Joint Defense Board convened an emergency session in Khartoum the morning of September 8, and the Ceasefire Political Commission met and ordered SPLA forces to im [...] | 2007-09-09 10:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS EPET SU |
07KHARTOUM1439 | VIOLENCE IN HASKANITA LINKED TO ATTACK IN KORDOFAN [...] (C) A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attack near Haskanita, South Darfur on September 9, which had included aerial bombardment, was in direct response to the August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan led by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Unity (reftel). [...] | 2007-09-12 09:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
07KHARTOUM1535 | HASKANITA ATTACK PART OF INCREASED VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) One day after the September 29 attack on the its camp near Haskanita, South Darfur, AMIS evacuated 10 dead and 14 wounded peacekeepers with the help of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Reports abound on the number and identity of the assailants, ranging from two Darfur rebel factions to [...] | 2007-10-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN AU SU |
07KHARTOUM155 | DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX [...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...] | 2007-02-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN |
07KHARTOUM158 | CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: UPDATE ON UN SUPPORT FOR AMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: 37 out of 105 military staff, 29 out of 33 civilian police, and four out of 48 civilian staff have deployed to El Fasher and Khartoum as part of the UN light assistance package to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). UN officers hope to have the entire contingent in place [...] | 2007-02-05 03:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN |
07KHARTOUM1587 | AS DARFUR VIOLENCE SPREADS, SLM THREATENS RETURN [...] (C) Violence in South Darfur--set off by an August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan--continues to escalate with the onset of an attack on Muhajeria that began October 8 (Ref. A). The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi, which controls Muhajeri [...] | 2007-10-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU |
07KHARTOUM1596 | SUDAN, AU IMPLICATED IN SOUTH DARFUR ATTACK [...] (U) Please see para. 10 for an action request. 2. (C) A Sudanese Government representative, the UN, and the SLM have reported that AMIS requested SAF intervention in Muhajeria, South Darfur, precipitating an attack that has left at least 30 civilians dead and an equal number missing. SLM of [...] | 2007-10-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
07KHARTOUM1723 | S/E NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SPLA SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 1 meeting in Juba, the senior leadership of the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPLA),told U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios that the SPLA is showing restraint in the face of provocations by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) along the North-South border and avowed [...] | 2007-11-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SU |
07KHARTOUM1849 | ADADA MOVES TO DEFUSE TENSION OVER KALMA IDP CAMP [...] (C) Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada and the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) are trying to broker a solution to mounting tensions in the Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur, the JSR's chief of staff, Abdulrahman Abubakr, told Poloff on November 26. Following a [...] | 2007-11-26 08:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU |
07KHARTOUM1928 | SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...] | 2007-12-06 06:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU |
07KHARTOUM203 | DARFUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT SECURITY TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese government has scaled back the execution of sustained military operations in Darfur since the beginning of Ramadan in the fall of 2006. From Ramadan to present, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears focused on troop rotation, garrison activities, and logistical st [...] | 2007-02-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF AU UN SU |
07KHARTOUM53 | Southern Sudan: WFP Driver Killed in Ambush [...] On January 11, the World Food Program (WFP) issued a press release stating that an ambush along the Juba - Torit road on January 10 resulted in the death of a Sudanese WFP driver, who was riding in a pickup truck. The incident also resulted in a local GTZ employee and two accompanying SPLA so [...] | 2007-01-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
07KHARTOUM55 | Southern Sudan: Four Die in Jan. 2 Ambush Southeast of [...] (U) Summary: On January 2, at 12:30 p.m., assailants ambushed a truck carrying approximately 35 passengers about 100 kilometers southeast of Juba, killing at least four and wounding six individuals. A survivor, a local PA&E employee, stated that the assailants were LRA rebels; she provided Co [...] | 2007-01-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
07KHARTOUM56 | Southern Sudan: More Ambushes Near Juba [...] Summary: A series of armed attacks east and southeast of Juba on January 7 and 10 claimed three lives, injured 13, and left two missing. There is still no concrete evidence as to the identity of the assailants, but suspicion centers on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). End summary. ----- [...] | 2007-01-14 08:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID ASEC MOPS PHUM SOCI SU |
07KHARTOUM567 | LRA PEACE TALKS SET TO RESUME AMID RENEWED ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM MARR MOPS SU UG |
07KHARTOUM574 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...] | 2007-04-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF |
07KHARTOUM575 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...] | 2007-04-14 06:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF |
07KHARTOUM576 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...] | 2007-04-15 03:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM577 | DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MEETING WITH AU AMB IBOK [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Ambassador Sam Ibok, African Union (AU) Head of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Team. Ibok explained that the rebel groups outside the DPA will remain divided but might accept a shared position if the international [...] | 2007-04-15 03:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM581 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SENIOR ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Libaration Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi. Minawi characterized the security situation in Darfur as "fragile" and urged the international community to push for a political solution [...] | 2007-04-16 05:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM582 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte travelled to El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur. During his day-long visit, the Deputy Secretary met with U.S. military observers, UN personnel, IDP camp representatives, an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Colonel, th [...] | 2007-04-16 05:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM583 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...] | 2007-04-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07KHARTOUM589 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Nafie Ali Nafie, a trusted advisor to President Bashir and a key hard-liner in the National Congress Party (NCP). The Deputy Secretary told Nafie that the most pressing issue of his trip was the situation in Darfur in all its aspects [...] | 2007-04-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM590 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI [...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...] | 2007-04-16 10:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR |
07KHARTOUM596 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh. The Deputy Secretary opened by thanking Ghosh for Sudan,s counter-terrorism cooperation. He then outlined U.S. expectations and ur [...] | 2007-04-17 06:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM599 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...] | 2007-04-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP NEGROPONTE JOHN PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN |
07KHARTOUM756 | HSP IN SIX MONTHS... CAN AMIS LAST? [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: A senior UN military official in Khartoum estimated that the Heavy Support Package (HSP) will not deploy for at least six months due to the lack of agreement on chain of command and the rules of engagement between UN and AU headquarters. Other international officia [...] | 2007-05-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UN AU SU MOPS |
07KHARTOUM81 | DARFUR: GOV DIVIDED ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Two Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) fighter planes overflew El Fasher on January 15. Several Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory commanders, who were planning to attend a commanders conference in North Darfur in the coming days, have characterized the flyover as an attempt by the Sudanese g [...] | 2007-01-19 13:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PREL AU SU UN |
07KHARTOUM978 | (C) SAF WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE WILL BE MISSED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not complete the withdrawal of their troops from southern Sudan by the July 9 deadline mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Moreover, UNMIS recalculation of figures tied to earlier troop movements now places the total percentag [...] | 2007-06-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM EIAD SU |
07KIGALI1000 | RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...] | 2007-11-01 12:38:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
07KIGALI1020 | RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING [...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...] | 2007-11-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
07KIGALI1022 | RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING [...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...] | 2007-11-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
07KIGALI1024 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY CALLS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador called on National Security Advisor Emmanuel Ndahiro on October 6 to discuss enhanced US engagement on addressing negative forces in eastern DRC and ending the stand-off with Nkunda. Ndahiro pledged Rwandan [...] | 2007-11-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM MOPS RW |
07KIGALI1033 | UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...] | 2007-11-09 10:12:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG |
07KIGALI1040 | UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...] | 2007-11-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG |
07KIGALI1077 | GOMA DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER: NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Embassy officers met November 10 in Kigali with Harald Hinkel, who works for the World Bank's Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) office in Goma. Hinkel, who had working in Goma since January 2005, spends his work weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( [...] | 2007-11-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PINS RW |
07KIGALI1085 | PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...] | 2007-11-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS RW |
07KIGALI178 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...] | 2007-02-22 17:34:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW |
07KIGALI238 | NO CASULTIES AFTER SALVO FIRED FROM DRC INTO RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. At approximately 21h00 local time on 3 March a barrage of direct and indirect fire was directed from North Kivu into a unoccupied area in Northwest Rwanda by an unknown unit suspected to be from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). No casualties were reported [...] | 2007-03-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MONUC KPKO CG RW |
07KIGALI401 | PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 16:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS RW |
07KIGALI406 | AMIS NON-PAYMENT JEOPARDIZES RWANDAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (U) The African Union continues to owe the GOR approximately USD 20 million, which amounts to 0.7% of GDP, for funds expended in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). 2. (SBU) The IMF, during the latest Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) mission to Rwanda, advised the GOR to con [...] | 2007-05-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PREL RW |
07KIGALI412 | RWANDA: TRIPARTITE PLUS DEFENSE CHIEFS MEETING [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense and armed forces officials on May 2 to discuss the recent chiefs of defense staff meeting in Bujumbura (Reftel). Ministry Secretary General Zac Nsenga, Generals Rutatina and SIPDIS Musemakweli, RDF Spokesman Rutaremara and Military Prosecutor [...] | 2007-05-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS RW |
07KIGALI589 | THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH? [...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...] | 2007-06-25 07:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS RW |
07KIGALI73 | RWANDA WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (C) On 24 January State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador that while the GOR might be willing to support the African Union (AU) mission to Somalia with training or civilian police (civpol) support, it is "disinclined" to send Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) soldiers. A [...] | 2007-01-24 16:33:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL UNSC RW ET KE |
07KIGALI899 | FDLR FIRES INTO AND/OR FROM RWANDA [...] (C) According to Rwandan military sources, late on the evening of September 30, a small force of suspected Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers fired several hundred machine gun rounds into Rwanda from positions on the Congolese side of the border, in a remote area [...] | 2007-10-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR PREF MOPS RW |
07KIGALI966 | RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR [...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...] | 2007-10-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS RW |
07KINGSTON442 | JAMAICA: ELIMINATION OF FY-08 FMF WILL HAVE SEVERE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 20:54:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CASC MOPS OMB VZ CH |
07KINGSTON56 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] Per Reftel, on the morning of Jan. 11 Charge' provided background on the President's new Iraq strategy to the Permanent Secretary of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Amb. Douglas Saunders. 2. Post will report any GoJ response. HEG [...] | 2007-01-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JM |
07KINGSTON593 | JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL |
07KINGSTON624 | JAMAICA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] In Embassy's estimate, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has neither the will nor the ability to contribute military or civilian resources to Iraq. Given Jamaica's severe crime problem, the risk of violence in the run-up to impending national elections, and the country's heavy debt burden (app [...] | 2007-04-30 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER JM |
07KINSHASA1053 | NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...] | 2007-09-05 06:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG |
07KINSHASA1056 | LOW-LEVEL FIGHTING ONGOING IN NORTH KIVU AS [...] (C) Summary: Low-level fighting and occasional skirmishes between troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces continue in several areas of North Kivu. Integrated brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) have been deployed into new positions in Rutshuru and Masis [...] | 2007-09-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PHUM PREF CG |
07KINSHASA1072 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/7/07 12:00 GMT): MONUC [...] (U) MONUC peacekeepers September 6 brokered a ceasefire between pro-government Congolese military (FARDC) units and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda. The accord was reached after Nkunda's forces threatened to overrun the strategic North Kivu town of Sake about 20 miles west of t [...] | 2007-09-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA1077 | DRC-UGANDA JOINT COMMUNIQUE [...] Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda met in Ngurdoto, Tanzania Septemer 7-8. At para. 4 below is the official French text of the joint communique issued at the end of the summit. 2. Of particular interest in the communique i [...] | 2007-09-10 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV CG UG MOPS |
07KINSHASA1082 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...] | 2007-09-10 17:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1084 | FEWER ITURI COMBATANTS THAN EXPECTED DISARMING AS [...] (SBU) With three days remaining in the current Ituri District disarmament, demobilization and reinsertion (DDR) program, approximately 1,000 of an anticipated 4,600 combatants -- less than one quarter -- have handed over their weapons. According to UNDP officials running the initiative, as of [...] | 2007-09-11 10:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1087 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/11/07 16:00 GMT): REGION [...] (SBU) North Kivu remained relatively calm September 11, five days after MONUC peacekeepers facilitated a halt in fighting outside the provincial capital Goma between soldiers loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government forces. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials told [...] | 2007-09-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1090 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/12/07 16:00 GMT): NO REPORTS [...] (U) There are no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours. MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) sources told us September 12 there have been no major clashes between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops since MONUC peacekeepers intervened to [...] | 2007-09-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1092 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/13/07 15:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) According to MONUC, there were no reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and pro-government troops. The situation in the province remains tense, and Masisi and Rutshuru districts remain heavily militarized. 2. [...] | 2007-09-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA1098 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/14/07 11:00 GMT): NO NEW [...] (U) There have been no new reports of fighting in North Kivu over the past 24 hours (ref A),however insecurity continued in the province with the murder of a local administrator and the discovery of mass graves at a recently vacated mixed-brigade camp. 2. (U) MONUC's Radio Okapi reported [...] | 2007-09-14 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1100 | SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...] | 2007-09-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1101 | MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...] | 2007-09-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW |
07KINSHASA1102 | SHORTLEY OFFERS ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Jendayi Frazer, AF A/S, met with Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi on September 12 to discuss efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. Charge Sam Brock and PolCouns also participated. Shortley de [...] | 2007-09-14 16:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1103 | MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...] | 2007-09-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1120 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION [...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...] | 2007-09-18 17:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1150 | MONUC REPORTS SIX CONGOLESE DEAD, FOUR WOUNDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC reports that Ugandan troops killed six Congolese and wounded five others after firing on a Congolese vessel on Lake Albert September 24. All but one were civilians. The confrontation followed an incident earlier in the day in which MONUC naval forces intercepted and su [...] | 2007-09-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV CG UG |
07KINSHASA1151 | NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/25/07, 18:00 GMT): LIMITED [...] (U) Limited skirmishes broke out in several locations in North Kivu in the early morning of September 24 between Congolese military (FARDC) troops and elements of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's forces, but had died down by midday. No casualty figures were available. 2. (SBU) FARDC De [...] | 2007-09-25 17:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA117 | FARDC GENERAL DISMISSIVE OF CONCESSIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Major General Bulenda Padiri, Commander of the DRC's Ninth Military Region, does not agree with the GDRC's negotiated concessions to Laurent Nkunda's troops in North Kivu. He believes that real integration and eventual redeployment outside of the Kivus are necessary for these f [...] | 2007-01-31 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1175 | TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING -- [...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...] | 2007-10-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG |
07KINSHASA1177 | JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF [...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...] | 2007-10-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG |
07KINSHASA1179 | ITURI DDR: PHASE III PASSES THE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) The official deadline for the Phase III disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion program (DDR) in Ituri District officially passed on September 30. However, disarmament points and the demobilization transit sites remain open. Nearly 35 per cent of those on the official lists from t [...] | 2007-10-04 16:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1201 | HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU [...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...] | 2007-10-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
07KINSHASA1208 | HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO RENEWED CLASHES IN NORTH KIVU [...] Fighting has escalated in areas of North Kivu since dissident General Nkunda announced a renewed military offensive against Congolese armed forces on October 8. As of October 10, clashes are ongoing in three locations in Masisi and Rutshuru territories. Relief agencies report some new populat [...] | 2007-10-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PHUM PREL CG |
