Identifier
Created
Classification
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04AMMAN6968
2004-08-18 13:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Amman
Cable title:  

IRAQ MISCELLANY

Tags:  PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 006968 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2014
TAGS: PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO
SUBJECT: IRAQ MISCELLANY

REF: A. AMMAN 6437

B. BAGHDAD 424

C. STATE 168782

Classified By: CDA David Hale for reasons 1.5 (b),(d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 006968

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/16/2014
TAGS: PREL CVIS CPAS KFRD IZ JO
SUBJECT: IRAQ MISCELLANY

REF: A. AMMAN 6437

B. BAGHDAD 424

C. STATE 168782

Classified By: CDA David Hale for reasons 1.5 (b),(d).


1. (C) SUMMARY: Iraq named a new Ambassador to Jordan, Ata
Abdul Wahab. Recent guidance from the Iraqi MFA on visa
procedures appears to have cleared up some of the Amman
Embassy,s confusion on this issue. Separately, a former
Iraqi minister criticized PM Allawi,s performance. End
Summary.

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NEW IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO JORDAN NAMED
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2. (SBU) Iraqi Charge in Amman Ma'an Barakat confirmed to
PolOff that Ata Abdul Wahab would be the new Iraqi Ambassador
to Amman, pending GOJ agrement (Ref A.) During a meeting
with PolOff, Barakat and visiting Iraqi MFA Consular chief
Salah Abdel Salam said that Barakat would likely leave Amman
when Abdul Wahab arrived.

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IRAQI VISA PROCEDURES; CENSUS OF IRAQIS LIVING ABROAD
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3. (SBU) Salam conveyed Baghdad,s latest guidance on Iraqi
visa procedures in terms consistent with ref B, and urged
U.S. recognition of the Iraqi S-series passport, which the
USG at present does not recognize (Ref C.) (Note: As of
August 11, the Iraqi mission in Amman had issued 146 visas
and 462 S-series passports.) Salam said he planned to visit
Syria and Lebanon before heading back to Baghdad at the end
of the week. He also planned to "brainstorm" with Iraqi
embassy officials the establishment of a commission to
conduct a census of Iraqis living abroad.

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ALLAWI'S PERFORMANCE, HANDLING AL-SADR
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4. (C) One of our Iraqi contacts resident in Jordan, former
Iraqi Minister for Oil Issam Chalabi (no relation to INC
leader Ahmad Chalabi),criticized Allawi for spending "so
much time outside Iraq while the IIG was so young." He said
that Allawi's absence contributed to the current problems in
Najaf, and that Allawi should exert greater efforts to bring
Shi'ite upstart Moqtada Al-Sadr into the political process.
Other Iraqi businessmen in Amman said they supported Allawi's
efforts and asserted that the IIG should clamp down on
Al-Sadr.


5. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.

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HALE