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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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08KUALALUMPUR614 | PARLIAMENT "WAR ZONE," AS ANWAR DUCKS POLICE [...] (C) A heavy police deployment, particularly at Parliament, on July 14 added to the atmosphere of political tension in Kuala Lumpur as the Parliament Speaker shot down an emergency Opposition motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Abdullah and de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim backed [...] | 2008-07-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR630 | ANWAR RELEASED ON POLICE BAIL [...] (C) Police released Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on police bail the morning of July 17, some 20 hours after his arrest. Prosecutors have not yet charged Anwar, but he remains a formal suspect in connection with the forced sodomy allegation. Under conditions of police bail, police can requ [...] | 2008-07-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MY |
08KUALALUMPUR957 | MALAYSIA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit to Malaysia by Mr. Paul Grove and Ms. Michelle Wymer from the Senate Appropriations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to conduct oversight of State Department and Foreign Operations. Post will be generating a notional schedule [...] | 2008-10-31 08:46:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH BM SN AS MY |
08KUWAIT10 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED CODEL WOLF (JAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Rep. Frank Wolf, Rep. Joseph Pitts, and Mr. Dan Scandling, Chief of Staff, to travel to Kuwait January 3-4 to meet State Department officials and prominent Kuwaitis to address a variety of human rights concerns. 2. (U) [...] | 2008-01-03 07:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN APER OTRA KU |
08KUWAIT100 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL SANZ (JANUARY 30 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Sanz to travel to post 30 January to 4 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a drive [...] | 2008-01-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1012 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL CAPUANO (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Capuano to travel to post September 27-30, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2008-09-28 03:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IT RO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1042 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HUGHES (OCT.11 - 15, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Hughes to travel to post Oct. 11-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-10-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK KW JO IZ AF SY COUNTRY |
08KUWAIT1078 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TERRY/MALLARD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Terry/Mallard to travel to post November 2-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...] | 2008-10-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT KU QA AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1100 | STAFFDEL LEELING (NOVEMBER 5-10, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes Staffdel Leeling to travel to post November 7-10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at [...] | 2008-11-04 13:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU |
08KUWAIT1111 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CODEL THOMPSON [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post November 11-13, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...] | 2008-11-06 07:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK KU AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1132 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ROSENBLUM (NOV [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Rosenblum to travel to post November 16-22, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...] | 2008-11-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
08KUWAIT1168 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN(DECEMBER 1-2, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL MCCAIN to travel to post December 1-2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-11-26 10:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
08KUWAIT1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAIRD (DECEMBER 6-9, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Baird to travel to post on December 6-9, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] | 2008-11-30 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW AF QA PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1188 | SHAYKH MISHA'AL: KUWAIT'S EXTREMIST REHABILITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT122 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HIGGINS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Higgins to travel to post February 5-8, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-01-31 09:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT1250 | KUWAITIS OUTRAGED BY ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA [...] (U) Summary: The GOK and Members of Parliament strongly denounced Israel's December 27 air raids on Gaza. Statements typically use strong language, including terms like "genocide" and "massacre". A number of MPs have called for a rally on the evening of December 28 to provide Kuwaitis with a [...] | 2008-12-29 07:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IS KU |
08KUWAIT134 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ENSIGN (FEBRUARY 7-12, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ensign to travel to post 8-12 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-02-06 05:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT157 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Immigration Officers Hackbarth and Perez to travel to post April 2-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No Embassy support h [...] | 2008-02-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CVIS ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT173 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ANDREWS (February [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Andrews to travel to post 16-19 February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2008-02-14 09:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT190 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Grove to travel to post 22-29, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...] | 2008-02-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT193 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ETHERIDGE- [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ETHERIDGE to travel to post 19-21, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...] | 2008-02-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT199 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL HUTCHISON (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hutchison to travel to post 21-24, February, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...] | 2008-02-20 10:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF PK IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT222 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COSTA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Costa to travel to post February 29 - March 2, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...] | 2008-02-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ AF IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT236 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (MARCH 9-14, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Logan to travel to post March 9-14, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-03-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT237 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary of Defense Mary Beth Long, PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, RADM John Miller, DIA Senior Analyst Bruce Hardcastle, Gen Ralph Baker, Col Russell C. Barnes, LtCol Reginald Robinson, Roger Pena, Maj Chri [...] | 2008-03-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRYCLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT238 | MOI U/S ON TIP, CEIP AND BORDERS WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, CDA met with new Ministry of Interior (MOI) U/S, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Al-Rujaib to discuss TIP, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection and Kuwait-Iraq border issues. On TIP, Al-Rujaib said that the U.S. report was "exaggerated" and laid blame for violations on thir [...] | 2008-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EPET ELAB PREL PHUM KCIP PGOV PTER KU |
08KUWAIT247 | KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE GULF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Brig Gen Robin Rand and Col Thomas Henwood to travel to Kuwait City, Kuwait for the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks which will be held on March 10, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Ir [...] | 2008-03-06 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KU OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC OREP COUNTRYCLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT281 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LEVIN (MARCH 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Levin to travel to post March 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...] | 2008-03-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT282 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain/Lieberman to travel to post March 16-17, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...] | 2008-03-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IZ IS FR UK COUNTRY |
08KUWAIT284 | KUWAIT'S 2008 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. --------- OVERVIEW: --------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: A. Kuwait is a destination coun [...] | 2008-03-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN MSIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU |
08KUWAIT290 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BARRASSO(MARCH 16-21, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Barrasso to travel to post March 17-21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-03-13 08:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF KU PK COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT297 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (MARCH 17-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Ellsworth to travel to post March 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] | 2008-03-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KW IQ UK AF PK KU COUNTRY |
08KUWAIT320 | KUWAIT'S AMIR DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Kuwait's Amir opted to dissolve the National Assembly. His decision opens a new chapter in the dysfunctional relationship between the current government and Parliament dating back to June 2006. The Amir is widely expected to set a date for new elections within 60 day [...] | 2008-03-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KMPI KU |
08KUWAIT337 | U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...] | 2008-03-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC |
08KUWAIT339 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MELENDREZ (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Melendrez to travel to post March 27-28, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...] | 2008-03-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT41 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL L. DAVIS(JANUARY 8-16, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL L. Davis to travel to post 12-16 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] | 2008-01-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT45 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MENENDEZ (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Menendez to travel to post 20-21, January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...] | 2008-01-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT468 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR US TREASURY OFFICIALS (MAY 9 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for US Treasury Office Director, Michael Madon, Research Analysts Samuel White and Catherine Ahn to travel to post May 9-16, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy B [...] | 2008-04-29 11:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT469 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (MAY 2-5, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post May 2-5, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...] | 2008-04-30 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT52 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (January 15-19, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post 16-19 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...] | 2008-01-14 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT599 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (JUNE 3-4, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Casey to travel to post June 3-4, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Iraq [...] | 2008-05-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT612 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ANDERSON (JUNE 5-6, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Anderson to travel to post June 5-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator Ir [...] | 2008-05-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT7 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MITCHELL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Mitchell to travel to post 10-14, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...] | 2008-01-03 04:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM PK AF KU IZ |
08KUWAIT786 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (JULY 17-23, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reed to travel to post on July 20 - 21, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-07-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF IZ JO KU EI QA |
08KUWAIT805 | WELCOME CODEL OBEY (JULY 17-21, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Obey's travel to post on July 18-20, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the ai [...] | 2008-07-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ EI |
08KUWAIT826 | WELCOME CODEL LYNCH (JULY 26-27, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LYNCH to travel to post on July 26 - 27, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] | 2008-07-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS KU EZ |
08KUWAIT83 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL THOMPSON (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Thompson to travel to post 24-26 January 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...] | 2008-01-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT853 | WELCOME CODEL ROSS (AUGUST 1-5, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL ROSS to travel to post on August 2-3, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...] | 2008-07-30 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU EI IT GE |
08KUWAIT860 | WELCOME CODEL MICHAUD (AUGUST 3-7, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post August 4-6, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the a [...] | 2008-08-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT88 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL DAUM (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Daum to travel to post January 27 to February 2. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...] | 2008-01-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL Graham (AUGUST 16-25, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Graham to travel to post August 17-18, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-08-13 12:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KW COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KUWAIT890 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BORDALLO (AUG 13-15, 2008) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bordallo to travel to post August 13-15, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Kuwait points of Contacts are: Agnel Berry Coordinator I [...] | 2008-08-13 12:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | AE AFIN AMGT ASEC GM IN IZ KU OREP PK |
08KUWAIT93 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LOGAN (FEBRUARY 4-8, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Logan to travel to post 4-8 February 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2008-01-24 07:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU TU GM IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
08KYIV1413 | UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REPORTED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Attache received an update on July 21 from Ukraine's nuclear regulatory officials regarding a potential radioactive material smuggling incident (ref B). GOU experts have now finished a detailed analysis of the seized material and have determined that it is of NO prolifera [...] | 2008-07-22 14:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM PINR UP |
08LAGOS118 | NIGERIA: EDO NDDC PROJECTS APPEAR TO BENEFIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Edo State Commissioner for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on March 12 showed visiting Nigeria desk officer Andrew Silski four projects around Benin City, including school blocks, road construction, and a solar powered water project. Emboffs were unable to det [...] | 2008-04-01 12:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC SENV NI |
08LAGOS159 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FIRST QUARTER 2008 [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 144 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...] | 2008-05-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI |
08LAGOS177 | NIGERIA: US COMPANY BOAT HIJACKED; PORTUGUESE, [...] (SBU) The motor vessel Lordes Tide, contracted to Chevron and owned by US company Tidewater Marine, was hijacked by unknown gunmen on May 13 en route from Onne (River State) to Escravos (Delta State). A high ranking Chevron contact confirmed to Econoff on May 14 that two expatriates, the Port [...] | 2008-05-15 10:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
08LAGOS227 | NIGERIA: AMCIT TIDEWATER CAPTAIN RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Amcit Captain Jackie Stone, kidnapped from a Tidewater boat under contract to Chevron June 19, was released unharmed and returned to the United States June 20. The kidnapping occurred 27 nautical miles off the Bayelsa/Delta coast as armed men returned from a 3:00 am attack on Shel [...] | 2008-06-30 07:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
08LAGOS27 | FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS FOURTH QUARTER 07 [...] Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 135 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inflation [...] | 2008-02-01 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC NI |
08LAGOS33 | NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: MILITANTS KILL MILITARY [...] (SBU) In the early morning of February 3, militants attacked a military houseboat stationed near a Shell facility in Nembe Creek, Bayelsa, killing Nigerian navy personnel, according to local papers. Jomo Gbomo, reportedly a spokesman for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta ( [...] | 2008-02-07 09:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
08LAGOS68 | NIGERIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The only infrastructure/resource in Nigeria which could meet the definition in reftel is oil-related. While the country is a large exporter of crude oil to the United States, the Mission does not believe that Nigeria's oil and oil infrastructure meet the definition of "key" o [...] | 2008-02-22 13:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ENRG NI |
08LAGOS69 | NIGER DELTA SPOT REPORT: IJAW YOUTH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Chris Ekiyor, President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the pre-eminent Ijaw youth organization in Nigeria, notified Poloff on February 18 that he was beaten by military Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers at a checkpoint in Bayelsa on February 16. Ekiyor and 60 IYC members were headed to Op [...] | 2008-02-22 13:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
08LAGOS94 | NIGER DELTA GOSSIP ON THE MOVERS & SHAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Godknows Igali says Henry Okah is being held in a secure facility in the north; Tom Polo is taking the position that, although Okah is a rival, he should not be harmed. Vice President Goodluck Jonathan and Delta Governor Uduaghan are finding it difficult to disarm youths in Ba [...] | 2008-03-10 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC NI |
08LAHORE273 | LAHORE EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - GENERAL [...] (SBU) Lahore's core EAC convened on Tuesday, September 30th and was chaired by the Principle Officer (PO). In attendance were representatives from RSO, RAO and IPC. The core EAC met to review the Consulate's security posture over the long Eid-Ul-Fitr holiday (October 1st to October 5th). [...] | 2008-09-30 11:13:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1021 | BOLIVIA: TWO DAYS TO MAY 4, OUR PREDICTIONS [...] (C) With just two days remaining before Santa Cruz' May 4 autonomy statute referendum separating wild speculation from more well-grounded prognostication is increasingly difficult. Nonetheless, this cable attempts to forecast what may happen. We expect the referendum to pass with a wide ma [...] | 2008-05-02 21:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL BL |
08LAPAZ1044 | BOLIVIA: AFTER SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE, WHAT NEXT? [...] (U) Despite sporadic violence between pro- and anti-autonomy groups, the "Yes" vote in the May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum won by a landslide -- 85 percent to the "No" vote's 15 percent. The abstention rate, between 25-35 percent, was quite low considering the efforts (including the bu [...] | 2008-05-05 21:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1137 | BOLIVIA: SANTA CRUZ BEGINS IMPLEMENTING AUTONOMY [...] (U) The departmental government of Santa Cruz, eager to show its population the benefits of autonomy and to regain the national spotlight from the recall referendum (reftel),will be begin implementing its autonomy on May 15. While largely symbolic (names changes),there are two concrete me [...] | 2008-05-15 21:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08LAPAZ1189 | BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE, GOB UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ORDER IN [...] (C) Summary: On May 24 Bolivia's constitutional capital of Sucre again erupted into violence leaving dozens wounded as residents opposed a planned visit by President Evo Morales. Despite the initial presence of police, military and pro-government social groups, Evo was forced to cancel his v [...] | 2008-05-27 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1214 | BOLIVIA: BENI AND PANDO VOTE JUNE 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The northern states of Beni and Pando will hold their autonomy referenda on Sunday, June 1st. There has been scattered violence resulting in injuries but no deaths between pro-government and pro-opposition/autonomy forces in the week leading up to the vote. Both groups have block [...] | 2008-05-30 20:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM BL VE CU |
08LAPAZ1258 | BOLIVIA: DETAINEE FORCED TO CONFESS AGAINST US? [...] (SBU) Citing insufficient evidence, a judge ordered released anti-government activist Roberto Lenin Sandoval Lopez, who was illegally abducted and incarcerated by a police intelligence unit on June 2. The prosecutor in Sandoval's case had already decided not to press charges due to the gove [...] | 2008-06-04 21:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL BL ASEC |
08LAPAZ1261 | BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT LOSING INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: Less than two weeks after President Evo Morales had to cancel his visit the constitutional capital of Sucre because of violent protests, it appears that Evo and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are losing control of sectors that used to be considered strongly pro- [...] | 2008-06-04 22:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM EINV EAID BL |
08LAPAZ1284 | BOLIVIA: SANCHEZ BERZAIN ASYLUM MAKES EMBASSY [...] (C) On June 5, Bolivian press outlets began reporting that the USG had granted political asylum to former Minister of Defense Carlos Sanchez Berzain. President Evo Morales and his supporters have long blamed Sanchez Berzain and President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada for the 60 deaths and [...] | 2008-06-06 20:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1289 | MIXED SIGNALS FOR JUNE 9 EMBASSY PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts are providing widely divergent estimates (from 150 to several thousand) regarding participation estimates for a June 9 march which will culminate at the Embassy. Contacts tell PolOff radical Alteno leaders are trying to artificially graft an anti-U.S. theme onto [...] | 2008-06-06 23:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BO |
08LAPAZ1290 | BOLIVIA: JULY 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #1 1030 EST [...] (U) A scheduled march on the Embassy has begun, with crowds leaving government-stronghold El Alto and heading into La Paz as of 0900. Crowds are expected to arrive between 1000 and 1100. Currently the Embassy has additional police protection with tear-gas and crowd control armor. The CAC ha [...] | 2008-06-09 14:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1291 | BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #2 1130 EST [...] (U) The first of the scheduled marchers have arrived at the Embassy: led by Ponchos Rojos (indigenous militia),the protesters have encircled the compound, with approximately 3000-5000 protesters at the front entrance. Ponchos Rojos and youth groups leading the march are shouting anti-autonomy [...] | 2008-06-09 15:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1292 | BOLIVIA: JUNE 9 MARCH ON EMBASSY SITREP #3 1610 EST [...] (U) After numerous attempts to break through the police line at the front of the Embassy, protesters throwing dynamite and fireworks were dispersed at 1300 by police using teargas and water cannon. As of 1610 the Ambassador has returned to the Embassy and RSO has given the all-clear. 2. (U [...] | 2008-06-09 20:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1301 | BOLIVIA: AFTERMATH OF MARCH ON EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: On June 9, after a weekend of anti-U.S. rhetoric from El Alto leaders and public statements from President Morales (accompanied by the Cuban ambassador) blaming the USG for granting asylum to ex-Defense Minister Sanchez Berzain, thousands of Altenos protested in front of the Emba [...] | 2008-06-10 21:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1359 | EVO PRAISES DEMONSTRATORS, CLAIMS USG CONSPIRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an interview with a Bolivian magazine reproduced in the leading La Paz newspaper on June 15, Evo again alleged a USG "conspiracy" in Bolivia and suggested a USG plot to kill him. Also on June 15, during an donation in his base of El Alto, President Evo Morales praised the June [...] | 2008-06-17 11:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1388 | BOLIVIA: EVO CONTINUES TO LASH OUT [...] (SBU) Despite a public statement that outlined the Department's concerns over the safety of the Embassy and the Bolivian government's responsibilities under the Vienna Convention, Evo and his ministers are now trying to twist the Ambassador's recall to Washington to suit their own propaganda n [...] | 2008-06-19 16:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1391 | BOLIVIA: BARELY REASSURING ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In a June 19 interview in La Paz daily La Razon, Bolivian Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman said, "We have given (the USG) assurances that (the Embassy) will not suffer incidents, that there will be no greater difficulties, that they can be sure that the National Police will [...] | 2008-06-19 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1395 | TARIJA'S TURN: AUTONOMY VOTE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] (C) The vote for autonomy in the department (state) of Tarija will take place on Sunday, June 22. In line with the three previous autonomy votes in Santa Cruz, Beni, and Pando, polls indicate that support for autonomy will be over 70 percent. Additionally, Tarijenos made clear that Presiden [...] | 2008-06-20 15:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL ASEC |
08LAPAZ1406 | CHARGE REITERATES SECURITY CONCERNS TO VICE FM [...] (C) Summary. Charge and EcoPol Counselor reiterated Post's security concerns in the aftermath of a violent June 9 protest at the Embassy to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez. The Charge delivered a diplomatic note asking that appropriate action be taken regarding a march organizer who con [...] | 2008-06-23 13:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ODIP KLIG KTIA BO |
08LAPAZ1411 | TARIJA: ANOTHER WIN FOR AUTONOMY MOVEMENT [...] (C) The department (state) of Tarija overwhelmingly approved its autonomy referendum on June 22. Exit polls indicate that autonomy was approved by some 80 percent of those voting (abstention was around 35 percent). The vote clearly adds momentum to the now autonomous eastern lowland states [...] | 2008-06-23 22:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1425 | BOLIVIAN BILAT MILITARY/POLICE DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales called on police to stop working with the United States June 24, casting doubt on government assurances to ensure Mission security. In the last two weeks the government canceled Bolivian participation in a U.S.-sponsored hemisphere-wide special for [...] | 2008-06-25 21:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KTIA BL |
08LAPAZ1426 | BOLIVIA: NEW AND ONGOING ATTACKS ON USAID [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, the six coca-growing federations of Chapare (President Evo Morales' most loyal support base) and five mayors of the region announced their intention to expel USAID from the region. In a blatantly political move, these groups accused USAID of conspiracy and even suppor [...] | 2008-06-25 22:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL EAID ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1427 | NEW EU POLICY ADDS TO BOLIVIA'S MIGRATION CRISIS [...] (U) The EU's June 18th decision to require its members to either regularize or expel undocumented immigrants hit hard in Bolivia, a country with around a quarter of its population abroad and 500,000 of these migrants currently residing in Europe. The Bolivian Government responded with threa [...] | 2008-06-26 14:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PREF PGOV ECON |
08LAPAZ1435 | EVO ENDORSES U.S.-FREE CHAPARE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales offered a far-reaching endorsement of the June 25 announcement by cocalero leaders and five mayors from the Chapare region that USAID should be expelled. Morales saluted the announcement and broadened the scope to include all U.S. presence in the Ch [...] | 2008-06-26 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1453 | BOLIVIAN SECURITY ASSURANCES STILL FAR FROM IDEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a response to our diplomatic note presented June 19, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided us a note (text para 8) that continued to defend its actions regarding the June 9 attack on the Embassy. Although the MFA said it will comply with its Vienna Convention [...] | 2008-06-30 21:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1460 | BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA: DYNAMITE, GUNS, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Following the June 21 dynamiting of a private television affiliate in Tarija, more evidence is surfacing about Venezuelan and Bolivian government involvement. Senate President Ortiz gave a press briefing on June 27 where he revealed that the car used during the attack was rented by th [...] | 2008-07-01 19:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL ECON EINV PGOV PREL PTER VE |
08LAPAZ1484 | U.S. SECURITY CONCERNS: MFA BLAMES THE VICTIM [...] (C) PolOff, USAID's Alternative Development Officer, and USAID Legal Advisor delivered diplomatic note 205/08 (see para 7) to the Foreign Ministry's Americas Section Chief Estela Mendoza and U.S. Desk Officer Yuri Arce on July 1. The diplomatic note raises concerns over the breaking and enteri [...] | 2008-07-03 19:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1487 | BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR RETURNS; ATTACKS RESUME [...] (C) Summary. Two hours after the Ambassador landed in La Paz July 2, Minister of Government Rada held a news conference stating his hope that the Ambassador is returning to resume a "diplomatic role" and avoid "political activism." Rada accused the Ambassador of only returning to reunite a fra [...] | 2008-07-03 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1499 | BOLIVIA ACCUSES PEACE CORPS OF BEING INTEL AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Peace Corps has come under verbal assault from the Bolivian government. In a speech given from Caracas July 5, President Evo Morales accused organization volunteers of having taking pictures of him and other South American leaders in December 2006. Morales echoed the opinion in [...] | 2008-07-07 22:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PREL |
08LAPAZ1523 | RECALL PRIMER 2 OF 3: CONALDE'S RISING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The strength of the National Democratic Council (CONALDE),a pro-autonomy group of the prefects (governors) and civic committees from five opposition-led departments (states),was bolstered by recent opposition electoral victories. But divisions that erupted last week concerning [...] | 2008-07-09 15:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ECON ENRG EPET BL |
08LAPAZ1529 | RECALL PRIMER 3 OF 3: ARE THEY IN IT TO WIN IT? [...] (C) Summary: As both opposition and government campaigns for the August 10 recall referendum move ahead full throttle and pick up rhetorical steam, back channel signs point to doubts on both sides about the recall process. The opposition architects of the May 8 recall referendum have always [...] | 2008-07-09 22:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ1573 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON AND INL PDAS MCGLYNN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy La Paz welcomes A/S Thomas Shannon and PDAS William J. McGlynn to Bolivia July 21-23. Although President Morales and a number of his close advisors have accused the USG, the Ambassador, and the Embassy of conspiracy during the past year, recent weeks have brought the gove [...] | 2008-07-18 18:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1574 | BOLIVIA'S VOTER SYSTEM: RIPE FOR FRAUD? [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Court is facing strong opposition criticism concerning its ability to effectively organize and implement the August 10 Referendum. Plagued with internal tensions and coordination problems with the National Police and scandals over discrepancies in the natio [...] | 2008-07-18 20:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1645 | A/S SHANNON MEETINGS WITH SANTA CRUZ LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon met separately July 23 with Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas and with a group of ten private business leaders. Costas and the businessmen briefed Shannon on the history of the autonomy movements in Bolivia's Eastern [...] | 2008-07-31 17:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1667 | A/S SHANNON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT EVO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon, accompanied by INL PDAS McGlynn, the Ambassador, DCM, and Emboff, met at 5 a.m. on July 23 with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, Minister of Government Alfredo Rada, Presidential Spokesman Ivan Canelas, an [...] | 2008-08-04 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR BL |
08LAPAZ1671 | HOW THE BOLIVIAN MEDIA REPORTED A/S SHANNON'S VISIT [...] (U) Summary: A/S Shannon's visit to Bolivia got widespread front page attention. Most media reported the visit as a positive effort to calm tensions in bilateral relations. Media mocked Bolivian President Evo Morales, attempt to show the upper hand with the A/S by setting his meeting at fiv [...] | 2008-08-04 19:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL EAID KPAO PGOV PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1694 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING - LA PAZ [...] (SBU) On Tuesday, 05 August 2008, EAC La Paz was convened to review current threat posture and to assess the political situation in preparations for the recall referendum vote scheduled for Sunday, 10 August 2008. The EAC generally agreed that no serious violence or civil unrest is expected pr [...] | 2008-08-07 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC BL |
08LAPAZ1695 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA WILL EXACERBATE RIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Although the opposition could try to stop the recall referenda, it seems almost certain that the election will take place on August 10. Already sporadic confrontations in connection with various strikes have caused deaths and injuries: while not expected, there could be violent [...] | 2008-08-07 21:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL KDEM ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1706 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #1 1220 EDT [...] (U) Voting on the referenda to determine whether President Evo Morales, Vice President Garcia Linera, and eight of nine departmental (state) prefects will continue in their posts has begun in a generally calm and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella group of organizations providi [...] | 2008-08-10 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1707 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #1 1220 EDT [...] (U) Voting on the referenda to determine whether President Evo Morales, Vice President Garcia Linera, and eight of nine departmental (state) governors will continue in their posts has begun in a generally calm and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella group of organizations provid [...] | 2008-08-10 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1708 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #2 1515 EDT [...] (U) Voting continues in a generally peaceful and orderly fashion. Bolivia Transparente, an umbrella organization providing election observers, reports to USAID that there are isolated incidents of minor irregularities: campaigning too close to the polls and one individual with a gun who was d [...] | 2008-08-10 18:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1709 | BOLIVIA: RECALL REFERENDA SITREP #3 1830 EDT [...] (U) Voting closed at 1800, and while official counts are not expected for many days, unofficial polls indicate that President Morales will continue in his post, with vote projections at about 60 percent approval nationwide. According to some exit polls, Morales lost the vote in four department [...] | 2008-08-10 22:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ1716 | BOLIVIA: VOTE OVER, EVO GAINS, NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) Summary: Voting in the August 10 recall referenda transpired with relatively few allegations of irregularities and no significant violence. The potential for conflict over voting rules (based on the law passed by congress or the 50 percent plus 1 compromise negotiated by the courts) see [...] | 2008-08-11 18:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1741 | SANTA CRUZ REACTION TO RECALL REFERENDA RESULTS [...] (C) Emboff spoke with several Santa Cruz political and civic leaders in the wake of the August 10 Bolivian recall referenda. In the department of Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas obtained over 67 percent in favor (Si) while President Evo Morales received around 40 percent. The Santa Cruz le [...] | 2008-08-13 20:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL ECON KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC |
08LAPAZ1775 | BOLIVIA: CLASHES IN SANTA CRUZ, DIVISIONS WIDEN [...] (C) Five opposition departments (states) have called for a one-day strike on August 19 to demand the return of hydrocarbon tax revenues from the national treasury to departmental coffers. Violence is possible in various areas of the country, as Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) aligned peasant [...] | 2008-08-18 21:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PINR BL |
08LAPAZ1813 | BOLIVIA: THE PLOT CURDLES [...] (C) Summary: Divisions between the national government and the departmental (state) governments widened over the weekend as President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) allies met to push forward their agenda for "change" and the opposition departments continued to pursue the [...] | 2008-08-25 20:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1822 | AMBASSADOR VISITS SANTA CRUZ: MOOD PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Santa Cruz on August 25 to participate in a USAID-sponsored Special Olympics event, attend the opening of a major trade fair, attend the premier of a NAS-sponsored film festival on trafficking in persons, and to meet with Prefect (Governor) Ruben Costas and othe [...] | 2008-08-27 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL EAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL |
08LAPAZ1839 | EVO TAKES A PAGE FROM CHAVEZ, RULES BY DECREE AND [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his trip to Libya and Iran, President Evo Morales issued a supreme decree setting December 7 as the date for a nationwide referendum on the governing-MAS party's draft constitution, which would allow for Evo's re-election for two additional five-year terms. At the [...] | 2008-08-29 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1851 | MIL-MIL RELATIONS: MOD OPTIMISTIC, DESPITE SIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told EmbOffs August 22 that mil-mil relations are "good" and poised to improve following President Evo Morales' lead to improve relations generally. San Miguel said "misunderstandings" are at the root of mutual suspicions of USG and Bolivian [...] | 2008-08-29 21:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1866 | EVO PLANS REELECTION, CLASHES WITH ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, the National Electoral Court made public a series of interpretive letters that challenged President Evo Morales' supreme decrees of August 28. The National Court demanded laws (through congress) to call for the referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) co [...] | 2008-09-02 22:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ1931 | BOLIVIA: "TRANSFORMATION WITH VIOLENCE" MOST LIKELY [...] (SBU) The largest daily newspaper in La Paz ran a three page story over the weekend based on interviews with political figures. The article identified five possible outcomes to the current political stalemate from "Dialogue and Peaceful Transformation" to "Civil War." According to the pane [...] | 2008-09-09 16:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BL ASEC PTER |
08LAPAZ1935 | ECONOMIC CABINET CHANGE: STATE ECONOMY COMING [...] (C) On September 8, Evo Morales again shuffled his cabinet. Gone are the more pragmatic ministers Graciela Toro and Javier Hurtado, as Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) politicians assume the reins at the Ministries of Hydrocarbons and Rural Development. Carlos Villegas and Susana Rivero, th [...] | 2008-09-09 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL PINR ASEC |
08LAPAZ194 | BOLIVIA: MINISTER SAYS USG SUPPORTS DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Summary: After a January 24 statement in which Police Commander Miguel Vasquez acknowledged that the police intelligence unit has been spying on politicians (mostly opposition) and journalists, the media have added a number of possible spying targets (the Catholic church, foreign embassie [...] | 2008-01-28 21:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR BL |
08LAPAZ1941 | BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE ERUPTS, GOVT INSTALLATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Starting late morning September 9, civic groups and university students in opposition-aligned departments (states) attacked and took over government installations. The focus of the attacks included buildings belonging to government agencies, Entel (the recently-nationalized form [...] | 2008-09-10 20:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1942 | BOLIVIA: MORALES DECLARES AMBASSADOR PNG [...] (C) Summary: One day after the Bolivian government informed Post that DEA agents were indefinitely expelled from the Chapare, President Evo Morales announced on national television September 10 that Ambassador Goldberg is persona non grata and requested that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca [...] | 2008-09-10 23:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1950 | BOLIVIA: VIOLENCE WORSE, DIALOGUE DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: In the worst of the recent violence between ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)-aligned groups and autonomists, eight people were killed in the northern department of Pando on September 11. The central government has rejected an offer of a visit of high-level Friends Group me [...] | 2008-09-12 21:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC BL |
