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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07NEWDELHI636 | KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...] | 2007-02-08 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI701 | INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35, [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...] | 2007-02-12 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI729 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO INCREASED INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan Ambassador to India, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, told Ambassador Mulford February 12 that India and Afghanistan had a strong relationship, and that Indian help in strengthening Afghanistan's infrastructure was welcome. He said that Pakistan is overly sensitive about India [...] | 2007-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ELTN AF PK IR IN |
07NEWDELHI779 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DEMANDS DEMARCATION ON [...] (U) Speaking to Indian reporters on February 10th on the sidelines of a conference on India and the ASEAN sponsored by the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony reiterated that any agreement with Pakistan over Siachen would be unacceptable to the Indian [...] | 2007-02-15 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI783 | GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...] | 2007-02-15 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI849 | SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...] | 2007-02-20 14:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI872 | INDIA AWASH WITH SPECULATION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As the death toll in the February 19th Samjauta Express bombing continued to rise on February 21st, press reports in India began to hint at rumors that the likely culprits were Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Muhammad. Police and Indian officials, however, continue to join their Pakis [...] | 2007-02-21 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
07NEWDELHI909 | SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...] | 2007-02-23 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN |
07NIAMEY1064 | U.S. AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OF NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 12:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NG |
07NIAMEY1184 | NIGER: MNJ ANNOUNCES POSSIBLE RESPITE DURING [...] Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) has no plan to conduct any attacks during Ramadan, but will retaliate if its members are attacked, according to MNJ spokesperson Dr. Dangana Ahmed. The MNJ spokesperson made the announcement during a telephone interview with a local Voice of Ameri [...] | 2007-09-13 16:05:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS MOPS SOCI NG |
07NIAMEY1217 | NIGER: MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the insecurity in northern Niger and to inquire whether the cessation of violence during Ramadan bodes well for possible future neg [...] | 2007-09-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS ASEC PREL NG |
07NIAMEY1301 | NIGERIEN PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES DONOR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister addressed donor concerns about the situation in the north and press freedom in an October 19 meeting with diplomats and foreign aid officials. The Prime Minister called the meeting to discuss these issue in Niamey, rather than in the upcoming dono [...] | 2007-10-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EAID NG |
07NIAMEY1430 | NIGER: THE SITUATION IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) A truck hit a landmine south of Agadez on December 5. The Nigerien Military has resupplied its garrison in Ifeoruane. The MNJ claims the United States as friend based on a VOA stringer's contact with it. The GON is organizing a regional conference on trafficking. A UN consultant has [...] | 2007-12-05 18:19:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL NG |
07NIAMEY1432 | NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CONFLICT IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Corinne Dufka, Human Rights Watch senior researcher for West Africa on December 5 briefed DCM and Development Coordinator on her visit to Niamey to look into human rights issues associated with the current conflict in northern Niger. Dufka had met with a number of GON officials, includin [...] | 2007-12-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MOPS PGOV NG |
07NIAMEY1444 | BUS HITS MINE IN THE SOUTH, PROMINENT TUAREGS [...] (C) A bus hit a landmine near the southern city of Maradi the morning of December 10. It reportedly left a one meter deep crater in the dirt road. The governor of the region told the Ambassador that it occurred 50 meters outside of town on the road to Dakoro. He said six people were injured, [...] | 2007-12-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM NG |
07NIAMEY1446 | NIGER SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) A vehicle struck a landmine the evening of December 10 near the wrestling stadium in Tahoua. We have heard reports that one person was killed and two people were injured. 2. (U) Tahoua is the site of this year's December 18 Republic Day festivities. President Tandja, a large number of [...] | 2007-12-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PTER NG |
07NIAMEY1453 | NIGER SECURITY UPDATE -- DECEMBER 12 [...] (U) On postings on its web site, the MNJ has denied planting the landmine in Tahoua and blamed the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) for the mine, as it had previously done regarding the Maradi landmine (ref A). It also warned against the GON going ahead with the December 18 Republic Day festivitie [...] | 2007-12-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PTER PGOV NG |
07NIAMEY1478 | NIGER: WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 18 [...] (C) Niger's national day celebration went off without incident despite MNJ threats against it. The GON and MNJ continue to blame each other for landmines in the south. There was a reported attempt to lay a mine in the southern town of Tanout on December 18. The MNJ's recent actions have not [...] | 2007-12-21 09:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC NG |
07NIAMEY625 | NIGER: A PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF GON-TUAREG [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Anacko, the man responsible for implementing the 1995 agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion, fears that President Tandja's desire for a military solution to the recent Tuareg uprising risks turning it into a full fledged rebellion that could affect the entire region. He [...] | 2007-05-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL CASC EMIN NG |
07NIAMEY636 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Abouba hinted that the GON was negotiating with dissident Tuaregs, but he largely dismissed their grievances. He feared alliances developing involving the Tuareg rebels, drug traffickers, AQIM and the Nigerian Taliban. He did not appear to be particularly seize [...] | 2007-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EMIN CASC PINR NG |
07NIAMEY639 | NIGER: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON THE SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador to Niger believes a GON attempt to defeat Tuareg dissidents risks turning bandits and drug smugglers into something much worse, possibly to include allies of AQIM. The Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) cannot defeat the Mouvement des Nigerien pour la Justice (MNJ),[...] | 2007-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS FR NG |
07NIAMEY656 | NIGER: GON EFFORTS REGARDING TUAREG DISSIDENTS, [...] Nigerien police officer and Tuareg ex-combatant Daouada Algabid on May 10 told DCM that a high-level French military delegation is in Niamey to ask the GON to allow French troops currently in Chad to come to Niger to provide security for the French Uranium company AREVA's mines near Arlit. Th [...] | 2007-05-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS FR NG |
07NIAMEY995 | MORE FIGHTING REPORTED IN NORTHERN NIGER [...] The website of the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) on August 10 reported that on the night of August 9/10 it attacked military camps in Tchirozerine (some 25 miles north of Agadez on the road to Arlit) and inflicted heavy casualties on government forces. It reminds "those who h [...] | 2007-08-10 11:47:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV EMIN NG |
07NICOSIA126 | NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER [...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...] | 2007-02-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
07NICOSIA140 | CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...] | 2007-02-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA21 | TALAT'S SHOWDOWN WITH TURKISH ARMY OVER LEDRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's public promise to remove the controversial pedestrian bridge at the Green Line on Ledra Street has put him on a collision course with the Turkish military. The bridge, which crosses over a Turkish army patrol track along the north edge of the Bu [...] | 2007-01-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN MOPS TU CY |
07NICOSIA574 | CYPRUS ALREADY HELPING LEBANON; ARMAMENTS TO LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | LE CY MARR MASS MOPS NATO EU |
07NICOSIA651 | TALAT FINALLY BLINKS; DEMINING TO RESTART IN CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission and UN Development Program officials July 30 signed an agreement that allows humanitarian demining activities in the Cypriot Buffer Zone to continue, hopefully to their conclusion. Financing for operations, approximately four million euro, will come from the [...] | 2007-08-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP MOPS MASS CY TU |
07NICOSIA70 | NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK |
07NICOSIA780 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HENRY TUCKER [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Henry "Hank" Tucker, Deputy Office Director of the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT) to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer fo [...] | 2007-09-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY GR MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV MASS DOMC |
07NICOSIA786 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEON YATES [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Leon Yates, End-Use Monitoring Program Manager, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA),Department of Defense to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for traveler is Political Chief Greg Ma [...] | 2007-09-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PARM PGOV MOPS CY |
07NICOSIA944 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CYPRUS FOCUSED MORE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV UNGA CY |
07NICOSIA945 | CYPRUS DEFENDS MEMBERSHIP IN BIASED, ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IZ CY |
07NOUAKCHOTT407 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- MAURITANIA [...] (C) Mauritania lacks the capability to provide military contribution to the Coalition at this time. Mauritania has a small contingent n the AMIS peacekeeping forces in Sudan (a 20-memer liaison unit). We have proposed that Mauritani join the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISM),but have [...] | 2007-04-30 18:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ MR |
07NOUAKCHOTT464 | AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES [...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...] | 2007-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR |
07OSLO1055 | NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO1113 | NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...] | 2007-11-19 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO |
07OSLO143 | (C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION [...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...] | 2007-02-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO |
07OSLO31 | NORWAY CONSIDERS WHETHER TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. In a January 11 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen on the President's Iraqi speech. The Ambassador highlighted that success is critical for Iraq, for the region and for the world and emphasized the focus on reconstruction and reconciliation-issue [...] | 2007-01-11 15:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ NO |
07OSLO339 | CENTCOM CONFERENCE INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ |
07OSLO436 | NORWEGIAN CENTCOM LIAISON WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL NO IZ |
07OSLO525 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...] | 2007-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO573 | NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO |
07OSLO718 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO |
07OTTAWA117 | CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...] | 2007-01-22 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO |
07OTTAWA118 | CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...] | 2007-01-22 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO |
07OTTAWA1512 | CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...] | 2007-08-08 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA1922 | CANADA: MAKING THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian body politic is highly conflicted over the Afghan mission, with one poll in September indicating that 68 pct of Canadians want a complete pullout in February 2009 and 56 pct want the troops out even earlier, while an October poll shows that 54 pct want Canadian tr [...] | 2007-10-17 16:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV CA AF PK |
07OTTAWA1958 | CANADA SEEKS HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION IN PRT [...] (SBU) Please see action request in para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Operations Officer David Fairchild raised the upcoming November 25-27 PRT conference in Lithuania entitled "Provincial Reconstruction [...] | 2007-10-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CA AF |
07OTTAWA1966 | CANADIAN READOUT ON DEATH OF MULLAH NAQIBULLA [...] (/NF) Summary. Canadian officials are concerned about the power vacuum left in the wake of the death of Mullah Naqibullah (Naqib) in Kandahar, as well as likely diminished loyalty to the central government from the Alokozai tribe and greater dangers for NATO-ISAF operations in the Arghandab [...] | 2007-10-24 20:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AF CA |
07OTTAWA1973 | CANADIANS DECLINE TO PARTICIPATE IN MNF-1 [...] (SBU) As expected (ref b),the Government of Canada has declined to participate in the MNF-1 Coalition Conference (ref a). Para 2 includes text of an October 24 letter from Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Political Director Colleen Swords to General Petraeus. 2. (SBU) Be [...] | 2007-10-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ CA |
07OTTAWA2020 | CANADA: (2/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9-11, 2007 (septels). This is the second in a series of five tele [...] | 2007-11-02 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2022 | CANADA: (4/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fourth in a series of five te [...] | 2007-11-02 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2023 | CANADA: (5/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. This is the fifth in a series of five tel [...] | 2007-11-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2024 | CANADA: (1/5) 220TH MEETING OF THE U.S.-CANADA [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Co-Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Co-Chairman Rick Casson, M.P. convened the 220th meeting of the U.S.-Canadian Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Canadian Maritime Warfare Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 9 - 11, 2007. Major topics during the 220t [...] | 2007-11-02 19:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NORAD CA |
07OTTAWA2069 | CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...] | 2007-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM |
07OTTAWA2133 | CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...] | 2007-11-21 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA2135 | CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...] | 2007-11-21 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA2295 | CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER OPPOSES EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Stephane Dion ruled out Liberal Party support for the extension of Canadian combat troops in Kandahar during a discussion of Afghanistan with Ambassador Wilkins, the British High Commissioner, and RC-South country diplomats on December 18. Dion criticized the g [...] | 2007-12-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA2322 | CANADIAN PM AND DEFMIN PRAISE AFGHAN MISSION, [...] (U) Summary: Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay, Chief of Defense Staff Rick Hillier, and U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins visited Canadian troops in Kandahar on Christmas day. MacKay underscored the "remarkable progress" in Afghanistan, while the Ambassador praised Canada's contribution to [...] | 2007-12-27 23:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
07OTTAWA2326 | PM LINKS PAKISTAN TO AFGHAN MISSION; MEDIA COMMENT [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Harper joined other world leaders on December 27 in condemning the murder of Benazir Bhutto, stressing that Bhutto's death "cannot be allowed to permit any delay in the return of Pakistan to full democracy." Harper expressed concern about the implications of Bhutto [...] | 2007-12-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PK AF CA |
07OTTAWA234 | CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...] | 2007-02-07 23:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA |
07OUAGADOUGOU920 | Burkinabe Peacekeeping Forces in Darfur: Urgent Need [...] (C) AmEmbassy Ouagadougou wishes to flag for you the urgent issue of the U.S. purchase of 26 armored personnel carriers (APCs) for the Burkinabe battalions that we hope to have deployed to Darfur. Over many months, the ACOTA program has been working successfully to train and equip multiple Bu [...] | 2007-10-31 10:56:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MOPS MARR UV |
07PANAMA172 | PANAMA: GOP "INSISTS" ON REVERTING TO "OLD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ------------------------- GOP "INSISTS" ON OLD NOTE ------------------------- 2. (C) The Panamanian MFA has not completed its legal analysis of the new U.S. diplomatic note language requesting status of forces protections (REFTEL A) and does [...] | 2007-02-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MASS AA MOPS PREL PGOV PM US |
07PANAMA1737 | PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...] | 2007-11-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1806 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-IRAQ BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ PM |
07PANAMA263 | EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTE [...] (U) Per instructions (reftel a),post reports the exchange of one diplomatic note with the Government of Panama. --Embassy note 72/GOP reply DT/059- New Horizons exercise. Post will send certified copy of note to L/T. Eaton [...] | 2007-02-22 19:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS |
07PANAMA55 | PANAMA: EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTES [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, post reports the exchange of three diplomatic notes with the Government of Panama. a) Embassy note 2316/GOP reply DT/003- deployment of U.S. Mobile Security Detachment to support Panama Canal high-value transits from January 9 to May 15, 2007. b) Embassy note 23 [...] | 2007-01-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS |
07PANAMA85 | PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 20:32:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN |
07PARIS1063 | DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...] | 2007-03-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE |
07PARIS1587 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH REMAIN WARY, INTEND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel said on April 18 that outward signs in Cote d'Ivoire remained positive but that France remained wary that the situation could take a turn for the worse. The GOF was not convinced of President Gbagbo's good intentions over the long [...] | 2007-04-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IV FR |
07PARIS1623 | C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...] | 2007-04-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CT FR |
07PARIS1659 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...] | 2007-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER |
07PARIS189 | COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...] | 2007-01-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR |
07PARIS2359 | FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...] | 2007-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR |
07PARIS2516 | GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...] | 2007-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR |
07PARIS256 | FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...] | 2007-01-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
07PARIS285 | FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW [...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...] | 2007-01-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR |
07PARIS2914 | FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...] | 2007-07-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KV FR |
07PARIS3198 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...] | 2007-07-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR |
07PARIS3199 | CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...] | 2007-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE |
07PARIS3202 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...] | 2007-07-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR |
07PARIS3213 | FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...] | 2007-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
07PARIS3292 | NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...] | 2007-08-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR |
07PARIS3342 | AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY [...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...] | 2007-08-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR |
07PARIS3363 | COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...] | 2007-08-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR |
07PARIS4314 | ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH [...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF |
07PARIS4362 | YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...] | 2007-10-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR |
07PARIS4439 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR |
07PARIS4513 | CHAD/C.A.R: FRENCH VIEWS ON FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, we spoke with MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer Alexis Morel, who is responsible for force generation issues regarding the peacekeeping operation the EU has decided to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic. Morel said that "we were not surprised" [...] | 2007-11-16 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
07PARIS4534 | PKO FOR CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH WORST CASE SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF Advisor at the French Presidency, said on November 19 that, if there are no further significant contributions to the French led-EU/UN peacekeeping operation for Chad and the C.A.R., two options could be presented to President Sarkozy for his decision: 1) that [...] | 2007-11-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
07PARIS4615 | WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...] | 2007-11-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS PREL MARR FR |
07PARIS4661 | CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...] | 2007-12-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
07PARIS4682 | CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
07PARIS508 | FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...] | 2007-02-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07PARIS864 | BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...] | 2007-03-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK |
07PESHAWAR714 | FATA: PRIMER - JUDICIAL PROCESS AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] This is the fourth in a series of primers on Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). This cable describes how tribesmen in the FATA and Frontier Regions (FRs) resolve disputes in an area that is not subject to the laws that govern the rest of Pakistan. The concentration of judi [...] | 2007-11-09 11:25:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
07PESHAWAR716 | NWFP: MILITANTS EXPANDING THEIR HOLD ON SWAT [...] (C) Swat's militants are expanding their hold, moving north and east in the district. Security forces and local residents have been demoralized by militant gains. Local officials acknowledge the task of re-establishing government control of the district is becoming increasingly difficult. Wh [...] | 2007-11-09 15:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER MOPS PGOV PK |
07PHNOMPENH1374 | DEFENSE DAS RAY'S VISIT TO CAMBODIA REINFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW and Missing Personnel Affairs Charles A. Ray visited Cambodia from November 3-6, to review ongoing POW/MIA recovery efforts. Discussions included the current state of the U.S.-Cambodia relationship as well as TIP, upcoming electio [...] | 2007-11-06 10:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL PHUM KWMN CB |
07PHNOMPENH90 | BILATERAL COOPERATION PRAISED IN DEFENSE DAS RAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Reviewing excellent bilateral cooperation in POW/MIAaffairs and taking stock of the current US-Cambodia relationship were the focus of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs Charles Ray's visit SIPDIS to Cambodia January 15-18. DASD Ray, who served as US [...] | 2007-01-19 01:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS CB |
07PORTAUPRINCE1057 | FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...] | 2007-06-15 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1235 | MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...] | 2007-07-16 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE124 | MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...] | 2007-01-24 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1688 | CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...] | 2007-10-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1880 | AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador traveled November 14 and 15 to the South Department's capital city, Les Cayes, accompanied by DepDir USAID and Emboffs. Haiti's ''southern claw'' is still recovering from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Noel and its aftermath. Les Cayes thus far has been spared si [...] | 2007-11-29 19:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR SOCI HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE297 | UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...] | 2007-02-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE365 | CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER [...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...] | 2007-02-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV |
07PORTAUPRINCE642 | CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...] | 2007-04-05 19:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE693 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPANISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 13, Ambassador Sanderson met with the Spanish Ambassador to Haiti, Paulino Gonzalez Fernandez Corugedo, and his colleague, Ambassador Luis Garcia Cerezo, here from Madrid on a special investiga [...] | 2007-04-17 13:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS HA SP |
07PORTAUPRINCE792 | HAITI IN NO POSITION TO HELP IN IRAQ [...] Haiti has no armed forces and suffers from a lack of capacity in nearly every aspect of governance: thus it is not in a position to contribute to the Iraq coalition. Since June 2004, Haiti has itself benefitted from the presence of a UN peacekeeping mission. SANDERSON [...] | 2007-04-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE861 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAMOA GRADUATION FROM ECOSOC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 18:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HA |
07PORTOFSPAIN436 | T&T NOT WILLING TO ASSIST NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (C) Embassy Port of Spain believes the GOTT would not respond favorably to any USG requests for troops to supplement the coalition forces in Iraq. This country has historically been opposed to sending its troops, however few in number, on military missions overseas and, even within the regio [...] | 2007-05-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MAS MOPS PREL PTER TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN52 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN652 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN657 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER STAVRIDIS VISITS TRINIDAD & [...] (C) SUMMARY - Southcom Commander Admiral James Stavridis visited Trinidad and Tobago June 29 for meetings with Ambassador Austin and Embassy Senior Staff, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chief of Defense Staff Edmund Dillon and his regiment chiefs. PM Manning seemed particularly pleased with [...] | 2007-07-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SNAR MASS MOPS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN681 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 3, poloff faxed and subsequently hand-delivered demarche per reftel to Laura West, Director, Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, another copy was faxed to Gerard Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed p [...] | 2007-07-09 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN689 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] On July 12, Poloff spoke with Gerald Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed Poloff that his Ministry had received the Diplomatic Note and was in the process of consulting with the relevant authorities. 2. Thompson added, "The longstandi [...] | 2007-07-13 13:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN931 | DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S [...] (SBU) Embassy spoke September 13 with Jennifer Boucaud-Blake, Permanent Secretary (Vice Minister) of the Ministry of National Security, to check on the status of the GOTT's response to our July 3 diplomatic note seeking designation for any U.S. troops entering Trinidad and Tobago as a visiting [...] | 2007-09-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS TD |
07PRAGUE1207 | CZECH REPUBLIC: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PREL |
07PRAGUE343 | VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...] | 2007-03-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ |
07PRAGUE467 | CZECHS ARE COMMITTED TO IRAQ THROUGH 2007 [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director of the Security Policy Department Daniel Kostoval April 26 to discuss Iraq troop contributions and deliver ref A. Kostoval confirmed the Czechs will maintain current troop levels through 2007, and will continue their multi-faceted efforts to stabilize Ira [...] | 2007-04-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ EZ |
07PRAGUE60 | CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...] | 2007-01-23 17:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE67 | CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...] | 2007-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE700 | CZECHS AGREE TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH SCO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Monika Studena of the MFA Security Policy Department on June 12. The following day Ms. Studena replied that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position, and it will use whatever influence it has to work to prevent possible threats to Coalition intere [...] | 2007-06-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EZ |
07PRETORIA1535 | SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE LIMITED AID FOR COMOROS [...] (C) The Government of South Africa (SAG) will provide assistance for the upcoming Union of the Comoros Presidential election. Acting under an AU mandate, the SAG will deploy a small number of troops and/or police to train Comoran security personnel, an election observation team, and limited a [...] | 2007-05-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KDEM SF CN |
07PRETORIA300 | NO SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS FOR SOMALIA [...] (U) South Africa will not send troops to Somalia, announced Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota January 25. In press comments following a meeting with President Mbeki, Lekota expressed support for the proposed AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia, but stressed that South African forces are already [...] | 2007-01-26 10:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MASS SO SF |
07PRETORIA4213 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: NO POLICY GUIDANCE FOR NEW [...] (SBU) A/PolCouns presented reftel non-paper to DFA Deputy Director: UN Security Council (Thematic Issues) Ilia du Buisson on 18 December. Joining the meeting was UK Second Secretary David McNaught, who presented nearly identical SIPDIS points from London and, in the absence of a British n [...] | 2007-12-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS AORC UNSC SF YI EU |
07PRETORIA4227 | DFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN COMOROS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The AU sanctions against the Comoran island of Anjouan are beginning to create a "certain amount of nervousness" on Anjouan and thus some momentum for negotiations, according to DFA Director Maitland. The AU Commission is planning a roundtable discussion on Comoros o/a January 2 [...] | 2007-12-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SF SO CN AU |
07PRISTINA142 | KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...] | 2007-02-26 17:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA194 | KOSOVO: A/S FRIED TELLS SERBS AND ALBANIANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his March 6-8 visit to Kosovo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried warned both Albanians and Serbs to make sure that extremists from both sides do not raise tensions in the run up to the decision on Kosovo's final status. Serb leaders from the north were resolute in thei [...] | 2007-03-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA525 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SHARE ARMY ROTC [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) For the last two years, the American University of Kosovo (AUK) has been running a Reserve Office Training Corps (ROTC)-type program in conjunction with the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC). AUK is affiliated with the Rochester Institute of T [...] | 2007-07-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MASS UNMIK YI |
07QUITO1046 | AMBASSADOR AND FORMIN CLEAR THE AIR; PREPARE FOR D [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Maria Espinosa on May 8 to discuss the Deputy Secretary's May 9 visit, probe the ForMin on her harsh comments about the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),and to clarify the USG position on the 2007 UNITAS move. She expressed USG hope tha [...] | 2007-05-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1180 | UN HEALTH RAPPORTEUR SIDES WITH GOE ON SPRAYING [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Rapporteur for Human Health Rights Paul Hunt visited Ecuador May 14-18 at the invitation of the GOE to conduct a "non-scientific" study of the impact of Colombia's aerial fumigation program on Ecuadorian residents in the border region. Hunt met with residents, NG [...] | 2007-05-22 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1258 | NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo made his first official visit to Ecuador on May 28. During the visit, Araujo stressed the need for continued anti-narcotics cooperation; communicated GOC willingness to compensate border residents for damage caused by aerial fumigations [...] | 2007-05-31 22:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1302 | CORREA AND GARCIA TALK BORDER DEVELOPMENT; DENY [...] (U) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Peruvian President Alan Garcia met on June 1 in Tumbes, Peru for the presidents' first binational meeting on border issues. Correa stressed the need for continued investment by Ecuador, Peru, and the international community in the border re [...] | 2007-06-06 20:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO1553 | GLYPHOSATE TAKES ANOTHER HIT IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Commission studying the health and environmental impacts of Colombia's aerial coca eradication program on Ecuador's north released its findings on July 2. The Commission argues that the chemical mixture used by the GOC since 2000 is highly toxic and has caused e [...] | 2007-07-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO175 | NEW MINDEF EMPHASIZES SOCIAL MISSION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva on January 18, the Ambassador expressed USG willingness to deepen security cooperation, and highlighted successful U.S. led development projects and military humanitarian exercises. Larriva welcomed USG support for ci [...] | 2007-01-22 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1945 | USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...] | 2007-08-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO1947 | USNS COMFORT VISIT TO ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The USNS Comfort stopped in Manta, Ecuador, on August 15-21 during its humanitarian assistance deployment in the region. In coordination with Mission Ecuador personnel, NGOs and Ecuadorian authorities, members of the medical ship provided some 51,000 instances of medical, dent [...] | 2007-08-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO211 | HELICOPTER COLLISION KILLS MINDEF AND DAUGHTER [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Minister of Defense Guadalupe Larriva, her 17-year-old daughter Claudia Avila Larriva, and five Ecuadorian Army officials were killed in a collision of two helicopters at 8:19 pm on January 24 in Manta, Manabi province. While details on the exact cause of the collision [...] | 2007-01-25 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO216 | US JURISDICTION OF VISITING US MILITARY PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 28 September 2006 approved U.S. military training activities in Ecuador from 01 October 2006 through 30 September 2007. Post, per RefTel request, exchanged diplomatic notes with the MFA as has been done each year since 1999 in lieu [...] | 2007-01-26 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO2233 | AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES REGIONAL ANTI-NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Jewell participated in the inauguration of an approximately $2 million NAS-funded regional antinarcotics center in the northern city of Tulcan, Carchi province, on September 24. The facility will serve as a command center and checkpoint five miles from the Colombian [...] | 2007-10-01 19:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAS MOPS PREL SNAR EC CO |
