Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BAGHDAD544
2006-02-21 12:51:00
SECRET
Embassy Baghdad
Cable title:
GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON
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S E C R E T BAGHDAD 000544
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2016
TAGS: PGOV KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON
ALTERNATIVE PLATFORM
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
S E C R E T BAGHDAD 000544
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2016
TAGS: PGOV KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON
ALTERNATIVE PLATFORM
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (S) In an evening meeting on February 20 at President
Talabani's residence, leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance,
Tawafuq Front, and the Allawi list agreed to accelerate the
government formation process and to calm the tense Iraqi
public. Ambassador attended the meeting, which included a
readout by Kurdistan President Masud Barzani on that day's
meeting with Hakim. The meeting ended with agreement on a
four-point agenda:
-- ONE: Talabani will issue a presidential statement urging
restraint by the Iraqi security services and a halt to
night-time raids without judicial orders.
-- TWO: Representatives of all three lists will meet at Ayad
Allawi's house February 21 to draft a detailed version of the
Salah al-Din Principles suitable for airing to the public as
the platform of a National Salvation Front.
-- THREE: The Kurdistan Alliance will demand that all future
negotiating sessions with the Shia coalition include
representatives from the Tawafuq and Allawi lists. Kurdish
negotiator Mahmud Othman predicted that this demand could end
the talks with the Jafari group.
-- FOUR: The groups will work to determine a date for
convening the Council of Representatives as soon as possible.
2. (S) As the meeting closed, all agreed that it is likely
that the Kurdistan Alliance ultimately would offer the
National Salvation Front as its own initiative and call other
sides to join it. The leaders also agreed to intensify
discussions over candidates for the key positions in the next
government. Talabani explicitly ruled out Adil Abd al-Mehdi
as a candidate for the premiership, saying that he believes
Mehdi's re-emergence would cause the Da'wa Party and Sadrists
to think the National Salvation Front is nothing more than a
plot to reverse the Shia coalition vote.
KHALILZAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/20/2016
TAGS: PGOV KDEM IZ
SUBJECT: GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON
ALTERNATIVE PLATFORM
Classified By: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D).
1. (S) In an evening meeting on February 20 at President
Talabani's residence, leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance,
Tawafuq Front, and the Allawi list agreed to accelerate the
government formation process and to calm the tense Iraqi
public. Ambassador attended the meeting, which included a
readout by Kurdistan President Masud Barzani on that day's
meeting with Hakim. The meeting ended with agreement on a
four-point agenda:
-- ONE: Talabani will issue a presidential statement urging
restraint by the Iraqi security services and a halt to
night-time raids without judicial orders.
-- TWO: Representatives of all three lists will meet at Ayad
Allawi's house February 21 to draft a detailed version of the
Salah al-Din Principles suitable for airing to the public as
the platform of a National Salvation Front.
-- THREE: The Kurdistan Alliance will demand that all future
negotiating sessions with the Shia coalition include
representatives from the Tawafuq and Allawi lists. Kurdish
negotiator Mahmud Othman predicted that this demand could end
the talks with the Jafari group.
-- FOUR: The groups will work to determine a date for
convening the Council of Representatives as soon as possible.
2. (S) As the meeting closed, all agreed that it is likely
that the Kurdistan Alliance ultimately would offer the
National Salvation Front as its own initiative and call other
sides to join it. The leaders also agreed to intensify
discussions over candidates for the key positions in the next
government. Talabani explicitly ruled out Adil Abd al-Mehdi
as a candidate for the premiership, saying that he believes
Mehdi's re-emergence would cause the Da'wa Party and Sadrists
to think the National Salvation Front is nothing more than a
plot to reverse the Shia coalition vote.
KHALILZAD