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.


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