07KINSHASA1213 | DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...] | 2007-10-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1215 | CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...] | 2007-10-19 20:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM |
07KINSHASA1232 | DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...] | 2007-10-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KDEM CG |
07KINSHASA1237 | LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1247 | TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT? [...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...] | 2007-11-02 10:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG |
07KINSHASA1248 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...] | 2007-11-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG |
07KINSHASA1249 | ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...] | 2007-11-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW |
07KINSHASA1251 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...] | 2007-11-05 16:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG |
07KINSHASA126 | FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN BANYAMULENGE TROOPS IN [...] (C) Summary: Limited fighting between Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) troops of non-integrated brigades of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and of dissident armed forces broke out in the Minembwe region of South Kivu province January 25 and continued sporadically through January 29. Details c [...] | 2007-02-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1260 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC),the UN [...] | 2007-11-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1264 | AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo, [...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...] | 2007-11-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW |
07KINSHASA1265 | SPECIAL CONFLICT ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S BRIEFINGS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Frazer's Special Conflict Advisor, Tim Shortley, togeter with officers from AF/RSA (Julie Chalfin) andDoD/OSD (Lt. Col. Mark Ellington USA),met with UN human rights specialists November 1 in North Kiv to understand the impact and pervasiveness of human righ [...] | 2007-11-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1267 | RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING [...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...] | 2007-11-13 09:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1270 | MONUC'S INDIAN BATTALION BRIEFS SHORTLEY ON [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30-November 3 tour of North Kivu, an Indian Battalion from MONUC provided security for the AF Senior Adviser Shortley. Upon arrival in Goma on 30 October, Shortley was briefed by the commander of North Kivu Brigade who transmitted what was mostly MONUC,s party [...] | 2007-11-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1272 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG |
07KINSHASA1278 | Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with [...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...] | 2007-11-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1283 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...] | 2007-11-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG |
07KINSHASA1288 | : INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...] | 2007-11-19 13:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | APER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1289 | November 13 attack on IDP camp near Goma [...] (SBU) Summary. Thousands of panicked IDPs fled three camps near Goma November 13 after FARDC artillery deployed nearby apparently opened fire. While the FARDC claimed pro-Nkunda CNDP forces had attacked the camps, and Nkunda blamed the FDLR, neither MONUC nor humanitarian organizations were a [...] | 2007-11-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1301 | NOVEMBER 21 GOMA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Unfounded claims were received from both government and Nkunda about CNDP occupying Rutshuru. Some may make their way into the international press. As noted in separate conversations with embassy, such claims would appear to be false. While in Rutshuru with a WFP/OFDA/UK team (includi [...] | 2007-11-26 07:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS PHUM PREF KWMN CG |
07KINSHASA1313 | UNHRO REPORTS MASS GRAVES, MASS RAPE, AND ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) recently made public its Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for September 2007. The report described 70 different cases of abuse committed by armed groups including Nkunda forces, Mayi Mayi militia, and FARDC soldiers. This [...] | 2007-11-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1329 | AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30 [...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...] | 2007-12-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA134 | PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...] | 2007-02-02 12:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS |
07KINSHASA1340 | Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...] | 2007-12-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1347 | Goma Report for December 6, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...] | 2007-12-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1350 | Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...] | 2007-12-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1356 | Goma Situation Report for December 10, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military campaign in North Kivu remains stalled, with Nkunda's line holding at Kibati and Nkunda having made a foray within two kilometers of Mushaki. MONUC's North Kivu Brigade Commander helicoptered with a team into Kirolirwe IDP camp December 9 to sensitize the ID [...] | 2007-12-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA136 | BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN [...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...] | 2007-02-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS |
07KINSHASA1360 | Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...] | 2007-12-12 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1361 | PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...] | 2007-12-12 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1362 | Goma Situation Report for December 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: In the course of December 11, FARDC abandoned its remaining positions west of Sake, leaving MONUC to defend the town. Nkunda's commanders communicated to MONUC Brigade Commander General Narayan that they would not enter Sake, but not before the nearby fighting had caused a mo [...] | 2007-12-13 16:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1364 | Goma Situation Report for December 13, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC General Narayan told embassy's Goma officer December 13 that FARDC losses in men and materiel from the December 3-12 campaign were light. Attacked by an Nkunda force of perhaps 200 at Mushaki, three FARDC brigades panicked and fled. The issues are leadership, training, [...] | 2007-12-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1369 | Goma Situation Report for December 14, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Fallout from the army's reversal continues apace. FARDC held its position on the Rutshuru axis December 13 but the region's deputy commander was reportedly shot in the shoulder by his own men. General Narayan estimates 5,000 deserters, of whom some are in Goma where they coul [...] | 2007-12-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1373 | SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...] | 2007-12-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1377 | HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...] | 2007-12-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW |
07KINSHASA1384 | Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...] | 2007-12-19 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1391 | Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...] | 2007-12-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA140 | MINEMBWE UPDATE: FLARE-UP ON FEB 2; MONUC/FARDC [...] (U) Fighting briefly flared up on February 2 in the remote Haut Plateau region of South Kivu province between Banyamulenge troops under General Patrick Masunzu and dissident Banyamulenge fighters of the Moramvia Group and Group of 47. The dissident troops attempted unsuccessfully to take the [...] | 2007-02-05 16:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PREF MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA1405 | Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The North Kivu military situation remained stable during the previous week. However, FARDC continues to move reinforcements into and around the province. Pro-Nkunda and Pareco militia forces clashed again in a remote area of Masisi territory. Inhabitants of Rutshuru town prote [...] | 2007-12-26 08:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1406 | Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...] | 2007-12-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW |
07KINSHASA1409 | PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING [...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...] | 2007-12-27 06:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1423 | Goma situation report for December 22, 2007 [...] (SBU) Embassy acting Goma rep spent most of first day in meetings on the upcoming Kivus Conference. Information below is preliminary and subject to change. Initial Notes ------------- -- The location of the conference is the Free University of the Great Lakes (Universite Libre des Pays [...] | 2007-12-28 09:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1426 | Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) [...] The second meeting of the JMG-TF was held December 29 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. Ref (A) is a report on the first meeting, held December 22 at the same venue. Participants ------------ 2. The following is a list of attendees: Government of Rwanda: -- Team Leader: Maj. Franco R [...] | 2007-12-31 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA1427 | Goma situation report for December 28-29, 2007 [...] (U) The subject line in ref (A),the most recent report in this series, is incorrect. Subject line should read: "Goma situation report for December 27 (not December 22),2007." This is the last report for 2007; reports will resume January 2, 2008. Conference Update ----------------- 2 [...] | 2007-12-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA161 | BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR [...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...] | 2007-02-09 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS |
07KINSHASA207 | THE NKUNDA VIEW ON "MIXAGE" AND NORTH KIVU'S [...] (C) Summary: While the GDRC has portrayed North Kivu's military "mixage" as an interim solution to the region's security problems, dissident General Laurent Nkunda and his advisers view the process much differently. They see Nkunda's December 2006 agreement with the GDRC as an opportunity to a [...] | 2007-02-21 11:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS PTER CG |
07KINSHASA214 | CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...] | 2007-02-21 16:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG |
07KINSHASA225 | DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE [...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...] | 2007-02-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG |
07KINSHASA227 | DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE [...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...] | 2007-02-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG |
07KINSHASA233 | KARIM AGAIN MAKES PROMISES AFTER MILITARY SETBACKS [...] (C) Summary: Peter Karim, leader of the Front for National Integration (FNI) militia in the DRC's northeastern Ituri District, has promised to surrender a number of his fighters following several weeks of successful operations by the Congolese military (FARDC) which have left the FNI isolated [...] | 2007-02-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA280 | MONUC AND NGO COLLABORATION WITH MILITARY LEADS TO [...] (U) Summary. MONUC-Bunia human rights officers and local NGO Justice Plus played major roles in the successful prosecution of two prominent Ituri District human rights cases. A military court handed down judgments in both cases February 19, convicting 14 Congolese military (FARDC) soldiers [...] | 2007-03-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA290 | CONGOLESE AND ANGOLAN MINISTERS TO ATTEMPT RESOLUTION TO REMOTE BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Congolese and Angolan officials plan to meet in Kinshasa this week to discuss a disputed frontier in a remote diamond-bearing area at the intersection of the provinces of Bandundu in the DRC and Lunda Norte in Angola. Angolan troops reportedly entered the area on January 2 [...] | 2007-03-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AG CG EMIN |
07KINSHASA291 | EXAMINING BAS-CONGO'S FEBRUARY VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: A poorly-planned search by police sparked the January 31-February 1 violence between security forces and members of the ethnic separatist group Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) which left dozens dead in the DRC's Bas-Congo province. Provincial political and security officials claim BDK leader [...] | 2007-03-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA297 | UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSESSES CHILD SOLDIER [...] (U) UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy visited the DRC March 4-9 to assess the situation of child soldiers in the country. She met with Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga and Minister of Defense Chikez Diemo, as well as officials of the Congolese demobi [...] | 2007-03-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KGOV MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA306 | BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...] | 2007-03-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA308 | BEMBA, RUBERWA RESISTING REPLACEMENT OF PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. Former vice presidents Azarias Ruberwa and Jean-Pierre Bemba are resisting orders to have their personal guard forces replaced by Congolese national police by March 15. Bemba's guards remain the source of greatest concern since the public release of the order from the army chie [...] | 2007-03-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA318 | CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC and Angola commissioned a technical team to clarify their common border following high-level consultations March 13 in Kinshasa. The team is charged with locating the 112 colonial-era border monuments and laying groundwork for joint control of the frontier. The deleg [...] | 2007-03-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS MOPS CG AG |
07KINSHASA322 | DEADLINE TO REPLACE BEMBA AND RUBERWA GUARDS [...] (U) A March 15 deadline to replace with police officers the personal guard forces of former vice presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Azarias Ruberwa passed without incident (reftel). Traffic was lighter than usual in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa on March 15, but businesses remained open [...] | 2007-03-16 12:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG |
07KINSHASA351 | SITUATION REPORT 1: GUNFIRE, CONFUSION IN GOMBE [...] (U) Small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire broke out in the downtown Gombe area of Kinshasa March 22 between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and the guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Isolated shots were first reported around 10:30 a.m., and heavier firin [...] | 2007-03-22 18:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA352 | KINSHASA SITREP 2: FIGHTING CONTINUES, LOOTING [...] (U) Scattered gunfire continued as of 10:00 p.m. in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Shooting has diminished throughout the evening although RPG fire and machine gun fire were [...] | 2007-03-22 22:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG |
07KINSHASA353 | KINSHASA SITREP 3: FIGHTING ONGOING, BEMBA TAKES [...] (U) Sounds of automatic weapons and mortar fire have been heard off-and-on beginning around 4:30 a.m. March 23 in the central Gombe district of Kinshasa. Fighting between elements of the Congolese military forces loyal to President Kabila and Bemba's guard forces had temporarily quieted somewha [...] | 2007-03-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG |
07KINSHASA355 | KINSHASA SITREP 4: MILITARY CLAIMS TO BE GAINING [...] (SBU) Sporadic shooting continued into the afternoon around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa. Automatic weapons fire and several loud explosions have been heard since midday. Military officials with FARDC Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sunglinga claim their troops are g [...] | 2007-03-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA356 | KINSHASA SITREP 5: FIGHTING DIMINISHES INTO THE [...] (U) The sounds of gunfire around the Embassy compound in the Gombe district of Kinshasa diminished into the evening of March 23, as fighting has appeared to wind down between elements of the Congolese military loyal to the government and guard forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba. Occasional bursts of [...] | 2007-03-23 21:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA357 | KINSHASA SITREP 6: CITY QUIET WITH HEAVY MILITARY [...] (U) The downtown Gombe district of Kinshasa is calm the morning of March 24. Gunfire and small explosions were heard in the vicinity of the Chancery and USAID offices for nearly an hour beginning at approximately 4:20 a.m., but only occasional bursts of small arms fire since. The area around t [...] | 2007-03-24 08:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG |
07KINSHASA361 | KINSHASA UPDATE: SITUATION IN CAPITAL RETURNING TO [...] (U) The central Gombe district of Kinshasa remains calm four days after fighting broke out between elements of the Congolese military (FARDC) and guard forces of Senator and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. There have been no reports of fighting since early morning on March 24. Vehicle [...] | 2007-03-26 11:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO MOPS CASC CG |
07KINSHASA367 | NKUNDA ATTENDS FORMATION CEREMONIES FOR TWO NEW [...] (C) Summary: Renegade General Laurent Nkunda attended formation ceremonies for the last two "mixed" brigades March 22 and 23 in North Kivu with several prominent political and military leaders. Nkunda said in local interviews he was pleased with the "mixage" process and promised that any soldi [...] | 2007-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA370 | KINSHASA UPDATE 3/27: KABILA DEFENDS ACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila defended the use of force against Jean-Pierre Bemba's guard forces in a March 26 press conference, declaring that "order had to be restored at all cost." Bemba, who remains in the South African embassy compound, said in a press interview Kabila is determined to ge [...] | 2007-03-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA375 | IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to former Vice President Bemba were defeated in March 22 - 23 violence, and no longer constitute a fighting force. There is a general consensus that numerous political options were not exhausted prior to the fighting, with many in the Kabila camp spoiling for a fight [...] | 2007-03-28 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA378 | MINEMBWE UPDATE: DISCUSSIONS STALLED OVER [...] (C) Summary: GDRC negotiations with dissident Banyamulenge commanders in South Kivu have stalled in confusion and disagreement over how their forces are to be integrated into the Congolese military (FARDC). The stalemate has blocked the anticipated disarmament and integration of more than 200 o [...] | 2007-03-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PREF MOPS BU CG |
07KINSHASA381 | POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...] | 2007-03-30 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF |
07KINSHASA389 | BEMBA WEAPONS CACHE SEIZED IN EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and Congolese military (FARDC) officials have seized an estimated 200 tons of weapons and ammunition belonging to the forces of Jean-Pierre Bemba in Equateur province. The cache, located in an abandoned soft drink factory in Gbadolite, near the border with the CAR, contained [...] | 2007-04-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS PINR PINS UG TZ LY CG |
07KINSHASA400 | MONUC PROPOSES TRAINING CONGOLESE INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC military officials are proposing a 16-month, four million USD training program aimed at improving the basic capabilities of 11 of the 14 Congolese military's (FARDC) current Integrated Brigades (IBs). They portray the proposal as part of MONUC's exit strategy from the DRC [...] | 2007-04-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KPKO MOPS MARR CG |
07KINSHASA411 | ITURI UPDATE: KARIM SURRENDERS, RECEIVES [...] (C) Summary: Ituri militia leader Peter Karim surrendered with six of his senior officers April 6 to Congolese military (FARDC) authorities in Kpandroma. All were subsequently awarded officers' commissions, including the rank of colonel for Karim. Karim pledged he would not return to the bush a [...] | 2007-04-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA414 | MONUC INVESTIGATION ASSIGNS BLAME TO BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: A MONUC investigation into Bas-Congo's January 31-February 1 fighting between security forces and the separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) assigns responsibility to both sides for the violence and estimates 105 died. MONUC found that BDK has demonstrated a strong propensity for v [...] | 2007-04-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA452 | CONGOLESE MILITARY PROPOSES REDEPLOYMENT, RENAMING [...] (C) Summary: Congolese military (FARDC) officials have proposed the redeployment and renaming of the army's Integrated Brigades (IBs). Most IBs will remain concentrated in eastern DRC where the biggest security risks remain, although the proposal suggests moving two brigades currently statione [...] | 2007-04-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA487 | CONGOLESE "MIXED BRIGADES" CONDUCT OFFENSIVES [...] (C) Summary: Three "mixed" brigades of the Congolese military (FARDC) in North Kivu province have launched limited offensives against suspected FDLR forces. Initial reports indicate the FARDC has had moderate success in the operations, re-establishing control of several main roads in the Rutsh [...] | 2007-04-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS PREF CG |
07KINSHASA5 | ITURI UPDATE: CLASHES CONTINUE, BUT GDRC HASN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: Scattered fighting between Peter Karim's FNI and FARDC troops continued December 29, and a December 30 ultimatum to Karim passed without resolution. However, the GDRC kept open a door to future negotiations with the militia leader. End summary. 2. (SBU) Sporadic fighting [...] | 2007-01-03 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA523 | KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN [...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...] | 2007-05-11 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG |
07KINSHASA534 | CONGOLESE MILITARY REPLACES COMMANDER IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) The Congolese military (FARDC) is replacing its regional commander in North Kivu with the current chief of operations in Ituri District. FARDC officials confirmed that Brigadier General Vainqueur Mayala will be promoted to Major General and will replace General Louis Ngizo as the commander [...] | 2007-05-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA539 | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON NORTH KIVU'S IDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent press reports, there have been no major displacement of civilians in North Kivu province following operations against the FDLR. Humanitarian and MONUC officials say, in fact, there have been relatively few new IDPs there since late April. Those displaced since [...] | 2007-05-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA582 | MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS [...] (U) Summary. At least 29 Congolese villagers were killed the night of May 26-27 near Kanyola southwest of Bukavu in a massacre called "the worst in South Kivu since May 2005." An additional 27 were reported injured, and at least 18 have been reported kidnapped. Although some press reports c [...] | 2007-05-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA593 | SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...] | 2007-06-01 11:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA6 | NORTH KIVU IMPASSE CONTINUES; CIVILIANS TAKE OUT [...] (C) Following December 28 clashes between the FARDC and troops allied with renegade General Laurent Nkunda (reftel),FARDC 8th Military Region (MR) Commander General Ngizo met with Nkunda loyalist representatives of the 81st and 83rd Brigades. During the December 29 meeting, Ngizo reiterated [...] | 2007-01-03 16:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA627 | UPDATE: FARDC RECOVERS SOME CIVILIANS TAKEN [...] (SBU) General Sylvain Tshikwej, 10th Military Region Commander, confirmed to PolOff June 6 that patrols of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) located nine kidnapped Congolese civilians (eight of them alive and one dead) in the Kahuzi-Biega National Park outside of Bukavu on June 1. Three of [...] | 2007-06-07 09:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA628 | MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...] | 2007-06-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA65 | NKUNDA LOYALISTS "MIXING" WITH REGULAR CONGOLESE [...] (C) Summary: There is as yet no confirmation of reports that renegade General Laurent Nkunda will be granted asylum in another country as part of an agreement with the GDRC. The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) has begun mixing pro-Nkunda soldiers in North Kivu province with other, "loyal" non- [...] | 2007-01-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA655 | KABILA REPLACES KISEMPIA AS CHIEF OF CONGOLESE [...] (U) Congolese military (FARDC) and Ministry of Defense officials confirmed June 13 that President Joseph Kabila has replaced FARDC Chief of Defense Forces General Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe with General Dieudonne Kayembe Mbandankulu, effectively immediately. Kabila made the announcement overnig [...] | 2007-06-13 09:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PINR CG |
07KINSHASA659 | MILITARY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES ON DISPLAY AT [...] (C) Summary: A recent tour of the DRC's military training and integration facility in Luberizi, South Kivu, highlighted the challenges facing GDRC officials charged with reforming the country's security sector. A lack of equipment and logistical support hamper efforts to create a unified and p [...] | 2007-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA671 | MAJOR RE-SHUFFLE OF MILITARY AND POLICE LEADERSHIP [...] (U) As reported reftel, President Joseph Kabila ordered a major shake-up of the Congolese military (FARDC) in a decree issued late June 12. Nearly all top commanders, including FARDC Chief of Defense Staff Lt. General Kisempia and Air Forces Commander General John Numbi, were removed from their [...] | 2007-06-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS PINR CG |
07KINSHASA680 | THREE KILLED, AT LEAST 52 INJURED AFTER WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: Three people were killed and at least 52 injured after several tons of munitions caught fire and exploded early on the morning of June 17 at the Congolese military (FARDC) base in the provincial capital of Mbandaka, Equateur. No cause has been established for the fire,. Damage has [...] | 2007-06-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA744 | 200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...] | 2007-07-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA745 | MBANDAKA ARMS DEPOT EXPLOSION: OFFICIALS CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: Congolese officials have not determined the cause of the June 17 explosion at a military weapons depot in Equateur province, but claim it was the result of sabotage. Experts with the USG-funded NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) say it was more likely due to the accidental spread of a [...] | 2007-07-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS MARR CG |
07KINSHASA754 | FACTORS DRIVING NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The growing sense of insecurity in North Kivu is being driven by a variety of military and political factors. The GDRC has failed to follow through on the integration of the so-called "mixed" brigades, whose presence has contributed to rising tensions since the beginning of the ye [...] | 2007-07-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS CG |
07KINSHASA792 | NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT [...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...] | 2007-07-11 09:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG |
07KINSHASA802 | Launch of the DDR Third Phase Program in Ituri [...] (SBU) On July 5 the GDRC launched Phase III of the long-running Ituri Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) program in Bunia. It will focus on demobilizing and reintegrating approximately 3,000 ex-combatants from three Ituri armed groups: Cobra Matata's Patriotic Force for Resis [...] | 2007-07-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA846 | CONCERNS ABOUT INSECURITY IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary. Some MONUC civilian officials have expressed growing concerns about the possibility of a government offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu. Two of its key officials believe that the Kabila government has made a decision to mobilize for an attack on Nkun [...] | 2007-07-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO KDEM CG RW |
07KINSHASA85 | FARDC 1ST BRIGADE AGAIN FACES MILITARY JUSTICE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Soldiers from the Congolese army's First Integrated Brigade have earned another military court date, this time on charges of looting and rape in Bunia, Ituri District January 11 and 12 after mutinying. 34 of more than 200 defendants appeared before a military judge in Bunia Janu [...] | 2007-01-25 12:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA887 | MONUC LAUNCHES MINEMBWE PEACE EFFORT IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. MONUC officials have launched a new initiative in South Kivu's High Plateau region following a week of renewed fighting between the Congolese military (FARDC) and armed ethnic Banyamulenge dissident forces. Their efforts have not produced a ceasefire, though the level of fighting [...] | 2007-07-26 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREF PGOV CG |
07KINSHASA949 | CONGOLESE MILITARY RELEASES FOUR UGANDAN SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: Talks between Congolese and Ugandan military representatives led to the release August 6 of four Ugandan People's Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers who had been held by the Congolese military (FARDC) in Ituri District since July 29. The meeting also led to an agreement to establish c [...] | 2007-08-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM PGOV PREL EPET UG CG |
07KINSHASA98 | SECOND "MIXED" BRIGADE FORMED IN NORTH KIVU [...] (U) The Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) in North Kivu have formed a second new "mixed" brigade composed of soldiers allied with renegade General Laurent Nkunda and of other non-integrated FARDC soldiers who have no ties to Nkunda. The "Bravo" Brigade combines members of the pro-Nkunda 81st and [...] | 2007-01-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG |
07KUALALUMPUR1001 | GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...] | 2007-06-08 05:37:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1059 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...] | 2007-06-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1071 | CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] (C) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals for the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) program in support of Eyes in the Sky. Post reiterates its support for the proposed 1206 funding for MDA and requests that it be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post also renews its support for ad [...] | 2007-06-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR122 | 1206 FUNDING FINAL REVIEW -- MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed the FY 2007 section 1206 proposals to install radar facilities in Eastern Sabah and CENTRIX stations (reftel). We approve the proposals and recommend that they be notified to Congress. 2. (C) Post proposed the radar facilities project based on our understanding dir [...] | 2007-01-19 09:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1225 | MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...] | 2007-07-31 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1234 | MILF PEACE TALKS: OTHMAN SEEKS RESTRAINT AFTER [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak used his recent travel to the Philippines to urge both the GRP and MILF to avoid resuming hostilities in the wake of the July 10 killings and mutilation of Filipino marines in Bas [...] | 2007-08-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1309 | EXPEDITED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: MARITIME [...] The security force members listed in Paragraph 2 are scheduled to participate in a Maritime Security Trilateral Conference from August 25 - 29, 200 in Cebu, Philippines sponsored by the Asia Pacific Security Forum. Embassy has no information to indicate that the individuals listed in Paragrap [...] | 2007-08-20 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS MARR MASS MOPS MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1328 | SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...] | 2007-08-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1506 | MILF TALKS: OTHMAN USES IMT THREAT AND PREVIOUS [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak employed previous GRP negotiator Silvestre Afable and the threat of Malaysia's pull-out from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to push Manila during a September 25-26 [...] | 2007-10-10 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1583 | PROPOSED 2008 USNS MERCY VISIT TO MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 01:27:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL MY |
07KUALALUMPUR163 | UPDATE ON 1206 FUNDING -- MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MASS MOPS MCAP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR1652 | SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...] | 2007-11-27 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR173 | MALAYSIA'S OTHMAN APPEARS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S.-MILF [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the GRP-MILF peace talks Othman Abdul Razak appeared supportive of another U.S. Mission Manila meeting in February with MILF leaders (ref A),in response to polchief's explanation of the mission on January 29. Othman wished the American team success in its meeti [...] | 2007-01-29 11:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS KISL RP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR184 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...] | 2007-01-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR263 | HONORARY CONSUL NOTES MALAYSIA AS SAFE HAVEN FOR [...] (S) The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Malaysian businessman Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),described Thai Malay separatist use of Malaysian territory as a safe haven and insurgents' views of the conflict during a February 5 meeting with polchief. Eskay, who was a leading Ma [...] | 2007-02-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY |
07KUALALUMPUR299 | INVITATION TO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM PEACEKEEPING [...] The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally invited the United States to participate in the First Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Peacekeeping Experts' Meeting in Port Dickson, Malaysia on March 7-9, 2007. The event is being co-hosted by the Governments of Malaysia and Australia and se [...] | 2007-02-16 00:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MARR MOPS MY |
07KUALALUMPUR318 | MALAYSIANS ON BORDER CONCERNED, BUT NOT ALARMED [...] (S) Malaysian politicians and police officials in northern border states, in meetings with polchief February 5-9, expressed concern but not alarm over continued violence in Thailand's ethnic Malay south. Interlocutors viewed the violence in Thailand as having little or no spill-over effect i [...] | 2007-02-21 07:17:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY |
07KUALALUMPUR447 | FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS [...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...] | 2007-03-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY |
07KUALALUMPUR496 | PHILIPPINES/MILF: OTHMAN CONTINUES SHUTTLE [...] (S) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak told polchief March 14 he remained focused on shuttle diplomacy, although he also expressed serious concern over March 5-7 fighting in Mindanao. His efforts between the MILF and [...] | 2007-03-15 09:48:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR651 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...] | 2007-04-11 09:22:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUALALUMPUR68 | PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON IRAQ REINFORCED WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ MY |
07KUALALUMPUR758 | IRAQ: MALAYSIA WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO COALITION, [...] (C) Summary: Although Malaysia clearly would reject any approach to provide military resources to support the Iraq Coalition, it might consider a request by the Iraqi government for modest civilian assistance if this were made directly to the GOM by the Iraqi government itself. End Summary. [...] | 2007-04-25 09:20:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY |
07KUALALUMPUR811 | IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BAGHDAD [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar plans to visit Baghdad on May 12. FM Hamid has requested meetings with Iraq's senior political leaders during his 12-hour stop. The Iraqi embassy in Kuala Lumpur is not aware of any Malaysian deliverables; however, FM Hamid's visit represents [...] | 2007-05-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY |
07KUALALUMPUR812 | AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi plans to visit Kabul on June 3-4 at the invitation of the Aga Khan to attend an Enabling Environment Conference on Enhancing Private Investment and Development. Abdullah is expected to spend one over-night in Kabul on his 36 hour visit. A delegat [...] | 2007-05-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL AF MY |
07KUALALUMPUR818 | IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT CANCELED [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) West Asia desk advised us on May 7 that Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar has canceled his planned May 12 trip to Baghdad which we previously reported in ref A. Foreign Ministry officials commented that although the intent was to postpone th [...] | 2007-05-08 08:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY |
07KUALALUMPUR924 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...] | 2007-05-24 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY |
07KUWAIT1007 | KUWAIT CABINET RENEWS CONTRACT FOR OIF FUEL AT [...] (C/NF) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah informed the Ambassador on June 26 that the Kuwaiti Cabinet had agreed on June 24 to renew for one year an existing agreement with the USG to provide concessionally-priced fuel for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 2. (C/NF) This agreement, [...] | 2007-06-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ |
07KUWAIT1405 | KUWAIT CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU |
07KUWAIT1407 | GOK CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU |
07KUWAIT1475 | GOK TO REFUSE YELLOWCAKE TRANSIT THROUGH KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU |
07KUWAIT1476 | GOK CONSIDERING REQUEST TO OPEN ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ KU |
07KUWAIT1540 | GOK'S OFFICIAL REFUSAL TO TRANSIT YELLOWCAKE [...] (S) On 16 October, Post received the below diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the GOK's refusal of the USG request (ref A) to transport Iraqi yellowcake through Kuwait. 2. (S) Begin Text of informal translation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas [...] | 2007-10-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU |
07KUWAIT1706 | MOI CASTS DOUBT ON OPENING ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with MNF-I DCG LTG William Rollo, MOI Undersecretary LTG Nasser al-Othman noted the security progress being made in Iraq and predicted significant progress in the next two years. In stark contrast from what Post has heard from Kuwait Customs and the Kuwai [...] | 2007-12-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL ETRD EPET KU IZ |
07KUWAIT1742 | INTERIOR MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CDA, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah said he was deeply concerned about the smuggling of contraband (including drugs, alcohol, munitions, and chemicals) into Kuwait from Iraq at both the Abdali-Safwan commercial border crossing and the militar [...] | 2007-12-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL ETRD KU IZ |
07KUWAIT1747 | ADDITIONAL BORDER CROSSING REQUEST GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) Following contacts reported reftels, CDA on December 17 had multiple telcons on the border crossing request with GEN Saleh Al-Humaydhi in absence of Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah. At Al-Humaydhi,s request, he subsequently had two telcons with GEN Khaled Al-Jarrah (J2). [...] | 2007-12-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL KU IZ |
07KUWAIT182 | DEMARCHE: SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS SO KU |
07KUWAIT661 | KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Arab Affairs Deputy Director Ahmed Al-Baqer May 2. Al-Baqer said Kuwait has not considered the question of direct support for AMISOM. He added that the question did not come up at the March 28 Arab League Summit in Riyadh, the most likely context [...] | 2007-05-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE |
07KUWAIT810 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WILLING BUT HESITANT [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Somalia Desk Officer Abdulnasser Al-Rashidi and MFA Arab World Deputy Director Ahmad Al-Baker on May 22. Al-Baker reiterated that the GOK has USD 2 million ready to give to support the Somali National Reconciliation Congress (ref B),but that it has [...] | 2007-05-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE |
07KUWAIT862 | NEPALESE CONTRACTORS KIA IN IRAQ -- ALLEGATIONS OF [...] This is an Action Request. Please see final para. 2. Emboff met Riyadh-based Nepalese Charge d'Affaires Prakash Suvedi at his request on May 28, 2007 to discuss allegations of non-payment of death benefits by companies operating in Iraq for the USG. He requested any assistance the USG co [...] | 2007-06-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS SOCI NP IZ |
07KYIV1104 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...] | 2007-05-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV1108 | UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR DIA DIRECTOR LTG MAPLES [...] (S/REL UP) General Maples: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv at a time of political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictions in a newly-amended constitution [...] | 2007-05-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP |
07KYIV1299 | UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...] | 2007-05-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV1300 | UKRAINE:SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY [...] (SBU) General MacKiernan: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. The past couple of months have been marked by political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictio [...] | 2007-05-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP |
07KYIV1425 | UKRAINE: MILITARY EXERCISE LEGISLATION PASSES, SEA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Yushchenko signed the annual military exercise authorization bill June 6 and Rada (parliament) passage on May 29. Despite support from PM Yanukovych and most of the Party of Regions (the Rada's largest faction),Socialist and Communist party opposition remai [...] | 2007-06-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV UP |
07KYIV163 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...] | 2007-01-22 12:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV210 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...] | 2007-01-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV2566 | UKRAINE: DASD CAGAN REQUESTS PLUS-UP IN IRAQ [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. In consecutive meetings with Ukrainian Chief of Defense, General of the Army Serhiy Kyrychenko, Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky on October 8, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of [...] | 2007-10-12 02:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ UP US |
07KYIV2759 | UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) With regard to all the scenarios contained in reftel, Ukraine's parliament must approve the deployment of Ukrainian military units in peacekeeping operations (PKO),while the President can authorize the participation of individual members of the military in PKOs by the issuance of a Presid [...] | 2007-11-06 11:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UP |
07KYIV2902 | UKRAINE: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS -- DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the U.S.-Iraq Statement of Principles November 27 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and U.S. and Canada Desk Director Yuriy Nykytiuk. We emphasized the U.S. desire to consult on the best pos [...] | 2007-11-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ UP |
