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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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07ZAGREB1027 | CROATIA: RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) Embassy Zagreb provides the following responses to reftel request for information regarding Croatia's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. The information provided [...] | 2007-11-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC DHLS HR |
07ZAGREB1040 | CODEL TANNER - CROATIA STOPS (FEB 21-24, 2008) [...] Embassy Zagreb welcomes the planned visit of CODEL Tanner to Croatia (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) February 21-24, 2008. 2. Embassy Zagreb control officer for this CODEL will be Political Officer Tom Selinger. (Office: 385-1-661-2260; Fax: 385-1-661-2178; Home: 385-1-467-4396; Cell: 385-91-455-1017; [...] | 2007-11-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO AORC BE FR HR |
07ZAGREB143 | ZAGREB QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - OCTOBER 2006 - JANUARY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 11:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC HR |
07ZAGREB208 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2006, Croatia was ranked as tier two and Post recommends retaining that ranking for the current reporting period. The Government of Croatia (GOC) continued to improve its cooperation with NGOs to identify and ass [...] | 2007-03-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR |
07ZAGREB695 | CODEL BEAN TRAVEL TO CROATIA [...] Post welcomes CODEL Bean to Zagreb. Control Officer is Kirsten Brooks Selinger, work: 385-1-661-2250/home: 385-467-4396/fax: 385-1-661-2178/cell: 385-91-455-2346, email SelingerKB@state.gov. Administrative point of contact is Matthew Werner, work: 385-1-661-2248/home:385-234-0100/fax: 385-661- [...] | 2007-07-19 15:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SR HR |
07ZAGREB985 | CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel to Chief of National Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior, Darko Dundovic, who is Head of Delegation to the INTERPOL General Assembly. Dundovic was familiar with the case and told Post that the GOC would support the GOA request and EC position. He indicat [...] | 2007-11-05 07:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IR PREL PTER |
07ZAGREB992 | VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2007 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PREL KVPR HR |
08ABIDJAN138 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF),in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...] | 2008-03-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV |
08ABIDJAN397 | DISGRUNTLED EX-COMBATANTS PARALYZE BOUAKE OVER [...] (U) The demobilization and disarmament of the Forces Nouvellles (FAFN) continue to be problematic for the government. One June 16, more than 1000 troops paralyzed Bouake, demanding payment of promised monies. According to pres reports, the action was organized by soldiers who were to be integ [...] | 2008-06-18 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL EAID IV |
08ABIDJAN469 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED GENERAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, to review mission security and work posture following the announcement of a 2-day general strike beginning on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (ref a). The consensus of the EAC was that mission emplo [...] | 2008-07-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV AMGT IV |
08ABIDJAN475 | GENERAL STRIKE LARGELY SUCCESSFUL; NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Summary. The members of UGTCI, the country's largest federation of unions, overwhelmingly observed its call for a general strike on July 17 and 18 to call for salary increases in response to the gas price hike, following some initial confusion. Taxi and mini-bus transporters maintained the [...] | 2008-07-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV |
08ABIDJAN493 | STRIKE ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 31 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Union of General Workers of Cote d'Ivoire (UGTCI) has rejected as insufficient the economic measures enacted by the government on July 20 in response to the UGTCI's July 17-18 general strike and widespread discontent among transporters and consumers. The UGTCI has called fo [...] | 2008-07-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV |
08ABUDHABI1463 | UAE RESPONSE TO ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) On December 1, post delivered reftel talking points via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post also passed the points to Ali Fayel, the Ministry of Economy's point-of-contact on the Kimberley P [...] | 2008-12-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI AE |
08ABUDHABI377 | EMBASSY CONVERSATION WITH UAEG ON SHARLA'S CITY OF HOPE [...] (C) In March 25, 2008 conversation with MinState for Foreign Affairs (and Chairman of National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking) Anwar Gargash, Charge emphasized the very positive experiences both the Embassy and ConGen have had with Sharla Musabih's City of Hope, with the shelter having [...] | 2008-03-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE |
08ABUDHABI379 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI380 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI382 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is home to a broad array of communities, including those vulnerable to exploitive human traffickers. The population is comprised of over 80 percent foreigners, many of whom provide unskilled or minimally skilled labor to a fast-growing economy. In thi [...] | 2008-03-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUJA1163 | INL BODY SCANNERS HANDED OVER TO THE NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1184 | NIGERIA: AMCIT ABDUCTED FROM TIDEWATER SHIP, BONGA [...] (C) Summary: Over night June 18 ) June 19, two attacks happened in the southern area of Nigeria, at the Bonga Oil platform off the shore of Lagos and in the Niger Delta area near Escravos, where one Amcit is confirmed to have been taken hostage. Both Embassy Abuja and Consulate Lagos are eng [...] | 2008-06-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET ASEC PREL NI |
08ABUJA1185 | ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] The following 14 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services are nominated for attendance at the above referenced ILEA Training. Name OTAESIRI, Robinson Akporhuarho DOB April 3, [...] | 2008-06-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1270 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHELL AND EXXON [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Shell Executive Vice President Anne Pickard June 25. Pickard described in detail the June 19 militant attack on the Bonga platform (see reftel),and claimed there was likely internal collusion in the attack; that members of the National Assembly accused Sh [...] | 2008-07-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ENRG MOPS ASEC NI |
08ABUJA1339 | ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1353 | ILEA GABORONE Precursor Chemical PRECURSOR CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1549 | NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...] | 2008-08-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI |
08ABUJA1567 | MISSION NIGERIA WELCOMES STAFFDEL SMITH [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff Ms. Shannon Smith and Ms. Sarah Margon to Abuja, Nigeria from August 12-14, and Lagos from August 14-16, 2008. Embassy Abuja and Consulate General Lagos will work to schedule requested meetings. The [...] | 2008-08-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NI |
08ABUJA1594 | NIGERIA: EMBASSY WELCOMES CODEL JOHNSON, AUGUST [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Congressmen Hank Johnson, Phil Gingrey and Jean Schmidt, as well as other accompanying members of their delegation, to Abuja, Nigeria from August 18-20, 2008. Embassy Abuja will work to schedule requested meetings. The Mission looks forward [...] | 2008-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PREL NI |
08ABUJA194 | NIGERIA: FAA TEAM OUT-BRIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A FAA team of four arrived in Lagos January 14, 2008 to begin the first of many two week visits over the next 18-24 months. The FAA team is providing technical assistance to the government of Nigeria (GON) as they seek a category one rating in eight key areas: legislation, reg [...] | 2008-01-31 09:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ETRD NI |
08ABUJA2207 | NIGERIA: FAA PROPOSES CANCELING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren met on November 3 to discuss the possible cancellation of Nigeria's technical assistance (TA) program with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administrati [...] | 2008-11-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI |
08ABUJA2296 | NIGERIA: ICE ATTACHE REACHES OUT TO ANTI-TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency conducted a Bulk Cash Smuggling Workshop November 10-13 in Abuja. On November 12 and 13, ICE Attach Lydia St. John and Poloff met with representatives from the American Bar Association (ABA),the National Agency f [...] | 2008-11-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KTIP ASEC DS NI |
08ABUJA2313 | NIGERIA: USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP [...] Summary. The U.S. Mission led a public private partnership (PPP) aviation workshop on November 17-18 with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Boeing Company to catapult Nigeria one step closer to attaining U.S. Federal Aviation Authority Category 1 status. The workshop rallied [...] | 2008-11-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD PREL NI |
08ABUJA2328 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence erupted in Plateau State on November 27 and 28 following the long awaited Local Government Area (LGA) elections. Riots broke out resulting in numerous homes, businesses, and churches being torched and mob violence caused several deaths. Reports allege that the ruling [...] | 2008-11-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2345 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] | 2008-12-01 17:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2346 | NIGERIA: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES IN PLATEAU STATE; BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After three days of political-turned-ethnoreligious violence, a forced calm was restored to Plateau State's capital of Jos when the Nigerian military occupied the city and imposed a curfew on November 30. The violence that erupted on November 27 due to alleged vote rigging in t [...] | 2008-12-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2358 | NIGERIA: SOME NORMALITY RETURNS TO PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Normality started to return to Plateau State's capital of Jos on December 2 as the military remained in control of the city. People were able to move about more freely; however, movement was still restricted in certain areas of the city. American citizen and Missionary contacts [...] | 2008-12-02 18:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2363 | NIGERIA: UNEASY CALM REMAINED IN JOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An "uneasy calm" remained in the Plateau State capital of Jos on December 3, according to Mission contacts and Locally Engaged Staff (LES) family members. Missionary contacts reported occasional gunfire but no widespread violence. The military retained control and continued to e [...] | 2008-12-03 17:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2366 | NIGERIA: JOS APPARENTLY CALM; OFFICIAL IDP NUMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Another day of calm passed in the Plateau State capital Jos as there were no reports of violence. Samaila Mohammed, Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) Party for the Jos North Local Government Area (LGA),told Poloff that peace would remain as long as the state gover [...] | 2008-12-04 12:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2377 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND PLATEAU GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador (with Poloff and USAIDoff as notetakers) met with Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),his Chief Economic Advisor JG Buba, and Chief Security Advisor Nuhu Musa at her residence on December 4 to discuss the recent violence in Jos as wel [...] | 2008-12-05 18:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2433 | NIGERIA: ICRC DISCUSSES JOS AND VOLUNTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Jacques Villettaz, Regional Delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on the DCM to discuss voluntary principles as they relate to the extractive industries, particularly the oil companies in the Niger Delta. DCM used the opportunity [...] | 2008-12-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON ASEC NI |
08ABUJA2523 | ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February 9-20, [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Reginald. Chukwudi Karawusa DOB July 27 1966 Gender - Male Rank - Assistant Director Current Position - Ag. Head of En [...] | 2008-12-24 10:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA285 | NIGERIA: G/TIP GRANT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, post is submitting five grant proposals for consideration for G/TIP managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Summaries of the proposals recommended by post follow. End Summary. TIP IN NIGERIA -------------- 2. (U) Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination countr [...] | 2008-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC NI |
08ABUJA302 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29 the Ambassador traveled to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on a mission to engage civil society NGOs, meet with political leadership, and highlight USG efforts in the Niger Delta region. First meeting with representatives from fifteen NGOs involved in USG-supported gra [...] | 2008-02-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL SCUL NI |
08ABUJA332 | HENRY OKAH: NOT DEAD YET? [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Speculation over the welfare and whereabouts of Niger Delta militant leader Henry Okah has run rampant after a February 19 fax to a news agency claiming to come from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) alleging that had Okah died in a Kaduna military h [...] | 2008-02-21 18:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC NI |
08ABUJA341 | ILEA GABORONE - Criminal Investigations Course, March [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Independent Commission for Corrupt Practices and other related offences, the Nigeria Police Force and National Drug law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Sharon Ogiri-Okpe DOB - 15 September, 19 [...] | 2008-02-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA404 | NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. Trafficking also occu [...] | 2008-02-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NI |
08ABUJA411 | NIGERIA: AF DAS MOSS' MEETING WITH TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria's roads and railways are in disrepair, creating a logjam for transport and commerce. The Transport Ministry will be looking to public private partnerships to improve mass transit and is developing related legislation. There are significant opportunities for U.S. servic [...] | 2008-03-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ETRD NI |
08ABUJA485 | NIGERIA: KOGI STATE PREPARES FOR BY-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs visited Lokoja, capital of Kogi State March 4-5 to meet with government officials, political activists, and civil society ahead of the state's upcoming March 29 gubernatorial by-election. While the Governor's Chief of Staff and an Independent National Electoral Commissio [...] | 2008-03-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI |
08ABUJA60 | ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the Special Crime Unit against Money Laundering are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Musa Bah Mohammed DOB - 22 August, 1958 Gender - Male Rank - Chief Superintenden [...] | 2008-01-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA628 | ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID ECON NI |
08ABUJA711 | ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course - [...] Name: Obi Josephine Ruth DOB: 08 May 1964 Gender: F Position/Rank: Superintendent of Narcotics Passport #: A00046337 Expiry date 01 October 2012 2. The Department has checked its files and finds it holds no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of th [...] | 2008-04-17 06:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA899 | ILEA GABORONE - Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents [...] The following 7 Nigerian personnel, from the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Ilesanmi Kehinde (ALTERNATE) DOB Feb 19, 1964 Gender Male Rank Superintendent of Customs [...] | 2008-05-19 06:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ACCRA1352 | USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: EFFECTS OF [...] SUMMARY: GhanaQs physical infrastructure is adequate between the capital and the countryQs two major seaports, but can be less comprehensive in other parts of the country. There are ample areas for Ghanaian government and international donor collaboration and coordination in order to enhance [...] | 2008-10-16 16:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ASEC GH |
08ACCRA255 | FUNDING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL [...] Request ICASS funding to continue leasing the current USAID warehouse April 1, 2008. Estimated annual warehouse lease (33,000),utility (16,000) and guard (13,700) costs are 63,000 USD. This cable has been cleared by the ICASS Council. In addition, OBO/RE advised use of MOU to transfer leas [...] | 2008-02-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KICA AFIN AMGT USAID ASEC ABUD |
08ACCRA381 | Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment [...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...] | 2008-03-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH |
08ACCRA388 | Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment [...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...] | 2008-03-20 16:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH |
08ACCRA755 | SOLDIER BAR BROTHEL ALIVE AND THRIVING [...] (SBU) On June 6, 2008, at approximately 2230 hours two Embassy officials visited the establishment known as the "Soldier Bar" located around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra, to determine if prostitution, particularly involving minors, took place at this location. It had been reported previous [...] | 2008-06-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN GH |
08ADDISABABA1013 | SOMALIA: TFG DCM PLEADS FOR ROBUST INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Chief of Mission in Addis Ababa Jibril Osman offered a bleak assessment of current developments in Somalia, describing an almost unbridgeable rift between President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein Adde, the [...] | 2008-04-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC ET SO |
08ADDISABABA1054 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE ASSESSES SECURITY AFTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA1357 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF CONSOLIDATION OF [...] (S/NF) Following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A),Deputy Political-Economic Counselor spoke separately with ten scholars to canvass elites' opinions on the current Ethiopian polity. The scholars divi [...] | 2008-05-16 07:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1358 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE THE WEAKENING OF STATE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF power play is weakening state institutions and adversely impacting the [...] | 2008-05-16 08:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON ET |
08ADDISABABA1359 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS DESCRIBE EPRDF AUTHORITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) cautioned that the EPRDF has employed authoritarian tactics to consolidate and extend its control [...] | 2008-05-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1360 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS VOICE CONCERNS OVER ETHIOPIA'S [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian scholars interviewed on the Ethiopian polity following the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) landslide victory in the April local elections (ref A) warned that the EPRDF power play, as it is unfolding, threatens Ethiopia's stability. The scholar [...] | 2008-05-16 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1361 | ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS OFFER VIEWS ON 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (S/NF) Parts I-IV of this series (refs A, B, C, D) outlined how, in the views of Ethiopian scholars, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is consolidating de facto one-party rule, weakening state institutions, and creating conditions that risk Ethiopia's stabili [...] | 2008-05-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1415 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS MAY 20 EXPLOSIONS ON [...] (U) On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 The Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the May 20 incident in which a public transport mini-van experienced a bombing resulting in casualties. The following EAC members were present: DCM, USAID, PAO, MGT, GSO, ORA, MSG, OBO, CLO, USAU, P [...] | 2008-05-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1502 | Recent Improvised Explosive Device Incidents in Ethiopia. [...] (U) During the past several months there have been numerous apparent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents in Ethiopia, with an increased number occurring in Addis Ababa. This appears to be a reoccurrence of the trend of approximately 35 to 40 similar IED incidents reported within Addis [...] | 2008-06-02 11:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA1533 | ETHIOPIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR PRE-BLAST TRAINING [...] ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Addis Ababa requests DS/ATA provide Ethiopia the following courses, to be conducted in Ethiopia, as soon as possible: Explosive Incident Countermeasures (EIC) and Advanced Explosive Incident Countermeasures (AEIC). The courses have been requested by the Ethiopian poli [...] | 2008-06-05 06:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL PHUM ET |
08ADDISABABA1554 | BRUTAL ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN WESTERN ETHIOPIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the period of May 17 to 21, 2008 the Ethiopian Oromo and Gumaz ethnic groups experienced tensions and conflict prompted by disputes over land rights, which by all accounts, included horrific acts of violence. These events will undoubtedly result in long lasting animosity a [...] | 2008-06-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA1674 | DISMANTLING ETHIOPIA'S POLITICAL SPACE [...] (S/NF) This is the first in a series of cables outlining policy options on U.S.-Ethiopia relations in light of recent restrictions on political and democratic space (Refs. A and B). 2. (S/NF) The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) came to power in 1991 under mu [...] | 2008-06-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA2112 | U.S.-ETHIOPIAN RELATIONS MESHED IN UNEASY INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) The growing independence in bilateral policy discussions by hard-liners within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) party -- including members of the Central Committee and Executive Committee or "Politburo", as well as by powerful outsiders like military [...] | 2008-08-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC EAID ET |
08ADDISABABA2223 | ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well [...] | 2008-08-12 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER ET |
08ADDISABABA2337 | MSF-SWITZERLAND LEAVES ETHIOPIA [...] (C) After over a year of bureaucratic impediments to its operations in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region, two rounds of detention without charge of its staff members, and the recognition of its fundamental inability to operate, Medecins Sans Frontieres-Switzerland (MSF-CH) terminated [...] | 2008-08-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA2655 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RECENT TERRORIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 22, 2008 to review the details of the September 17, 2008 terrorist attack on U.S. Embassy Sana'a and the September 20, 2008 attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. Post,s primary foc [...] | 2008-09-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC |
08ADDISABABA2663 | INSURGENTS STOP/DETAIN NGO STAFF IN OGADEN [...] (SBU) Two NGO teams have been detained in rural encounters with insurgent/extremist groups in the Ogaden areas of Ethiopia's Somali region in the past week. As NGOs report increased access in the Ogaden, the incidence of such encounters is also likely to continue, and grow. Roadblocks by the [...] | 2008-09-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM EAID PGOV ET |
08ADDISABABA2694 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS END OF RAMADAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on September 29, 2008 to review the details of the September 28, 2008 hotel bombing in Jijiga, Ethiopia which killed four and wounded twenty-two. Post's focus was to determine what impact this may have on Mi [...] | 2008-09-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC |
08ADDISABABA3050 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE) in response to the possible threat of a terrorist attack in Ethiopia. Members present include: COM, DCM, CLO, CON, MGMT, PAO, DAO, OBO, POL/ECON, RSO, [...] | 2008-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08ADDISABABA3083 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS CONTINUED THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12, 2008 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to discuss the continued heightened security posture of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE). Ambassador remarked that the security arrangements are unprecedented. Ambassador and staff will meet again with the police and security, a [...] | 2008-11-12 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08ADDISABABA3110 | MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN FEDERAL POLICE TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13, 2008 the Ambassador and RSO met with Deputy Commissioner Hassen Shiffa to discuss the current security environment. RSO also presented a request for additional host government security support at the U.S. Embassy and for other Mission facilities, as well as, t [...] | 2008-11-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08ADDISABABA3145 | FRUSTRATED ETHIOPIA TO LEAVE SOMALIA AT YEAR'S END [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in the U.S. and UK Ambassadors on November 17 to discuss the Somalia crisis. Seyoum said that Ethiopia plans to depart Somalia in 45 days, by the end of December, but will support African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces until then. [...] | 2008-11-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO ET SO |
08ADDISABABA3159 | GOE CLAMPS DOWN ON OROMOS, OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (C) Over the past two weeks, the Ethiopian government (GoE) has arrested at least 53 ethnic Oromos (some reports are as high as 200) and supporters of the mainstream political opposition Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) for alleged support to the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). [...] | 2008-11-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA316 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following five (5) submissions on anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of reftel. Full proposals will be sent via e-mail. [...] | 2008-02-11 04:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08ADDISABABA3370 | REVISED POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION PROCLAMATION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's revised Political Parties Registration Proclamation (reftel) came into effect on September 24, 2008 instituting additional new reporting requirements that will further dampen opposition parties' ability to raise funds and compete in Ethiopia's ever-shrinking political space. [...] | 2008-12-17 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3371 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3372 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA3373 | OROMO OPPOSITION PARTIES FORM COALITION [...] (SBU) The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) and the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) recently formed a coalition which will allow them to combine resources, increase their strength, and better withstand government pressure in the run-up to the 2010 elections. The decision to join force [...] | 2008-12-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ET |
08ADDISABABA339 | PRESIDENT YUSUF IN ADDIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Yamamoto and DCM Malac met with President Yusuf on February 9 during his stopover in Addis en route back to Somalia. Although frail, Yusuf was engaged and forcefully stated his intention to stay in power through the end of his mandate in late 2009. He reiterated his c [...] | 2008-02-12 04:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ET PGOV PREL SO |
08ADDISABABA463 | (S) ETHIOPIA: EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES [...] (S) On February 21 the Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Embassy's security posture in light of developments in the Ethiopia-Eritrea border dispute (Refs A, B and C). The EAC reviewed tripwires but did not take any new action (REF D). DCM, RSO, CO [...] | 2008-02-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC PREL PTER CASC ET |
08ADDISABABA614 | ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...] | 2008-03-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL |
08ADDISABABA821 | ETHIOPIA: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS AN FTO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed host government MFA Assistant Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa of the USG decision to designate al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group on March 18. Abdetta responded that his governmen [...] | 2008-03-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KCRM SO BG |
08ADDISABABA929 | EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA EAC CONVENES TO REVIEW [...] (S) The Ambassador convened the Embassy Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 3 to review the Embassy's security posture following the March 18 designation of Al-Shabaab as a foreign terrorist organization FTO) (Ref A),Ethiopia's continued military involvement in Somalia, developments on [...] | 2008-04-04 07:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV ET |
08AITTAIPEI1634 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel, who will participate in DEA Basic Drug Detection Training beginn [...] | 2008-11-21 08:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | MAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW |
08ALGIERS1286 | ALGIERS EAC: ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT KMSG AG |
08ALGIERS1320 | ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...] | 2008-12-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS1329 | POTENTIAL SVBIED ATTACK AGAINST U.S. OR FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian police have provided Embassy with specific and credible information concerning a possible imminent suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (SVBIED) attack against the U.S. or French embassies in Algiers. The EAC convened twice on December 22 to review the [...] | 2008-12-22 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT KMSG AG |
08ALGIERS221 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy Algiers has identified eleven critical infrastructure/key resource sites that if damaged or destroyed might negatively impact U.S. oil and gas supplies or U.S. military overflight and refueling. Algeria is a major source of oil and natural gas for the United States, se [...] | 2008-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS318 | AQIM DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) On March 13 Al-Qaeda in the Lands of Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net/vb/) with its conditions for the release of the two Austrian hostages Wolfgang Ebner and Andrea Kloiber (ref A). AQIM demanded the release of some of its members he [...] | 2008-03-17 11:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL AG |
08ALGIERS448 | NEW AQIM VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an absence of more than nine months, the AQIM video series "Shadows of the Sword" has made a return to the jihadi website community. On April 14, AQIM released a new video showing two attacks on Algerian targets in Dellys and Boumerdes (Kabylie region),demonstrating AQIM [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS449 | SECURITY UPDATE: AQIM NOT GETTING STRONGER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to information collected from press reporting, the number of terrorist attacks remained approximately the same in March 2008 compared to previous months but there appear to have been fewer casualties. The majority of these March attacks have been attributed to Al-Qaeda [...] | 2008-04-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | ASEC PTER AG |
08ALGIERS464 | AFRICA UNION CENTER WANTS OUR HELP FOR ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since early 2008 a number of U.S. official delegations have visited the African Center for the Research and Study of Terrorism (CAERT) in Algiers, all of which have departed leaving the impression that U.S. assistance in the form of training or seminars would be forthcoming. [...] | 2008-04-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC AG |
08ALGIERS663 | ALGIERS CORE EAC REVIEWS LATEST BOMBINGS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Core EAC met on June 5, 2008 to discuss the double bombings that occurred on June 4 and to determine what implications, if any, this incident has on the upcoming International Trade Fair being held from June 7-13 at the SAFEX Exhibition Palace in Algiers. Present for the m [...] | 2008-06-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | AG ASEC CASC PTER |
08ALGIERS685 | AQIM LEADER: DON'T TOUCH OUR WOMEN [...] (SBU) On June 5, Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net) entitled "in your honor, our sister." The communique, signed by AQIM leader Abdeloudoud Droukdal, referred to a Moroccan woman named "Fatiha" who was allegedly be [...] | 2008-06-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL AG |
08ALGIERS77 | ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...] | 2008-01-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG |
08ALGIERS793 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...] | 2008-07-14 16:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG |
08ALGIERS913 | ALGIERS EAC ON RECENT SUICIDE ATTACKS AND CURRENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Charge convened a full EAC July 17 to discuss recent Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) attacks and threat reports. In attendance were RSO, MGT, GRPO, PAO, CONS, DAO, LEGATT, MSG, POLEC, TREASURY and GSO. RSO and GRPO reviewed current AQIM threat reports. RSO provided s [...] | 2008-08-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AG |
08ALGIERS925 | SUICIDE CAR BOMB TARGETS FOREIGN COMPANY BUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Twelve people were killed and at least 31 wounded in twin car bombings in Bouira (75 miles east of Algiers) the morning of August 20. The first bomb, which detonated at approximately 0545 hrs, targeted Bouira's regional military command and injured six soldiers. Minutes later, [...] | 2008-08-20 17:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC AG |
08AMMAN106 | WELCOME STAFFDEL THIELMANN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Gregory Thielmann, Mr. Paul Matulic, Ms. Jacqueline Russel, Ms. Jennifer Wagner, and Lt. Col. Peter Bloom to Jordan from January 16, 2008 through January 18, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, espe [...] | 2008-01-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU IAEA IS LB JO |
08AMMAN1163 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1164 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1165 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1166 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1167 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1168 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...] | 2008-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1169 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- KLUCKHUHN+1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of LCDR CHRISTOPHER KLUCKHUHN+1 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 21 APR 08 - 27 APR 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depart [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- MARKWELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MSG LEE MARKWELL TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 30 APR 08 - 16 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Stat [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1172 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- COSTA+3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of COL CHRISTOPHER COSTA+3 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1173 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- PRINS+7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of MAJ FREDERICK PRINS +7 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-04-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1174 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL- BERG+2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CPT CHRISTOPHER BERG +2 TO AMMAN, DURING THE PERIOD OF 26 APR 08 - 1 MAY 08, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department o [...] | 2008-04-20 06:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN120 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Somnath [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Somnath Bhattacharyya to Jordan from 15 - 22 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic [...] | 2008-01-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN121 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Robert Hays and James [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Robert Hays and James Rennie to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of Sta [...] | 2008-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN122 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Perry Tillman [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Perry Tillman to Jordan from 17 January to 5 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic c [...] | 2008-01-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN123 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Samuel Helland + 9 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Samuel Helland, Ronald Coleman, Kevin Kelley, Rhonda Martin, Peter Dahl, Dennis Reed, Daniel Burs, Raphael Sanchez, Raymond Terlaje and Aaron Labertew to Jordan from 11 - 12 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully revie [...] | 2008-01-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN124 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Mark Pruitt and Frank [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Pruitt and Frank Fuller to Jordan from 20 - 25 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...] | 2008-01-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN125 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Timothy Hill + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Timothy Hill, David Baker, Hugh Sutherland and Mark Engen to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN131 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Edwin Kobeski [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Edwin Kobeski to Jordan from 18 - 20 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...] | 2008-01-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN133 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Eduardo Granados + 6 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eduardo Granado, John Fejerang, Paul Davis, Andre Sterling, Frank Shirley, John R. Smith and John L. Smith to Jordan from 9 - 14 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat asses [...] | 2008-01-14 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN139 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Brian Kulley [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Brian Kulley to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1458 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN1459 | JORDAN COURT OVERTURNS FOLEY KILLING CONSPIRATOR [...] (U) Jordan's al-Dustour newspaper reported on May 13 that the Court of Cassation - Jordan's Supreme Court - has overturned the 10-year sentence of Muammar Ahmad Yusuf al-Jaghbir, who had been convicted for his role in the 2002 murder of USAID official Laurence Foley in Amman. According to th [...] | 2008-05-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN161 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Johnson + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Johnson, Daren Baker and Wanda Bisbal to Jordan from 29 January - 3 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...] | 2008-01-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN163 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Reber, Shaun [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Reber, Shaun Mahaffey and John Walmsley to Jordan from 20-21/22-24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the De [...] | 2008-01-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN164 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ghassan Aldebs to Jordan from 18 - 29 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country [...] | 2008-01-16 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN1723 | EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...] | 2008-06-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO |
08AMMAN1991 | GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO |
08AMMAN210 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ronald Oswalt + 15 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ronald swalt, Tommy Evans, David Snodgrass, Charles Bowers, Daniel Woodward, Vickie Whiteaker, Eileen White, Lynn Burmeister, Terri Riley, Erin McCarter, Charles Pace, Romeo Victorio, Eugene O'Sullivan, Betty Taylor, Donald Clarke and Richard Wag [...] | 2008-01-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN211 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Kabran Johnson + 5 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Kabran Johnson, Nicky Baggett, Peter Leary, Mark Decamp, Michael Keller and Lawrence Gump to Jordan from 10 - 14 February 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...] | 2008-01-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN2161 | AMMAN EAC ON 17 JULY 2008 [...] (SBU) CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 17 July 2008 to review the Mission's security posture in light of a shooting incident that occurred last night at Al Hashimiyah Square in Amman. All agencies and sections were represented. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed the EAC on the event [...] | 2008-07-17 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER JO |
