Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08STATE105349
2008-10-02 14:39:00
SECRET
Secretary of State
Cable title:
REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN
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S E C R E T STATE 105349
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN
REF: NONE
Classified By: PM A/S Mark T. Kimmitt E.O. 12958 Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
S E C R E T STATE 105349
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN
REF: NONE
Classified By: PM A/S Mark T. Kimmitt E.O. 12958 Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi,
Amman, Ankara, Cairo, Kuwait, Manama, Rabat, Riyadh, and
Tunis. Please see paragraph 2.
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OBJECTIVE
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2. (U) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate
host country officials at the earliest possible opportunity
to determine the feasibility and availability of transferring
M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) currently in host
country inventory to Yemen via a Third Party Transfer (TPT).
Washington seeks to complete the TPT - including vehicle
delivery - within one to three months. Department
appreciates Posts' assistance with this urgent request.
3. (U) Points to Deliver:
-- As the situation in Iraq has stabilized, al-Qaeda elements
have had a resurgence in Yemen in the past year.
-- The resurgence has been fed by the national government's
inability to exert its authority in remote areas
characterized by rugged, inaccessible terrain.
-- As part of the USG's efforts to upgrade our
counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with Yemen, and in the
broader context of bolstering Yemeni security, the Department
seeks to address an urgent request from the Government of
Yemen for U.S.-origin M113 APCs for the defense of Sanaa and
for CT purposes. The vehicles would be provided to Yemen via
a Third Party Transfer.
-- As the United States does not have these vehicles
immediately available from our inventories, we request you
consider providing U.S.-origin vehicles to Yemen via a Third
Party Transfer.
-- As these vehicles will be provided via a Third Party
Transfer, a request will need to be submitted by the host
country in order to initiate the request and process.
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REPORTING DEADLINE
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4. (U) Posts should report findings by cable to PM/RSAT
Chris Danielewski and NEA/ARP Andrew MacDonald no later than
October 10.
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BACKGROUND
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5. (S) Yemen has continued to request -- most recently
during a September 17 Secretary Rice-President Saleh call --
armored vehicles for defense of Sanaa and for CT purposes.
The Department seeks an initial (25) M113 armored vehicles
within one-to-three months. Additional vehicles, ultimately
numbering 150-200, might subsequently be provided pursuant to
(1) Yemen's progress on the CT front, and (2) intended use
(e.g., to also defend U.S. interests in Sanaa).
End Points.
RICE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/25/2018
TAGS: BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN
REF: NONE
Classified By: PM A/S Mark T. Kimmitt E.O. 12958 Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi,
Amman, Ankara, Cairo, Kuwait, Manama, Rabat, Riyadh, and
Tunis. Please see paragraph 2.
--------------
OBJECTIVE
--------------
2. (U) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate
host country officials at the earliest possible opportunity
to determine the feasibility and availability of transferring
M113 armored personnel carriers (APCs) currently in host
country inventory to Yemen via a Third Party Transfer (TPT).
Washington seeks to complete the TPT - including vehicle
delivery - within one to three months. Department
appreciates Posts' assistance with this urgent request.
3. (U) Points to Deliver:
-- As the situation in Iraq has stabilized, al-Qaeda elements
have had a resurgence in Yemen in the past year.
-- The resurgence has been fed by the national government's
inability to exert its authority in remote areas
characterized by rugged, inaccessible terrain.
-- As part of the USG's efforts to upgrade our
counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with Yemen, and in the
broader context of bolstering Yemeni security, the Department
seeks to address an urgent request from the Government of
Yemen for U.S.-origin M113 APCs for the defense of Sanaa and
for CT purposes. The vehicles would be provided to Yemen via
a Third Party Transfer.
-- As the United States does not have these vehicles
immediately available from our inventories, we request you
consider providing U.S.-origin vehicles to Yemen via a Third
Party Transfer.
-- As these vehicles will be provided via a Third Party
Transfer, a request will need to be submitted by the host
country in order to initiate the request and process.
--------------
REPORTING DEADLINE
--------------
4. (U) Posts should report findings by cable to PM/RSAT
Chris Danielewski and NEA/ARP Andrew MacDonald no later than
October 10.
--------------
BACKGROUND
--------------
5. (S) Yemen has continued to request -- most recently
during a September 17 Secretary Rice-President Saleh call --
armored vehicles for defense of Sanaa and for CT purposes.
The Department seeks an initial (25) M113 armored vehicles
within one-to-three months. Additional vehicles, ultimately
numbering 150-200, might subsequently be provided pursuant to
(1) Yemen's progress on the CT front, and (2) intended use
(e.g., to also defend U.S. interests in Sanaa).
End Points.
RICE