07KYIV751 | UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...] | 2007-03-30 12:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV823 | UKRAINE: RADA PASSES ANNUAL MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed the annual exercise authorization legislation April 6, two days after rejecting it. Two U.S. exercises -- Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze -- are included in the authorization, as is one Ukrainian-Russian exercise. Yushchenko now has 15 days to sign [...] | 2007-04-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS MASS PREL UP |
07KYIV824 | UKRAINE: POWER MINISTERS GIVE ASSURANCES THAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Defense Minister Hrytsenko, Minister of Interior Tsushko, and acting head of the Security Service (SBU) Nalyvaichenko April 6 to discuss the security situation during the ongoing political crisis. Hrytsenko was the most optimistic of the three, giving assurance [...] | 2007-04-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS UP |
07KYIV976 | UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO OPTIMISTIC ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DATT met with Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko on April 23, 2007 to discuss command and control of military forces, potential uses of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior in times of crisis, Hrytsenko,s inclusion on the party list of Our Ukraine (OU) [...] | 2007-04-25 03:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS UP |
07LAPAZ1032 | NEW GOB PROPOSAL FOR DIP NOTE EXCHANGE ON MIL [...] (SBU) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 8). --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (SBU) As part of Embassy La Paz's continuing efforts to work with the GOB towards a permanent Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) (see reftels),we have been negotiating with the Bolivian [...] | 2007-04-13 18:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL |
07LAPAZ1083 | SOFA NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) Poloff and Milgroup Commander met with the MFA's Director of Special Affairs Unit Mireya Duran and U.S. desk officer April 18 to convey that the United States cannot accept any changes to the terms of the diplomatic no [...] | 2007-04-18 18:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL |
07LAPAZ1213 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS COULTER [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter to Bolivia May 8-10. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in Bolivian-American relations, with the GOB still defining its role in Bolivia's "revolution." With indigenous coca leader [...] | 2007-05-03 12:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL |
07LAPAZ1223 | BOLIVIA FIRMLY AGAINST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 16:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ BL |
07LAPAZ1366 | PM DAS COULTER VISIT TO BOLIVIA [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Michael Coulter, as well as WHA/FO Sr. Advisor Giovanni Snidle, PM desk officer Jeff Burnett, and Lt. Col. Daniel McDonald of the Office of the Secretary of Defense visited Bolivia May 9-10 in response to the positive overtures made [...] | 2007-05-16 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL |
07LAPAZ1394 | DCM'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) At a ninety minute lunch at the DCM's residence on May 14, Minister of Defense (MOD) Walker San Miguel expressed confidence that the GOB would make its 5,000-8,000 hectare eradication target this year. He suggested that the USG and GOB negotiate an agreement regarding transport via DEA [...] | 2007-05-22 15:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL |
07LAPAZ1401 | GOB INSISTS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE IS NOT [...] (U) In a meeting between the Bolivian and Venezuelan militaries May 21, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes announced that his country donated $30 million last year to Bolivia, part of which the GOB will use to improve military barracks. Montes suggested revamping the Bolivian military to defe [...] | 2007-05-22 18:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR MASS MOPS BL VE |
07LAPAZ1906 | SOFA UPDATE: GOB OK EXCEPT ONE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, poloff delivered the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 5. The MFA official in charge of the SOFA negotiations indicated to poloff on July 9 that the GOB was comfortable with the latest draft minus the fina [...] | 2007-07-10 19:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL |
07LAPAZ2111 | GOB APPROVES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DIP NOTE [...] (U) On July 31, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship David Choquehuanca approved our humanitarian assistance diplomatic note (reftel A). 2. (U) An informal translation of the GOB,s response reads as follows: The Republic of Bolivia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Classifica [...] | 2007-08-01 21:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
07LAPAZ2320 | GOB APPROVES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DIP NOTE [...] (U) On July 31, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship David Choquehuanca approved our humanitarian assistance diplomatic note (reftel A). 2. (U) An informal translation of the GOB,s response reads as follows: The Republic of Bolivia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Classifica [...] | 2007-08-22 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
07LAPAZ259 | MOD MEETING READOUT, COUNTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (C) The National Defense University (NDU),via its Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS),co-sponsored a January 23-25 security and defense workshop which focused on counter-terrorism (CT) in La Paz with the Ministry of Defense. Participants identified the top four threats to Bolivian [...] | 2007-02-01 21:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS BL |
07LAPAZ3068 | 2008 AGREEMENT WITH BOLIVIA ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] This is an action request for WHA/AND, L/PM, and PM/ISO. See Paragraph 5. 2. Background: DOD has asked the State Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in Bolivia during 2008. DOD has requested Post immediately propose to the Government of [...] | 2007-11-20 21:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BL |
07LAPAZ551 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTERFERES WITH BOLIVIAN PRESS [...] (U) At approximately noon February 27, a Venezuelan Hercules that was reported to be carrying disaster assistance arrived in El Alto. When Bolivian journalists attempted to film the Venezuelan crew unloading the cargo, the Venezuelans prohibited them from filming the plane (citing the protect [...] | 2007-02-28 17:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MASS BL VE |
07LAPAZ769 | RESPONSE TO DIP NOTE EXCHANGE ON MIL ACTIVITIES [...] (C) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) Following Post's receipt of reftel A in October 2006, Emboffs began working to obtain a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for U.S. military activities in Bolivia. However, the GOB was not willing to sign a SOFA given [...] | 2007-03-20 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL |
07LEIPZIG13 | FLIGHTS TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS RECEIVE EXEMPTION FROM [...] (U) Summary. On June 29, 2007, a Saxony state agency for regional infrastructure issued an amendment to the operating regulations for Leipzig/Halle airport, one effect of which will be that commercial charter flights transporting U.S. military personnel between CONUS and Middle East/Central A [...] | 2007-07-06 10:21:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR EAIR MOPS PREL NATO GM |
07LIBREVILLE40 | GUINEA REQUESTS TEAR GAS FROM GABON [...] (C) Gabon's Foreign Minister, Jean Ping, told Ambassador Walkley that late on the evening of January 23 Guinea's ambassador to Gabon (Ibrahima Sory Soumah) approached Ping with the request that Gabon urgently supply Guinea with tear gas. Soumah said that Guinea's military and security forces [...] | 2007-01-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS GV GB |
07LIBREVILLE500 | SAO TOME: DEFENCE MINISTER WANTS HELP ON STATUS [...] (C) Sao Tome and Principe (STP) Minister of Defence Oscar Sousa told CDA November 10 that it would be useful for the USG to send a team to STP to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Sousa said he was impatient to get the agreement concluded. For the second time, he requested exam [...] | 2007-11-14 12:20:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL TP |
07LIBREVILLE85 | TFGV01: GUINEA'S REQUEST FOR TEAR GAS--GABON DEMURS [...] (C) On February 15, Ali Bongo (Gabon's Minister of Defense) told Ambassador Walkley that Ibrahama Sory Soumah (Guinea's Ambassador to Gabon) had requested an urgent meeting earlier in the week to pursue again Guinea's request for tear gas and (according to Bongo) "associated equipment" (reftel [...] | 2007-02-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM PINS MOPS GV GB |
07LILONGWE330 | MALAWI: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER |
07LILONGWE894 | MALAWI: UN EVALUATION OF MDF PEACEKEEPERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 23-24, a UN High Ranking Operational Training and Advisory Team (HROTAT) visited Malawi to inspect the Malawi Defense Force's (MDF) readiness to deploy a battalion to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). HROTAT said the MDF passed the initial inspection and would rema [...] | 2007-12-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MI MOPS PREL |
07LIMA3294 | EMBASSY LIMA CONCURS WITH EXTENSION OF SF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PE |
07LIMA3782 | FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON PERUVIAN MILITARY [...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the feedback offered by Washington analysts in ref A and offers the following responses to questions raised regarding the status of Plan VRAE. (Ref A questions regarding internal political and congressional matters will be answered septel.) 2. (C) Has the Peruvian [...] | 2007-12-07 16:46:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PINR MOPS PGOV PINS PE |
07LISBON1060 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Carlos Alberto Ferreira Antunes DOB: April 25, 1982 POB: Vale Formoso, Covilha, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: V100264 Course Title: CIWS MK-15MOD 11/14 OP/M [...] | 2007-04-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1098 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Paulo Ricardo Toipa Silva DOB: June 9, 1985 POB: Viseu, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: J174772 Course Title: SUPT Course Dates: 05/30/07 to 09/04/08 2. [...] | 2007-04-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1207 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Rui Manuel de Jesus Romao DOB: November 26, 1969 POB: Leiria, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: F016930 COURSE TITLE: Air Command and Staff College COURSE DAT [...] | 2007-05-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1292 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Rui Jorge dos Santos LOPES DOB: April 13, 1963 POB: Tabua, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G583591 COURSE TITLE: P3C OFT Simulator Training COURSE DATES: J [...] | 2007-05-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1373 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Andre Borges MARTINS DOB: May 11, 1983 POB: Chaves, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: H146629 COURSE TITLE: Infantry Basic Officer COURSE DATES: June 25 to Oc [...] | 2007-05-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1410 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Jorge Manuel Martins MAGALHAES DOB: January 28, 1982 POB: Paredes, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G871000 COURSE TITLE: Infantry Basic Officer COURSE DATES [...] | 2007-05-21 15:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1527 | PORTUGAL UNLIKELY TO INCREASE ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials agreed to review the reftel request to increase contributions to ISAF, but noted they did not expect the review to bring about any changes to current contribution levels. Portugal is operating, they stated, under an austerity budget. Moreov [...] | 2007-06-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF PO |
07LISBON1854 | A/S FRIED WITH PORTUGUESE DEFENSE STATESEC JOAO [...] (C) Summary. Portuguese State Secretary for Defense Mira Gomes told A/S Fried that his ministry is considering a plan to lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team in Afghanistan in addition to Portugal's current military contributions there, although budgetary and political considerations may [...] | 2007-07-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PO AF RS EUN |
07LISBON1858 | U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...] | 2007-07-18 17:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS |
07LISBON1902 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Valentim Jose Pires Antunes RODRIGUES DOB: 01-17-1964 POB: Bissau, Guinea Bissau PASSPORT NUMBER: V104825 COURSE TITLE: Naval Command College COURSE DATES: [...] | 2007-07-24 09:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON1972 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Jorge de Jesus Marques DOB: 05/24/1972 POB: Maputo, Mozambique PASSPORT NUMBER: V102308 COURSE TITLE: Basic American Language Instructor Course COURSE DATES [...] | 2007-08-01 06:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON216 | PORTUGAL AND THE INFORMAL NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Summary: Portugal is unlikely to make further commitments for Afghanistan given existing contributions to several overseas operations coupled with the current austerity budget. MFA staff will, however, recommend an enhanced public diplomacy effort by their principals and they look forwar [...] | 2007-01-24 13:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PO |
07LISBON2163 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Diamantino Jose Santos FERNANDES DOB: September 24, 1968 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: V019704 COURSE TITLE: Mobile International Strategic In [...] | 2007-08-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON232 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Pedro Miguel Carvalho Pinto DOB: 01Aug1969 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PPT NUMBER: Z101523 Purpose: IMET course 2. Embassy Lisbon has completed an internal [...] | 2007-01-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON2529 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Goncalo Nuno Baptista de Sousa DOB: 13 December 1974 POB: Lisboa, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G357167 COURSE TITLE: Computer Science, MS COURSE DATES: [...] | 2007-10-01 06:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON2564 | EU DEFENSE MINISTERS INFORMAL IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. High Rep Solana briefed EU Defense Ministers on the first face-to-face Troika-led negotiations between Serbs and Kosovars. Solana's spokesman said the EU would support any necessary action by troops currently stationed in Kosovo to maintain stability. Solana strongly defended th [...] | 2007-10-04 10:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF XA ZL PO EUN |
07LISBON2605 | EU JHA INFORMAL MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers met informally in Lisbon October 1-2. An embassy officer attended to follow discussion of such topics as the elimination of land and sea travel barriers in December, the establishment of a counternarcotics analysis and operations center, the sub [...] | 2007-10-11 13:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS MOPS PO PREL PTER EUN |
07LISBON2882 | PORTUGAL'S AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C/NF) In a November 9 lunch with DATT and P/E Counselor, the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco, made it clear that President Cavaco Silva himself was behind Portugal's recently announced decision to reduce its contributions to ISAF beginning in August 2008. Lourenco said [...] | 2007-11-09 17:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PO |
07LISBON2911 | MINISTERS CONFIRM, ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN, PORTUGUESE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador Minister of Defense Severiano Teixeira and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado confirmed that Portugal intended to draw down its contributions to ISAF by August 2008. The Defense Minister portrayed this move as a "different kind of commitment," [...] | 2007-11-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV PO |
07LISBON2926 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Mario Rui Pacheco da Veiga DOB: April 17, 1966 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G449110 COURSE TITLE: International Maritime Officer Course COUR [...] | 2007-11-16 11:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON3013 | PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ON AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C) I went alone to my courtesy call on President Cavaco Silva on November 26. It was a warm meeting in which we both described the excellent state of bilateral relations but focused mostly on a constructive discussion of the recent Portuguese decision to draw down combat forces in Afghanist [...] | 2007-11-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PO |
07LISBON3101 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Jorge Manuel Pereira da Silva PAULO DOB: November 27, 1962 POB: Lisboa, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: G878073 COURSE TITLE: Program in Advanced Security St [...] | 2007-12-06 10:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON3178 | EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...] | 2007-12-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO |
07LISBON342 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Luis Manuel Correia David e Sousa DOB: 10 May 1950 POB: Lisbon PASSPORT NUMBER: V015370 Purpose: To attend Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marsh [...] | 2007-02-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON434 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals so that they may attend an OFT Simulator Training program from March 3-17, 2007: NAME: Luis Duraes DOB: 29-JUN-1963 POB: Santiago do Cacem, Portugal PPT NUMBER: [...] | 2007-02-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON436 | PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL PO |
07LISBON48 | EAST TIMOR: PORTUGAL'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Jose Luis Arnaut, Chairman of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, led a multi-party delegation to East Timor in late November/early December to evaluate the state of play after a tumultuous year. In June 2006, Portugal sent its paramilitary police force - the Republican National Guard [...] | 2007-01-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TT PO |
07LISBON594 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Manuel Joao de Oliveira Marques Borges DOB: December 27, 1960 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PORTUGUESE ID NMBER: 2031193 (issued April 18, 2002; valid through De [...] | 2007-03-09 12:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON635 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Rodrigo Emanuel Salvador Oliveira DOB: August 11, 1982 POB: Peniche, Portugal PPT NUMBER: H487457 COURSE: Specialized English Language Training; T-6 Jo [...] | 2007-03-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON709 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese nationals: NAME: Bruno Goncalo Vieira Torcato DOB: November 12, 1977 POB: Lisbon, Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: H011965 COURSE TITLE: Flight Safety Officer/Jet Engine Misha [...] | 2007-03-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON807 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Lisbon requests the Department initiate a review of the following Portuguese national: NAME: Rui Manuel de Jesus Romao DOB: November 26, 1969 POB: Leiria,Portugal PASSPORT NUMBER: F016930 COURSE TITLE: Air Command and Staff College COURSE DATES: [...] | 2007-03-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PHUM PO |
07LISBON966 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...] | 2007-04-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF |
07LJUBLJANA111 | SLOVENIA: CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO NATO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia begins its fifth year of commitment to Afghanistan this week with the deployment of 53 fresh soldiers for a six month rotation with the Italian-led PRT in Herat. These troops relieve 52 troops deployed at that location since August 2006. The GoS announced this fall that [...] | 2007-02-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA237 | VCJCS GIAMBASTIANI PRAISES SLOVENIAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Erjavec, Chief of Defense Gutman, and Deputy Chief of Defense Steiner were pleased to show off the Slovenian Armed Forces' (SAF) progress in defense transformation and its significant contributions to international security during a visit March 30 and 31 by Vice [...] | 2007-04-17 08:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV SI |
07LJUBLJANA285 | SLOVENIA'S WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is a standout ally in NATO - currently 11% of its active duty forces are deployed in support of NATO, EU, and UN operations abroad - and is making small, but concrete contributions to coalition efforts in Iraq. I [...] | 2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SI |
07LJUBLJANA31 | SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...] | 2007-01-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA418 | COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...] | 2007-06-22 13:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV |
07LJUBLJANA432 | KEEPING SLOVENIA IN IRAQ: HELP NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Slovenia's active support for coalition efforts in Iraq could terminate after only eighteen months. With its commitment of four troops halved to two by the reduction of billets at NTM-I earlier this year and the two re [...] | 2007-07-02 12:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR IZ SI |
07LJUBLJANA95 | SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...] | 2007-02-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI |
07LOME40 | REINFORCING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON IRAQ: TOGO [...] Ambassador presented a copy of President's January 10 address to Foreign Minister Zarifou Ayeva on January 11 and briefed the Minister on the new Iraq strategy. 2. Ambassador emphasized the themes of stability and importance of moderates gaining the upper hand over extremists in Baghdad a [...] | 2007-01-12 09:22:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TO |
07LONDON2834 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORG SEEKS UNSC SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) International Maritime Organization Secretary General Mitropoulos sent a letter on July 18 SIPDIS to Ambassador Tuttle expressing appreciation for the USG support at the last IMO Council meeting to address the worsening situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the water [...] | 2007-07-23 15:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS SO UK |
