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09STATE125737
2009-12-08 23:03:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Secretary of State
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(S/NF) SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI AND HIS INNER

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FM SECSTATE WASHDC
TO AMEMBASSY TRIPOLI 1365
S E C R E T STATE 125737 

NOFORN
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/08/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV PREL LY
SUBJECT: (S/NF) SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI AND HIS INNER
CIRCLE

Classified By: ELISSA G. PITTERLE, DIRECTOR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).

S E C R E T STATE 125737

NOFORN
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/08/2034
TAGS: PINR PGOV PREL LY
SUBJECT: (S/NF) SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI AND HIS INNER
CIRCLE

Classified By: ELISSA G. PITTERLE, DIRECTOR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).


1. (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN GENERAL
COORDINATOR AND HEAD OF THE QADHAFI FOUNDATION FOR
DEVELOPMENT (QFD) SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI'S INNER CIRCLE,
INCLUDING WHOM SAIF TRUSTS, WHOSE ADVICE HE LISTENS TO THE
MOST, AND ANY RIFTS THAT MAY EXIST AMONG HIS ADVISERS. AS
TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S
ATTENTION TO THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS BELOW BY THE END OF
JANUARY:


A. (S/NF) WHO BELONGS TO SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI'S INNER
CIRCLE (OFFICIALS HE TRUSTS THE MOST AND WHO PERFORM THE MOST
IMPORTANT TASKS FOR HIM) AND WHAT ARE THEIR OFFICIAL TITLES?
WHAT FUNCTION(S) DO THEY SERVE FOR SAIF AND WHAT IS THE
NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP? WHAT IS THEIR BASIC BIOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION AND, IF POST HAS MET THEM, WHAT ARE THEY LIKE AS
INTERLOCUTORS?


B. (S/NF) DO ANY MAJOR RIFTS ON POLICY, POLITICS, OR
IDEOLOGY EXIST AMONG MEMBERS OF SAIF'S INNER CIRCLE? IF YES,
BETWEEN WHOM, AND ON WHAT ISSUE(S) DO THEY DISAGREE? WHOSE
INFLUENCE IN THESE RIFTS HAS CARRIED MORE WEIGHT?


C. (S/NF) OF THE INNER CIRCLE, WHICH THREE OFFICIALS DOES
SAIF TRUST THE MOST (E.G., TO CARRY OUT POLITICALLY SENSITIVE
TASKS, ON PERSONAL MATTERS)?


D. (S/NF) AMONG MEMBERS OF THE INNER CIRCLE, WHICH
OFFICIALS HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE SAIF, BEYOND JUST
IMPLEMENTING HIS PLANS?


E. (S/NF) WHO ARE SAIF'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ADVISERS IN THE
FOLLOWING ISSUE AREAS (THERE MAY BE SOME OVERLAP ACROSS ISSUE
AREAS): DOMESTIC POLITICS, QFD WORK, BUSINESS DEALINGS,
ECONOMICS, AND FOREIGN RELATIONS?


F. (S/NF) TO WHAT EXTENT ARE MEMBERS OF SAIF'S INNER CIRCLE
INVOLVED IN HIS DECISIONS?


G. (S/NF) DOES SAIF HAVE ANY ALLIES IN HIS FAMILY? IF SO,
WHO? ARE THEY ABLE TO INFLUENCE SAIF? WHAT IS HIS
RELATIONSHIP LIKE WITH KHAMIS AL-QADHAFI?


3. (U) TRIPOLI MINIMIZE CONSIDERED.
CLINTON