Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TUNIS1061
2007-08-06 11:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tunis
Cable title:
SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A
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UNCLAS TUNIS 001061
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL FROM THE
AMBASSADOR
STATE ALSO FOR NEA/FO, NEA/MAG (HARRIS AND HOPKINS) AND PM
(KWAK AND ROSATI)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS KTIA PTER TS
SUBJECT: SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A
1206 PROPOSAL
REF: STATE 84130
(SBU) As requested in reftel, Embassy Tunis submitted a
FY-2008 Section 1206 proposal by email to NEA/MAG on July 31.
The proposal, titled "Suppressing Trans-Border Terrorist
Activity," seeks to provide $35 million in immediate
assistance to the Tunisian Armed Forces, which is undertaking
new and expanded counterterrorism activities on Tunisia's
borders to combat the spread of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic
Maghreb. Specifically, the proposal seeks to respond to the
Tunisian military's need for increased helicopter flight
hours, night vision goggles and ground surveillance radar --
all of which will be dedicated to counterterrorism
activities. I urge the Department to support this proposal
and back the Tunisian government's efforts to combat
transnational terrorist activities.
GODEC
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR PM ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL FROM THE
AMBASSADOR
STATE ALSO FOR NEA/FO, NEA/MAG (HARRIS AND HOPKINS) AND PM
(KWAK AND ROSATI)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS KTIA PTER TS
SUBJECT: SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A
1206 PROPOSAL
REF: STATE 84130
(SBU) As requested in reftel, Embassy Tunis submitted a
FY-2008 Section 1206 proposal by email to NEA/MAG on July 31.
The proposal, titled "Suppressing Trans-Border Terrorist
Activity," seeks to provide $35 million in immediate
assistance to the Tunisian Armed Forces, which is undertaking
new and expanded counterterrorism activities on Tunisia's
borders to combat the spread of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic
Maghreb. Specifically, the proposal seeks to respond to the
Tunisian military's need for increased helicopter flight
hours, night vision goggles and ground surveillance radar --
all of which will be dedicated to counterterrorism
activities. I urge the Department to support this proposal
and back the Tunisian government's efforts to combat
transnational terrorist activities.
GODEC