07LONDON317 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...] | 2007-01-25 16:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA |
07LONDON3662 | CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...] | 2007-09-21 16:25:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK |
07LONDON374 | UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...] | 2007-01-29 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM MOPS UK |
07LUANDA1208 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON ANGOLA'S PLAN FOR PEACE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4, 2007 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Chicoti gave additional details about Angola's plan for peace and stability in the Eastern DRC. The plan calls for a small SADC task force in the region, SADC-sponsored and [...] | 2007-12-05 09:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA AO |
07LUANDA1251 | ANGOLA STILL TRYING TO BE A PLAYER IN THE DRC [...] (U) Angola, which continues to seek a role in ending the conflict in the eastern DRC, this week engaged in a series of high-level meetings between Angolan and Congolese military officials. Congolese Military (FARDC) Chief of Staff Dieudonne Kayembe stressed the "special place" that Angola hol [...] | 2007-12-14 16:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OTRA CG AO |
07LUXEMBOURG154 | LUXEMBOURG ON NEW WAY FORWARD IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG156 | LUXEMBOURG REPRESENTATION AT THE COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER LU |
07LUXEMBOURG215 | LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...] | 2007-05-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG280 | LUXEMBOURG UNABLE TO PROVIDE AMMUNITION FOR LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LU LE |
07LUXEMBOURG35 | LUXEMBOURG ARMY WANTS TO CREATE UNITS FOR [...] The Government of Luxembourg will soon ask its parliament to approve reforms that will make it easier for troops to serve in NATO and EU missions outside the Grand Duchy. Minister of Defense Jean-Louis Schiltz outlined the proposal at a January 17 swearing-in ceremony for 39 new enlistees. Th [...] | 2007-01-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG398 | LUXEMBOURG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Defense recently provided the Embassy with updated facts and figures concerning Luxembourg's total contributions to Afghanistan's security and development. The information included military as well as developmental assistance. 2. (U) Regarding military assistance, sin [...] | 2007-10-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR LU AF |
07LUXEMBOURG42 | LUXEMBOURG URGED TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Wagner met with Defense Minister Jean-Louis Schiltz January 23 to encourage increased Luxembourg support for Afghanistan. Offering the Minister an overview of U.S. policy in the Middle East including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East Peace Plan (MEPP),the Ambassa [...] | 2007-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF LU |
07LUXEMBOURG459 | LUXEMBOURG EXTENDS ISAF AND KFOR MANDATES AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL NATO EU PINS AG KV LU |
07LUXEMBOURG494 | LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...] | 2007-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU |
07MADRID1178 | SPAIN ON SCO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1202 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF |
07MADRID1251 | SPAIN: DEFENSE POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MANAS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told Charge on June 18 that last week's NATO Defense Ministerial was "lively" and brought progress on the NATO Response Force (NRF),missile defense, and Afghanistan. Cuesta said that Spanish military training teams (OMLTs) sh [...] | 2007-06-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF LE |
07MADRID1265 | SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN LEBANON; GOS AND MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 24, a car bomb attack killed six and wounded two Spanish soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission in southern Lebanon. Spain has 1100 troops in UNIFIL and leads a multi-national brigade. Hizballah condemned the attack. Suspicion for the attack centers on Fatah al Islam, li [...] | 2007-06-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SP LE IR |
07MADRID1276 | SPAIN/UNIFIL: POLITICAL AFTERMATH OF CAR BOMB [...] (C) SUMMARY. After allowing 48 hours of respectful calm in which to bury the victims, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy pummeled each other in Parliament over responsibility for the car bomb deaths of six Spanish soldiers serving under UNIFIL in Lebanon [...] | 2007-06-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP LE AF |
07MADRID1338 | SPAIN ON TRANSFERRING AMMUNITION TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP |
07MADRID134 | SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID2239 | SPAIN WELCOMES PROPOSED NWC FIELD STUDIES ON ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Spain warmly welcomes the May 2008 proposed thematic trip on Islam in the West and is pleased to comment on the feasibility of such a program in Spain. Home to nearly one million Muslims, most of them immigrants, Spain is an ideal destination for subject study tou [...] | 2007-12-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL MARR MOPS SP |
07MADRID350 | SPAIN WITH EU ON SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO |
07MADRID402 | SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...] | 2007-03-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID425 | SPAIN: AFRICOM SHOULD ENGAGE AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) At a meeting on a range of issues with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on February 2, the DCM raised the recent announcement of the creation of U.S. Combatant Command Africa (AFRICOM) and told Dezcallar that the U.S. would appreciate Spain's input, advice and [...] | 2007-03-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SP XA |
07MADRID61 | SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ SP |
07MADRID976 | SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MANAGUA127 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...] | 2007-01-18 17:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU |
07MANAGUA2032 | MANAGUA SITREP 2: HURRICANE FELIX AFTERMATH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Today we were able to make our first on-the-ground assessment of damage to Puerto Cabezas. Lack of potable water and adequate shelter are the most severe problems. Structural damage in Puerto Cabezas is extensive, but was mostly to building roofs; aside from a hospital, few structure [...] | 2007-09-06 01:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2044 | MANAGUA SITREP 3: HURRICANE FELIX USG RELIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. We continued our field assessments today. The hardest hit area seems to be a triangular-shaped area (Puerto Cabezas-Sandy Bay-Rosita) where the devastation has been extreme. Sandy Bay and surrounding communities were virtually destroyed. Interior towns of Bonanza, Siuna and [...] | 2007-09-07 02:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2059 | MANAGUA SITREP 4: WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AS U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our plan to distribute relief supplies outward from Puerto Cabezas went into effect this morning. We began moving supplies to Sandy Bay and the surrounding area. As of late afternoon, we had also transported 25,000 lbs of supplies from Managua to Puerto Cabezas with JTF-B heli [...] | 2007-09-07 23:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2100 | MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 02:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2102 | MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY. Following the re-activation of the Samuel Roberts' two SH-60 helicopters on September 10, a total of 19 sorties have been carried out, delivering relief supplies, medical supplies, doctors, and security personnel to nine outlining communities in the Northern Atlantic Autonom [...] | 2007-09-13 14:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2117 | MANAGUA SITREP 7: U.S. RELIEF TOPS USD 1.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, U.S. SH-60 helicopters carried out 13 relief flights and delivered nearly 26,000 pounds of relief materials as well as medical and security personal. The morning of September 14, two JTF-B CH-47 Chinook helicopters will arrive in Managua and begin operations. [...] | 2007-09-14 01:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2148 | MANAGUA SITREP 8 (FINAL): SUMMARY OF RELIEF [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. military assets concluded emergency relief operations on September 17. Assets flew a total of 136 sorties and transported some 595,000 lbs of relief supplies and materials over a 10-day period. On September 17 the Government of Nicaragua (GON) disaster team (SINAPRED) clos [...] | 2007-09-19 23:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2211 | ATLANTIC COAST - THE LONG (WINDING) ROAD BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The indigenous Miskito indians of Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) believe the Nicaraguan government (GON) failed to adequately warn them of Hurricane Felix's September 4 arrival and has not done enough to help them. Miskito leaders believe the true death tol [...] | 2007-09-26 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
07MANAGUA2472 | COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicaragua appreciates the invitation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet. We note that President Ortega has exhibited a penchant for attacking "U.S. imperialism and interventionism," though not the Great White Fleet specifically. However, Ortega also be [...] | 2007-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS KPAO PREL MASS NU |
07MANAMA1060 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ BA |
07MANAMA107 | SEEKING BAHRAINI SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS AGOA BA SO ROW |
07MANAMA22 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES' [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your January 17-19 visit to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has recently t [...] | 2007-01-09 13:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA257 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we warmly welcome your March 22-23 and 27-28 visits to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has [...] | 2007-03-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA OFFICIALS BILAT |
07MANAMA27 | BAHRAIN REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON [...] (C) In the Foreign Minister's absence, the Ambassador January 11 met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa to discuss the President's policy address on Iraq. Drawing from reftel background information, the Ambassador stated [...] | 2007-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA285 | KING AND ADMIRAL FALLON CONSULT ON REGIONAL [...] (C) King Hamad told CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon, in their first meeting March 22, that Bahrain and the United States are in business together as real allies. Although Bahrain supports a peaceful Iranian nuclear program, "the Iranian program is not peaceful." In the King's view, Iran in [...] | 2007-03-29 09:13:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA302 | CROWN PRINCE AND ADMIRAL FALLON DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told CENTCOM Commander Admiral Fallon March 23 that Bahrain was proud to work with the United States in the coalition maritime task forces and noted that it took Bahrain's participation to get Saudi Arabia to join. In response to Admiral Fallon's comments about [...] | 2007-04-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA34 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GCC PLUS TWO, REGIONAL [...] (C) During their January 15 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador that Bahrain had no problem with a statement being issued at the January 16 GCC Plus Two meeting in Kuwait, but he thought the Saudis and Kuwaitis were concerned with aspects of the paragraph on Iraq. Bahr [...] | 2007-01-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA356 | KING HAMAD DISCUSSES REGIONAL AFFAIRS WITH NAVCENT [...] (C) King Hamad told NAVCENT/FIFTH FLEET Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff April 11 that Bahrain was proud of the long-term U.S. naval presence and was happy to work with the United States in the Combined Maritime Force to defeat common enemies. The King expressed concern about threats from Iran [...] | 2007-04-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA370 | BAHRAINI LEADERSHIP WELCOMES NEW NAVCENT/FIFTH [...] (C) In a series of introductory calls with the Bahraini leadership, NAVCENT/Fifth Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff heard a consistent message of support for Bahrain's long-standing relationship with the U.S. Navy and Bahrain's commitment to continued future support. "You can always count [...] | 2007-04-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BA REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA401 | BAHRAIN: SEEKING ARAB FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (C) In an April 30 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning financial or in-kind support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. Shaikh Khalid replied that Bahrain wanted [...] | 2007-04-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BA SO ROW |
07MANAMA406 | BAHRAIN: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (S) In response to Ref B request, post evaluates that Bahrain has no will or ability to contribute military resources to coalition operations in Iraq. Bahrain deployed troops and assets in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, but these were to defend Kuwait and Bahrain and were not se [...] | 2007-05-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS MOPS BA IZ REGION |
07MANAMA554 | BAHRAINI GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS SAMARRA MOSQUE BOMBING [...] (U) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa June 13 issued a public statement denouncing and condemning the "criminal aggression" on the Samarra mosque earlier the same day. He said that targeting holy and religious places, whether those of Muslims or other faiths, is a brutal cri [...] | 2007-06-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS BA REGION |
07MANAMA7 | CROWN PRINCE AND CNO DISCUSS REGIONAL THREATS [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Mullen discussed on December 27 the U.S.-Bahrain relationship and regional threats including Iran and Iraq. The CP praised the United States for providing stability and security in the region and asked about the statu [...] | 2007-01-04 05:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC BA BILAT REGION OFFICIALS |
07MANAMA896 | HOSTING IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA |
07MANAMA903 | GOB WELCOMES IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA |
07MANILA102 | PHILIPPINE MILITARY KILLS ASG URBAN TERRORIST [...] (C/REL AUS) In follow up to the successful January 6 operation that led to the deaths of five Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists and one suspected Jemaah Islamiyah operative near the southern island of Tawi-Tawi (ref a),elements of Military Intelligence Group-9, the Intelligence Service of th [...] | 2007-01-10 09:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA1086 | NO LET UP IN COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS ON JOLO [...] (C/REL AUS) SUMMARY. Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Esperon announced April 1 the end of "Operation Ultimatum," the successful months-long effort targeting the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah leadership on the island of Jolo. General Esperon, however, intends no let [...] | 2007-04-04 04:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA1087 | REGIONAL 1207 FUNDING PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Section 1207 funds offer a potentially extremely valuable tool to help consolidate the post-conflict environment in the Philippines' Sulu Archipelago and in the neighboring areas of Indonesia. Our joint Manila-Jakarta $15.5 million proposal would seek to build upon existing p [...] | 2007-04-04 04:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER MOPS PREL ID MY RP |
07MANILA1094 | AMBASSADOR VISITS JOLO TO HIGHLIGHT ASSISTANCE [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador and senior Embassy officials focused attention on U.S. assistance programs with a visit to Jolo Island in Mindanao's Sulu Province. The highlight was the inauguration of the Jolo Consumers' Cooperative rebuilt through the combined efforts of members of the Armed Force [...] | 2007-04-04 07:12:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EAID SOCI MOPS RP |
07MANILA1099 | A PROVINCIAL VIEW OF THE COMMUNIST INSURGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Communist forces remained active in Bulacan province, but military and police efforts, together with relative prosperity, increasingly limit their sphere of influence. Police in particular face an overall lack of resources. Civil-military relations and the overall human righ [...] | 2007-04-04 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM RP |
07MANILA1169 | TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Australian, Japanese, and U.S. diplomats on April 12 gave briefings on existing counterterrorism programs in the Philippines and agreed to continue such consultations, most notably with an upcoming Model Ports project but also potentially on greater coordination on Philippine [...] | 2007-04-13 08:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS EAID AS JA RP |
07MANILA1187 | ROGUE MNLF COMMANDER ON THE RUN [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) raided and occupied several rogue Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) camps on Jolo Island on April 15 after a rogue MNLF commander launched mortar attacks and ground assaults that killed two Marines and one civilian. MNLF Commander H [...] | 2007-04-16 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1206 | UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN JOLO [...] (C) Summary. Rogue elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under Commander Habier Malik continue to clash with government security forces on Jolo. Among the casualties during heavy fighting on April 17 reportedly were Malik's brother and cousin. The Philippine National Red Cr [...] | 2007-04-17 09:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1231 | BOUNTY FOR ROGUE MNLF COMMANDER; NO OIC MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Philippines has offered a 1-million peso reward for the capture of rogue Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Commander Habier Malik. Sporadic fighting continues between Malik's followers and government security forces on Jolo. A total of seven men, inc [...] | 2007-04-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1285 | ASG BEHEADS SEVEN HOSTAGES ON JOLO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Abu Sayyaf Group has reportedly beheaded seven Philippine hostages on Jolo. Rogue MNLF Commander Habier Malik remains on the run, but defiant. The AFP has reiterated it is only after him and his lawless followers, not the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). MNLF Vice- [...] | 2007-04-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1298 | PHILIPPINE MUSLIM LEADERS DENOUNCE ASG BEHEADINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. Government security forces on Jolo have recovered the headless bodies of seven workers, whom elements of the Abu Sayyaf Group had recently decapitated. Muslim political and religious leaders in Mindanao, including the Moro National Liberation Front, are strongly denouncing the [...] | 2007-04-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS KISL RP |
07MANILA1707 | PREPARING FOR THE SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE; PHILIPPINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Ebdane views U.S. counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo as a "real success story," and is appreciative of our assistance in the Philippine Defense Reform program. He predicted President Arroyo would sign a Status of Forces Agreement with Australia during her up [...] | 2007-05-24 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL AU JA SN SW RP |
07MANILA192 | SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (C) Working closely with U.S. Pacific Command representatives and counterparts from regional Missions, Post developed an integrated series of proposals for Section 1206 funding that would bolster maritime security in the Sulu and Sulawesi Seas, the critical area through which Jemaah Islamiyah [...] | 2007-01-17 08:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA1928 | NPA ELECTION EXTORTION: BICOL REGION 2007 [...] (C) Summary. In Bicol, the Communist New People's Army (NPA) reportedly garnered unprecedented sums from its extortion activities in the run-up to the May 14 mid-term elections. Local politicians have criticized security forces for failing to protect them during the campaigning. The good n [...] | 2007-06-08 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM RP |
07MANILA1939 | AFP-MILF MEET TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR MINDANAO PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) officers exchanged views on the peace process and cease-fire mechanisms during an unprecedented roundtable discussion on June 9. Participants cited the MILF's expeditious rescue and turnover of four [...] | 2007-06-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PTER MOPS KISL MY RP |
07MANILA196 | PHILIPPINE ARMED FORCES ANNOUNCE KILLING OF ASG [...] (U) Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon announced on January 17 that Philippine troops had killed Abu Sayyaf Group leader Jainal Sali AKA Abu Solaiman in an encounter on Jolo Island on January 16. Abu Solaiman was under U.S. indictment for his role in the kidnap [...] | 2007-01-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL ASEC RP |
07MANILA2052 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! I am looking forward to seeing you here. US Pacific Command is an essential partner in our efforts to defeat terrorism and help the Philippine military reform itself. The USS Peleliu is now in the Philippines as part of our effort to conduct civil [...] | 2007-06-20 10:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA214 | PRESIDENT ARROYO PRAISES U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo effusively thanked Ambassador Kenney for U.S. help during the recent Armed Forces of the Philippines operation to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group leader Abu Sulaiman. She called ongoing counterterrorism cooperation on Jolo a "triumph" in the war on terror. She [...] | 2007-01-18 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA2262 | MELO COMMISSION FRUSTRATED BY ONGOING KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary. The Melo Commission wrapped up its current mandate on June 30, and will submit a second report to President Arroyo by the end of July. While impressed with the number of new measures that the government has instituted, Commission members remain frustrated that the killings con [...] | 2007-07-03 09:07:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MOPS RP |
