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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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08STATE125123 | NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...] | 2008-11-25 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI |
08STATE125319 | (U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) The 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 below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...] | 2008-11-26 14:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE126923 | INSTRUCTION: USUN TO SOLICIT P3 VIEWS ON DRAFT [...] (C) This is an action request. Department requests USUN present to French and British representatives no later than December 3 the proposed draft UNSC resolution to extend arrangements and immunities associated with the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),Iraq's oil and gas exports, and revenues [...] | 2008-12-02 20:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ |
08STATE127955 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...] | 2008-12-04 19:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE128040 | URGENT DEMARCHE TO GOA [...] (S) Department requests that Embassy Canberra demarche the Australian Government on the way forward in the GOA's negotiations with the Government of Iraq on an agreement to permit Australian forces to remain in Iraq after the expiration of the UNSCR 1790 mandate for the multinational force. P [...] | 2008-12-04 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN |
08STATE129529 | TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON KUWAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 00:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
08STATE130109 | IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 14:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08STATE130227 | IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] (U) Summary: To accelerate Iraq's economic recovery, a roundtable of U.S. experts, convened by the Department, has offered to help Iraq establish and develop its own National Science Foundation (NSF). Science and technology (the application of science) has long been a vital engine of economic [...] | 2008-12-11 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
08STATE130393 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...] | 2008-12-11 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE130472 | ACTION REQUEST: RESPONSE TO GOR'S DIPNOTE ON IRAQ [...] (U) Department requests Ambassador pass to the Government of Russia (GOR) the results of Multi-National Force Iraq's (MNF-I) investigation into purported U.S. military involvement in a traffic accident with a Russian convoy in Baghdad. The Ambassador may draw upon these talking points: -- A [...] | 2008-12-11 23:17:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ RS |
08STATE132140 | ACTION FOR CONTINUING IRAQI COALITION EMBASSIES [...] (C) Department requests Embassies Bucharest, San Salvador, and Tallinn, along with USNATO, share the text in para. four with host governments and NATO soonest to determine whether the formulation meets those governments'/NATO's requirements for authorities and protections for their forces in Ir [...] | 2008-12-17 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO |
08STATE133293 | GUIDANCE: VOTING INSTRUCTION ON DFI RESOLUTION, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-21 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IZ |
08STATE133682 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...] | 2008-12-22 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE133683 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 the individuals be filed with as muc [...] | 2008-12-22 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE133685 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...] | 2008-12-22 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE133686 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The 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 the individuals be filed with as muc [...] | 2008-12-22 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE135 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050079420 for the export of ammunition to Iraq. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...] | 2008-01-02 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IZ KOMC |
08STATE135318 | GUIDANCE: USUN AUTHORIZED TO AGREE TO EXTENSION [...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to respond affirmatively by diplomatic note to a request by the United Nations (REF DFS-2008-285) to a two year extension of: -- an Agreement between the United States of America and the United Nations Organization Concerning the Provision of Se [...] | 2008-12-31 02:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IZ |
08STATE14010 | OIL-FOR-FOOD GUIDANCE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Background ---------- 2. (SBU) Department has reviewed the January 23 letter sent by SYG Ban updating the UNSC on the current status of the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. We are encouraged by the progress made by the OFF Working Group [...] | 2008-02-11 17:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON UNSC IZ |
08STATE14577 | IRAQ COALITION CONFERENCE PROPOSED LOCATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Summary: Multi-National Force - Iraq and Embassy Baghdad have proposed Abu Dhabi as the location for the next Iraq Coalition Conference which will convene within the first two weeks of May, 2008. Abu [...] | 2008-02-12 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ AE ECON EFIN |
08STATE15346 | (U) POLITICAL AND ANTI-AQI DYNAMICS IN DIYALA [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE POSTS' AND PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM'S INSIGHTS ON THE DYNAMICS IN DIYALA PROVINCE. THE INCREASE IN INSURGENT ACTIVITY AND THE INFLUX OF INSURGENTS LEAVING BAGHDAD AND AL ANBAR, AS WELL AS PREPARATIONS FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, MAKE DIYALA IN [...] | 2008-02-14 17:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR IZ |
08STATE15895 | 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 Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...] | 2008-02-15 17:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE18213 | DISCUSSING FOREIGN FIGHTERS WITH THE SYRIANS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Department requests Embassy Damascus provide the Syrian government information on foreign terrorist flows through Syria into Iraq derived from Objective Massey documents and detailed in an Intell [...] | 2008-02-22 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PREL SY IZ |
08STATE18943 | 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 member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to b [...] | 2008-02-26 12:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE2004 | U.S.-QATAR GULF SECURITY DIALOGE (GSD) DECEMBER [...] (S/NF) Summary: The third round of the U.S.-Qatar Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) took place in Washington on December 18, with Qatari officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Interior representing the Government of Qatar. The meeting reinforced our mutual commitment to the [...] | 2008-01-08 20:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET KNNP MARR IR MASS PREL QA IZ LE |
08STATE22941 | SECURING IRAQI SUPPORT TO PROPOSE AN UNSCR TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The Deputies Committee tasked State with laying the groundwork for a UN Security Council Resolution that would sanction those who threaten the peace or stability of Iraq similar to the measu [...] | 2008-03-06 00:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF |
08STATE2577 | 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 member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be credi [...] | 2008-01-09 18:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE2881 | ACTION REQUEST: PUBLIC TALKING POINTS ON IRAN IN [...] (U) This is an joint OSD-State action request; see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Department of State and Department of Defense have prepared talking points that Posts should draw on when asked by their interlocutors about Iran's role in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) Action Request: At [...] | 2008-01-10 15:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR MOPS IZ PARM PREL PIN |
08STATE29525 | 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 by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible i [...] | 2008-03-21 11:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE29529 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: SOFA NEGOTIATING TEAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Department requests country clearance for an interagency team led by Iraq SOFA Negotiator Ambassador Robert Loftis to hold meetings with HMG Ministry of Defense and Foreign and Commonwealth Office on April 8. The team will arrive [...] | 2008-03-21 11:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR OTRA PREL UK |
08STATE33290 | RIES REPORTS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, FACES HEADWINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Charles Ries met with congressional staff, business representatives, international financial institution (IFI) staff, journalists, and others interested in Iraq's economic situation during his March 10-14 visit to Washington and New York. Amb. Ries's interlocutors generally [...] | 2008-04-01 14:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IZ |
08STATE34305 | SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN [...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...] | 2008-04-03 01:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR |
08STATE38413 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...] | 2008-04-11 18:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE40480 | RESPONSE TO DAMASCUS REFUGEE SITREP 1 [...] (SBU) Department appreciates Post's update on Iraqi refugee resettlement (reftel). 2. (SBU) PRM and DHS/USCIS authorize GSO or a contractor to drill additional tennis ball-sized holes in the Plexiglass in each interview room to facilitate better communication. We understand this will cos [...] | 2008-04-17 17:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ SY PHUM PREF PREL |
08STATE41097 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...] | 2008-04-18 16:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE43113 | (C) INFORMING REGIONAL PARTNERS OF UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Action addresee posts are requested to approach host governments to advise them of three overlapping U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) deployments in April and May 2008. (NOTE: This message is info only for Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.) 2. (C) Objective: To unde [...] | 2008-04-23 23:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SA AE BA KU QA MU JO EG IR IZ XF |
08STATE43742 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 28-29 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 16. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on April 28-29. [...] | 2008-04-24 21:16:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS SY LE CH |
08STATE43799 | DEMARCHE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The first anniversary International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Sweden and co-chaired [...] | 2008-04-24 23:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ |
08STATE44332 | GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 28 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMI AND [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following text in its statement at the April 28 UNSC open debate on UNAMI and MNF-I. 2. Begin text: It is my pleasure to report today on behalf of the Multinational Forces in Iraq (MNF-I),as requested by Security Council resolutions 1546, 1637, 1723, a [...] | 2008-04-26 01:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
08STATE45358 | ENGAGING GCC+2 ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (S/NF) This demarche comes in the context of our strong push to get greater regional engagement with Iraq. This effort is not just for the sake of that country but to advance strategic regional security goals in the face of common regional challenges from Iran, Al-Qaeda, and other sources of [...] | 2008-04-29 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BA EG IZ JO KU QA SA GCC AE UM |
08STATE48027 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the member of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credi [...] | 2008-05-06 20:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE48047 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the member of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credi [...] | 2008-05-06 20:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE4865 | SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 3. Please slug responses for PM, NEA and the appropriate regional bureau; also info NSC WASHDC, SECDEF WASHDC, and JOINT STAFF WASHDC. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the President and Prime Minister Maliki agreed in their November 26, 2007 Declaration of [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ |
08STATE49806 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SOLICIT GOI RESPONSE TO DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 8. ---------- Objectives ---------- 2. (SBU) Post is requested to pursue the following objectives with the GOI: -- Share with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities [...] | 2008-05-09 23:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
08STATE50592 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE JUNE 17-19, 2008, UAE [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. SUMMARY. Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad will co-host the Friends of Iraq Conference (previously known as the Iraq Conference) at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emir [...] | 2008-05-13 17:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL |
08STATE53211 | IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATING TEAM ON FACT-FINDING VISIT [...] (SBU) Following several months of negotiations on a Status of Forces Agreement between Iraq and the United States, the Iraqi negotiators have decided to visit several countries with similar bi-lateral agreements with the United States already in place. Posts are requested to support the visit [...] | 2008-05-19 19:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
08STATE53419 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...] | 2008-05-20 12:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE5422 | (U) SAMARRA TRIBES (C-IA8-00042) [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE POSITIONS, AFFILIATIONS AND DYNAMICS OF TRIBAL LEADERS IN SAMARRA. IN-DEPTH REPORTING ON SIMILAR ISSUES IN AL ANBAR ALLOWED ANALYSTS TO PROVIDE POLICYMAKERS VALUABLE INSIGHTS REGARDING WAYS TO INFLUENCE TRIBAL LEA [...] | 2008-01-17 16:51:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR IZ |
08STATE54639 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 26-27 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 27. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on May 26-27. [...] | 2008-05-21 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO |
08STATE55375 | ORAL MESSAGE URGING FM KOUCHNER TO ATTEND [...] (C) This is an action request: see para 4, below. 2. (C) Per reftel State 43799, Sweden is hosting the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm on May 29. The Swedish Foreign Minister of State has requested USG support for Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt's [...] | 2008-05-23 13:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID FR IZ SW EUN |
08STATE55858 | IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND [...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...] | 2008-05-23 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
08STATE55862 | TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA [...] (S/NF) The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment to Canada. [...] | 2008-05-23 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08STATE55887 | TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA [...] (S/NF) The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment to Canada. [...] | 2008-05-24 01:47:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | CA ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL |
08STATE55889 | IRAQI SOFA NEGOTIATOR VISIT - BACKGROUND [...] (U) This is a joint Department of State-Department of Defense cable. 2. (S) The Status of Forces Agreement being negotiated with Iraq is intended to be an enduring document similar to SOFAs the United States has with other countries: setting the "rules of the road" whenever U.S. forces are [...] | 2008-05-24 01:50:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM IZ JA KS KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SN SOFA |
08STATE56532 | ANNOUNCING THE 2009 IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN CYCLE [...] Last year, our Foreign Service and Civil Service colleagues made their considerable talents available in support of our top foreign policy priorities in Iraq and Afghanistan, as we anticipate happening this year. They responded to our Department's call, and volunteers staffed every position [...] | 2008-05-27 20:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER AF IZ |
08STATE56560 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. BACKGROUND. The Friends of Iraq Conference, hosted by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),Government of Iraq (GOI),and U.S. Embassy Baghdad, is set for June 17-19, 2008 at the Armed Forces Officer Club (AFOC),Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Ref [...] | 2008-05-27 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL |
08STATE57100 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENGAGE UN ON PLACING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Background 2. (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM),which runs the Overseas Processing Entity (OPE) in Baghdad under contract to the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, has requested that IOM caseworkers [...] | 2008-05-28 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL UN IZ |
08STATE59463 | READOUT FROM APRIL 29 -IRAQ AND NEIGHBOR RSI SVTC [...] (S) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey hosted an Iraq and Neighbors Regional Strategic Initiative Secure Video Teleconference (SVTC) with U.S. Chiefs of Mission (COMs) from Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, as well as Embassy Baghdad's Political Military Minister-C [...] | 2008-06-03 18:20:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC IZ XF |
08STATE5979 | GUIDANCE FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE INFORMAL [...] (U) This cable is to provide guidance and instructions for the U.S. delegation to the informal Iraq donors meeting in Naples, Italy on January 23-24, 2008. Reftels give the composition of the delegation. 2. (U) With an eye toward achieving the goals of the International Compact with Iraq, a [...] | 2008-01-18 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EU UN IT IZ |
08STATE60123 | ICI ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE - STOCKHOLM, MAY 29, [...] (U) Posts may draw upon this report as needed in their discussions with host governments about Iraq. 2. (U) Summary: In a meeting that most participants and commentators agreed helped to improve international perceptions of Iraq, eighty-four countries and twelve international organizations [...] | 2008-06-04 18:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL SW EUN |
08STATE60393 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE - AWAITING [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. For Embassy Suva, please coordinate this action with the Kingdom of Tonga only. 2. The June 17-19 Friends of Iraq conference in Abu Dhabi will commence in less than two weeks. Action addressees' host governments have not yet registered fo [...] | 2008-06-05 12:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ |
08STATE60837 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN GOF SUPPORT FOR THE NATO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) has provided a variety of training programs to Iraqi Security Forces to help establish a more secure environment in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Min [...] | 2008-06-05 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR IZ |
08STATE60877 | GUIDANCE FOR PRESS STATEMENT ON JUNE 13 UNSC [...] USUN is instructed to circulate the text below with other UNSC members with a view to drawing upon it in the press statement for the June 13 UNSC mid-year review of MNF-I. 2. Begin text: As required by resolution 1790 (2007),members of the Security Council discussed on June 13 the mandat [...] | 2008-06-05 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
08STATE6172 | GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 21 UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMI AND [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following text in its statement at the January 21 UNSC open debate on UNAMI and MNF-I. 2. Begin text: 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, 17 [...] | 2008-01-19 11:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
08STATE62000 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENGAGE GOI ON POST-MNF-I [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/REL MCF-I, UN, IZ) UNSCR 1546 (2004),which set out the mandate for Multi-National Force-Iraq, most recently renewed by UNSCR 1790 (2007),noted the decision to create a "distinct entity" under unified command of MNF-I, with a ded [...] | 2008-06-09 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08STATE62029 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENGAGE GOI ON POST-MNF-I [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/REL MCF-I, UN, IZ) UNSCR 1546 (2004),which set out the mandate for Multi-National Force-Iraq, most recently renewed by UNSCR 1790 (2007),noted the decision to create a "distinct entity" under unified command of MNF-I, with a ded [...] | 2008-06-09 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08STATE62450 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 16-17 [...] (U) Classified by Jeffrey Giauque, Senior Political Officer, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 24. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on Jun [...] | 2008-06-10 18:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZK IR IZ IS SY LE |
08STATE62588 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4, 9, and 10. SUMMARY 2. (S/NF) The Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is subject to a five-year review this year. The Department is collecting and reviewing information about the activi [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS IZ SY IS LY |
08STATE63693 | SHUTTING DOWN BANK SEPAH AND REVIEWING IRAN,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/REL IRAQ) Following a report in late May 2007 that Bank Sepah intended to open up a branch in Baghdad, U.S. officials approached Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Abbawi [...] | 2008-06-12 21:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR IZ KNNP PARM PTER |
08STATE63759 | GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 13 UNSC MIDYEAR REVIEW OF MNF-I [...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following text in its statement at the June 13 UNSC midyear review of MNF-I. 2. Begin text: I am pleased to report to the U.N. Security Council on behalf of the Multi-National Force-Iraq(MNF-I). I would like to welcome Foreign Minister Zebari and am grat [...] | 2008-06-13 02:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IZ |
08STATE65834 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. (C) Per Ref A, on May 15, Embassy Baghdad shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution (Ref B),which imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that thr [...] | 2008-06-18 23:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
08STATE66078 | IRAQ YELLOWCAKE SALE TO CAMECO: USG PUBLIC [...] (S) Cameco's 550 metric tons of natural uranium purchased from Iraq will reach the port of Montreal on/about July 3. This action request seeks to ensure the Government of Canada (GOC),Cameco, and the USG have synchronized our public affairs and legislative briefing timelines and messages. End [...] | 2008-06-19 15:36:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CA ECON ENRG IZ OPRC |
08STATE66583 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-3. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 05-958924 and 05-982382 for the export of night vision devices (NVDs) to Iraq. PM/DTCC unde [...] | 2008-06-20 15:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IZ |
08STATE67981 | TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON KUWAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-24 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
08STATE68769 | DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION (DEC) FOLLOW-UP [...] (U) USG agencies welcome Embassy Baghdad,s follow-up on the Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) (REF A). We concur with the division of labor and suggestions for USG action and appreciate Embassy Econ,s work with GOI counterparts to maintain the momentum the DEC afforded to the USG-GOI bi [...] | 2008-06-26 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG IZ |
08STATE69050 | OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...] | 2008-06-26 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU |
08STATE69051 | OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...] | 2008-06-26 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU |
08STATE69056 | OMAN-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 27, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary: State and DOD officials met with representatives from the Omani MFA and Oman Embassy on May 27 in Washington, DC for the fourth round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). The meeting reinforced the two sides' mutual commitment to the strong strategic relationship, b [...] | 2008-06-26 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET KNNP MARR PREL IR IZ LE MU |
08STATE69675 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: TURKISH INTERFERENCE WITH IRAQI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. --------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVE --------------------- 2. (C) Despite the Secretary's stern warning to FM Babacan that Turkey's interference in the Iraqi election law deliberations is unhelpful and threatens to derail t [...] | 2008-06-27 23:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL TU |
08STATE70826 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INSTRUCTIONS TO LOBBY GOI ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 5. OBJECTIVE 2. (SBU) Embassy Baghdad is requested to again lobby the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to obtain a substantial GOI contribution for the funding of the proposed new United Nations compound in Baghdad. Embassy is ask [...] | 2008-07-02 00:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
08STATE71576 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-07-03 12:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE71583 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED KING AIR [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-07-03 12:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE71795 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-07-03 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE71896 | DELEGATION GUIDANCE FOR THE 7 JULY IRFFI DONORS [...] (U) This is an action cable for Embassy Baghdad. See guidance in paragraphs 3 through 12. 2. (U) Along with Iraq and the U.S, EU/EC, UN, and World Bank, the info addressee countries of this cable constitute the membership of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq Donors Com [...] | 2008-07-03 18:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IZ PGOV PREL |
08STATE71930 | INTERIM RESPONSE TO POST'S REQUEST FOR LIFE [...] DS acknowledges receipt of Reference A and is presently coordinating with other offices to process the request. A response will be provided SEPTEL. 2. Point of contact on this matter is DS/IP/OPO/FPD Charles Diamond at 571-345-2431 or Heidi McMichael at 571-345-2403. RICE [...] | 2008-07-03 19:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT ASEC IZ |
08STATE72686 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-07-07 21:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE73174 | DRAFT AGENDAS AND MISSION CLEARANCE REQUESTS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The next session of the U.S.-UN High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Iraq will be held on July 11 at UN headquarters in New York (Ref A). The Dialogue will be divided into a political discussion, chaired by U/S [...] | 2008-07-09 02:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08STATE73794 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...] | 2008-07-09 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ |
08STATE73807 | (U) SECRETARY RICE'S JULY 2, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAN SMITH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, S/ES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.4. (B) AND (D) 2. (U) JULY 2, 2008, 10:30 - 11:15, WASHINGTON, D.C. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD ACTING UNDER SECRETARY JOHN ROOD, T ASSISTANT SECRETARY D [...] | 2008-07-10 00:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG AF IZ |
08STATE7679 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...] | 2008-01-24 23:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU |
08STATE78542 | RENEWAL OF UNSC MANDATE FOR UNAMI: SUGGESTED TEXT [...] (C) Summary: The mandate for the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was reauthorized and expanded by UN Security Council Resolution 1770 (2007) and will expire on August 10, 2008. According to Special Representative for the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura, UNAMI is satisfied [...] | 2008-07-22 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK UN IZ |
08STATE79841 | INSTRUCTIONS TO TABLE UNAMI RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) was reauthorized by UNSC resolution 1770 on August 10, 2007 and will expire on August 10, 2008. USUN is authorized to table the text of the draft resolution in paragraph 2 to renew UNAMI's manda [...] | 2008-07-24 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
08STATE80278 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-07-25 13:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE83662 | REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...] | 2008-08-04 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08STATE84006 | GUIDANCE: UNAMI BRIEFING - 6 AUG 2008 [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the points in para 2 below during the briefing on the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) scheduled for August 6. 2. (U) Begin points: -- I am pleased to report to the Security Council on behalf of the Multinational Force [...] | 2008-08-05 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ |
08STATE85110 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UNAMI RENEWAL RESOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to agree to the resolution extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for an additional twelve months. Should the text of the resolution change prior to adoption, Department requests Post should seek further Departme [...] | 2008-08-07 23:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ |
08STATE87417 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-14 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE87433 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-14 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE88209 | INSTRUCTIONS TO LOBBY COSTA RICA ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: On March 28, the Russian Presidency of the UNSC circulated a draft letter to the Secretary-General on closing down the OFF program. This letter would have granted the Government of Iraq (GOI) 45 days to provide Confirmations of Arrival (COAs) for the remaining [...] | 2008-08-15 22:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC IZ EFIN |
08STATE89155 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING IN [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-19 19:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE89736 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED FMS [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-20 21:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE91327 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...] | 2008-08-25 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA |
08STATE92039 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-27 13:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE92040 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-08-27 13:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE92332 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONTINUE ENGAGING GOI ON DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. 2. (C) Per Refs A-D, Embassy Baghdad has shared with the GOI the draft text of a UNSC resolution that imposes targeted sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in or provide support for acts of violence that threaten [...] | 2008-08-27 23:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PREL PTER IZ RU UK |
08STATE9395 | 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 Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...] | 2008-01-30 14:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE9474 | 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 Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...] | 2008-01-30 15:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE95569 | UNMOVIC/UNSCR 1762: MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Iraqi Minister for Science and Technology Raad Fahmy's request to discuss the path to eventual normalization regarding Iraq's civil nuclear industry, including the ultimate lifting of relevant UNSCR obligations, this cable outlines the steps necessary for Iraq to [...] | 2008-09-05 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC IAEA IZ |
08STATE96997 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-09-10 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE99505 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The 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 t [...] | 2008-09-17 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
08STATE99701 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...] | 2008-09-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ |
08STOCKHOLM136 | SWEDEN PLANS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (c) Following the signing of a repatriation agreement with Iraq, Sweden has agreed to open an Embassy in Baghdad. The Embassy will not issue visas and will open after premises have been secured, security is worked out, and communications are assured: "likely after the Summer," End Summary. [...] | 2008-02-21 06:57:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM265 | PM REINFELDT REQUESTS MAY 29 BILAT WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall requested April 7 that Charge convey the request of PM Reinfeldt for a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice on May 29, in connection with the Secretary's anticipated participation in the Stockholm conference on the International Compact with Iraq (ref [...] | 2008-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP SECRETARY PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM272 | THREE ISSUES FOR MOD TOLGFORS APRIL 17 CALL ON [...] (C) In connection the upcoming April 16-17 visit by Swedish Minister of Defense Sten Tolgfors to Washington, Embassy recommends raising two requests regarding specific additional contributions in Afghanistan (ref A) and Sweden's pending decision on participation in NATO's Rapid Response. We al [...] | 2008-04-11 15:16:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR PGOV IZ AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM278 | SWEDEN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP ON MAY 29 IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (C) On April 15, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told the DCM the Swedes look forward to working closely with the U.S. on the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),and asked for the following USG assistance: -Encouraging ICI invitees to send ministerial-level representation to the conf [...] | 2008-04-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SE |
08STOCKHOLM288 | FM BILDT ON U.S. HELP TO MAKE THE ICI A SUCCESS [...] (C) On April 17, Ambassador met with FM Bildt in anticipation of Sweden's hosting the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) conference. Bildt was joined by MFA State Secretary Belfrage, Ambassador Christer Kumlin (in charge of conference logistics),Chief of Staff Karin Olofsdotter, Am [...] | 2008-04-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ EU SW |
08STOCKHOLM292 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SWEDES: STOPPING TRAVEL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL PRTER IZ TU SE |
08STOCKHOLM298 | MAYOR OF SWEDEN'S REFUGEE CAPITAL MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Ambassador Wood held meetings in Sodertalje (a Stockholm suburb of 83,000 with about 26,000 Iraqi immigrants) to discuss immigration problems of Christian Iraqis. Sodertalje's Mayor said there has been a steep spike in Iraqi Christian asylum-seekers over the past t [...] | 2008-04-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV IZ SE |
08STOCKHOLM321 | UPDATE ON ICI PROGRESS IN STOCKHOLM [...] (C) Summary: Belfrage said the main message to send out of the ICI is that Europe has turned the page on Iraq and is now looking forward. (He commented that while it might be difficult to get European FMs to say this publicly, their attendance would send the right signal.) At the April 29 GAE [...] | 2008-04-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON UN EU IZ SE |
08STOCKHOLM368 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MAY 28-30 VISIT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Stockholm/Embassy Baghdad message. SWEDEN 2. (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Sweden. You are the first sitting Secretary of State to visit Stockholm since Lawrence Eagleburger in 1992. The occasion is historic: Sweden's hosting of the first post-Saddam me [...] | 2008-05-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SENV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM379 | IRAQI PM MALIKI'S BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SWEDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ SE |
08STOCKHOLM407 | FM BILDT AND U.S. OFFICIALS DISCUSS IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On May 28, the day prior to the International Compact with Iraq (ICI),Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Amb. Ryan Crocker, accompanied by Amb. Wood, met with FM Carl Bildt and other MFA officials. Crocker briefed Bildt on the improving situation in Iraq. Bildt anno [...] | 2008-06-04 08:35:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM482 | SWEDEN COMPLAINS OF EMBASSY'S PERIMETER BREACH BY [...] (U) On July 1, Head of the Gulf Department at the MFA, Dag Juhlen-Dannfelt, contacted poloff to protest the breach of Sweden's diplomatic compound in Baghdad by KBR contractors and the U.S. Military. According to a report sent by Sweden's security contractor Control Risks, the perimeter defen [...] | 2008-07-01 14:49:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM532 | AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] | 2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM533 | AT EU, SWEDEN PUSHES IRAQI REFUGEES OVER [...] (U) On June 24, the local media ran an op-ed piece by Migration Minister Tobias Billstrom calling on other EU countries to take in more Iraqi refugees. That same day at the EU Ministerial meeting, the EU did not address the issue to take in more Iraqi refugees. According to press reports, th [...] | 2008-07-28 11:17:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PTER EU IZ SW |
08STOCKHOLM67 | APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28- [...] (U) On January 25, 2008, Poloff met with Anna Norell, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent, regarding the upcoming January 28-29 EU Foreign Ministers GAERC meeting. Comments on Kosovo, Iran, and the Isreali-Palestinian peace process were highlighted: KOSOVO ------ 2. (C) Sweden felt bound by UN [...] | 2008-01-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU |
08STOCKHOLM764 | SWEDISH MFA ON IRAN, SYRIA AND IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Robert Rydberg, Deputy Director-General and Head of the Department of Middle East and North Africa at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that: -- Sweden is fully committed to tightening any loopholes and implementing all UN sanctions on Iran. He added t [...] | 2008-11-14 07:13:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR IZ SY SW |
08SUVA18 | TONGA REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT: SECOND [...] (C) Regarding reftel (deadline today),Tonga Prime Minister Sevele and Tonga Defense Service (TDS) Commander BG Uta'atu visited Honolulu this week to observe the next TDS contingent training for deployment to Iraq (MNFI). We understand that Sevele and Uta'atu discussed prospects for future Ir [...] | 2008-01-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ TN |
08SUVA20 | TONGA REQUIREMENTS FOR IRAQ DEPLOYMENT -- PM [...] (C) Tonga Prime Minister Sevele visited Embassy Suva on Jan. 25 on his way back to Tonga from a visit to Honolulu (see ref A). As requested Ref B, we followed up on his PACOM discussions regarding the possibility of further Tonga Defense Service (TDS) deployments to Iraq. Sevele made clear t [...] | 2008-01-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS CVIS IZ TN |
08TALLINN102 | ESTONIA: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (S) In response to reftel, post submits the following responses to the questions posed: A. (S) WHAT ARE UROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I.E., BEYOND 2008) PLANS FOR THEIR FORCES AND OTHER EFFORTS IN IRAQ? (S) While the Government of Estonia (GOE) has maintained its strong political commitmen [...] | 2008-03-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN |
08TALLINN228 | ESTONIA/IRAQ: TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Estonia's mandate to participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom, currently predicated on UNSCR 1151, will expire at the end of 2008. The Estonian parliament will be required to vote on a recommendation from the government to extend the mandate and thereby the deployment. The Iraq m [...] | 2008-07-02 14:25:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN |
08TALLINN256 | ESTONIA: NO COMMENT ON REQUEST TO INCREASE NTM-I [...] (C) Over the past several weeks, post has engaged both the Estonian MFA and MOD concerning prospects for increased Estonian support for the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) in accordance with commitments made at the Bucharest Summit. Currently, Estonia has three staff officers assigned t [...] | 2008-07-25 09:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ EN |
08TALLINN292 | Estonian FM Paet Visit to Baghdad [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Crocker and Iraqi officials told Estonian Foreign Minister Paet August 12 that Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations are ongoing and there is no guarantee they will conclude before Estonia's legislative mandate for operations in Iraq expires in December. With [...] | 2008-08-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ EN |
08TALLINN377 | ESTONIA: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VWP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Tallinn October 29-30 to welcome formally Estonia into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),and to announce that eligible Estonian travelers will be able to commence visa-free travel to the United States on November 17, 2008. Both [...] | 2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL EU RU GG IZ EN |
08TELAVIV2086 | ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON ISF TRANSITION PLAN DEMARCHE [...] (S) Pol Couns delivered reftel points separately to MOD Arab Affairs Advisor David Hacham and to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East and Peace Process Yacov Hadas. Both Hacham and Hadas received the points with great interest, but neither had any substantive response, although Hada [...] | 2008-09-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | MAAR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AEC BA EG IZ JO KU |
08TELAVIV293 | CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES GAZA SMUGGLING ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 04:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL IR IZ |