07QUITO2556 | THE MANTA PORT, ECUADOR'S POSSIBLE LINK TO ASQAND BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong-based port operator Hutchison Port Holdings, now a year into its concession agreement, has ambitious plans to turn Manta, Ecuador's second (but only natural deep-sea) port, into a world-class seaport. The port is a key element in the GOE's plans to build a Manta-Manaus [...] | 2007-11-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD ELTN EAIR PREL MARR MOPS PGOV EC CN |
07QUITO2570 | ECUADORIAN ARMY'S 4TH DIVISION OPERATIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division has engaged the FARC along the border with Colombian since November 19, 2007. This series of operations demonstrates previously uncharacteristic resolve and coordination by the Ecuadorian military to press the attack and to continue surveill [...] | 2007-11-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | MOPS MCAP MASS PTER SNAR PREL EC CO |
07QUITO280 | ARMY COMMANDER CANNED; NEW MINDEF NAMED [...] (U) Summary: Fulfilling his promise to replace deceased MinDef Guadalupe Larriva (RefTel) with a female civilian from the southern highland city of Cuenca, President Correa on January 30 named Lorena Escudero as the new Minister of Defense. Escudero, who assumed control of the Ministry of De [...] | 2007-02-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO347 | MOD DEATH - MECHANICAL FAILURE RULED OUT; MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: The congressional investigatory commission studying the helicopter collision that killed former MinDef Guadalupe Larriva and her daughter on January 24 announced on February 7 that human error, not technical malfunction nor any kind of deliberate conspiracy, was to blame for the cr [...] | 2007-02-09 22:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO380 | CORREA AND VP RATCHET UP RHETORIC ON COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the border region on February 14, President Rafael Correa announced he had ordered the Ecuadorian Air Force to intercept planes violating Ecuadorian air space on its northern border with Colombia. Correa's announcement does not represent a change in GOE polic [...] | 2007-02-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC CO |
07QUITO537 | AMBASSADOR AND NEW MINDEF DISCUSS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Lorena Escudero on March 1, the Ambassador highlighted successful U.S. military led humanitarian and security projects, and stressed the importance of continued cooperation. She conveyed USG concern over reports that Esc [...] | 2007-03-07 22:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC |
07QUITO704 | GOE TO LAUNCH "PLAN ECUADOR"; BACKS OFF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa, Defense Minister Escudero, and Minister Coordinator Bustamante on March 20 announced vague plans to develop a "Plan Ecuador" to promote peace, attack poverty, and manage negative impacts on Ecuador of Colombia's internal conflict, and solicited internati [...] | 2007-03-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID EC CO |
07QUITO767 | GOE PROTESTS ALLEGED INCURSION; GOC FIRES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Espinosa on March 29 announced that Ecuador had proof that Colombian military units entered Ecuador on March 22 in pursuit of two suspected FARC members. She said that the GOE would immediately send a diplomatic note protesting the incursion, and calling on Co [...] | 2007-03-30 21:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO953 | PLAN ECUADOR FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND EQUITY [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa on April 24 unveiled "Plan Ecuador for Peace, Justice, and Equity," aimed at countering the negative impacts of Colombia's internal conflict on Ecuador. The plan purports to guide GOE and international donor development activity in the northern border re [...] | 2007-04-26 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO956 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REMOTE ARMY POST ON COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited a remote Ecuadorian military post located in Puerto El Carmen, Sucumbios province, on April 23. While there, she discussed illegal armed group activity with Ecuadorian military officials, viewed USG funded military projects, and met with the beneficiarie [...] | 2007-04-26 22:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO |
07QUITO985 | GOE WOULD NOT LIKELY SUPPORT IRAQ COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 22:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN BO EC MARR MOPS PTER IZ |
07RABAT116 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: EL MOUMNI, Abdel Ali DOB: 1952 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: V 13625 Rank: Procureur du Roi Unit: Cour de Justice -- Meknes Purpose: to att [...] | 2007-01-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT117 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: ANEJJAR, Ahmed DOB: 1947 POB: Marrakech, Morocco CIN#: P 3407 Rank: O-7, Commander Unit: 2nd BIP - Benguerir Name: BADR, Azeddine DOB: [...] | 2007-01-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT129 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FALSY, Mohammed DOB: 21 December 1956 POB: Kalaat Sraghna, Morocco CIN#: Y 3901 Rank: O-6 Unit: 3rd Bureau -- Rabat Purpose: to attend t [...] | 2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT130 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: CHICHAOUI, Youssef DOB: 31 December 1962 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN#: C 160726 Rank: O-3 Unit: 6 GAR - Tantan Purpose: to attend the Field [...] | 2007-01-25 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT131 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MAAMAR, Kamal DOB: 21 July 1967 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 267392 Rank: O-4 Unit: 2 BSI -- Laayoune Purpose: to attend the Combined Log [...] | 2007-01-25 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT132 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BOUATLAOUI, Mustapha DOB: 1 January 1963 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: L 128338 Rank: O-5 Unit: 2nd BIP -- Benguerir Purpose: to attend the [...] | 2007-01-25 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT1641 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national(s): Name: RADOUANE, Mohssine DOB: Sept 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 362246 Rank: Lt-Col (O-5) Unit: Centre d'Instruction d'Artillerie - Me [...] | 2007-10-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT1871 | WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT? [...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...] | 2007-12-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM |
07RABAT194 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MASROUR, Najib DOB: 1 January 1957 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 158561 Rank: Colonel (O-6) Unit: Auxiliary Forces Hqs Purpose: to attend th [...] | 2007-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT195 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: MELLOUK, Zakaria DOB: 1 July 1973 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: SH 71192 Rank: Chief of Communications Radio Center Unit: Ministry of Interior [...] | 2007-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT196 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: ENNAMOUSS, Mohammed DOB: 5 February 1968 POB: Kenitra, Morocco CIN#: G 218869 Rank: Major (O-4) Unit: CIB - Meknes Purpose: to attend th [...] | 2007-02-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
07RABAT224 | WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...] | 2007-02-06 18:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO |
07RABAT291 | MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual, Polcouns urged Moroccan support for international peacekeeping forces being assembled for Darfur and Somalia. Azeroual responded that while Morocco was concerned about the situation in both p [...] | 2007-02-12 18:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO MO |
07RABAT419 | GOM SAYS NIGER ASKS FOR HELP VS TERROR GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 20:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PTBS MOPS AL MO NG |
07RABAT964 | MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...] | 2007-06-07 08:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MO |
07RABAT965 | MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...] | 2007-06-07 08:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MO |
07RANGOON505 | EXCESSIVE AIRSPACE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Charge a.i conveyed reftel talking points to Kyaw Zeya, Deputy Director of MFA Consular and Legal Affairs Department, on May 30. Kyaw Zeya stressed that he did not have any direct knowledge of the November 22 airspace incident and that it did not reflect any change in Burmese policy. He surm [...] | 2007-05-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PHSA BM IN |
07REYKJAVIK154 | ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...] | 2007-05-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK233 | ICELAND SCENESETTER FOR EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING 07 AND [...] (C) Your visit and NORTHERN VIKING 07 come as Iceland's government gets back to work after summer vacation, with a new governing coalition for the first time in 12 years. The parliamentary election on May 12 strengthened Prime Minister Geir Haarde's mandate to govern. The new Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-08-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK247 | ICELAND: EXERCISE NORTHERN VIKING, [...] (C) Summary: Exercise NORTHERN VIKING 2007, held August 14-15, was the first defense exercise conducted under our commitments set out in the bilateral Joint Understanding of October 2006. The successful exercise brought new positive attention to the U.S. defense commitment to Iceland as [...] | 2007-08-27 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR PGOV RU IC |
07REYKJAVIK298 | ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...] | 2007-10-16 16:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC |
07RIGA165 | LATVIAN PLANS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Recent decisions by the UK and Denmark to draw down their troops in Iraq, and suggestions that Lithuania may do the same, have had little impact in Latvia. The GOL continues with its plan, developed last fall and extensively briefed to partners, to make the current rotation of com [...] | 2007-03-06 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID NATO IZ AF LG |
07RIGA290 | SCENESETTER FOR LATVIAN PRESIDENT VIKE-FREIBERGA'S [...] (C) Summary: Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will make her final official visit to Washington the week of April 30. In her eight years in office she has been a leader in securing democratic values in Latvia and bringing it into the EU and NATO, and a force in supporting others who wish [...] | 2007-04-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS LG |
07RIGA295 | LATVIAN WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW WAY [...] (C) The Latvians remain committed to the mission in Iraq and support the new way forward. However, they cannot extend their combat troops beyond their planned departure this summer but are willing to respond to our existing requests to provide headquarters, PRT, and training support. They hop [...] | 2007-04-25 08:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL IZ LG |
07RIGA309 | LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...] | 2007-05-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG |
07RIGA365 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS - LIMA TEXT: LATVIA OPPOSES [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered ref A points May 17 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Pelss acknowledged that he had not yet seen the draft Lima Text. However, he stated that the GOL "is not looking for a complete ban" on cluster munitions (CM),and tha [...] | 2007-05-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LG |
07RIGA409 | LATVIA WILL NOT PROVIDE UNAMI MIDDLE RING SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 15:16:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR KPKO UN IZ LG |
07RIGA410 | LATVIA HAS STRONG INTEREST IN ISAF OMLT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LG |
07RIGA521 | AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Only three days on the job, President Zatlers received Ambassador Bailey on July 11. The new President stressed his desire to continue strong bilateral relations with the US, as Latvia's strategic partner. The Ambassador reviewed the many areas of bilateral military, political, [...] | 2007-07-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS NATO LG |
07RIGA55 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Pabriks January 18 to discuss points in reftels on Afghanistan and Kosovo. Pabriks asserted that Latvia remained committed to sending additional troops to ISAF, although the Ministry of Defense was still working on when it would be possible to get additional [...] | 2007-01-22 06:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO YI AF LG |
07RIGA584 | POST SUPPORTS USAREUR G2 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL PTER LG |
07RIGA61 | HELPING LATVIA DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Ref A requests a full court press for Allied contributions to Afghanistan in advance of the January 26 ministerial. We are concerned that providing the Latvians a laundry list of initiatives where they might help will simply overwhelm them [...] | 2007-01-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID NATO AF LG |
07RIGA611 | LATVIA/AFGHANISTAN: CN PLAN AND TROUBLES WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MOPS AF LG |
07RIGA64 | (C) CLUSTER MUNITIONS: LATVIA CONSIDERS CCW BEST [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points January 23 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA, and Sanita Krumina, who works in the same division. Pelss responded that the GOL shares the USG's humanitarian concerns and also agrees that cluster munitions (CM) [...] | 2007-01-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO LG |
07RIGA658 | LATVIA LIKLEY TO ENGAGE ON GEORGIA AT SEP. 6 PC [...] (C) Pol/econ chief spoke with MFA Pol Dir Ilgvars Klava to encourage Latvia to speak at the September 6 OSCE PC in support of the report by independent experts in which Latvia participated. Klava said that he hadn't focused on the event yet, but agreed that Latvia and other contributors to the [...] | 2007-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OSCE GG RS LG |
07RIGA817 | LATVIAN LEGAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C/NF) We have previously discussed with the Latvian government the legal requirements for military deployments overseas in the context of the future of Kosovo. Senior MFA and MOD officials have affirmed to us that Latvia can deploy outside of Latvia in three situations: in a UNSC-mandated/au [...] | 2007-11-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ LG |
07RIGA865 | A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG |
07RIGA908 | LATVIA REMAINS ON BOARD REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia remains fully on board with a way forward on Kosovo based on the Ahtisaari plan. It has no problem with deploying the planned ESDP mission, although budget constraints may limit its participation. When the time comes, Latvia is prepared to recognize an independent Kosovo, [...] | 2007-12-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN YI LG |
07RIGA931 | LATVIAN PARLIAMENT EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV MOPS PREL IZ LG |
07RIYADH2382 | SAG DEMARCHED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS MOU [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Western Department Head Dr. Riyadh Krimley on December 1. Dr. Krimley said that he had heard of this agreement between the Government of Iraq and the USG in the media and was very pleased that the USG was officially sharing th [...] | 2007-12-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV SA |
07RIYADH289 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...] | 2007-02-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE |
07ROME1489 | ITALY MULLING ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Levant, Danielle Bosio and MOD Office of the Diplomatic Advisor Antonella Remia July 5. ODC also delivered the points to the Italian Defense General Staff. MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio told poloff July 6 that senior Leb [...] | 2007-07-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE IT |
07ROME162 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT |
07ROME1710 | ITALY AWAITS DETAILS ON BURUNDIAN NEEDS FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO IT |
07ROME1787 | ITALY ACCEPTS 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED AT SEA [...] (SBU) On August 20 Embassy Rome made an urgent request per Secstate 116313 for assistance with the 46 African migrants, rescued at sea by the U.S. Navy August 19 in international waters 60 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. The GOI decided late August 20 to take custody of the migrants, [...] | 2007-08-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT MOPS PHSA PHUM PREF SMIG LY TS IS MT |
07ROME194 | ITALY TO PUSH FOR CCW AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary: The GOI generally supports finding ways to limit the use of cluster munitions but does not believe the Oslo Conference is the appropriate venue for the discussion. Italy's center-left coalition government is sympathetic to multilateral efforts that appear to defend humanitarian p [...] | 2007-01-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT |
07ROME2096 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...] | 2007-09-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK |
07ROME2208 | ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...] | 2007-10-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT |
07ROME241 | ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS [...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...] | 2007-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT |
07ROME263 | ITALIAN NOMINEES FOR EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Rome nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) RADM (0-8) Mario Rino ME', Deputy Chief, 3rd Reparto (J-3/J-5 equivalent),[...] | 2007-02-08 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07ROME388 | ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...] | 2007-02-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT |
07ROME651 | FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...] | 2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO |
07ROME702 | ITALY: PM PRODI DISAPPOINTED BY U.S. COOLNESS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met for one hour April 4 with PM Prodi. Though paying lip service to our strong bilateral relationship, Prodi expressed disappointment that the U.S. government had not recognized the amount of political capital and effort he had spent on Afghan mission refinancing and ap [...] | 2007-04-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MAR MOPS SRYI UNSC |
07ROME711 | ITALIANS SEE SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) DFM Ugo Intini and MFA Iraq Task Force Director Amb. Gianludovico Martino traveled to Baghdad, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh April 2-3 to discuss political developments in Iraq. In Baghdad, the Italians noted that the majority of Iraqi interlocutors, while concerned about the continuing violence, b [...] | 2007-04-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT |
07ROME899 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Although Italy withdrew its troop presence from Iraq in late 2006, Italy remains a committed partner in the political and economic development of Iraq through its PRT presence in Dhi Qar and its participation in the Iraq Compact and NTM-I. Italian political realities make it h [...] | 2007-04-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MAS MOPS PTER IZ IT |
07SANAA1022 | SAADA: CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUND, BUT FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh used his May 22 Unity Day speech to announce a unilateral ceasefire for the day and once again call upon rebels in Saada to lay down their weapons in exchange for a dialogue. Meanwhile, Saleh dispatched the Minister of Religious Affairs and other clerics to Saad [...] | 2007-05-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM |
07SANAA1099 | DAS CARPENTER AND SALEH FOCUS ON FORUM FOR FUTURE [...] This is an action request; see paragraph five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Carpenter met with President Saleh on June 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future, which Sanaa will host this December, and U.S.-Yemeni relations, with a focus on assistance. The President also r [...] | 2007-06-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV LY IR YM |
07SANAA1117 | SAADA: MEDIA COVERAGE SUGGESTS HEAVY FIGHTING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Saada conflict enters its fifth month, and even though journalists have been barred from traveling to Saada since late January, government, independent and opposition Yemeni media outlets continue to report on daily fighting throughout the governorate between Houthi supporte [...] | 2007-06-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS YM |
07SANAA1133 | SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...] | 2007-06-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM |
07SANAA1414 | SAADA: CEASEFIRE FRAGILE, BUT HOLDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The security environment in Saada remains tense with continuing minor clashes, but the tenuous ceasefire is holding and there have been no reports of major fighting. Qatar's recall of its delegation from the Saada ceasefire implementation committee is a major step backwards. I [...] | 2007-07-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV YM |
07SANAA212 | SOMALIA: YEMEN READY TO RECEIVE SHEIKH SHARIF, BUT [...] (C) Ambassador called on Yemeni FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi on February 4 in order to deliver reftel demarche points, to which Qirbi replied that the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) continues to urge the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to conduct an inclusive political dialogue. He [...] | 2007-02-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM SO YE |
07SANAA221 | SAADA: CASUALTIES MOUNT, SALEH PREPARES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Casualties continue to mount since the third round of fighting in Saada erupted on January 27. Government sources report that at least 42 soldiers have been killed and another 81 wounded, while casualties among the al-Houthi rebels are unknown. Military officials have confirmed [...] | 2007-02-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR YM |
07SANAA226 | ZAYDI SHI'IS, THE AL HOUTHIS, AND SUNNIS: WHAT IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third outbreak of major clashes between al-Houthi insurgents and the Yemeni regime has once again brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi (Shia) population. Misunderstanding about Yemeni Zaydi practices and beliefs have led some in the regional and international com [...] | 2007-02-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINR PREL YM |
07SANAA243 | SAADA: PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR WAR, BUT OVER WHAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a closed session on February 10, Parliament voted to authorize President Saleh to use military force against al-Houthi insurrectionists in Saada. Opposition party leaders have kept a low-profile in public, but indicated privately that their parties voted overwhelmingly agains [...] | 2007-02-12 10:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM |
07SANAA285 | SAADA: FIGHTING INTENSIFIES WITH TROOP SURGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting in Saada intensified over the past week as ROYG troop deployments in Saada doubled to nearly 15,000. Estimates of troops killed in ambushes and direct attacks on military installations are between 50 and 100, with at least 200 injured. Casualties among the al-Houthis [...] | 2007-02-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINR PREL YM |
07SANAA289 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR QADERI AND [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Lt. Zaki Abdo Abdullah QADERI, Yemen Navy Lt. Mohammed Ali Saleh GARALLAH, Yemen Special Operatio [...] | 2007-02-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA296 | YEMENIS REVIEW REGIONAL ISSUES WITH CODEL REYES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings on February 19, President Saleh and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi reviewed for visiting CODEL Reyes Yemen's views on Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan. The Yemenis expressed support for the USG's approach in Somalia, voiced grave concern over Iran's [...] | 2007-02-26 06:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO YE |
07SANAA297 | (C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...] | 2007-02-26 06:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE |
07SANAA300 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL ASADI FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Ahmed Ali Saleh AL ASADI, Yemen Air Force, DOB: 01 Feb 1964 2. Additionally the follow [...] | 2007-02-26 11:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA322 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR CSF-CTU MEMBERS [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following members of the Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) and Republican [...] | 2007-03-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA323 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR OSAMAH [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Osamah Mohammed Abdurabu Mohammed, Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit, DOB: 15 [...] | 2007-03-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA390 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SABRAH FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: SABRAH, Faisal Mohammed Nasser, Colonel, Presidential Guard DOB: 01 January 1964, Passport: 01061 [...] | 2007-03-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA395 | SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...] | 2007-03-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM |
07SANAA420 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR RAZEHI FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: RAZEHI, Ebrahim Mohammed Qaid, First Lieutenant, Yemen Air Force DOB: 15 August 1980, Passport: [...] | 2007-03-21 07:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM MOPS |
07SANAA451 | SOMALIA'S SHEIKH SHARIF READY FOR DIALOGUE, BUT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met with former Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on March 26, under the auspices of the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sharif and former CIC foreign minister Ibrahim Adou, who joined him in the meeting, stated that the CIC h [...] | 2007-03-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO YM |
07SANAA454 | SUPPORTING YEMEN'S REQUEST FOR ARMORED VEHICLES [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) As reflected in reftels, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has formally requested from the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates the expeditious transfer of several hundr [...] | 2007-03-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MASS YM |
07SANAA882 | (S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM |
07SANAA907 | SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...] | 2007-05-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
07SANJOSE427 | EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES WAIVER FOR COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose strongly recommends a national interest waiver of ASPA restrictions against Excess Defense Articles (EDA) for Costa Rica. The waiver will significantly enhance Costa Rica's maritime patrol capability and build on record seizures in Costa Rican waters during 20 [...] | 2007-03-05 20:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SNAR CS |
07SANSALVADOR10 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...] | 2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR102 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran Air Force officer for participation in the Pilot Instrument Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, Texas; [...] | 2007-01-22 19:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1020 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Patrol Craft Propulsion Course, Naval Small Craft Instruction, and Technical Training School, to be held at Stennis Spa [...] | 2007-05-25 15:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR103 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to attend the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA to start on January 24, 2007. CPT [...] | 2007-01-22 20:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR105 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and Ministry of Defense civilian employees for participation in the Combat Stress Mobile Education Team (MET),scheduled to take place in San S [...] | 2007-01-22 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1070 | EL SALVADOR: DAS COULTER VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Military Bureau's Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter visited El Salvador May 7-8 to hold bilateral discussions with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. He also made a speech to the Salvadoran Armed Forces' equivalent to the War College, had dinn [...] | 2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER ES |
07SANSALVADOR11 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...] | 2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1103 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and soldiers to participate in five separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Reaction Team Certification Course, In [...] | 2007-06-04 22:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1151 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records for a Salvadoran civilian for participation in the Counterterrorism Senior Executive Seminar, to be held at the Marshall Center, Germany; scheduled for August 18 -30, [...] | 2007-06-11 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR12 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georgia scheduled for Jan. 15, 2007 -- Ja [...] | 2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1208 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Instructors Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for July 2-25, 2007. CPT Campos Bonilla, Hugo Alexande [...] | 2007-06-21 22:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR126 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and civiliams to participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, San Salvador scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. C [...] | 2007-01-25 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1341 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 3 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the third of three cables and [...] | 2007-07-11 22:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1342 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 2 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the second of three cables an [...] | 2007-07-11 22:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1343 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 1 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the first of three cables and [...] | 2007-07-11 22:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1374 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in course on Civil Military Relations, to be held at the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning [...] | 2007-07-13 21:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1375 | EL SALVADOR: CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) I am writing in support of the following three 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The three proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to move [...] | 2007-07-13 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES |
07SANSALVADOR139 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. POST REQUESTS DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF SALVADORAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE J-85 TECHNICIAN COURSE, TO BE HELD AT THE INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, SCHEDULED F [...] | 2007-01-26 18:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR140 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran sailor for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for February 22, 2 [...] | 2007-01-26 18:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR146 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course at the Western Hemisphere Institution for Security Cooperation (WHISC) at Fort Be [...] | 2007-01-26 19:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR148 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on or about January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty in support of coalition for [...] | 2007-01-29 15:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1512 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran anti-narcotics officer (PNC/DAN) nominated to participate in the Counter Narcotics Terrorism Course, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperatio [...] | 2007-08-08 21:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1530 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Leadership Mobile Education, San Salvador, scheduled for September 12 - 14, 2007. COL VELASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, HUGO [...] | 2007-08-09 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1532 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Panamax Exercise, Panama, scheduled for August 21 - September 8, 2007. LTC ARAUZ NAVAS, JUAN ARMANDO 2ND INFAN [...] | 2007-08-09 22:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1540 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participate in the Patient Administration Course, Army Medical Department Center, San Antonio, TX, scheduled for September 13 - October 25, 2 [...] | 2007-08-10 15:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR1541 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of the following Salvadoran officer to participate in the International Maritime Officer Course, Yorktown, VA, scheduled for September 5 - December 7, 2007. 1LT L [...] | 2007-08-10 16:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR156 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) training to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for February 6 -13, 2007. CPT XXXXXXXX [...] | 2007-01-29 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR206 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Irregular Challenges Workshop to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 13 - 15, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXX [...] | 2007-02-06 20:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR21 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the NCO Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for Janua [...] | 2007-01-05 13:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR219 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran soldier for participation in U.S.-funded Military Academy training to be held at Colombia's National Military Academy in Bogota, Colombia, scheduled for [...] | 2007-02-08 19:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR220 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Supply/Warehouse Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas, scheduled for March 3 [...] | 2007-02-08 21:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR2229 | EL SALVADOR: THE CASE FOR MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY [...] (C/NF) Introduction: The government of El Salvador (GOES) has evolved into a major U.S. partner in Latin America and beyond. U.S.-Salvadoran cooperation extends across a broad spectrum, encompassing defense, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement, as well as regional, multilateral, and trade [...] | 2007-11-05 22:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES MARR MOPS PREL |
07SANSALVADOR2249 | EL SALVADOR: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) As requested reftel, we provide the following assessment of the political and legal challenges El Salvador would face in order to deploy troops to Iraq in 2009 without the umbrella of a United Nations (UN) Chapter VII mandate. 2. (C) The government of El Salvador (GOES) has maintained a [...] | 2007-11-07 18:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES MARR MOPS PREL |
07SANSALVADOR2297 | EL SALVADOR: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND POLICY SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. Navy ship visit to El Salvador under the auspices of the upcoming commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet circumnavigating the globe would offer Embassy San Salvador significant public diplomacy and policy support opportunities. As such, mission hop [...] | 2007-11-19 16:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KPAO MASS MOPS PREL |
07SANSALVADOR2363 | EL SALVADOR: US-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 15:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ES IZ MARR MOPS |
07SANSALVADOR275 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran naval officer for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for Februar [...] | 2007-02-16 19:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR278 | EL SALVADOR SIGNS GSOMIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 19:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS ES PREL PINR |