07MANILA2327 | DEADLY COMMUNIST INSURGENCY CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist insurgency continues to take its deadly toll in the Philippines, with the reported deaths in military operations since June 7 of at least 20 military and police personnel as well as approximately 25 Communist insurgents. Many of these incidents took place in Minda [...] | 2007-07-10 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PREL MOPS PTER RP |
07MANILA2344 | NEW MILF/AFP ENCOUNTER LEADS TO BEHEADINGS [...] (U) Officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have claimed a July 10 encounter with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) left fourteen Philippine Marines dead, which AFP sources subsequently confirmed. The encounter reportedly began when the AFP entered a camp near the villag [...] | 2007-07-11 09:36:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS RP |
07MANILA2358 | JOINT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ARMED CLASHES IN [...] (C) Summary. A new joint committee will investigate the situation on Basilan in the wake of the tragic July 10 encounter between some armed elements and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and will work to restore peace on the ground. The determination of both the Philippine government and [...] | 2007-07-12 08:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2369 | ARROYO ORDERS RULE OF LAW FOR PERPETRATORS OF [...] (C) Summary: Peace Panel sources speculate that the ambush and beheadings of the ten Philippine Marines in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan may have been triggered by the murder of a Muslim cleric. Muslim and Christian leaders throughout the Philippines are condemning the beheadings. President Arroyo ha [...] | 2007-07-13 07:33:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA240 | PRESIDENT ARROYO FIRMLY BEHIND DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Arroyo firmly supports defense reform, and has added another $11 million to the program's Foreign Military Sales Account to buy new equipment for battalion training. Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Esperon is pushing hard for the rapid delivery of the equipment, [...] | 2007-01-19 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA241 | CONFIRMED DEATH OF ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADER [...] (C) DNA testing by FBI laboratories, in consultation with Philippine experts, confirmed on January 19 that a corpse recently uncovered on Jolo Island in the course of the ongoing "Operation Ultimatum" by the Armed Forces of the Philippines was that of Khaddafy Janjalani, the leader of the te [...] | 2007-01-20 05:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS MCAP PREL CASC RP |
07MANILA2428 | AFP NEXT STEPS IN BASILAN AND JOLO OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The senior leadership of Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Mindanao Command plans a measured response to the July 10 Moro Islamic Liberation Front ambush that killed 14 Philippine Marines on Basilan. They are at the same time concerned by the concentration of senior Abu [...] | 2007-07-19 09:28:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA243 | PRESS GUIDANCE ON DEATH OF TERRORIST LEADER KHADAFI [...] (U) At the instruction of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines General Esperon confirmed to the media on January 20 that FBI laboratories, working together with Philippine experts, had confirmed that a corpse uncovered in December on Jolo Is [...] | 2007-01-20 06:52:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS KPAO PREL RP |
07MANILA2474 | GOVERNMENT DELAYS PUNITIVE ACTION ON BASILAN [...] (C) Summary. Senior government officials say they will delay punitive military operations against the suspected perpetrators of the July 10 beheadings of ten Philippine Marines in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan. We have urged restraint and protection of the peace process to senior government and Moro I [...] | 2007-07-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2503 | PRESERVING PEACE PROCESS IN WAKE OF BEHEADINGS ON [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador, DCM and country team are urging Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders to preserve the peace process by exercising maximum restraint in the wake of the beheadings of ten Philippine marines on July 10. After many interventions, we understand Presi [...] | 2007-07-26 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2519 | REGIONAL ENDORSEMENT FOR FY08 1206 PROPOSAL FOR PACOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Chiefs of Mission of Embassies Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Dhaka and Colombo fully support the FY2008 regional proposal developed by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This year's $143 million package builds upon last year's submission to improve regional m [...] | 2007-07-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP BG CB CE ID MY TH |
07MANILA255 | THE USG IS HELPING DEFEAT THE TERRORISTS ON JOLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The deaths of Abu Sayyaf Group leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Jainal Antel Sali AKA Abu Solaiman at the hands of the Philippine Armed Forces represent a significant victory for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the people of the Philippines. This achievement is also a tes [...] | 2007-01-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA2575 | JOINT COMMITTEE IDENTIFIES FIVE PERPETRATORS OF [...] (C) Summary. The Philippine government has adopted a more measured approach to bring to justice the perpetrators of the beheadings of ten Philippine Marines in Tipo Tipo, Basilan. Philippine officials hope that the visible deployment of troops -- rather than use of force -- will be sufficie [...] | 2007-08-01 06:20:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2586 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SRI LANKA FM [...] (C) Summary: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is committed to the political agenda of devolution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Deputy Secretary Negroponte in a July 31 meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN. The FM emphasized Sri [...] | 2007-08-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS RP |
07MANILA2629 | GOVERNMENT ADOPTS JOINT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a continuing effort to preserve the Mindanao peace process, senior Philippine national security officials decided August 2 to emphasize the use of police forces rather than military units in tracking down suspects in the recent beheadings of 10 Marines. Tensions on Basilan a [...] | 2007-08-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2688 | DESPITE PRESSURE AND PROVOCATION, ARMED FORCES [...] (C) Summary. Despite provocations on its soldiers and significant pressure from media and some political leaders to avenge the July 10 beheadings of ten marines on Basilan island, the Armed Forces is exercising restraint to prevent a wider war, thereby derailing the peace process. Chief of [...] | 2007-08-09 10:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2714 | ARMED CLASHES ON JOLO LEAVE AT LEAST 26 PHILIPPINE [...] (SBU) Summary. The security situation in Jolo remains fluid with at least 26 Philippine soldiers killed and over 19 wounded since August 7 during armed clashes with the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group as operations against high value terrorists continue. The military claims to have killed 27 mil [...] | 2007-08-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2732 | PRESIDENT ORDERS MAJOR OFFENSIVE AGAINST ABU [...] (C) Summary. In a tough response to August 7-9 clashes on Jolo that left 26 Philippine soldiers and 27 militants dead, President Arroyo ordered a stepped-up offensive against Abu Sayyaf terrorists on the island and directed her Army chief to the front lines to oversee the campaign. Stressing [...] | 2007-08-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2733 | MILF AGREES TO PERMIT ARMY OPERATIONS ON BASILAN [...] (C) Summary. In a significant show of cooperation with Philippine military forces, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has agreed to relocate MILF communities on Basilan to give the army greater freedom to pursue Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists responsible for the July 10 beheadings o [...] | 2007-08-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2828 | MEASURED MILITARY RESPONSE HELPING TO PRESERVE [...] (C) Summary. While the Philippine armed forces continue efforts to track down Abu Sayyaf terrorists on Basilan and Jolo, operations are being kept limited and focused in an effort to fulfill President Arroyo's directives to contain casualties and preserve two key peace processes. Despite hi [...] | 2007-08-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA2839 | ABU SAYYAF TERRORISTS KILLED ON BASILAN [...] (C) Summary: As part of continuing operations to track down terrorists in Mindanao, Philippine troops attacked and killed a number of Abu Sayyaf members on Basilan August 18, including two significant local commanders suspected of involvement in the killing of U.S. citizens in 2001-2. Philip [...] | 2007-08-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS PTER RP |
07MANILA2925 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Admiral Olson, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations against terrorists on the island of Jolo. Under the leadership of Philippi [...] | 2007-08-29 01:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA3051 | AMNESTY FOR COMMUNIST INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to undermine the Philippine Communist Party and its military wing, President Gloria Arroyo announced a broad amnesty plan for Philippine Communists September 7. At the same time, legal proceedings got underway in the Netherlands against Jose Maria "Joma" Sison, the [...] | 2007-09-10 22:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM RP |
07MANILA3279 | AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES FOUR ASSISTANCE PROJECTS IN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador highlighted continued U.S. assistance to conflict areas in the southern Philippines with a visit to Jolo City on September 24 to inaugurate four assistance projects, three of which were conducted in partnership with the British government. Traveling with UK ambassado [...] | 2007-10-01 02:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PREL PTER RP SOCI |
07MANILA3543 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ESPERON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Tim, I know you will have a mountain of excellent briefing paper for the CHOD conference, but I wanted to offer my input on Jun Esperon, who will arrive in Hawaii on Monday. Jun is a strong ally, and he understands the delicate balance that military operations play in the ongoing peace p [...] | 2007-10-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP |
07MANILA3649 | DEATH OF A CONGRESSMAN: BASILAN'S COMPLEX CURRENTS [...] (C) Summary: The death of controversial Basilan Congressman Wahab Akbar in an explosion outside the Congressional building November 13 was perhaps least a surprise to him. While a powerful politician with strong public support on his island province, he also acknowledged that he had many en [...] | 2007-11-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA3693 | SECURITY FORCES TAKE OUT TERRORISTS SUSPECTED IN [...] (S) Summary: Acting swiftly on information from internal and external sources, Philippine security forces raided an Abu Sayyaf terrorist safe house in Metro Manila November 15 and killed or captured six individuals suspected in the bomb assassination of Congressman and local warlord of the s [...] | 2007-11-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PTER MOPS PINS RP |
07MANILA3947 | ABU SAYYAF CONVICTIONS UNDERSCORE DETERMINATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Philippine judge handed out multiple life sentences this month to 14 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members convicted of kidnapping 20 persons, including U.S. citizens Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Sobero, from a resort in May 2001. The decision underscored the government's [...] | 2007-12-17 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MOPS PINS PTER RP |
07MANILA4 | THE PHILIPPINES: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Arroyo has emerged in a stronger position at the end of 2006, but faces challenges ahead in preserving control of the House in the May 2007 bi-elections. Arroyo has been helped by a buoyant economy in 2006, but the country will have to deal with power privatization and [...] | 2007-01-03 01:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID MOPS PHUM RP |
07MANILA468 | MELO COMMISSION CALLS FOR COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. The Melo Commission's report to President Arroyo emphasized the need to ensure command responsibility over errant military elements, and suggested some practical ways to do this. The Commissioners see their role as essentially over, with no additional budget or offices, apart [...] | 2007-02-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM MOPS RP |
07MANILA533 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN CHABOT [...] (U) Congressman Chabot, a warm welcome to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines remain strong. The unique bond shared between U.S. and Philippine veterans further strengthens our ties, as the memory of our partnership in Wor [...] | 2007-02-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL EAID PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP RP |
07MANILA594 | MILF WELCOMES US ASSISTANCE BUT WANTS HELP ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting in Sultan Kudarat with Embassy delegation led by DCM on February 15, MILF Central Committee members expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance programs in Mindanao, including our military's civil-humanitarian and medical programs and ship visits. However, they unde [...] | 2007-02-22 07:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS MA RP |
07MANILA630 | USS BLUE RIDGE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S.-PHILIPPINE PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: The USS Blue Ridge port call to General Santos City in Mindanao on February 17 and 18 highlighted the active partnership and long-standing USG investment in the Mindanao region and the General Santos City area, specifically. In addition to participating in community relations events w [...] | 2007-02-26 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS EAID RP EAGR |
07MANILA646 | INFORMAL U.S./AUSTRALIA/PHILIPPINE DEFENSE DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Philippine Department of National Defense invited U.S. Embassy representatives to participate in a February 22 "informal discussion" with Australian officials on defense issues. Australia expects to sign a status of forces agreement with the Philippines in 2007 and hopes t [...] | 2007-02-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL PHUM AU RP |
07MANILA72 | ARROYO SHOWCASES US-PHILIPPINE PARTNERSHIP ON JOLO [...] (SBU) President Arroyo invited Charge Jones to accompany her on a January 8 trip to the southern island of Jolo, where the Philippine military, with the help of U.S. Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines (JSOTF-P) and USAID, continues to battle terrorists of the Abu Sayyaf Group and [...] | 2007-01-09 09:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EAID MOPS MARR RP |
07MANILA785 | TENTATIVE PHILIPPINE SUPPORT FOR ARF DISASTER [...] (SBU) Deputy POL/C shared reftel points on March 7 with Department of Foreign Affairs Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy Maria Austria and North American Affairs Director Ed De Vega, as well as with Department of National Defense (DND) Assistant Secretary for International Def [...] | 2007-03-09 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID MARR MOPS RP |
07MANILA856 | USG AND PHILIPPINE MILITARY STAND [...] (U) The top brass of the Philippine military joined U.S. Ambassador on the southern Philippine island of Jolo for ceremonies marking the end of "Balikatan" (shoulder-to-shoulder),the annual set of joint military exercises between the U.S. and the Philippines that has occurred since 1981. Alt [...] | 2007-03-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL EAID RP |
07MANILA881 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. General Wallace, welcome to the Philippines! I know your visit is short, but I am sure you will find it productive. You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations a [...] | 2007-03-16 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA977 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BRYAN BROWN [...] (SBU) General Brown, welcome back to the Philippines! A lot has changed since you visited in 2005. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations against Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists on the island of Jolo. You will have a ch [...] | 2007-03-26 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MAPUTO1278 | PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised Mozambican PKO participation and the Zimbabwe crisis with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana on 10/31. Sumbana stated that the GRM wanted to participate in PKO's, and that he would speak to President Guebuza about notifying the UN's DPKO of Mozambique's [...] | 2007-11-05 08:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO491 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 12:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER MZ |
07MAPUTO955 | MOZAMBIQUE OFFERS CONDITIONAL PKO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) During an August 8 call on President Guebuza's Chief of Staff Antonio Sumbana, the Charge noted he would soon visit Minister of Defense Tobias Dai to inquire about Mozambican participation in peacekeeping operations in Africa. Sumbana agreed with the Charge's political analysis that Moz [...] | 2007-08-14 07:29:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR MZ |
07MASERU345 | LESOTHO: U.S. DOD DONATIONS YIELD CELEBRATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On June 7 and 8, items procured through the Department of Defense's Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) were delivered to the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) medical services and the rural Itumeleng Primary and Secondary Schools in Mohale's Hoek. The donations -- a large van to be co [...] | 2007-06-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID LT |
07MASERU378 | LESOTHO ARMY COMMANDER: "WE HAVE FRUSTRATED THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) told diplomats on June 26 that security forces thwarted a coup attempt in mid-June which had been in the works since December 2006. He alleged the coup effort, which had the support of some active and former military personnel, was [...] | 2007-06-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC LT |
07MASERU562 | LESOTHO: AMB CHAVEAS VISITS, INJECTS REALITY INTO AFRICOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 20-23 visit to Lesotho, Director of the Department of Defense's Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Ambassador Peter Chaveas (ret.) disseminated useful information concerning AFRICOM and ACSS to a range of high-level GOL officials. Chaveas met with the [...] | 2007-10-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU623 | LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE COMMANDER: "WE SUPPORT AFRICOM" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) Commander Lt. General Thuso Motanyane, during which the Commander expressed strong support for the establishment of AFRICOM and lauded growing military relations between the U.S. and Lesotho. The Amba [...] | 2007-12-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR MASS MOPS MCAP LT |
07MEXICO1466 | APPROVAL FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM [...] (U) This is an approval message. 2. (S) Ambassador approves MIST concept under USSOCOM Trans-regional PSYOP (TRP) Execution authority and Rewards Information Program (RIP),and executed through the USNORTHCOM Information Operations (J39) for planning, coordination, product development, prod [...] | 2007-03-23 21:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | MARR MOPS PTER OPRC MX |
07MONROVIA1423 | LIBERIA'S POSTAL SYSTEM GETTING BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberia's Postal system is struggling to reconstitute itself after being totally destroyed during the 14-year civil war. There is strong commitment by the Director General of Posts to improve service and the just-announced replacement of the Minister of Post and Telecommunicat [...] | 2007-12-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL OTRA LI |
07MONTEVIDEO175 | GOU OKAYS STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Per instructions reftel, Embassy delivered subject diplomatic note No. 029 dated February 13, 2007 to the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On February 23, Embassy received the GOU's reply note from the office of the Presidency dated February 23, 2007 agreeing to the conditions set [...] | 2007-02-23 19:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KTIA PREL UY |
07MONTEVIDEO345 | URUGUAY ON THE PEACEKEEPING CHALLENGE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: This telegram provides local context on the challenge of finding enough troops, military observers and police to staff new UN peacekeeping missions in Africa (ref A). Uruguay is likely to maintain its unmatched per capita contributions to PKO, and it appears well disposed to join [...] | 2007-04-04 17:40:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS MARR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO414 | URUGUAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy privately discussed reftel issue with senior GOU civilian and military officials. Officials said that Uruguay is generally very much interested in UN peacekeeping operations, but will not consider military or other contributions to the Iraq Coalition because of domestic and regiona [...] | 2007-04-30 19:46:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER |
07MOSCOW1104 | RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...] | 2007-03-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GG RS |
07MOSCOW1105 | CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...] | 2007-03-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS |
07MOSCOW1316 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...] | 2007-03-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS |
07MOSCOW185 | IRAQ: MFA INFORMED OF U.S. RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ RS |
