USEB 176: INTERDICTING INSURGENT FINANCE

S E C R E T BAGHDAD 000260 STATE FOR EB, A/S Wayne STATE FOR E, U/S Larson STATE FOR P, U/S Grossman STATE FOR NEA/I Slicher E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/14 TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ECON IZ SUBJECT: USEB 176: INTERDICTING INSURGENT FINANCE REF: BAGHDAD 00233 Classified by Anne E. Derse FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (S) On July 25, Ahmed Salman, legal advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Baram Salih, met with EMIN and Embassy Legal Adviser at the DPM's request to discuss the USG's proposed order on insurgent finance. Salman said that the DPM would be seeking an appointment on July 26 to meet with Ambassador Negroponte to discuss the issue further. He said the DPM remains very concerned with respect to the specific scope of the order and who would be subject to it. For example, the DPM is worried that a member of the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) could be designated as an insurgent under the order, depending on the definition. In addition, the DPM is concerned with how "insurgent" would be defined and what role, if any, the IIG would have in determining who is subject to the order. Salman noted that the position the DPM takes in principle on the desirability of the proposed order would depend on the scope of the order, ie, to whom this would apply. He also said that the DPM needs to better understand the details in order to take a position. He asked whether a list of specific entities or individuals had been prepared. He noted that Iraq probably did have legal authority under existing law to implement similar provisions per Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Order 93. He undertook to raise again with the DPM the issue of adding "Iraqi forces" to the list of targets. We underscored Washington's interest in receiving IIG views as soon as possible. NEGROPONTE