08TELAVIV818 | JAPAN ENVOY: ISRAEL COOPERATING ON INDUSTRIAL PARK [...] (C) Japanese Envoy to the Middle East Ambassador Tatsuo Arima met with Ambassador Jones on April 1 to discuss the Arab League Summit and progress on the planned Japanese industrial park outside of Jericho. The Ambassador also updated Arima on the recent visit of the Secretary. Arima said th [...] | 2008-04-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KWBG AL JA SY LY IZ IS |
08TELAVIV941 | U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...] | 2008-04-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ |
08THEHAGUE241 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On March 10, Econoff shared reftel points concerning the U.S. designation of four Syria-based members of Abu Ghadiyah Network with Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Financial In [...] | 2008-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN UNSC IZ SY NL |
08THEHAGUE300 | DUTCH GOVERNMENT INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO IRAQI [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry officials Dirk Jan Wierenga (Iraq desk) and Nelly Blokker (Humanitarian Aid Division). Wierenga stated that the Dutch government and parliament share U.S. concerns for the humanitarian situation of Iraqi refugees and internally displ [...] | 2008-03-28 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM PREL NL IZ |
08THEHAGUE394 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NO NEW PLEDGES, PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 15:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE434 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 16:15:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE550 | NETHERLANDS: IRAQI CHRISTIANS ASK FOR SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff met with six Iraqi Christians, who lobbied for U.S. support to improve the security and legal situation in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Background: Dutch NGO IKV Pax Christi sponsored a visit to the Netherlands by six Iraqi Christians, from June 20 to July 6. [...] | 2008-06-26 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE606 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH EXTEND NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE802 | NETHERLANDS/TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC NL IZ |
08THEHAGUE832 | (S/NF) NETHERLANDS FM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: FM Verhagen has serious concerns over the status of Afghan detainee, Mulla Bari Gul, who is reportedly in U.S. custody in Iraq. On November 5 the Foreign Minister must report to Parliament on detainees in Afghanistan and will be questioned as to the status of each detainee the Dutch [...] | 2008-10-03 14:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM AF IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE95 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DPM SALIH MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Iraq desk officer Dirk Jan Wierenga told poloff that Deputy PM Salih made a "good impression" during his visit to the Netherlands January 21-22. Dutch agreement to a trade mission to northern Iraq later this year was a highlight of the visit. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Salih [...] | 2008-02-01 11:39:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PINR NL IZ |
08TOKYO1195 | JAPANESE REPRESENTATION AT ICI MEETING [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Koumura and most of his senior deputies will be tied up hosting the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) on May 29 and will therefore not be able to attend the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) meeting in Stockholm that same day. A [...] | 2008-05-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ JA |
08TOKYO1238 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL |
08TOKYO1272 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...] | 2008-05-10 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS |
08TOKYO1462 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ JA |
08TOKYO1464 | (S/NF) JAPAN PLANS IRAQ WITHDRAWAL, EXPANDED [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is actively planning to terminate the C-130 support mission in Iraq by the end of the year while expanding its activities in Afghanistan, according to MOFA National Security Division Director Takeo Mori. Mori said that these decisions are driven by the [...] | 2008-05-28 08:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV AF IZ JA |
08TOKYO1554 | IRAQI SOFA TEAM VISITS TOKYO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A five-member delegation led by Iraqi Under Secretary for Multinational Relations and Legal Affairs Dr. Mohammad Alhaj Hamoud visited Tokyo June 2-5 to consult with Japanese and U.S. authorities on the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The delegation received briefings [...] | 2008-06-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SOFA IZ JA |
08TOKYO1593 | (S/REL NATO) PROSPECTS FOR EXPANDED JAPANESE [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: Japan continues to review options for a new operation in Afghanistan to "off-set" the planned termination of its current Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) logistics effort in Kuwait/Iraq. The Japanese government remains focused on such options as dispatching C-130s for logis [...] | 2008-06-11 07:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA |
08TOKYO1607 | IRAQ POST-UNSCR: JAPANESE RESPONSES ON TIMING FOR [...] (C) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Workinglevel contacts tell us that Japan has made no decision yet on what type of arrangements it plans to pursue with regard to the presence of its Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) operating in Kuwait and Iraq following the exp [...] | 2008-06-12 07:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO1623 | (S) MOD DEFENSE POLICY BUREAU DG ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) DCM spoke with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushise Takamizawa June 13 to explore what new steps Japan could take in Afghanistan. Takamizawa said that MOD Minister Ishiba had concluded that it would not be possible to dispatch CH-47 helicopters to [...] | 2008-06-13 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV IZ AFIN JA |
08TOKYO1657 | SHAPING JAPAN'S AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is struggling to find a strategy to terminate its C-130 mission to Iraq and start a new deployment to Afghanistan to ""off-set"" its decision to opt-out of the Iraq coalition. The U.S. political calendar appears to weigh heavily on Japanese deliberation [...] | 2008-06-17 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA |
08TOKYO1705 | CABINET TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS BEFORE G-8 [...] (S/NF) Summary: Key ministers will seek a consensus on a possible new mission to Afghanistan before the June 26-27 G-8 Foreign Ministerial meeting in Kyoto, according to MOFA National Security Division Director Takeo Mori. Mori said that the survey team dispatched to Afghanistan and neighbori [...] | 2008-06-20 08:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV AF IZ JA |
08TOKYO2188 | METI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT SHORT-TERM OIL OPERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been no new developments in the East China Sea dispute since China and Japan signed an MOU on joint development, according to METI Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka. Negotiations may resume in October. Hosaka also described his recent meeting in [...] | 2008-08-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL CH IR IZ JA |
08TOKYO2241 | METI OFFICIAL DESCRIBES JAPANESE EXPERIENCE DOING [...] (C) While Japanese media have reported positively on high-level discussions between the GOJ and Middle Eastern governments, Japanese efforts to attract investment and efforts to negotiate an Economic Partnership Agreement with the GCC, the actual exchanges have been challenging, according to w [...] | 2008-08-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV PREL BEXP JA IZ IR |
08TOKYO2489 | JAPAN ADVISED OF NEED TO CONCLUDE IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Bessho was advised by Charge September 9 that Iraq has decided to decrease the number of non-U.S. coalition partners effective January 2009, and that accordingly, Japan will no longer be required to deploy Air Self Defense Force (ASDF [...] | 2008-09-10 08:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO257 | JAPANESE AND IRAQIS FINALLY EXECUTE FIRST LOAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese and Iraqi officials signed loan agreements worth over USD 1.5 billion covering eight reconstruction projects in Iraq. These are the first of Japan's USD 3.5 billion worth of soft yen loans to Iraq to be signed and come after an extended period due to Iraq's lack of capac [...] | 2008-01-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ JA |
08TOKYO2730 | BIO INFO ON IRAQI AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO SAUDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia Dr. Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily currently serves as Iraq's Ambassador in Tokyo, where he is a well-known and close Embassy contact. To correct reftel, which indicates Jumaily is a career diplomat who served in the Saddam era, in fact Jumaily [...] | 2008-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR IZ JA |
08TOKYO3074 | JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS SYRIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone met October 18 with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualam in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of the BMENA Forum for the Future meetings. According to MOFA, during the thirty minute meeting FM Mualam briefed Nakasone on Syria's normalization o [...] | 2008-11-04 22:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY IR LE IZ JA |
08TOKYO3116 | NIPPON OIL WEIGHING IRAQ OIL BID AMID POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Nippon Oil, Japan's largest petroleum company and one of four Japanese firms pre-qualified to participate in first-round bidding on Iraqi oil tenders, report the firm is still deliberating whether to bid on Iraqi contracts amidst internal questions about Iraqi polit [...] | 2008-11-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO3283 | JAPAN ANNOUNCES END TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT; LAUDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso November 28 officially announced Japan's intention to end the deployment of Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) stationed in Kuwait in support Operation Iraqi Freedom by the end of December. MOFA contacts tell us the ASDF plans to fly its last mission [...] | 2008-12-02 06:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IZ JA |
08TOKYO3464 | JAPANESE OIL EXPLORATION COMPANY'S IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese oil exploration firm INPEX's General Manager for the Middle East Tetsuro Tochikawa finds Iraq's oil minister seems committed to a fair and transparent bidding process. Tochikawa told Emboffs several factors, however, including a lack of capacity to negotiate and manage c [...] | 2008-12-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL IZ IR JA |
08TOKYO449 | IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...] | 2008-02-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA |
08TOKYO510 | JAPAN: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan has yet to seriously begin considering what actions it will take with regard to the Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) presence it has deployed in Kuwait following the expiration of MNF-I's mandate on December 31. It is likely that the basic plan governing this deployment will b [...] | 2008-02-27 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA |
08TOKYO663 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 08:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ SY JA |
08TOKYO682 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Tokyo Ghanim Al-Jumaily is concerned positive developments achieved in Iraq as a result of the surge may be wasted if progress is allowed to languish during the period before and after the U.S. presidential elections. He believes the Iraqi government is "o [...] | 2008-03-13 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ JA |
08TOKYO710 | NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...] | 2008-03-17 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ |
08TOKYO721 | NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON IRAQI COUNTERPART [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Recently accredited Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Seyed Abbas Araghchi made one of his first courtesy calls on Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim Al-Jumaily on March 12. Ambassador Jumaily subsequently provided an Embassy Tokyo political officer with a readout of the meeting. Jumaily said [...] | 2008-03-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PINS IR IZ JA |
08TOKYO779 | JICA PRESIDENT OGATA MEETS SYRIA'S ASAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Sadako Ogata met March 12 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. According to MOFA, their discussion focused on economic assistance and did not address political issues. Japan believes it necessary to maintain c [...] | 2008-03-21 07:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID KPAL KWBG IS IZ SY JA |
08TOKYO987 | JAPANESE PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Japan will most likely be represented at the Iraq Expanded Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Kuwait on April 22 by Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera, according to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano. While Matano and his colleag [...] | 2008-04-10 06:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JA |
08TRIPOLI12 | GOL TELLS IRANIAN VP IT OPPOSES IRAN RESOLUTION, SHARES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PGOV KTFN KNNP PARM ETTC EFIN IR IZ LE LY |
08TRIPOLI120 | EXTREMISM IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL PTER LY IZ |
08TRIPOLI168 | LIBYA: DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR MAR 5-6 AL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ KV LE SY LY |
08TRIPOLI430 | DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ |
08TUNIS1073 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC IZ IR SY |
08TUNIS1111 | THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FM ABDALLAH: BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18, FM Abdulwaheb Abdallah said he was making his first trip to Russia in the coming days, accompanied by 23 businessmen. An economic agreement is to be signed. The Ambassador asked for an explanation on the withdrawal of police [...] | 2008-10-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR PINS PHUM IZ RS TS YM |
08TUNIS194 | A/S WELCH'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MINISTER OF [...] (S) In the course of several hours of interactions between NEA A/S Welch and Foreign Minister Abdallah on February 28, Welch conveyed the latest US thinking on Lebanon, Syria, the proposed Arab League summit, Iraq, Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Kosovo, among other topics. [...] | 2008-03-03 17:00:00 | Embassy Tunis | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IR IZ SY LE SE XI |
08ULAANBAATAR310 | MONGOLIA'S DECISION CYCLE ON TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR [...] (S) As requested in reftels, the Ambassador, DCM, E/P Chief, and DATT have approached counter-parts in the Government of Mongolia (GOM),to include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Secretary and the Acting Director General for the Americas, Middle East, and Africa, the Foreign Policy Ad [...] | 2008-06-23 04:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | MARR PREL IZ MG |
08ULAANBAATAR311 | GIA DIRECTOR INDICATES MONGOLIA WILL OK 10TH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA),former Ambassador to the U.S. R. Bold, told the Ambassador June 20 that he believes that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) will approve the dispatch of a 10th troop rotation to Iraq. The GOM has not made a formal announ [...] | 2008-06-23 06:59:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MASS KPKO ASEC MG IZ |
08ULAANBAATAR341 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Enkhbayar on July 10 to deliver President Bush,s national day message (reftel) and to seek President Enkhbayar,s views regarding recent political upheaval in Mongolia and the planned duration of Mongolia,s 10th troop rotation in Iraq. Enkhbayar [...] | 2008-07-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR IZ MG |
08ULAANBAATAR43 | MONGOLIAN VIEWS REGARDING IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) Tsogtbaatar told the DCM January 23 that President Enkhbayar, SIPDIS his boss, firmly supports Mongolia's continued presence, stressing Mongolia is essentially in Iraq to support the U.S. In general, Mongolians support such a presence, [...] | 2008-01-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ MG |
08USEUBRUSSELS446 | EU CONSIDERS OPTIONS FOR ENGAGING IN IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY: European Union Council, Commission and Parliament officials told NEA DAS for Iraq Lawrence Butler, during meetings in Brussels on February 27 and 29, that the EU is actively exploring options for engaging in Iraq. Council officials confirmed EU HiRep Solana's interest in visiting [...] | 2008-03-26 08:51:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ XF EUN |
08USEUBRUSSELS533 | ENCOURAGING GREATER REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (U) EU contacts confirmed that the EU will be represented at the Expanded Neighbors process on April 22 in Kuwait by Slovenian Presidency Foreign Minister Rupel, Council desk officer for Iraq Sophie Kisling, and Commission Deputy Director-General for the Middle East Hugues Mingarelli. Council [...] | 2008-04-09 05:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID IZ EUN |
08USNATO144 | PM MALIKI ADDRESSES THE NAC AND CALLS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Thursday, April 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki urged the North Atlantic Council to extend and expand the mission of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Maliki stressed that Iraq needs to develop the security structures required to recruit, train, and maintain the Iraq Sec [...] | 2008-04-23 10:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR IZ |
08USNATO159 | AMBASSADOR NULAND BRIEFS NAC ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Wednesday, May 7, Ambassador Nuland presented the NAC a Washington produced PowerPoint presentation entitled:"Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq." Highlighting the fact that foreign fighters account for 90 percent of [...] | 2008-05-08 13:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PBTS PREL PTER IZ SY |
08USNATO228 | USNATO RESPONSE TO SURVEYING IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect NATO would need approximately six months after the signing of a U.S.-Iraq SOFA to finalize its own legal arrangements that would allow the continuation of the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Because several NATO Allies will oppose the Alliance joining the US-Iraq [...] | 2008-07-01 15:48:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL IZ |
08USNATO468 | ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I [...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...] | 2008-12-17 18:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK |
08USUNNEWYORK1077 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMI/MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council received a quarterly briefing on November 14 from Staffan de Mistura, head of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and from Ambassador Khalilzad, on behalf of MNF-I. Iraqi PR Bayati also addressed the Council. All participants, including members of the [...] | 2008-11-17 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1164 | NEW YORK: DFI NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Iraqi PR Bayati on December 9 to discuss a draft Security Council resolution renewing immunities for Iraqi assets including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and extending the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The Ambassador encouraged B [...] | 2008-12-11 23:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1170 | DFI/IAMB RESOLUTION: DEC 12 UPDATE FROM NEW YORK [...] (SBU) The Security Council met at expert-level on December 12 to discuss renewal of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Discussion went smoothly, and substantive requests were largely as predicted. Russia requested language calling fo [...] | 2008-12-13 01:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK1202 | SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS DFI PROTECTIONS FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22 the Security Council unanimously passed resolution 1859, providing for a one-year extension of protections for Iraqi assets, including the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and a Security Council review of all resolutions pertaining to Iraq since the adoption of re [...] | 2008-12-23 21:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK148 | KUWAIT DELEGATION REINFORCES IRAQ COMPENSATION [...] (SBU) A Kuwaiti delegation headed by Khalid al-Mudhaf, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation related to Iraq,s 1990 invasion (PAAC),visited New York February 6-8 and met with key Security Council delegations, as well as the UN Comptroller. The Kuwaiti message in [...] | 2008-02-15 16:42:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KU IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK152 | UNAMI EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the January visit to Baghdad of UN Under Secretary for Safety and Security David Veness, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has been given permission to raise its international staff ceiling to 140, which means an increase of 19 professional staff. [...] | 2008-02-15 21:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK248 | UNHQ UPDATES ON UNAMI ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a regularly scheduled trilateral with the U.S. and UK on March 13, the UN,s Iraq team provided updates on UNAMI,s revised proposal for a long-term compound, a request for MNF-I protection during construction of support facilities for UNAMI at the Baghdad International air [...] | 2008-03-18 21:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK301 | UPDATE ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ; UN REQUESTS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN and UKUN met April 3 with the UN,s Iraq team to discuss substantive and logistical issues involving the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI). The UN pressed for USG approval to assign a U.S. military advisor to the UNAMI team; the UN is actively looking to expand its pres [...] | 2008-04-04 16:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK366 | COSTA RICA PLACES HOLD ON OIL FOR FOOD LETTER [...] (SBU) On March 28, the Russian Presidency of the Security Council circulated a draft response to the Secretary-General on closing down the Oil for Food program (OFF). The draft was derived from a Department-drafted nonpaper, and enjoyed the support of the P5. On April 1, Costa Rica placed a h [...] | 2008-04-18 21:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ CS |
08USUNNEWYORK370 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INL/I BILL BRENCICK [...] Mission clearance is granted for INL/I Director Bill Brencick and INL/I Police Unit Chief Amy Kirshner to meet with DPKO and DPA on April 24 to explore the UN,s views on police reform and development in Iraq. 2. USUN POC is Peter Kujawinski, at 212-415-4373. Khalilzad [...] | 2008-04-22 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK396 | UNAMI AND MNF-I BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: As mandated by resolution, the Security Council held a debate April 28 to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),as well as the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed for the UN, and painted a [...] | 2008-05-02 21:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK416 | UN/IRAQ SANCTIONS: SEEKING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) USUN PolOff was approached on May 6 by Iraqi Counselor Jwan Tawfiq for an update on the status of Iraq's request, first relayed in June 2007, to remove three individuals--Nabil Victor Karam, Tarek Nasser al-Obaidi, and Hikmat Jar [...] | 2008-05-10 00:47:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ETTC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK437 | SLOVAK FM KUBIS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) In a May 13 meeting, Slovak FM Jan Kubis told Ambassador Khalilzad that he had just returned from a joint trip to Afghanistan with Dutch FM Verboken. Kubis said he had found the situation in Afghanistan "unclear and unresolved." Kubis speculated that the local Afghan population is unha [...] | 2008-05-15 16:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC AF UNMIK IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK438 | NEED FOR SECURITY FOR UN IN IRAQ AFTER MNF-I [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Conscious of the upcoming expiration of the Security Council's MNF-I mandate at the end of calendar year 2008, the UN is looking to the United States and the Government of Iraq to initiate discussions about follow-on security [...] | 2008-05-15 22:49:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK524 | ZEBARI BELIEVES MALIKI HAS TURNED AGAINST SOFA, [...] (S) Following the mid-year Security Council review of the MNF-I and DFI mandates June 13, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari spoke privately to Amb Khalilzad on the margins of a lunch with Security Council PermReps. Zebari shared his assessment that Prime Minister Maliki no longer seeks [...] | 2008-06-13 22:52:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK526 | UN SECURITY CHIEF DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR IOM, UNAMI [...] (SBU) Per ref A demarche, D/Political Counselor met with Under Secretary-General for Safety and Security David Veness June 11 to request UN approval of a plan to provide IOM caseworkers with housing, office space and security coverage by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Veness said he had only rec [...] | 2008-06-16 15:36:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK527 | UNSC AGREES TO ZEBARI REQUEST TO CONTINUE MNF-I [...] (SBU) As mandated by UNSCR 1790, the Security Council discussed June 13 the mandate of MNF-I and arrangements regarding DFI and the IAMB, and agreed to their continuation for the remainder of the calendar year. Amb Khalilzad reported on behalf of MNF-I, highlighting the decrease in security [...] | 2008-06-16 19:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ECON UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK552 | UN ON PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN deputy political counselor Molly Phee met June 19 with the UN Director of the Electoral Assistance Division (EAD),Craig Jenness, to discuss EAD's support for elections in various countries, including upcoming provincial elections in Iraq. Jenness, who led the UN elections [...] | 2008-06-24 17:28:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK565 | UN HIGH LEVEL COORDINATOR ON IRAQ-KUWAIT ISSUES [...] (SBU) Gennady Tarasov, the recently appointed UN High Level Coordinator (replacing deceased Russian diplomat Vorontsov) for the repatriation or return of Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property seized by Iraq, met privately with the Security [...] | 2008-06-25 22:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KU IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK577 | USUN/UKUN/UN TRILATERAL MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On June 26, UN Team Leader for Iraq Darko Mocibob met with USUN and UKUN for a regularly scheduled trilateral meeting on Iraq. Mocibob provided updates on UNAMI security, logistics and mandate issues. On the UN's long-term compound, Mocibob confirmed that Iraq had formally approved the [...] | 2008-06-30 20:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK578 | U.S.-UN HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The UN has proposed holding the next session of the UN-U.S. high level strategic dialogue on Iraq July 11 at UN headquarters in New York. The UN presented a draft agenda to USUN June 26, proposing for the first time to treat both political and security subjec [...] | 2008-06-30 20:22:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK633 | U.S.- U.N. HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 11 the U.S. and the U.N. conducted a High-Level Strategic Dialogue on Iraq, comprised of a political component chaired by UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and a security component chaired by Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security Sir [...] | 2008-07-16 16:15:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK692 | UN - UNAMI COMPOUND TO BE CONSIDERED BY GENERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) As reported REFTELS B-E, despite several demarches, we have not been successful in obtaining a firm commitment from the Government of Iraq (GOI) regarding the size of the contribution they will provide to build the proposed new [...] | 2008-08-01 22:23:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK704 | UN/IRAQ: RUSSIA'S BLOCK ON LISTINGS IN 1518 [...] (SBU) On August 4, Amb. Wolff delivered reftel demarche to Russian Deputy Perm Rep Igor Shcherbak regarding Russia's opposition to listing six new individuals in the 1518 (Iraq) Sanctions Committee. 2. (SBU) Shcherbak replied that there had been no change in Russia's position and that the [...] | 2008-08-06 20:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC ETTC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK723 | U/SYG PASCOE BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMI REPORT, SC [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6 the Security Council met to discuss the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I). Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe noted UNAMI's expanded role [...] | 2008-08-12 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREM IZ UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK82 | UN PROPOSALS TO SHUT DOWN OFF [...] (SBU) On January 23, Security Council members received a letter from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon following up on Ban's December 7 letter detailing "arrangements for terminating the operations relating to the letters of credit raised against the United Nations Iraq Account under Security Coun [...] | 2008-01-28 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK84 | SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UNAMI, MNF-I [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council held its quarterly meeting January 21 on the situation in Iraq. Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed for the first time in his new capacity as the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),and [...] | 2008-01-29 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK87 | NEW YORK CONSULTATIONS ON UN EFFORT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Following recent consultations on UNAMI with senior UN officials, including U/SYG Pascoe, Special Representative de Mistura, and UNHCR New York Director Bertrand USUN has confirmed the following. On staffing, UNHCR has placed a senior professional staff member full-time in Baghdad, assig [...] | 2008-01-30 00:59:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK891 | HUMAM HAMUDI DISCUSSES SOFA PROSPECTS [...] (S) Humam Hamudi, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in Iraq,s Council of Representatives, told Ambassador Khalilzad on the margins of the UN General Assembly that even if an agreement was reached between the Iraqi Government and the U.S. on a status of forces agreement (SOFA),it wou [...] | 2008-09-30 22:08:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
08USUNNEWYORK956 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH KRG [...] (C) In a meeting October 10 with Ambassador Khalilzad, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Head of Foreign Relations Falah Bakir pressed the oft-heard Kurdish line that the Iraqi constitution must be respected as Iraq faces upcoming elections, decisions on disputed boundaries, and pressure to [...] | 2008-10-20 22:20:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
08VANCOUVER198 | ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...] | 2008-07-27 07:07:00 | Consulate Vancouver | SECRET | PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
08VATICAN14 | POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...] | 2008-01-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT |
08VATICAN55 | HOLY SEE ON TARIQ AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See has expressed verbally and in writing its wishes that Tariq Aziz, who as Saddam Hussein's Deputy Prime Minister was the highest ranking Christian in the Iraqi government, be tried fairly. The Holy See opposes the death penalty in Iraq, and would appreciate Aziz be giv [...] | 2008-07-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT |
08VATICAN60 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON MALIKI'S MEETING WITH THE POPE [...] (C) Summary: During his recent meeting with the Pope and with Holy See Secretary of State Bertone, Maliki both recognized the need and committed to protect and assist Christians in Iraq. The Pope also asked Maliki to assist Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons. In a separate meeting [...] | 2008-08-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT |
08VATICAN73 | HOLY SEE ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: At a Holy See-requested urgent meeting, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monsignor Pietro Parolin, asked USG assistance in ensuring minority quotas for Iraqi provincial councils. Parolin said that the Article 50 deletion from the Provincial Elections Law (PEL) sends a "most n [...] | 2008-10-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT |
08VIENNA1044 | PIPELINE UPDATE: NABUCCO TROUBLES WITH TURKEY; OMV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nabucco pipeline consortium lead OMV continues to struggle with Turkish government demands which have delayed the project's launch for over a year. OMV reps repeated their hope for USG facilitation in future Iraqi gas supplies to Europe (ACTION REQUEST in para 7). OMV reps say [...] | 2008-07-24 08:59:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU IR IZ AJ |
08VIENNA209 | OMV TO CONTINUE OIL EXPLORATION IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Austria's OMV will not discontinue its cooperation with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) despite the Government of Iraq's recent decision to impose an oil embargo on OMV. OMV maintains its decision to sign production sharing agreements with the KRG is in line with the Iraqi Constitu [...] | 2008-02-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV AU IZ |
08VIENNA217 | AUSTRIAN AIRLINES RESUMES FLIGHTS TO IRAQ [...] Austrian Airlines (AUA) announced February 13 that it would resume regularly scheduled service to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil starting April 2. AUA had suspended its flights to Erbil in August 2007, following an incident in which a Swedish commercial aircraft reportedly came under rocket [...] | 2008-02-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AU IZ |
08VILNIUS473 | LITHUANIA IN IRAQ: WHERE THEY ARE NOW [...] (C) Advisor to the Prime Minister Mindaugas Jurkynas told Ambassador June 10 that President Adamkus and PM Kirkilas are both committed to Lithuanian troops remaining in Iraq past July, despite DefMin Olekas's almost daily, public statements to the contrary. Jurkynas said the State Defense Coun [...] | 2008-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL NATO IZ LH |
08VILNIUS477 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Cloud met June 18 with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas to discuss his July 2 meetings with the Vice President and other senior officials in Washington. Kirkilas said there is no decision yet on extending Lithuanian troops in Iraq past July; said Lithuan [...] | 2008-06-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR ENRG SCUL PHUM XH IZ AF LH |
08VILNIUS599 | ALSO WANTS TO SEE SARG ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY LE EUN IR IZ LH |
08VILNIUS759 | IRAQ COALITION CHANGES: LITHUANIAN MNF-I AND NTM-I [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 11:44:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL IZ LH |
08VILNIUS780 | LITHUANIANS WILL CONSIDER MORE TRAINERS FOR NTM-I [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR NATO IZ LH |
08WARSAW102 | POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...] | 2008-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL |
08WARSAW1099 | POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL |
08WARSAW1250 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 28 MEETING WITH SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Sejm (lower house of parliament) Bronislaw Komorowski expressed satisfaction with lessons learned by the Polish military in Iraq. Discussing the November 1 Polish takeover of responsibilities in Afghanistan's Ghazn [...] | 2008-10-29 07:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM AF IZ PL |
08WARSAW1285 | POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...] | 2008-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL |
08WARSAW596 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 2008 to Juliusz Gojlo, head of the Polish MFA,s Iraqi Task Force. Gojlo said that MFA Undersecretary Ryszard Schnepf would head the Polish Delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm, though he [...] | 2008-05-15 14:26:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ PL |
08WARSAW702 | POLAND SEEKS ADVICE ON OIL EXPLORATION IN IRAQI [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Former PKN Orlen VP for Exploration and Development Cezary Filipowicz told EconOff that state-owned PKN Orlen is interested in on-shore oil exploration in Iraqi Kurdistan. Filipowicz noted that Orlen had long experience in Ir [...] | 2008-06-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PL IZ |
08WARSAW837 | RECENT POLISH PROGRESS ON IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) EconOffs met on July 10 with Wojciech Rzasiecki, Deputy Director of the Guarantees Department in the Polish Ministry of Finance, to get the latest readout on Iraqi debt. According to Rzasiecki, Finance Minister Jan Vincent Rostowski had recently held interministerial meetings with the Mi [...] | 2008-07-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ PL |
08YEREVAN108 | ARMENIA ON POST-2008 PLANS IN IRAQ (C-DI7-02264) [...] (S) In response to reftels, the Defense Attache (DATT) and two PolOffs met February 5 with Armen Yedigarian, Head of the Department of Arms Control and International Security at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about GOAM intentions in Iraq after the eventual expiration of th [...] | 2008-02-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
08YEREVAN439 | ARMENIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] Embassy Yerevan is pleased to report that the following two representatives of the Ministry of Defense will attend the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in Abu Dhabi. We are in contact with the MOD to ensure their registration for the conference. -- General Major Arshalyus Paytyan Deput [...] | 2008-05-30 06:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ AM |
08ZAGREB383 | CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN FRIENDS OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ HR |
08ZAGREB384 | CROATIA'S PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Pjer Simunovic, assistant minister, Directorate for International Organizations and Security. Simunovic was joined by Marta Nakic-Vojnovic, head of Section for Peace Support Operations, and Ivana Zivkovic Mikec, counsellor in the Directorate for Intern [...] | 2008-05-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ HR |
09ABUDHABI174 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT AND ATTENDANCE AT IDEX 2009 [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to the UAE and participation in the 9th International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). ------------------------------ Punching Above Its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years the UAE has emerged as a regional pow [...] | 2009-02-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS MASS IR IZ AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI317 | UAE PRESIDENT'S PRESS REMARKS ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] Summary: In a rare press interview (this time with Qatar's Al-Watan newspaper) in advance of the Doha summit, UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan commented on the continuing strength of relations with the U.S. as Washington changes leadership, expressing optimism in the Obama Adm [...] | 2009-03-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ENRG KPAL SU IS IR SY IZ AE |
09ABUDHABI443 | IRAQI CHARGE IN ABU DHABI UPBEAT ON RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 05:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ AE |
09ABUDHABI583 | (S) UAE DETAINS US MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, the UAE authorities detained two Russian IL-76 cargo planes operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA),which were carrying US military cargo and two US service members from Kuwait to Afghanistan. Accor [...] | 2009-06-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KU AE |
09ABUDHABI607 | UPDATE ON UAE DETENTION OF MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following overnight indications that four U.S. military escorts (reftel) might be prosecuted along with the Russian crew and carrier, Ambassador met June 15 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Rumaithi and Minister of Interior Saif to seek their intervention in the releas [...] | 2009-06-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KUAE |
09ABUDHABI747 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT [...] (U) We welcome your return to Abu Dhabi. This will be your first visit since the change in US Administration, the election in Iran, and falls on the heels of the Gulf Security Dialogue. 2. (C) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses [...] | 2009-07-22 13:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE |
09ABUJA1540 | NIGERIA: POL-ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political and economic developments not reported elsewhere. -------------------------------------------- DANGOTE ELECTED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Aliko Dangote gained [...] | 2009-08-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND ELAB EPET NI IZ |
09ABUJA16 | ILEA GABORONE - Law Enforcement Executive Development [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 06:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ |
09ABUJA172 | 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 10:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ |
09ABUJA174 | 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 11:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IZ |
09ABUJA238 | ILEA GABORONE - Airport Interdiction Course, March 16-20, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ |
09ABUJA307 | STATISTICS OF ARRESTS WITH INL DONATED BODY SCANNERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 13:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ |
09ABUJA312 | ILEA ROSWELL - Advanced Management Course, March 23-April [...] The following 12 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Police force, Nigeria Customs Service and The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training Name DANDAURA Mustapha DOB January 15 1963 Gender Male Rank Chief Superintend [...] | 2009-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS EAID NI IZ |
09ABUJA653 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Post nominates Michael Makalou as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Patrick Ryan as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer, Deputy TFCO. 2. Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer Name: Michael Makalou Title: Transnational Crime Affairs Officer Phone Number: +234-9-46 [...] | 2009-04-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER NI IZ KTFN SNAR |
09ABUJA676 | TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF THE [...] Post, in response to reftel, submitted a Non- Paper document to the relevant offices within the host government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) and relevant National Assembly Senate and House of [...] | 2009-04-21 09:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN EFIN ETTC PHUM EAID PTER NI IZ |