08LAPAZ1951 | BOLIVIA: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: After intermittent clashes in the past weeks, the level of violence in Bolivia has increased dramatically with deaths, wounded, and troop movements. Air traffic into the country is limited due to difficulties and uncertainty at the Santa Cruz commercial airp [...] | 2008-09-12 21:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ1964 | CHARGE MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Charge met with Bolivian FM David Choquehuanca the night of September 14 to raise concerns about possible protests at the Embassy and in the Zona Sur residential neighborhood planned for September 15 and 16. The Charge asked the Foreign Minister for security guarantees and for the Bo [...] | 2008-09-15 14:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL CASC PGOV PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ1966 | BOLIVIA: DIALOGUE DESIRED BUT DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Publicly, both the opposition and the government say they want to meet for dialogue. As a show of good faith, the opposition has called off regional road blocks. Based on past statements, however, there seems to be little will to compromise. The opposition has said it absolutely requires [...] | 2008-09-15 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1970 | BOLIVIA SITREP #1 1130: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 15:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1972 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/15/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: 0n 9/15 at 0930 the Post Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the impending demonstration at the Embassy, the possible impact of an announcement on counter-narcotics certification, next steps in authorized departure, the possibility that some USG agencies will be expelled, [...] | 2008-09-15 17:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1975 | BOLIVIA SITREP #2 1500: MARCH ON EMBASSY AND [...] (U) Situation Report. This is the second and last situation reports planned for today. --EMBASSY. The Embassy compound is currently secure with no protesters in the vicinity. Embassy and USAID/NAS personnel have been informed that they may return to work or take liberal leave. --EL CENT [...] | 2008-09-15 18:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AEMR PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1979 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 1600 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 1600 9/15 to discuss the protest of 9/15 that required evacuation of the alternate command center, the planned protest for 9/16 that may include violent student demonstrators, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the overall po [...] | 2008-09-15 23:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1984 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 0900 [...] (C) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 0900 on 9/16 to discuss the expected 9/16 protest of university students, the possible impact of the counter-narcotics certification announcement, the ongoing authorized departure process, and the ongoing political situation. The Embas [...] | 2008-09-16 19:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1993 | WILL EVO/MEDIA LUNA GIVE PEACE A CHANCE? [...] (C) Summary: There was a glimmer of hope for a negotiated solution to Bolivia's increasing violent political standoff early September 16, when the government apparently canceled plans to force through legislation calling for a January 25 referendum on a controversial draft constitution and a r [...] | 2008-09-16 22:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL |
08LAPAZ1994 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/16 1700 [...] (U) Summary: EAC meet on 9/16 at 5 p.m. to review the 9/16 demonstrations, discuss information on possible demonstrations for later in the week, review the Bolivian government's reaction to the counter-narcotics certification announcement, and discuss progress on authorized departure. End sum [...] | 2008-09-16 23:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ1995 | BOLIVIA: REACTION TO "DECERTIFICATION" [...] (C) The Charge notifified VFM Hugo Fernandez (FM Choquehuanca was not available) at 1600 that President Bush had found that Bolivia had failed demonstrably to cooperate in accordance with its bilateral and international obligations. The Charge explained the reasons for the decision: inadeq [...] | 2008-09-16 23:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR |
08LAPAZ2000 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/17 [...] (SBU) Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met at 10 a.m. 9/17 to discuss current political situation, status of authorized departure process, and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Current Political Situation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) Opposition and government-aligned groups are reacting [...] | 2008-09-17 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2004 | BOLIVIA: DEAL AND DIALOGUE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and government-aligned groups initially reacted positively to the news of a "pre-negotiation" agreement between President Morales and opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio (who negotiated on behalf of the opposition association CONALDE.) The agreement supposedly call [...] | 2008-09-18 11:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EPET PHUM BL |
08LAPAZ2019 | DECERTIFICATION: EVO SETS STAGE TO CUT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Early indications that the Bolivian government would confine its reaction to the U.S. counter-narcotics (CN) decertification decision to anti-U.S. rhetorical attacks (reftel a) are fading as government officials appear to be laying the groundwork to limit or sever CN assistance an [...] | 2008-09-18 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC RS BL |
08LAPAZ2035 | EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/18-CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG, formed by agreement of EAC on 9/17) met 9/18 to discuss contingency planning for a low probability but high risk event: President Evo Morales is removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG core will consist of RSO, ORA, DEA, MG [...] | 2008-09-19 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR AMGT ASEC PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2037 | BOLIVIA: REQUEST USG VISITORS POSTPONE TRAVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC OVIP CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2052 | BOLIVIA: EAC WORKING GROUP MEETING 9/19 [...] (S/NF) The Emergency Action Committee Working Group (EACWG) met 9/19 with members of SSAT team to discuss contingency planning for low probability but high impact event: President Evo Morales removed from power either by death or coup. EACWG noted that while this remains a low probability ev [...] | 2008-09-22 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2056 | DIALOGUE: EVO PUSHING, OPPOSITION WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: The central government pushed hard the night of September 21 for the opposition to sign an agreement on the "framework" of the dialogue, but the opposition is thus far holding out. Government-aligned social groups have besieged the city of Santa Cruz and announced that they will [...] | 2008-09-22 21:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM ASEC CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2072 | EVO THREATENS, SANTA CRUZ CLASH POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Announcing that he had left an agreement signed, President Evo Morales left Bolivia September 22 to attend the UNGA in New York. Morales also said that the siege of the city of Santa Cruz would be immediately suspended if the prefects would sign the agreement that guarantees a law [...] | 2008-09-23 22:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2073 | BOLIVIAN DRUG CZAR: CN COOPERATION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres told EmbOffs September 22 that the government would continue bilateral counter-narcotics efforts so long as USG funding was not cut. Caceres said the inclusion of waiver to continue CN assistance tempered cabinet reaction to the Sep [...] | 2008-09-23 22:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2083 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING-LA PAZ 9/23 [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, GSO, ECOP, DEA, NAS, USAID, ORA, DAO, MSG, MILGRP, IPC, MED, SSAT, and others) met September 23 at 1600 to discuss the current situation in Santa Cruz, where government supporters (some armed) have surrou [...] | 2008-09-24 17:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2087 | QUIET IN SANTA CRUZ, PANDO PREFECT STILL IN CUSTODY [...] (SBU) Following President Evo Morales' order that government-aligned social groups suspend their siege of Santa Cruz for 48 hours, Bolivia is relatively calm on September 24. The city of Santa Cruz canceled its founding day ceremonies and parades because of food shortages and the possibility [...] | 2008-09-24 22:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2111 | BOLIVIA: REACTIONS TO ATPDEA ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initial Bolivian reaction to the decision to suspend ATPDEA privileges has been muted but somber. A number of our contacts are faced with severe financial repercussions from the decision, but most people we have talked to understand that this was brought about by the Bolivian gov [...] | 2008-09-26 21:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2118 | BOLIVIA: EVO REACTS TO ATPDEA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The initial characterization by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez of the government's reaction to ATPDEA suspension as "not happy" is proving to be an understatement. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca later announced to the press that the decision was "vengeance" and " [...] | 2008-09-29 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2127 | BOLIVIA: EVO DETERMINED ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: "For good or for bad," President Evo Morales declared on September 27 that his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution would go forward. Amidst calls from his own ministers and party-members to modify elements of the draft constitution, Evo declared himself unwilling to [...] | 2008-09-30 14:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PHUM BL |
08LAPAZ2140 | BOLIVIA: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON THE WAY? [...] (C) Summary: A negotiated agreement between the regional opposition and the government seems increasingly unlikely, despite the scheduled October 5 resumption of talks. Constitutional analysts point to endemic problems with the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draft constitution, including the [...] | 2008-10-01 22:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2150 | EVO BANS DEA FLIGHTS [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would ban DEA overflights October 2, a decision he claimed was based on the strong Bolivian public sentiment to stand up to "the empire" in order to recover national sovereignty and dignity. "Two days ago I received a letter from the DEA of the United [...] | 2008-10-03 19:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2151 | EVO'S DEADLINE FOR DIALOGUE, OPPOSITION ARRESTS [...] (SBU) President Evo Morales officially announced that Sunday, October 5 will be the last day of dialogue, while also saying that arrests of opposition leaders will continue. During an event in the opposition department of Tarija (where the arrest of opposition leader Jose Vaca took place days [...] | 2008-10-03 19:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2165 | BOLIVIA: TALKS FAIL, MORALES PLANS PRESSURE TACTICS [...] (C) Summary: Formal talks between the remaining opposition prefects (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, Chuquisaca--the Pando prefect is still in government custody) and the government ended on October 5. Opposition Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio announced that the two sides "have not made any agreement t [...] | 2008-10-06 23:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PTER BL |
08LAPAZ2168 | EAC RECOMMENDS EXTENDING AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC, consisting of EXEC, RSO, CONS, MGT, ECOP, DEA, NAS, DAO, MILGRP, PAS, and others) met October 6 to discuss the current political situation and security planning. EAC agreed unanimously to recommend extending Authorized Departure due to President Evo Mor [...] | 2008-10-07 14:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | AMER ASEC AMGT PTER CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2175 | BOLIVIA: CONGRESS READYING FOR VOTE OR SIEGE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party are now considering pushing this week for a vote in congress on a law to convoke a constitutional referendum. The opposition has a majority in the Senate and therefore can reject a law passed by the MAS-majority [...] | 2008-10-07 21:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2197 | SANTA CRUZ: WORN DOWN AND DISPIRITED [...] (C) Emboff met with Santa Cruz political, civic and business leaders on October 7-8. The mood within the Santa Cruz leadership is dispirited. All believe that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) constitutional referendum will pass and that it will be almost impossible to defeat Morales' c [...] | 2008-10-09 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER |
08LAPAZ2220 | BOLIVIA: MORALES RALLIES (SOCIAL) TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales joined approximately 5000 marchers for the first kilometer of their journey from Oruro province to the city of La Paz, where they plan to encircle the congress to "encourage" passage of a law to convoke a referendum on the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) draf [...] | 2008-10-14 22:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2252 | EVO'S QUEST FOR THE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) "social movement" groups began to arrive in La Paz on October 17, with the stated goal of encouraging or forcing the congress to pass legislation calling for a referendum on the MAS draft constitution. Negotiations on the text of the constitution ar [...] | 2008-10-17 18:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2255 | MFA TO MISSIONS: SIEGE ON CONGRESS JUST A PARADE [...] (C) Summary: MFA representatives explained the government's position on recent political developments to Ambassadors from the Americas October 16. The MFA representatives thanked Ambassadors for UNASUR's September 15 declaration, which "forced the opposition to the negotiating table." The MF [...] | 2008-10-17 19:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2262 | BOLIVIA: AGREEMENT (AND SIEGE) "CLOSE" [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of protesters are converging on the congress, marching from the south through the residential areas and from El Alto with President Evo Morales leading the main column that originally gathered in Oruro almost a week ago. A one-day strike has been called in El Alto, school [...] | 2008-10-20 15:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
08LAPAZ2263 | BOLIVIA: GONI EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez and Former Ambassador to the United States Gustavo Guzman came to the Embassy as expected on October 17 and delivered about 3,000 pages of documents to be notarized; the documents are part of the still-unfiled extradition request for ex-President Gonzal [...] | 2008-10-20 15:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM CJAN CASC BL |
08LAPAZ2268 | BOLIVIAN DEAL: EVO GETS REFERENDUM, NO THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: In a welcome day of calm with up to 100,000 pro-Evo Morales demonstrators descending on La Paz, Bolivia's congress began voting October 20 to make changes to the text of the draft Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution and to hold a referendum on the constitution on January [...] | 2008-10-21 16:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM PINR KIPR BL |
08LAPAZ2284 | BOLIVIA: REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary and action request: The immediate threats that initially prompted Mission Bolivia's request for Authorized Departure status have dissipated, and an agreement between the national opposition and the government is likely to bring a period of calm as both sides prepare for a January 25 [...] | 2008-10-22 20:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC PGOV BL |
08LAPAZ2305 | USG AGENCIES AGAIN IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of government attacks on the DEA suggest that the Morales Administration will decide whether or not to expel DEA based on the "independent" decision of Chapare-region cocalero leaders. Morales and MAS leaders railed against DEA "infiltrators" October 25 and 26, c [...] | 2008-10-27 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2368 | BOLIVIA: DEA GIVEN 90 DAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy sees a potential opportunity to encourage the Bolivian government to begin the DEA's 90-day departure period with the start of the new U.S. administration (thus buying more time). Any time gained could benefit us, since Evo faces another election in December 2009, and [...] | 2008-11-05 15:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ2375 | VICE MINISTER CACERES FLOATS DEAL FOR DEA STAY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow-up meeting with the NAS Director and DEA country attache after President Morales' November 1 announcement that DEA would be expelled, Vice Minister of Social Justice Felipe Caceres suggested an alternate solution, which he says he has run by Morales. Under Caceres' p [...] | 2008-11-06 13:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC PINR BL |
08LAPAZ2396 | BOLIVIA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 20:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON EINV PGOV |
08LAPAZ2462 | ELECTION OBSERVER REQUEST FROM GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Post has received a Diplomatic Note from the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting we provide election observers for the January 25, 2009 constitutional referendum (informal translation attached). This request has [...] | 2008-11-19 17:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL KDEM PGOV PREL |
08LAPAZ2477 | BOLIVIA'S BENI: STILL RESISTING EVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian department (state) of Beni is commonly referred to in the press as part of the "wealthy lowland opposition" but statistics prove that most of the population live in extreme poverty. Struggling farmers, including a colony of Canadian Mennonites, fear sweeping land refo [...] | 2008-11-24 17:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PINR PGOV BL |
08LAPAZ2480 | TARIJA: DEFENDING THE HOME TURF -- PASSIVELY [...] (C) Opposition leaders in the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija are disheartened by their failure to halt the national advance of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) agenda. While the departmental government will come out officially against the new MAS constitution, a vig [...] | 2008-11-25 20:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM BL SNAR ASEC EFIN |
08LAPAZ2507 | COCHABAMBA: MORE CONCERNS AND SUSPICIONS [...] (C) In meetings with the Private Business Federation of Cochabamba, former Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa's spokesman, and the civic organization umbrella group Confidence Network, all expressed concern about the consequences of DEA's expulsion from Bolivia, the imminent approval of President M [...] | 2008-12-03 15:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC BL ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR |
08LAPAZ2508 | BOLIVIA: EVO RENEWS ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (C) The National Democratic Council (CONALDE, an association of opposition civic leaders and prefecture authorities) has announced that it will meet December 9 to form a defensive block in the face of ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) arrests of opposition leaders. The meeting is also in [...] | 2008-12-03 21:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ266 | BOLIVIA: PREFECTS PROMISE PROTESTS IF TALKS TANK [...] (SBU) Bolivia's National Democratic Council (consisting of the autonomy-seeking eastern and lowland departments or states) met on February 7 to declare that they will grant President Evo Morales until February 13 to respond to their demands on autonomy and resources to the departments. If the [...] | 2008-02-08 22:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL ASEC |
08LAPAZ2671 | BOLIVIA CONDEMNS "ISRAELI CRIMINAL AGGRESSION" [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) In response to the violence in the Gaza strip, on December 29 Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca condemned Israel for its "criminal aggression." "We completely disapprove," Choquehuanca told press and announced that Bolivia had demanded that the United Nations (UN) int [...] | 2008-12-31 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | IS ASEC PGOV PINR PREL KTER BL |
08LAPAZ296 | BOLIVIA: "TRUCE" DURING NATURAL DISASTER? [...] (U) On February 11 La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado proposed a 60-day truce between the central government and the opposition prefects so that the country could focus on disaster-relief for flood-stricken areas. Originally President Evo Morales praised del Granado for the idea. On February 12, [...] | 2008-02-12 22:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL BL |
08LAPAZ303 | BOLIVIA: "SPYING" CHARGES FEED EVO'S PROPAGANDA [...] (C) Summary. Fulbright student Alex van Schaick reported to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry February 7 that he had been asked by Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer to report contacts with Venezuelan and Cuban nationals to the Embassy. Van Schaick told an ABC News.com stringer in La Paz th [...] | 2008-02-15 00:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KLIG VE BO |
08LAPAZ374 | BOLIVIAN SPY SCANDAL: CONTINUED EMBASSY ACCUSATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to an unfolding domestic spy scandal the former National Intelligence Directorate (NDI) chief Jose Luis Centellas testified before a Senate Commission and stated that the Embassy "manages" many different intelligence groups and maintains records on all Bolivian citiz [...] | 2008-02-21 22:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL BL |
08LAPAZ386 | BOLIVIA SPY SCANDAL: POLICE CHIEF BACKS USG STANCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian National Police (BNP) commander Miguel Vasquez testified before a Senate commission and refuted Minister of Government Alfredo Rada's espionage allegations against the Embassy and a USG-funded police unit. Vasquez rejected accusations that the unit did not report to h [...] | 2008-02-22 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV BL |
08LAPAZ434 | BOLIVIA: TRUCE REJECTED, CONFRONTATION EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Garcia Linera's call for a two-month truce has been rejected by the opposition and by social groups aligned with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Sporadic violence around the country has left a number of people injured, and both the MAS and the [...] | 2008-02-27 23:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ521 | BOLIVIA: LAWLESSNESS AND LYNCHINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to block opposition congress members from entering Congress, thus allowing MAS bills to pass uncontested, come at a time when Bolivians are worried over what seems to be an increasing sense of lawlessness in the [...] | 2008-03-06 19:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ538 | BOLIVIA: MAS MOB ATTACKS PEACE PROTEST [...] (C) A small peace protest against Evo Morales' government organized by university students turned violent on Thursday night when a mob affiliated with the ruling Movement Towards Socialism Part (MAS) violently disrupted the gathering. The police resorted to tear gas and water cannons to dis [...] | 2008-03-07 21:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ611 | SANTA CRUZ TO EVO: DIALOGUE AFTER MAY 4 VOTE [...] (C) Santa Cruz leaders are determined to hold their autonomy referendum on May 4. At the same time the Morales' government is trying to stop the referendum. Evo's latest offer to have the Catholic Church facilitate a dialogue is taken with skepticism and the reply "call us on May 5th." Aut [...] | 2008-03-17 21:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08LAPAZ693 | BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...] | 2008-03-28 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL |
08LAPAZ694 | BOLIVIA: EVO AND AUTONOMY, NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Although isolated incidents of violence are already occurring and will continue up to the scheduled May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum, we do not expect the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party to take military or police action against the opposition departments (states) [...] | 2008-03-28 22:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ASEC EAID BL |
08LAPAZ711 | BOLIVIA: COMMUNITY JUSTICE, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, Emboff meet with Vice Minister of Community Justice and Human Rights Valentin TICONA Colque. Also present was Director of Community Justice Petroni FLORES Condori. Emboff had requested the meeting to learn more about community justice under the new draft constituti [...] | 2008-04-01 16:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC PINR BL |
08LAPAZ719 | EVO,S SPOKESMAN RESIGNS, REVEALING INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary: In an abrupt move, Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party insider Alex Contreras officially resigned as the government's spokesman on April 1. Contreras is a long-time friend and confidant of Bolivian President Evo Morales, and his departure reveals serious fissures and in-fightin [...] | 2008-04-03 12:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PINR PREL PGOV |
08LAPAZ9 | BOLIVIA: VERY LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY 7 TALKS [...] (C) With the holiday season "truce" coming to an end, it appears that the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) and the opposition are preparing to resume where they left off in early December with belligerence and bluster. While President Evo Morales and the five prefects of opposition-led [...] | 2008-01-03 19:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ900 | BOLIVIA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE [...] Summary: Mission Bolivia held a Crisis Management Exercise (CME) via digital video conference with Washington on April 7. Members of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and representatives from DEA Santa Cruz and Cochabamba were present. The scenario outlined a civil disturbance in La Paz [...] | 2008-04-17 21:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL AEMR BL |
08LAPAZ919 | EVO ASSAILS "TREASONOUS" CATHOLIC CHURCH HIERARCHY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the Catholic Church hierarchy of "treason and deception" on April 19, casting doubt on the Church's future role as a mediator in the growing crisis between the Government and the opposition prefects in the eastern lowlands. Morales was rep [...] | 2008-04-21 22:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PREL PGOV |
08LAPAZ983 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez explained the government's push for statements supporting Bolivian unity from the OAS and other international institutions were intended to ensure that May 4 is carried out without violence. Whe [...] | 2008-04-29 18:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC BL |
08LAPAZ999 | SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE: PLANS FOR A "BIG PARTY" [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 24-27 visit to Santa Cruz (including the capital city and the rural towns of San Javier and Concepcion),American Presence Post officer's (APP) interlocutors downplayed fears of violent confrontation and predicted the May 4 autonomy referendum would be a "big part [...] | 2008-04-30 18:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KPAO ASEC BL |
08LIBREVILLE139 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Political Officer Leslie Doumbia spent approximately 2 hours and two Locally Engaged Staff (LES) in Sao Tome and Principe spe [...] | 2008-03-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
08LIBREVILLE146 | GABON: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Poloff Leslie Doumbia, Tel: 241-76-20-03, Mobile: 241-07-91-02-21, Fax: 241-74-55-07. To prepare this report, Poloff Leslie Doumbia spent 25 hours, Political Assistant Cedric Pehoua spent 15, DCM Nathan Holt spent five 5 hours, and Amb [...] | 2008-03-25 11:42:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
08LILONGWE131 | 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains committed in its fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. The GOM has a strong working relationship with International Organizations (IOs) and NGOs and continued to provide social, counseling, and rehabilitation serv [...] | 2008-03-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MI |
08LILONGWE294 | MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MULUZI ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, police arrested former president Bakili Muluzi as he exited the airplane in Lilongwe on return from a trip to the United Kingdom. Muluzi was immediately escorted to a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) plane and flown to Blantyre where he was detained under "house arrest" at [...] | 2008-05-27 11:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI |
08LILONGWE307 | MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MALUZI RELEASED ON BAIL, RALLY [...] (SBU): Summary: On May 30, former president Bakili Muluzi was granted bail and released from house arrest. Muluzi was arrested on May 25 upon his return from the UK (ref A) as a suspect in an alleged coup plot, but was never charged. The High Court in its ruling cited the case of the previous [...] | 2008-06-02 13:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI |
08LIMA1130 | SFRC STAFFDEL examines transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Members Carl Meacham and Brooke Daley visited Lima May 25-31 to discuss the state of transparency in Peru's extractive industries. Meetings with government officials, non-government organizations (NGO),and private sector executives all e [...] | 2008-07-02 21:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ENRG AMGT EMIN ASEC AFIN BR |
08LIMA1169 | LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JUNE 2008 [...] (U) Summary: - Recent economic analysis confirms considerable diminution of coca in San Martin, the first clear and measurable result of the Eradication/Alternative Development nexus. - NAS Deputy Director traveled to Quito, Bogota, and La Paz to identify areas of regional collaboration. - [...] | 2008-07-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA1191 | NATIONAL STRIKE MOSTLY PEACEFUL, STRONGEST IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 8th and 9th, thousands of Peruvians across the country joined a national strike to protest against the government's failure "to fulfill its promises" and the rising cost of living. The strike generally proceeded peacefully, with a manageable protest in Lima, and roadblock [...] | 2008-07-14 13:41:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL PINR PE |
08LIMA1202 | PERU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA DUCC COURSE [...] (U) The Government of Peru accepts ILEA invitation to the Drug Unit Commanders Course to be held at the Regional Training Center of ILEA and is in the process of selecting participants. POC for this and other ILEA related matters is Jorge Del Castillo. Contact Info: DelcastilloJ@state.gov or [...] | 2008-07-15 16:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BR EDRC KCRM PREL SNAR PE |
08LIMA1314 | LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JULY [...] (U) Summary: -- New NAS Director Arrives -- Rumors of major changes in GOP ministries and PNP amount to nothing -- FAP Joins Eradication Efforts -- Deputy Director visits Counter Narcotics Base and FAP Radar site in Puerto Maldonado -- Aviation Safety Day Conducted -- Joint Peru [...] | 2008-08-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA1469 | PERU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA SENIOR OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 20:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08LIMA1555 | LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: - NAS Director Visits Pucallpa, Santa Lucia and Tingo Maria - Mazamari Pre-Academy's Multi-Cultural Students' Movie Debut - DIRANDRO Seizure Report - Eradication Operations Shift to Aucayacu - Police Resources Redirected to APEC - Typhoid Outbreak in Palma Pampa - NAS Ports Pr [...] | 2008-09-22 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA1686 | LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * NAS Director completes Field Orientation * New Solicitor for Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Position Created * SL Threat Grounds UH-2s in Santa Lucia * FAP Budget Cuts Will Negatively Impact VRAE Operations * NAS Aviation Update * DIRANDRO Activities * Pre-Academies C [...] | 2008-10-20 20:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA1748 | REPORT OF RADICAL PROTESTS IN NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the November APEC Summit, diverse political groups have announced plans for rallies and protests. Among these, the Lima newspaper Expreso recently published an article warning that a small ultra-nationalist fringe group linked to jailed radical leader Antauro Hum [...] | 2008-11-04 21:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR PE |
08LIMA1765 | GOP DECLARES EMERGENCY TO QUELL VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP on November 4th declared a state of emergency in the southern city of Tacna and directed the military to maintain order after violent protestors attacked and burned several government buildings. The protests erupted on October 30th after Congress passed a bill that woul [...] | 2008-11-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PE ASEC |
08LIMA1806 | PERU ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA RISK MANAGEMENT [...] (U) The Government of Peru accepts the ILEA invitation to the Risk Management Program at the Regional Training Center/Peru, and is currently in the process of selecting participants. 2. (U) POC for this and other ILEA related matters is Jorge Del Castillo. Contact Information: Delcastil [...] | 2008-11-17 17:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM OTRA PE |
08LIMA1808 | LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - OCTOBER [...] (U) Summary: - New National Police Director and Minister of Interior Named - Eradication - New Graduating Class of the Special Counter Drugs Operations Course: Mazamari - DIRANDRO Statistics - MEDEVAC Policy/Procedures to be Revised - FLIR Back in Business - Change in FAP C-26 Contractors [...] | 2008-11-17 18:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA1813 | PERU NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] (U) In response to State 88447, Embassy Lima reports the following update for its National Trade Estimate Report. This report has also been sent as a Word document with track changes to USTR by email. 2. (U) TRADE SUMMARY The 2008 data is current as of August 2008. The U.S. goods trade [...] | 2008-11-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON EINV PGOV |
08LIMA1876 | PERU: SHINING PATH BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peruvian National Police (PNP) suspect that Shining Path forces in the Upper Huallaga Valley (SL-UHV) ambushed a police convoy November 26, killing five and injuring four others. Observers speculate the attack may have been retribution to earlier drug seizures by police in the [...] | 2008-12-05 19:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC PE |
08LIMA1899 | PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY LIMA [...] Shortly after noon on December 10, 2008, approximately 40 Peruvian nationals gathered peacefully outside of the U.S. Embassy accusing the United States of falsely arresting and accusing five Cuban Nationals of crimes they never committed. Each protestor hand delivered a letter to the U.S. Emba [...] | 2008-12-10 21:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PE |
08LIMA1938 | PERU: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy point of contact is John Robertson (robertsonjc@state.gov or 51-1-618-2514). 2. (SBU) Text of draft submission follows: Peru Peru's primary counterterrorism concern remained fighting remnants of the militant Maoist Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path),a designated Foreig [...] | 2008-12-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PE |
08LIMA1981 | LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - NOVEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * Eradication Report * Maritime Ports Report * PNP Ambushed Outside of Tingo Maria/Police Program Report * Threats to Helicopters * Continued Legal Progress on TIP * Prime Minister Releases First Draft of Anti-Corruption Plan * Money Laundering - Legal news and a new arrest [...] | 2008-12-31 19:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA228 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in January 2008: ** CORAH started the 2008 eradication season on January 18 near Pizana northeast of Tocache. ** An increase in murders east of the Andes gained public attention due to the link with eradication and alternative development. ** The GOP initiated qua [...] | 2008-02-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA281 | INL A/S JOHNSON MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER DEL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 2-day visit to Peru, A/S David Johnson met with high-level government officials in Lima, and observed the nexus between eradication and alternative development in the San Martin area, as well as the NAS police training program. In his meeting with Prime Minister Jorge [...] | 2008-02-15 20:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA32 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in December 2007: ** CORAH ended the year with a total of 11,056.20 hectares of coca eradicated, surpassing the 10,000-hectare goal. ** DEVIDA approved the 2008 Eradication Plan to start in mid-January, now waiting for Interior Minister's signature. ** Police gra [...] | 2008-01-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA395 | Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...] | 2008-03-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE |
08LIMA398 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in February 2008: ** CORAH has eradicated a total of 1,615 hectares of coca in these first two months of 2008. ** Eradication operations continue despite cocalero protests and adverse weather conditions. ** INL A/S David Johnson met with high-level government of [...] | 2008-03-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA593 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT, MARCH 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in March 2008: ** CORAH has eradicated a total of 2,779 hectares of coca in CY 2008. ** Preparations are being made for eradication operations in high-threat area near Aucayacu. ** The first female DIRANDRO officer killed in action was a graduate of a NAS-supporte [...] | 2008-04-04 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA812 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT, APRIL 2008 [...] (U) The key developments in April 2008: ** As of April 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of 3,404 hectares of coca. ** In first-ever raid of an opium laboratory, police seized 100 kg of opium latex and 400 grams of morphine. ** Heavy rains slow preparations for CORAH's move to the Aucayacu [...] | 2008-05-08 21:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA895 | ANTI-SUMMIT PEACEFUL, GENERAL SECURITY A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The "Summit of the Peoples" anti-summit (May 13-16) that coincided with the Latin America and Caribbean - European Union Summit (EU-LAC) last week proceeded peacefully despite government concern. The anti-summit attracted thousands of social movement leaders from Peru, Latin Ameri [...] | 2008-05-20 21:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC REL PINR PE |
08LIMA948 | MRTA: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TODAY? [...] (C) Summary: The Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) terrorist group rose to prominence in the 1980s and then collapsed in the 1990s. Now the GOP believes former MRTA members released from prison are once again rebuilding the group's cadres of dedicated followers. The government's p [...] | 2008-05-30 20:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER PE |
08LIMA979 | PERU FY 2007-2008 CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) Working relationships and cooperation between the Government of Peru (GOP) and the U.S. Government agencies responsible for implementation of counter-narcotics (CN) policies continue at an all time high. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),U.S. [...] | 2008-06-06 16:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LIMA980 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2008 [...] (U) On May 21, President Garcia, DIRANDRO Gen.Hidalgo, Huallaga Front Gen.Palomino, San Martin,s Regional President and Congressional representatives visited the Santa Lucia PNP base where they were briefed on ongoing interdiction and eradication strategies in the UHV. The delegation continued [...] | 2008-06-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
08LISBON1808 | ALLEGATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SMUGGLING - PORTUGAL [...] (S) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. The report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning this report was relayed via [...] | 2008-07-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER |
08LISBON1874 | FOLLOW-UP REPORTING REGARDING ALLEGATION OF [...] (S/NF) Synopsis: On July 24, a walk-in approached Embassy Lisbon and reported that he knew of 5 to 6 plates of Uranium that are for sale in Portugal. The plates are allegedly in the possession of an ex-Russian General living in Portugal who was using a Portuguese Judge to broker sales. Al [...] | 2008-07-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PO PREL PTER |
08LISBON2648 | (SBU) Portuguese interim response to demarche on sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consul General and ACS Specialist met with Manuel Grainha do Vale, MFA Americas Division Deputy Director, on September 30 to deliver the demarche regarding the HSPD-6 proposal to share terrorist screening information. We left the proposal with him in hard copy as a diplomatic no [...] | 2008-10-16 12:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL PO |
08LISBON2711 | EMBASSY LISBON'S OCTOBER 2008 VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Lisbon's Visas Viper Program (VVP) Committee met on November 3, 2008. This month, Post submits the name of an American citizen fugitive, wanted in the U.S. for criminal, terrorist activities, a Syrian national with links to an Al-Qa'ida fundraising operative, and 14 members [...] | 2008-11-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC PO |
08LISBON811 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS TO [...] (SBU) Mr. Director: Your visit to Portugal will be the first high-level ONDCP visit since 1998 and underscores both our interest and concern about increasing cocaine flows through Portugal into Europe. As you may know, Portugal saw a marked increase in cocaine seizures in 2005 and 2006, fol [...] | 2008-04-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC PO |
08LJUBLJANA107 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON VWP, DATA SHARING, AND MORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 5 meeting with Charge dQAffaires (CDA) Maryruth Coleman, Interior Minister Dragutin Mate offered insight into the European UnionQs internal divisions over the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP),[...] | 2008-03-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PREL EUN ASEC SI |
08LJUBLJANA115 | SCENESETTER FOR A/G MUKASEY AND DHS CHERTOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your visit. You will be the first USG Cabinet level visitors to Slovenia since it assumed the EU Presidency at the beginning of this year, and your meetings and events during your stay should bolster our already close ties with this country. From the o [...] | 2008-03-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI |
08LJUBLJANA118 | SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE [...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI |
08LJUBLJANA146 | SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY AT THE HALFWAY POINT [...] (C) Slovenia has made the most of its limited resources during the first three months of its EU presidency by focusing on what it knows best and turning to outside sources for assistance in other areas. Slovenia appears more amenable than many previous small-country presidencies to seek guid [...] | 2008-03-28 15:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI |
08LJUBLJANA225 | CODEL BERKLEY TO VISIT LJUBLJANA MAY 23 - 26 [...] Post warmly welcomes the May 23-26 visit of Codel Berkley to Ljubljana. Overall control officer for the visit is Political-Economic Officer Albert Kraaimoore, office phone: (386) 1-200-5676, cellphone: (386) 40-516-021, fax: (386) 1-200-5529. The management control officer is Brendan Burns, [...] | 2008-05-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SI |
08LJUBLJANA226 | CODEL BERKLEY TO VISIT LJUBLJANA MAY 23 - 26 [...] Post warmly welcomes the May 23-26 visit of Codel Berkley to Ljubljana. Overall control officer for the visit is Political-Economic Officer Albert Kraaimoore, office phone: (386) 1-200-5676, cellphone: (386) 40-516-021, fax: (386) 1-200-5529. The management control officer is Brendan Burns, [...] | 2008-05-22 10:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SI |
08LJUBLJANA245 | SLOVENIA TO CONSIDER INFORMATION FUSION CENTER [...] (C) On May 30, DCM Maryruth Coleman met with Director Joze Romsek of the Slovene Ministry of Interior (MOI) Police Directorate (PD) to discuss the concept of an Information Fusion Center (IFC). The DCM suggested that Slovenia consider developing an IFC to facilitate the sharing of intelligenc [...] | 2008-06-05 13:46:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER MASS ASEC PREL MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA330 | SLOVENIA ADOPTS STRICTER LAW PROTECTING SEXUAL RIGHTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, 2008, Slovenia will implement a new law regarding sexual crimes against minors. This new penal code establishes harsher sentences and new regulations. The most significant changes include a lifetime registry for offenders, the criminalization of possessing child [...] | 2008-07-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SI |