07MOSCOW2214 | SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA "ALARMED" [...] (C) Russian MFA Ambassador at Large for the South Ossetia conflict Yuriy Popov on May 14 assessed the situation on the ground as "alarming." Neither side is willing to blink first, he said. The Russian PKF conducted a monitoring mission after the violence late May 13, and concluded that the [...] | 2007-05-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW2693 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...] | 2007-06-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW3494 | RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...] | 2007-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW3892 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: MOSCOW CONTINUES TO DENY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Special Negotiator for South Ossetia, Ambassador Yuriy Popov, reiterated to Charge August 8 that Russia played "no part" in the August 6 bombing incident in Georgia. Popov emphasized that Russia did not intend to let the incident jeopardize what he characterized as the [...] | 2007-08-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV RS GG |
07MOSCOW3954 | FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...] | 2007-08-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3996 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...] | 2007-08-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW405 | RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...] | 2007-01-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS |
07MOSCOW4111 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4113 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4141 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SCO MILITARY LINKS GROWING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts told us that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist exercises, while deemed a success by many Russians, do not necessarily point to increased integration among SCO member states. The 6,500 soldiers involved in the exercises repor [...] | 2007-08-24 02:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW4163 | MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4307 | RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...] | 2007-08-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW4328 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...] | 2007-09-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW4709 | RUSSIAN ENVOY ON ABKHAZIA MOVEMENTS [...] (C) On September 24, Russian Envoy for the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict Ambassador Chernov shared with us his views on the developments in Abkhazia. He claimed that the September 20 shooting incident occurred in Tqvarcheli, "not in the Kodori Gorge," and noted that this demonstrated once again [...] | 2007-09-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW5028 | A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA |
07MOSCOW5147 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...] | 2007-10-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW5551 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RS |
07MOSCOW599 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...] | 2007-02-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW626 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...] | 2007-02-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW673 | THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...] | 2007-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MOSCOW677 | RUSSIANS SUPPORT AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SOMALIA [...] (C) On February 15 we delivered reftel points to Oleg Dadayev, chief of the MFA's Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea Section, urging support for an African Union force in Somalia. Dadayev said the GOR would support an African Union Force as well as the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia. [...] | 2007-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO RS |
07MOSCOW693 | PUTIN DISPOSES: ALKHANOV DISMISSED, KADYROV ACTING [...] (C) President Putin dismissed Chechen President Alu Alkhanov late February 15, acting before the escalating tensions between Alkhanov and strongman PM Ramzan Kadyrov (Ref. A) got out of hand. Alkhanov was given a sinecure as Deputy Justice Minister. 2. (C) Putin named Kadyrov acting Presid [...] | 2007-02-16 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
07MUSCAT1079 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES' [...] (SBU) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. We have requested an audience for you with Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman's head of state, as well as a meeting with your Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affa [...] | 2007-11-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
07MUSCAT1098 | JUSTIFICATION FOR ARMY TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM [...] (C) The Embassy Muscat Country Team continues to strongly support and recommend approval of the request for ATACMS for the Royal Army of Oman (RAO). Based on concerns raised during ENDP process, Embassy Muscat has discussed this subject further with Omani officials -- who remain intent on acq [...] | 2007-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS MU |
07MUSCAT129 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...] | 2007-02-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT137 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi, the Ambassador delivered the U.S. response to the Omani-Saudi proposal to convene a regional foreign ministers' meeting on Somalia (refs A and B),and also raised ref C points seeking support for [...] | 2007-02-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS SO MU |
07MUSCAT155 | SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER VADM PATRICK [...] (S) Vice Admiral Walsh: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Like other GCC countries, it is becoming increasingly concerned with Iranian intentions in the Gulf. Oman expressed high-level interest i [...] | 2007-02-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT254 | FAREWELL WISHES FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] As you conclude your exceptional career of service to our nation, I extend to you my personal best wishes and sincere thanks. I and many others have greatly appreciated your service to our country, particularly in this critical part of the world. From my experience, I know that both the King [...] | 2007-03-13 04:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MNUC MOPS PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT263 | WELCOME MESSAGE FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL [...] (S) Admiral, I warmly welcome you in your new command. Though I know your immediate attention will be focused on critical issues elsewhere in the region, I want to take this opportunity to highlight some issues related to one of our longest standing and most reliable allies in the region. [...] | 2007-03-14 05:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MNUC MOPS PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
07MUSCAT416 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (S) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your wife to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to meeting you and hearing your perspective on events in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. As one of our oldest allies in the Mid [...] | 2007-04-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
07MUSCAT427 | OMAN NON-RESPONSIVE ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AL SO MU |
07MUSCAT435 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAPS MOPS PREL PTER IZ MU |
07MUSCAT503 | CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, Commander of USCENTCOM, received a warm welcome during his first office call with Lieutenant General Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF). The COSSAF expressed a strong desire to continue Oman's close working relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces [...] | 2007-05-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ MU |
07MUSCAT571 | OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...] | 2007-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU |
07MUSCAT576 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING, [...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...] | 2007-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT590 | OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...] | 2007-06-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT596 | OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY [...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...] | 2007-06-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS |
07MUSCAT600 | DISASTER DECLARATION: CYCLONE GONU [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 5 and 6. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cyclone Gonu: Extent of Damage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. On June 6, Cyclone Gonu hit the coastal areas of northern and central Oman with high winds and rain. The resultant flooding caused signific [...] | 2007-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
07MUSCAT61 | OMANI DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS OF [...] (C) Summary: Iran has embarked on a policy of expansionism in the Arab and Muslim world, using religion to divide Arab Muslims, destabilize the region and threaten U.S. interests, according to Gen. Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Supreme Commander of the Armed Fo [...] | 2007-01-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IR MU |
07MUSCAT638 | C-NE7-01141: OMAN MOVES FORWARD ON POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) The government of Oman is working diligently to restore roads and public services impacted by tropical cyclone Gonu. Notable progress has been achieved, but thousands of individuals in the Muscat area alone remain displaced and the cost of infrastructure damage is currently estimated at [...] | 2007-06-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS PINR MU |
07MUSCAT83 | SOMALI MIGRANTS ENTER OMAN THROUGH OPEN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs recently visited sections of Oman's border with Yemen, observing that much of the border lacks fencing and generally is open to illegal traffic. Somali immigrants continue to enter Oman along well-traveled smuggling routes, though not in large numbers. Many of the Somali [...] | 2007-01-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS ETTC MNUC SO YE MU |
07MUSCAT870 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Since your visit here four months ago, Oman continues to be concerned with regional issues, especially events in Iraq and Iran, participated in the June Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) meeting in Washington, D.C., and was struck by a m [...] | 2007-09-11 12:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
07MUSCAT915 | ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETINGS WITH OMANI [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, met with Lieutenant General (LTG) Ahmed bin Harith Nabhani, Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF) and with Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi on 19 September in Muscat. Both the COSSAF and [...] | 2007-09-29 05:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ MU |
07MUSCAT977 | OMANI RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS OTRA IZ MU |
07NAIROBI10 | SOMALIA - LETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH FROM PRESIDENT [...] Ambassador Ranneberger was presented the following letter today. The letter is dated December 30, 2006 Text of letter: Mr. President, I am writing to communicate with you the situation in Somalia in the light of the recent developments that, in my view present a better opportunity to ac [...] | 2007-01-03 11:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI103 | SOMALIA: JANUARY 5 MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia centered on supporting Somalia at this crucial moment, in particular with respect to consolidating stability through an inclusive political process, security, and humanitarian and development assistance. Th [...] | 2007-01-08 06:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI1041 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1042 | Civil Society Meetings on Reconciliation [...] (C) Civil Society groups, and the Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayr clan, have met and discussed specific recommendations for the planned National Reconciliation Congress. In the meantime, the Transitional Federal Government is proceeding with plans for the Congress. President Yusuf announced a start d [...] | 2007-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1127 | Somali Insurgents Attack Arriving Ugandans [...] (C) Summary. Mortars interrupted the welcoming ceremony on Tuesday (3/6) for the first contingent of arriving Ugandan troops. Ethiopian troops engaged in a firefight with unknown gunmen the same day, and insurgents attacked a Ugandan vehicle convoy on Wednesday (3/7). As many as 16 Somali [...] | 2007-03-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1134 | AMISOM Equipment Plane Afire on Mogadishu Landing [...] (U) A cargo plane carrying military equipment for Uganda's AMISOM contingent reportedly landed while on fire at Mogadishu International Airport this morning, March 9. According to the African Union's representative in Nairobi, who was in contact with Ethiopian and Ugandan military officers a [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1135 | SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1173 | TFG Plans To Disarm Mogadishu [...] (C) TFG security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah told EmbOffs on Tuesday (3/13) that TFG troops, in conjunction with Ethiopian and Ugandan military forces, will begin a large-scale security operation on Wednesday (3/14) in Mogadishu aimed at blunting the ongoing insurgency. According to Farah, 1 [...] | 2007-03-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1198 | AMISOM Plane Fire--Update [...] Per reftel, an IL-76 cargo plane ferrying equipment for the Ugandan army's AMISOM mission caught fire while landing in Mogadishu on Friday, March 9. Numerous press reports indicate--alternately--that the IL-76 was hit by a "missile" or rocket propelled grenade (RPG) or that it experienced mec [...] | 2007-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1302 | Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting [...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the [...] | 2007-03-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1303 | Somali TFG Arms Sweep Begins--Heavy Fighting [...] (U) Multiple sources report that heavy fighting between TFG forces and insurgents began in Mogadishu around 0600 this morning, March 21. Press reporting indicated that Ethiopian troops and tanks were supporting TFG troops; but by mid-afternoon, contacts in Mogadishu were reporting that the E [...] | 2007-03-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1322 | Somali Clan Warfare Threatens Reconciliation [...] (C) An analysis of the Mogadishu neighborhoods in which yesterday's fighting occurred (3/21) indicates that the armed Hawiye opposition to the TFG has expanded from primarily the Ayr sub-clan to a variety of sub clans from the Hawiye/Habr Gidr (including the Saad and Duduble) and the Abgal su [...] | 2007-03-22 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1335 | SOMALIA - HAWIYE/ETHOPIAN "TRUCE" [...] (C) After heavy fighting midweek (reftels),Ethiopia opened talks yesterday with Hawiye leaders in Mogadishu. Reportedly the Hawiye told the Ethiopians they see three options: the Ethiopians can remain in Somalia as a neutral force while Somalis work out their own problems; the Ethiopians can [...] | 2007-03-23 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1336 | Ambassador?s call to Somali TFG President Yusuf [...] (C) Ambassador Ranneberger spoke with TFG President Yusuf the evening of March 22 to discuss the security situation and to urge restraint. The Ambassador noted that the TFG draft framework for the national reconciliation conference is positive and a basis for maintaining momentum to build an [...] | 2007-03-23 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1359 | Somalia--Belarus IL-76 Probably Shot Down [...] (U) A Belarus registered IL-76 crashed after taking off from Mogadishu airport on Friday, March 23. All 11 passengers and crew were killed. Though the plane was not affiliated with AMISOM, it reportedly had brought engineers and parts to repair the AMISOM- chartered IL-76 damaged while land [...] | 2007-03-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC MOPS SO BO |
07NAIROBI1393 | Somalia Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] (SBU) Under cover of Diplomatic Note ESR/1381/N/07 dated March 16, 2007, the Somali Embassy transmitted the following letter from Foreign Minister Hurreh to Ambassador Ranneberger: TFG MFA letterhead Quote. Ref: FA-IC/010097/07 Date: 14/03/2007 Mr. Michael E. Ranneberger Ambass [...] | 2007-03-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
07NAIROBI1407 | Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
07NAIROBI1429 | Somali Truce Breaks Down -- Heavy Fighting [...] (U) According to multiple sources, early this morning, March 29, Ethiopian troops began deploying in Mogadishu neighborhoods while Ethiopian armored vehicles and "technicals" (pick-up trucks with mounted heavy weapons) took up positions at strategic intersections. Around 0530, militia fighte [...] | 2007-03-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1440 | Somali -- Heavy Fighting Continues [...] (C) Fighting continues today (3/30) in Mogadishu between Ethiopian forces and militia of the Hawiye/Haber Gedir sub-clan, and it appears to remain concentrated around the stadium in the northern part of the city. The Ethiopians do not appear to be advancing and may be surrounded in some loca [...] | 2007-03-30 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1456 | Somali Security Chief on Fighting [...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...] | 2007-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1463 | Somalia -- Update on Fighting [...] (C) Heavy fighting continued in Mogadishu on Saturday (March 31) resulting in considerable damage to involved neighborhoods and innumerable casualties. Ethiopian forces made more effective use of tanks and artillery to take advantage of the difficulty opposing forces had in countering thes [...] | 2007-04-02 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL MOPS SO ET UG |
07NAIROBI1636 | Somali Truce Holds Despite Fighting [...] (U) The truce between Hawiye clan militia and Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu appears to be holding despite relatively heavy small arms and mortar fire since Tuesday evening (4/12). The fighting was mainly between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and Hawiye/Abgal militia, with occa [...] | 2007-04-13 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1715 | Somalia Fight Sharp but Short [...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...] | 2007-04-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1867 | SOMALIA--THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Building on Nairobi 1401, this message lays out a roadmap for influencing Somalia towards security and stability. Many of the elements we delineated in reftel remain relevant to current developments. End summary. 2. (C) The fighting in Mogadishu in recent weeks has clouded effo [...] | 2007-04-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID SO ET |
07NAIROBI1905 | Somalia--TFG/Hawiye Talks and Appointments [...] (SBU) On April 29, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf met with members of the Hawiye Leadership Committee in his headquarters, Villa Somalia. The meeting was initiated by Ethiopian military commanders and included TFG Prime Minster Ali Gedi and Ethiopian General [...] | 2007-05-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1918 | Somalia--Peace Is Not Yet at Hand [...] (C) Since the termination of fighting in Mogadishu last Thursday (4/26),the city has been unusually calm, in terms of combat; and the daily mortar, RPG, and small arms attacks have ceased--for the time being. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian troops reportedly are moving f [...] | 2007-05-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1930 | Somalia-Ambassador's Telecon with Hawiye Elder [...] (U) On May 2, the Ambassador spoke with Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam) Omar, chairman of the Hawiye Leadership Committee. The Ambassador contacted Omar because of the leadership role he and his colleagues are playing in discussions with the Ethiopians and, most recently, with President Abdullahi Yusu [...] | 2007-05-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1931 | Somalia-Ambassador's Letters to TFG President and [...] (U) Following telecon with Hawiye Leadership Committee Chairman Haji Abdi Iman Omar, and in an effort to support the critical dialogue process, the Ambassador sent the following letters to Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf and Chairman Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam). 2. (C) [...] | 2007-05-04 09:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1959 | Somalia-Telcon with NGRC Chairman Ali Mahdi [...] (SBU) On May 3, Somalia Political Unit staff had a conference call with National Reconciliation and Governance Committee (NGRC) Chairman Ali Mahdi on current developments in the planning for the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress. 2. (SBU) In the conversation, we emphasized that with [...] | 2007-05-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI1996 | Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...] | 2007-05-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI2069 | Somalia - Meeting with President Yusuf [...] (C) Summary. During a May 15 meeting, TFG President Yusuf told the Ambassador that he is pursuing dialogue with various sub-clans and is committed to power-sharing to be worked out in the context of the National Reconciliation Congress. He indicated his intention to replace Prime Minister Gedi [...] | 2007-05-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI2098 | Somalia - Meeting with Solana Envoy [...] (C) On May 14 the Ambassador met with Jean-Christophe Belliard, the Personal Envoy for Somalia of Javier Solana, EU Secretary-General. Belliard first visited Cairo and Addis Ababa before coming to Nairobi. In Addis Ababa Belliard met with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who reportedly expressed [...] | 2007-05-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI213 | ICRC LETTER ON SOMALIA [...] On January 11 Embassy Nairobi received a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) informing the USG that the ICRC considers U.S. actions in Somalia to be governed by the rules applicable to situations of non-international armed conflict. Full text follows in para 2. [...] | 2007-01-12 05:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI23 | SOMALIA - - OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ISSUES [...] (C) Somalis across the spectrum ) including TFG officials, members of civil society, the business community, clan elders, and even moderate members of the Islamic Courts ) are all telling us that they deeply appreciate the positive role that the U.S. has been playing since the start of the Eth [...] | 2007-01-03 18:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI2452 | SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...] | 2007-06-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