07SANSALVADOR291 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for February 28 - March 23, 2007. MAJ [...] | 2007-02-16 21:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR327 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Civil Military Relations Seminar, San Salvador scheduled for March 20 -22, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXXX ILOPANGO AIR [...] | 2007-02-22 21:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR328 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Ground Defense Course, Inter American Air Force Academy, San Antonio, TX scheduled for March 10 - May 9, 2007. 1LT XX [...] | 2007-02-23 15:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR379 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran military and police officers for participation in the for Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) Logistics Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala, scheduled for [...] | 2007-03-01 15:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR394 | EL SALVADOR AGREES TO SOFA [...] (SBU) The Saca administration communicated to the Embassy late February 28 that the GOES would agree to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) text without further changes. On March 1, the administration presented the Agreement in the Legislative Assembly, where it passed by a vote o [...] | 2007-03-01 22:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR489 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Engineers Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, Ge [...] | 2007-03-14 22:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR49 | EL SALVADOR'S PROPOSED CHANGES FOR SOFA [...] (C) Presidential Legal Adviser Luis Mario Rodriguez sent the Embassy a formal request for proposed changes to the Status of Forces Agreement (ref A) on January 11, 2006. The proposed changes are as follows: --Suggests (though does formally propose) striking the paragraph that reads, "The [...] | 2007-01-11 21:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR552 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the Non Commisssioned Development Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georg [...] | 2007-03-22 21:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR562 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran airman to participate in the Aircraft Pneumatics/Hydraulics Systems Technicians Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, San Antonio [...] | 2007-03-26 22:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR579 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for April 23-27, 2007. COL ORELLANA CALIDON [...] | 2007-03-28 17:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR58 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, to be held in La Union, El Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. ENSIGN [...] | 2007-01-12 17:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR59 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. [...] | 2007-01-12 17:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR60 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Maritime Law Enforcement program, La Union scheduled for Feb. 10-25, 2007. AGENT XXXXXXXXXXXX DIVISION ANTINARCOT [...] | 2007-01-12 17:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR65 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Pilot Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (San Antonio, Texas),scheduled for Februa [...] | 2007-01-17 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR655 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. International Maritime Course, Yorktown, Virginia; schedule [...] | 2007-04-10 20:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR669 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Intelligence Course to be held at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC),Fort Benning, GA, [...] | 2007-04-11 21:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR670 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course to be held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; scheduled for May 4, 200 [...] | 2007-04-11 21:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR680 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Regional Counterterrorism Seminar, to be held in San Salvador; scheduled for April 23 - 27, 2007. COL ARGUMEDO NA [...] | 2007-04-12 20:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR715 | EL SALVADOR FINAL SOFA DOCUMENTATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 21:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR739 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the following course to be held in the United States: Naval Staff College Course, Naval Staff College, Newport, RI June [...] | 2007-04-19 23:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR802 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in the National Defense University Course, Fort Leslie McNair, Washington DC scheduled for June 11 - 12, 2007. CPT Calderon [...] | 2007-04-26 21:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR82 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Acquisition Course, to be held in Huntsville, AL, scheduled for March 12, 2007 - May 25, 2007. Ms. Urquilla, Alb [...] | 2007-01-18 19:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR822 | EL SALVADOR TO STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) In recent months post has raised points similar to those contained in reftel A, encouraging the GOES to maintain its presence in Iraq with at least the continued deployment of the current composition of the Cuscatlan Battalion. Though the negotiations with the Legislative Assembly in late [...] | 2007-04-30 22:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ ES |
07SANSALVADOR839 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and civilians to participate in the following training. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlbert Field, FL June 2 - 15, 2007 1LT Solis [...] | 2007-05-03 22:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR852 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Command and General Staff College, to be held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, scheduled for June 22, 2007 - June 15, 2008. [...] | 2007-05-04 19:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR938 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in six separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Command and General Staff Course, Western Hemisphere Ins [...] | 2007-05-15 19:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR94 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. CAPTAIN XXXXXXXXXXXX DPOB: N [...] | 2007-01-19 21:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR941 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in the Interagency Counterterrorism Course, to be held at Fort Leslie McNair, Washington, DC; scheduled for June 3-23,2007. [...] | 2007-05-15 21:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR951 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in three separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Counterterrorism Course, Hurlburt Field, FL Ju [...] | 2007-05-16 15:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANSALVADOR978 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in two separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Counternarcotics and Counterterrorism Course Western Hem [...] | 2007-05-18 21:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
07SANTIAGO530 | PLANNING FOR SCI2007JCET330W MOVING FORWARD, ADVON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Deployment in Chile of the advance elements for Joint Combined Exercise Training (JCET) SCI2007JCET330W is set to begin on April 9. Deployment of advance elements, munitions and weapons for the exercise will continue throug [...] | 2007-04-02 21:48:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL CI |
07SANTIAGO75 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAITI, SOFA, THE ICC AND [...] Summary: (C) Minister of Defense Vivianne Blanlot told the Ambassador January 10 that Chile wanted to see Haiti progress to a point where MINUSTAH'S withdrawal would not initiate a "backslide to ground zero." Chile, along with Argentina and Brazil, were looking for an international commitmen [...] | 2007-01-12 21:30:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV MOPS ETRD CI |
07SANTODOMINGO355 | U/S EDELMAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On February 2, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, DEA Chief of Operations Michael Braun, Commander of U.S. Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hathaway, Ambassador Hans Hertell and other U.S. civilian and militar [...] | 2007-02-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL KCRM SNAR HA VE DR |
07SANTODOMINGO586 | AWAITING DOMINICAN RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS SENV DR |
07SANTODOMINGO817 | DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES REQUEST FOR BLANKET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS SENV DR |
07SARAJEVO230 | BOSNIA - PROSECUTOR TO OPEN INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 31, we formally requested that the State Prosecutor and State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) open a full investigation of USG-funded humanitarian demining programs (Ref A). Both organizations pledged to conduct a thorough investigation separate from the [...] | 2007-01-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI |
07SARAJEVO2369 | BOSNIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK IZ MARR MOPS PREL |
07SARAJEVO369 | BOSNIAN DEMINING INVESTIGATION UPDATE: [...] (S/NF) In consultations regarding investigations into allegations of misconduct by organizations involved in demining, State Prosecutor Jurcevic and SIPA officials informed us that they would begin investigatory work shortly. Both organizations again pledged to undertake a thorough and comp [...] | 2007-02-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI |
07SARAJEVO804 | BOSNIA DEMINING: PROSECUTOR REQUESTS QSI REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. After briefings from the Quality Solutions International (QSI) team on their recent assessment of demining operations in Bosnia, post believes the report highlights the importance of changing our demining operating pr [...] | 2007-04-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI |
07SARAJEVO84 | BOSNIA SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ STRATEGY, SEEKS [...] (C) Chairman of the Tri-Presidency Nebojsha Radmanovic told CDA that Bosnia was supportive of the new Iraq strategy, and noted Bosnia's continued support for Global War on Terror (GWOT) activities. Radmanovic cited the deployment of Bosnia's explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) units to Iraq as [...] | 2007-01-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL BK IZ |
07SARAJEVO931 | BOSNIA BEHIND CONTINUED COALITION PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ |
07SARAJEVO932 | BOSNIA: NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO ATTEND [...] (SBU) Newly-installed Bosnian Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic, along with Deputy Defense Minister Igor Crnadak and Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces' Operational Command BG Mirko Tepsic, will attend the Coalition Conference in Tampa, Florida April 30-May 2. Cikotic, who assumed his duties [...] | 2007-04-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER BK IZ |
07SEOUL1551 | ROKG WILL NOT ATTEND LIMA MEETING ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim said that the ROKG position on cluster munitions (CM) had not changed since the April 24 bilateral discussions with Acting DAS Frank Ruggier [...] | 2007-05-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL MOPS KS |
07SEOUL173 | MOFAT PROTESTS GENERAL BELL'S PUBLIC REMARKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the acting DCM, MOFAT Director General for North American Affairs Cho Byong-jae expressed a strong protest about two aspects of the public remarks General Bell had delivered at the Seoul Foreign Correspondent's Club earlier in the day. The first prob [...] | 2007-01-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KN KS |
07SEOUL1826 | MOFAT EQUIVOCAL ABOUT CONTINUING THE ROK PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary. In a June 7 meeting, DoS and OSD representatives presented the ROKG with a proposed course of action for the ROK's continued presence in Afghanistan beyond 2007. In response, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs (MOFAT) North America III Division Director Lee Jeong-kyu acknowl [...] | 2007-06-15 04:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS |
07SEOUL1845 | ROKG SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (S) On June 19, Hong Sa Won Hwi of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade delivered the ROKG response to reftel demarche. Hong said that he fully sympathizes with U.S. concerns over the SCO's recent movement in military and political affairs. To this end, [...] | 2007-06-19 02:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KS MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL ZK |
07SEOUL185 | GENERAL BELL MEETS KOREAN NSC POLICY CHIEF BAEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17, 2007, General Burwell B. Bell, Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on Dr. Baek Jong-chon, the recently appointed Unification, Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Chief of the Presidential Secretariat and head of South Korea's National Security SIPD [...] | 2007-01-22 05:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV KS |
07SEOUL2146 | AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...] | 2007-07-18 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS |
07SEOUL2157 | AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ: WHAT THE ROK WILL/WON'T DO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae conveyed the following ROKG decisions to POLMC regarding South Korea's planned 2008 role in Iraq and Afghanistan. -- The ROK will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2007. -- In place of those troops, the R [...] | 2007-07-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER PREL AF IZ KS |
07SEOUL219 | ROKG SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) On January 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Hye-jin of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim said that the Republic of Korea (ROK) agreed that any discus [...] | 2007-01-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL KS |
07SEOUL2337 | ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda of meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David S. Sedney during his SIPDIS orientation trip to the ROK on August 2. ROKG officials in the Ministry fo Froiegn Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry [...] | 2007-08-04 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2368 | ROK EMPHASIZES AFGHANISTAN HOSTAGE CRISIS DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current hostage crisis in Afghanistan dominated the agenda at meetings Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney had with several ROK officials on August 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Ministry of National Defense (MND),and Blue House's Nati [...] | 2007-08-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2444 | MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON [...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...] | 2007-08-14 10:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2445 | MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER PARK TO TAKE LEAD ON [...] (C) On August 14, Park In-kook, Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations at MOFAT, met with the Charge d'Affaires to inform him he would be leaving the next day for Afghanistan where he would take over as lead official for the South Korean government's handling of th [...] | 2007-08-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2574 | ROK OPTIMISTIC TALIBAN WILL RELEASE KOREAN [...] (S) The Ambassador was called in to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) late in the day on August 27 to receive an upbeat report on the status of the Korean hostage negotiations in Afghanistan. Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Shim Yoon-joe, who was serving as acting forei [...] | 2007-08-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR MARR MOPS KS AF |
07SEOUL2653 | HOSTAGES AND RAMIFICATIONS ARE COMING HOME TO KOREA [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 30, all of the remaining Korean hostages held by their Taliban captors in Afghanistan were turned over to the International Committee of the Red Crescent in Ghazni. Out of the 23 Koreans kidnapped by the Taliban, two were killed, two were released on August 13, and th [...] | 2007-08-31 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR MOPS AF KS |
07SEOUL2842 | AFGHANISTAN: HOSTAGE CRISIS DOES NOT AFFECT ROKG [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On September 17, Cho Byung-Jae, Director General for North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Pol M/C that the ROKG had decided to move forward with its pre-ROK hostage crisis pla [...] | 2007-09-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PGOV MASS KS AF IZ |
07SEOUL3385 | ROKG BRIEFS U.S. OFFICIALS IN ADVANCE OF N-S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26 the U.S.- ROK Senior Working Group, consisting of representatives from MOFAT, MND, UNC/CFC/USFK and the Embassy, met for a briefing on the ROK strategy for the November 27-29 North-South Defense Ministerial. The briefing conducted by BG Moon Sung-mook of MND's No [...] | 2007-11-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PARM PREL MNUC KN KS |
07SEOUL3438 | SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL HAWK SALE TO SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is Post's assessment that the Republic of Korea's acquisition of the Global Hawk system is essential to U.S. interests and to the maintenance of the ROK-U.S. Alliance in the years ahead. Key to the success of the Alliance for more than five decades has been our ability to ma [...] | 2007-12-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MOPS KS KN |
07SEOUL3573 | ROKG REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF USG POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On December 17, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Park Jee-won of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Park confirmed that the ROKG considers cluster munitions to be of significant continued military utility and is conce [...] | 2007-12-19 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL MARR KS |
07SEOUL450 | MND VM KIM BOASTS PROGRESS ON YONGSAN RELOCATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, ROK Vice Minister of National Defense, Kim Young-lyong, told the Ambassador that forward progress was being made on implementation of the Yongsan Relocation Plan (YRP). He said Minister of National Defense Kim Jang-soo had made implementation of YRP a priority, [...] | 2007-02-14 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KS |
07SEOUL793 | ROK INQUIRIES ON PRT LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) In a March 16 meeting with Director General for North American Affairs Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Cho Byung-jae, POL M/C raised the issue of ROKG plans to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. C [...] | 2007-03-19 09:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS |
07SEOUL912 | VICTIMS' ORGANIZATION REQUESTS U.S. JOIN EFFORT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Shin Sung-won, Director of North America Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) informed Embassy that the Republic of Korea (ROK) will finance a USD 200,000 task force under the Special Law to Restore the Reputat [...] | 2007-03-29 05:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PREL MOPS |
07SEOUL973 | ROKG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH NATO TRANSITION IN [...] (C) On April 2, POL-MIL Chief met with Lee Jeong-kyu, Director of North America Division III of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) to discuss ROKG concerns over additional NATO requirements for the transition of ROK troops to NATO/ International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) [...] | 2007-04-03 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PARM PREL MARR MOPS |
07SEOUL98 | PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY ADDRESS: ROK REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: During a previously scheduled luncheon for new Vice Foreign Minister Cho Jung-pyo, the Ambassador reinforced the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy, emphasizing the President's appreciation for the contributions made by the ROK troops in Iraq. VFM Cho said that [...] | 2007-01-11 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS |
07SINGAPORE118 | SINGAPORE SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S IRAQ POLICY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Herbold briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Peter Ho on the elements of the President's new Iraq strategy on January 17, and thanked Singapore for its continuing support in Iraq (reftel). Peter Ho told the Ambassador that Singapore strongly supports our Iraq policy and that it wou [...] | 2007-01-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR IZ SN |
07SINGAPORE1591 | AFGHANISTAN PRT: NO SINGAPORE COMBAT FORCES, BUT [...] (C) Singapore will not send combat personnel to Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Afghanistan, MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan told EAP DAS Scot Marciel and the Ambassador during an August 24 meeting. It would be "politically impossible" to do so, Kausikan asserted. [...] | 2007-08-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF SN |
07SINGAPORE1881 | SINGAPORE RESPONSE TO MNF-I COALITION CONFERENCE [...] (U) We delivered reftel invitation for Government of Singapore representatives to attend the upcoming MultiNational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) Coalition Conference in Bahrain to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 5. The MFA advised today that a representative of the Ministry of Defense will at [...] | 2007-10-10 10:36:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL SN |
07SKOPJE135 | MACEDONIAN NOMINEES FOR MARCH CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PROP PTER PINS EAID NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07SKOPJE335 | MACEDONIA WILL MAINTAIN TROOP SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV IQ MK |
07SKOPJE38 | MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ MK |
07SKOPJE922 | MACEDONIA: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MK IZ |
07SKOPJE938 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DOUBLING OF TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MASS MK IZ |
07SOFIA105 | BULGARIA: DEMARCHE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO BU |
07SOFIA114 | BULGARIA LEANS FORWARD ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador January 25 that Bulgaria had lifted its caveat regarding night operations in Afghanistan, and that there was political will to lift at least some caveats pending receipt of additional training and equipment. The government expects parl [...] | 2007-01-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO MARR CVIS IZ AF SR BU |
07SOFIA12 | BULGARIA READY TO EXTEND IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) In a January 5 meeting, Ministry of Defense International Cooperation Director Yordan Bozhilov officially informed Charge and Defense Attache of Bulgaria's readiness to extend for an additional year its mission at Camp Ashraf - [...] | 2007-01-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ BU |
07SOFIA1287 | CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ DIFFICULT WITHOUT [...] (S) Summary. Bulgaria's ruling coalition supports the deployment of 155 servicemembers to Iraq and is mulling the deployment of an additional 40 engineers, but it has consistently stated that it views a UNSCR as a politically necessary to continue its deployments. Given over 70 percent publ [...] | 2007-11-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | PGOV MOPS MARR BU IZ |
07SOFIA1342 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 18:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ BG |
07SOFIA1397 | YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin comes to Washington as Bulgaria's coalition government faces some key foreign and security policy decisions, including Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, and Russian energy deals. President Putin will visit Sofia on January 17-18 to kick off the "Year of Russi [...] | 2007-12-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS MARR RU KV AF IZ BU |
07SOFIA160 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 7 to Zlatin Krystev of the MFA NATO Directorate and Anri Georgiev of the MoD International Cooperation directorate. As reported in reftel B, Bulgaria has announced deployment of an additional mechanized infantry company to Afghanistan and has lift [...] | 2007-02-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF BU |
07SOFIA163 | BULGARIA: NOMINEES FOR MARCH 26-27 INSURGENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINS PROP KISL MARR MOPS EAID NATO |
07SOFIA204 | BULGARIA: MOD CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 15 meeting, MoD Defense Policy Director Col. Ivan Milanov gave a readout of Bulgaria's discussions at the Seville Ministerial and outlined Bulgaria's plans for future deployments to Afghanistan. In addition to Bulgaria's previously announced commitment to deploy a m [...] | 2007-02-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF BU |
07SOFIA224 | BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...] | 2007-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA268 | BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...] | 2007-02-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA344 | BULGARIA: DIP NOTE ON IRAQ EXTENSION [...] This is an action request -- please see paragraph 2. 2. On March 7, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA notifying us of the National Assembly's ratification of Bulgaria's decision to extend its military mission in Camp Ashraf. We would appreciate Department assistance in providing [...] | 2007-03-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BU |
07SOFIA366 | BULGARIA: GOVT VOTES TO TRIPLE DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (SBU) In a decision discussed on March 14 and signed on March 16, the Council of Ministers formally approved two separate deployments in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. This decision is binding and does not require parliamentary approval. The first deployment will consist of 120 s [...] | 2007-03-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF BU |
07SOFIA87 | BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...] | 2007-01-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA985 | BULGARIA: MFA DOWN BEAT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On August 9, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points and a copy of the new Afghanistan Counter-Narcotics Strategy to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Ivan Petkov. Petkov expressed the difficulties of weaning Afghan farmers off opium poppies. He said Bulgaria, partnering with Germany, had impo [...] | 2007-08-10 08:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF BU |
07STATE103146 | DEMARCHE: WORKING WITH THE FRENCH IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Paris to convey to French government officials the USG support for Foreign Minister Kouchner's plan to deploy a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) bridging mission in Eastern Chad and to explore what types of assistance the French might need and desire [...] | 2007-07-25 16:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
07STATE129674 | LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by any of the Iraqi Security Forces personnel listed reftel and below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incid [...] | 2007-09-14 18:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE131586 | CENTCOM CONFERENCE PROPOSED LOCATION [...] (C) CENTCOM is proposing Bahrain as the location for the next Iraq Coalition Conference at the end of October. Bahrain is the preferred site due to its central location in the Middle East, NAVCENT's facilities, and the country's ability to support the event with increased force protection. E [...] | 2007-09-18 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ BA |
07STATE136461 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed reftel and below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incident [...] | 2007-09-27 15:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE137352 | IRAQ ALLIES AMBASSADORS' MEETING - SEPTEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 18, Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed diplomats from non-troop-contributing allies. Amb. Satterfield underscored key themes from Amb. Crocker's congressional testimony the previous week. I [...] | 2007-09-28 18:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY |
07STATE138402 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO |
07STATE138413 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP FRIED DAN UNGA PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR KPKO NL |
07STATE144626 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which co [...] | 2007-10-16 15:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE146301 | GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 19 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMI [...] (SBU) USUN is instructed to draw from the following text in its statement at the October 19 UNSC open debate on UNAMI and MNF-I: -- It is my pleasure to report today on behalf of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),as requested by UN Security Council resolutions 1546, 1637, and 1723. I [...] | 2007-10-19 00:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
07STATE149187 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR OCT 2007 UK PARTNERS MTG [...] (U) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in the Oct 26 UK Partners Meeting, a quarterly event the UK hosts to bring together the UK's partners in its sector in Iraq, Multi-National Division South East (MND-SE). The U.S., along with [...] | 2007-10-26 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK |
07STATE149873 | NETHERLANDS: PROGRESS ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] This is an action request -- see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. Ref A reported delivery to the MFA Legal Department of a new draft text for a long-term SOFA provided by Ref B. The USG is seeking a long-term SOFA with the Netherlands that would cover U.S. forces present in the Netherlands Antilles [...] | 2007-10-29 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MARR MASS MOPS NL XL NT |
07STATE152021 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much time [...] | 2007-11-02 15:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE152302 | INSTRUCTIONS (PART ONE) FOR THE RESOLUTION ON [...] This is an Action request. USUN is instructed to join in co-sponsoring and vote in favor of the resolution on The Situation in Afghanistan, begun in para 2, to be debated in the UN General Assembly on Monday, November 5. Because of the length of the resolution text, the Department is sending [...] | 2007-11-03 02:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MOPS AF UN |
07STATE153352 | ESTABLISHING A NORTHERN GROUND LINE OF [...] (U) This is an information cable for addressee posts and offers a basis for internal embassy discussion before a Request for Information (RFI) is released to the private sector. 2. (C//REL NATO) SUMMARY: US forces in Afghanistan are eighty-five percent dependent on supplies moved through [...] | 2007-11-06 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS AMGT AFIN BCXP ECON PGOV ZK |
07STATE153704 | KUDOS FOR JAPANESE EMBASSY AND CONSULATE REPORTING [...] (U) We in Washington would like to take this opportunity to thank reporting officers in the Embassy and consulates for the hard work that you put into keeping us informed of important developments in Japan. From your daily press reports to your front channel cables, from periodic e-mails to J [...] | 2007-11-07 20:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV MOPS PGOV PREL JA |
07STATE154483 | GUIDANCE: NTM-I MISSION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Washington is concerned with the NATO Policy Coordination Group's (PCG) cover letter and its brief overview of the Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). Washington instructs USNATO to stress at all NATO NTM-I discussions and meet [...] | 2007-11-09 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS IZ |
07STATE158849 | LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Reftel notes that the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) has notified post by diplomatic note that it will not renew the blanket overflight and clearance request number 999c, which will expire November 30. [...] | 2007-11-21 02:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | US EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS PREL TX |
07STATE162190 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights as of this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Note that if, at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which [...] | 2007-11-30 20:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE163406 | DEMARCHE TO SYG STAFF ON CCW [...] The Department instructs USUN to demarche the Secretary General's staff at the appropriate level regarding the Secretary General's statement at the opening of the 2007 SIPDIS Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva. The stat [...] | 2007-12-05 03:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MOPS PARM PREL AORC OTRA |
07STATE163919 | RESPONSE TO U.S. HELICOPTER SUPPORT REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MARR MOPS PREL TU |
07STATE163970 | LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FM VERHAGEN ON [...] Please deliver the following message from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Verhagen as soon as possible. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin Text: Dear Mr. Minister: Thank you for your November 30 letter informing me of the Dutch government's decision to renew the Netherland [...] | 2007-12-05 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PARM MOPS NL |
07STATE165954 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] In response to ref A, Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights as of this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed in paragraph 2 below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information [...] | 2007-12-11 22:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE1686 | IRAQ: CONSULTATIONS ON AND ROLLOUT OF POLICY [...] (SBU) Beginning Friday, January 5, President Bush and the Secretary will be consulting members of Congress on the USG's Iraq policy; the White House will consult select international partners prior to an announcement. However, no posts will be asked to pre-brief the policy; guidance will be se [...] | 2007-01-06 18:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ |
07STATE169783 | INTERIM INTERAGENCY COUNTERINSURGENCY GUIDE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, over a nine month period the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM) has led an interagency team composed of representatives from ni [...] | 2007-12-21 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MOPS EAID PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07STATE170488 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be cred [...] | 2007-12-27 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE170492 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be cred [...] | 2007-12-27 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
07STATE18300 | COMMUNIQUE OF FEBRUARY 9 INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met on February 9 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer and Norwegian Ambassador Kjell Harald Dalen. Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe hosted the ICG meeting. Details of the meeting will follow se [...] | 2007-02-13 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS EAID PGOV PTER SO |
07STATE23655 | U.S. RESPONSE TO GEORGIAN OFFER OF ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request for February 27. Please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) Per refs A and B, President Saakashvili has decided to offer a 2,514-strong infantry brigade (including three infantry battalions and logistical support) for deployment to [...] | 2007-02-27 00:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GG IZ |
07STATE25138 | RE: REMOVING THE URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 23:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ KNNP MOPS PARM PREL |
07STATE26759 | GUIDANCE ON DRAFT INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: (C) A review by representatives of several agencies indicates some areas of confusion and potential problems with Iraq's draft Intelligence and National Security Law. These issues include unclear definitions, ill-defined parameters of responsibility, and overly-restrictive regula [...] | 2007-03-02 22:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PTER |
07STATE3592 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE ON PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS [...] Department requests Ambassadors reinforce the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy with the highest levels in the host governments on Thursday January 11. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department instructs posts to pursue the following objectives: --Drawing on the backgrou [...] | 2007-01-11 03:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ |
07STATE38563 | GUIDANCE FOR LONDON AND WARSAW IRAQ CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Department instructs an interagency delegation led by NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Amb. Lawrence Butler to participate in the March 29 UK Partners meeting and in bilateral talks with Poland on March 30. For Poland, reftel guidance from bilateral talks in August remain valid to ensure Pol [...] | 2007-03-27 01:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ RO LH |
07STATE39302 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in Obstetrics, Medical Health and Hygiene training at the [...] | 2007-03-27 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE40511 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and 767 simulation training at Boeing Comp [...] | 2007-03-29 15:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE47268 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who have been selected to participate in English language and Sargents Major training at Lackland A [...] | 2007-04-10 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE59324 | CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] (U) Please respond to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007) on the crew list issue with the text below. 2. (U) Begin Text: (Complimentary Opening) and acknowledges receipt of the Ministry's Note no. 794/JS/AMS/2007 dated April 11, 2007 which reads [...] | 2007-05-02 19:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KREC KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV IN |
07STATE60867 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in senior executive course training at the Asia Pacific Center [...] | 2007-05-04 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE60872 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in the Patriot Air Defense System Technician Warrant Officer Ba [...] | 2007-05-04 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE62354 | IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - APRIL 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on April 30. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the challenges faced by Iraq in advance of the launch of the International Compact with [...] | 2007-05-08 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR IZ MOPS PREL EAID SY |
07STATE64903 | SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] As requested reftel, the Department has reviwed its files and finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual named in paragraph 2, below, as of this date, who has been selected to participate in U.S.-sponsored training at the National War College at Fort M [...] | 2007-05-11 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM |
07STATE72784 | IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - MAY 17, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on May 17. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the successful launching event of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and the subse [...] | 2007-05-25 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY |
07STATE75561 | SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...] | 2007-06-01 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO |
07STATE81232 | EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INSURGENCY OPENS DIALOGUE; [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: As part of the U.S. Government Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, the State Department collaborated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) to deliver a European conference on [...] | 2007-06-11 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS EAID EUN PGOV PINS PREL PTER PROP |
