Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04ABUDHABI2836
2004-08-22 13:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/06/2007 11:47:29 AM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 02836 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: RSO P/M ECON AMB DCM DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MSISON DRAFTED: POL:SRADDANT CLEARED: DCM:ALBRIGHT VZCZCADI713 OO RUEHC RUEHGB RUEHKT RUCNRAQ DE RUEHAD #2836 2351358 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 221358Z AUG 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5595 RUEHGB/AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD IMMEDIATE INFO RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 0023 RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002836
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND SA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/21/14
TAGS: PREL TC NP
SUBJECT: NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH
KIDNAPPING VICTIMS IN IRAQ
Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 002836
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND SA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/21/14
TAGS: PREL TC NP
SUBJECT: NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH
KIDNAPPING VICTIMS IN IRAQ
Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4.
2. (C) The Nepalese Charge d'Affaires, Madhuban Prasad
Paudel, requested assistance from Charge in tracking a
Nepalese press report stating that 12 Nepali workers
were taken hostage in Iraq, allegedly for helping U.S.
forces. Acting on instructions from the MFA in
Kathmandu, Paudel requested any further information
this Embassy could provide on the purported captivity
of the Nepalese nationals.
3. (U) Following is the text of the news report, as
relayed to the Charge. BEGIN TEXT: KOL Report,
Kathmandu, Aug. 21 - A shadowy Islamist group has
announced the purported seizure of 12 Nepalese men for
cooperating with U.S. forces in Iraq, according to a
statement posted on an Islamist website Friday. "A
group of heroic Mujahedeen (Islamic fighters) managed
on the night of August 19-20 to take 12 people
affiliated with a Nepalese company captive," said the
statement signed by the military command of the Ansar
al-Sunna Army. The statement, whose authenticity
could not be independently confirmed, listed the names
of the 12 "infidels," who it said had been helping the
"U.S. crusader forces to fight Islam." The statement
did not say where the 12 were captured but the group
promised to publish their pictures soon "so that they
will serve as a lesson to others." END TEXT.
4. (C) Post requests Department and Embassy Baghdad to
convey any information we can share with the Nepalese
Embassy and indicate with whom the Nepalese should be
in contact.
SISON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP AND SA/INS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/21/14
TAGS: PREL TC NP
SUBJECT: NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH
KIDNAPPING VICTIMS IN IRAQ
Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).
1. (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4.
2. (C) The Nepalese Charge d'Affaires, Madhuban Prasad
Paudel, requested assistance from Charge in tracking a
Nepalese press report stating that 12 Nepali workers
were taken hostage in Iraq, allegedly for helping U.S.
forces. Acting on instructions from the MFA in
Kathmandu, Paudel requested any further information
this Embassy could provide on the purported captivity
of the Nepalese nationals.
3. (U) Following is the text of the news report, as
relayed to the Charge. BEGIN TEXT: KOL Report,
Kathmandu, Aug. 21 - A shadowy Islamist group has
announced the purported seizure of 12 Nepalese men for
cooperating with U.S. forces in Iraq, according to a
statement posted on an Islamist website Friday. "A
group of heroic Mujahedeen (Islamic fighters) managed
on the night of August 19-20 to take 12 people
affiliated with a Nepalese company captive," said the
statement signed by the military command of the Ansar
al-Sunna Army. The statement, whose authenticity
could not be independently confirmed, listed the names
of the 12 "infidels," who it said had been helping the
"U.S. crusader forces to fight Islam." The statement
did not say where the 12 were captured but the group
promised to publish their pictures soon "so that they
will serve as a lesson to others." END TEXT.
4. (C) Post requests Department and Embassy Baghdad to
convey any information we can share with the Nepalese
Embassy and indicate with whom the Nepalese should be
in contact.
SISON