Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI2854
2003-06-14 11:52:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
(S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 03/21/2007 05:41:53 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM June 14, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 2854 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: PREL, PGOV, OTRA Captions: None Subject: (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER CAN TRAVEL HERE Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 02854 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: ECON DCM RSO P/M AMB DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: ADCM:TWILLIAMS CLEARED: POL:SWILLIAMS VZCZCADI728 OO RUEHC RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDE RHMFISS DE RUEHAD #2854 1651152 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 141152Z JUN 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0413 INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3190 RHMFISS/HQ COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTH BAGHDAD PRIORITY
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 002854
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA-JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/14/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV OTRA IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER
CAN TRAVEL HERE
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 002854
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA-JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/14/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV OTRA IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER
CAN TRAVEL HERE
1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA
FOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D).
2. (U) This is an action message. Please see
paragraph four.
3. (S) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid (HBZ)
contacted the Ambassador 6/13 to say that the UAEG had
received a request from former Iraqi Information
Minister Al-Sahhaf to travel to the UAE. Shaykh
Hamdan said that before responding to Al-Sahhaf, the
UAEG wanted to know if there were any USG
sensitivities regarding Al-Sahhaf's traveling here.
HBZ did not state what the purpose of Al-Sahhaf's
travel was or the intended duration of his stay in the
UAE. We note that former Iraqi Ambassador to the UN
Muhammad Al-Douri now works for Dubai-based, pan-Arab
satellite channel Al-Arabiyya.
4. (U) Action Request: Department please advise how
we may respond to the UAEG inquiry.
5. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
Wahba
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND NEA/NGA-JENSEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/14/2013
TAGS: PREL PGOV OTRA IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE ASKS IF FORMER IRAQI INFO MINISTER
CAN TRAVEL HERE
1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA
FOR REASONS 1.5 (B, D).
2. (U) This is an action message. Please see
paragraph four.
3. (S) MFA Minstate Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayid (HBZ)
contacted the Ambassador 6/13 to say that the UAEG had
received a request from former Iraqi Information
Minister Al-Sahhaf to travel to the UAE. Shaykh
Hamdan said that before responding to Al-Sahhaf, the
UAEG wanted to know if there were any USG
sensitivities regarding Al-Sahhaf's traveling here.
HBZ did not state what the purpose of Al-Sahhaf's
travel was or the intended duration of his stay in the
UAE. We note that former Iraqi Ambassador to the UN
Muhammad Al-Douri now works for Dubai-based, pan-Arab
satellite channel Al-Arabiyya.
4. (U) Action Request: Department please advise how
we may respond to the UAEG inquiry.
5. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
Wahba