09ABUJA980 | ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES TO ASSIGNMENT OF TDY DEA NARCOTICS [...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 4 and 6. 2. Post wishes to report the receipt of Diplomatic Note number M.679/2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledging that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approves the deploy [...] | 2009-06-08 11:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ |
09ADANA11 | TURKEY: KURDISH PROTESTS ERUPT TO MARK DATE OF OCALAN'S [...] (SBU) PKK supporters came out in the thousands to mark the 10th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture. Defying a ban on pro-Ocalan demonstrations, protesters gathered at the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in several southeastern cities. In the ens [...] | 2009-02-17 12:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC IZ TU |
09ADANA18 | TURKEY: DTP SCORES KEY ELECTION VICTORIES IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With over 99% of the votes tallied, official election results confirm a better-than-expected showing in the southeast for pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP),which picked up eight mayoral victories as well as 50 district mayor slots. As predicted, the Justice and Dev [...] | 2009-03-30 14:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
09ADANA7 | Habur Gate Operations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...] | 2009-02-06 09:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ADANA8 | TURKEY: LOCAL CONTACTS IN SOUTHEAST REPORT BUSINESS IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...] | 2009-02-06 09:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ALGIERS1002 | ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...] | 2009-11-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG |
09ALGIERS1077 | BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...] | 2009-12-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS |
09AMMAN1006 | CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH JORDAN'S [...] (S) Summary: King Abdullah discussed with CODEL McConnell the peace process, Iran, and Syria, as well as Iraq and Qatar. The King stressed the importance of immediately pursuing a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, emphasized that the Arab states could support the U.S. in con [...] | 2009-05-03 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IS IZ JO |
09AMMAN1053 | Exports to Iraq Increased 52 Percent in Early 2009, But [...] (SBU) Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS) announced exports to Iraq rose to JD 117.9 million (USD 166.5 million) for January-February 2009, up 52.1 percent from JD 77.5 million (USD 109.5 million) during the same period in 2008. This accounted for approximately 15 percent of all Jordanian [...] | 2009-05-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND ELTN JO IZ |
09AMMAN1408 | FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund Proposal for Jordan [...] Summary: The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Jordan has requested Taft Fund assistance to purchase medication and equipment. The grant would support the operations of an existing health care clinic in Amman, which serves Iraqi refugees and Jordanians in need. The Church has been [...] | 2009-06-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID IZ JO SY LE |
09AMMAN1493 | Jordan Promises to Implement Regulations to Ease Entry and [...] (SBU) The Iraqi-Jordanian Technical Trade and Investment Committee announced on June 22 that the GOJ would apply "softer entry and residency procedures" for Iraqi businessmen and investors. The announcement followed a February 2009 decision by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to issue more leni [...] | 2009-07-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV JO IZ |
09AMMAN1579 | Jordanian-Iraqi Technical Committee Discusses Ways to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian-Iraqi Joint Technical Committee met on June 22 to discuss efforts to advance bilateral trade and economic ties. Jordanian officials viewed the meeting as important for building upon growing bilateral trade levels, as evidenced by Iraq receiving 20 percent of Jord [...] | 2009-07-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ |
09AMMAN1675 | JORDAN AND IRAQ RENEW AIR TRANSPORT MEMORANDUM [...] (SBU) Jordan Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) President Suleiman Obeidat confirmed to Embassy DHS Attache that CARC and the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority had renewed a Memo of Understanding (MoU) on July 23, expanding air transportation cooperation between the two countries, and com [...] | 2009-07-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN2013 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE; [...] (C) Iraqi Parliamentarian Dr. Saleh al-Mutlaq repeated to Emboffs previous allegations of continuing extensive corruption in the Iraqi government and wide-spread influence by Iran. Mutlaq claimed that the Iraqi government, military, and media, are all under the influence of Iranian-supported [...] | 2009-09-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN2210 | DEMARCHE: GOJ FIRMLY ALIGNED WITH USG ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN2693 | JORDAN SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN COMPENSATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Then Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi requested from the Ambassador, during a November 11 meeting, support for Jordan's interests during the next meeting of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC). Subsequent to that meetin [...] | 2009-12-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SENV KUNC JO IZ |
09AMMAN358 | International Relief and Development Monitoring [...] Summary: The following is the first quarter monitoring and evaluation assessment of cooperative agreement SPRMCO08CA156 for USD 1,899,817 million awarded to International Relief and Development (IRD) in Jordan to support its program for livelihoods training for Iraqi refugees. RefCoord and P [...] | 2009-02-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
09AMMAN391 | ROYAL JORDANIAN CONFIRMS SOME FLIGHT PATTERNS AVOID ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN410 | IFRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) RefCoord met with Ahmed Gizo, Regional Director for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations (IFRC) in Amman on January 26, 2009 to discuss IFRC's work, under PRM-funded agreement, with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) primary health clinics in Jordan. [...] | 2009-02-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
09AMMAN458 | FINE TUNING REFUGEE ASSISTANCE IN LEBANON, SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: To keep pace with the most recent information about Iraqi refugees, PRM refugee assistance in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan should be fine tuned to address specific vulnerabilities in the Iraqi population in the three countries. Advanced health care for the chronically ill, post- [...] | 2009-02-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IZ JO LE PREF SY |
09AMMAN460 | JORDAN TO EASE ENTRY AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has drafted a new policy to ease regulations governing the entry and residence of Iraqi investors in Jordan. The goal is to improve business relations with Iraq, which became Jordan's third largest export market during the first eleven months of [...] | 2009-02-19 07:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PREF JO IZ |
09AMMAN507 | ENERGY MINISTRY CLARIFIES OIL TRANSPORT RULES [...] (C) Repeated high-level meetings between Post and Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, including Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Khaldoun Qutishat and former Director General of the General Intelligence Direct [...] | 2009-02-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL JO IZ |
09AMMAN526 | JORDANIAN RED CRESCENT ECLIPSED BY ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) has told PRM that it intends to sever its relationship with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) over its belief that the organization was deliberately double-billing donors for services. As part of an independent inquiry, Post [...] | 2009-02-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO |
09AMMAN573 | PM DAHABI'S PLANNED TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Jordan's Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi told Ambassador in a recent conversation that he plans to lead a ministerial delegation to Baghdad in the near future, without specifying a date. According to a senior ministerial source quoted in local press, the Jordanian delegation hopes to disc [...] | 2009-03-03 10:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN582 | JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTRY EASES UNHCR ACCESS TO [...] (C) The Jordanian Minister of Interior notified UNHCR before he was replaced in a February 23 cabinet reshuffle that the GOJ would ease UNHCR access to all Iraqis detained in Jordan and that the Ministry would order the release of refugees held for overstaying their visas and for working with [...] | 2009-03-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM IZ JO |
09AMMAN6 | MONITORING REFUGEE HEALTH CENTERS IN JORDAN-- [...] (U) Summary: RefCoord and Program Specialist visited on December 22, three health centers for the benefit of Iraqis administered by Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRC) on behalf of three different donors: UNHCR, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and ECHO. [...] | 2009-01-04 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID IZ JO |
09AMMAN668 | SIX YEARS AFTER SADDAM, NEW HOPE IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Six years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, our Jordanian contacts - among the analysts and officials - are evincing greater optimism about Iraq than the strained, highly-qualified hopes we were hearing just a few months ago (Refs A-C). The sustained security im [...] | 2009-03-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR JO |
09AMMAN690 | JORDAN INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO [...] (C) Summary: With continued U.S. encouragement, the GOJ has taken significant steps over the past year to improve its formal political relationship with Baghdad through steady multilateral engagement and increasing bilateral meetings. Economic ties between the countries have also continued to [...] | 2009-03-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN712 | Jordan Announces Revised Rules for Iraqis Entering or [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) has issued new rules for Iraqis entering or residing in Jordan (ref B). The new, simplified regulations target Iraqi business people and investors with the goal of enhancing Jordan's economic relations with Iraq. Iraqi interlocutors wel [...] | 2009-03-19 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
09AMMAN829 | UNCC-funded Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program Takes [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),through its Compensation Fund established to reimburse countries for losses and damages resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, awarded $160 million to Jordan in 2005 for the Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program (BERP) [...] | 2009-04-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAID ECON UN IZ KU SA JO |
09AMMAN859 | REFCOORD REPORTING FORM RESPONSE JORDAN, SYRIA, AND LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel tasked RefCoords to open a dialogue with UNHCR in the field as they prepare their biannual program/budget planning document, the Country Operational Plan (COP). Initial conversations with UNHCR Country representatives and staff in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon on the COP re [...] | 2009-04-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO SY LE |
09AMMAN887 | SCENESETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: King Abdullah is extremely pleased to be the first Arab leader to meet with the President in Washington. He wants to show his skeptical public and the wider Arab street that his moderate approach gains him access to (and, he hopes, influence with) the White House. The visit [...] | 2009-04-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR IZ SY JO |
09AMMAN977 | IRAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN TALK REPATRIATION - [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers attended a focus group of Iraqi refugees in Jordan organized by an international NGO on the topic of repatriation. The Iraqis acknowledged that security in Iraq was improving, and most expressed the desire to return to Iraq in the future. However, attendees una [...] | 2009-04-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SOCI PREL IZ JO |
09ANKARA100 | TURKEY LOOKS TO BROADEN/DEEPEN TIES WITH IRAQ AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey continues its outreach to Baghdad and to Erbil in an effort to broaden and deepen its ties to Iraq and the KRG. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Ozcelik recognizes the pace of progress remains slow but is encouraged that progress continues and that the tenor of discussions betwee [...] | 2009-01-22 07:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG TU IZ |
09ANKARA1024 | Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2009, seven security officials were i [...] | 2009-07-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1085 | Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2009, one security official was kill [...] | 2009-07-29 08:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1127 | Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2009, three security officials were [...] | 2009-08-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1149 | US AND TURKEY REAFFIRM CT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is generally pleased with the U.S.-Turkey-Iraq Trilateral Process, but Iraq must take concrete measures against the PKK, Turkish officials told S/CT Amb. Benjamin during his July 30-31 visit. Turkey is developing a new broader "democratization" approach to the Kurdish issu [...] | 2009-08-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EU IZ TU |
09ANKARA1156 | TURKEY: MFA BRIEFS CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Murphy-McKeon attended a lunch on August 4 hosted by MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan during their visit to Ankara. The delegation discussed the importance of the U.S.-Turkish relationship and current issues in Afghanistan and Iraq. Apakan highlighted the need to build a national, [...] | 2009-08-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV AF TU IZ KDEM |
09ANKARA1191 | Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2009, one security official was kill [...] | 2009-08-14 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1222 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (AUGUST 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of August 8-15, 2009, one security officia [...] | 2009-08-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA124 | Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2009, reporting period, no securi [...] | 2009-01-26 10:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1277 | Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2009, two security officials were [...] | 2009-08-28 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1304 | Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2009, four security officials were [...] | 2009-09-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1311 | PROGRESS AT TURKEY - IRAQ - SYRIA WATER TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SENV IZ SY TU |
09ANKARA1333 | Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During September 1-7, 2009, no security official was killed [...] | 2009-09-10 11:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1375 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2009, ten security officials wer [...] | 2009-09-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA138 | US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ TU |
09ANKARA1411 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the period September 16-23, one security official wa [...] | 2009-09-30 05:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1446 | TURKEY PUSHES FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad is the culmination of a recently revitalized GoT effort to establish a strategic partnership with Iraq. He hopes to lay the foundations for bilateral cooperation in areas ranging from counter-terrorism cooperation and hydrocarbons trans [...] | 2009-10-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1447 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30 period, no security personnel we [...] | 2009-10-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1452 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT EXTENDS AUTHORITY FOR CROSS [...] (U) On October 6 the Turkish Parliament approved a one-year extension to perform cross border operations in Iraq. Out of the 475 Ministers of Parliament who voted on the motion, 452 voted in favor. All twenty-one members of DTP, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party. The one-year time line [...] | 2009-10-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
09ANKARA1477 | PM ERDOGAN'S WISH LIST FOR OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan and his delegation of nine ministers hope to sign well over 40 protocols, memoranda of understanding and agreements with their Iraqi counterparts when they visit Baghdad October 15 (REFTEL),according to the MFA. The GOT hopes the documents will guide bilateral co [...] | 2009-10-14 04:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1482 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 1 - 7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1 - 7 period, two security officials, i [...] | 2009-10-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1507 | TURKEY: PKK COMING FROM IRAQ AS "PEACE DELEGATION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 a group of 26 refugees from the Makhmour camp in Northern Iraq and eight reported members of the PKK from Kandil Mountain began returning to Turkey via the Habur Border Gate. PM Erdogan described the returnees as "surrendering" to Turkish authorities while the PKK s [...] | 2009-10-20 04:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1508 | TURKEY: PKK COMING FROM IRAQ AS "PEACE DELEGATION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 a group of 26 refugees from the Makhmour camp in Northern Iraq and eight reported members of the PKK from Kandil Mountain began returning to Turkey via the Habur Border Gate. PM Erdogan described the returnees as "surrendering" to Turkish authorities while the PKK s [...] | 2009-10-20 04:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1513 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-20 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1514 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1515 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1522 | TURKEY TO PRESS FOR IRAQI SUPPORT OF KURDISH [...] (C) Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, told us October 21 that upon his return to Baghdad later in the week he would attempt to engage the Iraqi government and KRG in the nascent Kurdish-Turk returnee process (REFTELS). Ozcelik said the early focus of his engagement effort would be fu [...] | 2009-10-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1533 | PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...] | 2009-10-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1534 | PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...] | 2009-10-23 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1538 | GOT REELING FROM RECEPTION GIVEN PKK RETURNEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reactions to the return of 34 PKK sympathizers/members from northern Iraq to Turkey have been mixed with negative perceptions rapidly dominating the initial hopes of reconciliation. The exuberant reception by the crowds greeting the returnees had drawn sharp criticism from media [...] | 2009-10-23 17:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1539 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2009, four security officials were [...] | 2009-10-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1573 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23 period, no security official was [...] | 2009-11-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1585 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31 period, no security official was [...] | 2009-11-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1600 | IRAQ-TURKEY COUNTERTERRORISM AGREEMENT [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 5 gave us an English-language copy of the Iraqi-Turkish counter-terrorism agreement signed by the two countries' Interior Ministers during Prime Minister Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad (REFTEL). MFA contacts contend this agreement provides a [...] | 2009-11-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
09ANKARA1604 | TURKEY: MFA READY FOR BILATERAL CT DIALOGUE; [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is willing to explore inaugurating the official high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue as early as January 2010, MFA DDG for Security Affairs Ozyildiz told us November 5. An interagency task force is preparing changes to Turkey's legal definition of terrorism to satisfy [...] | 2009-11-09 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN IZ DA TU |
09ANKARA1629 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of November 1-7, no security official was [...] | 2009-11-13 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1663 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 8-15, no security official was killed or i [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1664 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 8-15, no security official was killed or i [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA169 | TURKEY TO CONTINUE ACTIVIST ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT aims to continue to play an activist role in establishing peace and stability in its neighborhood as a foreign policy priority, in large measure because of a deep distrust and fear of Iran's exhibited malevolent influence throughout the region, according to senior MFA offi [...] | 2009-02-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG KPAL TU IZ IR IS |
09ANKARA1724 | TURKEY: MFA SEEKS NEW CURRENTS ON CAMP MAKHMOUR [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi authorities need to better isolate Makhmour Camp residents from PKK pressure to allow camp residents to express their feelings about returning to Turkey without coercion, newly appointed DG for Security Affairs Aydin Sezgin told us December 1. The DCM urged Turkey to involve t [...] | 2009-12-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ TU |
09ANKARA1732 | TURKEY: Eastern Provinces Score Gains in Counternarotics, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish officials are making steady inroads against drug smuggling in the southeast, local officials told Embassy officers during a recent visit. PKK terrorist activity has declined, but it remains active in drug smuggling. The inability of Turkish officials to share informati [...] | 2009-12-04 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR PREL EFIN IR IZ TU |
09ANKARA1746 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 16-23, no security official was killed or [...] | 2009-12-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1748 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 24-30, no security official was killed or [...] | 2009-12-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1752 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7 period, eight security officials we [...] | 2009-12-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1755 | SECURITY AGENCIES: BARZANI KEY TO DEFEATING THE PKK [...] (C) During a recent discussion of his ministry's goals for the December 20-22 Trilateral Mechanism Ministerial in Baghdad and Erbil, Ministry of Interior (MoI) Secretary General Eyup Tepe said the Turkish General Staff, Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs an [...] | 2009-12-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR TU IZ |
09ANKARA1760 | TURKEY: RAISING THE PROFILE OF TIES WITH SYRIA [...] (C) Continuing his government's pattern of frequent high-profile senior-level visits abroad, Prime Minister Erdogan will lead a delegation of as many as eight ministers to Damascus between December 21 and 25 for the inaugural Turkey-Syria High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting. Acco [...] | 2009-12-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1773 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: POLICE PRAISE "KINGPIN" [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller urged Turkey to accept an information sharing arrangement on biometric data during a November 18 meeting with Turkish National Police Director General Koksal. The Director separately offered to post a second FBI officer in Ankara to strengthen CT teamwork. K [...] | 2009-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL SNAR KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1774 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: DPM CICEK WELCOMES CLOSER CT [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller offered to share biometric data with Turkey, post a second FBI agent in Ankara and assist Turkey with strengthening its counterterrorism legislation, FBI Director Mueller told DPM Cicek during a November 18 meeting. Biometric sharing would require changes to [...] | 2009-12-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1775 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 18 meeting, FBI Director Mueller pressed Justice Minister Ergin to establish a new bilateral framework that would facilitate the more rapid exchange of information. He also urged Turkey to revise its terrorism laws to better address the challenges brought by gl [...] | 2009-12-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA179 | TURKEY: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF U.S. DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) We informed MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Inan Ozyildiz and Security Affairs Office Director Metin Ergin February 3 of the USG's intent to designate PJAK as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (reftel). Ozyildiz said the Government of Turkey supports this designation, which wi [...] | 2009-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PINR TU IZ |
09ANKARA1792 | TURKISH COUNTER-PKK EFFORT FOCUSES ON MAKHMOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Atalay's priority for the December 21 Trilateral Mechanism Ministerial Meetings in Baghdad and Irbil is to secure KRG support for the expedited return of Turkish citizens from Makhmour camp. Rather than pressing KRG President Massoud Barzani to restrict PKK fre [...] | 2009-12-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
09ANKARA1800 | TURKEY: PROTESTS CALM AND AKP PUSHES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate events on December 17, PM Erdogan and Interior Minister Atalay stressed the government's resolve to continue with its National Unity Project. Atalay cited two goals for the Project: eliminate terrorism and elevate democratic standards across the country. Protests [...] | 2009-12-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
09ANKARA1801 | TURKEY: PROTESTS CALM AND AKP PUSHES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate events on December 17, PM Erdogan and Interior Minister Atalay stressed the government's resolve to continue with its National Unity Project. Atalay cited two goals for the Project: eliminate terrorism and elevate democratic standards across the country. Protests [...] | 2009-12-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
09ANKARA1804 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 8-15, no security official was killed but [...] | 2009-12-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA184 | Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2009, no security official was i [...] | 2009-02-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1844 | UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 16-23, no security official was killed or [...] | 2009-12-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA1846 | (C) TURKISH GOALS FOR A JANUARY MNFI INTEL TEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik contends MNF-I intelligence support is key to a new cooperative GoT-KRG effort to reduce and ultimately dispose of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Turkish Minister of Interior Besir Atalay reportedly secured [...] | 2009-12-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ |
09ANKARA203 | TURKEY: REPLACE MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, argued to DCM February 5 that the US and Turkey must convince the GOI to make the strategic economic decision to send hydrocarbons north through Turkey to Europe. This is necessary to support US, Turkish, and European strategic ob [...] | 2009-02-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IZ PREL TU |
09ANKARA229 | MFA U/S: TURKEY'S MIDDLE EAST APPROACH "UNCHANGED" [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador February 11 that Turkey's Middle East policy remains focused on encouraging Palestinian and Arab unity, and that Ankara assured Palestinian Authority leader Abbas that it views him as the only Palestinian president and that Palestinia [...] | 2009-02-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS TU SY SA IR IZ US |
09ANKARA232 | Update on PKK Violence (February 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1-7, 2009, no security official was in [...] | 2009-02-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA233 | Update on PKK Violence (February 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1-7, 2009, no security official was in [...] | 2009-02-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA267 | Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2009, no security official was i [...] | 2009-02-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA269 | TURKEY: PROPOSAL FOR NADR-FUNDED COUNTER-NARCO-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug trafficking is known to be a significant source of revenue for the Kongra-Gel/PKK terrorist organization. Disrupting this revenue source is a major USG goal. The following proposal is designed to facilitate closer interagency cooperation among Turkish law enforcement agenc [...] | 2009-02-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV IZ TU |
09ANKARA27 | SCENESETTER: SECOND U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Russia's reckless action in cutting off gas to Ukraine (and subsequently Turkey and Europe) may help compel Turkey to make tough decisio [...] | 2009-01-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AJ ENRG EPET IZ TU |
09ANKARA290 | TURKEY AGREES, WITH LIMITS, TO ALLOW WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA informed us on February 20 that Turkey will agree to modify the existing the Memorandum of Understanding so that the U.S. may transport weapons and weapons systems, including ammunition, from Iraq via the Habur Gate border crossing and overland by road to the Turkish port [...] | 2009-02-24 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ TU |
09ANKARA340 | Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2009, no security official was [...] | 2009-03-05 11:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA342 | Update on PKK Violence (February 24-28, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-28, 2009, no security official was [...] | 2009-03-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA371 | Update on PKK Violence (March 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 1-7, 2009, no security official was injure [...] | 2009-03-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA394 | SCENESETTER FOR USAEUR'S VISIT TO ANKARA, MARCH [...] (S) Thanks to highly successful intelligence sharing against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq over the last 15 months, bilateral military relations are at a high point. Your visit precedes a visit by President Obama in early April, follows the first ever bilateral Army-to-Army staff talks (in J [...] | 2009-03-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS IZ AF AM CY RS TU |
09ANKARA395 | TURKEY: INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The future of Iraq, its unity, stability, and territorial integrity, remain an issue of central importance to Turkey. Despite a high degree of tension in recent years between Turkey and Iraq because of the presence of PKK terrorists in the KRG-administered region, the Turks have [...] | 2009-03-17 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA401 | Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 8-15, 2009, no security official was injur [...] | 2009-03-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA41 | Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 1-7, 2009, reporting period, no security [...] | 2009-01-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA447 | IDEOLOGICAL FAULT LINES AMONG KURDS IN SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The January 2009 launch of Turkey's first government television channel to broadcast in Kurdish, the warming of ties between the GOT and northern Iraq, continued probing of the Ergenekon case, and conferences hosted by intellectuals and media elements to discuss once taboo subjects, re [...] | 2009-03-25 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA460 | TURKEY AND IRAQ: PRESIDENT GUL GOES TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul conducted what GOT officials described as a very successful, if largely symbolic, visit to Baghdad March 24-25. The Turks had low expectations for concrete deliverables emerging from the visit. What was more important was the fact a Turkish head of [...] | 2009-03-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA477 | TURKEY: DECONSTRUCTING PKK AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent statements by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani about amnesty for PKK militants are significant, particularly since their comments were not roundly denounced by Turkish officials. While suggesting leniency for PKKers poses political risks for any [...] | 2009-03-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU |
09ANKARA478 | Update on PKK Violence (March 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 16-23, 2009, no security official was inj [...] | 2009-03-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA480 | TURKEY/IRAQ: POST-GUL VISIT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials were pleased with President Gul's March 23-24 visit to Baghdad, but KRG President Massoud Barzani's decision to stay away from Baghdad and pass on the opportunity to meet with Gul there tempered Turks' enthusiasm somewhat, according to Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Oz [...] | 2009-03-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA5 | Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...] | 2009-01-05 07:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA514 | Update on PKK Violence (March 24-31, 2009) [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. [...] | 2009-04-07 05:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA573 | Update on PKK Violence (April 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 1-7, 2009, no security official was killed [...] | 2009-04-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA574 | Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 8-15, 2009, three security officials were [...] | 2009-04-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA6 | Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...] | 2009-01-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA603 | Update on PKK Violence (April 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 16-23, 2009, no security official was kill [...] | 2009-04-27 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA645 | TURKEY: SADRIST MOVEMENT MEETS IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moqtada al-Sadr gathered together approximately 80 Shiite politicians and other members of the Sadrist movement May 2-3 in Istanbul to discuss their political future and need to focus on improving their performance in the next national election in Iraq. Sadr met with President Gu [...] | 2009-05-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ TU |
09ANKARA669 | Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 24-30, 2009 reporting period, nine securit [...] | 2009-05-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA687 | TURKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT NEIGHBORS' WATER MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul March 16-22, Iraqi Environment Minister Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid met with Turkish Environment Minister Eroglu and once again asked Turkey to release more water from the Euphrates for use in Iraq. According to Turkish MFA [...] | 2009-05-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PREL SY TU |
09ANKARA7 | Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2008 reporting period, three se [...] | 2009-01-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA701 | TURKEY'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR TRADE WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECIN EPET IZ TU |
09ANKARA712 | IRAQ GAS TO TURKEY BY 2012? [...] (C) Summary. On May 13, Ambassador Jeffrey discussed a project to bring natural gas from northern Iraq to Turkey by as early as 2012 with the one the project developers, Kazim Turker, CEO of Turkerler. Turker was upbeat and confident in describing recent project milestones including a recent [...] | 2009-05-18 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA715 | Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 1-7, 2009, one security official was killed [...] | 2009-05-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA716 | Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 8-15, 2009, five security officials were ki [...] | 2009-05-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA735 | REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: A TURKISH [...] (C) In response to ref A para 12 request for an assessment of GOT views regarding creation of new regional networks on a host of issues beyond the existing Iraq-centric mechanisms, post notes specific GOT views conveyed in ref E, especially paras 10-12. As noted therein (as well as in refs B, [...] | 2009-05-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09ANKARA749 | Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2009, no security official was killed [...] | 2009-05-27 07:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA752 | TURKEY:NO NEW AGREEMENT ON EUPHRATES OR TIGRIS [...] (C) We met May 27 with MFA Regional and Transboundary Waters Department Head Sibel Algan and Altay Altinors, a hydrological engineer working as an advisor to Algan's office. Algan said that, contrary to press reports, Foreign Minister Davutoglu did not agree to an increase in downstream water [...] | 2009-05-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IZ IR SY TU |
09ANKARA761 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR: THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: From the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline negotiations in the 1990s until today, Turkey and the U.S. have shared a strategic vision to bring new oil and gas resources to market through new routes. Opening an East-West Corridor for gas would strengthen the ties of Central Asia [...] | 2009-05-29 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PGOV TU |
09ANKARA766 | Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria Sign Electricity Cooperation [...] (U) Summary. During his May 27-28 visit to Bagdad, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz participated in the first Regional Power and Energy Conference, and signed an electricity cooperation protocol with his counterparts from Iraq, Iran and Syria. The agreement provides for the interconnecti [...] | 2009-06-01 04:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU IR ENRG IZ |
09ANKARA783 | Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2009, nine security officials were k [...] | 2009-06-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA814 | MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: GOT BEGINS THINKING ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are again considering how they might move forward with closure of Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq after a two year period during which discussion of the topic has been moribund. As the political situation in Turkey has evolved and provided politicians more spa [...] | 2009-06-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MARR TU IZ |
09ANKARA829 | Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2009, three security officials were k [...] | 2009-06-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA833 | TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU TO IRAQ; MORE WATER FOR [...] (S) FM Davutoglu is planning to visit Iraq beginning June 22, remaining in country at least through June 24 and perhaps until June 25, according to MFA Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik. Ozcelik provided us June 15 with a provisional program for Davutoglu's upcoming visit. He plans to arri [...] | 2009-06-16 04:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09ANKARA866 | MALIKI AIMS AT BARZANI; HITS DAVUTOGLU, TURK-IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GOT has postponed FM Davutoglu's planned June 22-24/5 visit to six cities in Iraq because of PM Maliki's reported insistence that Davutoglu not go to Erbil (nor to Kirkuk or Mosul) during the visit. Maliki's "request" was delivered in ham-handed fashion by Maliki advisor Sade [...] | 2009-06-22 03:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09ANKARA896 | Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of June 8-15, 2009, one security official w [...] | 2009-06-25 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA93 | Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2009 reporting period, no security [...] | 2009-01-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA938 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16-23, 2009, two security officials were k [...] | 2009-07-02 06:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ANKARA979 | Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2009, seven security officials were [...] | 2009-07-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
09ASHGABAT273 | TURKMENISTAN: REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IZ TX |
09ATHENS1349 | GREECE DEPORTS IRAQI INSURGENT COMMANDER WHO ENTERED AS [...] (S) Greek authorities deported Iraqi citizen Mu'ammar Latif Karim (a.k.a. Abu Sajjad),accused of being a Shia insurgent commander responsible for IED and other attacks in Iraq, on July 21. We understand he was arrested by Iraqi authorities on his arrival by plane in Irbil July 22. Greek aut [...] | 2009-07-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER PREL KCRM ASEC ABLD IZ GR |
09ATHENS168 | IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...] | 2009-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG |
09ATHENS266 | OSCE CIO/GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS ORGANIZING IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) During a discussion of ref A points on the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Counsellor Gregory Karahalios, who has responsibility for Iraq, told DepPolCouns that FM Dora Bakoyannis, who is also currently OSCE CiO, is trying to organize a visit to Ir [...] | 2009-03-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MOPS IZ GR |
09ATHENS270 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE SUPPORTS CONTINUATION OF THE [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on continued support for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Reftel points had been shared with the MFA prior to the February 27 Policy Coordination meeting at NATO [...] | 2009-03-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ GR |