08AMMAN224 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Susan Myers and Kelly [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Susan Myers and Kelly Porscheke to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State ele [...] | 2008-01-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN238 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Benkert + 2 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Benkert, Melissa Henton and Jeffrey Cima to Jordan from 2 - 9 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN239 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Joseph Lontos + 45 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Joseph Lontos, Kimberly Mitchell, Leif Eckholm, Michael Terry, Janis Simmons, Joseph Rachal, Francis Rodriguez, Martin Shulman, Robert Neal, Kelly Porscheke, Ebert Donald, Jeffrey Mintzlaff, Steven Miller, Mary Land, William Jensen, Jerome Barret [...] | 2008-01-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN269 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Michael Ledeboer + 6 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Michael Ledeboer, James Allen, Sheila Hansen, Tarik Samman, Jacek Stawiski, Anurag Chhabra and Thomas Cooley to Jordan from 31 January - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the th [...] | 2008-01-27 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN27 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Alex Williams + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Alex Williams, Keith Thompson, Dane Kaley, Alfredo Ferrer, Charles Langston, Rodney Walters and Stephen Kennedy to Jordan from 3 February through 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especiall [...] | 2008-01-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN270 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR James Allen and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Allen and Albert Rodriguez to Jordan from 23 February - 12 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of [...] | 2008-01-27 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN28 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Lovelace + 4 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Lovelace, William Miracle, William Huggins, Philip Archer and Shane Tuttle to Jordan from 7 - 8 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...] | 2008-01-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN280 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Ghassan Aldebs [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Carl Stubbert to Jordan from 10 - 13 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-28 05:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN282 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Keith Riggle [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Keith Riggle to Jordan from 3 - 6 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-28 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN283 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jonathan Maddock + [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jonathan Maddock, Michael Ledeboer, Thomas Chrzanowski, Thomas Cooley, Anurag Chhabra, Sheila Hansen, James Heidt, Emaan Osman, David Prosen, Tarik Samman, Stephen Sheehy, Jacek Stawiski, Stephen Williamson, Jesse Wintjes and Alan Young to Jordan [...] | 2008-01-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN284 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Eric Christopher [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Eric to Jordan from 1 - 8 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearance [...] | 2008-01-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN285 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Max Krupp + 11 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Max Krupp, Steven Brackin, Joshua Curtis, John Meadows, Michael Guiso, Jesse Byrd, Jimmie Cusick, Christian Wallace, Mark Watson, Jerry Wilson, Rick McIntosh and Shaun Smith to Jordan from 30 January - 29 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The [...] | 2008-01-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN29 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elect [...] | 2008-01-06 09:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN30 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland and Peter [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departmen [...] | 2008-01-06 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN300 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Jodie Kunkel + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Jodie Kunkel, Jeremy Harper, Jeffrey Patterson and Gabriel Dicola to Jordan from 9 February - 30 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On Oc [...] | 2008-01-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN301 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN304 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR 699 STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of 699 (Six Hundred and Ninety-nine) students to Jordan from 17 February - 28 March, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Depa [...] | 2008-01-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN31 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Greenwich + 3 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Tom Greenwich, Jeffrey Platz, William Cox and Travis Riffle to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007 [...] | 2008-01-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN32 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gonzalo Gonzalez [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gonzalo Gonzalez to Jordan from 11 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2008-01-06 09:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN3266 | AMMAN EAC OF 12/06/2008 [...] (S) Ambassador convened a core meeting of the Amman Emergency Action Committee on December 6, 2008, to discuss new information regarding the threat described in reftel A and courses of action for Post. 2. (S/NF) GRPO presented the EAC with tearline language which they will pass to the Gener [...] | 2008-12-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER JO |
08AMMAN3292 | JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...] | 2008-12-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL |
08AMMAN3360 | JORDAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In its public statements and security measures, the Government of Jordan continued to place a high priority on its fight against violent extremism in 2008. This occurred against a backdrop of low support among Jordanians for terrorism. The Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey of 200 [...] | 2008-12-23 04:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
08AMMAN41 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN42 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Saeed Sooudi and Garry [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Saeed Sooudi and Garry Scroggins to Jordan from 18 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN43 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Ulises Calvo [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Ulises Calvo to Jordan from 5 - 9 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cle [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN44 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Azzam Hassan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Azzam Hassan to Jordan from 11 - 26 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN56 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Light Ronald [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Light Ronald to Jordan from 11 - 13 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country c [...] | 2008-01-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN57 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gary Groves [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gary Groves to Jordan from 11 - 21 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country cl [...] | 2008-01-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN776 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
08AMMAN81 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR Gregory Staton + 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Gregory Staton and Ranji Matthew to Jordan from 14 - 18 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN93 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Peter Leary and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Peter Leary and Manuel Rangel to Jordan from 18 - 23 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] | 2008-01-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN94 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Rodrigue Aleandre [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Rodrigue Aleandre to Jordan from 26 - 31 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2008-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMMAN96 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR Thomas Tennant and [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Thomas Tennant and Joseph Pestar to Jordan from 20 - 24 January, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2008-01-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
08AMSTERDAM53 | AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hauge and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting was held on September 4, 2008. In the absence of the Acting DCM in The Hague and the PO in Amsterdam, the meeting was chaired by RSO John [...] | 2008-09-11 13:37:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL |
08AMSTERDAM71 | AMSTERDAM: VALIDATION STUDY INDICATES LOW INCIDENCE OF FRAUD [...] SUMMARY. In October 2008, the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam conducted a validation survey of B1/B2 visas issued by Post to citizens of the People's Republic of China (PRC). PRC citizens constitute the largest group of third country national (TCN) applicants at Post. Over half of all Chinese a [...] | 2008-11-28 15:44:00 | Consulate Amsterdam | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD NL CH CVIS ASEC SMIG CFED |
08ANKARA157 | TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...] | 2008-01-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER ASEC TU |
08ANKARA1709 | TURKEY/TIP: NEW PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOT has launched a media campaign, including posters, TV and radio spots, to raise public awareness of TIP and promote the "157" hotline, and is taking additional steps to generate public support in the fight against TIP. A draft GOT-commissioned report on demand for TIP i [...] | 2008-09-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU |
08ANKARA1956 | COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY: UNEVEN PROGRESS TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is facing a number of deadlines in 2009 in achieving long-term and sustainable support for core aspects of its anti-trafficking program: the TIP shelters and the "157" hotline. Our EU, NGO and GOT contacts remain confident that Turkey will do so, but the effort has take [...] | 2008-11-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TIP SMIG PHUM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB TU |
08ANKARA21 | TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR BOMBING KILLS FIVE, INJURES [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate Adana - Embassy Ankara cable. 2. (U) On January 3 at approximately 1650 hours local, an explosion in Diyarbakir's busy Yenisehir district rocked an area adjacent to the upscale Dedeman Hotel, a shopping mall, and military barracks, shattering windows in neighbo [...] | 2008-01-04 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV TU |
08ANKARA2151 | TURKEY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Domestic and transnational terrorist groups have targeted Turkish nationals and foreigners in Turkey, including, on occasion, USG personnel, for more than 40 years. Terrorist groups that operated in Turkey have included Kurdish separatist, Marxist-Leninist, radical Islamist, and pro-Chechen gr [...] | 2008-12-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PTER TU |
08ANKARA332 | TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...] | 2008-02-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU |
08ANKARA355 | TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...] | 2008-02-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU |
08ANKARA424 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA425 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish Pen [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA426 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA475 | TURKEY: MILITARY ROW WITH POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over the latter's allegation that the army pulled out of northern Iraq prematurely due to U.S. pressure continues unabated. CHP vice chair Mustafa Ozyurek state [...] | 2008-03-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MOPS IZ TU |
08ANKARA484 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION: [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ),through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),sent us, March 10, supplemental information on prosecutions and convictions of traffickers, including of two GOT officials, and also provided clarification on the law governing legal prostitution and the [...] | 2008-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA610 | TURKEY: COMPREHENSIVE EU ANTI-TIP PROJECT LAUNCHED [...] (U) In a standing room-only ceremony March 19, Turkish Ministry of Interior (MOI) Deputy Under Secretary Alim Barum, IOM Chief of Mission Maurizio Busatti, and European Commission Delegation Institution Building and Civil Society Section Head Michael Vogel inaugurated a two-year, three millio [...] | 2008-04-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA675 | TURKEY: TNP COUNTERS TERRORIST RECRUITMENT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish National Police (TNP) in Ankara are countering efforts by terrorist groups to recruit in high schools, according to TNP sources. The terrorist groups typically befriend vulnerable youth through "innocent" activities and gradually introduce anti-government comments an [...] | 2008-04-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC TU |
08ANKARA747 | TURKEY-IRAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: COOPERATION REMAINS [...] (C) Turkey-Iran security cooperation was not advanced substantially at the 12th Turkey-Iran Supreme Security Commission meeting, held in Ankara, April 15-16, MFA Security Affairs Head of Department (bilateral and multilateral security cooperation) Metin Ergin told us April 21. Ergin describe [...] | 2008-04-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL PGOV PTER IR TU |
08ANKARA965 | TURKEY: STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is acutely aware of the Al Qaeda Network (AQN) threat and is actively collecting against it, an MFA official told us May 20. Turkey cannot, however, engage in broad "profiling" of young male travelers. Urged to consider new border security and information-sharing arrange [...] | 2008-05-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC IZ SY TU |
08ANTANANARIVO1 | ANTANANARIVO: 2007 ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION [...] CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those of Mission housing. Comment: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zones. However, [...] | 2008-01-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM MA |
08ANTANANARIVO137 | COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...] | 2008-02-19 11:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO138 | PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS [...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...] | 2008-02-19 12:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN |
08ANTANANARIVO159 | COMOROS 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately two hours preparing this report [...] | 2008-02-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CN |
08ANTANANARIVO162 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...] | 2008-02-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO164 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...] | 2008-02-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO440 | GOM WELCOMES MADAGASCAR'S TIER ONE TIP STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labor, Embassy Antananarivo organized a digital videoconference (DVC) featuring Ambassador Mark Lagon and Director of the Office for East Africa James Knight from Washington with high-level representatives from the Gover [...] | 2008-06-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB EAID MA |
08ANTANANARIVO531 | COMORANS PROTEST ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (U) Hundreds of Comorans took to the streets of Moroni this week to protest acute fuel shortages. The demonstrators, many of them taxi drivers, remained peaceful and carried banners critical of President Sambi. 2. (SBU) EmbOffs (who visited the Comoros July 23-30) found fuel virtually un [...] | 2008-07-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO539 | PRESIDENT SAMBI'S CAR STONED IN ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Police contacts reported Comoran President Ahmed Sambi's car was stoned by angry protestors in Anjouan August 1. Presidential security forces fired in the air to disperse the crowds, who were venting their frustration with acute fuel shortages (Reftel). 2. (SBU) An Embassy NGO conta [...] | 2008-08-05 09:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO572 | Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...] | 2008-08-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO591 | Comoran Dialogue Process Stumbles Out Of The Gate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a week of intense negotiations with Union of the Comoros officials and other stakeholders, African Union Special Envoy Madeira succeeded September 1 in achieving an agreement in principle for modalities to set up a preparatory committee for the long-awaited Inter-Como [...] | 2008-09-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN PGOV |
08ANTANANARIVO606 | Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...] | 2008-09-08 07:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO620 | Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...] | 2008-09-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO683 | Comoran Dialogue Blocked, Referendum More Likely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi offered no assurances to the opposition in his Eid message, instead suggesting he will hold a referendum on the constitution. Opposition members declared October 5 that they opposed any revision of the constitution, rejected "dialogue" on Sambi's terms, and dem [...] | 2008-10-08 12:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO7 | ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT FOR MADAGASCAR AND THE [...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: -------------------------------------- A. Crime occurs in Madagascar as it does in most major cities in the world. Over the past year, Antananarivo has seen its violent crime rate increase for the first time in several years. For the first time in over te [...] | 2008-01-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSAC MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO717 | Anjouan Authorities Concerned About Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan president Toybou fears former Bacar loyalists will take action once African Union forces withdraw from his island. He has asked the Union government to seek to extend the mandate of the Tanzanian forces and to train a new police force. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Anjou [...] | 2008-10-27 05:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO750 | SCENESETTER FOR CJTF-HOA REAR ADMIRAL GREENE VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MAP ASEC MA |
08ANTANANARIVO759 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...] | 2008-11-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PTER CN IR |
08ANTANANARIVO804 | AF/E Director Knight Visit to the Comoros [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AF/E Director Knight advocated for transparency and reconciliation with GOC interlocutors during his visit to the Comoros November 22-25. Director Knight also followed up on "Bilateral Commission" items from the September 18 meetings in Washington. END SUMMARY. Our Dreams [...] | 2008-12-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CN |
08ANTANANARIVO832 | MADAGASCAR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] International terrorism remained a concern in Madagascar in 2008 due to the island nation's inadequately monitored 3,000 mile coastline. Despite limited resources, government officials were eager to cooperate with the United States and the international community to implement counterterrorism [...] | 2008-12-12 08:38:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MA |
08APIA58 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY OVER ARREST OF ASSOCIATE [...] Summary: At 10:00am November 10 approximately 2,000 peaceful protesters marched to the Embassy to deliver a petition for the release of Associate Cabinet Minister and prominent businessman Hans Joachim (Joe) Keil. Mr. Keil was arrested in September in the U.S. on suspicion of passport fraud. [...] | 2008-11-13 05:04:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC WS |
08ASHGABAT178 | FRAUD SUMMARY: ASHGABAT, Q4 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Embassy Ashgabat submits this quarterly consular fraud report for the period October through December 2007 as requested in reftel A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 3. (SBU) Turkmenistan is experiencing important social, political [...] | 2008-02-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD TX |
08ASHGABAT258 | TURKMENSTAN: NGOS COMMENT ON CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the three non-governmental organizations active in assisting trafficking victims in Turkmenistan, Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is currently not an overwhelming problem, but could grow in Turkmenistan if economic conditions become more difficult. While these organiz [...] | 2008-02-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC TX |
08ASHGABAT379 | ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Reftels correctly assert that Embassy Ashgabats Surveillance Detection (SD) operations have been severely restricted by the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) and that it is unlikely that the GOT will agree to authorize normal SD operati [...] | 2008-03-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER ASEC |
08ASHGABAT407 | TURKMENISTAN: MSG DETACHMENT: REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para six below. 2. (S) On March 20, Embassy Ashgabat received a diplomatic note of the same date concerning defensive weapons possessed by the Marine Security Guard detachment. The diplomatic note makes the following key points (see para eight below f [...] | 2008-04-01 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC TX |
08ASHGABAT420 | REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL GUARD COVERAGE AT DCM [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post requests a permanent 24/7 residential guard post (5821) Non-ICASS Residential Security) at the Deputy Chief of Mission Residence (DCR). Post's FY 2009 Field Budget Plan will account for this increase in staff. 3. (SBU) D [...] | 2008-04-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | APER ASEC |
08ASHGABAT602 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV INCREASES [...] (C) Over recent months, there has been a noticeable increase in security around President Berdimuhamedov. For example, both RSO and defense attaches from various embassies have noticed that there are more police (including plainclothes officers) on the street when the president moves around [...] | 2008-05-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT649 | ASHGABAT DCMR FUNDING REALIGNMENT OF FUNDS FROM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Per email instructions, post is requesting the realignment of funds to cover the cost of 3 new Deputy Chief of Mission residence guard positions. Due to the termination of the Surveillance Detection program at post, three membe [...] | 2008-05-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER ASEC |
08ASHGABAT746 | TURKMENISTAN: DELIVERY OF RESPONSE TO MSG SPE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC TX |
08ASMARA18 | UNMEE FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...] | 2008-01-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW |
08ASMARA204 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the January to March 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government o [...] | 2008-04-09 14:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA26 | TWO UNMEE DRIVERS CONSCRIPTED INTO EDF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPKO ASEC ER |
08ASMARA300 | ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...] | 2008-06-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA305 | REPORTED EXECUTION OF ERITREAN SOLDIERS AS "AN [...] (C/NF) A local employee (LES) told RSO that ten Eritrean soldiers were summarily executed after a group of soldiers complained about the lack of food. According to the LES, the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) were conducting field exercises last week in the village of Tukul, located approximatel [...] | 2008-06-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PINS ASEC PINR ER |
08ASMARA330 | AVIATION FUEL STATUS IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) RSO met with UNMEE Source who provided information on the current low levels of aviation fuel in Asmara. This source by virtue of his position at UNMEE has been able to inspect the fuel tanks at the Asmara International Airport and regularly receives updates on aviation fuel in Asmara [...] | 2008-06-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON MOPS ASEC ER |
08ASMARA332 | MEETING WITH ERITREAN SOLDIERS IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) RSO source relayed the following second-hand information provided by a member of the Eritrean National Security Agency. According to source, an unidentified group of Eritrean military colonels and one general went to Assab from 06/20-21/08 to meet with a group of approximately 200 Erit [...] | 2008-06-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA337 | ERITREAN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's electricity supplier announced that on June 27 electricity supplies in Asmara will shut down for 11 hours per day for an indefinite period. A run on gasoline occurred on June 26, leading filling stations to suspend servicing customers. All forms of cooking fuel remai [...] | 2008-06-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA339 | UPDATE ON UNMEE OPERATIONS IN ASMARA [...] (C) UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) provided RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) with an update June 30 on UNMEE operations in Eritrea. UNMEE has ceased operations in Assab and UNMEE flights are no longer stopping there to refuel. After an approximately two-month wait, the Eri [...] | 2008-06-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC ER |
08ASMARA346 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the April to June 2008 period. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of th [...] | 2008-07-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA349 | IMPRISONED FSN RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with former local guard Aklilu Yohannes (strictly protect) on July 9, who was imprisoned underground for nearly a year without charge. Aklilu was additionally imprisoned for 12 days in 2005 for belonging to an unregistered church. While in prison, Aklilu reports b [...] | 2008-07-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV APER KIRF SOCI ASEC ER |
08ASMARA362 | ERITREA TEMPORARILY AVOIDS FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea managed to avoid an electricity supply disaster in June by finding a new supplier of generator lubricant. An unknown supplier is sending a barge to restock Eritrea's depleted automotive and aviation fuel supplies. Embassy Asmara will receive its diesel fuel the week of [...] | 2008-07-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER |
08ASMARA371 | THE SAD STORY OF FORMER EMBASSY ASMARA LES DANIEL [...] (C) Summary: In May, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ, the ruling political party of Eritrea) called the Embassy to request the dismissal of its employee, Daniel Haile. The Embassy refused to accede to the request and protested the action to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2008-07-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PHUM PGOV APER KSOCI KIRF ASEC ER |
08ASMARA412 | GSE ARRESTS EMBASSY LOCAL GUARD AT HIS RESIDENCE [...] (C) Embassy Local Guard Force (LGF) Commander Mehari Zemhret was arrested at his residence on 08/18/08 at approximately 1300 hrs while on his lunch break by members of the Eritrean National Security Agency (ENSA). An unidentified Eritrean male asked if "Mehari" was in the residence. Since m [...] | 2008-08-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PHUM PGOV APER AMGT KSOCI KIRF ER |
08ASMARA428 | ERITREANS USING FRAUDULENT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMFT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA438 | EARLY SIGNS OF FOOD INSECURITY [...] (C) Eritreans are starting to manifest signs of malnutrition in villages surrounding Asmara. RSO met with a reliable Embassy source who had visited villages approximately 30 km. NW of Asmara on the road to Keren. The villagers showed signs of malnutrition including visible loss of hair and [...] | 2008-09-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ER PGOV PHUM |
08ASMARA480 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ASMARA [...] (U) The following is a summary of fraud conditions in Asmara from April to September 2008. Point of contact is Conoff Brian Shelbourn, shelbournbl@state.gov, 291-1-12-00-04. ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------------- The Government of the Sta [...] | 2008-10-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
08ASMARA509 | ERITREA RELEASES THREE IMPRISONED FSNS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Three FSN employees, one held for five days and two held for two months, were released over an eight day period. Two of these employees are senior members of our local guard force and the other is our human resources specialist. Two of the individuals were targeted directly [...] | 2008-10-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT APER ASEC PHUM KIRF ER |
08ASMARA530 | EU DIPLOMATS CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY, EVACUATION, [...] (C) RSO briefed European Union member country diplomats on a broad range of security issue, particularly the security situation in Eritrea. RSO expressed concern over the potential food crisis in Eritrea, the continued increase in crime associated with high unemployment, the increasing lack [...] | 2008-11-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL ER |
08ASMARA531 | ERITREAN GOVERNMENT FEARS OF AL QAEDA POTENTIAL IN [...] (S/NF) Eritrean Minister of Defense Sebhat Ephrem told the French ambassador he was concerned about the possibility that Al Qaeda could establish a presence in Djibouti. He cited five factors he thought made Djibouti vulnerable to Islamist extremism: 1) Djibouti's proximity to Yemen; 2) its [...] | 2008-11-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV ER DJ |
08ASMARA540 | SHEIKH DAHIR HASSAN AWEYS SPOTTED AT LUNCH [...] (C) RSO observed Sheikh Dahir Hassan Aweys at the Lion Hotel restaurant in Asmara on 11/06/08. At approximately 1400 hrs, Aweys, accompanied by three unknown males entered the restaurant, which was empty of other patrons except for those at the RSO's table. Aweys looked at the RSO's table, w [...] | 2008-11-10 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV ER SO |
08ASMARA546 | ARREST, INTERROGATION, AND TORTURE OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On XXXXXXXXXXXX was released after five months in jail. XXXXXXXXXXXX emotionally recounted his experience to the RSO, including his interrogation, deplorable prison conditions, beatings, and witnessing the torture of other prisoners being held at the XXXXXXXXXXXX facility. XXXX [...] | 2008-11-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ER PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF |
08ASMARA563 | POSSIBLE IRANIAN SUBMARINE IN ASSAB [...] (S/NF) An Iranian submarine was reportedly sighted in the port city of Assab on 11/24/08. A reliable embassy source obtained this information on 11/25/08 from a contact who belongs to an unknown Eritrean Army intelligence unit based in Assab. The contact said the submarine visit is widely k [...] | 2008-11-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL ASEC ER IR |
08ASMARA565 | REGIONAL MEETING ON FOOD SHORTAGES AND CRIME IN [...] (C) During a community meeting with regional administrators in the village of Adi Segodo (located approximately 3 miles NW of Asmara) on 11/23/08, local residents asked the administrator for increased rations, stating the 10 kilos of sorghum per month was not enough to feed their families. A [...] | 2008-12-01 09:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ER PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ASMARA569 | PRIVATE SAUDIS PROVIDE MOST ARS FUNDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ASEC SO ER |
08ASMARA577 | IRAN REFURBISHING AND OPERATING ERITREAN OIL [...] (C) The Eritrean government has reportedly sold, leased, or granted operating rights of its Russian-built oil refinery in Assab. A reliable embassy source stated an unknown "Arab" country would be operating this refinery. BBC reported on 11/25/08 that according to the Eritrean website www.E [...] | 2008-12-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG ER ASEC IR |
08ASMARA586 | ASMARA ANGST [...] (C) Asmara is awash in speculation about domestic instability stemming from food shortages, economic decline, and stepped-up repression from the Isaias regime. In an isolated society with no media freedoms, Eritreans depend on "bado seleste," (akin to the grapevine or bush telegraph) for info [...] | 2008-12-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV SOCI ASEC ER |
08ASMARA597 | ERITREA'S CORRUPT AND DIVIDED MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Eritrean military's five regional commanders are bitter rivals and would actively contest a coup attempt by any of the others, according to a knowledgeable contact. Isaias personally selects the regional commanders' deputies to act as spies, and rotates them frequently. Low [...] | 2008-12-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | MOPS PGOV MCAP ASEC ER |
08ASMARA602 | ERITREA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] In 2008, Eritrea experienced no major act of international terrorism. The Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs announced in August 2007 that the USG was compiling information in consideration of putting Eritrea on the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism for its alleged suppor [...] | 2008-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ER |
08ASMARA609 | SHEIK HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS' OPTIONS LIMITED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-placed Somali contact said UN-imposed travel restictions on Sheik Aweys limit his ability to play a role in Somali national reconciliation, and non-Islamist hardline ARS members believe Aweys is the key to peace in Somalia and neutralizing al-Shabaab. The Eritrean governme [...] | 2008-12-31 12:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ASEC SO ER |
08ASMARA71 | MORE MILITARY ROUNDUPS IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) RSO, DAO, and CLO witnessed Eritrean soldiers detaining Eritrean males in a roundup on 02/12/08 near the Intercontinental Hotel. Several groups of three to four soldiers, armed with clubs and rifles, were detaining Eritreans on the side of the road and walking them to a police station n [...] | 2008-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MOPS ER |
08ASMARA90 | REPORTED GSE REACTIONS TO UNMEE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) RSO met with Source February 20 who relayed second-hand information from the MFA's Americas desk officer. Source has provided reliable informaton to RSO in the past. 2. (S/NF) The MFA desk officer told Source many GSE ministers and high-ranking civil servants are upset with President [...] | 2008-02-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ASEC PINR ER |
08ASTANA2383 | KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...] | 2008-12-03 02:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ |
08ASTANA2538 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...] | 2008-12-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
08ASTANA358 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007 [...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...] | 2008-02-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA672 | KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING [...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...] | 2008-04-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASUNCION138 | PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...] | 2008-03-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA |
08ASUNCION181 | FORMER PPL MEMBERS ANNOUNCE EXISTENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members announced March 17 the existence of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP),an armed revolutionary group operating in Concepcion Department. Their comments followed a March 12 incident in which the EPP claimed responsibility for vandalizing [...] | 2008-03-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PA |
08ASUNCION234 | ELECTION CAMPAIGNS REACH FEVERED PITCH [...] (C) With the April 20 elections just one week away, Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC) presidential candidate Fernando Lugo continues to lead the race by a small margin. Although Lugo may have a narrow lead, most analysts believe the Colorado Party can make up 7-8 points on election day via [...] | 2008-04-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC ECON SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION248 | ROUNDING UP VENEZUELANS, ECUADORIANS AND THE LIKE [...] (SBU) President Duarte denounced April 15 the presence in Paraguay of Venezuelan and Ecuadorian "experts in social agitation" passing themselves off as elections observers. He accused citizens of Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela of placing "explosives" in community radio stations in San Pedro. T [...] | 2008-04-16 18:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINS XM PA |
08ASUNCION258 | BOMB THREAT AT OAS DELEGATES' HOTEL [...] (SBU) At 0815 on April 18, the hotel "La Mission," where the delegates of the Organization of American States (OAS) electoral mission for Paraguay's elections April 20 are staying, received a bomb threat. The hotel's administrative secretary received a call from an unidentified male who SIPD [...] | 2008-04-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC OAS PA |
08ASUNCION260 | MILITARY COMMITTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander General Soto stated publicly April 16 that the military would respect the electoral process. The military played a major role in past elections, but efforts by Soto to institutionalize and professionalize the military -- banishing politics from [...] | 2008-04-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS ASEC CASC SNAR PGOV PA |
08ASUNCION382 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...] | 2008-06-11 20:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC |
08ASUNCION657 | RSO MEETING WITH NEW COMANDANTE OF POLICE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 11, RSO met with the new Comandante of the Paraguayan National Police (PNP),Federico Acuna Araujo. Araujo reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the US Embassy's security needs and thanked the RSO for the large number of training opportunities the Embassy provides [...] | 2008-09-17 21:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION660 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-18 22:19:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC BL PA |
08ASUNCION709 | PPL MEMBERS INDICTED FOR KIDNAPPING AS LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan authorities indicted former Free Fatherland Party (PPL) members Manuel Cristaldo Mieres and Osvaldo Villalba September 23 for the kidnapping (and post-ransom release) of former Tacuati mayor and wealthy rancher Luis Alberto Lindstron. Whether politically or just finan [...] | 2008-10-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION722 | TENSIONS WITH BRAZIL INCREASE OVER LAND AND [...] (C) Paraguay's bilateral relations with Brazil soured in October over Brazilian military exercises on the Paraguayan border and an increase in invasions of land owned by Brazilian-Paraguayans. Although Brazil informed Paraguay of its plans to conduct military exercises, Paraguayan officials c [...] | 2008-10-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PREL PA BR AR ES |
08ASUNCION814 | PARAGUAY SHAKES UP SECURITY FORCES LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lugo administration in late November appointed new leadership in the Military Forces and the National Police in the biggest change in Paraguay's security apparatus in decades. By retiring many scores of security officials and promoting a new cadre of leaders, the Lugo adm [...] | 2008-12-09 13:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PINS PGOV PREL PA |
08ASUNCION868 | PARAGUAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The Governments of the Tri-Border Area (TBA),Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, have long been concerned with arms and drugs smuggling, document fraud, money laundering, and the manufacture and movement of contraband goods through this region. In the early 1990s, they established a mechanism to [...] | 2008-12-29 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHSL PETER PA |
08ASUNCION97 | PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY08 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion submits the following anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) proposal for FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding (reftel). This proposal details the second phase of an IOM project funded by G/TIP in 2006 and completed in July 2007. Cynthia Bendlin, WHA winner of the 2008 Secretary's [...] | 2008-02-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BR AR PA |
