Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI1730
2003-04-09 13:17:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:33:40 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM April 09, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1730 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: PREL, PGOV Captions: None Subject: AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG UNDERSTANDS USG WOULD NOT INTENTIONALLY STRIKE BAGHDAD EMBASSY Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 01730 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: RSO AMB DCM P/M ECON DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS CLEARED: NONE VZCZCADI237 OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RHEHNSC RUEAIIA RHEFDIA RUEKJCS RUEKJCS RUCJACC DE RUEHAD #1730 0991317 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 091317Z APR 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9352 INFO RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC//J5/UNMA// IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//OSD/NESA// IMMEDIATE RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ3/CCJ4/CCJ5// IMMEDIATE RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001730
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV MOP IZ TC
SUBJECT: AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG
UNDERSTANDS USG WOULD NOT INTENTIONALLY
STRIKE BAGHDAD EMBASSY
REF: State 89928
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001730
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV MOP IZ TC
SUBJECT: AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG
UNDERSTANDS USG WOULD NOT INTENTIONALLY
STRIKE BAGHDAD EMBASSY
REF: State 89928
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) The Ambassador contacted an extremely upbeat
MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on
4/9 to convey reftel talking points. Hamdan was not
at all worried, noting that the UAE diplomatic staff
in Baghdad exited the country. Were the embassy to
be inadvertently hit, Hamdan assured, the UAEG would
understand; he fully realizes the complexity of the
situation.
3. (S) Hamdan said he had been following the
dramatic television coverage of the day's events in
Baghdad and was very pleased to see footage of
Iraqis celebrating in the streets and speaking out
about the regime. One image -- that of an Iraqi
hitting a picture of Saddam's face with the bottom
of shoe -- captured the day's emotions, in Hamdan's
view.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/9/13
TAGS: PREL PGOV MOP IZ TC
SUBJECT: AN UPBEAT HAMDAN ASSURES THAT UAEG
UNDERSTANDS USG WOULD NOT INTENTIONALLY
STRIKE BAGHDAD EMBASSY
REF: State 89928
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba
for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) The Ambassador contacted an extremely upbeat
MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on
4/9 to convey reftel talking points. Hamdan was not
at all worried, noting that the UAE diplomatic staff
in Baghdad exited the country. Were the embassy to
be inadvertently hit, Hamdan assured, the UAEG would
understand; he fully realizes the complexity of the
situation.
3. (S) Hamdan said he had been following the
dramatic television coverage of the day's events in
Baghdad and was very pleased to see footage of
Iraqis celebrating in the streets and speaking out
about the regime. One image -- that of an Iraqi
hitting a picture of Saddam's face with the bottom
of shoe -- captured the day's emotions, in Hamdan's
view.
WAHBA