09BAGHDAD1004 | Supporting women and artisans in eastern Baghdad [...] SUMMARY: Baghdad has a vibrant artistic and craft community connected by a network of NGOs, mostly female-run, that help members earn a tenuous livelihood. Baghdad EPRT-2 has undertaken a number of initiatives to assist these NGOs with business and marketing training. With a QRF micro-pur [...] | 2009-04-12 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO SCUL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD101 | BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY [...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...] | 2009-01-14 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1011 | DIYALA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FORMED DESPITE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a tense atmosphere, with the threat of arrest looming over several members of the Tawafuq bloc, the newly-formed Diyala Provincial Council convened the third meeting of its first session on April 11 and elected it [...] | 2009-04-13 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1012 | SRSG BRIEFS PM MALIKI ON DIBS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting, a UNAMI official described PM Maliki's positive reaction to a briefing by SRSG de Mistura on the impending release of the UN's DIBs reports. Maliki reportedly welcomed news that the reports would disappoint the Kurds and offered no evidence that he is pr [...] | 2009-04-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1013 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-04-13 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1014 | KARBALA COUNCIL SITS, ELECTS NEARLY ALL-DA'WA SLATE [...] (C) Summary: In a low-key ceremony at the Government Center on April 11, the outgoing Karbala Provincial Council (PC) formally ceded authority to the new PC. In the new PC, two Da,wa lists control 18 of the 27 seats. All except one of the top officials elected by the new Council are affilia [...] | 2009-04-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD102 | THE REAL SADRIST CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The Sadrist bloc in the Council of Representatives (CoR) has announced its two preferred national candidate lists for the January 31 Provincial Council (PC) elections: Tayar al-Ahrar al-Mustaqil (Free Peoples Trend) and Nizaha wa Bina (Integrity and Building). The two chosen lists [...] | 2009-01-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1020 | CENTRAL BANK - CURRENT POLICIES, FALLING RESERVES, [...] (C) Summary: In early April, top Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) officials discussed current CBI policies in separate meetings with Finatt. Senior Advisor Dr. Mudher Salih Kasim listed several reasons for the rising demand for the dollar, which all stemmed from Iraq's growing cash-based economy tha [...] | 2009-04-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1024 | DIVIDED GOVERNMENT -- TENSIONS RISE IN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Tensions that could impede political progress have grown further between the Prime Minister and the Presidency Council (PC) over different conceptions of executive authority, failed promises, and anxiety about the internal balance of power after national elections. PM Maliki has e [...] | 2009-04-14 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1027 | RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERS WELCOME GREATER U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Top Kurdistan Regional Government decision makers (the President, Security Chief and Prime Minister) are interested in USG proposals to reduce tensions in Kirkuk and welcome greater USG involvement in resolving Kurd-Arab tensions. KRG leadership did not eliminate the possibility [...] | 2009-04-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1029 | IRAQI NSC DEBATES DETAINEE RELEASE ISSUES [...] (C) The Iraqi National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Maliki, debated detainee issues at its April 5 meeting. During the loosely structured and free flowing 90 minute discussion, several senior GOI officials worried that technical flaws in the vetting process might cause the inad [...] | 2009-04-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1030 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF: BRINGING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In recent weeks, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has steadily increased the pressure on the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),prohibiting entry of additional categories of supplies and personnel. The GOI recently announced its intention to move the residents of Camp Ashraf from their curr [...] | 2009-04-14 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD1032 | CHARGE AND MOHR DISCUSS MEK, KUWAITI MIAS, HUMAN [...] (C) Minister of Human Rights (MoHR) Wijdan Salim expressed satisfaction with the program G/IWI has planned for her official April 19-26 visit to Washington, D.C., during which she will meet with senior USG officials and human rights organizations. An issue Salim is likely to raise in her U. [...] | 2009-04-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1033 | NINEWA: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS ALNUJAIFI AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In its first official act, Ninewa,s new Provincial Council elected Al-Hadba leader Atheel Alnujaifi as the province,s new governor. Hadba and its political allies, who control an absolute majority of the seats on the PC, elected Hadba members to all of key political leadership [...] | 2009-04-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PMIL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1038 | BAGHDAD WANTS TO RENEGOTIATE BORDER WITH KUWAIT, [...] (C) Summary. The current Iraq-Kuwait border that the United Nations brokered after the Gulf War is problematic, according to Sadiq al-Rikabi, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. In an April 15 meeting with PMIN, Rikabi said the UN Security Council-imposed border has taken away f [...] | 2009-04-16 09:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1039 | ERBIL RRT: DEPUTY ANTI-CORRUTION COORDINATOR VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Anti-Corruption Coordinator (D/ACC) Lynn Gurian traveled to the Kurdistan Region (KR) to learn more about the ways in which corruption manifests itself in the KR, steps being taken to combat corruption, and determine best "next steps" for USG-funded anti-corruption effort [...] | 2009-04-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1041 | SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS IIP [...] (C) In its first official session on April 12, the Salah ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) elected all key leaders. The Governor-elect is Mutashar Hussien Allawi Yaseen, an Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) PC member from Samarra. According to PRT contacts, the new PC leadership resulted from a p [...] | 2009-04-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1043 | IRAQ TO OFFER (ANOTHER) ROUND OF JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Industry and Minerals Fawzi Hariri recently announced a third round of Joint Venture (JV) opportunities in Iraq's state owned enterprises (SOE) (Reftel A). The current bid round will include 15 SOEs, representing the construction, engineering, chemical-petroleu [...] | 2009-04-17 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1045 | WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Daniela Gressani, World Bank Vice President of Middle East and North Africa Region, recently discussed her organization's Iraq strategy and exchanged views on the Bank's role in Iraq with donor country representatives. Donors requested a larger World Bank presence to [...] | 2009-04-17 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1048 | MAYSAN PC SELECTS DA,WA GOVERNOR; SADRISTS SHUT [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: On April 14, Da,wa's State of Law Provincial Council (PC) member Mohammed Shi,a was elected Governor by a Da,wa, ISCI, and National Reform Trend coalition. Outgoing ISCI Deputy Governor Abd al-Hussein Abd al-Rida was elected the new PC Chair. Sadrists, who captured sev [...] | 2009-04-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD1049 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES AIR FORCE MODERNIZATION, [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi al-Issawi chaired the April 12 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) in the absence of Prime Minister PM) al-Maliki and strictly adhered to a three-point agenda: Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) force generation; interagency recommendations on a p [...] | 2009-04-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD1050 | WORLD BANK MEETS DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1052 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1053 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-17 17:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1054 | UNAMI WILL PROPOSE GOI-KRG "TASK FORCE" TO [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI's SRSG de Mistura, accompanied by POLMIN Ford and European representatives, will propose to KRG President Barzani April 17 the establishment of a high level "Task Force" to take concrete actions on Arab-Kurd issues identified in UNAMI's draft reports on Kirkuk and the other [...] | 2009-04-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1055 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1056 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Skepticism over the significance of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) has begun to grow among donors as Iraq has shifted its focus to developing bilateral political, economic, and military agreements. Many donor countries have demanded a streamlined ICI. Prime Minister M [...] | 2009-04-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1057 | WASIT: IN SLAP TO MALIKI, OLD GOVERNOR ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: Wasit,s new, 28 member Provincial Council in its fourth session approved current Governor Latif Hamid Tarfah as Wasit,s new Governor. A new coalition of the Independents and the Al Dawa Iraq Organization, both elements of the State of Law Alliance (Maliki,s list),joined with [...] | 2009-04-18 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1058 | DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address IraqQs displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...] | 2009-04-19 05:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1061 | Nomination of Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson [...] Embassy Baghdad is proud to nominate Consul General Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson Award. Jeff supervises one of the most stressful, demanding and unusual Consular operations in the world. Through his leadership in Baghdad, the diverse, multi-national staff has achieved remark [...] | 2009-04-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT APER AMGT IZ |
09BAGHDAD1062 | NEW SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT: BUILDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayad Samarrai'e, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Tawafuq coalition was elected speaker of the Iraqi parliament by 153 votes on April 19, 2009, after a four-month campaign. His election indicates there is a strong cross-sectarian, cross-ethnic political alliance invol [...] | 2009-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1066 | SUPPORT FOR IRAQI WIDOWS AND MINISTRY OF STATE FOR [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports below on the current financial status of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA),MoSWA's efforts to obtain international donor funding, and the poorly run GOI's widows stipend program. While current USAID assistance programs do not specific [...] | 2009-04-20 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1070 | DIYALA: OPPOSITION LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BLOCK [...] (C) Summary. Political maneuvering continues in Diyala after the election of a new Provincial Council Chairman and Governor. Despite the walkout of 12 Council Members during the April 11 Council session at which the leadership was elected, the Provincial Council is still negotiating with th [...] | 2009-04-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1071 | ERBIL: Water from a Rock: Drought and Dohuk [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government has officially declared 2009 to be another drought year. In an effort to proactively mitigate the drought's effect, Dohuk Governor Tamar Ramadan recently convened a conference to formulate a provincial drought action plan. But human and industri [...] | 2009-04-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1073 | SULEYMANIYAH BUSINESS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Suleymaniyah businessmen claim their markets are flooded by Iranian products because corruption, lack of government support for the private sector, and a cumbersome regulatory environment hinder their ability to compete. Businessmen representing a variety of industries told PRToff [...] | 2009-04-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV KCOR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1074 | Bechtel to Survey First Bid Round Oil Fields [...] (U) Summary: On April 15, EMIN met with Bechtel executives who described their project to survey six oil fields in support of the first bid round at the behest of the Ministry of Oil (MoO). International oil companies (IOCs) that are participating in the bid round could then purchase the surve [...] | 2009-04-21 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1075 | BUILDING BETTER IRAQI OIL CONTRACTING PERSONNEL [...] (C) Summary: From March 29 to April 2, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) held a four day workshop for Ministry of Oil (MoO) personnel on negotiating and contracting with International Oil Companies (IOC). Dr. Sabah Al-Saidi, senior legal advisor to the [...] | 2009-04-21 09:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1076 | UNAMI GETTING SOME TRACTION ON ARAB-KURD DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG deMistura is satisfied so far with the level of buy-in he is getting from Kurdish Region President Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for the launch of a political dialog aimed at eventually resolving the disputed internal boundaries issue. On April 17 deMistur [...] | 2009-04-21 09:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1077 | JOURNALISTS' RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORRY GOI CLAMPING [...] (C) In the wake of the brouhaha over senior GOI security official Maj. Gen. Qassim Ata's April 13 threat to close the Baghdad office of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat and to shut down Sunni satellite channel Al-Sharqiyah (in response to allegations that he had issued orders to arrest ex-detaine [...] | 2009-04-21 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1079 | KARBALA MOVING TOWARD NORMALCY AMID SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Amid an unsettled security situation, Karbala since early 2009 has showed increasing signs that normalcy is returning. Tourism is up and the dinar is appreciating. Electricity is on 12 hours per day. Markets are full of goods, gas queues have vanished and residents, while not [...] | 2009-04-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1090 | SOME DISPLACED FAMILIES RETURN TO MIXED BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Embedded PRT governance specialist and Coalition Force (CF) leaders met on April 19 in Baghdad's Hurriya section with local Iraqi officials, area sheikhs and Iraqi Army (IA) officers involved in the resettlement of internally displaced (IDP) families. Hurriya had [...] | 2009-04-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREF PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1091 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1092 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1093 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-23 04:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1094 | NAJAF STILL AWAITS ELECTION OF NEXT PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary. We continue to await the selection of a new Governor, his two Deputies, and a host of security and provincial government appointees. Despite initial optimism that negotiations had concluded, local personality conflicts, provincial - central party squabbles and the inclusion of [...] | 2009-04-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1095 | SADRISTS, ISCI SCORE KEY KARBALA COMMITTEE CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In a surprising development, Karbala's Da'wa-dominated Provincial Council (PC) has assigned followers of Muqtada al-Sadr and members of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraqi (ISCI) to chair several key committees. This reduces the potential risks of Da'wa one-party rule in Karbal [...] | 2009-04-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL PINR |
09BAGHDAD1096 | Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...] | 2009-04-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1097 | FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...] | 2009-04-24 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD11 | NAJAF CLERICAL LEADERS FEAR IRANIAN IDEOLOGICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Three well-placed contacts in the Shia holy city of Najaf told us December 27 that Iranian influence there is strong and that Ayatollah Muhammad Said al-Hakim, whose family has ties to Iran, likely will succeed the aging Ayatollah Sistani. They each opined al-Hakim could begin [...] | 2009-01-05 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1100 | KARBALA SHRINES PURSUING INDEPENDENT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The religious leadership of Karbala's al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines, among the most revered sites in Shi'a Islam, pursue an independent agenda encompassing economic development, reconciliation and reconstruction. Well-funded and led by representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sista [...] | 2009-04-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1102 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1103 | IRAN IN IRAQ: STRATEGY FOR PRESSURING IRGC-QF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force (IRGC-QF) officers are active in Iraq, conducting traditional espionage and supporting violent extremists as well as supporting both legitimate and malign Iranian economic and cultural outreach. Iraqis and their government have dem [...] | 2009-04-24 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR MOPS ECON ETRD IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1104 | IRANIAN PLANS FOR IRAQ AS U.S. FORCES DRAW DOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Iranian response to the drawdown of U.S. military forces in Iraq, and Iraq's evolving relationship with Iran, will influence the climate for U.S. engagement with Iran on our range of interests. The Iranians may see the drawdown as an opportunity to strengthen their hand in Ira [...] | 2009-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR PGOV MOPS ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1105 | DPM BARHAM SALIH ON ICI AND DEC, NEW COR SPEAKER, [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 22 April meeting with EMIN, GoI DPM Barham Salih confirmed that the GoI is committed to the ICI and would be issuing invitations to a Fall ministerial meeting in Baghdad after a senior officials meeting in late May; deferred a decision on agreeing to hold the next Dialogue [...] | 2009-04-24 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EPET EAID PGOV EINV CVIS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1106 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF:MEK COOPERATIVE IN FACE OF NEW GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GoI) continued its efforts to establish civil authority over the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) community at Camp Ashraf. The GoI has taken over responsibility for the hospital, and is in discussions to take over electric and water services. The GoI conducted a do [...] | 2009-04-24 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD111 | QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GETS TO "NO" [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...] | 2009-01-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD1111 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-26 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1112 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-04-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1117 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, AIR FORCE CAPACITY, [...] (C) Summary: During the April 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, the Chief Justice complained that there is inadequate coordination between security agencies and the judiciary, resulting in improper handling of evidence and problems prosecuting prisoners and inappropriately lengthy de [...] | 2009-04-27 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1118 | KARBALA MODE: INAUGURAL EDITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala Mode is a vehicle for capturing observations and anecdotes about life in the "world Shi'a capital" that otherwise might not be reported. In this inaugural edition, we ponder Persian pills, hear from "the Mahdi" and his friend, learn why taking credit for good deeds is [...] | 2009-04-27 08:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD112 | QATAR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: IRAQ GOES FROM YES TO NO [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to us January 15 Iraq's decision to decline Qatar's invitation to a proposed January 16 Emergency Arab League Summit on Gaza but the decision was crafted in such a way as to leave a legalistic out. Zebari (and other officials) described intern [...] | 2009-01-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD113 | MEK UPDATE: DEFECTOR CLAIMS MEK HAS CONTINGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A defector from Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) in Iraq, says the group's leadership at Camp Ashraf is prepared to order residents to kill themselves to protest any arrests of Ashraf residents. The defector (now under the care of the Ministry of Human Rights a [...] | 2009-01-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1130 | SPECIAL OPERATION ACTION DAMAGES U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: A deadly American operation in a residential area of Al Kut has seriously set back cooperation between the United States and Iraqis in Wasit province. A unilateral U.S. action in the early hours of April [...] | 2009-04-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1134 | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - Iraq [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 23 meeting, Iraq's new national coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),Ministry of Oil Deputy Inspector General Alaa Mohie El-Deen, said that he was in the process of hiring additional staff to implement preparations for Iraq to [...] | 2009-04-29 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET KCOR PGOV KDEM EINV SENV ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1137 | NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS TO HELP BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official meeting with the Embassy as Speaker of the Parliament on April 23 Ayad al-Samarrai'e expressed support for an oil law and thought passage of a text this calendar year was feasible. He expressed support for ratification of the USAID Bilateral Assistance Trea [...] | 2009-04-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID EINV ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1138 | DISPLACED FAMILIES IN BAGHDAD DESCRIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Refcoord, and Embedded PRT governance specialist met April 26 with approximately 15 displaced (IDP) families in Baghdad's Hurriya neighborhood, in 2006-2007 the site of some of the capital's most intense sectarian violence. Most heads of household said they had [...] | 2009-04-30 06:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREF PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1146 | IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ON BUDGET WOES AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr continues to lament Iraq's budget woes and the parliamentary restrictions he faces in trying to find ways to meet shortfalls. He told EMIN that he is planning to offer a recisionary amendment ("negative supplemental") in June or July and may be f [...] | 2009-04-30 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ETRD WTO PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1148 | ASSISTING IRAQ TO DEVELOP ITS PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary pressures have motivated the GOI to increase crude oil production, but it is having difficulty executing its plans. We have a vague request for additional support for contracts the GOI hopes to complete in the short term, but no details on what is required. The GOI's ur [...] | 2009-04-30 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL US IZ |
09BAGHDAD1149 | KRG ELECTIONS ON TRACK, WITH LIMITED NEED FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reports that planning for the Kurdish parliamentary elections is on track, with an anticipated election date of July 25. IHEC's Chairman told us that PM Maliki has orally authorized funding for the elections, but that IHEC wi [...] | 2009-05-01 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1151 | MINISTRY OF OIL UPDATE ON BID ROUNDS, OIL [...] (C) Summary: Two Ministry of Oil (MoO) Directors General provided details of internal MoO deliberations regarding progress on the two bid rounds and the MoO's crude oil production in separate April 23 meetings with DOE Energy officers, followed up by another meeting between Energy Attache and [...] | 2009-05-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1157 | WHITHER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE? [...] (C) Over the past week, Baghdad has swirled with rumors over the current status of National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie. According to media reports, confirmed by a member of Rubaie's staff, on April 23, Iraq's Council of Ministers (COM) took action to dissolve Iraq's National Security [...] | 2009-05-01 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1158 | SAMARRAI TELLS IHEC TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: According to UNAMI's Chief Elections Advisor, Speaker of Parliament Ayad Samarrai told the Board of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) April 27 that Parliament would use the 2005 elections law for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He would entertain amendm [...] | 2009-05-01 17:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1161 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) The GOI's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),announced April 30 President Jalal Talabani's submission of the legally required annual financial disclosure statement for 2008, portraying the President's action as "a first in the history of modern Iraq." Per re [...] | 2009-05-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1167 | NAJAF MACHINATIONS BEFORE SELECTION OF NEW GOVERNOR [...] (C) Amid uncertainty over the election of the next governor, Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) leader Fred Fonteneau on April 27-28 met the newly elected chairman of the Najaf Provincial Council Shaykh Fayad al-Shimmeri (State of Law) and [...] | 2009-05-04 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1168 | DEPUTY FM ON IRAQ'S REGIONAL RELATIONS: BILATERAL [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told NEA DAS Schmierer and visiting USG delegation on May 2 that Iraq's regional engagement focus would be primarily bilateral. Acknowledging the initial utility of the Expanded Neighbors' Process as a mechanism for the region to deal with Iraq, Abba [...] | 2009-05-04 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU JO SY SA TU |
09BAGHDAD1170 | RRT ERBIL: CAMPAIGN SEASON IN THE KRG--GETTING [...] (C) Summary: Despite the fact that the upcoming elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan parliament (IKP) will be carried out by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) with the expected presence of international observers, members of the reform wing of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) [...] | 2009-05-04 10:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1171 | DEVELOPMENT IN KARBALA: PROGRESS AND CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three development plans have been posited for Karbala since Iraq's liberation. The province's de facto operational blueprint (the so-called &Shahristani8 plan) was devised in mid-2008 and has been blessed by Prime Minister Maliki, although it is widely disliked by many [...] | 2009-05-04 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1176 | IRAQI TRADE MINISTRY OFFICIALS ARRESTED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Commission on Integrity (COI) has obtained arrest warrants for 10 Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials on corruption charges. The charges stem from officials' alleged effort to profit by knowingly making purchases of spoiled food commodities for distribution to the Iraqi p [...] | 2009-05-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD118 | NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...] | 2009-01-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1181 | AMB. HILL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON IRAQI VP ABDEL [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly introductory meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi welcomed the Ambassador's emphasis on successful parliamentary elections and progress on hydrocarbons legislation as top items on Iraq's national agenda. The Vice President encouraged the Ambassador to use TV [...] | 2009-05-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1183 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON DPM EISSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an Aprl 30 meeting, DPM Eissawi expressed to the Ambassador enthusiasm for the "visible results" the GOI and USG are achieving under the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA); offered insights into Iraq's disputed internal boundaries; and suggested that many Iraqi political p [...] | 2009-05-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1184 | AMBASSADOR HILL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MASOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 2 meeting with KRG President Barzani in Erbil, Ambassador urged Barzani to reach out to PM Maliki on issues that divide them. He assured Barzani the U.S. is committed to supporting Iraqi leaders in what may be a long and sometimes difficult political process. Barzani a [...] | 2009-05-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1187 | IRAQI MFA CONDEMNS REPORTED IRANIAN ATTACKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to reports of Iranian cross-border attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Iraqi MFA summoned Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi-Qomi on May 4 to demand a halt to the attacks and threaten "severe negative consequences" if they continue. According to unconfirmed p [...] | 2009-05-05 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1189 | BAGHDAD CITY PLANNING: A CAPACITY BUILDING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: What began five years ago as a request for USG assistance with electronically mapping four Baghdad neighborhoods has grown into a sustainable Geographic Information System (GIS) Center within the Mayor's office, also known as the Amanat. The Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction [...] | 2009-05-06 06:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PINR KCRS IZ |
09BAGHDAD119 | NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...] | 2009-01-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1191 | MAYSAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT AT HELM, READY TO COOPERATE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: On April 27 and 28 PRT Maysan held introductory meetings at the Governance Center in Amarah with new Provincial Governor Mohammed Shi'a, Deputy Governor Khalid Abd al-Wahid Kabyan, Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-H [...] | 2009-05-06 08:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1194 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1195 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1198 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...] | 2009-05-07 04:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD120 | CONSULTATIONS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1203 | MUTHANNA PC FORMED: STATE OF LAW LEFT SHOCKED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 30 Muthanna Provincial Council (PC) meeting, a last-minute surprise defection by Da'wa member Ibrahim Salman al-Mayali resulted in the State of Law coalition being completely shut out of provincial executive positions. Ibrahim Salman was voted in as Governor with [...] | 2009-05-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1204 | DEVELOPING IRAQ'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a series of meetings over a week-long visit, senior GOI officials told a visiting USG delegation from NEA/I and STAS that the GOI lacks a coherent Science and Technology (S-T) policy development and funding mechanism, and identified three similar but competing options th [...] | 2009-05-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1207 | BARHAM SALIH REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE ON OIL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki wants to conclude direct contracts with international oil companies for six oil fields in hopes of accelerating output, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador Hill May 5. He said the PM would soon create a group to focus on this new strate [...] | 2009-05-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1208 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1209 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD121 | NINEWA: HADBA LEADER CLAIMS HIS PARTY IS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a January meeting with PMIN DCG of MND-N, Al Hadba ("The Gathering") leader Atheel al-Najaifi, said his party would score do well in the Ninewa election as it was the only party actively campaigning in all parts of Ninewa. Despite his confidence, Najaifi said he was concerned a [...] | 2009-01-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1210 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1211 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1212 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1213 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1214 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1215 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1221 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATION: A GOI INSIDER PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Huda Malik, Director General of the International Cooperation Directorate, Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC),told Econoff that she is crafting a plan to move donor assistance coordination responsibility out of the Ministry and under a higher-level coordi [...] | 2009-05-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ KW |
09BAGHDAD1222 | ARAB-KURD CONFLICT NARROWLY AVERTED MAY 8 [...] (C) On May 8, a potential armed confrontation between Ninewa Governor Atheel Alnujaifi and Kurdish Peshmerga, 20 kilometers northeast of Mosul in disputed Hamdaniya province, was averted when the event the governor was scheduled to attend was cancelled. Peshmerga manning a checkpoint on the [...] | 2009-05-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1223 | IRAQ WTO WORKING PARTY: HOPES FADE FOR A JUNE MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOI working group has finished compiling Iraq's Initial Goods Offer and its new tariff schedule. However, senior-level approval of the Goods Offer will take another several weeks, in part because of an unfolding corruption scandal at the Ministry of Trade (MOT). Long-awaited [...] | 2009-05-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1224 | UPDATE ON TRADE MINISTRY ARRESTS OVER CORRUPTION [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity (COI) head, Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, confirmed the arrest of one the Trade Minister's two brothers accused in the ongoing investigation into corruption at the Trade Ministry. Judge Rahim said that he was convinced of the Minister's personal involvement, but that [...] | 2009-05-11 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1229 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE: ONE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 30, the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Working Group (WG) discussed the final plans for opening the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) at Camp Zaytun, Erbil with a planned inauguration date of May 24. MNF-I Future Operations representative CDR Hesser provided [...] | 2009-05-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU IZ MARR |
09BAGHDAD123 | URGENT DEMARCHE ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS TO [...] (C) PMIN spoke to Acting Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi January 16 at 1530 to review reftel demarche points, emphasizing it was aimed at creating a durable cessation of hostilities in Gaza. Abbawi didn't argue, and commented that Khaled Mishaal's statement at the Arab leader meeting in Doha [...] | 2009-01-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IS KPAL |
09BAGHDAD1230 | KRG AND GOI AGREE ON OIL EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 9, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) announced that as of June 1, the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MoO) will allow KRG crude oil exports from the Tawke and Taq Taq fields. In meetings at the MoO on May 10, Ministry officials told Ec [...] | 2009-05-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1231 | DEPUTY CHAIR OF OIL AND GAS COMMITTEE TALKS OIL [...] (C) Summary: On May 3, Deputy Chair of the Council of Representatives' (COR) Oil and Gas Committee Dr. Abdul-Hadi Al-Hassani told Econoff that the current deals with International Oil Companies (IOC) should be reviewed by the COR, and encouraged the USG to become actively engaged in the Hydro [...] | 2009-05-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1235 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON CORRUPTION [...] (U) Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki used his May 9 meeting with tribal leaders from Northern Iraq to appeal for action against corruption. In remarks widely covered by local and U.S. media, he likened corrupt officials to the criminals responsible for last month's violent robbery of jewelry st [...] | 2009-05-12 05:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1237 | Muthanna's Provincial Investment Commission: Successes and [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Muthanna's Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is one of the most active in Iraq, with 17 projects licensed to date and four of those are in various stages of completion. Challenges remain, however, especially in acquiring ri [...] | 2009-05-12 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1238 | KARBALA SECURITY IN QUESTION AS GOVERNMENT DRIFTS [...] (C) Summary: There is a widespread perception among Karbalans that security here is eroding. Crime has increased, as have reports of extremists and weapons moving into the province. The new provincial leadership appears detached and disinterested in addressing problems. Maneuvering by Karba [...] | 2009-05-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD124 | ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of Prime Minister Maliki, Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: majilis al-isnad) were first established in Maysan and Basra in conjunction with ISF security operations in March and May 2008. The first Support Council, established in Basra, didn't develop much due to [...] | 2009-01-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1246 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: ETHNIC POLITICS IN [...] (SBU) While obvious ethnic tensions remain in the district of Tuz -- a Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) area according to UNAMI -- Turkman, Kurdish, and Sunni Arab political leaders there remain committed to the democratic process. The Kurds have allied themselves with the Sunni Arab Iraq [...] | 2009-05-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1247 | PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1248 | PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador Hill's initial official meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the PM stressed Iraq's desire to develop a strong strategic relationship with the Obama Administration, and to focus on implementing the Security and Strategic Framework Agreements. Maliki complaine [...] | 2009-05-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD1249 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES CF [...] (C) Summary: During its May 10 meeting, the Iraqi National Security Council discussed preparations for the withdrawal of Coalition Forces from Iraqi cities by June 30. PM Maliki commented that General Odierno's recent remarks to the media, indicating a residual CF presence in Baghdad and Mosul [...] | 2009-05-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD125 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1250 | KRG LOOKING TO BUY GOODWILL THROUGH OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: KRG officials report that their move to accept the GOI terms for export of oil from fields in the Kurdistan Region stems from a desire to show goodwill on the long-standing oil dispute. They term their move a unilateral step made without preconditions. In terms of the financial [...] | 2009-05-12 18:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1255 | SPEAKER PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI [...] (S) During a May 10 meeting with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Prime Minister Maliki stressed that security in Iraq has improved significantly but emphasized the need to continue strong intelligence cooperation to help Iraq combat terrorism. Maliki said Iraq wants a close bilateral relationship with [...] | 2009-05-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1259 | DIWAYINAH: AN ENTHUSIASTIC NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM [...] (C) After months of infighting, Diwaniyah Province's political players have forged a solid political alliance and begun their work with an enthusiasm that bodes well for the province -- and for the Provincial Reconstruction Team's (PRT's) ties with the new government. In a meeting with visi [...] | 2009-05-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD126 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1260 | IRAQI MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY INVITES SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Summary and action request: Iraq's Minister of Electricity passed ITAO a letter of invitation to US Secretary of Energy Chu to come to Iraq for bilateral discussions of four Iraqi power sector challenges: power plant construction, Iraq's participation in global emissions reductions, solar and [...] | 2009-05-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1262 | RRT ERBIL: IMPROVING BUDGET EXECUTION IN THE KRG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acknowledging deficiencies in public finance management, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has committed to an ambitious UNDP-supported Public Finance Management Plan for improving transparency, planning execution and oversight. While the project is aligned with the nation [...] | 2009-05-14 05:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV EBUD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1266 | SPEAKER PELOSI MEETING WITH NEW IRAQI SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY Ayad al-Samarraie, newly elected Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) thanked Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Rush Holt for the contributions and sacrifices of the U.S. people in Iraq, but said it was time for the U.S. and Iraq to move from a military to a more strategic r [...] | 2009-05-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD127 | THE IRAQI SPEAKER'S RACE: FEWER CANDIDATES AND [...] SUMMARY (C) Tawafuq, the principal Sunni Arab bloc in parliament, has presented Ayad al Samaraie, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party's (IIP) parliamentary caucus, as its candidate for speaker of the Council of Representatives. Rival Sunni blocs, and some Shi'a parliamentarians, insist that the [...] | 2009-01-17 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1270 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: OIL LEAK FROM AL-FAT'HA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A leak from the oil pipelines at the al-Fat'ha Crossing on April 30forced Iraqi authorities to shut down water treatment plants along the Tigris for a limited duration. In an attempt to mitigate the environmental effects of the [...] | 2009-05-14 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EPET PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1282 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Our sources deny media reports that the Prime Minister has "frozen" a controversial legal provision, "Article 136(b)," used to block prosecution of corrupt subordinates, but do indicate his intention to get ministers to stop using it, as in the Trade Minister's case. The Interior Ministry [...] | 2009-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1283 | MALIKI'S CHOSEN GOVERNORS IMPRESS EARLY [...] (C) Through careful managing of the post-provincial election coalition-building process, eight of the ten Shi'a-majority provinces have new governors approved by Prime Minister Maliki; six of those represent the Da'wa Central wing of his State of Law coalition. Early May meetings between Senio [...] | 2009-05-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD1284 | IRAQ CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR AMANO AS IAEA DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP AORC IAEA IZ |