07STATE90284 | KOSOVO: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Action addressees are requested to deliver the U.S. non-paper contained in paragraph 3 below to Quint Foreign and Defense Ministries, to NATO and EU staffs and to the EUPT and OKPCC in Pristina. Addressees are further requested to report reactions to EUR/SCE, [...] | 2007-06-28 14:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KV |
07STOCKHOLM1055 | BILDT ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP, [...] (c) On August 28, the Ambassador raised the Georgia missile incident and Kosovo with Foreign Minister Bildt in a meeting devoted to other issues. On Georgia, Bildt speculated on the context of the incident and said we need to keep diplomatic pressure on, but that Zuzul was not the right choi [...] | 2007-08-29 06:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS GG SR SW |
07STOCKHOLM1176 | SWEDEN SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION IN EVALUATING [...] (s) Sweden has requested U.S. assistance in evaluating requirements for the deployment of the Sweden-led EU Nordic Battlegroup, scheduled to be operational January 1, 2008. At the MFA's request, we met September 18 with MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmqvist and a Swedish interagency group in [...] | 2007-09-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS MOPS SW |
07STOCKHOLM1277 | SWEDEN'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, BUDGET [...] (c) During a one-on-one October 15 meeting, Minister of Defense Tolgfors told Ambassador: -- Finland proposed the possibility of a rotation of the leadership of the PRT in Mazar-e-Sharif Afghanistan. Sweden did not see this as a way of removing itself from its obligation there. -- Swede [...] | 2007-10-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL OTRA PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM1453 | BILDT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Carl Bildt discussed the way forward on Kosovo on December 11. Bildt said 26 of the EU states (except Cyprus) would likely recognize Kosovo independence in some form as early as February, but there were a number of important issues that remained to be [...] | 2007-12-12 16:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF YI SW |
07STOCKHOLM98 | SWEDEN: VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (c) Polcouns met January 26 with MFA Deputy Director General and head of International Law and Human Rights Department Bosse Hedberg in connection with the proposed February 22-23 cluster munitions conference in Oslo. Hedberg noted that he was closely involved with developments on cluster mu [...] | 2007-01-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO PGOV SW |
07STOCKHOLM988 | SWEDISH MFA POLDIR ON GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Charge met Aug 14 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to discuss Sweden's role in the Georgia missile investigation. Skoog was joined by Foreign Minister Bildt's Staff Director Karin Olofsdotter. Skoog said the missile incident had touched Swedish reflexes to respond when a larger co [...] | 2007-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW MOPS GG |
07SUVA236 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: DEALING WITH TONGA [...] (S) Ref A seeks additional efforts to secure continued participation by troop-contributing countries to the new way forward in Iraq. The cable asks Embassy Suva to engage with the Government of Tonga. Per previous reporting, the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) is now gearing up for its second de [...] | 2007-04-25 11:54:00 | Embassy Suva | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TN |
07SUVA512 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS - TONGA [...] (C) Responding to reftel queries, Embassy Suva's view is that, under current circumstances in Tonga, by far the easiest mechanism to retain the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) as part of MNFI is through reftel scenario four - Tonga commits forces under U.S. command. This is essentially the mea [...] | 2007-10-31 18:45:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL CVIS IZ TN |
07SUVA550 | DEMARCHE TO TONGA ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Embassy Suva took the opportunity of a DATT visit to deliver ref A demarche on the future of U.S.-Iraq bilateral relations to Tonga MFA Acting Secretary Malolo and CHOD BG Uta'atu on Nov. 27. Neither seemed disturbed or surprised by the plan. MFA promised to inform the Minister and Secret [...] | 2007-11-28 10:59:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TN IZ |
07TALLINN247 | ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART III): FOREIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. The new Estonian government's foreign and security policy priorities include strong relations with the U.S. and NATO, Afghanistan, better Estonia-Russia relations, and promoting democracy and stability in the region. The new government supports continued engagement in Iraq, but this is [...] | 2007-04-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | EN MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
07TALLINN277 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
07TALLINN278 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
07TALLINN281 | ESTONIA TO DECIDE LATER ON IRAQ MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER EN |
07TALLINN330 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONFERENCE: ESTONIA STILL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL EN |
07TALLINN372 | ESTONIA UNABLE TO MEET NATO,S ISAF REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS NATO AF EN |
07TALLINN41 | ESTONIA: GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) On January 20, Acting DCM and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on goals for Afghanistan at the January 26 informal Foreign Ministerial to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. Hilpus welcomed the information about the meeting, expressed regret that Foreign [...] | 2007-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS |
07TALLINN432 | UPDATE ON ESTONIA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan remains one of the Government of Estonia's (GOE) highest foreign policy priorities. The GOE has been increasing its direct development assistance to Afghanistan since 2006, to balance its military presence in the country. The presence of Estonia's first diplomat o [...] | 2007-06-28 06:56:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR EUN EN |
07TALLINN446 | ESTONIA: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE NATO EU EN |
07TALLINN472 | ESTONIA: THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (C) Summary. July 13 marked the first 100 days of Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's center-right coalition government. The "Bronze Riots," cyber attacks and tensions with Moscow, consumed most of the GOE's attention during this period. Ansip and his Reform party have emerged even more popular b [...] | 2007-07-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EN |
07TALLINN49 | ESTONIA: RESPONSE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 20, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. On January 23, Ketlin Susmalainen a 3rd Secretary in the same department, provided the following response: -- Estonia has not been invited to the April 18-2 [...] | 2007-01-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EN |
07TALLINN536 | ESTONIA'S REACTION TO NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-17 11:48:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR NATO AF EN |
07TALLINN547 | ESTONIA: NEW DEFENSE COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 15, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon for Mati Raidma, Member of Parliament (MP) and new Chairman of the National Defense Committee (NDC). The two discussed Parliament's upcoming votes to renew the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) mission mandates for Iraq, Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-08-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EN |
07TALLINN693 | ESTONIA: AFGHANISTAN, YES - IRAQ, YES FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. On October 24, the Government of Estonia (GOE) submitted for Parliamentary approval four bills to extend Estonian participation in ongoing foreign military operations (Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia) and one to authorize deployment of troops (the EU Nordic Battle Group). While [...] | 2007-10-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ EN |
07TALLINN708 | ESTONIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FORCE FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. In the relatively short amount of time Minister of Defense Jaak Aaviksoo has been in office, he has taken significant steps to reform both the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF). Aaviksoo?s priority for 2007 has been to create a military legal framework f [...] | 2007-11-01 08:01:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EN |
07TALLINN716 | SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN |
07TBILISI1293 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO-AFGHANISTAN: URGENT NEED [...] (C) Per reftel request, on May 29, Poloff delivered demarche points to MFA America Desk Officer Irakli Machitidze. Machitidze said Georgia was committed to doing everything it can in the fight against Islamic fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as evidenced by its significant troop [...] | 2007-06-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF GG PK |
07TBILISI1958 | GEORGIA BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Georgian officials report that SU-type airplanes from Russia crossed into Georgian airspace on the evening of August 6, and that one of the planes dropped a "precision-guided Russian missile" -- estimated to weigh 700-1,000 kilograms -- that impacted near the Georgian village Tsitelubani, [...] | 2007-08-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS GG |
07TEGUCIGALPA1678 | SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...] | 2007-10-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT |
07TEGUCIGALPA1820 | HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...] | 2007-11-26 21:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM |
07TEGUCIGALPA1828 | CHIEF OF DEFENSE ROMEO VASQUEZ VELASQUEZ TO STAY [...] (U) Late on November 26 it was announced that General Romeo Vasquez Velazquez, who was appointed by President Maduro as Chief of Defense (CHOD) in 2004, would be staying on in this position for an additional three years, for a total of six years in the position. Vasquez was slated for retire [...] | 2007-11-27 21:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS HN |
07TEGUCIGALPA509 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT [...] (SBU) Summary: After 14 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-03-22 22:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA584 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA585 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Summary: After 15 months in office, the Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, faces the difficult task of leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. Bilateral relations between the U.S. and Honduras are excellent. Honduras was the first country in the Wester [...] | 2007-04-09 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER SOCI HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA64 | PRESIDENT'S POLICY ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 21:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IQ HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA667 | DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...] | 2007-04-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL |
07TEGUCIGALPA701 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...] | 2007-04-25 21:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER |
07TEGUCIGALPA703 | HONDURAS UNWILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HO |
07TELAVIV1213 | MOD DECLARES IDF HAS "FREEDOM OF ACTION" IN GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Sneh publicly announced April 25 that the IDF now has "freedom of action" in the Gaza Strip as a result of Hamas taking responsibility for firing rockets and mortars from Gaza April 24. He added that Israel is not interested in seeing an escalati [...] | 2007-04-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1330 | BENCHMARKS LEAKED TO HA'ARETZ [...] (SBU) The May 4 edition of the intellectual, left-leaning daily Ha'aretz featured a front page article on the benchmarks, including criticism of them by unnamed sources in the Prime Minister's office and security establishment, along with an inside page leak of the verbatim text. The focus of [...] | 2007-05-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1483 | GOI RESPONSE TO ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) FOLLOWING A SECURITY CABINET MEETING MAY 16, PM EHUD OLMERT ANNOUNCED THAT THE IDF WOULD CARRY OUT STRIKES AGAINST QASSAM LAUNCHERS, HAMAS MILITARY COMMANDERS AND "TERRORIST INFRASTRUCTURE." THE PM'S SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCED THAT "ISRAEL CANNOT CONTINUE TO SHOW RESTRAINT WHEN ITS CITIZENS A [...] | 2007-05-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV1733 | MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR YADLIN COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary. During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, IDI Director MG Amos Yadlin said that Gaza was "number four" on his list of threats, preceded by Iran, Syria, and Hizballah in that order. Yadlin said the IDI has been predicting armed confrontation in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah since Ham [...] | 2007-06-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KWBG LE SY IS |
07TELAVIV1919 | BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...] | 2007-06-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY |
07TELAVIV192 | ISRAELIS APPRECIATE PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON [...] (C) Pol Couns drew on reftel background to brief MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East (A/S equivalent) Yacov Hadas-Handelsman January 16. Hadas-Handelsman said Israel shared the U.S. interest in a unified, stable Iraq, adding that this was what the Arabs wanted as well. Hadas-Hand [...] | 2007-01-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IS IZ |
07TELAVIV2425 | UNTSO: GOLAN UNDER CONTROL, SOUTHERN LEBANON [...] (U) The commander of United Nations Treaty Supervision Organization (UNTSO),Major General Ian Gordon (Australia),called on the Ambassador on August 8 to discuss the situation on the ground in his areas of operation, particularly the Lebanese-Israeli border and the Golan Heights. UNTSO is an [...] | 2007-08-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS UN SY LE IS |
07TELAVIV2448 | YEDIOT ARTICLE CLAIMS BARAK TILTS RIGHT, [...] (U) Israel's largest circulation daily, Yediot Aharonot, ran a banner headline on August 10 "Barak: There is no chance for a settlement with the Palestinians." Although not a direct interview, the article by well-connected journalist Shimon Schiffer states that Barak has been telling associa [...] | 2007-08-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV2522 | EMBASSY TEL AVIV CONTACTS GOI TO REQUEST URGENT [...] (SBU) DCM Luis Moreno conveyed reftel request for assistance to Alon Ushpiz, head of the Foreign Ministry's Bureau of Coordination. (Ushpiz is equivalent of Deputy Director General to Foreign Ministry Director General Aaron Abramovich.) Following internal GOI discussion, Ushpiz informed DCM [...] | 2007-08-21 04:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG LY TS IS IT |
07TELAVIV2671 | DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER VILNAI COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai described his close working and personal relationship with Defense Minister Barak. Vilnai described his key areas of responsibility at MOD as improving the defense of the homefront; serving a [...] | 2007-09-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2703 | ISRAEL CALM, NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SYRIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) The Israeli media were dominated September 6 and 7 by Syrian media reports that IAF aircraft penetrated deep into Syrian airspace early in the morning of September 6 and may or may not have dropped ordinance on unspecified targets. Much of the television news commentary the evening of Sep [...] | 2007-09-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS SY IS |
07TELAVIV2707 | PRESSURE BUILDING ON ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Recent Kassam launches from the Gaza Strip into bordering Western Negev communities and the town of Sderot have ratcheted up the pressure on Israeli political and military leaders to react, especially as at least one Kassam landed near a kindergarten on the second day of school in Israel. [...] | 2007-09-07 12:15:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS PREL PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV2714 | ISRAEL CALM, NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON SYRIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) The Israeli media were dominated September 6 and 7 by Syrian media reports that IAF aircraft penetrated deep into Syrian airspace early in the morning of September 6 and may or may not have dropped ordinance on unspecified targets. Much of the television news commentary the evening of Sep [...] | 2007-09-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SY IS |
07TELAVIV2738 | ISRAELI LEADERSHIP STILL SILENT ABOUT ALLEGED IAF [...] (U) Much to the consternation of the Israeli media and punditocracy, the Israeli civilian and military leadership are continuing to maintain strict silence about the mysterious Israeli Air Force operation deep into Syrian territory early in the morning of September 6. Israeli media reports o [...] | 2007-09-11 10:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC SY IS |
07TELAVIV2742 | KASSAM ROCKET STRIKES IDF BASE; IDF LIKELY TO [...] (C) Israel Defense Force (IDF) sources confirmed to Embassy Tel Aviv's Defense Attache early September 11 that a Kassam rocket launched from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip struck an IDF training center located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip in Zikim. According to the IDF's repo [...] | 2007-09-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV3083 | COGAT COMMENTS ON GAZA AND WEST BANK [...] (C) Summary. DCM and PolCouns called on the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Mishlev, October 23 as part of the Embassy's efforts to improve the atmosphere in advance of the international meeting. Mishlev agreed that COGAT staff would work with the Emba [...] | 2007-10-25 08:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS ECON KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV3172 | IDF RATCHETS UP PRESSURE ON HAMAS IN THE GAZA STRIP [...] (SBU) Late October 30, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) bombed a Hamas police position in the southern Gaza Strip, killing four Hamas policemen and wounding five, according to media reports. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman confirmed the strike, noting that it was in response to the firing [...] | 2007-10-31 16:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PINS PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
07TELAVIV3342 | USSC DAYTON BRIEFS IDF CENTRAL COMMANDER ON STEPS [...] (S) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton briefed IDF Central Command Commander Major General Gadi Shamni November 18 on efforts to date and future steps to strengthen the capabilities of Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) units in the We [...] | 2007-11-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MOPS MASS KPAL KWBG PTER JO EG IS |
07TELAVIV3443 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] On December 4, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Daniel Nevo, Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination and Water Issues at the MFA, who also has responsibility for the Iraq portfolio. Nevo was aware of the joint declaration but had no substantive comment. ********************* [...] | 2007-12-04 13:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IS |
07TELAVIV3455 | ISRAELIS ANGRY ABOUT EGYPTIAN COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) Summary. MOD and IDF contacts tell us that Egypt cooperated with Hamas in allowing hundreds of Gazan Hajj pilgrims selected by Hamas to cross through the Rafah Crossing this week. MOD Arab Affairs adviser Hacham, who conducts the MOD's day to day contacts with Egyptian General Intellige [...] | 2007-12-05 12:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS EG KPAL IS |
07TELAVIV3586 | GENERAL JAMES L. JONES' FIRST MEETINGS IN ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Security, retired General James L. Jones, met with Prime Minister Olmert, Defense Minister Barak, IDF Chief of General Staff Ashkenazi and members of the General Staff, Foreign Minister Livni, and Israel Security Agency head Diskin December 18. In all of h [...] | 2007-12-20 16:21:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KPAL IS |
07THEHAGUE1037 | NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT EXTENSION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Post received June 1 the diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 21 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Dutc [...] | 2007-06-01 14:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL |
07THEHAGUE1144 | NETHERLANDS/SCO SUMMIT: REACHING OUT ON MANAS [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered ref A demarche June 13 to Thymen Kouwenaar, Deputy Head of Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Kouwenaar agreed that the Dutch could and should encourage President Karzai to attend the summit and make the case for Manas. He agreed that other steps sh [...] | 2007-06-14 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1220 | NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs delivered the draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) text pertaining to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on June 20 to the MFA Legal Department. A/DCM discussed the draft agreement with MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on June 21. Geerts said t [...] | 2007-06-25 08:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT |
07THEHAGUE125 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH VIEWS LEADING UP TO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL for the most part agrees with our NATO foreign and defense ministerial goals for Afghanistan. Dutch officials expressed both support and concern regarding the USG-proposed "Comprehensive Approach," and hoped we will continue to balance kinetic and development operations. [...] | 2007-01-24 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1334 | NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE PRIORITIZES EXPEDITIONARY [...] (C) Summary: In response to a request from the Dutch Parliament, Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop sent a letter explaining defense priorities leading up to the presentation of the 2007 defense budget in September 2008. Van Middelkoop noted that not all defense priorities (notably the Jo [...] | 2007-07-12 12:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1647 | NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER -- DEFENSE MINISTER VAN [...] (C) Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop heads to Washington during a turbulent period for the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The Dutch are deployed to a challenging area of Afghanistan as part of ISAF, filling a vital hole in the Alliance's efforts in the south. The GONL is looking hard [...] | 2007-09-07 14:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF MOPS NL |
07THEHAGUE180 | NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Although not initially invited, the Dutch plan to attend the February 21-22 Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, and are wary of any resulting restrictive framework. The GONL policy on restricting cluster munitions use is evolving, although current formulations focus on a potenti [...] | 2007-01-31 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE185 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PDASD LONG'S JANUARY 25 [...] (C) Summary: During her January 25 visit to The Hague, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long commended Dutch efforts in their deployment to Uruzgan province in Afghanistan. She stressed the importance of a "comprehensive approach" in [...] | 2007-02-01 11:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1990 | RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...] | 2007-11-15 12:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL |
07THEHAGUE2048 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are pleased to hear that aerial spraying is "off the table" for Afghanistan this year, but recognize that greater efforts are needed in southern Afghanistan to counter poppy cultivation. The Dutch continue to focus heavily on promoting alternative livelihood development [...] | 2007-12-10 16:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SNAR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE205 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: LABOR PARTY VIEWS ON DEFENSE AS COALITION TALK... [...] Summary: (C) Labor Party (PvdA) Defense Spokesman Frans Timmermans offered his party's views on the Joint Strike Fighter and Afghanistan within the context of on-going government coalition formation talks. He said that the Labor Party will practically concede defeat in its opposition to JSF, relyin [...] | 2007-02-02 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE236 | NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: INITIAL RESPONSE TO AFRICOM [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall raised reftel with Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp and MOD Director for General Policy Affairs Lo Casteleijn on February 6, stressing the importance of drawing upon European expertise in Africa. Kamp said the creation of the new command will be important for the contine [...] | 2007-02-08 09:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NL |
07THEHAGUE471 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH CHOD CLARIFIES [...] (S) Dutch CHOD General Dick Berlijn clarified to Ambassador Arnall on March 15 comments he made in an interview with the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (ref). According to Gen. Berlijn, he did not say anything new or different than the official Dutch government position regarding its two yea [...] | 2007-03-16 10:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE488 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON AUSTRALIAN [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Wim Geerts described on-going discussions with the Australian Government on sending additional Australian special forces to Uruzgan province as "no controversy." He expected the Dutch and Australians to resolve the issue of placing the new [...] | 2007-03-19 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF AS NL |
07THEHAGUE655 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop stressed the importance of success in Afghanistan. He repeated official policy regarding the Dutch two-year commitment in Uruzgan province, and anticipated a fierce debate this summer w [...] | 2007-04-10 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE714 | NETHERLANDS/JSF/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE ON JSF; [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador Arnall since the formation of the new government, State Secretary for Defense Cees van der Knaap acknowledged the GONL will make a decision on extending in Afghanistan by the end of the summer -- but his instincts tell him the Dutch will remain in U [...] | 2007-04-17 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE789 | NETHERLANDS: PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) The Dutch are not currently contributing troops to the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). The Dutch military mission to Iraq ended in March 2005. The 1,100-strong military mission was part of the Iraq Stabilization Force (SFIR) and was stationed in the province of Al-Muthanna. Dutch i [...] | 2007-04-27 12:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NL |
07THEHAGUE934 | NETHERLANDS: TOTAL BAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GONL does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM). However, the Dutch will attend the next CM meeting in Lima on May 24-25 with the goal of working to revise the draft text proposed by Norway that calls for a total CM ban. The Dutch agree the Convention on Conventio [...] | 2007-05-16 13:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL NL |
07TOKYO1100 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. 3. Pl [...] | 2007-03-14 02:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL |
07TOKYO1356 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...] | 2007-03-28 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO151 | JAPAN WELCOMES NEW U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ [...] (C) Based on reftel talking points, the Charge provided a detailed explanation of the new U.S. policy towards Iraq on January 12 to newly named Deputy Vice Foreign Ministry Chikao Kawai. The Charge thanked Kawai for the positive expressions of support for the new initiative by Prime Minister [...] | 2007-01-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ JA |
07TOKYO1534 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...] | 2007-04-09 01:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO1716 | JAPAN CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with Political-Military Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull on April 11, MOFA Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Science Department Director-General Takeshi Nakane called for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM),and requested th [...] | 2007-04-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO1872 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...] | 2007-04-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO1895 | MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...] | 2007-04-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA |
07TOKYO1912 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...] | 2007-04-27 08:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO1932 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...] | 2007-05-01 03:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO2004 | JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...] | 2007-05-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2052 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...] | 2007-05-08 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA |
07TOKYO2268 | JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...] | 2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO2481 | VFM YACHI REVIEWS SUMMIT, BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Japanese were very happy with April's summit between President Bush and Prime Minster Abe, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told the Ambassador June 1, and PM Abe would welcome a stopover in Tokyo by President Bush en route to the APEC summit in Sydney. Abe would also welcome a p [...] | 2007-06-04 08:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAGR PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PINR ETRD |
07TOKYO2483 | JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...] | 2007-06-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2665 | JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...] | 2007-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA |
07TOKYO3398 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has n [...] | 2007-07-25 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR PINS PINR JA |
07TOKYO3505 | JAPAN TO EXTEND SELF DEFENSE FORCE PARTICIPATION [...] (U) Japan decided July 31 to extend Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) participation in the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights (UNDOF) for an additional six months ending March 31, 2008, according to press reports confirmed by MOFA contacts. The decision was made in response [...] | 2007-08-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IS SY JA KPKO |
07TOKYO3682 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...] | 2007-08-10 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR |
07TOKYO4040 | GERMAN CHANCELLOR WARNS OZAWA NOT TO CEASE OEF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 06:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GM JA |
07TOKYO4262 | ABE RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe sent shock waves through Japan's political world on September 12 with his sudden announcement that he will resign. As for the reason behind his decision, he offered his concern that his continued tenure as PM is making it difficult for Japan to live up to its [...] | 2007-09-12 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO4283 | JAPANESE REQUEST FOR LANGUAGE IN COMMUNIQUE OF THE [...] (C) Following up on Foreign Minister Machimura's message to the Ambassador that Japan seeks to strengthen the international reasons to continue to provide Maritime Self Defense Forces support to Operation Enduring Freedom (Ref A),MOFA National Security Division Principal Deputy Director Shing [...] | 2007-09-13 08:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN AF JA |
07TOKYO438 | JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...] | 2007-01-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA |
07TOKYO4551 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Japan Self Defense Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no [...] | 2007-09-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA |
07TOKYO4903 | GOVERNMENT SUBMITS NEW OEF BILL; MSDF TO WITHDRAW [...] (C) The Fukuda Cabinet voted to forward a new bill authorizing a continuation of Japan's Indian Ocean refueling efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to the Diet late on October 17. Maritime Self-Defense Forces assets will be withdrawn on November 2, one day after the current law e [...] | 2007-10-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO4905 | OPPOSITION DPJ STRUGGLES FOR CONSENSUS ON OEF [...] (C) Summary. Main opposition DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa has drawn heavy criticism over the past week, including from some members of his own party, over a series of counterproposals seeking to replace Japan's current support to Operation Enduring Freedom with some form of as yet undefined support [...] | 2007-10-19 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO4966 | OUTLOOK GRIM FOR OEF BILL, AS MOD SCANDALS PUT [...] (C) Summary. Revelations of two Ministry of Defense-related scandals, emerging just as the Diet was scheduled to finally take up deliberations on new legislation to reauthorize Japanese refueling efforts in the Indian Ocean, are threatening to derail the ruling coalition's efforts to extend [...] | 2007-10-24 07:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5059 | FUKUDA FAILS TO GAIN SUPPORT FOR OEF IN FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda and opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa appear to have accomplished little in their first face-to-face talks on October 30, but did agree to continue talking later in the week, according to Embassy contacts and press reporting. LDP and DPJ party heads have held [...] | 2007-10-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5236 | DECISION TIME FOR OPPOSITION AS OEF BILL REACHES [...] (C) Summary. Legislation authorizing the resumption of refueling for coalition vessels engaged in anti-terror operations in the Indian Ocean was forwarded to the opposition-controlled Upper House on November 14. MOFA assured Embassy Tokyo that the new bill will not/not add restrictions on th [...] | 2007-11-14 22:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5268 | JAPAN WATCHING CLOSELY SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was caught by surprise by Pakistan's declaration of a state of emergency only days after Foreign Minister Koumura announced significant increases in ODA to that country. As a result, he was forced to announce Japan will "reconsider" this decision in light of recent events. [...] | 2007-11-16 08:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV MOPS PK JA |
07TOKYO5377 | JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...] | 2007-11-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA |
07TOKYO5441 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Japan Self Defense Force who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training. Post has no der [...] | 2007-12-04 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MARR MOPS PINR PINS JA |
07TOKYO5503 | DIET EXTENSION, OVERRIDE VOTE ON OEF BILL GROW [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda appears poised to extend the current Diet session beyond December 15, with the expectation that his ruling LDP-Komeito coalition will use their two-thirds majority in the Lower House to override the opposition-controlled Upper House and pass key anti-terror [...] | 2007-12-10 23:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5569 | DIET EXTENDED; PASSAGE OF OEF REFUELING BILL ON [...] (C) Summary. The Lower House has approved extending the Diet session to January 15. The move puts the ball into the opposition court to complete deliberations on the OEF refueling bill and put the matter to a vote in the Upper House. The DPJ has stalled Diet deliberations on the bill for we [...] | 2007-12-14 08:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5613 | FUKUDA TAKES HIT ON PENSIONS, BUT NO BACK-TRACKING [...] (C) Summary. Uncertainty remains the watchword for Japanese domestic politics in the last two weeks of 2007, as fresh attention on the government's inability to resolve the issue of unidentified pension accounts, coupled with continued ruling and opposition party sparring related to the OEF r [...] | 2007-12-19 22:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL JA |
07TOKYO5624 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan believes the optimal solution to the cluster munitions issue is a legally binding agreement arrived at through the CCW process. However, because such an outcome is not certain, Japan will continue to participate in the Oslo Process in order to be able to influence any final [...] | 2007-12-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS JA |
07TOKYO5625 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's December 12-14 visit to Tokyo major topics of discussion included Afghanistan and the promotion of closer contacts between NATO and Japan. De Hoop Scheffer raised the subject of helicopter airlift but received no substantive [...] | 2007-12-20 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO JA |
07TOKYO738 | JAPAN NOT READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 09:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPKO MOPS SO JA |
07TORONTO439 | FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...] | 2007-11-02 18:57:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF |
07TUNIS142 | REVISED TUNISIA SOFA NOTE [...] (C) On January 23, Ambassador discussed reftel's revised Status of Forces Agreement text with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah, who led the bilateral interagency SOFA discussions in 2005 as MFA Director General for Asia and the Americas, said that he did not know who would be coordina [...] | 2007-01-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TS |
07TUNIS573 | VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...] | 2007-05-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS |
07TUNIS574 | VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...] | 2007-05-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS |
07ULAANBAATAR681 | SURVEY OF MONGOLIA'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has assessed requirements that the Mongolian Government (GOM) would have to meet in order to deploy troops to Iraq, in various scenarios. Mongolia could not legally participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) under any of the four scenarios set forth in reftel. [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IR MG |
07USEUBRUSSELS1736 | CYPRIOTS DODGE AND WEAVE ON TURKISH DEMANDS FROM [...] (C) Summary. Cyprus responds to Turkish concerns within ESDP by citing its own litany of grievances against Ankara. Any meaningful change in Turkey's status within ESDP requires Council approval, thus being subject to veto. There is no visible pressure being exerted by major Member States on [...] | 2007-05-25 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO CY TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS2000 | TURKS MAINTAIN THEIR CONCERNS OVER ESDP ARE [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Mission to the EU, Ankara's treatment and status within ESDP represents a serious problem, and their list of demands does not constitute a bargaining ploy related to other political issues. They stress the EU has committed itself to a number of initiative [...] | 2007-06-18 14:07:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS2595 | EU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT TO EU POLICE MISSION IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The EU seeks support to enable its police training mission to deploy beyond Kabul. EU Council Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Robert Cooper, is prepared to send a letter with [...] | 2007-08-16 06:14:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN AF MOPS |
07USEUBRUSSELS2603 | EU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT TO EU POLICE MISSION IN [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The EU seeks support to enable its police training mission to deploy beyond Kabul. EU Council Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Robert Cooper, is prepared to send a letter with [...] | 2007-08-16 07:10:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN AF MOPS |
07USEUBRUSSELS520 | EUROPEAN UNION SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission is apparently softening its preconditions for releasing the 15 million euros it has earmarked to support the African Union in establishing the AMISOM peacekeeping mission. The Council of the European Union is looking favorably at the specific AU request f [...] | 2007-02-15 10:25:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO |
07USNATO103 | EAPC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) The U.S. and UK responded forcefully to Serbian and Russian objections to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's formula for Kosovo's final status at the February 14 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) session. Ambassadors discussed the outcomes of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium [...] | 2007-02-16 13:24:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
07USNATO112 | AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...] | 2007-02-23 12:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA |
07USNATO128 | AMBASSADOR NULAND UPDATES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer complained to Ambassador Nuland on February 27 that, prior to his meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley on February 21, he had not been briefed on possible U.S. participation in the EU,s ESDP mission for Kosovo. The SYG expressed concern that [...] | 2007-02-28 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCRM PREL MOPS UNMIK YI |
07USNATO131 | QATAR-NATO SHOWDOWN OVER AIR OPERATIONS [...] (U) This is a request for guidance - see para. 5. 2.(C) Summary: A senior Qatari Air Force officer told NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General (DASG) Robert Simmons in Brussels on March 1 that Qatar would assert full jurisdiction over NATO personnel in the ISAF liaison group working at the [...] | 2007-03-01 18:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR QA XF |
07USNATO139 | NATO-QATAR TALKS FAIL, ALLIES PACKING BAGS TO LEAVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 17:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS QA |
07USNATO146 | ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 17:49:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA |
07USNATO148 | NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING [...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...] | 2007-03-07 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG |
07USNATO170 | IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...] | 2007-03-15 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ |
07USNATO172 | NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA |
07USNATO19 | EAPC PLAYS A FULL HOUSE: FIRST MEETING AT 49 ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nuland provided the January 10 Ambassadorial Session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) with a meaty preview of President Bush,s address on the way forward on Iraq, based on an oral briefing provided by the NSC. EAPC Ambassadors welcomed the gesture to bring real [...] | 2007-01-16 12:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
07USNATO199 | U/S BURNS URGES NATO UNITY ON NO TRADES FOR [...] (C) Anticipating reftel, U/S Nick Burns raised top line points on the need for NATO unity against trading for hostages during the NAC/Reinforced on March 27. Canada, Norway and the UK joined him. 2. (C) Following bilateral consultations in Rome on March 29, Ambassador Nuland will pursue t [...] | 2007-03-27 16:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR |
07USNATO229 | U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...] | 2007-04-04 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF |
07USNATO259 | U.S. NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH [...] The following is the text of the non-paper provided to Russia on April 17 in Moscow. It was distributed to Allies during meetings on April 19. It was not distributed to partners, other than Russia. Begin text: NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA The United States is [...] | 2007-04-20 14:24:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS NATO MARR |
07USNATO263 | ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. BRIEFING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19, Senior U.S. Defense and State, officials briefed the North Atlantic Council on U.S. plans to counter the threat to Europe and North America posed by the Iranian and DPRK missile programs. The briefers emphasized our willingness to be transparent with Allies, make our [...] | 2007-04-23 16:47:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO |
07USNATO302 | SPAIN RAISES OEF-ISAF COORDINATION WITH ANTO [...] (S) Spanish PermRep Benavides, on instructions, raised with PermReps coordination between Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in connection with recent military operations in western Afghanistan. Emphasizing the impact that collateral damage h [...] | 2007-05-14 10:01:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO304 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-14 16:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO305 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-15 06:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO306 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-15 08:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO308 | COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 14 meetings at NATO HQ with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO Permanent Representatives, Counselor Cohen discussed NATO's role in Afghanistan, as well as general challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to address them in an integrat [...] | 2007-05-16 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO315 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...] | 2007-05-18 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK |
07USNATO319 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...] | 2007-05-21 08:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO329 | ACTION REQUEST: PROPOSED NATO STUDY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) USNATO acknowledges receipt of Ref regarding a Proposed NATO Study on Cluster Munitions. Following consultations with SHAPE and the U.S. Military Delegation to NATO, USNATO recomQnds that Qe USG does not formally request a NATO study on cluster munitions. USNATO feels that initiating su [...] | 2007-05-24 14:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO372 | U.S. PRESENTS MOLDOVA PKF ALTERNATIVES TO ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: On 8 June, DAS Kramer presented to Allies the U.S. proposal on internationalizing the peacekeeping force in Moldova (REF A-C). Allies appeared interested in the proposal and engaged with a number of questions about how the force would be implemented. Following the meeting, an [...] | 2007-06-15 08:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RU MD |
07USNATO378 | NATO'S BALKAN RESERVE FORCES [...] (C) In response to Principals' recent questions, NATO currently has three Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) maneuver battalions (one German, one Italian, and one British) for the Balkans, in addition to a Strategic Reserve Forces (SRF) maneuver battalion (French). This information was briefed t [...] | 2007-06-20 14:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR |
07USNATO502 | SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...] | 2007-09-14 17:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO52 | SECRETARY RICE'S NATO INTERVENTIONS AND FACT SHEET [...] At the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings held Friday, January 26, 2007, Secretary Rice addressed both a regular NAC and a NAC plus non-NATO Contributors and Partners. These interventions are repeated below "as prepared for delivery," along with an Afghanistan Fact Sheet which was made availabl [...] | 2007-01-30 15:30:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA NATO MOPS PREL MARR AF |
07USNATO54 | AFGHANISTAN: COMMITMENTS FROM JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (C) The January 26 informal foreign ministerial at NATO HQ resulted in a reiteration of the Alliance's strong political commitment laid out at Riga. Though not a donor conference, the Ministerial also resulted in several Allied commitments of additional development and military assistance. [...] | 2007-01-30 17:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO547 | DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...] | 2007-10-08 06:32:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | SNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO562 | DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...] | 2007-10-17 09:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO |
07USNATO589 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-02 17:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO591 | GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...] | 2007-11-05 09:22:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU |
07USNATO596 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-05 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO610 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...] | 2007-11-19 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO62 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...] | 2007-02-02 08:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO71 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...] | 2007-02-06 12:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PK |
07USNATO72 | USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN [...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...] | 2007-02-06 15:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF |
07USNATO76 | MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...] | 2007-02-07 10:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML |
07USOSCE9 | OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...] | 2007-01-13 18:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF |
07USUNNEWYORK1001 | DPKO REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH THE AU ON [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno complained that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) still has not made a "strategic decision" to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, as demonstrated by the ongoing delays and continuous stream of "anti-UNAMID pro [...] | 2007-11-09 23:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1022 | U/SYG GUEHENNO: STILL NO AGREEMENT ON UNAMID TCC [...] (U) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council November 14 that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) has not yet made the strategic decision to cooperate fully with UNAMID deployment. Guehenno said the GOS had not finalized agreement on the UN/AU agreed TCC list, which they received [...] | 2007-11-15 14:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1025 | AMIS COMMANDER AGWAI: UNAMID NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai told USUN MSC and POL staff November 15 that UNAMID needs additional accommodations and equipment to deploy its forces effectively. Agwai reported that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to insis [...] | 2007-11-15 21:22:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1086 | UN: DARFUR POLITICAL AND SECURITY TRACKS STALLED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In back-to-back briefings to the Security Council at a November 27 open debate, Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno told Council members that both the political and security tracks of the Darfur peace process are stalled. Eliasson told the Council he nee [...] | 2007-11-29 13:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPAL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1119 | SE NATSIOS URGES ENHANCED PRC ENGAGEMENT ON CPA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 26 meeting with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang, U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Chinese to be more proactive in encouraging Sudan's Government of National Unity to demonstrate flexibility on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreem [...] | 2007-12-05 15:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1120 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY OUTLINES NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios told UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson November 26 that the UN-AU, rather than the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS),must take the lead in promoting a convergence of the Darfur rebel positions. Natsios warned that hard-line SPLM elem [...] | 2007-12-05 15:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1128 | SYG BAN ON AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with AMB Khalilzad on December 5, SYG Ban said he is ready to accommodate the U.S. on Paddy Ashdown's candidacy as SRSG for Afghanistan, but could not accept a dual UN-NATO appointment. Ban agreed to issue a statement urging the Lebanese to move forward wit [...] | 2007-12-05 21:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1132 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...] | 2007-12-06 22:45:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1154 | UN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GOS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SYG Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Won Soo and DPKO Darfur Planning Director Mike Gaoutte told AMB Wolcott on December 10 that the UN and the Government of the Sudan (GOS) made progress on resolving outstanding UNAMID deployment issues during a December 8 meeting in Lisbon. According t [...] | 2007-12-11 22:10:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1166 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...] | 2007-12-13 22:48:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1176 | UN: UNAMID WILL BE AMIS IN BLUE BERETS IN FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Edmond Mulet told the Security Council on December 13 that UN-GOS meetings in Lisbon and Khartoum had resulted in the release of UNAMID communications equipment impounded at al-Fasher airport, an agreement from the GOS to accept helicopters from any country approved by th [...] | 2007-12-14 23:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1200 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...] | 2007-12-20 21:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK1211 | DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...] | 2007-12-26 18:00:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF |
07USUNNEWYORK1221 | UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...] | 2007-12-28 13:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU |
07USUNNEWYORK430 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE SOMALIA PKO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sanders told DPKO's Africa Division chief that proper planning and preparation for a UN peacekeeping operation are essential to support any progress in the Somali political process. Titov reported that DPKO has begun limited military planning and will present a "range [...] | 2007-06-01 14:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK534 | AMB KHALILZAD MEETS SOMALI PM GEDI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a June 27 meeting at USUN, AMB Khalilzad told Somali Prime Minister Muhammad Gedi that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) needs to play a more constructive role in building Somali confidence in the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) and take immediate action t [...] | 2007-06-29 18:14:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL SO MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK557 | DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...] | 2007-07-09 23:33:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG |
07USUNNEWYORK927 | SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...] | 2007-10-29 14:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07USUNNEWYORK999 | DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...] | 2007-11-09 22:50:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS |
07VATICAN104 | IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...] | 2007-07-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT |
07VATICAN33 | HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...] | 2007-02-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT |
07VATICAN99 | IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...] | 2007-06-21 19:21:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT |
07VIENNA1088 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: POST VIEWS ON AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Vienna assesses the prospects of Austrian participation in military missions in Iraq as nil. The Austrian government remains willing to participate in Iraqi police training (although not inside Iraq). The GOA also supports commercial engagement in the more secure areas [...] | 2007-04-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AU |
07VIENNA111 | AUSTRIA ON THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) DCM and EconPolCouns discussed the President's Iraq policy address with Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide on January 16. The DCM stressed the importance of ensuring the independence, integrity and democratic development of Iraq. He said America would help Iraq [...] | 2007-01-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ AU |
07VIENNA180 | AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...] | 2007-01-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU |
07VIENNA1828 | AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS [...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...] | 2007-07-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE |
07VIENNA262 | COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on February 2 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Benedict said Austria is very concerned about the negative humanitarian impact of cluster munitions (CMs) and e [...] | 2007-02-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO AU |
07VIENNA304 | AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met with Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political Military Affairs, to present ref (a) points on next steps on Afghanistan. 2. (C) Hajnoczi reiterated ref (b) message that Austria does not have the capacity to enhance its military presence in [...] | 2007-02-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF AU |
07VIENNA415 | AUSTRIA ON PKO IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented ref (a) demarche on February 14 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide and Africa head Caroline Gudenus. 2. (C) Gudenus said the Somalia mission (AMISOM) was extremely important, and Austria would back the EU's extension of support to th [...] | 2007-02-15 15:53:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PHUM PREL EUN SO AU |
07VIENTIANE338 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 04:09:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LA |
07VIENTIANE442 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...] | 2007-05-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
07VIENTIANE53 | REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED [...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...] | 2007-01-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA |
07VIENTIANE725 | MIL-MIL RELATIONS WITH LAOS: EXCHANGING DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving forward with the exchange of defense attaches during the coming year and training opportunities for Lao military personnel under the International Military Education and Training (IMET) and other programs were key topics discussed during the visit of DOD OSD-Policy Lao Des [...] | 2007-09-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL |
07VIENTIANE840 | EXCHANGING DEFENSE ATTACHES WITH LAOS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 06:22:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | LA MARR MASS MOPS PREL APER |
07VIENTIANE85 | CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST [...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5),we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...] | 2007-02-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
07VIENTIANE897 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...] | 2007-12-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL |
07VILNIUS129 | LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...] | 2007-02-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07VILNIUS309 | LITHUANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NEW WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) We have been working intensely with the GOL to maintain the Lithuanian troop presence in Multinational Division South East (MND-SE) since the February announcements of British and Danish troop drawdowns from Basra. Following what appeared to be internal wrangling over what Lithuania's nex [...] | 2007-05-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ LH |
07VILNIUS393 | LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS HELP IN [...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador Cloud and Defense Attache met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (other issues discussed to be provided septel). Olekas requested U.S. help in getting Lithuanian Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) certified by NATO. He said that some of Lithuania's [...] | 2007-06-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH AF |
07VILNIUS401 | (C) LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS DRAW-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cloud reiterated the U.S. preference that the GOL leave a platoon of troops in Iraq to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on May 28. Olekas said that, after deliberations with President Adamkus and FM Vaitiekunas, the GOL has decided to keep some staff officers [...] | 2007-06-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH |
07VILNIUS449 | (C) LITHUANIA MAY PLACE CAVEAT ON FORCES DEPLOYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania may be forced to place a caveat related to Close Air Support on special forces personnel scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in July. Lithuania does not have Joint Terminal Air Controllers (JTACs) who are certified for NATO air-to-ground operations. DAO and ODC are work [...] | 2007-06-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | MOPS MARR MCAP AF LH |
07VILNIUS511 | LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...] | 2007-07-12 07:27:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH |
07VILNIUS542 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...] | 2007-08-01 08:01:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH |
07VILNIUS709 | POST SUPPORTS EUCOM/USAREUR 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PREL PTER LG |
07VILNIUS724 | LITHUANIA WELCOMES INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS OTRA LH |
07VILNIUS791 | LITHUANIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. We have conducted an assessment of the legal and political challenges posed to Lithuania by the expiration of a UN Chapter VII mandate per ref A. We conclude that the GOL will not raise any legal concerns, but we believe the political opponents of participation in Iraq will use t [...] | 2007-11-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ LH |
07WARSAW1384 | POLAND ON REQUEST TO DEMARCHE SCO MEMBER STATES [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister-Counselor in the MFA Asia Pacific Department. Ciebien carefully reviewed the U.S. position and promised to consult with colleagues in the Security Policy Department and the Eastern Policy Department (which handles Central Asia) [...] | 2007-06-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS AF KS PL |
07WARSAW1521 | POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL |
07WARSAW165 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW166 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW1817 | POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...] | 2007-08-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF |
07WARSAW1886 | POLAND AHEAD OF U.S. ON SUPPORTING GEORGIA AT OSCE [...] (C) On September 5, Poloff demarched Elzbieta Beziuk of Polish MFA on supporting Georgia at the September 6 OSCE meeting (ref a). After offering Poland's complete cooperation at the September 6 meeting, Beziuk turned the tables and expressed three Polish aspirations on Georgia issues. One, [...] | 2007-09-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OSCE PL |
07WARSAW2188 | POLAND'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland faces significant political and legal obstacles to continuing its Iraq deployment beyond 2008, especially without an applicable United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR). Civic Platform (PO),which won the October 21 parliamentary elections and is certain to form [...] | 2007-11-02 16:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL |
07WARSAW976 | POLAND: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO THE COALITION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, we have been informed that Polish attendees at the Iraq Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL April 30-May 2 will be Juliusz Jacek Gojlo (Chief of the Iraqi Task Group, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Brigadier General Witold [...] | 2007-04-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PL |
07WELLINGTON146 | NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...] | 2007-02-15 21:00:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ |
07WELLINGTON221 | NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS AFGHAN DEPLOYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Cabinet today approved the extension of current NZDF deployments to Afghanistan for one year, through September 2008, vice the two years that MoD requested (reftel). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) told post that the Cabinet wanted the chance to [...] | 2007-03-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ |
07WELLINGTON436 | DEMARCHE REGARDING SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-13 23:55:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ |
07WELLINGTON442 | GNZ ON NATO/ISAF REQUESTS [...] (C) Acting DCM and A/P-E couns delivered reftel request to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We conveyed Washington's appreciation for New Zealand's continued positive role in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Ash sa [...] | 2007-06-15 01:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF NZ |
07WELLINGTON496 | DEMARCHE FOR LEBANESE ARMED FORCES: TRANSFERRING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 05:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL |
07WELLINGTON769 | NEXT ROUND OF NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENTS TO [...] (C) DCM recently discussed current mil-mil relations with New Zealand Ministry of Defence (MOD) CEO John McKinnon. McKinnon reported that MOD was preparing a submission to a select Cabinet committee on future deployments to Afghanistan after the current deployment cycle concludes in September [...] | 2007-10-22 18:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL NZ AF US |
07YAOUNDE1315 | CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...] | 2007-11-06 06:21:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
07YEREVAN1244 | PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN PROMISES ANSWER ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initially opposed, Kocharian eventually agreed to consider DOD's request to "enhance" Armenia's contribution to Iraq. His goal, if he agreed, was to keep the change as low-profile as possible. He will get back to us in eight to ten days. He wants to check whether a new legisla [...] | 2007-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR MASS IZ AM |
07YEREVAN1251 | DASD CAGAN RECEIVES QUALIFIED AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Cagan's Yerevan visit October 11 got positive signals from the Armenian government on doubling its Iraq contingent to 100 and taking on a new fixed-site security mission. Sargsian requested, however, that CDA Perina present the request directly to President Kocharian, who [...] | 2007-10-17 06:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AM IZ |
07YEREVAN1361 | KOCHARIAN GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ARMENIAN TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armen Gevorkian, Chief of Staff to President Kocharian, informed CDA on November 16 that Kocharian has agreed to authorize an Armenian troop enhancement in Iraq. The additional troops, however, will not be deployed before Armenia's February 19 presidential election. Gevorkian adde [...] | 2007-11-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AM IZ |
07YEREVAN150 | NOMINEE FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPEN ON MODERN [...] 1. Post would like to nominate Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Arms Control and National Security Department at the MFA (roughly U.S. Assistant Secretary equivalent),for the Marshall Center European conference on insurgency March 26-27. Yedigarian is a knowledgeable, effective, and influen [...] | 2007-02-12 13:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07YEREVAN526 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 09:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER AM |
07YEREVAN896 | PRIME MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RADIO LIBERTY; NOT [...] (C) CDA paid an introductory courtesy call on Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian July 12, accompanied by DCM and pol/econ chief. Sargsian joked that he had expected to get a permanent U.S. Ambassador, but failing that, he was very pleased to see CDA in Yerevan again. CDA affirmed that Washingto [...] | 2007-07-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MASS EAID KDEM AM IR |
07ZAGREB193 | MFA HIGHLIGHTS NATO PUBLIC EDUCATION PLAN AT JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM PGOV PREL |
07ZAGREB329 | CENTCOM INVITATION TO CONFERENCE ON IRAQ DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ HR |
07ZAGREB35 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Croatia's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Bilateral Cooperation Ivica Tomic, who said Croatia supports President Bush's effort to ensure a positive future for Iraq. He added that Croatia will continue to contribute to Iraq's progress accordin [...] | 2007-01-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ HR |
07ZAGREB359 | CONTINUED SERVICE BY CROATIAN POLICE AT THE JORDAN INTL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR |
07ZAGREB395 | NATO OUTREACH IN HIGH GEAR, CROATIAN PUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After a slow start, the GoC's NATO public education campaign is moving into high gear. Head of MFA's NATO Office Neven Mikec highlighted the GoC's now crowded public outreach calendar with Embassy PolOff, PAO, and DATT at April 12 joint communications working group sessio [...] | 2007-04-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO KPAO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB422 | NEW FORWARD ON IRAQ: CROATIA'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While politically unable to make direct troop contributions to operations in Iraq, the GoC has offered weapons and training courses to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref C),provides police trainers to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) [...] | 2007-04-30 11:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB45 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Drawing on Ref A, the Ambassador discussed Afghanistan with Croatian Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic on January 17. The Ambassador stressed the challenges that NATO would face with the spring thaw in Afghanistan and the importance of allies and partners delivering on promises made on A [...] | 2007-01-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK HR |
07ZAGREB507 | PRESIDENT'S A-3 LUNCH SCENESETTER - SANADER [...] (C) Still enjoying the afterglow of his highly successful White House visit last October, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is very much looking forward to seeing President Bush again at the A-3 leaders lunch in Tirana June 10. The PM views his relationship with the President as key to Croatia's int [...] | 2007-05-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR |
07ZAGREB618 | CROATIA COMMITTED TO NATO REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff delivered ref A points during week of June 18 to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Asst DefMin Igor Pokaz, and MFA NATO Office Director Neven Mikec respectively. GoC representatives were grateful for USG support and guidance and emphasized com [...] | 2007-06-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB729 | UPDATE REQUEST ON JORDAN INTL POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Assistant Interior Minister Filip Dragovic requested information from PolOffs July 26 regarding the future of the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). The Ministry of Interior (MUP) currently p [...] | 2007-08-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB73 | CROATIA CONCERNED ABOUT CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Drawing from reftel, DCM discussed cluster munitions with MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations and Security Pjer Simunovic January 22. 2. (C) Simunovic said he would be representing the GOC at the Oslo conference February 22-23. Simunovic said that given Croatia's exp [...] | 2007-01-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PARM HR |
07ZAGREB789 | FIXED-WING FIGHTERS: TIME TO ENGAGE CROATIANS ON [...] (C) Since my arrival just over a year ago, I have repeatedly stressed to GoC officials that, as a future NATO member, Croatia did not need to procure fixed-wing fighter aircraft. I, along with my DAO and ODC staff, have argued consistently that the GoC could rely on NATO partners for air poli [...] | 2007-08-27 08:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB791 | MEETING WITH OSCE CIO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Former Croatian FM Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on August 25 that his recent visit to Georgia and Moscow had convinced him that it was a Russian missile that was involved in the August 6 incident he had been asked to investigate by the OSCE Chairman in Office. Particularly after visiti [...] | 2007-08-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS OSCE GG RU HR |
07ZAGREB916 | NEW POLL SHOWS CONTINUED GROWTH IN NATO SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A poll contracted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) shows a continued rise in public support for NATO membership. In a Post-organized briefing to NATO-member embassies on October 2, IRI representatives highlighted a 10 percent increase in support for Croatia [...] | 2007-10-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB994 | NATO ROADSHOW '07 -- CROATIA SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC feels confident approaching NATO's Bucharest Summit after repeated strong statements of support from President Bush and State Department officials (U/S Burns, A/S Fried) as well as positive feedback from Allies during presentation of their Annual National Progr [...] | 2007-11-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ABIDJAN374 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] Pol/Econ Section Chief delivered talking points in reftel on June 5 to Bertin Tanoh Koffi, Deputy Director General of Maritime and Port Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation. 2. Koffi stated that the Government of Cote d'Ivoire welcomed the Global Maritime Partnerships and would be inter [...] | 2008-06-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08ABUDHABI119 | NATO SECGEN WELL RECEIVED IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 24, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gave a lecture on the goals of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI),met senior UAEG officials to discuss potential areas or cooperation, and gave an upbeat briefing to NATO Ambassadors [...] | 2008-01-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR AE |
08ABUDHABI122 | NATO SECGEN WELL RECEIVED IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 24, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gave a lecture on the goals of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI),met senior UAEG officials to discuss potential areas or cooperation, and gave an upbeat briefing to NATO Ambassadors [...] | 2008-01-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS MARR AE |
08ABUDHABI1229 | CSAF GEN SCHWARTZ MEETS MBZ IN ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and the financial crisis with Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz on October 21. He highlighted Iran's influence in Iraq and noted that while his own view of PM al-Maliki had improved, we need to be planning for a suc [...] | 2008-10-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EFIN MOPS MARR MCAP IR IZ AE |
08ABUDHABI1318 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...] | 2008-11-18 04:16:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
08ABUDHABI1371 | PIRACY CONCERNS NOTED TO UAEG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1405 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1419 | MBZ OFFERS COUNTER PIRACY SUPPORT [...] (S) On December 14, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed regional naval issues with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long in Abu Dhabi. MbZ said the UAE wanted to assist in the figh [...] | 2008-12-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI1439 | UAE REACTION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE |
08ABUDHABI159 | ADMIRAL FALLON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi again welcomes you for a visit to the UAE, where we look forward to your engagement with U.S. personnel on the ground and your discussions with the nation's top strategic defense planner, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Arme [...] | 2008-02-05 14:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR KPAL IR IZ AF LE |
08ABUDHABI160 | AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE AND MBZ DISCUSS SHARED [...] (S) Summary: When Secretary of the Air Force Wynne met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) February 3, MbZ focused on Shared Early Warning and communication links as critical to defend against Iran. He pressed for advanc [...] | 2008-02-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI174 | WELCOMING GENERAL MOSELEY BACK TO ABU DHABI [...] (S) General Moseley, your return visit to Abu Dhabi February 11-13 is most welcome, and we look forward to your conversation with Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) in particular. Your visit continues a series of senior level consultations with the UAE leadership, beginning with President Bush January [...] | 2008-02-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE |
08ABUDHABI296 | MARCH 11 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND MARCH 12 JOINT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the March 11 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and March 12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) as opportunities to renew our mutual commitment to shared strategic goals with the UAE, to remind the UAE military of U.S. appreciation for its support and i [...] | 2008-03-06 12:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ LE AE |
08ABUDHABI407 | UAE QUIET ABOUT TROOP PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Although the BBC, likely with UAEG approval, broadcast the presence of UAE forces in Afghanistan on a March 28 report, no signs of the story have appeared in local media. Internet comment, often quite scathing, is being generated by the BBC report and reflects some angst that t [...] | 2008-04-02 04:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS PHUM EAID AF AE |
08ABUDHABI460 | CNO VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your April 16-18 visit to the UAE, arguably the most important facilitator of naval operations among the Gulf countries. We are seeking meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Moh [...] | 2008-04-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR IZ AF AE |
08ABUDHABI65 | FRENCH SIGN MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS WITH ABU DHABI -- [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 15, French President Sarkozy concluded a number of agreements on security, nuclear, and cultural cooperation. Chief among them was an anticipated agreement to assist Abu Dhabi's plans for a civilian nuclear program (ref A),and an unexpe [...] | 2008-01-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MASS ENRG KNNP FR IR AE |
08ABUDHABI72 | UAE RELAYS IYAD ALLAWI'S REQUEST FOR PERSONAL [...] (C) During a January 17 farewell call by the Ambassador, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) passed a note and long list of names which he said followed up on a discussion Ambassador Crocker had while in Abu Dhabi last November (reftel). The document stresses Dr. Iyad Allawi's requ [...] | 2008-01-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS OVIP IZ AE |
08ABUJA1058 | NIGERIA: MILITARY OFFICIAL ON POLITICS, YAR'ADUA'S [...] (C) On May 29, 2008, Poloff spoke to Air Vice Marshal Christian Marizu (protect),Director of Policy and Planning for the Office of the Chief of Defense Staff, about his perception of the military's views on Nigerian politics and regional affairs. According to Marizu, the likelihood of milita [...] | 2008-06-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | MOPS PGOV GV NI |
08ABUJA1095 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Military Matters --Environment --Energy --Aviation --Debt --Fiscal Responsibility -- [...] | 2008-06-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1245 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- National Assembly -- The Presidency -- Niger Delta -- Oil and Gas -- General Economic News -- Other Important Issues [...] | 2008-06-26 09:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KCOR MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1270 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL AND EXXON [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Shell Executive Vice President Anne Pickard June 25. Pickard described in detail the June 19 militant attack on the Bonga platform (see reftel),and claimed there was likely internal collusion in the attack; that members of the National Assembly accused Sh [...] | 2008-07-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG MOPS ASEC NI |
08ABUJA1292 | ISRAELI MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, 2008, Poloff and Air Attache visited Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria Moshe Ram to discuss Israeli military assistance to Nigeria. Ram said there was no bilateral agreement between the two nations, but private Israeli security companies were indeed involved in Nigeria, an [...] | 2008-07-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP MARR MASS PGOV PINR PINS IS NI |
08ABUJA1338 | NIGERIA: ARMY CLAIMS SOMALIA-BOUND BATTALION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON has publicly stated that their long-promised AMISOM peacekeeping battalion is ready for deployment. In a June 25, 2008 report by Reuters, Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu not only said that an 800-strong battalion was ready to deploy, but that N [...] | 2008-07-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PGOV MOPS MASS MARR SO NI |
08ABUJA1467 | NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA COMMITTED TO BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (U) With the August 14 transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon under the Greentree Agreement fast approaching, the GON has stepped up public statements expressing its commitment to go ahead with the handover. On July 25, President Yar'Adua stated at the credentialling of the new Cameroo [...] | 2008-07-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID MOPS PREF MASS SOCI |
08ABUJA1482 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-16 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Corruption --State and Local Governments --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Nige [...] | 2008-07-31 06:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA1584 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 17-31, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 17-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --National Assembly --Pol/Mil --PDP Politics --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas NATIONAL ASSEMBLY --------------- [...] | 2008-08-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA159 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] Per reftel demarche, both Chief of Defense Staff Owoye Andrew Azazi and Defense Headquarters' Department of Peacekeeping Operations confirm that the Nigerian contribution of a Level II hospital is expected to deploy on or about March 22. SANDERS [...] | 2008-01-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC NI |
08ABUJA1695 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...] | 2008-08-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI |
08ABUJA1827 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...] | 2008-09-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
08ABUJA1929 | NIGERIA: CODEL JOHNSON VISITS ABUJA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Congressional Delegation, led by Congressman Hank Johnson and including Congresswoman Jean Schmidt, visited Abuja on August 19. The Codel discussed bilateral relations, mutual security issues, foreign investment and future cooperation between the GON and USG with members of Niger [...] | 2008-09-30 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA1950 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...] | 2008-10-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI |
08ABUJA2122 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR OCTOBER 1-15, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of October 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Politics --Delta Kidnappings Economic and Business News ------------------- [...] | 2008-10-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA217 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI |
08ABUJA2333 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --HIV/AIDS --HUMAN RIGHTS --CORRUPTION --FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY --SOUTHERN ECONOMIC NEWS --DELTA INCIDENTS --OIL AND GAS HIV/AID [...] | 2008-12-01 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI |
08ABUJA313 | NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...] | 2008-02-20 07:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET PHUM EFIN ETRD KCOR KDEM ELAB MOPS |
08ABUJA318 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Maria Laose, Head of First United Nations Division of the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Though Ms. Laose affirmed that Nigeria was firmly committed to the Oslo Process, she had no substantive reply at the time. She said she would forward our conc [...] | 2008-02-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV NI |
08ABUJA874 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTEROPERABILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NI |
08ACCRA1052 | ACCRA INPUT FOR FY 09 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP STATION [...] (U) (Summary) EMBOFF's conversations with Ghanaian officials found broad support for participation in the Africa Partnership Station (APS). The Ghanaian officials were unanimous in seeing APS as an opportunity for staff training and development. Ghanaian officials cited their need to develop [...] | 2008-08-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN MARR MASS SNAR MOPS PREL GH |
08ACCRA118 | GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...] | 2008-01-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH |
08ACCRA236 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS TO BAN CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Accra | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL GH |
08ADDISABABA1001 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 8, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir Masadeh, and UNMEE Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides briefed the Ambassador on the [...] | 2008-04-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1022 | ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER TO CALL ON UN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu on April 11 made it clear to Ambassadors representing PermReps to the UN Security Council that Ethiopia was frustrated and dismayed with the April 8 Secretary General's report on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. SIPDIS [...] | 2008-04-14 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1074 | SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT PLEADS FOR U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Musse Hersi told Ambassador on April 9 that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was the last hope of Somalia and he was concerned that the TFG was failing. President Hersi emphasized that Puntland was committed to a federal system of governm [...] | 2008-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS SO ET |
08ADDISABABA1134 | SOMALIA: SPOKESMAN FOR PRESIDENT YUSUF SAYS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mr. Hussein Mohammed, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Spokesman for the Office of the President, told Emboffs on April 18 that TFG Prime Minister Nur Adde had failed as Prime Minister and insisted that the TFG must never compromise with the al-Shabaab insurgents. Hussein [...] | 2008-04-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA117 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR REPORTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 12, Ambassador and PolOff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting at United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters where acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar briefed the diplomatic community on the current state [...] | 2008-01-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1198 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR PROVIDES UNMEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community SIPDIS on April 29 that the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was coming to an end and that all of the contingent owned equipment would be shipped out of Er [...] | 2008-04-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1324 | ETHIOPIA: PURGED AIR FORCE COMMANDER SAYS MILITARY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Alemshet Degiffe, an Oromo Major-General purged in 2006 while serving as commander of the Ethiopian Air Force, told the Ambassador on May 12 that the Ethiopian military suffers from ethnic division and Tigrayan dominance. Alemshet said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles cannot [...] | 2008-05-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1427 | ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIALS SAY ALGIERS AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer on May 15 that Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Stephanides on May 15 that Ethiopia insists that Eritrea must demil [...] | 2008-05-23 05:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1494 | UNMEE: A FORCE IN NEED OF A MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17-18, PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer visited United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters in Adigrat, Ethiopia and learned that Ethiopian military activity had declined following a burst of movement in April, when several Ethiopian milita [...] | 2008-06-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA1571 | ETHIOPIA'S BROKEN PROMISES [...] (S/NF) A paradigm shift must occur in the United States' discourse with Ethiopia on foreign assistance. Over the past year, the United States Government (USG) has delivered on all Ethiopian government (GoE) claims of "broken promises" in order to enhance the security of the Ethiopian state and [...] | 2008-06-09 12:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MASS MOPS ET |
08ADDISABABA1856 | ETHIOPIA EXPRESSES CHANGE OF HEART ON POST-UNMEE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador July 7 to seek United States' views and to inform the United States Government (USG) in advance that Ethiopia is now not/not in favor of a follow-on United Nations (UN) military observer mission upon the conclusion of United Nations Missi [...] | 2008-07-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS UN ER ET |
08ADDISABABA1918 | Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...] | 2008-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET |
08ADDISABABA2122 | ETHIOPIA NOT LEAVING SOMALIA YET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on August 1 that the Ethiopian government had not yet made a decision whether to withdraw its military forces from Mogadishu or Somalia, but he emphasized that his government was increas [...] | 2008-08-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2131 | SOMALI TFG OFFICIAL SAYS YUSUF CANNOT BACK DOWN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Head of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril M. Osman (Hawiye/Murosade) told PolOffs on August 4 that TFG President Yusuf could not back down against the Ethiopian ultimatum that Yusuf must support TFG Prime Minister Nur Adde's a [...] | 2008-08-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2157 | ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S LIQUIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final "Friends of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)" meeting on August 4, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community that UNMEE did not fail at its job, rather it performed its mission well [...] | 2008-08-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA2232 | ETHIOPIA LOOKING TO WITHDRAW FROM MOGADISHU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa told PolOffs on August 7 that he expected the Ethiopian military to withdraw from Mogadishu by the end of September and redeploy to Baidoa and other areas outside of the city, allowing the newly trained Som [...] | 2008-08-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2281 | ETHIOPIA OFFERS A WAY FORWARD ON SOMALIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. The MFA Acting Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa on August 18 passed PolOffs Ethiopia's proposed way forward through the current Transitional Federal Government (TFG) crisis, provided TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" ar [...] | 2008-08-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2322 | SOMALI TFG PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER AGREE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde" are expected to sign an agreement in Addis Ababa on August 26 confirming their willingness to work with each other, bridging, at least for now, their recent imp [...] | 2008-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PINR SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2338 | SOMALI TFG LEADERSHIP SIGNS AGREEMENT IN ADDIS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur "Adde", and Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohammed Nur Madobe signed an agreement on August 26 in Addis Ababa that commits the leaders to working together for the remainder of the transi [...] | 2008-08-27 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2379 | ETHIOPIA SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu called in the Ambassador of the U.S. and Charges d'Affaires of the UK and Germany September 2 to discuss ideas to avoid a power vacuum, violence, and possible revival of extremist elements as Ethiopian forces begin phased redepl [...] | 2008-09-04 05:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2749 | THE VIEW FROM INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S ERITREAN REFUGEE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Acting RefCoord and PolOff visited the Eritrean refugee camps at Shimelba and My-Ayni from September 15 to September 19 in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, and met with Eritrean refugees, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials, Ethiopian Administration for Refugee/Return [...] | 2008-10-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER CH |
08ADDISABABA2750 | (S) ETHIOPIA EXPLORING CHANGING TFG PRESIDENT AND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Charge on October 3 that Ethiopia's objective for the upcoming October 27-29 InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit in Nairobi was to constrain Somalia's Transitional Federal Government [...] | 2008-10-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA2848 | ETHIOPIA: TFG PRESIDENT MUST GO, ALL OPTIONS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Ambassador and PolOff on October 14 that Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf must be replaced in order to produce political progress in Somalia. Tekeda said all options were o [...] | 2008-10-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA286 | ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...] | 2008-02-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE |
08ADDISABABA2941 | MORE ETHIOPIAN MFA THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA NEXT STEPS [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's pushback that Ethiopia not hijack the upcoming Nairobi summit with radical "regime change," Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told the Ambassador on October 21 that the Ethiopian government saw three available optio [...] | 2008-10-27 09:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA304 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On February 6, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar ordered the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to execute a complete withdrawal from Eritrea after being unable to obtain fuel from the Eritrean government since December 1 [...] | 2008-02-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA3082 | ETHIOPIA FRUSTRATED BY IGAD, BUT NOT DETERRED [...] (S/NF) Summary. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on November 7 told the Ambassador that the status quo in Somalia was hopeless, and that bringing Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia/Djibouti (ARS) head Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and his faction into the government would increas [...] | 2008-11-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3109 | SOMALIA: TFG ON THE BRINK OF IMPLOSION [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein Nur Adde told the Ambassador and PolOff in separate meetings on November 13 that neither was willing to compromise with the other over the formation of a new cabinet as r [...] | 2008-11-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3187 | USAU: AMISOM EVALUATING MOGADISHU WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) On 20 November 2008, Colonel George Amamoo, the Acting Chief of the African Union's (AU) Strategic Planning and Management Unit (SPMU) for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) called a meeting of local Defense Attaches to provide an update of the situation in Somalia. The Acting [...] | 2008-11-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS |
08ADDISABABA3242 | AFRICOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER MELES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Visiting USAFRICOM commander General William E. Ward met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on November 21 to reinforce AFRICOM's relationship with Ethiopia, and to discuss regional dynamics. Meles, focused primarily on Somalia, said the Somali Transitional Federal Gove [...] | 2008-11-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3258 | USAU: AU PLANS LAST-MINUTE MEASURES TO SAVE AMISOM [...] (S/NF) Summary: At a December 1 meeting with the USAU Ambassador at AU headquarters, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra outlined a series of steps that the AU intends to take by mid-December to encourage Ethiopian forces to remain in Somalia, despite recent public statements t [...] | 2008-12-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL UNSC AU |
08ADDISABABA3276 | ARAB LEAGUE MEMBERS PRESS FOR ROLE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. In the third in a series of U.S. Embassy Addis hosted meetings with the Arab League Ambassadors (Reftel),Arab colleagues pressed for an international conference on Somalia, and a greater Arab League mediating role, including discussion on troops and financial assistance for pe [...] | 2008-12-04 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET XF |
08ADDISABABA3283 | CODEL MEEK DISCUSSES SOMALIA, HR 2003, TERRORIST [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Kendrick Meek, Charles Boustany, and Andre Carson met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday, December 3 to discuss the timeline of Ethiopia's withdrawal from Somalia, the Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act (H.R. 2003) before Congress, and al-Sh [...] | 2008-12-05 12:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3289 | USAU: GENERATING DONOR SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The USAU Ambassador convened a meeting of the U.K., the EU, and the U.S. on December 8 to discuss the amount and kind of support each might be able to provide in order to expand and sustain AMISOM. From this initial [...] | 2008-12-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UNSC AU |
08ADDISABABA3296 | PRIME MINISTER MELES EXPLAINS SOMALIA WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles praised U.S. relations as vital to regional security and Ethiopia's efforts to fight poverty, during the visit by Senator Inhofe, who was accompanied by Congressmen Miller, Neugebauer and Aderholt. Prime Minister Meles particularly praised our bilateral intel [...] | 2008-12-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID ET SO SU |
08ADDISABABA338 | ETHIOPIA: CENTCOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Visiting USCENTCOM commander Admiral William J. Fallon met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on February 7 to reinforce CENTCOM's relationship with Ethiopia and to discuss regional dynamics. On Kenya, Meles suggested that the United States might look to informal non-s [...] | 2008-02-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO KE |
08ADDISABABA3441 | IGAD SANCTIONS SOMALIA PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (SBU) Summary. Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) foreign ministers met December 21 in Addis Ababa to discuss the political and security situation in Somalia. They praised the Somali parliament and Prime Minister for rebuffing President Abdullahi Yusuf,s recent ham-handed at [...] | 2008-12-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3469 | TFG PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL ON SOMALIA'S FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) presidential hopeful and former Ambassador Dr. Yusuf Omar Al-Azhari told the Ambassador on December 26 that the Ethiopian government was supportive of his candidacy to replace former TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, however, he did [...] | 2008-12-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA3474 | ETHIOPIANS "SLOWING" WITHDRAWAL UNTIL AMISOM [...] (SBU) This cable contains an ACTION REQUEST in paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on December 31 that Ethiopia is "slowing" its troops' withdrawal from Mogadishu and Somalia until Ugandan and Burundian reinforcements arrive for the African [...] | 2008-12-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN SO ET |
08ADDISABABA352 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S RELOCATION TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar and United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Taisir Masadeh briefed the Ambassador and the diplomatic community that UNMEE's relocation from Eritrea [...] | 2008-02-12 09:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER |
08ADDISABABA420 | ETHIOPIA-PUNTLAND ENHANCE SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Puntland President Mohamud Muse Hersi and his security chief, Abdullahi Said, told Ambassador February 16 that Puntland and Ethiopia have a security cooperation arrangement for training and information sharing. Further, the President noted that Puntland is committed to fight [...] | 2008-02-19 14:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA430 | ETHIOPIA URGES UNSC ACTION AGAINST ERITREA OVER [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tekeda Alemu, called in the Ambassadors representing the member states on the UN Security Council on February 19 to urge immediate UN action against Eritrea in response to restrictions on UNMEE troop relocation. Noting that Eritrea,s restr [...] | 2008-02-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS ER ET |
08ADDISABABA465 | SOMALILAND PRESIDENT WELCOMES A CLOSER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin told the Ambassador and PolOff on February 21 that his government was ready to increase the bilateral relationship between Hargeysa and Washington. Kahin said that he had ordered his government to work with Washington without restrict [...] | 2008-02-22 12:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA506 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE OFFICE HEAD SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) POLAD and PolOff that UNMEE's relocation to Asmara was going well and that UNMEE was in no dang [...] | 2008-02-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA723 | ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S DEPARTURE MORE THAN HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 12, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff that more than half of UNMEE personnel in Eritrea had already left the country. He said the remaining staff would be out of Eritrea by March 19, except [...] | 2008-03-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER |
08ADDISABABA855 | ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON POLICY TOWARDS SOMALIA, [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian MFA Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdeta Dribssa (strictly protect) candidly told Emboffs on March 13 that the international community must realize that Ethiopia has genuine security interests in Somalia. He noted that Ethiopia had already drawn down its forces in Somalia [...] | 2008-03-31 12:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
08ADDISABABA941 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL AND [...] THIS CABLE IS FROM THE U.S. MISSION TO THE AFRICAN UNION (USAU) AMBASSADOR DR. CINDY L. COURVILLE. 2. SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commission is requesting USG financial and logistical support to establish a temporary AMISOM Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu. The current Headquarters is [...] | 2008-04-07 04:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS AU |
08ADDISABABA946 | MELES ON ETHIOPIAN PLANS TO "REDEPLOY" FROM SOMALIA [...] (S) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador Yamamoto on April 3 that Ethiopia is looking to "redeploy" its approximately 2,500 troops in Somalia to the Ethiopian towns of Dolo Odo and Ferfer along the Ethiopia-Somalia border. While there are some factors aggravating Ethiopia's e [...] | 2008-04-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV ET SO |
08ALGIERS1350 | ALGERIAN MFA: DANGEROUS SPLIT BETWEEN REGIMES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Madjid Bouguerra assured the Ambassador on December 31 that Algeria would continue to play a constructive role in formulating Arab League reactions to the situation in Gaza, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. Bouguerra said that Algerians were shocked and traum [...] | 2008-12-31 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
08ALGIERS187 | OSLO PROCESS AND BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche February 13, highlighting U.S. humanitarian concerns with the use of cluster munitions, and expressing U.S. support for the ongoing negotiations on ths issue within the Convention on Conventional Weapons. We urged Algeria not to adopt any language that would i [...] | 2008-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AG |
08AMMAN1516 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE: INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-19 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA MARR MOPS IZ JO |
08AMMAN2628 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES SEES OPPORTUNITY IN ISF [...] (C) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Director of Strategic Planning Brigadier General Mohammad Farghal welcomed news of the USG plan to strengthen the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF; reftel). After being briefed September 3 by DATT and Poloff, Farghal offered assistance in the form of third-party transf [...] | 2008-09-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JO MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS |
08AMMAN2804 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES BRIEFED ON IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) PolCouns and DATT delivered Ref A demarche to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh on September 29. Emboffs paid special attention to the ramifications for Jordan's field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq, and its Special Operations Forces protecting the hospital. Em [...] | 2008-10-08 07:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IZ JO MOPS |
08AMMAN2885 | JORDAN WILLING TO PROVIDE M113S TO YEMEN IF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered Reftel points October 15 to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi. After consulting King Abdullah, Al-Lozi responded October 16 that Jordan has the M113s and would be willing to provide them to Yemen if compensated financially. 2. (S) Note: Jordan owns over 300 refurbis [...] | 2008-10-16 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR YE JO |
08AMMAN3166 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES WAITING FOR IRAQI REQUEST TO [...] (S) Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) number two and Joint Operations Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Suleiman Al-Raoud told visiting SOCCENT Commander Major General Charles Cleveland on November 20 that the JAF is waiting for the Government of Iraq (GOI) to indicate that they would like the JAF [...] | 2008-11-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | IZ JO MOPS |
08AMMAN3369 | JORDAN WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISAF ON ELECTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi on December 18. Lozi responded to the Ambassador on December 21, agreeing in principle that Jordan would enhance its planned contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to support [...] | 2008-12-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL NATO JO |
08AMMAN3370 | JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO |
08AMMAN3417 | JORDAN: FM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM JO |
08AMMAN455 | JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO |
08AMMAN998 | JORDAN NOT YET PREPARED TO DISCUSS HCA ON CWC; MFA [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Khaled Takhayneh, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh indicated on April 3 that the delegation to the CWC Second Review Conference starting on April 7 would be Jordan's Ambassador to the Hague, Ahmad al-Hasan. However, Hasan w [...] | 2008-04-03 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS JO KTIA |
08ANKARA106 | TGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM JANUARY 15 AIR STRIKES [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) released the following statement on January 18: BEGIN TGS STATEMENT (Unofficial Embassy translation) No. BA-09/08 Evaluations regarding the results of the air operations Turkish Armed Forces carried out against the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terror organization i [...] | 2008-01-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ TU |
08ANKARA1309 | TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...] | 2008-07-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08ANKARA1472 | TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...] | 2008-08-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN |
08ANKARA1478 | PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...] | 2008-08-15 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ |
08ANKARA1689 | CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...] | 2008-09-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU |
08ANKARA1696 | DAS BRYZA TALKS CYPRUS, MONTREUX CONVENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting in Ankara with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, MFA DU/S Berk said the GOT is pleased Cyprus negotiations have begun, but remains circumspect until it becomes more clear the Greek Cypriots are committed to negotiating a comprehensive settlement and not just going [...] | 2008-09-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU CY |
08ANKARA1779 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S [...] (C) Summary: A consensus appears to be emerging on the elements needed to defeat the PKK and the GOT and Turkish military are collaborating closely, according to several well-placed sources. These elements include: denying PKK safe havens in northern Iraq; granting security forces additional [...] | 2008-10-14 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
08ANKARA18 | TURKISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST PKK TERRORISTS IN [...] (S) Summary: Between December 16 and 26, Turkey launched four air strikes against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq. The first attack on December 16 had the largest number of targets and struck the furthest south, hitting locations on south Qandil Mountain. Prior to the first attack, Tur [...] | 2008-01-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA1843 | PJAK STATEMENT ACCUSES U.S. OF SUPPORTING [...] (U) The Freedom Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK),the terrorist, anti-Iran affiliate of the PKK, released a statement threatening U.S. interests on October 18. It claims that U.S.-Turkey intelligence cooperation has prompted Turkey-Iran cooperation and coordinated joint attacks on "libertarian [...] | 2008-10-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINR PINS PROP MOPS IR IZ TU |
08ANKARA1905 | TURKEY: UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) At the military's request, the Chief of Turkish General Staff (TGS) Ilker Basbug briefed the Council of Ministers on Monday, October 27 on the military's counterterrorism efforts. This reportedly marked the first time the head of the Turkish military briefed the Council of Ministers and [...] | 2008-11-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU |
08ANKARA2016 | TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S SINIRLIOGLU ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu provided CDA with an overview of pressing regional issues November 19. He reported that President Gul intends to visit cities outside Baghdad in addition to the capital during his upcoming Iraq visit [...] | 2008-11-20 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA2064 | TURKEY WILL NOT SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (U) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul confirmed on November 28 that the GOT will not/not sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey SILLIMAN [...] | 2008-11-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MOPS TU |
08ANKARA2156 | TURKEY: RESPONSE TO NOBLE ARCHER LIMITED TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told Pol-Mil Couns on December 22 that Turkey's response to Noble Archer is complete; it was limited to three letters: From Turkey's NATO PermRep to the NATO SecGen, from Turkey' Military Representative at SHAPE to [...] | 2008-12-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO GR TU |
08ANKARA2167 | TURKEY: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Operations Section Head Turker Ari and Afghanistan Desk Officer Emre Karagol on December 19. Ari expressed appreciation for the non-paper, noting that the information is timely: an interagency senior working-level (likely at the deputy undersecreta [...] | 2008-12-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
08ANKARA313 | TURKEY: SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY PKK ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of the eight Turkish soldiers captured and subsequently released by the PKK in October 2007 began on February 1 in the Jandarma Command Military Court in Van. Following the hearing, the soldiers were released and will return to court April 25. The trial has been belo [...] | 2008-02-19 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU |
08ANKARA324 | TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...] | 2008-02-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA331 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...] | 2008-02-22 10:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA340 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 2: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (C) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue. According to press reporting, the Turkish ground units involved are two brigades from the Second Army based in Malatya. U.S. military logistics personnel at the Habur Gate crossing between Turkey and Iraq reported traffic flowing [...] | 2008-02-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA341 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA342 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA343 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...] | 2008-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA354 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...] | 2008-02-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA366 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...] | 2008-02-26 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA376 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 6: DAY 5 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish ground troops continued to receive air and artillery support on February 26, despite poor weather conditions. Weather in the objective area is expected to improve over the next 24-48 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations continue at Habur Gate. 2. (U) A Turkish Genera [...] | 2008-02-27 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA389 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 7: DAY 6 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish forces continued to engage PKK in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, backed by close air support and artillery. Operations at the Habur Gate crossing remained normal. 2. (U) A Turkish General Staff (TGS) statement on February 27 reported 77 terrorists and 5 Turkish soldier [...] | 2008-02-28 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA398 | TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 8: DAY 7 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (S//REL TO USA, GBR) Although we have received no formal TGS notification, elements of the Turkish forces involved in the cross-border operation in northern Iraq appear to have begun withdrawing from their forward operating bases. Turkish air force and artillery units conducted cross-border C [...] | 2008-02-29 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA403 | TURKEY: TGS ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA417 | TURKEY: MEDIA COVERAGE OF MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Civilian and military officials have had to respond to criticism from the opposition, reflected both in the mainstream and opposition press, that Turkey bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq. The withdrawal occurred the day after Defense Secretary Gates' [...] | 2008-03-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ |
08ANKARA430 | TURKEY: MILITARY LASHES OUT AT OPPOSITION IN [...] (C) Summary: In an ironic twist, controversy over the Turkish military's pull-out from Iraq has pitted the Turkish General Staff (TGS) against its erstwhile political allies, the Republican People's Party (CHP),and has driven the TGS closer to PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) [...] | 2008-03-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
08ANKARA431 | AFTERMATH OF TURKEY'S REDEPLOYMENT FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: As reported in reftel, the military and government have come under public criticism here for having withdrawn Turkish troops from northern Iraq "in response to US pressure" that was conveyed in remarks Secretary Gates and the President made on February 28. One senior officer com [...] | 2008-03-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS IZ US TU |
08ANKARA475 | TURKEY: MILITARY ROW WITH POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over the latter's allegation that the army pulled out of northern Iraq prematurely due to U.S. pressure continues unabated. CHP vice chair Mustafa Ozyurek state [...] | 2008-03-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MOPS IZ TU |
08ANKARA553 | TURKEY: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GOVERNMENT-MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish military operations against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq over the past three months have lent a facade of unity to the contentious relationship between the military leadership and Prime Minister Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP). The Turkish Gener [...] | 2008-03-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PSEC MOPS PTER TU |
08ANKARA627 | TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...] | 2008-04-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA80 | TURKEY: JAN 15 AIR STRIKES ON PKK TARGETS IN [...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist positions in the Zap-Sivi, Avasin-Basyan, and Hakurk regions in northern Iraq on January 15. The air strikes took place between 1045 and 1400 hours local time. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided approximately 12 hours of advance not [...] | 2008-01-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
08ANKARA825 | TURKEY-IRAQ: SPRING WEATHER BRINGS UPSWING IN [...] (S) Summary: Turkish security operations against PKK terrorists in Turkey and in northern Iraq have increased with the onset of spring. Meanwhile, clashes within Turkey have occurred as far north as Kars and have claimed up to eleven Turkish dead this month. Turkish forces conducted the lar [...] | 2008-04-30 07:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA907 | TURKEY SHARES USG'S OSLO PROCESS CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Department Head for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on May 8. Ulgen said the GOT shared USG concerns about Article 1 (b) and (c) of the Oslo Process draft text, and agreed with the U.S. position that the workarounds developed for the Ottawa Co [...] | 2008-05-12 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN TU |
08ANKARA911 | TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting suspected PKK facilities and PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack. Turk [...] | 2008-05-12 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA926 | TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack and other suspected PKK facilities [...] | 2008-05-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU |
08ANKARA934 | HOST NATION NOTIFICATION COMPLETED ON USAFE PAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO TU |
08ANTANANARIVO137 | COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...] | 2008-02-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO138 | PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS [...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...] | 2008-02-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO157 | Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...] | 2008-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO179 | ISLANDS TENSELY AWAIT MILITARY ACTION [...] (U) The three islands in the Union of the Comoros tensely await impending military action. African Union (AU) Representative Mourad Taiati told international reporters in Moroni on March 4 that, "Today, everyone has taken our [AU] position. [Mohamed Bacar] is isolated and the military operati [...] | 2008-03-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO192 | Comoros: Colonel Bacar Letter to Secretary Rice [...] (SBU) In an apparent response to the Ambassador's March 7 op-ed in the Comoran media endorsing Union and African Union actions, Anjouan's Colonel Bacar sent Post a letter for Secretary Rice on March 11. In it, Bacar repeats the same legal-constitutional arguments he made during 2007 in Cape T [...] | 2008-03-12 09:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO195 | Why We Should Help the Comoros with Maritime Logistical [...] (SBU) As I write this, AU troops from Tanzania and Senegal, and perhaps also Sudan and Libya, are arriving in Moroni, on Grande Comore Island, by various means. According to the Union government, over 1,000 foreign troops are expected to come augment their own "Army of National Development" [...] | 2008-03-13 09:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO200 | Comorans Describe Transport Needs; Op Plan Pending [...] (SBU) Union of the Comoros Defense Minister Dossar sent the Ambassador March 13 a two-page fax outlining "characteristics of the boat needed" to support the combined Comoran/AU military action against Anjouan (complete translation below). While helpful, this is clearly insufficient detail and [...] | 2008-03-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO212 | "RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...] | 2008-03-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO228 | SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...] | 2008-03-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO230 | FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI POSITIONS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) With increasing political and military activity in the Union of the Comoros (REFTEL),former Union President Assoumani Azali has stepped up his communication with Embassy Antananarivo. The latest was a statement from his political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) [...] | 2008-03-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO235 | OPERATION TO TAKE BACK ANJOUAN MEETS LITTLE RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed a force composed of Union Army soldiers and 80 to 100 Tanzanian soldiers under the African Union (AU) aegis landed on the Comoran island of Anjouan overnight from March 24 to 25 to take back the island from recalcitrant leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar. The assault began a [...] | 2008-03-25 09:34:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO242 | ANJOUAN CALM, FRENCH IN HOT WATER IN MORONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan remains calm following Union of the Comoros and African Union deployment to the island with no resistance from Colonel Bacar's forces (REFTEL). Union Vice President Ikililou will lead an interim island government in Anjouan until elections can be held. Rumors continue [...] | 2008-03-27 10:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO25 | PRESIDENT SAMBI DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ANJOUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer,s first visit to the Union of the Comoros (septel),Ambassador Marquardt held a number of meetings with President Sambi, high-level Union Government officials, and members of the international community to discuss the possibility of a [...] | 2008-01-14 15:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CN |
08ANTANANARIVO257 | COMOROS QUIET BUT TENSE AS IT PONDERS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the swearing in of the Interim President of Anjouan (reftel),African Union (AU) and Union Army troops remain on alert against potential violence on the island of Anjouan. The mood in the Comoros is quiet but tense as people await France's decision regarding the legal [...] | 2008-04-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO31 | COLONEL BACAR CRACKS DOWN ON ANJOUAN RESIDENTS [...] (U) Tension continues to escalate throughout the Union of the Comoros. With the possibility of a Union Army landing to take back Anjouan growing every day (refs),Colonel Mohamed Bacar is consolidating his control over the island. He is reportedly positioning his forces at the hospital in the [...] | 2008-01-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO39 | MALAGASY MFA VIEWS ON COMORAN IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Malagasy Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mboara Andriarimanana and Cabinet Director Michel Martin Rajoelina shared their views on the current Comoros impasse with the Ambassador January 16. Both were very well "read-in" on the Comoran state of play, having followed reports from the Ma [...] | 2008-01-16 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MOPS PINR CN MA |
08ANTANANARIVO4 | DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS [...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...] | 2008-01-03 13:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO439 | ANJOUAN ISLAND ELECTIONS CALM, RUNOFF SCHEDULED [...] (U) Official results from the Anjouan island presidential elections released by the Constitutional Court (CC) on June 18 show candidates Mohamed Djaanfari and Moussa Toybou well ahead of the other three candidates. Djaanfari won 44.18 percent of the vote, while Toybou came in a close second w [...] | 2008-06-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
08ANTANANARIVO70 | COMOROS AS VIEWED FROM MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings January 23 with Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, and January 24 with Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara, the Ambassador sought Malagasy views of the current crisis in the Comoros. Both expressed frustration at the ongoing instability in their neighbor an [...] | 2008-01-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO78 | ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT [...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...] | 2008-01-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
08ASHGABAT1009 | SCO SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: TURKMENISTAN WILL NOT [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy delivered non-paper to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 1 regarding the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe. Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov told the Charge August 4 that Presi [...] | 2008-08-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AFIN TX |
08ASHGABAT1024 | TURKMENISTAN'S AIR NAV FEE PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government has proposed an administrative solution to resolve the air navigation fee issue in which bills presented to USG aircraft commanders will now only show a total charge for all ground and other services [...] | 2008-08-06 10:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX |
08ASHGABAT1194 | AIR NAVIGATION FEES REMOVED FROM BILL FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Ashgabat Airport have presented a newly reworked bill for use by air crews using airport services in Ashgabat. The new bill does not reflect a charge for Air Navigation fees. This is a solution [...] | 2008-09-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS TX |
08ASHGABAT1256 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD SAYS [...] (C) State Counter-narcotics Service Chairman Murat Islamov asked DATT and Office of Military Cooperation Chief for U.S. assistance in helping his Service to develop a special forces capability to counter armed drug traffickers. He asked specifically for special forces or counter-terrorism trai [...] | 2008-09-23 11:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SOCI SNAR TX |
08ASHGABAT1295 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER-NARCOTICS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DEA Special Agent William Gustafson, one of three officers comprising DEA's Tajikistan Country Office, visited Ashgabat September 5-9 to meet with representatives of Turkmenistan's new State Counter Narcotics Service [...] | 2008-09-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PINR PREL SNAR SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1533 | VISIT OF TRANSCOM COMMANDER GENERAL MCNABB TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Duncan McNabb, the commander of Transportation Command, visited Ashgabat November 20. The purpose of the visit was to discuss the proposed Northern Distribution Network (also known as NGLOC). As a result of the late arrival and Turkmen schedule changes, most of the pl [...] | 2008-11-26 09:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TX |
08ASHGABAT1551 | CHARGE RAISES NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK (NDN) [...] (C) Summary: Charge Miles raised the issue of the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) with Turkmen Foreign Minister Meredov. Meredov listened carefully to Charge,s points but then re-played the well-known Turkmen (negative) position on the issue. Charge emphasized that the issue was impo [...] | 2008-12-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL TX |
08ASHGABAT552 | PAYMENT OF AIR NAVIGATION AND OTHER FEES BY U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government informed us that it will stop charging air navigation fees to USG aircraft, as long as the Turkmenistan National Civil Aviation Service (Turkmenhowayollary - THY) continues to receive the same amount of i [...] | 2008-05-01 14:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX |
08ASHGABAT884 | TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: DETAIL FROM OIL COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager for German oil company Wintershall told us that the early-April standoff between two Azeri border guard gunboats and an international oil company involved Petronas, in block I, rather than Buried Hill in block III, a block that contains a boundary under disput [...] | 2008-07-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET MOPS AJ TX |
08ASHGABAT896 | TURKMENISTAN/AIR NAV FEES: DFM PROMISES TO SPEED [...] (C) On July 15, Charge met with DFM Wepa Hajiyev to discuss a variety of issues, including air navigation fees (reftel). Charge informed Hajiyev that DATT had contacted Turkmenistan Aviation (THY) officials, as MFA officials had suggested, in order to meet on the issue. However, THY Deputy [...] | 2008-07-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX |
08ASMARA18 | UNMEE FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...] | 2008-01-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW |
08ASMARA25 | PUBLIC BEATING BY EDF SOLDIERS [...] (C) Embassy source informed A/PolOff that she witnessed the severe beating of a young Eritrean male in the compound of a small military camp near the Orota Hospital in Asmara on the evening of January 11, 2008. The exterior gates of this military compound are always partially open due to the f [...] | 2008-01-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS ER |
08ASMARA305 | REPORTED EXECUTION OF ERITREAN SOLDIERS AS "AN [...] (C/NF) A local employee (LES) told RSO that ten Eritrean soldiers were summarily executed after a group of soldiers complained about the lack of food. According to the LES, the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) were conducting field exercises last week in the village of Tukul, located approximatel [...] | 2008-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA311 | BORDER CLASH - MUM'S THE WORD IN ASMARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean government, party, media, and military officials are maintaining complete silence on the June 10-11 border clashes with Djibouti. No Eritrean media outlets have reported the incidents and the citizenry of Asmara are going about their daily routines in grim normalcy. Th [...] | 2008-06-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS ER DJ |
08ASMARA330 | AVIATION FUEL STATUS IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) RSO met with UNMEE Source who provided information on the current low levels of aviation fuel in Asmara. This source by virtue of his position at UNMEE has been able to inspect the fuel tanks at the Asmara International Airport and regularly receives updates on aviation fuel in Asmara [...] | 2008-06-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON MOPS ASEC ER |
08ASMARA332 | MEETING WITH ERITREAN SOLDIERS IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) RSO source relayed the following second-hand information provided by a member of the Eritrean National Security Agency. According to source, an unidentified group of Eritrean military colonels and one general went to Assab from 06/20-21/08 to meet with a group of approximately 200 Erit [...] | 2008-06-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA339 | UPDATE ON UNMEE OPERATIONS IN ASMARA [...] (C) UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) provided RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) with an update June 30 on UNMEE operations in Eritrea. UNMEE has ceased operations in Assab and UNMEE flights are no longer stopping there to refuel. After an approximately two-month wait, the Eri [...] | 2008-06-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA391 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA4 | ERITREAN CASUALTY FIGURES FROM DECEMBER 26 BORDER [...] (C) On December 28 an Embassy source spoke with a mid-level member of Eritrea's National Security Agency (ANS) about the December 26 border clash between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces. The ANS officer said that Eritrean military casualties from the clash were 5 dead and 24 captured. There w [...] | 2008-01-04 07:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PBTS ER ET |
08ASMARA402 | SQUEEZING ERITREAN FARMERS TO FEED THE TROOPS [...] (U) Why Most Eritreans are Skinny -------------------------------------- Most Eritreans are poor farmers who barely scratch out a living in this dry, rocky country. In a good year Eritrea can produce only 80% of its food needs, yet the Isaias regime spurns food aid. UNICEF reports that 40% [...] | 2008-08-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV EAID ECON MOPS ER |
08ASMARA43 | MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN ASSAB REGION [...] (S/NF) RSO Source stated he met with a friend who is a soldier stationed in the port city of Assab and in Asmara on leave. He stated the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) recently received 110 new tanks that are deployed along the border regions near Assab (NFI). 2. (S/NF) The soldier stated M [...] | 2008-01-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL PINR ER |
08ASMARA529 | ERITREAN TROOPS SENT TO HARVEST GRAIN [...] (C) Rifles Swapped for Sickles ---------------------------------- Troops from Eritrea's large standing army have been deployed to grain-producing areas to harvest the country's sparse barley and sorghum crops. Emboffs have witnessed units of uniformed soldiers harvesting barley with small s [...] | 2008-11-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR MOPS ER |
08ASMARA563 | POSSIBLE IRANIAN SUBMARINE IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) An Iranian submarine was reportedly sighted in the port city of Assab on 11/24/08. A reliable embassy source obtained this information on 11/25/08 from a contact who belongs to an unknown Eritrean Army intelligence unit based in Assab. The contact said the submarine visit is widely k [...] | 2008-11-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL ASEC ER IR |
08ASMARA586 | ASMARA ANGST [...] (C) Asmara is awash in speculation about domestic instability stemming from food shortages, economic decline, and stepped-up repression from the Isaias regime. In an isolated society with no media freedoms, Eritreans depend on "bado seleste," (akin to the grapevine or bush telegraph) for info [...] | 2008-12-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV SOCI ASEC ER |
08ASMARA597 | ERITREA'S CORRUPT AND DIVIDED MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Eritrean military's five regional commanders are bitter rivals and would actively contest a coup attempt by any of the others, according to a knowledgeable contact. Isaias personally selects the regional commanders' deputies to act as spies, and rotates them frequently. Low [...] | 2008-12-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | MOPS PGOV MCAP ASEC ER |
08ASMARA71 | MORE MILITARY ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) RSO, DAO, and CLO witnessed Eritrean soldiers detaining Eritrean males in a roundup on 02/12/08 near the Intercontinental Hotel. Several groups of three to four soldiers, armed with clubs and rifles, were detaining Eritreans on the side of the road and walking them to a police station n [...] | 2008-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MOPS ER |
08ASMARA86 | UNMEE "REGROUPING" [...] (SBU) UNMEE Force Commander General Taisir told the ambassador February 20 that the movement to consolidate UNMEE forces in Asmara and Assab was underway and was generally "OK, except in some areas." 2. (SBU) He said 200 of the 500 Jordanians were back in Asmara and he expected the other 30 [...] | 2008-02-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PBTS MOPS PREL ER |
08ASMARA90 | REPORTED GSE REACTIONS TO UNMEE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) RSO met with Source February 20 who relayed second-hand information from the MFA's Americas desk officer. Source has provided reliable informaton to RSO in the past. 2. (S/NF) The MFA desk officer told Source many GSE ministers and high-ranking civil servants are upset with President [...] | 2008-02-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA95 | GSE INTERNAL DEBATE OVER SAWA [...] (C) High-ranking Eritrean officials are said to be debating which ministry should provide funding for Sawa Secondary School, a government-run boarding school/military camp located in the Gash Barka region near the Sudanese border. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) requires all Erit [...] | 2008-02-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM MOPS PINR ER |
08ASTANA1510 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUGUST SCO [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche points on the August SCO Summit with Foreign Minister Tazhin on August 5, stressing that the U.S. hoped that the SCO would not admit Iran to SCO membership or adopt any statement critical of the U.S. presence at Manas air base. While not responding di [...] | 2008-08-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AFIN KZ |
08ASTANA1574 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SEMBINOV [...] (C) In an August 22 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting Marshall Center Director Dr. John Rose, Deputy Defense Minister Lt Gen Bulat Sembinov expressed an interest in discussing further mil-mil cooperation with the U.S. and NATO. He explained that while there were elements i [...] | 2008-08-27 02:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS KZ |
08ASTANA1968 | KAZAKHSTAN: MILITARY UNITS SOON MAY BE READY TO DEPLOY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified (military FOUO). Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A NATO evaluation team judged the Kazakhstani deployable battalion (KAZBAT) "interoperable and deployable," but did note some deficiencies. ARCENT experts believe that the deficiencies are not insu [...] | 2008-10-05 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO KZ |
08ASTANA392 | SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Kazakhstani officials have stated consistently that Kazakhstani troops will stay in Iraq the duration of coalition engagement. The absence of Chapter VII UNSCR authority will not affect Kazakhstan's Iraq strategy. Kazakhstan's committment in Iraq is based on political considerati [...] | 2008-02-28 06:34:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ KZ |
08ASTANA778 | KAZAKHSTAN - POST ENDORSES FY2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Post fully endorses the FY2008 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan that was submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is aimed at providing Kazakhstan with the capability to conduct counterterrorist operations, deploy forces, and react to threats in the northern Caspian Sea, which [...] | 2008-04-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PREL KZ |
08ASUNCION260 | MILITARY COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander General Soto stated publicly April 16 that the military would respect the electoral process. The military played a major role in past elections, but efforts by Soto to institutionalize and professionalize the military -- banishing politics from [...] | 2008-04-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS ASEC CASC SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION470 | PARAGUAY GOING GLOBAL WITH PEACEKEEPING UNIT [...] (C) The 175-member Paraguayan United Nations Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer Company -- Paraguay's first unit dedicated to global peacekeeping under its own command -- celebrated its official dedication June 6. Once it deploys in the second half of 2008, the unit will join 1,662 [...] | 2008-07-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION701 | ANTI-DRUG AGENTS ARREST FIRST CAPITAL COMMAND [...] (C) Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) arrested six members of the Sao Paulo-based gang First Capital Command October 13 operating near Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Amambay Department. SENAD agents -- with the assistance of the U.S.-trained Paraguayan Military Forces' Joint Imm [...] | 2008-10-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PGOV BR BL PA |
08ATHENS1023 | SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...] | 2008-07-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR |
08ATHENS1073 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: STILL CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU),told A/Pol Counselor and Poloff that Greece continues to evaluate the U.S. request that it lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanista [...] | 2008-07-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO GR |
08ATHENS1183 | TFGG1: GREEK FM ON GEORGIA CRISIS, OSCE MONITORS [...] (C) Following the August 19 NATO Special Ministerial to address the on-going crisis in Georgia (reftel),Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis issued a statement, which contained both favorable and unfavorable elements in terms of U.S. policy and generally adhered to the positions of the "old Europe" NATO [...] | 2008-08-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS GG GR |
08ATHENS123 | GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES [...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...] | 2008-01-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR |
08ATHENS1301 | GREECE/NATO: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, we engaged with GOG interlocutors to press Greece to be supportive of an amendment to the ISAF OPLAN to authorize ISAF forces to interdict narcotics production and trafficking facilities where such action would offer a direct military advantage. On August 12, Polof [...] | 2008-09-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR GR |
08ATHENS1383 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY: SOLICITING GREEK [...] (C) On September 23, Ambassador Speckhard raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles reftel request for Greece to contribute USD 30 million per year from 2010 to 2014 in additional funding for sustainment of the expanded Afghan National Army. Agathocles responded that Greece placed a high p [...] | 2008-10-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF |
08ATHENS1396 | U.S. MESSAGE CLEAR AS GREECE'S ANSWER TO "60 MINUTES" [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Greece's elite, progressive SKAI TV devoted the September 29 season premiere of its popular "60 Minutes"-style investigative show "Neoi Fakkeloi" (The New Files, or Folders) to the Georgia-Russia crisis, featuring an interview conducted on location in Tbilisi wit [...] | 2008-10-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO SOCI MOPS GR RU GE |
08ATHENS1400 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE WITHDRAWS FROM NATO AEGEAN [...] (C) Greece informed NATO military authorities October 6 that it has withdrawn from a NATO table top exercise ("Noble Aspect 08") on the Aegean. Greece sought to include "tracks" of a civilian aircraft overflying Agios Efstratios island (reftel) - an island that Turkey maintains is "demilitari [...] | 2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL TU GR |
08ATHENS1452 | GREECE: ADVANCING THE U.S. AGENDA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) The October 23 - 24 meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC - a policy-level bilateral on political-military issues mandated by the U.S./Greece treaty that establishes basing rights in Greece) is an important opportunity to advance our agenda on Afghanistan. We recommend [...] | 2008-10-17 09:34:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL MASS MOPS MARR GR |
08ATHENS1455 | MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...] | 2008-10-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL |
08ATHENS1570 | GREECE/TURKEY: NAVAL STANDOFF OVER OIL EXPLORATION [...] (C) In a 11/17 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathocles confirmed that the immediate crisis is "over" with Turkey over a Norwegian ship accompanied by a Turkish frigate that had been conducting oil exploration approximately eighty miles south of the Greek [...] | 2008-11-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS GR TU |
08ATHENS1606 | GREECE/CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS - GOG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL GR |
08ATHENS1667 | GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...] | 2008-12-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR |
08ATHENS1688 | NATO/AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points related to requirements for elections support in Afghanistan to Theodoros Daskarolis, Deputy Director of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Affairs. Daskarolis replied that Greece is aware of the requirement and following the force generation pr [...] | 2008-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR |
08ATHENS1717 | GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...] | 2008-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR |
08ATHENS1728 | GREEK FM URGES ACTIVE EU ROLE IN GAZA CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Events in Gaza temporarily pushed domestic concerns, such as anarchist violence, the Vatopaidion scandal, and economic troubles, off Greek front pages, giving the Karamanlis government a much-needed breather after weeks of bruising criticism and declining poll figures (reftels). [...] | 2008-12-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS |
08ATHENS320 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS349 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS371 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: DEFENSE MINISTER MANAGES [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard met with Defense Minister Meimarakis March 7 to press for increased Greek contributions to ISAF. Meimarakis said Greece recognizes the importance of the mission and wants to do more but that more time is needed to prepare the public. Greece cannot provide helicopters [...] | 2008-03-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR MK |
08ATHENS55 | ESDP DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD AND C.A.R.: GREEKS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Greek MFA EU/ESDP Department Head Sofia Grammata on January 14. Grammata responded that Greece is committed to the establishment of an ESDP PKO Mission to Chad and CAR and has already pledged military support for the mission; Greece has p [...] | 2008-01-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD MOPS GR UN |
08ATHENS647 | GREECE SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS ON [...] Poloff delivered reftel A points to Andreas Kintis from the D2 Directorate for NATO and the Western European Union (WEU). Kintis expressed appreciation for the background and Washington's acknowledgment of Greece's position to refrain from the Oslo Process based on concerns stemming from clus [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GR PGOV |
08ATHENS678 | GREECE/TURKEY: FALLOUT OF NATO DECISION NOT TO [...] (C) We understand NATO authorities have informed Greek military officials that NATO will not provide support for the proposed May 20 "Noble Archer" exercise, which involved overflight of Agios Efstratios island (but which had excluded overflight of the island of Limnos, which has long been a N [...] | 2008-05-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS721 | CANCELLED NATO EXERCISE STIRS POLITICAL ROW [...] (SBU) The Government and opposition sparred over NATO's withdrawal of support to Noble Archer (ref),which the opposition claimed had led to the "indirect questioning" of Greek sovereignty over the island of Aghios Efstratios. In Parliament, Minister of Defense Meimarakis dismissed oppositio [...] | 2008-05-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS771 | AEGEAN ILLEGAL MIGRATION: GREEK COMPLAINTS AND [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with DCM and DATT, Deputy Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean, and Island Policy Mr. Panogiotis Kamenos discussed the problem of illegal migration in the Aegean. According to Kamenos, over 11,000 illegal immigrants had entered Greece this year, and his ministry, whic [...] | 2008-06-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PREF MOPS GR TU |
08ATHENS782 | GREEK REP AT FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel agenda for the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in the UAE to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolMilOff also passed the agenda to the office of Ambassador Stoidis, Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Defense. 2. [...] | 2008-06-05 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ GR |
08ATHENS794 | GREEKS REMINDED ON FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] Per ref B, Greece intends to send its ambassador in Abu Dhabi to the Friends of Iraq Conference. On June 6, DepPolCouns informed MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis that the conference organizers had not yet received a registration from the Greek participan [...] | 2008-06-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ GR |
08ATHENS88 | DEFENSE MINISTER: MACEDONIA VETO THREAT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard paid an introductory call on Minister of Defense Meimarakis January 18. On Turkey, Meimarakis noted that Greece considers Turkey an ongoing threat, but termed PM Karamanlis' pending trip on January 23 a step forward. Meimarakis reiterated the Greek desire to see Mac [...] | 2008-01-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS MK AF GR |
08ATHENS896 | U.S./GREECE MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (C) The U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship is facing a particularly difficult time, as Washington and Athens have differing views on issues such as the Macedonian name, the independence of Kosovo, and relations with Russia. However, the U.S./Greek military-to-military relationship and the wor [...] | 2008-06-24 12:09:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV GR |
08ATHENS966 | GREECE/TURKEY - NEXT STEPS ON NATO AEGEAN EXERCISES [...] (C) In the aftermath of NATO's May 2008 decision not to support a Greek exercise that would overfly the island of Agios Efstratios (AE)(ref A),the Greeks are considering developing a new exercise that would again seek to overfly the island. Various Greek contacts have told us that they belie [...] | 2008-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO MARR PREL PGOV TU GR |
08BAGHDAD1019 | MCNS ON MARCH 30 REVIEWS BASRAH, BAGHDAD, NINEWA [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: With PM Nouri al-Maliki still in Basra, Deputy PM Barham Salih chaired the March 30 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) foreshadowed by the sound of indirect fire (IDF) impacting in the International Zone as participants arrived at the meeting. The Commit [...] | 2008-04-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1022 | NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 06:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA |
08BAGHDAD1029 | PRT WASIT: 3ID DEP CG DISCUSSES WASIT SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary. On 29 March, 3ID Deputy Commanding General-Support (DCG-S),BG Edward Cardon, met with Wasit civilian and military leaders at the Wasit Governance Center (GC),site of the ISF HQ during the recent fighting against non [...] | 2008-04-03 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1044 | IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...] | 2008-04-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1070 | DPM SALIH: TIME IS RIGHT FOR BIG MOVES ON BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial and far ranging conversation at the DPM residence April 6, EMIN introduced to DPM Barham Salih incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict and discussed economic/reconstruction measures the GOI can take in coming days to solidify gains from th [...] | 2008-04-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1093 | NSA RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 6 with the Charge d'Affaires, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie called the April 5 Declaration by the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) a breakthrough. It had isolated the Sadrists, he said, and forced them to choose whether or [...] | 2008-04-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1094 | BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 8, 2200 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr (MAS) announced on April 8 that he had postponed indefinitely a "million-strong" demonstration originally scheduled for April 9 in Sadr City. The march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. News media also reported Sadr t [...] | 2008-04-08 20:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1112 | APRIL 6 MCNS: BASRAH NEXT STEPS, SADR CITY [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: The April 6 session of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) featured upbeat assessments of the result of the GoI security operation in Basra, along with agreement on the need for job creation, development, and humanitarian initiatives to stabilize the [...] | 2008-04-09 18:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1117 | BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 9, 2200 LOCAL [...] (SBU) PRTs and ePRTs report that most neighborhoods in Baghdad have been relatively quiet today, with fewer JAM members in evidence than before and greater IP presence. Sporadic violence continued between Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) elements and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),and mortar rounds reporte [...] | 2008-04-09 19:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ PINS MOPS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1120 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1151 | REO BASRAH SITREP 12 APRIL 2008 [...] (U) This is a Basrah REO situation report for April 12, 2008. 2. (S//REL ACGU) Summary: The ISF commenced "Operation Charge of the Knights II" on April 12, targeting remaining JAM strongholds in Basrah. There has been limited resistance from small arms fire and IED screens. Basrah Oper [...] | 2008-04-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS IZ PINS PINR PGOV |
08BAGHDAD1155 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-14 06:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD1199 | PRT MAYSAN: IA GEN PLANS MAYSAN OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: On April 13 the PRT met with Major General Habib to discuss the recent clashes in al-'Amara as well as future prospects for security improvement. The clashes in al-'Amara between the Iraqi Army (IA) and militant elements of the Sa [...] | 2008-04-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PINS MCAP |
08BAGHDAD1209 | MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...] | 2008-04-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR |
08BAGHDAD1218 | MCNS APRIL 13: BASRAH LESSONS LEARNED, MOSUL NEXT [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: PM Maliki chaired the 13 April Ministerial Committee on National Security, focusing on security operations in Basrah and Mosul. Discussion underscored the importance of analyzing recent operations in Basrah and elsewhere to correct deficiencies in Iraqi Army and Police [...] | 2008-04-20 02:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1219 | ADEL AND BARHAM OPTIMISTIC OVER BATTLE WITH JAM [...] (C) Summary: In separate April 15 meetings with Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh marveled at the new political atmosphere in Baghdad following PM Maliki's offensive in Basrah. Both leaders expressed optimi [...] | 2008-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1221 | MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...] | 2008-04-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD1250 | RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1251 | MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...] | 2008-04-23 01:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD126 | BUDGET EXECUTION AND PRISON REFORM DOMINATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the January 13 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie led a discussion about capital improvement budget execution problems in the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Justice. Both the IntMin and acting JusMin acknowledged pr [...] | 2008-01-17 12:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD1271 | IRAQ CONFERENCE - CHANGE OF DATES TO JUNE 17 - 19 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MASS MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1304 | NSA RUBAIE ON NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD1310 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-28 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1315 | MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...] | 2008-04-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1322 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-04-29 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1349 | PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN ATMOSPHERICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: A Maysani employee reported to the PRT that Maysanis do not support Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) and hope the Iraqi government will conduct military operations in Maysan to bring stability to the province. Maysanis expressed similar views [...] | 2008-05-01 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IR |
08BAGHDAD1376 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-05-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1381 | APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...] | 2008-05-03 12:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR |
08BAGHDAD1453 | PRT MAYSAN: OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER IA OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The opening days of a PRT-organized training coursewere marred by ongoing arguments between the political and technocratic attendees, with the political attendees seeming to intimidate the other participants and prevent their speak [...] | 2008-05-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1468 | MCNS ON MAY 4 REVIEWS BASRA SITUATION, BORDER [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 4 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) that reviewed the Basrah situation, resources for MOI's Directorate of Border Enforcement (DBE),equipping and training MOD and MOI through Foreign Military Sales (FMS),and a Natio [...] | 2008-05-11 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1473 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-05-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1483 | MALIKI DEMANDS HALT TO IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on May 7 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki cited increasing evidence of Iran's direct interference in Iraqi affairs and the backlash it has engendered among Iraqis at all levels of society. He said he [...] | 2008-05-12 16:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD1503 | MCNS ON MAY 11 REVIEWS SADR CITY AND MOSUL [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the May 11 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS). The committee reviewed military operations in Sadr City (Baghdad) and in Mosul (Ninewa Province). Operations will continue in Sadr City, Maliki declared, until the crim [...] | 2008-05-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD1543 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-05-19 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD16 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-01-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD160 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2008-01-22 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD161 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-01-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD164 | CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS PROGRAM: SECURING [...] (C) Summary: The expansion of the Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) program in 2007 has augmented Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) efforts to bring security to Iraq. CLCs are temporary arrangements that were organized by Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces in order to augment local force prote [...] | 2008-01-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD166 | MALIKI ON CABINET SHAKE-UP, RETURN OF TAWAFAQ, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging weekly security meeting on January 17, Prime Minister Maliki told Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus that a Cabinet shake-up was very possible within a few weeks which would likely result in a technocratic government with fewer ministries. Maliki expressed h [...] | 2008-01-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER TU |
08BAGHDAD1693 | NSC JUNE 1 REVIEWS ONGOING OPERATIONS, AMNESTY [...] (S REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 1 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed security operations in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffak Rubaie, and Minister of State for National Security Shirwan [...] | 2008-06-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD175 | JANUARY 20 MCNS DISCUSSES ASHURA SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary: The Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met January 20 to review the readiness of the Ministry of Interior forces, Baghdad International Airport's security contract, fuel allocations/deliveries for border security forces, and the success of security measures for the [...] | 2008-01-23 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SENV EAGR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1770 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-06-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1805 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1832 | PRT MAYSAN: POLICE CHIEF REPLACED [...] (S/REL MCFI) According to reports from PRT contacts in the province and press sources, and confirmed by Maysan Governor Maliki's close advisor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi. Maysan province's police commander, Major General Ali Waham, was relieved of his duties in the province by the Ministry of the I [...] | 2008-06-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV IR MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1851 | PRT MAYSAN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GOVERNOR'S ADVISOR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 17 meeting with PRT Team Leader, Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi, a close advisor to Maysan Governor Maliki, rejected rumors that the Governor had offered his resignation to PM al-Maliki. Zaid described the current atmosphere in Amarah as normal and claimed that wanted cr [...] | 2008-06-19 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD187 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-01-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD188 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-01-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1883 | PRT MAKES FIRST VISIT TO MAYSAN [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary and comment: On June 20 Maysan PRT made its first trip to the governorate in over a year, accompanying MND-C officials to Camp Sparrowhawk, the forward base for U.S. operations in Maysan located on the outskirts of Amarah. During the visit the PRT met with Iraqi Army (IA) [...] | 2008-06-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV IR MOPS |
08BAGHDAD1930 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-06-25 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1955 | PRT MAYSAN: AMARAH REPORTEDLY CLEARED [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: PRT leader (TL) visited Camp Sparrowhawk outside of Amarah three times in the past five days and traveled to the soccer stadium on June 24 to meet with U.S. Army Civil Affairs teams and take a first-hand look at the streets on the outskirts of Amarah. By all accounts, Op [...] | 2008-06-26 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD1964 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-06-27 10:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD1965 | IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...] | 2008-06-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2011 | PRT MAYSAN HITS THE STREETS OF AMARAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: PRT leader (TL) made a watershed visit to Amarah, the capital of Maysan province, on June 27 via U.S. military convoy. Amarah was calm, with an impressive array of Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) elements visible on the streets. City residents were circulating nor [...] | 2008-06-30 02:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV IR MOPS |
08BAGHDAD2012 | (S) PRT MAYSAN: $100 MILLION IN THE WORKS FOR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 26 conversation with Team Leader (TL),advisor to the governor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi confirmed reports that the GOI will commit $100 million for reconstruction efforts in Maysan province, and broadly painted how the reconstruction funds are expected to be adminis [...] | 2008-06-30 02:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2015 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-06-30 10:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2030 | PRT MAYSAN: PRDC CHAIR LOBBIES TO CONTROL PRT [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Chairman Mohan Mahy Shaheeb argued against PRT engagement with tribal leaders and other groups not affiliated with the governorate. He urged the PRT to route all engagement and project proposals [...] | 2008-07-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2055 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2008-07-04 02:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2069 | AMBASSADOR AND CG DISCUSS SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ryan Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus met with Prime Minister Maliki June 26 to discuss a "bridge" security agreement between the United States and Iraq to facilitate continued U.S. support for the GOI while the Status of Forces Agreement nego [...] | 2008-07-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS IR IZ PREL |
08BAGHDAD2071 | NSC JUNE 29 REVIEWS SUCCESSFUL SECURITY [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired June 29 the National Security Council (NSC) that discussed security operations in Amarah (Maysan Province),the security situation in Diyala, and the need for supplemental funding of the Ministry of Interior. The Prime Minister ope [...] | 2008-07-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2073 | PRT MAYSAN: ARREST OF PC CHAIR/MEMBERS - BUSINESS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Team Leader (TL) at Camp Sparrowhawk outside of Amarah, Maysan Provincial Director of Development and Reconstruction Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi and Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee Chairman Mohan Mahy Shaheeb confirmed press reports that [...] | 2008-07-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV IR MOPS |
08BAGHDAD21 | DPM TO AMBASSADOR: "THERE IS NO POLITICAL WILL" [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spiced a 30 December meeting with Ambassador and CG Petraeus with complaints that his colleagues in government lacked the political will needed to steer the country away from civil war in 2008. He avoided being drawn into any constructive discu [...] | 2008-01-02 18:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MARR ENRG MOPS NBTS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2121 | POST-MNF-I SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR UNAMI [...] (C/REL MCF-I UN) Summary: Pursuant to reftel, EmbOffs and MNF-I officers met June 26 with UNAMI staff to discuss modalities for providing security to UNAMI if UNSCR 1790 expires on December 31, 2008. A follow-up meeting took place July 1. We heard that the maintenance of U.S.-led security [...] | 2008-07-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS MARR UNSC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2137 | IRAQI PLANS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION IN THE KHOR [...] (C/REL MNFI) A proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on improving navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway is awaiting Prime Ministerial approval, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on July 7. Citing the importance of the waterway, Hamoud expressed confidence the Prime Minister wil [...] | 2008-07-09 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR |
08BAGHDAD2152 | VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON: THE PROVINCIAL [...] (S) Summary: In a July 8 meeting with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, Ambassador Crocker, joined by NSC Senior Director Brett McGurk and DASD Mark Kimmitt, discussed progress on the Provincial Elections Law and on the Strategic Framework Agreement and accompanying protocol/MOU. On the Provinc [...] | 2008-07-10 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2171 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-07-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2176 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-07-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2206 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SFA/PROTOCOL WITH VP [...] (C) In a brief July 14 meeting, Ambassador Crocker outlined for Vice President Tariq Hashimi the U.S. approach to the Strategic Framework Agreement and protocol to be taken up by the Executive Committee that evening. Ambassador Crocker said that on July 12 he and PM Maliki had discussed the i [...] | 2008-07-15 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2212 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SFA/PROTOCOL WITH VP [...] (C) In a brief July 14 meeting, Ambassador Crocker outlined for Vice President Tariq Hashimi the U.S. approach to the Strategic Framework Agreement and protocol to be taken up by the Executive Committee that evening. Ambassador Crocker said that on July 12 he and PM Maliki had discussed the i [...] | 2008-07-16 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2243 | BASRAH SECURITY COMMANDERS: SITUATION IMPROVED, [...] (C) In separate July 16 meetings with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah's Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police leadership proudly noted the security improvements following the March 2008 'Charge of the Knights' operation but warned of danger [...] | 2008-07-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PGOV MCAP IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2245 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-07-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2297 | VP HASHIMI, AMB CROCKER, CG PETRAEUS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 dinner hosted at his residence for Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus to discuss how to promote better relations between the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Coalition Forces (CF) in Anbar Province, IIP Secretary-General and Iraqi Vice President Hashimi, IIP MPs, an [...] | 2008-07-23 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PMIL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2303 | MALIKI CALLS FOR DOWNSIZING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (S) During the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) meeting on July 13, Prime Minister Maliki called for an immediate freeze in the growth of Iraqi security forces and ordered development of a plan to reduce numbers. MinDef Abdel Qadr and Commander of Joint Forces (CHOD) General Babaki [...] | 2008-07-24 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD2309 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-07-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2310 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-07-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2312 | SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF IRAQI MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani is a hard working, honest broker achieving real but fragile success in his efforts to rid the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of corruption and sectarianism. He arrives in Washington against a backdrop of increasing good news about security in Ira [...] | 2008-07-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PTER PNAT MOPS MCAP MARR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2329 | MAYSAN GOVERNOR: I AM A SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: "I am a Sadrist," said Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs at the governor's office in Amarah. During a wide-ranging conversation Maliki expressed concerns, which he said were shared by the Maysani public, over the "militari [...] | 2008-07-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS |
08BAGHDAD2347 | ELECTION SECURITY, AIRPORT SECURITY, AND AMNESTY [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh chaired the weekly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Jul 20, deferring planned discussions about Diyala security operations because this had been the topic of an earlier meeting of the Crisis Action Committee held by Prime Minister Mali [...] | 2008-07-28 06:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD2355 | MAYSAN IA OFFICERS: OPS GOING WELL, BUT GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) operations in Maysan went "better than planned," said 10th Iraqi Army (IA) Division Deputy Commander Brigadier General Jabar Nehma and 38th Brigade Deputy Commander Colonel Mustafa Khydair in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs. Th [...] | 2008-07-28 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2402 | SECURITY OPERATION BENEVOLENT DIYALA STARTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 28, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched Benevolent Diyala, the security operation designed to sweep residual terrorist elements and supporters from Diyala province. The ISF blockaded the provincial capital Baqub [...] | 2008-08-01 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR MOPS PTER ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2403 | DIYALA PREPARES FOR POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Provincial Council committee in charge of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is working with the Director General for Migration to prepare for any potential humanitarian crises created by the current Iraqi-led security operat [...] | 2008-08-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL ECON PTER MOPS EAID PINS PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD241 | MALIKI REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR CABINET SHAKE-UP, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the weekly security meeting on January 24 with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki reaffirmed his desire to reduce the number of cabinet posts and form a national unity government with ministers from a broad spectrum of parties including Tawafuq and Iraqiyya. He express [...] | 2008-01-28 02:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ JO SY |
08BAGHDAD2414 | SONS OF IRAQ (SOI) PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the second in a series of reports on the Sons of Iraq (SOI),formerly known as Concerned Local Citizens (CLC). For information regarding the origins, training, equipment, operations, and the initial prospects for integration of the former CLC, see Ref A. 2. (S) Summary. As of [...] | 2008-08-02 05:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS MOPS PGOV ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2415 | BABIL: LOTS OF WORK TO BE READY FOR PIC [...] (S) Summary. Babil Province is not ready for PIC transfer; CF/PRT and GOI officials agree that significant improvement will be needed to meet the established PIC transfer goal of November 2008. In separate meetings, Governor Salem Salih Mahdi Al-Muslimawi (July 29) and leading Iraqi Army (IA) [...] | 2008-08-03 03:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2423 | SENIOR ADVISOR KRAJESKI PRESSES KIRKUK LEADERS TO [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the suicide bomb and mob violence in Kirkuk July 28, Senior Advisor Krajeski traveled there to appeal for calm and discourage provocative acts or statements from Kirkuk's Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Turkomen communities. Security was restored quickly by provincial se [...] | 2008-08-04 08:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ |
08BAGHDAD2425 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-04 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2426 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-04 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2427 | IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) In an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Hamoud discussed the state of relations between Iraq and Kuwait with Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray. Addressing a wide range of border and other bilateral issues, Ham [...] | 2008-08-04 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR |
08BAGHDAD2438 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-05 06:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2456 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ON OPERATIONS IN [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the July 27 National Security Council (NSC),which began with a review of current security operations in Diyala and Ninewa provinces. Ministers devoted most of the two-hour meeting to Diyala, where military operations are quickly ramping up. The Diyala [...] | 2008-08-05 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
08BAGHDAD2463 | KIRKUK: TENSE, RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT NO RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, ethnic relations in Kirkuk have been buffeted by the passage - and subsequent veto - of a controversial provincial elections law in Baghdad, a terrorist attack at a Kurdish demonstration resulting in mass casualties, a violent confrontation between Kurdis [...] | 2008-08-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS KCRM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2510 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 3 REVIEWS DIYALA OPERATIONS [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The weekly Iraqi National Security Council meeting on August 3 discussed ongoing security operations in Diyala, resolving the MEK situation, and conforming to UNSCR 1373 (Counter Terrorism measures). The Council also touched on the protection of judicial officials and t [...] | 2008-08-10 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2511 | IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE: NEXT STOP, NINEWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL-MIL Minister-Counselor and her incoming successor met with Iraq Minister of Defense (MoD) Abdul Qadr August 6 to discuss security developments in Iraq. Citing with approval the current operation in Diyala, MoD said his plan was to next turn to Ninewa "to clean it out." He sai [...] | 2008-08-11 03:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU IR |
08BAGHDAD2518 | MAYSAN GOVERNOR PLAYS IT COOL WHILE SHEIKHS RUN HOT [...] (C) Summary: Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki said all the right things in an August 9 meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL) at the Governor's offices in downtown Amarah. The Governor expressed satisfaction with security gains in the province as a result of Operation Tidings of Peace and the presen [...] | 2008-08-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS |
08BAGHDAD2528 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-11 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2531 | IRAQ: POLMIL MINSCOUNS MEETS GENERAL ABUD [...] (C) During an August 6 meeting, Baghdad Operations Center commander General Abud told POL-MIL Minister Counselor and her incoming successor that GOI knows Special Groups (SG) are armed and funded by Iran. He explained the GOI is unwilling to state so publicly in a direct manner, but would do s [...] | 2008-08-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ IR |
08BAGHDAD2583 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-14 10:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2584 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2590 | BABIL: SONS OF IRAQ TRANSITION KEY TO CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Separate walkabouts through the towns of Jurf as Sakhr (August 6) and Iskandariyah (August 7) -- both organized by the 4th Battalion/3rd Division -- indicated a security situation markedly improved from the previous year but still fragile. Local politicians and tribal leaders expressed [...] | 2008-08-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD26 | SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...] | 2008-01-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
08BAGHDAD2608 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 10 REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 10 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on security operations in Diyala, budget execution, and the need for re-energized security operations in Mosul in the face of an up-tick of AQI and criminal [...] | 2008-08-17 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2665 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-08-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2667 | MAYSANI SHEIKHS: EXPECT MORE ATTACKS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In an August 19 meeting with U.S. officials, Maysani sheikhs Ali Hasan Sajar Al-Fartusi and Saha, Jabar Suhail Al-Buzaid warned of a "second phase" in local reactions to the U.S. presence in the governorate, predicting that released detainees and militants returning fro [...] | 2008-08-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS PINS IR IZ |
08BAGHDAD267 | OPERATIONS IN MOSUL DOMINATE JANUARY 27 MCNS [...] (S REL MNF-I) Following brief remarks from MOD on Army escorts for fuel deliveries, Prime Minister Maliki moved the discussion from the scheduled topics to the situation in Ninewa province, especially in Mosul (ref. A). MOD painted a picture of disorganized security forces in Mosul and outlin [...] | 2008-01-29 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2729 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 17 REVIEWS MOSUL [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 17 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on reconstruction efforts in Mosul, MOD's logistics modernization, and protection of infrastructure. The Council also reviewed operations in Diyala, protec [...] | 2008-08-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2730 | SUNNI CHARGES GOI "DOING AL-QAEDA A BIG FAVOR" [...] (C) Summary: Dhia Mahdi (strictly protect),a senior aide to (Sunni Arab) Deputy Prime Minister al-Issawi, recently complained that the GOI had "(done) Al-Qaeda a big favor" through its recent security operations in Diyala province, which he alleged targeted Sunni political rivals rather than [...] | 2008-08-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2781 | SUNNI ARAB INSIDER WARNS PM MALIKI WILL REIGNITE [...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Sunni Arab "Sons of Iraq" and Sahwa ("Awakening") fighters, who were instrumental in pushing Al-Qa'ida out of Anbar Province, and on the defensive elsewhere, will not be absorbed into the Iraqi Security Forces and vocational training programs as projected, a [...] | 2008-08-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2784 | IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 24 REVIEWS READINESS OF [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: The National Security Council (I-NSC),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, focused its discussions August 24 on the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to provide security for Iraq and command and control of Ports of Entry (POEs). The council also heard [...] | 2008-08-29 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD2787 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Army who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The n [...] | 2008-08-30 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2809 | ERBIL: S/A KRAJESKI MEETS WITH ANGRY KRG LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG officials are frustrated with the stagnation in the implementation of Article 140, dismayed about recent Iraqi Army attempted deployments into Khaneqin and other disputed territories, and fearful for their future within a federal Iraq if the perceived anti-Kurd sentiment gro [...] | 2008-09-01 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2837 | PRT DIYALA: KURDS AND SUNNIS CLAIM GOI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Top Kurdish and Sunni political leaders in Diyala view the recent security operations in the province (Operation Benevolent Diyala) as a GOI sectarian campaign designed to suppress Kurdish and Sunni participation in the [...] | 2008-09-04 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PINS PHUM MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2838 | PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY ACTIONS IN KHANAQIN RAISE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Diyala Provincial Council Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK) told us that negotiators, who have met the past few days in Baghdad, have worked to defuse the tense confrontation between Kurdish fo [...] | 2008-09-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD2860 | IRAQI NSC AUGUST 31 DISCUSSES COUNTERING [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the August 31 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) that followed up on the previous week's (reftel) discussion of preventing assassinations, detainee releases, and operations in Diyala. The Council also spent consi [...] | 2008-09-05 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MASS MARR ENGR ECON IZ |
08BAGHDAD2897 | KURDISH REPS CLAIM AQI LINKS AT NEW IRAQI POLICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Diyala Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan has alleged a newly set-up police force at Jaloula in the Khanaqin district has links to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and threatens Kurdish and regional security. He charged t [...] | 2008-09-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD291 | PROGRESS IN TRANSFER OF IRAQ SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The fourth quarterly meeting of the High Level Working Group held January 24 to discuss the Joint Committee for Accelerating the Transfer of Iraq Security indicated progress. Consistent Iraqi themes were to reduce the number of supporting committees either through closure or con [...] | 2008-01-31 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER PINR IZ |
08BAGHDAD2933 | NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...] | 2008-09-11 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD2936 | CG DISCUSSES PESHMERGA-GOI CONFLICT, FORCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In their regular weekly meeting on 4 September 2008, Commanding General MNF-I GEN David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (joined by CDA) discussed disposition of Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) near the city of Khanaqin and the Green Line, Iraqi military force struct [...] | 2008-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD2958 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-09-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD2962 | AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...] | 2008-09-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD2963 | IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on September 11 the Kuwaiti Prime Minister would visit Iraq shortly after Ramadan concludes. He said a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clearing the Khor Abudllah waterway of shipwrecks remained 'stuck' in the Prime Minister's [...] | 2008-09-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR |
08BAGHDAD298 | SUCCESSFUL ICRC VISIT TO CAMP BUCCA [...] (C) An ICRC inspection team visited the MNF-I Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca January 8-28. This trip, the first major ICRC inspection of Camp Bucca since November 2006, came after several months of high-level pressure on the ICRC, including direct requests from Ambassador Crocker an [...] | 2008-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER ICRC IZ |
08BAGHDAD2991 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-09-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD3 | AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...] | 2008-01-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3010 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2008-09-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08BAGHDAD3021 | FORMER PM ALLAWI: IRAQ NEEDS PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a September 15 meeting, Iyad Allawi, former Prime Minister and current leader of the secular "Iraqiya" parliamentary bloc, told the Ambassador that Iraq needs its political leaders to develop a greater consensus about key issues like provincial elections, constitutional re [...] | 2008-09-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3022 | NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...] | 2008-09-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3031 | AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Sons of Iraq (SOI),the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...] | 2008-09-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
08BAGHDAD308 | PRT WASIT: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIR AIRS SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary: In a 29 Jan meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL),Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Mohammad Hassan Jabir expressed fear that potential Sadrist election victories and the advent of Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) in Wasit wo [...] | 2008-02-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS IZ |
08BAGHDAD3096 | NSC REVIEW SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: SECURITY OPTICS, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The September 21 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Ministry of the Interior asserting its control of the Petroleum Security Police (PSP). Emphasizing his desire both to improve optics in the international zone for the Iraqi public, [...] | 2008-09-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
08BAGHDAD3267 | NINEWA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NINEWA [...] (S) Summary: Ninewa,s political and military leadership outlined security, development and political challenges facing the province during an October 6 meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. Governor Kashmoula said that the GOI has failed to adequately equip Iraqi Army units in the provi [...] | 2008-10-09 14:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS ECON PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD3294 | IRAQI CLERICS AND THE BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with prominent Iraqi Islamic clerics revealed support for a bilateral security agreement from several interlocutors, but another expressed strong reservations. In our conversations, only one prominent Islamic figure indicated a willingness to publicly advocat [...] | 2008-10-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL MOPS IZ |