Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD310
2006-02-03 11:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
PM JAFARI ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, SADDAMISTS AND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000310
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2026
TAGS: PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: PM JAFARI ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, SADDAMISTS AND
"RESISTANCE"
REF: BAGHDAD 283
Classified By: POL Couns Robert Ford for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000310
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2026
TAGS: PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: PM JAFARI ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, SADDAMISTS AND
"RESISTANCE"
REF: BAGHDAD 283
Classified By: POL Couns Robert Ford for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) During a January 31 discussion, Prime Minister Jafari
told the Ambassador that Tekfiris (religious fanatics) and
criminal Saddamists must be stopped at all costs. Jafari
referred to the TNA anti-terrorism law that should be justly
applied to these groups. There could be no negotiations with
such groups, he underlined. Jafari, however, differentiated
between those groups and the so-called resistance - groups
that protest Coalition support or Iraq's new government. He
opined that breaking down the resistance requires getting at
its popular base and perhaps communicating with some of its
leaders. He suggested by giving disaffected youth
opportunities for education and employment, there would be no
need for them to join the resistance or look to foreign
states for support.
2. (C) Comment: Jafari has a sense of some of the realities
that drive alienated Iraqis to arms. He is more inclined than
most in the Shia Islamist Coaliton to seek an honorable deal
with the Sunni Arab political leadership and give a positive
signal to alienated Sunni Arabs. That said, we have not seen
him move with alacrity to address the problems that he
recognizes aggravate the insurgency. Notably, we have not
seen him move aggressively to investigate allegations of
Ministry of Interior abuses or move to stop abuses.
KHALILZAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/04/2026
TAGS: PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: PM JAFARI ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS, SADDAMISTS AND
"RESISTANCE"
REF: BAGHDAD 283
Classified By: POL Couns Robert Ford for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) During a January 31 discussion, Prime Minister Jafari
told the Ambassador that Tekfiris (religious fanatics) and
criminal Saddamists must be stopped at all costs. Jafari
referred to the TNA anti-terrorism law that should be justly
applied to these groups. There could be no negotiations with
such groups, he underlined. Jafari, however, differentiated
between those groups and the so-called resistance - groups
that protest Coalition support or Iraq's new government. He
opined that breaking down the resistance requires getting at
its popular base and perhaps communicating with some of its
leaders. He suggested by giving disaffected youth
opportunities for education and employment, there would be no
need for them to join the resistance or look to foreign
states for support.
2. (C) Comment: Jafari has a sense of some of the realities
that drive alienated Iraqis to arms. He is more inclined than
most in the Shia Islamist Coaliton to seek an honorable deal
with the Sunni Arab political leadership and give a positive
signal to alienated Sunni Arabs. That said, we have not seen
him move with alacrity to address the problems that he
recognizes aggravate the insurgency. Notably, we have not
seen him move aggressively to investigate allegations of
Ministry of Interior abuses or move to stop abuses.
KHALILZAD