Identifier
Created
Classification
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05ABUDHABI1049
2005-03-07 08:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ABU DHABI 001049
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2015
TAGS: MASS PREL IZ TC
SUBJECT: UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING
AGREEMENT
REF: 04 ABU DHABI 1826
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 001049
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2015
TAGS: MASS PREL IZ TC
SUBJECT: UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING
AGREEMENT
REF: 04 ABU DHABI 1826
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) During German Chancellor Schroeder,s visit to the UAE
March 4-5, the UAE, Germany, and Iraq signed an agreement
which provides for the training of Iraqi military personnel.
The agreement, which expands the role of Germany and the UAE
in training members of the Iraqi armed forces, clears the way
for training and equipping an engineering unit.
2. (U) Germany will supply the instructors and provide the
250 Iraqi trainees with the necessary equipment, including
graders, bulldozers, 20-ton cranes, and cement mixers. The
UAE military will cover the expenses of the trainers,
trainees, and interpreters, according to the German Embassy.
The top Iraqi official at the signing ceremony was Bruska
Noori Shaways, Secretary General of Iraq,s Ministry of
Defense. UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General
Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy represented his government.
3. (U) UAE-German military cooperation on Iraq dates back to
November 17 when 122 Iraqi personnel were trained to operate,
repair, and maintain 100 Daimler-Mercedes 5-ton trucks sold
by Germany to the UAE. The UAE paid to transport the trucks
to Iraq, as well as the expenses of the German trainers,
translators, and Iraqi trainees.
4. (C) German training for the Iraqi military was preceded by
German training for Iraqi civil police (see reftel).
According to the German Embassy, during 2004, about a dozen
trainers from Germany,s equivalent of the FBI trained a
total of 431 Iraqi police in the fundamentals of crime scene
investigation. There were four, four-week courses. The
courses took place at Al Ain Police College in Abu Dhabi
emirate, and included anywhere from eight to 15 UAE police
participants. In addition, the UAE provided food,
accommodations, a small per diem, and transportation for the
Iraqi police between Iraq and the UAE.
5. (C) The German Embassy has told us that 30 Iraqi police
are currently undergoing personal protection training. The
four-week course involves eight instructors from the German
federal police, and is designed to train Iraqi police to
protect Iraqi politicians. The course will be followed by a
two-month course in hostage rescue techniques for the same
group of Iraqi police officers. The UAE police will provide
that training. Germany is providing radios, some weapons,
ammunition, and other equipment. The UAE is providing
training grounds at an armed forces location, as well as
automobiles. In the future, Germany hopes to offer training
in EOD tactics, which the Iraqis have requested.
6. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
SISON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/06/2015
TAGS: MASS PREL IZ TC
SUBJECT: UAE, GERMANY, AND IRAQ SIGN MILITARY TRAINING
AGREEMENT
REF: 04 ABU DHABI 1826
Classified By: Ambassador Michele J. Sison, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) During German Chancellor Schroeder,s visit to the UAE
March 4-5, the UAE, Germany, and Iraq signed an agreement
which provides for the training of Iraqi military personnel.
The agreement, which expands the role of Germany and the UAE
in training members of the Iraqi armed forces, clears the way
for training and equipping an engineering unit.
2. (U) Germany will supply the instructors and provide the
250 Iraqi trainees with the necessary equipment, including
graders, bulldozers, 20-ton cranes, and cement mixers. The
UAE military will cover the expenses of the trainers,
trainees, and interpreters, according to the German Embassy.
The top Iraqi official at the signing ceremony was Bruska
Noori Shaways, Secretary General of Iraq,s Ministry of
Defense. UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General
Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy represented his government.
3. (U) UAE-German military cooperation on Iraq dates back to
November 17 when 122 Iraqi personnel were trained to operate,
repair, and maintain 100 Daimler-Mercedes 5-ton trucks sold
by Germany to the UAE. The UAE paid to transport the trucks
to Iraq, as well as the expenses of the German trainers,
translators, and Iraqi trainees.
4. (C) German training for the Iraqi military was preceded by
German training for Iraqi civil police (see reftel).
According to the German Embassy, during 2004, about a dozen
trainers from Germany,s equivalent of the FBI trained a
total of 431 Iraqi police in the fundamentals of crime scene
investigation. There were four, four-week courses. The
courses took place at Al Ain Police College in Abu Dhabi
emirate, and included anywhere from eight to 15 UAE police
participants. In addition, the UAE provided food,
accommodations, a small per diem, and transportation for the
Iraqi police between Iraq and the UAE.
5. (C) The German Embassy has told us that 30 Iraqi police
are currently undergoing personal protection training. The
four-week course involves eight instructors from the German
federal police, and is designed to train Iraqi police to
protect Iraqi politicians. The course will be followed by a
two-month course in hostage rescue techniques for the same
group of Iraqi police officers. The UAE police will provide
that training. Germany is providing radios, some weapons,
ammunition, and other equipment. The UAE is providing
training grounds at an armed forces location, as well as
automobiles. In the future, Germany hopes to offer training
in EOD tactics, which the Iraqis have requested.
6. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
SISON