08LJUBLJANA42 | SLOVENIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (U) Post has determined that there are no/no critical infrastructure or key resources (CI/KR) in Slovenia (as defined in para 4 of reftel) which - if destroyed, disrupted or exploited - might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the security, national economic security, national public [...] | 2008-02-01 11:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER |
08LJUBLJANA549 | SLOVENIA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2008 [...] (U) In 2007 Slovenia enacted a new Act on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, which became applicable in January 2008. During Slovenia's Presidency of the EU Council, Slovenia chaired an EU troika meeting with the United States on the external aspects of fighting aga [...] | 2008-12-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM SI |
08LONDON1710 | CODEL HASTINGS - JUNE 27 - JULY 8, 2008 [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant country clearance to CODEL Hastings to visit London June 27-28, 2008. 2. Visit Officer will be Jim Donegan who can be reached at work 44-20-7894-0114, fax 44-20-7894-0117, home 44-20-7259-6066, mobile phone 44-7801-670-694. If calling from within the UK r [...] | 2008-06-26 15:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU FR GM IT JP KZ PK UK |
08LONDON2574 | UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO LUTE AND DELEGATION, OCT 21-23, 2008 REF: WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DC CABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 12:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP AMGT ASEC OVIP AFIN UK |
08LONDON276 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The 52nd session of the IMO FP S/C met at Central Hall Westminster in London 14-18 January 2008, chaired by Mr. Juan Carlos Cubisino (Argentina). The session was attended by delegations from 58 member states, one associate member, one state not a member, two intergovernmental organ [...] | 2008-01-30 09:48:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
08LONDON2814 | POC FOR NODEL SANDERS (NOV 9-13) [...] (SBU) The Point Of Contact (POC) for NODEL Sanders is Warren Chane, Economic Officer. Contact details follow: Warren Chane Economic Officer Office: +44 (0) 20 7894 0492 Home: +44 (0) 20 7722 6527 Mobile: +44 (0) 77 1516 7459 FAX: +44 (0) 20 7409 1637 Email: chanegw@state.gov TUTTL [...] | 2008-11-07 10:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK |
08LONDON3191 | UNITED KINGDOM: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is post's 2008 submission for the Country Reports on Terrorism. POCs for this report are Daniel McNicholas (McNicholasDF@state.gov) or Jim McDonald (McDonaldJP@state.gov). Consulate Belfast contributed to this report. UNITED KINGDOM -------------- 2. (U) In December a jury [...] | 2008-12-22 12:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC UK |
08LONDON512 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The ad hoc LRIT group met from 29 January to 1 February under the chairmanship of Dr. Sam Ryan (Canada),who at the opening session was elected as Chairman for the present and subsequent sessions. The group was convened by MSC 83, under MSC circular letter 2835, to consider necessary [...] | 2008-02-20 10:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | IMO AORC ASEC UK |
08LONDON981 | IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT - 29TH [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) combined annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took [...] | 2008-04-04 13:54:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK |
08LUANDA1006 | CRIME IN LUANDA: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] Summary: Brazen and violent crimes targeting Westerners have shaken Luanda's international community. Perpetually gridlocked streets make the targets easy pickings for gangs of robbers who have ratcheted up their aggressiveness in attacking vulnerable individuals stuck in traffic. Angolan pol [...] | 2008-12-24 06:47:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM AO |
08LUANDA176 | ANGOLA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although no detailed, concrete information and statistics on trafficking in Angola exists, government officials openly acknowledge that trafficking does occur. The extent of the problem is believed to be limited, and there is no evidence of organized trafficking activity. Despi [...] | 2008-03-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD |
08LUANDA222 | EXPAT SECURITY THREATENED IN CABINDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GRA remains tight-lipped about recent attacks against expatriates in Cabinda province, and the lack of a transparent investigation into the attacks makes it difficult to know if separatist politics or simple banditry are motivating the criminals. The increased danger posed t [...] | 2008-03-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EINT EPET AO |
08LUANDA81 | NEW DETAILS IN CABINDA SHOOTING POINT TO POLITICAL [...] SUMMARY: (C) On January 18, Roberto Ferreira, Chevron's Superintendent of Security in Cabinda (protect),relayed to RSO and PolOff additional information on the December 26 shooting death of a Brazilian national in Cabinda Province (reftel). His report (unconfirmed) paints a picture of the de [...] | 2008-01-28 16:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KSAC AO |
08LUSAKA982 | TWO DEATHS BY UNKNOWN DISEASE IN ZAMBIA; EAC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lusaka CDC office has learned that two cases of "suspected" hemorrhagic fever are being investigated in Zambia after two people died subsequent to being med-evaced to South Africa. We understand a South African nurse at Morningside Hospital who treated the second Zambian c [...] | 2008-10-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | ESTH ASEC AMED ZA |
08LUSAKA983 | EAC DETERMINES DEATHS NO THREAT TO AMCITS, STAFF [...] (C) Per REFTEL, EAC met to compare updated information and to determine follow up action. Based on current data, there appears to be no immediate threat to AmCits or the Embassy community. There have been no further reported cases or deaths attributable to the initial patient and it appears th [...] | 2008-10-03 11:51:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | AMED ASEC CASC ESTH ZA |
08LUXEMBOURG213 | VISAS VIPER: LUXEMBOURG VIPER REPORT AND [...] (U) Post convened its monthly Visas Viper Committee on 16 July 2008. One submission was presented to and approved by the committee. 2. (S) Name: ABO KHALIL, Adam DOB: 20 July 1980 POB: Rafah, Palestine Nationality: Israeli Father: ABO KHALIL, Taher Mother: NEGA, Shady Possible Al [...] | 2008-08-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | CMGT CVIS KVPR ASEC PTER PING LU |
08MADRID1292 | SCENESETTER - CODEL DORGAN VISIT TO SEVILLE, SPAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. You will be visiting Spain during a severe economic downturn, its first in 15 years. Spain has become a leader in the development of renewable energy - particularly wind power - as the result of implementing feed-in tariff subsidies. [...] | 2008-12-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP |
08MADRID1306 | SPAIN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL A, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Report on Terrorism" follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT in Spain is Hugh Clifton. Telephone 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) The Government of Spain and its citizens were concerned that their cou [...] | 2008-12-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SP ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
08MADRID180 | SPAIN: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, Embassy Madrid's Counterterrorism Working Group has collectively taken inventory of Spain's critical infrastructure and key resources and does not believe that the country possesses any CI/KR that, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, would have an immediate and deleterious [...] | 2008-02-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08MADRID225 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTEL A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Matt Osborne, Tel. (34) 91-587-2294, Fax. (34) 91-587-2391. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report are [...] | 2008-02-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP |
08MADRID349 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL REYES [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Michael Delaney and Jeremy Bash, Professional Staff Members to Madrid, Spain from March 24 to March 28 for an official committee oversight visit. 2. Post [...] | 2008-03-19 17:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC AFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID569 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. The Government of Spain (GOS) shares your interest in the development of renewable energy, including biofuels. However, what once promised to be a booming industry with plans for construction of 30 biodiesel and 20 ethanol plants, ha [...] | 2008-05-23 07:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC BEXP OREP AFIN SP FR PO |
08MADRID612 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman, House Agriculture Committee, Representatives Linda Sanchez, Lincoln Davis, Virginia Foxx, Tim Holden, Robert Latta, Frank Lucas, Dan Burton and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 3 [...] | 2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID613 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BEARES [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Professional Staff Member Ellen Stein Beares, Simon Gros, James Ray, and Heideh Shahmoradi-Holley from the Department of Transportation and the other members of the delegation to Madrid, Spain from May 29 to June 1 on an official visit. 2. Post [...] | 2008-05-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID619 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TERESA RUTLEDGE [...] Embassy grants clearance and warmly welcomes Teresa Rutledge, Director, International Banking and Finance for Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to Madrid, Spain from June 11 to June 14 to attend the ASBA meeting. 2. Post understands no assistance is necessary. 3. Visitors are r [...] | 2008-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC EFIN OREP OTRA |
08MADRID798 | SPAIN INVESTIGATES FIVE BOMBS CLAIMED BY ETA THAT [...] Five small bombs exploded in Northern Spain on July 20, four at popular resorts in Cantabria and one in Getxo, a Bilbao suburb. The sites included a Red Cross life-saving station, an ATM, seaside promenades and other tourist areas. According to the press, one woman was slightly injured when [...] | 2008-07-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SP |
08MANAGUA1328 | NICARAGUA'S ELECTIONS (VIOLENTLY) HEATING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: As Nicaragua's municipal elections draw closer, political violence is becoming a daily occurrence. The incidents are predominantly instigated by supporters of Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) against members of the opposition Vamos con Eduardo-Constit [...] | 2008-10-31 18:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU |
08MANAGUA1389 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING - MANAGUA [...] (SBU) AmEmb Managua's EAC convened on 11/17/2008 to discuss recent events surrounding the municipal elections that were held on 11/9/2008. Members in attendance were AMB (Chair),DCM, RSO, POL, ECON, ORA, DAO, MILGRP, DEA, PAO, MGT, CONS, IMO, HU, GSO, and USAID. 2. (SBU) The following sub [...] | 2008-11-17 23:39:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR CASC NU |
08MANAGUA1405 | THE NICARAGUAN NATIONAL POLICE AND ELECTORAL FRAUD [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the period before, during, and after the November 9 municipal elections in Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) conspicuously failed to carry out its duties to uphold the Electoral Law and generally failed to carry out its duties to maintain public order in a non- [...] | 2008-11-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL NU |
08MANAGUA1415 | Media Reaction: Nicaraguan Municipal Elections [...] SUMMARY: The current political unrest in Nicaragua, arising from disputed municipal election results (REFTELS),is dominating all forms of domestic media. Amidst the clamor, foreign press articles and editorials regarding the situation have been well covered by local press as have State Depa [...] | 2008-11-24 17:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC KPAO KDEM KIRF NU |
08MANAGUA1430 | Media Reaction: Nicaraguan Municipal Elections [...] SUMMARY: The current political unrest in Nicaragua, arising from disputed municipal election results (REFTELS),is dominating all forms of domestic media. Amidst the clamor, foreign press articles and editorials regarding the situation have been well covered by local press as have State Depa [...] | 2008-12-01 13:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC KPAO KDEM KIRF NU |
08MANAGUA1448 | NICARAGUA AVIATION UPDATE - AIRLINES TSA [...] (C) Summary: The security situation at Managua,s Augusto C. Sandino International Airport is mixed. From October 20 to 24, 2008, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) conducted a successful inspection of airlines and cargo carriers that fly directly from Sandino International Airpo [...] | 2008-12-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR ECON PTER NU |
08MANAGUA202 | NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbean [...] | 2008-02-20 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PETER PREL PGOV ETTC AID EAGER EFIN |
08MANAGUA989 | REPORTER INJURED IN POLITICAL SCUFFLE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Partisan violence erupted on the afternoon of July 30, 2008 resulting in gunshots and a wound to the leg of pro-Sandinista Channel 4 News reporter, Antenor Pena Solano. Edgardo Cuarzema, the local-level Political Secretary for the Sandinista national Liberation Front (FSLN) and [...] | 2008-07-31 23:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC NU |
08MANAMA117 | BAHRAIN WILL FORMALLY REQUEST QATAR TO EXECUTE LEGAL JUDGMENT AGAINST KHALIFA AL SUBAIE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA |
08MANAMA118 | TRIAL OF DECEMBER RIOTERS [...] (U) Summary: The trial of fifteen men arrested in connection with the December riots resumed without incident. Defense lawyers ended their boycott and were present when the court formally charged the defendants. All pled "not guilty," and the judge set the next hearing for March 17. Several a [...] | 2008-02-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA140 | MORE SHI'A STREET POLITICS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-09 09:25:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC BA |
08MANAMA144 | POST INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Bahrain continues to struggle with trafficking in persons, but has taken some positive steps during the past year. The King signed into law new anti-trafficking legislation that carries stiff penalties. Prosecutors and police officers have received training on identification and prot [...] | 2008-03-10 05:15:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA |
08MANAMA163 | ARSON ATTACK COMPLICATES PARLIAMENTARY STANDOFF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC BA |
08MANAMA20 | COURT CONVICTS TERRORIST CELL DEFENDANTS, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC BA |
08MANAMA236 | POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN STREET VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC BA |
08MANAMA253 | VIOLENCE CONDEMNED; RESTRAINT PREVAILS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: Cooler heads have generally prevailed in the aftermath of the April 9 killing of a police officer, with security forces moving to effectively lock down the village of Karzakan immediately following the incident. The police have arrested 14 people believed to be connected to the attack, [...] | 2008-04-17 14:15:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC BA |
08MANAMA420 | SHI'A AND SUNNI PREACHERS TRADE INSULTS, [...] (C) Summary: After leading Shi'a cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim and Salafist MP Jassim Al Saeedi traded public insults, 5,000 Shi'a demonstrated peacefully. The King ordered an end to sectarian incitement, and, apparently in response, Shi'a leaders called off additional planned demonstrations. End summar [...] | 2008-06-24 11:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KISL ASEC BA |
08MANAMA471 | VERDICTS FOR DECEMBER RIOTERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC BA |
08MANAMA486 | USG EXPERTS TRAIN NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING UNIT [...] (C) Summary: NCIS and ICE provided anti-TIP training for 13 Bahraini police officers. The trainees described challenges they face, some cultural, some procedural, and some simply reflecting a lack of expertise. End summary. 2. (C) In June, Richard Silver, a British advisor to Bahrain's Ministry o [...] | 2008-07-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM ASEC BA |
08MANAMA49 | ASHURA IN BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KIRF PHUM ASEC IR BA |
08MANAMA492 | BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COMBAT TIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 06:20:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA51 | BAHRAIN: LOCAL NGO TO VISIT DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 07:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA558 | SUNNI EXTREMIST ON TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA66 | NO GOVERNMENT APPEAL AGAINST JUDGES' DECISION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 09:31:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EFIN ASEC BA |
08MANAMA697 | KARZAKAN ATTACKERS GO TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Defense attorneys for nineteen young Shi'a men accused in the April 9 killing of a police officer presented a document that they claim suggests the police officer died the previous November. The Ministry of Interior countered with evidence that the document merely contained a cl [...] | 2008-10-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ASEC KDEM BA |
08MANAMA762 | GOB WARNING TO OPPOSITIONISTS: EMPTY THREAT OR [...] (U) Summary: The Minister of Interior threatened to enforce a long-disused law that would penalize the internationalization of sensitive domestic issues, such as the October briefing to the Congressional Human Rights Caucus. Several Shi'a opposition factions defied the warning and publicly p [...] | 2008-11-10 12:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC KISL BA |
08MANAMA77 | TRIAL OF DECEMBER RIOTERS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-08 12:11:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM BA |
08MANAMA814 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (S/NF) DCM chaired a meeting of the emergency action committee (EAC) on Monday, December 15 to discuss the upcoming Bahrain National Day on December 16 and the Shia oppositionist day locally referred to as Martyrs, Day on December 17. RSO also briefed on a separate school security issue. DCM [...] | 2008-12-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PTER CASC BA |
08MANAMA827 | RALLY IN SUPPORT OF GAZA PALESTINIANS [...] (U) On December 19, approximately 5,000 people gathered after prayers in Manama's Sanabis district for a licensed rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza. The legal Shi'a opposition party Wifaq turned out most of the crowd; other, smaller legal groups also contributed, and a number of follow [...] | 2008-12-22 10:34:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KPAL BA |
08MANILA123 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy warmly welcomes Senator Inouye and Senator Stevens back to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering eco [...] | 2008-01-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RP KS |
08MANILA1354 | DCM Emphasizes Close Ties, Partnerships in Northern [...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM reached out to officials, key civic leaders and consular wardens in the two most Northern provinces of the Philippines to highlight U.S. commitment to the region through donation of law enforcement equipment and engagement with local leaders. On the two-day trip to citie [...] | 2008-06-05 01:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC ASEC BTIO BEXP EAIR PGOV ECON EAID RP |
08MANILA1565 | COURT CONVICTS MURDERER OF PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 30, a Banaue regional trial court convicted Juan Donald Duntugan for the April 2007 murder of Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell and sentenced Duntugan to "reclusion perpetua," or up to 40 years in prison -- essentially a life sentence. The judge also ordered the defend [...] | 2008-07-01 09:28:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC ASEC RP |
08MANILA1788 | PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON ECONOMY IN STATE OF THE [...] (U) In her penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA),Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo highlighted her administration's efforts to improve the country's economy and help the poor cope with rising food and fuel costs. The President called for legislation to implement a peace a [...] | 2008-07-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI PTER ECON KPAO ASEC |
08MANILA1795 | THE NEW PEOPLE'S ARMY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thirty-nine years after its founding as the armed wing of the Philippine Communist Party, the New People's Army (NPA) has lost much of its ability to conduct sustained military operations but remains capable of sporadically disrupting public security and business operations in cer [...] | 2008-07-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER RP |
08MANILA1885 | THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY FIVE YEARS AFTER OAKWOOD: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years after a small group of Philippine military personnel seized an apartment complex in Manila, demanding an end to the corruption and neglect they believed was crippling the armed forces, the Philippine military has made significant progress in its efforts to retrain, reequ [...] | 2008-08-08 06:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER RP |
08MANILA1962 | NEW CLASHES IN MINDANAO, ARMY REACTS QUICKLY BUT [...] (C) Summary: Just days after the Philippine armed forces drove insurgent Muslim fighters out of villages they had occupied in central Mindanao, fighting flared anew August 17-18 farther north on the troubled island as Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces attacked an Army convoy and seve [...] | 2008-08-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC MARR MCAP PTER RP |
08MANILA1980 | PHILIPPINES: COUNTERING TERRORIST USE OF THE [...] (SBU) Following consultation with post's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG),post has no objection to S/CT's proposed "countering terrorist use of the internet" training program, to be implemented by DS/ATA with FY 2008 regional NADR funds. 2. (SBU) We suggest that the order of the prog [...] | 2008-08-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2049 | RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT TERRORIST DEPORTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, Jr., a key leader of the Philippine terrorist group Rajah Solaiman Movement, was deported to Manila on August 30, after he was arrested on July 24 in Bahrain. The deportation was an important success for Philippine officials, who worked through the U [...] | 2008-09-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP |
08MANILA2529 | STAFFDEL Branegan - Visit to the Philippines (Nov 10-14, [...] Embassy Manila welcomes Mr. James Branegan, professional staff member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Control officers for his visit will be Econ Officer, David Rovinsky, who can be contacted at: office (63 2) 301 2332, cell no. (63 917) 867 3521, home (63 2) 815 3862, e-mail: Ro [...] | 2008-11-07 08:01:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RP HG LA |
08MANILA2762 | PHILIPPINES: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: The Philippines remains a key partner of the United States in our bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. As in recent years, during 2008, terrorist groups active in the Philippines included the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI),the New People's Army (NPA) [...] | 2008-12-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC RP |
08MANILA403 | PHILIPPINES: FY 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS [...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) (reftel),Embassy Manila received 18 proposals from both government agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for consider [...] | 2008-02-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG RP |
08MANILA539 | PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...] | 2008-03-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP |
08MAPUTO1286 | MOZAMBIQUE POLICE TARGETED BY ORGANIZED CRIME, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high profile shootings of members of the Mozambican police (PRM) and a spree of violent crime suggest that criminal elements have infiltrated Mozambican law enforcement. Armed attacks within Maputo appear more brazen by the day. Mozambique,s most notorious criminal, A [...] | 2008-12-24 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SNAR MZ |
08MAPUTO133 | MOZAMBIQUE: FY2008 ESF TIP PROJECT [...] Post proposes the following anti-trafficking in persons projects in response to reftel: A) Name of Applicant: International Office for Migration - Mozambique B) Requested Funding: $323,518 C) Project Title: Capacity Building for Law Enforcement and Service Providers in Mozambique D) [...] | 2008-02-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC MZ |
08MAPUTO191 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family me [...] | 2008-03-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD ASEC PREF MZ |
08MAPUTO648 | DUTCH HOLD MEETING ON ZIMBABWE CONTINGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with friendly diplomatic missions on July 11 at the Dutch Embassy to discuss contingency planning for any future potential citizen evacuations from Zimbabwe into Mozambique at the Mutare border crossing in Manica province. The Dutch Charge openly expressed his missi [...] | 2008-07-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ZI MZ |
08MAPUTO803 | CRIME RATES STABLE, BUT VIOLENT CRIME IS UP [...] (SBU) According to law enforcement officials, crime rates in Maputo for July and August--traditionally a period of increased crime for the city (ref A)--have remained stable compared to the same timeframe in previous years. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that these numbers may mask a c [...] | 2008-08-25 07:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC MZ |
08MASERU119 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - DEA [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),respectively [...] | 2008-05-02 08:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU120 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS SENIOR LEADERS [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Ministry of Defense and National Security respectively. [...] | 2008-05-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU123 | LESOTHO: ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES, DEA EXECUTIVE PRECURSOR [...] Embassy Maseru submits the personal information on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) respectively. 2. Data on the two nominated individua [...] | 2008-05-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU142 | LESOTHO: UNKNOWN GUNMEN ATTACK POLICE AND MILITARY UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of six unknown gunmen attacked several Lesotho military and police units on the evening of May 13, seizing official weapons but leaving their victims unharmed. A prominent military representative confirmed the basic outline of these events to Emboff, including a police al [...] | 2008-05-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU144 | MASERU EAC CONVENES IN RESPONSE TO RECENT ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) The Deputy Chief of Mission convened the EAC on May 16 to consider Embassy Maseru's security posture and threat levels in light of recent attacks on Lesotho military and police units (reftel) . Representatives of all Embassy sections and agencies - including the Assistant Regional Securit [...] | 2008-05-16 10:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC LT |
08MASERU151 | LESOTHO: TAXI TROUBLE BLOCKS GOVERNMENT BUSES [...] SUMMARY: On the morning of May 20, private taxi drivers and owners attempted to block GOL-owned buses from operating in Maseru, the latest clash over government efforts to undercut the ability of taxi associations to paralyze public transport. The May 20 confrontation, at which police fired [...] | 2008-05-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
08MASERU152 | LESOTHO: BRAZEN CARJACKING AND FIREFIGHT STARTLES MASERU [...] According to eyewitness accounts, at approximately 6:00 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, May 20, there was a heavy exchange of gunfire near the Maseru Cathedral traffic circle in the central business of the capital city. Employees of a U.S.-based NGO located at an adjacent office building took [...] | 2008-05-21 14:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU155 | LESOTHO: TAXI PROTESTERS GIVE GOL ULTIMATUM [...] On the morning of May 26, the Maseru Taxi Association's Regional Committee led a group of several thousand members and supporters to protest their dissatisfaction with the recent introduction of Government of Lesotho bus services (reftel),disrupting public transportation for about three hours [...] | 2008-05-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL LT |
08MASERU158 | LESOTHO: CLASHES OVER GOVERNMENT BUSSES ESCALATE [...] On the morning of May 29, groups of individuals blocked taxis and government busses in several Maseru neighborhoods from picking up or transporting passengers. According to eyewitnesses, some members of these protest groups, apparently in an effort to provide ad hoc support to taxi operators [...] | 2008-05-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC LT |
08MASERU159 | MASERU EAC CONVENES IN RESPONSE TO TRANSPORT CLASHES [...] (SBU) Charge convened the EAC on May 30 to consider Embassy Maseru's security posture and threat levels in light of recent violent clashes among police and individuals protesting the GOL's use of buses for public transportation (refs A and B). Representatives of all mission sections and agencie [...] | 2008-05-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU163 | LESOTHO: TAXI CONFRONTATION DE-ESCALATES [...] SUMMARY: Following several weeks of escalating tensions associated with the Government of Lesotho's recent introduction of public buses, the Maseru Region Transport Association emerged from talks on May 30 with the Deputy Prime Minister to announce, after deliberations with its taxi owner mem [...] | 2008-06-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC CASC LT |
08MASERU164 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) student scheduled to attend the International Military Education Training (IMET) Program on Medical Logistics at Fort Sam in Houston, Texas. The course will begin on [...] | 2008-06-02 19:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU165 | MASERU EAC DISCUSSES 4TH OF JULY SECURITY POSTURE [...] (SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 3 to review post's security posture with respect to the upcoming July 4th holiday (reftel). Participants included MCC, PEPFAR (representing CDC, USAID),CONS, Peace Corps, IMO, and A/MO. 2. (SBU) Currently, U.S. Mission Mase [...] | 2008-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | SECRET | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU172 | LESOTHO: GOL LINKS ATTACKS TO DEFUNCT INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) held a "security briefing" for GOL officials, the diplomatic corps, and local press to display items recovered over the last year associated with various anti-government attacks (reftels A and B),including automatic weapons an [...] | 2008-06-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC LT |
08MASERU185 | LESOTHO: TAXI ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR FOUR-DAY STRIKE [...] SUMMARY: At a press conference on June 24, leaders of the Maseru Region Transport Association, accusing the GOL of bad faith negotiations, announced plans for a nationwide taxi strike from June 30 through July 3. One spokesperson advised residents of Maseru to stay at home for the duration o [...] | 2008-06-24 16:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU188 | LESOTHO: POLITICAL OPPOSITION SUPPORTS TAXI STRIKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, the leaders of Lesotho's primary opposition parties held a press conference to express their support for the June 30 nationwide transport sector strike planned by the Maseru Region Transport Association (ref A). Various opposition speakers urged the public to observe t [...] | 2008-06-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU190 | EAC CONVENES IN ANTICIPATION OF NATIONWIDE STRIKE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires, a.i. convened the EAC on June 27 to review U.S. Mission Maseru's security posture and contingency planning in anticipation of a nationwide, four-day transportation strike that organizers plan to commence on Monday June 30 (reftels). Representatives of all agencies and E [...] | 2008-06-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC LT |
08MASERU194 | LESOTHO: TAXI STRIKE COMMENCES PEACEFULLY [...] On Monday June 30, a nationwide taxi strike commenced in Lesotho and was widely observed by minibus and taxi operators. Maseru's downtown business and retail establishments, however, were mixed in their observation of the protest action. Crowded GOL-operated buses, the source of the taxi comm [...] | 2008-06-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU196 | LESOTHO: EARLY TAXI STRIKE END POSSIBLE [...] On July 1, the leadership of the Maseru Region Transport Association (MRTA) held a press conference at the African Episcopal Church at which they announced their willingness to suspend their current strike, originally scheduled to last through July 3, pending the outcome of a meeting with the [...] | 2008-07-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU199 | LESOTHO: TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] On July 2, the Maseru Region Transport Association (MRTA) suspended their strike action during a continuing dialogue with the GOL regarding their use of government-owned buses for public transportation (reftel). Traffic returned to a semblance of normalcy on the streets of Maseru, and most bu [...] | 2008-07-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC LT |
08MASERU205 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) student scheduled to attend the International Military Education Training (IMET) Program at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The Adjutant General Basic Officer Leader co [...] | 2008-07-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC LT |
08MASERU242 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER [...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA). a) Name: Teboho Vitalis MASAILE Gender: Male Date of bir [...] | 2008-08-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS LT |
08MASERU243 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses. a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Da [...] | 2008-08-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU252 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Servic [...] | 2008-08-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT |
08MASERU253 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and Customs Officers from the Lesotho Revenue Aut [...] | 2008-08-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT |
08MASERU303 | LESOTHO: SADC NEGOTIATIONS AT A STANDSTILL, VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 13:11:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LT BC PREL ASEC |
08MASERU317 | MASERU: F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINS LT |
08MASERU324 | UPDATE ON SECURITY FEATURES OF LESOTHO PASSPORT- CORRECTED [...] Summary: On October 21, 2008, Consular Officer Lillie J. Kamanu visited the Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Immigration and Passport Services to obtain information about security features of Lesotho's passport. The passport is required identification for primary school leavers and fo [...] | 2008-11-01 14:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC LT |
08MASERU77 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - [...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: [...] | 2008-03-12 19:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08MASERU92 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY [...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: MOEKETSI SAMUEL RANK: INSPECTOR S [...] | 2008-03-28 06:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MATAMOROS259 | MATAMOROS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETS TO DISCUSS [...] (U) On 08/29/08, Consul General Cecilia Elizondo-Herrera convened an expanded Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to provide a briefing on the projected course of Hurricane Gustav, and to review post preparations. 2. (U) CG Elizondo-Herrera related that the hurricane was projected to [...] | 2008-08-29 22:43:00 | Consulate Matamoros | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AEMR AMGT APER CASC ASEC KFLO MARR |
08MBABANE197 | PROBLEMS STILL PLAGUING SWAZI AIRPORT [...] SUMMARY: Since January 2008, safety conditions at Swaziland's Matsapha International Airport have attracted increasing attention from the local press and public. The main problems affecting the airport are unreliable back-up generators, bird strikes, and an unresolved labor union dispute. I [...] | 2008-07-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Mbabane | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB CASC ASEC TSA WZ |
08MEXICO1195 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MICHAEL THOMPSON + 3 [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Michael Thompson (D-CA),Mr. Curtis Flood, Mr. Larry Hannauer, and Ms. Meghann Courter for travel to Mexico City from April 24-26, 2008. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Frank Penirian, telephone [...] | 2008-04-21 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX |
08MEXICO23 | DRAFT COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV MX |
08MEXICO2752 | MX #2008-256, RSO EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Course, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 22, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before September 22, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guide [...] | 2008-09-09 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR MX PTER ASEC |
08MEXICO3655 | U.S. COUNTRY TEAM SUPPORT OF USNORTHCOM FY09 1206 [...] (U) A STRONG MILITARY-TO-MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO IS VITAL TO ACHIEVING OUR COMMON NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM (CT) AND COUNTERNARCOTICS (CN) GOALS. SINCE ITS STAND-UP IN 2002, USNORTHCOM, IN CONCERT WITH MY COUNTRY TEAM, HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPROVING OUR MILITARY RELATIONS [...] | 2008-12-12 17:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTIA MARR MAS MX PM PREL PTER |
08MEXICO411 | MEXICO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 21:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM MX PHUM PREL SMIG |
08MEXICO721 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MEXICO722 | EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-11 22:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG |
08MEXICO89 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL CUELLAR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the congressional delegation headed by Representative Henry Cuellar for travel to Mexico City from January 20-22, 2008. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Teresa Perez, telephone 52 (55) 5080-2000 ext 4241; fax [...] | 2008-01-11 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX |
08MINSK102 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: BELARUS [...] (C) Post believes three objects in Belarus meet the definition of critical infrastructure (ref A): the Druzhba oil pipeline, the gas pipelines, and the Sosniy nuclear research facility. The USG actively engages Belarus to improve security at Sosniy. End summary. Druzhba Oil Pipeline ---- [...] | 2008-02-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET | ASEC ECON PTER PREL BO |
08MINSK190 | KEEPING EMBASSY MINSK IN OPERATION: POST'S CURRENT [...] (U) This message has been reviewed by the full country team and cleared by section chiefs and agency heads (Charge, A/DCM, CONS, PAO, A/POL/ECON, MGT, RSO, DATT, RAO, AID) and is submitted in advance of the interagency meeting to discuss the subject issue at 10:00 local time in Washington on M [...] | 2008-03-17 09:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AMGT ASEC ODIP APER CMGT BO |
08MINSK217 | STATE MEDIA ACCUSES EMBASSY OF ESPIONAGE [...] (C) In its "analytical" program "Panorama of the Week" Belarusian State Television Channel One included a seven- minute piece accusing Post's Surveillance Detection (SD) Team of espionage and Post's Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) of being an undercover agent of the FBI. [Note: An [...] | 2008-03-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PINR BO |
08MONROVIA100 | DRUG SMUGGLING VESSEL BROUGHT TO MONROVIA [...] (SBU) On January 29, French navy vessel Tonnerre intercepted and boarded Liberian flagged merchant vessel Blue Atlantic in international waters approximately 500 kilometers south of Liberia. The French boarding party found the merchant vessel carried 2.4 tons of cocaine carried in 92 barrels [...] | 2008-02-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PRGOV ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA103 | "BLUE ATLANTIC" COCAINE DESTROYED [...] (C) Minister of Justice Philip A.Z. Banks told Ambassador February 4 that he personally oversaw the destruction of the cocaine February 1 seized from the merchant vessel "Blue Atlantic" (reftel). While he admitted that the destruction process was initially inefficient and hazardous, he was sa [...] | 2008-02-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA130 | LIBERIA G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 17:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LI |
08MONROVIA417 | LIBERIA: HOME USE ONLY CD-ROM FOR LES [...] This is to confirm that there are no local laws or regulations restricting the importation and distribution of anti-virus software to LES. 2. Information requested in para 7 of reftel is detailed below: DCM Brooks Robinson Economic-Commercial Officer Lucy Abbott IMO Lloyd Cammel Numb [...] | 2008-05-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVIR AADP ACOA ASEC AMGT OIIP KRIM KPAO KSEP LI |
08MONROVIA446 | LIBERIA: CRIME RATE STEADY BUT PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Liberian public has grown uneasy about a rumored increase in violent crime since the beginning of 2008. While crime continues at a high rate, UN crime statistics do not indicate a sharp increase. The public perception continues, however, because of frequent media coverage [...] | 2008-06-06 07:54:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM EAID LI |
08MONROVIA466 | LIBERIA: RECENT CLASHES HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The rising pattern of violence over land is emerging as a serious threat to the stability of Liberia. Land disputes have been occurring since the end of the civil war, but it appears that attacks between factions are becoming more organized and more deadly. The open use of autom [...] | 2008-06-17 19:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EAID LI |
08MONROVIA476 | LIBERIA'S PRS: PEACE AND SECURITY PILLAR - A [...] (C) Summary: The Liberian National Security Strategy, upon which the security section of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is based, has not yet been made public, but the GOL is moving ahead on the basis of the strategy. The PRS process has forced the Liberians to begin to plan long-term, [...] | 2008-06-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PRGOV ASEC MARR MASS CJAN KJUS LI |
08MONROVIA487 | FALLOUT FROM CHUCKIE TAYLOR INVESTIGATION [...] (S/NF) For the past 10 days a team from FBI and the AUSA have been in Liberia in connection with the prosecution in Florida on torture charges of Chuckie Taylor, the son of former Liberian head of state Charles Taylor. The team has taken photos and made measurements of several sites witnesses [...] | 2008-06-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ASEC LI |
08MONROVIA50 | LIBERIA: GIRL'S DEATH REVEALS STRAINS WITHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Around 150 students peacefully demonstrated outside of Embassy Monrovia January 11, calling for the USG to pressure the Government of Liberia (GOL) to reinvestigate the suicide of 13-year-old Merideh "Angel" Togba. The girl was found hanging in her guardians' bathroom November 30 [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KJUS LI |
08MONROVIA63 | LIBERIA: MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER ON USG ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberian Finance Minister Antoinette Sayeh is grateful for USG, especially Treasury, support for the GOL's multilateral debt-relief efforts. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) will assess the best use of USG assistance in the debt management strategy, and welcomes the rapid respons [...] | 2008-01-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ASEC PGOV KCRM EWWT LI |