09BAGHDAD1287 | PRT NINEWA: NEITHER VICTORS NOR VANQUISHED . . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The cacophony of modern warfare receded for a day, replaced by the imagined din of ancient armies clashing on an Iraqi plain. Americans and Iraqis walked the ground at Gaugamela where in 331 BC the army of the Alexander the Great defeated that of Darius III of Persia. Soldiers a [...] | 2009-05-17 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1288 | MINORITY QUOTAS IN UPCOMING IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Iraq's minority communities will have mandated representation in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament following the KRG elections, currently scheduled for July 25. For the first time, Kurdish electoral law stipulates that Christians, Turkmen, and Armenians will receive 11 seats of the total 111 [...] | 2009-05-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1289 | ISCI/BADR AND DA'WA: IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Senior Advisor Gray's meetings with top Da'wa and ISCI/Badr officials in Hillah, held May 11, displayed the wide gulf between these parties in the province and throughout the south-central region. Prime Minister Maliki's representative in Hillah left open the door for ISCI to realign wit [...] | 2009-05-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD129 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DPM AL-ESSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Deputy Prime minister al-Essawi in the CMR January 5, immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy. Conversation focused on upcoming local elections, integration of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) i [...] | 2009-01-17 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1294 | ARREST OF SUNNI LEADER HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES ON [...] (S) Summary: On May 12, the Iraqi Army arrested prominent Sunni Tribal leader Sheikh Mutlab Al-Massari, on suspicion of collaborating in efforts to reconstitute the Ba'th Party. The arrest of Mutlab, who is a close contact of the U.S. Embassy and Coalition Forces, highlights many of the challe [...] | 2009-05-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1295 | KRG ELECTIONS: EVERYTHING IN PLACE BUT THE MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) and a popular vote for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) president are both scheduled for July 25, 2009. The elections will take place in the three governorates that comprise the KRG (Erbil, Sulaymaniah and Dahuk),with [...] | 2009-05-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD130 | CONCERN IN KARBALA ABOUT ELECTIONS' INTEGRITY [...] (C) Summary: Some in Karbala are concerned about the integrity of the upcoming provincial elections, but we do not believe the credibility of the process is in jeopardy. The balloting procedure is viewed as unduly complex and likely to confuse all but the most educated or best prepared voters [...] | 2009-01-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1304 | U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL [...] (C) During their May 12 meeting, Vice President Abdel Mahdi sought from U/S Burns reassurance of U.S. commitment to remain engaged in Iraq, even if security conditions deteriorated. U/S Burns underlined that the U.S. would honor its commitments, but is looking to the GOI to commit to developi [...] | 2009-05-19 12:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1308 | THE IRAQI PARLIAMENT ASSERTS ITSELF ON THE [...] (SBU) Iraq's parliamentary body, The Council of Representatives (COR),exercised its oversight responsibility vis-a-vis the executive branch regarding the anti-corruption dossier by subjecting embattled Trade Minister Abd Al-Falah Al-Sudani to tough questioning (see reftel for background on co [...] | 2009-05-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1311 | KHANAQIN, DIYALA KURDS INFLEXIBLE ON DIBS DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish interlocutors in the Khanaqin district of Diyala province strongly believe that Khanaqin and surrounding areas must be part of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). They assert that Khanaqin's population has historically been overwhelmingly Kurdish (despite Saddam's [...] | 2009-05-20 09:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1312 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISCUSS IMPACT OF UPCOMING U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent encounters with emboffs, Baghdad residents and community leaders offered their views about security and the effect of U.S. combat forces' withdrawal, to be completed by the end of June, from urban areas. Iraqi attitudes toward the withdrawal are somewhat schizophrenic [...] | 2009-05-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1319 | U/S BURNS AND USD/P FLOURNOY MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stressed the importance of addressing challenges such as disputed internal boundaries (DIBs),reconciliation, and oil in a meeting with Under Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy on May 13, 2009. He n [...] | 2009-05-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP IZ |
09BAGHDAD132 | DHI QAR ELECTION OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Elections preparations in Dhi Qar Province have been running smoothly, with a high degree of coopeeration between the Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Voter enthusiasm appears to be weaker than in 2005, and lower overall turnout is expect [...] | 2009-01-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1320 | U/S BURNS, AND U/S FLOURNOY,S MEETING VP HASHEMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 12, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi and members of his Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) to discuss a myriad of national issues. IIP expressed confidence t [...] | 2009-05-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1321 | UNDER SECRETARIES BURNS AND FLOURNOY MEET WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Under Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi blamed the politicization of government ministries and corruption for the poor state of essential services in Iraq. He said hea [...] | 2009-05-20 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1326 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1327 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1328 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1333 | U/S BURNS, AND U/S FLOURNOY'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with DOS U/S Bill Burns and DOD U/S Michele Flournoy, Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Al-Samarraie said he saw US-Iraqi relations as a two-stage process: the past and the future, with the SFA linking the two. Looking forward rather than backwar [...] | 2009-05-21 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1334 | RRT ERBIL: COUNTDOWN TO 25 JULY IN THE KRG FOR [...] (U) Summary: Kurdistan has decided to &go green,8 and will ban political advertising in public spaces considered environmentally unsafe or a visual blight. Forty-two political lists have registered for the elections, of which 22 are new lists. Campaigning, which is permitted to begin on Ma [...] | 2009-05-21 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1335 | PRT NAJAF: NEW GOVERNOR,S THOUGHTS ON RECENT ATTACK [...] (S) SUMMARY. The day following an Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) attack which targeted a U.S. convoy in Najaf, Governor Adnan al Zurfi visited the FOB to discuss the incident. He expressed concern and pointed fingers at the Iraqi Police (IP) and the Iranians. He stated unequivocally th [...] | 2009-05-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS ASEC IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1338 | UNAMI SHARES ITS VIEWS ON DIBS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) Andrew Gilmour met with the U.S. delegation led by U/S Burns and USD(P) Flournoy. They discussed the most pressing topics for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),including advancement of UN [...] | 2009-05-21 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UN KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1342 | STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: One of the key elements of PM Maliki,s expected visit to Washington this summer will be the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). The SFA defines areas of cooperation necessary to ensure a sustainable and enduring bilateral relationship with Iraq. Approved by the Iraqi p [...] | 2009-05-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1343 | KARBALA: ANOTHER ATTACK ON A PRT CONTACT [...] (U) This is a PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On May 18 a close PRT contact and leader of a local women's NGO was attacked by assailants seeking to punish her for her association with the United States. In addition to injuring the director and other women in the NGO, the perpetrators [...] | 2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1344 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI NOT REASSURED BY TRIP TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he was pessimistic about Iran's intentions toward Iraq following a May 20-21 trip to Tehran in which he failed to narrow differences with the Iranian government over issues such as cross-border water flow, border security incidents including Iranian sh [...] | 2009-05-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1345 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING GROUP [...] (S) The Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue Working Group reviewed the final details necessary to open the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) in Erbil at a May 16 meeting in Baghdad. The GOI also provided intelligence about the Kurdish terrorist organization PKK. In addition, the T [...] | 2009-05-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1346 | UK-GOI NEGOTIATIONS FOR UK MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. UK-GOI negotiations for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding UK military presence in Iraq have stalled. The deadline to execute an agreement is May 31. UK Ambassador Prentice indicated to the Ambassador that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki is unwilling to support an agree [...] | 2009-05-23 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UK IR |
09BAGHDAD1355 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) In addition to rhetoric, Prime Minister Al-Maliki has taken a few concrete steps of late on the anti-corruption dossier, but more and larger steps are needed. After questioning the Trade Minister on corruption allegations, the Council of Representatives now reportedly plans to question the [...] | 2009-05-25 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1356 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1357 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-05-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1359 | ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MASS GRAVES, AND THE MEK [...] (C) In a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador and the Embassy's Senior Coordinator for Refugees, ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer provided an overview of the ICRC's activities in Iraq and praised the close cooperation between the organization and the Embassy. Schaerer highligh [...] | 2009-05-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1360 | DIWANIYAH: HOPEFULNESS BUT UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: While Diwaniyah Province's public expects its new governing team to be an improvement over the ISCI-dominated leadership that preceded it, much of the citizenry remains to be convinced that things will improve significantly. Increasingly serious water problems are souring the p [...] | 2009-05-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ ECON |
09BAGHDAD1361 | (C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOBILE FUEL STATIONS SELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northern Refineries Company Director General Ali Obeidi briefed the Salah ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council May 13 on improvements in fuel refining and distribution at the Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR). Provincial Council members asked Obeidi to hire more workers at the BOR and ensure th [...] | 2009-05-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON KCRIM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1363 | PRT DIYALA: SUNNI ARAB PC MEMBER ARRESTED [...] C) Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reputed to be from the Prime Minister's Counter Terrorism Bureau arrested Diyala Provincial Council (PC) member Abd Al Jabbar, a Sunni Arab, on May 18 following a stand-off at the PC Building in Ba'aqubah. The Diyala Governor and PC subsequently condemned the GO [...] | 2009-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KREL PTER PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1364 | RRT ERBIL: THE OIL IMPASSE: VIEWS OF THE KRG [...] (SBU) Summary: In a discussion before the recent oil export breakthrough (reftels),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Hawrami urged the United States to focus on assisting passage of an oil revenue sharing law as the most important priority in establishing a st [...] | 2009-05-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1365 | VP HASHIMI CLAIMS POLITICAL TARGETING BY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Ambassador Hill May 23, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi complained that Prime Minister Maliki is targeting Sunnis Arabs and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). Hashimi claimed that the Council of Representatives' (CoR) anti-corruption interrogation of the Min [...] | 2009-05-25 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1367 | FINANCE MINISTER THANKS PRESIDENT FOR IMMUNITIES EXTENSION [...] In response to reftel demarche and the USG decision to renew the Executive Order that protects official Iraqi assets, Finance Minister Jabr sent a letter to President Obama thanking him for this action. The verbatim text of the letter is given below. 2. Begin text: Republic of Iraq Mi [...] | 2009-05-26 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EFIN IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1369 | BARHAM SALIH TO RESIGN DPM POST IN ORDER TO RUN IN [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih is likely to resign in the next week in order to place his name on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) plenum candidate list for Prime Minister in the upcoming Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) elections. Salih's staff informed PolOff that S [...] | 2009-05-26 06:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD137 | KARBALA CANDIDATES MANEUVER FOR ADVANTAGE [...] (C) Summary: Few incumbent Provincial Council (PC) candidates are popular, but we expect a number to retain their seats because they are buying votes. The campaign of Governor Aqeel Mahmoud al-Khazali, a member of the Da'wa party, was caught by television reporters in the act of purchasing s [...] | 2009-01-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1370 | IRAQI POLITICIANS CONSIDER THE PAST AS THEY PLAN [...] (C) While the Iraqi Parliament has not begun formal debate on elections legislation, political blocs have begun their internal strategizing on the elections. The Prime Minister has privately stated a preference for open lists, but several parliamentarians have told us that the larger partie [...] | 2009-05-26 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1371 | KRG ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reports that it has certified 42 political entities and 528 candidates in advance of the elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP),scheduled for July 25. Of the 42 political parties, 15 have formed themselves into five coalit [...] | 2009-05-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1373 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, RETIREMENTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: In its May 24 session, the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) discussed creating a detainee database to speed releases for Iraqis without outstanding warrants. The NSC directed the Ministries of Justice, Finance, and Defense to study conditions for compulsory retirement of se [...] | 2009-05-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IZ PTER |
09BAGHDAD1378 | WFP LOOKS TO TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has asked the World Food Program (WFP) to help it devise a plan to reform its inefficient and corrupt Public Distribution System (PDS). But what the GOI may not have bargained for in making the request is WFP's intention to challenge the PDS's intensely corrupt procuremen [...] | 2009-05-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREF KCOR EAID EAGR ECON WFP IZ |
09BAGHDAD138 | RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI TO [...] (SBU) RRT Erbil received the following letter from Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani for transmission to President Obama. Hard copy will be sent via courier service to NEA-I-POL. 2. (C)Begin text: President Barack Obama The White House Washington, D.C. United Stat [...] | 2009-01-20 06:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1380 | DPM ESSAWI TELLS CODEL LEAHY PM MALIKI IS "A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is using the democratic process and liberal rhetoric to conceal a move to dictatorship Deputy Prime Minister Rafe Essawi told Senators Patrick Leahy (VT),Mark Warner (VA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI),and Ambassador Hill on May 23. Essawi outlined the [...] | 2009-05-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD1381 | CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH PM MALIKI, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki told CODEL Leahy May 24 that Iraq wants to build a strong strategic relationship with the U.S., including through implementation of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). He said that the January 2009 provincial elections had helped move Iraq beyond violenc [...] | 2009-05-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1385 | GOI SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS IN WMD NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is slowly making progress in building support among its various ministries for the complex tasks the GOI faces in order to fulfill its international obligations in the field of WMD nonproliferation. The Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD) and [...] | 2009-05-27 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP KTIA KLSO CWC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1388 | TRADE MINISTER STEPS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister al-Sudani has finally resigned after weeks of public allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Trade (MOT),the arrest of three employees including his brother, and a looming vote of no confidence in the Council of Representatives (COR). The MOT scandal and t [...] | 2009-05-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1389 | AMBASSADOR AND CG MEET TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik will be the next Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Ozcelik told Ambassador Hill and General Odierno May 23. The main points he intended to raise in an anticipated meeting with PM Maliki were his May 17 meeting with KRG President Masoud Barzani and the [...] | 2009-05-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD139 | RRT ERBIL: EVENTS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION [...] This message responds to request for information on the RRT's actions to support the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women (reftel). 2. The KRG's Ministry of Sports and Youth hosted a cultural celebration to highlight awareness of the U.N.'s International Day for t [...] | 2009-01-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1390 | PROGRESS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff Ambassador Srood Najib told the Embassy that he had reduced the number of outstanding Oil-for-Food (OFF) contracts from 130 to 80. He hopes to have all outstanding OFF accounts closed, and return whatever is left to the Development Fund f [...] | 2009-05-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1395 | KARBALA MODE: SECOND EDITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala Mode is a vehicle for capturing observations and anecdotes about life in the world Shi'a pilgrimage capital that otherwise might not be reported. End Summary. Where's Abbas? -------------- 2. (SBU) Since being sworn into office in April, Karbala's government l [...] | 2009-05-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1396 | PARLIAMENTARY ACTIONS INCREASE TENSION WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the recent resignation of Iraq's Trade Minister following high-profile questioning by Parliament on corruption allegations, Parliament's budget maneuvers to restrict prime ministerial power, and indications that Parliament will continue questioning senior officials on corrupt [...] | 2009-05-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD140 | ERBIL RRT: DOHUK IDPS SPEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Christian, Yezidi and Arab IDPs in Dohuk Province want to participate in the upcoming provincial elections, but have questions and doubts about the electoral process. Personal experience of fraud in the 2005 elections makes many skeptical of the legitimacy of election results. [...] | 2009-01-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1401 | ANTI-CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: THE SAGA OF "1,000 ARREST [...] (C) Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili, the head of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),met with the press May 27 and presented highlights of the COI's performance. Local and western media highlighted his statement that the COI had obtained 997 arrest warrants for offic [...] | 2009-05-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1402 | ELECTIONS UPDATE: KRG FUNDS TRANSFERRED, NEW [...] (SBU) At long last, IHEC has received the almost $40 million in funding for the KRG elections it has been waiting for for several weeks. With the funding now in hand, preparations for the July 25 Iraqi Kurdish Parliament and presidential elections are smoothly on track. Bloc leaders in Par [...] | 2009-05-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1408 | AMBASSADOR, CG AND PM DISCUSS DIYALA, UK AND NATO [...] (S) Summary: In their weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on May 28, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Odierno discussed the timing of the PM's proposed visit to the U.S. (late June or July),the PM's eagerness to involve U.S. firms in oil contracting, possible m [...] | 2009-05-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ UK NATO |
09BAGHDAD1409 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) At the May 28 Working Group (WG) meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue, the Iraqi High Electoral Commission briefed the topic of how groups and individuals can be banned from participating in Iraqi (including KRG) elections. The discussion focused on the Hiwa Party [...] | 2009-05-30 14:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD141 | NINEWA: NINEWA IIP LEADER TELLS PMIN THEY ARE [...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Ninewa Province, Mohammad Shaker, told us January 8 that both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Al-Qaida Iraq (AQI) routinely intimidate and attack members of his party. The former has largely prevented IIP from campaigning in [...] | 2009-01-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1412 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCAL IRAQIS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) The postponement of local (District and Sub-District level) elections presents a major obstacle to the development of democracy in SaD Province. Currently, local officials in SaD lack legitimacy because they were largely appointed by CF/DoS under the CPA, rather than elected by Iraqis. [...] | 2009-05-31 08:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1414 | JOINT COORDINATION COMMITTEE CONVENES TO ADDRESS IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The President of the Iraq Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Chief Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud, and the President of the Kurdistan Judicial Council (KJC),Chief Judge Ahmad Zobair, along with representatives of their respective judiciaries, met on April 28 to discuss issues of judicial feder [...] | 2009-05-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD142 | PRT SALAH AD DIN ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS AND [...] (C//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: Provincial Elections in Salah Ad Din (SaD) look to be on track despite lingering concerns of possible election-related attacks and voter intimidation. The public is showing a receptive attitude towards the elections, and political campaigns have moved into high [...] | 2009-01-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1423 | TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ MEETS POLMIL [...] (C) Murat Ozcelik, Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq (and nominated new Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad),told Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor on May 26 the Turkish MFA tried to block a lawsuit brought by Turkish businessmen seeking confiscation of Iraqi oil. Ozcelik also noted that a recent GOI-KRG ag [...] | 2009-05-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1426 | MINORITIES FIND SECURITY IN KURDISTAN BUT [...] (C) Christian and Sabean-Mandean leaders based in the Kurdistan region report that the flow of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into their communities from the rest of Iraq has decreased to a trickle -- an indicator, they believe, that sectarian violence targeting minorities throughout Iraq [...] | 2009-06-01 05:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1427 | NINEWA OPERATIONS COMMAND: SOME DETAINEES FINALLY [...] (C) The Government of Iraq is trying to adequately address problems relating to its detainee population. The Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) is a particularly egregious offender. Although most of the approximately 1,000 people incarcerated at the NOC have had their cases reviewed by an inv [...] | 2009-06-01 06:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PJUS PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1428 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1430 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1431 | IRAQ-SAUDI ARABIA: NO RAPPROCHEMENT IN SIGHT [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Prime Minister Maliki publicly complained about Saudi Arabia's "negative stance" toward Iraq's efforts to improve the bilateral relationship. In his sharp response two days later, the Saudi Interior Minister suggested that Maliki himself was working against Iraq's i [...] | 2009-06-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SA |
09BAGHDAD1432 | MAYSAN'S GOVERNOR PLEDGES SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Meeting on May 27 with Colonel Newell, incoming Commander of the PRT's new partner Brigade Combat Team (BCT),Maysan Governor Mohammed Shi'a (Da'wa) expressed confidence in the Iraqi Security Forces' (ISF) ability to secur [...] | 2009-06-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1433 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS CONTINUE THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Iraqi journalists and representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided their views on freedom of the press, access to information and the influence of political parties on Iraqi media. Participants expressed a genuin [...] | 2009-06-01 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1435 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1436 | IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 5). 2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO). Four former GTMO [...] | 2009-06-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD1437 | ICI - BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP DEMANDS RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial set for October or November, 2009 in Baghdad must have substance to persuade ministers to attend, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Hill May 25. Gambari met with the Ambassador prior t [...] | 2009-06-01 16:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1441 | IRAQ: ASSET TRANSFER PROCESS WELL UNDER WAY [...] SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq have agreed upon, and are implementing, a comprehensive asset transfer process. The process includes commitments by the Government of Iraq to maintain U.S.-funded infrastructure in Iraq. End Summary. 2. Since 2008, Embassy representatives have been wo [...] | 2009-06-02 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1444 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1446 | RRT ERBIL: CONSORTIUM TO DEVELOP GAS FIELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE's Crescent Petroleum and Dana Gas have entered into a consortium with two European energy companies to develop a natural gas field in the Kurdistan Region (KR) to supply the Nabucco pipeline. Separately, Crescent/Dana's plans to develop Gas City, a massive gas utilization i [...] | 2009-06-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV HU GM IR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1447 | RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL LINKS TO IRAQI PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 1 gala event, Presidents Talabani and Barzani officially "turned on" pipelines from Tawke and Taq Taq fields in the Kurdistan Region, which will together add 100,000 barrels a day (bbl/d) through the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. Pre [...] | 2009-06-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV CA TU NO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1448 | NINEWA: AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS GOVERNOR AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hill made his first visit to Mosul, meeting the governor, Provincial Council Chairman, and boycotting members of the Kurdish list. During the one-day visit, the Ambassador also hosted a reception at the Mosul Museum, paying homage to Ninewa,s rich history, and greeting [...] | 2009-06-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1449 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1451 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1452 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1453 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1454 | FORMER TADE MINISTER ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) Acting on a warrant issued in the widening probe into corruption within the Ministry of Trade, Iraqi authorities on May 30 arrested recently-resigned Minister of Trade al-Sudani as he was attempting to depart the country. Al-Sudani,s arrest marks the first big test of the judiciary and pa [...] | 2009-06-03 03:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1456 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: During the May 31 session of the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) the Minister of Human Rights aggressively confronted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the assembled security officials over her concerns over the human rights situation in Iraq, directly refuting his c [...] | 2009-06-03 06:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR IZ PTER |
09BAGHDAD1457 | NEW IIP LEADERSHIP TAKES PARTY IN NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The largest Sunni Arab political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),has changed its leadership in a move that might presage a reconciliation with the Prime Minister's Shia Islamist party. On May 24, 2009, the IIP selected both a new Political Bureau, and Osama al-Tikriti as it [...] | 2009-06-03 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD146 | MUTHANNA: MAJOR SHIA PARTIES LIKELY TO DO WELL IN [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: The coming provincial elections in Muthanna are expected to be marked by high voter turnout and a low level of violence. The major political parties will likely do well; the leading candidate for governor is from the ISCI party. The high rate of illiteracy among the adul [...] | 2009-01-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1462 | CABINET APPROVES UK AGREEMENT; EXPECTED TO BE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 2, the Council of Ministers (COM) approved an agreement allowing for the continued presence of UK forces - specifically 100 trainers and five naval ships and their crews, in Iraq. The agreement comes after weeks of failed negotiations and attempts to secure an extension [...] | 2009-06-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK |
09BAGHDAD1467 | Iraqi Technology Task Force Launches, Ready to Produce [...] Summary: Thanks to the catalyst provided by the April visit to Iraq of U.S. high tech executives as part of a TechDel led by S/P's Jared Cohen, and at the behest of Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, the Iraqi Technology Task Force (ITTF) formed in early May to seek ways to empower Iraqis to u [...] | 2009-06-04 03:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OIIP SCUL TINT KPAO IZ ECPS EINT |
09BAGHDAD1469 | OIL MINISTRY MOVES ON ADDITIONAL SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's South Oil Company continues to make some progress on a project to replace aging underwater pipelines through which three-quarters of Iraq's crude oil is exported. Two surveys, one to identify unexploded ordnance and a second to collect bathymetric data, ar [...] | 2009-06-04 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV SENV KCOR KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1473 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS: NAWSHIRWAN SAYS KDP AND [...] (C) Summary. Nawshirwan Mustafa, leader of the PUK breakaway &Change8 list in Sulaimaniyah Province, informed RRTOff that KRG President Masoud Barzani sent an emissary on two successive days to persuade him to withdraw from the upcoming elections for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP). Imm [...] | 2009-06-04 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1475 | KIRKUK: ARTICLE 23 COMITTEE UNABLE TO FIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, the Article 23 Committee (A23C) completed its last meeting in Kirkuk before heading to Baghdad. The A23C is no closer to an agreement on the issues raised under Article 23 of the Provincial Elections Law than it was when it was formed in November 2008. The A23C meeti [...] | 2009-06-04 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1477 | GOI RESPONSE ON U.S.-SYRIA-IRAQ TRILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: In response to The Ambassador's presentation of reftel demarche on trilateral talks among the U.S., Iraq and Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki indicated that the concept had merit, but that he preferred that such engagement be broached bilaterally, first between the U.S. and Syria [...] | 2009-06-04 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1478 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: PC CHAIRMAN EMERGING AS KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ahmed Abdullah Abid Khalaf (aka Abu Mazin) is emerging as an influential leader and skillful politician in the SAD provincial government. In his first few weeks as chairman, Abu Mazin has asserted his authority with officials from all levels of go [...] | 2009-06-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINS PINR ENRG IZ |
09BAGHDAD148 | OIL MINISTER SHAHRISTANI TARGET OF CRITICISM [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting with Department of Energy (DOE) Embassy representatives, a senior Ministry of Oil (MoO) official said that on January 12 Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh's special investigative committee (ref B) presented its initial findings to Saleh and other senior G [...] | 2009-01-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1480 | MAY 2009 PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: SECURITY, STABILITY, [...] (U) Summary: On May 26-27, Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly conference for leaders of the Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). All PRTs, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) and Regional Embassy Offices (REOs) participated, including [...] | 2009-06-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1481 | IRAQ-KUWAIT: IRAQI RHETORIC HEATS UP [...] (C) From the Baghdad perspective, the Iraq-Kuwait relationship is getting stickier and it may start to affect U.S.-Iraqi relations eventually. Contrary to rumors, Kuwait has not recalled its Ambassador to Iraq, according to contacts here. However, Kuwait's recent actions opposing lifting I [...] | 2009-06-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1483 | ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ATTENDS END OF MISSION CEREMONY [...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu presided over a ceremony on June 4 at COB Adder, Tallil to commemorate the End of Mission (EOM) for Romanian forces in Iraq. The ceremony included a wreath-laying in honor of three Romanian soldiers who died in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). [...] | 2009-06-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS UK |
09BAGHDAD1484 | MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - FORCED ENTRY INTO CITY LIKELY [...] (S/NF) Summary. After weeks of relative quiet, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has once again turned up the heat at Camp Ashraf. Following the forced retirement of former National Security Advisor Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie, Prime Minister (PM) Al-Maliki has reconstituted the GOI Ashraf Committee direc [...] | 2009-06-06 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US |
09BAGHDAD1486 | RRT ERBIL: CANDIDATES AND COALITIONS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the 2005 KRG parliamentary elections, the KDP/PUK coalition sailed to an easy majority and effectively controls 80 of 111 seats today. This year, new opposition groups provide secular and Islamic alternatives for protest votes. However, the KDP/PUK is using the power of th [...] | 2009-06-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1487 | IMMUNITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador Hill and other Embassy officials delivered the message on extension of immunities by Executive Order to relevant Government of Iraq officials. Ambassador Hill delivered the message verbally, and by letter (see text at paragraph 8 below). [...] | 2009-06-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOT ECON PREL IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD1488 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET, ICI AND IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-07 10:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR EPET IZ UN |
09BAGHDAD149 | U.S.- IRAQ SECURITY AGREEMENT: JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary. On January 15, the United States and the Republic of Iraq held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee (JC),established under the auspices of the U.S. - Iraq Security Agreement (SA). The meeting was co-chaired by General Raymond Odierno, Commanding General, Multi-National [...] | 2009-01-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1491 | ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT CLAIMS FIRST KARBALA VICTIM [...] (U) According to a national radio station, former Acting Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri was arrested on corruption charges on June 1. Radio Nawa reported that Yasiri (ISCI) was charged with abuse of authority stemming from a complaint filed with the provincial Public Int [...] | 2009-06-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1493 | IRAQI POLITICIANS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraq's political classes almost uniformly praised President Obama's June 4 speech from Cairo as "a good start." However, most contacts told us that the U.S. must follow up with specific actions to consolidate Iraq's fragile democracy and to establish an independent [...] | 2009-06-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1495 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: UPDATE BY UN [...] (C) UNODC official provided update on the GOI's request to join the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, highlighting the late May UNODC/World Bank conference here to familiarize GOI stakeholders with the Initiative. The UNODC official also noted the GOI's growing interest in strengthenin [...] | 2009-06-07 16:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1496 | SPEAKER SAMARRAIE SAYS THAT HE CONCURS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Ayad al-Samarraie, Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the Ambassador and Commanding General June 4 that a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) was unnecessary, but doubted the CoR could pass a law nullifying the referendum requirement because of e [...] | 2009-06-08 06:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1497 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE: [...] (S) The Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) in Erbil held its initial meeting on June 1 with representation by Iraqi, Turkish and U.S. intelligence officers. American and Turkish officers, however, are not yet able to reside the in the containerized housing units provided as living [...] | 2009-06-08 06:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1498 | IRAQI POLITICIANS PASS THE BUCK AS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Council of Representatives' (CoR) Legal Committee is working on a law to conduct a July referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA),as required by the 2008 SA approval law. Although key politicians and groups (e.g., the PM, CoR Speaker, Kurds, mainstream Sunn [...] | 2009-06-09 07:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD150 | TURKISH-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS: SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the Iraqi-Turkish-U.S. trilateral security talks, held at the intermediate subcommittee level on January 15. Turkish MG Ozturk made a brief presentation on the PKK in Northern Iraq, but most of the time was spent discussing modalities. All parties [...] | 2009-01-20 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PTER PREL PINR PRES TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1506 | NEW NAJAF GOVERNOR ADNAN AL ZURFI POSTURES AS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 meeting with PRT officers, new Governor Adnan al-Zurfi presented himself as the consensus candidate to move Najaf past the era of political infighting. He cited as evidence his decisions to keep most ISCI-affiliated civil servants in positions appointed by the previo [...] | 2009-06-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD152 | INDUSTRY MINISTER ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) At a January 14 meeting, Minister of Industry and Minerals (MIM) Fawzi Hariri provided Economic Minister Counselor and Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Marc Wall and Economic Counselor with an update into MIM's ongoing initiatives to enter into production-sharing join [...] | 2009-01-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON INV ENRG EIND IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1520 | GOI ATTEMPTS TO LINK REFERENDUM ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not yet definite, it appears likely that the Security Agreement (SA) referendum will be delayed to January 2010, to run concurrently with parliamentary elections. The Cabinet publically announced its preference June 9 that the SA referendum be held at the same time as parli [...] | 2009-06-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1521 | GOI ATTEMPTS TO LINK REFERENDUM ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not yet definite, it appears likely that the Security Agreement (SA) referendum will be delayed to January 2010, to run concurrently with parliamentary elections. The Cabinet publically announced its preference June 9 that the SA referendum be held at the same time as parli [...] | 2009-06-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1524 | NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 09:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IZ NO PREL |