08ATHENS1152 | GEORGIA CRISIS: GREEKS SCRAMBLING TO FORMULATE [...] (C) Charge delivere U.S. position on a Qdemning Russian militar Constantinos Bitsios, @M Karamanlis, and to Ha FM Bakoyannis. Bitsiososition had not yet be(###) need for calm in deliberations. Lalacos likewise demurred from providing a Greek position, noting that FM Bakoyannis would enunciate [...] | 2008-08-11 14:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT KFLO GR |
08ATHENS1205 | ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST [...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...] | 2008-08-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS1528 | GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...] | 2008-11-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC GR |
08ATHENS164 | EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT [...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...] | 2008-02-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1644 | ATHENS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2008, Embassy Athens Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing national crisis in reaction to the police shooting and subsequent death of a 15 year old student. Since then, there have been numerous spontaneous confrontations between the police and anarchi [...] | 2008-12-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08ATHENS1649 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT [...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...] | 2008-12-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR |
08ATHENS1652 | EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...] | 2008-12-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1658 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...] | 2008-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1669 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 12 UPDATE [...] (C) The level of violence dropped in Greece over the night of December 11, but there were still attacks on police stations. On December 12 two demonstrations took place. Police are concerned that anarchists will try to use an evening rally on December 12 to enter Parliament and perhaps the Pr [...] | 2008-12-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1671 | GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...] | 2008-12-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1692 | GREEK RIOTS - WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THEY IMPACT [...] (C) The riots that began in Greece following the December 6 police shooting of a teenager have shocked even the most cynical of Greeks, and have resulted in hundreds of millions of Euros in economic damage. The unrest has deeply polarized society, with youth of all socio-economic backgrounds [...] | 2008-12-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL SOCI ASEC PHUM ECON TU MK GR |
08ATHENS1698 | GREEK RIOTS: SETTLING IN FOR THE LONGER-TERM [...] (SBU) Levels of rioting and violence have increased in localized areas of Athens, and anarchists are clearly trying to injure or kill police and state security officials. Rioters have sought to increase further their visibility by placing banners on the Acropolis and attempting to burn down ( [...] | 2008-12-22 06:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI PHUM GR |
08ATHENS1720 | GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...] | 2008-12-24 11:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR |
08ATHENS216 | CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...] | 2008-02-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR |
08ATHENS254 | TFKV01: KOSOVO: GREECE "YAWNS" [...] (U) Notwithstanding Greece's special relationship with Serbia and Greece's previous history of large demonstrations against NATO and "the West" in response to Kosovo activities, there has been relatively little public reaction to Kosovo's declaration of independence. Greek media coverage has [...] | 2008-02-25 12:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC YI KV GR |
08ATHENS631 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...] | 2008-05-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS783 | GREECE AND US REACH ACCORD ON HSPD-6 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Summary: State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) representatives engaged in a marathon negotiating session with Greek Foreign Ministry and Hellenic police officials on May 28. After 11 hours, a mutually-acceptable draft of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSP [...] | 2008-06-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CVIS GR KHLS KVPR |
08ATHENS81 | INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERORRIST [...] (S) On 16 January 2008, Ambassador Speckhard, accompanied by Regional Affairs (RAS) Counselor Chadason, paid a courtesy call on Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Deputy Interior Minister for Public Order Panayiotis Chinofotis. In his first official meeting with them, the Ambassador s [...] | 2008-01-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV KTER KCRM ASEC KHLS EAGR SENV TU GR |
08BAGHDAD1630 | INTERAGENCY PERSONNEL PRIORITIZATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. The National Security Council Iraq Deputies Committee requested the Mission prioritize its civilian interagency manning requirements to assist agencies in properly identifying manpower fills. The US Embassy Baghdad interagency civilian manning requirements are prioritized in terms [...] | 2008-05-28 08:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2174 | SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON T-WALLS, PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 meeting, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve accepted Ambassador Crocker,s apology for the manner in which the transportation of a generator through the Swedish Embassy,s construction site in Baghdad was handled. He provided an update on ongoi [...] | 2008-07-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF SW IZ ASEC |
08BAGHDAD2945 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9),RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...] | 2008-09-12 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3374 | RSO MEETING WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE PESHMERGA [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/13/2008, the RSO met with the Commander of the Peshmerga to extend courtesies, brief him on RSO's roles and responsibilities, solicit his support, and forge a strong working relationship to safeguard U.S. interests in Northern Iraq. (Note: The Peshmerga is also referred [...] | 2008-10-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PTER AMGT |
08BAGHDAD3439 | SECURITY FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY-BAGHDAD, IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Per REFTEL, Embassy Baghdad,s Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 11/26/2008 to assess the security risk of hosting a USMC Birthday Ball at the New Embassy Compound (NEC) on 11/10/2008. The EAC concurred that the event could be conducted with minimal risk given that it [...] | 2008-10-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KMSG |
08BAGHDAD3484 | RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...] | 2008-11-03 04:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD3532 | VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...] | 2008-11-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD357 | IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL [...] (C) This cable is the third update of Embassy Baghdad,s implementation of the relevant eighteen recommendations of the Secretary,s Panel on Protective Services. The following recommendations have been implemented by Post (reftel D): A. (C) Kennedy Recommendation 12 - Joint Review Board B. ( [...] | 2008-02-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ |
08BAGHDAD371 | PRT MAYSAN: GENERAL MEHDI ANGLES TO BE NEXT POLICE [...] (C) On 01 February 2008, the Maysan PRT met with Major General Mehdi al-Gharrawi at his Baghdad residence. Mehdi, a former commander of the Public Order Brigade in Fallujah, hails originally from Maysan province and also has a home in al-'Amara. Discussion focused on security in Maysan, notab [...] | 2008-02-08 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3731 | USAID IRAQ MISSION WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/Iraq requests waivers to collocation and setback requirements required by the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-Terrorism Act (SECCA) of 1999. Additionally, USAID/Iraq requests exceptions to the following OSPB standards: 12 FAH-5 H-433.1-1 paragraph (c),clear z [...] | 2008-11-25 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT ABLD EAID |
08BAGHDAD3785 | BASRA CALM AFTER SOFA APPROVAL [...] (U) This is an REO Basra reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Basra province remains calm after the approval of SOFA by the Council of Representatives (CoR) on November 27. Immediately after passage, the Iraqi Army 14th Division Commander had placed his troops on high ale [...] | 2008-12-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3811 | COUNTERING HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA) has provided critical support to the Embassy and MNF-I in the recovery of hostages captured by a multitude of criminal/insurgent organizations in Iraq. Formed in 2004 as the Hostage Working Group (HWG),OHA has three primary role [...] | 2008-12-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER |
08BAGHDAD480 | IRAQ CABINET DEFERS KOSOVO RECOGNITION; PREFERS TO [...] (C) On February 19, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told PolCounselor that Kosovo recognition was the first item on that morning's Cabinet meeting agenda and the Cabinet generally was in favor of recognition. However, several (unidentified) participants argued that Iraq should not get out a [...] | 2008-02-20 02:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLO AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT YI |
08BAGHDAD511 | GOI ASSASSINATIONS ON THE RISE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the significant decrease in violence in the past six months, attacks against Iraqi officials, professionals, and local leaders are hindering the development of ministerial capacity and undermining reconciliation efforts. The troop surge has stemmed the incidence of high-p [...] | 2008-02-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
08BAGHDAD590 | BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...] | 2008-02-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ |
08BAKU196 | UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...] | 2008-03-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ |
08BAKU310 | A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN,S SECRETIVE, SHI,A VILLAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Nardaran, a conservative village of 7,000 residents on Azerbaijan,s Absheron peninsula is routinely cited as a restive, Shi,a hotbed of Iranian influence. Yet according to a Nardaran resident, village elders are the center of authority within Nardaran, not Tehran. The resident [...] | 2008-04-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL ASEC IR AJ |
08BAMAKO295 | MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO299 | MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO305 | MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PTER ML |
08BAMAKO312 | MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] | 2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO313 | MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] | 2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO320 | BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO325 | MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO339 | TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO364 | AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO366 | EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
08BAMAKO375 | UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO385 | COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO414 | MALIAN MILLITARY CONVOY REPELS ATTACK BY BANDITS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR MASS MARR PREL ML |
08BAMAKO415 | UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML |
08BAMAKO419 | ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-06 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO435 | BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO446 | TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO463 | TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 16:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO482 | MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO507 | A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL |
08BAMAKO567 | TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML |
08BAMAKO623 | FORMER BERBICHE REBEL ALIGNS WITH TUAREG ADC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO624 | NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML |
08BAMAKO639 | NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER: ONE CARJACKING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO648 | UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 09:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO666 | MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO675 | TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO676 | SAHEL-SAHARA SECURITY SUMMIT NOW SCHEDULED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL ML |
08BAMAKO684 | FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO712 | DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML |
08BAMAKO721 | TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO735 | MALIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS COUP TO MAURITANIAN ENVOY [...] (C) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel),Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) said that he had spoken to the Mauritanian military and expressed his condemnation of their actions. ATT told them that he, too, had been a soldier wh [...] | 2008-08-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR ML |
08BAMAKO778 | NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
08BAMAKO779 | MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO785 | BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
08BAMAKO787 | FALL 2008 SEPQ RESPONSE-BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Embassy Bamako responses to the security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) are as follows: --------------------------- 2. (S) Political Violence --------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS: A. Are there any ethnic or religious groups in country that are capable of carryin [...] | 2008-09-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC |
08BAMAKO800 | POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
08BAMAKO817 | MALI: REQUEST FOR 1206 EQUIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MASS PTER PREL ML |
08BAMAKO824 | FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG |
08BAMAKO867 | ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO889 | BAMAKO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 14, the Ambassador chaired Bamako's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). In attendance were the acting DCM, RAO, Pol/Econ, Con, USAID, DAO and RSO. 2. (S/NF) RAO briefed EAC members that the Government of Mali (GOM) authorities briefed their office that AQIM had acquired 2 [...] | 2008-11-14 11:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC |
08BAMAKO897 | A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PINS ML |
08BAMAKO918 | TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO932 | TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO937 | MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...] | 2008-12-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML |
08BAMAKO942 | NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML |
08BAMAKO954 | (S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO960 | ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML |
08BAMAKO968 | EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136 | Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008 [...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...] | 2008-05-06 07:38:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN139 | Brunei Issues Biometric Passport [...] (SBU) On May 5, the Government of Brunei (GoB) began issuing ICAO-compliant biometric passports. Post requests Department clearance to issue the press release in paragraph 4 and update our web information for Brunei citizens seeking visa waiver travel to the U.S. END SUMMARY and ACTION REQUE [...] | 2008-05-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC BX |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 | BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...] | 2008-02-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
08BANGKOK2207 | PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION, DIALOGUE, AND EMBASSY [...] (C) Tensions in the Thai-Cambodian border area remain high, with an influx of Thai soldiers to the area close to Preah Vihear temple. The Royal Thai Air Force is standing by to evacuate Thais from Cambodia should bilateral relations deteriorate dramatically before a Thai-Cambodian meeting of [...] | 2008-07-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB |
08BANGKOK2233 | PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE [...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...] | 2008-07-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB |
08BANGKOK2242 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS URGE NO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called in the Ambassador on July 23 to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple. Virasakdi explained he was meeting separately with the Chiefs of Mission of all UNSC member states to explain Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's reque [...] | 2008-07-23 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS UNSC TH |
08BANGKOK2259 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS EXPRESS STRONG APPRECIATION [...] (C) In several telephone conversations with us July 24, senior Thai Foreign Ministry officials expressed deep thanks for what they perceived as strong U.S. support July 23 in the UNSC for Thai efforts to keep attempts to resolve the Preah Vihear dispute with Cambodia in a bilateral track. They [...] | 2008-07-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS ETRD |
08BANGKOK2260 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS CLAIM JULY 28 MINISTERS' [...] (C) In the late afternoon of July 24, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi called the Ambassador and informed him that Prime Minister Samak had just called him (Virasakdi) to explain that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed that their Foreign Ministers would meet on July 28 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, t [...] | 2008-07-24 10:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS |
08BANGKOK2294 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA ON JULY 28 TALKS, DAO VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok's Defense Attache visited the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple on July 28; the atmosphere was calm, and there were no signs of a significant military build-up on the Thai side. The Foreign Ministry described the atmosphere of the July 28 Thai-Cambodian talks on Preah Vi [...] | 2008-07-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS |
08BANGKOK2303 | PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA BRIEFS ON TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 briefing, a Thai senior MFA official discussed with a select group of diplomats the Thai-Cambodian dialogue on the Preah Vihear temple. (DCM and Poloff attended.) The Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand was present and, in a show of harmony, echoed many of the Thai p [...] | 2008-07-30 10:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS |
08BANGKOK2405 | TENSIONS ESCALATE AT THAI STREET PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Increased tension at ongoing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies across Thailand resulted in numerous clashes between PAD supporters and pro-government groups in July. Following the recent outbreak of violence at a July 24 rally in Udon Thani province, the R [...] | 2008-08-11 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK2481 | THAI COURT FLEXES MUSCLE, CONVICTS NOTORIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Supreme Court convicted former Deputy Interior Minister Vatana Asavahame of corruption charges in the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant scandal on August 18 and sentenced him in absentia to 10 years of imprisonment. Anticipating the verdict earlier this summer, Va [...] | 2008-08-19 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3020 | THAI POLICE ARREST TWO PAD DEMONSTRATION LEADERS [...] (C) Thai Police arrested two leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside of the Government House compound over the October 3-5 weekend. One of the two, retired Major General Chamlong Srimuang, is widely seen as PAD's leading strategist. While Chamlong's arrest was not unexpe [...] | 2008-10-06 10:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3042 | THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: BANGKOK QUIET IN [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok's government district were quiet October 8 after a day and evening of violence left a large number of demonstrators and police injured and two dead. Thai police told us that a number of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators had been armed with [...] | 2008-10-08 11:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3059 | THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: CHARGES AGAINST PAD [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok remained quiet October 9. The major development came in the courts, when the Appeal Court threw out the most serious charges (of insurrection/treason) against the nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The two arrested PAD leaders then [...] | 2008-10-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3080 | THAI QUEEN SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Bangkok was calm October 14 as as Queen Sirikit sent the strongest public signal to date of her support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) when she presided over the October 13 funeral ceremony of an anti-government protestor, Angkhana Radappanyawut. Shortly after the funeral c [...] | 2008-10-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3094 | THAI AND CAMBODIAN TROOPS CLASH NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) Despite initial indications that tensions surrounding the Preah Vihear border dispute had eased (ref A),Thai and Cambodia troops exchanged fire mid-afternoon October 15 in the area near the temple. Initial media reports indicated that at least four Thai soldiers had been injured in the [...] | 2008-10-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC ASEC TH CB |
08BANGKOK3119 | THAI KING'S SECRETARY ASSURES AMBASSADOR: NO COUP; [...] (C) Summary: The streets of Bangkok remained calm October 16; Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander Anupong Paojinda went on live TV late in the day to reiterate that political actors should resolve their differences and that military intervention was not the solution. The King's Principal Private [...] | 2008-10-16 11:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH |
08BANGKOK3143 | THAI PRIME MINISTER SOMCHAI DISREGARDS ARMY [...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on October 17 declined to resign, called for public unity in advance of upcoming events of national importance, and he called for the public to await an independent commission's report on the violent confrontation between police and protesters on October 7. [...] | 2008-10-17 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH |
08BANGKOK3154 | PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK; EX-COP THREATENS [...] (SBU) Summary: The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) held a peaceful protest in central Bangkok on October 20. A former high-ranking police official, Salang Bunnag, threatened publicly to lead ex-police officers in a move to clear PAD protestors from the Government House c [...] | 2008-10-20 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH |
08BANGKOK3192 | PRIVY COUNCILORS TELL AMBASSADOR: NO COUP, KING IN [...] (C) Privy Councilors Prem Tinsulanonda and Siddhi Savetsila separately told the Ambassador on October 22 that the Thai Army would not launch a coup. The Ambassador welcomed this assurance and explained the USG could not accept a coup or coup-like action. Prem spoke well of Prime Minister Som [...] | 2008-10-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH |
08BANGKOK3209 | THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador on October 24 that the Thai military would not stage a coup. The military was committed to working with Prime Minister Somchai and to helping the country through constitutional means. Songkitti [...] | 2008-10-24 10:20:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH |
08BANGKOK3226 | THAKSIN ASSOCIATE HOPES FOR MEDIATION OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Yongyuth Tiyapairath, a close ally of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, told the Ambassador on October 28 that a neutral Thai figure should mediate between Thaksin and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, whom Yongyuth considered the principal leaders of the two sides in the [...] | 2008-10-28 07:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3317 | PALACE INSIDER TELLS AMBASSADOR OF THE KING’S [...] (C) King Bhumibol explicitly told Army Commander Anupong Paojinda not to launch a coup, XXXXXXXXXXXX, an advisor to Queen Sirikit, told Ambassador November 4. XXXXXXXXXXXX also claimed that the Queen had not meant to signal support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government agend [...] | 2008-11-06 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3426 | LETHAL EXPLOSION AT BANGKOK PROTEST SITE KILLS ONE [...] (C) A pre-dawn explosion at the Government House compound on November 20 killed an anti-government protestor and wounded at least 20 others. The explosion is the latest in a long string of politically motivated bombings in Thailand, although some of the earlier attacks appeared primarily symb [...] | 2008-11-20 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3454 | ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION IN BANGKOK STARTS [...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of supporters of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrated at the parliament on the morning of November 24, causing the cancellation of a legislative session. As of late afternoon November 24, the main protest outside of the PAD base at Gov [...] | 2008-11-24 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3470 | PEACEFUL PROTESTS CONTINUE AT BANGKOK AIRPORT, [...] (SBU) Several thousand anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters continued to demonstrate peacefully at Bangkok's Don Muang (domestic) airport on November 25, without disrupting airport operations. While most PAD sympathizers appear intent on remaining at Don Muang unti [...] | 2008-11-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3492 | MOB SHUTS MAIN BANGKOK AIRPORT, ARMY CHIEF URGES [...] (C) Thousands of anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors swarmed into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on the night of November 25, forcing the airport's closure, which continues as of COB November 26. The Army Commander led a news conference late in the d [...] | 2008-11-26 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3504 | STALEMATE, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT: BANGKOK AIRPORTS [...] (C) Bangkok's international and domestic airports remain closed as of COB November 28 due to continuing anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protests, with no clear path out of the stalemate in the offing. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on November 27 declared a state of em [...] | 2008-11-28 12:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK3520 | THAI STALEMATE DRAGS ON, FOCUS SHIFTING TO COURT [...] (C) An explosive device injured dozens of participants in the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gathering at the Government House compound on November 29. Citing safety concerns, a PAD co-leader called for supporters to decamp from Government House, although PAD may retain s [...] | 2008-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH |
08BANGKOK3529 | THAI COURT DISSOLVES PPP, REMOVES PRIME MINISTER; [...] (C) The Constitutional Court on December 2 issued a ruling that dissolved the People's Power Party and two other coalition parties, stripping the Prime Minister and other party executive board members of their political rights and offices. Deputy PM Chavarat Charnvirakul now serves as acting [...] | 2008-12-02 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH |
08BANGKOK3531 | DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...] | 2008-12-02 11:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3532 | DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...] | 2008-12-02 23:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3540 | DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...] | 2008-12-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3541 | BANGKOK ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS END (FOR NOW); [...] (C) The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on December 3 ended its protests at Bangkok's airports and has withdrawn its guards from the Government House compound, following the December 2 Constitutional Court ruling that dissolved the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) ( [...] | 2008-12-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH |
08BANGKOK3559 | BANGKOK AMBASSADORS URGE RTG TO INCREASE AIRPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and counterparts December 4 inquired about RTG plans to protect Thailand's airports and other key infrastructure in a meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul and Police Lieutenant General Prayoon Amarit, Commissioner Attached [...] | 2008-12-04 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH |
08BANGKOK3561 | DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...] | 2008-12-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH |
08BANGKOK3695 | ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA FORMALLY BECOMES THAI PRIME [...] (C) Abhisit Vejjajiva on December 17 received the royal command from King Bhumibol, formally becoming Thailand's Prime Minister in the wake of the December 15 parliamentary vote. He delivered an eloquent speech, partially in English, pledging to work on behalf of all Thais, end Thailand's "fa [...] | 2008-12-18 07:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH |
08BANGKOK3756 | ANTI-GOVERNMENT UDD RESORTS TO PAD METHODS TO [...] (U) Summary. In moves evocative of protests in recent months by yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, approximately 5,000 anti-government, red-shirted United Front for Democracy (UDD) protesters blocked the entrances to Thailand's Parliament December 29. The protest [...] | 2008-12-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC CASC TH |
08BANGKOK668 | INPUT ON CHANGE IN DOD'S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT [...] (U) Bangkok appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the dialog between State and DoD on the implementation of the Senior Defense Official/DATT Directive. State, DAO, and JUSMAG representatives have followed this initiative closely and we believe that the plan to create the SDO/DATT positi [...] | 2008-03-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AFIN AMGT APER ASEC ODIP TH |
08BANGKOK781 | THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CODEL BOND [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Bond from March 27-30, 2008. 2. Hotel reservations have been made at: -- Four Seasons Hotel, 155 Rajadamri Road Tel: 66-2-251-6127 Fax: 66-2-254-5390 Room rate is USD 146 (taxes and American breakfast included) and is wit [...] | 2008-03-12 09:42:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ASEC AFIN CH JP TH |
08BANGKOK845 | INSURGENTS PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: A series of effective and high-profile bombings in the south since Saturday have caused significant alarm. Two explosions at a hotel in Pattani normally regarded as a safe zone, and a failed attempt to bomb possibly a religious gathering both occurred on Saturday evening (March [...] | 2008-03-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH |
08BANJUL86 | THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...] | 2008-02-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08BARCELONA132 | ANDORRA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT for Andorra is Todd D. Robinson. Tel number 34-93-280-2227 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:RobinsonTD3@state.gov" RobinsonTD3@state.gov 2. (U) Andorra continues [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AN |
08BASRAH78 | REO BASRAH HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: REO Basra's most immediate goal is to be able to capitalize on improved security conditions by significantly increasing movements in and out of Basra Air Station (BAS). Completion of 45 ballistic housing units (BHUs) will add 90 additional rooms and will enable the REO to [...] | 2008-09-23 08:56:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC ABLD |
08BASRAH85 | BASRAH PROVINCIAL JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE NEARLY READY TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray toured the newly operational Basrah Provincial Joint Operations Center (PJOC),located at the Basrah Operations Command (BOC). Conceived as a result of the poor communication among Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) components during Operation Ch [...] | 2008-11-07 11:03:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC IZ |
08BASRAH88 | SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRA RESURFACE DUE TO SOFA VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Sadrist and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) contacts of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) predict a rise in violence in Basra if the SOFA is approved by the Council of Representatives. While the security situation has dramatically improved since Operation Charge-of-the-Knights (COK) a [...] | 2008-11-24 14:02:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ |
08BEIJING1039 | CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF TIBET PROTESTS [...] (C) China's media strategy in covering the Tibet protests appears aimed at offering a coordinated "official" version of events for domestic and international audiences. On the evening of March 15, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi provided a propaganda-heavy description of the protests to [...] | 2008-03-19 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH |
08BEIJING1160 | U.S.-CHINA COUNTERTERRORISM DIALOGUE: CSI, [...] (C) At the March 25 U.S.-China Counterterrorism Dialogue in Beijing, the U.S. and Chinese delegations, led respectively by U.S. Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism Dell Dailey and MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, agreed that the Unite [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ECON ENRG KNNP ASEC TW CH |
08BEIJING1164 | CHINA CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about security for the April 9 San Francisco Torch Relay participants and their charter plane, said MFA Director General Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Charge. China expects "anti-China forces" to step up their efforts to sabotage the event [...] | 2008-03-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KOLY ASEC CH |
08BEIJING1718 | AMBASSADOR AND PRC EVFM WANG DISCUSS TIBET, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion during a lunch hosted by the Ambassador May 5, PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed that China is willing to continue talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives but that the success of the talks hinge on the Dalai Lama's "sincerity." [...] | 2008-05-05 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KOLY KIRF ASEC PTER CH |
08BEIJING2985 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: SITUATION REPORT #1, [...] (SBU) This is the first situation report (sitrep) from the USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The JOC commenced 24/7 operations on 08/01/2008 at 0700 hours local time and will continue operations until 08/26/2008. This daily report will contain [...] | 2008-08-01 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PTER |
08BEIJING2995 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-02 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING2997 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-03 07:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3002 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/04/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-04 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3018 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-05 07:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3035 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/06/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...] | 2008-08-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3049 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-07 08:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3057 | TRAFFIC CONTROLS, SECURITY SAP ENTHUSIASM FOR GAMES [...] (C) A security officer at Chinese national airliQ Air China (protectQold us the airline has increased the number of plain-clothes air marshals on flights toQd from Lhasa and Urumqi, capitals of China's restive Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions, respectively. Security has become the overridi [...] | 2008-08-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PREL KOLY ASEC CH |
08BEIJING3060 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/02/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: XXXXXXXXX [...] | 2008-08-08 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3065 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008 [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH |
08BEIJING3067 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...] | 2008-08-10 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3076 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/11/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3091 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3106 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/13/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-13 08:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3117 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3139 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/15/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-15 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3146 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/16/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3147 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/17/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3158 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-18 07:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3171 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/19/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3200 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-20 08:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3216 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/21/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...] | 2008-08-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3241 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/22/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-22 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3253 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-23 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3254 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/24/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-24 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3275 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...] | 2008-08-25 07:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3300 | BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...] | 2008-08-26 07:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER |
08BEIJING3650 | NO CHINESE COMMENT ON BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA UNTIL [...] (C) PolOff on September 19 conveyed to MFA Latin American Affairs Department Andean Affairs Division Deputy Director Chen Rongning reftel points regarding the Venezuelan and Bolivian governments' declaring U.S. Ambassadors to those two nations persona non grata on spurious charges. Chen promis [...] | 2008-09-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM BL VE ASEC |
08BEIJING3654 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY [...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...] | 2008-09-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO |
08BEIJING576 | SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...] | 2008-02-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH |
08BEIJING931 | MARCH 12 CPPCC OLYMPIC PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, [...] (U) Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the largely ceremonial advisory body that is currently in session in Beijing, held a press conference March 12 to discuss preparations for the August Olympic Games. CPPCC members present included Beijing Vice Mayor [...] | 2008-03-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KOLY ASEC PHUM CH |
08BEIJING999 | TIBET: MARCH 17 UPDATE ON PROTESTS [...] (C) This cable draws heavily on sources and information obtained by officers and staff at Consulate General Chengdu, and has been coordinated with the Consul General in Chengdu. Summary ------- 2. (S) Summary: Contacts of Embassy Beijing and ConGen Chengdu report that the situation in Lh [...] | 2008-03-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH |
08BEIRUT1211 | UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...] | 2008-08-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT1376 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin September 22, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed traine [...] | 2008-09-19 06:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08BEIRUT1394 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police 3d and 4th Instructor's course, scheduled to begin October 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 50 proposed train [...] | 2008-09-23 08:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08BEIRUT1402 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Sergeants and Corporals Training course, scheduled to begin October 6, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 120 propo [...] | 2008-09-25 07:37:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08BEIRUT1414 | BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (S) At 0900 hours of September 29, 2008, CDA William Grant convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture/move policy in light of the bombing earlier in the day in the northern city of Tripoli. The following Core EAC members were prese [...] | 2008-09-29 11:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1441 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 3, 2008 [...] (S) At 1030 hours of October 3, 2008, DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information. The following EAC members were present during the meeting: DCM, POL, RAO, RSO, AID, DAO, ODC, MGMT, CONS, an [...] | 2008-10-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1450 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 7, 2008 [...] (S) DCM convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 7 to discuss the embassy's security posture in light of the latest threat information and security arrangements for the upcoming Made in America Expo in Beirut October 9-11 and related events. The following EAC memb [...] | 2008-10-07 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1543 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF OCTOBER 29, 2008 [...] (S) Ambassador Sison convened a meeting of Embassy Beirut's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008 to review security preparations for U.S Election Night events. The following EAC members were present: AMB, DCM, RSO, MGMT, INL, CONS, RAO, PD, POL/ECON. 2. (S) Embassy Beirut' [...] | 2008-10-29 16:48:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY |
08BEIRUT1612 | LEBANON: RECOMMENDATION ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) After consulting with Lebanese governmental contacts, local NGOs and international donors, Embassy Beirut recommends that USAID provide funding to support an international observation team through the National Democratic Institute (NDI). With extensive experience in Lebanon working with d [...] | 2008-11-10 16:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF OVIP ASEC SY LE |
08BEIRUT192 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 2008 [...] (SBU) Action Request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) At 0930 hours on February 8, 2008, Ambassador convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The DCM, RSO, MGMT, POL, USAID, PD, RAO, DAO, ODC, CONS, and INL were present. 3. (SBU) There are large-scale pro-government demonstratio [...] | 2008-02-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
08BEIRUT285 | BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 2008 [...] (S) At 1730 hours of February 21, 2008, Charge Sison convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Present were DCM, RSO and GRPO. 2. (S) Core EAC discussed the anonymous phone threat to the Embassy of Kuwait in Beirut. On the morning of Thursday, February 21, 2008 an an [...] | 2008-02-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER LE |
08BEIRUT408 | BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING MARCH 18, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER LE |
08BEIRUT502 | PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON POLICE BASIC CADET TRAINING [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 21, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees i [...] | 2008-04-11 10:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08BEIRUT60 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING ON JANUARY 15, 2008 [...] (SBU) On January 15, 2008, the Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1700 hours to discuss today's explosion that hit a Diplomatic vehicle injuring a U.S. Embassy Lebanese driver. The Ambassador, DCM, AID, RSO, POL, GRPO, DAO, MGMT, PAO, CONS attended. Beirut [...] | 2008-01-15 17:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC LE |
08BEIRUT627 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...] | 2008-05-07 20:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE |
08BEIRUT63 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING ON JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (S/NF) On January 16, 2008, the Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 0900 hours to discuss the January 15 explosion possibly targeting a US Embassy armored suburban that caused minor injuries to the two bodyguards in the vehicle and three civilian deaths. The [...] | 2008-01-16 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC LE |
08BEIRUT634 | LEBANON: MAY 8 RUND-UP: BEIRUT REMAINS TENSE [...] (C) The situation on the ground in Beirut remains tense. Beirut International Airport (BIA) has resumed some operations, halted since demonstrators blocked roads early May 7, while the main road to BIA and the road to Damascus, have been closed. Sunni-Shia tension continues to rise and severa [...] | 2008-05-08 19:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE |
08BEIRUT635 | LEBANON: BEIRUT UPDATE AS OF 1045 MAY 9 [...] (C) As of 1045 on May 9, the situation remains tense (Ref A) with fighting between Saad Hariri's Future Movement supporters and Hizballah-Amal Movement supporters, especially in southern Beirut. We are seeing a series of successful positional takeovers of Future positions by Hizballah, which [...] | 2008-05-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT636 | LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN, [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman told the Defense Attache that the LAF cannot continue to contain the situation and that he believes civil war has begun. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Charles Rizk is questioning why Hizballah is handing over its takeovers to the army and said t [...] | 2008-05-09 08:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT637 | LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH SAAD HARIRI, TELECOM [...] (C) Between 1100 and 1200 on May 9, the Charge spoke to March 14 leader Saad Hariri and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh. Saad and Hamadeh both described the situation as "Iran having taken over." Saad told the Charge that Lebanon's democratic forces are at stake and that the U.S. [...] | 2008-05-09 09:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT640 | LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH PM SINIORA, LF LEADER [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told the Charge at 1440 on May 9 that Beirut is undergoing a "coup d'etat" by Hizballah and would welcome a strong condemnation from the U.S. on Iran, Syria, and Hizballah. He expressed his appreciation for USG and Arab League foreign ministers' support. He a [...] | 2008-05-09 12:27:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT641 | LEBANON: SLEIMAN SAYS ARMY DOING ITS BEST TO [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said the LAF is doing its best to prevent militia activity, while expressing concern for the safety of the Lebanese people. March 14/Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, from his residence in Clemenceau, told the Charge at [...] | 2008-05-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE |
08BEIRUT642 | LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES ARAB PEACEKEEPERS; A [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a surprise visit to the Embassy Friday night (May 9),stressed the importance of strengthening Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman, and the Siniora government. He mentioned the idea of an Arab peacekeeping fo [...] | 2008-05-09 20:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR CASC SA IR |
08BEIRUT646 | LEBANON: SINIORA TO GO ON AIR AT 1400 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will go on air at 1400 local time to address the nation. His view on a Saudi-proposed Arab peacekeeping contingent, according to a PM aide, is "favorable only if feasible." The British Ambassador said the EU ambassadors met to discuss emergency preparedness; [...] | 2008-05-10 10:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC UNSC EAIR SA |
08BEIRUT648 | LEBANON: SINIORA TURNS CABINET DECISIONS OVER TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, in his televised speech on May 10, criticized Hizballah for disregarding the will of the Lebanese people and called on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to fulfill its duty of ensuring the security of Lebanon. Siniora also announced that the Cabinet's decisions [...] | 2008-05-10 19:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT650 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 ANALYZES SINIORA'S SPEECH AND [...] (C) According to March 14 supporters, Prime Minister Siniora's speech was on target and he projected a confident image. Hizballah reaction, predictably, was negative: Siniora had criticized the Lebanese Armed Forces' performance and proposed ideas from Future Movement leader Saad Hariri that [...] | 2008-05-10 20:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC IR LE |
08BEIRUT652 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS APPEAL FOR STRONGER USG [...] (C) On May 11, Phalange leader and former President Amine Gemayel, Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh impressed upon the Charge the gravity of the situation and pressed her for stronger U.S. support for March 14. Believing that a Hizballah vi [...] | 2008-05-11 21:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT653 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK WANTS TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) Justice Minister Rizk told the Charge on May 11 that he had not anticipated such a strong reaction from Hizballah to the Cabinet's May 5 decisions to transfer the head of airport security and to declare Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal. Rizk criticized the relationship between the [...] | 2008-05-11 22:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT663 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WHAT IS THE U.S. WAITING FOR? [...] (C) On May 12, Future Movement and majority leader Saad Hariri and advisors Nader Hariri and Ghattas Khoury implored the Charge for stronger U.S. support within the next 24 hours, warning that U.S. help was needed "in hours, not days!" Saad suggested the U.S. fly a plane over Syria or deploy [...] | 2008-05-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT664 | LEBANON: ONCE AGAIN BERRI CLAIMS CREDIT [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri told the Charge on May 12 that he had facilitated last night's ceasefire to stop fighting in the Chouf between Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) and Hizballah. (Jumblatt later confirmed this, septel.) Berri added that the four kidnapped PSP [...] | 2008-05-12 20:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT669 | LEBANON: GEAGEA DROPS BY AGAIN [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 12 evening drop-by with Minister of Tourism Joseph Sarkis to the Embassy, said that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was doing "excellently." He said that March 14 leaders Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt should stop pressuring Siniora to convene a [...] | 2008-05-12 21:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT670 | LEBANON: WITH BEIRUT AIRPORT BLOCKED, NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: With the access routes to Beirut International Airport (BIA) blocked by Hizballah barricades and no flights operating since May 7, Minister of Transport Safadi said the northern airport, Kleyate, is operational during daylight hours. The Kleyate airport needs upgrades, such as ai [...] | 2008-05-12 22:32:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN PTER PINR ASEC UNSC SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT680 | LEBANON: GENERAL RIFI SAYS ISF IS DOING ITS JOB [...] (C) Director General of Internal Security Forces (ISF) General Ashraf Rifi reported on the tensions throughout Lebanon, expressing concern for the fighting in his hometown of Tripoli. He confirmed that the ISF is doing a good job fulfilling its duty of community policing and maintaining law a [...] | 2008-05-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT686 | LEBANON: AS BACKUP, KLEYATE AIRPORT REQUIRES US [...] (C) Summary: USG support will be required to make the northern Kleyate Airport viable for commercial flights. Request DOS and DOD/OSD feedback on possibility of either Paris III funds or Section 1206 or Section 1210 of the 2006 National Defence Authorization Act funding. With the Beirut Inter [...] | 2008-05-14 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN PTER PINR MASS ASEC UNSC SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT687 | LEBANON: WITH CENTCOM ACTING COMMANDER, DEFMIN [...] (C) Acting CENTCOM Commander and CENTCOM J5 Policy and Planning Director Major General Allardice, in a May 13 visit to Beirut, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr to discuss support for the LAF. There has been a shift in Murr's thinking since we last saw him three d [...] | 2008-05-14 21:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT698 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS TO BE READY FOR THE "NEXT [...] (C) March 14/Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt told us on May 15 that he wants to prepare his Druze PSP fighters by secretly supplying them with weapons, in order to be ready for the "next round" of fighting with Hizballah. He originally planned to delay going to Doha by [...] | 2008-05-15 20:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT700 | LEBANON: GEMAYEL, DUBIOUS BUT READY, FOR DOHA [...] (C) Former President and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel declared on May 15 that Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun was obstructing the Arab League's efforts to put out a statement concluding its delegation's trip to Beirut, presumably because he still harbors presidential aspirations. [...] | 2008-05-15 20:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT709 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 16, 2008 (1600 EST) [...] (C) At 1730 local time (1030 EST) on May 16, 2008, CDA Sison convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss the current situation and to adopt a series of "reverse tripwires" which will be used to consider if and when the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Missions (EBLSM) from [...] | 2008-05-16 16:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | CASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT711 | LEBANON: WHAT DOES HIZBALLAH HAVE IN STORE FOR [...] (C) This is part one of a three-part series of cables looking at where Lebanon is headed after violence erupted following the Siniora government's May 5 decisions to confront Hizballah (Ref A). This message (part one) deals with Hizballah's intentions now that it has withdrawn its militants fr [...] | 2008-05-16 18:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT717 | BEIRUT CORE EAC MEETING MAY 18, 2008 (1930 EST) [...] (C) At 1930 local time (1230 EST) on May 18, 2008, CDA Sison convened a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee to discuss the current situation and review the "reverse tripwires" reported in reftel which will be used to consider if and when the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Mission [...] | 2008-05-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | CASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT727 | LEBANON: ZAHLE LEADERS ARGUE NEW ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) In a May 19 luncheon with Zahle politicians and prominent figures, the Charge heard arguments for why a new electoral law, and in particular passing the Boutros Commission law, is tantamount, even more important than electing a president, because it could redistribute the votes in a way t [...] | 2008-05-19 18:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT730 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 20, 2008 [...] (SBU/NF) At 1645 hours on May 20, 2008, CDA convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Present were A/DCM, CON, DAO, LEGATT, MGMT, PD, Special Assistant, RAO and RSO. Embassy has met all of the initial reverse tripwires for standing down Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Mis [...] | 2008-05-20 19:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
08BEIRUT749 | LEBANON: JUMBLATT SATISFIED WITH DOHA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is satisfied with the agreement reached in Doha, which included language on Hizballah's arms that was "not bad." He predicted Future Movement leader Saad Hariri would become the next prime minister. "Out," according to Jumblatt, were Defense Minister Elias Mur [...] | 2008-05-22 17:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT757 | LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI PLEASED WITH DOHA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri is pleased with the agreement reached at Doha and credits himself with ensuring its success when Arab League representatives appeared to have hit a wall. He explained that the issue of whether a constitutional amendment was needed to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) C [...] | 2008-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT761 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI NOT YET DECIDED ON PRIME [...] (C) A somber and defeatist-sounding March 14 leader Saad Hariri did not appear to have decided whether he would become prime minister in the next cabinet. Citing the election of a president as the only victory emerging from Doha, he complained about the lack of response from the international [...] | 2008-05-24 17:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT765 | LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WARNS CODEL RAHALL OF [...] (C) Hours before the parliamentary election of former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, thanked visiting CODEL Rahall for continuing U.S. Congressional support for the Lebanese security forces. Repeatedly warni [...] | 2008-05-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT766 | LEBANON: PARLIAMENT ELECTS MICHEL SLEIMAN AS [...] (C) After 19 previous sessions were canceled, the Lebanese Parliament finally succeeded in electing former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, ending the presidential vacuum that had gripped Lebanon for the past six months. In what many viewed as a stronger than [...] | 2008-05-26 14:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT767 | BEIRUT EAC MEETING MAY 26 - RECOMMEND STANDING [...] (C) At 1800 local time (1030 EST) on May 26, 2008, CDA Sison agreed with core EAC members (DCM, RAO, DAO, CONS, MGMT, RSO and SpecAsst) to recommend standing down the Embassy Beirut Logistical Support Missions (EBLSM) from Cyprus. The swearing-in of President Michel Sleiman on May 25 proceede [...] | 2008-05-26 14:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC PTER MOPS LE SY |
08BEIRUT780 | LEBANON: MARCH 14 SELECTS FOUAD SINIORA AS PRIME [...] (C) Shortly before March 14 announced on May 27 that Fouad Siniora was its candidate for prime minister, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt shared ongoing deliberations affecting majority leader Saad Hariri's decision whether to take the job himself. On cabinet formation, Jumblatt argued that March [...] | 2008-05-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT789 | LEBANON: MARCH 14'S DIVISION OF LABOR FOR WINNING [...] (C) Following March 14's nomination of Fouad Siniora as prime minister in the next cabinet, March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Suaid envisions a division of labor over the next 10 months to ensure its success in the 2009 parliamentary elections. PM Siniora reportedly told March 14 leaders that hi [...] | 2008-05-28 16:52:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT799 | LEBANON: PM-DESIGNATE SINIORA BEGINS CABINET [...] (C) Following President Sleiman's May 28 nomination of PM Siniora to head the next government, Siniora will begin the difficult process of cabinet formation. The slight margin of votes in his favor is sure to encourage the opposition, which accuses him of being the "American" and not a consens [...] | 2008-05-29 16:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT820 | LEBANON: HOW CAN THE GOL COEXIST WITH HIZBALLAH? [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE |
08BEIRUT935 | Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 201 proposed trainees inc [...] | 2008-06-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08BELGRADE1187 | SERBIA: SOCIALIST MINISTER'S CHANGES AT INTERIOR [...] (C) Four months after the formation of the new Serbian government, First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and Socialist Party head Ivica Dacic has made controversial changes at the Interior Ministry. While some claim that Dacic is surrounding himself with Milosevic-era cronies who wi [...] | 2008-11-19 09:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC SR |
08BELGRADE1300 | SERBIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security services, greatly increased bilateral counterterrorism cooperation since the July formation of the new government. Intra-g [...] | 2008-12-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SR |
08BELGRADE167 | TRIAL of ALLEGED MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) The trial of 14 Muslims from Serbia's Sandzak region on charges of terrorism and related charges began on January 14. According to the indictment, the group was planning attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other sites in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, as well as the murder of an Islamic religious l [...] | 2008-02-13 06:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ASEC PTER SR US |
08BELGRADE182 | MGKV01: EMBASSY BELGRADE WILL OPEN FEBRUARY 20 [...] (SBU) Post EAC met February 19, at 1700 local time at the Ambassador's residence to assess the security situation in Belgrade. RSO reported that there were no incidents in front of the Embassy during the last 24 hours. Police presence has been active around the city in breaking up groups of p [...] | 2008-02-19 19:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT PREL SR |
08BELGRADE222 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...] | 2008-03-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR |
08BELGRADE224 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...] | 2008-03-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR |
08BELGRADE230 | FEB 21 FIRE IN AMEMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (U) A fire occurred in unoccupied Chancery space at around 19:10 P.M. on Feb. 21, 2008 as a result of riot on same evening. 2. (SBU) Fire occurred in X01002, Non Occupied Chancery Building. Damage occurred in the following areas: ceiling wooden construction, doors and door frames, wood [...] | 2008-03-13 08:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC OFDP KSAF SR |
08BELGRADE574 | SOUTH SERBIA: BOMB BLAST IN BUJANOVAC [...] (SBU) A late night bomb blast on June 6 at Police Headquarters in the multi-ethnic town of Bujanovac in southern Serbia destroyed a police vehicle but resulted in no fatalities. Police are closely holding information on the incident as they try to gather information on motives and perpetrators [...] | 2008-06-10 18:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC SR |
08BELGRADE695 | SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH IVICA DACIC, FIRST [...] (SBU) In a July 14 meeting, new First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic expressed his willingness to meet with the Ambassador despite the Serbian government's Kosovo-related contact policy. Dacic said that he would not be an obstacle to ICTY cooperation. On Kosovo, he [...] | 2008-07-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC SR |
08BELGRADE718 | SERBIA ARRESTS ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL KARADZIC [...] (SBU) Serbian security forces arrested Hague Tribunal indictee Radovan Karadzic late on July 21 in Belgrade, where he had reportedly been living under an assumed identity. The Serbian War Crimes court ruled the same night that he could be transferred to The Hague, a process that could take sev [...] | 2008-07-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC SR |
08BELGRADE744 | SERBIAN PUBLIC REACTION TO KARADZIC ARREST MUTED [...] (SBU) Public reaction to the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),thus far has been confined to a few small demonstrations by ultra-right groups and Radical Party members, although thousands of soccer fans cheered [...] | 2008-07-24 18:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC SR |
08BELGRADE765 | SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...] | 2008-07-28 19:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BELGRADE773 | SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...] | 2008-07-30 18:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BELGRADE958 | SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT [...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...] | 2008-09-12 14:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR |
08BELMOPAN109 | BELIZE: NEW GOVERNMENT REQUESTS LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) During the Ambassador's initial meeting with Prime Minister Dean Barrow (reported septel),the PM made a pitch for wireless intercept equipment for the Police Special Branch. He said that the capability was essential to anti-drug and anti-gang efforts in Belize. In response we noted th [...] | 2008-02-21 22:24:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH |
08BELMOPAN131 | (C) BELIZE: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Attorney General/Foreign Minister Elrington has asked the Ambassador for USG assistance in tracking a Venezuelan grant made just before the election and now the subject of controversy over the amount provided (REF A). Elrington requested any information we might be able to provide on the [...] | 2008-03-05 20:16:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SOCI PINR ASEC BH |
08BELMOPAN147 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in reftel A. 2. (SBU) Overview of Belize's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the cou [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN148 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN149 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN153 | BELIZE: PM BARROW'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMMARY: Prime Minister Barrow looks forward to a positive meeting with the President. He has told us that he thinks the bilateral relationship is on a good track. Domestically he has faced several early challenges since he took office less than six weeks ago, the largest one being th [...] | 2008-03-13 22:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI PINR ASEC BH |
08BELMOPAN192 | (C) ZUBAIR KHAN -- RSO SOURCE ALLEGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An RSO source alleges Pakistani-Belizean national, Zubair Khan, is involved with drug trafficking, money laundering, and has possible ties to Lebanese Hezbollah and Pakistan al-Qaeda associations. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Information provided by source is unconfirmed. RSO sourc [...] | 2008-04-04 21:28:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CVIS KCRM BH |
08BELMOPAN252 | BELIZE: HAND GRENADE ATTACK LATEST ESCALATION OF GANG [...] At least one teenager was killed and nearly a dozen more wounded, some critically, when An explosive, probably a grenade, was thrown into a group of youths Sunday evening, May 18. The suspect in the attack, who is still at large, is believed to be approximately 16. According to police the at [...] | 2008-05-19 21:42:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SOCI PGOV CASC BH |
08BELMOPAN325 | BELIZE: OUTSTANDING EXTRADITION REQUESTS [...] Charge and Poloff called July 10 on Attorney General Sedi Elrington to discuss outstanding extradition requests for Mark and Gary Seawell and Rhett Fuller. We sought assurances that the recent change over of the Solicitor General would not add additional delay to the cases. 2. Elrington [...] | 2008-07-10 21:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN ASEC BH |
08BELMOPAN63 | BELIZE: ELECTION COVERAGE PLAN [...] Summary: Post has prepared a plan to cover 22 of the 31 constituencies in Belize for the general elections taking place this Thursday, February 7, 2008 (reftel A). In total, 16 election observers from U.S. Embassy Belmopan will travel throughout the country. Each observation team is expecte [...] | 2008-02-06 19:29:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BH |
08BELMOPAN65 | BELIZE: ELECTION GENERALLY PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY [...] As of approximately 1600 local time (1700 Washington time) Belize's election is proceeding smoothly. The Embassy's 16 observers have visited dozens of polling stations throughout the country and have generally found officials well-organized and lines of voters moving smoothly. 2. There h [...] | 2008-02-07 22:20:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC SOCI PREL BH |
08BERLIN1166 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...] | 2008-08-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM |
08BERLIN1349 | GERMANY RELUCTANT TO IMPEDE ZIMBABWE'S ACCESS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI GM |
08BERLIN240 | GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...] | 2008-02-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERLIN256 | GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-03-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM |
08BERLIN628 | RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND RADIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German officials from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Admiral Krol on Germany's task force approach to respond to incidents of nuclear terrorism and other radiolo [...] | 2008-05-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG PREL KGIC GM |
08BERLIN750 | TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...] | 2008-06-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERLIN916 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...] | 2008-07-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV |
08BISHKEK1023 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...] | 2008-10-07 01:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK1026 | KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...] | 2008-10-07 05:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK1034 | CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...] | 2008-10-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK151 | Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons [...] Per reftel instructions, Post solicited anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from local organizations. Post received three proposals. Per reftel instructions, the complete project proposals have been forwarded via e-mail to G/TIP. 2. Post has reviewed the following project prop [...] | 2008-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KG |
08BISHKEK211 | KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2008-02-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK293 | EMBASSY BISHKEK RESPONSES TO RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C/NF) Recommendation 1: Embassy Bishkek should continue to coordinate with the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations to ensure near term installation of locally fabricated mantraps for the vehicle entrances to the embassy compound. (Action: Embassy Bishkek, in coordination with OBO) Ma [...] | 2008-03-27 09:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC ASIG AISG |
08BISHKEK989 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting September 19 with Minister of Internal Affairs Kongantiyev. The Ambassador asked Kongantiyev why the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) had removed police protection from the Embassy and Marine House; Kongantiyev feigned ignorance and reques [...] | 2008-09-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG |
08BOGOTA1441 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...] | 2008-04-17 22:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO |
08BOGOTA1442 | AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 2 VISIT TO CARTAGENA [...] The Ambassador visited Cartagena, capital of the Department of Bolivar, to attend a bilateral summit between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Colombian Navy (COLNAV),meet with the Mayor of Cartagena And the Governor of the Department of Bolivar, and visit a Little league baseball [...] | 2008-04-17 22:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREL ASEC EAGR ETRD EAID SOCI CO |
08BOGOTA2105 | SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S REQUEST FOR EMBASSY ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Senator John McCain's Senate office informed Post on June 10, 2008 that the Senator intends to visit Cartagena, Colombia at GOC invitation from July 1-2, 2008. The office classifies the visit as a "campaign trip" not a CODEL. The Senator's office, dealing dire [...] | 2008-06-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MCCAIN JOHN APER ASEC CO |
08BOGOTA2241 | GOC TO ENGAGE ON BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered all points in reftel on June 18 to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo. The Ambassador told Araujo that the violent June 9 march--and the GOB's reaction--showed the need for the international community to remind the GOB of its international obligations. The Ambassa [...] | 2008-06-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KDEM BL CO |
08BOGOTA2264 | EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO [...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...] | 2008-06-20 20:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO |
08BOGOTA555 | G/TIP PROPOSAL TO HELP ENSURE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE [...] As requested reftels, post provides the following information on a proposal by the International Organization for Migration to help ensure the safety of trafficking victims and the prosecution and conviction of traffickers. 2. A. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migrati [...] | 2008-02-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CO |
08BOGOTA940 | COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...] | 2008-03-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
08BRASILIA1684 | EMBASSY BRASILIA PROPOSAL FOR S/CT NADR PROJECT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post welcomes the opportunity to request funding to address capability shortfalls and information gaps as Brazil and other countries in South America face mounting and increasingly complex challenges in combating the myriad problems related to terrorism financing, money launde [...] | 2008-12-31 19:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC |
08BRASILIA504 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...] | 2008-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR |
08BRASILIA993 | BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...] | 2008-07-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR |
08BRATISLAVA184 | SLOVAK NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY [...] (U) Slovakia's nominations for ILEA's "Personnel and facility security" course beginning on June 9, 2008 follow in paragraph 2. All nominees have been vetted consistent with Department policy and in compliance with the State Leahy Amendment as per Ref A. 2. (SBU) - Peter Pokorny, 03/07/1976 [...] | 2008-04-25 12:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO |
08BRATISLAVA262 | SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND [...] (U) Post nominates Colonel Imrich Schlosser to take part in ILEA's "Personnel and Facility Security" training course beginning on June 9, 2008. Colonel Schlosser is nominated as a substitute for Peter Domanicky, who was nominated and approved for the same course in Ref A. Colonel Schlosser has [...] | 2008-06-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO |
08BRATISLAVA422 | SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO |
08BRATISLAVA456 | SLOVAKIA: TIP TRAINING UNDERWAY [...] Summary: As part of its 2008-2010 National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the Government of Slovakia, in cooperation with the NGO community, developed an extensive training program for NGO workers, law enforcement officials, religious workers, and community social workers. The [...] | 2008-10-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
08BRATISLAVA64 | SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT IN ANTI-TIP: MANAGED BY [...] Post submits the following project proposal received from the Slovak Office of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ----------------------- Identifying Information ----------------------- 2. Project proposal information is as follows: Name of Organization: United Nat [...] | 2008-02-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KRCM PHUM PREL SMIG LO |
08BRATISLAVA93 | SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...] | 2008-03-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC |
08BRAZZAVILLE257 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE RESPONSE TO USITC [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. There are no exports from Republic of Congo (RoC) in the products listed in reftel to the U.S. at this time. Information provided follows reftel request but as information on export processes is difficult to obtain, the information following foc [...] | 2008-09-17 11:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ASEC CF |
08BRIDGETOWN102 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SONJAI REYNOLDS-COOPERS [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Education Officer, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A February 13 - 17, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative-Barbados, James Goggin, at tel. 1-246-227-4395 or 227-4118, fax. 1-24 [...] | 2008-02-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
08BRIDGETOWN122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ARRIETA FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to YA-02 Felix Arrieta, USN, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...] | 2008-02-27 15:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN130 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for [...] | 2008-03-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC XL SC |
08BRIDGETOWN132 | TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES [...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...] | 2008-03-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN162 | TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked m [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN163 | TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...] | 2008-03-11 12:28:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN220 | ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...] | 2008-04-01 12:40:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN229 | ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...] | 2008-04-03 19:13:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC |
08BRIDGETOWN317 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON FRASER [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Fraser, Regional Legal Advisor, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A May 19 - 21, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Barbados, Mansfield Blackwood, Senior Technical Officer at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fa [...] | 2008-05-15 20:55:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC OTRA XL BB |
08BRIDGETOWN42 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...] | 2008-01-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN436 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL GRANTED TO GILMORE PLUS TWO TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, LCDR Bryan Ullmer, USCG and LCDR Matthew Colmer, USCG for travel to Dominica July 20 - 22, 2008. The purpose of this mission is to conduct port discussions with port officials IAW the U.S. Maritime Tra [...] | 2008-07-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA DO XL |
08BRIDGETOWN45 | AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND [...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...] | 2008-01-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL |
08BRIDGETOWN49 | Renewed Interest in Barbados for AmCham [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMCHAMS BEXP ECON ETRD EIND ASEC BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN57 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMALLS FOR TRAVEL TO [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sheila Smalls, Florida Parole Commission, for travel to Barbados February 04 to February 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the State Partnership Program (SPP) Barbados Subject Matter Exchange (SMEE). 2. Embassy points of cont [...] | 2008-01-31 20:00:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB XL |
08BRIDGETOWN79 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...] | 2008-02-06 20:49:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN80 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT [...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...] | 2008-02-06 20:51:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA SC XL |
08BRIDGETOWN95 | Commercial Outreach Efforts in Eastern Caribbean [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch on February 11 for the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) for Barbados. The board, drawn from ten of the larger American companies in Barbados, will hold an organizational meeting in the last week of February and will begin operations short [...] | 2008-02-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV AMCHAM ASEC BB XL |
08BRUSSELS1858 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (U) Economic officer delivered reftel demarche in a meeting on December 5 to Mr. Henk Mahieu, General Counsellor for Economic Issues, Ms. Karla Basselier, attache for Kimberley Process Issues, and Ms. Annick de Smedt, attache for Zimbabwean affairs, all from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A [...] | 2008-12-08 11:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI |
08BRUSSELS1957 | BELGIUM:2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy point of contact is Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov 2. Begin text of report. Belgium Belgium continued to strengthen its response to the threat of terrorism, with the new institutions it developed over the past several years working to coordinate the Belgian governmen [...] | 2008-12-24 11:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BE |
08BRUSSELS293 | BELGIANS OPEN TO UNSCR ON FDLR, BUT HAVE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC ASEC BE |
08BRUSSELS974 | BELGIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SUPPORTS INCREASED [...] (S/NOFORN) Ambassador Fox and PolCouns met June 24 with Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen. Reactions from Vandeurzen, his diplomatic advisor Marc Van den Reeck, and legal advisor Erik Verberb were very positive as the Ambassador emphasized the importance of sharing information on count [...] | 2008-06-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS978 | PM POSITIVE ON WORKING WITH THE U.S. ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NOFORN) At a special meeting arranged by Ambassador Fox, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, was briefed by C/GRPO and A/LAT on the developing security situation related to Al Qaeda senior leadership's apparent interest in Belgium's chemical/industrial infrastructure. The PM listened intently a [...] | 2008-06-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PREL BE |
08BUCHAREST1005 | ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...] | 2008-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO |
08BUDAPEST1089 | POST APPROVAL FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-13 05:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | ASEC PTER HU |