08MONROVIA70 | LIBERIA: ELECTRIC COMPANY REQUESTS PARTNERSHIP WITH TVA; [...] (SBU) Harry Yuan, the Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC, the state-owned electricity provider) visited the Ambassador January 17 to request his assistance in arranging an association with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). He proposed a partnership between TVA and [...] | 2008-01-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID BEXP AMGT ABLD ASEC OPIC LI |
08MONROVIA916 | SRSG SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN UNMIL TROOP [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Ellen Loej is concerned that UNMIL's ability to respond to threats will be impaired if the peacekeeping force is drawn down further than agreed to by the UNSC on September 29, and is seeking continued USG support for maintaining current troop levels for the foreseeable futur [...] | 2008-11-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC ASEC MARR LI |
08MONROVIA952 | ANOTHER LAND DISPUTE TURNS VIOLENT [...] (U) According to several sources, violence broke out November 18 between two adjacent towns in the Tapeta District of Nimba County, Dumpa Town and Zoaplaye, over disputed communal farm land. The Tapeta District is primarily Gio whereas Dumpa Town is predominantly Mano. For some time the resi [...] | 2008-11-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC LI |
08MONROVIA977 | JAILBREAK AT MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON [...] A reported 135 prisoners escaped from the Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) December 1. Liberia National Police (LNP) immediately set up roadblocks and searched neighborhoods around the MCP and up to 68 prisoners have reportedly been recaptured. The LNP Emergency Response Unit has been deployed [...] | 2008-12-01 17:25:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV LI |
08MONROVIA986 | CALM RETURNS TO MONROVIA CENTRAL PRISON AFTER [...] (SBU) Calm has returned to the Monrovia Central Prison following a jailbreak December 1 (reftel). UNMIL Police (UNPOL) Commissioner Henrik Stiernblad told Emboffs December 2 that a total of 202 prisoners escaped the prison. A total of 64 people were arrested in the ensuing search, but in fact [...] | 2008-12-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KCRM LI |
08MONTERREY232 | KIDNAPPINGS RISE IN NUEVO LEON; FEDERAL FORCES DECREASING [...] (C) Summary. Kidnapping for ransom has come to Nuevo Leon. Public authorities downplay the problem since few cases are reported to the police, but Post law enforcement officials are aware of at least four cases, with indications of many more. Although top state government officials have urg [...] | 2008-05-15 22:28:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC ECON KCRM MX |
08MONTERREY414 | KIDNAPPINGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME CHALLENGE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few weeks, Conoffs have reached out to various players within Nuevo Leon civil society to gauge the effect that the increase in kidnappings since the beginning of the year has had on local institutions. In our conversations with military and police officials, ma [...] | 2008-09-02 19:45:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PHUM MX |
08MONTERREY45 | MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 25, at the Consulate's periodic Business Roundtable, we heard the private sector's perspective on the security situation in Monterrey. That event, organized by FCS and hosted by the Consul General, brought together ten of the Consulate's best private sector contac [...] | 2008-01-31 23:02:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EINV ECON ETRD ASEC PGOV MX |
08MONTERREY458 | OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...] | 2008-10-14 18:27:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY459 | OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...] | 2008-10-14 18:27:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY46 | MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 25, at the Consulate's periodic Business Roundtable, we heard the private sector's perspective on the security situation in Monterrey. The event, organized by FCS and hosted by the Consul General, brought together ten of the Consulate's best private sector contact [...] | 2008-01-31 23:18:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC EINV ECON PGOV ETRD MX |
08MONTERREY468 | OCTOBER 16 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) At approximately 11:36 a.m. October 16, a series of 7 to 8 gunshots, in two bursts, were heard near the Consulate. This gunfire comes in the wake of the weekend gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate by assailants unknown (see reftel). Upon hearing the gunshots, Post Acting RSO i [...] | 2008-10-17 01:28:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY475 | OCTOBER 20 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 20 at 1600 in the Consulate building, and was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, ACS, Embassy RSO, DHS, DEA, FBI, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remai [...] | 2008-10-22 20:19:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX |
08MONTERREY493 | AMCONSULATE MONTERREY 'ELECTION NIGHT' EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 29 at 1100 in the Consulate building, and the meeting was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, FAS, DHS, DEA, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remain on hi [...] | 2008-10-31 19:22:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM CASC SNAR PINS MX |
08MONTERREY519 | NOVEMBER 25 EAC AMCONSULATE MONTEREY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 19:26:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC |
08MONTERREY565 | AMCIT ANTI-KIDNAPPING EXPERT KIDNAPPED IN COAHUILA STATE [...] (C ) Summary. On December 10, Felix Batista, an American citizen, disappeared (apparently kidnapped) in Saltillo, Coahuila and has remained missing ever since. Batista is an anti-kidnapping expert and had given several anti-kidnapping presentations to the business community while in Saltil [...] | 2008-12-19 21:24:00 | Consulate Monterrey | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM CASC ASEC SNAR PGOV MX |
08MONTEVIDEO130 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but the problem still exists. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts have met some of these shortfalls. In [...] | 2008-03-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO132 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but still needs help in strengthening its enforcement capabilities. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts h [...] | 2008-03-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY |
08MONTEVIDEO186 | WEAPONS AUGMENTATION AT POST [...] (SNF) RSO met with COM and DCM. Post has no objections to M-4 augmentation at our post. DSS ROE and/or MSG policies, whichever are more stringent, will be rigorously adhered to and deadly force, alcohol use, storage, transport, etc. will be addressed. Post has a suitable alarmed vault, wh [...] | 2008-04-08 19:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC |
08MONTEVIDEO213 | AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO PHYSICAL SECURITY DEFICIENCIES AND FAST-TRACKING PROPOSED SECURITY UPGRADE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Embassy Montevideo is extremely concerned about the continued slippage in the start date for the embassy security upgrade projects first proposed and approved in 1999 and now delayed until 2013. The Ambassador is unable to meet his manda [...] | 2008-04-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC ABLD PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO235 | CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING -- DVC LESSONS LEARNED [...] Post appreciates the CME we recently received and the opportunity to provide lessons learned. 2. Comments/answers are keyed to questions A-H in reftel. A. DVC FORMAT: DVC format was effective and video/audio quality was good, with the exception of one or two brief periods of lag. Thr [...] | 2008-04-30 18:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT AR ASEC BL CI PA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO239 | GOU THWARTS ALLEGED ASSASSINATION THREAT [...] (SBU) According to media reports, police detained a man April 29 suspected of planning to assassinate President Vazquez. Family members of the unnamed suspect reportedly told police they believed he planned to try to kill the President when Vazquez visited the Dolores Hospital in the Departm [...] | 2008-04-30 19:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO365 | SECURITY PLANNING FOR MONTEVIDEO JULY 4 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC to discuss the security for our planned 4th of July events. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL, and RAO. There is no known country-specific or regional terrorist threat in Uruguay at this time. 2. (SBU) Both of our July 4th functions [...] | 2008-06-24 19:10:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC |
08MONTEVIDEO43 | URUGUAY RESPONSE: S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ASEC PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO435 | DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR RSO MAXWELL [...] (U) RSO William Maxwell will be on AL and training from July 31 through August 29, 2008. A. TRAVELER: William A. Maxwell III B. TITLE: RSO C. CONTACT INFO: 10031 Scenic View Terrace Vienna, VA 22182 Telephone: (703) 759-7551 Cell: N/A Email: rsogre [...] | 2008-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC APER OTRA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO436 | REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR NEW SURVEILLANCE DETECTION [...] (S) The new SD command post is 1.5 kilometers from the Chancery. It is a one-story row house with a two-car garage and office space. It is being renovated, but the landlord is installing grillwork, privacy screening, emergency exit, and substantial doors/locks. The RSO has inspected the pr [...] | 2008-07-31 17:07:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ABLD |
08MONTEVIDEO46 | URUGUAY REPORTER FOR TRIPWIRE REPORTING AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-31 18:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR |
08MONTEVIDEO48 | ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ) - [...] Annual Crime Evaluation Questionnaire - the following responses are keyed to REFTEL 07551. 2.Crime Mobility (into Emboff neighborhoods): A. Criminal elements roam freely day or night and target Emboff and affluent residential areas for burglary. 3. Crime Ambiance (around Emboff neighb [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM UY |
08MONTEVIDEO486 | ILEA LATIN AMERICA - STUDENT SELECTION: SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-27 17:44:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08MONTEVIDEO489 | URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON'S SEPT 6-8 [...] This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit on September 6-8 comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay. President Vazquez steers a moderate course that includes active e [...] | 2008-08-27 18:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UY |
08MONTEVIDEO49 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The spring 2008 Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and EAC concern over a very porous border. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Uruguay and the U.S., and the visit of POTUS/SECSTATE in March 200 [...] | 2008-02-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO527 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attack in Yemen today AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. The RSO provided details on our additional security measures. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, RAOL, DAO, ODC, POL/ECON, MGMT, and MSG. 2. (S/NF) Shortly after learning [...] | 2008-09-17 17:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO534 | URUGUAY'S TAKE ON PNG DECLARATIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) DCM made reftel points to MFA Secretary General Ambassador Nelson Fernandez September 17. Fernandez acknowledged the U.S.'s positive regional agenda, and expressed regret over the persona non grata designations of our ambassadors to Bolivia and Venezuela. Looking for a bright side, Ferna [...] | 2008-09-18 18:25:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO595 | SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY [...] (SBU) On 28 October, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the 233rd U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Birthday Ball. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparati [...] | 2008-10-29 15:16:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KMSG UY |
08MONTEVIDEO596 | SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE ELECTION NIGHT EVENT [...] (SBU) On October 28, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the election night event to be held at the COMR. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparatio [...] | 2008-10-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT UY |
08MONTEVIDEO597 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF URUGUAYAN FORCES [...] Rank: Mayor (GC) Name: Gabarrot Gabarrot, Oscar Omar DOB: 8/12/1965 ID: 3.050.962-4 2. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Botto Lemos, Martin Jose DOB: 7/08/1960 ID: 2.818.474-9 3. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Munoz Pineiro, Hector DOB: 11/09/19 [...] | 2008-10-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ILEA ASEC DS IP WHA |
08MONTEVIDEO663 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In reaction to the terrorist attacks in India, AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, ARSO, RAOL, ODC, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe this threat extends to South America. EAC will continue to remain [...] | 2008-11-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO693 | DS TRACKING AND LOCATOR FOR RSO MAXWELL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 16:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC APER OTRA UY |
08MONTEVIDEO696 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...] | 2008-12-12 16:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MONTEVIDEO708 | URUGUAY: PLANNED PARTICIPATION IN MARCH 2009 [...] Per reftel request, embassy Montevideo provides notification of Uruguay's intent to send candidates to the March 9-20, 2009 G/TIP & INL course, "Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals", to be held at ILEA Regional Training Center in Lima, Peru. Embassy is in the process of id [...] | 2008-12-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM |
08MONTEVIDEO721 | Uruguay: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The level of cooperation and intelligence sharing on counterterrorism related issues greatly improved in 2008, especially at the working level where officers in law enforcement and security services recognized the importance of conducting proactive investigations, sharing intelligence with the [...] | 2008-12-29 17:39:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO78 | EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF): Summary: Per Reftel, on February 15, Charge Peter Harding chaired an EAC to discuss the local impact of the aftermath of Hizballah Leader Imad Mughniyeh's death. The EAC determined that security posture is appropriate given the current threat, and no other action needs to be taken at t [...] | 2008-02-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY |
08MOSCOW1043 | ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...] | 2008-04-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1054 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to White House Fellows Delegation to Russia from May 18-23, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Joseph Moone, tel. (7-495) 728-5165; (7-499) 243-9604 (hm); (7-926) 456-5383 (cell); E-mail is MooneJE@state.Gov. Control Officer in St. Petersbu [...] | 2008-04-16 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN RS |
08MOSCOW1344 | KADYROV DECLARES VICTORY OVER YAMADAYEV CLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: What started on April 14 as a simple case of Chechen "road rage" and escalated into a conflict between the two remaining factions led by Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and the "Vostok" (East) battalion led by the powerful Yamadayev clan has resulted in Kadyrov neutralizing the [...] | 2008-05-14 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1396 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL PEVZNER'S TRIP TO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Pevzner's visit to Russia from May 24-26, 2008. 2. Control Officer in Moscow is Margaret Hawthorne, tel. (7-495) 728-5347; (7-495) 234-2395 (hm); (7-495) 410-3088 (cell); E-mail is HawthorneMD@state.gov. 3. Control Officer will [...] | 2008-05-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM LG RS |
08MOSCOW2179 | RUSSIA: NO CONTRACT YET ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche July 28 to MFA Zimbabwe desk Andrei Stolyarov. He said that at this time he was not aware of any request by the GOZ to obtain bank note paper from the Russian State Mint, and would take into account US concerns if the GOZ did approach Russia on this issue. He [...] | 2008-07-29 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV SADC ASEC EFIN ECON ZI RS |
08MOSCOW2893 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIAN AND VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC |
08MOSCOW2943 | RUSSIA HAS NO INFORMATION ON ZIMBABWEAN BANK NOTES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches on October 2 to MFA Africa Counselor Andrei Stolyarov, who said that the GOR did not have any information regarding a report that either a Russian company or individuals had contracted with a Zimbabwean company to produce Zimbabwean bank notes. This did not m [...] | 2008-10-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EFIN PGOV RS ZI |
08MOSCOW3609 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO COUNTER ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points concerning illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe to Vladimir Borisyuk, Acting Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Economic Cooperation. Boriskyuk told us the GOR was aware of the diamond trading trends in Zimbabwe. He maintained that the GOR would co [...] | 2008-12-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC RS ZI |
08MOSCOW502 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow has proposed the following information on critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Russia which, "if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" (ref A). As requested, this message also provides in [...] | 2008-02-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC ECON PTER PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN RS |
08MOSCOW509 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAN [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Shelly Han, Senior Advisor, and Mr. Kyle Parker, Staff Advisor, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, from March 1-7. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970-4996 (cell); E [...] | 2008-02-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM RS |
08MOSCOW530 | NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS [...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...] | 2008-02-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW570 | RUSSIA UNSURE IF RESOLUTION ON DRC IS PROPER [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Senior Counselor Valentin Berezovskiy on February 29, who said that he would report the information and notify the Russian UN Mission about the decision. Berezovskiy told us that Russia maintained its long-standing positio [...] | 2008-02-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC RS |
08MOSCOW732 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TALWAR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Puneet Talwar, Senior Professional Staff Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from March 19-22, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Dereck Hogan, tel. 7-495-728-5152; 7-495-728-5451 (hm); 7-495-970-4995 (cell); E-mail is HoganDJ@state.Gov. [...] | 2008-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH RS |
08MOSCOW797 | TRANSFER OF HEU SAMPLE TO RUSSIA [...] (S) On March 24, we delivered to MFA reftel paper on logistics surrounding the transfer from the U.S. to Russia of the ten-gram HEU sample seized in Georgia in 2006. Mikhail Kondratenkov of the MFA Security and Disarmament told us he found it "a very interesting document." He expressed reli [...] | 2008-03-24 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP ASEC ENRG PTER MNUC AU GG RS |
08MUMBAI364 | MUMBAI ON HIGH ALERT AS AHMEDABAD RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following serial blasts in two major cities on July 25 (Bangalore) and July 26 (Ahmedabad),India's commercial capital Mumbai will continue to remain on high alert until at least Indian Independence Day on August 15. In the meantime, life is returning to normal in Ahmedabad and [...] | 2008-07-28 11:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV ECON PK IN |
08MUMBAI365 | MUMBAI EAC MEETING AND AHMEDABAD BLAST UPDATE [...] (U) American Consulate General Mumbai's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the July 26, 2008 bombings in Ahmedabad, India. Since the initial attack on July 26, 2008 up to fifteen improvised explosive devices have been found and safely disarmed by police bomb squad personnel. EAC Mumbai [...] | 2008-07-29 11:04:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI505 | RAJ THACKERAY ARRESTED; MUMBAI EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 21, [...] (SBU) Summary: American Consulate General Mumbai Emergency Action Committee met on Oct 21, 2008 to discuss the arrest of Raj Thackeray, founder and president of the pro-Marathi Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Party. The arrest occurred early morning Oct 21st at Ratnagiri in South Maharashtra [...] | 2008-10-21 11:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC IN PREL PGOV PHUM |
08MUMBAI513 | RAJ THACKERAY OUT ON BAIL, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA PLANS [...] (U) Summary: Facing multiple criminal charges across Maharashtra stemming from October 19 attacks against North Indian candidates for the Indian Railway exam by his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters, Raj Thackeray appealed to the Sessions Court and was granted preemptory bail and an order [...] | 2008-10-27 10:01:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08MUMBAI515 | MORE VIOLENCE INVOLVING NORTH INDIANS IN MAHARASHTRA [...] (U) Summary: Two north Indian youth were killed in Maharashtra over the past two days in unrelated incidents. Police are concerned about public safety during the November 4 north Indian festival in Mumbai. End Summary 2. (U) Mumbai police killed Rahul Raj, a youth from Bihar, on October [...] | 2008-10-29 10:58:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IN ASEC |
08MUMBAI518 | WEB OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS IN MALAGAON BOMBING COVERS THREE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maharashtra State Police Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested five people and charged them with murder and other related crimes in connection with the 2008 bombings in Malegaon, Maharashtra that killed six and wounded 89 others. The accused were picked up in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat [...] | 2008-10-31 08:11:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF IN ASEC PTER PGOV |
08MUMBAI545 | TERRORISTS LAUNCH COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT MUMBAI [...] Summary. Beginning at about 9:30 pm local time on November 26, an unconfirmed number of terrorists launched coordinated attacks on at least five of South Mumbai's key hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and rail stations. Currently, at least 100 people are reported dead, of which at least six ar [...] | 2008-11-27 08:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PTER IN |
08MUMBAI546 | (SITREP 2) MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An RSO team has visited both the Trident/Oberoi Hotel and Nariman (Chabad) House, where two of the three hostage standoffs continue. According to RSO investigators at the Trident/Oberoi, the Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary force, the National Security Guards (NSG) have cleared the [...] | 2008-11-27 12:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI547 | SITREP 3: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES PREPARE [...] (SBU) At 5 pm, the Consul General, A/RSO, and Acting PAO visited the Oberoi/Trident, Taj Palace Hotel, and Nariman (Chabad) House sites to gauge the response and strategy of the paramilitary and police forces in dealing with the hostage situations. Despite an army and police cordon, the CG's [...] | 2008-11-27 19:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI548 | SITREP 4: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES BEGIN [...] (SBU) As of 12 pm, operations continue at all three hostage sites: the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Trident/Oberoi hotels and Nariman (Chabad) House. National Security Guard (NSG)forces have continued clearing operations at both hotels, though an unidentified number of terrorists are still pres [...] | 2008-11-28 08:28:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI550 | SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 22:12:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08MUMBAI551 | SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...] | 2008-11-29 06:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI552 | SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 [...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...] | 2008-11-29 09:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI553 | SITREP #8: CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AT TAJ; CITY BEGINS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Since the ending of tactical operations at the Taj Palace Hotel by National Security Guard (NSG) forces, access to the Taj Hotel has been slow. Police told RSO teams at the hotel that there is still unexploded ordinance in the hotel. There were several explosions in the hotel as late as [...] | 2008-11-29 11:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN |
08MUMBAI554 | MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN TO NORMALCY [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI555 | CORRECTED COPY: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...] | 2008-11-30 08:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV IN |
08MUMBAI560 | MAHARASHTRA STATE LEADER RESIGNS, RECRIMINATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing the call of his "inner voice," the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister, R.R. Patil of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has resigned from the Maharashtra state government. The press speculates that Congress Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh might be the next to go [...] | 2008-12-01 14:47:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN |
08MUNICH373 | OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND INVITATION TO THE [...] Consulate Munich received a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama dated November 5 from Horst Seehofer, Minister President of Bavaria. The letter includes an invitation to the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy (MSC),February 6-8, 2009. The conference regularly at [...] | 2008-11-18 10:22:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV ASEC GM |
08MUNICH66 | APPRECIATION FOR ENGAGEMENT AT THE MUNICH SECURITY [...] Consulate General Munich wishes to express its appreciation for the assistance provided by Mission Germany colleagues in supporting the 44th Munich Security Conference. 2. Attending the Conference were three heads of government, 20 foreign ministers, and 23 defense ministers. The U.S. del [...] | 2008-02-14 06:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC GM |
08MUSCAT184 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman has taken a number of actions to address trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of last year's report. The government completed drafting a comprehensive anti-TIP law, which will establish a national committee to combat TIP. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) published [...] | 2008-03-03 09:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU |
08MUSCAT206 | CHANGE IN DOD'S MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AT POST [...] U.S. Embassy Muscat appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the dialogue supporting the Defense Department's SDO/DATT initiative. Post agrees with the initiative, believing the directive institutionalizes arrangements that have informally developed in many embassies. 2. U.S. Embassy [...] | 2008-03-12 06:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD AFIN APER ASEC ODIP |
08MUSCAT292 | A WINDOW INTO CRIME IN OMAN - 2007 STATISTICS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Hussain Ali Zaher al-Helali recently provided the Ambassador a copy of the Office of Public Prosecution's raw data crime report from 2007. The statistics offer rare insight into the nature of crime in Oman, including categories and numbers of violent crimes as w [...] | 2008-04-20 08:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM ASEC KCRM MU |
08MUSCAT865 | OMAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is the proposed text for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Oman per ref A and B guidance: Oman continued to be proactive in implementing counterterrorism strategies and cooperating with neighboring countries to prevent terrorists from entering or moving freely throughou [...] | 2008-12-22 12:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MU |
08MUSCAT879 | OMANIS STRONGLY CONDEMN ATTACKS AGAINST GAZA [...] (C) Summary: As it prepared to host the GCC Summit, the Omani government strongly condemned recent Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Reflecting widespread public anger over the attacks, peaceful demonstrations against Israel took place in Muscat and the southern city of Salalah. Events in G [...] | 2008-12-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KPAL KWBG MU |
08NAIROBI1125 | SENIOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS WARDEN STRIKE [...] A prison work slowdown has brought severe disruption to Kenya's correctional institutions. The slowdown which was announced on April 25 has resulted in substantial problems in jails throughout Kenya. In his capacity as Minister of Home Affairs, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka oversees the pri [...] | 2008-04-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV CASC ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI1129 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-04-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1183 | Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy [...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...] | 2008-05-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1257 | Somalia - Meeting With President Yusuf [...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf met with the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss his trip to the United States and next steps for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of this momentum. Yusuf highlighted the deteriorating security environment and urged us to pre [...] | 2008-05-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI126 | NAIROBI JANUARY 11 EAC MEETING AND SECURITY WRAP-UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 11 January 2008 to review and discuss Post's security posture in the aftermath of the announcement on December 30 of the results of a "seriously flawed" presidential election. Trip [...] | 2008-01-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KE |
08NAIROBI13 | KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...] | 2008-01-02 21:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI1328 | MOUNT ELGON: LOCAL NGO AND KENYAN NATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU),a Kenyan human rights organization, who led an investigative team on a week-long fact-finding trip to the Mount Elgon region. The findings of the team corroborate earlier allegations made by local and int [...] | 2008-05-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE |
08NAIROBI1363 | Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise [...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...] | 2008-06-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI1384 | KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...] | 2008-06-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE |
08NAIROBI148 | KENYA: JANUARY 15, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) AS OF 01/15 1900 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY: NATION-WIDE, CALM BUT TENSE. NO INCIDENTS REPORTED. POLICE REMAIN DEPLOYED AND ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN NAIROBI AROUND THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING WHERE THE NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENED TODAY TO ELECT A SPEAKER AND DEPUTY. MAJOR TRAFFIC DISR [...] | 2008-01-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI1480 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL NELSON [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Nelson. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Lorrai [...] | 2008-06-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
08NAIROBI1488 | NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AVIATION SECURITY; KENYA [...] (SBU) As a post rated critical for terrorism in a key aviation hub for all of Africa, Nairobi already has multiple programs in place to improve aviation security in Kenya. The failed 2002 terrorist effort to shoot down an Israeli charter jet with a MANPAD and the ensuing collapse of tourism fo [...] | 2008-06-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI1506 | DEMARCHE REPLY: SEEKING CO-SPONSORSHIP FOR UNSCR [...] (S) On June 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations and Conferences Ambassador Kinyanjui told Acting PolCouns that he had relayed reftel request to the Office of the President, but it would take some time for him to receive a reply. He requested that we che [...] | 2008-06-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI1612 | Somalia - TFG Will Co-Sponsor UNSCR Listing of al-Shabaab [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO |
08NAIROBI1642 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised and updated version of reftels. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 21 for action request. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense A [...] | 2008-07-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI1781 | CO-SPONSORSHIP OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] (C) On July 11, Antony Andanje, the new head of the International Organizations and Conferences Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told PolOff that the Government of Kenya is not interested in co-sponsoring a UNSCR 1267 listing request of al-Shabaab. Andanje said that such a course [...] | 2008-07-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO KE |
08NAIROBI184 | KENYA: JANUARY 16, 2008 STATUS REPORT [...] AS OF 01/16 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: HEAVY RAIN AND ODM'S SUCCESS YESTERDAY IN ELECTING ITS CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN SOME STEAM OUT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY. IN NAIROBI, DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO MOBILIZE AROUND 1400; POL [...] | 2008-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF |
08NAIROBI1892 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUGUST [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Rachel [...] | 2008-08-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
08NAIROBI197 | KENYA: JANUARY 17, 2008 [...] AS OF 01/17 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: AROUND 1400 HOURS, SEVERAL ODM LEADERS ATTEMPTED TO LEAD A GROUP OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS INTO UHURU PARK AND WERE STOPPED BY POLICE, WITH TEAR GAS. THE DEMONSTRATORS RETREATED. LARGE BUT PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN ELDORET; MOMBA [...] | 2008-01-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KE PGOV |
08NAIROBI2041 | KENYA HITS TURBULENCE ON APPROACH TO "SAFE SKIES" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) must immediately hire at least three qualified aviation inspectors if Kenya is to potentially achieve FAA Category One status within 12-18 months. Despite the high salaries demanded by these inspectors, Prime Minister Odinga and Transpor [...] | 2008-08-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI2057 | Somaliland: Revised Travel Request for US Mission Officers - [...] (S) This is a revised country clearance request for travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland (Ref A and B). Per Ref C, the Department approved the travel for August 7. Post requests clearance for US Mission officers to travel to Hargeisa, Somaliland on September 9. The travel and security plan remain a [...] | 2008-09-03 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
08NAIROBI211 | KENYA STATUS REPORT: JANUARY 18, 2008 [...] (SBU) AS OF 01/18/08 1700 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: POCKETS OF CONFRONTATION CONTINUED IN NAIROBI (KIBERA AND MATHARE) AND KISUMU (AND OUTSKIRTS) BETWEEN POLICE AND CIVILIANS, CHARACTERIZED IN LARGE PART BY GROUPS OF YOUNG MALES BURNING TIRES, VEHICLES AND RUBBISH AND SETTI [...] | 2008-01-18 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PGOV |
08NAIROBI213 | KENYA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 18 January 2008 to review Tripwires for Nairobi and approve a separate set of Tripwires for Chief Of Mission (CoM) facilities in Kisumu. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) EAC reviewed the t [...] | 2008-01-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2139 | 10 SEPTEMBER 2008 WALK-IN REPORTS POSSIBLE URANIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 09 September 2008, at approximately 1215, two individuals visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have possession of uranium at their residence in Kenya. Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) concluded that the individual had no information of an imminent threat t [...] | 2008-09-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER |
08NAIROBI2140 | PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...] | 2008-09-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE |
08NAIROBI2200 | KENYA'S REFORM CHALLENGE [...] (U) On September 17, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga received the final report from the commission investigating the conduct of Kenya's 2007 elections. Kofi Annan was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi on September 18 to receive the report as well. This report is the first to em [...] | 2008-09-18 11:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2285 | SOMALIA - REQUESTING DEPARTMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (S/NF) Reftel describes Embassy officers' successful visit earlier this month to Hargeisa, in the Somaliland region of Somalia. Post believes it is important to continue careful, well-planned travel to northern Somalia to advance our political and development agenda. We therefore request De [...] | 2008-10-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA AMGT ASEC PREL PTER SO |
08NAIROBI2326 | KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...] | 2008-10-09 10:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE |
08NAIROBI233 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 30. 2. (C) Post requests Department approval and country clearance for a Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) Advance Team to travel to Hargeysa, Somaliland. The MSD Team will conduct a security assessment for future travel by Assistant Secretary [...] | 2008-01-22 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | OTRA AMGT ASEC PTER PREL SO |
08NAIROBI2594 | KENYA TO HOST 2009 AGOA FORUM BETWEEN AUGUST 9-14 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Please See Action Request - Para 15. 3. Summary. Kenya proposes hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi, between August 9-14. The preferred venue is the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in downtown Nairobi. Deputy Pri [...] | 2008-11-14 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI2605 | KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES [...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...] | 2008-11-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC |
08NAIROBI2610 | A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS [...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...] | 2008-11-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI2626 | NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...] | 2008-11-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2660 | EL WAK RESIDENTS ACCUSE KENYAN SECURITY FORCES OF [...] (C) Summary. 34 residents of El Wak, North Eastern Province, interviewed by Embassy Officers have alleged that Kenyan security forces, primarily police, engaged in human rights abuses as part of an operation in late October to confiscate illegal arms. The pattern of operations -- and allega [...] | 2008-11-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2667 | KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...] | 2008-11-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA |
08NAIROBI2676 | NAIROBI CORE EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RECENT THREAT REPORTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 28 November 2008 to discuss recent reporting contained in RefTel regarding a threat to the Lamu Festival taking place in Lamu, Kenya from 28 to 30 December 2008 and [...] | 2008-11-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KE PTER |
08NAIROBI2721 | PROMOTING PEACE IN KENYA'S UPPER EASTERN PROVINCE [...] Kenya's remote upper Eastern Province is caught in a cycle of violence driven by competition over scarce resources and characterized by inter-tribal revenge killings and livestock raiding. Local politicians have a history of quietly supporting these activities, which has made grassroots effor [...] | 2008-12-05 05:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM ASEC PHUM SENV KE ET |
08NAIROBI2839 | KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...] | 2008-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
08NAIROBI2862 | NADR-FUNDED PROJECT TO SUPPORT THE EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Mission wishes to propose the following project for funding under NADR in support of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI): - Title of project: Preventing Attacks on Soft Targets (PAST) - Implementing agency or organization: DS/ATA - Description of program, to incl [...] | 2008-12-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER TZ KE ET |
08NAIROBI2864 | INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE [...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...] | 2008-12-23 08:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI2867 | NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 08:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KY |
08NAIROBI2869 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...] | 2008-12-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA |
08NAIROBI2872 | KENYA'S STAGNATING ECONOMY [...] (U) Economic growth registered 2.1 percent in the third quarter, falling over one percent from the second quarter rate of 3.4 percent. Continuing double-digit inflation (particularly for food and fuel),declining agricultural production, and a struggling tourist sector (still recovering from [...] | 2008-12-24 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC |
08NAIROBI311 | KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: VIOLENCE FLARES IN [...] (SBU) Late on January 24, a fresh round of violence erupted in Nakuru, Naivasha, and Tomboroa -- all Rift Valley Province towns near the border of Kikuyu-dominated Central Province. The highest death toll was in Nakuru, where clashes between rival armed gangs armed with machetes, spears, bows [...] | 2008-01-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI339 | KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...] | 2008-01-31 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI354 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...] | 2008-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI384 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...] | 2008-02-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI417 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 8 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted ref B, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi entered their most critical and difficult phase February 7, as the parties began talks on power-sharing. We spoke with one ODM negotiator at their 1430 break and were told that the parties were making si [...] | 2008-02-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI473 | Somalia -- Travel Request [...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi requests Department approval for Bradley G. Anderson, Colonel, Defense Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Office Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Lisa R. Schade, Lieutenant Colonel, Marine Corps Attache, U.S. Defense Attache Offi [...] | 2008-02-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI477 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 13 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The Kofi Annan-led negotiations made limited progress on Monday, February 11, as both sides were busy consulting with MPs who were assembled in Nairobi in advance of an informal session of parliament scheduled for the following day. (Comment: We consider this con [...] | 2008-02-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI499 | Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia [...] (C) The Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) is increasingly distancing itself from extremist leaders of some Shabaab factions and is receiving considerable attention from the international community as an organized opposition block to the TFG. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister H [...] | 2008-02-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SO |