09BAGHDAD1526 | Strategic Framework Agreement Landmark Met with GOI [...] (U) In a ceremony on June 10 announcing the $2.5 million contribution of the GOI to the Fulbright Program, both DPM Barham Salih and the Ambassador lauded the contribution as an important milestone in the implementation of the Strategic Framework Agreement and the ongoing transition of bilatera [...] | 2009-06-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO SCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1527 | UNAMI: JULY 30 SECURITY AGREEMENT REFERENDUM MUST [...] (C) Ref A reported that SRSG De Mistura planned to meet Speaker of Parliament Sammarraie on June 10 to convey UNAMI's technical assessment that there is not sufficient time to organize a credible referendum on the Security Agreement by July 30. Acting Political Counselor confirmed evening of [...] | 2009-06-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1528 | AN OVERVIEW OF USG ANTI-CORRUPTION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG remains very active in support of and funding for programs with an anti-corruption content in Iraq. Embassy Baghdad's Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) has compiled a catalog of ongoing USG assistance programs to build the Iraqis' awareness of and capacity t [...] | 2009-06-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1530 | SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FIFTH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S/NF) After receiving information on the remaining Iraqi detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO) (REF A),the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) authorized the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from GTMO June 7. In a letter addressed to Commanding General Multi-National Force-Iraq, D [...] | 2009-06-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD1531 | UN ARAB-KURD HIGH LEVEL TASK FORCE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI Special Representative to the Secretary General Staffan de Mistura (SRSG) met separately on June 10 with Government of Iraq (GOI) and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegations chosen by GOI Prime Minister (PM) Maliki and KRG President Barzani. This began High Level [...] | 2009-06-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1536 | NINEWA AND ERBIL GOVERNORS MEET IN MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: During his May 31 visit to Mosul (reftel),the Ambassador called on local Arab and Kurdish political leaders to address their differences through dialogue. The Embassy, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa, Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil, and Multinational Divi [...] | 2009-06-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ PINR PINS KISL TU |
09BAGHDAD1537 | SHI'A PARTIES WARM TO OPEN LISTS, OTHERS UNMOVED [...] (C) Summary. Politicians from the primary Shi'a parties over the past two weeks have shifted their message to express preference for a hybrid "open list" national election system and predict that a majority in parliament agree. Most Sunni and Kurdish members of parliament (MP),however, likely [...] | 2009-06-12 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1538 | KRG ELECTIONS: A "REAL RACE" IN SULAIMANIYAH? [...] (C) Summary: Two recent polls conducted in the Kurdistan region project that the Kurdistan Coalition -- formed by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- and current KRG President Masoud Barzani are early favorites in the elections to be held on Ju [...] | 2009-06-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1539 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, Christian religious leaders emphasized that continued emigration of Iraqi Christians abroad remains their primary concern. They stressed that, although security remains worrisome, the motivation behind current departures was economic, coupled [...] | 2009-06-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1540 | THIRD MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (C) The third meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 10, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, at which working group chairs provide [...] | 2009-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PREL CVIS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1541 | DHI QAR MARKET BOMBING: PRIME SUSPECTS BELIEVED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The explosion of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) at the vegetable market in Al-Bathaa on June 10 claimed 19 lives and 81 wounded. The Dhi Qar police chief attributed the bomb to an Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) cell operating "from a different province" and announce [...] | 2009-06-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1542 | VP ADIL ABD AL-MAHDI TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (C) Summary. Momentum to delay a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement has built, Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador June 11. He recommended that the U.S. raise its concerns over GOI payments to GE directly with the PM, and said that debt and border issues with Kuw [...] | 2009-06-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1545 | AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS WITH MINORITY POLITICAL [...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, political representatives of Iraq's minority communities focused on the issues of emigration, greater political representation, and a perception of societal discrimination, subjects which they believed to be mutually reinforcing. They attrib [...] | 2009-06-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1549 | KDP REPRESENTATIVE ROWSCH SHAWAYS IN BAGHDAD TO DO [...] (C) Summary. After a seven month hiatus from Baghdad, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Representative and former Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways met the Ambassador on June 11 and discussed current issues. Shaways affirmed that the Kurds oppose a referendum on the US-Iraq Security Agree [...] | 2009-06-15 05:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD155 | IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL WORKING THROUGH FULL DOCKET OF CRIMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The development of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) as an independent, fully functioning court is illustrated by its full docket of trials. Having recently completed its third trial, the IHT has four other cases currently in trial, two more set to begin shortly, and two cases refe [...] | 2009-01-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1551 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) During May 31-June 2 visit to Kirkuk, Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kirkuk officers met with head of local Commission on Integrity (COI) office, which he portrayed as increasingly active despite what he claimed was the Provincial Counc [...] | 2009-06-15 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1555 | ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was [...] | 2009-06-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1556 | ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was a [...] | 2009-06-15 16:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1558 | RETURNING IDPS TO ABU GHRAIB - PLAN OR PUBLICITY? [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) presented its plan for large-scale returns to Abu Ghraib. The MODM wants to facilitate the return of 11,600 displaced families from Abu Ghraib. According to the MODM, most of Abu Ghraib,s displaced are squatters in [...] | 2009-06-16 05:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1562 | ISCI'S AMMAR AL-HAKIM ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary. The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) seeks transparent ties with both the U.S. and Iran, ISCI Deputy Chairman Ammar al-Hakim told the Ambassador on June 14. Hakim complained the U.S. keeps in detention some Badr Organization members and that Arab states are reluctant to emb [...] | 2009-06-16 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1579 | IRAQI WOMEN STRUGGLE OVER HOW BEST TO ENSURE THEIR [...] (C) Sunni and Kurdish women Parliamentary leaders are pushing Parliament's Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) to amend Article 41 of the Iraqi Constitution to strike language stipulating that the personal status of Iraqis is determined by their religion and sect. These MPs fear that if it [...] | 2009-06-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF KWMN PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD158 | SISTANI URGES IRAQIS TO VOTE [...] (U) In a statement released by his Najaf office on Monday, January 19, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husayni al-Sistani urged Iraqis to vote in the upcoming provincial elections. Acknowledging the disappointment that some Iraqis have with their democratically elected officials and the electoral process, [...] | 2009-01-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1580 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 16, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. We informed the minister that the Department had ranked Iraq as a Tier 2 Watch List country rather than categorize it as a special case, as had been done in previous years. W [...] | 2009-06-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1585 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1586 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1587 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1588 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] | 2009-06-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD159 | IRAQ'S NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Baghdad is pleased to nominated six principal candidates and three alternates in rank order for the MEPI Student Leaders Program. 2. First principal candidate: A) Last name: Saudi B) First name: Mustafa C) Middle names: Abdul Haleem Abdul Kareem D) Date of birth: Oct. 7, 1987 E) [...] | 2009-01-22 05:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPMI KPAO PREL SCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1595 | DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES: UNAMI ARAB-KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI's Arab Kurd High-Level Task Force (HLTF) met again on Tuesday, June 16. UNAMI staff reports that discussions were polite and, at times, jovial. Arab and Kurd negotiators agreed to ground-rules for the negotiations, and to meet again next week on Tuesday, June 23. Both si [...] | 2009-06-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1599 | UPDATE ON ARREST OF PROMINENT TRIBAL LEADER [...] (C) On June 9, Emboffs conducted a follow-up visit to detainee Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a prominent West Baghdad Sunni tribal leader and SOI affiliate who had close cooperation with the Embassy, the Baghdad PRT, and the U.S. Military. As outlined ref B, Mutlab's case is significant in that i [...] | 2009-06-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1601 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) The investigation of former Trade Minister Al-Sudani and subordinates over corruption allegations is continuing, amidst parliamentarian's claims of interference in the inquiry by Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's Dawa party. There are uncertain prospects for the Council of Representatives' [...] | 2009-06-18 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1606 | NATO REPS OBTAIN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard conducted a successful trip to Baghdad on June 13 - 14, obtaining support from the Government of Iraq's authorized negotiator for new language in the proposed NATO-GOI agreement. This new language would provide NATO Tr [...] | 2009-06-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO |
09BAGHDAD1607 | MODM PROMISES MORE FUNDS AND SUPPORT FOR IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) plans to expand its displaced and returnee assistance programs. MODM Director General of Humanitarian Affairs, Samir al Nahi, claims that the Prime Minister,s Office has promised to supplement the Ministry,s humanitarian assistance [...] | 2009-06-19 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1609 | CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ |
09BAGHDAD161 | NINEWA: VICE GOVERNOR CLAIMS KDP WILL WIN A [...] (C) Summary: Vice Governor and KDP leader in Ninewa Province, Khasro Goran, said the KDP is deeply concerned that hundreds of thousands of Kurdish IDPs from before and after 2003 will not be able to vote in provincial elections. Goran said that, despite disenfranchisement of Kurdish IDPs, KDP [...] | 2009-01-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1610 | THAMIR GHADBAN DISCUSSES HYDROCARBONS LAW AND USG [...] (C) Summary: At a June 15 meeting, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Thamir Ghadban, told EMIN that he felt the mood surrounding the hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) had changed for the better after attending the June 14 UNAMI conference on Hydrocarbon Resource Distribution. [...] | 2009-06-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1619 | MINPLANNING ON ICI, ASSET TRANSFER, AND POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: EMIN met on June 15 with Minister of Planning Ali Baban to discuss the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and the transfer of assets from USG to GOI. Baban said that the ICI will only see progress if it is seen by the GoI as politically advantageous, and that what is needed f [...] | 2009-06-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD162 | NINEWA ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS: COUNTERING [...] (S) Summary: Credible provincial elections are key to creating the conditions for sustainable political and economic development in Ninewa Province. They are also critical to the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) issue as well as to Arab-Kurd relations within Ninewa and [...] | 2009-01-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD163 | UNIDO'S PRESENCE IN IRAQ - REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paras 3-4. 2. (SBU) In recent conversations with Ambassador Crocker, UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura relayed that UNIDO's Representative on Iraq, currently based in Vienna, is interested in deploying to Baghdad. A permanent presence would enha [...] | 2009-01-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
09BAGHDAD1632 | CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently met the Director and Legal Consultant of the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO),the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Iraq, which is part of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). MLRO leadership and emboffs discussed the recent Middle East and North Africa [...] | 2009-06-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1633 | Finance Minister Says Treasury Bills for GE Payment and IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 17 meeting with EMIN and Brigadier General Stephen Lanza, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said the GOI and International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to conduct technical negotiations on an 18 month loan program of around $5.5 billion. He also believed that the issuan [...] | 2009-06-22 03:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD1635 | ERBIL RRT: PRICE WATERHOUSE ADVISES KURDISTAN REGIONAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 17, the results of an 11-month "good governance assessment" conducted by private consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) were presented to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister and KRG Council of Ministers. The next step is a comprehensive strategy for "G [...] | 2009-06-22 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD164 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FAREWELL VISIT WITH IRAQI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a friendly luncheon with Iraqi President Talabani and Vice President Mahdi, Deputy Secretary Negroponte requested that the Government of Iraq (GOI) determine i [...] | 2009-01-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1643 | GOI MAKING PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Recently returned from the June 1 Tripartite Commission meeting in Kuwait, the head of Iraq's delegation, Arkan Saleh, reported that the talks were constructive and that Kuwait's lead delegate, Ibrahim Shaheen, had agreed in principle to visit Iraq in the next few months. The issue of Kuwa [...] | 2009-06-22 09:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1647 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns conveyed reftel demarche to Mohammed Al-Hamaimidi, Director of the North America office at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 22. Stressing that all parties had a responsibility to take constructive steps to achieve a comprehensive peace, Deputy PolCouns urged [...] | 2009-06-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID |
09BAGHDAD1648 | FIRST OIL BID ROUND: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MoO) will award contracts to international oil companies to work eight large oil and gas fields, marking the largest bid round ever conducted, covering approximately 40% of Iraq's total proven reserves. A week before the event, on June 2 [...] | 2009-06-22 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD165 | DIWANIYAH ELECTION UPDATE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, [...] (C) Summary: Diwaniyah provincial election authorities are doing well with preparations for the upcoming election, despite playing catch-up on a few details. Based on an informal PRT poll and other data, much of the public seems comfortable with details of the voting process and intends to v [...] | 2009-01-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1654 | PRT NAJAF: THE NAJAF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Shi'a religious establishment plays an important and influential role in Iraqi politics and society. Najaf is the seat of the four Shi'a grand ayatollahs, referred to as the marja'iyah ("sources of emulation" to the faithful),location of the most important Iraq [...] | 2009-06-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1655 | EMBASSY DISCUSSES TIP WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On June 22, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Alhamaimidi, the head of the North America desk at the MFA. We informed Alhamaimidi that the Department had evaluated and ranked Iraq as it does other countries, not as a special ca [...] | 2009-06-23 10:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ |
09BAGHDAD166 | WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...] | 2009-01-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD1668 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT, [...] (C) At a June 22 meeting with Mohammed Al-Hamaimidi, Director of the MFA's North America Office, Deputy PolCouns urged that Iraq appoint an ambassador to Kuwait, soon. Reiterating points made repeatedly by the Ambassador, DCM, and others to Iraqi officials over the past several months (refte [...] | 2009-06-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1669 | MEK BLUSTER, IRANIAN ACCUSATIONS HINDER CHANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leader Miriam Rajavi wrote to Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki on June 22 to assail the Iranian government and urge greater accommodation of the MEK's Camp Ashraf, even as Iranian media carried accusations that the MEK instigated deadly post-election rioting i [...] | 2009-06-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD167 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 18, Ambassador Crocker met with Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, and discussed Turkey's relations with the KRG, including the issue of energy contracts. On hydrocarbons, Ozcelik complained that Turkey had waited too long to reach such agreements with the KR [...] | 2009-01-23 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ENRG EPET MARR TU IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1670 | Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs [...] Embassy Baghdad OPA requests that NEA/EX transmit following as ALDAC. 2. Dear Senior-level Colleagues: 3. We ask you to consider a position as Team Leader of an Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Success in Iraq remains a vital component of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle Ea [...] | 2009-06-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | APER IZ |
09BAGHDAD1671 | Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's Chief Judge ordered Iraq's ministries to cooperate in processing detainee cases at the Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention June 17. The committee, made up of representatives from the Higher Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, [...] | 2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1673 | DETAINEE RELEASES CONTINUE, ALBEIT AT A SLOWER PACE [...] (C) Summary: The release and transfer of detainees held by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) continues, albeit at a slower pace than when the process began in February. The Detainee Affairs Joint Subcommittee (JSC),established in February by the Security Agreement, continues to hold biwee [...] | 2009-06-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1683 | UNAMI DIBS TALKS TREAD WATER, NEW NEGOTIATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi and Kurdish delegations met again this week on June 23 as part of the UNAMI-led High Level Task Force (HLTF) to discuss Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) in northern Iraq. No substantive progress was made this week. UNAMI proposed that the negotiations should include di [...] | 2009-06-24 16:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1691 | IRAQ'S PRIVATE BANKS ACCELERATE LENDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1695 | Trial Begins on Destruction of Marshes and Marsh Arabs [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Iraqi High Tribunal began the trial of the Marsh Arabs case, which consists of crimes against humanity committed by Saddam's regime against Arabs living in the southern marshes of Iraq. The military attacks, forced relocation and draining of the marshes destroyed [...] | 2009-06-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1697 | ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Environment Working Group under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 22, 2009, the Minister for the Environment requested USG assistance for environmental legislation and regulation, laboratory c [...] | 2009-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SENV SOCI EWWT KGHG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1698 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: BA'ATHIST-ORIENTED ARRESTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the June 30 deadline for implementation of the Security Agreement approaches, several local leaders have told the PRT that SAD residents are increasingly concerned that the Government of Iraq (GOI) intends to take punitive actions against SAD residents and Sunni leaders. As e [...] | 2009-06-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ PINR ENRG |
09BAGHDAD1699 | PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...] | 2009-06-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD170 | NAJAF PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE: SKEPTICISM AND [...] (C) Summary. In the final stretch before provincial elections, Najaf is stable and visibly ready for a competitive election. Despite cautious optimism from all spheres, contacts indicate concern over the complication of ballot procedures and limited voter education. Incumbent candidates fro [...] | 2009-01-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1700 | ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: THE POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission of Integrity (COI),works with NGOs and civil society (hereafter referred to as NGOs) to enforce ethical behavior in the public and private sectors. A number of NGOs have demonstrated their commitment to fi [...] | 2009-06-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1702 | KRG PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTION CERTAIN TO [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) has unexpectedly passed a constitution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and approved its going to a referendum on July 25. The draft contains a number of provisions that may conflict with the Iraqi constitution. Politically, the [...] | 2009-06-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1703 | PM MALIKI PUSHES BACK ON PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONING [...] (C) Summary: Relations between Prime Minister Maliki and parliament's Sunni leadership have improved in recent weeks but remain cool. Responding to what he saw as a political campaign to weaken him after gains in the provincial elections, Maliki has sought to change the rules of the road for [...] | 2009-06-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1704 | RIVAL SHIA MPS FIND COMMON GROUND ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Influential Shia MPs Qasim Daoud and Jabir Habib Jabir -- both of whom belong to the Shia Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) but who hold contrasting views of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki -- share nationalistic viewpoints about Iraq's place in the region. In separate meetings with Polo [...] | 2009-06-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU SA IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1705 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCAL OFFICIALS RESENT GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salah ad Din (SAD) provincial government officials complain of Government of Iraq (GOI) interference in provincial affairs, such as the direct role the GOI has taken in Samarra's security, and its recent decision to expand its direct authority over the local police into two addit [...] | 2009-06-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1706 | RRT ERBIL: "CHANGE" IS AFOOT IN DOHUK, BUT ARRIVES [...] (SBU) In preparation for the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) elections planned for July 25, Nawshirwan Mustafa's party -- the Change list -- has finally established a presence in Dohuk, the northernmost province of the Kurdistan Region. So far, the Change list has found a lukewarm receptio [...] | 2009-06-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV IR |
09BAGHDAD1707 | VP HASHIMI ON TROOP WITHDRAWALS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting, Vice President Hashimi told the Charge he was concerned that upcoming withdrawals of U.S. combat forces from urban centers would lead to a deterioration of security, possibly mandating a return of U.S. forces in some areas. The Vice President expressed support for th [...] | 2009-06-26 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS IZ |
09BAGHDAD171 | FM ZEBARI ON KUWAIT SUMMIT - SHARP DIVISIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: Back in Baghdad for 24 hours before heading to Ankara for 3-day visit, Foreign Minister Zebari provided Ambassador Satterfield and Senior Advisor Gray a detailed readout January 22 of the January 19-20 Arab League Summit in Kuwait, along with observations of the Qatari sub-dram [...] | 2009-01-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPP IZ IS KPAL KU |
09BAGHDAD172 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN TUZ [...] (S) Summary: Iranian influence in the Salah ad Din (SaD) district of Tuz Khormatu derives from the district's high proportion of Shi'a Turcoman residents, its relative proximity to Iran and its position as a north-south and east-west crossroads. Coalition Forces (CF) believe the district to [...] | 2009-01-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD1720 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PSC OVERSIGHT [...] (U) This is an action request - See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post remains strongly committed to taking actions necessary for meeting the mandates and intent of USG law, policies, and procedures for sound private security contractor (PSC) oversight. To continue moving forward and b [...] | 2009-06-27 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT IZ |
09BAGHDAD1728 | IRAQ'S PRIVATE BANKS ACCELERATE LENDING [...] SUMMARY: Iraq's private banks have dramatically accelerated lending since October 2008. Their total lending is now growing at an annual nominal rate of 80%, twice as fast as one year ago. Increasing public confidence and a recent capital infusion in private banks appear to be the main forces b [...] | 2009-06-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD173 | IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES SECURITY AGREEMENT, ELECTION [...] (S) Summary. At the January 11 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked the National Security Advisor (NSA) to assure that the Government of Iraq identified all of its representatives to the various committees and joint sub-committees (JSC) fo [...] | 2009-01-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PTER PREL SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD1730 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-06-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1733 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-06-28 10:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1742 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: ARRIVAL NOT IMMINENT [...] (C) Ambassador Mohammad Tawfiq, head of the Egyptian delegation that visited Baghdad this week to check on progress on renovation of the building that will house the future Egyptian Embassy, told Deputy Pol/Couns June 25 that the GOE's June 16 announcement that it had appointed an ambassador [...] | 2009-06-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ EG |
09BAGHDAD1743 | PROGRESS IN PARLIAMENT ON NATIONAL ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: There is growing support in Parliament for amending the 2005 election law as the basis for national elections scheduled for January 2010. A multi-party ad hoc committee met June 27 and 28 to work on the draft law, and MPs told us that they expect a law to be approved by t [...] | 2009-06-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1744 | IRAQ AFTER JUNE 30: THE VIEW FROM SADR CITY [...] (C) Summary. As the June 30 deadline for withdrawal from the cities approaches, Sadr City remains unstable and dangerous. Security there and in surrounding low-income Shi'a neighborhoods remains fragile but has not significantly deteriorated. Information about the two-thirds of Sadr City [...] | 2009-06-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1745 | IRAQI LEADERS CALL FOR UNITY IN CONFRONTING [...] Summary: The Ambassador attended the sixth anniversary commemoration of the death of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, the founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) political movement. A Who's Who of the political class attended the ceremony, PM Maliki addressed the importance [...] | 2009-06-29 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI PGOV KISL PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1746 | USG ASSISTANCE TO THE KRG ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) With the official campaign season for KRG elections underway, elections programs sponsored by DRL and RRT Erbil are in full swing. Our efforts aim to strengthen political [...] | 2009-06-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD175 | FM ZEBARI ON "NEW ERA" FOR AMERICA, KUWAIT SUMMIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador Satterfield and Senior Advisor Gray January 22 that Iraqis are following closely the first days of President Obama's Administration, and that early signals to the region have been reassuring. He said the Iraq-Kuwait bilaterals on the margins of the [...] | 2009-01-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EFIN ECON IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1752 | IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE: PLANNING FOR [...] (S) In mid-July (date TBD),the third Ministerial level meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue will take place in Istanbul. The Trilateral Committee is divided into three parts: the Ministerial Level Committee, the Intermediate Subcommittee, and the Working Group. The main successe [...] | 2009-06-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1753 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-06-30 03:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1762 | DISPUTED AREAS: KURDS AND ARABS MEET, AGREE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UNAMI Arab Kurd High-Level Task Force (HLTF) met on Monday, June 29, and held productive discussions on the disputed Makhmour district. Despite UNAMI's concerns that the recently passed Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Constitution draft might undermine the talks, both t [...] | 2009-06-30 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1763 | PRT WASIT HOSTS MAJOR AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Wasit on June 20-21 hosted a major agricultural conference in al-Kut. The conference brought together Council of Representatives (CoR) members, ministry officials, provincial officials, subject matter experts and local farmers to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Was [...] | 2009-06-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1764 | IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND SPUTTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref B) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer. A consortium led by BP and including China's CNPC won the right to begin negotiations with the GOI for a twenty-year contract to work the massive Rumaila oil field in [...] | 2009-06-30 19:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1773 | NORWEGIAN FM VISITS BAGHDAD, PLEDGES TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baghdad on June 29, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that Norway will establish an Embassy here and discussed expanding Norwegian cooperation with Iraq after four years of minimal diplomatic contact. He also advocated for Norwegian [...] | 2009-07-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG IZ NO |
09BAGHDAD1775 | TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KTFN EFIN PINR PTER |
09BAGHDAD178 | KARBALA CONFEREES CONFUSED, CANDIDATES CRANKY [...] (C) Summary: With fewer than ten days to go before the provincial elections, attendees at a PRT-sponsored voter-education conference organized by the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) on January 21 expressed considerable confusion over voting procedures. Many were tribesmen who said they [...] | 2009-01-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1781 | KRG ELECTIONS: IHEC SEEKS TO BALANCE BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary. The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has announced the official start of campaign season just four weeks before the July 25 Election Day on which voters will select new members of the Iraqi-Kurdistani Parliament and participate in the first-ever popular election of [...] | 2009-07-01 16:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1782 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-02 08:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1784 | IRAQ-KUWAIT: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES AFFECTING IRAQ'S [...] (C) Iraq's unresolved disputes with Kuwait reflect years of history. Particularly on the issues centered around the land and maritime borders, however, Iraq's concerns touch directly on economics. Iraq's dependence on oil exports, primarily through the south, and on imported foodstuffs and [...] | 2009-07-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1785 | CHRISTIANS SEEK POLITICAL UNITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Several key Christian politicians and religious leaders have begun to lay the groundwork for the unification of Iraq's Christian political parties into a single electoral coalition in anticipation of the January 2010 national elections. Although Iraq's Christian community suffers from num [...] | 2009-07-02 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD1786 | GOI OFFICIALS SUPPORT TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN [...] (C) Iraq's Ministry of Defense holds thousands of civilians in more than 65 detention facilities throughout the country, often for longer periods than permitted under Iraqi law. Conditions in MOD prisons are among the worst in Iraq, and inmates often remain outside the reach of the judicial [...] | 2009-07-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1787 | THE USG'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY IN IRAQ: [...] (SBU) Since the submission of our anti-corruption (AC) strategy, aimed at strengthening Iraq's AC regime, an array of USG agencies have continued to work to implement it. Our dialog with the GOI on AC issues centers on promoting Iraq's compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Corr [...] | 2009-07-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1788 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1789 | RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE SECRETARY [...] Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following letter from the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government for transmittal to Secretary Clinton on the occasion of Independence Day. Hard copy will be pouched. Similar letters were sent to the President and Vice President and [...] | 2009-07-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1798 | DEMINING DEADLOCK STARTING TO GIVE WAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries nudged closer July 1 to signing an interagency agreement (MOU) that would allow humanitarian demining to continue in Iraq. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) ordered the cessation of demining activities in December 2008 citing security concerns, but subsequent bur [...] | 2009-07-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KHDP PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNDP |
09BAGHDAD1799 | KURDS DISMISS USG CONCERNS ABOUT KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy and RRT Erbil have met with Kurdish COR members and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to express serious concern about politically inflammatory provisions in the recently passed Kurdish Constitution and the KRG's apparent rush to submit it to a public ref [...] | 2009-07-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1800 | OPPOSITION TO KURDISH CONSTITUTION RISING AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition to the recently-passed Kurdistan Region Constitution is quickly growing among Arabs and Turkmen. Sunni and Shi'a Arab parliamentarians and political leaders have expressed concern privately to poloffs about the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) land claims in the [...] | 2009-07-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1801 | RRT ERBIL: LOCAL REACTIONS TO KURDISTAN REGION [...] (C) Summary. Public opposition to the newly-passed Kurdistan Region Constitution is primarily being voiced by the Change List, although intellectuals inside and outside of the parties view many articles as problematic. Journalists and physicians outside the parties have also publicly opposed [...] | 2009-07-05 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1802 | RISING OIL PRICES IMPROVE IRAQ'S BUDGET OUTLOOK, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rising oil prices have improved Iraq's 2009 budget outlook, but they are not a panacea for all of the country's budget woes. Projected 2009 GOI revenues of $42.7 billion are still optimistic since oil exports for the remainder of the year are likely to remain well below the for [...] | 2009-07-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD1803 | IDPS AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS STUCK IN SLUMS ADJACENT [...] (U) USAID/OFDA,s program advisor in Iraq conducts regular field visits to locations of displacement and return to assess humanitarian conditions and identify areas of possible intervention by implementing partners. On June 24 and 25 the program advisor met with residents of northeast Baghdad,s [...] | 2009-07-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1805 | IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND: TOO HARD A BARGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref A) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer, leading international oil companies (IOC) and foreign observers to claim that the GOI had failed to achieve its goals. For the most part, however, senior GOI offic [...] | 2009-07-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD181 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITIQUE OF IRAQ COURT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the primary tribunal handling terrorism and other serious criminal cases, the Central Criminal Courts of Iraq (CCCI),with courthouses in Karkh and Rusafa, play a key role in promoting Rule of Law in Iraq. A recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the CCCI alleges a nu [...] | 2009-01-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1811 | GOI PLANS ULTIMATUM TO CLOSE ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings between GOI and USG officials last week, the GOI committee responsible for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq's Camp Ashraf appeared increasingly intent on closing Camp Ashraf. GOI officials informed acting Pol-Mil Couns that plans are underway to enter the camp, est [...] | 2009-07-06 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD1812 | LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO [...] On July 5 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Vice President Hashimi to President Obama on the occasion of Independence Day. A similar letter was sent to Vice President Biden. Both original letters will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: R [...] | 2009-07-06 17:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1813 | UK REPORTS SOME KURDISH LEADERS AMENABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Foreign Office Director for the Middle East, Frank Baker, told the Ambassador July 2 that some senior Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials in Erbil expressed support for delaying the referendum on the Kurdistan Region Constitution until after January 2010. Baker said [...] | 2009-07-06 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1816 | IRAQI AGREEMENT ENABLES DEMINING TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries signed an interagency agreement (MOU) without fanfare July 5 that will enable NGOs and companies to continue humanitarian demining in Iraq, according to Ministry of Environment (MOEnv) Deputy Director Dr. Kamal Latif. The breakthrough ends a six-month bureauc [...] | 2009-07-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1817 | PM ADVISOR RIKABI UPBEAT ON VP BIDEN VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki was pleased with Vice President Biden,s visit overall and welcomes U.S. support behind the scenes on reconciliation matters )- in particular with Arab-Kurd disputes, PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told Special Advisor McGurk July 6. Rikabi also discussed his plan for advan [...] | 2009-07-07 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ |
09BAGHDAD1821 | IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Members of Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee and other sources tell us that 20 of 65 pending ambassadorial nominees are close to being confirmed, perhaps in the next two weeks. That said, there continue to be conflicting signals as to whether Kuwait will be among the first 20 posts [...] | 2009-07-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1823 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAW: MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) The ad hoc parliamentary elections committee (reftel) produced a draft election law for the January 2010 national elections on July 6. The ad hoc committee is currently seeking input and reaction to the draft, including from the Embassy-funded CLA/University of Utah elections experts th [...] | 2009-07-07 15:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1828 | INTERIM GOI RESPONSE TO DRAFT UNSYG REPORT [...] (C) Deputy Pol/C on June 22 passed MFA North America Office Director Mohammed Al-Hamaimidi a copy of the draft UN paper outlining relevant facts for the preparation of the UNSYG's Iraq UNSCR Report. Caveating that he could not provide the authoritative GOI response to the UN paper, Al-Hamai [...] | 2009-07-08 07:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD183 | DHI QAR ELECTIONS UPDATE: PREPARATIONS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The PRT met with Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) leadership on January 21 and found preparations for elections satisfactory. Voter outreach efforts continue throughout the province. Rumors of potential malfeasance abound but according to the GEO no serious infractions have [...] | 2009-01-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1832 | PROMINENT SHIA CLERIC IN WASIT CRITICIZES SADRIST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 27, Provincial Reconstruction Team Wasit officers met Said al-Khateib, a prominent Shi'a cleric and one of two personal representatives of Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in Wasit province. They discussed local governance issues, national elections in January 2010 an [...] | 2009-07-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1838 | INTERNAL IRAQI RESISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 03:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAGR IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD184 | DHI QAR PRT: PIC IMPROVES BUT NOT QUITE THERE [...] (U) Under charismatic leadership, the Dhi Qar Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) scores some victories but lacks the strategic planning, organization and professionalism to reach its lofty goals. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------- How Not to Build an Organization ---------- [...] | 2009-01-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1847 | MEK RELOCATION -- GOI APPEARS TO STEP AWAY FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1848 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1849 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD185 | ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY WADES INTO CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity (COI) acting head, Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, criticized the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) for failing to vet educational certificates submitted by candidates in the upcoming provincial council elections. Rahim had previously announced that the COI, in [...] | 2009-01-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1850 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1851 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1852 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN SNAPSHOTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: There is anecdotal evidence that the Change List campaign, headed by Nawshirwan Mustfafa, is gaining in popularity in Sulaimaniyah, especially among younger voters (Ref A). Even the leadership of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party is apparently beginning to admit pri [...] | 2009-07-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ KDEM |
09BAGHDAD1856 | SECOND MEETING OF SERVICES AND INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al Eissawi and EMIN Marc Wall convened the second meeting of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) Services and Information Technology Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) on July 6, 2009. Both sides highlighted the continued significance of the SFA as the fou [...] | 2009-07-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD1857 | HOMOSEXUALS FLEE IRAQ IN THE FACE OF CONTINUED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD186 | PRT DIYALA: LOCAL TECHNOCRATS HOPE NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings about upcoming provincial council (PC) elections with poloff January 19-21, local professionals and government officials in Diyala emphatically denounced incumbent national religious parties and politicians in the province, believing them corrupt and inca [...] | 2009-01-25 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1860 | SABEAN-MANDEANS: UNDER SIEGE BUT HOLDING ON [...] (C) Sabean-Mandean leaders living in Iraq describe their community as desperately wanting to remain and participate in the country's political life rather than emigrate abroad, despite being the frequent targets of criminal elements. These leaders tell us that members of the community who are [...] | 2009-07-10 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1869 | A PREVIEW OF IRAQ FM ZEBARI'S TRIP TO THE U.S. - [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Hoshyar Zebari to discuss his upcoming trip to the U.S. FM Zebari noted that he had asked the Iraqi permanent mission at the UN to request a meeting with the U.S. permanent representative during his July 12-15 stay in New York; he looks forward to his [...] | 2009-07-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IZ KU EG TU |
09BAGHDAD1870 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) According to media reports, in a recent meeting with Council of Representatives (COR) members, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki acknowledged that corruption was rampant within the GOI. However, he reportedly claimed that corrupt practices were not confined to the executive branch, but were a [...] | 2009-07-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD1873 | LETTER FROM IRAQI PRIME MINISTER NOURI AL-MALIKI [...] On July 2, Embassy Baghdad received a diplomatic note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq, which forwarded a letter from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to President Obama. Original letter will be send to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Below is the text of the letter. B [...] | 2009-07-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1875 | COMMERCIAL LAW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CLDP) ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On his recent visit, Marc Tejtel, U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),through discussions and cooperation with CLA, Treasury, ROLC, INL, ECON, and Iraqi officials, initiated project proposals for commercial capacity- [...] | 2009-07-12 03:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ |
09BAGHDAD1876 | VISA CONTROLS LIMIT IRANIAN PILGRIMS TO KARBALA [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: According to a prominent Karbala businessman, elements in the Iranian and Iraqi governments struck a deal in early June to issue Iranian pilgrim visas solely through a single Iranian tourist agency, Shamsah Travel and Tourism (Sham [...] | 2009-07-12 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD188 | SECOND MEETING OF JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (U) Summary. On January 19, the United States and the Republic of Iraq conducted the second meeting of the Joint Military Operations Coordinating Committee (JMOCC),a military operations steering committee established under the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA). Consistent with the first JM [...] | 2009-01-26 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR MASS PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1882 | RRT ERBIL: FDI DOES NOT MEET KRG EXPECTATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-12 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD EAGR IZ TU IR EAID PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1889 | TO SHIA, "RECONCILIATION" MEANS BA'THIST REVIVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SA IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1890 | NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENT: FLUSH WITH CASH, BUT NO ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1891 | SEVEN CHURCHES BOMBED IN BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD1897 | DELIVERING A CLEAR MESSAGE ON IRAQ'S BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD PREL PGOV IZ BEXP |
09BAGHDAD191 | MAYSAN SADRISTS SEEK ENHANCED DIALOGUE WITH USG [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Hardline Maysani Sadrist elements who previously eschewed engagement with the USG have expressed a desire to begin forging a relationship with the PRT, according to Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi, current Provincial Director of Reconstruction and Development and moderate Sadrist as [...] | 2009-01-26 06:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1910 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INVOLVEMENT IN SAMARRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the terrorist bombing of the Al-Askari Shrine (Golden Mosque) in 2006 pushed the country to the edge of Sunni-Shi'a civil war, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has taken a direct role in Samarra's security. Since the bombing, the city has made remarkable progress in establishi [...] | 2009-07-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1911 | A STEP FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MOD TRANSFERRING [...] (C) In response to a recent prison abuse scandal (ref A),the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) has ordered its operational commands to transfer detainees to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to bring the Iraqi Army in compliance with CPA Order number 10. CPA Order 10 vests full authority and contr [...] | 2009-07-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1912 | SOLVING THE IRAQ-KUWAIT MARITIME BOUNDARY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In paragraphs 16 and 17 of this message, we lay out a way forward to address Iraq's concerns with respect to its right to free access to the sea, including an unambiguous statement of Iraqi rights to international waters and a suggested expansion of the Khor Abdullah Interoperability P [...] | 2009-07-14 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD1913 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: SADDAM'S UNIVERSITY AS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the SAD PRT and its Coalition Forces (CF) partner have had increasing success in building positive connections with the University of Tikrit, a notable change from the University's previous unwillingness to work with Americans generally and open hostility toward CF. Over t [...] | 2009-07-14 19:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS KPAO SCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1915 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1916 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-15 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD192 | PM REPLACES WASIT POLICE CHIEF, FUELING BROADER [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister's office replaced Wasit Province Chief of Police MG Abed al-Haneen Faisal on January 14 with the Da'wa-affiliated former Karbala Police Chief, MG Ra'ad Shaker Jawdat al-Hasnawi. The move to replace the police chief, broadly viewed as non-partisan and effective [...] | 2009-01-26 06:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1920 | U.S.-SUPPORTED DEMINING EFFORTS IN IRAQ FACE FORK [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) will block the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO) from doing demining in Iraq, according to Deputy Minister of Environment Dr. Kamal Latif, who also heads the Directorate for Mine Action. IMCO is a NGO that the Department's Weapons Removal and [...] | 2009-07-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1921 | DRAFT LAW OUTLINES KEY OPTIONS FOR IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1922 | RRT ERBIL: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BARZANI TO THE President [...] Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT Erbil) received the following letter for transmittal to President Obama Hard copy will be pouched. Begin text: Salahaddin Kurdistan Region Iraq 29 June 2009 His Excellency President Barack Obama President of the United States Department of State (N [...] | 2009-07-16 03:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC IZ |
09BAGHDAD1924 | PRT DIYALA: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PRT MOVEMENTS POST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conflicting U.S. and Iraqi interpretations of the implications of the U.S. military's June 30th withdrawal from Iraqi cities are disrupting PRT and Coalition Forces (CF) operations in Diyala. The handover of local military bases has also been complicated by this uncertainty, a [...] | 2009-07-16 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1925 | SHIA AGAIN PONDER UIA AS AN ELECTORAL VEHICLE [...] (C) Summary. Local media and Embassy contacts are speculating about the imminent revival of the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) as a coalition for the planned January parliamentary election. The potential revival of the UIA encompasses three main issues: whether the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira [...] | 2009-07-16 08:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1926 | RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS PROCEDURES FOR VOTING BY [...] (C) Summary: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is confident that the voting process during the upcoming Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) elections will be conducted with integrity. However, the special circumstances surrounding voting by security personnel point to possibl [...] | 2009-07-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1927 | VP BIDEN DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-16 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ KDEM UN |
09BAGHDAD1928 | UNAMI DIBS NEGOTIATIONS HIT SNAG, BUT ARE [...] SUMMARY: (C) UNAMI's High Level Task Force (HLTF) negotiations over Iraq's Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) between representatives of the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have slowed in the last two sessions, as the GOI side reacted negatively to the K [...] | 2009-07-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD193 | TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WORKING [...] (S) Summary: The Turkish government urged Iraq to isolate the PKK before the end of winter by cutting off supplies of food and weapons at a meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Trilateral Working Group (WG) on January 22 in Baghdad. The GoT also sought to establish liaison offices in Erbil and Sul [...] | 2009-01-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ TU |
09BAGHDAD1932 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT: LAUNCHING THE [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki returns to Washington for the first time since July 2006, having grown in three years from the feckless neophyte other leaders thought they could control, to a proven leader, who those same leaders now purport to fear. Maliki believes, unlike his Green Zone rivals, t [...] | 2009-07-16 16:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD1933 | RRT ERBIL: REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR IN THE KURDISTAN [...] (U) The cable which follows reflects the personal views of the Kurdistan Region Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) leader. 2. (C) Summary: We should be tougher on Kurdish leadership on the slow pace of democracy; less judgmental on hydrocarbons (where Kurdistani initiatives are accomplishi [...] | 2009-07-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PBTS PHUM EFIN IZ |
09BAGHDAD194 | WILL THE OIL MINISTRY LICENSING ROUND PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Oil has announced the next step in the licensing round process to invite international oil company (IOCs) participation in Iraq's petroleum sector -- a February 12-14 workshop in Istanbul for the 16 companies (out of 41 pre-qualified) who had paid the require [...] | 2009-01-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1947 | MEK REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL FOR CAMP ASHRAF AND [...] (S) On July 16, 2009, CG TF- 134 (tasked with security oversight of Camp Ashraf) convened a VTC with MEK representatives, headed by Mojgan Parsaie, in Camp Ashraf (Diyala, Iraq) to convey, per reftel, the GOI's plans to: establish a police station in Camp Ashraf; appoint a new Iraqi commande [...] | 2009-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1949 | MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-19 06:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD195 | COUNCIL OF REPS FINANCE COMMITTEE ON 2009 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) hopes to pass the FY2009 budget "soon," but there is concern that cuts in the capital budget will affect Iraq's future. Falling oil revenues and uncertain oil markets highlight the GOI's overdependence on a single source of income, but the [...] | 2009-01-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD1950 | AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS UPCOMING VISIT, SYRIA AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: In their regular weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on July 16, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Odierno discussed the PM,s upcoming visit to Washington, the NATO agreement and foreign fighters crossing the border into Iraq from Syria. In [...] | 2009-07-19 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD1951 | PM MALIKI: DON'T MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki used the platform provided by a July 8 symposium on the role of human rights-focused NGOs, sponsored by the Cabinet, to denounce the politicization of human rights issues by critics of the GOI. He laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the S [...] | 2009-07-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1959 | ARTICLE 142 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS DRAWS [...] (SBU) After nearly four years, the work of the Article 142 Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) is finally drawing to a close. The vast majority of the approximately 60 proposed amendments that will be submitted to the Parliament would make only technical or minor cosmetic changes to the Con [...] | 2009-07-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KWMN PGOV SOCI |
09BAGHDAD196 | IRANIAN TRADE AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCE IN ERBIL [...] (C) Summary: A range of contacts from Karim Sinjari, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of State for the Interior, to small business owners and residents of Erbil's Ainkawa neighborhood indicated to Iran Watcher during a visit January 20-22 that Turkish goods are more plentiful and [...] | 2009-01-26 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1960 | SHELL'S IRAQ SOUTH GAS DEAL NEARS FINALIZATION [...] (SBU) Econoff met July 9 with Shell Gas and Power Vice President Mounir Bouaziz, Shell Exploration and Production Logistics Manager Ayman al-Shukr, Shell Gas and Power Business Development Economist Christiaan van der Eijk, and Project Finance Manager Andrew Tait. Bouaziz reported that Shell [...] | 2009-07-20 08:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG SENV EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1964 | SPEAKER OFFERS KIRKUK SOLUTION, PESSIMISTIC ON UK [...] (C) Summary: Ayad al Samarraie, Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR),suggested a possible solution for the issue of Kirkuk and upcoming national elections during a meeting with Ambassador Christopher Hill on July 17, 2009. Samarraie suggested a temporary governing council wi [...] | 2009-07-20 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1965 | RRT ERBIL: MINORITY POLITICS AHEAD OF THE KRG [...] (SBU) Small ethnic and religious groups in the Kurdistan Region are struggling to decide whether special seat allocations in the Iraqi-Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) will be preferable to token inclusion within the alliance of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdi [...] | 2009-07-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1969 | RRT ERBIL: PROVINCIAL POWERS COME TO THE KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2009 the Iraqi-Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) passed a Provincial Powers Law (PPL) which defines the authority of the Provincial Councils (PCs) of the Kurdistan Region (KR) but provides for less decentralization than its counterpart Government of Iraq (GOI) PPL law. Th [...] | 2009-07-21 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD197 | RUBAIE CLAIMS HE CARRIED MESSAGE OF CONFIDENT IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor Mowafaq al-Rubaie carried the message of a more confident Iraq to Tehran in meetings with senior Iranian officials January 19-22, according to a readout of the visit Rubaie gave to Ambassador Satterfield, PMIN and Pol-Mil Counselor after returning to Bagh [...] | 2009-01-26 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1971 | MEK: GOI AND ASHRAF LEADERS STILL NOT SEEKING [...] (C) Summary. Camp Ashraf residents continue to stubbornly refuse to consider GOI Ashraf proposals. When presented with the message (reftel) from the GOI in a face-to-face meeting on July 19, Madame Mojgan Parsaie, leader of Camp Ashraf, reiterated the non-negotiable nature of placement of a [...] | 2009-07-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1972 | MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While passage of hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) remains important for Iraq's development of its petroleum resources, GOI and KRG interlocutors have preferred to keep the legislation on the back burner pending resolution of other Arab-Kurd issues. The ramp-up of a national electio [...] | 2009-07-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD198 | ANBAR LOOKS AHEAD TO AN ORDERLY ELECTION, AND A [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Anbar is on track for an orderly election, according to recent soundings of the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) and local security officials. The GEO says that the parties have thus far brought only minor campaign infractions to [...] | 2009-01-26 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1981 | IDP RETURNS INITIATIVE IN ABU GHRAIB GATHERS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. personnel arranged a visit by representatives from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) and Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al-Essawi's staff to Abu Ghraib July 12 to discuss potential for large scale IDP returns to the area with local council members, tribal leaders [...] | 2009-07-22 07:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ PHUM PREF PREL |
09BAGHDAD1987 | PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Progress under the Security Agreement (SA) has improved from the early days when a fist fight broke out between two Iraqi generals. The USG and GOI have worked through the SA,s joint subcommittees (JSCs) to sort through alleged "violations" at the working level, rarely needing [...] | 2009-07-23 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IZ MARR KTIA EAIR PGOV MASS |
09BAGHDAD1988 | CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS JULY 12 CHURCH BOMBINGS [...] (C) In the wake of the July 12 church bombings in Baghdad, we have met with representatives of the four largest churches in Iraq, including the heads of the Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac Catholic denominations as well as the Christian endowment and various Christian political leaders to expres [...] | 2009-07-23 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD199 | SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO IRAQ; [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. After providing humane treatment and security assurances to the USG, the Government of Iraq (GOI) successfully took custody and control of four former Guantanamo detainees from U.S. forces January 17. The four are currently being detained for investigation into crimes possibl [...] | 2009-01-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US |
09BAGHDAD1990 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: TRADE MINISTER'S CASE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a significant ruling, the Council of Ministers clarified existing requirements regarding minister-level permission to send criminal cases against former government employees to Iraqi courts. Prime Minister al-Maliki's office subsequently announced an agreement to send the [...] | 2009-07-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KDEM KCRM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1991 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1992 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD1997 | KIRKUK THREATENS TO DERAIL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: After three weeks of slow but steady technical progress, opportunistic politicians have slowed the momentum of efforts to draft a new national parliamentary elections law by introducing a fresh debate on the status of Kirkuk (Ref A). These actors -- members of the former July [...] | 2009-07-24 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD1998 | SPECIAL NEEDS VOTING IN THE KRG - PEACEFUL DAY, [...] (C) On January 23, roughly 120,000 voters participated in Special Needs Voting for the Kurdistan Regional elections. This day was set aside to ensure that members of the KRG security forces, prisoners, and hospital patients all had a chance to cast their ballots for ahead of the regular ele [...] | 2009-07-24 14:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD20 | KISSING THE KORAN: ELECTIONEERING IN SADR CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Leaders and residents of Baghdad's Sadr City have pointed to active campaigning in the run up to January 30, 2009, provincial elections. Streets near JSS Sadr City contain hundreds of posters showing Shia politicians. PM Maliki's visage is nearly universally emblazoned with me [...] | 2009-01-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD200 | 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 candidate of the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for US Government provided training in Washington, DC. Post has no derogat [...] | 2009-01-27 03:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2000 | SITREP: U.S. MONITORS REPORT QUIET AND ORDERLY [...] (SBU) Today, July 25, voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region head to the polls to vote for a new regional parliament and to participate in the first popular election of a Kurdistan president. This election is the first Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament election since January 30, 2005. In th [...] | 2009-07-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV KDEM |
09BAGHDAD2001 | MUTHANNA OFFICIAL SAYS IRANIAN INTIMIDATION LED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hakim Khazal Khashan, a member of the Muthanna Provincial Council (PC),announced his resignation on 7 July. He told PRToffs that he decided to leave government because his anti-corruption efforts had been stymied by a broad range of dishonest political actors, and because Irania [...] | 2009-07-25 11:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2002 | KRG ELECTIONS: MODEST TURNOUT AND MINOR [...] (SBU) Overall, election observers report a calm, orderly day of voting in the Kurdistan region on July 25 with few reports of irregularities (Ref A). By midday, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported that voter turnout was at 37%. The number of voters increased as the da [...] | 2009-07-25 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2003 | KRG ELECTIONS: SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT, PRELIMINARY [...] (C) A few hours after polls closed in the Kurdistan region on July 25, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced that 78% of the voters participated in the election. Election monitors from the U.S. Mission report some election irregularities, but did not observe any major a [...] | 2009-07-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2008 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET AND GOVERNMENT DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...] | 2009-07-27 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2009 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: CONFRONTATION LOOMING? [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a direct exchange between the GOI Ashraf Committee and the residents of Camp Ashraf, Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery announced the imminent arrival of a new site commander, plans to locate an Iraqi police station (IP station) on Camp Ashraf, and future relocat [...] | 2009-07-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD201 | 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 29 candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory i [...] | 2009-01-27 03:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2014 | AYATOLLAH SISTANI PUSHES FOR OPEN ELECTORAL LISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the foremost Iraqi Shi'a cleric, has conveyed messages on the pending elections law and political coalition formation for several weeks. After meeting with Sistani and two other leading Shi'a clerics, GOI Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told P [...] | 2009-07-28 07:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2015 | CORRECTED COPY: FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...] | 2009-07-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD202 | 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 12 candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Post has [...] | 2009-01-27 03:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2021 | RRT ERBIL: NEW REFINERY AND CRUDE PRODUCTION COMES [...] (U) Summary: At a July 18 ceremony, attended by KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and former Ambassador to Iraq and the UN Zalmay Khalilzad, oil from the Khurmala Dome began flowing into the Erbil refinery, the only privately-owned refinery in Iraq. The refinery's initial capacity is 20,000 [...] | 2009-07-28 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2022 | PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Maliki's July 21-25 visit to the United States generally received factual and neutral coverage in the local press. Iraqi media stories focused on the implementation of the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) in addition to Maliki's meetings with U.S. and UN off [...] | 2009-07-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2023 | BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EMIN, Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Dr. Haider Ali Fadhel voiced concerns over the national government's lack of progress on a variety of issues affecting the overall investment climate. Specifically, Fadhel took issue with the Ministry of Tr [...] | 2009-07-28 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2024 | BASRA INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with EMIN, Basra Investment Commission (BIC) Chairman Dr. Haider Ali Fadhel voiced concerns over the national government's lack of progress on a variety of issues affecting the overall investment climate. Specifically, Fadhel took issue with the Ministry of Tr [...] | 2009-07-28 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2027 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: INTRANSIGENCE LEADS TO VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a stalemate between the GOI and the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) (reftel),Iraqi police and army forces entered Camp Ashraf July 28 to establish an Iraqi police presence, encountering violent resistance from camp residents. According to GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali A [...] | 2009-07-29 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2028 | PRT NINEWA: CHRISTIANS ANXIETY RISE IN NINEWA IN [...] (C) Summary: In the early hours of 13 July 2009, a car bomb exploded in an alley between a Christian church and a Shi'a mosque in the Faisalia neighborhood of east Mosul. The explosion damaged both houses of worship, and killed three Iraqi citizens in nearby homes. According to local Christi [...] | 2009-07-29 08:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM PMIL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2032 | KRG ELECTIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results of the Kurdistan elections show the Goran Change List outperformed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) list in PUK's home base of Sulemaniyah, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and PUK are set to retain their hold on power in the north and have struc [...] | 2009-07-29 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD2033 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: VIOLENT CLASHES LEAD TO DEATHS [...] (C) Summary. Violent clashes between GOI forces and residents of Camp Ashraf entered their second day. USG officials met with GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery to stress the importance of the GOI fulfilling its commitment to the USG to treat camp residents humanely and [...] | 2009-07-29 18:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2037 | Iraq: Cabinet Approves Formation of National Oil Company [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) on Tuesday, July 28 approved draft legislation to re-establish the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). That proposal will now be transmitted to the Council of Representatives (COR, the Iraqi Parliament) for consideration. Vice Chairman of the C [...] | 2009-07-30 03:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2038 | MINORITY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI CENSUS [...] (C) As Ministry of Planning officials continue their preparations for a nationwide census this fall, many of Iraq's ethnic and religious minority leaders have raised concerns about how the census will be administered and whether it will provide an accurate reflection of their communities' demo [...] | 2009-07-30 08:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF PGOV SMIG SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2039 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: U.S. PROVIDING MEDICAL AID [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has agreed to allow U.S. forces to provide medical assistance to the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) and a U.S. team is doing so. The GOI, however, is amassing forces on the perimeters of Ashraf. The GOI have relieved COL Sa'di Habib Hussein al-Dulaymi of command of the forces [...] | 2009-07-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2044 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2045 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2046 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2047 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2048 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2049 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-07-31 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD205 | RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani expounded on a wide range of subjects in a January 25 meeting with Erbil PRT team leader. The initial impetus of the meeting was to provide PM Barzani with information on USG development assistance. In the cour [...] | 2009-01-27 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SOCI PTER TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2055 | MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ISSUE WITH AMNESTY [...] (C) A July 23 report from Amnesty International that nine Iraqi women face imminent execution appears to be exaggerated, according to the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. While Minister Selim confirmed that three Iraqi women have already been executed in 2009, she told us July 30 that n [...] | 2009-07-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2056 | 58 IRAQI AMBASSADORS CONFIRMED BY PARLIAMENT [...] (C) On July 21 and 23, the Iraqi Parliament confirmed the ambassadorial nominations of 58 individuals representing a broad cross-section of Iraq's political parties. Thair Hussein, an aide to Deputy FM Labid Abbawi, and Azhar Hussein, a senior Protocol Officer at the MFA, told us that none of [...] | 2009-07-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2057 | IRAQI OIL: MIXED MESSAGES FROM SOUTH OIL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, stakeholders from the GOI as well as international oil companies (IOC) and service providers (SP) offered divergent insight and opinions on the developments within the oil sector in Iraq. In a meeting on July 20, South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Fayed [...] | 2009-07-31 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2059 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: USG OFFICIALS VISIT ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. On July 31, USG officials visited Ashraf to assess the state of the current standoff. During this visit, USG officials expresed to both the GOI and the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) the need for dialogue and restraint. The GOI fully embraced this message, but the MEK showed no desire [...] | 2009-07-31 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD206 | THE SPEAKER'S RACE 3-RING CIRCUS: PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The race for Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) is wide open again as Acting Speaker Khalid al Attiya announced a special vote for February 4 to select the speaker. Any bloc may submit a candidate, although the lead candidates remain nominally Ayad al Samarraie, lead [...] | 2009-01-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2063 | IRAQI CAPITAL AT WORK: PEPSI INTERNATIONAL AND THE BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Iraqi investment bank's takeover of the mixed-owned enterprise (MOE) Baghdad Softdrink Company could be a model for moving the stagnating MOE sector forward. Since gaining a controlling stake of Baghdad Softdrink, the bankers have brought in capital and management expertise t [...] | 2009-08-01 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2068 | VISIT TO DETAINED SUNNI TRIBAL FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs conducted a prison visit on July 8 to see Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a close Embassy and U.S. military contact, prominent West Baghdad tribal leader and Sons of Iraq (SOI) affiliate. Mutlab was detained by the Iraqi Army on May 12, suspected of association with the "New Ba [...] | 2009-08-02 06:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2069 | DIWANIYAH PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into the tenure of the Diwaniyah provincial government, the public's initial optimism that the new team would improve services is eroding. Provincial authorities seem to be focused on the challenges at hand, but are burdened by budgetary woes and the effects of a dro [...] | 2009-08-02 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD207 | DIYALA'S SUNNI ARABS ON ELECTORAL FRAUD: INSECURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conversations with us January 19-21, Sunni Arab officials in Diyala insisted that Shi'a and Kurds in the province intend to steal the upcoming Provincial Council (PC) elections. Sunni Arabs fear their perceived demographic majority will be neutralized and they will not win [...] | 2009-01-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2070 | ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...] | 2009-08-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR TU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2071 | THIRD TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER TU |
09BAGHDAD2072 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: NO GAME PLAN IN SIGHT FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, USG officials met with GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery to discuss the GOI's near-future plans regarding the standoff with the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) in Ashraf. (Note: The GOI has changed the name of Ashraf to Camp New Iraq. End Note.) Al-Y [...] | 2009-08-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2073 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 050092728 [...] (U) This is a response to STATE 35384 regarding BLUE LANTERN end use check on license 050092728. 2. (U) Post has contacted the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I) J-4 and they confirm the receipt of DTC Case 050092728, to include 7,500 M&P9 Pistols, 9mm, from Smit [...] | 2009-08-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC IZ KOMC |
09BAGHDAD2077 | OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraq hopes to resolve the remaining Oil for Food (OFF) contracts by the end of the year, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Srood Najib told EMIN on July 29. Najib estimated that 50 outstanding OFF contracts remain -- down from 80 in April -- and promised to send the [...] | 2009-08-03 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET IZ KCOR PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2078 | IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...] | 2009-08-03 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN |
09BAGHDAD2093 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DETAINEES MOVED; RUMORS OF [...] (C) Summary. According to TF-134 local military officials, on August 2, the GOI relocated 36 Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees to a facility in Khalis, making it more difficult for USG officials to ensure that the GOI are abiding by the assurances to treat the MEK in accordance with Iraqi l [...] | 2009-08-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2097 | Supplemental Budget worth USD 3.3 billion submitted to the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq's Council of Ministers (CoM) submitted a USD 3.3 billion supplemental 2009 budget to the Council of Representatives (CoR) on July 22. (Note: The CoR has adjourned for its summer recess and will reconvene on September 8.) If passed by the CoR, the supplemental budget would [...] | 2009-08-04 03:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR IZ |
09BAGHDAD21 | PLANNING MINISTER BABAN ON SFA, 2009 BUDGET, ICI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emin Ambassador Wall and Treasatt met with Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban December 31 to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),asset transfers, the Iraqi fiscal outlook and development prospects, and Emba [...] | 2009-01-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD210 | PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: A SERIOUS CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's provincial elections represent a milestone in the country's political progression. In general, the campaigns have been competitive, sometimes Sharply so. Political parties and local officials in most regions have perceived the election commission to be competent and fair, [...] | 2009-01-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2100 | MINISTER SAFA AL-SAFI LAUDS BASRAH RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safi al-Safi told Poloffs he is proud of his management of Prime Minister Maliki's $100 million reconstruction effort in Basrah province. Contrasting his efforts to the United Kingdom's "economic failure" in Basrah, he said over 80 perce [...] | 2009-08-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2101 | NAJAF GOVERNOR MEETS MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 12:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2102 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-08-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2103 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: MEK ON HUNGER STRIKE, REFUSING [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, Iraqi humanitarian situation commander in Ashraf COL Sa'di Habib Hussein al-Dulaymi informed USG officials that he had visited the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees at the detention facility in Khalis on August 3, stating that the MEK detainees have refused food and [...] | 2009-08-04 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2104 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-08-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2105 | THE LIMITS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN POLITICS BEFORE THE [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi politicians are seeking to brand their parties as non-sectarian amid a whirl of alliance negotiations before the January national parliamentary election. A significant cross-sectarian, national electoral alliance would be a very positive development in Iraqi politics. Forma [...] | 2009-08-05 08:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2106 | IRAQ'S PROGRESS ON MCC INDICATORS: OUR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's post-conflict economy continues to improve but it remains challenged by deep-rooted problems of corruption, red tape, an ill-equipped workforce, and land disputes. Although the GOI still focuses a lot of energy on the development of its oil sector, future foreign investme [...] | 2009-08-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON IZ KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BAGHDAD2107 | IRAQ'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY: GREATLY REDUCED, BUT [...] (C) The leader of Iraq's Armenian Community, Archbishop Avak Asadourian, tells us that the presence of Armenians in Baghdad has been greatly reduced since 2003, but that the Armenian Church continues to serve its remaining members. On August 5, Poloff traveled to the Armenian Cathedral in Bag [...] | 2009-08-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2108 | FM ZEBARI URGES MORE SUPPORTIVE USG STANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: FM Hoshyar Zebari, during an August 4 introductory call by Pol M/C, called for greater USG effort to help Iraq get out of Chapter VII, as it had committed to do. He criticized the initiative of recently departed SRSG de Mistura and blamed him for the current complications with [...] | 2009-08-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER KU IR IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2109 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-08-06 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2110 | 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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-08-06 05:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2115 | GOI Budget Update: 2009 Mid-Year and First Look at 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: The delayed enactment of the 2009 budget law until mid-April contributed to a low rate of budget execution for the first part of 2009. Lower than expected oil prices and exports have contributed to significant deficit spending. Oil revenues were USD 3.8 billion less than antic [...] | 2009-08-06 06:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EAIR IZ |