08BUDAPEST680 | COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY [...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...] | 2008-07-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HU ASEC |
08BUDAPEST843 | BUDAPEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LUGAR [...] Embassy Budapest welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Richard Lugar and staff to visit Budapest August 29-30, 2008, for consultations with Hungarian government officials and private sector representatives. 2. Reservations have been made for the CODEL at the Marriott Hotel for th [...] | 2008-08-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HU |
08BUENOSAIRES1069 | ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEACHAM, AUG 5-8, 2008 [...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Mr. Carl Meacham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to meet with leading Argentine government officials, legislators, and representatives of civil society organizations. 2. Control Officer will be Picker [...] | 2008-08-04 09:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1203 | ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP [...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...] | 2008-08-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID |
08BUENOSAIRES1355 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-30 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1373 | ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE RE BANK [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings on October 1 to Marcelo Cesa, Argentine MFA desk officer for the U.S., Adrian Cosentino, new Finance Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy, and also with Argentine Central Bank Managing Director and Chief Economist Hernan Lacunza [...] | 2008-10-07 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC BEXP ECON EFIN AR ZI |
08BUENOSAIRES146 | ARGENTINA'S DIPLOMATIC "CAR TALK" SCANDAL ROLLS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: "Car Talk" continues to fill the daily press with new twists in allegations of illegal diplomatic car sales. The Supreme Court is expected to announce it found insufficient evidence against foreign diplomats to warrant its involvement in the case, somewhat vindicating the diplo [...] | 2008-02-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT KLIG KCOR KTIA ODIP PREL ASEC KREC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1461 | ARGENTINA RECEIVES IRAN'S NOTIFICATION THAT IT WILL NOT [...] (U) The Argentine Foreign Ministry received October 22 Iran's formal rejection of its extradition requests for eight Iranian individuals, including ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, wanted for trial in connection with the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that kill [...] | 2008-10-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC IR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES152 | ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (U) Summary: Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque called on the Ambassador February 6, seeking increased contact and opportunities for cooperation with the Embassy and U.S. agencies on such issues as public security, counternarcotics, and public administration. Public security is a top concern for Mend [...] | 2008-02-08 17:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR PHUM ASEC KPAO MASS AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1531 | DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES [...] At 6:30 PM [local time] on Monday, 3 November 2008, two pro-Islamic groups converged on the U.S. Embassy and held a non-violent demonstration near the main entrance. 2. A group of about 60 - 70 individuals from the Argentine Arab Federation and the At-Tauhid mosque protested against the U.S. [...] | 2008-11-05 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL KISL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1651 | ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) told the Ambassador November 28 that they are satisfied with prosecutor Alberto Nisman's work in going after the Iranian authors and perpetrators of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 persons, but they believe he now ne [...] | 2008-12-03 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES171 | EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...] | 2008-02-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES1718 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08BUENOSAIRES1724 | ARGENTINE PROSECUTOR ON AMIA BOMBING DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman on December 16 ordered the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani, one of six Iranian suspects sought by Interpol at Ar [...] | 2008-12-19 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL IR AR |
08BUENOSAIRES174 | ARGENTINA: CODEL ENGEL, FEBRUARY 20-23, 2008 [...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL AND THE DELEGATION HE WILL LEAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO MEET WITH LEADING ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 2. CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID ALAR [...] | 2008-02-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC AR EC BL |
08BUENOSAIRES198 | ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR [...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...] | 2008-02-20 17:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES352 | EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...] | 2008-03-18 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES359 | ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...] | 2008-03-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES367 | ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...] | 2008-03-20 16:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI |
08BUENOSAIRES389 | ARGENTINA: NGO "QUIENES SOMOS?" FIGHTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne recently met with representatives from the NGO "Quienes Somos?" ("Who are We?"),an organization that promotes legislation against child trafficking for illegal adoptions and lobbies the Argentine government (GOA) to assist in their efforts to uncover their t [...] | 2008-03-28 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES43 | FM TAIANA OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana offered his assessment of the release of FARC hostages in Colombia. He expressed appreciation for the USG's public statement praising the release of the hostages. Taiana also praised Colombian Pre [...] | 2008-01-11 16:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CJAN SNAR ASEC KJUS VZ CO AR |
08BUENOSAIRES493 | ARGENTINA OFFICIALS EAGER TO STRENGTHEN ANTI-TIP [...] (C) On April 10, Argentine Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez informed visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and Ambassador Wayne that he was very pleased with the April 9 Congressional passage of anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. He indicated that he was eager to begin w [...] | 2008-04-16 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES501 | ARGENTINA: ANALYSIS OF TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Local NGOs and the Argentine government's National Institute for Anti-Discrimination (INADI) and the National Ombudsman's Office have criticized the anti-TIP legislation passed on April 9. Their concern is that adult trafficking victims will have to prove that they did not cons [...] | 2008-04-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR |
08BUENOSAIRES62 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] (SBU) OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY: Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to life and limb in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires. Pedestrians should be vigilant when crossing streets and remember to look both directions, even if the street is designated one way. Traffic laws are ro [...] | 2008-01-16 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES641 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ARGENTINA SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of May 7, Argentine Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez told visiting ICE Assistant Secretary Myers and Ambassador Wayne that he was serious about implementing Argentina's new federal law against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is very open to work [...] | 2008-05-14 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS ASEC AR |
08BUENOSAIRES759 | ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...] | 2008-06-03 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI |
08BUENOSAIRES841 | ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 18th, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, Vincente Espeche Gil. Ambassador explained that the USG was approaching a "group of friends" (Brazil, Argentina and Columbia) and U/S Shannon had spoken to Argentine Ambassador [...] | 2008-06-19 22:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL KDEM PREL AR |
08BUENOSAIRES86 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...] | 2008-01-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR |
08BUENOSAIRES911 | ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary. "The United States wants to be Argentina's partner in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),not a judge", visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon told Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez durin [...] | 2008-07-01 23:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES920 | ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne and visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss Argentina's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Drawing from the T [...] | 2008-07-02 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
08BUENOSAIRES963 | ARGENTINA: BATTLE LINES DRAWN [...] (C) Battle Lines Formed: The sides are drawn for battle in Argentina's agricultural dispute. Farmers and the government are calling followers together for a show of force in Buenos Aires on Tuesday July 15, the day before a decisive vote in the Senate on a bill to approve the government's ag [...] | 2008-07-14 20:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ASEC AR |
08BUJUMBURA336 | AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...] | 2008-06-27 09:23:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW |
08CAIRO2525 | EGYPT TAKING STEPS TO ADDRESS AND COMBAT HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, visited Egypt on November 14-17 and met with numerous Egyptian government officials, UN organizations, representatives, and NGO leaders involved in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP [...] | 2008-12-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB PREL |
08CAIRO2541 | EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...] | 2008-12-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
08CAIRO2570 | CAIRO CORE EAC MEETING 12/28/2008 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 12/28/2008, DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Israel Military Operations into the Gaza Strip. The EAC agreed that there are no known specific threats directed at the Embassy or private Americans. DCM instructed RSO and CONS to is [...] | 2008-12-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER CASC EG |
08CAIRO270 | CAIRO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2008 TIP SOLICITATION [...] We have reviewed three anti trafficking-in-persons project proposals in response to reftel request for our recommendations for FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Summary evaluations are below. We have forwarded full proposals to G/TIP and NEA POCs per reftel instructions. 2. We endor [...] | 2008-02-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG EG |
08CAIRO408 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CAIRO410 | EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...] | 2008-02-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
08CANBERRA1136 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) POC CANBERRA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Staffdel Johnson to Australia and confirms that our Administrative Points of Contact are: James Cole, Political Counselor, at (W) 612-6214-5884, (H) 612-6290-2454, colejf@state.gov, AND Carol Hanlon, Political Officer, at (W) 612-6214-5718, (H) 612-6251-9 [...] | 2008-11-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
08CANBERRA1151 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT US EMBASSY CANBERRA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-14 04:52:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
08CANBERRA1155 | STAFFDEL JOHNSON (NOV 29-DEC 16) INFORMATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3 for details. 2. (SBU) To facilitate logistical and security arrangements, Embassy Canberra would appreciate receiving the following information for all members of the StaffDel: -- Security clearance level and SCI confirma [...] | 2008-11-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JA ID AS |
08CANBERRA125 | TIMOR LESTE: DFAT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MILITARY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Director of the ASEAN Regional Issues and East Timor section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Linda Worthaisong told PolOff on February 13 that along with his planned trip to East Timor on February 15, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been in constant contact [...] | 2008-02-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ASEC MARR AS TT |
08CANBERRA240 | SUPPLEMENTAL TIP QUESTIONAIRE RESPONSE - AUSTRALIA [...] (SBU) Below are supplemental responses to the questions posed in ref A, which were initially answered in ref B. The answers correspond to the question numbers in ref A. PART I: OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING B. Sex Trafficking Arrests ----------------------- On Ma [...] | 2008-03-12 07:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC AS |
08CANBERRA631 | POST WELCOME STAFFDEL WILLIAMS [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Canberra, with concurrence of Consulate-General Sydney welcomes STAFFDEL Williams and delegation for travel to Sydney, Canberra, and Cairns, Australia from June 26-July 6, 2008. The purpose of the travel is to discuss US-Australia trade, climate change and aboriginal issues. [...] | 2008-06-20 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS |
08CANBERRA988 | EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT [...] (SBU) On Monday, September 29, 2008, an email threat was received in the US Embassy Canberra Public Affairs Office general email (usraustralia@state.gov). The write in threat was titled "Your Embassy Will Be Attack". Text of the email is as follows; "We are from Al Qaeda, this email is to in [...] | 2008-09-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
08CARACAS1111 | VENEZUELA FORMALLY REJECTS TSA AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since late 2006, Post has attempted to obtain an official response to TSA's request for airport inspections in Venezuela. Following four diplomatic notes, a letter from the current Ambassador, and multiple meetings over the years, the response finally arrived on August 7. Post re [...] | 2008-08-08 20:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC |
08CARACAS1237 | VENEZUELA THREATENS TO ELIMINATE U.S. AIRLINES' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed receipt of a Diplomatic Note reiterating the August 8 statement to the Venezuelan Charge in Washington that TSA would issue a Public Notice on September 8 if the Venezuelan Government continues in its refusal to all [...] | 2008-09-04 19:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC SNAR |
08CARACAS1266 | VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES CUTS TO U.S. AIR CARRIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10 Venezuela's civil aviation authority (INAC) informed the three U.S. carriers with operations in Venezuela that INAC would cut an undetermined number of their flights to and from the United States in retaliation for the September 8 Transportation Security Administra [...] | 2008-09-10 22:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC |
08CARACAS1274 | CHAVEZ EXPELS U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced the expulsion of the Ambassador and recall of the Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington during two televised political rallies the evening of September 11 (Ref A). Chavez said he was expelling the "Yankee Ambassador" to show solidarity with the Bolivian [...] | 2008-09-12 16:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1276 | VENEZUELA: EMBASSY DISCUSSES TSA NOTICE WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, Emboffs discussed the September 8 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Public Notice with representatives of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Emboffs urged that the BRV not proceed with threatened flight redu [...] | 2008-09-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1279 | FM MADURO: BRV WILL REEVALUATE RELATIONS WITH USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a short televised September 12 press conference Foreign Minster Nicolas Maduro read from a communique saying the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) will submit the U.S.-Venezuela bilateral relationship to "an intense process of reevaluation." The communique also include [...] | 2008-09-12 21:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1293 | VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD HARASSES DELTA FLIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, Delta Airlines Corporate Security contacted the Embassy to report that Delta crew members going through security for their September 13 flight felt threatened by Venezuelan National Guard comments to the point that the captain ordered a second, precautionary secur [...] | 2008-09-17 13:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1298 | CHAVEZ UNSHAKEN AS COUP ACCUSATIONS BROADEN AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite his earlier bluster of U.S. F-16's coming to bomb the presidential palace, President Hugo Chavez told supporters on September 14 that the coup attempt "revealed" three days prior was "no threat," to him. A National Assembly (AN) Deputy claimed several prominent business [...] | 2008-09-17 19:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PREL VE |
08CARACAS1312 | BRV EXPELS HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the evening of September 18, the BRV expelled Jose Miguel Vivanco, the Americas Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW),on the grounds of allegedly involving himself illegally in the internal affairs of Venezuela, attacking its democratic institutions, and violating the Venez [...] | 2008-09-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL VE |
08CARACAS1320 | VENEZUELAN ASSOCIATION BELIEVES GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, the Executive Director of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (Ceveta) William Bracho told Econoffs he does not believe the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) will follow through on its threat to cut U.S. carrier flights as market demand is extremely high [...] | 2008-09-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1324 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATION WITH BRV [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge met September 19 with Rene Arreaza, an unofficial high-level contact of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),to discuss bilateral relations. The Charge urged the BRV to work more closely with the Embassy to resolve pending and future operational issues including vi [...] | 2008-09-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1332 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Charge met September 19 with MFA Director for Multilateral and North American Affairs Yaneth Arocha to discuss bilateral relations. This was the Charge's first meeting with MFA officials, and it followed President Chavez's expulsion of the Ambassador on September 11. Arocha [...] | 2008-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1333 | CHARGE DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, EXPULSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1334 | FEW NEW FACES AMONG OPPOSITION CANDIDATES [...] (C) Summary: The opposition, beset by parochial interests, appears to be relying on well-established politicians in November's gubernatorial and mayoral elections rather than cultivating "new faces" with broad public appeal. Moreover, the older and previously discredited parties, Copei and D [...] | 2008-09-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1351 | DIVISIONS WITHIN CHAVEZ'S "PATRIOTIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Several former and current members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) have broken ranks with the party to pursue their own political ambitions in the November 23 gubernatorial and municipal elections. Moreover, small pro-Chavez parties, such as Patria Para Todos (P [...] | 2008-09-25 22:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1352 | DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY CARACAS [...] (SBU) On 09/23/2008, a group of approximately 50 demonstrators gathered outside the main entrance of Embassy Caracas. Post officials received advance notice of the protest and in light of increased anti-U.S. rhetoric from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),decided it was prudent to c [...] | 2008-09-25 22:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS PREL VE |
08CARACAS1364 | VENEZUELA REFUSES USG REQUEST FOR AVIATION [...] (U) On September 16 the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Venezuelan Civil Aviation Authority (INAC) both acknowledged receipt of the Embassy's diplomatic note requesting consultations under the authority of the 1953 bilateral aviation agreement with Venezuela. That note cit [...] | 2008-09-26 22:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | VE CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1380 | OPPOSITION ELECTS CONSENSUS CANDIDATES IN TACHIRA [...] (C) Summary: The Christian Democratic Party of Venezuela (Copei) won a decisive victory in the September 28 opposition primary in the western state of Tachira to determine the consensus candidates for the November 23 state and local elections. The opposition now claims that it has 20 consens [...] | 2008-09-30 20:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1390 | VENEZUELA: AMERICAN AIRLINES CREW DETAINED AT [...] (C) The evening of September 30, American Airlines Country Manager Omar Nottaro (strictly protect throughout) called Econoff to report that the captain and crew of American Airlines flight 903 were being held at the airport. He explained that upon landing a crew member said "Welcome to Venezuela. L [...] | 2008-10-01 16:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR VE |
08CARACAS1434 | STUDENTS WILL PLAY ONLY A MINOR ROLE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Widely perceived as the most trustworthy group in the country, student leaders are now trying to preserve their voice and role in Venezuelan politics. Many leaders eschew a direct political role, especially in the upcoming November 23 elections. However, some former leaders wh [...] | 2008-10-09 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1440 | UNEVEN ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVISMO [...] (C) Summary: A number of opposition and even pro-government dissident candidates have complained to the National Electoral Council (CNE) about the PSUV enjoying an unfair advantage as state resources are being used in its favor. The government-owned media outlets are blatant in their support [...] | 2008-10-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1464 | CHAVEZ SOFTENS TONE ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During televised remarks to the nation on October 16, Chavez made several seemingly conciliatory remarks regarding bilateral ties in response to the U.S. presidential candidates' comments on the need to achieve energy independence from Venezuela and the Middle East. Chavez spec [...] | 2008-10-17 21:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1513 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINES ADMIT THEIR OWN CONCERN WITH [...] (C) On October 28, Emboffs met with 13 members of the Venezuelan Air Transport Chamber (CEVETA),one of whom raised serious concerns with Venezuelan airport security and spoke out in favor of immediate TSA security assessments. The association, which represents Venezuelan passenger and cargo [...] | 2008-10-31 17:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR |
08CARACAS1518 | STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS -- THREE WEEKS AWAY [...] (C) Summary: With three weeks until state and local elections on November 23, President Chavez has focused his attention on attacking the opposition in Zulia State. Chavez may be preparing the ground to declare Zulia State Governor Manuel Rosales ineligible to run for the Maracaibo mayorshi [...] | 2008-10-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL VE |
08CARACAS1525 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CONDUCTS RAID ON [...] (U) According to media reports, Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) officials raided offices of Stanford Bank in Caracas on Friday October 31. (Note: Stanford Bank, an affiliate of the Houston-based Stanford Financial Group, is one of two U.S. banks operating in Venezuela. It is a sm [...] | 2008-11-04 18:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ASEC VE |
08CARACAS1545 | VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH KNOWN DRUG TRAFFICKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Venezuelan airline Aeropostal, which halted its flights to the U.S. earlier this year, has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume its U.S. routes. Given that the new owners of Aeropostal, the Makled family, are Venezuela's preeminent drug traff [...] | 2008-11-07 12:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR SNAR PREL CVIS |
08CARACAS1546 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG WARNING ON PORT [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not responded to two diplomatic notes and multiple Embassy requests for a meeting to discuss U.S. Coast Guard efforts dating back to 2006 to arrange port visits. Embassy maritime contacts believe that Venezuelan ports would not pas [...] | 2008-11-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | VE ASEC MARR PGOV ECON EAIR EWWT ETRD KHLS |
08CARACAS1580 | VENEZUELA RESPONDS TO USG REQUEST FOR PORT VISITS [...] (SBU) Post has received a Diplomatic Note dated November 13 responding to the Embassy's October 6 Diplomatic Note, which stated that the GBRV must set a port visit date within 30 days of the Diplomatic Note's receipt, or the Coast Guard would impose "conditions of entry". An unofficial transl [...] | 2008-11-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER |
08CARACAS1607 | VENEZUELAN PORTS IN CHAOS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Industry sources report that Venezuelan ports are in a "state of chaos" with long lines of ships waiting to dock, and numerous instances of ships diverted to other countries to unload cargo after failing to dock in Venezuela. Port authorities have reportedly advised shipping compa [...] | 2008-11-19 20:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD KHLS PTER |
08CARACAS1621 | HIGH CRIME EFFECTS VOTERS BUT SPARES CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Venezuela's spiraling crime has resulted in weekends with a homicide every hour in Caracas and earned the nation the unflattering title of violent crime capital of the world. Recent polling by Alfredo Keller showed 78% of respondents thought crime was worse this year and 67% opined tha [...] | 2008-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV VE |
08CARACAS1629 | VENEZUELA OFFERS MEETING ON PORT SECURITY VISIT [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor was contacted November 26 by Nelson Dominguez of Venezuela's National Institute of Aquatic Spaces (INEA). Dominguez identified himself as the head of INEA's maritime security unit and said he had been tasked by the President of INEA to meet with the Embassy to discuss [...] | 2008-11-26 20:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER VE |
08CARACAS1702 | VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TO ASSUME PERMANENT CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aeropostal president Dr. Mustafa Flores reports he expects the government to take permanent control of the airline by December 12 and will then bankrupt it. He, along with all but two of the Aeropostal board of directors, plan to resign as they fear they will ultimately be blamed. [...] | 2008-12-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD |
08CARACAS1754 | VENEZUELAN CABINET RESHUFFLE MAY AFFECT PORTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chavez appointed Diosdado Cabello Rondon, the person most frequently mentioned as a possible successor, as the new Minister of Infrastructure (Minfra) on December 6. Cabello lost his re-election bid for the governorship of Miranda State in the November 23 election. We have already [...] | 2008-12-19 22:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CASC CVIS ASEC MARR PGOV EAIR PREL ETRD |
08CARACAS1760 | VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 19:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER VE |
08CARACAS197 | VENEZUELAN KEY RESOURCES AND CRITICAL [...] In response to reftel A, Venezuela has little or no critical infrastructure (as defined in reftel A) and few key resources that are vital to the United States. Venezuela's most significant resource that is supplied to the US is petroleum and petroleum products. Venezuela produces approximat [...] | 2008-02-19 17:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON ETTC PGOV PTER PERL EAGER EFIN |
08CARACAS328 | PEACE MARCHES OVERSHADOWED BY PRO-CHAVEZ GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. Both pro-Chavez and civil society groups organized marches March 6 in 12 states in Venezuela to register their opinions on Venezuela-Colombian tensions. The pro-Chavez groups vandalized several Colombian consulates and harassed consulate workers. In contrast, civil society group [...] | 2008-03-07 22:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC VE |
08CARACAS581 | THREE AMCIT FARC HOSTAGES: RICHARDSON SEEKS [...] (C) Summary. New Mexico Governor Richardson traveled April 25-27 to Caracas as the personal emissary of the families of three Amcit FARC hostages. He met April 26 with President Chavez and other senior Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela officials to enlist the BRV's help in securing the Amcit [...] | 2008-04-29 12:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV VE |
08CARACAS582 | HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREETS OF CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan daily, "El Universal", reported on April 16 that the murder rate had risen 14% in the first trimester of 2008, despite the launch of "Safe Caracas 2008" by the Ministry of Justice in January. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),which had been reporting plungi [...] | 2008-04-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM VE |
08CARACAS862 | VENEZUELAN INSPECTOR REPORTS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On June 10 an Air Accident Inspector (strictly protect throughout) from the Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure (Minfra) told Econ staff that in her opinion Venezuela has no intention of allowing TSA inspections. She noted drug trafficking represents a serious threat to [...] | 2008-06-17 19:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV MARR VE ASEC |
08CASABLANCA103 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (FOLLOW-UP) [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested who had been harboring a [...] | 2008-05-23 09:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA113 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on a recently uncovered terror network accused of plo [...] | 2008-06-03 12:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA142 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 7, 2008. The meeting was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that [...] | 2008-07-09 14:52:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA144 | VISAS VIPER FOR June 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (follow up) [...] (U) The following information was provided by RAO on July 10 with respect to the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that recruits volunteers on behalf of Al Qaeda in Iraq and Algeria. 2. (SBU) Hamid al-Bochibi: Moroccan citizen, DPOB: 15 Nov. 1983, Tetoua [...] | 2008-07-11 15:57:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA158 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the July reporting period but RAO is working with [...] | 2008-08-05 16:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA172 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. An additional six names were provided for the network that recruits [...] | 2008-09-09 11:00:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA193 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by CG, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. Regional Consular Officer from Cairo also attended the meeting. 2. There are [...] | 2008-10-08 16:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA206 | VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the October 2008 reporting period. [...] | 2008-11-03 16:02:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA227 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA228 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA268 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, POL, and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on the sentencing of members of the Ansar Al Mahdi cell on [...] | 2008-01-09 09:49:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA29 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, CG and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on procedures for reviewing information gained from press so [...] | 2008-02-06 10:11:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA45 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...] | 2008-03-10 16:01:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA59 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...] | 2008-04-02 15:07:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA73 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 7, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, RSO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested on terrorism related charges in th [...] | 2008-04-11 15:24:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA92 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested along with one of the esc [...] | 2008-05-07 12:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CHENGDU171 | KUNMING BOMBINGS: SOME LOCAL PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Following the July 21 bombing of two buses in Southwest China's Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming, security forces remain on alert with a noticeable stepped up presence in some downtown areas. Speculation in the city appears still focused, although not exclusively, on alleged [...] | 2008-08-01 08:20:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC CH |
08CHENNAI110 | ANDHRA PRADESH "GREYHOUNDS" DOG MAOISTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police contacts confirmed media reports of a joint counter-insurgency operation involving police units from the Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. 17 Maoists insurgents were killed in a March 18 raid, including at least one important Maoist leader, according to c [...] | 2008-03-25 07:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PHUM PTER |
08CHENNAI203 | ANDHRA PRADESH COP SEES HYDERABAD LINK TO JAIPUR [...] (C) Summary: One of Andhra Pradesh's top anti-terrorist cops said the trail of evidence in the May 13 Jaipur bombings leads to Hyderabad. The detonators used in Jaipur have been traced to the district adjoining Hyderabad and the shapes of the charges used in Jaipur are similar to the August [...] | 2008-06-10 07:54:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN KISL PGOV PREL PTER |
08CHENNAI234 | MAOIST AMBUSH OF ELITE UNIT STRIKES A BLOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist (also known as Naxalite) rebels ambushed an elite Indian police unit in the eastern state Orissa, striking a major blow to the India's counter-insurgency effort. Thirty-two members of the Andhra Pradesh-based "Greyhounds" unit, which was conducting joint operations with [...] | 2008-07-08 11:06:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC IN |
08CHENNAI251 | EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN BANGALORE; NO REPORTS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) A series of explosions (media reports indicate from three to nine) rocked Bangalore at approximately 1330 on July 25. Initial reports indicate that at least one person was killed and 15 injured by the blasts, which occurred within 12 minutes of each other. Media also reports that the blast [...] | 2008-07-25 09:39:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CACS IN |
08CHENNAI254 | BANGALORE RECOVERING FROM TERROR ATTACKS AS INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A sense of normalcy is returning to Bangalore following the series of eight explosions on July 25 that killed one person and injured eight. A ninth device that failed to explode is providing city police insights on the bombs' construction. No Americans were killed or injured i [...] | 2008-07-29 02:46:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN |
08CHENNAI256 | POLICE FOIL ALLEGED PLOT TO BOMB TARGETS IN CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Following bombings in Bangalore and Ahmedabad (reftels),Tamil Nadu police have arrested several men in connection with alleged plans to bomb targets in Chennai and around the state, according to media reports confirmed to us by both police and government sources. The targets o [...] | 2008-07-30 05:26:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC CACS IN |
08CHENNAI322 | ANDHRA PRADESH ANTI-MAOIST STRATEGY SUCCESSFUL, BUT TOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state Andhra Pradesh, which was once a hotbed of Maoist activity, has made substantial progress in quelling the leftist insurgency within its borders. The state's success can be attributed to improved governance, both in terms of more effective policing and the [...] | 2008-09-23 04:09:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ECON PHUM ASEC IN |
08CHENNAI326 | INCIDENTS AGAINST CHURCHES IN KARNATAKA CONTINUE AS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of another round of apparent attacks on churches in Karnataka on September 21, Consul General Andrew Simkin visited Bangalore September 23-24. The CG used the opportunity to emphasize the importance of protecting religious freedom to a wide variety of interlocutors, [...] | 2008-09-25 09:57:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR KIRF SOCI IN |
08CHENNAI330 | CONGRESS CONSIDERING BANNING HINDU FUNDAMENTALIST BAJRANG [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Catholic voice in the Congress party came away from a recent meeting with Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan feeling that India will probably ban the militant Hindu group Bajrang Dal as a result of the violence in Oriss [...] | 2008-09-29 09:56:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR KIRF SOCI IN |
08CHENNAI342 | SHADOWY NGO'S TERRORIST TIES WORRY KERALA OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary: The National Development Front (NDF),a shadowy, self-described human rights organization is causing alarm in north Kerala. A wide range of interlocutors alleged that the group has connections to the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and a history of violent activ [...] | 2008-10-07 08:12:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KISL PGOV PTER |
08CHENNAI385 | POLICE KILL SUSPECTED MAOISTS IN KARNATAKA [...] (SBU) Summary: State police ambushed a group of four suspected Maoist insurgents (also known as Naxalites) before dawn on November 19, killing three, according to press reports. The fourth, reported to be a woman, escaped the ambush, which took place in southwestern Karnataka. Press reports [...] | 2008-11-20 08:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC PINS PHUM IN |
08CHENNAI395 | SOUTH INDIA PLANS TO BOOST SECURITY FORCES IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The attacks in Mumbai have concentrated minds in South India. Karnataka state officials in Bangalore are apparently close to finalizing plans to create two new security forces. One will be a 700-member S.W.A.T.-style commando squad; the other will be a 4500-member unit designe [...] | 2008-12-05 08:19:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC ETTC IN |
08CHENNAI398 | STATE FAILS TO NOTIFY CONSULATE OF SPECIFIC TERRORIST THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Two contacts casually mentioned to us that the government of Tamil Nadu had recently increased security due to a ""specific threat"" against the Consulate. The Consulate received no advance notification of the threat; we only came to know due to the two informal after-the-fact refer [...] | 2008-12-08 07:22:00 | Consulate Chennai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KISL PGOV PTER IN |
08CHIANGMAI184 | LOWER NORTH LEADERS SAY NATIONAL STALEMATE HARDENING; DON'T [...] (C) Consul General discussed Thailand's national political impasse with local politicians during a trip to two lower north provinces just prior to the December 2 court ruling dissolving the governing People's Power Party. All interlocutors, in a trend reflective of similar conversations in th [...] | 2008-12-03 07:38:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH |
08CHISINAU1126 | MOLDOVA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN ASEC MD |
08CHISINAU1246 | MOLDOVA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism. The Moldovan government continued to manage its counterterrorism strategy based on M [...] | 2008-12-22 06:49:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MD |