08NAIROBI507 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] KENYA DOES NOT HAVE ANY FACILITIES OR RESOURCES THAT WOULD FIT THE DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE/KEY RESOURCES (CI/KR) VITAL TO THE U.S. AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF REFTEL. 2. KENYA DOES NOT HAVE AN INTEGRATED NATIONAL PLAN FOR PROTECTION OF CI/KR. THE KENYAN GOVERNMENT IS [...] | 2008-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KE PTER EAGER |
08NAIROBI514 | KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP [...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...] | 2008-02-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE |
08NAIROBI544 | Somalia - Revised Travel Request [...] (U) This is a revised version of reftel with additional personnel, new dates, more detailed travel information, and a revised and expanded security plan. Per DOD requirements, proposed travelers are concurrently seeking Special Area and Theater clearances. See paras 2 and 24 for action reques [...] | 2008-02-25 13:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | OTRA PREL ASEC PTER MOPS ET SO |
08NAIROBI574 | KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...] | 2008-02-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PGOV KE |
08NAIROBI76 | KENYA: JANUARY 8 STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As of 01/08 1700 hours (Nairobi time): Security: Nation-wide, calm but tense. No skirmishes reported. ODM "postponed" planned rally for today and has indicated it may hold one on Thursday, pending outcome of international mediation of a political settlement. Police remain in force in w [...] | 2008-01-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KE PREF |
08NAIROBI763 | KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...] | 2008-03-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI792 | KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI798 | CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...] | 2008-03-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI803 | Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit [...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US |
08NAIROBI804 | MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...] | 2008-03-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU |
08NAIROBI811 | SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE [...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...] | 2008-03-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE |
08NAIROBI815 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A [...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...] | 2008-03-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO |
08NAIROBI906 | MT. ELGON: MILITANT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: In the early morning hours of March 30, police arrested the 80-year-old traditional spiritual leader for the Soy subclan, Jason Psongoywo, in Eldoret. Psongoywo is reportedly one of the top leaders of the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),the Mt. Elgon-based militant group agains [...] | 2008-04-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | MOPS PHUM ASEC KE |
08NAIROBI971 | Somalia -- Country Clearance for Contractors [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (C) In order to implement more effectively USG assistance programs designed to support capacity building of the Transition Federal Institutions (TFIs),Post requests that a new policy be established that will permit USAID contractors to travel to [...] | 2008-04-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA ASEC PREL SO |
08NASSAU676 | DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA-VENEZUELA AMBASSADORS DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered demarche points on the declarations of U.S. ambassadors in Bolivia and Venezuela persona non grata (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary and Head of International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle September 22. Ms. Zonicle took note that the USG's a [...] | 2008-09-23 21:58:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL KDEM ASEC BF |
08NDJAMENA108 | EASTERN CHAD: EUFOR OUTPACING MINURCAT, IMPROVING SECURITY [...] SUMMARY. Despite earlier delays, the European Mission in eastern Chad has now leapfrogged impressively ahead of the UN police training mission which provides the raison d'etre for its presence. Hopes are pinned on the recent arrival of UN Special Representative Victor Angelo to speed up MINUR [...] | 2008-03-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV ASEC CD SU |
08NDJAMENA239 | CHAD: LEAHY VETTING [...] Embassy N'djamena has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the following individuals, who are members of Chad's Anti-Terrorist (PSI) Battalion: Battalion Commander: Amir Akouri Mery Battalion Commander: Nassour Makine Chete B [...] | 2008-06-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC MARR PHUM PINR CD |
08NDJAMENA274 | CHAD'S LATEST "MADHI MOVEMENT" IN CENTRAL PART OF [...] (U) The Chad Government is reporting that its security forces crushed a violent religious extremist movement led by a self-proclaimed "Madhi" (spiritual leader) centered in the town of Kouni in south-central Chad, after peaceful efforts to dissuade the "Madhi" to moderate his rhetoric and thre [...] | 2008-07-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA396 | THERE WILL BE BLOOD: A RAINY-SEASON [...] (C) Chadian rebels nearly took the capital last February and attacked in force again in the east in June. The rebellion's order of battle has changed since then, with the Zaghawa RFC suffering major defections and a new "Quadruple Alliance" of UFDD, FSR, UFCD, and UFDD/F replacing the old "Tri [...] | 2008-09-05 11:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PREF ASEC |
08NDJAMENA494 | FRENCH SEE RESPITE FROM EARLY REBEL ASSAULT, [...] (C) The French here doubt that Chad rebels, discouraged and disunited, will attack in force before the New Year, and believe that of the rebel formations, only the Ouaddaian UFCD group led by Hassabalah was stronger than in February. Intra- Chadian diplomacy had undermined the Erdimi's Zaghaw [...] | 2008-10-27 16:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR UN SU LY FR ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA514 | GTMO DETAINEE RETURN TO CHAD? [...] (S/NF). Summary. Post believes that the question of returning a Chadian from GTMO to Ndjamena needs to be fully coordinated inter-agency and with some thought for the consequences in terms expanding the terrorist threat aimed at Americans in Chad. On the basis of information available to us no [...] | 2008-11-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA533 | POTENTIAL VISIT OF MRS. CINDY MCCAIN TO CHAD [...] (SBU) Embassy N,Djamena has learned from AF/C that Mrs. Cindy McCain intends to visit Chad December 1-4, 2008 on a private, humanitarian mission. We would like some clarification so that we may be as supportive of this visit as possible. Below are questions to which we request answers. (a [...] | 2008-11-17 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PREF PHUM ASEC AMGT AFIN UN CD |
08NDJAMENA543 | CHAD: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Based on the narratives of other African countries in the 2007 reports (there was no Chad narrative),post has complied the following report for Chad for 2008. 2. During 2008 Chad experienced several incursions by anti-regime rebel forces aimed at taking power. These military confrontation [...] | 2008-11-20 07:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA578 | CHAD - REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) Embassy Ndjamena requests the Department's assistance in vetting eight Chadian police officers who have been nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post checks revealed no derogatory information on any of the candidates. 2. (U [...] | 2008-12-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA598 | CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for IMET training. 2. For training in ACSS Next Generation Leadership Course, of Jan - Feb 09: LTC Kasto Douri, Jan 1 [...] | 2008-12-23 15:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS MOPS PREL PINR PINS CD |
08NDJAMENA64 | CHAD REBEL INCURSION MOVES WESTWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad rebels have moved across the border, bypassed Abeche and are reported to be holding in the Am Dam area southwest of Abeche. There has been no major confrontation with the government, other than aerial bombing by the government on January 28th. The government has moved to f [...] | 2008-01-30 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA65 | SITREP 1: CHAD REMAINS JITTERY AS REBELS ADVANCE [...] (SBU) As of 15:10, January 31, the U.S. Embassy is staffed with the following personnel: AMB, A/DCM, OMS, POL/ECON, CONS, IPC, PAO, FMS, FMO, GSO, RSO (2) and DAO, as well as selected locally engaged staff. All other personnel and eligible family members (EFMs) are at standfast at their respe [...] | 2008-01-31 15:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA66 | SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY [...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...] | 2008-01-31 20:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA67 | SITREP 3: MORNING STARTS CALM IN CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-01 08:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC |
08NDJAMENA69 | SITREP 4: CHAD SITUATION AT 1330 ON 1 FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) N'djamena is still tense but calm. Agence France Presse (AFP) reports that fighting has broken out near Massaguet, 60-90 miles NE of the capital. A few hundred Chadian riot police and various armored tanks have been seen moving about the city. Chadian military aircraft have left the air [...] | 2008-02-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD |
08NDJAMENA70 | SITREP 5: FIGHTING ONGOING IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Sounds of artillery fire and automatic weapons have been heard off-and-on beginning 0845 2 February in N'djemana. Fighting between elements of the Chadian military forces loyal to President Deby and rebel forces continue. The road in front of the presidential palace is closed. There is l [...] | 2008-02-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD |
08NEWDELHI1336 | SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...] | 2008-05-14 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN |
08NEWDELHI1442 | RAJASTHAN GUJJARS STIR UP VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, just as the Rajasthan tourism industry was crawling towards recovery after the May 13 Jaipur bomb blast (ref A),an old controversy resurfaced, threatening to disrupt life in parts of Rajasthan and beyond, including in the greater Delhi area. The Gujjar community once [...] | 2008-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CASC ASEC IN |
08NEWDELHI156 | UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB [...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...] | 2008-01-16 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI2246 | MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY [...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...] | 2008-08-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN |
08NEWDELHI3009 | MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...] | 2008-11-28 00:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER |
08NEWDELHI3217 | INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...] | 2008-12-22 13:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IN |
08NEWDELHI478 | TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...] | 2008-02-13 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN |
08NEWDELHI623 | INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...] | 2008-02-27 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF |
08NEWDELHI641 | THINK-TANKERS MULL WAYS TO CURB NAXALITE INSURGENCY [...] (U) The challenges for India in confronting the Naxalite/Maoist threat were highlighted in a seminar at the Indian think-tank Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS),an independent well-respected Delhi-based institution. The discusants agreed: the primary driver of the Naxalite/Maois [...] | 2008-02-29 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM IN |
08NIAMEY1039 | PRO-FORMER PM HAMA AMADOU SUPPORT RALLY DRAWS [...] (C) According to Embassy Niamey observers, on October 19, the Mouvement National de la Societe de Developpement (MNSD) held a large rally for several thousand members at the Place de la Concertation, an open-air public square in Niamey from approximately 0900 ) 1130 (Ref A). The event speaker [...] | 2008-10-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCOR ASEC CASC NG |
08NIAMEY1068 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on November 3, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-11-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1084 | NIGER: MNSD LEADERS SELECT PM OUMAROU AS INTERIM PARTY [...] (U) On November 9, the ruling party Mouvement National de la Societe de Developpement (MNSD) convened a leadership meeting at its headquarters to select an interim party president. After a lengthy day of consultations, party leadership selected current Prime Minister Seini Oumarou. Party lead [...] | 2008-11-10 13:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY1110 | NIAMEY - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Niamey participated in a two-day Crisis Management Exercise (CME) from September 8 - 9, 2008. The exercise on September 8 centered around a PowerPoint presentation designed to inform the Locally Engaged Staff (LES) about how an Embassy might go about resolving or responding to a [...] | 2008-11-21 05:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC NG AEMR AMGT CASC ML UV LI |
08NIAMEY1128 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1129 | NIAMEY VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] Post's Visas Viper Committee met on December 1, 2008. No Visas Viper information was received. 2. Visas Viper Post Coordinator is Conoff Karan Swaner. Visas Viper Committee Chair/DCM Eric Whitaker convened the meeting and requested information from committee members. ALLEN [...] | 2008-12-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT ASEC PINR PTER PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1133 | NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...] | 2008-12-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY |
08NIAMEY115 | NIGER: TUAREG MINISTER'S VIEWS ON CURRENT EVENTS [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Embassy Development Coordinator, Environment Minister Mohamed Akotey offered the following observations on recent developments. 2. (C) Akotey said that it is definitely NOT the MNJ which is laying mines in urban areas. He said that "they" are laying min [...] | 2008-01-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS SNAR ASEC KPAO NG |
08NIAMEY1160 | NIAMEY EAC - UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCE OF UN [...] (S) The EAC discussed the unexplained disappearance of UN Special Envoy Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay, and their unidentified local driver. Fowler and Guay are both Canadian nationals. The EAC met twice on December 15 to discuss this; first, as an initial report, and second, t [...] | 2008-12-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG |
08NIAMEY1166 | NIGER: DETAILS AND UPDATE ON MISSING UNITED [...] (S/NF) Summary. The unexplained disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay and their unidentified driver remains a mystery. The Government of Niger (GON) initial reaction generally has been one of anger, placing blame on the SE for allegedl [...] | 2008-12-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL UN NG |
08NIAMEY1183 | (SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...] | 2008-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY |
08NIAMEY310 | NIGER: OPTIMISM ABOUT THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary. On March 12, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) release of 25 hostages (ref A) and whether it was an opening for the GON to negotiate [...] | 2008-03-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS ASEC PGOV NG |
08NIAMEY313 | NIGER: SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) The French Embassy informed us that a convoy of trucks traveling between Agadez and Arlit was attacked the morning of March 12. One person in the convoy was killed. The French Embassy also reported that a Canadian mining camp near Ingall was attacked March 7. 2. (SBU) The Canadian Em [...] | 2008-03-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY48 | NIGER: U.S. AMBASSADOR JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH GON [...] (C) Summary. I met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou on Thursday, January 10, 2008, and discussed the status of Niger,s MCC Threshold Program, security (specifically land mine incidents),human rights-related matters(arrested journalists and military,s killing of [...] | 2008-01-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PHUM ASEC PGOV NG |
08NIAMEY616 | MNJ KIDNAPS FRENCH URANIUM WORKERS [...] (U) The MNJ has claimed on its website to have kidnapped four French employees of the uranium mining company COMINAK (a subsidiary of AREVA) in the northern town of Airlit the night of June 21/22. It has not made any demands, and says that it will release the four as soon as arrangements can b [...] | 2008-06-23 07:46:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY619 | UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE (UNHAS) [...] Summary. The UNHAS launched an inaugural flight in Niger on June 12, 2008, with a short trip from Niamey to Agadez to Niamey. The UNHAS will facilitate travel to remote locations in country as well as offer limited service from Niger to other countries in west and central Africa. This most w [...] | 2008-06-23 14:13:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID CASC AEMR AMED PREL ASEC NG CD CM CT |
08NIAMEY624 | NIGER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PROSECUTION OF [...] (U) Late in the evening of Monday, June 23, the National Assembly approved the prosecution of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou on charges related to the misuse of funds appropriated for support of the media (reftels). The secret ballot vote was 72 for and 28 against, with one abstention. [...] | 2008-06-24 06:35:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY625 | NIGER: UPDATE ON FRENCH HOSTAGES [...] (U) The MNJ has claimed on its website that the GON delayed for 48 hours giving authorization to the ICRC travel to the north to pick up the four French uranium workers kidnapped on June 22 (reftel). It also claims that early in the morning of June 24 the Nigerien Armed Forces used recently a [...] | 2008-06-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY629 | NIGER: UPDATE ON FRENCH HOSTAGES [...] (U) The MNJ reports on its website that it has turned the four French uranium workers (refs A and B) over to the ICRC, along with a message addressed to the French government and AREVA. It says that Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN) MI-24 helicopters bombed the villages of Tadek (just north of Ifer [...] | 2008-06-26 07:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY632 | NIGER: FORMER PRIME MINISTER JAILED [...] Former Prime Minister Hama Amadou was detained the afternoon of June 26 on charges that he misused funds meant to support the private press (reftels). 2. Several hundred Amadou supporters gathered outside the courthouse where he was being held that afternoon. They tried to block the police [...] | 2008-06-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ASEC CASC NG |
08NIAMEY633 | NIGER: FRENCH HOSTAGES FREED [...] The four French uranium workers kidnapped the morning of June 22 (reftel) have been freed and repatriated to France. The MNJ turned the three French men and one woman over to the ICRC which transported them to Agadez by road on June 27. They were flown to France that night. 2. The ICRC als [...] | 2008-06-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MOPS FR NG |
08NIAMEY693 | NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS AGADEZ [...] (U) The MNJ reports on its web site that it attacked Agadez around 6:30 in the evening of July 10. It claims that the attack is the prelude for an offensive, and warns civilians to stay away from military and government facilities in the interior of the country. It also reiterates its claim [...] | 2008-07-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY706 | NIGER: TRACT THREATENS OPPONENTS OF THE FORMER [...] (U) The French Embassy on July 18 received a tract expressing support for imprisoned former Prime Minister Hama Amadou, and threatening those responsible for his imprisonment (ref a, b, and c). It says that it will locate the homes of 10 members of the National Assembly ad hoc commission that [...] | 2008-07-18 09:50:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY800 | NIGER: MNJ Rebel Leader Reported to Have Announced [...] Summary. On August 18, a late evening announcement on Tele-Sahel public television reported Mouvement Nigerien pour la Justice (MNJ) leader Agali Alambo had decided to have MNJ rebels lay down their arms. Alambo reportedly arrived at the decision at a meeting in Libya with "Great Sahara" comm [...] | 2008-08-19 14:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS SOCI PGOV CASC ASEC NG LY |
08NIAMEY81 | MNJ ATTACKS TANOUT; REGIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (U) The MNJ claims to have attacked the town of Tanout, which is located about 100 kms north of Zinder, some 1000 kms from Niamey. (We understand that the attack was on the government facilities located on the outskirts of town.) The MNJ says that it captured 11 people, including the prefet a [...] | 2008-01-22 13:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV ASEC NG |
08NIAMEY821 | NIGER: ACCIDENTAL LANDMINE EXPLOSION AT "LAYING [...] (U) Summary. On the morning of Sunday, August 24, Government of Niger (GON) authorities and Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara (FARS) rebels (of Toubou ethnicity) held a ceremony in which FARS rebels turned over hundreds of weapons (landmines, guns, grenades, etc.). Regrettably, the l [...] | 2008-08-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV MOPS PREL NG |
08NIAMEY993 | NIAMEY - ATA 6851 INTERDICTING TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Embassy Niamey submits the final participant list for participation in Department of State training program ATA 6851, scheduled to be conducted in Niamey, Niger, from September 29 through Otober 10, 2008: 1 (Name) Mahaman Sani Idi (Position) Police Commissioner (DOB) [...] | 2008-09-24 14:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER |
08NICOSIA110 | CYPRUS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Per Ref A request, the Embassy submits one (1) proposal for an anti-trafficking in persons project to be funded from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations; details have been sent via e-mail to appropriate Department personnel (Ref B). The request is for a film entitled "Lullaby," by Cypriot fi [...] | 2008-02-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG CY |
08NICOSIA180 | TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- EIGHTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA181 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...] | 2008-03-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY |
08NICOSIA292 | EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS INITIAL EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In response to recent developments in Lebanon and a message from the Department ExecSec (Ref A),Ambassador Schlicher chaired a meeting of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 9 at 1000 hrs local to discuss contingency plans for supporting Embassy Beirut as well as a p [...] | 2008-05-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU |
08NICOSIA293 | EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS SECOND EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: At 1630 hrs local on May 9, Ambassador Schlicher held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to assess the latest developments concerning the Beirut crisis and review progress on Embassy Nicosia contingency planning. The meeting was a follow-up to the initial EAC meeting con [...] | 2008-05-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU |
08NICOSIA294 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 10 [...] (S) Summary: At 1100 hrs local on May 10, Ambassador Schlicher convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the latest developments concerning the Lebanon crisis, follow up on yesterday's EAC meetings (reftel A and B),and discuss the mobilization of services necessary to sup [...] | 2008-05-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA295 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: At 1100 hrs local on May 12, Ambassador Schlicher called an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss the latest political developments in Lebanon, follow up on last week's EAC meetings (reftel A, B,and C) and discuss preparations for scenarios ranging from the deploy [...] | 2008-05-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA300 | EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 13 [...] (SBU) At 0845 hrs local on May 13, Ambassador Schlicher convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review political developments in Lebanon and follow up on the May 12 EAC meeting (reftel). Post submitted an updated staffing request to Washington on May 12. Contingency plannin [...] | 2008-05-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA307 | LEBANON CRISIS EAC, MAY 15 0845 HRS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY |
08NICOSIA70 | CYPRIOT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES [...] (U) This telegram contains Embassy Nicosia's assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources on Cyprus which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. Embassy responses are keyed in Reftel order. 2. (SBU) Reftel Pa [...] | 2008-01-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN CY |
08NICOSIA896 | CYPRUS: RESIDENT SYRIAN COMMUNITY PROTESTS [...] (SBU) At 1100 hrs on November 8, approximately 50 individuals representing the Syrian diaspora in Cyprus staged a demonstration around the corner from Embassy Nicosia (Ref C). Protesters criticized the alleged October 26 U.S. military operation in eastern Syria. The demonstration was peace [...] | 2008-11-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL CY SY |
08NICOSIA898 | NICOSIA EAC SECURITY PLANNING FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) On 11/13/2008, the A/DCM chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the security measures for the planned demonstration by the Pan Cyprian Federation of Student Unions (POFEN) to be held on November 17, 2008 in the vicinity of the US Embassy. In attendance were RSO, P [...] | 2008-11-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC |
08NICOSIA939 | STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA [...] (U) As per Ref, the annual review of the MOA between the Chief of Mission (COM) and Commander USEUCOM has been performed and no changes have resulted. 2. POC: Daniel S. Owen, USDAO Nicosia, e mail: owends@state.gov, sipr: dioweds@dia.smil.mil. Urbancic [...] | 2008-12-02 11:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AODE ASEC CY |
08NOUAKCHOTT113 | MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN [...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...] | 2008-02-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT408 | EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP [...] (SBU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs today, the President and Prime Minister were removed from their physical offices at the direction of General Mohamed Abdel Aziz. General Aziz has been Persona [...] | 2008-08-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT413 | SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss today's developments. Ambassador Boulware discussed his conversation earlier in the day with General Aziz. Counterparts reported similar discussions with vari [...] | 2008-08-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT414 | SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...] | 2008-08-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT421 | SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...] | 2008-08-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT431 | SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...] | 2008-08-12 20:46:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT558 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS [...] (U) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for the afternoon (4:00 pm) of the 5th by the anti-coup National Front for the Preservation of Democracy (FNDD). 2. (C) Charge Meetings with Opposition: Charge [...] | 2008-10-05 13:42:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC CASC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT733 | MAURITANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism" (Refs A and B) follows in paragraph 2. Post's primary point of contact is PolAsst Christopher Coffey (coffeycm@state.gov). Post's secondary point of contact is Charge Dennis Hankins (hankinsdb@state.gov). 2. (U) AQIM cont [...] | 2008-12-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT739 | RISK OF ETHNIC-BASED ARMED RESISTANCE? [...] (C) Charge met December 15 with the pro-Abdallahi senator of Mbout in Gorgol Province, Youssouf Tijani Sylla, who renewed his October warning (REFTEL) that Afro-Mauritanians were prepared to take up arms against the coup. Sylla, who is half White Moor and half Sonnike who presents himself as [...] | 2008-12-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC MR |
08NOUAKCHOTT777 | AZIZ CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT IN SECURITY SERVICES -- [...] (C) In the past ten days we have seen signs of continued efforts by General Aziz to reposition his supporters in lower levels of the administration. Four governors were reassigned a week ago. Over the weekend senior police officials were reassigned and it is understood changes in the militar [...] | 2008-12-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MR |
08OSLO154 | NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...] | 2008-03-14 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO |
08OSLO156 | NORWAY WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO303 | NORWAY: A POTENTIAL HAVEN FOR WAR CRIMINALS? [...] (C) Summary. In a June 2 meeting, the head of Norway's Criminal Investigation Service noted the constraints on pursuing war crime cases in Norway. Norway is still investigating the Kabuga case, but the source placing him in Norway is not very credible. The conversation highlighted the lack [...] | 2008-06-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KCRM NO |
08OSLO308 | NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO343 | (C) NORWAY "UNCOMFORTABLE" WITH CO-SPONSORING [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Norway will not co-sponsor UN 1267 designation of Al-Shabaab due to a fear that it will be perceived as an attempt by the Norwegian executive branch of government to influence the judiciary. Despite this decision, there seemed to be some enthusiasm with [...] | 2008-06-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG NO |
08OSLO351 | NORWAY: A LONG WAY TO GO ON TERRORISM AND HSPD-6 [...] (C) In reviewing the Bhatti terrorist case (REFTEL A) with the Ambassador on June 18, Police Security Service (PST) Director General Jorn Holme said he was disappointed the synagogue shooting was not classified as terrorism, but pleased at the long sentence Bhatti received. He felt the recent [...] | 2008-06-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO519 | NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...] | 2008-09-22 11:55:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO |
08OSLO530 | NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Deputy Minister of Justice Terje Pedersen, DCM stressed continued U.S. concern over Norway's counterterrorism approach, requested prompt attention to our proposed HSPD-6 agreement, and asked about any improvements in GON procedures regarding chec [...] | 2008-09-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO665 | VISITING TEAM ADVANCES HSPD-6 IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 5th meeting at the MFA, a joint Department and TSC negotiating team gave a comprehensive overview of HSPD-6 to an inter-agency group of Norwegian officials. The GON was receptive and indicated that the meeting clarified many issues for them, which would permit th [...] | 2008-12-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER NO |
08OSLO684 | NORWAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy point of contact is pol/econ officer Scott Sommers, SommersSE@state.gov: Norwegian authorities continued to consider the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief amon [...] | 2008-12-22 13:27:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC NO |
08OTTAWA1231 | VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SECURITY UPDATE - COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 12-28 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will present Canada, and the United States, with complex multi-jurisdictional security challenges. The RCMP has the security lead, but is planning for the Canadian Forces (CF) to render military support of civilian security a [...] | 2008-09-17 20:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC PTER KOLY CA |
08OTTAWA1578 | CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...] | 2008-12-22 21:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ASEC CA |
08OTTAWA191 | JANUARY 31 END OF ORAL DECLARATION CREATES FEW [...] (U) Summary: The situation along the U.S.-Canada border following the January 31 implementation of the requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens show proof of citizenship (rather than simply making an oral declaration) was similar to that reported in reftel concerning the southern border. [...] | 2008-02-06 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA274 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER |
08OTTAWA283 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 15:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA |
08OTTAWA346 | CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...] | 2008-03-07 19:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA |
08OTTAWA396 | CANADA ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Counter-Terrorism Section Deputy Director Yves Beaulieu and Somalia Desk Officer George Jacoby on March 18 expressed appreciation for reftel information and promised that Canada would examine closely and take under consideratio [...] | 2008-03-18 20:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM SO BG CA |
08OTTAWA960 | OMAR KHADR INTERROGATION DVD RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers on July 15 released DVDs containing the 2003 interrogation of their client by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) agents at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr's lawyers and friendly media characterized the content as "disturbing" and hoped the mater [...] | 2008-07-15 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL ASEC AF |
08OUAGADOUGOU1136 | BURKINA FASO: UPDATE OF PEACE KEEPING BATTALION READINESS [...] The following summarizes the status of the first of three ACOTA-trained Burkina Faso infantry battalions scheduled to participate in UNAMID peace support operations. A. Equipment: All ACOTA- and SPG-funded and procured equipment has been received except: 1 battalion aid station, 15 pisto [...] | 2008-12-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC UV |
08OUAGADOUGOU600 | BURKINA FASO: STUDENT DISTRUBANCES LEAD TO CLOSURE OF [...] Summary: On June 28, the University of Ouagadougou canceled classes, postponed final exams, suspended all student services and dismissed students from its residence halls until further notice. According to university authorities, the student demonstrations that took place on the university cam [...] | 2008-07-03 17:57:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC UV |
08PANAMA247 | PANAMA: GOP INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA PM |
08PANAMA490 | PANAMA A NATURAL FIT FOR THE GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Panama represents a natural fit for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Our engagement with Panama on maritime issues is broad and deep. Officially, the Panama Maritime Authority is supportive of the Global Maritime Partnership. Panama and the United States already cooperate [...] | 2008-06-13 22:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP MOPS |
08PANAMA882 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN BOCAS DEL TORO, COLON [...] Heavy rains have occurred in the departments of Bocas del Toro, Colon and Chiriqui, overtopping river banks and flooding extensive areas of the affected provinces. According to the U.S. hurricane Center in Miami: heavy rainfall and localized flooding is expected over the next couple of days. As [...] | 2008-11-24 16:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ASEC PREL PGOV PM |
08PARAMARIBO110 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAYS [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on the following days in observation of local holidays. A) Friday, March 21, 2008 - Good (Easter) Friday B) Monday, March 24, 2008 - Easter Monday 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must [...] | 2008-03-14 19:13:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARAMARIBO139 | WILDERS FILM CRITICIZED BUT "NOT WORTH IT" IN PLACID [...] (U) SUMMARY The movie Fitna, meaning "strife" in Arabic and produced by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, generated an unusual amount of critical media comment in former-Dutch colony Suriname, but little public ferment. While Muslim Organizations and the Interfaith Council for Suriname (IRIS) [...] | 2008-04-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC SCUL NS |
08PARAMARIBO172 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in observation of Suriname,s Labor Day. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commercial direc [...] | 2008-04-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARAMARIBO178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SURINAME, 2ND QUARTER FY 2008 [...] Per the instructions in RefTel, Paramaribo submits the following post fraud summary for the second quarter of FY 2008. Answers are keyed to the letters found in RefTel. A. Country Conditions The economy, while stable, is still developing, and more than half the population lives below the p [...] | 2008-05-02 19:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NS |
08PARAMARIBO201 | PARAMARIBO - RESIDENTIAL GUARDS; DS PROPOSAL TO [...] SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel (A) requiring Post compliance with Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB) standards for residential security and provides Embassy Paramaribo,s recommendations and funding requirements for residential security upgrades and measures needed to bring Post,s r [...] | 2008-05-13 14:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AFIN ABUD AMGT |
08PARAMARIBO259 | PARAMARIBO SECURITY PLANNING FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (S) Paramaribo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened June 11, 2008, to review Post's security plans for its Independence Day celebrations on July 4 and July 5. 2. (S) EAC discussed current threat environment and has detected no current intelligence to indicate a heightened threat level. [...] | 2008-06-17 20:03:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | SECRET | ASEC NS PTER CASC |
08PARAMARIBO269 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in observation of Emancipation Day. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commercial direct l [...] | 2008-06-23 19:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARAMARIBO403 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolEcon Chief delivered talking points to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Craig said the U.S. points were "well-crafted," and that he is very interested to see what happens next since Chavez has th [...] | 2008-09-22 18:58:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NS |
08PARAMARIBO428 | VISAS VIPER: SEP 2008 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on October 2, 2008. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, DEAL, RSO, and POL. 5. The committee identified no specific information to report [...] | 2008-10-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NS |
08PARAMARIBO438 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Monday, October 20, 2008, in observation of 155 years of Chinese immigration in Suriname, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty [...] | 2008-10-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARAMARIBO45 | F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATION FOR AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO [...] Gwendolyn S. Webb; Consul; Top Secret Clearance; tel IVG 540-2235; unclass email WebbGS@state.gov. 2. Lara M. Studzinski; Management Officer; Top Secret Clearance; tel IVG 540-2221; unclass e-mail StudzinsLM@state.gov. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...] | 2008-02-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC NS |
08PARAMARIBO468 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, in observation of Independence Day, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by [...] | 2008-11-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARAMARIBO5 | "December 8" murder Trial Resumes and Recesses Again [...] (U) SUMMARY: Court proceedings resumed in the trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and 24 co-defendants on Monday, December 17. The Court Martial rejected arguments raised by Bouterse's attorney Erwin Kanhai during the November 30 opening session of the Court where Kanhai argue [...] | 2008-01-03 18:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV MARR PREL NS |
08PARAMARIBO506 | AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY [...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Friday, December 26, 2008, in observation of Boxing Day, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commer [...] | 2008-12-19 19:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS |
08PARIS1101 | AL-SHABAAB: FRANCE OPEN TO SANCTIONS BUT NEEDS TO [...] (S) MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche on June 10 said, in response to reftel, that France would study further our case for imposing UN sanctions on the al-Shabaab organization based in Somalia. (NOTE: DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal our normal interlocutor on such an issue, is out of t [...] | 2008-06-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG FR |
08PARIS1793 | FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. ON PNG DECISION BY BOLIVIA [...] (C) The French Government agrees with the U.S. position from reftel demarche on the decision by Bolivia and Venezuela to declare our ambassadors persona non grata (PNG),according to MFA desk officers Aurelien Lepine-Kouas and Lionel Paradisi who spoke to poloff on September 22. The MFA noted [...] | 2008-09-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC FR |
08PARIS247 | MGCD01: CHAD: FRENCH SUPPORT TO RESUME OPERATION [...] (C) Embassy Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on February 8 and followed with verbal clarifications that day and over the weekend of February 9-10. MFA Chad desk officer Loic Mizon on February 12 provided a formal response to acting Africa-watcher concerning assistance requested of Fr [...] | 2008-02-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ASEC CD FR |
08PARIS294 | FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC RW FR |
08PARIS308 | COMOROS: FRANCE SUPPORTS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on February 20 that France would support military action by the Union of the Comoros to take control of Anjouan from Colonel Mohamed Bacar, should Bacar not heed the counsel of the multinational mission preparing to meet with and deliver to him an u [...] | 2008-02-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN FR |
08PARIS382 | CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Nouakchott, Mauritania in support of the investigation of Samba SALL, an asylee in the U.S. who may have misrepresented his former occupation in Mauritania. If th [...] | 2008-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR XY |
08PARIS406 | FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety of the United States. Our CI/KR report is therefore negative. [...] | 2008-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08PARIS455 | NOMINATION OF ANTI-TIP HERO JEAN CLAUDE MBVOUMIN [...] (U) Post nominates Jean Claude Mbvoumin as a 2008 anti-TIP hero. Mr. Mbvoumin founded and runs the Soccer Culture Solidarity Association (Associate Culture Foot Solidaire (CFS)),which seeks to raise awareness and combat trafficking in young soccer players from Africa. As a former soccer pl [...] | 2008-03-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF USAID FR |
08PARIS79 | CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Freetown, Sierra Leone in support of the investigation of Alhaji Kabba SACCOH, a citizen and national of Sierra Leone who is believed to have been a previous membe [...] | 2008-01-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR XY |
08PARIS91 | CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attach, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Algiers, Algeria in obtaining information on Mohamed Farid SI LARBI. SI LARBI is a citizen and national of Algeria who was granted Refugee status and allowed to en [...] | 2008-01-17 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR AG |
08PARIS92 | CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE - ICE [...] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests the assistance of the Regional Security Offices in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo in support of a Human Trafficking / Forced Child Labor investigation involving young females trafficked to the U.S. from Togo and Ghana. Three targets have be [...] | 2008-01-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CVIS PHUM FR XY |
08PESHAWAR373 | PESHAWAR CONVENES EAC JUNE 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) On June 23, 2008 the U.S. Consulate convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Posts current vehicle transportation policy. Present for the EAC was PO, RSO, RAO, USAID, POL, MGT, ODRP, GSO, PAO, IPC and CON. 2. (SBU) The EAC discussed the current security environment and [...] | 2008-06-26 06:48:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
08PESHAWAR380 | PESHAWAR EAC CONVENES OFFICIAL JULY 4TH EVENT POSTPONED [...] (C) On June 30, 2008 the U.S. Consulate Peshawar convened its Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the current security environment in Peshawar and Post's ability to proceed with it's planned official July 4th event. Present for the EAC was PO, RSO, RAO, USAID, MGT, ODRP, PAO, GSO, DEA an [...] | 2008-06-30 12:54:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PK |
08PESHAWAR434 | NWFP: OPERATIONS CONTINUE IN SWAT WHILE BUSINESS DECLINES [...] (C) Noor Muhammad Khan, a resort and business owner in Swat who has been a regular contact of the Consulate, detailed the decline of business interests in Swat during a meeting with Principal Officer on August 18. He said that while the recent round of operations (Ref A) in Swat have been more [...] | 2008-08-25 10:07:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAID PGOV PINR ASEC PK |
08PESHAWAR476 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO PAKISTAN KIDNAPPED OUTSIDE [...] (C) On September 22, the Afghan Ambassador-designate to Pakistan was abducted and his driver killed in a Peshawar suburb. Three vehicles and at least six kidnappers were involved in the attack. Police have set up barriers around the suburb of Hayatabad but are only stopping inbound vehicles. [...] | 2008-09-29 07:38:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PK AF |
08PESHAWAR508 | POST CONVENES EAC MEETING FOLLOWING KILLING OF USAID [...] (C) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 11:00 (local) and at 15:00 (local) on November 12, following an attack on USAID contractor, AmCit, Stephen Vance, killing him and his Pakistani driver. Vance was Chief of Party (head) of USAID Contractor Community Housing Foundation In [...] | 2008-11-12 14:04:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | PTER ASEC CASC MOPS PK |
08PESHAWAR510 | RSO PESHAWAR REQUESTS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT IN RESPOSNE TO [...] (S//NF) RSO Peshawar is requesting immediate deployment of a Security Support Team (SST) from DS/T/MSD and immediate deployment of additional conventional TDY RSO support in response to the significantly elevated recent attacks and specific threat reporting targeting Consulate personnel in Pes [...] | 2008-11-14 10:26:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08PESHAWAR511 | POST CONVENES EAC MEETING [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 10:30 (local) on November 14 in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel and a request from local security authorities to limit Consulate movements. PO, RSO, RAO, and DEA attended the meeting. See pa [...] | 2008-11-14 13:16:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS PK |
08PESHAWAR513 | NWFP/FATA: SENIOR LOCAL OFFICIALS ON SECURITY CONDITIONS [...] (C) In the wake of the killing of a USAID contractor, Principal Officer called on key senior local officials on November 13 to reinforce that the United States will stay engaged on the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Across the board, thes [...] | 2008-11-17 09:14:00 | Consulate Peshawar | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS PK |
08PESHAWAR514 | POST CONVENES EAC ON NOVEMBER 16, 2008 [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 19:30 (local) on November 16 for further review of post's security posture in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel. PO, RSO, RAO, ODRP/101st, ODRP/SOCCE, USAID, IPC, MGT, POL, CONS, PAS, and NAS [...] | 2008-11-17 09:27:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER AMGT PK |
08PESHAWAR517 | POST CONVENES EAC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19, 2008 [...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 13:00 (local) on November 19 to review specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel that developed late November 18. PO, RSO, RAO, and Special Forces element attended the meeting. See para 7 for Washington actio [...] | 2008-11-19 14:03:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS AMGT PK |
08PESHAWAR519 | RSO PESHAWAR MEETING WITH POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-21 14:29:00 | Consulate Peshawar | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER |
08PESHAWAR520 | PESHAWAR POLICE ISSUE SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (U) The following Security Advisory was issued by the Peshawar (Capital City Police) Superintendent Of Police based on the recent increase in terrorist and criminal activity in Peshawar and the NWFP. This advisory was issued to the greater diplomatic community. The complete text is provided b [...] | 2008-11-21 14:40:00 | Consulate Peshawar | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
08PHNOMPENH1006 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS COURSE" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KJUS PHUM PREL CB |
08PHNOMPENH375 | P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following name of a North Korean individual for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. MUSSOMELI [...] | 2008-05-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB |
08PHNOMPENH813 | SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...] | 2008-10-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB |
08PHNOMPENH814 | SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Royal Cambodian Government (RGC) official who leads border negotiations with Thailand reported a "clash between the two sides" the afternoon of October 3 in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple resulting in the wounding of one Cambodian soldier. The source called t [...] | 2008-10-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KTIA MOPS TH CB |
08PHNOMPENH927 | P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following names of North Korean individuals for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: EOM Kwang-Hyeok, male, DOB: May 4, 1988, POB: Namsan-Eup, Musan-Gun, Hambuk, DPRK; SONG Soo-Ryeon, female, DOB: May 1991 (exact date unknown),POB: unknown location, DPRK [...] | 2008-11-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB |
08PHNOMPENH943 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "ADVANCED MANAGEMENT" COURSE IN ROSWELL, NM; REQUEST RESPONSE BY DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 09:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER PHUM CB |
08PHNOMPENH962 | CAMBODIA: THREE ANTI-DRUG DEPT POLICE GUARDING OUM [...] (SBU) On August 21, 2007, OUM Chhay, former advisor to National Assembly President Heng Samrin, died under suspicious circumstances while in the custody of Ministry of Interior (MOI) Cambodian National Police Anti-Drug Department officials. Oum Chhay appeared to have fallen to his death out [...] | 2008-12-05 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CB |
08PODGORICA299 | MONTENEGRO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested in reftel, Post submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows. POC for the terrorism report for Montenegro is Alexandra Bonura. Tel number is (382) 20 410 - 500 ext. 528 and e-mail is BonuraAD@state.gov 2. There were no terrorist attacks or terrorist-relate [...] | 2008-12-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MW |
08PODGORICA75 | MONTENEGRO-EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Post's submission of the draft Anti-trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for Montenegro follows. Beginning with Section I - Overview of Country Activities, responses are keyed to reftel. EMBASSY PODGORICA CONTACT INFORMATION Embassy Podgorica POC for anti-trafficking is Human Rights Offi [...] | 2008-03-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
08PORTAUPRINCE1127 | NEW PM GIVES FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: In her first press conference as Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis broadly outlined her goals for the next government, which include addressing problems of national production, health, education and security, and moving quickly to attend to the high cost of living, delayed Se [...] | 2008-08-07 17:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1163 | CHIEF PROSECUTOR RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claudy Gassant made a surprise announcement on August 12, publicly submitting his letter of resignation as Chief Prosecutor. Gassant, whose professional and personal behavior has become increasingly erratic and occasionally and violent over the past several weeks, made the an [...] | 2008-08-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC |
08PORTAUPRINCE1209 | SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...] | 2008-08-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1210 | SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...] | 2008-08-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1215 | SMALL PROTESTS IN HAITI AUGUST 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: Small groups of rioters burned tires and erected barricades August 25 in Port au Prince and the southern town of Les Cayes. Most businesses in Les Cayes closed that day, but Port au Prince remained open for business. UN peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police responded q [...] | 2008-08-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1229 | MFJM01: Impact of Hurricane Gustav on Haiti [...] Category One Hurricane Gustav hit Haiti on August 26. The Government of Haiti's (GoH) Office of Civil Protection (DPC) lifted the hurricane alert in the early morning of August 28. DPC figures indicate, as of August 28, 59 deaths, 7 missing, 25 injured, 8082 people in shelters, 1283 homes de [...] | 2008-08-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID |
08PORTAUPRINCE1240 | HAITI NERVOUS ON THE EVE OF BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: As the new government of Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis continues to seek confirmation in a precarious political climate, Haiti is facing economic and security challenges that could flare up in the near term, bog down the new government, and potentially caused renewed unres [...] | 2008-09-04 18:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1251 | HAITI: HANNA STORM SITUATION REPORT 5 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince created an internal working group September 3 to monitor the impact of severe flooding and damage in several Haitian cities, caused by Tropical Storms Gustav and Hanna, and to discuss the status of relief efforts. Gonaives in the Artibonite regional (populati [...] | 2008-09-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR |
08PORTAUPRINCE1274 | HAITI: STORM STIUATION REPORT 7 [...] (SBU) Embassy Assistance Working Group met September 9 at 0745 HRS to discuss efforts to deliver and distribute emergency food and other supplies to various regions of the country impacted by recent hurricanes and tropical storms. The Haitian Civil Protection Department (DPC) estimated Septemb [...] | 2008-09-09 20:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID |
08PORTAUPRINCE1284 | HAITI: USS KEARSARGE ENGINEERS ASSESS BRIDGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) As of this drafting, four U.S. engineers with the USS Kearsarge U.S. Navy vessel are currently conducting informal aerial surveys of damaged bridges in areas of the country affected by recent flooding and [...] | 2008-09-10 21:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR EAID ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1285 | Haiti's School Season Delayed by One Month [...] (U) The education of Haiti's children has become another victim of the recent catastrophic hurricane damage, lack of foresight by the government, and continuing inflation. The Ministry of Education has failed to make the financial and logistic preparations for the reopening of schools this fal [...] | 2008-09-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID |
08PORTAUPRINCE1294 | HAITI: DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES [...] (U) USAID Acting Deputy Director Alex Deprez reported on a September 10 meeting hosted by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (TPTC) to discuss infrastructure challenges as a result of recent flooding. Donors represented included: USAID, the European Union, Canada, Ger [...] | 2008-09-11 20:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1303 | HAITI: DONORS URGE GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS [...] (SBU) Donors, representing the U.S., Canada, the European Union (EU),the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH),Germany, the Inter-American Development Bank and France, met September 11 with the intention to discuss findings from an initial Government of Haiti assessment of infrast [...] | 2008-09-12 22:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1313 | MGHH01 HAITI: PRESIDENT/PRIME MINISTER CALL FOR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Duvivier Pierre-Louis are publicly seeking to redirect international community attention beyond Haiti's emergency food needs toward the longer-term r [...] | 2008-09-15 19:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1314 | STORM AFTERMATH IN HAITI: DEVESTATING AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Flooding from four consecutive tropical storms and hurricanes has caused substantial damage to Haiti's agricultural sector and its overall food security. The agricultural sector accounts for app [...] | 2008-09-15 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR |
08PORTAUPRINCE1317 | HAITI: KEY BRIDGES IN RUINS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy USAID officials, a USAID engineer, and military engineers from the USS Kearsarge visited five damaged bridges September 13-14 to make a preliminary damage assessment. Damaged and destroyed bridges have cut off key transportation arteries and made the provision of emergen [...] | 2008-09-16 19:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC HA PGOV USAID |
08PORTAUPRINCE1336 | HAITI MOVES TO EXPEDITE HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY [...] Under an emergency plan enacted September 15 following devastation wrought by successive hurricanes, the Government of Haiti (GOH) authorized measures to temporarily suspend certain customs regulations and facilitate the entry of supplies intended for victims of recent hurricanes. End summary. [...] | 2008-09-19 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1345 | HAITI'S ECONOMY HIT HARD BY HURRICANES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The hurricanes that struck Haiti beginning in August have battered the country's economy. The storm damage has reduced projected growth and increased anticipated inflation. The sectors [...] | 2008-09-22 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1356 | AGRICULTURAL DAMAGE UPDATE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -*please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This report is an updated interim assessment of damage to Haiti's agricultural sector following recent hurricanes. (ref A, B). 3. (U) New Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MARNDR) Joanas Gue [...] | 2008-09-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1364 | HAITI TAPS PETROCARIBE REVENUE FOR DISASTER [...] (U) Summary: Haiti is using state of emergency legislation to withdraw nearly USD 200 million from PetroCaribe funds held in the national bank to finance reconstruction projects and other urgent government needs after the country was devastated by hurricanes and flooding beginning in August. [...] | 2008-09-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1430 | PREVAL TO USAID: HAITI NEEDS URGENT [...] (U) President Rene Preval told visiting USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore and Ambassador Sanderson that his first priorities in response to devastation wrought by recent hurricanes were to rapidly repair damaged infrastructure (e.g., bridges) and provide emergency relief to assist the populat [...] | 2008-10-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR EAID ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE147 | PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...] | 2008-01-30 19:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI |
08PORTAUPRINCE153 | HAITIAN POLICE PRIORITIES, PROGRAMS, AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) recently discussed with Embassy officials his priorities and constraints in developing the needed police officers for regular police work, additional police presence in Cite Soleil, border control, and adequate staffing o [...] | 2008-01-31 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM KPKO PGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE1750 | HAITI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) There is no evidence that Haiti is a target for Islamic extremist activity or acts of international terrorism. There are no existing terror cells, such as al-Qaida or any other terrorist organizations in Haiti. No acts of international terrorism occurred in Haiti in 2008. The Government o [...] | 2008-12-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE198 | PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...] | 2008-02-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE208 | G/TIP FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE PROPOSALS FROM [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposals: 2. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested Funding Amount: $499,401 (federal share: $499,401) Project Title: Combating Trafficking in Children and Women in Haiti Project Duration: 12 months P [...] | 2008-02-12 14:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC HA KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08PORTAUPRINCE210 | HAITI PUTS ON CARNIVAL 2008: NO DEATHS, IMPROVED [...] Summary: Improved security, a better organized HNP, and a greater Diaspora presence marked Haiti's 2008 Carnival celebrations. With the approval of the EAC, Embassy officers were permitted to attend Carnival events for the first time in 5 years. The organizational skill the GOH and private gr [...] | 2008-02-12 17:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE237 | EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy has witnessed increasing presence of apparent gang youth in Cite Soleil that could pose a security threat to Embassy activities in that area, including HSI, as well as undermine the security improvements resulting from MINUSTAH's intervention in late 2006-early 2007. Embass [...] | 2008-02-15 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE276 | HAITI: PCI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] Per reftel criteria, Haiti possesses only one critical dependency relevant to the United States: the Haitian side of the Windward Passage, an 80 km-wide strait between the northwest corner of Haiti and the eastern tip of Cuba, which connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, and which [...] | 2008-02-20 17:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PREL ECON ETTC EAID EFIN HA |
08PORTAUPRINCE336 | HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] This message is sensetive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF HAITI'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of [...] | 2008-02-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB HA KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF |
08PORTAUPRINCE341 | HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...] | 2008-02-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV |
08PORTAUPRINCE544 | COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE A SECOND DAY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MINUSTAH and Haitian government sources report April 4 that protests in Les Cayes are continuing for a second day at reduced but still potent levels. They warn that there is a strong possibility these demonstrations will last throughout the weekend. There have been no further [...] | 2008-04-04 20:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA ECON CASC ASEC |
08PORTAUPRINCE549 | EMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE, CORE EMERGENCY ACTION [...] (U) On April 07, 2008, Post's core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened by Ambassador Janet A. Sanderson. EAC discussed protests and demonstrations occurring in Les Cayes and Gonaive last week, as well as in the Port-au-Prince area today. 2. (U) Protests and demonstrations have [...] | 2008-04-07 19:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC HA PREL |
08PORTAUPRINCE556 | COST OF LIVING PROTESTS IN HAITI: UPDATE AS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued in Port-au-Prince for a second day with greater violence. Since about 0900 hrs, there have been several reports of demonstrations in different neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince calling for the resignation of President Preval and the Prime Minister. The [...] | 2008-04-08 21:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM HA ECON |
08PORTAUPRINCE583 | TEN DAYS IN APRIL: HAITI'S FOOD RIOTS [...] (C) Summary: April 3-12, 2008 saw the most serious civil unrest Haiti has experienced since 2005. The violence had organization behind it, both criminal and political, although absolute numbers of demonstrators were small compared to the country's population. Embassy believes that pro-Aristi [...] | 2008-04-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON HA PHUM ASEC |
08PORTLOUIS205 | NOT SO SUBTLE CORRUPTION IN MAURITIUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent allegations and press reports on corruption scandals in Mauritius highlight an often overlooked issue by those new to or unfamiliar with the island. Upon first impression, Mauritius may look relatively clean, but with some digging - one may find questionable dealings und [...] | 2008-06-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ECON EFIN PBTS PGOV MP |
08PORTLOUIS224 | UK, AUSTRALIA AND US EMBASSIES JOINTLY DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 24 June, DCM met with the High Commissioners of Australia and the UK to demarche the Mauritian Prime Minister regarding Zimbabwe. The joint demarche was somewhat disappointing, with the Prime Minister agreeing to take only modest actions with regard to Zimbabwe. Specifically, [...] | 2008-06-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI MP |
08PORTLOUIS447 | MAURITIUS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC MP |
08PORTLOUIS448 | SEYCHELLES: 2008 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER SE |
08PORTOFSPAIN208 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...] | 2008-05-07 19:14:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV PTER ASEC OVIP TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN23 | CRIME PROBLEM ROILS NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: With a record number of 388 homicides in 2007 and 14 new homicides by January 8, 2008, crime remains a front burner issue. The media misquoted National Security Minister Martin Joseph in early January as stating the GOTT had failed in all its efforts to combat crime, setting off [...] | 2008-01-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN269 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND PM MANNING DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Manning welcomed Energy Secretary Bodman's visit and delivery of a USG report on protecting T&T's LNG export infrastructure. Manning said he is anxious to do whatever is necessary to protect LNG infrastructure and willing to include that in the mission for T&T's new offshore [...] | 2008-06-18 20:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCIP EPET ENRG PTER ASEC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN369 | FOUR MORE EXTRADITED FOR MAHARAJ'S KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Summary: Four persons wanted in the 2005 kidnapping for ransom and murder of dual national (U.S./Trinidad) Balram "Balo" Maharaj were extradited to Washington, D.C. on August 4. Of the 15 originally arrested in the case, only three remain in T&T. The gruesome kidnapping and murder of " [...] | 2008-08-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN440 | NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE'S FIRST THREE MONTHS IN OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although 2008 murders in Trinidad & Tobago will easily surpass last year's record of almost 400, newly appointed Acting Commissioner of Police James Philbert has brought some cautious optimism to the struggle to instill a sense of societal security. Early in his tenure, this c [...] | 2008-09-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN443 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your mid-October visit to Trinidad and Tobago. Your trip is an opportunity to heighten bilateral and regional security cooperation, building on last June's Technical Meeting of Military Commanders, Defense Ministerial of the Americas conversations, a [...] | 2008-09-30 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ECON TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN504 | LACK OF RESOURCES MAKES TOBAGO A DRUG-SMUGGLER'S PARADISE [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad's sister isle of Tobago continues to be a "soft" area for the transshipment of illegal drugs to Western Europe and the U.S. The anti-drug fight on Tobago is hampered by a lack of local of resources, with most GOTT anti-crime/anti-drug personnel and assets devoted to muc [...] | 2008-11-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM PGOV SNAR TD |
08PORTOFSPAIN576 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Trinidad and Tobago is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organizations. However, due to lack of border control, a lengthy judicial process, limited law enforcement resources, and occasional contacts by persons within T&T with outside radical elements, T&T is not imm [...] | 2008-12-18 17:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC TD |
08PRAGUE334 | CORRECTED COPY - CZECH REPUBLIC: FY2006 B VISA VALIDATION [...] According to our latest B1/B2 validation study, 0.6 percent of Czechs issued B1/B2 visas between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006 were confirmed as remaining in the United States illegally as of November 2007. An additional 0.7 percent were currently in the United States legally on a lon [...] | 2008-06-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD ASEC EZ |
08PRAGUE72 | REFORMS AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE PUT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States has enjoyed excellent cooperation with Czech legal authorities, as demonstrated, for example, by last year's extradition of terror suspect Oussama Kassir to stand trial in the United States. However, mass resignations of experienced police officers in response [...] | 2008-02-05 13:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE ASEC EZ |
08PRAGUE787 | CZECH REPUBLIC - 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Czech authorities continue to cooperate with the USG across a wide spectrum of security, law enforcement and military matters as part of the global war on terrorism. Whether protecting the Prague headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and other U.S. facilities, providing critical mil [...] | 2008-12-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM EZ |
08PRAIA265 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS' TRIP TO CAPE VERDE, NOVEMBER [...] (U) Welcome to the Republic of Cape Verde, one of Africa's success stories. It is an island nation, approximately the size of Rhode Island, located in the north Atlantic Ocean approximately 300 miles due west of Senegal off Africa's west coast. Cape Verde has a population of 450,000 people sp [...] | 2008-10-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON MARR OTRA ASEC CV |
08PRETORIA1061 | POLICE UNABLE TO CONTROL XENOPHOBIC AND ETHNIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Though South Africans have perpetrated sporadic, but infrequent xenophobic attacks throughout the country in recent years, the frequency and intensity of the attacks in the past several weeks against not only foreigners, but also those of different South African ethnicities, ha [...] | 2008-05-19 18:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC PREF PHUM SF ZI |
08PRETORIA1088 | XENOPHOBIC VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO SPREAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deadly xenophobic and inter-ethnic violence continued in Gauteng province on the night of 20 May and into the early morning hours, with more people seeking shelter at police stations, churches, and community shelters. Violence also has spread to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, though [...] | 2008-05-22 09:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CACS SF |
08PRETORIA1937 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (U) This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph five of Reftel A. Post will provide responses to paragraph six and seven through additional reporting prior to the October 1 deadline. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (U [...] | 2008-09-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD OTRA ASEC SF |
08PRETORIA2156 | SOUTH AFRICA's RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN [...] This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph six and seven of Reftel A. Supplemental documentation will also be sent via e-mail. Transportation/ICT Officer Daleya Uddin (Uddinsd@state.gov or +27-12-431-4344) and Economic Specialist Christo Esterhuizen (EsterhuizenJC@state.gov or + [...] | 2008-10-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EPET OTRA ASEC SF |
08PRETORIA2466 | AMBASSADOR AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Bost hosted members of the Pretoria diplomatic corps to discuss African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's recent visit to the U.S. and the latest developments on Zimbabwe power-sharing talks (report septel). The Ambassador briefed on Zuma's official meeting [...] | 2008-11-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CG EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF |
08PRETORIA2476 | HOME INVASIONS ON THE RISE [...] (U) Summary: On November 4, 2008 RSO attended a presentation hosted by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) on the "Incidence of House Robberies in South Africa." Presented by a Senior Lecturer on Forensic Investigations at the University of South Africa (UNISA),the seminar focused on th [...] | 2008-11-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ALOW ABLD SF |
08PRETORIA2714 | DEMARCHE DELIVERY: ILLICIT DIAMOND ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) officials and diamond industry leaders on illicit diamond activity in Zimbabwe. Although this activity threatens the local diamond industry, it appears the South African Government (SAG) has tak [...] | 2008-12-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC EMIN ZI SF |
08PRETORIA306 | NQAKULA FORMALLY PROPOSES FOLDING SCORPIONS INTO [...] (U) Minister for Safety and Security Charles Nqakula proposed before the National Assembly on February 12 that the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) Directorate of Special Operations, popularly known as the "Scorpions," and the South African Police Service's (SAPS) Organised Crime Unit be [...] | 2008-02-13 15:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC KCRM SF |
08PRISTINA103 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting USOP candidates selected for an EXBS-sponsored strategic enforcement tracking training in Gjakova, Kosovo April 7 - April 11, 2008. Post would greatly appreciate Department's expediting this request s [...] | 2008-03-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS |
08PRISTINA417 | KOSOVO OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (SBU) On July 31, Embassy Pristina held a meeting to establish a Kosovo Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). Organized by the Embassy RSO and EconOff, a select group of U.S. businesses and non-profit representatives attended the meeting to gauge the level of interest in establishing such [...] | 2008-08-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN KV YI |
08PRISTINA633 | (KOSOVO): 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy in Pristina for Kosovo's 2008 Counterterrorism Report. 2. (U) The UN Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) administered Kosovo under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244 of 1999 until June 15, when Kosovo's [...] | 2008-12-22 16:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV KJUS KCRM KV |
08QUITO1100 | ECUADOR IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL DOC REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Mission Ecuador has coordinated a joint strategy with our Chinese counterparts for delivering demarches to the GOE on its visa policies, specifically the lack of control over "tourists", and working with Ecuadorian authorities to improve their controls (Ref A). Both the U.S. an [...] | 2008-11-28 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC |
08QUITO1127 | TRAVEL DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the GOE signed an MOU with China on November 20 to implement a new travel document policy for Chinese tourists traveling to Ecuador, to be effective on December 1, the policy had not been implemented as of December 5. Until it receives clear instructions from the GOE [...] | 2008-12-05 22:28:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC |
08QUITO1179 | ECUADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-7 for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics and insurgent/terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...] | 2008-12-22 21:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EC CO |
08RABAT116 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND [...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...] | 2008-02-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT1180 | MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...] | 2008-12-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO |
08RABAT1202 | GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM [...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...] | 2008-12-30 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
08RABAT1204 | MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...] | 2008-12-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
08RABAT121 | MOI BENMOUSSA TELLS AMBASSADOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley's call on Interior Minster Chakib Benmoussa February 5 turned frosty over the human rights situation in Western Sahara. Benmoussa thanked the USG for support for the Moroccan peace effort and its autonomy plan. He praised the Embassy/GOM human rights dialogue, [...] | 2008-02-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC MO |
08RABAT178 | GOM PROVIDES A/S WELCH WITH A MORE COHERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri gave NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party a lengthy, comprehensive briefing on the Belliraj terrorist network. Mansouri explained the network,s alleged revolutionary aims [...] | 2008-02-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PINR MO |
08RABAT195 | MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...] | 2008-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MO IS PA |
08RABAT398 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC [...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...] | 2008-05-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF |
08RABAT400 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART II: PERCEIVED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In today's Morocco, social alienation and perceived injustice are the key factors driving extremism and terror recruitment. Poverty is not the main determinant, although it clearly contributes to social alienation. Many Moroccan terrorists have come from the cou [...] | 2008-05-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO XA XF |
08RABAT710 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Representative Reyes, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opportunities to shore up our strong bilate [...] | 2008-07-31 16:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT746 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Representative Thompson, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats and to discuss border security issues. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opp [...] | 2008-08-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RANGOON113 | BURMA INKS NEW TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOB on February 4 signed a new five-year National Action Plan against Trafficking in Persons, showing renewed commitment to combating TIP in Burma. The five-year plan, which lays out GOB priorities for 2007-2011, was then approved by both the Cabinet and Senior Generals on [...] | 2008-02-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON192 | AIR BAGAN SAFETY ISSUES UNCOVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 09:39:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM |
08RANGOON317 | EAC TEMPLATE [...] (SBU) On May 5, Embassy Rangoon convened an EAC meeting to discuss the situation following Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma the evening of May 2 and morning of May 3. The DCM chaired the meeting. The EAC reviewed the tripwires in Post's Emergency Action Plan for a natural disaster and agre [...] | 2008-05-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM |
08RANGOON318 | EMBASSY CONVENES EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) Disregard Rangoon 317 sent in error. 2. (SBU) On May 5, Embassy Rangoon convened an EAC meeting to discuss the situation following Cyclone Nargis which struck Burma the evening of May 2 and morning of May 3. The DCM chaired the meeting. The EAC reviewed the tripwires in Post's Eme [...] | 2008-05-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC AMGT PREL AEMR BM |
08RANGOON575 | BURMA: ENCOURAGING COOPERATION ON TIP WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing that the majority of Burmese trafficking victims cross Burma's long, porous borders into China and Thailand, the Burmese Government, in conjunction with several international NGOs, is working with the Chinese and Thai Governments to establish bilateral liaison offices [...] | 2008-07-18 06:58:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON619 | BURMA: CRACKING DOWN ON TRAFFICKING FROM THE DELTA [...] (C) Summary. Aware that the conditions in the Irrawaddy Delta have deteriorated since Cyclone Nargis hit, making more people vulnerable to trafficking, the Police Anti-Trafficking Unit (ATU) has stepped up its monitoring of human trafficking and smuggling into neighboring countries. In June, [...] | 2008-08-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08RANGOON710 | BURMA: MAI LEASES AIR BAGAN PLANE [...] (C) Myanmar Airways International (MAI),one of Burma's two international carriers, recently signed a three-month lease with Air Bagan for a Fokker 100, which will service its flights from Rangoon to Bangkok. MAI assured us that potential safety concerns were addressed through a third party [...] | 2008-09-08 09:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAIR CASC ASEC BM |
08RANGOON749 | BURMESE CIVILIAN OFFERS TO SELL PURPORTED URANIUM [...] (S//REL to USA, ACGU) Per Ref A, Post is alerting the Department and Washington agencies that on XXXXXXXXXXXX after USDAO Rangoon received guidance from DIA, a Burmese civilian met with members of USDAO Rangoon and offered to sell Uranium-238. The individual had initially contacted the USDAO eight [...] | 2008-09-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR BM |
08RANGOON758 | BOMB BLAST CONFIRMED IN DOWNTOWN RANGOON [...] (C) Summary. A bomb exploded at a bus station in downtown Rangoon the morning of September 25. Reports of casualties vary, some indicating as many as two deaths and seven injuries. Post disseminated an internal message and a consular warden message about the bombing. We have received no r [...] | 2008-09-25 08:52:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM ASEC CASC |
08RANGOON852 | BURMA: WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE [...] Embassy Rangoon warmly welcomes the November 8-10 visit to Burma by Mr. Paul Grove from the Senate Appropriations Committee and Mr. Paul Rademacher from H. Post has forwarded a draft itinerary via unclassified email. 2. Embassy control officer is Political/Economic Chief Jennifer Harhigh [...] | 2008-11-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BM |
08RANGOON957 | BURMA: ENHANCING TIP COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (C) On December 22, the Burmese and Chinese Governments opened a second bilateral liaison office (BLO) on the Burma side of the border in Lwe Je, Kachin State. The GOB had planned to open three additional BLOs along the Thai-Burma border in 2008-2009, but this plan is now on hold until the [...] | 2008-12-23 08:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM |
08REYKJAVIK102 | ICELAND: GOVERNMENT GETS FLYING COLORS FOR 6.3 EARTHQUAKE [...] (U) SUMMARY: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in southwest Iceland on May 29. The epicenter was near the town of Selfoss, where light property damage was reported as well as minor injuries. The government response to the earthquake was met with public praise and approva [...] | 2008-06-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV TPHY ASEC IC |
08REYKJAVIK275 | ICELAND: CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR TERRORIST [...] (SBU) A/DCM and ConOff delivered Ref A demarche and model document to Ministry for Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for the U.S. (and Deputy Chief of the Defense Department) Audunn Atlason and MFA Defense Department First Secretary Ingibjorg Petursdottir on November 21. Emboffs also referred to D [...] | 2008-11-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CMGT CVIS PTER PGOV PREL IC |
08REYKJAVIK36 | EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 12 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM (FE-OC) 1 h [...] | 2008-03-07 12:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
08REYKJAVIK41 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOUCHER [...] Embassy Reykjavik grants country clearance to CODEL Boucher and the accompanying delegation and personnel to travel to Keflavik, Iceland for refueling on March 22, 2008 2. Post has assigned Mrs. Fiona Evans as the CODEL's administrative point of contact and she will be meeting the CODEL a [...] | 2008-03-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IC |
08RIGA228 | HERE WE GO AGAIN - ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two separate events have brought a new focus on anti-corruption chief Aleksejs Loskutovs, whose attempted removal from office last fall brought down the Kalvitis government. Two members of his staff have been sacked for stealing money seized in investigations, and indicted Ven [...] | 2008-05-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC LG |
08RIGA801 | LATVIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit continued to maintain a terrorist financing database that it shared with local banks. Since the May 2005 U.S. Treasury designation of two Latvian banks as institutions of "primary money laundering concern" under Section 311 of the Patriot Act, Latvian go [...] | 2008-12-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC LG |
08RIYADH1035 | SAUDI KING ON MADRID INTER-FAITH CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting with Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in Jeddah, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud elaborated on furthering global religious tolerance and combating extremism through the Inter-Faith Dialogue he launched, where the next step will be a multi-faith conference, [...] | 2008-07-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1069 | DHAHRAN EAC - 9 JULY 2008 [...] (S) On 9 July 2008, Consulate General Dhahran convened a core Emergency Action Committee to discuss the recent attack against the US Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. In attendance were the CG, RSO, and POLOFF, and an RAO representative was consulted. 2. (S) The EAC reviewed the curre [...] | 2008-07-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC PTER AMGT CASC SA |
08RIYADH1090 | INTERFAITH DIALOGUE IN MADRID - AGENDA AND MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Muslim World League (MWL),under the auspices of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has organized a global interfaith dialogue in Madrid from July 16-18 (Reftels). This is a ground breaking event as the Saudis have organized an event that puts Christianity and Judais [...] | 2008-07-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH111 | MOI FEEDBACK ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION [...] (S) The Saudi Government has made a decision to expand the relationship between the USG and and Ministry of Interior (MOI) with regards to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),building on the existing Joint Working Group relationship. This will involve the USG working with many, probab [...] | 2008-01-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
08RIYADH1114 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORK PROGRESSES IN RIYADH [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar. 2. (S) During a July 8 visit to Riyadh, DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar met with Ministry of Interior representatives Joint Working Group (JWG) on Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Co-Chair Dr. Saud A-Semari and Dr. Khalid Al-Ageel [...] | 2008-07-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SA |
08RIYADH1170 | KING ABDULLAH'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND THE MADRID [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudi-hosted Madrid Conference for Interfaith Dialogue won King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud praise from local media and Embassy contacts alike. It has the potential to lead to greater religious tolerance, with the tangible effect of defusing extremism and associated ter [...] | 2008-07-30 05:22:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1205 | SAUDI MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAQ [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Saudis support USG policy and strategy in establishing a stable Iraq. However, the Saudis remain extremely distrustful of PM Maliki and highly concerned over Iranian influence there. Therefore, they are still hesitant, at least for the interim, to commit any political capi [...] | 2008-08-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1232 | SAUDI OFFICIAL DISCUSSES MAURITANIA COUP, AID [...] (S) SUMMARY. A Saudi MFA official, who is responsible for Arab League issues, confirms that the SAG condemns the Mauritania coup. While he did not have firm information on possible impact to the Saudi aid package for Mauritania, he did leave open the possibility that aid could be withheld. EN [...] | 2008-08-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL ASEC CASC EAID MR SA |
