Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03ABUDHABI495
2003-01-29 13:59:00
SECRET
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
(S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 06/05/2007 10:43:28 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: SECRET SIPDIS TELEGRAM January 29, 2003 To: No Action Addressee Action: Unknown From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 495 - UNKNOWN) TAGS: PREL, MARR, MOPS Captions: None Subject: (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS FORCES FOR DEFENSE OF KUWAIT, BUT KUWAIT NEEDS TO ASK Ref: None _________________________________________________________________ S E C R E T ABU DHABI 00495 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: P/M ECON RSO AMB DCM DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MMWAHBA DRAFTED: POL:STWILLIAMS CLEARED: A/DCM:TEWILLIAMS VZCZCADI330 OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEHDE RHEHNSC RHEFDIA RUEAIIA RUEKJCS RUCNDT RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUCQSOC RUEOBBA DE RUEHAD #0495 0291359 ZNY SSSSS ZZH O 291359Z JAN 03 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8151 INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI IMMEDIATE 2755 RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//J5/UNMA// IMMEDIATE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 1130 RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC//USDP/J3// IMMEDIATE RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ3/CCJ4/CCJ5// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL IMMEDIATE RUEOBBA/COMUSCENTAF SHAW AFB SC IMMEDIATE
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000495
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP AND PMAT
NSC FOR ABRAMS AND CLARKE
CENTCOM FOR POLAD AMBASSADOR LITT
CENTAF FOR GENERAL MOSELEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/29/2013
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS
FORCES FOR DEFENSE OF KUWAIT, BUT
KUWAIT NEEDS TO ASK
REF: ABU DHABI 479
S E C R E T ABU DHABI 000495
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP AND PMAT
NSC FOR ABRAMS AND CLARKE
CENTCOM FOR POLAD AMBASSADOR LITT
CENTAF FOR GENERAL MOSELEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/29/2013
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS
FORCES FOR DEFENSE OF KUWAIT, BUT
KUWAIT NEEDS TO ASK
REF: ABU DHABI 479
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba,
Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) Following up on a question posed by UAE MFA Minstate
Hamdan to NEA A/S Burns during a 1/22 meeting in Abu Dhabi
(reftel),UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid
Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told visiting Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG
John Abizaid 1/29 that the UAE is prepared to send forces to
Kuwait in an Iraq contingency. Echoing Hamdan, MbZ said the
first step would be for Kuwait -- under the umbrella of
Peninsula Shield -- to request its GCC partners to send
forces for its defense. MbZ said he would be calling Kuwait
Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fahd this evening (1/29)
with that very suggestion and would tell his Kuwaiti
counterpart that the UAE could send men and material within
24 hours if asked. MbZ noted that the UAE was willing to
send its Land Forces and to provide air support, or in his
words, "whatever it takes." He was fully aware of the
Bahraini decision to deploy a frigate to Kuwait and noted
that the UAE Navy has offered to send missile patrol boats
as well.
3. (S) Comment: MbZ's offer is further evidence that the
UAE is fully on board with our Iraq policy and recognizes
the need for the Gulf states to become active partners.
Using the umbrella of Peninsula Shield and the obligations
inherent under the GCC's mutual defense pact is a clever
tactic and shows just how willing the Emiratis are to think
outside of the box as we move forward. MBZ said that it was
not only the UAEG which would respond positively to a
Kuwaiti request, noting that "if they (the Kuwaitis) ask,
everyone in the GCC will have to respond positively." End
Comment.
WAHBA
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/FO, NEA/NGA, NEA/ARP AND PMAT
NSC FOR ABRAMS AND CLARKE
CENTCOM FOR POLAD AMBASSADOR LITT
CENTAF FOR GENERAL MOSELEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 1/29/2013
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ TC
SUBJECT: (S) UAE CHIEF OF STAFF VOLUNTEERS
FORCES FOR DEFENSE OF KUWAIT, BUT
KUWAIT NEEDS TO ASK
REF: ABU DHABI 479
1. (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba,
Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D).
2. (S) Following up on a question posed by UAE MFA Minstate
Hamdan to NEA A/S Burns during a 1/22 meeting in Abu Dhabi
(reftel),UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad Bin Zayid
Al-Nahyan (MbZ) told visiting Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG
John Abizaid 1/29 that the UAE is prepared to send forces to
Kuwait in an Iraq contingency. Echoing Hamdan, MbZ said the
first step would be for Kuwait -- under the umbrella of
Peninsula Shield -- to request its GCC partners to send
forces for its defense. MbZ said he would be calling Kuwait
Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fahd this evening (1/29)
with that very suggestion and would tell his Kuwaiti
counterpart that the UAE could send men and material within
24 hours if asked. MbZ noted that the UAE was willing to
send its Land Forces and to provide air support, or in his
words, "whatever it takes." He was fully aware of the
Bahraini decision to deploy a frigate to Kuwait and noted
that the UAE Navy has offered to send missile patrol boats
as well.
3. (S) Comment: MbZ's offer is further evidence that the
UAE is fully on board with our Iraq policy and recognizes
the need for the Gulf states to become active partners.
Using the umbrella of Peninsula Shield and the obligations
inherent under the GCC's mutual defense pact is a clever
tactic and shows just how willing the Emiratis are to think
outside of the box as we move forward. MBZ said that it was
not only the UAEG which would respond positively to a
Kuwaiti request, noting that "if they (the Kuwaitis) ask,
everyone in the GCC will have to respond positively." End
Comment.
WAHBA