IRAQ: DUTCH MFA ON SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 000988 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2014 TAGS: PREL OPDC MOPS MARR IZ NL SUBJECT: IRAQ: DUTCH MFA ON SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR COALITION FORCES REF: A. STATE 087181 ¶B. CJCS GEN MYERS 04/15/04 LETTER TO DUTCH CHOD ADM KROON (NOTAL) Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR MARY DALY FOR REASONS 1.5 (B AND D) ¶1. (U) This is an action request, see para 3. ¶2. (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A points to Dutch MFA Deputy Operations Director Joost Flamand on April 20. Flamand appreciated the information and asked about a specific point in CJCS Gen. Myers's April 15 letter to Dutch CHOD Adm Kroon (ref B) which he had seen after it had been delivered. Flamand cited ref B request that CHOD ensure Dutch ROE authorized personnel to "use force (including deadly force) against military and/or para-military forces declared hostile by the Multinational Forces in Iraq (without further approval from higher authority or command." He sought clarification as to which entity the USG envisioned would be the one to declare forces to be "hostile." Flamand accepted that in some situations the matter would be self-evident. (Note: The GONL has not formally responded to CJCS Gen. Myers's letter. End note.) ¶3. (S) Action request: Post would appreciate any clarification Washington can provide with respect to this Dutch MFA question concerning which entity will declare forces to be hostile. SOBEL