08RIYADH1270 | SAUDIS FIND THEIR VOICE ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Public opinion on religious tolerance in Saudi Arabia continues to develop in the wake of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz's Madrid Conference on Interfaith Dialogue. Senior SAG officials railed against the USG's lack of public support after the Conference concluded. Conservative S [...] | 2008-08-19 04:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1298 | CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION IN SAUDI [...] (S) Summary: The USG's first assessment for Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil facility was completed on August 19. It was a success in that it established the basis for our working relationship under the auspices of the Joint Commission on Infrastructure and Border Security Protection (CIP). Follow [...] | 2008-08-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | PREL KCIP ENRG EPET PGOV PTER ASEC SA |
08RIYADH133 | RIYADH EAC - 27 JANUARY 2008 [...] (S) On Sunday, January 27, the Charge d'Affaires convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture. Present were the ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, POL, LEGAT, MSG, DAO, CLO, MGT, and RSO. BPM and RSO reported no new specific and/or credi [...] | 2008-01-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1346 | SAUDIS REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR U.N. SESSION ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal will call for UN endorsement of Saudi King Abdullah's Interfaith Dialogue initiative in his address to the upcoming 2008 U.N. General Assembly. A Saudi MFA official revealed that t [...] | 2008-09-02 04:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CIA EU EUN KDEM KISL KMDR KPAO PGOV |
08RIYADH1381 | RIYADH VIPER SUBMISSIONS AUGUST 2008 [...] (S/NF) Embassy Riyadh submits the following name as a Visas Viper submission for entry into the Department's CLASS lookout system: Muhamed Seyfudin Ciftci, DOB 27 August 1973. Aliases: Muhamad Ciftci Abu Anas (or Ebu Eness) Seifudin Abu Anas Al-Turki. 2. (S/NF) Background: According t [...] | 2008-09-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT SA |
08RIYADH1416 | RIYADH EAC ON 14 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, August 17, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the return of family members to Post. The EAC determined that the Mission had met its obligation to fully update the Crisis and Emergency Planning [...] | 2008-09-17 04:26:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1423 | RIYADH EAC - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 17, the DCM convened a meeting of the EAC to discuss the Missions security posture in light of today's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. Also present in the meeting were POL, ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, MGT, MED, ISC, AGR, DAO, POL-MIL, MSG, OPM-SANG, DHS and RSO. 2. (S/NF [...] | 2008-09-20 04:38:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1436 | RIYADH EAC - 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 20, the DCM convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture in response to additional threat information received describing further attacks planned against U.S. interests in the region following the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in S [...] | 2008-09-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1465 | DHAHRAN EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Consul General convened a meeting of the EAC to discuss the consulate's security posture in light of the attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a and the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, along with the continuing stream of threat reporting for the region. Also present were [...] | 2008-09-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC PGOV PTER SA |
08RIYADH1471 | RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...] | 2008-09-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1472 | RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...] | 2008-09-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1532 | RIYADH EAC - 10 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On October 10, 2008, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Mission's security posture and the continuation of restrictions on Embassy personnel in light of recent threats involving the Embassy as reported in ref B. Also discussed [...] | 2008-10-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH1573 | RIYADH EAC - 19 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, October 19, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened a regularly scheduled meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). The RSO and BPM said that threat reporting levels remained consistent and that no new, specific threats to U.S. interests were received [...] | 2008-10-22 04:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1645 | RIYADH EAC - 02 NOVEMBER 2008 (MARINE BALL & [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 02 November 2008, Acting DCM (A/DCM) convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post security posture and preparations made for two major events: The Election Watch slated for 05 November and the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball, to be held on 06 Nov [...] | 2008-11-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CACS SA |
08RIYADH1651 | DHAHRAN EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 1, 2008. SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 01 November 2008, Consul General convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review Post security posture and preparations made for two major events: The Election Night event, slated for the late evening of 04 November (local time) and the U.S. Marine Corps [...] | 2008-11-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC PTER SA |
08RIYADH1755 | U/S GLASSMAN ENGAGES SAUDI PRINCES AND PROFESSORS ON [...] Summary and comment: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James K. Glassman engaged Saudi Princes Salman Ibn Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh, and Naif bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Interior, and university professors in deliberations about counterterrorism strategies and U.S and [...] | 2008-11-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV OEXC SCUL ASEC PTER KWMN KISL SA |
08RIYADH1838 | DHAHRAN EAC FOR HOLIDAY SECURITY PLANNING 2008 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 21, 2008, Consul General (CG) convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review post security posture in response to the dissemination of REFTEL A. The EAC was comprised of CG, DHS, MSG, CONS, PAO, RAO and A/RSO. 2. (S/NF) The EAC discussed the i [...] | 2008-12-23 06:13:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CASC PTER SA AMGT |
08RIYADH1865 | DHAHRAN EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 28, 2008. REVIEW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2008, the Dhahran Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss post security posture in light of the rising tensions in the Middle East attributable to the Israeli/Palestinian situation. The Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) and Ministry of Interior (MOI [...] | 2008-12-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH1885 | DHAHRAN EAC DECEMBER 30, 2008 - REVIEW SECURITY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, 2008, the Consul General convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the status of Consulate General Dhahran security as it relates to the present Israeli Palestinian conflict. It was noted the planned social outing to the Qatif area [...] | 2008-12-31 09:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PREL PTER SA |
08RIYADH286 | RIYADH EAC - 17 FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: On Sunday, February 17, the Ambassador convened a regularly scheduled Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review the Embassy's security posture and to review existing reverse tripwires for the return of adult family members. BPM and RSO reported no new specific an [...] | 2008-02-20 08:20:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA |
08RIYADH362 | DHAHRAN EAC - 26 FEB 2008 [...] (SBU) On 26 February 2008, Consulate General Dhahran convened an full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss the ramifications of REFTEL A on ConGen Dhahran operations and the current threat environment in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. In attendance were the CG, RSO, FCS, [...] | 2008-03-04 08:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC AMGT SA |
08RIYADH366 | SANG CONTINUES TO PROTECT OIL FACILITIES; [...] (C) On February 25, 2008, the Consul General, Political Counselor, RSO, and PolOff met with Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdul Aziz, commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) for the Eastern Province (EP),to discuss, inter alia, SANG efforts to protect critical energy infrastructure [...] | 2008-03-04 19:47:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ENRG EPET KCIP PTER SA |
08RIYADH42 | AL-FAQIH ORGANIZES DAMMAM PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2007, immediately following the end of Friday prayer, an estimated 150 to 200 people protested outside of the al-Forqan mosque in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, chanting the slogans "God is great" and "Death to the al-Saud." Organized via broadcasts on the al-Islah radio [...] | 2008-01-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SA |
08RIYADH446 | UPDATE ON CRITICAL ENERGY COOPERATION WITH SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Fraker and ADCM Rundell met with HRH Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs Prince Mohammed bin Nayif on 11 March to discuss funding Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) activities of the Joint Working Group (JWG),in light of the Vice President's upcoming vis [...] | 2008-03-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KCIP EPET ENERG PTER ASEC SAO |
08RIYADH582 | SAUDI FM ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered demarches on greater support for the current Government of Iraq (Reftel B) and for support against terrorism (Reftel C) to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on April 6. Saud was receptive to the request for greater support of the Nouri al-Maliki governme [...] | 2008-04-07 12:49:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC IR IZ MCAP MOPS PNAT PTER PGOV PREL SA |
08RIYADH728 | DHAHRAN EAC - 4/12/2008 [...] (U) NOTE: This cable is a retransmission since the original cable did not appear to have been transmitted. END NOTE. 2. (S/NF) On April 9, 2008, Consulate General Dhahran convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting to discuss proposals and threats described in REFTELS. In attendance [...] | 2008-05-07 04:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT CASC SA |
08RIYADH892 | DHAHRAN JULY 4 SECURITY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) ConGen Dhahran convened a core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on June 8, 2008 to discuss REFTEL and plans for a 4th of July-related social event to be held on July 3, 2008. In attendance were the CG, RSO, and a representative from RAO. 2. (S/NF) The EAC reviewed recent thr [...] | 2008-06-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER CASC |
08RIYADH986 | RUSSIAN ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - DELAYED [...] (S) In a routine diplomatic reception on June 18 hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh which included diplomatic representatives from various Embassies, Acting Pol Counselor inquired with Russian Political Counselor Alexander Bagdatiev on the status of the Russian weapons sale to Saudi Arabi [...] | 2008-06-24 05:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CIA ECON EU INRA MASS MCAP MOPS NATO |
08ROME1541 | REQUEST FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR VATICAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy Vatican requests the Department to explore designing and funding a crisis management tabletop exercise with the Vatican security services. The purpose of the exercise is twofold: first, to enhance the Vatican's abili [...] | 2008-12-19 08:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PTER ASEC VT |
08ROME1551 | G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...] | 2008-12-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT |
08ROME1552 | G8 COMMISSIONER BERTOLASO ON SUMMIT LOGISTICS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: G8 Summit Commissioner Guido Bertolaso, Prime Minister Berlusconi's Commissioner in charge of logistics for the July 8-10 2009 Summit at La Maddalena, told the DCM on December 19 that construction of the two hote [...] | 2008-12-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OTRA OVIP ASEC AORC IT |
08ROME204 | ITALY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed reftel request for information about critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) in Italy and has not identified any whose loss would have an immediate, first-order impact on the national security, economic stability, and/or national public health or safety of th [...] | 2008-02-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN IT |
08ROME243 | ITALY SUPPORTS UNSCR ON REBEL GROUPS IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Deputy Office Director Leonardo Bencini February 19 and requested Italian support for a UNSCR condemning the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Bencini responded to our demarche February 28, and said Italy agreed that we must add [...] | 2008-02-28 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC IT |
08ROME778 | ITALY: UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST FOR AL-SHABAAB [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KCRM PTER ASEC PREL PGOV |
08ROME95 | ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting -------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...] | 2008-01-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT |
08SANAA1547 | THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY SANAA [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 14, 2008, RSO received an email attachment from the British Embassy security officer, which contained a scanned letter written in Arabic. After translation, it was revealed that the letter was issued by the "Islamic Jihadist Organization" and threatened Vehicle Bo [...] | 2008-09-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1550 | 9/17 SANAA EAC REQUESTS AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the terrorist attack that took place on the American Embassy at 0915 on 09/17/08. The EAC agreed to request authorized departure. See specific requests in paragraph 8. 2. (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss t [...] | 2008-09-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1558 | 9/19 SANAA EAC DISCUSSES NEW THREAT [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Sanaa EAC met for the second time since the 09/17/08 terrorist attack on the Embassy. The EAC discussed how best to respond to a new non-specific threat from Islamic Jihad in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss [...] | 2008-09-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1559 | AMEMB SANAA 9/20 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: The MSD team has been deployed to augment security at the Hadda Apartment Complex. One of the ARSOs is currently conducting a security review of all official American residential areas in order to determine where host nation assets could be deployed to be most useful. Based upon AR [...] | 2008-09-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1563 | AMEMB SANAA 9/21 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: On 9/20 we moved several personnel out of potentially vulnerable residences. In addition, we are coordinating with host nation security forces to increase security at our cluster housing locations. Septel to follow. Post One's security equipment upgrade should be completed by the [...] | 2008-09-21 08:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1564 | AMEMB SANAA 9/22 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: RSO is still coordinating residential security issues with the host nation. Security upgrades inside Hadda Compound are fully in place. DS has agreed to a controlled release to certain ROYG security services of the video of the attack. RSO will coordinate with the relevant section [...] | 2008-09-22 07:47:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1800 | SANAA EAC REQUESTS THE LIFTING OF AUTHORIZED [...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 2, 2008, the EAC met to discuss the lifting of Authorized Departure status. After discusion, the EAC decided to recommend the lifting of authorized departure and return to the prior limited-accompanied status at post of working adult dependents only. The EAC was a [...] | 2008-11-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC YM |
08SANAA1960 | 12/07 SANAA EAC REVIEWS RECENT THREAT INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss new threat information received by the Embassy. The EAC reviewed current security policies in place and discussed additional security measures needed. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss new [...] | 2008-12-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1974 | THREATS AGAINST EMBASSY SANAA AND WESTERN INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) US Embassy Sana'a has received threats against the Embassy and other Western interests in Yemen. RSO has passed all information to GRPO for follow-up. No further information has been received regarding these threats. 2. (S/NF) On December 5, RSO received information from a Canadian [...] | 2008-12-08 13:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1976 | 12/12 SANAA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY POSTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/12/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the Embassy's security posture in light of continued threat reporting against embassies, hotels, and other Western interests in Yemen. The EAC determined that the Sheraton Hotel should be put off-limits for the time being and the TDYers [...] | 2008-12-12 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC PTER YM |
08SANAA1991 | IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO [...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...] | 2008-12-15 07:26:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM |
08SANJOSE125 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] One of Costa Rica's biggest challenges continues to be the trafficking of persons for the purposes of labor and/or sexual exploitation. Costa Rica is a source, transit and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for those purposes. Given the GOCR's resources and many other [...] | 2008-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CS |
08SANJOSE156 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] On February 22 we delivered reftel points to Juan Salas, of the FMA UNSC desk. Salas indicated that he would forward the same to their UNSC representative in New York. 2. Salas further stated that while not committed at this time to the sponsorship of such resolution, the GOCR would in all [...] | 2008-02-27 14:46:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC CS |
08SANJOSE259 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA - DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On April 1 we notified Carlos Cordero Madrigal, Director of Disarmament and Terrorism Section of the MFA of the USG decision to designate Al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. We provided Cordero with the identifiers for Al-Sha [...] | 2008-04-04 20:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG RS CH XA CS |
08SANJOSE429 | ADDITIONAL COSTA RICA PROPOSAL: G/TIP FY 2008 ESF [...] Per Ref A, Post submits a second Costa Rican proposal for funding from G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds on behalf of Rahab Foundation. We understand that the review committee has not yet convened, and we appreciate the opportunity for this additional submission. This proposal is in ad [...] | 2008-05-22 17:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG CS |
08SANJOSE695 | COSTA RICA GRANTS REFUGEE STATUS TO CHERE LYN TOMAYKO; MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move that may have long term repercussions, Minister of Public Security Del Vecchio granted U.S. fugitive, Chere Lyn Tomayko, refugee status on July 23, thereby halting her extradition to the U.S. Tomayko, wanted in Texas to answer to international child abdu [...] | 2008-08-26 21:10:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CS |
08SANJOSE882 | GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (C) "Ecuador is causing instability for all America" since it dropped its tourist visa requirements for all nationalities in June, according to Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, Spanish acronym). GOCR Immigration officials that traveled to Ecuador in Octo [...] | 2008-11-12 22:09:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS |
08SANJOSE895 | GOCR: VENEZUELANS FACILITATING ARAB TRAVEL WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, acronym in Spanish),told us on October 30 that Costa Rica had seen a small (undefined) number of non-Venezuelan-born Arabs traveling with real Venezuelan passports, using Arab names. According to Zamora, Ve [...] | 2008-11-14 22:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR ASEC KCRM KFRD VZ CS |
08SANJOSE901 | COSTA RICA: AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS ASSIST GOCR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 22-23, Poloff and RSO visited the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area, a busy tourist area located about three hours from San Jose on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to discuss security issues with local U.S. investors and government officials. The RSO spoke with U. [...] | 2008-11-18 23:20:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CONS CS |
08SANJOSE902 | COSTA RICA: AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS ASSIST GOCR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 22-23, Poloff and RSO visited the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area, a busy tourist area located about three hours from San Jose on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to discuss security issues with local U.S. investors and government officials. The RSO spoke with U. [...] | 2008-11-19 15:05:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CONS CS |
08SANJOSE925 | GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (SBU) This is the unclassified version of San Jose 882, being transmitted at the request of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) GOCR Immigration officials who traveled to Ecuador in October reported that approximately 10,000 Chinese had e [...] | 2008-11-26 17:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS |
08SANJOSE928 | COLD FRONT AFFECTING CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA AND [...] As result of flood damage caused by the interaction of a high and low pressure systems on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from November 22-26, 2008, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. The damage has exceeded [...] | 2008-11-26 22:21:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CS |
08SANSALVADOR1038 | FRIENDS OF MAURICIO REPORT HARASSMENT, FEAR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Friends of Mauricio group supporting (left-wing) FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes alleged to Pol and Econ Counselors August 27 they were experiencing harassment and feared it would intensify as the March election approaches. They claimed they coul [...] | 2008-08-29 18:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC ES |
08SANSALVADOR1335 | EL SALVADOR: MERIDA WORKING GROUP IMPLEMENTATION [...] Shortly after receiving the draft Merida Initiative Letter of Agreement (LOA) from INL Washington, the San Salvador Merida Working Group convened December 3 to formalize an implementation strategy and to identify the next steps necessary for realizing Merida Initiative objectives. The DCM-cha [...] | 2008-12-04 16:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ES KCRM PGOV PREL |
08SANSALVADOR1372 | EL SALVADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2008 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...] | 2008-12-16 23:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ES PTER |
08SANTIAGO1115 | CHILE ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MARCH 9-20, ILEA LATIN AMERICA [...] Post delivered reftel invitation to GOC officials Jorge Chocair, Director of International Cooperation, Public Ministry (national prosecutors) and Jorge Vio, advisor to Deputy Ministry of Interior and head of the GOC Inter-Ministerial Task force on TIP. Both confirmed GOC acceptance of the in [...] | 2008-12-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM CI |
08SANTIAGO645 | CHILE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING FILM DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] On June 24 the Embassy presented the movie "Human Trafficking," in cooperation with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Chile's Investigative Police (PDI). The film was shown at the Police Academy as part of the PDI's annual anniversary activities. The audience consisted of [...] | 2008-07-09 19:58:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SNAR ASEC OPRC |
08SANTIAGO987 | CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO CHILE: NOVEMBER 9-11, 2008 [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY),Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his congressional delegation, from 11/09/2008 to 11/11/2008 as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with governmen [...] | 2008-11-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PA PE CI |
08SANTODOMINGO1486 | EAC MEETING [...] SUMMARY: US EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO CONVENED AN EAC MEETING ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2008, REGARDING A SEVERE STORM WATCH THAT MAY BRING HEAVY RAIN FALL AND POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOODING TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE CHARGE D' AFFAIRS CONVENED THE MEETING TO DISCUSS AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE COURSES OF ACTION, [...] | 2008-09-22 21:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT PTER CASC DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1572 | STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes STAFFDEL Kildee. Post understands that the Control Officer for the visit is: Captain Baxter Goodly, USN Executive Officer USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Tel: (757) 443-7615 E-Mail: goodlyb@lhd3.navy.mil 2. Post understands that Post is not being requested to prov [...] | 2008-10-09 20:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN DR |
08SANTODOMINGO208 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SOLICITATIONS FOR [...] Per REFTEL, following are Embassy rank-ordered solicitations from a variety of sources for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Full proposals to follow via e-mail. a) Name: International Organization for Migration Requested funding: 310,275 USD (all federal) Project title: [...] | 2008-02-12 20:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO212 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION FOR [...] The Dominican government has requested that it be allowed to submit a proposal for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds beyond the February 12 deadline established in REF A. Three other timely submissions from various NGOs were made in REF B. 2. Embassy forwards information regarding t [...] | 2008-02-13 18:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR |
08SANTODOMINGO345 | SANTO DOMINGO TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Per reftel, post designates the following person as the tripwire application reporter in the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS): Jose D. Silva; Political Officer; Political/Economic Section; Top Secret Clearance; tel 809-731-4203; classified email SilvaJD@state.sgov.gov; [...] | 2008-03-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC |
08SANTODOMINGO769 | POLICE KILLINGS - A CAUSE OF CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent spate of police killings in Santo Domingo and Boca Chica highlight a disturbing trend of deaths at the hands of police, often attributed to "exchanges of gunfire." In both incidents, police demonstrated improper adherence to police and judicial procedures and used ex [...] | 2008-05-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PGOV SOCI DR |
08SAOPAULO170 | HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...] | 2008-04-02 12:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO171 | REFORMING SAO PAULO'S JUVENILE CORRECTION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo's juvenile correctional system continues to battle its image as a network of uncaring staff and unsanitary facilities that turns young petty thieves into hardened criminals. Observers agree that sustained growth and development depend on Brazil's investing in its youth, especia [...] | 2008-04-03 13:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM BR |
08SAOPAULO228 | SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...] | 2008-05-09 09:41:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO242 | DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR |
08SAOPAULO248 | MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...] | 2008-05-16 09:18:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO49 | BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...] | 2008-02-01 13:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR |
08SAOPAULO521 | Major Visa Fraud Arrest in Sao Paulo [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 23, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the detention of a document producer, a document vendor and three non-immigrant visa applicants. Police were filing charges against them f [...] | 2008-09-30 16:14:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO55 | US CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in crisis management training on December 6, 2007 and a mission wide Digital Video Conference (DVC) crisis management exercise on December 14, 2007. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, f [...] | 2008-02-07 16:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AFSI ASEC BR CASC KESS OTRA |
08SAOPAULO56 | POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...] | 2008-02-08 10:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO642 | FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT RING SHUT DOWN WITH LIGHTNING SPEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 13, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the arrest of four members of a fraudulent document ring in Sorocaba, Brazil (Note: Sorocaba is a city of 557,500 located 80 miles to the [...] | 2008-12-03 12:59:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO66 | POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...] | 2008-02-15 08:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR |
08SAOPAULO691 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. Crime Threats: The criminal threat for Sao Paulo is rated critical by the Department of State. Despite reported decreases in crime levels in the State of Sao Paulo, crime is still oppressive and widespread. Much of Sao Paulo,s crimes and violence can be [...] | 2008-12-30 13:00:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
08SAOPAULO87 | SAO PAULO STATE SLOWLY ADDRESSES PRISON CONDITIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo State officials candidly admit that a host of challenges exist within the state penitentiary system but tell us they are working hard on addressing the prison network's shortcomings. According to state authorities, the cash-strapped Secretariat for Prison Administration (SAP) [...] | 2008-02-22 12:53:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ASEC BR |
08SARAJEVO1715 | THE KLADUSA CONUNDRUM, AN FPU VISIT TO BOSNIA'S ENIGMATIC [...] [Summary] The Sarajevo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) most isolated province to discover why we see such a disproportionate number of visa applicants from the northwestern towns of Bihac and Velika Kladusa. The FPU also wanted to address long held suspi [...] | 2008-11-07 09:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC BK |
08SARAJEVO1883 | BOSNIA - 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Attached is the 2008 update to the Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy Political Counselor Michael Martin (martinmb@state.gov). 2. (U) Bosnia and Herzegovina Despite ethnic polarization and disputes among Bosnian political leaders that h [...] | 2008-12-19 11:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC BK |
08SARAJEVO1886 | EAC MEETING DECEMBER 19, 2008 [...] (U) The core EAC met on December 19, 2008 to discuss threat information against FSO Raffi Gregorian, seconded as Principal Deputy High Representative at OHR. The meeting was chaired by the A/DCM and was attended by RSO, Legatt, OPA, ADMIN, POL, DAO, RAO, and AID. 2. (U) On December 18, [...] | 2008-12-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC BK KCRM PINR PREL PTER |
08SARAJEVO371 | TFKV01: SARAJEVO EAC MEETING, FEBRUARY 24, 2008 [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a core EAC on 02/24/08 to review the status of the Banja Luka Branch Office (BLBO) which has been closed since 02/21/08. The EAC agreed that the BLBO should remain closed with a review of the decision on 02/26/08. The EAC also agreed that although the BLBO w [...] | 2008-02-25 13:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR PREL |
08SARAJEVO398 | BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2008 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: Po [...] | 2008-03-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
08SECTIO04OF07BEIJING3049 | 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 |
08SECTION01OF04HARARE754 | ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...] | 2008-08-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI |
08SEOUL2261 | Nominee for December 15-19 IPR Administration Program [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 02:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA CVIS KS |
08SHANGHAI573 | EAST CHINA VIEWS ON TRADE FACILITATION VERSUS TIGHTER [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 4-7 visit to Shanghai, U.S. Senate Finance Committee Trade Analyst Hun Quach met with Shanghai Customs and Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ) officials, as well as held discussions with U.S. business representatives on a wide-range of customs-rel [...] | 2008-12-23 06:36:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN EWWT ASEC PREL KIPR CH |
08SHENYANG103 | PRC-DPRK BORDER TIGHTENS PRE-OLYMPICS: DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local officials confirm they have taken measures to "strengthen control" of the PRC-DPRK border region during the Olympics. New checkpoints have been established outside some sensitive border cities. The PRC "through diplomatic channels" requested that the DPRK stem border-cross [...] | 2008-07-29 05:40:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KN CH |
08SHENYANG116 | PRC-DPRK BORDER DEFENSE, BORDER-CROSSERS, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC has made some progress in PRC-DPRK border security in recent years, but advances ought not be overestimated, say northeast China experts. Although new investment, infrastructural improvements and modern technologies have enhanced defense capacity, the border remains porou [...] | 2008-08-20 05:20:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KTIP SNAR KN CH |
08SHENYANG122 | MEETING WITH LIAONING ENTRY EXIT BUREAU RE [...] (SBU) On September 5, conoffs met with Liaoning Provincial Entry Exit Administration Bureau (EEB) officials to discuss the issues and information outlined in State 90800. Representing the EEB, which is a subset of the Public Security Division, were Ms. Du Juan, Bureau Chief, and Mr. Liang Qi [...] | 2008-09-05 05:37:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD PTER ASEC CVIS CH EC |
08SKOPJE162 | MACEDONIA: POLICE BLOCK HOOLIGANS FROM REACHING [...] (SBU) A splinter group from a peaceful 2,000-person rally in downtown Skopje in support of Macedonia's constitutional name attempted to march on the Greek Liaison Office (GLO) the night of February 27. Forcefully intercepted by the police, the group of protestors wreaked havoc on nearby resid [...] | 2008-02-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL GR MK |
08SKOPJE80 | MACEDONIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08SOFIA124 | BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen a significant energizing o [...] | 2008-02-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
08SOFIA125 | S/CT REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON CRITICAL [...] (U) From what post has been able to determine, there are no critical infrastructure or key resources within Bulgaria which, if destroyed, disrutped or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (SBU) The only specific infrastructure protection effo [...] | 2008-02-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGR EFIN |
08SOFIA174 | 2008 BULGARIA NOMINATIONS FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING HEROES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post submits two recommendations for anti-trafficking heroes: Nedyalka Georgieva Popova, an accomplished prosecutor in trafficking cases; and Svetoslav Tanev, Section Chief for the Border Police, a pioneer in increasing cooperation between the police and NGOs. Both have signifi [...] | 2008-03-25 14:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
08SOFIA525 | STAFFDEL HANAUER VISIT TO SOFIA [...] Post warmly welcomes August 5-7 visit of Staff Members Laurence Hanauer, Joshua Kirshner, Donald Vieira, Sarah Rowland and Jamal Ware to Sofia. Post will meet and assist upon arrival and transfer to hotel. 2. Accommodations within per diem in Sofia for the nights of Tuesday, August 5 and [...] | 2008-07-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BU |
08STATE100349 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] | 2008-09-19 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE100500 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S [...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese law enforcement personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the [...] | 2008-09-19 18:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08STATE100643 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 19, 2008 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: HASAN MUNEER HASAN ISSA ID: 912353703 DPOB: 25 Jun 1970 Kuwait WALID MARZOUK [...] | 2008-09-19 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE101603 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101606 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101608 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101610 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101868 | TRAVEL ALERT - ARABIAN PENINSULA AND PERSIAN [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to warnAmericans about heightened security concerns in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf. U.S. citizens traveling to or already in the region are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their s [...] | 2008-09-24 00:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER AMGT XF XI |
08STATE102073 | LIFTING OF TRAVEL WARNING: TIMOR-LESTE [...] Effective September 24, 2008, the Department has cancelled the Travel Warning issued for Timor-Leste. The Department has determined that the current security climate in Timor-Leste no longer warrants a Travel Warning. 2. Minimize considered. RICE [...] | 2008-09-24 15:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC TT |
08STATE103379 | TRAVEL WARNING - ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the general security environment in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and reminds American citizens of threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security [...] | 2008-09-26 19:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER AMGT ASEC IS GZ WE |
08STATE10356 | MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) Chadian military engaged rebel forces for the first time between Massakory and Massaguet, 60-90 miles NE of the capital. President Deby reportedly returned to N?Djamena January 31. N?DJAMENA QUIET OVERNIGHT; MORE FRENCH TROOPS ARRIVE --------------------------------------------- -- [...] | 2008-02-01 11:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE103751 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-29 14:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE103754 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] | 2008-09-29 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE103757 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-29 14:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE104018 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN ATA [...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese law enforcement personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the [...] | 2008-09-29 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC LE |
08STATE104161 | LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S [...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese law enforcement personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the [...] | 2008-09-30 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08STATE104315 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 29, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Fares Attif Yusif Khalil Yabad 6/2/1989 850072760 2 Ayad Hammed Ahmad Rushd [...] | 2008-09-30 17:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE104488 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov on September 26 in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Norov told Burns that the Government of Uzbekistan was satisfied with the U.S.-Uzbek relationship, and hoped the relationship would grow in a balan [...] | 2008-09-30 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NATO PHUM KDEM PREL KMAR AF RS UZ |
08STATE104519 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a forty minute meeting on September 25, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Under Secretary William Burns discussed the U.S.-Tajik relationship and Rahmon's views on issues facing South and Central Asia. Rahmon expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan stressing that, i [...] | 2008-09-30 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF TI |
08STATE105140 | TRAVEL WARNING - PAKISTAN [...] This Travel Warning updates information on security incidents and reminds U.S. citizens of ongoing security concerns in Pakistan. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning dated August 7, 2008. 2. The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens against non-essential travel [...] | 2008-10-01 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC PK |
08STATE105409 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of date, it possesses no credible information of gross violationsof human rights by the security officers below: a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Date of birth: 17 April, 1968 Passport no.: SA 000205 Date of issue: 01 [...] | 2008-10-02 15:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08STATE105458 | Secretary Rice's Message on the 233rd Anniversary of [...] Please post appropriately the following message from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 2. Begin text: On behalf of the Department of State, I extend my best wishes and sincere congratulations to the United States Marine Corps on your 233rd anniversary on November 10. [...] | 2008-10-02 17:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC KMSG |
08STATE105536 | TRAVEL WARNING - SUDAN [...] This Travel Warning updates U.S. citizens to security concerns in Sudan. The Department of State continues to warn against all travel to Sudan due to the threats from armed conflicts and from terrorism. American citizens who choose to remain in Sudan should review their security posture, and [...] | 2008-10-02 18:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL AF SU |
08STATE105626 | TSA REVIEW TEAMS VISITS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and action request: In response to the recent general increase in terrorist activity in the broader Middle East and South Asia, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans to temporarily increase its monitorin [...] | 2008-10-02 20:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR KTER UA KU QA |
08STATE106151 | BOUCHER AND NOROV: PRAGMATIC STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Richard Boucher, and Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister, Vladimir Norov, met September 27 on the margins of the UN General Assembly and discussed: overland supply to Afghanistan, human rights, religious freedom, the Red Cross, counter nar [...] | 2008-10-03 18:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF UZ |
08STATE10780 | MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The Chadian Army engaged rebel forces in more than one incident. Embassy N'Djamena notes skirmishes occurred approximately 50 miles outside the capital, while French estimates placed the incidents within 18 miles of the city. 2. (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena reports a military build-up [...] | 2008-02-02 01:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE10826 | MGCD01: CHAD MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) ARTILLERY AND AUTOMATIC WEAPONS FIRE ERUPTED NEAR THE EMBASSY AS FIGHTING BETWEEN CHADIAN MILITARY FORCES AND REBELS SPREAD INTO THE CAPITAL, EMBASSY N?DJAMENA REPORTS. COMBAT CONTINUES AROUND PRESIDENT DEBY?S PALACE, WHICH IS NEAR THE CHANCERY. THE SITUATION IN EASTERN CHAD REMAINED C [...] | 2008-02-02 13:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE108601 | LEAHY VETTING FOR LAF AND ISF CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and Lebanese Armed Forces personnel listed below. [...] | 2008-10-09 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | APER ASEC NAS LE |