08COLOMBO1046 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 11/19/2008 REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on November 19, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture and security for the official and expatriate American communities vis-a-vis possible Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) terrorist attacks [...] | 2008-11-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO1077 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETS ON 11/28/2008 RE MUMBAI [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on November 28, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India on November 27. The EAC concurred that there was no threat information indicating that the [...] | 2008-11-28 07:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO1143 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING DECEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 17, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the information provided reftel. The EAC discussed the current threat environment, the need to have RSO staff present in Colombo d [...] | 2008-12-17 11:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO1146 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 12/17/2008 - [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on December 17, 2008. In addition to discussing post's security posture during the upcoming holiday period, the EAC reviewed proposed revisions to post's restricted travel zone and travel policy. The EAC-re [...] | 2008-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO1153 | 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (U) Here is the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Sri Lanka. The point of contact for this cable is Ben Barry. His e-mail address is BarryBG@state.gov. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: More than 7,000 people were killed and many thousands more displaced in 2008 as the Sri Lankan government continue [...] | 2008-12-23 08:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO1161 | SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS 8 OUTSIDE OF CIVIL [...] (U) At about 8:45 a.m. on December 28, a presumed LTTE suicide bomber killed himself, seven Civil Defense Force (CDF) personnel and one civilian in an attack on a CDF office in Wattala, a northern Colombo suburb. (Note: the Civil Defense Force, formerly the Home Guards, are roughly analagous t [...] | 2008-12-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO126 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/01/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on February 1, 2008. The EAC discussed Post,s security posture in light of possible attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in retaliation for a bombing in LTTE controlled Mannar District and [...] | 2008-02-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO135 | SRI LANKA: SPIKE IN DEADLY ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka experienced a spike in terrorist attacks prior to its February Independence Day celebrations. On February 2, a bomb exploded on a civilian bus in Dambulla, in north central Sri Lanka, killing 20. On February 3, an LTTE suicide cadre killed herself and 14 others at the Fo [...] | 2008-02-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO136 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/05/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on February 5, 2008. The EAC discussed Post's security posture in light of terrorist attacks on February 2, 3 and 4 (the weekend prior to, and the day of, Sri Lankan Independence Day). The EAC recommended, an [...] | 2008-02-05 13:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO153 | SRI LANKA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR [...] Post, following G/TIP instructions in reftel, solicited anti-trafficking project proposals from local and regional organizations and received three proposals. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) proposal includes improving the GSL's capacity to prosecute trafficking crimes and to [...] | 2008-02-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM CE |
08COLOMBO167 | 02/15/2008, EAC MEETING REGARDING SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: In response to information provided reftel, AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The EAC concurred that the death of the Hizballah leader was unlikely to affect Post's security profile, and therefore the EAC felt that it was not nec [...] | 2008-02-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC |
08COLOMBO215 | SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...] | 2008-02-29 07:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE |
08COLOMBO216 | EXPLOSION IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (U) An alleged LTTE member detonated a bomb around 0615 hr. local on 02/29/2008 in a northern Colombo neighborhood. Police stated that the SUBJECT initiated the bomb as police officers, acting on a tip, attempted to search his room in a lodge on Aluth Mawatha in Modara, located in Colombo 15. A [...] | 2008-03-01 01:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
08COLOMBO22 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING JANUARY 7, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 7, 2008. The EAC discussed Post's security profile and security for American citizens in general in light of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) abrogation (ref A) of the 2002 Cease Fire Agreement [...] | 2008-01-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08COLOMBO328 | MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Mission point of contact is Poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Maldives Overview ------- [...] | 2008-04-01 00:01:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD MV |
08COLOMBO34 | SRI LANKA: TIGER ATTACK KILLS MINISTER OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building D.M. Dassanayake was killed in a roadside bomb attack just outside of Colombo. Initial indications are that Dassanayake was likely a target of opportunity for the LTTE. This incident is the first successful assassination of [...] | 2008-01-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO352 | SRI LANKA: LTTE ATTACK KILLS MINISTER, 13 OTHERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Minister for Highways (and Chief Government Whip in Parliament),Jeyaraj Fernandopulle, and 13 others were killed by a suicide bomb blast on April 6 at about 8 am local time, just before the start of a marathon race about 25 kilometers northeast of Colombo. Also kil [...] | 2008-04-07 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL CE |
08COLOMBO36 | SRI LANKA: SMALL BLAST IN COLOMBO, NO INJURIES [...] On January 8, around 7:30 pm, a small bomb exploded in the Colombo Fort area, opposite the government owned publishing house Lake House. No injuries or casualties were reported. The bomb, approximately 75 grams of C-4, according to police contacts, was placed inside a phone booth on the gro [...] | 2008-01-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO372 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 04/09/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 9, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of a recent assassination of a government minister and the upcoming Sinhala/Tamil New Year celebrations. The EAC agreed that current secu [...] | 2008-04-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO475 | SUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST EIGHT IN CENTRAL [...] A suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated himself next to a police bus in downtown Colombo on May 16 at 12:00 noon. According to Defense Ministry spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella, six policemen and two civilians were killed and 75 to 80 persons were injured. Subsequent media reports put the fi [...] | 2008-05-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO489 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 05/21/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 21, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the most recent bombing incident in Colombo (refs A and B). The EAC recommended that Embassy personnel use routes that minimize exposure [...] | 2008-05-21 11:22:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO506 | SRI LANKA: PARCEL BOMB ON TRAIN KILLS NINE AT SUBURBAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A parcel bomb on a train detonated at a suburban Colombo station on May 26 causing nine deaths and wounding more than seventy. It was unclear whether the bomb was triggered by a remote control (such as a cell phone) or a timer. The government of Sri Lanka blamed the attack on t [...] | 2008-05-27 11:37:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CE |
08COLOMBO563 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 06/09/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 9, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture and advice to the general American community in light of the most recent terrorist attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...] | 2008-06-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO588 | SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BLAST KILLS 12 POLICEMEN, [...] (U) A little after 7:00 am on June 16 a suicide bomber on a motorbike killed himself and 12 police personnel in front of the Senior Superintendent of Police's (SSP) office in Vavuniya. RSO FSN's contacts reported that 19 additional police personnel were admitted to the general hospital in V [...] | 2008-06-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO6 | BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO TARGETS ARMY BUS [...] A bomb exploded in the "Slave Island" area of Colombo 2 around 9:30 am on January 2. The apparent target was a bus carrying Sri Lanka Army troops. The director of the Colombo National Hospital has confirmed five deaths, at least two of which were SLA personnel, and over 25 injuries. A nearb [...] | 2008-01-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO619 | CLOSING CAC AT AMEMBASSY COLOMBO DUE TO WHITE [...] (SBU) Summary: At approximately 1000 hrs. local on June 25, 2008, RSO Colombo received a report that a mailroom clerk had opened an envelope containing a white, powdery substance while conducting a secondary screening of the envelope in post's mail screening room. Further inquiries revealed tha [...] | 2008-06-25 13:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER AMED CE |
08COLOMBO631 | Colombo: Powder not Dangerous, Embassy Resumes Normal [...] (SBU) On June 30, 2008, the Medical Research Institute Department of Bacteriology returned a negative report for anthrax for the sample from the suspicious powder incident of June 25 (see reftel for details). 2. (U) The Embassy has re-opened the Compound Access Control (CAC) inspection ar [...] | 2008-06-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER AMED CE |
08COLOMBO637 | SRI LANKA: LARGE SEARCH OF TAMILS IN COLOMBO [...] (C) On July 2, in an early morning operation Sri Lankan army, police, and STF forces cordoned off and searched Kimbula Ela, a predominantly Tamil area of Colombo. According to an Embassy mail room employee who lives in the area, 800 people (including the Embassy employee) were told to leave [...] | 2008-07-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO713 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 07/23/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 23, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the upcoming South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) conference, hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Colombo [...] | 2008-07-24 08:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO75 | SRI LANKA: LTTE STRIKES CIVILIAN BUS IN THE [...] (C) On January 16 at 7:30 am, a claymore mine exploded near Buttala, in Sri Lanka's southeastern Uva Province, hitting a civilian bus. At least 24 people were killed, including several women and children, and more than 60 were wounded. Chief of Defense Staff Donald Perera confirmed to Amba [...] | 2008-01-16 11:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE |
08COLOMBO754 | POLICE DETAIN SUSPECT IN JUNE WHITE POWDER [...] (SBU) Summary - The Sri Lanka Police Service (SLPS),working at the behest of RSO Colombo, located and detained a subject believed to have delivered the envelope containing the white powder (ref B and C) that closed AmEmbassy Colombo for normal business for a week in June. Subsequent to his de [...] | 2008-08-13 09:15:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER AMED |
08COLOMBO763 | ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST NEAR AMEMBASSY COLOMBO [...] At approximately 1630 hr. local time, August 14, 2008, an anti-government demonstration took place near the U.S. Embassy in Colombo. A group of approximately 3000 protesters reached the Colpetty Junction, approximately 150 meters south of the Embassy's main gate. The protesters from two student [...] | 2008-08-14 14:54:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
08COLOMBO807 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 08/27/2008 IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on August 27, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of an attack on a Sri Lanka naval base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The attack occurred during the evening of August 26, 2008. GSL police and [...] | 2008-08-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CE MARR PTER |
08COLOMBO851 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/03/2008 IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 3, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of the bombing incident that occurred on August 30, 2008 in the Pettah district, Colombo 11. The detonation of an improvised explosive de [...] | 2008-09-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO889 | EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on September 22, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent terrorist attack of the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen and the suicide bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. [...] | 2008-09-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08COLOMBO981 | AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETS REGARDING SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting in response to guidance provided reftel. The EAC considered potential threats, if any, to post's planned election day representational event. RSO informed the EAC of the security measures [...] | 2008-10-29 10:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER AMGT |
08COLOMBO989 | AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC ADDRESSES LTTE "AIR TIGER" [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss security for the official and expatriate American communities in light of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "Air Tiger" attacks on the evening of October 28, 2008. T [...] | 2008-10-31 04:17:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER |
08CONAKRY10 | CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN GUINEA'S CAPITAL - UNIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A number of demonstrations and civil disturbances flared across Conakry between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on January 4, following the president's January 3 dismissal of the Minister of Communication. The PM convened an extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting while political part [...] | 2008-01-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM PREL GV |
08CONAKRY105 | FIRST LADY SAYS ALL IS WELL [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with Poloff on April 15, the First Lady emphasized that all is well in Guinea. She said that relations between the president and the prime minister are "fine," that the president is making his own decisions without undue influence from his entourage, an [...] | 2008-04-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL CVIS ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY108 | EDUCATION MINISTER IS GUINEA,S NEW OFFICIAL [...] (U) Over national radio on February 7, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate announced that the Minister of Education, Ousmane Souare, is the Guinean Government,s new official spokesperson. The former Minister of Communication, Justin Morel Jr., served in that capacity until he was dismissed by Pre [...] | 2008-02-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY109 | THE AUDITS ARE OUT - SORT OF [...] (U) Following an alleged order from President Conte calling for the PM to release the results of ministerial audits by February 6, Acting Government Spokesperson Saidou Diallo, who is also the Minister of Economic Control, announced that the final results of the Guinean Government,s ministeri [...] | 2008-02-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY11 | WITH OR WITHOUT THE PRESIDENT - GUINEA'S POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. With two weeks remaining before Guinea faces the March 31 deadline for resuming a nationwide labor strike, various political actors are working quietly behind the scenes to define the next stage of the country's ongoing political and economic struggle. A parallel dialogue process [...] | 2008-03-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY110 | GUINEA ASKS FOR HELP TO ALLEVIATE ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs urgently requested a meeting with the Ambassador in order to request help in dealing with rising prices for basic foodstuffs. The Ambassador responded with tough questions about corruption and the government's new export ban on foodstuffs [...] | 2008-04-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EPET ETRD GV PGOV PREL |
08CONAKRY115 | MINORITY PARLIAMENTARY PARTY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although leaders of the UPR opposition political parties see elections as an important political element, they remain pessimistic as to whether elections can be organized transparently and in a timely fashion. They were circumspect with regards to Guinea,s current political e [...] | 2008-02-12 14:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY117 | ANOTHER VIEW ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH [...] (S) When out for walkS in a residential neighborhood, an Embassy EFM staff member often chats with an older Guinean neighbor claiming to be President Conte's cousin. The neighbor said that he goes to see the president once or twice a week and that his job is to "make him laugh" since Conte d [...] | 2008-04-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY120 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF INQUIRY READY TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) Guinea's Human Rights Commission is planning to officially launch its investigation on May 5 of the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces during the civil unrest in early 2007. The president of the Commission, Mounir Houssein Mohamed told Poloff on April 18 that he [...] | 2008-04-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY121 | CURRENT PERSPECTIVE FROM THE RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a leading member of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) provides some insights as to the current thinking of the party's leadership. Contact is firmly behind the president and sees the PUP as a powerful and significant political player. At the [...] | 2008-04-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY13 | POLICE ARREST AND DETAIN FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Guinea's judicial police arrested Mme Chantal Colle on March 18 reportedly for inflammatory remarks against the prime minister during a press conference at the Novotel on March 17. According to police contacts, three police officers brought Mme Colle to the Director of the Judicial Polic [...] | 2008-03-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY131 | OUSMANE BAH - IN OR OUT OF UPR? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local press reports that Ousmane Bah ws relieved of his position as President of the UPR. The UPR thinks otherwise. Meanwhile, a rival politician reportedly is pulling the strings. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On April 21, several press reports stated that Ousamne Bah had been r [...] | 2008-04-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY147 | SIERRA LEONE DIPLOMAT OFFERS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ALLEGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, four women were stopped near Forecariah in June 2007 for allegedly attempting to traffic ten children from Guinea to Sierra Leone. DCM discussed the incident during a meeting with ALhaji ALie Badara Kamara of the Sierra Leonean Embassy in Guinea on April 15, 2008. Mr [...] | 2008-04-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY151 | UNION LEADER HAS NO HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting with Poloff on April 29, union leader Rabiatou presented a gloomy outlook on Guinea's current political situation. She said that it is impossible to find a solution as long as President Conte remains in power, and literally scoffed at the idea that transparent [...] | 2008-05-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY152 | SYLLAH IN, SYLLAH OUT - WHO RUNS THE PATRONAT? [...] (U) SUMMARY. A few weeks ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Mamadou Syllah as the head of the government's official delegation to the International Labor Conference in Geneva. On April 26, the MFA retracted the designation following heavy criticism from the media, the population [...] | 2008-05-02 11:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY162 | PRESIDENCY STIRS UP CONTROVERSY AGAIN - APPOINTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate was off strengthening bilateral ties with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea last week, the presidency took advantage of the PM,s absence to stir up controversy once again. On March 1, Conte issued two presidential decrees, one naming a new prefec [...] | 2008-03-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY164 | UNIONS BLOCK PM ON FUEL - UNION LEADER SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea,s labor unions are attempting to block GoG efforts to reduce or eliminate the country,s economically unsustainable fuel subsidy program as they call for consultations. Despite having a doctorate in economics, union leader Ibrahima Fofana demonstrated an appalling lack of [...] | 2008-03-05 08:53:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY169 | HUMAN REMAINS UNEARTHED AT CENTRAL PRISON, EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Guinean prisoner advocacy NGO has reportedly unearthed human skeletal remains under a former trash heap at Conakry's central prison. Although most of the skulls and large bones were reportedly stolen in the middle of the night, Poloff saw several bone fragments sticking up out [...] | 2008-05-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY170 | GUINEA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BLOCKED AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After finally receiving long-awaited government funding to launch an investigation into the human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces in early 2007, Guinea's Human Rights Association is blocked again. The Central Bank has frozen the Commission's bank account, a [...] | 2008-05-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY18 | LOCAL STAFF WORRIED ABOUT ONGOING POLITICAL [...] (C) Poloff and Econoff held an informal discussion with a group of senior LES staff from USAID, Management, RSO, Peace Corps, and PAO on March 13 to exchange thoughts on Guinea's current political situation a the upcoming March 31 deadline for negotiations set by the country's la unions (refte [...] | 2008-03-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY184 | SEIZED DRUGS FINALLY INCINERATED...OR WERE THEY? [...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 11, 2008, Guinean police seized a shipment of cocaine, exact quantity unknown, and detained six suspects believed to be of Latin American origin (Reftel A, B). All USG requests for additional information regarding the details of the seizure or the suspects have gone unanswer [...] | 2008-03-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC GV PGOV DEA PREL SNAR |
08CONAKRY19 | GUINEA SWEARS IN NEW MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION [...] (U) Guinea,s new Minister of Communication, Issa Conde, was sworn into office on January 7 by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah. Contrary to protocol and tradition, the previous Minister, Justin Morel Jr., who was fired by President Conte on January 3 (reftel),was not in a [...] | 2008-01-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY196 | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN GUINEA'S FOREST REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Local NGOs tell Embassy officials that the Forest Region is a transit hub for the trafficking of children from Guinea to neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, highlighting the need for cross-border coordination and information sharing. Specific cases provide examples of how these c [...] | 2008-05-15 11:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY197 | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN EASTERN MARITIME GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Prefect in Forecariah continues her efforts to combat child trafficking on the border with Sierra Leone, although her methods have drawn some criticism. Despite the increase in trafficking cases, not all officials in the region agree that child trafficking is a problem and some [...] | 2008-05-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY201 | (S) ONE KILO OF "COCAINE" DELIVERED TO EMBASSY [...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 10, 2008 Ambassador and ARSO attended the alleged incineration of several kilos of narcotics seized by Guinean police. USG,s request for a random sample of the cocaine was denied (Reftel A). On May 14, 2008, the former director of the anti-drug unit delivered a kilo of a [...] | 2008-05-19 05:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | SNAR ASEC PREL PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY202 | (S) NOT THE CONTE I KNOW [...] (S) During a March 12 meeting with Poloff, opposition leader Sidya Toure of the Union Force Republican (UFR) party shared his observations regarding his Monday courtesy call on President Lansana Conte. Toure said that it was the first time he had seen Conte in over eight years and that Conte [...] | 2008-03-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY203 | FULANI VILLAGERS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMY [...] SUMMARY. A recent road trip into villages throughout Middle Guinea reveals that villagers just thirty minutes off the main road are unaware that the Guinean Government is organizing legislative elections in six months. Villagers were generally preoccupied with basic cost of living issues an [...] | 2008-05-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY208 | GUINEA EAC - PRIME MINISTER KOUYATE DISMISSED [...] The Deputy Chief of Mission convened Post's Emergency Action Committee Wedneday, May 21 to discuss the announced dismissal of PM Kouyate last night and potential public reaction to this event. Representatives from MGT, CA, RO, DAO, USAID, PC, PAO, POL and RSO were present 2. The dismissal o [...] | 2008-05-21 06:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY209 | PRESIDENT SACKS GUINEAN PRIME MINISTER LANSANA [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Conte fired Guinean Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate on May 20 and replaced him with a cabinet member from a previous government, Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare. Public support for Kouyate has been steadily waning and the public reaction has been relatively quiet, although there [...] | 2008-05-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY210 | UNDAUNTED BY INTERNAL DISCORD, UPR OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The president of the UPR opposition party assured Poloff that he remains the party's legitimate leader, irregardless of recent party declarations to the contrary. He attributes the internal dissension to a handful of members who want to ally with the UFDG and Cellou Diallo. Hav [...] | 2008-03-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY211 | FORMER PM HOLDS MEETING ON ELECTIONS - DEMANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 13, former Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate held a three and a half hour meeting with political parties to discuss progress towards Guinea's legislative elections later this year. The discussion focused on four central issues: the need for donor community support to cov [...] | 2008-03-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY212 | CLOSE FRIEND OF NEW PM SHARES INSIGHTS [...] (C) Returning to Conakry from a trip to Middle Guinea, Econoff stopped in Mamou on May 21 to visit the local prefect, Mr. Safioulaye Bah, in order to discuss recent political developments (reftel). Bah told Econoff that he is a close personal friend of the new prime minister, Dr. Ahmed Tidia [...] | 2008-05-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY213 | PLOTTING KOUYATE'S DEMISE [...] (S) SUMMARY. An LES staff member provides useful insights into an alleged plot orchestrated by former members of government against Guinea's former PM, Lansana Kouyate. Inside information suggests that the PM's demise was well planned and well orchestrated. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) A senior LES [...] | 2008-05-21 14:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY218 | LABOR UNIONS REJECT NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Guinea's trade unions issued two separate declarations on May 22 criticizing President Conte's decision to appoint Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare as the country's new prime minister (reftel). The Unions-Intersyndicale, which is an umbrella organization representing four independent trade union [...] | 2008-05-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY219 | SOUARE SWORN IN AS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF GUINEA [...] (SBU) Dr. Ahmed Tidiane Souare was officially sworn in as the new prime minister of Guinea around 1:30 PM on May 23. The ceremony was originally scheduled to begin at 11:00, but was reportedly delayed in order to wait for the arrival and participation of the former prime minister, Lansana Kouy [...] | 2008-05-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY220 | RECENT CHILD TRAFFICKING INCIDENTS ON GUINEA'S NORTHERN [...] SUMMARY: (U) Local media reported two alleged child trafficking incidents on Guinea's borders with Mali and Senegal. The first incident involved 22 children being transported to Mali, and the second, 11 children being transported to Senegal. In both cases, Koranic teachers, also known as marabo [...] | 2008-05-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC ML GV |
08CONAKRY223 | GUINEA EAC MEETING, MAY 27, 2008 [...] Embassy Conakry convened an EAC meeting May 27 to review the security environment following further reports of mutinous military activity at Camp Alpha Yaya. The mutineers' first demand is that the president remove the minister of defense. They have threatened to march on Camp Samory Toure, Co [...] | 2008-05-27 08:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY224 | EMBASSY CONAKRY SITUATION REPORT 1 [...] (C) The 12:00 deadline given by the military mutineers for the dismissal of the Minister of Defense has passed. One Embassy source reported that soldiers have left Camp Alpha Yaya Diallo and have begun marching towards Camp Touare. However, RSO contacts on the ground have not observed any si [...] | 2008-05-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PMIL GV |
08CONAKRY225 | SOLDIERS MUTINY, THREATEN MARCH ON CENTRAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of soldiers, which appears to be fairly well organized with significant internal backing, seized control of the military camp Alpha Yaya Diallo late on May 25. There has been intermittent shooting in Conakry's military camps, as well as reports of similar activity in up [...] | 2008-05-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL GV |
08CONAKRY226 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 2 [...] (C) Embassy sources report that a delegation representing the mutineers at Camp Alpha Yaya are on their way to Camp Touare. They will reportedly demand the immediate dismissal of the current Minister of Defense, General Baillo Diallo. There have been no further reports of large military move [...] | 2008-05-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PMIL GV |
08CONAKRY227 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 3 [...] (C) At about 2:30 PM, President Conte reportedly signed a decree dismissing General Baillo Diallo from his post as Minister of Defense, meeting the mutineers' immediate demand. No replacement has been named. The GoG announced Diallo's dismissal publicly during a 3:00 PM broadcast by RTG. [...] | 2008-05-27 12:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PMIL GV |
08CONAKRY228 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 4 [...] (C) After continued incidents of sporadic gunfire in Camp Alpha Yaha despite the removal of General Baillo Diallo as Minister of Defense, the GoG appears to have given in to all of the mutineers' demands (reftel A). 2. (C) Contacts report that the GoG has agreed to pay each soldier the 5 [...] | 2008-05-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PMIL GV |
08CONAKRY23 | CHANTAL COLLE DEPORTED, CONTE RUMORED TO BE IN A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following her March 18 arrest, close presidential confidant Mme Chantal Colle left the country late on March 19 under a deportation order signed by the Minister of Interior and Security. Meanwhile, rumors of President Conte,s deteriorating medical condition have been rampant [...] | 2008-03-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY231 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Soldiers were celebrating into the night yesterday after winning government concessions to all mutineer demands. Celebratory activities included intermittent firing of guns into the air, some armed muggings, and looting of several businesses. The media reports that at least [...] | 2008-05-28 10:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY233 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 6 [...] (C) Embassy sources report that mutineers have modified their initial demands to the Guinean Government (GoG) and have given a 12:00 deadline for meeting those demands. Mutineers are now reportedly insisting on immediate payment of the promised 5 million GnF to each soldier, rather than recei [...] | 2008-05-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY236 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 7 [...] (C) Embassy sources close to the negotiations report that things are "much better." Negotiations have reportedly ended for the day and the prime minister is expected to make an announcement this evening on the national news network. Sources indicate that the mutineers will likely release Gen [...] | 2008-05-28 14:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY237 | COMMENTS FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER DIALLO, HEAD [...] SUMMARY. Former Prime Minister Cellou Diallo, who is also the current president of the UFDG opposition political party, says he will support the new PM as long as he commits to continued progress towards improved governance, legislative elections, and economic reforms. He was highly critical [...] | 2008-05-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY238 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 8 [...] (U) SUMMARY. The following reports are a round-up of various events yesterday evening. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------------- FLIGHTS DIVERTED FROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ------------------------------------------- 2. (S) A routine Embassy support flight carrying clas [...] | 2008-05-29 08:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY24 | LAWYERS TAKE SIDES IN GUINEA,S POWER STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two public declarations allegedly coming from Guinea,s Bar Association show that the Bar is just as divided internally as most of the other actors in Guinea,s emerging political drama. The President of the Bar Association came out in strong support of President Conte and under [...] | 2008-01-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY240 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 9 [...] (SBU) Conakry remains relatively calm. There were reports of intermittent gunfire into the evening, but a gusty thunder and lightning storm around midnight muted any further activities. Several Embassy contacts reported that mutineers were going through the city last night looking for senior [...] | 2008-05-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY243 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been reports of an increased military presence outside the military camps, roadblocks manned by presidential loyalists, as well as possible movements of mutineers. Visual evidence suggests that there is some truth to these reports, but the extent of military movement [...] | 2008-05-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY244 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 11 [...] (C) Embassy received several reports from different sources of gunfire in the downtown area around 15:00, specifically around the Castro Bridge and the British Ambassador's residence. Sources reported hearing heavier fire, such as from grenades and/or Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs),but no [...] | 2008-05-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY247 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 12 [...] (SBU) The streets of Conakry are quiet this morning, and there have been no reports of gunfire. Stores, markets, and fuel stations remain closed. There are a few people on the streets waiting for taxis, but the roads are virtually empty due to lack of transportation. Poloff saw children and [...] | 2008-05-30 09:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY251 | CIVILIANS APPEAR TO CONDEMN MILITARY MUTINY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pol/Econ staff telephoned a number of key contacts throughout the civilian sector on May 30 in order to get a sense of the public's reaction to Guinea's continuing military mutiny (reftels). Opinions were mixed. Most contacts are condemning the mutineers, but the younger gen [...] | 2008-05-30 11:52:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY252 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 13 [...] (C) As of 14:00, Conakry remains quiet and calm. Embassy has received no reports of gunfire or criminal activity. Local businesses and gas stations remain closed. There is very little traffic on the roads. Earlier this morning, between 150 and 250 women were peacefully demonstrating in fro [...] | 2008-05-30 12:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY254 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 14 [...] (U) There was a visible lessening of tension in the streets over the weekend as Conakry residents ventured out to take care of regular business. Gas stations, some of which were under the protection of the president's military forces, opened to the public. Many stores were open, and there wa [...] | 2008-06-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY255 | LABOR UNIONS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT NEW PRIME [...] (U) Louis M'Bemba Soumah, president of the teacher's union (SLECG),made an announcement on public radio the evening of May 30. He said that the unions understand that the January 2007 Accords stipulate that no member of any former government can be appointed as the consensus prime minister. [...] | 2008-06-02 08:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY26 | REPORT OF EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) for the Embassy met to review the current status of the situation in country, with emphasis on the general strike that has been called for tomorrow. Detailed political information reported septel. 2. (SBU) All sections and agencies reported being [...] | 2008-01-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER GV |
08CONAKRY262 | EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 15 [...] (SBU) As of 16:00 on June 02, Guinea appears to have returned to business as usual. Schools, markets, and stores are open for business, and street traffic is at normal levels. The Guinean Armed Forces are no longer maintaining any roadblocks or vehicle checkpoints. Embassy has not received [...] | 2008-06-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY263 | GUINEA: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reftel requests that post report on forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods for a mandatory Congressional reporting request - the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA). Embassy met with government, labor organizations, and N [...] | 2008-06-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY267 | EAC DISCUSSES SECURITY POSTURE FOR JULY 4TH EVENT [...] As per reftel, on June 2, 2008, the Conakry Emergency Action Committee convened to review Post's security posture in preparation for July 4th events. Currently there is no plan to hold an official Independence Day event in Conakry. The Embassy hosted an official National Day in February since [...] | 2008-06-04 13:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC GV |
08CONAKRY27 | GUINEA CALM, BUT ANXIOUS AS STRIKE DEADLINE LOOMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy LES conversations with contacts throughout Guinea suggest that there is a general air of calm in most urban centers, layered over anxiety and worry as citizens wait to see whether the unions will resume a nationwide strike January 10 as planned (reftel A). The capital h [...] | 2008-01-10 05:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY274 | TEACHERS WARN OF POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's teachers' unions continue to threaten a possible labor strike, which could begin as early as June 10. Such a strike has the potential to spark civil unrest, as it did in a similar situation in 2006, especially among the country's students. It is not yet clear whether [...] | 2008-06-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY275 | UNIONISTS AT RUSSIAN BAUXITE MINE CONCLUDE STRIKE [...] (SBU) Unionists at the Russian owned Rusal bauxite mine in Fria, about two hours to the northeast of Conakry, have been holding a peaceful labor strike since Monday, June 02. As of 15:00 on June 06, it appears that the unionists have been able to successfully negotiate an acceptable deal with [...] | 2008-06-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY28 | BUSINESS UNRUFFLED BY STRIKE THREAT - CONTE CRONY STILL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local businesses are confident that a negotiated settlement to the labor union strike threat will be accomplished tonight. Meanwhile, a Conte crony is not yet out of legal trouble. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On January 9, Econoff met with members of the Conseil National du Patr [...] | 2008-01-10 05:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY284 | TEACHERS PLAN TO STRIKE JUNE 19 [...] (SBU) On June 10, following a series of meetings between union leaders and the Guinean Government, Guinea's two teachers' unions (FSPE and SLECG) formally notified the GoG of their intent to resume a nationwide labor strike effective Thursday, June 19. The unionists' demands are primarily ec [...] | 2008-06-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY285 | RESOLUTION OF MILITARY MUTINY STILL NOT CLEAR [...] (C) The self-identified leader of the military mutiny that began on May 23, Claude Pivi "Coplan," continues to represent the interests of the mutineers based at Camp Alpha Yaya in Conakry. President Conte was supposed to have met with him on Friday, June 6, but did not show up because he was [...] | 2008-06-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PMIL ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY29 | UNIONS POSTPONE STRIKES, CALL FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At midnight on January 10, Guinea,s labor unions were able to reach a negotiated agreement to postpone a nationwide labor strike. A key provision of the agreement is the immediate establishment of a Committee of Collaboration and Dialogue, which is supposed to review the January 27 Acc [...] | 2008-01-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY290 | (S) DRUGS, BOOZE AND WOMEN - TOTAL DISORDER AT [...] (S) SUMMARY. A new civilian contact claiming to have been living in Camp Alpha for the past eight years shares some interesting perspectives on the mutiny and life among the mutineers. He paints a depressing picture of young, undisciplined soldiers that bully the local population while smok [...] | 2008-06-13 06:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV |
08CONAKRY294 | REACTIONS FROM GUINEA'S INTERIOR REGARDING RECENT POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an Embassy road trip the week of June 2, contacts shared mixed reactions to recent political developments in Guinea. Most everyone, including government officials and civil society, agreed that former Prime Minister Kouyate had to go. However, civil society representatives [...] | 2008-06-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY295 | GUINEA RESTRUCTURES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Under a presidential decree signed late last week and announced on national television the evening of June 13, President Lansana Conte authorized an extensive restructuring of the Guinean Government. There are now a total of 33 separate ministries in addition to three independent secreta [...] | 2008-06-16 07:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY297 | POLICE AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS STRIKE FOR PROMOTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Police and Customs officials in Conakry began an unofficial labor strike on June 15. Negotiations with the government were started yesterday afternoon and continue today. There were reports of gunfire yesterday into the night from several parts of the city. Flights into Con [...] | 2008-06-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV |
08CONAKRY298 | CASUALTIES REPORTED AS MILITARY AND POLICE [...] (SBU) Beginning at approximately 10:00 on June 17, elements of the Guinean military faced off with striking police officers (reftel) in the Camayenne area of Conakry, which is located about one kilometer before the Castro Bridge. Preliminary reports indicate that there are at least 5 dead an [...] | 2008-06-17 10:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV |
08CONAKRY299 | EAC MEETING - JUNE 17, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the core EAC at 11:00 on June 17, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included the Ambassador, A/DCM (POL),RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, and CLO. 2. (U) Per reftel, there have been reports of casualties resulting from an exc [...] | 2008-06-17 11:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY30 | CITIZENS BREATHE SIGH OF RELIEF [...] (U) Following the announcement of a negotiated agreement between Guinea,s labor unions and the Guinean Government (septel),there was an audible sigh of relief heard throughout the country. Over the past week, there has been an almost tangible cloud of uncertainty and anxiety hanging over ci [...] | 2008-01-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY300 | TEACHERS' UNIONS MAY CALL OFF LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) According to a senior USTG (Union for the Guinean Workers) official, the teachers' unions are considering canceling the nationwide labor strike planned to begin on June 19 (reftel A). Contact told Pol LES on June 16 that the unions would continue negotiations with the GoG the morning o [...] | 2008-06-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY301 | MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...] | 2008-06-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV |
08CONAKRY302 | MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...] | 2008-06-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV |
08CONAKRY303 | EAC MEETING - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Conakry convened the Core EAC at 0900 on June 19, 2008 to review the present security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included A/DCM (POL),RSO, RAO, CONS, USAID, MGT, PAO and DAO. 2. (U) As of June 19, Guinea's teachers' unions reportedly began a nationwide labor stri [...] | 2008-06-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY306 | PM ASKS AMBASSADOR FOR HELP, BUT NO CLEAR PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his second meeting with the Ambassador, Guinea's new prime minister discussed the country's current security situation and ongoing political issues. He commented on the need to restore peace and security, and was optimistic that the GoG would soon be able to resolve the [...] | 2008-06-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY307 | NEW PM NAMES CABINET - A FIRST LOOK [...] (U) Nearly one month after he was sworn in, Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare finally announced his cabinet on June 19. These appointments follow on the June 13 announcement restructuring the government, which created a total of 33 ministries, and three secretary general positions (reftel) [...] | 2008-06-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY308 | GENERAL CAMARA LOOKING TO GET SITUATION UNDER [...] SUMMARY. According to General Camara, certain elements of the military are out of control, but he has a plan for dealing with them. He blamed the situation on poor communication and rumors, which enabled the "Bulletin Rouge" to take on a life of its own. Focused and calm, Camara came acros [...] | 2008-06-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY313 | KOUNDARA UNPREPARED FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a recent trip to Koundara, authorities, civil society and CEPI (prefectoral electoral commission) shared concerns about upcoming legislative elections, stating that preparations are moving slowly with little coordination between the various actors. Some expressed concern tha [...] | 2008-06-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY315 | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN WESTERN MARITIME GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Authorities express their concern about child trafficking, but also stress the importance of focusing on the prevalence of child exploitation in the region regardless of where the children came from or how they got there. This cable is the third in a series of reports on child traf [...] | 2008-06-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY320 | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN MIDDLE GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip to Middle Guinea reveals that Guinea's border with Senegal may be a transit point for significant trafficking activity. Although there have only been a few "official" trafficking cases, the lack of information and resources on the part of the local authorities, as we [...] | 2008-06-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY323 | CHILD TRAFFICKING IN UPPER GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. While NGOs have statistics illustrating an extremely high prevalence of child trafficking on Guinea's northern border with Mali, local authorities maintain that they have not seen any child trafficking cases. Government contacts confirm previous reports that marabouts frequently cr [...] | 2008-06-26 05:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY325 | TEACHERS' UNIONS SUSPEND STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As of Sunday, June 22, Guinea's teachers' unions (SLECG and FSPE) agreed to suspend a nationwide labor strike that began on June 19 (reftels). National exams, which were originally scheduled for the week of June 9 and then postponed to the week of June 23, are now scheduled fo [...] | 2008-06-26 07:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY326 | NEW PRIME MINISTER FINALLY SPEAKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the cabinet announcement last week, Prime Minister Souare addressed the public for the first time on June 24, wherein he vaguely discussed his political agenda. Much of Souare's speech was basic rhetoric that lacked substantive depth. His priorities appear to be nati [...] | 2008-06-26 09:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY329 | K-9 DRUG OFFICER SPEAKS UP ABOUT NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A K-9 officer within Guinea's anti-drug unit shares his insights regarding narcotics-related corruption and the recent, violent stand-off between the police and the military. Contact said that there are least 13 confirmed deaths resulting from the violence, and likely more unc [...] | 2008-06-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NARC ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY330 | ANALYSIS OF TRANS-BORDER CHILD TRAFFICKING IN GUINEA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Following a series of investigative cables exploring child trafficking in Guinea (reftels),it is clear that in order to successfully address this issue, the USG and its partners must focus on three critical aspects of the problem: supply, demand, and the traffickers themselves. [...] | 2008-07-01 07:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY331 | EMBASSY HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN-REACH ON FEMALE GENITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 26, the Embassy held the first of a series of planned Human Rights In-Reaches intended to educate American and locally employed staff (LES) about critical human rights issues in Guinea. This first program focused on combating Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),a practice that [...] | 2008-07-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY333 | RELIGIOUS LEADER WORKING ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Monsignor Gomez, leader of the Christian Counil, Guinea's reconciliation of past grievances will take time. Gomez said that Guinea's political and civil society actors lack a spirit of national unity and purpose. He said that Lansana Conte is at the root of Guinea's [...] | 2008-07-01 12:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY335 | GOG SAYS 11 DEAD AND 147 WOUNDED DURING MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a confidential GoG report, a total of 11 people were killed, and 147 wounded during the military mutiny in late May. These totals include 1 civilian death and 72 civilians injured. The GoG's tally, which comes from the Ministry of Defense, represents the best casua [...] | 2008-07-01 14:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PMIL GV |
08CONAKRY35 | FRUSTRATED AND MARGINALIZED, GUINEA,S YOUTH ARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an Embassy hosted breakfast, 17 Conakry-based youth leaders shared their views on the current political situation and the possibility of a nationwide labor strike at the end of the month. Participants felt marginalized by both the government and non-government actors, [...] | 2008-03-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY36 | CONTE BACK AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (SBU) Following widespread press speculation about his physical health (reftel A),President Lansana Conte returned to Conakry on March 21 after having spent some weeks at his country home, located about an hour outside the capital. Conte toured the city in his presidential motorcade on March [...] | 2008-03-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY384 | AMBASSADOR CARTER URGES GREATER ECOWAS INVOLVEMENT [...] Ambassador Carter on July 17 urged the Representative of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Edward Aina to raise his organization's profile and play a leading role in promoting elections and good governance in Guinea. Citing the successes ECOWAS recently enjoyed in Togo and [...] | 2008-07-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY41 | RULING PARTY - WATCH OUT, WE,RE BACK! [...] (C) A lengthy conversation with the head of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) suggests that party leaders are interpreting last weeks events (reftels) as tacit popular support for President Conte. Highly critical of the unions and the prime minister, the PUP is firmly behind the [...] | 2008-01-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY440 | HEALTH UNIONS HOLD TWO DAY LABOR STRIKE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guinea's health unions staged a 48 hour nationwide labor strike on Monday and Tuesday due to the GoG's lack of response to demands dating back to 1992. More than half of the country's public health workers reportedly participated in the strike, effectively crippling public heal [...] | 2008-08-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY446 | CONTE CRONY AND FORMER KEY OFFICIAL THROWN IN JAIL [...] (SBU) Multiple Embassy sources have confirmed an August 19 internet news report (Guinee24.com) that the former Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah, has been arrested and is being detained at the military prison PM3. A contact at the Bureau of Customs told Pol LES over the telepho [...] | 2008-08-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY447 | PM MAY TAKE A HIT WITH NEW PRESIDENTIAL DECREE [...] (U) On August 19, an internet news source (Guinee24.com) posted a scanned copy of a presidential decree dated August 12. In the decree, the president criticizes the falsification of recent decrees and the misuse of presidential authority. As such, President Conte specifies that all preside [...] | 2008-08-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY448 | NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE GENERATES HARD-HITTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The UNDP sponsored a three-day national roundtable in Conakry, which closes a series of roundtables held over the last few months in each of Guinea's 33 prefectures and five communes. While the dialogue itself may have been somewhat routine, the conference was unusual in terms [...] | 2008-08-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY45 | VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS HELD PREFECT HOSTAGE FOR 3 HOURS [...] (U) Poloff spoke over the telephone with the prefect of Forecariah, Mme Marie Guilavogui, on March 26 in order to confirm a March 21 internet report (Aminata.com) regarding a short-lived military mutiny in her prefecture. The prefect said that a group of armed volunteer soldiers held her hos [...] | 2008-03-26 14:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY452 | PRESIDENT INTERVENES IN SAM SOUMAH ARREST [...] (C) The deputy commander of the gendarme prison PM3 told RSO LES that the former Secretary General of the Presidency, Sam Soumah, was released from prison at 17:00 on August 19. Soumah had been arrested the day before (reftel). According to contact, President Conte called PM3 and ordered the [...] | 2008-08-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY455 | GUINEAN GOVERNMENT DESTROYS A REPORTED 34 KILOS OF [...] (U) On August 20, Guinean security forces torched a reported 34 kilos of cocaine and 680 kilos of cannabis at a public burning covered by the press and diplomatic corps. Security and Civil Protection Minister Mohamed Damba allowed RSO to take random samples from the packets of cocaine slated for de [...] | 2008-08-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY457 | PRESIDENT APPOINTS PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY46 | ONE WEEK LATER - NO COMMITTEE FOR DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. One full week after the January 9 negotiated agreement between Guinea,s labor unions and other political actors (reftel),the Committee de Suivi has not yet gelled. Although the general committee composition has been decided, only the unions have actually nominated members. The [...] | 2008-01-18 05:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY460 | CHARGE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an August 22 courtesy call, the new Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Alpha Ibrahima Keira was polite, but close-mouthed. He stressed that he is the liaison between the government and the president, but said that he expects things to go smoothly. With upwards [...] | 2008-08-22 14:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY462 | FORMER PRESIDENTIAL OFFICIAL UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) The former Chief of Protocol at the Presidency, Idrissa Thiam, is reportedly under investigation for embezzlement. Commonly viewed as the most powerful individual next to the president prior to his controversial dismissal earlier this month, Thiam joins colleague Sam Soumah (former Sec [...] | 2008-08-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY464 | CHANTAL COLLE REPORTEDLY RETURNS TO GUINEA [...] (SBU) Five months after having been stripped of her Guinean passport and then deported, close presidential confidant Mme Chantal Colle reportedly returned to Guinea via Air France from Paris on August 22, according to multiple sources. Colle had left the country under armed escort on March 1 [...] | 2008-08-25 17:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY468 | RUMORS FLY ABOUT POSSIBLE PM DISMISSAL [...] (U) Guinea's rumor mill was working overtime yesterday as people throughout the capital speculated about the possibly imminent dismissal of Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare. By late afternoon, numerous government contacts were confirming the rumors and anticipating an official announcement [...] | 2008-08-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY47 | PM DENOUNCES +BULLETIN ROUGE, - OFFERS [...] (U) On January 9, on the eve of the nationwide strike planned by Guinea,s labor unions (reftels),the Ministry of Defense announced plans to pay every soldier a flat sum of $482, which is equivalent to about four months pay for an average soldier. The military has not conducted an accurate c [...] | 2008-01-18 05:51:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY470 | GUINEA PM BALKS AT MEETING SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Guinea Prime Minister Tidiane Souare on August 26 declined an offer by Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma to meet August 28 in Conakry to discuss narcotics trafficking issues. The refusal comes less than 10 days after the PM assured Charge and a representative of SL President Koroma that [...] | 2008-08-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREF PREL SNAR GV |
08CONAKRY480 | OUSMANE CONTE'S BODYGUARDS FIRE INTO CROWD, WOUNDS [...] (U) In response to an uneven distribution of electricity, a number of youths staged protests in the seaport town of Kamsar on August 22, which is home to CBG (Guinean Bauxite Company). Apparently, one neighborhood generator had been out of service for some time while generators in other neig [...] | 2008-08-29 14:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ASEC SNAR PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY485 | VOTER REGISTRATION UP AND RUNNING - SORT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the GoG finally launched its national voter registration campaign on August 28 as the Prime Minister symbolically registered to vote on national television, there are still a number of issues to be resolved before the campaign can truly get underway. The GoG's failur [...] | 2008-09-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY486 | RPG OPPOSITION REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RPG opposition political party remains optimistic about legislative elections despite continued delays and the presidency's seemingly successful efforts to gradually restore controversial personalities to positions of power. Planning to fully participate in the elections, [...] | 2008-09-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY493 | COCAINE REPORTEDLY STOLEN FROM OUSMANE CONTE'S [...] (S) According to the Prefect of Mamou, one of suspected drug kingpin Ousmane Conte's personal vehicles was abandoned in Kamsar after a hit and run accident a few weeks ago. Apparently, Ousmane's chauffeur was driving Ousmane's vehicle alone when he accidentally hit a woman on the street. Fear [...] | 2008-09-03 17:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY494 | CENI SAYS ELECTIONS IMPOSSIBLE FOR 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the President of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),Guinea will not be holding legislative elections this year, although he was optimistic that they would be held no later than February 2009. Citing a series of delays and logistical challenges, [...] | 2008-09-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY50 | UNIONS UNDECIDED ABOUT POSSIBLE LABOR STRIKE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The unions are undecided about whether or not they will push for a strike on March 31, and unions leaders appear divided. Negotiations continue, but union leaders say that much will depend on the recommendation issued by the Committee de Suivi and the president,s subsequent rea [...] | 2008-03-27 14:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY500 | UNIONS DIVIDED ON POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pessimistic but hoping for peace, union leader Rabiatou's comments during a September 3 meeting with A/DCM suggests that she does not have a clear idea of a strategy to achieve change in the face of what she is convinced will be fraudulent elections. Continued divisions both be [...] | 2008-09-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY501 | FIRED PORT OFFICIAL REFUSES TO GIVE UP POST [...] (U) The recent spate of presidential decrees coupled with several controversial "false decrees" over the last few months, has some Guineans questioning the legitimacy of these newest presidential appointments. In the case of the Port of Conakry, the former Director General of the Port, Oulaba [...] | 2008-09-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY504 | ALLEGED STORY BEHIND SACKING OF MINISTER OF MINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior FSN, and now a new GoG political appointee, shared some interesting insights into the inner workings of the Ministry of Mines. According to FSN, the former Minister of Mines (fired August 27) was one of the "good reformers." However, the minister was reportedly negoti [...] | 2008-09-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY505 | OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PM'S POLITICAL ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recently returned Humphrey Fellow who has been working as the senior political advisor at the PM's office since 2004, shared his impressions of PM Souare, whom he sees as largely ineffective. He also recounted three visits with President Conte over the last four years. The c [...] | 2008-09-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY506 | HEALTH UNIONS RESUME LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) Citing the GoG's failure to meet long-standing demands, Guinea's health unions resumed a nationwide labor strike on September 8, continuing the 48 hour strike of August 11 and 12 (REFTEL). According to Daouda Conde, a member of the FSPDS' (Guinean Federation of Health Workers) executive [...] | 2008-09-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY509 | PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE POSITIONS [...] (U) In a decree released August 27, President Conte appointed over 200 civil servants to senior level positions throughout the government. Some of the appointments represent lateral transfers while others bring back former government officials. Beginning with the prime minister's office and [...] | 2008-09-09 12:41:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY51 | EYE ON GUINEA,S SOCIO-POLITICAL UNDERCURRENTS [...] (C) COMMENT. Since the president sacked the communications minister in early January, political and economic tensions in Guinea have generally been high. A persistent atmosphere of uncertainty has many Guineans on edge, especially as we approach the March 31 union deadline for resolving iss [...] | 2008-03-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ELAB PREL GV |
08CONAKRY510 | INCREASE IN CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN CONAKRY [...] (U) Over the past few days, there has been a noticeable increase in the frequency of civil disturbances in Conakry. After the youth demonstration in neighboring Kamsar on August 22 (located a few hours up the coast from Conakry) that resulted in three civilians being shot by security forces ( [...] | 2008-09-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KDEM PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY512 | GOG HAS NO CONCRETE PLANS FOR CELEBRATION OF 50TH [...] (SBU) During meetings with the diplomatic community, former Prime Minister Kouyate repeatedly underscored the significance of Guinea's celebration of 50 years of independence, which will be officially recognized on October 2, 2008. That same message has continued through with the new adminis [...] | 2008-09-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY52 | REPORT OF CONAKRY EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Embassy Conakry's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met January 18 to discuss the possibility of civil unrest during and after the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations soccer game between Guinea and Ghana scheduled for Sunday, January 20. 2. (SBU) The EAC reviewed the likelihood of disturba [...] | 2008-01-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER GV |
08CONAKRY520 | CONAKRY YOUTHS DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of 12 prominent youth leaders have sent a letter to President Conte demanding his immediate resignation and the dissolution of the entire government. They are waiting to see if the president will meet with them tomorrow. If he does not, they plan to hold a press confere [...] | 2008-09-11 17:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY521 | MIXED VIEWS FROM GUINEA'S INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, the Embassy has visited nine different towns throughout Guinea's interior in an effort to asses electoral readiness and extend our public outreach. The cautious optimism of a year ago appears to be moving towards skepticism for many citizens. Recent c [...] | 2008-09-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY524 | GUINEAN PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing some insights into the deplorable conditions in Guinea's prisons and detention centers, the Director of the International Red Cross in Guinea claims that prison conditions continue to deteriorate. He blamed the situation on an overall lack of political will coupled with [...] | 2008-09-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY525 | YOUTH MOVEMENT SPLINTERS IN THE FACE OF BRIBES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The broad-based youth movement that began to take shape last week (reftel) appears to be losing momentum. According to initial information from one of the main youth leaders, Thierno Balde, some of the youth groups have accepted bribes while others have backed down because of f [...] | 2008-09-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY528 | HEALTH UNIONS REFUSE TO BACK DOWN, LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's health unions have entered into the second week of a nationwide labor strike they resumed on September 8. Unions leaders are refusing to back down, despite alleged "intimidation tactics" on the part of the government, because they are concerned that the government wi [...] | 2008-09-15 16:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY53 | MONDAY LABOR STRIKE LOOKING UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) As Guineans head into the weekend and approach the March 31 deadline set by unions after a short-lived escalation of political tensions in early January, information from various sources suggests that a strike on Monday is unlikely. Political and economic frustrations remain high, but [...] | 2008-03-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY530 | POWER BROKERING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING - A LOOK AT [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Conte's wives appear to be at the center of influence within the presidential palace, with a number of other powerful players circling in the wings. There are a few individuals who may be looking to take over the presidency, but most seem to be trying to stuff their po [...] | 2008-09-16 11:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV SNAR ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY532 | CONTINUED RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT IN CONAKRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For nearly a week and a half, Conakry has experienced a number of random, spontaneous demonstrations throughout the city. Reportedly protesting a lack of electricity, youths have been blocking major traffic intersections at various times by throwing rocks and burning tires. Th [...] | 2008-09-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY538 | YOUTHS REGROUP, SAY MOVEMENT WILL GO FORWARD ON [...] (C)SUMMARY. Youth leaders say that they have overcome some initial dissension, and plan to move forward with a massive youth movement sometime in the next month. They are confident that they have significant support from the youths, although firm commitments from the labor unions and prominen [...] | 2008-09-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC PGOV PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY54 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON DEPORTEES, ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 28 meeting with the Charge, the Minister of Interior and Security said that the Guinean Government wants to establish a bilateral agreement with the U.S. in order to regulate extradition cases, such as those pending for 40 Guineans awaiting deportation in the U. [...] | 2008-03-31 05:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY564 | CHANTAL COLLE BACK, PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY OVERRULES [...] (C) Described by some as a close presidential confidante and by others as a &troublemaker,8 Mme Chantal Colle returned to Conakry September 19 after having been deported in March to France by the former Minister of Interior and Security. Colle,s sudden March arrest and deportation two days l [...] | 2008-09-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY565 | YOUTH EXCHANGE BLOWS OVER POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (C) Some of Conakry,s youth leaders came to blows the evening of September 18 over differences of political opinion. Over the past few weeks, a group of twelve youth leaders have been trying to organize a massive youth movement to force President Conte,s resignation and a complete dissolutio [...] | 2008-09-26 13:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY568 | JUNIOR OFFICERS PLOT MILITARY COUP D,ETAT [...] (S) SUMMARY. A core group of junior military officers, under the leadership of Major &Idi Amin8 Camara told the DATT that they are planning to orchestrate a bloodless coup in the coming weeks. Claiming to be working closely with various youth leaders as well as the leader of the May militar [...] | 2008-09-29 17:15:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY569 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 29, 2008. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MED, MGT, POL/ECON, RAO and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the recent civil disturbances (refte [...] | 2008-09-30 07:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY57 | RELIGIOUS LEADER SHARES POLITICAL INSIGHTS, OFFERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Archbishop of Guinea,s Anglican Church shared a number of useful insights on Guinea,s political situation and the various actors with the Ambassador. A highly respected leader and one of the key players during the civil unrest in early 2007, Gomez said that if he is asked [...] | 2008-01-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY584 | GUINEA CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Republic of Guinea marked fifty years of independence on October 2 with a relatively uneventful ceremony and parade attended by seven dignitaries from neighboring countries. President Conte did not make an official appearance, sending First Lady Henriette Conte in his ste [...] | 2008-10-06 17:02:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY588 | COUP PLOTTERS CONTINUE TO COORDINATE STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY. A core group of young military officers from what is commonly known as the 19th promotion, in coordination with an underground youth movement, continue to plot a coup d'etat to overthrow the Guinean Government (reftel). They are in the process of fine tuning their strategy and [...] | 2008-10-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY600 | ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - GENERAL BACKGROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the first in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics. Guinea has been widely seen as a violence-averse, tolerant country in which various ethnic groups have been able to live together peacefully, avoiding the inter-ethnic conflicts [...] | 2008-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY602 | ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - UNION MANDINGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable is the second in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftel). The Union Mandinge is the youth arm of a broader ethnically based organization with ties to Upper Guinea and the Malinke population. A/DCM met with Union Mandinge lead [...] | 2008-10-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY604 | GOG DEMANDS MORE DONOR SUPPORT FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A meeting between the GoG and the international community on elections quickly deteriorated into a heated inter-agency debate about elections funding, with harsh criticism aimed at the absent Minister of Finance. The Minister of Territorial Administration and Political Affair [...] | 2008-10-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY605 | PRESIDENT FIRES MINISTERS OF FINANCE AND SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A presidential decree firing the ministers of finance and security was broadcast on national television last night. The governors of Conakry and Boke were also fired. No official reason was given for the dismissals. Rumors of possible dismissals have been circulating for weeks [...] | 2008-10-15 16:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ASEC SNAR GV |
08CONAKRY607 | ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - HAAL PULAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the third in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The leader of Haal Pular, a Peuhl youth organization, claims to have more than 20,000 members both within the country and from the Guinean Diaspora. Often criticized [...] | 2008-10-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY608 | PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OPEN ON MONDAY, TEACHERS PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea,s 2008/2009 public school year is set to begin on Monday, October 13. The last session ended with a nationwide teacher strike in June during the national exam period (reftel),which was called off a week later when the GoG and the teachers negotiated an agreement. Howe [...] | 2008-10-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY61 | COMMITTEE DE SUIVI TO REPORT TO CONTE THIS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one union leader, the Committee de Suivi will present a summary of its findings to President Conte this week. In addition, the Committee's delegation will present a new restructuring decree and ask that the president sign it. If the president rejects the Committee [...] | 2008-04-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY614 | OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS END OF REGIME IS IMMINENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Opposition leader Sidya Toure told Poloff that the end of Conte,s regime is imminent, whether through his death or a military takeover. In either case, he said he was certain that some sort of military transition is in Guinea,s future. Sidya said he and other opposition party [...] | 2008-10-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY616 | GUINEA'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS - PROGRESS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Guinea's voter registration process is off to a sluggish start due to logistical challenges, although recent developments indicate that some of the more problematic issues are approaching resolution. Challenges remain, but things appear to be moving forward, albeit slowly. A [...] | 2008-10-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY620 | YOUTH LEADER TALKS ABOUT POTENTIAL COUP AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. An underground youth movement appears to have joined forces with a group of young military officers intent on organizing a coup d,etat. Initially focused on a democratic movement forcing democratic change, the youths may now be facing a slippery slope of choices that could ulti [...] | 2008-10-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PMIL PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY623 | A DARK PERIOD FOR GUINEA SAYS PROMINENT RELIGIOUS [...] (C)SUMMARY. One of Guinea,s prominent Christian leaders privately told Poloff that Guinea,s most difficult challenges are yet to come. He believes that the current system is fundamentally broken, but that people are so focused on overthrowing the regime that they have neglected to develop a [...] | 2008-10-21 14:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV |
08CONAKRY63 | PUP HONORS PRESIDENT CONTE [...] (U) Supporters of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) gathered at the People,s Palace in Conakry on July 19 to celebrate the fourth anniversary of General Lansana Conte,s inauguration as the president of the Republic of Guinea. Allegedly organized by the party,s youth, the event wa [...] | 2008-01-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY631 | ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF THE FOREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fourth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). The youths of Guinea,s Forest Region appear to be primarily focused on minor inter-tribal tensions within their own region. Forest youth leaders downplayed broader [...] | 2008-10-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY64 | GOG REDUCES FUEL SUBSIDY, PRICES RISE BY 62% [...] (U) Late in the evening on March 31, the Guinean Government announced that the country's fuel prices would increase from 4,300 GnF per liter to 7,000 GnF per liter ($.97/liter to $1.59/liter),effective midnight. So far, the population's reaction has been relatively quiet. There have been a [...] | 2008-04-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ASEC PREL GV |
08CONAKRY642 | ALL EYES ON NOVEMBER 1 - INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. People have been talking about a possible coup d,etat in Guinea for a number of weeks now. Recent information from various sources suggests that a plot may move forward within the next few days, before the November 1 national military holiday. At the same time, these same indi [...] | 2008-10-28 16:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY646 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 29, 2008 [...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAT, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the upcoming 50th an [...] | 2008-10-29 15:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY648 | HIGH-LEVEL VISA APPLICATIONS CONTINUE AS NOVEMBER [...] (C) Embassy received several visa requests from high-ranking officials in the Guinean government, including from the wife of the Minister of Defense and from controversial businessman Mamadou Sylla, on 29 October. The DS-156 visa applications noted that applicants hoped to travel before Novem [...] | 2008-10-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY651 | GOG DISPATCHES DELEGATION TO KAMSAR IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoG sent a delegation to Kamsar and Boke on October 28 and October 30 in an effort circumvent mass demonstrations planned to begin November 1. The local population is threatening to destroy the railroad if their demands for running water and electricity are not met by Octob [...] | 2008-10-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY652 | ETHNIC POLITICS IN GUINEA - YOUTH OF COASTAL GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the fifth in a series of reports exploring the role of ethnicity in Guinean politics (reftels). Despite repeatedly affirming their neutrality and broad-based ethnic support, the youths of "Bas-Cote" were clearly pro-Conte and pro-Soussou. During a meeting with [...] | 2008-10-30 16:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY655 | EYEWITNESS SAYS CONTE IS IN POOR PHYSICAL HEALTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 16:38:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY662 | PIVI AND HIS DRUNKEN GANG - BANDITS FOR HIRE [...] (S) SUMMARY. According to a civilian living at Camp Alpha Yaya, Pivi is perpetually drunk, intimidating, and still popular among many of the rank and file soldiers. Contact said that Pivi is closely connected to Ousmane Conte, the president's son, and routinely receives cash from him, which [...] | 2008-10-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV SNAR ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY663 | DEMONSTRATORS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN CONAKRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a spontaneous demonstration that started around 12:30 AM last night, there have been several similar demonstrations throughout the capital city this morning. Demonstrators are reportedly protesting the GoG's failure to lower the price of fuel as expected (see septel [...] | 2008-11-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY664 | RIOTS IN BOKE OVER THE WEEKEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There were prolonged riots in Boke over the weekend after negotiations between the GoG and the local population failed to produce an acceptable agreement. Rioters attacked buildings owned by prominent government officials and one youth was killed when security forces intervene [...] | 2008-11-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY666 | GUINEAN ARMY QUIETLY CELEBRATES FIFTIETH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Guinean Army quietly celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on November 2, contrary to the expectations of the press and various contacts. The GoG announced a force-wide salary increase over national radio, to be implemented in January 2009, but effective November 1. The mili [...] | 2008-11-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY668 | CONAKRY DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY [...] (SBU) Random, spontaneous demonstrations continued throughout the day in Conakry, effectively shutting down major traffic intersections. There have been occasional reports of security forces firing into the air, but no indications that security forces are firing directly at crowds. As of 16 [...] | 2008-11-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY669 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 3, 2008 [...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 3, 2008 at 1530. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Conakry. These [...] | 2008-11-03 17:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY67 | DIALOGUE COMMITTEE SET TO HOLD FIRST MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most of the member institutions of Guinea,s Committee de Suivi have named their representatives and Guinean Government officials report that the committee will hold its first meeting on January 29. The committee will be led by the President of the National Assembly and organized [...] | 2008-01-24 12:04:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY670 | CIVIL UNREST CONTINUES IN CONAKRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the night was relatively quiet in Conakry, protestors and security forces were already mobilizing at 0700 for renewed demonstrations at key traffic intersections throughout the city. Embassy continues to receive reports of protest activity, including tire burning, ro [...] | 2008-11-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV ELAB PREL GV |
08CONAKRY671 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 4, 2008 at 0830. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...] | 2008-11-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY675 | PROTEST ACTIVITY CONTINUES, BUT CITY IS NOTICEABLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Random protests continue in Conakry this morning, although the city appears calmer than it has since the civil disturbances started four days ago. Embassy has received reports of at least three dead, possibly four, and more than 40 injured. GoG security forces continue to re [...] | 2008-11-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY678 | GOG NEGOTIATING WITH LABOR UNIONS TO END CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several ministers and members of the National Assembly met with union leaders last night in an attempt to negotiate an end to the civil disturbances that have crippled the capital since November 2. Negotiations are expected to continue today. The union leaders are willing to [...] | 2008-11-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ASEC PGOV ELAB GV |
08CONAKRY679 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 5, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 5, 2008 at 1530. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil disturbances in Cona [...] | 2008-11-05 17:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY68 | UFR OPPOSITION LEADER CALLING FOR NATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. The leader o Guinea,s opposition UFR party, Sidya Toure, tol Poloff that the Committee de Suivi (reftel) is seless. According to Toure, the country needs a national roundtable for dialogue in order to develo a clear strategy towards achieving an effectivepolitical transition. [...] | 2008-01-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY680 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 6, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 6, 2008 at 0830. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to civil dis [...] | 2008-11-06 13:36:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY681 | CALM RETURNS TO CONAKRY [...] (SBU) Conakry has been relatively calm for more than 24 hours, following four days of civil disturbances in various parts of the city (reftels). Vehicular traffic was operating normally this morning throughout the city, with taxis and buses back out on the roads. Embassy employees saw studen [...] | 2008-11-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY684 | TEACHERS UNIONS THREATEN NATIONWIDE LABOR STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Citing the government's continued failure to fulfill its commitments, Guinea's teacher's union is threatening to resume a nationwide labor strike that was suspended in June. The teachers are demanding that the GoG address their demands before November 10. Union contacts have [...] | 2008-11-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ASEC PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY686 | RENEWED CIVIL DISTURBANCES IN CONAKRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monday started off with renewed civil protests in Conakry, following four days of civil disturbances last week. There were three demonstrations this morning in areas that have been relatively quiet in recent weeks. The largest protest, which closed downtown Conakry, appeared [...] | 2008-11-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY687 | FORMER FINANCE MINISTER BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING [...] (SBU) According to multiple sources, Ousmane Dore, the former minister of finance, was brought in for questioning by the Judicial Police on November 7. Dore had originally been appointed under former Prime Minister Kouyate, and was one of the few Kouyate appointees retained in Prime Minister [...] | 2008-11-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY69 | PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY LEADER ECHOES CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the opposition minority at the National Assembly told Poloff that failure to monitor the effective implementation of the January 27 Accords is at the heart of Guinea,s current political situation. Echoing another opposition party leader (septel),contact said tha [...] | 2008-01-24 14:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY690 | TEACHERS APPROACH STRIKE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Elhadj Sy Savane, the deputy secretary general of Guinea's teachers' union (FSPE-SLECG),told POL LES that the union will be meeting throughout the day on November 10 in order to decide whether or not to resume a nationwide labor strike that was suspended in June (reftel A). Savane ini [...] | 2008-11-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY691 | GOG RELEASES YOUTH PROTESTORS FROM PRISON [...] (SBU) According to a local prisoner advocacy NGO, the Guinean police arrested approximately 100 youth protestors last week during a series of civil disturbances (reftels). These detainees were transferred from detention centers across the city to the Conakry Central Prison on November 7. Cont [...] | 2008-11-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY693 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 10, 2008 at 1500. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to renewed civil disturbances [...] | 2008-11-10 16:56:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY694 | TEACHERS BACK DOWN FROM STRIKE THREAT [...] (SBU) Leaders of Guinea's teachers' union (FSPE-SLECG) met with Prime Minister Souare on November 10 to discuss GoG progress towards meeting the commitments it made to the teachers in June, as part of a negotiated agreement to end a three day national teacher strike. Union leaders initially [...] | 2008-11-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC EAID AORC GV |
08CONAKRY698 | YOUTHS PROTEST IN SIGUIRI, NEAR GUINEA-MALI BORDER [...] (U) On November 12, youths in Siguiri organized a mass demonstration against the local gold mining company, SAG (South African AngloGold Ashanti Ltd). Civil society leaders had written a letter to SAG last week requesting that the company improve its provision of electricity to Siguiri and s [...] | 2008-11-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ASEC PGOV ECON GV |
08CONAKRY708 | BANK WORKERS ISSUE PRE-NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO [...] (U) On November 14, a union of private bank employees issued a pre-notification of intent to strike. In compliance with local law, the union must provide employers with a 10 day notice before commencing strike activity. If the union's demands are not satisfactorily addressed, the union may [...] | 2008-11-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY711 | PROTESTS AGAINST LOCAL MINING COMPANY IN KOUROUSSA [...] (U) Two days of protests in Kouroussa (Upper Guinea) have forced the local gold mining company, SEMAFO, to temporarily call a halt to daily operations. Kouroussa is located approximately eight hours north of Conakry. The protests follow on similar demonstrations in Siguiri last week, and in [...] | 2008-11-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB ASEC ECON PGOV GV |
08CONAKRY713 | GOG SAYS IT IS ON TRACK TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN MARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new secretary general of the Ministry of Territorial Administration says that the voter registration process will be completed by the end of December, and that the government is on track to hold its legislative elections in March. Despite contact's optimism, the process o [...] | 2008-11-20 16:11:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY719 | FRENCH CONCERNED THAT GOG IS COUNTING ON FOREIGN [...] (S) Embassy DATT met with the French Political Attache to discuss contact's recent meeting with the Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Alpha Ibrahima Keira. The French Attache asked Keira how the GoG plans to pay for the financial commitments it has made to various groups, and in [...] | 2008-11-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV EAID PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY726 | MINISTER PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON POLITICAL STABILITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY. A candid discussion with the Minister of Reconciliation suggests that the Guinean Government is afraid of its military and attempting to appease soldiers at all costs in order to avoid a military takeover. The Minister privately acknowledged that the government does not intend t [...] | 2008-12-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY727 | MUTINY LEADER TORTURES SIX CAMEROONIANS [...] (U) SUMMARY. According to local press and independent sources, mutiny leader Claude Pivi authorized the torture of six Cameroonian citizens for four hours on November 21 at Camp Alpha Yaya, a military camp. Graphic photos depicting extensive burns and skin abrasions on one victim were printed [...] | 2008-12-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY73 | INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE GUINEAN BAR SHARES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The acting president of Guinea,s Bar Association says the former president was dismissed because he acted outside his authority. Elections for a new Bar president are reportedly scheduled for March 11. With respect to the legal system in general, contact,s insights help illu [...] | 2008-01-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY734 | 17 GUINEAN MINISTERS IN MECCA FOR PIGLRIMAGE [...] (U) The Guinean Government sent a delegation of 17 ministers, including the prime minister, on pilgrimage to Mecca this week. A western diplomat told the Charge that he had personally seen the group boarding two unidentified, private chartered airplanes at the national airport. A local inte [...] | 2008-12-05 09:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY735 | BANK WORKER STRIKE PROMPTS 30% INCREASE IN SALARIES [...] (U) Following its November 14 pre-notification of intent (reftel),Guinean's union of private bank employees launched a nationwide labor strike on December first. By the following day, the union had reached an agreement with bank managers, which included a commitment to increase salaries by [...] | 2008-12-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ECON PGOV ASEC |
08CONAKRY739 | YOUTH TRY TO REGROUP TO ORGANIZE CIVIL MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. After failing to organize a mass youth movement in September and then turning to military elements to plot a coup d'etat, a local youth leader says he is now back to bringing youths together to force President Conte out of office. Contact expressed concerns that the military may [...] | 2008-12-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY74 | BUSINESS (AND POLITICS) AS USUAL IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) The 62% increase in fuel prices earlier this week appears to have generally been peacefully accepted by the population, at least so far. On the political side, bits and pieces of Guinea's political puzzle continue to develop. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-04-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY742 | CONAKRY GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON SECURITY AND SANITATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new governor of Conakry used a recent courtesy call by Poloff as an opportunity to bring in news crews and expound on his policy objectives over national television while creating a perception of a "close" connection to the U.S. Embassy. A somewhat controversial appointme [...] | 2008-12-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY748 | NIGERIAN EMBASSY FRUSTRATED WITH GUINEAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a senior Nigerian Embassy official suggests that the Government of Nigeria is increasingly frustrated with the Guinean Government and unsympathetic to the country's political and economic struggles. Contact highlighted concerns over increased crime rate [...] | 2008-12-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR GV |
08CONAKRY767 | PRESIDENTIAL GUARD CONFISCATES COPIES OF "LA [...] (SBU) Mr. Souleyman Diallo, Director of the independent newspaper "La Lance" told PD LES on December 17 that soldiers from the Red Berets (presidential guard) were in the process of confiscating all copies of the latest edition of the newspaper. Diallo said that Colonel Mamadouba Soumah, an [...] | 2008-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY768 | GOG PUSHES ELECTIONS TO END OF MAY, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a hastily convened meeting with the donor community, Prime Minister Souare seemed eager to convince the international community of the GoG?s commitment to hold legislative elections as soon as possible. At the same time, the GoG distributed a draft elections planning t [...] | 2008-12-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY773 | GOSSIP FROM CAMP ALPHA YAYA - RUMORS ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A civilian contact at Camp Alpha Yaya says people are speculating widely as to the state of President Conte's health, and in some cases, asserting that he may already be dead. Contact claims that the military has been holding succession meetings at Camp Alpha Yaya. There have [...] | 2008-12-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY777 | REVISITING THE ELEMENTS OF INSTABILITY - AN [...] (S) Guinea has been traversing a difficult political transition for more than two years now. The country's political situation is unstable and its future, uncertain. Over the past year, Embassy has periodically submitted analytical pieces assessing Guinea's ever-evolving political and social [...] | 2008-12-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY78 | GUINEAN PRESIDENT CANCELS LIBYAN HOTEL CONTRACTS [...] (U) Late on Friday, April 4, Radio Television Guinean (RTG) reported that President Lansana Conte had signed a decree cancelling Guinea's recent hotel deals with Libya. Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate is responsible for negotiating the deals, which essentially turned over three major Conakry h [...] | 2008-04-08 11:39:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC LY GV |
08CONAKRY783 | RPG OPPOSITION LEADER RETURNS TO GUINEA [...] (SBU) Alpha Conde, president of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) opposition political party, returned to Guinea on December 21 after an 18 month absence. According to a high level contact within the party, the RPG is not planning any immediate political activities, but said the party w [...] | 2008-12-22 16:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY787 | PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so- called 19th promotion, [...] | 2008-12-23 12:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY788 | CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...] | 2008-12-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY789 | CIVILIAN PERSPECTIVE ON GUINEAN COUP D'ETAT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The military coup launched by members of the 19th promotion continues to evolve relatively peacefully. Various civilian representatives reportedly went to Camp Alpha Yaya to begin negotiating the details of the anticipated transitional council. Civilian contacts seem to be qui [...] | 2008-12-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY79 | UNIONS IN KISSIDOUGOU SAY THEY WERE READY TO STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Union officials in Kissidougou saw the events of early January (reftels) as a success for the reform movement in Guinea. Though Conakry union leaders postponed the general strike, Kissidougou union members said they were ready to mobilize support for the consensus government. [...] | 2008-01-29 12:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY790 | PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so-called 19th promoti [...] | 2008-12-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY791 | PRESIDENT CONTE DIES, MILITARY ELEMENTS LAUNCH [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 02:00 on December 23, the Guinean Government announced that President Conte had died the previous evening. Shortly thereafter, Embassy began receiving reports of military elements launching various operations. By 07:30 it was clear that members of the so-called 19th promoti [...] | 2008-12-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PMIL ASEC PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY792 | CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 23, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened a second Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 23, 2008 at 1500 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, and RAO. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securit [...] | 2008-12-23 16:45:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY793 | COUP APPEARS TO HAVE ROUTED GUINEAN GOVERNMENT - [...] (S) SUMMARY. A military coup launched by elements of the so-called 19th promotion following the announcement of President Conte's death (reftels) appears to have succeeded in routing the government, at least in the immediate term. The Ministry of Security, which includes the police force, ap [...] | 2008-12-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY795 | CONAKRY 1500 EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 24, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 24, 2008 at 0830 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, AID, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed po [...] | 2008-12-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY796 | PUTSCHISTS ANNOUNCE MEMBERS OF TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Coup organizers officially announced the formation of a transitional council on December 23, which includes 32 members. The Council is predominantly military with reported ties to drug kingpin Ousmane Conte. Mutiny leader Claude Pivi is also a member. Civilian contacts are sa [...] | 2008-12-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PMIL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY797 | LACK OF CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP AS TRANSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. Certain segments of the youth population appear to be the only civilian sector currently engaging the military putschists, but coup leaders may be becoming increasingly disinclined to facilitate an immediate transition to civilian rule. The international community is demanding [...] | 2008-12-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PMIL KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY798 | CALM RESTORED, NEW GOVERNMENT MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has assumed control of the government, proclaiming himself president of the Republic of Guinea. The Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) appears to be successfully consolidating and reinforcing its authority, although internal disagreements [...] | 2008-12-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM GV |
08CONAKRY799 | EMBASSY CONAKRY PROPOSED ACTION PLAN IN RESPONSE [...] (S) In the wake of President Conte's death and the subsequent coup d'etat on December 23 (reftels),the U.S. Government should play a key role in this historic political transition period by promoting the timely installation of a civilian government that is brought to power through free and f [...] | 2008-12-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY80 | CONSUMER ORGANIZATION PLANS PROTEST FOR APRIL 10 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A local NGO for consumer protection is planning a large protest against high prices on April 10, anticipating participation at about 3,000 people. Plans were announced on BBC and the organization has reportedly distributed flyers. However, the umbrella civil society council p [...] | 2008-04-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY800 | CHARGE MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge met with members of Guinea's new government, the CNDD, on December 27. Vice President Toto Camara talked about enlarging the CNDD and having it act as the country's legislative body. Camara discussed an elections timeline for 2010, but indicated that the CNDD might be o [...] | 2008-12-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY804 | CONAKRY EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 29, 2008 [...] (U) Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2008 at 0900 for an update on the current security situation in Guinea. EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, DAO, IMO, MGT, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, and USAID. 2. (U) The EAC again reviewed post's securi [...] | 2008-12-29 16:47:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY810 | RESCUING THE GUINEAN STATE - A CNDD MEMBER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A member of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) outlined the new government's political agenda, emphasizing that the CNDD had no interest in governing the country in the long-term. Characterizing the CNDD as a patriotic movement to restore the Guinean State, Cont [...] | 2008-12-30 17:13:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR ASEC KDEM GV |
08CONAKRY814 | MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CNDD - COMMENTS FROM [...] SUMMARY. Alpha Conde, leader of the Rally for the Guinean People (RPG) political party said he is willing to work with the CNDD as long as it moves to hold legislative and presidential elections by the end of 2009. Comparing Lansana Conte to Mugabe, Conde explained why a coup d'etat was the [...] | 2008-12-31 15:48:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY815 | RELIGIOUS LEADER SEES COUP AND CNDD AS A POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. A respected Christian leader called Guinea's recent coup d'etat and subsequent installation of the Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) a political "catastrophe." He expressed disappointment over the lack of civilian leadership and the general complacency with which the [...] | 2008-12-31 16:26:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY82 | MARKET WOMEN READY TO TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Econ LES recently canvassed a number of Conakry's market women on the current economic situation and possible peaceful demonstrations (reftel). Angry and frustrated, the women complained about rising food prices and their inability to make ends meet. All of them independently [...] | 2008-04-09 07:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY83 | UN BRINGS IN FORMER HAITIAN PM AS DIALOGUE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Gerard Latortue, a former prime minister of Haiti, has been in Conakry for three weeks on an official United Nations Mission to encourage dialogue. Despite a professed close friendship with the Guinean PM, Latortue believes that Kouyate has failed to do his job, and is quickly [...] | 2008-04-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC UN GV |
08CONAKRY84 | ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON CONTE'S HEALTH - WHO IS [...] (S) During a meeting with Poloff on April 9, Nicolas Kazadi, the Economic Counselor for the UN Mission in Guinea, mentioned that he saw President Conte on April 3 with a visiting UN representative (septel). "I was absolutely shocked," Kazadi said, "and I have to ask myself who is really runn [...] | 2008-04-09 14:20:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY85 | PLANNED PROTEST LACKS ORGANIZED SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Guineans throughout the capital continue to discuss the possibility of a large, public march on April 10 to protest rising prices (reftel). However, while people generally support the underlying principles for the protest, there is little organizational support. The President of the O [...] | 2008-04-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV |
08CONAKRY89 | UFR OPPOSITION LEADER MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the leadership of Sidya Toure, the Union Force Republican (UFR) party continues to prepare for elections, despite the lack of an actual election date. At the same time, Toure seems convinced that the only true solution to Guinea,s political problems is the removal of Pres [...] | 2008-02-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY9 | REPORT OF EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Upon receiving reports January 4 of civil disturbances in Conakry, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) for the Embassy met to review the current status of the situation in country. The EAC reviewed the Action Log, confirmed that a Warden Message had been sent, and determined that the s [...] | 2008-01-04 14:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER GV |
08CONAKRY91 | UNION LEADER SAYS IT IS TIME FOR A COUP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Visibly disheartened and in poor health, union leader Rabiatou told Poloff that the only way out of Guinea,s political impasse is a coup d,etat. She relentlessly criticized the prime minister, apparently seeing him as yet another corrupt official betraying the public trust. Ra [...] | 2008-02-05 06:25:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV |
08CONAKRY97 | GUINEA/SIERRA LEONE BORDER VISIT ILLUSTRATES DAILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent Embassy trips to Guinea's border with Sierra Leone, both in the south and in the north, demonstrate just how porous Guinea,s borders are. On Guinea's southern border, using little more than handwritten ledgers to track people, Guinean border officials could not provide [...] | 2008-02-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC GV |
08COPENHAGEN70 | DENMARK: CARTOONS IN DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL ASEC DA |
08COTONOU630 | USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...] | 2008-10-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN |
08CURACAO14 | ANSWER TO NSDD-38 - REDUCTION IN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY [...] Chief of Mission disapproves Ref. A proposal to abolish the Defense Liaison Officer (DLO) position in Curacao. His decision is based on three important reasons: A) A previous COM identified several policy and administrative factors justifying the approval of this DLO position as recently [...] | 2008-01-29 18:25:00 | Consulate Curacao | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP AMGT AODE ABLD ASEC NA NL |
08DAKAR114 | 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism: Senegal [...] The following narrative is Posts submission for the 2007 Country Terrorism Report (CTR): Senegal The Government of Senegal cooperated with the Untied States in identifying terrorist groups operating in Senegal. More work remained to be done, however, to develop first responder services, [...] | 2008-01-29 11:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KHLS AEMR SG KDMR |
08DAKAR154 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - FIRST QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the first quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-02-07 13:20:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR163 | GUINEA BISSAU:AL-QAIDA TERRORISTS NABBED [...] (C) The Government of Guinea-Bissau cooperated with French authorities to apprehend and extradite five Mauritanians, at least two of whom admitted to being al-Qaida members wanted in the December 24, 2007 murder of French tourists in Mauritania. At least one of the men had previously lived in [...] | 2008-02-08 12:30:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC SNAR PGOV PREL TER MR FR PU |
08DAKAR164 | GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...] | 2008-02-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU |
08DAKAR175 | GUINEA BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Post proposes one project to combat trafficking of children for forced begging from Guinea-Bissau to other countries in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is a significant source country for children trafficked for forced begging. Thanks to foreign financing and support, local efforts and involvement [...] | 2008-02-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PU |
08DAKAR529 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAKAR530 | DAKAR FRAUD SUMMARY - SECOND QUARTER FY2008 [...] Following is Embassy Dakar's quarterly fraud reporting cable for the second quarter of FY 2008. Responses are keyed to Ref A. 2. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Senegal is a secular republic with a strong presidency, weak legislature, a compliant judiciary, and multiple weak political parties. The [...] | 2008-05-08 07:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC KSTC KCOR SG |
08DAMASCUS130 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post has determined there is no/no critical infrastructure or key resources in Syria that would have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States if destroyed, disrupted or exploited. Due to the strained bilateral relationship, we do not engage the SARG o [...] | 2008-02-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN EIND EINV ETTC PGOV PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS162 | SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...] | 2008-03-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS165 | SRYIA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) THe following is Post's submission of the annual trafficking in persons report. The Embassy's point of contact is Hilary C. Dauer. Office Telephone: (963) (11) 3391-3207. Fax: (963) (11) 3391-3999. Officer spent 30 hours in preparation of the report, which is structured to answer refte [...] | 2008-03-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS175 | PROJECT SUMMARY FOR PROPOSAL RESPONSE TO RFP [...] (U) As requested by G/TIP (reftel),Post submits summary information for the proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in response to RFP GTIP-07-AW-003-112307. The proposal was the only one submitted and Post recommends it for funding. The entire proposal w [...] | 2008-03-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08DAMASCUS261 | SARG ON TRAVEL WARNING, PREPARATIONS FOR KUWAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-22 04:51:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL CASC PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS443 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although anecdotal information suggests the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) remains in existence, with representatives stationed here in Damascus, we have no information on terrorist activities the PLF engaged in between 2003 and 2008, nor we do we have any information on the [...] | 2008-06-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC PREL IS |
08DAMASCUS46 | SYRIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963-11) 3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Syria was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. Since then it has continued political support to Palestinia [...] | 2008-01-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS636 | HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary: The following is submitted in response to the Department's request (ref B). Due to the difficult bilateral relationship between the U.S. and the SARG, Post does not have the full access necessary to give a complete picture of Syria's information collection, screening and sharin [...] | 2008-09-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR KVPR ASEC KHLS SY |
08DAMASCUS677 | CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN GREATER DAMASCUS AREA - [...] (C) On September 27 at roughly 0745 Damascus time (0045 EST) a car bomb exploded on the main road connecting Damascus to surrounding suburbs and the Damascus International Airport, located approximately 5kms (3 miles) from the Embassy. Syrian and Western press have reported 17 deaths and 14 i [...] | 2008-09-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC SY |
08DAMASCUS678 | EAC DAMASCUS - SEPTEMBER 27 EXPLOSION [...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met September 27 to review Post's security posture following an apparent car bomb attack in Damascus earlier that morning. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, MGT, POL/ECON, PAO, MSGDETCMDR, DAO, IMO, CONS, and GRPO attended. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-09-27 11:35:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC SY |
08DAMASCUS679 | CAR BOMB EXPLODES IN GREATER DAMASCUS AREA - [...] (C) On September 27 at roughly 0745 Damascus time (0045 EST) a car bomb exploded on the main road connecting Damascus to surrounding suburbs and the Damascus International Airport, located approximately 5kms (3 miles) from the Embassy. Syrian and Western press have reported 17 deaths and 14 i [...] | 2008-09-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC SY |
08DAMASCUS723 | SARG ANTI-TERROR CRACKDOWN - A VIEW FROM THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The SARG remains committed to its gloves-off crackdown on Salafist terror cells within Syria following the September 27 VBIED attack on a Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) branch office (ref A). While the security services have scored successes in raids on suspected safe hous [...] | 2008-10-14 10:47:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS739 | DAMASCUS EAC 10/23/2008 [...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 23 to review the potential threat information in Ref A. Charge, chaired the meeting; A/DCM, MGT, POL/ECON, PAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, MSGDETCMDR, IMO, and GRPO attended. 2. (S/NF) GRPO briefed EAC on ref A, which contained informa [...] | 2008-10-23 16:50:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER SY |
08DAMASCUS744 | DAMASCUS EAC REVIEWS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 27 to review Post's security profile amid Syrian media allegations of an October 26 U.S. military strike on Syrian territory. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, PAO, A/MGT (IMO),DAO, GRPO, CONS, and MSGDETCMDR at [...] | 2008-10-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER CASC SY |
08DAMASCUS753 | SARG VIEWS ON NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND [...] (S/NF) A Palestinian American academic who enjoys frequent access to SARG FM Muallim told us October 23 that Muallim believes that the U.S. Embassy is exaggerating the threat in Damascus and "can wait" until such time as the SARG finds a location for a NEC. The implication was that the SARG [...] | 2008-10-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC ABLD SY |
08DAMASCUS755 | DAMASCUS EAC - TEMPORARY CLOSURE THURSDAY FOR [...] (S/NF) The Damascus Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met October 29 to assess Post's security profile in advance of possible demonstrations October 29 or 30. Charge chaired the meeting; A/DCM, RSO, A/PAO, CONS, GRPO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, MSGDETCMDR, and IMO attended. 2. (SBU) RSO briefed EA [...] | 2008-10-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER CASC SY |
08DAMASCUS758 | OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO SARG ORDER TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Begin Summary: At 1500 local today, Post received official verbal notification from MFA Chief of Protocol Abdul Latif Dabbagh of the SARG's order to close the American Cultural Center (ACC) immediately and to close the American School [...] | 2008-10-29 20:16:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC APER AFIN PGOV SY |
08DAMASCUS764 | RESPONDING TO SARG'S ORDERS OF OCTOBER 29 -- [...] (U) This cable contains two action requests ) see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Reopening for normal business November 2, Embassy Damascus will be faced with the question whether to comply with the SARG's verbal order of October 29 to immediately close the American Cultural Center, including t [...] | 2008-10-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AMGT SY |
08DAMASCUS773 | CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG [...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...] | 2008-11-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY |
08DAMASCUS775 | DIPLOMATIC EFFORT ON DAMASCUS COMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Glenn Davidson briefed Charge on a November 4 meeting between SARG MFA Vice FM Faisal Miqdad and a group of local diplomats, led by the Dean of the Consular Corps, Argentinian Ambassador Herman Roberto Plorutti. The diplomatic group also included the Ambassadors of t [...] | 2008-11-03 11:09:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT ASEC SY |
08DAMASCUS906 | SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...] | 2008-12-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
08DAMASCUS908 | SYRIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963) 11-3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Designated in 1979 as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, Syria in 2008 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist gro [...] | 2008-12-29 04:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC |
08DAMASCUS912 | OBO VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-29 14:26:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT ASEC |
08DARESSALAAM740 | ZANZIBAR TOURIST SHOOTING REVEALS ISLAND RIFTS [...] (C) Summary: After a vacationing French national was shot and critically wounded at a Zanzibar resort on September 17th, extensive follow up inquiries yielded insight into the inner workings of Zanzibar and its police. The lack of initial police response and severe deficiencies in the Zanzib [...] | 2008-10-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR SOCI TZ |
08DHAKA105 | DHAKA UNIVERSITY TENSE AFTER PROFESSORS CONVICTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of students protested at Dhaka University on January 22 after three professors were convicted of charges relating to violent unrest on the campus last August. As of 1600 local time the demonstrations involving several hundred people were peaceful but the situation was exp [...] | 2008-01-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BG |
08DHAKA1078 | AMBASSADOR LAYS DOWN MARKER ON FORMATION OF HUJI-B [...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed to Bangladesh's outgoing Counter Terrorism Director the USG's strong concerns about efforts by Foreign Terrorist Organization HUJI-B to transform itself into the "Islamic Democratic Party." While emphasizing the importance of keeping potential extremist groups abo [...] | 2008-10-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PINR PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM BG |
08DHAKA1101 | RAPID ACTION BATTALION PROVIDES INFORMATION NEEDED [...] (U) Action Request: Embassy Dhaka requests the Department confirm Post's finding that the Rapid Action Battalion provided a credible list of sub-units involved in cross-fires, thereby meeting the pre-condition set by the Department to receive human rights training. -------------------------- [...] | 2008-10-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BG |
08DHAKA1127 | THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...] | 2008-10-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM |
08DHAKA1138 | ELECTION COMMISSION TO REJECT IDP REGISTRATION [...] (S) Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain told the Embassy on 10/30 the Commission would reject the Islamic Democratic Party's attempt to register for Parliamentary elections in December. The party was formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad- [...] | 2008-10-30 11:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG |
08DHAKA1139 | PLAN TO ASSIST THE BANGLADESH NAVY IMPROVE [...] (S//REL TO USA, FVEY/RELIDO) Action Request: Embassy Dhaka recommends USG support for the creation of a Bangladesh Navy Special Operations unit, similar to US SEAL and Special Boat units. The Government of Bangladesh intends this unit to be a counterterrorism force that will address critical g [...] | 2008-10-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BG MARR MASS |
08DHAKA1143 | VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212(F) (RAHMAN, TARIQUE) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tarique Rahman (aka Tarique),born on November 20, 1967 in Bangladesh. The Embassy belie [...] | 2008-11-03 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL |
08DHAKA1346 | BNP ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM CORRUPTION [...] (C) As the parliamentary election campaign enters its final days, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is attempting to divert attention away from a corruption scandal involving Chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger son by decrying an alleged plot against the party's leader. Hours after Zia had add [...] | 2008-12-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BG CASC KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL |
08DHAKA189 | SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND [...] This message responds to the REFTEL action request. 2. Embassy Dhaka received three proposals in response to the solicitation for projects addressing the problem of trafficking-in-persons, for funding under G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. 3. After an interagency review of subm [...] | 2008-02-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG IN BG |
08DHAKA242 | BANGLADESH--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (C) Summary: The goal of free, fair, and fully participatory elections in Bangladesh by the end of 2008 remains achievable, but numerous potential obstacles stand in the way of realizing that objective, with some key observers starting to hedge their bets. With less than a year remaining be [...] | 2008-02-24 11:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER ECON BG |
08DHAKA290 | EMBASSY DHAKA INPUT TO EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) covers anti-trafficking efforts by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) from April 2007 to March 2008. Paragraph two begins text. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, IVG post-code: 583, fax [...] | 2008-03-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG |
08DHAKA459 | EMBASSY DHAKA UPDATED INFORMATION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] This cable provides updated information provided by the Government of Bangladesh regarding its efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period. Embassy point of contact is Kapil Gupta, Political/Economic Officer, telephone: 880-2-885-5500 x 2206, I [...] | 2008-04-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG |