Identifier | Created | Classification | Origin |
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03ABUDHABI1758 | 2003-04-13 11:53:00 | SECRET//NOFORN | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
null Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:32:42 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM April 13, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1758 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: ASEC, AMGT, PTER, PREL, EAID, PGOV Captions: None Subject: TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 17, APRIL 13 Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 01758 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: AMB DCM P/M ECON ADM RSO DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: DCM: RALBRIGHT DRAFTED: ECON: GARANA CLEARED: POL:STWILLIAMS ECON: TEWILLIAMS RSO:JROONEY PAO:KVANDEVATE VZCZCADI336 OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDE DE RUEHAD #1758 1031153 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 131153Z APR 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9385 INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3027 |
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 001758 |
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). -------------------------- General Overview -------------------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 0915 local time, 4/13. Embassy Abu Dhabi, FCS (located outside of the Embassy compound), and the USGS office in Al Ain are open 4/13 with full staffing. -------------------------- SECURITY -------------------------- 3. (S/NF) ORCA reported no new threats or additional developments on previous warnings. 4. (C) RSO reported that the test results on the white powder found in the Embassy mail room last week were not yet complete by the UAE authorities. 5. (C) RSO also reported that the Abu Dhabi police had recently increased the number of marked and undercover units patrolling neighborhoods where Embassy personnel reside. -------------------------- UAEG Actions/Statements -------------------------- 6. (C) ECON reported that the Red Crescent Authority wants to fly medical and humanitarian supplies into Baghdad Airport, following the Kuwaiti example. The Embassy is coordinating with the HOC in Kuwait, the RCA, and U.S. military forces at Al Minhad, to see if this is feasible. The UAE RCA ship Al Manar reached Umm Qasr on Friday 4/11. -------------------------- Local Media -------------------------- 7. (U) PAO noted that local media are now claiming Syria will be the next U.S. target. Newspapers widely reported that coalition forces only protected the Ministry of Petroleum in Baghdad, allowing looters to ransack the rest of the city and reinforcing the belief the war was about oil. 8. (U) Abu Dhabi Iraq Task Force/EAC will reconvene at 1000 local time, 4/14. 9. (U) Iraq Task Force/EAC members in attendance included DCM, RSO, DAO, P/M, POL, ECON, CONS, MSG, OBO, PAO, ADMIN, USLO, FBI. Wahba |