07NAIROBI2578 | Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) The Ambassador, at his request, spoke with President Yusuf by phone on June 20 to raise the following: the amnesty, concerns about recent arrests, expansion of the national reconciliation committee, and the desire to have a more extended conversation with Yusuf during his next visit to Na [...] | 2007-06-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI263 | PRIME MINISTER GEDI PROMISES A "NEW SOMALIA," ACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting in Nairobi with Assistant Secretary Frazer, Somali Prime Minister Ali Gedi was confident a "new Somalia" was on its way, and appealed for immediate donor support. The rosy picture Gedi painted did not mask the very serious problems which remain within the [...] | 2007-01-17 05:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI3373 | Somaliland -- Foreign Minister on the Way Forward [...] (C) Summary. On August 20, the Ambassador held consultations with Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale (at his request) to discuss the full range of issues in the U.S.-Somaliland relationship. Topics included the arrest of opposition political leaders, elections and recognition [...] | 2007-08-22 09:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3564 | Somalia-After the Reconciliation Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated the NRC closed on August 30. Chairman Ali Mahdi recognizes the reconciliation process will be ongoing, and he expects to continue playing a pivotal role. (See Septel text of NRC Communique) President Yusuf has committed the TFG to moving forward with the transitio [...] | 2007-09-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3664 | Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat [...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...] | 2007-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3795 | Somalia: Gedi/Yusuf Tensions Intensify [...] (C) Arrests, detentions, and firings marked the latest developments in the growing tension between Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Gedi as dividing lines are reportedly being drawn in Mogadishu. An Ethiopian intervention may in the works, [...] | 2007-09-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3797 | Puntland/Somaliland Border Fighting [...] (SBU) On September 24, InterPeace, a U.S. funded peace-building and reconciliation NGO, alerted supporters within the international community in Nairobi that the long-standing conflict between sub-clans in the Las Anod region of western Somaliland appeared likely to escalate into open fighting [...] | 2007-09-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI3992 | Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...] | 2007-10-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI5401 | SOMALIA DISCUSSIONS WITH TFG FOREIGN MINISTER HURRE [...] (C) As the Somalia crisis has unfolded, TFG Foreign Minister Hurre, who has been in Nairobi throughout, has been a useful source of information and insights into TFG actions. While he does not have much political clout within the TFG, he is in close contact with Yusuf and Gedi and reliably p [...] | 2007-01-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5402 | SOMALIA TFG PARLIAMENT SPEAKER HASSAN'S ROLE [...] (C) As the current situation in Somalia has unfolded, we have been in close touch with TFG Parliament Speaker Hassan. Hassan left Baidoa over a month ago, stating that Parliament could not deliberate with freedom given pressures coming from President Yusuf and PM Gedi. He has insisted that Ged [...] | 2007-01-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5403 | SOMALIA - SHEIKH SHARIF AND THE FUTURE ROLE OF [...] Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a respected [...] | 2007-01-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5404 | SOMALIA - KENYAN INTERDICTION OF TERRORISTS AND [...] (C) As the leadership of the Islamic Courts and the high value targets of interest to us fled towards Kismayo, we urged the Kenyan government to reinforce security along the land and sea borders to interdict/deter/apprehend any of these individuals seeking to cross into Kenya. 2. (C) The Ke [...] | 2007-01-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5405 | SOMALIA - CONVERSATIONS WITH TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (C) Since the start of the Ethiopian intervention in Somalia, the Ambassador has been in close contact with TFG Prime Minister Gedi by phone, first from Baidoa and, during the past three days, from Mogadishu, and with President Yusuf. Yusuf from the outset has indicated that he understands th [...] | 2007-01-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5406 | "CORRECTED COPY TO INCLUDE PARAGRAPH [...] (S) Although Sheikh Sharif, the head of the Islamic Courts, executive branch has sometimes made harsh public statements, he is considered by most knowledgeable observers to be a moderate (the Ambassador took away that impression from his late August 2006 meeting with Sharif). Sharif is a resp [...] | 2007-01-02 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI5408 | IN THE CIC'S WAKE, WARLORDS SEEK TO REASSERT THEIR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following the swift withdrawal of CIC forces from central and southern Somalia, several of Somalia's more notorious warlords are seeking to reassert their influence. The resurging warlords are reportedly assuming control of the weapons turned over by the CIC to the s [...] | 2007-01-02 17:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI762 | Somalia Security Highlights [...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...] | 2007-02-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI790 | TFG Appointments [...] (U) In the last few days, TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf has appointed more than 70 local and regional administrative positions in Galgudud, Lower Juba, Middle Juba, and Bakool regions. According to sources in Mogadishu, on February 13 the TFG nominated commissioners for the 16 districts in the [...] | 2007-02-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI87 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON REFOULEMENT DELIVERED TO THE [...] Embassy Nairobi sent a diplomatic note to the Kenyan MFA on January 5 expressing concern over reports of refoulement of Somali asylum seekers, the text of which follows. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2007-01-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI905 | Somali Insurgents Attack Ethiopians [...] Somali insurgents attacked Ethiopian forces camped at the former Defense Ministry building in Mogadishu on February 23 between 1730 and 1800 local time. In what sources describe as a well-planned attack, insurgents caught the Ethiopians off guard with mortars and automatic weapons fire. The [...] | 2007-02-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI906 | Somalia Security: A Stagnant Insurgency [...] (C) The Somali insurgency in Mogadishu remains deadly but does not appear to be spreading significantly throughout the country. Perpetrators include Islamic Courts remnants, marginalized Hawiye clan members, disaffected warlords, and common criminals; and they continue to terrorize the city's [...] | 2007-02-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NAIROBI91 | COMMUNIQUE OF JANUARY 5 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on January 5 in Nairobi, Kenya, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Kenyan Minister for Foreign SIPDIS Affairs Raphael Tuju. Details of the meeting will follow septel. The text of the communique issued following the ICG [...] | 2007-01-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
07NAIROBI990 | Somali Insurgents Switch to Assassinations [...] (C) Summary. Following a mortar and RPG attack last week on an Ethiopian encampment, insurgents this week have only attacked with hand grenades and personal weapons. The TFG Prime Minister's brother-in-law was among the assassinated. Banditry appears to be a growing problem in Mogadishu a [...] | 2007-03-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
07NASSAU549 | BAHAMAS NOT CAPABLE OF ASSISTING NEW WAY FORWARD [...] (C) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas does not have the capacity to contribute military or civilian resources to support the New Way Forward on Iraq. The Bahamian military consists of only 1000 troops, two ships and no air force. The entire military budget for The Bahamas is [...] | 2007-04-30 20:30:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ BF |
07NDJAMENA101 | CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER [...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...] | 2007-02-01 17:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA104 | CHAD: Inter-ethnic Fighting in Guereda [...] (SBU) While Humanitarian workers report that fighting in around Adre subsided last night after some 200 houses in different villages were burned and 120 civilian and combatant wounded hospitalized, the situation around Guereda remains tense. Some 30 rebels are reported dead in fighting betwe [...] | 2007-02-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA18 | DEBY PEACE ACCORD WITH FUC'S NOUR -- ONE LESS [...] (C) Summary: The withdrawal of Sudanese government support and an alleged payment of $5.5 million from Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi may have combined to induce Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nour to sign a peace agreement with the Deby government in Tripoli December 24. The significance of [...] | 2007-01-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD MOPS PGOV PREL |
07NDJAMENA214 | CHAD: FY06 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The N'djamena country team reviewed the Multi-National Information Sharing Program (MISI) options for Chad based on written and oral presentations from the MISI team. The country team decided that MISI could be beneficial to Chadian security services, primarily as a tool for internet [...] | 2007-03-09 17:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PARM AG CD MOPS NO SG TS |
07NDJAMENA261 | NEW POLLUTION ADDS TO CHAD'S UXO AND MINE LEGACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from 2006 battles in eastern Chad is proving deadly to civilians (mostly children) and will be the focus of Chad's next demining appeal. The government's delay in providing long-promised counterpart funding is one of many problems hampering t [...] | 2007-03-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MASS MOPS CD |
07NDJAMENA409 | CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PARM CD |
07NDJAMENA411 | CHAD FY O6 SECTION 1206 - MISI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PARM CD |
07NDJAMENA42 | NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Capping the reestablishment of relations with Chad, China's foreign minister visited N'Djamena January 6-7. China,s new envoy to Chad told the Ambassador that China recognizes that development in Chad and the region requires peace and stability. He noted China's interest in C [...] | 2007-01-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EPET MOPS PREF PREL CD |
07NDJAMENA513 | CHAD: MISI INITIATIVE CLARIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PARM CD |
07NEWDELHI1009 | AMBASSADOR PUSHES FOR DEFENSE SALES AND [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 call on Minister of Defense A.K. Antony, the Ambassador: -- emphasized the commitment the USG and American companies have demonstrated toward India's defense trade; -- pressed for a level playing field for American defense companies seeking business in India; [...] | 2007-02-28 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS IN |
07NEWDELHI1050 | INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...] | 2007-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI1051 | INDIANS OFFER BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary: During the February 28, 2007 session of the U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),the Indian delegation gave a tour d'horizon of developments in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal to help set the stage for the day's discussions (reported Septel). Indian int [...] | 2007-03-02 14:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN |
07NEWDELHI1248 | US PARTICIPATION IN AMAN 07 "SURPRISES" AND [...] (C) PolCouns was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs by Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on 12 March for an urgent meeting to discuss the USG's participation in the multinational joint naval exercise "Aman 07." Kumar delivered the non-paper in para. 4 to Polcouns as directed [...] | 2007-03-14 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1295 | KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S. [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...] | 2007-03-16 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL |
07NEWDELHI1424 | BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...] | 2007-03-23 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI1532 | DCM REVIEWS FULL SLATE OF BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) In a courtesy call on new Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on March 30, the DCM recalled their long-standing friendship, briefed Gupta on the many ways that the USG works with the Home Ministry to advance our bilateral agenda, and sought Gupta's help to improve Embassy interactions with his M [...] | 2007-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM |
07NEWDELHI1620 | KARZAI TELLS BOUCHER THAT AFGHANISTAN IS GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting Afghan President Hamid Karzai April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, Assistant Secretary Boucher noted that Pakistan had given Karzai a warm welcome into the organization. A Joint Jirga session last week was succe [...] | 2007-04-04 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PTER AF PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1640 | PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...] | 2007-04-05 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN |
07NEWDELHI1704 | INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT [...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...] | 2007-04-11 09:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1715 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER |
07NEWDELHI1723 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...] | 2007-04-11 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER |
07NEWDELHI1727 | PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...] | 2007-04-12 05:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI1827 | INDIA OFFERS CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has presented a Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007, dated April 11, 2007) offering a bilateral resolution of the outstanding "crew list" issue, proposing exemption of t [...] | 2007-04-17 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS KREC KTIA IN |
07NEWDELHI1920 | RECORD CROWD ATTENDS HARDLINE SEPARATIST GEELANI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a show of force as well as strength, hardline separatist Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani held a rally in Srinagar on April 22nd to mark his return to the Valley following cancer surgery in Mumbai. Our interlocutors say the rally was attended by several thousand mostly young people -- [...] | 2007-04-23 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI193 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA [...] (C) As the DCM was delivering reftel demarche to the Indian government (see below),in a visit to broadcaster CNN-IBN, Ambassador briefed the entire editorial team on bilateral relations and specifically addressed the President's new initiative on Iraq. In an subsequent interview, Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-12 12:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ IN |
07NEWDELHI1974 | INDIA CAPABLE BUT UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Government of India (GOI) is capable of sending both military and civilian resources to help accomplish the mission in Iraq, but the will to do so does not exist. In 2003, when the U.S. first approached the GOI to contribute troops to Iraq, then-Prime Minister Vajpayee's initial reac [...] | 2007-04-25 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ IN |
07NEWDELHI1977 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...] | 2007-04-25 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS |
07NEWDELHI2072 | G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...] | 2007-05-01 08:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI209 | MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...] | 2007-01-16 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2101 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...] | 2007-05-02 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR |
07NEWDELHI2102 | PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...] | 2007-05-02 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2117 | INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...] | 2007-05-03 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2139 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...] | 2007-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI2223 | INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS [...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...] | 2007-05-09 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2225 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...] | 2007-05-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK |
07NEWDELHI2247 | INDIA REQUESTS FORMAL TERRORISM WATCH LIST EXCHANGE [...] (S) This is an ACTION request for the Department S/CT and SCA. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Indian MEA Counter-Terrorism Cell Director I M Pandey passed a request to Poloff that the U.S. and India sign an agreement to create a formal and continuous channel to exchange terrorism [...] | 2007-05-10 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL ASEC |
07NEWDELHI2258 | TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND [...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...] | 2007-05-10 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2460 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...] | 2007-05-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN |
07NEWDELHI2621 | KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...] | 2007-06-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2711 | DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK |
07NEWDELHI2792 | HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...] | 2007-06-15 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI2935 | KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...] | 2007-06-25 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI310 | INDIA SET TO INCREASE PLEDGED AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. PolOffs met with Afghan Second Secretary Asadi to discuss Foreign Minister Mukherjee's January 22nd to 23rd visit to Afghanistan, including press reports that India is considering increasing its aid to Afghanistan by $100 million. Asadi, speaking through an interpreter, also gav [...] | 2007-01-19 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI3227 | EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE CLAIM DEMARCHE - INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-13 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN |
07NEWDELHI3383 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...] | 2007-07-25 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS |
07NEWDELHI343 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...] | 2007-01-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
07NEWDELHI3521 | INDIAN VIEWS ON CENTRAL ASIA: AIRBASE HOPES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Eurasia L. Savithri denied that India was SIPDIS establishing a military base in Ayni, Tajikistan, as had been reported in the press, insisting that the Government of India (GOI) was only involved in a civilian project of runwa [...] | 2007-08-03 10:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS MARR KISL SNAR AF KZ CH |
07NEWDELHI3844 | DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...] | 2007-08-22 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS |
07NEWDELHI3905 | SCO SUMMIT: INDIA "WATCHING AND WAITING" ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Eurasia Sandeep Arya and Under Secretary L. Savithri told PolOff Aug. 23 that the Government SIPDIS of India (GOI) was not interested in seeking full membe [...] | 2007-08-27 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG MARR CH KZ KG TX TI UZ |
07NEWDELHI3972 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 22-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Narayanan in Moscow for Defense Talks -- India and Russia to Conduct Indra 2007 War Games in Russia in September Narayanan in Mosc [...] | 2007-08-31 09:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS RS IN |
07NEWDELHI406 | INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS [...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...] | 2007-01-25 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4377 | IRAN AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL ARE NOT ELECTION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Iran roundtable event hosted by PolCouns September 19, a group of Indian analysts, journalists and diplomats agreed that, while the Government of India (GOI) was struggling to live down the perception that it took orders from Washington, neither the nuclear deal nor Ir [...] | 2007-09-26 01:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP MOPS ENRG EPET PINR KISL |
07NEWDELHI4414 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...] | 2007-09-28 05:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI |
07NEWDELHI4487 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...] | 2007-10-04 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN |
07NEWDELHI4597 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 5-12 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 5-12, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- FM Mukherjee Visiting Moscow -- India Put the Brakes on Rail Service to Dhaka -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Trip to Africa -- Sin [...] | 2007-10-12 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELTN MOPS MARR ENRG EPET BG SN SF |
07NEWDELHI4690 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...] | 2007-10-23 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4855 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...] | 2007-11-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN |
07NEWDELHI4899 | INDIA TALKS 123 WITH PAKISTAN DURING CBM DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Director Amandeep Singh Gill gave PolOffs a read-out November 6 of the fourth round of Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) held in New Delhi October 18-19. During the nuclear CBM [...] | 2007-11-07 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MNUC MOPS KTIA PK IN |
07NEWDELHI511 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI513 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-02 01:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI574 | INDIA PREPARING FOR US-INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary: Deputy PolCouns met on February 1st with the new Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for India's Counter-Terrorism Cell, Indra Mani Pandey, as well as Director (Military Affairs) Brig. AS Nundal, who is acting as a coordinator for the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Wo [...] | 2007-02-06 09:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN |