Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ROME1213
2008-09-29 16:32:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
IRAQ: ITALY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE CARABINIERI TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001213
SIPDIS
EUR/RPM FOR CHRIS DAVY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 9/29/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: ITALY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE CARABINIERI TO
NTM-I BUT UNCERTAIN ON BORDER SECURITY
REF: STATE 99701
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Barbara A. Leaf for Reasons
1.4 (B) and (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001213
SIPDIS
EUR/RPM FOR CHRIS DAVY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 9/29/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: ITALY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE CARABINIERI TO
NTM-I BUT UNCERTAIN ON BORDER SECURITY
REF: STATE 99701
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Barbara A. Leaf for Reasons
1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel Demarche to Italian
Political-Military Deputy Director Carlo Batori on September
19. He said he did not believe that the GOI would be
prepared to announce any new commitments at the September 26
SHAPE manpower conference beyond what has already been
announced (namely the planned addition of 16 Carabinieri
trainers to the 40 currently conducting the INP training at
Camp Dublin).
2. (C) He said that the Italian Guardia di Finanza
(Financial/Customs Police),who sent representatives to
Baghdad recently as part of the needs assessment team for the
NTM-I Border Security proposal, have still not reported their
conclusions to the MFA, so he could not yet say whether there
would be an Italian contribution to the Border Security
program. The Italians have already heard that there is a
Turkish interest in leading the program, but he did not
believe that the Guardia di Finanza would want to contribute
trainers to a program led by another country. Like the
Carabinieri, they prefer to design and implement their own
programs, but would of course agree to go if the GOI pressed
them. (Note: the GdF have led border and customs police
training programs in the Balkans and Afghanistan, but are a
smaller institution than the Carabinieri and have only a
small cadre of deployable trainers available at any one
time.)
SPOGLI
SIPDIS
EUR/RPM FOR CHRIS DAVY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 9/29/2018
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQ: ITALY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE CARABINIERI TO
NTM-I BUT UNCERTAIN ON BORDER SECURITY
REF: STATE 99701
Classified By: Political Minister-Counselor Barbara A. Leaf for Reasons
1.4 (B) and (D)
1. (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel Demarche to Italian
Political-Military Deputy Director Carlo Batori on September
19. He said he did not believe that the GOI would be
prepared to announce any new commitments at the September 26
SHAPE manpower conference beyond what has already been
announced (namely the planned addition of 16 Carabinieri
trainers to the 40 currently conducting the INP training at
Camp Dublin).
2. (C) He said that the Italian Guardia di Finanza
(Financial/Customs Police),who sent representatives to
Baghdad recently as part of the needs assessment team for the
NTM-I Border Security proposal, have still not reported their
conclusions to the MFA, so he could not yet say whether there
would be an Italian contribution to the Border Security
program. The Italians have already heard that there is a
Turkish interest in leading the program, but he did not
believe that the Guardia di Finanza would want to contribute
trainers to a program led by another country. Like the
Carabinieri, they prefer to design and implement their own
programs, but would of course agree to go if the GOI pressed
them. (Note: the GdF have led border and customs police
training programs in the Balkans and Afghanistan, but are a
smaller institution than the Carabinieri and have only a
small cadre of deployable trainers available at any one
time.)
SPOGLI