08STATE10895 | TFCDO1: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 4 [...] (SBU) EMBASSY N'DJAMENA REPORTS NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES STEMMING FROM THE ONGOING BATTLE BETWEEN CHADIAN MILITARY FORCES AND REBELS NEAR THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AND THE EMBASSY. FOUR AMERICAN RESIDENCES WERE LOOTED. MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE STANDING FAST IN THREE LOCATIONS IN N'DJAMENA. COMMU [...] | 2008-02-03 01:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE10921 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena confirms fighting between rebel and Chadian forces resumed at 0015 EST. The French Embassy told Post they have suspended movements from N'Djamena assembly points to the airport. Post sustained indirect fire; staff at the Chancery moved to the safe haven. There are [...] | 2008-02-03 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE10945 | TFCDO1: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 6 [...] (SBU)Forty-one Embassy staff and 1 private Amcit were relocated by theFrench military and are safe at the French-controlled N'Djamena Airport. Approximately 35 additional private Amcits have reached the Airport and areawaiting evacuation. Embassy operations have been relocated to the airport a [...] | 2008-02-03 23:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL CD AMGT PINR |
08STATE109945 | Travel Alert [...] This Travel Alert updates security information for U.S. citizens traveling and living in Mexico. It replaces the Travel Alert for Mexico dated April 14, 2008, and expires on April 14, 2009. 2. While millions of U.S. Citizens safely visit Mexico each year, including thousands who cross th [...] | 2008-10-14 23:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC MX |
08STATE110980 | CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MILITARY [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the 2nd Rapid Intervention Battalion unit. 2. (U) Post is permitted to provide the following statement to authorized parti [...] | 2008-10-17 13:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS PREL CM |
08STATE110982 | LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING: [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 2, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed in paragraph 3. The review, however, revealed that the EX-FNI Unit did have 5 militiamen who were sentenc [...] | 2008-10-17 13:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MARR MASS PREL CG |
08STATE11131 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 07 [...] (SBU) Embassy NDjamena confirms rebels withdrew voluntarily from the city center at night February 3, but are expected to resume attacks in NDjamena February 4. Media report the rebel spokesman claimed they withdrew in order to give the population a chance to flee the capital. EMBASSY EMER [...] | 2008-02-04 15:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE112582 | RULES OF BEHAVIOR FOR PROTECTING PERSONALLY [...] The Department has long been concerned with protecting individuals' personal information. This concern has been heightened in recent years by the increasing mobility of information by electronic means and high visibility breaches of personal information in both paper and electronic formats. [...] | 2008-10-22 18:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF AMGT APER ASEC CMGT |
08STATE113913 | TRAVEL WARNING - SOMALIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the unsettled security situation and warns American citizens against travel to Somalia. This supersedes the Travel Warning of May 20, 2008. 2. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Somalia, including the self- proclaim [...] | 2008-10-24 22:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL KE AF |
08STATE113930 | CANCELLATION OF TRAVEL WARNING - BOLIVIA [...] The Travel Warning issued for Bolivia on September 12, 2008, has been cancelled, effective October 23, 2008. 2. The conditions described in the Warning no longer exist and the Department of State has lifted Authorized Departure for post. Up-to-date information on safety and secur [...] | 2008-10-25 01:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BL |
08STATE11545 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena reports looters ransacked all USG residences and many local businesses. Post notes no new major engagements between rebels and government forces, and adds most rebel forces remain in some disarray outside the city. Unconfirmed reports indicate Chadian forces expanded [...] | 2008-02-05 13:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE116029 | TRAVEL WARNING - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa),and recommends against all travel to North Kivu province. This replaces the Travel Warning dated July 23, 2008 to note the deterioration in the security situation i [...] | 2008-10-30 20:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC CG |
08STATE116467 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, October 31, 2008 2. (U) Iraq ) Paragraphs 7-15 3. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 16-24 4. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 25-39 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 40-47 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 48-68 7. (U) Iraq 8 [...] | 2008-10-31 16:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE116943 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 1-3, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-13 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 14-18 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 19-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 32-45 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 46-49 7. (U) Signif [...] | 2008-11-03 18:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE117478 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 4, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-22 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 23-36 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 37-50 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 51-58 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 59-68 7. [...] | 2008-11-04 20:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE117930 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 18:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE118905 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 7, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 5-8 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 9-24 4. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 25-32 5. (U) Significant Events 6. (SBU) AF - Guinea - Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Conakry convened November 6 [...] | 2008-11-07 16:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE118919 | TRAVEL ALERT ? HURRICANE PALOMA [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to urge American citizens to consider carefully the risks of travel to areas that may be affected by Hurricane Paloma in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Cuba. U.S. citizens located in areas likely to be affected by Hurricane Paloma who do not have access to [...] | 2008-11-07 17:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
08STATE119005 | MGHH02: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING [...] At 1500 EST on 11/07/2008 the Executive Secretary directed that the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs establish a Monitoring Group to coordinate all State Department activities relating to Hurricane Paloma as it affects the Cayman Islands, Cuba, and The Bahamas. The Monitoring Group will [...] | 2008-11-07 19:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE119196 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SURVEY OF REFUGEE SITE IN [...] In anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interviews of refugees in a new processing location in Abu Dhabi, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a security evaluation of the proc [...] | 2008-11-07 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREF AE |
08STATE119197 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SURVEY OF REFUGEE SITE IN [...] In anticipation of Department of Homeland Security(DHS) interviews of refugees in a new processing location in Damascus, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a security evaluation of the proces [...] | 2008-11-07 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREF SY |
08STATE119378 | MGHH02: Hurricane Paloma Monitoring Group [...] (SBU) The storm hit the Cayman Islands November 7; there are no reports of serious damage. The airport is open and power has been restored to most of Grand Cayman. (MG/Embassy Kingston telcon) HURRICANE PALOMA STRIKES CUBA AS CATEGORY 4 ------------------------------------------- 2. (SB [...] | 2008-11-09 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PTER ASEC XL |
08STATE119802 | TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] After careful consideration of your assessment and recommendations (REFTEL),I am terminating the AD and returning post to limited-accompanied status for working adult dependants effective November 10, 2008. Evacuees may return to post effective day after the termination date. 2. Action [...] | 2008-11-11 03:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC YM |
08STATE120019 | 2008: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR PREPARING "COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM (CRT) 2008", WHICH IS DUE TO CONGRESS BY APRIL 30, 2009. 2.WE RECOMMEND THAT "COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2007" BE THE STARTING POINT FOR THIS YEAR'S EXERCISE, WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/ [...] | 2008-11-12 15:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
08STATE12032 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 10 [...] (SBU) French sources report two rebel truck columns carrying ammunition and fuel from Abeche are en route to N'Djamena and are expected to arrive imminently, according to Embassy Paris. MFA contacts in Paris report the French military plans to fire on the rebels before they reach the city pe [...] | 2008-02-06 01:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE121032 | TRAVEL WARNING - KENYA [...] The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Kenya. American citizens in Kenya and those considering travel to Kenya should evaluate their personal security situation in light of continuing threats from terrorism and the high rate of violent crime. This replace [...] | 2008-11-14 15:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL KE |
08STATE121386 | TRAVEL WARNING ? CHAD [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Chad and recommends that American citizens not affiliated with humanitarian relief efforts avoid all travel to eastern Chad and the Chad/Central African Republic border area due to insecurity caused by banditry and clashes [...] | 2008-11-14 21:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC CH |
08STATE121419 | TRAVEL WARNING - SOMALIA [...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Somalia and recommends that American citizens avoid all travel to Somalia. This replaces the Travel Warning dated October 24, 2008 to note terrorist attacks in the regions of Somaliland and Puntland. 2. The Department of St [...] | 2008-11-14 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC SO |
08STATE121425 | TRAVEL WARNING - ERITREA [...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Eritrea and recommends that U.S. citizens defer travel at this time. This replaces the Travel Warning dated June 11, 2008, and informs U.S. citizens that the consular section of the U.S. Embassy in Asmara is currently closed [...] | 2008-11-14 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ER |
08STATE121866 | TRAVEL ALERT NICARAGUA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about heightened security concerns in Nicaragua, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in Nicaragua to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This Travel Alert expires on De [...] | 2008-11-17 17:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NU |
08STATE123983 | TRAVEL WARNING - PAKISTAN [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against non- essential travel to Pakistan in light of the threat of terrorist activity. This replaces the Travel Warning dated October 1, 2008, and updates information on security incidents, notes the temporary relocation of some employees from the [...] | 2008-11-21 22:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC PK |
08STATE124035 | TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...] | 2008-11-22 01:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
08STATE124521 | TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NP |
08STATE124596 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SURVEY OF REFUGEE SITE IN [...] In anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interviews of refugees in a new, temporary processing location in Baghdad, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a security evaluation of [...] | 2008-11-24 23:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREF IZ |
08STATE12549 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12 [...] (SBU) Post reports government forces are extending their control within the city, with traffic circulating and people on the streets. Looting has subsided, and UN staff are moving around N'Djamena. The Embassy local guard force mobile surveillance team has returned to duty in the city but p [...] | 2008-02-06 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE125620 | TRAVEL ALERT FOR THAILAND [...] The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the continuing large-scale political demonstrations in Thailand that have resulted in the disruption of services as well as isolated incidents of violence. At this time, Bangkok's international and domestic airports have ceased flight operations d [...] | 2008-11-26 21:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC TH |
08STATE125686 | COLD FRONT AFFECTING CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA AND [...] As result of flood damage caused by the interaction of a high and low pressure systems on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from November 22-26, 2008, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. The damage has exceeded [...] | 2008-11-27 02:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CS |
08STATE125713 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Teams of gunmen stormed ten locations in Mumbai, including luxury hotels, a hospital, a Jewish community center, and a restaurant. At least 100 people are reported dead, and over 240 have been injured. The Deccan Mujahidin, a previously unknown group, claimed responsibility. (Mumbai [...] | 2008-11-27 12:15:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE125736 | TRAVEL ALERT FOR INDIA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about heightened security concerns in India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This Travel Alert expires on December [...] | 2008-11-27 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER IN |
08STATE125848 | COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - DENMARK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC DA |
08STATE125875 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) Commandos are conducting clearing operations. ConGen Mumbai confirmed at least three AmCits in the center; their status is unknown. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon, Reuters) HOTEL GUESTS TRICKLE OUT; CONGEN MUMBAI STAFF AT SITES --------------------------------------------- --------- 2 [...] | 2008-11-28 15:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE125910 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR TAIWAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These are candidates from the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau selected to attend a DEA Basic Drug De [...] | 2008-11-28 17:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM PTER SNAR TW |
08STATE126056 | MGIN01: MUMBAI TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 4 [...] (SBU) Gunfire and explosions continue as Indian security forces conduct clearing operations at the Taj Mahal Hotel. ConGen Mumbai believes all AmCits have made it out of the hotel. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon) 2. (SBU) The Chabad Jewish Community Center siege has ended. Two terrorists and [...] | 2008-11-28 22:39:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT IN |
08STATE126128 | TRAVEL ALERT FOR INDIA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about heightened security concerns in India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This Travel Alert replaces the Travel [...] | 2008-11-29 22:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER IN |
08STATE126129 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Indian commandos are proceeding with caution and sweeping the hotel for unexploded ordnance. Indian security officials told ConGen Mumbai there might be an additional 40 to 50 bodies inside the Taj Mahal Hotel. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon) 2. (SBU) Six AmCits are confirmed dead, and [...] | 2008-11-29 22:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE126141 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) Indian authorities continue to remove bodies from the Taj Mahal Hotel. Cafe Leopold, site of one attack, intends to reopen November 30. The American School reopens December 1. ConGen Mumbai hopes to return to normal operations December 2. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon) PATIL RESIGNS, [...] | 2008-11-30 12:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT IN |
08STATE126158 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) The team arrived November 30 and established a command post at the Mumbai American Center. It will meet with local intelligence personnel December 1. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon, MG/FBI e-mail) PRIME MINISTER BEGINS RESHUFFLING GOVERNMENT -------------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-11-30 22:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE126176 | MGIN01: MUMBAI MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 [...] (SBU) ConGen Mumbai expects the two injured AmCits to depart Mumbai within 48 hours. ConGen staff are attending memorial services for victims around town. (MG/ConGen Mumbai telcon) 2. (SBU) The American School is open and ConGen Mumbai will return to full consular operations December 2. [...] | 2008-12-01 10:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PTER KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT IN |
08STATE12640 | TFCD01: CHAD TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 13 [...] (SBU) Embassy NDjamena comments Chadian troops are enforcing an informal nighttime curfew as more people return to the streets. Post adds the French military is considering allowing movements off the air base and notes it no longer hears sounds of fighting. Meanwhile, the Chinese Ambassador [...] | 2008-02-07 13:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE126733 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CANDIDATES TO [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 2, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Honor Enzema Nguema Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit/Organization: Navy Operational Bas [...] | 2008-12-02 16:21:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PHUM ASEC GB |
08STATE126809 | TRAVEL WARNING - NIGERIA [...] The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria and recommends avoiding all but essential travel to the Niger Delta states of Bayelsa, Delta, and Rivers. Violent crime is a problem in Lagos and other large cities as well as on the roads between cities. Ten [...] | 2008-12-02 18:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC NI |
08STATE126861 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course from Dece [...] | 2008-12-02 19:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH |
08STATE127072 | TRAVEL ALERT FOR THAILAND [...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the continuing large-scale political demonstrations in Thailand which have resulted in the disruption of airport services and isolated incidents of violence. Bangkok's international and domestic airports, Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don [...] | 2008-12-02 23:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC TH |
08STATE128097 | TRAVEL ALERT-INDIA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens about heightened security concerns in India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This replaces the Travel Alert issued o [...] | 2008-12-04 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC IN |
08STATE128101 | TRAVEL ALERT FOR THAILAND [...] The State Department alerts U.S. citizens that the recent large-scale political demonstrations in Thailand disrupted airport services and sparked isolated incidents of violence. Bangkok's international and domestic airports, Suvarnabhumi International Airport and Don Muang Airport, are gradua [...] | 2008-12-04 23:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC TH |
08STATE128554 | S/CT: SOLICITATION FOR NADR-FUNDED PROPOSALS TO [...] This is an action cable. Please see paras 4-6. 2. Department seeks proposals from Embassies partnered with the Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) for regional counterterrorism programs to be funded with two-year FY'09 foreign assistance funding. S/CT will support programs that can be imple [...] | 2008-12-05 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC |
08STATE129761 | Travel Alert - South Pacific Cyclone Season [...] American citizens residing in or traveling to the South Pacific region are alerted that the South Pacific cyclone season runs from November 1, 2008, through April 30, 2009. Countries in the South Pacific region covered by this alert include Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Mi [...] | 2008-12-10 16:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC XB |
08STATE129774 | TRAVEL ALERT - MALI [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to warn U.S. citizens of security concerns in Mali. This replaces the Travel Alert for Mali issued on February 12, 2008, expires on March 31, 2009, updates information on security incidents and areas of concern, including Essakane, and strongly urges U.S. cit [...] | 2008-12-10 17:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC ML |
08STATE130461 | USUN MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IO BUREAU'S [...] (U) Mission Clearance is requested for IO/EDA staff members to travel to New York to attend the UNDP Meeting, December 16, 2008. 2. (U) Participants traveling to New York are: Mr. Robert Downess Security Clearance: Top Secret Badge ID: 617251 Mr. Charles Chang Security Clear [...] | 2008-12-11 23:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT IO OTRA UNCRED UNGA ASEC |
08STATE130687 | UPDATED GEORGIA TRAVEL WARNING [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Georgia. This travel warning replaces the one dated September 10, 2008 to note travel restrictions for official Americans in Georgia and the risk that unexploded ordnance poses in the areas where fighting took place in Aug [...] | 2008-12-12 16:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC GG |
08STATE130868 | TRAVEL WARNING - ZIMBABWE [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Zimbabwe due to deteriorating safety and security conditions, and urges them to carefully consider their need to travel there. The political instability and economic crisis in Zimbabwe have resulted in small- scale civ [...] | 2008-12-12 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC ZI |
08STATE131310 | TRAVEL WARNING - COTE D'IVOIRE [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Cote d'Ivoire and urges U.S. citizens to exercise extreme caution while traveling in Cote d'Ivoire. This replaces the Travel Warning for Cote d'Ivoire dated June 09, 2008, updates information on the security and politic [...] | 2008-12-15 18:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC IV |
08STATE132056 | ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] (U) The purpose of this cable is to assist Regional Security Officers in preparing their Post,s Annual OSAC Crime and Safety Report which is due January 14, 2009. 2. (U) Background: Supporting the U.S. private sector with current and useful security information is one of the Regional Secur [...] | 2008-12-17 15:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
08STATE132159 | DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...] | 2008-12-17 19:01:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
08STATE132208 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Ali Atta al-Sayed Mughrabi Gaza 07/14/1965 914988076 2 Mamun Shafi,a K [...] | 2008-12-17 20:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE132210 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 9, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Yasir Ali Muhammad Hamayal [...] | 2008-12-17 20:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KPAL PHUM IS |
08STATE132212 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDED [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Saddam Mahmud Mustafa Hammad [...] | 2008-12-17 20:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL |
08STATE132216 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Hikmat Sami Ali Ghnaymat [...] | 2008-12-17 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KPAL PHUM IS |
08STATE132223 | SMART - OVERSEAS PILOT POST DEPLOYMENT [...] To recap, SMART Pilot I, operating in parallel with the Department's legacy messaging systems, was successfully conducted from September to December 2007 on ClassNet in Belgrade, Stockholm, and Muscat. 2. SMART was successfully installed on ClassNet during November 2008 at the first two P [...] | 2008-12-17 20:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP ACOA AMGT AINF ASEC KRIM |
08STATE133176 | TRAVEL ALERT-INDIA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens that there is a high threat of terrorism throughout India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness, especially during the end- [...] | 2008-12-19 22:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC IN |
08STATE133521 | PNR AGREEMENT: DELIVERY OF PROPOSAL VIA [...] This message contains an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy is requested to deliver on a priority basis the text at paragraph 4 in the form of a diplomatic note to Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation (DFA). The proposal conveyed in the note, on the tr [...] | 2008-12-22 18:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ASEC SZ |
08STATE133550 | TRAVEL WARNING - SRI LANKA [...] The Department of State warns American citizens traveling to or living in Sri Lanka about the continuing danger of terrorist attacks throughout the country. This replaces the Travel Warning for Sri Lanka dated June 13, 2008 and highlights changes in locations of security concerns, and notes re [...] | 2008-12-22 19:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC CE |
08STATE134230 | TRAVEL ALERT - BANGLADESH [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Bangladesh, and urges caution while traveling during the period before and after the upcoming election on December 29. This Travel Alert expires on January 5, 2009. 2. On December 17, 2008, the Government of Bangladesh [...] | 2008-12-24 02:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC BG |
08STATE134376 | TRAVEL ALERT-INDIA [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens that there is a high threat of terrorism throughout India, and advises U.S. citizens traveling to or already in India to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness, especially during the end- [...] | 2008-12-24 16:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC IN |
08STATE135268 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON KENYAN SEIZURE OF [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Nairobi. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: According to Ref A, on 12 December 2008 Kenyan Flying Squad officers detained two individuals suspected of smuggling uranium into Kenya from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The men had been [...] | 2008-12-30 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC ASEC KCRM PARM KE XA XW |
08STATE135301 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok - Clandestine Lab Investigations/Chemical Con [...] | 2008-12-30 23:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH |
08STATE135302 | DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - [...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Roswell - Advanced Management Course, January 12, 200 [...] | 2008-12-30 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH |
08STATE135463 | URGENT Suggested Guidance - Israeli Actions in Gaza [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 18:42:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC |
08STATE16275 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) In televised proceedings, PM Thaci underscored his commitment to building a multi-ethnic, European state and underlined Kosovo is not a precedent for other conflicts. U.S. Office Pristina reports President Sejdiu officially requested the United States recognize Kosovo and establish ful [...] | 2008-02-17 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE16287 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 02 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports Serbian riot police used tear gas to disperse 1,500-2,000 demonstrators who caused superficial damage to post. The Albanian, Austrian, and French embassies also faced sizeable demonstrations. Rioters broke into the Slovenian Embassy and caused considerable damag [...] | 2008-02-18 00:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE16305 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) The EUR Front Office reports the Serbian Ambassador to the United States delivered a letter addressed to President Bush, in which President Tadic exhorted UN members to respect the territorial integrity of Serbia, demanded the Secretary General?s Special Representative annul the unilate [...] | 2008-02-18 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE16339 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 05 [...] (U) European Union: France, Italy, and the UK recognized Kosovo independence. German FM Steinmeier said Germany and 16 other EU members would do so in the coming weeks. (Reuters) 2. (SBU) Turkey: FM Babacan said Turkey has decided to recognize Kosovo. (Embassy Ankara/EUR telcon, Reuters) [...] | 2008-02-18 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE16350 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION REPORT NO. 06 [...] (U) Serbian President Tadic called on UNSYG Ban to instruct his special envoy in Kosovo to invalidate yesterday's declaration of independence, media report. Russia and China supported Tadic's request. South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, Libya, and Burkina Faso expressed skepticism over the leg [...] | 2008-02-19 04:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE16441 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports it will review its security posture at 1700 local time (2300 EST) February 19, anticipating large February 21 demonstrations led by political parties. U.S. Office Pristina reports ?calm? in Pristina. Media report Serbs opposed to Kosovo?s newly-declared indepe [...] | 2008-02-19 15:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE17076 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) According to U.S. Office Pristina, the assembly approved a number of laws of particular importance to the Serb community, including legislation covering special protective zones, local self-government, and municipal administrative boundaries. A tenth law, regulating the foreign ministr [...] | 2008-02-20 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE17337 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Office Pristina reports Serb members of the Kosovo Police Service will remain in their jobs for the time being, despite shunning the government of Kosovo. (Kosovo MG/U.S. Office Pristina e-mail and telcon) 2. (SBU) Post reports KFOR will transfer control over the destroyed no [...] | 2008-02-21 05:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE17372 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Office Pristina reports approximately 80 demonstrators blocked access to an UNMIK office, located in a predominantly Serb neighborhood in north Mitrovica. Post expects more demonstrations this weekend with demonstrators likely to be bused in from Serbia. A possible march from Se [...] | 2008-02-21 12:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT |
08STATE17895 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports rioters breached Embassy grounds at 1858 local time. Police used tear gas but were unable to disperse the crowd. Rioters set fire to an unoccupied area of the consular section. While the Embassy was closed at the time, 14 Embassy personnel were inside during t [...] | 2008-02-22 02:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE17915 | MGKV01: KOSOVO MONITORING GROUP SITUATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade is at minimal staffing due to building damage. Most Embassy staff are working from their residences, and the international school remains closed until at least February 25. Ministry of Interior contacts continue to be productive. An EAC met at 0400 EST to evaluate th [...] | 2008-02-22 11:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR |
08STATE18224 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 14 [...] (SBU) The Department approved ordered departure for eligible family members and non-emergency personnel. Embassy Zagreb is coordinating with post to evacuate staff and private American citizens. (Kosovo Task Force/Embassy Belgrade telcon) --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2008-02-22 22:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE18288 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade confirms two convoys of non- emergency personnel and eligible family members escorted by a Serbian anti-terrorism team are scheduled to depart Belgrade at 0700 EST/1300 local. The main convoy with 67 people will drive to Zagreb and 20 USAID personnel will go to Budape [...] | 2008-02-23 11:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE18318 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) A convoy of 66 Embassy Belgrade staff and family members reached Zagreb, according to Embassy Zagreb. Embassy Belgrade reports six private American citizens left with the group. A smaller convoy of 21 USAID personnel has arrived in Budapest, according to Embassy Budapest. (Kosovo TF/Emb [...] | 2008-02-24 07:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE18361 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 17 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports Serbian authorities deployed two armored vehicles and 60 riot police to the Chancery, following the USG's request for additional protective measures. Post could reopen as early as February 26. (Kosovo TF/Embassy Belgrade telcon and e- mail) NORTH KOSOVO PRO [...] | 2008-02-24 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE18470 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 18 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports the capital remains calm and the International School is open. At the chancery, the installation of steel plating and other reinforcement work should be completed today. The EAC recommended the Embassy remain closed February 26 as a precaution, reopening for l [...] | 2008-02-25 14:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE18718 | TFKV01: DISBANDMENT OF KOSOVO TASK FORCE [...] At 1400 EST on 02/25/08, the Executive Secretary directed the Kosovo Task Force be disbanded. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1-202-501-4444. Inquiries from the pre [...] | 2008-02-25 19:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE18812 | TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) U.S. Office Pristina reports a crowd of 1,200 gathered on the north side of the Mitrovica bridge, but the situation remained calm. Demonstrators burned the EU flag. (Kosovo TF/U.S. Office Pristina e-mail) --------------------------------------------- ----- NO NORMAL RELATIONS WITH ST [...] | 2008-02-25 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV |
08STATE19187 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Last Name: Ngo'o Akoulou, Alphonse First Name: Alphonse Rank: Colonel Posotion: Chief of Investi [...] | 2008-02-26 17:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE19189 | DRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORNE - CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 20, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Bankeke, Toussaint Rank: Lieutenant Position: Quick React Police Gender: Male DOB: [...] | 2008-02-26 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CG |
08STATE2004 | U.S.-QATAR GULF SECURITY DIALOGE (GSD) DECEMBER [...] (S/NF) Summary: The third round of the U.S.-Qatar Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) took place in Washington on December 18, with Qatari officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Interior representing the Government of Qatar. The meeting reinforced our mutual commitment to the [...] | 2008-01-08 20:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC EPET KNNP MARR IR MASS PREL QA IZ LE |
08STATE20081 | U.S. AMBASSADORS FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides guidance and instructions for the administration of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Counterterrorism. The Fund was established by the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) to support projects that apply tools of soft power to counterterrorism a [...] | 2008-02-27 23:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR |
08STATE20184 | ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In April 2007, the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) withdrew permission for U.S. Embassy Ashgabat to conduct Surveillance Detection (SD) operations and declared the activities of the SD team to be in conflict with GOT law. The RSO immed [...] | 2008-02-28 13:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC APER |
08STATE20303 | TFCM01: TASK FORCE FORMATION REGARDING THE [...] At 1100 EST on 02/28/2008 the Executive Secretary directed that a Task Force be established in the Operations Center regarding the situation in Cameroon. Contact information for the Task Force is as follows: For internal State Department business or other official business, call (202) 647-6 [...] | 2008-02-28 16:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD |
08STATE20332 | ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE DETECTION PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In April 2007, the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) withdrew permission for U.S. Embassy Ashgabat to conduct Surveillance Detection (SD) operations and declared the activities of the SD team to be in conflict with GOT law. The RSO immed [...] | 2008-02-28 18:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC APER |
08STATE20649 | TFCM01: CAMEROON TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 01 [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaound reports most people in the capital remain indoors. Douala is mainly quiet with localized rioting and both main roads to the city are open. Post notes Cameroonian military forces are fully deployed, but might have resources to maintain order for only three more days. ( [...] | 2008-02-28 23:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CM |
08STATE20685 | READOUT FROM DECEMBER 4 IRAQ AND NEIGHBORS RSI IN [...] (S) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and embassy representatives from Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey, joined by S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey and other U.S. interagency representatives, met December 4 in Amman to discuss regional counterterrorism strategies at [...] | 2008-02-29 04:11:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ADCO KISL ASEC KU |
08STATE24209 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICA PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Jerome Noel MOUGOULA-SAGUILIBA Rank: Maitre Principal Position: New pilot (MP) DOB: Dec [...] | 2008-03-07 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE24211 | HUMAN RIGHTA VETTING FOR ACOTA LESSONS-LEARNED [...] (SBU) The department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Robert Owono Ella Anda Rank: Commandant Major Position: Advisor of the Chief of the Army [...] | 2008-03-07 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE24214 | VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE-CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Germin Nestor OKOULA Rank: Liteutenant Position: Chief of Criminal Section, Lambarene DOB [...] | 2008-03-07 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE25483 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Handy Dimoni KABANGU Rank: Captain Position: National Police DOB: August 4, 1964 Na [...] | 2008-03-11 19:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CG |
08STATE25866 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 10, 2008, it pssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Galega, Roland Njinouwo Title: Fonctionnaire Gender: Male DOB: November 26, 1967 2. [...] | 2008-03-12 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CM |
08STATE26036 | SECOND TRANCHE OF FAST TRACK COUNTRIES FOR LEAHY [...] This cable announces the second tranche of countries for fast track treatment for Leahy vetting. Fast track treatment for selected countries with good human rights records was established in 2007 (reftel A) to alleviate workload and time required. Fast track policy is applicable to both Depa [...] | 2008-03-12 20:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PINR PREL SNAR MASS ASEC |
08STATE31117 | SMART - OVERSEAS PILOT POST DEPLOYMENT STATUS [...] SMART Pilot I, operating in parallel with the Department's legacy messaging systems, was successfully conducted from September to December 2007 on ClassNet in Belgrade, Stockholm, and Muscat. 2. Pilot II, postponed until September 2008 will run through November 2008 on ClassNet. It will i [...] | 2008-03-26 14:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP ACOA AMGT AINF ASEC KRIM |
08STATE3611 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 4, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Palestinian National Security Forces listed below. Ashraf Musa Mahmoud Jamal POB: Hebron (al-Khalil) DOB: [...] | 2008-01-11 20:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC IS WE KPAL MASS MARR |
08STATE38178 | THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE ASHGABAT SURVEILLANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) DS appreciates the thorough status report and excellent summary of activity included in Ref A that outlines Post's efforts to obtain permission from the Government of Turkmenistan (GOT) to resume surveillance detection (SD) operations [...] | 2008-04-11 13:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ABUD AFIN |
08STATE38424 | TRAVEL ALERT - ZIMBABWE [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to update U.S. citizens on safety and security concerns throughout Zimbabwe due to ongoing political instability following the March 29 national elections, and advises them to consider carefully the risks of travel to Zimbabwe at this time. This supersedes the [...] | 2008-04-11 18:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC ZI |
08STATE38536 | TRAVEL WARNING - HAITI [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to inform American citizens of violent demonstrations in Haiti and to urge American citizens to defer non-essential travel to the country. Official Americans are restricted from travel to Haiti. American citizens visiting Haiti should consider departi [...] | 2008-04-11 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC OTRA HT |
08STATE39125 | TRAVEL ALERT - MEXICO [...] This Travel Alert updates information for U.S. citizens on security situations in Mexico that may affect their activities while in that country. This supersedes the Travel Alert for Mexico dated October 24, 2007, and expires on October 15, 2008. Violence Along The U.S.-Mexico Border ----- [...] | 2008-04-14 21:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC MX |
08STATE39168 | TRAVEL WARNING - SYRIA [...] This Travel Warning alerts U.S. citizens to ongoing safety and security concerns in Syria. American citizens are urged to thoroughly consider the risks of travel to Syria and to take adequate precautions to ensure their safety. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Syria issued on Septembe [...] | 2008-04-14 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC SY |
08STATE39496 | REQUEST FOR RSO SITE SURVEY - KUWAIT CITY [...] This is an action request. In anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interviews of refugees, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a security evaluation of the processing site. [...] | 2008-04-15 18:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREF KU |
08STATE39803 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Gervais Ndirakobuca Rank: Deputy Director General Position: Burundian National P [...] | 2008-04-16 13:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR BY |
08STATE40360 | LEAHY VETTING - CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE CANDIDATES FOR [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Ministry of Security and Public Order: Last name: Makamona First name: Etienne Gender: [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CF |
08STATE40362 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE41362 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAINERS OF SOMALIA [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 18, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below who are overseeing the training of Somalia Transitional Federal Government military units. 2. Name: Ar [...] | 2008-04-18 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET |