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08ATHENS1399	GREEK PM STAYS THE COURSE DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Buffeted by scandals and allegations of financial mismanagement, as well as dissent within his own New Democracy party (ref A),PM Karamanlis called an emergency cabinet meeting on October 2 to reassert his authority and strengthen resolve to continue forward with the government's reform [...]	2008-10-03 14:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GR

08ATHENS1400	GREECE/NATO: GREECE WITHDRAWS FROM NATO AEGEAN [...] (C) Greece informed NATO military authorities October 6 that it has withdrawn from a NATO table top exercise ("Noble Aspect 08") on the Aegean. Greece sought to include "tracks" of a civilian aircraft overflying Agios Efstratios island (reftel) - an island that Turkey maintains is "demilitari [...]	2008-10-06 15:08:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PGOV PREL TU GR
08ATHENS1405	GREECE/KOSOVO: SEEKING EU CONSENSUS TO ABSTAIN ON [...] (C) On October 6, Ambassador Speckhard raised with Ambassador Constantinos Halistanis, FM Bakoyannis' Chief of Staff, reftel points on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at the UNGA. The Ambassador highlighted the potentially harmful effects of referring Kosovo's independence to the ICJ, as it could [...]	2008-10-07 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV SR GR
08ATHENS1408	NEW DEMOCRACY MAJORITY UP SLIGHTLY WITH RETURN OF PRODIGAL [...] (SBU) Stavros Dailakis, the New Democracy deputy expelled from the parliamentary caucus for criticizing PM Karamanlis's personal aides on October 2 (reftels),has been reinstated by the PM. As a result, the GoG again has a majority of 152 seats in the 300-member Parliament. Dailakis had earl [...]	2008-10-08 12:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER GR
08ATHENS1411	ENVIRONMENTALISTS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT IN GREECE [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Embassy's initiative to expand its dialogue on the environment, the Ambassador hosted a September 23 lunch for Greek NGO environmentalists. A key point raised included the challenges of protecting the environment against big business interests, such as tourism an [...]	2008-10-09 04:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY GR
08ATHENS1427	GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS POSITIVE ON NIMETZ [...] (C) In a 10/9 conversation with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said Greece considered UN mediator Nimetz' latest proposal to be a "good basis," but with some remaining areas for refinement - particularly stronger provisions on bilateral usage of the new name. Bakoyannis laid out the GOG [...]	2008-10-10 11:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MK GR
08ATHENS1431	GREEK REPRESENTATION AT BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (U) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis' Deputy Chief of Staff, Yiannis Tsaussis, urging the Foreign Minister's participation in the BMENA Forum for the Future. Tsaussis later reported that FM Bakoyannis had carefully considered her attendance but had other c [...]	2008-10-10 13:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	GR ECIN
08ATHENS1432	GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...]	2008-10-10 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1433	GREECE/UNGA: DELIVERY OF FIRST (DISARMAMENT) [...] (U) On October 9, Poloff delivered reftelQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ issues at UNGA First (Disarmament) CommitteeQ!QQ Q$ Q!Q Q Q e MFA D2 Directorate f/Q NQO and the Western European Union (WEU). Poloff also delivered demarche to Evaghelia Kamariotou, Attache at the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and Internat [...]	2008-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	GR MNUC PARM PREL UNGA
08ATHENS1437	GREECE/IRAN: GOG IMPLEMENTING 1835 AND IRISL [...] (S) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman discussed ref A and B demarches on UNSC 1835 and the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Issues deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis stated categorically that Gree [...]	2008-10-14 14:10:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MNUC PARM KNNP IR GR PREL
08ATHENS1445	101ST U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On September 29, DCM led USG delegation to the 101st meeting of the U.S. and Greek Joint Commission. The commission focuses on bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Gre [...]	2008-10-16 13:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL GR
08ATHENS1452	GREECE: ADVANCING THE U.S. AGENDA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) The October 23 - 24 meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC - a policy-level bilateral on political-military issues mandated by the U.S./Greece treaty that establishes basing rights in Greece) is an important opportunity to advance our agenda on Afghanistan. We recommend [...]	2008-10-17 09:34:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS MARR GR
08ATHENS1453	EEB DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES BANK SADERAT AND NEW [...] (C) During a meeting with EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Doug Hengel on October, 14, Bank of Greece Director of Bank Supervision Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos outlined the measures the Bank of Greece is taking against Iranian Bank Saderat. Kyriakopoulos indicated that while the Bank [...]	2008-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC ECON KNNP IR GR KTFN EFIN
08ATHENS1455	MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]	2008-10-17 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS1456	GREECE AND IPR -- VISIT BY USTR [...] (SBU) During the visit of Leslie Yang (USTR's Director for Europe),Government of Greece (GoG) officials outlined current and planned efforts to improve IPR protection and enforcement. Yang also met with Greek industry representatives including: Business Software Alliance (BSA),the Associat [...]	2008-10-17 16:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR GR PREL
08ATHENS1457	DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...]	2008-10-20 06:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR
08ATHENS1463	GREEK GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, the Embassy raised reftel A points regarding the October 22 Georgia Donors' Conference with the MFA and the head of Hellenic Aid. Both indicated that while additional funding may potentially be forthcoming, the GoG does not appear prepared to make a pledge durin [...]	2008-10-21 12:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA KCRS EAID EFIN PREL GR
08ATHENS147	GREECE MOURNS ARCHBISHOP'S DEATH [...] On January 31, Greece paid its final respects to Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos in a funeral service at Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral. The service, lasting two hours and broadcast live on several television channels, was attended by a who's-who of Greek society, as well a [...]	2008-01-31 12:59:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI GR
08ATHENS1470	GREECE MTCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC GR
08ATHENS1473	GREECE: IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE [...] (U) On October 23, DepPolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming nuclear conference in Iran to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Director of the MFA D1 Department United Nations and International Organizations Affairs, and Loukas Tsokos, D1 First Secretary. Tsokos said D [...]	2008-10-24 08:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GR MNUC PGOV PREL TRGY IR
08ATHENS1476	VATOPAIDION SCANDAL CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM IN GREEK [...] (C) On October 23, one of Prime Minister Karamanlis's closest aides, Minister of State and GoG spokesman Theodoris Roussopoulos, resigned in connection with the Vatopaidion real estate scandal -- the second minister to do since September. Roussopoulos is expected to remain in his seat in Parl [...]	2008-10-27 07:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS148	GREECE/TURKEY: MFA TERMS KARAMANLIS VISIT [...] (C) MFA officials termed PM Karamanlis' January 23 - 25 trip to Turkey "positive but not concrete." They were pleased by statements by PM Erdogan that "could be seen as positive openings" on the status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, on the Aegean "casus belli," and on broader Ae [...]	2008-01-31 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SOCI TU GR
08ATHENS1481	RNEWABLES: A HOT SECTOR STYMIED BY THE USUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With pleny of natural sunlight and wind, Greece is well-positioned to tap into one of the hottest sectors in the energy market. Although improving the investment climate for green renewable energy sources (RES),particularly solar energy, is a priority, the Greek Government s [...]	2008-10-29 06:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR
08ATHENS1490	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...]	2008-10-30 17:26:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC GR
08ATHENS1491	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...]	2008-10-30 17:36:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08ATHENS1495	GREEK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (S) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou and her future successor Niki Kamba. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- RUSSIA: Katzourou noted that the Medvedev Security Treaty Proposal had not been di [...]	2008-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD GR EUN
08ATHENS1498	GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS BRIEFS PARLIAMENT [...] (C) FM Bakoyannis told the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs October 29 that Greece will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis, but that certain (unspecified) changes are required. She asserted that Greece seeks a new, compound name with a geographic quali [...]	2008-10-31 13:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS1504	RENEWABLES MARKET IN GREECE - OPIC-SUPPORTED [...] (SBU) Post believes that at this time Greece is not yet ready for investment in the renewables sector given bureaucratic hurdles and a substantial backlog of projects. (See reftel d for details on the renewables sector in Greece.) Despite strong growth potential and a high priority given to [...]	2008-10-31 15:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR IS
08ATHENS1512	GREECE WORRIED ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNIA [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/4 with Dimitris Tsoungas, Deputy Director of the MFA A3 Balkans Directorate, to follow-up on ref A points on engaging the EU on Bosnia. The points had previously been delivered to Tsoungas and the MFA's EU Correspondent to inform Greek preparations for the EU [...]	2008-11-04 13:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR BK EU
08ATHENS1515	THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMPACT ON GREECE AND [...] (SBU) While the Greek banking system has not been hit by first-round effects of the global financial crisis given its limited exposure to the complex financial products at the center of the storm, it has been affected by the ensuing freeze in the capital markets and the increased cost of rais [...]	2008-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GR
08ATHENS1517	GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 12:13:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR
08ATHENS152	NO INVITATION FOR MACEDONIAN CHURCH LEADERS TO [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) After news emerged Wednesday that leaders of the Macedonian Orthodox Church intended to attend the funeral liturgy of Greek Archbishop Christodoulos in Athens on Thursday, Greek Church authorities declared that the Macedonians were [...]	2008-02-01 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF MK GR
08ATHENS1524	GREECE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME [...] Greek Prime Minister Konstandinos Karamanlis has sent a congratulatory letter to President-elect Obama. We understand that the original is being delivered through the Greek Embassy in Washington. However, the Prime Minister's office has provided us with a courtesy copy, which is provided in [...]	2008-11-07 05:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODPC OVIP GR
08ATHENS1525	GREECE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRIME [...] Greek Prime Minister Konstandinos Karamanlis has sent a congratulatory letter to Vice President-elect Biden. We understand that the original is being delivered through the Greek Embassy in Washington. However, the Prime Minister's office has provided us with a courtesy copy, which is provid [...]	2008-11-07 05:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODPC OVIP GR
08ATHENS1526	GREECE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT [...] Greek President Karolos Papoulias has sent a congratulatory letter to President-elect Obama. We understand that the original is being delivered through the Greek Embassy in Washington. However, the President's office has provided us with a courtesy copy of the English translation, which is [...]	2008-11-07 05:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODPC OVIP GR
08ATHENS1528	GREECE/TERRORISM: NOVEMBER 17 SOUNDS OFF, [...] (SBU) An imprisoned assassin from Greece's most famous domestic terrorist group, November 17 (17N),recently published an unrepentant manifesto in a Greek newspaper, while another group with a similar ideology, Revolutionary Struggle (RS),may have launched a new bomb attack, possibly its firs [...]	2008-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC GR
08ATHENS153	RULING PARTY MAJORITY RAZOR THIN FOLLOWING MP [...] (SBU) On January 31, the ruling New Democracy party's already-thin majority was shaved further (152 to 151 seats of 300) when ND MP Kostas Koukodimos announced he was leaving the party following allegations of corruption in connection with the parties to the overheated Zachopoulos scandal (refs [...]	2008-02-01 16:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1534	GREEKS GET RUSSIA MESSAGE IN TIME FOR GAERC [...] (SBU) On November 8, DepPolCouns discussed reftel GAERC points on dealing with Russia with Haris Lalacos, head of the MFA A11 Directorate for the EU CFSP. Lalacos was grateful to receive the information over the weekend because he was departing along with the rest of FM Bakoyannis' party on S [...]	2008-11-10 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PREL RS GR
08ATHENS1536	RLINGMAJOITY ACK TO ONE-VOTE MARGIN [...] (SBU) The parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Karamanlis' New Democracy (ND) ruling party has again shrunk to a single vote (151 seats in a 300-seat Parliament) following the Prime Minister's November 10 decision to expel Petros Tatoulis, ND's best known and most vocal maverick MP, from [...]	2008-11-10 13:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG
08ATHENS1538	THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: GREECE'S VIEW ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 7 meeting with advisors at the Secretary General of Energy and Natural Sources to the Ministry of Development, Greek interlocutors said they were fully on board with the need for the EU Climate and Energy Package, but did not think it would get approved by all EU [...]	2008-11-10 15:12:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
08ATHENS1541	GREECE: AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT, TIP, IPR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador Speckhard raised with Georgios Panagiotopoulos, President and Justice of the Greek Council of State (an equivalent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court),several legal issues: 1) the need for Greece to move expeditiously in ratifying the U [...]	2008-11-12 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM GR
08ATHENS1542	GREECE ON EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 10:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KDEM GR XM BL
08ATHENS1559	GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points with MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights head Ilias Fotopoulos. Fotopoulos believed Greece would vote against a no-action motion and in favor of the resolution condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. He said, however, that consul [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL GR IR
08ATHENS1561	GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...]	2008-11-17 05:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS1562	GREEK MFA STATEMENT CONDEMNS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) On November 15, the Greek MFA issued a statement regarding the 25th anniversary of creating the "TRNC" in 1983. The statement reiterated Greece's position that this was "a provocative illegal action in violation of the fundamental rules and principles of international law" and stressed [...]	2008-11-18 06:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CY TU GR
08ATHENS1563	GREECE: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM ARCHBISHOP [...] Hieronymous II, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, has sent a congratulatory letter to President-elect Obama. The original letter was sent by pouch today to S/ES-CR (registration number 5697438),but a copy of the text is provided in paragraph 2 below. 2. BEGIN TEXT Athens, 7 Nov [...]	2008-11-18 06:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODPC OVIP GR
08ATHENS1569	GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...]	2008-11-18 15:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO
08ATHENS1570	GREECE/TURKEY: NAVAL STANDOFF OVER OIL EXPLORATION [...] (C) In a 11/17 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathocles confirmed that the immediate crisis is "over" with Turkey over a Norwegian ship accompanied by a Turkish frigate that had been conducting oil exploration approximately eighty miles south of the Greek [...]	2008-11-18 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS GR TU
08ATHENS1572	GREECE SUPPORTING IRAQI DIPLOMATS WITH TRAINING, [...] (U) On November 17, the Greek MFA announced that its Diplomatic Academy would be hosting a two-week training program in Athens November 17-28 for ten young Iraqi diplomats. The MFA announcement said the aim of the training was to strengthen friendship and understanding between Greece and Ira [...]	2008-11-20 09:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR IZ PGOV PHUM PREL AF EAID KPAO
08ATHENS1574	GREECE ANNOUNCES 15 PERCENT CUT IN MILITARY [...] (U) In a November 14 statement before Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis announced he would reduce military spending by 15 percent in the 2009 state budget in a bid to save money. While the revised budget has not yet been sent to Parliament, Karamanlis indicated the funds would instead be [...]	2008-11-20 14:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MASS PARM GR
08ATHENS1575	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR BRIEFS [...] (SBU) In a hastily arranged November 19 briefing for all NATO and EU Diplomatic Missions and the European Commission Representative, Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis made the following points: -- Greece intends to continue to work on a solution under the auspices of UN Envoy Nime [...]	2008-11-20 16:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU MK GR
08ATHENS1584	'PICTURING AMERICA': ECA's CULTURAL PROGRAMS DIVISION'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 15:16:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO GR
08ATHENS1586	GREECE WILL VOTE YES ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered ref A demarche on increasing UNGA Plenary support for the U.S. First Committee resolution on "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation, and disarmament agreements and commitments" to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations deputy head Loukas Tsok [...]	2008-11-24 09:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA GR
08ATHENS1589	GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG
08ATHENS1595	GREEK RESPONSE: UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on November 21 to Antonias Zambelas and Pavlos Pezaros, Ministry of Rural Development and Food; Mr. Elias Karanikas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate for Internal Market, Agriculture and Other Policies; and Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hell [...]	2008-11-25 16:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV GR
08ATHENS1600	GREECE AND ALBANIA AGREE ON MILITARY CEMETERIES IN [...] (U) On November 21, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced that Greece and Albania had reached agreement on the establishment of two military cemeteries in Albania (reftel). The two cemeteries, which will honor Greek soldiers killed in Albania in WWII, will be located in Gjirokaster and Kelcyr [...]	2008-11-26 12:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL AL
08ATHENS1605	GREECE/OSCE: GREEK VIEWS ON HELSINKI MINISTERIAL [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/28 with Deputy Head of the MFA OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, Louis-Alkiviadis Abadis, to deliver reftel points on the U.S. priorities for the Helsinki OSCE Ministerial. Abadis had the following comments on our points: -- Ministerial Declaration: He noted t [...]	2008-11-28 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GR RS GG AM AJ
08ATHENS1606	GREECE/CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS - GOG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL GR
08ATHENS1607	GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...]	2008-11-28 15:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR
08ATHENS1617	GREECE/IRAQ: U.S.-IRAQ AGREEMENTS AND GOG [...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging initial call, DCM Deborah McCarthy discussed ref A points on the U.S.-Iraq Agreements with MFA A6 Middle East Directorate head Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou. Papaioannou was already aware of the agreements through the Greek Embassy in Baghdad, though he neverthele [...]	2008-12-03 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN GR IZ PGOV PREL UNSC
08ATHENS1618	GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on November 26 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs. On December 3, Dr. Koutrakou advised A/DepEconCouns that the GoG has not made any firm decisions on whether it will provide ass [...]	2008-12-03 13:31:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN GR
08ATHENS1627	GREEK VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Katzourou was unable to speak directly to the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but said EU [...]	2008-12-04 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS1636	GREECE TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) On December 4, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA D1 First Secretary Loukas Tsokos and Expert on Disarmament Issues Pantelis Margaris. Tskokos confirmed that Greece will join consensus on the text for amendment of NSG Nuclear Guidelines on control of transfers of ENR equipment and t [...]	2008-12-05 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC GR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL TRGY
08ATHENS1639	VISA REQUIREMENT FOR GREECE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) Several USG personnel have recently been detained in Athens for arriving on a diplomatic or official passport without a Schengen visa, including an Ambassador, a Congressman, and a team of FBI agents whose travel was arranged by Carlson Wa [...]	2008-12-08 10:49:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN AMGT APER KSEP
08ATHENS164	EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT [...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...]	2008-02-04 14:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR
08ATHENS1643	GREECE: UNPRECEDENTED ANARCHIST VIOLENCE FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 6-7, anarchist rioters caused extensive damage in downtown Athens and other Greek cities following the shooting by police of a 15-year-old protester Saturday evening. Lower key protests continued on Monday, but the situation remained volatile. The Education Minister [...]	2008-12-08 15:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR
08ATHENS1644	ATHENS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2008, Embassy Athens Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the developing national crisis in reaction to the police shooting and subsequent death of a 15 year old student. Since then, there have been numerous spontaneous confrontations between the police and anarchi [...]	2008-12-08 15:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
08ATHENS1649	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 9 UPDAT [...] (SBU) Rioting continued in multiple cities on the evening of December 8 and further protests are expected December 9 as the funeral takes place for the 15-year-old student. In Athens, several businesses and public buldings, including the National Library and a uilding housing part of the For [...]	2008-12-09 14:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC PTER SOCI GR
08ATHENS165	GREEK DFM LEADING DEL TO SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a series of conversations with MFA interlocutors over the last few days, Ambassador and DCM have emphasized that a planned trip by DFM Petros Doukas as head of a Greek trade delegation to Syria later this week was a bad idea that sent the wrong message to Damascus. Doukas repl [...]	2008-02-04 16:16:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PREL SY
08ATHENS1652	EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES CODEL POE [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the December 15-16 visit of CODEL Poe to Athens. Control Officer for the visit to Athens will be Political Officer Elaine Paplos, 30-210-720-2756 (Office),30-694-439-0185 (cell),30-210-729-5313. The Control Officer will meet you at the Athens Airport acc [...]	2008-12-10 06:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ASEC GR
08ATHENS1653	GREECE AND THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy Athens offers the following information on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) We assess that Greece will continue to follow the EU common position to support the development of democracy and human rights in [...]	2008-12-10 13:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ETTC PGOV GR CU
08ATHENS1655	Greece's 2009 Budget Seen as Unrealistic and Out of Context [...] (U) The GoG's draft 2009 budget submitted to Parliament November 21 has been criticized by the press, citizens, opposition parties, and informed observers alike as being unrealistic and out of context with the current economic crisis and resulting slowdown. Although all economic indicators or [...]	2008-12-10 13:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GR
08ATHENS1658	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...]	2008-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS1660	END-OF-FIRE SEASON UPDATE IN GREECE: SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Greece had a low-intensity fire season in 2008 with one major fire in July on the island of Rhodes that destroyed 13,000 hectares of land. Fires reappeared in early December, hitting Rhodes again and burning over 3,700 hectares of land. The GoG continues to lack coordination i [...]	2008-12-11 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR RU
08ATHENS1666	POINTS ON IEA BUDGET PASSED [...] Economic Counselor passed reftel points on IEA 2009-2010 budget to Elsa Loverdou, Advisor to the Minister on Energy Issues at the Ministry of Development and to MFA Secretary General for International Economic Affairs Skylakakis. We will report any response if/when received. SPECKHARD [...]	2008-12-12 12:31:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG
08ATHENS1667	GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...]	2008-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR
08ATHENS1668	GREECE/TURKEY TALKS ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS: LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Greek delegation visited Ankara in mid-November for the third round of discussions aimed at improving implementation of the protocol the two countries signed in 2001 on re-admission of illegal migrants. Over the last two years, the number of migrants using Greece's Aegean islands as a [...]	2008-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU IZ SO AF IT GR
08ATHENS1669	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 12 UPDATE [...] (C) The level of violence dropped in Greece over the night of December 11, but there were still attacks on police stations. On December 12 two demonstrations took place. Police are concerned that anarchists will try to use an evening rally on December 12 to enter Parliament and perhaps the Pr [...]	2008-12-12 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS167	ECCC: AMBASSADOR LEADS CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat appropriately. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador held a positive discussion on the ECCC process with MFA Secretary General for International Economic Affairs Skylakakis on January 30. The two agreed provisionally to hold the next [...]	2008-02-05 11:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIPR GR
08ATHENS1671	GREECE: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens provides the following submission for Greece for the "Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT) 2008." 2. Begin report: Greece Greece is increasingly an EU entry point for illegal immigrants coming from the Middle East. As such there is ongoing concern that it could be used as [...]	2008-12-12 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC GR
08ATHENS168	GREECE TO TELL SYRIA: KEEP OUT OF LEBANON [...] (S) On February 5, DepPolCouns delivered ref c points on the arrest of Syrian democracy activists to MFA A6 Middle East Directorate deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis, who said he would pass them to DFM Doukas prior to his trip to Damascus later this week (ref b). On Feb 4, DepPolCouns delivered ref [...]	2008-02-05 15:25:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PREL SY KMPI LE
08ATHENS1680	PM KARAMANLIS DEFENDS GOVERMENT, PASOK LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite mounting domestic criticism of his handling of the recent demonstrations and violence, PM Karamanlis defended his government's restrained approach and criticized opposition parties for failing to come together during the crisis at a December 12 press conference in Bruss [...]	2008-12-15 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER GR
08ATHENS1687	PM KARAMANLIS DISCUSSES RIOTS, VATOPAIDION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a widely publicized December 16 speech to his ruling New Democracy (ND) party caucus in Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis took what is now a familiar line of sharply criticizing the actions of the accused police officer while simultaneously condemning the street violence a [...]	2008-12-17 16:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS1688	NATO/AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points related to requirements for elections support in Afghanistan to Theodoros Daskarolis, Deputy Director of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Affairs. Daskarolis replied that Greece is aware of the requirement and following the force generation pr [...]	2008-12-18 10:00:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR
08ATHENS1689	GREECE PLAYS HOOKY ON EU WASTE DIRECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Greece's lackluster performance on waste management likely will result in another serious reprimand by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for the country's inability to meet EU directives. Greece was referred to the ECJ on over twenty occasions in 2007 for a failure to impl [...]	2008-12-18 10:00:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EIND SENV SOCI PREL GR
08ATHENS1692	GREEK RIOTS - WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THEY IMPACT [...] (C) The riots that began in Greece following the December 6 police shooting of a teenager have shocked even the most cynical of Greeks, and have resulted in hundreds of millions of Euros in economic damage. The unrest has deeply polarized society, with youth of all socio-economic backgrounds [...]	2008-12-18 13:00:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL SOCI ASEC PHUM ECON TU MK GR
08ATHENS1693	PROTECTIN TGI: GREECE'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR [...] (C) Smmary. Greece's Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) is in the forefront of efforts to advance TGI's completion. In a December 15 conversation, RAE's Vice-President, Michael Thomadakis, outlined his organization's work to creQa faiQd transparent gas network code that promotes energy di [...]	2008-12-18 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR
08ATHENS1698	GREEK RIOTS: SETTLING IN FOR THE LONGER-TERM [...] (SBU) Levels of rioting and violence have increased in localized areas of Athens, and anarchists are clearly trying to injure or kill police and state security officials. Rioters have sought to increase further their visibility by placing banners on the Acropolis and attempting to burn down ( [...]	2008-12-22 06:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS1706	GREECE: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 09:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR AMGT AORC APER UNGA UNESCO GG
08ATHENS1707	GREECE/UNESCO: POINTS DELIVERED ON UNESCO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on the UNESCO Director-General election on December 16 to Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Counselor for UN issues of the Greek MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Papadoyorgakis remarked that it would be "difficult" to find a [...]	2008-12-22 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO GR
08ATHENS1708	GREECE/UN: POINTS DELIVERED ON HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on harmonized conditions of service and streamlined contractual arrangements at the UN on December 16 to Emmanuel Papadoyorgakis, Counselor for UN issues of the Greek MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Papadoyorgaki [...]	2008-12-22 13:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA GR
08ATHENS1715	GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...]	2008-12-23 13:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR
08ATHENS1717	GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...]	2008-12-23 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR
08ATHENS1719	GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE FOR POTENTIAL PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) A/DepEconCouns delivered reftel points on December 15 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs. On December 24, Dr. Koutrakou advised A/DepEconCouns once again (see reftel B) that the GoG has not made any firm decisions on [...]	2008-12-24 10:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN GR PK
08ATHENS1720	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...]	2008-12-24 11:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS1724	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...]	2008-12-30 07:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC GR
08ATHENS1725	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...]	2008-12-30 07:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP EFIN PARM GR

08ATHENS1728	GREEK FM URGES ACTIVE EU ROLE IN GAZA CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Events in Gaza temporarily pushed domestic concerns, such as anarchist violence, the Vatopaidion scandal, and economic troubles, off Greek front pages, giving the Karamanlis government a much-needed breather after weeks of bruising criticism and declining poll figures (reftels). [...]	2008-12-30 11:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS
08ATHENS1729	GREECE: READY FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA IF IT HAPPENS [...] (SBU) Head of the National Health Operations Center (EKEPY) Dr. Panayiotis Efstathiou told EconOff that Greece was prepared for an Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak if it should happen. Efstathiou said that he attended the October conference on AI in Sharm el-Sheikh. He said that they discussed [...]	2008-12-31 07:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR EAID PREL KFLU GR
08ATHENS1730	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: U.S./DUTCH/RUSSIAN TEAM [...] (U) On December 22, Poloff, together with Dutch Ambassador Von Rij and Russian Poloff Dimitriy Novikov, delivered reftel demarche on the Fifth Global Initiative Meeting in June 2009 to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Head of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organization [...]	2008-12-31 09:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GR PARM PINR PINS KGIC
08ATHENS179	GREECE ELECTS NEW ARCHBISHOP -- SAME LINE, LOWER [...] (U) Ieronymos, Archbishop of Thebes, was elected February 7, 2008 as the new Archbishop of Athens and all Greece by the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church. Signaling election of a new Archbishop with illumination of the exterior lights of Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral -- a new procedure [...]	2008-02-07 14:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF KREL SOCI GR
08ATHENS196	OSCE/KOSOVO: GREECE OPPOSES BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met with MFA Ambassador Petros Avierinos, Director of the D3 Directorate for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, to make reftel points on the possibility of Serbia invoking the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism following a declaration of independence from Kosovo. Avierinos was [...]	2008-02-12 13:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KV EU OSCE GR
08ATHENS20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit, which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Greece is a NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. The center-right New Democracy governm [...]	2008-01-04 17:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON GR
08ATHENS201	IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]	2008-02-13 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS202	EMBASSY ATHENS' FORCED LABOR SEMINAR PARTICIPANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 12:49:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM GR
08ATHENS205	GREECE/MACEDONIA -- CONTINUED INSISTENCE ON [...] (C) In our ongoing conversations on the Macedonia name issue, we have been highlighting the importance of the Interim Agreement, emphasizing the need to respond seriously and positively to Nimetz' framework and proposals, and pointing out the gaps we see in Greece's current approach. Uniforml [...]	2008-02-13 15:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS207	KOSOVO: GREECE NOT "AMONG THE FIRST" TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) On 2/13 Ambassador Speckhard and DCM raised ref B points on encouraging recognition of Kosovo with PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisors Alexandros Sandis, Constandinos Bitsios, and Marina Skordeli. Sandis and Bitsios acknowledged that independence is imminent, but reiterated that Greece wi [...]	2008-02-14 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI KV GR
08ATHENS21	PM KARAMANLIS TOUGH ON MACEDONIA NAME, PRAGMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis took a hard line on te Macedonia name issue, saying he had "done hs part," while Skopje had become increasingly intransigent. A mutually acceptable solution -- which could include a composite name of "New, [...]	2008-01-05 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS210	GREECE: NATIONAL STRIKE OVER SOCIAL SECURITY [...] (U) On February 13, the two leading labor unions in Greece held a 24-hour general strike to protest the proposed (though still unveiled) legislation for reforming the Greek social security system. Much of Greece was shut down. Unions are angry at plans that purportedly call for increasing the [...]	2008-02-14 16:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI GR
08ATHENS213	CONTRARIAN FORMER FM PANGALOS ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a cordial introductory meeting wit Ambassador, former PASOK Foreign Minister (196-1999) Theodoros Pangalos -- known during his tenure at the MFA for a sharp tongue and undiplomatic approach -- said he thought the name issue between Greece and Macedonia was "ridiculous" and a "disaster f [...]	2008-02-15 08:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS214	GREEK POSITION ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 15:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUN PREL PGOV KVIR IS IR CD BM GR
08ATHENS216	CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...]	2008-02-15 16:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR
08ATHENS217	GREEK MFA ON RUSSIA/ABKHAZIA AND GREECE/RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA Russian affairs directorate chief Ambassador Tsamados said Greece had seen little evidence indicating Russia was serious about recognizing Abkhazia as independent and had no interest in altering Soviet-era borders. The GOG was not pleased by Putin's recent comments comp [...]	2008-02-15 16:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL GG RU KNAR
08ATHENS223	MGKV01: GREEK INITIAL REACTION TO KOSOVO [...] (C) Heavy snowstorms, UN Envoy Nimetz,s imminent arrival for the next round of talks on the Macedonia name issue, and Cyrus elections have drawn Greek attention away from Kosovo's independence declaration. SEPTEL will report on ongoing conversations on recognition. During a February 19 press [...]	2008-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI KV GR
08ATHENS224	MGKV01: GREECE/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 15:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KVIR GR
08ATHENS226	GREECE: CFE INSPECTION PLANNING AND DECONFLICTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 16:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL GR
08ATHENS227	GREECE: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary and Introduction: News of Kosovo's declaration of independence this weekend arrived during a rare heavy snowfall in Athens, simultaneous with surprising results from the elections in Cyprus and just ahead of another round of negotiations on the Macedonia name issue. In this heavy envi [...]	2008-02-20 05:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO YI KV KMDR GR
08ATHENS23	SEX, SUICIDE, AND DVDS: SCANDAL IN GREECE [...] (U) PM Karamanlis' much-touted anti-corruption campaign is under heavy fire from the opposition following eruption of a scandal involving former Culture Ministry Secretary General and Karamanlis confidant Christos Zahopoulos, who resigned in mid-December then attempted suicide by throwing himse [...]	2008-01-08 13:46:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GR
08ATHENS231	GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS WELCOMING [...] (U) In comments to the press on the margins of the 2/19 talks in Athens under UN Special Envoy Nimetz on Macedonia's name, FM Bakoyannis made a welcoming and (for a Greek official, uncommonly positive) statement to Skopje, calling for Athens and Skopje to work together to put the past behind t [...]	2008-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN NATO MK GR
08ATHENS238	ROMA OF GREECE: "MORE RATS THAN CHILDREN" [...] From February 11 - 13, Poloff visited a dozen makeshift Roma camps within a hundred kilometers of Athens. In meeting after meeting, the terribly poor Romani occupants asked for jobs, housing and education. Evidence abounds that a GoG program offering housing loans to individual Roma families [...]	2008-02-21 14:59:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GR
08ATHENS239	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEKS READY TO ENGAGE ON [...] (S) Greek name negotiator Vassilakis reported that Athens will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis for negotiations, but will seek changes to it. PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis emphasized to Nimetz that Greece will "engage seriously" as now is the time to resolve this issue. [...]	2008-02-21 17:40:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS246	GREEK GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRIOT ELECTIONS [...] (C) On February 21, MFA A2 Cyprus Department Director Ambassador Dimitris Yannakakis told A/PolCouns that the GOG is monitoring the Cypriot elections with cautious optimism. Greece notes positively the fact that both Dimitris Christofias and Iannis Kasoulides have expressed readiness to deal w [...]	2008-02-22 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY GR
08ATHENS250	INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT: GREEK TERROR GROUP [...] (SBU) The domestic counterterrorism division of the Hellenic National Police (HNP) and FBI at Embassy Athens collaborated on a joint intelligence assessment of the Greek domestic terrorist group Revolutionary Struggle. Their assessment is summarized below: 2. (SBU) RS is the most domina [...]	2008-02-25 09:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER GR
08ATHENS254	TFKV01: KOSOVO: GREECE "YAWNS" [...] (U) Notwithstanding Greece's special relationship with Serbia and Greece's previous history of large demonstrations against NATO and "the West" in response to Kosovo activities, there has been relatively little public reaction to Kosovo's declaration of independence. Greek media coverage has [...]	2008-02-25 12:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC YI KV GR
08ATHENS255	GREEK LEADERSHIP HERALDS CHRISTOFIAS VICTORY AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greek officials and party leadership from across the political spectrum heralded Demetris Christofias' February 24 presidential election victory as a new era for all Cypriots -- Greek and Turkish alike. The Greeks welcome Christofias, readiness to constructively enga [...]	2008-02-25 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY GR
08ATHENS257	BSEC THINK-TANKERS ON BLACK SEA PROSPECTS [...] (C) On February 20, Ambassador hosted Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Amb. Tedo Japaridze, respectively, director and deputy director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS),the think tank of the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In a wide-ranging dis [...]	2008-02-25 14:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR ZS XH
08ATHENS258	GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM KARAMANLIS REITERATES VETO [...] (U) In response to Parliamentary Questions, PM Karamanlis publicly reiterated that Greece will block a NATO invitation to Macedonia absent a name agreement, while reiterating desire to reach agreement. Greek opposition parties have loudly criticized any "dual name" solution, favoring a change [...]	2008-02-25 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK GR
08ATHENS260	GREECE FACING ONSLAUGHT OF IMMIGRANTS [...] (C) The immigration statistics for 2007 reveal that Greece continues to face a sharp increase of migrants attempting to cross into Greece as a destination point or a stop-over en route to other parts of Europe and beyond. Asylum applications have increased four times from the previous year wh [...]	2008-02-25 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI TU GR
08ATHENS261	CUBA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. POSITION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 15:27:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU GR CU
08ATHENS262	PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...]	2008-02-26 05:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08ATHENS269	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR TELLS DIP [...] (SBU) Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis briefed the diplomatic corps on 2/26 on the state of play on the name issue. His key messages were: -- Greece believes Macedonia maintains extensive irredentist designs on Greek territory (and he provided handouts and books); -- Greece is co [...]	2008-02-26 15:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS271	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW GREEK ARCHBISHOP [...] (C) On February 25, Ambassador Speckhard met with newly elected Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos II. The Archbishop told the Ambassador that coordinated efforts, discipline, and the absence of fanaticism were all necessary to achieve advances in human dignity. The Archbishop pledged his b [...]	2008-02-26 16:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF SOCI PINR GR
08ATHENS272	GREECE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST SERBIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) On 2/26, Ambassador Speckhard met with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to request that Greece take steps both in private with Serbian officials and publicly to discourage any suggestion that violence against the United States and other states who have recognized Kosovo is justified, and t [...]	2008-02-26 16:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR YI KV GR
08ATHENS273	CONSTRUCTION BEGINS IN ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY [...] (C) Notwithstanding our long-standing advice to the contrary and assurances from the GOG to consult with us and the Thessaloniki Jewish Community, Greece has begun construction for a metro station in Thessaloniki in an area that falls within the ancient Jewish Cemetery. Ambassador Speckhard [...]	2008-02-26 16:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KIRF GR
08ATHENS277	GRECE TO WAIT FOR EU POSITION ON ELBARADEI REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 11:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG
08ATHENS291	DISCOURAGING EU DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 11:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU GR
08ATHENS299	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK CHURCH GIVES SOME [...] (SBU) The Greek Orthodox Church has given the GoG some breathing space on the Macedonia name issue. On February 28, the Holy Synod convened for the first time under the chair of new Archbishop Ieronymos. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Holy Synod released a statement which underlines t [...]	2008-03-03 06:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK GR
08ATHENS30	GREECE: SHIELD S15-A-06: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 15:07:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC SY GR
08ATHENS300	GREECE/TURKEY: TGS CONCERNS DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Athens has kept its ears to the ground and eyes toward Ankara in the month following Karamanlis, historic visit to Turkey (reftel). While we have not seen indications of a serious effort to capitalize on the momentum created by his trip, the GOG is cautiously optimist [...]	2008-03-03 06:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO TU GR
08ATHENS303	GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM TELLS PARLIAMENT "ONE NAME" [...] (SBU) During the PM's "Question Time" at the Greek Parliament, Prime Minister Karamanlis stated clearly that Greece seeks one international name for all uses, and rejected any compound names that would "describe the existing type of government" in Skopje. These statements further limit the G [...]	2008-03-03 12:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MK GR
08ATHENS309	DEAMRCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) On February 26, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche points to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Acting Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations and to Political Director Vassilopoulos at the A9 Division for Subsuaharan Africa at the MFA. 2. (C) [...]	2008-03-04 08:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNGA UNSC IMO GR
08ATHENS313	FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador Speckhard that she will tell NATO FMs March 6 that Greece is not ready for a NATO invitation for Macedonia and expects Alliance solidarity on this issue. Greece remains ready to make a deal on a composite name -- using "upper" or "new" [...]	2008-03-04 15:08:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT CVIS MK NATO AF GR
08ATHENS315	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - GREECE [...] (SBU) IPR developments in Greece in 2007 paint a very complex picture. On the one hand, cooperation between the GOG and industry remained strong, and the GOG continued to say all the right things regarding IPR issues and appeared to want to do the right thing. Most impressively, positive IP [...]	2008-03-04 17:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD GR KIPR
08ATHENS32	LEVINSON CASE: GREEK FM WILLING TO RAISE WITH IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 6. 2. (S) On January 7, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayfantis requested a meeting with DepPolCouns to discuss the case of Amcit Robert Levinson missing in Iran (ref b). Ayfantis said [...]	2008-01-07 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL CASC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS320	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:00:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR
08ATHENS321	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]	2008-03-05 15:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS322	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS323	GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...]	2008-03-05 15:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP
08ATHENS325	STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...]	2008-03-05 15:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR
08ATHENS330	GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 12:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS336	SLOVAKIA PM FICO VISITS ATHENS/KOSOVO ON THE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Slovak PM Robert Fico paid a one-day visit to Athens March 3, meeting with President Papoulias, PM Karamanlis, and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis. According to Greek MFA officials, this visit had been planned for "several months." 2. (U) In public statements, the two PMs said they had [...]	2008-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR LO KV YI
08ATHENS337	SLOVAKIA PM LVO ON THE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Slovak PM Robert Fico paid a one-day visit to Athens March 3, meeting with President Papoulias, PM Karamanlis, and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis. According to Greek MFA officials, this visit had been planned for "several months." 2. (U) In public statements, the two PMs said they had [...]	2008-03-07 13:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR LO KV YI
08ATHENS338	GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS340	STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR
08ATHENS341	GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS342	GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting ith A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedona absent an agreement [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP
08ATHENS344	STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR
08ATHENS345	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS346	GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS" [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS347	GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP
08ATHENS348	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS349	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR
08ATHENS353	STRIKES AGAINST PENSION REFORM INTENSIFY [...] Strikes in Greece continue as the government tables in Parliament this week its plan to reform Greece's debt-ridden pension system. The plan aims to reduce Greece's 133 pension, health, and retirement funds for private sector workers to just 13 umbrella funds. It will also effectively raise [...]	2008-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ENRG ECON GR
08ATHENS354	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS362	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008- PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitiv but Unclassified -- Protect Accordingly. 2.(SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece continued domestic and regional effo [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS364	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 3 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS365	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 2 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in that [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS366	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 4 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS367	GREECE/CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS' FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT [...] (U) This message has been cleared with Embassy Nicosia. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) During his March 4 - 6 visit to Athens, newly elected Cypriot President Christofias emphasized his interest in rejuvenating UN-led efforts to achieve a settlement. In public, he reiterated that the [...]	2008-03-07 15:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV YI CY GR
08ATHENS369	LEBANON: GREECE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND MARCH 14 BEIRUT [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points on encouraging attendance at the March 14, 2008 convention in Beirut to Georgos Ayfantis, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Ayfantis said Athens was unaware of the convention, but after hearing [...]	2008-03-11 08:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER MASS PARM SY IS LE
08ATHENS371	GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: DEFENSE MINISTER MANAGES [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard met with Defense Minister Meimarakis March 7 to press for increased Greek contributions to ISAF. Meimarakis said Greece recognizes the importance of the mission and wants to do more but that more time is needed to prepare the public. Greece cannot provide helicopters [...]	2008-03-11 11:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR MK
08ATHENS377	IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- GREECE SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 10:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KDEM PHUM PREL GR
08ATHENS378	MERCHANT MARINE MINISTER VOULGARAKIS ON MACENDONIA [...] (C) In his March 4 courtesy call on Minister of Merchant Marine, Aegean and Island Policy George Voulgarakis, Ambassador Speckhard took the opportunity to press the New Democracy (ND) party insider for maximum flexibility on the Macedonia name issue. Voulgarakis told Ambassador Speckhard h [...]	2008-03-12 15:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EWWT GR PGOV PREL MK
08ATHENS384	2007: INL END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR GREECE [...] Following is Athens' submission for the CY-2007 End Use Monitoring Report keyed to Ref A request. 2. Resource: A five-meter long, shallow-draft riverboat was provided to the Greek National Police in 1996. The riverboat was used by the National Police Counternarcotics Unit in Alexandroupol [...]	2008-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN GR
08ATHENS388	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TAIWAN OECD [...] (U) On March 3, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ralou Papogozolou, Attache of the Economic Committee for Europe of the MFA and Gerasimos Floros, Director of the General Directorate for International Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Floros said [...]	2008-03-14 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL OECD GR
08ATHENS390	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (SBU) On March 7, Economic Section delivered reftel points on UNSCR 1803 to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks for the Bank of Greece. 2. (SBU) On March 13, Economic Counselor [...]	2008-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM KNNP GR
08ATHENS394	DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK: BANK FUNCTIONING [...] (C) In a meeting on March 13, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece Panayotis-Aristidis Thomopoulos told the Economic Counselor and the Economic Deputy that, despite the ongoing bank strike, the Bank of Greece was functioning adequately, albeit at a reduced level. Thomopoulos also discusse [...]	2008-03-14 16:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB GR PGOV
08ATHENS399	PASOK PRESIDENT MANUEVERS TO HALT SLIDE [...] (SBU) At the PASOK party Congress over the March 14 - 16 weekend, party leader Papandreou moved to bolste PASOK's plunging poll figures by replacing old guard central committee members with new blood. PASOK rank and file and voters appear to remain dissatisfied with his leadership and apparen [...]	2008-03-17 15:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI GR
08ATHENS400	POWER BLACKOUTS AND TRASH-STREWN STREETS -- [...] (U) Rolling electrical blackouts and burgeoning trash piles persist across Greece as unions extend and intensify strikes against social security and pension reform (reftel). The Karamanlis government's social security/pension reform bill is now scheduled for vote in Parliament on Thursday, Mar [...]	2008-03-17 16:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON GR
08ATHENS403	GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: SUPPORT FOR UN SPECIAL [...] A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points on March 13 on support for the recent appointment of Ambassador Kai Eide as the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan to Ambassador Alexios Christopoulos, Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Christopoulos responded that [...]	2008-03-18 08:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF GR
08ATHENS41	UN/CERD: GREECE WILL VOTE TO RE-ELECT PROSPER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 09:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA GR
08ATHENS411	GREECE/CFE: NON-PAPER ON FLANK AND NATIONAL [...] (C) On the margins of March 17 meetings on OSCE matters with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley and A/DAS Robbins, Greek MFA Director General for International Organizations and International Security and Cooperation Ambassador Nicolaos Kalantzianos said he had an important CFE issue to address [...]	2008-03-18 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KCFE NATO GR
08ATHENS426	KOSOVO: SERBIAN FM JEREMIC PRESSES ATHENS [...] (SBU) In a "surprise" short visit to Athens March 19, Serbian FM Jeremic asked that Greece continue not to recognize Kosovo's independence. In public statements he appealed for no further recognitions of Kosovo independence and criticized the decision by Croatia, Hungary, and Bulgaria to rec [...]	2008-03-19 16:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR YI KV GR MK
08ATHENS427	GREECE/OSCE: BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON 2009 [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Athens/USOSCE Cable. 2. (C) Summary. USOSCE Ambassador Finley, EUR A/DAS Robbins, and Embassy Athens and USOSCE personnel met March 17 with Greek officials to consult on Greek plans for the upcoming 2009 Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Greeks have identified ke [...]	2008-03-20 08:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KRIF GR AF ZL
08ATHENS432	JUSTICE MINISTER: RAPID RATIFICATION OF U.S./EU [...] (C) On March 7, Ambassador Speckhard met with Greek Minister of Justice Hatzigakis to encourage rapid ratification of the U.S./EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreements before the June 2008 EU/U.S. Summit. The Minister was optimistic they would be ratified by the Greek Parliament b [...]	2008-03-20 13:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CJAN CPAS ECON KIPR GR
08ATHENS433	STRIKES BRING GREECE TO STAND STILL - SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Private and public sector unions continued their ongoing strike against government-sponsored social security reforms today, a situation which has essentially brought most of the country to a stand still. Professionals from the ranks of lawyers, doctors, engineers, and teachers joined e [...]	2008-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS438	ENERGY: GREEKS SEE BAKU READY TO COOPERATE, ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development Folias told the Ambassador he had found a spirit of "excellent cooperation" in Baku during his March 17 trip there. Folias was particularly pleased to hear from Baku that Azerbaijan had "lots of gas", some of which was available immediately. Unfortunately [...]	2008-03-21 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08ATHENS441	SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM BILL PASSES IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Greece's parliament approved its government- sponsored pension reform bill late Thursday, March 20, after weeks of protests and strikes by labor unions. The bill passed in its proposed form with 151 votes in favor and 13 against. Major opposition party PASOK and far-right LA.OS walked o [...]	2008-03-21 12:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS445	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 07:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM GR
08ATHENS449	GREECE: LIMITED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH BELARUS - [...] (U) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 26 to the MFA A5 Department for CIS Countries, Counselor Elisabeth Fo with Belarus at this time. Lacking a diplomatic mission in Minsk, minimal reporting on Belarussian affairs is covered by the Greek mission in Moscow. The Greek Ambassador las [...]	2008-03-26 09:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO EU PREL PGOV
08ATHENS450	CFE: GREECE SUPPORTS PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 13:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KCFE GR
08ATHENS452	OPPOSITION TABLES NO CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST [...] (U) Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou tabled a motion of no confidence against the Karamanlis administration March 26, following a debate punctuated by sharp exchanges between government and opposition on the issue of social security reform. Although it is unlikely PASOK will mu [...]	2008-03-26 14:46:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON MK GR
08ATHENS453	GREECE RELUCTANTLY ACQUIESCES TO CWC MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 17:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR
08ATHENS454	ISRAEL LOBBIES GREECE ON IRAN [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with A/PolCouns on non-proliferation matters, Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations and Conferences and Non-Proliferation, told us that Greece had hosted a delegation from Israel on March 21 at Israel's [...]	2008-03-27 06:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM GR IS IR
08ATHENS458	GOG RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON MARCH GYMNICH AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 25 to Ms. Antonia Katzourou in the MFA's A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. While Katzourou appreciated the opportunity to review U.S. positions, she emphasized that the March 28-29 Foreign Ministers' Gymnich meeting will be [...]	2008-03-27 13:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM IS SY GR EUN ZL LE RS CH
08ATHENS464	GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS AND BAKOYANNIS [...] (U) Following the March 25 meetings hosted by UN Envoy Nimetz in New York on the Macedonia name issue, the Greek press trumpeted that the proposed international name was "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)." Almost immediately, Greek officials publicly laid out concerns with the proposal, both t [...]	2008-03-27 14:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO MK GR
08ATHENS468	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREECE REVIEWS FAVORABLY U.S. [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche and non-paper to MFA D1 Director for UN and International Organizations and Conferences, Ambassador Alexandros Rallis on March 21. Rallis delegated the matter to his staff, Loukas Tsokos, who informed Poloff on March 28 that he would brief Greek delegates [...]	2008-03-28 15:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	GR PARM ETTC

08ATHENS469	SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL
08ATHENS473	Background for April 9 Meeting Between U.S. Secretary of [...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides will meet with Secretary Spellings on April 9, 2008. Secretary Spellings is the only cabinet-level official Stylianides will be meeting on his trip to Washington. The meeting offers an excellent opportuni [...]	2008-03-31 12:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO OEXC GR
08ATHENS478	NO CONFIDENCE MOTION FAILS IN GREEK PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On March 28, a censure motion - essentially a call for a vote of no confidence - raised by the main opposition PASOK party, failed by a vote of 152 to 138. The three-day debate preceding the vote provided Greek parliamentarians an opportunity to excoriate the government for its handling of [...]	2008-03-31 14:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS479	GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM DISMISSES "REPUBLIC OF [...] (U) During debate in Parliament on the opposition's motion to censure the government (ref A),FM Bakoyannis stated publicly that the most recent Nimetz proposal "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)" was not acceptable; PM Karmamanlis was less specific, but equally negative, terming Skopje "intrans [...]	2008-03-31 17:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO NATO MK GR
08ATHENS480	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On March 27, Economic Section delivered reftel points designating Future Bank, Bahrain under Executive Order 13382 to Georgios Zorbas, President of the Special Financial Service, Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece, and Ioannis Sidiropoulo [...]	2008-04-01 04:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP GR
08ATHENS481	GREECE: PROGRESS ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (SBU) In a meeting on March 18, Bank of Greece (BoG) officials updated the Economic Counselor and the acting Deputy Economic Counselor on the BoG,s actions to date in implementing recommendations made in the 2007 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report. These actions include the restructur [...]	2008-04-01 04:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARN ETRD GR
08ATHENS483	GREECE: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) On March 26, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Georgios Zorbas, President of the Special Financial Service and Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Political Section delivered reftel points to Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 [...]	2008-04-01 13:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD GR
08ATHENS492	NO GREEK AGENDA ITEMS ADVANCED FOR NATO HLG [...] Poloff delivered the refereced letter from the Chair of the High Level Goup (HLG) of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group soliciting agenda items for the HLG meeting schduled for May 8th in Brussels. The letter wasdelivered on March 27 to Mr. Andreas Kintis o the Greek MFA D2 Directorate for NATO an [...]	2008-04-02 13:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PARM PREL PGOV MCAP MNUC
08ATHENS494	HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] (U) Two important human rights issues related to the Turkish minority in Thrace were recently addressed by court decisions: the first, by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the second, by a local court in Rodopi. The ECHR decision indirectly confirms the right of Thrace Muslims to [...]	2008-04-03 09:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR
08ATHENS495	HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 09:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR
08ATHENS503	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GREEKS TO REVIEW U.S.-UK PROPOSAL [...] Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2nd to Loukas Tsokos, officer in charge of Australian Group issues from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that the Greek delegation would consider the U.S.-UK proposal on dual-us [...]	2008-04-04 12:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS504	GREECE COMMITTED TO INTERNALLY VET IRAN TRAVEL BAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2 to Loukas Tsokos from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that his office reviewed the points favorably and forwarded them to competent authorities throughout the MFA and at [...]	2008-04-04 12:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC UNSC KNNP IR GR
08ATHENS505	GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS ADDRESSE TE NATION [...] (U) In the wake of Greece's veto of a NATO invitation for Macedonia, Prime Minister Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis have made public statements that reiterate the Greek perspective on the name issue, stressing their desire for continuing talks under UN auspices to find a mutually a [...]	2008-04-04 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO MK GR
08ATHENS507	MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General, I'm pleased you will be meeting with Greek Minister of Justice Sotiris Hatzigakis on April 11. Although I'm sure your staff has prepared briefing material, I wanted to highlight a few key issues that I would ask that you raise with him. I met with Hatzigakis on Marc [...]	2008-04-04 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM GR
08ATHENS509	GREECE: REPRESENTATIVE WILL ATTEND GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 05:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GR
08ATHENS536	PASOK MP VENIZELOS' TOUR D'HORIZON ON EVE OF U.S. [...] (C) In a cordial initial meeting, Ambassador discussed current affairs with senior opposition PASOK MP Evangelos Venizelos ranging from his upcoming visit to the U.S., the Macedonia name issue, Kosovo, education reform, and the future of PASOK. Venizelos, whose public persona is a frequently- [...]	2008-04-16 07:14:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS537	AMBASSADOR MARKS INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY WITH VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In observance of International Roma Day on April 8 (Ref A),Ambassador visited a segregated Roma-only school in the Athenian suburb of Aspropyrgos, where he was met by a host of local government officials and educators bemoaning the woes of having a Roma population in their jurisd [...]	2008-04-16 07:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GR
08ATHENS542	GREEK QUESTIONS ON PKK CONFERENCE IN IRAQ [...] (U) This is an ACTION request. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (S) Poloff verbally delivered referenced demarche on the PKK conference in northern Iraq and provided the Europe-Erbil direct flight non-paper on April 16 to Deputy Director of the MFA A4 Directorate for Turkey, Katarina Nassika. Nassika [...]	2008-04-16 12:17:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PTER KTFN IZ GR TU
08ATHENS548	MACEDONIA NAME, KOSOVO STIR HEATED EXCHANGES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Rhetoric on Balkan policy from the Macedonia name issue to Kosovo independence continues to dominate the political scene in Greece. At a high-level conference on Balkan policy, Greek Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis reiterated standard themes of Greek policy toward the Balkans, no [...]	2008-04-18 07:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS55	ESDP DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD AND C.A.R.: GREEKS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Greek MFA EU/ESDP Department Head Sofia Grammata on January 14. Grammata responded that Greece is committed to the establishment of an ESDP PKO Mission to Chad and CAR and has already pledged military support for the mission; Greece has p [...]	2008-01-15 14:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CD MOPS GR UN
08ATHENS553	GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) On March 27, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on financial assistance to Iraqi refugees to Greek MFA Iraqi desk officer George Karahalios. Karahalios noted that Greece would follow EU guidance and that traditionally Greece did not offer bilateral assistance but acted through [...]	2008-04-18 11:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PHUM PREF PREL
08ATHENS563	GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...]	2008-04-21 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GR
08ATHENS566	MFA CITES THREE CONCERNS WITH OSCE ROLE IN [...] (C) On Aprl Poloff delivered reftel demarche and points to Mr. Sotirios Demestichas of the MFA D3 Directorate for the OSCE and the Council of Europe. Demestichas emphasized that any OSCE engagement with Afghanistan should address what the Afghan government cites as its priorities, and he look [...]	2008-04-22 09:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BGMT OSCE PREL PTER GR AF
08ATHENS575	GREEK VIEWS ON APRIL 29 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On April 23, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be addressed at the April 29 EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou said the GAERC agenda was to be announced on April 24 but agreed that many of the following topics were likely [...]	2008-04-23 13:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS576	DAS BRYZA'S APRIL 10-12 VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in the wake of the Bucharest Summit, EUR DAS Bryza found his Greek counterparts expressing a strong commitment to work with the United States on a range of issues including, but not limited to, the Macedonia name issue. On Macedonia, his counterparts promised that Greece [...]	2008-04-23 16:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS581	NPT PREPCOM PAPERS DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 24 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and SIPDIS International Organizations. The D1 office received the points and letters without comment. Poloff will report any future response in follow-on cable. SPECKHARD [...]	2008-04-24 12:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP NPT IAEA
08ATHENS583	DELAYED RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 17:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GR
08ATHENS596	GREECE/MACEDONIA: RECENT IRRITANTS [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (SBU) In the aftermath of the veto of Macedonia's NATO accession, the Government of Greece has generally avoided escalating actions against Macedonia. We are not able to identify any major escalations in Greek behavior vis-a-vis Mac [...]	2008-04-30 12:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAIR EAGR MK GR
08ATHENS598	P.M. KARAMANLIS TRIP TO RUSSIA: ENERGY [...] (C) According to Raphael Moisis, Chairman of the Greek Energy Council, P.M. Karamanlis and Russian President Putin signed "an important but general" inter-governmental agreement during Karamanlis' April 28-29 visit to Moscow. The IGA, he said, includes provisions that: a. an international hol [...]	2008-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS61	LEVINSON CASE: GREEKS RAISE WITH IRANIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (S) Greek MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayvantis confirmed that Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Valinakis raised the Levinson case during his January 14 meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Bagheri in Athens (septel will report further on the Iranians' visit to Ath [...]	2008-01-16 12:29:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL CASC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS611	GREECE: STEEP UPHILL PROMOTING SOLIDARITY DAY WITH [...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible ways to promote the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with Cuba" (refs a and b). We have informed the GOG of May 21 as the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban people and urged it to undertake its own activities to mark appropriately the occasion. Moreover, we [...]	2008-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU GR
08ATHENS616	GREEK MFA FORWARDS NPT POINTS TO ITS GENEVA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 30 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office forwarded the talking points and key engagement topics to its delegation in Geneva in advance of the May 2 deadline. SPECKHARD [...]	2008-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP GR NPT IAEA
08ATHENS623	EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE [...] (S) On May 6, Economic Section hand-delivered reftel non-paper to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they take this matter very seriously and will pass alo [...]	2008-05-07 08:12:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	IR GR KNNP MNUC ECON
08ATHENS626	IRAQ: GREEK MFA ON ICI AND DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A demarche on the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis was unable to say definitively which senior Greek official would attend the Ministerial, but he believe [...]	2008-05-08 12:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ GR
08ATHENS627	GREECE/MACEDONIA - FOSTERING PROGRESS FROM ATHENS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis and Prime Minister Karamanlis continue the public line that Greece supports Macedonian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, but only after the name issue is resolved. They continue to profess that the next move must be Macedonia's to agree to a name acce [...]	2008-05-08 13:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS63	GREEKS SHARE U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (S) On January 14, 2008, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on the possible sale of camouflage systems to Iran by the Greek firm XXXXXXXXXXXX S.A. to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos, the lead Greek MFA non-proliferation official. Kyvetos responded that following our previous [...]	2008-01-16 15:36:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC SY IR GR
08ATHENS630	BURMA: GREEK C-130S DELIVERING ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 14:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BM GR
08ATHENS631	FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...]	2008-05-09 15:23:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR
08ATHENS637	CONFERENCE CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON U.S. [...] (SBU) In Greece, conventional wisdom holds that the United States was comlicit in the April 21, 1967 coup that put a mlitary junta in power through 1974. In a rare public conversation about these sensitive events, former PM Mitsotakis (father of current FM akoyannis) and his foundation hoste [...]	2008-05-12 14:12:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI GR
08ATHENS64	SEX, SUICIDE AND DVDS PART II: MORE SMOKE, SOME [...] (C) The scandal involving former Culture Ministry Secretary General Christos Zahopoulos (reftel) continues to SIPDIS dominate headlines and television news shows throughout Greece. Lurid photos of Zahopoulos and Evi Tsekou, a former contract employee at the Culture Ministry, supposedly take [...]	2008-01-16 15:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GR
08ATHENS647	GREECE SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS ON [...] Poloff delivered reftel A points to Andreas Kintis from the D2 Directorate for NATO and the Western European Union (WEU). Kintis expressed appreciation for the background and Washington's acknowledgment of Greece's position to refrain from the Oslo Process based on concerns stemming from clus [...]	2008-05-13 12:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GR PGOV
08ATHENS651	GREECE/IRAN: WHAT'S CAUSING GREEK RELUCTANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy head of the Greek MFA Middle East directorate told us Greek reluctance to sign on to further Iran sanctions stemmed from several factors, including lack of an EU consensus, doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions, belief that greater engagement, not less, provided great [...]	2008-05-13 15:02:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD TRGY UNSC KNNP IR GR PREL PGOV AORC
08ATHENS652	TERRORISM FINANCE: GREEK MFA FAVORABLE TO LISTING [...] (S) On May 5, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming UNSCR 1267 listing request of three individuals linked to al-Qaida to MFA A6 Middle East Directorate deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said he believed the GOG would have no difficulty with the listing and might co-spons [...]	2008-05-13 15:02:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PTER PINR EFIN PREL KTFN GR
08ATHENS654	GREECE/TURKEY: GREECE OBJECTS TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) Greek FM Bakoyannis has publicly objected to statements on the Turkish Foreign Ministry website related to Greece, terming them "absolutely groundless." The Greek MFA has called in a Turkish Embassy representative and delivered a protest note in Ankara. The issue rose to public consciou [...]	2008-05-14 09:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM TU GR
08ATHENS660	EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) On May 14, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information to appropriate offices w [...]	2008-05-14 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL ECON GR
08ATHENS661	EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: CO-SPONSORSHIP AND [...] (S) On May 14, Economic Section delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information to appropriate offices w [...]	2008-05-14 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL ECON GR
08ATHENS665	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO RHODES DURING USS TRUMAN [...] (U) Ambassador Speckhard visited Rhodes May 7-9 in conjunction with the visit of the USS Truman, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier transiting the Mediterranean on its return to Norfolk from nearly seven months in the Persian Gulf. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity [...]	2008-05-15 06:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU GR PARM NATO
08ATHENS671	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR ON STATE [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard and DCM met May 13 with Greek name negotiator Vassilakis to press for robust Greek engagement in resolving the name issue and to probe Greek positions. Vassilakis said FM Bakoyannis is determined to resolve this issue quickly, but the GOG is pessimistic much progress c [...]	2008-05-16 08:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK GR
08ATHENS678	GREECE/TURKEY: FALLOUT OF NATO DECISION NOT TO [...] (C) We understand NATO authorities have informed Greek military officials that NATO will not provide support for the proposed May 20 "Noble Archer" exercise, which involved overflight of Agios Efstratios island (but which had excluded overflight of the island of Limnos, which has long been a N [...]	2008-05-16 13:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS TU GR
08ATHENS698	LEBANON: GREECE SEES USEFUL ROLEIN OPEN CHANNEL [...] (S) DCM and DepPolCouns delivered ref A points on supporting the Arab League's efforts in Lebanon to, resectively, Director of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Kostas Chalastanis and Deputy Head of the MFA's A6 Middle East irectorate Giorgos Ayfantis. On the question of designating Hizballah as [...]	2008-05-20 14:51:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV PREL SY IR GR
08ATHENS702	EMBASSY ATHENS MARKS DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) Ref B discussed post's actions regarding promotion of May 21 as the "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." In addition, Ambassador has placed an editorial on Cuba and the Day of Solidarity in the daily free-press Metro newspaper, which everyday reaches a quarter of a million average Gr [...]	2008-05-21 09:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO GR CU
08ATHENS706	GREEK VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed likely issues for the May 26-27 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. Key points of the discussion are summarized below by issue topic: -- WESTERN BALKANS: Katsourou believed GAERC discussion would focus in general [...]	2008-05-21 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU GR
08ATHENS71	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 07:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MTCR MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GR
08ATHENS716	Scenesetter for Representative Sarbanes and former [...] (SBU) Dear Senator and Congressman, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you ar [...]	2008-05-22 11:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS717	GREECE TO SEND REP TO BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Burma Donor's Conference May 21 to Vassiliki Bafi, Burma Desk Officer at the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Bafi said the Economic Counselor from the Greek Embassy in Thailand would attend the Burma Conference. Bafi was unable to provi [...]	2008-05-22 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM GR
08ATHENS718	GREEK MFA HELPFUL ON IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCounselor delivered reftel A demarche on May 19 to the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East, Giorgos Ayfantis . Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 22 to Loukas Tsokos at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Points were also p [...]	2008-05-22 12:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	TRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC UNSC KNNP IR GR IAEA
08ATHENS719	UNHCR DISAPPROVES OF GREECE'S HANDLING OF REFUGEE [...] (C) A stunning April 15 UNHCR report called upon EU Member States to refrain from returning asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin Protocol until further notice. According to the report, asylum seekers in Greece face undue hardships in having their claims adjudicated due to problems with p [...]	2008-05-22 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM GR
08ATHENS720	GREEK MFA IN SHOCK OVER TIP TIER DOWNGRADING [...] (C) On May 22, Ambassador met with MFA SecGen Agathocles at the latter's request to discuss Greece's tier ranking on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although information on tier classifications for this year has not yet been publicly released, Agathocles was aware that Greece would likely be do [...]	2008-05-22 15:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS721	CANCELLED NATO EXERCISE STIRS POLITICAL ROW [...] (SBU) The Government and opposition sparred over NATO's withdrawal of support to Noble Archer (ref),which the opposition claimed had led to the "indirect questioning" of Greek sovereignty over the island of Aghios Efstratios. In Parliament, Minister of Defense Meimarakis dismissed oppositio [...]	2008-05-22 16:00:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS TU GR
08ATHENS723	BURMA: GREEK MFA ON ADDITIONAL BURMA POINTS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points to First Counsellor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy Director of the MFA A 10 Diretorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that Greece would be represented at the May 25 UN-ASEAN co-sponsored conference by the Greek Economic Counselor from Ba [...]	2008-05-23 11:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM GR
08ATHENS728	LIBERTAD ACT: GREECE AND CUBA [...] (C) In response to reftel, post offers the following observations on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) Greece generally follows the common EU position on relations with Cuba. Like other EU countries, Greece maintains diplomatic relations [...]	2008-05-27 13:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV GR CU
08ATHENS734	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...]	2008-05-28 13:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR
08ATHENS736	PSI: GREECE OBJECTS TO NAME TO BE USED FOR [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Secretary General Agathocles said Greece would "leave" the PSI fifth anniversary meeting in Washington, should Macedonia be present as "Macedonia" or "Republic of Macedonia." Agathocles said Greece had raised its concerns with how PSI refers to Macedonia [...]	2008-05-28 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO MK GR
08ATHENS743	Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...]	2008-05-30 09:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS759	GREECE UNDECIDED ON CANDIDATE FOR IOM DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) On 23 May poloff delivered reftel demarche to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office forwarded the talking points to George Panagiotidis, the MFA official in charge of all candidate solicitations. Poloff followed u [...]	2008-06-03 11:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF SMIG AORC
08ATHENS760	IAEA: GREEK VIEWS ON IRAN REPORT [...] (U) On 2 June poloff delivered reftel points on l of UN and International Organizations and Pantelis Margaris, the D1 Counselor-Expert on disarmament issues. Tsokos and Margaris both had serious concerns over the latest IAEA report but said "diplomatic dialogue must be exhausted" before Gre [...]	2008-06-03 13:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ATHENS764	PSI: GREEK SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT NOT DEAD [...] (C) Although Greek Ambassador to Washington Mallias told USG officials and the press that the proposed PSI bilateral shipboarding agreement was "dead," following Greece's departure from the PSI 5th anniversary meetings in Washington due to the seating of Macedonia as the "Republic of Macedoni [...]	2008-06-03 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
08ATHENS771	AEGEAN ILLEGAL MIGRATION: GREEK COMPLAINTS AND [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with DCM and DATT, Deputy Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean, and Island Policy Mr. Panogiotis Kamenos discussed the problem of illegal migration in the Aegean. According to Kamenos, over 11,000 illegal immigrants had entered Greece this year, and his ministry, whic [...]	2008-06-04 13:19:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS GR TU
08ATHENS778	CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION CONCLUDES WITH WHIMPER [...] (SBU) The Karamanlis government's ambitious plans for constitutional revision came to a lackluster close on May 27 when only 3 relatively minor (out of 38 proposed) constitutional amendments were adopted by parliament. With major opposition party PASOK removing itself from the constitutiona [...]	2008-06-05 09:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS78	Greek Minister of Education Discusses Reform with New [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 3, 2008, the Ambassador and CAO paid a courtesy call on Greek Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Evripides Stylianides. During a wide ranging discussion, Stylianides affirmed his desire to include American-affiliated educational institutions in any reforms t [...]	2008-01-18 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GR
08ATHENS782	GREEK REP AT FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel agenda for the June 17-19 Friends of Iraq Conference in the UAE to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolMilOff also passed the agenda to the office of Ambassador Stoidis, Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Defense. 2. [...]	2008-06-05 12:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ GR
08ATHENS783	GREECE AND US REACH ACCORD ON HSPD-6 DRAFT TEXT [...] (C) Summary: State Department and Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) representatives engaged in a marathon negotiating session with Greek Foreign Ministry and Hellenic police officials on May 28. After 11 hours, a mutually-acceptable draft of the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-6 (HSP [...]	2008-06-05 13:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR ASEC CVIS GR KHLS KVPR
08ATHENS784	FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA AND BERLIN [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel demarche on the June 23 Vienna conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Baid Refugee Camp to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said FM Bakoyannis intended to attend the Vienna conference, as well as the Do [...]	2008-06-05 13:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE GR
08ATHENS792	SENIOR ADVISOR TAHIR-KHELI ATTENDS WOMEN [...] (SBU) Senior Advisor for WomenQs Empowerment Ambassador Tahir-Kheli visited Greece on behalf of the Secretary to attend the Women LeadersQ Working Group Conference hosted by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. The June 3 QLagonissi Declaration summarized the Working GroupQs initiative to [...]	2008-06-06 14:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KWMN KPAO GR
08ATHENS794	GREEKS REMINDED ON FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] Per ref B, Greece intends to send its ambassador in Abu Dhabi to the Friends of Iraq Conference. On June 6, DepPolCouns informed MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis that the conference organizers had not yet received a registration from the Greek participan [...]	2008-06-06 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ GR
08ATHENS795	CYCLONE NARGIS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On 3 June poloff delivered reftel demarche on Cyclone Nargis to First Counselor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that, from the Greek perspective, it remained important to continue to draw attention to the Burma regim [...]	2008-06-06 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS802	SARKOZY WOWS ATHENS [...] (SBU) With already established "rock star"-like status in Greece, French President Sarkozy's June 6 visit to Athens solidified Athens' perception of him as Greece's closest partner within the EU. Feted by the President, Prime Minister, and receiving the rare honor of speaking before the Gree [...]	2008-06-09 13:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR GR
08ATHENS803	GREEK RESPONSE: PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR UPCOMING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 13:55:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL ECON GR
08ATHENS804	UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...]	2008-06-09 14:18:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV
08ATHENS81	INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERORRIST [...] (S) On 16 January 2008, Ambassador Speckhard, accompanied by Regional Affairs (RAS) Counselor Chadason, paid a courtesy call on Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Deputy Interior Minister for Public Order Panayiotis Chinofotis. In his first official meeting with them, the Ambassador s [...]	2008-01-18 16:09:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV KTER KCRM ASEC KHLS EAGR SENV TU GR
08ATHENS818	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GREECE ALSO DISSATISFIED [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met June 10 with Ambassador Mercurios Karafotias, the new Director of the MFA's D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences to deliver reftel points expressing U.S. concerns with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Karafotias responded tha [...]	2008-06-10 13:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN GR
08ATHENS819	DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK ON BANK SADERAT [...] (SE) In a meeting on June 9, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG) Panayotis-Aristidis Thomopoulos told the Acting Deputy Economic Counselor that the Bank of Greece had just conducted a detailed control operation against Bank Saderat,s Athens branch as a follow-up to reftels A and B. Thom [...]	2008-06-10 15:24:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	ECON EFIN ELAB KNNP MNUC PGOV GR
08ATHENS830	EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] (SBU) On June 9, Acting Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel information to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they will pass along the information t [...]	2008-06-11 11:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC
08ATHENS832	GREEKS BEARING GIFTS: FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND [...] (C) DepPolCouns reconfirmed that Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis would attend the Berlin conference on supporting the Palestinians with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis (refs A and B). Ayfantis said Bakoyannis did not want to show up at the conference "empty ha [...]	2008-06-11 13:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
08ATHENS833	GREEK TEHERAN ENVOY URGES U.S.-IRAN TALKS, OFFERS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In seperate coversations with A/PolCouns and DepPolCouns, former Greek Ambassador to Iran and new head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Merkourios Karafotias offered his interpretation of Iranian motives in recent events and urged the U.S. to open discrete [...]	2008-06-11 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR IR POV PREL
08ATHENS835	GREEK PARLIAMENT RATIFIES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) Early on the morning of June 12 -- on the eve of Ireland's referendum on the Lisbon Treaty -- the Greek Parliament ratified the Lisbon Treaty 250 to 42. Greece has now joined the group of EU member states who have completed legal approval of the treaty. 2. (SBU) Parliamentary conside [...]	2008-06-12 12:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EU GR
08ATHENS837	TIP NEXT STEPS DISCUSSED WITH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR
08ATHENS842	GREEK, TURKISH JOURNALISTS BRING "EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) Meeting for the fifth time since 1999's "earthquake diplomacy" brought them together openly, some 70 members of the loosely-organized "Contact Group of Greek and Turkish Journalists" spent the weekend of June 6-8 at a luxury resort in Crete. Greece's Minister of Tourism (and former gov [...]	2008-06-13 09:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO TU GR
08ATHENS845	GREEK MFA ON JUNE GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On June 11, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be taken up at the June 16-17 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou (ref A). Her responses below are keyed to likely agenda items: -- IRAN: Katzourou noted that EU foreign policy c [...]	2008-06-13 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV IR IZ IS SY CU GR
08ATHENS860	STATEMENT ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel statement on the U.S.-EU Prisoner of Conscience Declaration on June 17 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate, UN and International Organizations. We expressed our appreciation to the EU for co-sponsorship of the declaration at the UN and ur [...]	2008-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GR ELAB PHUM SMIG KCROM KPAO KWMN
08ATHENS867	TERRORISM FINANCE:U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 15:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC
08ATHENS873	INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (C) Post is grateful for the opportunity per reftel to provide preliminary input on U.S. statements regarding Greece at the upcoming Warsaw OSCE Human Dimension Meeting (HDIM). As context, Embassy notes this is a sensitive period in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, and the statements made at [...]	2008-06-19 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR
08ATHENS874	GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...]	2008-06-19 14:24:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	AORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08ATHENS877	UNHCR FINDS GREECE LACKING IN PROTECTION OF [...] (SBU) On June 18, PolOff and PolAssistant attended a press conference hosted by the Greek Chapter of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to commemorate World Refugee Day 2008 and to release a new study concerning separated children seeking asylum in Greece. All participants at the conf [...]	2008-06-20 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG GR
08ATHENS88	DEFENSE MINISTER: MACEDONIA VETO THREAT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard paid an introductory call on Minister of Defense Meimarakis January 18. On Turkey, Meimarakis noted that Greece considers Turkey an ongoing threat, but termed PM Karamanlis' pending trip on January 23 a step forward. Meimarakis reiterated the Greek desire to see Mac [...]	2008-01-22 14:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS MASS MK AF GR
08ATHENS896	U.S./GREECE MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (C) The U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship is facing a particularly difficult time, as Washington and Athens have differing views on issues such as the Macedonian name, the independence of Kosovo, and relations with Russia. However, the U.S./Greek military-to-military relationship and the wor [...]	2008-06-24 12:09:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS899	GREECE: AS SUMMER HEATS UP, PASOK MELTS DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite popular discontent with the New Democracy (ND) government stemming from steep rises in food and fuel costs, continued problems in the universities, and hard-to-swallow pension reforms, leading opposition party PASOK remains behind in the polls and has descended into an int [...]	2008-06-24 14:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS91	FY 2008 Request for Sustaining Funds-American Corners [...] Summary: Embassy Athens requests $40,000 in FY08 funds to strengthen programs at four of the six American Corners (ACs) in Greece: Xanthi (north-eastern Greece),Veria (north-western Greece),Sparta (southern Greece),and the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in central Athens. Requested funds wil [...]	2008-01-22 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KIRC GR
08ATHENS910	ONE MORE TIME: 17 NOVEMBER TERRORISTS APPEAL - AGAIN [...] (SBU) Eight of 13 convicted members of the Greek terrorist organization "17 November," which was responsible for 23 murders including five U.S. Embassy employees during a twenty-year period from the mid-1970s to earlier this decade, filed appeal briefs with the Arios Paghos Supreme Court on Ju [...]	2008-06-26 11:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS92	MANAGING GREECE ON KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA [...] (C) Managing Greece over the next few months is likely to be difficult on the key Balkan issues of Macedonia and Kosovo. To leverage Greek behavior we should: -- Engage the Greeks on Kosovo and Serbia, including through extending an invitation to them to participate in international struct [...]	2008-01-22 16:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NATO MK KI SR GR

08ATHENS920	TROUBLING LIVING CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL ACCESS FOR [...] (SBU) At a May 21, 2008, press conference, the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) presented the damning results of an exploratory mission conducted in February 2008 to assess the health and living conditions at various immigrant detention centers and camps throughout Greece. The MSF [...]	2008-06-27 11:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS925	JOINT EXERISE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT GREEK, ISRAELI [...] (S) In a June 25 conversation with DCM, PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios confirmed that the military exercise that took place in the eastern Mediterranean over Greek airspace in early June and reported in the NY Times June 20 was a joint Israeli-Greek exercise. Bitsios ex [...]	2008-06-27 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV GR IR IS
08ATHENS93	FY 2008 Request for Sustaining Funds-American Corners [...] Summary: Embassy Athens requests $40,000 in FY08 sustaining funds to strengthen programs at four of the six American Corners (ACs) in Greece: Xanthi (north-eastern Greece),Veria (north-western Greece),Sparta (southern Greece),and the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in central Athens. Requeste [...]	2008-01-23 07:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KIRC GR
08ATHENS935	PASOK STEWS ALONE IN SIEMENS SCANDAL AS PM DELAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A major scandal involving alleged pay-offs by the German firm Siemens to officials of the former PASOK government may also ensnare current New Democracy officials, but PM Karamanlis has put off any parliamentary inquiry until after judicial officials have completed their investig [...]	2008-07-01 14:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS951	BURMA: GREECE'S POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On July 3, PolOff delivered ref A points on shaping post-cyclone assistance in Burma to First Counselor Anthi Balonou, Deputy Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou agreed the success of the aid to Burma was dependendent on the unity of the international com [...]	2008-07-03 11:36:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID GR
08ATHENS952	KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...]	2008-07-03 11:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR
08ATHENS959	GREECE: JUNE TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the first in what we intend to be regular updates on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In June, Greek authorities in cooperation with Europol and officials from neighboring countries, broke up three trafficking rings and granted [...]	2008-07-03 12:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR
08ATHENS96	GREECE WANTS TO SUPPORT SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (S) DepPolCouns discussed reftel s said the GOG would look for a wayperhaps in the fQoumoutsakos. 2. (S) Ayfantis believed this was a good time to "kick" Syria "so they'll adjust course." He explained that Greece was upset by the Syrian use of the Turkish-controlled northern Cypriot port o [...]	2008-01-23 13:25:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL KMPI GR SY
08ATHENS963	GREECE: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT POINTS [...] (SBU) On July 3, PolOff conveyed reftel points on the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs Event to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache of the D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Panagiotidis made no substantive comments but stated that he would forward the information to [...]	2008-07-07 13:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL GR
08ATHENS964	GREECE: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] (U) On June 27, 2008 Embassy transmitted reftel dipnote on the U.S. candidacies for the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to the Greek MFA. PolOff also delivered the note and accompanying points to Embassy Attache Giorgos Panagiotidis of the D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Pan [...]	2008-07-07 13:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD GR WTRO
08ATHENS965	GREECE: HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) On 3, July PolOff and PolAssistant delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Foundation to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache of the MFA D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Panagiotidis thanked us for the information and said it would be reviewed by the MFA Director [...]	2008-07-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GR PHUM UN
08ATHENS966	GREECE/TURKEY - NEXT STEPS ON NATO AEGEAN EXERCISES [...] (C) In the aftermath of NATO's May 2008 decision not to support a Greek exercise that would overfly the island of Agios Efstratios (AE)(ref A),the Greeks are considering developing a new exercise that would again seek to overfly the island. Various Greek contacts have told us that they belie [...]	2008-07-07 13:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO MARR PREL PGOV TU GR
08ATHENS967	FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA NAME, HSPD-6, AND [...] (C) In a July 3 conversation, FM Bakoyannis told Amb. Speckhard that although UN Mediator Nimetz' recent meetings had been "positive," she was skeptical that the Macedonians were prepared to "accept and use" a new name. Ambassador Speckhard emphasized the importance of flexibility, noting th [...]	2008-07-07 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS NATO IZ MK IS GR
08ATHENS970	FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO GREECE ON THE EU PRESIDENCY: WHAT HE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaking at an "Ambassador's Forum" sponsored by the Greek MFA in Athens on July 7, French Ambassador Christian Farnaud's presentation on his country's goals for the EU Presidency, covering the Lisbon Treaty to the Mediterranean Union via environmental, immigrat [...]	2008-07-08 09:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO EU GR FR
08ATHENS972	GREEKS TO ENVOY KENNEDY: WE'LL KEEP DIGGING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY ATHENS AND CONGEN THESSALONIKI MESSAGE. Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Athens June 25-26 and Thessaloniki 26-28 to discuss Holocaust restitution issues with Greek officials, with a special focus on the Thessal [...]	2008-07-08 12:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GR
08ATHENS985	GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...]	2008-07-10 13:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08ATHENS996	GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...]	2008-07-14 05:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET
08AUCKLAND9	NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS BETWEEN COMPLACENCY AND FATALISM [...] (SBU) Summary. New Zealand's business leaders - like their compatriots - are uneasy about their economy's ability to compete in a globalized world. While the cliche is that cheap travel and the Internet have made the world smaller, New Zealanders still feel disadvantaged by their small size [...]	2008-01-25 03:33:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV NZ
08BAGHDAD10	PRT Civil Society Outreach in Diyala's Farm Sector [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Diyala has conducted outreach and support activities with the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce and the Diyala Beekeepers Association. Allegations of violence within the Diyala Farmers' Union has required the PRT to step back fr [...]	2008-01-02 11:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1003	RRT ERBIL: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO VICE [...] (U) Vice President Cheney's March 17-18 visit to Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region dominated local news broadcasts and has received universally positive editorial commentary in Kurdish papers in addition to factual reporting. Local press underscored the "historic nature" of the visit as the Vi [...]	2008-04-01 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL OVIP IZ
08BAGHDAD1004	RRT ERBIL: IIP SPEAKER TRAINS BROADCAST [...] (U) RRT Erbil hosted IIP Specialist Professor Robert Hooper of the University of California - San Diego, who conducted a two-week training workshop from March 3 through March 13 for eighteen local television journalists. The program improved the technical skills of Iraqi journalists and str [...]	2008-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL OPRC KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD1005	ANATOMY OF A BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION EFFORT: [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation movements in Baghdad quickly spread through the province following the surge of Coalition Forces and the success of the "Anbar Awakening." Unlike other areas in Iraq with more homogeneous populations, reconci [...]	2008-04-01 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR PHUM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1006	IRAQI NSA RUBAIE ON RECENT SAUDI VISIT [...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with S/I Satterfield and Polmilcouns Ries, National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said his recent meetings in Saudi Arabia were "very good." During his meetings he outlined common Saudi - Iraqi interests, particularly in combating terror, and told his hosts th [...]	2008-04-01 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ SA PTER PGOV
08BAGHDAD1007	HELPING THE NEGIHBORS MAKE SENSE OF BASRAH [...] (S) Observers trying to make sense of this week's fighting in Basrah face a somewhat baffling array of narratives. For PM Maliki, the Basrah operation was about asserting central government authority over a city that had long been dominated by criminals and extremists, and which was slipping e [...]	2008-04-01 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1008	MINISTERIAL CAPACITY SURGE ASSESSMENT - INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of March 30, 97 percent of the 75 "surge" advisors on Ministerial Capacity have arrived in Baghdad. Their arrivals were staggered; in mid-January, 53 percent were present and working in country. Surge personnel focus on providing targeted skills to several key non-security [...]	2008-04-01 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD101	AMAR AL-HAKIM ON MALIKI, BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: ISCI Heir Apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield January 13 that ISCI agrees with the USG position that the Maliki government must operate in a more inclusive manner and should start by reactivating the "Three Plus One" leadership mechanism. Amar, who delivered a well-public [...]	2008-01-14 09:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1010	ISF GENERAL ON SECURITY SITUATION IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 26 conversation, amid a crescendo of unrest in Baghdad, Major General Abdul Ameer, the Western Baghdad deputy commander and commanding general of the Iraqi Army Sixth Division, painted a bleak picture of the security situation. Abdul Ameer told several [...]	2008-04-02 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1015	RRT ERBIL: BARZANI ADVISOR SUPPORTS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Fuad Hussein, a key advisor to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani, told RRTOFF that Barzani voiced his support to PM Maliki's crackdown on criminal gangs and militia in Basra in a March 31 phone call. The call, the first conversation between the two [...]	2008-04-02 09:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1017	Koya's Mayor Shortchanged by KRG's Incomplete Government [...] (SBU) Koya's Mayor, Kurda Omar, told RRTOffs March 31 that her district had received only $2 million in Provincial Reconstruction Funds from Erbil since 2006. Omar explained that Koya district had shifted administratively from Sulaymaniah province to Erbil province in 2006 as a result of the U [...]	2008-04-02 12:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1019	MCNS ON MARCH 30 REVIEWS BASRAH, BAGHDAD, NINEWA [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: With PM Nouri al-Maliki still in Basra, Deputy PM Barham Salih chaired the March 30 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) foreshadowed by the sound of indirect fire (IDF) impacting in the International Zone as participants arrived at the meeting. The Commit [...]	2008-04-02 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD102	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN ALLEGES TERRIBLE PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1020	FADILA BLOC MEMBER DR. BASIM SHARIF ON THE COR, PM [...] (C) Summary: In a frank conversation held at the al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, COR and Fadila bloc member Dr. Basim Sharif al-Hechaimi discussed the recent Iraqi military operation in Basra. Decrying what he considered a unilateral act on the part of the PM, Dr. Basim highlighted the recent ac [...]	2008-04-02 18:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD1021	WHAT IS THE U.S. VIEW OF THE PROPOSED IN-KIND [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Minister of Oil Husseyn Shahristani spoke to EMIN by phone April 1. Asked about progress on the negotiation of the oilfield technical service agreements (TSAs) under negotiation with major international oil companies (IOCs),Shahr [...]	2008-04-03 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1022	NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION; [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA
08BAGHDAD1023	IRAQ'S PRIVATE-SECTOR TELECOMS FIRMS FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's private-sector led mobile and wireless telecommunications markets are developing apace. The Kurdistan-based, Barzani family-affiliated Korek Telecom recently concluded an interconnection agreement with Zain, the Kuwaiti-backed leading nationwide operator. The agreement ma [...]	2008-04-03 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT ECPS
08BAGHDAD1026	HOFF GUARDED ABOUT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During a March 25-28 visit to Baghdad marred by indirect fire (IDF),German Bundestag member Elke Hoff, accompanied by Hans Christian Roessler from Frankfuter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dieter Bednarz from the weekly Der Speigel and Nazyr Bircholtz of the German Iraq Friendship Socie [...]	2008-04-03 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GM IZ
08BAGHDAD1027	DAWA PARTY OFFICIAL ON BASRAH OPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party official Haidar al-Abadi told us April 1 that Iraqi public opinion, as demonstrated through claimed pro-GOI demonstrations in Basrah and elsewhere, and the Najaf-based Marja'iyah are strongly behind PM Maliki in his efforts to deal firmly with militias and armed [...]	2008-04-03 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1028	AYAD ALLAWI: WE ARE ALL IN THIS BOAT TOGETHER [...] (S/NF) Summary. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told PolCouns on April 2 that re-establishing peace and stability following the violence in Basrah will be critical to Iraq's long-term stability. Allawi said the GOI is not doing enough to reach out to its Arab neighbors, which is one strateg [...]	2008-04-03 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1029	PRT WASIT: 3ID DEP CG DISCUSSES WASIT SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary. On 29 March, 3ID Deputy Commanding General-Support (DCG-S),BG Edward Cardon, met with Wasit civilian and military leaders at the Wasit Governance Center (GC),site of the ISF HQ during the recent fighting against non [...]	2008-04-03 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD103	SADRIST SEEKS USG HELP IN "CLIPPING SATAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Jawad al-Hasnawi, a senior Sadrist Trend official and Deputy Governor of Karbala province, told us January 10 that he and a growing number of other Sadrists have come to the conclusion that Iran, not the United States, is Iraq's greatest nemesis, and he proposed that the USG work [...]	2008-01-14 13:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1030	ATTIYAH AND MASHHADANI STAND BY MALIKI, OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In separate April 3 conversations with Polcouns, COR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and COR Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiyah both proclaimed their support for PM Maliki's government. Attiyah stated that all Sadrists had ties to Iran, while Mashhadani offered a more nuanced [...]	2008-04-03 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1031	EPRT: HR ADVISOR AL-JABOORI EXPLAINS SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) On March 25, Sheikh Omar Al-Jaboori, Human Rights Advisor to Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi told E-PRT Team Leader and BCT Commander during a biweekly reconciliation meeting that prominent Sunni political parties refused to participate [...]	2008-04-03 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD1033	BADR'S HADI AL-AMRI ON BASRAH CRACKDOWN AND TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Badr Organization strongman Hadi al-Amri told us April 2 that the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was a largely successful and long-overdue first step in "the surgical removal of the disease of armed militias," a process that will continue in the coming days. Hadi claimed that Pri [...]	2008-04-03 18:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1036	JAM IN BAGHDAD -- HOW STRONG IS IT? [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy political-Baghdad PRT cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Jaysh Al-Mahdi's (JAM) show of force in Baghdad since March 23 has demonstrated its potential to bring Iraq's capital to a standstill for a limited period, but not without alienating large segments of the local popul [...]	2008-04-04 19:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1037	U.S.-IRAQ STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (S) SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq held their first round of negotiations of a status of forces agreement (SOFA) March 23 through April 3 in Baghdad. This agreement is designed to provide a foundation for a long-term military to military relationship between the United States and Iraq. [...]	2008-04-05 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR PREL KTIA IZ
08BAGHDAD1039	FOREIGN MINISTER: IRAN WILL ESCALATE CONFRONTATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari - just off the plane from the Arab League Summit in Damascus - told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG GEN David Petraeus, NSC Senior Director McGurk and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that Iran had se [...]	2008-04-05 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IR IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD1040	PRT-WASIT: MID-LEVEL SADRISTS REENGAGE OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On 1 April, TL and IPAO met with three Wasit Sadr Trend district-level officials who complained that ISF and CF operations disproportionably targeted Sadrists, though they admitted the movement "has some bad people" who deserve ar [...]	2008-04-05 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1041	MOHR DISCUSSES AMNESTY LAW, COM DECISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim discussed with PolOff on April 2 the state of amnesty implementation and recent Council of Ministers votes. A Ministry of Human Rights team has been investigating actual releases of detainees under the Amnesty Law and has found that far [...]	2008-04-05 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1042	NSA RUBAIE ON PCNS, SOFA/SFA, BASRAH AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk and Polmilcouns, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie agreed on the need to capitalize on the positive political atmosphere by releasing a strong, unified statement during the April 5 PC [...]	2008-04-05 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PINS
08BAGHDAD1043	STUCK BETWEEN AN ARROGANT MAN AND A MAD MAN [...] (C) Summary: Wearing his mediator hat, Dr. Ahmed Chalabi spoke with PolCouns on April 3 to discuss Basra and the Iranian involvement in the conflict, as well as the subsequent Sadrist movement to oust Maliki. Chalabi urged the USG to take great caution in dealing with the Sadrists, and indic [...]	2008-04-05 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1044	IRAQI OFFICIALS ON MALIKI'S BASRAH CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a series of March 30 conversations with Iraqi officials including Ali Merza, Director of the National Security Advisor's Joint Planning Committee (JPC),Saiid Jaber from the Crisis Action Cell (CAC) secretariat, and A'amer Al- Musawi, chief of staff to the National Security Advisor (pro [...]	2008-04-05 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1045	VP ADEL ON SECURITY CRACKDOWN, "CONFUSED" [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told us that the time is ripe for harsh and decisive GOI action against the "cancer" of armed outlaw groups, a measure supported by the Iraqi political class and public and even by Iranian General Qasim Sulaimani. He said th [...]	2008-04-05 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1047	SAI LEADER SHEIKH AHMED SPEAKS ON HIS NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of the Iraq Awakening Movement, or Sahawa Al-Iraq (SAI),spoke to us on April 2 for over two hours about SAI's movement towards becoming a national political party, his personal attitude on th [...]	2008-04-06 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1048	PRT MUTHANNA: POST-BASRAH ATMOSPHERICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) The new OMS leader in Muthanna is known as Muhannad Abdulhussein al-Karbala'i (although there is suspicion that this is a pseudonym). He cooperated closely with Gov. Marzook during the outbreak of violence in late March, including reachi [...]	2008-04-06 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD105	REACTION TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE LAW AND [...] (S) Summary: Sunni reaction to the January 12 passage of the Accountability and Justice Law, an early indicator of the ultimate political impact, has been somewhat tepid. The Sunni Tawafuq Front issued a statement January 13 calling the law "mediocre" but acknowledging it contains some positiv [...]	2008-01-14 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1050	GOI SUPPORT FOR PROPOSED UNSCR; LIBYA HOLD ON [...] EMIN, accompanied by Acting Economic Counselor and Deputy Treasury Attach, met with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Tuesday, April 1, to discuss GOI interest in either revising the scope of UNSCR 1518 or taking the lead to lobby for the passage of a new UNSCR that will target Iraqis and thir [...]	2008-04-06 08:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ETTC IZ PREL PTER XF
08BAGHDAD1051	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON BASRA OPERATIONS, [...] (S) During an April 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed the situation in Basra and the aftermath of the recent showdown with Sadrist forces there. Hashimi described how he had supported PM Maliki during the Basra campaign, putting personal differences aside [...]	2008-04-06 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1052	APRIL 2 MEETING BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR, GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki, flushed with the success of recent ISF operations in Basrah, reviewed next steps with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 5. Maliki noted that he was dedicating $100 million dollars towards Basrah's reconstruction, and is using Tribal Support Counci [...]	2008-04-06 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1054	MEETING WITH KRG SECURITY DIRECTOR SINJARI AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I DCS for Strategic Effects MG Bergner and D/PolMil Couns met with KRG security director Karim Sinjari March 19 to discuss closing Makhmour refugee camp. Sinjari supported closure of the camp, noting that absent any employment prospects, the younger residents would likely gra [...]	2008-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREF PREL PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD1055	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IRAQ'S ONGOING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts report that the recent Basra security operations have led to economic disruptions throughout Iraq. Basra Province itself has borne the brunt of economic impacts. Supplies of health-related material have been stretched, but the Ministry of Health reports sufficient [...]	2008-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1056	PRT WASIT: LOCAL LEADERS ASSESS RECENT VIOLENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On 04 April, PRT TL and IPAO met first with the Wasit Governor and then with the PC Chairman to discuss events of the past week and the current situation in Wasit. Both officials shared their views of the Sadrist movement and their [...]	2008-04-06 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PINS PINR
08BAGHDAD106	TALABANI ON KURDISH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani on January 12 told S/I Satterfield he and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani had agreed on a list of measures to improve relations with the U.S. and restart political progress under the Maliki government. These include eliminating Kurd [...]	2008-01-14 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1061	Dialogue on Economic Cooperation -- Follow-up [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih's follow-up team for the Government of Iraq (GOI) hosted U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) of February 27-28 have proposed to pursue implementation of actionable outcomes by breaking action items into functional groups. Onc [...]	2008-04-07 02:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG BEXP IZ
08BAGHDAD1063	BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP: REQUEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS: Post requests the Department to instruct posts in capitals of participants in the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) to urge their host governments to support Iraqi efforts to secure agreement on concrete measures aimed at stopping the flow of terror [...]	2008-04-07 02:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08BAGHDAD1065	MALIKI SCORES BIG AT APRIL 5 PCNS MEETING [...] (C) According to an ISCI representative, the April 5 meeting of the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS),a body comprised of representatives of all political blocs, was attended by President Talabani; Prime Minister Maliki; Deputy PM Barham Saleh; Vice Presidents Adel Abdel Mehdi [...]	2008-04-07 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1066	POLITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C) The Political National Security Council (PCNS) met Saturday, April 5, 2008 at President Jalal Talabani's residence, with representatives of all the political parties represented in the Parliament. They discussed the security situation, political issues, and economic challenges in Iraq. [...]	2008-04-07 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD107	FLEDGLING "NATIONAL PROJECT" SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Billing their fledgling group as a broad-based CoR coalition that cuts across sectarian lines, organizers of the "National Project" told the media January 13 that they hope to attract as many as 145 CoR members from across Iraq's political spectrum with a common goal of fostering [...]	2008-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1070	DPM SALIH: TIME IS RIGHT FOR BIG MOVES ON BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial and far ranging conversation at the DPM residence April 6, EMIN introduced to DPM Barham Salih incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict and discussed economic/reconstruction measures the GOI can take in coming days to solidify gains from th [...]	2008-04-07 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD1071	CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT PORT NOT YET CREATING [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minister of Trade's concerns that Prime Minister Maliki's April 3 decision to put all staff at the Port of Umm Qasr on leave for investigation of corrupt practices may lead to shortages of wheat, rice and other Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities throughout the [...]	2008-04-07 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EWWT EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD1072	MINFIN HAS MONEY FOR BASRA, BUT IS WAITING ON [...] (C) Summary: At an April 6 meeting, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said that the 100 million USD for humanitarian assistance and development in Basra could be funded by taking money from the Basra Provincial Government's capital budget. A line item in the upcoming 2008 supplemental budget could [...]	2008-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1073	RRT ERBIL: SRSG PREVIEWS DISTRICT VISITS; KURDS [...] (C) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura briefed RRT that his upcoming visits to Hamdaniya, Makhmour, and Akre districts will lay the groundwork for recommendations to the Presidency Council to begin resolving Article 140. He said his goal is for the UN t [...]	2008-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1074	IESC MEETING APRIL 4 [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) April 4. Discussion focused on the provision of essential services and humanitarian aid to areas affected by the recent violence and featured a len [...]	2008-04-07 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1075	VP ADEL ON APRIL 5 PCNS AND GOI OFFENSIVE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi said political unity expressed in the April 5 meeting of the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) had built momentum for progress on several fronts, particularly the dissolution of the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) and the r [...]	2008-04-07 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1076	KRG LAW ESTABLISHES FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASED JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) In November 2007 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed a law separating the judiciary from the executive. Specifically, the Judicial Power Law (JPL) establishes a Judicial Council (KJC) to take over responsibility for the management of judges and courts from the KRG Ministry of J [...]	2008-04-07 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1080	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI DEEMS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told us the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) meeting (Saturday, April 5, 2008) was successful in bridging the key differences between the political blocs. He added the CoR will work to ban armed militias fr [...]	2008-04-07 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1083	AMIDST CEASE-FIRE, SADRIST MOSQUES IN BAGHDAD BEAT [...] (C) A sampling of several Sadrist-affiliated mosque sermons in the greater Baghdad area from last Friday, April 4, reveals that despite Muqtada as-Sadr's recent cease-fire declaration, tensions between the Sadrists and the GOI and CF continue to run high. Criticism of the GOI and its perceive [...]	2008-04-08 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD1084	D/PM BARHAM SALIH MEETS NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on D/PM Barham Salih, AMB. Lawrence Benedict described his mission as identifying how the U.S. could best support GOI anti-corruption initiatives. AMB Benedict asked for D/PM Barham Salih's cooperation in this endeavor. D/PM Barham Salih welcomed AMB [...]	2008-04-08 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IQ
08BAGHDAD1088	TUWAITHA YELLOWCAKE NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Science and Technology held a conference call on April 6 at the Embassy to finalize contract negotiations with Cameco, the Canadian buyer of the uranium yellowcake. Negotiations went well, and the contract once finalized and reviewed by the parties may be signed a [...]	2008-04-08 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1091	CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 1 [...] SUMMARY: Discussion at Dr. Chalabi's April 1 Provision of Services Committee meeting was primarily divided between potable water (for a third straight week),and the fallout from the previous week's fighting in Sadr City. Key topics included an electrical outage at the Karkh Water Treatment P [...]	2008-04-08 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1093	NSA RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting on April 6 with the Charge d'Affaires, Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie called the April 5 Declaration by the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) a breakthrough. It had isolated the Sadrists, he said, and forced them to choose whether or [...]	2008-04-08 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1094	BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 8, 2200 LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr (MAS) announced on April 8 that he had postponed indefinitely a "million-strong" demonstration originally scheduled for April 9 in Sadr City. The march had been planned to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. News media also reported Sadr t [...]	2008-04-08 20:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD1095	I WAS KIDNAPPED BY A BUNCH OF AMATEURS [...] (C) Summary. Tahseen Sheikhly, Government of Iraq (GOI) spokesman for the Baghdad Security Plan, told USMI and MNFI personnel during an April 1 debriefing that his kidnappers were a gang of amateurish Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) thugs. Released after 115 hours of captivity and reunited with his fami [...]	2008-04-08 20:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1099	FADHILA ON THE PCNS, PROSPECTS FOR RECONCILIATION [...] 1. (C) Summary: In a meeting held at the COR on Monday, April 7, Dr. Basim Sharif al-Hechaimi of Fadhila shared his views on the current crisis between the GOI and the Sadrists, including Fadhila's participation in the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) meeting held on Saturday eve [...]	2008-04-09 02:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD11	KIRKUK: ATMOSPHERICS FROM PRT MARKET WALKS IN LATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The catastrophic summer 2007 explosions in Kirkuk dampened market activity as residents stayed home and merchants limited their hours. While violence continued through September and October, it focused more on GOI officials than residential and market areas and market activity [...]	2008-01-02 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1100	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...]	2008-04-09 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU
08BAGHDAD1105	SADRIST CONFIDANTE WARNS OF BAD PRESSURE BUILDING [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with Poloffs, Ibrahim al-Sumaydai - a local political observer with close ties to senior Sadrist Trend and JAM figures - told us Sadrists see an Iranian hand behind recent events, accusing Tehran of pushing Maliki into a confrontation with the Sadrist movemen [...]	2008-04-09 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD111	UPDATE ON GOI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) Summary. Since its formal commissioning in mid-2007, the Ministerial Committee on Rule of Law and Detention (MCRLD) has made significant progress in the practical application of its operation. MCRLD has ensured all relevant ministries are adequately represented, meaningful issues are ide [...]	2008-01-15 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1111	NINEWA: WIDE-RANGING PRT SUPPORT BOOSTS [...] (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa has worked closely over the last year with farmers, produce processors and GOI agencies to support the province's struggling agricultural sector. The sector is crucial to fighting provincial unemployment: rural residents rely on grain producti [...]	2008-04-09 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1112	APRIL 6 MCNS: BASRAH NEXT STEPS, SADR CITY [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: The April 6 session of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) featured upbeat assessments of the result of the GoI security operation in Basra, along with agreement on the need for job creation, development, and humanitarian initiatives to stabilize the [...]	2008-04-09 18:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1113	ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON POST-BASRAH UNITY, JAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told us the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was an important step in affirming Iraq's identity as a nation based on the rule of law and institutions rather than a country ruled by outlaw gang [...]	2008-04-09 19:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1114	IRAQIS DEEM THE AMBASSADOR'S TESTIMONY REALISTIC [...] (C) Assessing Iraqi reaction to the Congressional testimony by the Ambassador and General Petraeus has been complicated somewhat by the GOI's April 9 closure and a Baghdad-wide curfew, but initial soundings here and in Iraq's provinces have been largely positive. The most common reaction thus [...]	2008-04-09 19:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1115	TALABANI APPARENTLY PERSUADES IRAN TO CONDEMN IZ [...] (S) SUMMARY: NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk spoke on April 7 with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to discuss the ongoing political situation including the recently held PCNS meeting and the Executive Council meeting scheduled for that evening. Talabani reiterated th [...]	2008-04-09 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1116	IESC MEETING MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a record of the meeting notes from the March 14 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FaQ),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The lightly attended and relatively brief meeting featured an update on discussions c [...]	2008-04-09 19:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS SENV
08BAGHDAD1117	BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: APRIL 9, 2200 LOCAL [...] (SBU) PRTs and ePRTs report that most neighborhoods in Baghdad have been relatively quiet today, with fewer JAM members in evidence than before and greater IP presence. Sporadic violence continued between Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) elements and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),and mortar rounds reporte [...]	2008-04-09 19:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PINS MOPS PREL
08BAGHDAD1118	GOI'S LARGEST DETENTION FACILITY GETS LEGAL CLINIC [...] SUMMARY: A modest grant from the Ambassador's Targeted Development Program fund has given the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA) resources to operate a legal aid clinic at Baghdad's largest detention center. Many of the detainees have been held for years without charges or progress in their cases. [...]	2008-04-10 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1120	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-10 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1130	ELECTRICITY MINISTER DETAILS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Electricity Kareem Wahid on April 9 detailed plans to attract private investment in power projects; complained about the lack of fuel for power; sought travel support from MNF-I for plans to show PM Maliki various projects; revealed intra-Ministerial obstacles to GOI c [...]	2008-04-10 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1132	PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM STAFFING ASSESSMENT [...] (U) In December 2007, the Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) requested Team Leaders from the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and the Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) to conduct a bottom-up staffing assessment to determine what, if any, additional positions and skill sets [...]	2008-04-11 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AODE APER ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD1134	GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...]	2008-04-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD1142	WASIT STATE TEXTILE FACTORY SEWS ITSELF BACK TO LIFE [...] (U) This is a joint PRT Wasit/Embassy reporting cable. SUMMARY 2. (U) During a March 11 visit to the Wasit State Company for Textiles, Wasit PRT members observed production lines back up and running, after having been shuttered just two months ago. A grant from the Task Force for Busines [...]	2008-04-12 13:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD IZ

08BAGHDAD1147	SADIQ AL-RIKABI UPBEAT ON REBUILDING SADR CITY, [...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on April 10 with Sadiq al-Rikabi, political advisor to Prime Minister Maliki. Rikabi detailed a $150 million plan to rebuild Sadr City and Shula, Sadrist-heavy neighborhoods in Baghdad which have seen heavy fighting since late [...]	2008-04-12 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1150	CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: The first meeting to last over two hours in nearly four weeks, the April 8 Provision of Services Committee was otherwise business as usual. The Ministries of Defense, Health, Finance, Electricity, Trade and Transportation attended. The Amanat was also present. Services in Sadr City to [...]	2008-04-13 07:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1151	REO BASRAH SITREP 12 APRIL 2008 [...] (U) This is a Basrah REO situation report for April 12, 2008. 2. (S//REL ACGU) Summary: The ISF commenced "Operation Charge of the Knights II" on April 12, targeting remaining JAM strongholds in Basrah. There has been limited resistance from small arms fire and IED screens. Basrah Oper [...]	2008-04-13 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS IZ PINS PINR PGOV
08BAGHDAD1153	SADR TO COALITION: HEY INFIDEL, WE WILL ALWAYS BE [...] (C) Summary: After more than six months of relative silence, Muqtada al-Sadr has issued three public statement in the past five days. The latest statement on April 12 addressed recent public remarks by Secretary Gates (who Sadr branded a "terrorist") and is a rabble-rousing screed that turns [...]	2008-04-13 16:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1154	RRT ERBIL: NEW UNAMI ELECTORAL OFFICER ARRIVES [...] (C) Erbil RRTOff met April 10 with newly-appointed UNAMI Electoral Officer for northern Iraq, Diederik Willems, at his request, for a meet and greet discussion. Willems said that he has met with the Governorate Electoral Officers (GEOs) for Dohuk and Kirkuk, who complained bitterly about the l [...]	2008-04-14 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1155	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-14 06:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1157	PRT DIYALA: ENCOURAGING SIGNS IN DIYALA [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Diyala Provincial Government is increasingly eager to engage with the PRT thanks to improving security, the onset of the election season, the long-delayed passage of the 2008 provincial budget coupled with initial exe [...]	2008-04-14 06:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1168	NECHIRVAN BARZANI HAILS NEW AMITY WITH BAGHDAD [...] (C) Econ Minister-Counselor Charlie Ries, Pol/Mil Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries, and Special Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk met on April 12 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani proclaimed a dramatic upswing in G [...]	2008-04-14 10:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD117	S/I SATTERFIELD PRESSES IRAQI OFFICIALS ON [...] Summary: In the days leading up to the passage of the Justice and Accountability Law on January 12, S/I Satterfield pressed the CoR leadership and other prominent leaders to reach agreement based upon a consensus that included Tawafuq leader VP Tariq al-Hashimi on the proposed amendments and [...]	2008-01-15 16:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD118	READOUT OF THE JANUARY 14 THREE PLUS ONE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1180	Oil Ministry announces qualification results [...] Anadarko Iraq Company, USA 2. BG International, UK 3. BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd., Australia 4. BP, UK 5. Chevron Iraq Ltd., USA 6. CNOOC China Ltd, China 7. CNPC, China 8. Conoco Phillips, USA 9. Edison International SPA, Italy 10. ENI, Italy 11. Exxonmobil, USA [...]	2008-04-15 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD1181	CHINESE EMBASSY READOUT ON ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: According to Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Hu Yaowu in Baghdad, two Chinese-Iraqi energy projects, a 1,300 MW electric power plant and an oil field development project both located in Wasit Province, are on hold pending an improvement in security conditions. The Ch [...]	2008-04-15 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL PINR CN IZ
08BAGHDAD1186	AYAD ALLAWI: RELUCTANT FOR IRAQIYYA LIST TO [...] (S/NF) Summary. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told PolCouns and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk on April 13 other GOI leaders are encouraging Iraqiyya to rejoin the GOI. He is open to this goal, he said, but demands that PM Maliki clear his name in unfair allegations fro [...]	2008-04-16 08:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1191	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SG ALI ALA'AQ DISCUSSES JOINT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting held on Monday, April 14, at the Council of Minister's Secretariat (COMSEC),EMIN introduced the Council of Ministers Secretary-General Ali Ala'aq to incoming Anti-Corruption Coordinator Ambassador Lawrence Benedict. During the meeting, Ala'aq, EMIN, and Ambassador [...]	2008-04-16 16:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1197	PRESIDENT TALABANI ON SUPPORT FOR MALIKI; IRAN, [...] (S) Summary: At a lunch on April 14, President Talabani told the Ambassador he was optimistic that broad political support for PM Maliki in the wake of Basra would hasten the return of Sunni Arab Tawafuq and secular Iraqiya blocs to government. He said that his analysis of Iran was that Tehr [...]	2008-04-17 07:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1198	THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14 [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...]	2008-04-17 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1199	PRT MAYSAN: IA GEN PLANS MAYSAN OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: On April 13 the PRT met with Major General Habib to discuss the recent clashes in al-'Amara as well as future prospects for security improvement. The clashes in al-'Amara between the Iraqi Army (IA) and militant elements of the Sa [...]	2008-04-17 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PINS MCAP
08BAGHDAD1201	PRT MUTHANNA: DANGEROUS BUSINESS: IRANIAN EFFORTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Post Basra, Sadrist fortunes are reviving in Muthanna, coupled with growing disenchantment with Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Dawa,a politicians who control the local and provincial government. However, a th [...]	2008-04-17 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1202	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following on the heels of a flurry of anti-corruption activity by the Government of Iraq (GOI) over the past three months - the GOI,s first conference on Anti-Corruption (AC) in January, and a second conference in mid-March hosted jointly by UNDP and the World [...]	2008-04-17 15:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IQ KCOR PGOV UN
08BAGHDAD1206	IESC MEETING APRIL 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafak al-Rubaie chaired the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) April 11. Discussion focused on services and humanitarian assistance to Sadr City. Ministry officials reported ongoing problem [...]	2008-04-17 18:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1207	VP ADEL: JAM AND SADRISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that Sadrist insiders have confirmed his analysis that Muqtada al-Sadr (who is in Iran, not Iraq) is mainly a symbolic leader of a fragmented and failing movement comprised of diverse bands of thugs, sheik [...]	2008-04-17 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1209	MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...]	2008-04-18 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1211	PMO OFFERS CONTEXT ON DISPOSITION OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) In an April 16 meeting, the DCM introduced Ambassador Lawrence Benedict to Dr. Tariq Abdallah, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki's Chief of Staff. Ambassador Benedict said he looked forward to supporting the GOI in its anti-corruption efforts, and noted one immediate subject of concern: Judge [...]	2008-04-18 14:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1218	MCNS APRIL 13: BASRAH LESSONS LEARNED, MOSUL NEXT [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: PM Maliki chaired the 13 April Ministerial Committee on National Security, focusing on security operations in Basrah and Mosul. Discussion underscored the importance of analyzing recent operations in Basrah and elsewhere to correct deficiencies in Iraqi Army and Police [...]	2008-04-20 02:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1219	ADEL AND BARHAM OPTIMISTIC OVER BATTLE WITH JAM [...] (C) Summary: In separate April 15 meetings with Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh marveled at the new political atmosphere in Baghdad following PM Maliki's offensive in Basrah. Both leaders expressed optimi [...]	2008-04-20 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ MOPS
08BAGHDAD1221	MALIKI IMPATIENT TO BEGIN MORE INTENSIVE MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an April 14 Crisis Action Cell (CAC) concerning operations in Ninewa province, Prime Minister Maliki complained that the operational plan briefing lacked substance; Vice President Hashimi and Deputy Prime Minister Salih concurred. Maliki--clearly frustrated by what he perceive [...]	2008-04-20 07:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD1223	NINEWA: LOW-KEY REACTION IN TAL AFAR TO BASRA [...] (C) Key officials in Tal Afar, the second-largest city in Ninewa province with a large Shia Turkoman population, told PRT Leader and Western Ninewa Branch Office Chief March 30 that they supported Iraqi efforts to contain the violence in Basra generated by Shia militia. Tal Afar appeared focus [...]	2008-04-20 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1237	EPRT BAGHDAD 2 AT YEAR ONE; SUCCESS STORIES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 BCT E-PRT reporting cable drafted by Team Leader Eric Whitaker. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Baghdad 2 E-PRT has undertaken a variety of activities in the areas of local governance, community reconciliation, economic growth and development, and essential [...]	2008-04-21 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON EAID SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1238	GOI AMNESTY LAW MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GoI officials held two recent meetings to discuss the problems with Amnesty Law implementation and to explore potential solutions. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, the first meeting on April 17 focused on finger-pointing, with participants blaming each other f [...]	2008-04-21 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1240	BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP IN DAMASCUS: DEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG MFA allowed the Iraqi delegation considerable latitude to pursue its agenda at Syria's second hosting of the Iraq Neighbors' Border Security Working Group (BSWG) April 13-14 (the first Damascus meeting was in August 2007). Surprisingly, given the state of Syrian Saudi relati [...]	2008-04-22 02:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER IZ KU
08BAGHDAD1241	SISTANI REP WARNS AGAINST EXCLUDING SADRISTS [...] (C) Summary: In a sermon delivered on Friday, April 18, at the Imam al-Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Sheikh Abd al-Mahdi al-Karbalai, the representative of the higher religious authority, Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, addressed a variety of issues, including the upcoming provincial elections, the on [...]	2008-04-22 10:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1243	SADR THREATENS "OPEN WAR UNTIL LIBERATION" [...] (S) Summary: Muqtada al-Sadr issued an April 19 internet statement in a continuing effort to rally and unify his followers in the face of a concerted GOI crackdown on the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia. Heaping scorn on both the GOI and "American occupiers," Sadr repeatedly sounded the powerful [...]	2008-04-22 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1244	PRT WASIT: WHO IS BURNING BADRAH'S FRUIT ORCHARDS? [...] (C) This a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In April 14 and 18 meetings with the PRT, Badrah Qada mayor Ali Hadi al Meshoeh speculated that Iranian interests were behind a recent series of orchard burnings was linked to the March 18 seizure of a large weapons cache by ISF. Ali [...]	2008-04-22 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PINS PGOV
08BAGHDAD1245	CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 15 [...] SUMMARY: At the April 15 Provision of Services Committee a large portion of time was dedicated to service delivery in Sadr City. The Deputy Minister of Transportation attended and provided a report to the committee on civil aviation in Iraq. Again, water was on the agenda with the Ministry of [...]	2008-04-22 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1248	REQUEST FOR CHRISTOPHER D.CROWLEY, MISSION [...] Request permission for Christopher D. Crowley to be absent from USAID/Iraq Mission on the following dates: 15-23 May 2008: TDY/Consultations (Washington, DC). 24 May - 14 June 2008: RRB 3 (Washington, DC). 15 June: Return to Baghdad 2. Denise A. Herbol, Deputy Mission Director, [...]	2008-04-22 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID APER OTRA IZ
08BAGHDAD1249	POSSIBLE MUSTARD GAS CACHE LOCATED IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following a lead from a local source, Coalition Forces located a metal tank buried under two meters of concrete near Fallujah in Anbar province on March 18. A non-intrusive test resulted in a positive reading for the blister agent mustard (HD). The tank appears to be intact. Fu [...]	2008-04-23 01:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	CWC IZ OPCW PARM PREL
08BAGHDAD1250	RUN-UP TO ANBAR PIC - WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an occasionally animated three-hour meeting between representatives of Coalition Forces, the GOI and the leadership of Anbar province April 7, the senior provincial leaadership pushed back against what it believed to be central government efforts to take provincial security a [...]	2008-04-23 01:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1251	MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...]	2008-04-23 01:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1254	KRG BUILDING ITS OWN POWER GENERATING CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: A privately-constructed build-own-operate 500 MW power plant located on the outskirts of Irbil at Pir Daoud should be completed by July 2008. Since the supply of associated gas it was designed to run on is not yet available, two of the 125 MW GE turbines have been retrofitted to [...]	2008-04-23 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV EAGR EPET IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1255	MINFIN CLEANS UP BUDGET QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN on April 21 that he supports the concept of transferring USD 14 million, payable to the USG for transport to radioactive material from Iraq to Canada, to the USG ICERP account; that all provinces have gotten an initial release of 20 percent of [...]	2008-04-23 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1256	HASHEMI: OLIVE BRANCH TO MALIKI TENTATIVELY [...] (C) Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi on April 17 met with the Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk in Hashemi,s temporary home on President Talabani,s compound in Baghdad. The VP hailed the improved political climate since Prime Minister Maliki,s Basrah operation, sa [...]	2008-04-23 09:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1257	ALLAWI: IRAQIYYA PARTICIPATING POLITICALLY WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on April 17 with Iraqiyya leader Ayad Allawi and MP Adnan Pachachi. Allawi gave little indication of near-term plans to re-enter the cabinet, but remains involved in the political process by participating in [...]	2008-04-23 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1258	SADR CITY SHEIKHS EXPRESS INTEREST IN SOI IN ORDER [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad 3 EPRT Team Leader and the 3BCT/4th ID Commander met on April 19, 2008 with five leading tribal sheikhs from Sadr City. During the course of a cordial two and a half hour meeting and lunch, the sheikhs: -- Expressed strong interest in launching a SOI program in the Ja [...]	2008-04-23 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PTER MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD126	BUDGET EXECUTION AND PRISON REFORM DOMINATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the January 13 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie led a discussion about capital improvement budget execution problems in the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Justice. Both the IntMin and acting JusMin acknowledged pr [...]	2008-01-17 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD1262	IRAN MANAGING THE POST-BASRAH BACKLASH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) and its Special Group offshoots (JAM-SG) targeting ISF in Basrah with Iranian-provided weaponry March 23 to 30, Iraqi government officials are talking more about the need to confront Iran about its support for illegal militias in Iraq. Ir [...]	2008-04-23 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD127	PRT KIRKUK: PROGRESS ON RECONCILIATION AS NEW ARAB [...] (U) Summary: Rakan Al-Jabouri assumed the office of Deputy Governor for Kirkuk Province on January 15. Twenty out of 26 Provincial Council members voted in favor of Rakan while another six members submitted blank ballots. The naming of an Arab Deputy Governor in the predominantly Kurdish pr [...]	2008-01-17 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1271	IRAQ CONFERENCE - CHANGE OF DATES TO JUNE 17 - 19 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MASS MOPS
08BAGHDAD1273	DEPUTY SPEAKER ATTIYAH DISCUSSES VISIT WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary. Deputy CoR Speaker Sheikh Khalid Attiyah told the Ambassador, S/I Satterfield, and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, that he met with Grand Ayatollah Sistani on Wednesday (April 17) in Najaf. While Sistani believes the security situation has improved in the Sou [...]	2008-04-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1274	SRSG DISCUSSES TURKEY, ELECTIONS AND NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, the Ambassador met with UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura to discuss a wide range of issues. The SRSG briefed on his fact-finding mission to Erbil and Ninewa provinces, and his surprise that out of the four districts UNAMI is working on for early recommendations, the two [...]	2008-04-24 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1275	GOI RESPONSES TO STOPPING TRAVEL TO ANNUAL PKK [...] (S/NF) Ambassador raised ref a points to President Talabani on April 14 and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister on April 17 (ref b and septel),both of whom pleaded ignorance of the event but promised to look into it. President Talabani said it was possible to put pressure on th [...]	2008-04-24 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KTFN TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1276	ISCI/SADRIST CONTEST IN BAGDHAD; LACK OF BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Baghdad province's uneasy power-sharing agreement between the Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq (ISCI) and the Sadrists appears to be unraveling. This cable analyzes how these two factions divvied up the choice positions in provinci [...]	2008-04-24 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1277	NECHIRVAN BARZANI: NASCENT PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met on April 17 with the Ambassador and April 19 with S/I Satterfield and Economic Minister-Counselor Ries. Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk attended both meetings. Barzani reiterated that KRG-G [...]	2008-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1278	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SFA, IRAN, AND CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: Just back from a meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on April 23 that Maliki agrees with the USG vision of a two-track negotiation process that will yield a single SOFA/Strategic Framework Agreement. He said Maliki had recounte [...]	2008-04-24 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1290	PRT-WASIT: NOMINAL SUPPORT FOR US RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On 15 April outgoing PRT Team Leader Wade Weems introduced incoming TL Robert Kagler and briefed the Wasit Provincial Council on USG humanitarian and reconstruction activity between April 2003 and January 2007. The majority of the PC members [...]	2008-04-25 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1291	ACTING COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SHOWS LITTLE [...] SUMMARY: (C) Acting Minister of Communications (and fulltime Minister of Youth and Sport) Jasim Mohammed Jafar (UIA/Iraqi Turkomen Front) told Econoffs April 21 that he planned to continue in his current roles at least until August 2008. Jafar said he did not think Prime Minister Nuri al-Mali [...]	2008-04-25 18:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT
08BAGHDAD1292	TALABANI CHARACTERISTICALLY ROSY ON CABINET, [...] (C) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on April 23 met with the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield. Talabani was characteristically upbeat on engaging Iraq,s moderate neighbors, specifically Kuwait, Turkey, and Egypt, and likewise on bringing Fadilah, Iraqiyya, and Tawafuq back into government. He s [...]	2008-04-26 10:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1293	KUDOS TO EMBASSY KUWAIT FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT [...] (U) Embassy Baghdad, and particularly the Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI),once again expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Embassy Kuwait for your outstanding support. The most recent example of your exceptional service was your timely assistance in securing vi [...]	2008-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EAIR
08BAGHDAD1295	TRAIN IRAQIS IN IRAQ, NOT ABROAD [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) For the second time since its latest legislative term began just a month ago, Iraq,s Council of Representatives (CoR) is in danger of not being able to muster a quorum in order to take care of important legislative business. The reason? More than th [...]	2008-04-26 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1296	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 03:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1297	IRAQ'S CIVIL SERVICE APRIL PAY RAISE [...] (SBU) On April 10, the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the Civil Service Salary Law in its third reading; the law now awaits endorsement at the Presidency Council. This law will substantially increase the monthly wages for the first time since 2004 of the approximately 2 million [...]	2008-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD1299	PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN BAGHDAD: ANOTHER KIND OF WAR [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: If we accept the adages that warfare is the expression of politics by other means, and that all politics is local -- it is clear why Baghdad's local political scene is looking more and more like a battlefield. The uneasy power-sha [...]	2008-04-27 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1304	NSA RUBAIE ON NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1305	THE LAST DAYS OF A STATE MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a April 27 meeting with PolOffs, members of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) expressed their overwhelming frustrating with the lack of support the Ministry is receiving since the Prime Minister's Office made the informal decision to eliminate the organization i [...]	2008-04-27 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1306	IESC MEETING APRIL 25: SADR CITY SERVICES [...] (SBU) Summary: In place of an absent Prime Minister al-Maliki, National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie chaired the April 26 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al-Qanoon ) FaQ). The meeting focused entirely on the situation in Sadr City [...]	2008-04-27 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PINR PINS SENV
08BAGHDAD1308	UK FOREIGN MINISTER: MOTTAKI IS COCKY [...] (S) Summary: Following his participation in the Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus on April 24. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including Iranian influence in Iraq, the current security situation [...]	2008-04-28 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1310	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-28 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1314	PARLIAMENTARIANS CONCERNED AFTER TOUR OF SADR CITY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians Ala Talabani and Zalwa al-Hashimi met with PolOff on April 28 to discuss their recent trip to Sadr City and the "humanitarian crisis" brewing there. Ala also noted the recent progress on the Civil Society Law, as well as some movement on the Political Parties Law [...]	2008-04-28 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1315	MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]	2008-04-28 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD132	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENTS HASHIMI AND ABDEL MEHDI ON [...] (S) During a January 16 meeting, the Ambassador urged Vice President Hashimi to support early Presidency Council approval of a Justice and Accountability law (de-Baath),recently approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). While not committing to a specific course of action, he i [...]	2008-01-18 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1321	DEAR SADR: PLEASE EXPLAIN [...] (C) Summary: After months of relative silence Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has released almost a dozen statements in the last two months. In the statements Sadr simultaneously has tried to placate his more militant followers while holding out the possibility of a negotiated settlement with t [...]	2008-04-29 11:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1322	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-29 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1328	OIL MINISTRY RESPONDS REGARDING IN-KIND PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Oil sent us the proposed text of the payment terms of its technical service contracts, explaining the proposed transaction is structured as an accounting offset, in hopes of securing USG approval of its proposed payment scheme. Post requests guidance on the draf [...]	2008-04-29 13:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG
08BAGHDAD133	S/I SATTERFIELD AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS THE UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Satterfield, White House Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk, and PolCouns discussed with Hosyhar Zebari on January 16 the recent 3 plus 1 meetings earlier in the week and plans for negotiating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Zebari said the composit [...]	2008-01-18 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1332	GOI ACTIVE ON SOLVING AMNESTY IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are detecting an increased sense of urgency within the GoI concerning implementation of the Amnesty Law. Barham Saleh hosted a third meeting of the core Amnesty group (reftel) on April 21, which led to a decision to have the Ministry of Human Rights track each amnesty releas [...]	2008-04-29 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1334	ANBAR MODERATE CLERICS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: While largely misunderstood by outsiders, the role of the mosque was crucial in winning the battle against Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Anbar Province. Local contacts are firm in their belief that the re-taking of the mosques from ra [...]	2008-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1337	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI: NO IRAQI SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: On April 26, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashadani told the Ambassador that diplomatic representation from Saudi Arabia is needed to bolster Arab relations with Iraq and counteract Iran's growing influence. Regarding the Sadrists, Mashadani shared with the Ambassador [...]	2008-04-30 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1338	PRT DIYALA: UNITY PARTY REQUESTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: PRT Diyala met with Hazber al-Azawi, a representative of the Sahwa (awakening) Party in Diyala, on April 17. Hazber identified himself as the lead candidate for the Sahwa Party in Diyala and expressed concerns over Sahwa's abilit [...]	2008-04-30 09:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1339	KRG-TURKEY DIALOGUE STIRRING DESPITE TURKISH [...] (S) We appear to be getting closer to direct contacts between Turkish officials and the KRG. We need to do everything possible to move the Turks and Iraqis along the political track as the improving weather heightens the temptation for both PKK and Turkey to launch cross-border operations. [...]	2008-04-30 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD134	PRT MAYSAN: JAM PREPARING FOR CF STRIKES [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: PRT heard claims on January 7 that Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is making active preparations to counter any possible Coalition Force (CF) operations in Maysan province. A young engineer, who accompanied the Maysan Director General (DG) fo [...]	2008-01-19 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IP IR PGOV
08BAGHDAD1341	A GLIMPSE INTO MOLSA ORPHANAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs had a rare opportunity to tour Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs orphanages in Baghdad on April 24. Since a July 2007 scandal when MoLSA orphans were found naked and tied to beds, the USG has had little communication with the ministry on this issue. The two orphanag [...]	2008-04-30 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1342	ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed with Ambassador Crocker and S/I Satterfield that Iraq must host the next Neighbors Ministerial and that the GOI must fast track ambassadorial nominees to key neighboring countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in part [...]	2008-04-30 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1343	ISCI CHAIR ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON ANTI-MILITIA [...] (C) Summary: Flanked by his son and heir-apparent Amar, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield on April 29 that the GOI and the vast majority of Iraqi citizens are tired of crimes perpetrated by armed outlaw gangs (read Muqt [...]	2008-04-30 19:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1344	IRAQ'S VOTER REGISTRATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, officials from USAID implementing partner IFES updated the Embassy Elections Planning Group (EPG) on the current status of the Voter Registration Exercise (VRE),still planned for June 1-30. They described the modalities of checking the voter registry, updating, ad [...]	2008-05-01 07:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1347	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...]	2008-05-01 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1348	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 09:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08BAGHDAD1349	PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN ATMOSPHERICS [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: A Maysani employee reported to the PRT that Maysanis do not support Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) and hope the Iraqi government will conduct military operations in Maysan to bring stability to the province. Maysanis expressed similar views [...]	2008-05-01 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IR
08BAGHDAD135	NINEWA CHRISTIANS DISCUSS NINEVEH PLAIN GOALS WITH [...] (C) At the Ninewa PRT, Christian leaders representing parties including the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) and the Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) expressed general consensus to CODEL Wolf (Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)) January 3 on forming a Christian, self-governed [...]	2008-01-19 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD1355	MUTHANNA GOV URGES US ROLE IN ELECTIONS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Governor Ahmed Marzook is deeply concerned about Iranian efforts to influence the October 2008 provincial elections. He believes U.S. moral support could help counter Tehran's attempt to stack the political deck. Marzook's role as an independent likely colors his alarmist [...]	2008-05-01 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1364	SHIA RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR ON WAY OUT OF SADR CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on May 1, Sheikh Fateh Keshef al-Ghita, an esteemed Shia religious scholar and informal advisor to the Prime Minister, discussed the ongoing political crisis between the GOI and the Sadrists. Stating that, "The time for talking is over," al-Ghita confirmed that the P [...]	2008-05-02 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD1365	FORMER PM AYAD ALLAWI EYEING VP ADIL ABDUL MAHDI'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1366	REPORTS OF ZAIN'S IMMINENT DEMISE ARE GREATLY [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Several former USG officials and some non-mainstream media reports have claimed that Zain, Iraq's leading mobile telecommunications operator, risks the collapse of its network infrastructure on May 14, 2008, if it fails to conclude negotiations with its private security [...]	2008-05-02 19:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT
08BAGHDAD1376	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-03 10:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1381	APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...]	2008-05-03 12:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1383	PRT WASIT: BLOOD BAG DONATION FURTHERS SADRIST [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: On May 1 the PRT provided 3,000 blood storage bags to the al Kut Blood Bank in central al Kut to respond to a crucial medical requirement and advance the PRT's Sadrist engagement strategy. The Bank Director, three PC members and PRT [...]	2008-05-03 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1388	MUTHANNA TRIBAL LEADER SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Abu Chefat, a powerful, well-connected sheikh of the influential Albu Hassan tribe, is concerned that Iran is poised to benefit from the upcoming provincial elections. He is exploring the possibility of founding a new [...]	2008-05-04 06:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1389	SCENESETTER FOR OPIC PRESIDENT AND CEO MOSBACHER'S [...] (C) Welcome to Iraq. Despite sustained senior level economic engagement with Iraqis during the period of the security surge, security gains have not been cemented in place with jobs and investment. Much is required on many levels to make this happen. Major Barriers to Investment -------- [...]	2008-05-04 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID OPIC IZ
08BAGHDAD1391	IRFFI AGREES NO STOCKHOLM MEETING, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: At our suggestion, IRFFI Co-Chair Ambassador De Martino announced at a May 3 IRFFI Executive Committee Meeting that there would be no IRFFI meeting (either formal or informal) on the margins of the upcoming International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial Meeting in Stockholm on [...]	2008-05-04 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1392	PATRIOTIC UNION OF KURDISTAN MOVING CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, beset by internal fighting and facing leadership succession concerns, is struggling to negotiate a new, slimmed-down Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) cabinet with rival Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leaders that is acceptable to [...]	2008-05-04 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1396	CHALABI'S PROVISION OF SERVICES COMMITTEE - APRIL 22 and 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 22 meeting and for a third straight week the Ministry of Trade complained that some of their trucks carrying needed food rations for Sadr City were turned away at checkpoints by the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC). The Amanat also blamed the BOC's strict checkpoint [...]	2008-05-05 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECPS IZ
08BAGHDAD14	AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS NEW ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Ambassador Innes Brown called on EMIN December 28 to discuss possible areas where Australia could increase its economic assistance to Iraq. The Government of Australia (GoA) has been tasked by PM Rudd to develop new initiatives by the end of January. Innes Brown sa [...]	2008-01-02 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EINV ECON ELAB OFDP PREL SOCI IZ XF XU XB AU ZP ZR

08BAGHDAD1400	FRIDAY MOSQUE SERMONS HIGHLIGHT ISCI-SADR ANIMOSITY [...] (C) Summary: Since the escalation of hostilities between the GOI and the Sadrists in late-March, samplings of Friday sermons from ISCI and Sadrist-affiliated mosques throughout Iraq reveal a growing gulf between the two parties. Whereas the majority of ISCI mosques praised the GOI's initial cr [...]	2008-05-05 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD1401	OIL MINISTER ON OIL LAW, CONTRACTS, BUDGET AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil (MOO) Shahristani told EMIN on May 4 the GOI had not heard anything more from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) about continuing with negotiations to enact the hydrocarbon framework law (HCL). He is hopeful that he will sign a Technical Service Contract (TSC) t [...]	2008-05-05 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1403	RIKABI STUMPED BY TAWAFUQ SPLIT? [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a May 5 meeting, Sadiq Rikabi professed to be unsure of how PM Maliki should play the splintering of the Tawafuq Front, but finally indicated that Maliki would likely press Vice President Hashimi to submit a new list of ministerial nominees representing the entire Front and n [...]	2008-05-05 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1404	MOHR VISITS CAMP CROPPER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim noted improvements in detainee operations during her May 1 inspection of Camp Cropper, but stressed that releases should be expedited. She offered her ministry's help in facilitating releases by contacting and bringing families to the deten [...]	2008-05-05 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1407	THE TAWAFUQ COALITION: A PORTRQT OF SUNNI [...] (S) The largest bloc of Sunni political parties, the "Tawafuq Front," is likely to fracture over internal feuding between its three senior leaders, tensions created by the prolonged negotiations to return Tawafuq to government, and positioning in the run-up to provincial elections. Relations [...]	2008-05-06 09:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD141	IRAQ CORRECTIONS SYSTEM PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1416	(SOUTHERN) POLITICS AS USUAL: IRAN'S PLAN FOR [...] (U) The following is a joint POL, REO Basrah, PRT Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit, Maysan, Muthanna, Najaf, Karbala and Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: All indications show that Iran sees the Iraqi provincial elections as an opportunity to advance its goals of continued ties to and influence over [...]	2008-05-06 18:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1417	FADHILA LEADER SHIMMARY ON COR INTRIGUES [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 meeting, Fadhilah bloc leader Hassan as-Shimmary and his deputy, Dr. Basim Sharif, hinted at the formation of a new political bloc within the COR, while remaining vague about their intent to join it. Attempting to play down troubling statements that Fadhilah has made ab [...]	2008-05-06 19:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD142	PRT ANBAR: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVE AGAINST [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Several key members of the Anbar Provincial Council (PC) have moved to end the tenure of interim Provincial Chief of Police (PCOP) Tariq Yousif within a month, signaling the latest round in the struggle for the highly-contested Anbar [...]	2008-01-19 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1421	JABR CLARIFIES SAUDI DEBT ISSUE, REVEALS PLANS FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a wide-ranging conversation May 5, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr clarified the Government of Iraq (GOI) position on the Saudi debt issue. He explained that the GOI believed the total principal amounted to USD 15.7 billion, of which the GOI was prepared to pay 20 percent [...]	2008-05-07 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD1422	FOUNDER OF INDEPENDENT WASIT PARTY WORRIES OVER [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) On May 3 PRT met with Dr. Magid Rahman Abdullah al Ta'ae, founder of the Wasit Independent Rescue Committee, at FOB Delta. Dr. Magid's "technocratic" Independent Rescue Committee will field candidates for the 2007 Provincial Council electio [...]	2008-05-07 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1423	UPDATE ON IRAQ'S DRAFT ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary: The draft provincial election law written by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has been sent to the Council of Representatives (CoR); it is expected to have its first reading on May 6. This draft, while somewhat better than previous drafts we have seen from the PMO, is still i [...]	2008-05-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1424	PM MALIKI RECOGNIZES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki acknowledged several priorities for improving Iraq's energy infrastructure security at a special May 1 meeting of a newly formed Infrastructure Protection Committee (IPC). Discussion of security challenges at the Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) dur [...]	2008-05-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD1425	ZEBARI ON UNAMI COMPOUND; AMBASSADORIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 6 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Acting Political Counselor that the GOI would only make a symbolic contribution toward the construction of a new UNAMI compound. Zebari appeared determined to tamp down expectations that UNAMI would get the Al Sijud Pala [...]	2008-05-07 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1426	THE AMBASSADOR'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, accompanied by DPM Barham Saleh, told the Ambassador that he had advised PM Maliki to wait and see whether Iran implemented its promises to not support Shi'a militants before deciding whether to visit Tehran. Talabani said he warned Iranian Ambassador Qomi ear [...]	2008-05-07 18:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD143	NINEWA: DROUGHT THREATENS ALREADY STRESSED FARM [...] (SBU) A late start to the rainy season in the northern Iraqi province of Ninewa threatens the province's wheat crop and sheep herds in an agricultural economy already suffering from tight credit, a lack of fuel and security constraints on marketing. While rains usually begin in late October in [...]	2008-01-20 07:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1432	PRT WASIT: PC MEMBERS SEE TOUGH ROAD AHEAD FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In May 3 meetings with the PRT, Provincial Council (PC) members Siraj Ali and Haji Jassem discussed the relations with other Shi'a parties and the challenges facing independents in the next election. Jassem identified the primary c [...]	2008-05-08 07:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1444	PRT WASIT GETS A LAUGH [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: In Al Kut on May 4, the PRT sponsored what was alledged to be the first comedic play to be performed in Southern Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Despite a reported $100,000 bribe offered to the organizer to call off the play [...]	2008-05-09 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1445	RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERSHIP WAITING FOR DE MISTURA [...] (C) Summary: KRG leadership told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that they look forward to hearing SRSG de Mistura,s first cut at resolving boundary disputes, promised for delivery in mid-May. KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said the KRG must &compro [...]	2008-05-09 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1446	NINEWA: KURDISH TACTICS ALIENATE SHIA SHABAK [...] (C/NF) A prominent leader of the minority Shia Shabak and Turkmen communities in eastern Ninewa's al Hamdaniya district said May 5 that heavy-handed Kurdish pressure in 2008 has solidified his constituency's opposition to joining the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Islamic Supreme Council [...]	2008-05-09 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1447	RRT ERBIL: KRG PM BARZANI FORECASTS HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that he expects the KRG to complete its short list of modifications to the February 2007 text on national hydrocarbon legislation soon. He does not plan, h [...]	2008-05-09 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1451	KRG UPBEAT ON TALKS WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: On May 5, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) provided the RRT an upbeat assessment of Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani,s May 1 meeting with the Turkish delegation in Baghdad. Both the KRG and GOT principals recalled positive periods in their relationship, criticized the me [...]	2008-05-10 10:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ TU
08BAGHDAD1453	PRT MAYSAN: OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER IA OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The opening days of a PRT-organized training coursewere marred by ongoing arguments between the political and technocratic attendees, with the political attendees seeming to intimidate the other participants and prevent their speak [...]	2008-05-10 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV MOPS
08BAGHDAD1454	WHY THE NINE JEWS OF BAGHDAD STAY IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the insecurity they face, and the necessity of hiding their identity, the nine Jews living in Baghdad appear set to stay here. Several are simply too old to leave, while others fear the unknown challenges of a new land more than they fear the more familiar, if deadly, pe [...]	2008-05-10 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KIRF PREF PGOV IS NL UK IZ
08BAGHDAD1455	PRT WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBER PREDICTS CHANGE [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: In a May 5 meeting Sadrist Trend Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hasan Ebrah told the PRT that it is a "dangerous time" for the Sadrist movement and predicted that Muqtada al-Sadr's inner circle advisors would [...]	2008-05-10 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1461	NINEWA: DROUGHT OF RAIN AND CREDIT GIVE LITTLE [...] (SBU) Farmers and agriculture officials across Ninewa told the PRT in April that agriculture in this drought-affected northern Iraqi province is a "disaster." Following the fourth straight year of below-average rainfall - the worst in recent memory for the province's farmers - Ninewa's mainsta [...]	2008-05-11 07:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1462	NINEWA:DROUGHT OF RAIN AND CREDIT GIVE LITTLE HOPE [...] (SBU) Farmers and agriculture officials across Ninewa told the PRT in April that agriculture in this drought-affected northern Iraqi province is a "disaster." Following the fourth straight year of below-average rainfall - the worst in recent memory for the province's farmers - Ninewa's mainsta [...]	2008-05-11 07:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1463	ENGAGEMENT WITH UNAMI ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy and MNF-I officials briefed Hania Mufti, head of the UNAMI Human Rights Office, on April 18 regarding issues discussed in UNAMI's recent Human Rights report. Topics of discussion centered on UNAMI's recommendations to MNF-I in the July-December 2007 report. Officials [...]	2008-05-11 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ PINS UN
08BAGHDAD1464	DANISH MOD WANTS DENMARK TO REMAIN ENGAGED IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 6 meeting, Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus thanked Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade for Denmark's important contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq and provided an overview of the current situation here, with an emphasis on events in B [...]	2008-05-11 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1465	IESC MEETING MAY 9, 2008 [...] (C) Summary. In place of an absent PM Maliki, National Security Advisory Mowaffuk Rubaie chaired the 9 May 2008 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ ) the Baghdad Security Plan). The PM mandated the meeting be conducted with limited attendance, feature [...]	2008-05-11 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1466	BAGHDAD LEAGUE CREATES FORUM FOR MODERATES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The "Baghdad League," a nascent organization dedicated to supporting social, cultural and educational activities in Baghdad, met Sunday May 3 to review the organization's bylaws and plan the group's activities for the coming mon [...]	2008-05-11 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1467	WORKING DRAFT OF UIA-SADR TREND CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Sadrist Trend and UIA representatives continued to discuss a draft cease-fire agreement on May 11th. UIA sources told us that senior Trend officials Sheikh Waleed and Ahmed Ridha had arrived from Sadr City and Najaf to replace Nisar al-Rubaie as chief negotiators for the Trend. The heat [...]	2008-05-11 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1468	MCNS ON MAY 4 REVIEWS BASRA SITUATION, BORDER [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 4 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) that reviewed the Basrah situation, resources for MOI's Directorate of Border Enforcement (DBE),equipping and training MOD and MOI through Foreign Military Sales (FMS),and a Natio [...]	2008-05-11 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD147	MOLSA MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 13 meeting, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs expressed his enthusiasm for USG support for alleviating the overcrowded conditions of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, (MOLSA) juvenile facilities. He discussed near-term solutions such as removing squa [...]	2008-01-21 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1471	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Iraq, like many other countries, must contend with rising world food prices. The Government of Iraq (GOI) supplies the bulk of staple food needs to the Iraqi people essentially free of charge under the auspices of the Public Distribution System (PDS -- also referred to as the "ration card" in [...]	2008-05-12 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1473	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1475	MUTHANNA TRIBAL LEADER ESTABLISHES NEW, SECULAR [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary: On May 11 Abu Chefat, a powerful well-connected sheikh of the influential Albu Hassan tribe, registered a new, secular political party, Abn'a al-Furatain, "Sons of the Two Euphrates." Although the organization will be initially c [...]	2008-05-12 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1476	DENUNCIATIONS OF GOI CONTINUE IN SADRIST FRIDAY [...] (C) A sampling of Sadrist mosque sermons from Friday, May 9, in the Baghdad area reveals that vitriol against the GOI and Coalition Forces (CF) continues to flow from Sadrist mosques, despite movement toward a tentative ceasefire between the Sadrists and the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA). Claimi [...]	2008-05-12 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD1477	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR UNIVERSITY SEEKS LINKS TO US [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: At a May 1 meeting, Anbar University (AU) President Dr. Khalil Ibrahim Al Dulemy requested Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Multinational Force ) West (MNF-W) assistance to establish relationships with U.S. universities [...]	2008-05-12 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD148	IRAQ -- 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Post's submission for Iraq's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. BEGIN TEXT 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ Iraq's first post-conflict permanent government passed a National Investment Law in October 2006, which was expected to open up its economy to foreign investmen [...]	2008-01-21 07:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC IZ
08BAGHDAD1480	TRADE MINISTRY SEEKS BILLIONS TO FUND PDS IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Minister of Trade Abdul Hadi Kadhim al Hameiri told Emboffs that the Ministry of Trade (MinTrade) needs USD 4 to 4.5 billion to fund the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the remainder of 2008; increased commodities and shipping costs will consume MinTrade's roughly USD 3 [...]	2008-05-12 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN
08BAGHDAD1481	TRADE MINISTRY SEEKS BILLIONS TO FUND PDS IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Minister of Trade Abdul Hadi Kadhim al Hameiri told Emboffs that the Ministry of Trade (MinTrade) needs USD 4 to 4.5 billion to fund the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the remainder of 2008; increased commodities and shipping costs will consume MinTrade's roughly USD 3 [...]	2008-05-12 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN
08BAGHDAD1483	MALIKI DEMANDS HALT TO IRANIAN AND SYRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on May 7 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki cited increasing evidence of Iran's direct interference in Iraqi affairs and the backlash it has engendered among Iraqis at all levels of society. He said he [...]	2008-05-12 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1484	2008 KRG BUDGET: $6.4 BILLION AND SMALL GAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA, regional parliament) passed a 7.6 trillion Iraqi dinar ($6.4 billion) budget to fund the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) for 2008. Approval came on April 30, nearly three months earlier than in 2007. The 2008 budget includes 4.7 trill [...]	2008-05-12 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1489	DE MISTURA PLANS MAY 22 DIB ANNOUNCEMENT [...] SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, Special Representative Staffan de Mistura told Ambassador Crocker and Senior Advisor Krajeski that he planned to announce UNAMI recommendations regarding the first four internal disputed boundary (DIB) districts (Makhmour, al Hamdaniyah, Amre and Mandali) as soon [...]	2008-05-13 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IZ
08BAGHDAD149	SENIOR ISF OFFICERS KILLED IN NASIRIYAH CLASHES [...] (C) Summary: Several senior Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) officers died during January 19 clashes between members of Jund al-Sima'a (Army of Heaven - JAS) and ISF. Although the situation now appears to have stabilized, the killing of several ISF leaders raises questions about the nature of the [...]	2008-01-21 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1493	OPIC PRESIDENT/CEO'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD -- FUTURE [...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Mosbacher's two-day visit to discuss a mortgage facility for low- and moderate-income workers was useful in allaying Post's concerns set out reftel regarding the risk of crowding out of a nascent private bank sector; the role of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) in the [...]	2008-05-13 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1495	NEW ACTING MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani was appointed as an additional Acting Minister of Justice on May 4. Sudani will help with ministry operations in Baghdad while the existing Acting Minister of Justice Dr. Safa al-Safi is in Basrah. According to Deputy Minister of Justic [...]	2008-05-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1496	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SADR CITY AGREEMENT, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi hailed the May 12 UIA-Sadrist Trend ceasefire agreement as an important step forward in affirming GOI authority by allowing the Iraqi army to enter and conduct operations in Sadr City. The Ambassador urged Adel to join Deputy P [...]	2008-05-14 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1497	MASHADANI BRAVES THE POLITICAL STORM OVER THE [...] (C) Summary: The Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani discussed with the Ambassador on May 11 the second reading of the elections law earlier that day, accusing the Kurds and ISCI of slow-rolling the legislation. He affirmed, nonetheless, the law would pass when the CoR [...]	2008-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1498	LETTER FROM COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI TO [...] (C) Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani delivered a letter to the Ambassador on May 11 addressed to President George W. Bush. The letter was not discussed in the meeting. 2. (C) The verbatim operative text follows as received in English: Begin Text. H.E. George [...]	2008-05-14 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD150	UPDATE ON THE IRAQI FLAG CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary and comment: A brief but impassioned debate over revising the Iraqi flag appears to have yielded an agreement on a one-year placeholder flag, resembling the older one but with less Ba,th party and Arab nationalist symbology. The Kurdistan Alliance in the Council of Representative [...]	2008-01-21 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1502	ANALYSIS OF MAY 12 16-POINT SADR CITY CEASEFIRE [...] (S) Summary: On May 12, a committee comprised of representatives of United Iraq Alliance (UIA) and the Sadrist Trend agreed upon a sixteen-point declaration as part of a larger four-day ceasefire agreement that expires May 15. The sixteen-point agreement incorporates the gist of an agreement [...]	2008-05-14 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1503	MCNS ON MAY 11 REVIEWS SADR CITY AND MOSUL [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the May 11 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS). The committee reviewed military operations in Sadr City (Baghdad) and in Mosul (Ninewa Province). Operations will continue in Sadr City, Maliki declared, until the crim [...]	2008-05-14 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1508	MAYSAN GOVERNOR REACHES OUT [...] (S/REL MNF-I) Summary: On May 13, incoming Maysan PRT leader held an introductory meeting with Maysan governor Adel Mahoder Radhi al-Maliki in Baghdad, at the Governor's request. Governor Maliki praised work done by the PRT to date, and expressed a desire for more significant USG funding towa [...]	2008-05-14 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1509	IRAQ'S SWIRLING SUNNI STREET: UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (S) In a particularly encouraging development, the Sunni Arab community appears increasingly reconciled to competing in the formal political process, despite its many misgivings related to that process. Preparations for provincial elections later this year have set in motion a dizzying scram [...]	2008-05-14 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1514	KRG BOUNDARIES STILL CONTENTIOUS ON EVE OF UNAMI'S [...] (C) Special Advisor for Northern Iraq Tom Krajeski in early May visited Kirkuk, Mosul, and Erbil to discuss the status of Kirkuk and other disputed internal boundaries in the run-up to the first United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) recommendations on resolving KRG boundaries. Ambassador Kra [...]	2008-05-15 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1517	PRT SALAH AD DIN: CDC HOLDS FIRST TRAINING [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the instigation of the Salah ad Din Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),CDC has conducted its first training course in Iraq, which was enthusiastically received by Iraqi medical professionals. END SUMMARY. 3. (U) P [...]	2008-05-15 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD1518	BARHAM SALIH ON SFA/SOFA, JORDAN TRIP, TALABANI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on May 13 updated the Ambassador on the Iraqi side of SFA/SOFA negotiations. He highlighted the Iraqis' top two concerns at present: a stronger pledge to protect Iraq against external aggression, and stronger protection of Iraqi assets against [...]	2008-05-15 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1519	SOLICITING KUWAITI ACTION AGAINST AL-QAEDA [...] (S/NF) This is an action message. Please see para two for action request. 2. (S/NF) ACTION REQUESTED: Per reftel, post requests that Department instruct Embassy Kuwait to demarche the GOK about the growing threat of Al Qaeda's activities in Kuwait. Post provides background infromation i [...]	2008-05-15 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD1522	DIWANIYAH PC REQUESTS REMOVAL OF AL-HURA JOURNALIST [...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah reporting cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary: On May 06, 2008, the Diwaniyah Provincial Council (PC) voted unanimously to request the removal of TV journalist Al-Shabani from Al Hura television on the basis of "inaccurate" reporting. Al-Hura, a U.S. government-sponsore [...]	2008-05-16 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1523	PRT WASIT: GEN CARDON DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary. On May 14, Sadrist Trend (ST) Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Ebrah, a regular PRT contact (REF A),met for the first time with 3ID DCG-S, BG Cardon. BG Cardon emphasized that security must be present for econ [...]	2008-05-16 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1524	THE IRAQI COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES: AN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) held its first session on March 16, 2006, and since then, has developed into a working democratic institution. Speaker Mashadani and Deputy Khalid Attiyah are increasingly pressing CoR members to adhere to the CoR by-laws, but hiccups in [...]	2008-05-17 08:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1526	SCENESETTER FOR NECHIRVAN BARZANI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani is visiting Washington on May 17-21 after receiving an honorary degree from Washington and Jefferson University. His meetings will include the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Deputy Secretary. Nechirvan [...]	2008-05-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD153	NINEWA: PRT BRANCH OFFICE HOSTS ECONOMIC FORUM IN [...] (C) PRT Ninewa's Branch Office in Qayyara, covering southern Ninewa, expanded in January from the one liaison officer who staffed it since mid-2007 to a three-man team of civilian surge and military personnel. The office received superb support from local Coalition Forces to host on January 1 [...]	2008-01-21 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD1532	COR MEMBER ALLEGES HORRIFIC CONDITIONS AT WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nada Ibrahim, a parliamentarian in the Hewar party, recounted her May 12 visit to Khadimiya women's prison to PolOff on May 13. She was shocked at the conditions of the prison and the lives of the female detainees. She said the prison had been infiltrated by militias and was ope [...]	2008-05-18 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1536	U.S.-IRAQ SOFA NEGOTIATIONS: ROUND 2 PRODUCES SOME [...] (S) SUMMARY: The U.S. and Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiation teams met in Baghdad April 22 to May 11. The talks have recessed at the request of the GOI, which will be sending part of its SOFA negotiating team to Turkey, Germany, Japan, and Korea to discuss with those government [...]	2008-05-19 02:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR PREL KTIA IZ
08BAGHDAD1538	JORDAN'S OFFER TO FORGIVE IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Reftel refers to the Government of Jordan's (GOJ) offer to forgive Iraqi debt, which is believed to amount to approximately USD 1.3 billion. Based upon our conversations with Iraqi Ministry of Finance officials, including Minister Bayan Jabr and Advisor (and principal debt negotiator) Azez [...]	2008-05-19 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD154	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR HIGHER COMMITTEE ENGAGES GOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The six members of the recently-established Anbar Higher Committee (AHC) visited Bagdad January 15-16 in their first engagement as a group with senior GOI officials. The proximate reason was to follow up on unfulfilled GOI commitme [...]	2008-01-21 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1541	HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI AND COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representative (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani warmly welcomed CODEL Pelosi to Baghdad on May 17 and told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador he expects provincial elections will occur by October 1, 2008. He highlighted provisions of the law banning parties with ties to m [...]	2008-05-19 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1543	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-19 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1552	CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS URGE STRONGER U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Pascale Warda, human rights advisor to Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashadani, said in a May 15 meeting with the Ambassador that she believes the GOI is not yet capable of protecting minority rights in areas administered by the KRG, and that local KRG authorities simply do not [...]	2008-05-19 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1553	NEW AMNESTY AMENDMENTS: A THREAT TO CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Amnesty Law on May 6 that would exempt more detainees from receiving amnesty due to concerns of granting amnesty to terrorists (reftel). The new provisions would exclude anyone charged with or convicted of crimes of terrorism [...]	2008-05-19 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1554	MOHR OPERATATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) operates 14 governorate offices throughout Iraq (excluding the KRG); they are overseen by the director general for governorate affairs, Ghanim Al-Shemari. The Ministry has a clear vision for how the offices in each governorate should be struc [...]	2008-05-19 18:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1556	UNAMI TO PRESENT DISPUTED BOUNDARIES [...] (C) UNAMI now plans to present phase one of its disputed boundaries recommendations to the GOI Executive Council on June 4. UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura told Senior Advisor May 19 that he now plans to wait until after the May 29 International Compact for Iraq (ICI) conference in Stockholm to [...]	2008-05-20 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1557	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON DISPUTED TERRITORIES/KIRKUK, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanbay told Senior Advisor May 18 that Turkey would reject any Kurdish "annexation" of Kirkuk because of concerns about Iraqi territorial integrity but also emphasized the GOT found UNAMI's efforts on disputed territories and the status of Kirkuk to be [...]	2008-05-20 07:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1558	IT'S TRIBAL TIES THAT BIND IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad and e-PRT 5 reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation in Baghdad takes many shapes: it can mean dialogue between sects and tribes, acceptance of the Government of Iraq (GOI),and/or cooperation with Coalition Forces. The role of tribal leaders in al [...]	2008-05-20 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD156	FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to discuss Iraq's relationship with its neighbors, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and current Iraqi legislation. Zebari updated Menendez on the u [...]	2008-01-22 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1564	RRT ERBIL: INFLUENTIAL KRG MINISTER EYES [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 6 with the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor and RRTOffs, KRG Minister of Finance Sarkis Aghajan (Sarkis) provided maps outlining the proposed zone, and said a decision must be made &now8 to save Iraq,s Christians. Since 2003, up to 40,000 Iraqi Christians have fled [...]	2008-05-20 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KIRF VT IZ
08BAGHDAD1565	CHANGING EUROPEAN UNION ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAQ [...] (SBU) During a May 6 presentation to the Defense Attache Association in Iraq (DAAI),the Ambassador of the European Commission to Iraq, Ilkka Uusitalo, noted a rapidly changing view within the EU towards Iraq. Admitting that the EU has been strongly divided since 2003, Uusitalo emphasized that [...]	2008-05-20 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ETRD PREL EU IZ
08BAGHDAD157	VP HASHIMI ON POWER-SHARING, RECONCILIATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Hashimi told Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) on January 20 that PM Maliki recently expressed his willingness to be a partner on the 3 plus 1 Executive Council and is optimistic about this new "team spirit" in the leadership. Hashimi [...]	2008-01-22 10:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1570	DNO EXPORT PIPELINE AWAITS GREEN LIGHT [...] (SBU) RRTOff met May 15 with Tarik Abdullah Chalabi, General Manager of Erbil-based Norwegian oil subsidiary, DNO Iraq AS, to discuss DNO's planned Tawke pipeline, completion of which apparently awaits the green light from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorities, and the quality and pri [...]	2008-05-21 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1571	EMBASSY MINORITIES WORKING GROUP AIMS TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary. Challenges and obstacles facing the ethnic and religious minority populations in Iraq include political intimidation, discrimination in employment (especially in the public sector),inferior provision of public services, and neglect of cultural heritage (e.g. lack of protection [...]	2008-05-21 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1575	MALIKI VOICES SUPPORT FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Maliki received a delegation of mostly Christian representatives and spoke out in support of Iraq's religious minorities during his May 16 visit to Mosul to inspect the ongoing Umm-al-Rabe'ayn operation to root out al-Qaida elements. His unprecedented statements were hig [...]	2008-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD1576	NINEWA COUNCILWOMEN UNITE TO EMPOWER IRAQI WOMEN [...] (U) PRT Ninewa recently initiated a series of discussions with several prominent female local government leaders to discuss obstacles and ways forward on women's empowerment issues, including institutional discrimination and traditional attitudes regarding gender roles. Recognizing the need [...]	2008-05-21 17:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1577	FM ZEBARI ON REGIONAL ISSUES; AMBASSADORIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 21 meeting with PolCouns and Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was skeptical about the prospects for a June Arab League ministerial in Baghdad, but more upbeat about an Expanded Neighbors FM-level meeting here. Zebari described bilatera [...]	2008-05-22 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1578	COR FINANCE CHAIR ON SUPPLEMENTAL CONFUSION [...] (C) During an introductory meeting with Econoffs May 21, Dr. Ayad Samarraie, Council of Representatives (CoR) Finance Committee Chair, noted that multiple plans for the Government of Iraq's (GOI) proposed supplemental budget have engendered confusion. He cited DPM Barham Salih's proposal to all [...]	2008-05-23 07:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1582	PM MALIKI TELLS CODEL PELOSI: IRAQ WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told CODEL Pelosi and the Ambassador on May 17 that Iraq is making great political and security strides this year. When asked about Iraq's relationship with its Arab neighbors, PM Maliki responded that Iraq receives little support and added Iraq sho [...]	2008-05-23 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1585	PRT-WASIT: POLICE CHIEF MEETS WITH SADRIST PC [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On May 20, CDR 214 FB and PRT met with Sadrist Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hasan Ebrah, Wasit Provincial Director of Police (PDoP) MG Abd al Haninn Hamud Faysal al Amir, and Kut Criminal Investigative Divi [...]	2008-05-23 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1586	PRT WASIT: GOVERNOR'S AIDE HINTS AT LARGER U.S. [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On May 22, PRT met with the director of the Governor's Management Office, Hajji Kareem Yusif Shenein, to discuss provincial elections. Kareem suggested the possibility that the marja'iyya might guide voters if they "see that the p [...]	2008-05-23 14:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1588	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Beginning with the GOI,s Anti-Corruption Conference in January there have been a number of newsworthy events on the anti-corruption front so far in 2008. The January Conference was followed by a UN Office of Drugs and Crime meeting in mid-March timed to coincide with the signing and rat [...]	2008-05-24 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD159	TRIBAL AWAKENINGS: SOUTHERNERS STILL HALF-ASLEEP [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL - PRT Maysan, Muthanna, Karbala, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit and REO Basrah cable. 2. (C) Summary: There is no "Shi'a awakening" in southern Iraq comparable to the ar-Ramadi based Sunni Awakening. There is a plethora of independent tribal moveme [...]	2008-01-22 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1592	KARBALA PRT MEETS WITH SADRIST PC MEMBERS [...] (U) This a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On May 8, PRT met two Sadrist members of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC). The Sadrists had only recently returned to the Council after warrants for their arrests were withdrawn. The Sadrists warned of Iranian influence in south [...]	2008-05-24 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1596	PRT WASIT MEETS WITH SADRIST AL KUT MAYOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) On May 19, PRT met with al Kut Mayor Sayyid Sattar Jabar Nour at al Kut City Hall. Sattar, a Sadrist Trend official with strong ties to Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM),has refused to meet with any CF representative for several years [...]	2008-05-24 12:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1598	MAY 23 I-ESC MEETING FOCUSES ON SADR CITY [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 23 meeting of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ),the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki declared that Iraqi Security Forces in Sadr City "will never leave," and said a quick plan is now needed to demonstrate [...]	2008-05-24 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD16	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-02 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD160	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2008-01-22 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1601	IRANIAN-BACKED PARTIES PREPARED TO DOMINATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The failure of the Shiite religious parties since 2005 to improve the daily lives of average Iraqis has left many Shia disillusioned. In Muthanna, nationalist, tribal, technocratic, and secular groups are coalescing to offer a [...]	2008-05-25 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1602	TURKMAN BLOC ENDS BOYCOTT OF KIRKUK PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Turkman Front (ITF)-led Turkman bloc officially ended its seventeen month-long boycott of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) by returning to the regularly-scheduled KPC session on May 20. Eight of the nine Turkman bloc members returned on May 20 while the ninth member [...]	2008-05-25 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1603	GOI KURDS ON SFA/SOFA, TIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on May 20 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, May 21 with Salih and President Talabani, and May 22 with Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. On the Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreements ( [...]	2008-05-26 05:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ

08BAGHDAD1604	FORMER IRAQI CHARGE REND RAHIM VOICES CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting with the Ambassador, former Iraqi Charge d'Affaires to the U.S. Rend Rahim shared her concerns regarding the provincial elections planned for later this year. In particular, Rahim underlined fears that independent candidates and those not currently aligned wit [...]	2008-05-26 05:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1605	SHEIKH OMAR AL JABOURI WANTS TO BE THE NEXT SUNNI [...] (C) Summary: On May 20, PolOff, EPRT-2 Team Leader and CF met with Sunni leader Sheikh Omar al Jabouri (SOAJ) in order to discuss the founding of the Independent National Tribal Gathering (INTG),upcoming provincial elections and his break from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). SOAJ explained [...]	2008-05-26 11:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1609	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 24 VISIT TO KARBALA AND NAJAF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's May 24 visit to Karbala and Najaf focused on opportunities for future cooperation in light of the opening of new PRTs in both cities. Importantly, the visit showcased the vast improvement in the provinces' security situation and the lead role Iraqi forces hav [...]	2008-05-26 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD161	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-22 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1610	PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador that he has been mediating between Prime Minister al-Maliki and Vice President al-Hashemi to secure the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet, and he expressed optimism that a final deal could be reached bef [...]	2008-05-26 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1611	KOUCHNER TO VISIT IRAQ MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] (S/NF) In a May 25 meeting, French Political Counselor Sylvain Fourriere told DepPolCouns that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner will visit Baghdad, Nasiriyah and Erbil May 31-June 1 (Ref A). Fourriere dismissed speculation Kouchner would visit Iraq after attending the ICI conferenc [...]	2008-05-26 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ FR
08BAGHDAD1612	ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON SOFA/SFA AND TAWAFUQ RETURN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador that Grand Ayatollah Sistani and the Najaf-based Marja'iyyah will support a bilateral security agreement with the USG as long it upholds Iraq's sovereignty, is transparent, and draws the support of all Ira [...]	2008-05-27 03:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1615	IRFFI DONORS FIELD TRIP FAILS TO DELIVER [...] (SBU) The International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) held a donors field trip conference, hosted by the Italian-led REO Hillah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),at the Dhi Qar Mittica Training Center on the Talil Airbase in An Nasiriyah Province May 18-19. Attending the c [...]	2008-05-27 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1616	PM MALIKI ON SISTANI MEETING, ELECTIONS, SFA, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a May 23 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that Grand Ayatollah Sistani is generally supportive of a long-term security agreement with the USG and is keenly interested in upcoming provincial elections. Sistani told the PM he will issue a public stateme [...]	2008-05-27 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1617	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial officials over the past six months have engaged in a series of PRT-BCT facilitated trips to various districts (Qadas) to listen to local government concerns. While the trips ar [...]	2008-05-27 09:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KDEM EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD162	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 17 & [...] SUMMARY: The Provision of Services Committee met for the first time in slightly more than a month on Tuesday, January 15. The Ministries of Oil, Trade, Health, Education and Defense attended. The National Security Advisor was represented as was the Joint Planning Commission, Iraqi Ground Forces [...]	2008-01-22 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1620	VP HASHEMI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA, AND MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi told the Ambassador that his May 24 meeting with Prime Minister al-Maliki had not achieved the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet and that Maliki had unexpectedly raised a new issue that could obstruct the return pro [...]	2008-05-27 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1621	GOI-DONOR CO-FINANCING MECHANISM EVOLVING, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: According to Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Senior Advisor Faik Ali Abdalrasool on May 21, the GOI co-financing mechanism that it will headline at the upcoming International Compact with Iraq Ministerial on May 29, is designed to allow international donor [...]	2008-05-27 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1629	CANADIAN NIKO SIGNS OIL CONTRACT IN KURDISTAN [...] (U) Canadian oil company Niko Resources, Ltd., announced May 20 that it has entered into its first production-sharing contract (PSC) with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as a consortium operator. The PSC will cover the exploration, development, and production of petroleum in the Qar [...]	2008-05-28 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1630	INTERAGENCY PERSONNEL PRIORITIZATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. The National Security Council Iraq Deputies Committee requested the Mission prioritize its civilian interagency manning requirements to assist agencies in properly identifying manpower fills. The US Embassy Baghdad interagency civilian manning requirements are prioritized in terms [...]	2008-05-28 08:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD1634	PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ, SOFA/SFA, LEBANON, [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, President Talabani said VP Hashimi and PM Maliki had agreed on the names of seven Tawafuq ministers who would join the Cabinet, and were working on a compromise to replace Minister of Planning Ali Baban in two months. He said the May 26 Political Council for National [...]	2008-05-28 14:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1637	SHIA REACTION TO SADR CALL FOR ANTI-SOFA PROTEST [...] (C) On May 27, Muqtada al-Sadr issued a statement decrying "the security agreement between the forces of darkness, by which I mean the occupation, and the current Iraqi Government." Sadr asked Iraqis to stage demonstrations throughout Iraq, and prodded political blocs to oppose the agreement [...]	2008-05-28 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD164	CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS PROGRAM: SECURING [...] (C) Summary: The expansion of the Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) program in 2007 has augmented Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) efforts to bring security to Iraq. CLCs are temporary arrangements that were organized by Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces in order to augment local force prote [...]	2008-01-22 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1641	PRT ANBAR: UNAMI VISITS ANBAR TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small UNAMI delegation visited Ramadi on May 27 with a dual purpose: to hold talks with provincial officials on economic development in advance of the expected establishment of a permanent UNAMI presence in the province and to m [...]	2008-05-29 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON EAID UN IZ
08BAGHDAD1650	KDP - PUK RELATIONS: CABINET NEGOTIATIONS SHOW [...] (C) Through a broad range of discussions with party officials and a drawn out, public airing of party laundry in the press, RRT has learned that mistrust, greed, and political jockeying have greatly delayed decisions on the Kurdistan Region Government,s sixth cabinet. Despite six months of n [...]	2008-05-30 04:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1651	TAWAFUQ WITHDRAWS LIST OF NOMINEES [...] (C) On May 29, Tawafuq Spokesman Salim Jibouri described to PolOffs the rationale behind the Tawafuq bloc's May 27 statement withdrawing its slate of ministerial nominees. Salim highlighted the frustration of Tawafuq members with PM Maliki's pattern of raising new objections to the nominees ea [...]	2008-05-30 09:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD166	MALIKI ON CABINET SHAKE-UP, RETURN OF TAWAFAQ, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging weekly security meeting on January 17, Prime Minister Maliki told Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus that a Cabinet shake-up was very possible within a few weeks which would likely result in a technocratic government with fewer ministries. Maliki expressed h [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER TU
08BAGHDAD1665	SADR CITY DISPLACEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-01 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD1667	PRT SALAH AD DIN: TIKRIT JAIL CONDITIONS NEED [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding and lack of hygiene in Salah ad Din (SaD) jails require urgent action. PRT Rule of Law (RoL) coordinator is making this a priority, in cooperation with Iraqi authorities. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) PR [...]	2008-06-02 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1668	ENGAGING IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS ON GOI EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Para 11 contains talking points that addressees may wish to use in updating the engagement approach laid out in Refs A and B. 2. (C) Summary: The government of Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has undertaken significant steps to confront militias and criminal groups supported by Iran and to [...]	2008-06-02 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD167	NINEWA: MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP -- STILL NO SOLUTION [...] (SBU) The director of the Makhmour refugee camp Ahmed Dzayee discussed the status and future of the camp with the PRT leader and representatives on January 15. He described the ways that people in the camp make a living, how the camp is supported and the security situation. New families moved [...]	2008-01-23 03:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1670	COR SPEAKER MASHADANI DISCUSSES HURDLES WITH SOFA [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told PolCouns on May 30 that opposition amongst Iraq's political leaders to provisions of the SOFA is growing and that most controversial are issues touching on the status of bases, air space, immunity and visa issues, and [...]	2008-06-02 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1676	KOUCHNER MEETS CG PETRAEUS, LAUDS SPECTACULAR [...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner congratulated MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Petraeus on "spectacular" progress in Iraq during an hour-long June 1 meeting held at the Guest House on President Talabani's Karrada compound. Also attending were S/I Satterfield, and, for the French, Ambassador Je [...]	2008-06-02 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IZ
08BAGHDAD1681	ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON SFA/SOFA, ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield and NSC Senior Director McGurk that he and ISCI support a bilateral security pact based on the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty. As long as that principle is h [...]	2008-06-03 10:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1684	PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOVERNORATE ELECTION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD1693	NSC JUNE 1 REVIEWS ONGOING OPERATIONS, AMNESTY [...] (S REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 1 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed security operations in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffak Rubaie, and Minister of State for National Security Shirwan [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1694	RRT ERBIL: FRENCH FM KOUCHNER OPENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team Message. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a well-choreographed June 1 visit to Erbil, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner held talks with Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and President Massoud Barzani, led [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR FR IZ
08BAGHDAD1695	MAINTENANCE PROGRAM YIELDS ROBUST ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqi electricity output in the first four months of 2008 outstripped output for the same period of 2007. A year-to-year comparison for the January - April period shows that overall, the ME experienced a system-wide increase in electricity output of 20 percent per month. Only [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD1701	NINEWA: WESTERN SUNNIS STILL BOTHERED BY KURDISH [...] (C/REL ACGU) Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) actions in western Ninewa remain the biggest point of political conflict, according to a cross-section of Sunni Arabs based around the Rabia'a border crossing. In a series of late May meetings with Special Advisor on Northern Iraq Affairs Ambassador [...]	2008-06-04 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1705	NINEWA PLAIN: DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WANT JOINT [...] (C) Summary and comment: May 27-30 meetings by USAID and Senior Advisor Krajeski in the Ninewa Plain area, home to significant Christian, Yezidi, Shia Shabak, Turkmen, Kurdish and Arab populations, focused on the state of internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ninewa, the possible uses by USAID [...]	2008-06-05 07:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1706	NINEWA: INTERNATIONAL VISITOR RETURNS FROM PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After his recent International Visitor Leadership program, Younis Faisel Kanjo, a Sunni Kurd member of the Ninewa Provincial Council, returned to Mosul ready to push forward a plan for interfaith communication in Iraq. He reported that he intends to meet with Iraqis to share his [...]	2008-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PHUM PGOV EAID PREL PINR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1707	NINEWA: SUNNI IDPS RETURNING TO TAL AFAR [...] (C/ REL ACGU) Ninewa PRT Western Branch Office PRTOFFS met on May 29 with the Tal Afar-based committee charged with facilitating the return of approximately 3,100 Sunni families displaced during conflict with the city's Shia majority since 2004. Tal Afar's Mayor Najim and senior representati [...]	2008-06-05 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD1708	VP ADEL ON IRAN'S VIEW OF SFA AND IRANIAN MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told S/I Satterfield that his recent discussions with top-tier Iranian Government officials had succeeded in blunting Tehran's intense hostility toward a USG-GOI security agreement. Claiming that Iran is less powerful in Iraq t [...]	2008-06-05 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1720	PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSSES KIRKUK AND ELECTIONS, [...] (C) President Talabani told S/I Satterfield in a June 4 meeting that Iraq is ready to conclude arrangements fo its proposed bilateral commissions with Egypt and Turkey, and said that early July would be a good time for Turkish PM Erdogan to visit Iraq. Talabani argued for staggered elections [...]	2008-06-05 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU EG
08BAGHDAD1726	TURKISH ENVOY ON GOT-KRG COOPERATION, KIRKUK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik told S/I Satterfield on June 4 that he is pleased with ongoing GOT-KRG talks and is currently in Baghdad finalizing arrangements for a possible July 3 visit to Baghdad by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. He also hoped to meet with Kurdistan R [...]	2008-06-06 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1727	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) The issue of how to handle elections in Kirkuk province now poses the biggest obstacle to speedy passage of the provincial election law. The requirement to hold district and sub-district elections within six months of provincial elections will probably be dropped; there is controversy ove [...]	2008-06-06 17:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1733	UNAMI PRESENTS DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES PHASE [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) presented its analysis of four initial districts and an overview paper describing its Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) process and methodology to the Presidency Council, Prime Minister Maliki and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime M [...]	2008-06-07 09:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1734	FM ABDALLAH BIN ZAYED: "I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE" [...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and S/I Satterfield met June 5 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdallah Bin Zayed (ABZ) at the conclusion of his visit to Baghdad. ABZ said he planned to announce the appointment of an ambassador to Baghdad within the next few days, and hoped to then ope [...]	2008-06-08 12:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1735	TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL URANIUM FROM TUWAITHA TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) recently finalized a sales contract with Cameco for the approximately 550 metric tons of natural uranium that was being stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. To facilitate the sale, DOD removed the material from Iraq for onward shipment t [...]	2008-06-08 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL CA IZ
08BAGHDAD1743	DPM BARHAM SALIH CALLS UNAMI REPORTS "STUPID" [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih (Kurd, PUK) told Senior Adviser Krajeski on June 8 that he was unhappy with United Nations Mission to Iraq (UNAMI)'s Phase I reports on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs),provided by UNAMI to the Presidency Council, Prime Minister and Kurdistan [...]	2008-06-09 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD175	JANUARY 20 MCNS DISCUSSES ASHURA SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary: The Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met January 20 to review the readiness of the Ministry of Interior forces, Baghdad International Airport's security contract, fuel allocations/deliveries for border security forces, and the success of security measures for the [...]	2008-01-23 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SENV EAGR IZ
08BAGHDAD176	INFORMAL MINISTERIAL CAPACITY ASSESSMENT 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministerial Engagement Team (MET) leaders in Embassy Baghdad conducted the second of two informal assessments to determine the level of institutional capacity of several Iraqi ministries. The Mission used the same methodology in both years and the results of the December 20 [...]	2008-01-23 18:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AMGT PGOV ECON PREL SOCI PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1760	FM ZEBARI PROVIDES LATEST ON OPENING OF ARAB [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies New Delhi and Abu Dhabi. See para 6. 2. (S) During a June 9 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Iraqi FM Zebari provided updated information on efforts to encourage Arab countries to open Embassies in Baghdad. Recent events, including the June 5 visit [...]	2008-06-10 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IN AE
08BAGHDAD1761	WASIT'S ISCI OFFICE TAKES AN INDEPENDENT TACK AS [...] (C) Summary. PRT Team Leader met June 7 at al Kut's ISCI headquarters building with Wasit ISCI party chief Ahmed al Hakim for a friendly discussion that saw the ISCI chief emphasizing the extent to which USG and ISCI interests intersect in Wasit, revealing ISCI's plan to run with a slate pepp [...]	2008-06-10 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1763	MEETING BETWEEN S/I AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid Attiya said that most remaining obstacles to a new election law can be resolved, but that there is no agreement on the division of seats for the Kirkuk council. Delaying the election there might be the most [...]	2008-06-10 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD177	AMIDST THREATS, A GLIMPSE OF COURAGE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a raw and revealing moment following the assassination of a colleague and direct threats against another, a close-knit group of Iraqi officials in Baghdad demonstrated January 22 their determination to continue fighting corruption and militia profiteering in an essential servi [...]	2008-01-23 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1770	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-11 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1772	TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY UPDATES S/I SATTERFIELD ON [...] (S) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik provided S/I Satterfield with an update on the state of play of issues discussed ref A, following Ozcelik's meetings in Baghdad over the past several days. Overall, Ozcelik said he came away impressed with the level of c [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1775	JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GOI ON TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met with GOI's Science & Technology Minister Raid Fahmi on June 11 to inform Fahmi that the current estimate is USG will deliver the 550 MT of GOI's natural uranium (Yellow Cake or YC) to Cameco, Inc. in Montreal, Canada on July 3,2008. Fahmi expressed alarm [...]	2008-06-12 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL
08BAGHDAD178	SAMI AL-ASKERI DESCRIBES JANUARY 19 ATTACK ON NSA [...] (S) Summary: PM Advisor Sami al-Askeri described scrambling to reach out to Sadr/JAM contacts and organize a GOI response to an apparent JAM attack on a mosque where National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie was attending Ashoura services Saturday evening. As Rubaie remained holed up in th [...]	2008-01-23 19:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1782	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives in Washington at a critical juncture. SOFA negotiations have become a domestic political flashpoint and the fodder for political agendas, a vehicle for Iranian machinations, and the crux of a false choice between sovereignty and security. Zeba [...]	2008-06-13 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1784	PM MALIKI RECOUNTS HIS JUNE 7-9 VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (S/NF) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's June 7-9 visit to Tehran featured meetings with all of Iran's senior leadership, but Maliki told S/I Ambassador Satterfield that he went to visit Supreme Leader Khamenei, agreeing to the other meetings solely out of protocol. The Ministers of Defe [...]	2008-06-14 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ IR PREL PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD179	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON PRISONS AND COR HR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim on January 19 criticized living conditions she observed during a recent unannounced visit to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-operated Khadamiya women,s prison that she undertook at PM Maliki's request. She said that while some inmates alleged [...]	2008-01-23 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1794	RRT ERBIL: KDP INTEL DIRECTOR AND KRG PM BARZANI [...] (S) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Senior Adviser Thomas Krajeski to discuss Kurdish reaction to initial UNAMI reports offering advice for the resolution of disputed internal boundaries (septel),Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Intelligence (Parastin) Director Masrur Barzani offered his [...]	2008-06-14 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD180	ERBIL: KRG PM DISCUSSES 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Secure as Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister for the foreseeable future, Nechirvan Barzani told RRTOFFS January 15 that 2008 will be a challenging year for the Kurds and for the KRG. He outlined a number of long pending reforms within the regional government (red [...]	2008-01-24 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD1804	NINEWA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE FIVE MONTHS MAKE - MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: The January 2008 massive explosion in the Zinjali neighborhood (ref a) appears in retrospect to have been the turning point in the Iraqi central government's determination to make a serious effort at Mosul reconstruction after years of conflict, neglect and terrorist intimidation. [...]	2008-06-15 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID MARR PINR ECON EAIR IZ
08BAGHDAD1805	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-15 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1807	SADRISTS SPURN ELECTIONS - OR DO THEY? [...] (U) The press is reporting June 14 comments by senior Sadrist Trend officials announcing that the movement will not take part in provincial elections expected before the end of the year. Seeking to reinforce the notion of the Sadr Trend as pure guardians of Iraqi sovereignty, Salah al-Obeidi, [...]	2008-06-15 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1814	ICI: BAGHDAD MEETINGS ON WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In separate Baghdad meetings UNAMI and the ICI secretariat have laid out somewhat different visions of the way forward on ICI commitments made at Stockholm. Section three of the ICI annual report, titled "Investing in the Future," laid out several of these commitments in the p [...]	2008-06-16 10:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD1826	RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL MINISTER ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami expressed cautious optimism that KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's upcoming meetings with PM Maliki in Baghdad could lead to passage of some hydrocarbon legislation "by October." This optimism [...]	2008-06-17 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1827	MUTHANNA: PIC PROVINCE WITH SOLID BUDGET EXECUTION RECORD [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Muthanna has had a solid budget execution record over the past two years and is eligible for a budget supplement in 2008. With elections approaching, the Provincial Council plans to allocate 66% of both its original and suppl [...]	2008-06-17 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD183	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 22 [...] SUMMARY: Attendance was high at the January 22 meeting of the Baghdad Services Committee, both from the Government of Iraq (GoI) and USG sides. The Baghdad Deputy Mayor started the meeting, emphasizing the need for better service project coordination between the Amanat and the USG. The Joint Pl [...]	2008-01-24 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1830	RRT ERBIL: NEA-I DIRECTOR DISCUSSES MINORITY [...] (C) Special Representative on Minorities in Iraq, NEA-I Director Richard Schmierer met June 11 and 12 Iraq with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, Christian leaders, and other minority communities that have taken refuge in the KRG. Clear themes emerged, demonstrating the opportun [...]	2008-06-17 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KIRF VT IZ
08BAGHDAD1831	REACTION TO UNAMI DISPUTED INTERNAL BOUNDARIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser's June 10-12 talks with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leaders in Erbil following United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI)'s submission to the GOI and KRG of its initial Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) reports on June 5 revealed general dissatisf [...]	2008-06-17 13:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1832	PRT MAYSAN: POLICE CHIEF REPLACED [...] (S/REL MCFI) According to reports from PRT contacts in the province and press sources, and confirmed by Maysan Governor Maliki's close advisor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi. Maysan province's police commander, Major General Ali Waham, was relieved of his duties in the province by the Ministry of the I [...]	2008-06-17 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD1838	MFA GOSSIP ON POSSIBLE KEY DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS [...] (C) During a June 17 meeting on embassy property issues (septel),Ambassador Srood Najib (strictly protect),MFA Director for Americas Affairs, shared gossip on possible Iraqi Ambassadorial assignments to a number of key diplomatic posts. According to Ambassador Najib, those on the inside tr [...]	2008-06-17 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1839	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST OF WAY FORWARD ON ASSET TRANSFER [...] SUMMARY: Over the past few months, Mission has raised with GOI officials our need to secure written acceptance of the transfer of major USG-financed assets, pressing for resolution of this long-standing issue. Based on these discussions, we believe that the most viable means of achieving an a [...]	2008-06-18 02:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD1843	COUNCIL OF REPS BALKS AT BUDGET SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Government spending in Iraq needs to be authorized by the Council of Representatives (COR). Only one supplemental spending bill, that to establish DPM Salih's Higher Reconstruction Committee and provide it with USD 5 billion for unspecified projects, has been submitted [...]	2008-06-18 08:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD1848	WAY AHEAD ON ASSISTANCE TO RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (S) Post is actively engaged in efforts to address the plight of vulnerable religious minority populations in Iraq, in particular in the areas of jobs and security. The USG already provides significant assistance to regions of Iraq with large religious minority populations, particularly in the [...]	2008-06-18 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1849	PRT-WASIT: PROVINCIAL SADRIST SIDESTEPS HARD [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL) Summary. On June 17, Sadrist Trend Provincial Council member Ahmed Ebrah affirmed the Salah al-Obeidi statement that Sadrist politicians in Wasit will not stand for seats in the upcoming Provincial elections under the Sadrist banner (Ref [...]	2008-06-19 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD185	SUNNI PARTY LEADER ON NEW ANTI-KURDISH POLITICAL [...] (S) Khallaf Allyan, leader of the National Dialogue Council party and senior figure in the Tawafuq Coalition, vented to Poloff on January 23 over perceived treachery by Kurdish political leaders and Vice President Hashimi's Iraqi Islamic Party. Recent steps by these groups prompted his decis [...]	2008-01-24 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1850	RRT ERBIL: DOHUK'S PESHMERGA AND ASAYEESH [...] (C/NF) RRTOff and the MNC-I Liaison Officer to the KRG met on June 15 in Dohuk City with General Sheikh Ali, commander of approximately 30,000 peshmerga soldiers located in Dohuk province. General Ali's forces are also stationed in the disputed territories under peshmerga security control that [...]	2008-06-19 08:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1851	PRT MAYSAN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GOVERNOR'S ADVISOR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 17 meeting with PRT Team Leader, Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi, a close advisor to Maysan Governor Maliki, rejected rumors that the Governor had offered his resignation to PM al-Maliki. Zaid described the current atmosphere in Amarah as normal and claimed that wanted cr [...]	2008-06-19 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD1852	SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON REFUGEES, SIDA [...] (C) Summary: In a June 17 meeting with the Charge, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve provided updates on implementation of the Swedish-Iraqi refugee "Return Agreement" (which he said is running smoothly) and the status of reopening an Embassy in Baghdad (expected to b [...]	2008-06-19 10:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF SW IZ
08BAGHDAD187	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-24 12:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1871	PRT SALAH AD DIN: UN STEPS UP EFFORTS IN SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The United Nations (UN) has dramatically increased its activity in Samarra over the last several months. The main focus of UN activities in Samarra has been on reconstruction of the Golden Mosque. While the increased activ [...]	2008-06-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD188	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-24 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1882	MOSUL BENEFITS FROM MAYOR'S VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (SBU) During a short June 2008 debriefing, Zuhair Muhsin Abdul Aziz Al Aaraji, Mayor of Mosul - one of Iraq's most strategic cities - reported that his trip to the United States was extremely beneficial. Mayor Al Aaraji took part in the US-Arab Cities Forum hosted in May 2008 by the Honorable [...]	2008-06-22 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1883	PRT MAKES FIRST VISIT TO MAYSAN [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary and comment: On June 20 Maysan PRT made its first trip to the governorate in over a year, accompanying MND-C officials to Camp Sparrowhawk, the forward base for U.S. operations in Maysan located on the outskirts of Amarah. During the visit the PRT met with Iraqi Army (IA) [...]	2008-06-22 09:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD1889	MEK: GOI SEEKS TO ASSUME SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (S) The GOI has informed us over the past few days that it seeks to assume security responsibility for the MEK members located at Camp Ashraf. PM Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus on June 15 the GOI's desire to see the MEK issue resolved, as their prolonged presence in Iraq would c [...]	2008-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1891	UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD - CLASS OF 2008 [...] (U) Summary: University of Baghdad (UB) President Dr. Mosa Aziz Al-Mosawa exulted at the success of the 2008 academic year during a June 15 meeting with Poloff. UB is at full capacity, with 70,000 undergraduate students and 10,000 graduate students. July 15 will mark the end of the UB acade [...]	2008-06-22 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD1893	BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE [...] (S) During a June 10 meeting, Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries reiterated to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih Iraq's obligation to comply with its international obligations regarding the operation of Iranian banks in Iraq, including Bank Sepah. Ambass [...]	2008-06-22 15:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EFIN KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD19	A HARD COR BATTLE OVER PROVINCIAL POWERS? [...] (C) Summary: Of all the legislation that Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR) will grapple with in 2008, none will do more to shape the future of Iraq politically than the Provincial Powers law. Because Iraq's Constitution is deliberately ambiguous about the balance of power between Iraq's [...]	2008-01-02 17:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD190	WASIT IHEC LEADER PREDICTS ELECTIONS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary. In a January 23 meeting with Wasit PRT Team Leader and Poloffs, Wasit Director of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Haydar Abd Allawi said he expected elections to happen in 2008 and expressed a strong preference for an open-list system. He maintained his office [...]	2008-01-24 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1901	PRT MAYSAN: LOCAL OFFICIALS REQUEST EDUCATION AND [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: on June 17, representatives from Majar al-Kabir (MAK) city and al-Bhtera village, accompanied by Maysan governor's advisor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi, met with the PRT at Tallil Air Base. The MAK area education representative, inspector for education, agriculture representativ [...]	2008-06-23 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1907	INFLATION STABLE, BUT PRICE PRESSURES INCREASE AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest official data show a small decline in Iraq's consumer prices in May. The annual rate of core inflation now stands at 14.7 percent, close to its average level over the past year. Inflationary pressures are likely to rise in coming months as Iraq's economy runs agains [...]	2008-06-23 09:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1908	PRT-WASIT: CHIEF JUDGE THANKS AMERICANS, [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL) Summary: On 3 June 2008, Wasit Chief Judge told PRT and CDR 214 Fires Brigade that there are continuing problems receiving support from the provincial and central governments including assistance with judge and courthouse security. Chief [...]	2008-06-23 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1918	DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...]	2008-06-23 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ
08BAGHDAD1921	MOHR: 5000 AMNESTY RELEASES, PROBLEMS WITH HJC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim said on June 19 that her ministry has confirmed that amnesty releases around the country reached almost 5,000. Her estimates are far greater than our numbers, as they include previously unavailable numbers from the Ministry of Interior, whic [...]	2008-06-23 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1922	AYAD ALLAWI DISCUSSES RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Prime Minister and Iraqiyya Bloc Leader Ayad Allawi played down rumors of a formal alliance with the Sadrists, Fadila, Iraqi National Dialogue Front (INDF),and Ibrahim Jafari's party in a June 22 meeting with PolCouns, but admitted that Iraqiyya coordinates on some com [...]	2008-06-24 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1927	PRT NAJAF: GOV'S OFFICE AWASH IN RUMORS OF ISCI [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The relationship between Najaf Governor Asaad Abu Gelal Al-Ta'ie and Deputy Governor Abdul Hussein Abtan, both firmly entrenched members of ISCI's inner circle, has long been characterized within the province as disruptive and compe [...]	2008-06-24 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1929	EMBASSY AND MFA CLARIFY LINES OF COMMUNICATION ON [...] (C) On June 17, Pol and Management Counselors met with Ambassador Srood Najib, MFA's Americas Director, to review recent developments related to turning over USG-occupied property in the International Zone (IZ) to the MFA as sites for future foreign embassies. In particular, POL and MGT Counse [...]	2008-06-24 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT ABLD IZ
08BAGHDAD193	ERBIL: KURDISTAN REGIONAL PRESIDENT MASOUD BARZANI [...] (C) Summary. In response to extensive criticism by NGOs (both local and international) and local journalists, Kurdistan Regional President Masoud Barzani rejected the Press Law bill passed by the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) on December 11. He returned the bill on January 15 to the KNA [...]	2008-01-24 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD1930	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-25 06:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD194	FADHILA PARTY BOSS SOUNDS OFF ON MALIKI, [...] (C) Summary: Shia Fadhila Party legislative bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari told the Ambassador January 22 that the recently-passed De-Baathification Law and prospective passage of a draft Provincial Powers bill are "false victories" and should not be mistaken for signs of political progress. D [...]	2008-01-24 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ

08BAGHDAD1946	IRAQI BANKS MOVE ELECTRONS INSTEAD OF PAPER [...] Summary: While Iraq's economy remains predominately cash-based, the banking system has begun a shift toward electronic payments. From December through April, Iraqi-owned banks more than quadrupled the monthly value of transactions they direct through electronic funds transfers (EFT). Private [...]	2008-06-25 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD1947	PRODDING THE IRAQIS TOWARDS PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador, UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura, and UK Ambassador Christopher Prentice agreed at a June 24 meeting on a way forward to prod the Iraqis into reaching consensus on how to handle elections in Kirkuk so that the draft provincial election law can pass and provincial elections be [...]	2008-06-25 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD195	NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, 3 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, an [...]	2008-01-24 19:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1953	PRIME MINISTER MOVES TO ADDRESS CHRISTIAN NEEDS [...] (C) George Bakoos, an Iraqi-Christian political advisor to Prime Minister (PM) Maliki, reported to Emboff June 25 that he has been tapped by the PM to serve on a new GOI committee tasked with "determining and following-up on all the needs of the Christian community in Iraq." The committee is [...]	2008-06-25 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1954	MOHR BEGINS NEW MASS GRAVE INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Ministry of Human Rights team began a new series of mass grave investigations in Najaf two weeks ago and has so far recovered 70 remains, all Kurdish victims during the Saddam regime. They recently discovered a secondary site, which they think contains Shi'a victims. The tea [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1955	PRT MAYSAN: AMARAH REPORTEDLY CLEARED [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: PRT leader (TL) visited Camp Sparrowhawk outside of Amarah three times in the past five days and traveled to the soccer stadium on June 24 to meet with U.S. Army Civil Affairs teams and take a first-hand look at the streets on the outskirts of Amarah. By all accounts, Op [...]	2008-06-26 07:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD196	PRT NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE [...] (U) This is a PRT Ninewa reporting cable. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, three Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, and wounded over 170 ci [...]	2008-01-24 19:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1962	NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENTS DIRECTOR PLEADS FOR ACCESS [...] (C) During a meeting with Poloff, Abdullah Alnoufali, Director of the Iraqi Non-Muslim Endowments Office, said he was satisfied with the size of his budget which is dedicated primarily towards restoring and maintaining Christian worship sites; what is hampering the Endowment's work is that t [...]	2008-06-26 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1963	ALAQ HIGHLIGHTS PRIMACY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with visiting INL consultants and ACCO staff, Joint Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) chairman and Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq stressed his interpretation of the ministries' Inspectors General (IG's) as the vanguard of Iraq's anti-corruptio [...]	2008-06-27 04:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL
08BAGHDAD1964	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-27 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1965	IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...]	2008-06-27 10:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD1968	KIRKUKI GROUPS WEIGH IN ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Tom Krajeski visited Kirkuk with United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Political Director Andrew Gilmour to gauge reactions to recent debates over Kirkuk,s provincial elections and UNAMI,s work on disputed internal boundaries. Turkome [...]	2008-06-27 13:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD1969	PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCALS CHAFE AT PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The tight hold that the governing clique from the Juboori tribe keeps on the Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial capital project contracting process is a bone of contention for district officials and citizens in Salah [...]	2008-06-27 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD1971	JUNE 25 MEETING WITH GOI REGARDING TUWAITHA YELLOW [...] (S) SUMMARY: EMIN and Energy Attach met on June 25 with Minister of Science and Technology, Raid Fahmi,to hear Fahmi's views about the financial consequences of USG's delivering the 550 MT of natural uranium (Yellow Cake) to Canada after the Sales Contract's June 15 delivery date. Fahmi asked [...]	2008-06-27 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	CA ECON ENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL
08BAGHDAD1974	PRT SALAH AD DIN: VP HASHEMI VISITS SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 22, Sunni Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi made an unannounced visit to Samarra in southern Salah ad Din province to deliver a message of support for reconstruction efforts. Hashimi is the most senior GOI official to [...]	2008-06-28 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD1984	WOMEN ACTIVISTS PRESS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Prominent members of the Iraqi Women's Movement discussed the political and economic concerns of Iraqi women at a seminar aimed at encouraging international support for the participation of Iraqi women in the democratic transitional process. The roundtable discussion included female mem [...]	2008-06-28 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1989	NECHIRVAN BARZANI ON SOFA, OIL LAW, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, accompanied by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Rowsch Shaways and KRG Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami, on June 26 met with the Ambassador, Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Econ Minister-Cou [...]	2008-06-29 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD199	NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, 3 Iraqi Army (IA) soldiers, and wounded over 170 civilians, according to local Ministry of Health (MOH) sources. The casualty total will likely change as recovery [...]	2008-01-25 03:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1999	SADR CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: June 26, two days after the tragic Sadr City District Council Hall bombing, local politicians took a courageous and potentially important step forward as the District Council (DC) met to elect Hassan Shama as its new chairman. Over 90 percent of the DC members were present for [...]	2008-06-29 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2	COR FIRST DEPUTY SPEAKER ON BUDGET, INVESTMENT [...] (C) Begin Summary: On December 31, one day following the conclusion of the Council of Representatives (CoR) holiday recess, First Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiyah told EMIN he expects the 2008 federal budget to pass within the next two weeks. Claiming that the CoR had yet to receive from the Coun [...]	2008-01-02 06:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD20	A GREAT BARGAIN IN BAGHDAD: DOURA MARKET REVIVES [...] (U) The Doura Market in Baghdad's Rashid district -- formerly one of the city's most dangerous areas -- has experienced a rebirth over the course of the past six months due to significant gains in security for residents of the Doura neighborhood. The improvements are visible and measurable. [...]	2008-01-02 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD200	NINEWA: MOSUL UNDER CURFEW AFTER MASSIVE JANUARY [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. Mosul Tense After Explosion --------------------------- 2. (C/REL ACGU) On January 23, a large explosion in the Zanjali neighborhood in northwestern Mosul killed at least 25 Iraqi civilians, three Iraqi Army (IA) [...]	2008-01-25 03:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2000	FORMER BASRAH IP CHIEF MISSES OLD LIFE [...] (C) Summary: During a June 24 dinner, former Basrah IP Chief MG Jalil expressed frustration over his transfer to Baghdad. He credited the GOI offensive in March for improving security in Basrah, but predicted that JAM would regain its strength as the government shifted its attention elsewher [...]	2008-06-29 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD201	SALIH TO CODEL: "PLEASE DON'T PULL THE PLUG ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on January 15 urged Codel Davis (Reps. Lincoln Davis (D-TN),Tim Walberg (R-MI),John Barrow (D-GA),Marsha Blackburn (R-TN),Brad Miller (D-NC) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA)) against a precipitous U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. He enumerated security g [...]	2008-01-25 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2011	PRT MAYSAN HITS THE STREETS OF AMARAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: PRT leader (TL) made a watershed visit to Amarah, the capital of Maysan province, on June 27 via U.S. military convoy. Amarah was calm, with an impressive array of Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) elements visible on the streets. City residents were circulating nor [...]	2008-06-30 02:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD2012	(S) PRT MAYSAN: $100 MILLION IN THE WORKS FOR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 26 conversation with Team Leader (TL),advisor to the governor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi confirmed reports that the GOI will commit $100 million for reconstruction efforts in Maysan province, and broadly painted how the reconstruction funds are expected to be adminis [...]	2008-06-30 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2014	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GOI TARIFF SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries delivered reftel demarche to Iraqi Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al-Sudani on June 26. Ambassador Ries encouraged the GOI to pursue a "low and flat" tariff strategy and highlighted how such a structure would enhance [...]	2008-06-30 08:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TWRO USTR BEXP IZ
08BAGHDAD2015	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-30 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD202	TALABANI ON EARLY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BUSINESS, [...] (C) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani discussed the Executive Council (formerly known as the "3 1") and other topics in an informal dinner on January 20 with the Ambassador. He said the Council plans to shrink the Council of Ministers by nearly half, but also to reincorporate most of the blocs [...]	2008-01-25 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2024	IRAQIYYA VENTS OVER IRAN, PROVINCIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A group of Iraqiyya leaders assembled by former PM Iyad Allawi for a June 29 meeting with Special Advisors Krajeski and Gray were vociferously anti-Iran and blamed the U.S. for what they claimed is Iran,s current political and economic domination of Iraq. They compl [...]	2008-07-01 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2029	JULY 1 ELECTIONS LAW UPDATE [...] (C) POL/C met July 1 with CoR Speaker Mashadani, who was obliged to take the election law off the CoR,s agenda both because Deputy Speaker Aref Tayfur was delayed in getting to the session, and -- more importantly -- because the parties remain stuck on Kirkuk. Mashadani said that unless progre [...]	2008-07-01 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD203	SRSG'S STRATEGY ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Iraq Staffan de Mistura met with the Ambassador to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) plan of action to fulfill its expanded mandate under Resolution 1770. Topics included i [...]	2008-01-25 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2030	PRT MAYSAN: PRDC CHAIR LOBBIES TO CONTROL PRT [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Chairman Mohan Mahy Shaheeb argued against PRT engagement with tribal leaders and other groups not affiliated with the governorate. He urged the PRT to route all engagement and project proposals [...]	2008-07-01 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2032	MAIN SUNNI BLOC INCHES CLOSER TO DEAL TO RETURN [...] (C) Government spokesman Ali Dabbagh on June 30 announced that PM Maliki and VP Hashimi worked out a compromise deal to return the Tawafuq Front - the main Sunni Arab bloc in Parliament - to its cabinet seats. A list of cabinet nominees was reportedly agreed to by the two leaders, including [...]	2008-07-01 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2034	ICRC REGRETS DYSFUNCTION AND POSSIBLE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Senior Refugee Coordinator met with ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer and Delegate Bryan Tisdall in Amman June 17 to discuss ICRC,s difficult relations with the Iraq Red Crescent Organization. Schaerer noted that he had met with IRCO President Dr. Said al Hakki on June 11 i [...]	2008-07-02 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC IZ
08BAGHDAD2035	ANBAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN SHARES [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on July 1, Anbar Provincial Council Chairman Dr. Abdulsalam Abdullah Mohammend Al-Ani discussed ideas to improve relations between the central and provincial government, the Anbar Provincial Council's (PC) ongoing struggle with the Ministry of Interior [...]	2008-07-02 17:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD204	BAGHDAD ESSENTIAL SERVICES: 2007 YEAR IN REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: Initiated in 2007, Fardh Al Qanoon (FAQ),aka the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),emphasized several themes, including the delivery of essential services. Although initially led by DPM Zoubai, his attempted assassination and the political boycott of the Tawafuq bloc hindered efforts to [...]	2008-01-25 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	AMGT EAID ECON ENRG IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
08BAGHDAD2044	TRANSMITTAL OF INDEPENDENCE DAY LETTER FROM PRIME [...] (U) Post received a letter addressed to the President from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (PM) dated July 1, 2008. Scanned copies of the original document and the translation to English have been emailed to the NSC and NEA/I. The following is Post's translation of the Arabic text in [...]	2008-07-02 17:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD2045	ECA A/S AMERI FROM AMBASSADOR ERELI [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Ameri: As the new Public Affairs Counselor at Embassy Baghdad, I have been on the ground now for about a month. In that time, it has become clear to me that U.S.-Iraqi relations are at an important crossroads and that the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs can ha [...]	2008-07-03 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2048	PRT DIYALA: FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS - A WORRISOME [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The recent spate of female suicide bombers in Iraq presents serious challenges for the Iraqi Security Forces. There have been 23 reported cases nationwide this year alone, a significant increase from eight reported attacks in 200 [...]	2008-07-03 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD205	ANBARIS RAISE CONCERNS OVER KARBALA BOUNDARY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a January 20 meeting in Ramadi, Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, the leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," and several other local notables raised their concerns with the Ambassador over putative Shi'a attempts on [...]	2008-01-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2052	NINEWA: SULFUR PLANT REPRESENTS HUGE UNTAPPED [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Mishraq Sulfur Plant in south-central Ninewa Province contains half a billion tons of recoverable sulfur. Repairs and reconstruction to the plant following a fire in 2003 would be inexpensive when comp [...]	2008-07-03 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EPET EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2055	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]	2008-07-04 02:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2060	NUNCIO AFFIRMS IRAQI CHRISTIANS WANT TO STAY, NOT [...] (C) Summary: The Papal Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Chullikat, affirmed on July 3 that most Christians wished to remain in Iraq. He declared the trend toward emigration reversible, with generating employment opportunities the best remedy for their hardships. He called for Christians to be int [...]	2008-07-04 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2069	AMBASSADOR AND CG DISCUSS SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ryan Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus met with Prime Minister Maliki June 26 to discuss a "bridge" security agreement between the United States and Iraq to facilitate continued U.S. support for the GOI while the Status of Forces Agreement nego [...]	2008-07-04 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS IR IZ PREL
08BAGHDAD2071	NSC JUNE 29 REVIEWS SUCCESSFUL SECURITY [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired June 29 the National Security Council (NSC) that discussed security operations in Amarah (Maysan Province),the security situation in Diyala, and the need for supplemental funding of the Ministry of Interior. The Prime Minister ope [...]	2008-07-05 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2073	PRT MAYSAN: ARREST OF PC CHAIR/MEMBERS - BUSINESS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Team Leader (TL) at Camp Sparrowhawk outside of Amarah, Maysan Provincial Director of Development and Reconstruction Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi and Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee Chairman Mohan Mahy Shaheeb confirmed press reports that [...]	2008-07-05 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD2074	JULY 4 UPDATE WITH SPEAKER MASHADANI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-05 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2077	PRT SALAH AD DIN: I-CERP BUILDING MORE THAN [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable coordinated with the partner Brigade 1/101 BCT. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Iraqi - Commanders Emergency Response Program (I-CERP) has been a great success in Salah ad Din province, helping to quickly address critical project implementation [...]	2008-07-06 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD2079	JULY 4 UPDATE WITH SPEAKER MASHADANI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD208	NEW CPI COMMISSIONER FAVORS TRANSPARENCY AND TERM LIMITS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Days after his appointment as the head of the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI),Judge Raheem Al-Ugaili sounded consistent themes in interviews with local media and meetings with emboffs. Speaking frankly of the danger public corruption poses to Iraqi soci [...]	2008-01-25 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ KCOR PGOV EAID PINR
08BAGHDAD2083	SIV ELIGIBILITY OF IRAQIS WORKING UNDER [...] Section 1244 of Public Law 110-181, the Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act),greatly expanded the eligibility criteria for special immigration status for Iraqi nationals employed by or on behalf of the United States Government in Iraq on or after March 2003, for [...]	2008-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS IZ PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG SOCI UN
08BAGHDAD2084	FADILAH LEADER SUGGESTS SADR REPLACEMENTS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a wide-ranging June 29 conversation with Poloff and Wasit PRToffs, Fadilah spiritual leader Abbas al-Zaydi explained that Iran supported both ISCI and JAM, but for different functions; "JAM is tactical; ISCI is strategic." He complained that the GOI was "acting as a [...]	2008-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV IR IZ PINR
08BAGHDAD2085	DPM BARHAM SALEH TO CODEL HIRONO: WE ARE MAKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh told CODEL Hirono Iraq is making significant progress toward standing up its own security forces, reconciling politically, and developing economically, but the country nevertheless needs continued USG assistance to cement the gains. Saleh said t [...]	2008-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV IZ PREL MARR
08BAGHDAD2087	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy Party leader Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein told the Ambassador he has been approached by Sunni Sahwa leaders for advice on dealing with the U.S. and the upcoming provincial elections. Sahwa leaders, he said, worried that the U.S. does not trust them and [...]	2008-07-06 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2089	DECLARING THEIR INDEPENDENTS: WASIT PARTIES RUSH [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Wasit party officials from ISCI, the Sadrist Trend, INA, Fadilah, and Da'wa outlined their provincial election strategies in recent meetings with the PRT. While a Sadrist PC member said he would join the list of another party as an [...]	2008-07-06 14:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2090	CBI: NEW RULES, STIFF FINES, MORE EFT, HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Iraq officials believe that a soon-to-be released Ernst and Young audit will demonstrate improved CBI performance. New CBI rules that take effect on July 1 will impose stiff fines on banks that fail to meet monthly reporting and statement-reconciliation requiremen [...]	2008-07-06 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2096	PRACTICAL RESPONSES TO URGENT MINORITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Post is stepping up efforts to galvanize Government of Iraq (GOI) attention on the needs and vulnerabilities of non-Muslim minorities as part of a longer-term effort to ensure their secure and prosperous future in Iraq. While USG economic assistance has long benefited minority communities [...]	2008-07-07 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD21	DPM TO AMBASSADOR: "THERE IS NO POLITICAL WILL" [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spiced a 30 December meeting with Ambassador and CG Petraeus with complaints that his colleagues in government lacked the political will needed to steer the country away from civil war in 2008. He avoided being drawn into any constructive discu [...]	2008-01-02 18:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MARR ENRG MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD210	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO PASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Thamir Ghadban, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's chief advisor on oil and hydrocarbons legislation, told Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery that political will is needed to agree on the draft hydrocarbon framework law (HFL). Ghadban enumerated six issues that he believes have sti [...]	2008-01-25 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2102	NINEWA-SALAH AD DIN BORDER AREA DEPRESSED BUT HAS [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message, in cooperation with the Salah ad Din PRT. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Southern Ninewa Province and the Sharqat district in northern Salah ad Din Province suffer from lack of infrastructure investment and unemployment of at l [...]	2008-07-07 11:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EPET EINV EAID MARR PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2104	TRADE MINISTER: WE CAN FUND PDS IN 2008 WITH A USD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister Abdul Falah al-Sudani told Emboffs July 1 that the Ministry of Trade (MoT) would be able to fund 90 percent of the Public Distribution System (PDS) for the remainder of 2008 with the USD 2 billion in supplemental appropriations Finance Minister Bayan Jabr indicated [...]	2008-07-07 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EFIN POL
08BAGHDAD2105	MOHR ON GOI MEK DISCUSSIONS [...] (S) On July 3 Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim briefed PolOff on her recent discussions with the Prime Minister about the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK). Wijdan said she recently met with the PM about the GoI plan to take over responsibility for the MEK at Camp Ashraf. The PM said he wanted t [...]	2008-07-07 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2106	JULY 7 PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE: NO SOLUTION [...] (C) Speaker Mashadani's "small group" of Arab, Turcoman and Kurdish CoR members has not reached agreement; it may ask for more time. Mashadani has announced his intention to force a CoR vote on July 15. The Turcoman position appears to have evolved to accepting either "32-32-32-4" or a mo [...]	2008-07-07 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2107	BANKING IN FALLUJAH [...] (U) This is a joint EPRT Fallujah/Embassy Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: As life in Fallujah has returned to a semblance of normalcy, its banking sector -- both private and public -- has rapidly developed to meet a growing economy's demand for financial services. Three state-ow [...]	2008-07-07 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2112	HELSINKI II ROLL-OUT IN BAGHDAD: MUCH ADO ABOUT [...] (U) On July 5, organizers and participants in the "Helsinki II process" for Iraq presented their results in a brief public ceremony. Their agreement, negotiated and signed by senior members of numerous political blocs, consists of 17 principles and 15 implementing mechanisms. The principles [...]	2008-07-07 16:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2113	KADHAMIYA WOMEN'S PRISON UPDATES [...] (S): SUMMARY: Following up on previous reporting about conditions at Kadhamiya Women's Prison, PRTOffs visited the detention facility on June 15 and were able to see some of the concerns first-hand. Embassy officials met on June 15 with CoR member Nada Ibrahim (Hewar) and Masha'el Haider Ha [...]	2008-07-07 16:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2114	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING [...] (C) Preparations for provincial elections in Ninewa are moving forward well, with the Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) beginning to work closely with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to coordinate security for voter registration sites and election sites. Most people in Ninewa are ready to vo [...]	2008-07-08 02:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ KDEM PGOV PREL PINR
08BAGHDAD2115	RRT ERBIL: VOTER REGISTRATION PREPARATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Erbil Governorate Electoral Officer, Handreen Muhammed Salih, told RRTOff and IFES Liaison Officer June 30 that the Independent High Electoral Commission's (IHEC) centralized approach to hiring, message development, and approving costs hampers his office's abilities to organize [...]	2008-07-08 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2121	POST-MNF-I SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS FOR UNAMI [...] (C/REL MCF-I UN) Summary: Pursuant to reftel, EmbOffs and MNF-I officers met June 26 with UNAMI staff to discuss modalities for providing security to UNAMI if UNSCR 1790 expires on December 31, 2008. A follow-up meeting took place July 1. We heard that the maintenance of U.S.-led security [...]	2008-07-08 11:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS MARR UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD2122	PENDING LEGISLATION WOULD FURTHER PLACE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Pending legislation before the COR would codify control by the Prime Minister,s office over Iraq,s Inspectors General (IG,s) and the Commission on Integrity (COI),two of the GOI,s politically independent, albeit nascent, anti-corruption agencies. Current drafts of the legislation would e [...]	2008-07-08 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2123	FOURTH ANNUAL RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Rule of Law Coordinator Office, in conjunction with Multi-National Force- Iraq (MNF-I) Office of the Staff Judge Advocate(OSJA) and the Office of Provincial Affairs, hosted the Fourth Annual Rule of Law Conference in the International Zone on May 19-21. Over 160 Embassy, M [...]	2008-07-08 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD2124	REPORTED UNIFIED SLATE FOR DAWA AND KARBALA TRIBAL [...] (S) Summary: On July 1 in Karbala, a delegation of tribal sheiks from Salah ad Din Province and tribal sheiks from Karbala signed an agreement in support of security, reconciliation, national unity, democracy, reconstruction, and private investment. Also on July 1, tribal sheiks from Karbala, [...]	2008-07-08 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD2126	PRT DIYALA: INCREASE IN FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The marked increase in the frequency of female suicide bomber attacks in Diyala province in June and July has prompted the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Coalition Forces (CF) to redouble efforts to identify potential bo [...]	2008-07-08 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	POL PREL ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2130	PRT DIYALA: PRE-ELECTION POWER GRAB SUSPECTED - [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sunni members of Diyala's Provincial Council (PC) have informed PRT officials that Shi'a politicians in the town of Hib Hib illegally forced a City Council vote last week to oust the Mudiyar (City Manager) from office wit [...]	2008-07-09 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2131	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT - M1A1 MAIN BATTLE TANKS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team has reviewed and concurs with the Letter of Request (LOR) from the Government of Iraq (GOI) for the equipping of four regiments of the Iraqi Army (IA) with an export version of the [...]	2008-07-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2132	PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS/CPA 17: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Various CoR members and staffers involved in legislation to regulate PSCs are giving widely varying accounts of the status of the legislation. Versions range from a vote next week, through a merged bill only after the August-September break, to a claim that the decision in principle to m [...]	2008-07-09 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2134	DE-BAATH AMENDMENTS AND COMMISSIONERS PENDING [...] (C) Member of Parliament Rashid Azzawi, (Sunni/Arab, Tawafuq, Iraqi Islamic Party) explained to Poloffs on July 6 the state of play regarding the law on Accountability and Justice which passed last February but has been neither implemented nor amended until now. Azzawi confirmed that the Pr [...]	2008-07-09 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2137	IRAQI PLANS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION IN THE KHOR [...] (C/REL MNFI) A proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on improving navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway is awaiting Prime Ministerial approval, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on July 7. Citing the importance of the waterway, Hamoud expressed confidence the Prime Minister wil [...]	2008-07-09 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2139	NINEWA: DIVERSITY OF VIEWS FROM ASSYRIAN CHRISTIAN [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with PRT and US Army civil affairs personnel, Mayor of Tal Kaif District (and Provincial Chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Movement) Basim Bello said Assyrians in Ninewa Province feel intimidated by the Kurds and suffer from a lack of essential services. Bello said t [...]	2008-07-09 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2140	PRT ANBAR: VOTER REGISTRATION - GETTING THE WORD [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) PRT members met with the head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar Province, Sheikh Abdullah Jallal al-Faraj, to discuss upcoming voter registration and to propose that the Sunni Endowment utilize the traditional Friday evening [...]	2008-07-09 17:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD2144	CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on June 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...]	2008-07-10 07:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2145	VOTER REGISTRATION TO BEGIN AT LAST [...] (C) The 30-day voter registration process will start on July 15. Potential problems include lack of accessibility and lack of information. We have been working with UNAMI and the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) for months to forestall such problems. There have been concerns that [...]	2008-07-10 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2146	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON SECURITY, [...] (C) In a July 8 courtesy call with Ambassador Crocker, Norwegian Ambassador Mette Ravn (resident in Amman) remarked on the clear difference in the improved security atmosphere she felt on this trip to Baghdad for the IRFFI Donors, Committee meeting as compared to her first visit last December [...]	2008-07-10 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO IZ
08BAGHDAD2147	TURKISH ENVOY OZCELIK PREVIEWS ERDOGAN VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik, on the evening of July 8, met with the Ambassador to preview Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to Baghdad, scheduled for July 10. Ozcelik gave an overview of the bilateral committee of ministers that Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki will a [...]	2008-07-10 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2148	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH PAPAL NUNCIO [...] (C) Archbishop Chullikatt, papal nuncio to Iraq, acknowledged that the Iraqi Christian community faced many challenges, but believes that these could be overcome with the right kind of support and assistance. According to Chullikatt, Iraqi Christians' number one concern is security, followed [...]	2008-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2149	ISCI LEADER ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ENCOURAGING ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2150	RRT ERBIL: KNA DEPUTY SPEAKER UPSET WITH SRSG DI [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Kemal Kerkuki, Deputy Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) and head of the KNA Article 140 Committee, told RRTOff July 6 that UN SRSG Staffan di Mistura has tried to reach him by telephone, but he refused the calls. Kerkuki claimed di Mistura had "li [...]	2008-07-10 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2152	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON: THE PROVINCIAL [...] (S) Summary: In a July 8 meeting with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, Ambassador Crocker, joined by NSC Senior Director Brett McGurk and DASD Mark Kimmitt, discussed progress on the Provincial Elections Law and on the Strategic Framework Agreement and accompanying protocol/MOU. On the Provinc [...]	2008-07-10 16:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2153	TALABANI ON SOFA, IRAQI FOREIGN RELATIONS, KEY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on July 7 with President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani called for a specific USG-GOI plan for countering Iranian opposition to the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),but praised recent st [...]	2008-07-11 02:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2156	CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ [...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on July 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...]	2008-07-11 07:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2157	NINEWA PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR VISITS TAL AFAR AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 5, Ninewa Governor Duraid Kashmoula, accompanied by Ninewa Vice Governor Khasro Goran, the Provincial Directors General of Water and Electricity, a local journalist, the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment (3 ACR) Commanding Officer and the PRT Leader, visited the [...]	2008-07-11 11:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2158	POST RESPONSE TO LEAHY VETTING IN IRAQ [...] Post concurs with recommendations detailed in reftel. 2. As the security situation continues to stabilize in Iraq, specific USG security assistance programs will need to further comply with Leahy Amendment vetting. Post recommends the programs detailed below be vetted according to provide [...]	2008-07-11 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2160	ISCI LEADER ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ENCOURAGING ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a July 1 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leader Syed Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and the Ambassador discussed SFA/SOFA negotiations, provincial elections, and post-operations reconstruction. Hakim expressed support for reaching a strategic framework agreement (SFA) a [...]	2008-07-11 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2162	SEVENTH IRFFI DONORS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq's Seventh Donor Committee Meeting in Baghdad on July 7, the first major international conference in Baghdad since 2007, was hailed by Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih as an indication of the growing confidence in Iraq's fu [...]	2008-07-11 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2163	IMPROVING IRAQI BORDER SECURITY: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Border security continues to be a focus of both GOI and Coalition attention as the security situation improves and Iraq takes increasing responsibility for its own affairs. Al Qaeda in Iraq's reliance on transnational networks is increasing as its operating space and popularity [...]	2008-07-11 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD2164	OPPORTUNITIES FOR TERRORIST EXTORTION AS [...] (C) Summary: Marketing restrictions act as a drag on legitimate economic activity and enhance the attractiveness of the cement black market to terrorist and criminal extortion. The state-owned Northern Cement Company (NCC) consists of six profitable cement plants that employ approximately 3, [...]	2008-07-11 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2166	EPRT DIYALA SOUTH: CRIMINALIZED SONS OF IRAQ [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala South reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The ePRT has received various reports that some SOIs in the provincial capital of Baqubah in Diyala province are engaged in criminal activities and conduct that runs counter to the efforts to revive local city [...]	2008-07-11 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD217	INTERIM RESPONSE TO IRAQ - GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) This is an interim response to reftel. 2. (S) On January 23, Post delivered the diplomatic note cited in Reftel to Iraqi ForMin Hoshyar Zebari who, as a Kurd, is also the best-placed POC for additional actions regarding this and future detainees. 3. (S) Post is developing a demarche [...]	2008-01-25 20:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PHUM PINR PTER KDRG
08BAGHDAD2171	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-13 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL

08BAGHDAD2174	SWEDISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON T-WALLS, PROGRESS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 meeting, Swedish Ambassador to Iraq (resident in Amman) Niclas Trouve accepted Ambassador Crocker,s apology for the manner in which the transportation of a generator through the Swedish Embassy,s construction site in Baghdad was handled. He provided an update on ongoi [...]	2008-07-13 08:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF SW IZ ASEC
08BAGHDAD2175	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 9 MEETING WITH CHALDEAN [...] (C) Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel Karim Delly thanked the Ambassador for all he has done for Iraqis of all religions. He noted the security situation had perceptibly improved for minorities over the past months, although fear remained pervasive. Delly emphasized the need to focus on t [...]	2008-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2176	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-13 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2179	SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM: EMBASSY [...] (S) In the wake of the January 8 kidnapping and subsequent recovery of bio-weapons specialist, Dr. Nassir Hindawi, there have been discussions both in Washington and Baghdad of whatever adjustment of the program was required. Initially, the debate focused on mass relocation of all of the scie [...]	2008-07-13 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PARM PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD218	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050079420 [...] (U) Post has contacted the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq (MNSTC-I) and they confirm that this is a legitimate purchase of ammunition by the Iraqi Army. The M855 ammunition is often referred to as "5.56 ball" and is the most commonly fired round for the M-16 / M-4 carbine. [...]	2008-01-25 20:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IZ KOMC
08BAGHDAD2180	KRG NEGOTIATOR ON HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: KRG senior adviser Dr. Rosch Shaways met July 9 with EMIN to discuss Kurdish positions on the hydrocarbon and related legislative proposals. Shaways presented scaled-back Kurdish requirements for a hydrocarbon package: an independent federal-regional regulatory body to set st [...]	2008-07-13 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2187	PRT WASIT:OPENING OF YOUTH AND SPORTS CENTERS [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Three Youth and Sports Centers located in Badrah, Numaniyah, and Al Kut were opened with elaborate ceremonies on July 9 by the Minister of Youth and Sport Jassim Mohammad Ja'far, along with the Wasit Governor and Provincial Council Chai [...]	2008-07-13 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD2189	UNITED NATIONS TO EXPAND TO NAJAF, COLLOCATE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Najaf Team Leader (TL) met with Siddharth Chatterjee, Chief of Staff to the United Nations Special Representative for Iraq, to discuss next steps to establish a UN presence at FOB Endeavor, collocated with the PRT. The UN selected Najaf as their operational center for [...]	2008-07-13 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO IZ
08BAGHDAD2191	MUTHANNA: PC CLASH SHOWS POTENTIAL FOR ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: A recent clash between rival tribal members on the Muthanna Provincial Council (PC) nearly degenerated into inter-communal violence in late June. Although the standoff was eventually resolved peacefully, the incident underscore [...]	2008-07-14 05:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2192	MOST OK'S TUWAITHA PAYMENT DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Fahmi agreed in principle to make a contribution of USD 7 million to defray part of Defense Department transport costs of the uranium from Tuwaitha to Canada, with the funds to be used in the I-CERP account; DOD needs to send shipm [...]	2008-07-14 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2201	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SFA AND TAWAFUQ RETURN TO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 13 meeting, the Ambassador told Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi that his July 12 conversation with PM Maliki had produced a common understanding on the process to conclude a bilateral agreement that would include a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) that sets out princ [...]	2008-07-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2202	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SUNNI WAQF CHIEF AHMED [...] (C) Summary: In their first formal meeting, Sunni Waqf Chief Ahmed Abdel Ghaffur al-Samaraie detailed for the Ambassador a number of reconciliation projects he is directing to bring Sunni political voices back into the Iraqi political process. He said he has worked to strengthen the Sahwa gro [...]	2008-07-14 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2203	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, NSC Senior Director McGurk and DASD Kimmitt, Foreign Minister Zebari provided a readout of the previous day's visit of Turkish PM Erdogan, called the postponement of King Abdullah's visit a big disappointment but no [...]	2008-07-14 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ TU JO
08BAGHDAD2204	PRT SALAH AD DIN: GEO REPORTS VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) During a July 14 meeting, Salah ad Din (SaD) Governorate Election Officer (GEO) Hatim Abdulhamid provided PRT/CF officials with an upbeat assessment of the state of voter registration readiness in the province. He [...]	2008-07-14 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KDEM KCRS SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2206	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SFA/PROTOCOL WITH VP [...] (C) In a brief July 14 meeting, Ambassador Crocker outlined for Vice President Tariq Hashimi the U.S. approach to the Strategic Framework Agreement and protocol to be taken up by the Executive Committee that evening. Ambassador Crocker said that on July 12 he and PM Maliki had discussed the i [...]	2008-07-15 07:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2209	ERBIL: DE MISTURA SAYS KRG STILL COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: UN SRSG Staffan de Mistura met in mid-July with Kurdish officials in the wake of the release of his Phase I reports on Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) and the criticism of the process those reports had caused. De Mistura remained confident that the Kurdish leadership will s [...]	2008-07-15 11:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD221	IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE PART 1: [...] (C) Summary: Post believes nationwide provincial elections can occur in 2008. Technical preparations for elections are broken down into three areas: voter registration, Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) capacity building, and Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) capacity building [...]	2008-01-26 07:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2210	EPRT DIYALA: LACK OF NGO SUPPORT IMPEDES FURTHER PROGRESS [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Development at the Qa'da and Nahia level in South Diyala is being held up by lack of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) support. Efforts by the South Diyala embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team (ePRT) have had a s [...]	2008-07-15 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2211	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETING WITH COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Mashadani confirmed he intends to bring the provincial elections law to an item-by-item vote on July 15. He expects passage if he gets a quorum. Mashadani was gloomy about Sunni parties' prospects in the elections, as they lack money compared with Shia parties that are, he said, fueled b [...]	2008-07-15 17:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2212	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SFA/PROTOCOL WITH VP [...] (C) In a brief July 14 meeting, Ambassador Crocker outlined for Vice President Tariq Hashimi the U.S. approach to the Strategic Framework Agreement and protocol to be taken up by the Executive Committee that evening. Ambassador Crocker said that on July 12 he and PM Maliki had discussed the i [...]	2008-07-16 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2215	UNAMI HR CHIEF EAGER TO HELP WITH MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) SUMMARY: UNAMI Human Rights Chief Hania Mufti said on July 14 that UNAMI would be willing to help with the transfer of responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) from the USG to the GOI. Specifically, Hania said UNAMI could press the GOI to accept non-refoulement obligations, provid [...]	2008-07-16 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PINS PGOV PREL PTER UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2216	PRT WASIT: PC MEMBERS ATTEMPT TO REMOVE IP CHIEF [...] (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: During a July 11 meeting at the PRT, Wasit Provincial Council (PC) member Saa'd Sharhan and Wasit Chief of Police General Abdul Haneen (both political independents) discussed an ongoing attempt by religious parties to appeal to Prime Minister Maliki to remove G [...]	2008-07-17 03:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD2221	NINEWA: KURDS USE SERVICES, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) Kurds make up 15 to 40 percent of Ninewa,s population, yet dominate much of the political and security apparatus across the province. Their influence benefits many areas, particularly in northern and eastern Ninewa, which have better security, economic development, and service delivery th [...]	2008-07-17 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KIRF PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2227	NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DISPLACEMENT [...] Summary: On July 8 and 9 the GoI Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) held its first National Conference to Address Displacement, at which the Minister unveiled the National Policy on Displacement. This policy document has been in the works for four years and the Ministry relied on d [...]	2008-07-17 14:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV IZ EAID
08BAGHDAD2228	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AL-IRAQIYYA LEADER AYAD [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13 lunch hosted by Ambassador Crocker, al-Iraqiyya bloc leader and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told Ambassador Crocker that he was not against an SFA/SOFA with the United States in principle, but that he and other parliamentary bloc leaders wanted more clarity from [...]	2008-07-17 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD223	HYDROCARBON FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION STILL STALLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Jeffery lobbied a series of GOI officials January 14-18 for speedier passage of the hydrocarbon framework legislation, but technical and political issues abound, and the law remains entangled among other legislative priorities (reftels). END SUMMARY. DPM Sal [...]	2008-01-26 10:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2230	IRAN PROFITING FROM KARBALA'S NEED FOR BRICKS [...] (S) Summary: Iranian companies are the primary beneficiaries of Karbala,s need for bricks to rebuild. The provincial government claims it wishes to foster a local brickmaking capability and five brick factories have been established here. During a visit to the site of the factories on July 1 [...]	2008-07-18 02:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ELAB PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2231	WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS MEET PRT AND BRIGADE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 02:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2232	(S) TRIBAL FEUD HAS SECTARIAN, JAM DIMENSIONS [...] (S) Summary: The Shia village of Ayn Tamur in Karbala Province has been embroiled in a tribal feud with the Sunni hamlet of al-Rahaliyyah in al-Anbar since June 2007. In that month, six Ayn Tamur residents were murdered shortly following successful attacks by Ayn Tamur villagers on Jaysh al-M [...]	2008-07-18 02:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2233	DAWA TANZIM LEADER ON BASRAH AND FEDERALISM, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Dawa Tanzim COR members Dr. Abdulhadi al-Hassani and Qassim al-Sahlani July 16 at the Dawa Tanzim party's COR office, Hassani spoke about his recent trip to Basrah, expressing dismay at the lack of reconstruction in Iraq's second city while intimating that Basra [...]	2008-07-18 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2234	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD ON MUJAHEDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 9 with the Head of the Iraq Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),Juan-Pedro Schaerer, to discuss a way ahead on the status of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf. The ICRC is consulting with USG and GOI stakeholders and appe [...]	2008-07-18 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER ICRC IZ
08BAGHDAD224	VP ADEL ON BUDGET, NEW CABINET, SECURITY, REGIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador January 24 that Prime Minister Maliki continues to obstruct passage of the 2008 GOI budget, but it is unlikely that the budget would need to be submitted for an additional, time-consuming cabinet vote prior to final parliamentary [...]	2008-01-26 10:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2240	PRT DIYALA: DAUGHTERS OF IRAQ PROGRAM LAUNCHES IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 13, more than 80 women attended the graduation ceremony for the first group of the Daughters of Iraq (DOI) program to complete their training in Diyala province. The Daughters of Iraq (DOI) program - similar to [...]	2008-07-19 08:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2241	NINEWA: KRG-AFFILIATED ASSYRIAN LEADERS, SHABAK [...] (C) As part of an ongoing outreach effort to minority communities in Ninewah Province, PRT leader met separately with two prominent Assyrian Christians and four Shabak political activists. All were concerned about threats to their communities and sought continued USG engagement on the way fo [...]	2008-07-19 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON EPET ENRG PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2242	BASRAH'S RELIGIOUS MINORITY LEADERS HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and REO incoming and outgoing directors met on July 15 and 16 with Father Emad and Abdel Kareem al-Khazraji, the leaders of Basrah's minority Christian and Sunni communities. Both leaders expressed dismay over the widespread emigrat [...]	2008-07-19 11:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2243	BASRAH SECURITY COMMANDERS: SITUATION IMPROVED, [...] (C) In separate July 16 meetings with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah's Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police leadership proudly noted the security improvements following the March 2008 'Charge of the Knights' operation but warned of danger [...]	2008-07-19 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV MCAP IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2244	PRT SALAH AD DIN: ENCOURAGING SIGNS OF SUNNA-SHIA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Deputy Governor of Salah ad Din says he had a very good meeting with the Prime Minister July 16, resulting in a promise of more money for the province and the prospect of an office of provincial affairs within the Prime Minist [...]	2008-07-19 16:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2245	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-20 05:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2251	MOHR ON SAUDI DETAINEES, TORTURE, NATIONAL HR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told PolOff on July 17 about her July 14 meetings in Amman with Saudi officials on Saudi detainees in GOI and MNF-I custody. The Saudi officials from the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a list of Saudi d [...]	2008-07-20 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2258	Commerce DepSec Sullivan Pushes KRG to Boost Transparency, [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of Commerce John Sullivan led the first Department of Commerce (DOC) sponsored trade mission to visit Iraq in more than 20 years June 22-25 in Erbil. Accompanying D/S Sullivan were representatives from nine U.S. companies who sought to explore profitable business opportu [...]	2008-07-20 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV EFIN ECON TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2260	NINEWA: UNAMI VISITS NINEWA TO ASSESS DISPUTED [...] (C) Summary: Working-level UNAMI officials are recommending that the disputed Ninewa district of Tel Keif be split between Ninewa and the KRG, and that Shekhan go to the KRG. They believe that Tal,Afar needs further study and that Sinjar should remain with Ninewa. The UNAMI team met with [...]	2008-07-21 03:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2267	US BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES ON IRAQI [...] (C) Business leaders told the Ambassador, DUSD Paul Brinkley, and EMIN during a visit to Baghdad that they were encouraged by the improving security situation in Iraq. Fertilizer producer CF Holdings, for example, is interested in establishing a fertilizer plant to utilize large quantities of [...]	2008-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD2268	BASRAH GOV CRITICAL OF GOI AND SAFA AL-SAFI [...] (C) Summary: In a July 15 meeting with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah Governor Mohammad Musabeh al-Waeli said the security situation had improved since the March 2008 Operation Charge of the Knights (COK). He decried Iranian i [...]	2008-07-21 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2269	BASRAWI CLERIC HOPES FOR POLITICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray, joined by incoming and outgoing REO Directors, met on July 14 with Shi'a cleric and businessman Sayid Abdel Musawi. Musawi was generally positive about Basrah's future, favorably comparing its economy to that of its neighbors and acknowled [...]	2008-07-21 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2271	NINEWAH: PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS CHIEF SAYS SECURITY [...] (C) Despite security incidents affecting four Voter Registration Centers (VRCs) since July 15, the registration process in Ninewa is going &better than expected," according to Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Abdel Haleq. In a July 17 meeting, Abdel Haleq told us he has employed a [...]	2008-07-21 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2273	MUTHANNA GATHERING SHOWS POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL USA, MCFI) Summary: Over 900 sheikhs from tribes stretching from Wasit to Basra gathered July 16 in Muthanna under the auspices of two emerging political parties, the Assembly of the Middle Euphrates and the Sheikhs' Council of Southe [...]	2008-07-22 07:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KU IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2276	KARBALA DROUGHT MASKS DEEPER WATER WOES [...] (C) Summary: Water, Karbala,s most precious resource, has become increasingly scarce in recent years, posing challenges to continued economic development in the province. Drought is the apparent culprit, with below-average rainfall during the past several years. Water scarcity is also the pro [...]	2008-07-22 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EAGR PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2277	FUTURE OF I-ESC IN QUESTION [...] (C) The National Security Adviser (NSA) formally proposed that the Prime Minister dissolve the weekly Baghdad-focused "Executive Steering Committee" (I-ESC) meeting of service ministries and senior coalition representatives. The NSA plan is to replace the I-ESC with an expanded forum on post- [...]	2008-07-22 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2279	PRT MAYSAN: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS LIST IMMEDIATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. Summary and Comment: -------------------- 2. (C) The Director General (DG) of Municipalities and Director of Maysan (Amarah) Municipalities identified solid waste collection and disposal as a top priority during a July 15 meeting with PRT Munic [...]	2008-07-23 05:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2281	TUSSLE FOR KIRKUK OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events at the Kirkuk oil field threaten to increase tensions between the Kurdish Region and the GOI. Both the KRG and the GOI are making tentative moves to assert greater control over the disputed oil resources. END SUMMARY The Khormala Dome ----------------- 2. (SBU [...]	2008-07-23 06:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD229	PRT-WASIT: WASIT SHAYIKHS DISCUSS SAHWA AL IRAQ [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) On 18 January, ten Shi'a shaykhs from Wasit told PRT and CDR 214 FB that they intend to establish a branch of Sahwa al Iraq (SAI) in Wasit Governorate. The group was led by Shaykh Raheem Bader Abood Al Hatem and included Shaykh Alwan Abd al R [...]	2008-01-27 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2296	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's July 20 trip to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani said he is ready to travel to Baghdad within the week to discuss the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) with PM Maliki. Ambassador noted the KRG's improved relations with Tur [...]	2008-07-23 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ENRG PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2297	VP HASHIMI, AMB CROCKER, CG PETRAEUS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 dinner hosted at his residence for Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus to discuss how to promote better relations between the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Coalition Forces (CF) in Anbar Province, IIP Secretary-General and Iraqi Vice President Hashimi, IIP MPs, an [...]	2008-07-23 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PMIL IZ
08BAGHDAD2298	HARIRI VISIT FURTHERS OPENING TO ARAB NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese MP and Future Movement leader Saad Hariri on July 17 briefed Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus at the end of his one-day visit to Baghdad and Najaf. Hariri viewed the trip as an opportunity to increase contacts and understanding between his Saudi allies and both t [...]	2008-07-23 19:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2299	PM MALIKI OPENS NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On July 20, Prime Minister Maliki made an inaugural flight to Najaf International Airport (NIA) in a ceremony widely attended by Shia political and religious elite from the Middle Euphrates region. NIA is not yet open for business [...]	2008-07-24 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD23	PRT MAYSAN: IA OFFICIALS SHARE SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In private and official discussions the Iraqi Army 10th Division Commander and his Maysan Brigade Commander expressed concern over the security situation in al-Amarah since the December 12 bombing. They advised that an ongoing se [...]	2008-01-03 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD230	SAI AND ISCI: UNLIKELY ALLIANCE, UNCLEAR RESULTS [...] (S/NF) This is a joint Baghdad POL - Karbala and Najaf PRT cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Ramadi-based Iraq Awakening Movement (SAI) hopes to expand into the south to increase the standing of Ahmed Abu Risha and the strength of the SAI relative to the Tawafuq Bloc. National GOI and ISCI l [...]	2008-01-27 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2300	FIRST WEEK OF VOTER REGISTRATION RUNS SMOOTHLY [...] (C) Summary: Iraq has just completed its first week of voter registration on July 22, and although there were a few hiccups on the first day, overall the process has run smoothly. So far, over 150,000 people have checked their names at voter registration centers, including almost 2,000 int [...]	2008-07-24 05:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD2303	MALIKI CALLS FOR DOWNSIZING IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (S) During the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) meeting on July 13, Prime Minister Maliki called for an immediate freeze in the growth of Iraqi security forces and ordered development of a plan to reduce numbers. MinDef Abdel Qadr and Commander of Joint Forces (CHOD) General Babaki [...]	2008-07-24 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD2304	MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...]	2008-07-24 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2305	ELECTION LAW FALLOUT: KURDS RAGE, ARABS REJOICE, [...] (C) Summary: The surprise passage on July 22 of a controversial draft of the provincial election law (Reftel) has infuriated the Kurds, emboldened Sunni and Shia Arabs, marked the overflow of simmering anti-Kurdish sentiment, and set the stage for a Presidential veto and further talks in the [...]	2008-07-24 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2307	BABIL: PM FORMING SUPPORT COUNCILS WITH TRIBAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, Sheikh Ali Shnan disclosed to REO Hillah Deputy Team Leader (DTL) recent steps taken by Prime Minister Maliki's office to establish "Support Councils" in Babil province and throughout the country. The Babil coun [...]	2008-07-24 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2308	IN PROMOTING RETURNS TO HURRIYA, GOI GRAPPLES WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Implementation and Follow-Up Committee for National Reconciliation (IFCNR) Chairman Mohammad Salman on July 13 convened the Iraqi Army (IA) generals responsible for the Baghdad district of Hurriya and MNF-I to discuss the prospect for returns of IDPs and refugees to that area. [...]	2008-07-24 14:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PGOV PREF
08BAGHDAD2309	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2310	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2311	PRIVATE BANKING IN IRAQ "DOING WELL" [...] (C) Summary: Private banks are "doing well" in Iraq, according to a leading banker, but many challenges remain. Over the past three years the average capital of private banks has risen from approximately USD 6 million to over USD 40 million. Private banks in Iraq, particularly those that are [...]	2008-07-24 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2312	SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF IRAQI MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani is a hard working, honest broker achieving real but fragile success in his efforts to rid the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of corruption and sectarianism. He arrives in Washington against a backdrop of increasing good news about security in Ira [...]	2008-07-24 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PTER PNAT MOPS MCAP MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD2316	KARBALA: PC CHAIRMAN YASIRI IN TROUBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: Widely disliked Acting Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri may be removed from his position shortly. On July 24, a majority of PC members signed a petition demanding al-Yasiri's ouster, setting the stage for a remo [...]	2008-07-25 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2320	IRAQ APPROVES A NEW DPM AND NINE MINISTERS: A [...] (C/NF) Summary/Comment. The Council of Representatives (CoR) approved a new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and nine ministers on July 19 in a strong step towards national reconciliation. This approval came after months of tumultuous negotiations between Prime Minister Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hash [...]	2008-07-26 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2326	PAPAL NUNCIO ASSESSES FEASIBILITY OF RESTORING [...] (C) Embassy and 1BCT (Brigade Combat Team)/4ID - ePRT Baghdad-1 facilitated a joint visit with Papal Nuncio Archbishop Francis Chullikatt on July 22 to explore the condition of Chaldean and other Church facilities in Baghdad's Doura neighborhood. The Nuncio's primary purpose was to assess t [...]	2008-07-26 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2327	DHI QAR HUMAN RIGHTS DIR: SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation is "deteriorating, with some areas of improvement," according to Dhi Qar Ministry of Human Rights Office Director Mohammad Radhi Bahar. In a July 17 meeting with the PRT, Bahar outlined a number of areas in which the PRT could work jointly with the Of [...]	2008-07-26 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD2328	EMBASSY HOLDS SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE FOR GOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Embassy-sponsored conference in July brought together representatives from all three branches of the Iraqi government to begin discussing ways to improve the legislative process. The conference was an Iraqi-led event with minimal facilitation by the Embassy, and the Iraqi p [...]	2008-07-26 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2329	MAYSAN GOVERNOR: I AM A SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: "I am a Sadrist," said Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs at the governor's office in Amarah. During a wide-ranging conversation Maliki expressed concerns, which he said were shared by the Maysani public, over the "militari [...]	2008-07-26 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2330	BAQUBAH SUNNI LEADERSHIP FEAR ARREST IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. Sunni political figures in the Diyala Provincial capital of Baqubah have expressed strong reservations about upcoming Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) led operations in Baqubah. In conversations with Diyala ePRT they expressed their belief that the operations are a pretext for the ar [...]	2008-07-26 18:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2332	THE NEW VOICE OF THE SADR CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, the Sadr City District Council (DC) has shown new life as it asserts its independence from malign actors and provides a voice for the district's two million residents. Since the June 17 ousting of Sadrist puppet Abd Al Hussein Jabara as DC Chairman and the subse [...]	2008-07-27 08:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2333	NINEWA: PRT-GOI INITIATIVE TO INCREASE WHEAT CROP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-27 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EAGR IZ
08BAGHDAD2342	DROUGHT SAPS KRG DAM LEVELS, POWER GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Site visits in May and June by RRTOff to the Kurdistan Region's Dokan and Darbandikhan hydroelectric dams in Sulaimaniyah governorate revealed facilities severely limited by drought and producing at near-minimal capacity. Officials at Dokan, a large and well-maintained facility [...]	2008-07-27 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2347	ELECTION SECURITY, AIRPORT SECURITY, AND AMNESTY [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh chaired the weekly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Jul 20, deferring planned discussions about Diyala security operations because this had been the topic of an earlier meeting of the Crisis Action Committee held by Prime Minister Mali [...]	2008-07-28 06:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD2348	MOHR TELLS AMBASSADOR GOI DOES NOT SUPPORT HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told the Ambassador on July 22 that the GOI does not support human rights and threatens to undermine her ministry in its work with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) and detention facilities. She sought guidance from the Ambassador on how to deal wi [...]	2008-07-28 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2354	OIL CONTRACTS LOSE STEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani is backpedaling on the technical support contracts that he had previously intended to sign with international oil companies. He intends to stop negotiating actively for the contracts. He will shorten the period of the contracts from two years to as lit [...]	2008-07-28 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2355	MAYSAN IA OFFICERS: OPS GOING WELL, BUT GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) operations in Maysan went "better than planned," said 10th Iraqi Army (IA) Division Deputy Commander Brigadier General Jabar Nehma and 38th Brigade Deputy Commander Colonel Mustafa Khydair in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs. Th [...]	2008-07-28 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2357	TIME RUNNING OUT ON PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: There was more drama surrounding Iraq's provincial election law on July 28 as Parliament Speaker Mashadani collapsed during the legislative session and was rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile, the main political blocs achieved little apparent progress on bridging the impass [...]	2008-07-28 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2358	VP ADEL AND ISCI CHAIR HAKIM: WE'LL TRY TO BROKER [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on July 24 that he and President Talabani had vetoed the recently-passed Provincial Election Law and that ISCI would work with the Kurdish Alliance and other CoR blocs to find a solution to the Kirkuk election issue. He said th [...]	2008-07-28 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2360	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ESSENTIAL SERVICES WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: New Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rafaie Essawi told the Ambassador and Econ Minister Counselor on July 24 that he "would spare no effort" to improve the delivery of essential services to the Iraqi people, and would make the necessary organizational changes and personal intervention [...]	2008-07-28 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2361	MAYSAN SHEIKH SKEPTICAL OF U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) In a candid hour-long discussion, prominent Maysani Sheikh Sa'adoon Bani al-Lami expressed frustration with the pace of assistance to Maysan, and told us that it was up to the U.S. to choose whether it is committed to May [...]	2008-07-28 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2362	ZEBARI PROMISES UNAMI RENEWAL LETTER [...] (C) PolMinCouns July 27 conveyed to FM Zebari reftel suggested text for the necessary GOI letter requesting renewal of UNAMI's mandate. Zebari noted that Iraq's UN Mission in New York had already informed the MFA on the need to transmit a letter to the UN prior to Security Council action on t [...]	2008-07-28 17:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2366	FM ZEBARI FRUSTRATED WITH PM MALIKI AND WONDERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari was his usual gregarious self but also made no effort to hide frustrations stemming from his relationship with PM Maliki and his continued disappointment that King Abdullah had not yet rescheduled his visit to Baghdad (originally planned for July 9 [...]	2008-07-29 04:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2368	LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF MOI CRIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although there is much evidence of torture and abuse in Ministry of Interior (MoI) detention facilities and police stations, no one has been sentenced and imprisoned in 2008. The MoI Inspector General's office and Human Rights office seem to have little power to do anything more [...]	2008-07-29 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2379	KARBALA: ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT? [...] (C) Summary: Iraqis in and out of government have shared with PRT officers their concerns about Karbala's youth. Contacts describe Karbala's youth as relatively well-educated, increasingly distrustful of religious and tribal authority, and often difficult to reach in Sunni-Shia reconciliation [...]	2008-07-29 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD238	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (S) During their January 25 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Hashimi discussed the Executive Council, a draft amnesty law, Mosul, Concerned Local Citizens (CLCs),and Iran. Hashimi voiced concern that PM Maliki might decrease relative authority of the Executive Council in favor of [...]	2008-01-27 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2380	KKRG SECURITY CHIEF ON JULY 28 SUICIDE BOMBING AT [...] (C) Summary: The KRG's security chief Masrour Barzani told Senior Advisor Krajeski July 29 that the investigation into the July 28 bombing in Kirkuk has uncovered evidence of Turkomen complicity. S/A Krajeski cautioned against provocative public statements until we know definitively what hap [...]	2008-07-29 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2381	IRAQ NON-COMMITTAL ON KAZAKHSTAN [...] (S) POLMIL MinCouns delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Labid Majeed Abbawi July 27. Abbawi allowed that it would not be a good idea for Syria to be elected once more to the IAEA Board of Governors, especially while under investigation for its own activities. Abbawi said he wou [...]	2008-07-29 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL AORC KZ SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2387	VOTER APATHY IN EASTERN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Anecdotal evidence from ePRT engagements as well as other organizations operating in eastern Baghdad indicate that while residents are knowledgeable about the voter registration process and the current political impasse over the elections law, their interest in or willingness to [...]	2008-07-30 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD239	"THE STREET IS STRONGER THAN PARLIAMENT:" SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: As a harbinger of Sadrist Trend hostility to a prospective USG-GOI long-term strategic relationship (LTSR) agreement, Sadrist Deputy Governor of Karbala Jawad al-Hasnawi told us January 24 that if Trend efforts to quash parliamentary approval of the agreement were to fail (a highl [...]	2008-01-27 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2391	IDP AND REFUGEE RETURNS CONTINUE IN BAGHDAD, BUT [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since late 2007, the UN estimates that 110,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees have returned to Iraq, primarily to Baghdad. However, the UN concedes that return data are not precise, particularly as not all retur [...]	2008-07-30 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2396	GOI CALLS DETENTION OPERATIONS AND AMNESTY LAW A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim convened a meeting on July 27 with representatives of all three branches of government to address problems in the GOI detention system and with implementation of the Amnesty Law. Each branch representa [...]	2008-07-31 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2398	CARDINAL DELLY MEETING WITH PM VERY POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Cardinal Delly on July 30, Prime Minister Maliki said the GOI would offer protection for Iraqi Christians and would ensure that they live in a stable and secure environment. According to a GOI press statement released after the meeting, the GOI will provide ne [...]	2008-07-31 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2399	NEW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER SOUNDS BOTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our first meeting with him July 30, the GOI's new Minister of Communications, Farouk Abdel Qadir Abdel Rahman (Tawafuq/IIP),told EMIN of his vision for the Ministry. Abdel Rahman, who was confirmed last week with the other Tawafuq additions to the GOI (reftel A),told EMIN he [...]	2008-07-31 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINT
08BAGHDAD2402	SECURITY OPERATION BENEVOLENT DIYALA STARTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 28, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched Benevolent Diyala, the security operation designed to sweep residual terrorist elements and supporters from Diyala province. The ISF blockaded the provincial capital Baqub [...]	2008-08-01 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR MOPS PTER ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2403	DIYALA PREPARES FOR POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Provincial Council committee in charge of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is working with the Director General for Migration to prepare for any potential humanitarian crises created by the current Iraqi-led security operat [...]	2008-08-01 09:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL ECON PTER MOPS EAID PINS PINR IZ

08BAGHDAD241	MALIKI REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR CABINET SHAKE-UP, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the weekly security meeting on January 24 with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki reaffirmed his desire to reduce the number of cabinet posts and form a national unity government with ministers from a broad spectrum of parties including Tawafuq and Iraqiyya. He express [...]	2008-01-28 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ JO SY
08BAGHDAD2411	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW UPDATE; UNAMI STRIVES FOR [...] (C) With the CoR ready to take up the provincial elections law again on Sunday, August 3, the U.S. and UN are working hard to facilitate a solution to the key remaining obstacle to a deal on a new Iraqi election law, the treatment of Kirkuk. An Iraqi "wise men's" group has been working sinc [...]	2008-08-01 12:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2414	SONS OF IRAQ (SOI) PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the second in a series of reports on the Sons of Iraq (SOI),formerly known as Concerned Local Citizens (CLC). For information regarding the origins, training, equipment, operations, and the initial prospects for integration of the former CLC, see Ref A. 2. (S) Summary. As of [...]	2008-08-02 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS MOPS PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2415	BABIL: LOTS OF WORK TO BE READY FOR PIC [...] (S) Summary. Babil Province is not ready for PIC transfer; CF/PRT and GOI officials agree that significant improvement will be needed to meet the established PIC transfer goal of November 2008. In separate meetings, Governor Salem Salih Mahdi Al-Muslimawi (July 29) and leading Iraqi Army (IA) [...]	2008-08-03 03:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2420	SALAH AD DIN REACTION TO KIRKUK PC VOTE: KIRKUK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Anecdotal evidence from PRT discussions with provincial officials and residents of Salah ad Din (SaD),who are overwhelmingly Sunni, indicates strong opposition and growing anger over the Kirkuk Provincial Council's [...]	2008-08-03 18:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2421	(SBU) KARBALA'S LARGEST JAIL BURSTING AT SEAMS. [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala's largest jail (technically a pre-trial detention facility) is filled beyond capacity. Because the province does not have a prison and the regional prison in al-Hillah also is full, Karbala's jail also houses post-trial detainees, including ten people (one female) convic [...]	2008-08-04 05:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2422	ELECTION LAW STALLED AS BLOC LEADERS NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary: Late on August 3, the highly anticipated vote in the Council of Representatives (CoR) to resolve the vetoed articles in the Provincial Election Law (PEL) stalled while members awaited instruction from their bloc leaders who were in intense negotiations led by the UN and the U.S. [...]	2008-08-04 08:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2423	SENIOR ADVISOR KRAJESKI PRESSES KIRKUK LEADERS TO [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the suicide bomb and mob violence in Kirkuk July 28, Senior Advisor Krajeski traveled there to appeal for calm and discourage provocative acts or statements from Kirkuk's Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Turkomen communities. Security was restored quickly by provincial se [...]	2008-08-04 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2424	S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IZ PROPERTIES, FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield and Management Counselor Austin-Ferguson met August 2 with Ambassador Srood Najib, the MFA's point person on the transfer of U.S.-held properties in the International Zone (IZ). The discussion focused on the various IZ properties currently in Department of State ( [...]	2008-08-04 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	AGMT ABLD PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2425	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2426	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2427	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) In an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Hamoud discussed the state of relations between Iraq and Kuwait with Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray. Addressing a wide range of border and other bilateral issues, Ham [...]	2008-08-04 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2429	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR VOTER REGISTRATION ECLIPSES 2005 [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anbar Governate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Khalid Rijab Abdul-Razak told the PRT that more than 46,600 Anbaris have verified their names on the list of the Province's pre-registered voters. At six percent of eligible voters [...]	2008-08-04 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM SOCI UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD243	NINEWA/MOSUL EXPLOSION: CURFEW LIFTED, MARKETS [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 26 Ninewa Governor Kashmoula lifted the all-day curfew imposed on Mosul after the massive explosion of January 23. Shops and markets are open. PRT Leader met January 27 with the Governor, Vice-Governor, other provincial officials, and Zuhair Al-Chalabi, the Director G [...]	2008-01-28 02:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD2431	NO SUB-PRIME CRISIS HERE: CONSTRAINTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI wants the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to loosen its monetary policy to promote economic growth. But cuts in the CBI's interest rates or reserve requirements will not deliver the growth boost GOI officials seem to expect. Iraqi banks already have plenty of money to lend, [...]	2008-08-05 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2432	SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER MORATINOS CONSIDERING [...] (C) Newly arrived Spanish Ambassador Francisco Elias de Tejada told Ambassador Crocker August 1 that Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos is considering a visit to Baghdad in the coming weeks. Elias de Tejada said Madrid wants to strengthen relations with Iraq and sees a high-visibility visit by [...]	2008-08-05 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2438	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-05 06:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2439	MOJ AL-SAFI "SHOCKED" BY WOMEN'S PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Minister of Justice Safa al-Safi accompanied an MNF-I and Embassy inspection visit on August 2 to Kadhamiya Maximum Prison and Kadhamiya Women's Prison in Baghdad. At Kadhamiya Maximum, a high-value detainee prison that is monitored by ICITAP officials five days a week, a [...]	2008-08-05 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD244	NINEWA/MOSUL EXPLOSION: CURFEW LIFTED, MARKETS [...] (C/REL ACGU) On January 26 Ninewa Governor Kashmoula lifted the all-day curfew imposed on Mosul after the massive explosion of January 23. Shops and markets are open. PRT Leader met January 27 with the Governor, Vice-Governor, other provincial officials, and Zuhair Al-Chalabi, the Director G [...]	2008-01-28 02:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PREL SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD2440	NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although still not officially confirmed in his position, National Investment Commission (NIC) Chairman-designate Ridha continues to court European and regional investors and insists that he enjoys the PM's full confidence. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Presumptive NIC Chairman Ahmed R [...]	2008-08-05 07:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN
08BAGHDAD2441	WASIT ISF OFFICERS WARN BORDER IS COMPLETELY OPEN [...] (C) In a July 29 meeting with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, 41st Fires Brigade Commanding Officer Colonel Richard Francey, and PRT members, Wasit's chief security officials complained about political and judicial resistance to Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) operations and warned that the border wi [...]	2008-08-05 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2444	WASIT GOV: PEOPLE WANT CHANGE [...] (C) "People want change," said Wasit Governor Abdel Latif Turfa in a July 29 conversation with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray and PRT Team Leader. Although Turfa declined to offer any prediction over election results, he said the Sadrists were unpopular, while Prime Minister Maliki had gained Sun [...]	2008-08-05 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2446	WASIT SADRIST: THERE IS NO MORE JAM [...] (C) "The character of the GOI justifies Sadrist resistance," claimed Sadrist Provincial Council (PC) Member Ahmed Ebrah in a July 29 meeting with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray and PRT members. However, Ebrah claimed that Sadr's June 13 statement was tantamount to a dissolution of Jaysh al-Mahdi [...]	2008-08-05 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2447	SOUTHWEST TRIBES BEGINNING TO AWAKE [...] (C) Summary: The south's tribes are poised to play a significant role in the provincial elections. On July 30 and 31 Senior Advisor Gordon Gray met with leaders of three emerging tribal-based political parties, two of which - the Sheikhs' Council of Southern Tribes and the Mid-Euphrates Alli [...]	2008-08-05 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2448	SADR STATEMENTS: RIFLES FOR SOME, "JIHAD OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 08:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2452	MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS SEEKS GREATER CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraq Ministry of Communications (MoC) awarded contracts to several little known telecommunications firms to build and operate MoC-owned international gateways and provide international carrier services to Iraq's licensed Global System Mobile (GSM) and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) [...]	2008-08-05 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECPS ECON EINT
08BAGHDAD2456	IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ON OPERATIONS IN [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the July 27 National Security Council (NSC),which began with a review of current security operations in Diyala and Ninewa provinces. Ministers devoted most of the two-hour meeting to Diyala, where military operations are quickly ramping up. The Diyala [...]	2008-08-05 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD2458	PROVINCIAL ELECTION LAW IN FLUX AS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As of mid-day August 6, Council of Representatives (CoR) discussions continue on a UNAMI proposed compromise text for Provincial Elections. Shi'a and Kurdish bloc leaders have indicated their agreement with the compromise, which would postpone elections in Kirkuk to no later than [...]	2008-08-06 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2463	KIRKUK: TENSE, RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT NO RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, ethnic relations in Kirkuk have been buffeted by the passage - and subsequent veto - of a controversial provincial elections law in Baghdad, a terrorist attack at a Kurdish demonstration resulting in mass casualties, a violent confrontation between Kurdis [...]	2008-08-06 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD2464	COR FAILS TO PASS PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW, PASSES [...] (SBU) On August 6, the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the 2008 budget supplemental, but failed to vote on the provincial elections law. It then recessed until September 9. Speaker Mashadani ordered the creation of a committee to find a compromise solution on Kirkuk, and promised t [...]	2008-08-06 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2467	MOVING THE GOI TOWARD INCLUDING ANTI-ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Health Minister will instruct MOH officials to change the standard wording of procurement and other contracts in a way that will eliminate Arab League Boycott (ALB) language, replacing it with language that does not violate U.S. anti-Boycott legislation. End Summary. [...]	2008-08-07 07:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPBT PREL EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2471	FORMER IHEC OFFICIAL HANDICAPS WASIT ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. PRT met August 2 with Haidar Abed Allawi, former Wasit office manager for the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) currently employed by the Basrah IHEC office. Haidar sees new evidence of the ISCI bias of Wasit's new Gove [...]	2008-08-07 08:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2473	THE POWERS OF JULY 22 BLOC: ONE HIT WONDER? [...] (C) Summary: On July 29, Dr. Habib Jabir Habib, an independent Shia Council of Representatives (COR) member and political analyst for the pan-Arab daily newspaper, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, told Poloff that the Kirkuk issue united the "Powers of July 22" to pass the (subsequently vetoed) Provincial [...]	2008-08-07 10:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL
08BAGHDAD2474	BASRAH GOVERNOR: REGIONS FORMATION IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: "We are in the last steps" to making Basrah a region, said Governor Waeli in an August 6 conversation with poloffs. Waeli said the necessary signatures had already been collected and expressed confidence that the delay over the passage of the elections law would provide further [...]	2008-08-07 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2488	VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT FOR SADR'S [...] (C) As reported in Ref A, Muqtada al-Sadr's July 28 public statement divided his Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia into two groups: an unarmed group that performs "thought jihad" and an armed resistance cell to battle "the Occupation." On August 5, the Sadrist movement issued a six-page pamphlet th [...]	2008-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2489	GOI LOAN PROGRAM FOR PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH FACES [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals, which manages over 60 of Iraq's state-owned enterprises, is struggling to administer its 408 million USD loan program, targeting existing small to medium-sized enterprises. Loan applications are generated on the provincial level, reviewed and appro [...]	2008-08-07 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD249	NINEWA: MOSUL UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT PROPOSES BROAD [...] (S/REL ACGU) Summary: Mosul University President Dr. Obay al-Dewachi told us he was open to broad cooperation with the PRT. Although the university was a bastion of the Ba'athist system and is a known safe haven for terrorists, as one of the best universities in Iraq the PRT will begin immedia [...]	2008-01-28 07:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV EAID PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2492	KARBALA PREPARES FOR SHABANIYAH [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to avoid a repeat of the deadly violence that marred last year's Shabaniyah (a Shia observance commemorating the twelfth imam's birth, which this year is on August 17),Karbala officials are tightening security throughout the province. Seven thousand additional police and [...]	2008-08-08 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2495	DEPUTY SPEAKER ATTIYA HAS GAME-PLAN FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Iraqi parliament deputy speaker Attiya told PolCouns on August 8 that he wanted to convene the special committee charged with finding a solution to the impasse on the Kirkuk-related article of the provincial elections law "immediately, tomorrow." He proposed a two-track approach to the [...]	2008-08-08 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD250	VP ADEL ON LTSR AND PENDING LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Political Counselor on January 28 that the GOI Political Committee for National Security (PCNS) discussed the GOI long-term strategic partnership (LTSR) negotiating framework during a January 26 meeting, agreeing that negotiations would be hand [...]	2008-01-28 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2501	THE GERMAN-IRAQI INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the departing German Ambassador to Iraq, the recently initialed German-Iraq Investment Promotion Agreement (IPA) would be better described as an "Investors' Protection" Agreement. Routine to nearly all German bilateral commercial relationships, similar documents ar [...]	2008-08-10 06:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD IZ GM
08BAGHDAD2503	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: ANTI-KURD SENTIMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Disappointment in the stalled elections process and increased resentment among Salah-ad-Din (SaD) Arabs toward the Kurds spurred a sheik-led demonstration march in SaD on August 7 to call for elections. SaD Arabs als [...]	2008-08-10 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2505	SURVEY OF SOUTHERN POLITICAL ENTITIES [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad - PRT - REO reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: 229 political entities (individual candidates and parties) registered in the southern provinces for the upcoming provincial elections. The number and composition of the entities is another manifestation of widesprea [...]	2008-08-10 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD251	REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT OF ARAB PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (S) The Arab Parliamentary Union is scheduled to meet in Erbil, Iraq, on March 11-13. During the Secretary's January 15 visit, ISCI CoR bloc leader Hummam Hammoudi asked for the USG's assistance in persuading the governments of Jordan, Egypt a [...]	2008-01-28 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2510	IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 3 REVIEWS DIYALA OPERATIONS [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The weekly Iraqi National Security Council meeting on August 3 discussed ongoing security operations in Diyala, resolving the MEK situation, and conforming to UNSCR 1373 (Counter Terrorism measures). The Council also touched on the protection of judicial officials and t [...]	2008-08-10 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2511	IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE: NEXT STOP, NINEWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL-MIL Minister-Counselor and her incoming successor met with Iraq Minister of Defense (MoD) Abdul Qadr August 6 to discuss security developments in Iraq. Citing with approval the current operation in Diyala, MoD said his plan was to next turn to Ninewa "to clean it out." He sai [...]	2008-08-11 03:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU IR
08BAGHDAD2517	EMBASSY BAGHDAD WELCOMES VISIT OF EGYPTIAN [...] (S) Strengthening Iraq's relations with key Arab neighbors continues to be a high USG priority and the return of an Egyptian Ambassador here would provide significant momentum to this effort. Please convey to the GOS that Embassy Baghdad welcomes this important step and stands ready to provid [...]	2008-08-11 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ EG
08BAGHDAD2518	MAYSAN GOVERNOR PLAYS IT COOL WHILE SHEIKHS RUN HOT [...] (C) Summary: Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki said all the right things in an August 9 meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL) at the Governor's offices in downtown Amarah. The Governor expressed satisfaction with security gains in the province as a result of Operation Tidings of Peace and the presen [...]	2008-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2519	MOHR TO COORDINATE TCN RELEASE AND TRANSFER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told EmbOffs and Task Force 134 officials on August 7 that her ministry will help with the releases and transfers of third-country national (TCN) detainees in MNF-I custody to their home countries. Wijdan said that since her ministry is th [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD252	(C) TUWAITHA YELLOW CAKE BUYER UPDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On Jan 25, 2008, a DOE and MNF-I team met with Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raid Jahid (FAHMI) to discuss next steps for Iraq to begin contract negotiations with a qualified buyer for the Tuwaitha yellow cake. Although Minister Fahmi and team are not yet ready to meet [...]	2008-01-28 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG PARM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2520	REPERCUSSIONS OF PROVINCIAL ELECTION DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Parliament's recess August 6 without passing a provincial election law makes provincial elections unlikely before the end of 2008. Based on discussions with Iraqi contacts (including extensive input from PRTs),it is clear that many Iraqis were disappointed but not surprised. The [...]	2008-08-11 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2523	NINEWA: PRT AND MILITARY COLLEAGUES SURVEY KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Ninewa, with the technical expertise of the 156th Engineer Detachment, 94th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, completed the first engineered site survey of the Dair Mar Elia Chaldean Monastery. This effort was supported by the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and H [...]	2008-08-11 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL EAIR PINR PREL MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD2525	NINEWA: YEZIDI SPIRITUAL LEADER PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: The spiritual leader of the Yezidi faith told us that his community's security depends on its remaining within the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area. Citing the KRG's commitment to secular governance and its superior record of ensuring religious minority rights, he pleaded w [...]	2008-08-11 13:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2528	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD253	SITREP 1: JAN 28 FIRE AT CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ [...] (C) This situation report includes information available as of 1600 Baghdad local time. Around 0100 on January 28 a massive fire broke out in the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) main building that rendered it unusable. The fire, the source of which has yet to be determined, gutted almost the entir [...]	2008-01-28 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN
08BAGHDAD2531	IRAQ: POLMIL MINSCOUNS MEETS GENERAL ABUD [...] (C) During an August 6 meeting, Baghdad Operations Center commander General Abud told POL-MIL Minister Counselor and her incoming successor that GOI knows Special Groups (SG) are armed and funded by Iran. He explained the GOI is unwilling to state so publicly in a direct manner, but would do s [...]	2008-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2536	DIYALA ) PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable 2. (C) SUMMARY. Diyala,s Provincial Council has voted unanimously to dismiss Provincial Director of Police Ghanem al Quraishi. The immediate cause of the vote was al Quraishi,s decision on August 9 to reactivate his July 30 decision to drastical [...]	2008-08-11 16:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2539	PAPAL NUNCIO CLAIMS DECREASING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Advisor Krajeski and PolOffs on August 7, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Chullikatt claimed that there is decreasing support within the Christian community in northern Iraq for an autonomous zone as the solution to problems of security and marginalization. Fr [...]	2008-08-12 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KREF IZ
08BAGHDAD254	SENIOR DAWA OFFICIAL ON LTSR, SADRIST "GHOSTS," [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party CoR member Haidar al-Abadi told us January 27 that CoR ratification of any long-term strategic relationship (LTSR) agreement will likely turn on provisions governing legal immunity and the U.S. military's ability to arrest and detain Iraqi citizens. He claimed th [...]	2008-01-28 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2544	NINEWA: REOPENING OF MOSUL AIRPORT A KEY PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary: The re-opening of Mosul's civilian airport is a key priority in the economic development of Ninewa Province, both for short-term job-creation and for longer-term economic growth. Working with our partners in 1AD and 3ACR, and Embassy Baghdad, we are engaging the GOI in order to r [...]	2008-08-12 10:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2545	LEGAL CLAIMS AGAINST IRAQI ASSETS: WHAT NOW? [...] (C) An interagency team led by Principal Deputy Legal Adviser Joan Donoghue traveled to Baghdad July 18-24 to discuss with GOI officials the protection of Iraq's assets, the settlement of Iraq's remaining Saddam-era debt and commercial claims, and the resolution of Saddam-era personal injury s [...]	2008-08-12 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2552	MORE ON MUQTADA AL-SADR'S MUMAHIDOON [...] (C) Summary: Senior Sadrist Trend officials are working overtime in media interviews to tout "al-Mumahidoon," the newly-established unarmed wing of Muqtada al-Sadr's Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia, as a "social, cultural, and religious" entity. The Mumahidoon will purportedly abandon armed str [...]	2008-08-13 08:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2553	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH VISITS BAGHDAD [...] (C) The long awaited, once postponed, and highly secretive visit to Baghdad of Jordan's King Abdullah successfully took place August 12. On the ground for a relatively short time, Abdullah held a one hour meeting with PM Maliki (Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffaq al- [...]	2008-08-13 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
08BAGHDAD2555	IRAQ: MOI INTEL DEPUTY SAYS COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 12 meeting with POL-MIL Minister-Counselor and S/CT Regional Coordinator, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Intelligence said he considered cooperation between Syria and Iran to be a serious problem, including the likely return to Iraq of Special Groups [...]	2008-08-13 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2560	NINEWA: TWO PROMINENT SUNNI LEADERS CRITICIZE US [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two prominent Sunni leaders in Ninewa Province criticized the USG, claiming that we are backing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG); both said that US support for the redrawing of Ninewa's provincial boundaries would lead to violence in the province, and both criticized t [...]	2008-08-13 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2561	PRT TEAM LEADER'S CONFERENCE - MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The message of the July 6-7 Team Leader's Conference was clear: Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) must lay the groundwork for Iraqis to assume greater responsibility, which will occur sooner rather than later. State-DoD cooperation will be essential as DoD turns it [...]	2008-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREZ IZ
08BAGHDAD2575	SOUTH ANGRY WITH KURDS ABOUT KIRKUK, ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) In meetings with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray August 5-7, leaders in Babil and Najaf expressed disgust with Kurdish actions related to the provincial elections law, especially the July 31 vote by the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC) threatening annexation to the Kurdistan region (KRG). Both Sh [...]	2008-08-14 03:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2581	REAL ESTATE IN FALLUJAH [...] (U) This is an Anbar ePRT reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary: Household wealth in Fallujah city is likely approaching U.S. levels based on appreciating real estate prices and low levels of debt. On the other hand, the commercial real estate market remains an eyesore in Fallujah as many of the [...]	2008-08-14 06:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON INV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2582	ICRC TO INCREASE GOI DETENTION INSPECTIONS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PolOff and Embassy Legal Adviser on August 5, ICRC Iraq delegation members discussed their increased access to GOI detention facilities, ICRC support for USG efforts to obtain humane treatment assurances before transferring third country national detai [...]	2008-08-14 08:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ICRC PHUM KJUS PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2583	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2584	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2587	BABIL SHEIKHS PLAY KEY ROLE IN TRIBAL POLITICAL [...] (C) Meetings between Senior Advisor Gordon Gray and city council and tribal leaders in North Babil Province, carried out August 6-7, indicate that local tribal sheikhs are working actively with their counterparts in southern and western provinces to coordinate efforts in the upcoming provincia [...]	2008-08-14 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2588	A NEW GOI BIG PLAYER IN OIL? [...] (C) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals is reportedly seeking to expand into both upstream and downstream oil and gas projects, including technical service joint ventures with the oil majors. In addition, MIM wants to increase its role in mineral exploitation and transportation infrastructur [...]	2008-08-14 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN EIND EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD259	GOI MISHANDLES HIT AND RUN INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: A January 15 traffic incident involving Iraqi Chief Justice Medhat,s Protective Security Detail (PSD) and an Iraqi Army (IA) checkpoint led to death and injury, with school children among the victims. Iraqi authorities initially denied any involvement, claiming that a taxi had c [...]	2008-01-29 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2590	BABIL: SONS OF IRAQ TRANSITION KEY TO CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Separate walkabouts through the towns of Jurf as Sakhr (August 6) and Iskandariyah (August 7) -- both organized by the 4th Battalion/3rd Division -- indicated a security situation markedly improved from the previous year but still fragile. Local politicians and tribal leaders expressed [...]	2008-08-14 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2593	A GRIM VIEW FROM TIKRIT [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi-American community leader based in Tikrit, Salaheddin province, recently warned that public alienation from the local government was approaching dangerous levels. Hatem Mukhlis (strictly protect) described the provincial government as dominated by members of the Jabouri [...]	2008-08-14 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2595	MUTHANNA SHEIKHS ASK FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Two Muthanna sheikhs asked for U.S. assistance to combat Iranian interference in separate August 12 and 13 meetings with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray. While Sheikh Hakim Khashan presented a detailed political strategy and said he had formed alliances throughout central and southe [...]	2008-08-15 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2596	MOHR TO LEAD DRAFTING OF GOI HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) will lead GOI efforts on drafting a national human rights strategy based on a report MoHR completed in July outlining the principles for a national strategy. DRL granted $500,000 to American University (AU) to assist the MoHR and other min [...]	2008-08-15 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD26	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...]	2008-01-03 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD2605	UNEMPLOYMENT IN FALLUJAH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ANBAR EPRT REPORTING CABLE. 2. (U) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE GOI, FALLUJAH DISTRICT'S 15.9 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS LOWER THAN EXPECTED, AND MAY REFLECT A NORMALIZING ECONOMY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RATE ALSO REFLECTS A 15 PERCENT INCREASE [...]	2008-08-17 06:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD2606	(U) KARBALA RECEIVES NATIONAL INVESTMENT CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION (NIC) CHAIRMAN DR. AHMED RIDHA MET WITH POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN KARBALA ON AUGUST 5. HIS PREPARED REMARKS CONCERNING THE IMPERATIVE OF BOOSTING INVESTMENT IN THE PROVINCE WERE DELIVERED WITH EVIDENT CONVICTION AND APPEARED TO BE WELL RECE [...]	2008-08-17 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2607	NINEWA: SOME HAMDANIYA CHRISTIANS ARGUE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: During meetings in Mosul with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Tom Krajeski, Iraqi Assyrian groups from Hamdaniya District in Ninewa Province expressed varying views on the desirability of an autonomous Christian region and affiliation with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). [...]	2008-08-17 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2608	IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 10 REVIEWS SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 10 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on security operations in Diyala, budget execution, and the need for re-energized security operations in Mosul in the face of an up-tick of AQI and criminal [...]	2008-08-17 09:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD261	DHI QAR PRT: SHAYKH DECRIES ISLAMIC PARTIES, WANTS [...] (SBU) The information in this cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 3. (SBU) Summary: On January 23 Dhi Qar IPAO met with Shaykh Alwan Hakim al-Hamaid. Alwan claimed that his tribe has been ignored [...]	2008-01-29 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PTER POL PINR
08BAGHDAD2612	BLOODY THUMBPRINT ASIDE, NOT MUCH NEW IN SADR'S [...] (C) Summary: Issued on a Sadrist website and read aloud during Friday August 15 sermons at Sadrist-controlled mosques throughout Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr's "oath of allegiance" was purportedly signed and sealed with his own bloody thumbprint, and Sadr asked his followers to take a similar blood oa [...]	2008-08-17 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2613	KIRKUK: S/A KRAJESKI FINDS NO COMPROMISE IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor Thomas Krajeski traveled to Kirkuk August 13 to engage political leaders on the failed passage of the Provincial Elections Law and to encourage compromise from all sides toward a workable solution for the troubled province. Kurdish leaders made clear their desire [...]	2008-08-17 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2617	IRAQ FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraq Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) is an automated governmental accounting data tracking system, designed to increase the effectiveness and transparency of the GoI's accounting process. As of June 2007 when it was taken off line (following the abduction of [...]	2008-08-17 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2618	NINEWA: IMPROVED DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED KEROSENE [...] (C) Summary: Over the last two winters, Ninewa residents suffered from a severe shortage of kerosene, which they use for cooking and home heating in the province's sub-freezing winters. Hoping to avoid the long fuel lines and exorbitant black market kerosene rates of 2006 and 2007, provincial [...]	2008-08-17 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2628	THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PROMINENT SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Shi'a cleric told the Ambassador August 13 that Iraqis perceive significant security improvements, but stressed that regional engagement against foreign fighters would be key to sustaining this progress. Sayyed Mohammed Bahr al-Uloom and his two sons, politicians in th [...]	2008-08-18 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2629	MOH AGREES TO ANTI-ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT LANGUAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health has agreed to eliminate Arab League Boycott (ALB) language in all future procurement contracts. With this breakthrough, two of three areas in which the GOI had been using contracting language that violated U.S. anti-ALB legislation (trademark applications a [...]	2008-08-18 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPBT PREL EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2632	NINEWA: UPDATE ON AL-MISHRAQ SULFUR PLANT [...] (C) According to the facility's deputy manager, the al-Mishraq Sulfur Plant north of Qayyarah, Ninewa, has sold almost the entire stockpile of sulfur that had been mined before a catastrophic fire closed the plant in 2003. The deputy manager reported that the unrefined 70 to 80 percent pure s [...]	2008-08-18 07:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV EPET EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2638	OIL MINISTRY RENEGOTIATING CHINESE CONTRACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 11, the Ministry of Oil announced that it would renegotiate terms of a 1997 contract with the China National Petroleum Company to develop the Ahdab oil field in Wasit province. On August 17, Oil Minister Shahristani left on an overseas trip that reportedly would includ [...]	2008-08-18 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD264	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 1: MAKING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As violence drops, community life rebounds, and markets revive, substantial improvements in the security environment in Baghdad have precipitated a shift in attitude among many Baghdad residents. Locals seem buoyed by the fragile hope that the near future may be better than the [...]	2008-01-29 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2643	KARBALA CELEBRATES SECURE SHABANIYAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala officials and residents alike are breathing a sigh of relief after the annual Shabaniyah observance, which culminated in the early morning hours on September 17, passed without incident within the province (although violence was recorded in other provinces among pilgrim [...]	2008-08-18 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2644	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: REPORT FROM THE GOVERNORS, [...] (C) The Salah ad-Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein al-Jubara met with the PRT to discuss the results of the August 4-7 Baghdad conference for all provincial governors, which he and the Governor attended. SaD agenda items included: 1) increasing provincial budget allocations; 2) estab [...]	2008-08-19 03:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD2645	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAD SIGNS CONTRACT FOR [...] (C) On 11 August, Salah ad-Din (SaD) Province signed a contract with a Turkish company for the construction of a commercial airport and industrial area east of Tikrit. Provincial leaders expect the airport project to be a tremendous boon to the provincial economy, serving as a means for prospe [...]	2008-08-19 03:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON IR IZ KCRS PGOV PINS PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD265	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 2: IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a substantially improved security environment in Baghdad, local residents continue to stress that the battle for Baghdad is not yet won. Most importantly, they assert that the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Coalition have not achieved irreversible momentum toward the e [...]	2008-01-29 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2651	THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS OF LOCAL BUSINESSMEN [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad ePRT 2 and Embassy reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During a luncheon with Embassy econoffs and Baghdad ePRT #2 members, businessmen from the Karada district of Baghdad said lack of affordable credit and reliable electricity were the two biggest impe [...]	2008-08-19 11:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2657	NINEWA: PROVINCE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY IN [...] (C) Summary: Registration Voter totals in Ninewa exceed those of all other provinces, due partly to an aggressive information campaign organized by head elections official Abdel Khaleq al-Dabagh. Registering IDPs has been a particular priority, although progress has been slower. Serious secu [...]	2008-08-19 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2658	MEK ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ [...] (C) On August 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) provided a Diplomatic Note (text at para 3) regarding assurances of humane treatment for Mujahedin e-Khalq residents of Camp Ashraf, in response to our diplomatic note dated July 18 (ref B). The assurances are nearly identical to the re [...]	2008-08-20 03:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ

08BAGHDAD266	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 3: KEEPING MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Baghdad residents have warned Mission officers that the enemies of Iraq may regain the initiative in Baghdad if the Government of Iraq (GoI) fails to develop and implement coherent policies for a number of key issues. These issues include the future of Concerned Local Citizen [...]	2008-01-29 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ

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