IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ELECTION

UNCLAS KABUL 005089 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR SA/FO AMBASSADOR QUINN, SA/CT AND SA/A NSC FOR AHARRIMAN, KAMEND CENTCOM FOR POLAD, CG CFA-A, CG CJTF-76 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ AF SUBJECT: IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ELECTION REF: STATE 220728 POLOFF GAVE REFTEL DEMARCHE TO MR. NAWABI, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE SECOND (MIDDLE EASTERN) DIVISION AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. NAWABI EXPRESSED HIS GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN IRAQ AND SAID HE WOULD SPEAK TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUT ARRANGING A PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IRAQI PEOPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, EMBASSY PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION HAS GIVEN WIDE MEDIA DISTRIBUTION TO MATERIAL ON THE IRAQI ELECTION. NEUMANN