Identifier
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09BEIRUT564
2009-05-20 09:08:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Beirut
Cable title:  

BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009

Tags:  ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY 
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R 200908Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY BEIRUT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4933
INFO RUEHAM/AMEMBASSY AMMAN 4404
RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 3741
RUEHTV/AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 1390
UNCLAS BEIRUT 000564 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR DS/CC; DS/DSS/ITA; DS/IP/NEA; NEA/EX; S/ES
POSTS FOR RSO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
SUBJECT: BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009

REF: STATE 50245

UNCLAS BEIRUT 000564

SIPDIS

STATE FOR DS/CC; DS/DSS/ITA; DS/IP/NEA; NEA/EX; S/ES
POSTS FOR RSO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
SUBJECT: BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009

REF: STATE 50245


1. (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened
an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were
DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO,
DAO and ODC.


2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the
impact on security of US government facilities and American
citizens in Lebanon due to media attention on the recent US
government decision not to issue previously unreleased photos
of detainees from Abu Gharaib prison in Iraq. EAC Beirut
unanimously agreed that there is no information available
suggesting an adverse impact on the security of the
aforementioned entities based on the decision not to release
the photos.

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