09BAGHDAD212 | MORE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY'S VETTING OF [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity's (COI) acting head, Judge Rahim Al-Uqaili, denied any political pressure to vet educational certificates submitted by candidates in the upcoming provincial council elections. He indicated that the COI was acting on its own and doing its part to ensure good ele [...] | 2009-01-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2120 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...] | 2009-08-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2121 | PRT DIYALA: BOMBING TARGETS PARTY HQ IN BAQUBAH [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, a bomb exploded inside the party headquarters of the National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) in Baqubah, killing seven and wounding approximately ten party members. NMRD did not win seats in Diyala during the 2009 Provincial Council (PC) elections, but d [...] | 2009-08-06 13:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2124 | AMB AND PM DISCUSS SYRIA, KUWAIT AND KRG ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary. In their regular weekly meeting on August 6 (and the first since the PM,s return from Washington),the Ambassador and PM discussed Iraqi participation in the proposed Syrian-Iraq-U.S. trilateral border initiative. Maliki stated that he currently has an ongoing dialogue with Syri [...] | 2009-08-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | CASC EWWT IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD2126 | DIWANIYAH: JOURNALISM TRAINING WORKSHOP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Public Affairs Section and Diwaniyah PRT co-sponsored two-day training session by a visiting U.S. professor helped train local journalists and offered valuable insights into their thinking and concerns. Their limitations are due largely to their media outlets being owned and [...] | 2009-08-07 11:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2127 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of training is this month August 2009. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security For [...] | 2009-08-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD213 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ ELECTIONS OVERVIEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Tuz Khormatu district in Salah ad Din (SaD) province has an ethnically mixed population made up of Kurds, Turcomans (both Sunni and Shi'a) and Sunni Arabs. While the district is unavoidably linked to the controversy over neig [...] | 2009-01-27 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2132 | MALIKI-BARZANI MEETING: AN ICEBREAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long awaited meeting between Prime Minister Maliki and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani took place on August 2 and resulted in agreement to establish a joint GOI-KRG team to address contentious Arab-Kurd issues. KRG insiders tell us Maliki agreed to int [...] | 2009-08-07 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR |
09BAGHDAD2134 | CODEL BISHOP MEETING WITH IRAQI COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with CODEL Bishop, Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Ayad Al-Samarraie asserted that Iraqis were now more willing to form issue-based vice sectarian/ethnic-based political alliances, which boded well for the future. Al-Samarraie declared that t [...] | 2009-08-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF OTRA IZ |
09BAGHDAD2138 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request. This is a re-broadcast. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for t [...] | 2009-08-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2139 | SHI'A POLITICAL PARTIES STRUGGLE TO FORM A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Shi'a political parties that comprised the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) in 2005 are negotiating intensely to form a new alliance to contest parliamentary elections in January 2010. Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leaders had hoped to announce the new coalit [...] | 2009-08-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD214 | DHI QAR ELECTIONS UPDATE: SHELL GAME FAVORS DA'WA [...] (C) Summary: All PRT contacts in Dhi Qar claim to want a change from the current elected officials, but the educated elite recognize that not many alternatives exist to the three main religious parties (ISCI, Da'wa, and Fadhila). Out of 67 political parties on the Dhi Qar ballot, only the Com [...] | 2009-01-28 07:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2142 | BAGHDAD FAILY KURDS - NOT SO KURD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad's Faily Kurds, a Muslim Kurd minority, continue to grapple with issues of identity that were exacerbated by Saddam Hussein's repressive policies. They appear to have little affinity for Iraqi Kurdistan and its leaders. Rather, they say they support PM Maliki's efforts [...] | 2009-08-10 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL SMIG KERF IZ |
09BAGHDAD2143 | IRAQI MINISTER OF FINANCE JABR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador,s meeting with Finance Minister Jabr, they discussed the Minister,s approval for financing of the GE deal, the need for flexibility in bidding rounds to increase oil production, the need to encourage the World Bank to provide financing to complement the USD 5. [...] | 2009-08-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2144 | INEXPERIENCE AND BUDGET CRUNCH MARK KARBALA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Nearly three quarters of Karbala's 2009 provincial budget is allocated for water and housing projects. With reduced oil revenues driving funding shortfalls from Baghdad, many essential service projects remain uncompleted over three months into the tenure of the new local gove [...] | 2009-08-10 10:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD215 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOD TRIES TO EVICT RESIDENTS OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. (U) Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has issued orders to the 4th Iraqi Army (IA) Division to expel thousands of people, some of them IDPs, from various neighborhoods in Tikrit that MOD considers its prop [...] | 2009-01-28 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2151 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 31, the Government of Iraq (GOI) announced a draft law purporting to protect journalists' rights and freedom of the press. Many Iraqi and international media rights groups and individual journalists are concerned that, if passed, the law could be manipulated [...] | 2009-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2152 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of class is September 2009. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has [...] | 2009-08-10 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2154 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) In remarks at an August 1 anti-corruption conference, Vice President Al-Hashimi repeated previous criticism of the controversial legal provision, 136(b) of the Criminal Procedure Code, allowing ministers to block prosecution of employees for corruption and other crimes. Citing the Commiss [...] | 2009-08-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2163 | ASSESSING RECENT VIOLENCE IN ANBAR [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Six car bombing and suicide bomber attacks in Anbar Province since mid-July appear to have been conducted by remnants of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) or by nationalist insurgent groups to create an atmosphere of instability and to degrad [...] | 2009-08-11 17:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD217 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: TRYING TO REHABILITATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In response to security improvements in Salah ad Din (SaD),the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) has begun efforts to restore the operational capacity of the Bayji Iraq Republic Railway (BIRR) Station. The PRT expects this effo [...] | 2009-01-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELTN EINV ETRD IZ |
09BAGHDAD2179 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of training is September 2009. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who [...] | 2009-08-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD218 | NINEWA: SUNNI ARAB AND KURD POLITICAL ENTITIES [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sunni Arab al-Hadba list, the National Iraqi Project Group (Hewar),and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) alleged that they are victims of Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)-inspired intimidation and violence. The KDP has also levied accusations of elections malfeas [...] | 2009-01-28 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2181 | IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI ON 3 AMCITS IN [...] (C) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to DCM August 12 that he had raised the situation of the three American citizens detained in Iran with Iranian Ambassador Qomi on August 8. Zebari said he had told Qomi that the three should be released immediately. According to Zebari, Qomi retu [...] | 2009-08-12 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2184 | RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS PROMPT CONCERN, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since late July, a series of explosions targeting political party offices, mosques and civilian gathering places across the country have unsettled Iraqis about the possibility of renewed sectarianism. While the number of overall casualties is relatively low compared t [...] | 2009-08-13 06:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2186 | MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF:MEK DETAINEES VISITED; STILL NO [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. military medical team, with the consent and coordination of the GOI, visited Khalis detention facility in Diyala Province August 11 to perform a welfare check on the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees currently in GOI custody. TF-134 reported that the MEK detainees appear [...] | 2009-08-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD219 | KARBALANS KEEN TO CAST BALLOTS [...] (C) Summary: Karbala's citizens are eager to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Preparations for "special needs" voting on January 28 are complete. Acting Provincial Council Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri told the PRT on January 26 that there is nothing to prevent those voting o [...] | 2009-01-28 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD22 | VOICES FROM BAGHDAD-AREA STREETS PRE-ELECTION [...] This is an ePRT Baghdad-5 reporting cable. 2. SUMMARY: Following our previous report on local leaders, perceptions of the upcoming January 31 provincial council (PC) elections (reftel),we have recently focused on gauging the pulse of Iraqi voters throughout Abu Ghraib, Taji and Tarmiyah [...] | 2009-01-06 07:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2204 | IRAQ MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion of petroleum issues in Iraq, Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani told DCM for Assistance Transition that he - is optimistic about significantly improved oil production; - expects the British Petroleum/CNPC contract to manage Rumaila field to be [...] | 2009-08-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2214 | ANTI-CORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),is expanding its outreach to the NGO community, according to COI head Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili. He agreed to attend the ACCO-hosted NGO event planned for the fall. Judge Raheem provided an update on the GOI's anti-briber [...] | 2009-08-16 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EPET IZ |
09BAGHDAD222 | UPDATE ON IRAQ STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) has completed two tender rounds for joint venture (JV) arrangements between MIM and private investors in its state owned enterprises (SOE). While progress has been slow, SOE investment commitments from investors from Japan, Germa [...] | 2009-01-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2222 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Talabani cautioned the Ambassador, August 13, that recent U.S. outreach to Syria and Sunni insurgent groups is playing into perceptions that the USG supports the return of the Baathists. Talabani was likewise cautionary on overly visible U.S. advocacy for a resolution [...] | 2009-08-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PREL SY |
09BAGHDAD2223 | PLANNING FOR THE OCTOBER U.S.-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy offers our perspective on planning for the two events announced during PM Maliki's recent visit to Washington: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference. Both events, but partic [...] | 2009-08-17 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2230 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani predicted to CODEL McCain that, with U.S. help, the Kurds and Arabs would be able to avoid conflict and resolve critical issues like the status of Kirkuk. He said Barhem Salih was on track to become the next KRG prime minister. FM Zebari emphasized that the Jan [...] | 2009-08-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM SY IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2237 | SENIOR IRAQI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 17 meeting with Post's Iran Watcher (IW),Ambassador Taha Shukr al-Abbassi, head of the MFA's Neighboring Countries department responsible for Iran-Iraq relations (A/S equivalent),made the following points: (1) Iraq seeks a bilateral relationship with Iran base [...] | 2009-08-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2238 | KRG ELECTIONS: IHEC ANNOUNCES PROVISIONAL RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having announced last week provisional results of the Kurdistan regional elections, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has shifted its attention to preparing for the national elections, expected to take place in January 2009. Overall, contacts at UNAMI, diplomatic [...] | 2009-08-18 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2239 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON PM'S TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: Acting National Security Advisor Dr. Safa al-Sheikh told Pol M/C August 16 that PM Maliki would travel to Damascus August 18 armed with specific intelligence about SARG support for Baathists in Syria, and he would demand that it cease. Al-Sheikh noted that many Iraqi officials c [...] | 2009-08-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD224 | IRAQ NATIONAL LIST MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2242 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as training is scheduled to begin September 5, 2009. Our apologies for the late submission. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following c [...] | 2009-08-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD2243 | VOTER REGISTRATION UPATE DRAWS IHEC INTO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The national voter registration update (VRU) originally scheduled to begin August 15, has been postponed for a week as the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has been drawn into sectarian politics over the disputed province of Kirkuk. Although the VRU period will open [...] | 2009-08-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2244 | IRAQI CABINET SUBMITS DRAFT LAW FOR REFERENDUM ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to an August 17 press release, the Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved a draft law for holding a public referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) in conjunction with parliamentary elections in January 2010. The move is consistent with the Cabine [...] | 2009-08-18 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2245 | DA,WA PARTY CONFERENCE STRESSES NATIONAL UNITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Maliki was reelected as his party's secretary-general during Da'wa's biennial convention August 13-15. GOI President Talibani and most members of the Iraqi Cabinet attended the opening ceremony, which emphasized the themes of national unity and Iraqi sovereignty. While hedgi [...] | 2009-08-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2246 | PM MALIKI, CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS KIRKUK, MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: In an August 14 meeting with PM Maliki, Senator McCain congratulated the PM for the impressive progress in Iraq since his last visit. PM Maliki acknowledged the significant security gains and pointed to the tremendous sacrifices of both Iraqis and Americans. Regarding Arab-Kur [...] | 2009-08-18 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SY IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2251 | MEK/ASHRAF UPDATE: GOI PLANNING TO RELOCATE MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 18 meeting with the Commander of Task Force 134 and Poloff, Ali al-Yassery, the chairman of the GOI's Ashraf Committee stated: (1) the GOI regrets the loss of life and will continue to abide by Iraq's laws and constitution in its dealing with the Mujahideen-e-Kh [...] | 2009-08-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2256 | MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY HAS A PLAN, BUT LACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging initial meeting with DCM for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, Minister of Electricity Karim Hasan outlined Iraq,s significant infrastructural challenges; discussed his plans for short-term financing of an ongoing multi-billion dollar electricity generation [...] | 2009-08-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2261 | KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI, CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani reaffirmed to CODEL McCain August 15 that the Kurds will forever be an ally of the United States. Barzani claimed the KRG was ready to resolve the host of Arab-Kurd issues -- including disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) [...] | 2009-08-21 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET IZ IR SY |
09BAGHDAD2265 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONSULTATIONS IN MOSUL [...] (C) Anti-Corruption Coordinator and staff (ACCO) visited Mosul, capital of Ninewa province August 15-16. Anti-corruption efforts in Ninewa include, inter alia, the conviction of the former Provincial Council President for contract fraud and the case of Ninewa's prison warden, Hussein Tawfiq, w [...] | 2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2270 | FM ZEBARI PROVIDES MESSAGE OF REASSURANCE, INSISTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari met with foreign Ambassadors August 21 to provide an official reaction to the August 19 bombing of the MFA (and other GOI buildings) and to provide assurances that the MFA would soon be back up and functioning, using auxiliary buildings on the MFA compound [...] | 2009-08-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2271 | PM MALIKI ON TRILATERAL SECURITY EFFORT, AUGUST 19 [...] (S) Summary: In an August 20 meeting, Iraqi PM Maliki expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's offer of condolences on the previous day's bombings, as well as for the technical assistance U.S. experts were providing in the field. Maliki requested the USG delay any further release of detai [...] | 2009-08-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2272 | FM ZEBARI ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CONDOLENCES; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the heavily damaged MFA building August 22 to offer his condolences on the bombings in Baghdad. Meeting in a room that had been largely cleared of damage for a makeshift receiving room, but surrounded by rooms and hallways filled with shattered glass, deb [...] | 2009-08-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2273 | ACTION REQUEST: UK SEEKING OPTIONS TO RESUME NAVAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C//NF) Summary: British officials in mid-August made multiple inquiries of Post and U.S. military in Iraq regarding options for resuming UK naval training in Iraq, highlighting the mission's uncertain future. The UK pulled its naval train [...] | 2009-08-23 03:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK |
09BAGHDAD2277 | ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD IN KRG ELECTIONS POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the Independent Higher Electoral Commission's (IHEC's) recent certification of the results in the July 25 Kurdish Regional Elections, there remains lingering resentment among the Kurdish opposition and Christian parties that fraud, manipulation, and intimidation played [...] | 2009-08-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KIRF IZ |
09BAGHDAD2279 | IRAQI MEDIA PLACEMENT OF PRESIDENT'S RAMADAN GREETING [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's special Ramadan greeting to the Muslim world was carried in several Iraqi newspapers and news websites, as well as on three Iraqi Television channels that broadcast throughout the region. Reporting of the greeting was immediate and positive. A number of news out [...] | 2009-08-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KCUL IZ |
09BAGHDAD228 | GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ TAXES: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, [...] (SBU) Summary: As businesses and individuals step up commercial activities and as oil revenues languish, the GOI is devoting more attention to other sources of revenues, particularly taxes. The GOI tax regime is partly old, based on administrative provisions dating from 1982, and partly new, [...] | 2009-01-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2282 | RRT ERBIL: KRG CONVENES NEW PARLIAMENT BUT [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a ceremony in Erbil August 20, the newly-elected Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliament was sworn in and President Barzani inaugurated. Barzani and President Talabani strongly condemned the Baghdad bombings and called for Iraqi un [...] | 2009-08-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2285 | IRAQI JOURNALISTS PROTEST GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqi journalists took to the streets on August 14 to protest a perceived Government of Iraq (GOI) crackdown on freedom of the press. Estimates of the number of participants in the demonstration range from 150 to 1,500. GOI police provided security for the event, a [...] | 2009-08-24 10:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2287 | IRANIANS THREATEN TO REDUCE PILGRIM VISITS TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (SBU) On August 12, Ridha Arjimand Zada, the Najaf representative of the Iranian Committee of Haj, Pilgrimages and Holy Visits told Karbala-based Noon al-Husayn Radio that Iran would indefinitely suspend sending pilgrims to Iraq as soon as Ramad [...] | 2009-08-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON IR IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2288 | NEW SHIA ALLIANCE EXCLUDES MALIKI, BUT FINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's main Shia parties, with the notable exception of PM Maliki's Da'wa, announced today the establishment of the Iraqi National Coalition (INC),a revitalized Shia grouping that seeks to run together during the national election scheduled for January. Saying the INC would buil [...] | 2009-08-24 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2293 | AMBASSADOR HILL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DARA VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 12, Ambassador Hill toured the Rusafa Prison Complex with Minister of Justice Dara Noor Al-Deen Baha, Al-Deen. Minister Dara hosted the tour to assess the conditions and treatment of detainees, and to show Ambassador Hill the facility and operation. Ambassador Hill [...] | 2009-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2294 | MANAGING IRAQI POLITICAL RESPONSE TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to reports that PM Maliki is considering firing senior officials, including Interior Minister and PM-hopeful Jawad al-Bolani, in reaction to the recent Baghdad bombings, the Ambassador and Emboffs engaged with members of the Presidency Council, parliament, and Malik [...] | 2009-08-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD2298 | SRSG FOR UNAMI DISCUSSES ARAB-KURD, CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Summary: In an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, UNAMI SRSG Melkert expressed concern about the ability of GOI forces to provide security, in the wake of the breakdowns evident in the August 19 bombings. Melkert said he intended to convene the High Level Task Force on disputed intern [...] | 2009-08-26 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD2299 | (C) IRAQ OIL: MINISTRY OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL AS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the second oil and gas bid round, international oil companies (IOCs) are increasing their engagement with the Ministry of Oil (MOO). While the Government of Iraq (GOI) has yet to determine how it will deal with oil fields that were not awarded in the first bid roun [...] | 2009-08-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2301 | SECURITY ISSUES, NOT RAMADAN, CORRELATES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Iraq, as in other Middle Eastern countries, economic activity increases during Ramadan as families buy more traditional foodstuffs and gifts for Iftar dinners. Despite this increased demand for goods (and reports of price-gouging),our analysis of Iraq's Consumer Price Index [...] | 2009-08-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
09BAGHDAD2302 | DEATH OF SHIA LEADER ABD AL-AZIZ AL-HAKIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Shia political world marked a major milestone with the death today of Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, the chairman of the influential Shia party the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI). Hakim's death could herald a generational shift within ISCI and the Hakim dynasty that could bri [...] | 2009-08-26 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2303 | SADR CITY SHI'A IMAMS NOT SANGUINE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shi'a imams and community activists told Emboffs that: Sunni-Shi'a reconciliation would be impossible in the near- to mid-term; Iraqis would continue to vote on sectarian lines in upcoming elections; no existing political party enjoys genuine credibility; a major effort on voter [...] | 2009-08-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF KCOR PTER PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2304 | FM ZEBARI ON TRILATERAL PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 26 meeting at the MFA with Pol M/C, FM Zebari said that in light of Syria's involvement with Baathists suspected in the August 19 bombings, the GOI would have to defer participation in the upcoming U.S.-Syria trilateral border assessment that had been planned to begi [...] | 2009-08-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER UNSC IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD2308 | PRT DIYALA: ELECTION OFFICIAL POINTS TO FRICTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of Diyala,s Governorate Elections Office (GEO),Mr. Amer Latif Mujiid, asserted that voter registration preparations for the upcoming January 2010 national elections in Iraq are proceeding as planned in Diyala; however, questionable security plans and his ongoing distr [...] | 2009-08-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV |
09BAGHDAD2312 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) "good governance and transparency strategy" is a welcome initiative -- if vigorously implemented -- that contains an array of action items, ranging from the creation of an "Executive Office of Governance and Integrity" to reform of the civil servi [...] | 2009-08-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2313 | UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 09:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2319 | "BLAMESTORMING" OVER BAGHDAD BOMBINGS SHARPENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 19 bombings in Baghdad prompted a flurry of finger-pointing, with government officials and politicians blaming various Sunni groups, especially Ba,athists in Iraq and Syria, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)and rival Shi,a groups. The Saudis and Syrians, too, have come und [...] | 2009-08-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PTER SA SY POL |
09BAGHDAD2320 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill welcomes your visit to U.S. Embassy Baghdad. Your visit comes as we shift to a higher gear on transition amidst the initial stages of the U.S. military drawdown. We look forward to discussing in depth the 2011-2012 planning and explaining in detail our assistance, rig [...] | 2009-08-28 18:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AMGT IZ |
09BAGHDAD2335 | UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...] | 2009-08-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2336 | UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...] | 2009-08-30 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2337 | FINANCE MINISTER JABR: MOF RESUMING ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) During an August 26 meeting with Ambassador Haslach, Finance Minister Jabr made special note of his good relationship with former deputy PM and KRG PM Barham Salih. Ambassador Haslach delivered condolence letters from Ambassador Hill and Department of Treasury Acting Assistant Secretary [...] | 2009-08-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET IZ PGOV PREL |
09BAGHDAD2343 | WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISMISSES OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) The Wasit Provincial Council (PC) on Aug. 20 voted to permanently remove two leading "opposition" figures, Ghadanfar Kadim Ubayd (Iraqi List) and Majid Ali Askar (Dawa-Maliki faction). The PC Chairman, Mahmud Abd Al-Rida Talal (aka Haiji Mahmud-ISCI),initiated the removal process and o [...] | 2009-08-31 08:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2348 | 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 candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-08-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD235 | UPBEAT MINORITY LEADERS ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) While Christian and other minority leaders still smart over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL),they no longer talk of a boycott and are encouraging their constituents in the north and other regions to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Chri [...] | 2009-01-29 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2350 | PM MALIKI DECIDES THAT IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO OPEN [...] (S) Summary. At the August 30 meeting of the International Zone (IZ) Security Joint Sub-Committee (JSC),the Government of Iraq (GOI) declared its intention to delay opening of the north-south highway bisecting the IZ until after national elections are complete. The GOI also stated that it w [...] | 2009-08-31 15:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IR IZ KCRS MARR PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD2363 | FM ZEBARI ON GOI PURSUIT OF UN CRIMINAL INQUIRY, [...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting, FM Zebari told Pol M/C the GOI has sent a letter formally requesting the UNSC to support formation of a UN-led fact-finding commission into the August 19 bombings, including Syrian complicity vis a vis Iraqis operating from Syria, and the broader scope o [...] | 2009-09-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2366 | PRESIDENT TALABANI'S TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Post requests possible dates for a POTUS meeting with President Talabani. Talabani expressed his desire to meet POTUS in Washington, D.C. directly following his trip to New York to deliver speeches in New York at UNGA, the Clinton Initiative and the Socialist [...] | 2009-09-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IZ |
09BAGHDAD2367 | PRT DIYALA: ONGOING CHALLENGES TO PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PTER |
09BAGHDAD2369 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-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 from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...] | 2009-09-03 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09BAGHDAD237 | FEMALE CANDIDATES COULD WIN MORE THAN 25 PERCENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite confusion over the interpretation of the Provincial Election Law, and the failure to pass a late amendment to guarantee a 25 percent quota for women on each of the 14 provincial councils (PCs) to be elected in Iraq on January 31, the United Nations projects that new PCs [...] | 2009-01-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2370 | RRT ERBIL: KRG MINISTER,S HARSH CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister Responsible for Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa announced publicly that Embassy Baghdad fails to inform Washington about Kurdistan Regional issues. He repeated it again in a meeting with RRT Lead [...] | 2009-09-03 06:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL |
09BAGHDAD2372 | IRAQ CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq has made substantial progress recently in its search for mass graves containing the remains of Kuwaitis. Following a successful August 4 Technical Subcommittee meeting in Kuwait, the Government of Iraq (GOI) formally petitioned the International Committee of the Red Cross [...] | 2009-09-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2374 | WTO ACCESSION STEPS UNLIKELY BEFORE JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI seems unlikely to make the sound economic but tough political decisions that would move Iraq closer to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession before Iraqi national elections in January 2010. Although Iraq has completed the requisites for the next round of accession ta [...] | 2009-09-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV EAID WTO ECON EINV IZ |
09BAGHDAD238 | THE IRAQ MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT'S EVOLVING ROLE [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Environment (MoEnv) lacks sufficient training and equipment to execute its main responsibilities of environmental monitoring and clean up, Minister Narmin Othman told EMIN on January 22. Demining is presently a MoEnv responsibility, but the Ministry of Defense continues [...] | 2009-01-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EPET ECIN KHDP KSCA IZ |
09BAGHDAD2381 | PROGRESS ON DEMINING PICKS UP PACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd Al-Qadir Muhammad Al-Mufriji issued an order August 30 to allow nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to perform demining operations, according the Deputy MinEnv Kamal Hussein Latif. The directive represents a significant breakthrough for U.S.-suppor [...] | 2009-09-03 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHDP PARM PGOV PREL UNDP IZ |
09BAGHDAD2384 | Are the Iraqi Prisons Working Yet? -- An Assessment of [...] (SBU) In October 2002, Saddam granted unprecedented amnesty to virtually all prisoners in Iraq releasing to the street as many as 100,000 convicted criminals. He publically stated this release was a 'thank you' to his countrymen for endorsing him as President in a national referendum. With t [...] | 2009-09-04 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PNAT PINS PHUM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2385 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) The Higher Judicial Council's spokesperson reported that Iraq's judiciary had received 445 corruption cases so far this year and already adjudicated over half of them, issuing many guilty verdicts. He asserted that some cases involved senior GOI officials. A Deputy Interior Minister ack [...] | 2009-09-04 09:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2386 | AMMAR AL-HAKIM SUCCEEDS FATHER AS ISCI CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six days after the death of Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Shura Council elected Hakim's eldest son, Ammar, to be ISCI's new chairman. The move was widely anticipated given the close association of the Hakim family to ISCI and the praise lavished [...] | 2009-09-04 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD2388 | IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR INVESTIGATES ATTACKS, [...] (S//NF) Summary: Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani told EmbOffs on August 31 that his primary focus now is security leading up to the national election, without which Iraq cannot have an effective democratic process. An important aspect of this to Bolani is the Iraqi government's response to [...] | 2009-09-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PTER PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2389 | OIL MINISTER FLEXIBLE WITH IOC IN PRIVATE ... BUT [...] (C) Summary: British Petroleum Iraq (BP) said Oil Minister Shahristani is under intense pressure to get the GOI's contract with British Petroleum/China National Petroleum Corporation (BP/CNPC) signed. According to BP, Shahristani has been personally engaged and responsive to BP's concerns, an [...] | 2009-09-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ |
09BAGHDAD239 | PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS KICK OFF WITH SPECIAL NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Polling centers around Iraq opened for the day on January 28 to accommodate "special needs" voters. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Police (IP),detainees in Iraqi and Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) centers, and hospital patients and staff were eligible to vote early in the [...] | 2009-01-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2390 | MALIKI ADVISOR SAYS PM UNLIKELY TO JOIN SHI'A [...] (C) In a meeting with the DCM on September 2, PM Maliki's Chief of Staff, Tariq Abdullah, said it was "doubtful" that the PM would join the recently-formed Iraqi National Alliance (INA). (Note: As reported ref A, Iraq's main Shi'a parties, with the notable exception of Maliki's Da'wa Party, lau [...] | 2009-09-05 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2394 | GOI PROPOSAL FOR NEW ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 26 Iraq Partners Forum (IPF) meeting, Ministry of Planning Director General for International Cooperation Huda Malik proposed to move Iraq,s assistance coordination function from her ministry to a higher body, such as the Prime Minister's Office. She said the new [...] | 2009-09-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2395 | IRAQ POLICE STRENGTHENING ALONG SYRIAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Post is closely following Iraqi and international media reports of Iraqi police and security force deployments to its border with Syria, particularly along the common border with the Iraqi Anbar province. Reports and contacts involving Iraqi MoI and MoD sources so far indicate [...] | 2009-09-05 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS PINR PTER SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2396 | IRAQ POLICE AT SYRIAN BORDER: NO NEW MOVEMENT [...] (C) As of 0700 EST, there are no confirmed reports of an increase in security personnel along the Syrian border, despite numerous media accounts of thousands of Iraqi police heading west. According to Interior Minister Senior Advisor Dr. Norman Ricklefs, at this time this is more about the P [...] | 2009-09-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PINR PTER SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD2397 | ZEBARI SAYS IRAN WANTS TO TRADE FOR THE THREE [...] (C) Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari informed Pol M/C September 1 that Iranian FM Mottaki told him during his August 29 visit that Iran wants to trade the three Amcits detained since July 30 in exchange for seven Iranians held in Europe and the U.S. (NOTE: Zebari did not have information on which sev [...] | 2009-09-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CASC IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2398 | MEK/ASHRAF UPDATE: GOI WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 2 meeting with MNFI and Emboffs, Ali Yassery, Chairman of the GOI's "MEK/Ashraf" Committee stated: (1) the GOI will meet with the MEK after Ramadan to solicit their cooperation for the relocation; (2) the 36 MEK detainees in Iraqi police custody face secondary c [...] | 2009-09-06 14:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2399 | IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS DISCUSS REQUEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials told Pol M/C September 4 that the GOI is determined to pursue a investigation of the role of neighboring countries, in particular Syria, in the bombings of August 19, as well as, the broader issue of intervention and external support for terrorism in Iraq. The [...] | 2009-09-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IR SY IZ |
09BAGHDAD24 | CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY IN NAJAF, ONLY MINOR ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The election campaign has begun in Najaf with incumbent ISCI officials hoping that the popularity of development projects will help keep them in control of the province. A top local politician from Prime Minister Maliki's Da'wa party, meanwhile, hoped the Prime Minister's perso [...] | 2009-01-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR IZ |
09BAGHDAD240 | IRAQI JUDGES DISCUSS ANTI-CORRUPTION ISSUES [...] (C) The Central Criminal Court of Iraq's top investigative judge, in familiar GOI terms, expressed resentment over Iraq's abysmal standing in Transparency International's global rankings on corruption. At the same time, he acknowledged the weaknesses of the GOI's anti-corruption institutions, [...] | 2009-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ |
09BAGHDAD2403 | TRAFFICKED UGANDANS REPATRIATED FROM IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) From August 18-30, the Embassy and MNF-I, with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the GOI, successfully repatriated 14 women to Uganda who had been trafficked into Iraq for the purposes of labor exploitation. The women had escaped from thei [...] | 2009-09-07 06:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG UG IZ |
09BAGHDAD2419 | PRT DIYALA: POLITICAL INFIGHTING UNDERMINES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ |