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07CHENNAI363	BOMBING AT HISTORIC MOSQUE IN HYDERABAD KILLS FIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded at Hyderabad's historic Mecca Masjid, the city's oldest and largest mosque, today at approximately 1:25 p.m. local time, killing five people and injuring many others. The bomb detonated during Friday prayers when the mosque was filled with up to 10,000 worshi [...]	2007-05-18 13:39:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IN KISL PGOV PTER

07CHENNAI500	SOUTH INDIAN COPS CONFIDENT THEY CAN HANDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aggressive police activity in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has pushed the Maoists (also known as the Communist Party of India - Maoist and/or "Naxalites") into neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, both of which historically have seen less Maoist activity. However, p [...]	2007-08-10 09:55:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	IN PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI
07CHENNAI541	HYDERABAD TERROR GROUPS HAVE INTERNATIONAL LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging conversation only days before the August 25 bombings in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh's Police Intelligence Chief told post that his office closely monitors 40 to 50 Indian nationals in Hyderabad who have links to Islamic terrorist groups. He said many of these y [...]	2007-08-29 10:47:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER
07CHIANGMAI101	ANOTHER SHAN REFUGEE SETTLEMENT CAUGHT IN NO-MAN'S LAND [...] (U) Human rights organizations have protested that a Royal Thai Army unit last month forced villagers fleeing unrest in Shan State to move from a settlement within sight of the Thai border to a location further inside Burma. Several Shan NGOs based in northern Thailand wrote to Thai Prime Minis [...]	2007-06-06 09:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PINS PGOV TH BM
07CHIANGMAI107	"TARNISHED EAGLE" AFTERMATH SEEN AS EASING PETCHABUN REFUGEE [...] (U) Summary. Thai security officials see the June 4 arrests of former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao and his associates in the US as likely to have positive effects on the protracted problems of Hmong refugees and anti-Vientiane Hmong along the Thai-Lao border. End summary 2. (C) National Inte [...]	2007-06-13 01:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
07CHIANGMAI114	PROXY POLITICS AT PLAY IN CHIANG MAI MAYORAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Although seven candidates are on the ballot for Chiang Mai's mayoral election on Sunday, the ostensibly non-partisan race is boiling down to how well Thai Rak Thai (TRT) proxies will do against opposition from the military and other anti-Thaksin elements. The outcome and contro [...]	2007-06-21 07:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI116	CHIANG MAI SERVES AS BASE FOR CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Chiang Mai's large foreign Christian community provides a safe base for religious groups engaged in quiet work elsewhere in the region. While most do not identify their activities to the Consulate, our presence and American citizen services contribute to Chiang Mai's appeal for t [...]	2007-06-26 06:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PREL KIRF SOCI OEXC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI127	BURMESE EXILES FRET OVER SUPPOSED WEAKENING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Exile Burmese leaders in northern Thailand have approached ConGen staff in the past few weeks to voice concern that the U.S. might retreat from its current sanctions policy on Burma. Several prominent leaders have told PolOff they interpret recent comments by influential figures in the U.S. [...]	2007-07-16 09:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV TH BM
07CHIANGMAI139	CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS GOING GETTING TOUGHER IN [...] (C) It is getting tougher to operate in western China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the head of the "Friends of China" (FOC) Christian group's Chiang Mai office. Although FOC - which has been placing teachers and developmental workers in China for 20 years - has never had a [...]	2007-08-27 08:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI CASC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI151	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: NEW ARRIVALS OUTSTRIP RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Over 1,400 North Korean refugees are expected to cross into Thailand during 2007, according to projections by officials in Northern Thailand. This flow is outstripping the pace of resettlement of the refugees in South Korea and elsewhere, and worsening crowding conditions in Thailand's im [...]	2007-09-14 07:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KN KS CH TH
07CHIANGMAI156	NORTHERN THAI ACTIVISTS PREDICT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) A violent government crackdown against ongoing protests in Burma is the likeliest scenario seen by northern Thai-based activists and NGOs who met with CG and visiting Thailand Desk Officer September 25. As a first step, they anticipate the GOB will attempt to cut off protestors' communica [...]	2007-09-26 11:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM CH IN
07CHIANGMAI157	BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...]	2007-09-28 10:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA
07CHIANGMAI169	BURMA ACTIVISTS CITE NEED TO "CREATE SPACE" FOR [...] (C) The outside world needs to create space for pro-democracy forces inside Burma to recover and rise up again, visiting DCM was told by Chiang Mai-based Burma activists. Specifically, high-level personal diplomacy must maintain pressure on regime leaders to ease the brutal crackdown, and con [...]	2007-10-19 11:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR ECON BM TH
07CHIANGMAI173	THAI ARMY PROVIDES GLIMPSE ACROSS BURMESE BORDER [...] (C) A recent visit with a Thai military unit on the Burmese border showed business as usual. An uneasy truce holds among Burmese troops and two armed ethnic groups in the area. Thai drug interdiction efforts there have reportedly had success locally, but have only diverted the Burma-based tr [...]	2007-10-26 09:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF BM TH SNAR
07CHIANGMAI177	SMALLER PARTIES CASH-STRAPPED, TALK OF MERGER [...] (C) High-level representatives of the Matchima, Ruamchai Thai Chart Pattana, Pracharat, Phua Phaen Din (Motherland),and Rak Chat Thai parties are currently in discussions about their political future, according to prospective Rak Chat Thai candidate Palangkool Wongluekiat and a Phua Phaen Din [...]	2007-11-08 05:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI179	MAE SOT: REFUGEES BEMOAN BURMESE EXILES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (C) Political infighting among the exiles in Thailand came as a surprise to recent arrivals fleeing the violent crackdown in Burma. The number of Burmese crossing into Thailand since the regime cracked down on demonstrations in September remains steady, but several contacts pointed to signs t [...]	2007-11-14 10:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM BM TH
07CHIANGMAI182	THAKSIN LOYALISTS POISED TO RECAPTURE NORTH [...] (SBU) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) is expected to win 55 to 65 of the 77 constituency seats up for grabs in northern Thailand, observers report. This would be less than the 71 constituent seats swept by the former Prime Minister's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in the 2005 election [...]	2007-11-15 07:42:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI185	NORTHERN VILLAGERS EXPECT RTG TO TRY TO LIMIT PPP SUCCESS [...] (C) While candidates prepare their campaigns in the run-up to the December 23 election, government officials are gearing up to closely monitor political activity in northern Thailand, a stronghold for the former Thai Rak Thai party. Politicians, academics, and village leaders across the north [...]	2007-11-16 09:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
07CHIANGMAI188	FREE BURMA RANGERS: PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; NOT [...] (C) The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) provide humanitarian assistance and do not funnel weapons to armed groups that oppose the Burmese regime, FBR contacts told us in separate meetings on November 6 and 7. FBR's main mission is to provide assistance to civilians in conflict areas, they emphasized [...]	2007-11-26 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM MOPS BM TH
07CHIANGMAI192	OPPONENTS TAKE AIM AT PRO-THAKSIN FRONT-RUNNER [...] (SBU) Competing political parties are trying to make inroads in northern Thailand, a stronghold of former Prime Minister Thaksin and the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The opposing parties believe PPP, lacking the advantages of incumbency and under close scrutiny by election authorit [...]	2007-12-04 10:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07CHIANGMAI193	PLIGHT OF "LONG-NECK" KARENNI WOMEN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) The detention, fining, and relocation by Thai police of six ethnic Karenni women, also known as "Long-Neck" Karen, for working as entertainers at a resort in Chiang Mai highlight several shortcomings in Thai policy toward Hill Tribe and refugee populations. Had one of the women's village l [...]	2007-12-07 01:37:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH BM
07CHIANGMAI200	LOCAL MOI OFFICIAL ADMITS RAIDS IN CHIANG RAI TARGET PPP AND [...] (C) Raids in Chiang Rai Province in October and November by military and police officials targeted "old power" and vote buying, Association of Kamnan (local government leaders) and Village Heads of Northern Thailand President Inwan Bangnguen told Consulate staff on a Dec. 5 trip to Chiang Rai. [...]	2007-12-18 04:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS TH LA CH
07CHIANGMAI202	ELECTION COMMISSIONS: A TALE OF TWO PROVINCES [...] (C) At provincial Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) offices in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai Provinces, we heard two very different assessments of the road ahead leading up to the election on December 23 and its aftermath. While the Chiang Rai ECT's most pressing concern is natural disasters t [...]	2007-12-21 08:09:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI203	BURMESE ARMY POSSIBLY PREPARING FOR KAREN STATE OFFENSIVE [...] (C) The Burma Army (BA) is deploying more soldiers than usual to Karen State in possible preparation for a new offensive, according to Free Burma Rangers (FBR) and Karen National Union (KNU) contacts. Normally, the BA maintains a 40-50-battalion strong presence in the area with new units rotat [...]	2007-12-28 04:46:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PREF BM TH
07CHIANGMAI22	KNU RIFT WIDENS [...] (U) Summary: A growing split among leaders of the Karen resistance to the Burmese military government has broken into the open in the wake of the Dec. 26 funeral of long-time Karen National Union (KNU) leader Bo Mya. Thai observers are concerned that the dispute will further weaken the KNU [...]	2007-02-05 10:28:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI63	TENSIONS ON THAI-BURMA FRONTIER LEAD TO BORDER CLOSINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions have increased along the Thai-Burma border over the past few weeks, leading to the closure of most border crossings. Likely causes for the tensions include a renewed Burma Army offensive in the Karen State and a handful of altercations involving military and police forces [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI70	KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON'T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN [...] (C/NF) Fighting along the Thai-Burma border is unlikely to spill into the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand's Tak province, according to the ethnic factions involved in recent clashes. Karen groups on both sides of the conflict share an interest in protecting the camp and other Karen settlements [...]	2007-04-18 10:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PREF TH BM
07CHIANGMAI85	KAREN GROUP SAYS SPDC REJECTED THAI ARMY OFFER TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Northern Thailand-based Burma exiles told the Consulate that Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) recently rejected a Royal Thai Army (RTA) offer to negotiate a ceasefire with the Karen National Union (KNU). Sources said that representatives of a Thai special force [...]	2007-05-10 08:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI93	ANTI-CNS RUMORS BOIL OVER IN NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Rumors of political undercurrents aligned against the Council for National Security (CNS) are percolating in northern Thailand, with northernmost Chiang Rai a hotspot for gossip on the machinations of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, his politically connected relatives, an [...]	2007-05-21 10:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
07CHISINAU1273	PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...]	2007-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD
07CHISINAU1275	TRANSNISTRIA: SMIRNOV'S POWER WEAKENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Transnistria's (TN) economic situation deteriorating, "President" Smirnov is showing unprecedented signs of weakness, and the previously unquestioned position of the TN leader now seems increasingly uncertain. While TN leaders formerly presented a united front, in recent mee [...]	2007-10-22 15:08:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1281	PM TARLEV UPBEAT ON USG CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Kramer briefed Prime Minister Tarlev on U.S. efforts to persuade Russia not to suspend participation on CFE. Tarlev appreciated our efforts and stressed that getting Russian forces out of Transnistria soon would help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Kramer's urging of [...]	2007-10-23 14:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
07CHISINAU1282	SPEAKER LUPU READY TO ENGAGE TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his meeting with Speaker Marian Lupu, EUR DAS David Kramer briefed Lupu on the Transnistrian (TN) negotiations and recent developments in Moscow, noting Chisinau's positive public diplomacy contributions. Lupu raised his willingness to start an inter-parliamentary dialogue [...]	2007-10-23 14:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
07CHISINAU1283	FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...]	2007-10-23 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD
07CHISINAU1284	MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07CHISINAU1301	TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...]	2007-10-25 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1318	WILL SPEAKER LUPU STAY WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY? [...] (C) Summary: Despite widespread rumors that he may split from the Communist Party (PCRM) in the wake of his public disagreements with President Voronin, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Marian Lupu may stay with the PCRM in the hopes of succeeding Voronin and transforming the PCRM into a mo [...]	2007-10-30 13:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR MD
07CHISINAU1330	CHISINAU ESTABLISHING SEVEN WORKING GROUPS ON [...] (C) Summary: As a follow up to President Voronin's confidence-building outreach to Transnistria (TN),the Government of Moldova is establishing seven working groups to elaborate specific projects for normalizing relations. Transnistria's "foreign minister" has already indicated interest in roa [...]	2007-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV EAID MD
07CHISINAU1331	IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Because of its constitutional neutrality, Moldova sends its officers and soldiers abroad only to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian operations under a specific mandate, such as UN or OSCE, and for a specific purpose. For Iraq, the Moldovan soldiers officially deploy at the r [...]	2007-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ MD
07CHISINAU1362	SHEVCHUK: MOLDOVA NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 9 meeting with Transnistria's Parliamentary Speaker Evgeny Shevchuk took place against the backdrop of a controversial decree adopted by the Government of Moldova on November 7, requiring that all TN vehicles register with Chisinau. Shevchuk charged tha [...]	2007-11-14 05:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1366	SOVA: THE GOODWILL IS GONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 meeting we had requested to discuss the Moldovan decree on vehicle registration, Minister for Reintegration Sova lost no time in expressing his ire at Transnistrian "foreign minister" Litskai. Litskai had agreed to meet Sova by November 10, but instead had avoidin [...]	2007-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE KCFE MD
07CHISINAU1367	NO VORONIN-ZUBAKOV AGREEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA; [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the DCM, Presidential advisor Marc Tkaciuk categorically denied the existence of any agreement made between President Voronin and Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov. The meeting with Zubakov mostly concerned domestic political issues and th [...]	2007-11-14 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV TN GM RS MD
07CHISINAU1377	VORONIN PERCEIVES KREMLIN-MFA SPLIT ON MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Voronin said his meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Yuri Zubakov produced little forward movement on Transnistria (TN). Instead, the meeting showed Voronin that the Russian MFA and Kremlin seeme [...]	2007-11-20 11:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV RS TN MD
07CHISINAU1382	THE CHALLENGES OF INVESTING IN MOLDOVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Moldova (GOM) has adopted measures to attract foreign investment, the business climate remains uneven. In 2006, Moldova achieved record foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD 240 million and 2007 continues to show a positive trend. However, FDI inflows [...]	2007-11-23 14:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1383	MOLDOVA MEDIA MACHINATIONS [...] (C) On November 17, John Maxemchuk (protect),General Director of Sun Communications, an American joint-venture cable and internet service provider, told Econoff of a request made to his company to stop the transmission of television channels that compete with pro-President Voronin television [...]	2007-11-23 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1400	LITSKAI: HEADING TO MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai intends to travel to Madrid for consultations on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. In a November 23 meeting, Litskai told Ambassador Kirby he expected the Finns would provide much better leadership for OSCE than the Spanish had. Whi [...]	2007-11-27 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1406	SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...]	2007-11-29 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1477	REFUSED ENTRY INTO TRANSNISTRIA [...] (U) On December 14 the Ambassador set out for Tiraspol, accompanied by MCC Director for Moldova Chris Williams, Pol/Econ Section Chief Daria Fane, Interpreter Vlad Kulminsky and a security follow car. At the Transnistrian border checkpoint the delegation was informed that the Ambassador could [...]	2007-12-14 13:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1486	LUPU: BALACED AND HELPFUL [...] (C) Sumary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassdor December 17, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu continued to be very interested in visiting the .S. to meet Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He promised tohelp get a bilateral Article 98 agreement signed to take steps to have a new Moldovan TIP Co [...]	2007-12-18 10:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1505	STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD
07CHISINAU1520	MOLDOVAN ENERGY WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moldovan energy sector continues to suffer from political manipulations, which in a society accustomed to government subsidies prevents charging full cost-recovery tariffs for increasingly more expensive natural gas, electricity, and heating. According to recent media reports [...]	2007-12-28 15:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MD
07COLOMBO100	SRI LANKA: INTERNATIONAL NGOS FACE CLIMATE OF [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the government appear to be orchestrating a campaign against international NGOs, particularly those working in LTTE-controlled areas. On January 11, a mob led by the nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party stormed the Colombo office of the Dutch NGO ZOA Refugee [...]	2007-01-17 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1003	EASTERN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (U) On July 16, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Council H.M. Herath Abeyweera in his office in Trincomalee. The gunmen fired several rounds at point blank range before fleeing the scene. It is unclear how the assailants were able to enter Abeyw [...]	2007-07-17 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1016	COLOMBO CELEBRATION MARKS VICTORY IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 19 the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) held a ceremony in Colombo's Independence Square to celebrate the military victory in the East. The U.S., United Kingdom, and India sent their Defense Attaches to observe, while many countries opted not to attend at all. The Preside [...]	2007-07-19 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1017	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE ACSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties are trying to make political hay out of the GSL's execution of an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the USG. At the time it was signed on March 5, 2007, by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Ambassador Blake, Embassy issued a short [...]	2007-07-19 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1020	MAIN OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, the leading opposition United National Party and the recently-formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party/Mahajana (SLFP/M) wing (ref) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement stipulates that the two groups will jointly contest future elections. It outlines th [...]	2007-07-20 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1023	SRI LANKA: POLICE FORCES KILL TAMIL TIGER LEADER [...] (SBU) Elite Sri Lankan police officers known as Special Task Forces (STF) killed six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres on Saturday, July 21, including the Ampara area leader known as Ravindran, recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition. The STF reported that its raid was in [...]	2007-07-23 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1025	SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [...] (C) Charge and Pol Chief met Foreign Minister Bogollagama on July 20 and informed him according to reftel that the U.S. could not provide Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to the Sri Lankan military at this time. Charge explained that the U.S. interagency process had determined that the targeting and [...]	2007-07-24 02:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MASS
07COLOMBO1029	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MODERATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representative of the President's party on the committee to develop a consensus devolution proposal told Charge on June 23 he was confident President Rajapaksa would accept the consensus on power-sharing with the regions and the country's minorities. Foreign Minister Bogollag [...]	2007-07-24 23:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1031	SRI LANKA: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY ENGAGES [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Charge and Poloff called on Secretary of the Ministry of Child Development and Women's SIPDIS Empowerment Indrani Sugathadasa to brief her on Sri Lanka's Tier 2 Watch List status and discuss Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to address trafficking of women and [...]	2007-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KWMN KPAO ELAB KCRM SOCI
07COLOMBO1036	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN JAFFNA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions in the military-controlled portion of the Jaffna peninsula are deteriorating, with eight extra-judicial killings in just three days and 21 dead in the past two weeks. Among the dead is a Tamil employee of the Danish Refugee Council, who was shot twice in the face at [...]	2007-07-25 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1045	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS FOR "UP-COUNTRY" TAMILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5 million Tamils, mostly of Indian origin and often referred to as "Up-Country" Tamils, working on tea, rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Plantation exports account for more than 50 percent of Sri Lanka's gross domestic product, but the Govern [...]	2007-07-27 07:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1048	OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS SIGNIFICANT CROWD AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the newly formed United National Party/Sri Lanka Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing alliance, now called the National Congress, held its first public rally at Colombo's Hyde Park with the theme "Country is ruined. Come forward." Rumors that the Government would try to preve [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1054	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on July 27 allowed a case filed by the Sinhalese nationalist parties against the constitutionality of the CFA to proceed. The Court of Appeals had previously dismissed the suit. The line of questioning by Chief Justice Silva may give an indication that he inte [...]	2007-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa is losing support among his political base in southern coastal towns to former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, whose recent alliance with the United National Party (UNP) has re-energized the opposition. In an effort to sway public opinion in his favor, [...]	2007-08-01 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1078	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ENDS CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time Embassy interlocutors in Jaffna, including those who met with Assistant Secretary Boucher in May 2007, report that they continue to feel pressure from the government, particularly the Jaffna military commander. Contacts have told us that in addition to the GSL curtailin [...]	2007-08-03 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1079	SRI LANKA: DEFECTIONS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Party leader, Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman, and four out of five CWC Members of Parliament announced they would no longer vote with the President's coalition. The one CWC parliam [...]	2007-08-03 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1087	MALDIVES: KEY GOVERNMENT REFORMERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Attorney General Hassan Saeed and Justice Minister Mohamed Jameel, both leading members of the "New Maldives" group of reform-minded ministers, resigned from Government, accusing the President of obstructing the reform process. Local press and POL section contacts [...]	2007-08-06 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO109	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL ON TRACK, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tissa Vitharana, Chair of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC),has culled common elements from several devolution proposals and offered a compromise document for discussion within the committee. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Vitharana explained that he ba [...]	2007-01-19 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1103	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...]	2007-08-09 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Defense Secretary (and brother of the President) Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Charge and Pol Chief on August 9 of his plans to stabilize the security environment in Sri Lanka's East, where government forces recently routed the remaining regular Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces. [...]	2007-08-13 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO112	SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1123	SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT UN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes visited Sri Lanka from August 6-9, the first high-level UN visit to Sri Lanka in almost a year. Holmes met with senior Government officials, attended the first year anniversary of the killing of 17 Action Against Hun [...]	2007-08-14 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1127	SRI LANKA: COMPROMISE ON DEVOLUTION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] SUMMARY: The deal the President put together on devolution (reftel) has come under fire from Sinhalese hardliners, delaying its approval for at least several days, perhaps much longer. The radical Sinhalese Buddhist monk-based party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) objected to the compromise, insi [...]	2007-08-15 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO115	SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY LEADER ACCUSES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakim complained to Ambassador on January 19 that the President's brother and senior political advisor Basil Rajapaksa had employed strong-arm tactics to induce members of his party to join the government. Hakim said, however, that he was s [...]	2007-01-19 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1161	MALDIVES: REFORM-MINDED FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, key Government reformer and Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed resigned from his post, joining the Attorney General and Justice Minister who resigned earlier this month (ref a). Embassy contacts tell us that Shaheed had several reasons to resign, including a scheduled [...]	2007-08-22 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1165	SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...]	2007-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1166	MALDIVES: NEW FOREIGN, JUSTICE MINISTERS NAMED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gayoom on August 23 appointed two new cabinet ministers, Abdullah Shahid as Foreign Minister and Mohamed Muiz Adnan as Justice Minister. Shahid and Muiz were previously both senior officials in their respective ministries. In addition to the new ministers, Gayoom has [...]	2007-08-24 09:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1168	SRI LANKA: NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO END SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna (JVP) has threatened to withdraw its support from outside for the government if the All-Party Representative Committee consensus in favor of meaningful devolution to the provinces is allowed to stand. The JVP insists on retainin [...]	2007-08-27 09:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1170	FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS DEVOLUTION [...] Summary: In an August 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Bogollagama and Ambassador reviewed human rights, the status of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) deliberations, and a request by the Foreign Minister to meet the Secretary anytime between October 4 and 8 in Washington. The Amb [...]	2007-08-27 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1171	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REASSURED AFTER MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) held its third plenary meeting with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) August 17 - 20. The positive tone of the meeting reassured even skeptics within the IIGEP. U.S. Eminent Person Gene Dewey noted that the possibilit [...]	2007-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1184	"NEW MALDIVES" MINISTERS WHO RESIGNED PREDICT [...] (C) Summary: At a private dinner on 8/29 hosted by Ambassador, the three leading "New Maldives" advocates for political reform, all of whom resigned from the government in recent days, candidly discussed the bleak outlook for political reform and the unsuccessful negotiations they had with Pr [...]	2007-08-30 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1186	MALDIVES: PRESIDENT GAYOOM SAYS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Maldives President Gayoom told Ambassador August 28 that the country's August 18 referendum had been "well-organized," "in general, free and fair," and had produced an outcome of 62 percent in favor of a "U.S.-style" presidential system. Opposition Maldives Democratic Party leade [...]	2007-08-30 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWWW ETRD EAID MV
07COLOMBO1188	SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...]	2007-08-30 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1207	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN MANNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) began a military offensive on August 27 to clear Silavaturai and neighboring villages in southwestern Mannar district of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres. About four thousand civilians are reportedly displaced by the fighting. UN interlo [...]	2007-09-04 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1216	MALDIVES: FINAL REFERENDUM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT [...] SUMMARY: On August 28, the Election Commission announced the final results of the August 18 referendum to decide on Maldives' future system of governance. 95,619 voters endorsed the presidential system, while 58,504 supported the parliamentary system. The final results do not require the app [...]	2007-09-05 08:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1225	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...]	2007-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1232	SRI LANKAN PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO U.S. - [...] (C) As Washington prepares for a busy fall, post thought it would be useful to provide a brief snapshot of where we stand on the key issues in our agenda with Sri Lanka; the outlook for the fall; and what specific steps the U.S. can take to advance our interests here. A number of factors have [...]	2007-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO124	MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO QUIET [...] (C) During a January 16 trip to Male', Ambassador encouraged Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed to consider establishing LOW-KEY diplomatic contacts with Israeli officials with a view to establishing full diplomatic relations at a future date. (Note: The Ambassador had earlier discussed this [...]	2007-01-22 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1254	MALDIVES: RESIGNED MINISTERS CONTINUE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed, Justice Minister Mohamed Jameel, and Attorney General Hassan Saeed, the key advocates for reform within the Government until their resignations last month (refs d and e),are reportedly considering joining the opposition Maldivian Democra [...]	2007-09-12 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1260	SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...]	2007-09-12 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO127	SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
07COLOMBO13	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKES KILL 16 [...] (C) Summary: On January 2 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a northwestern coastal area near Mannar. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website Tamilnet reported that 16 civilians died in the air strike. Government officials countered that the SLAF targeted and hit a known Sea Tig [...]	2007-01-04 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO130	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS TO MEND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met opposition leader Wickremesinghe on January 22 to urge him to seek common ground with his UNP critics, including leading dissident Karu Jayasuriya. Our only interest was in supporting the peace process, Ambassador noted, but the current round of political wrangli [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1322	SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) has made substantial progress on drafting its devolution proposal, but remains stuck on some final key issues. The President, under pressure from his Sinhalese base to stick to the "unitary state" concept, has decided to delay action [...]	2007-09-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO133	SRI LANKA: DEATH THREATS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary. Death threats are aggravating the atmosphere of intimidation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-two individuals, mostly anti-war advocates and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizers, received death threats in January from a shadowy Sinhalese ultra-nationalist group called the " [...]	2007-01-23 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO134	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called an evening meeting with Ambassador Blake on January 22. Kohona expressed concern that a pending public letter from U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone to the White House would call for a special international envoy to investigate human rights. [...]	2007-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1349	DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on September 28 with Basil Rajapaksa, the President's brother, senior political advisor, and coordinator of the stabilization and reconstruction program in the east, to discuss the opportunities and risks in the east (reftels). Rajapaksa acknowledged the need to stop ill [...]	2007-10-01 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID CE
07COLOMBO135	MALDIVES: A NEED TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met government officials and the leader of the opposition in Male' on January 16 to discuss the lagging democratic reform process. Ambassador also promoted the Maldives' purchase of Boeing aircraft and a potential joint venture with an American wind power firm. Int [...]	2007-01-23 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV

07COLOMBO1369	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ASSESSES STABILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch on October 3 with Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that his breakaway faction from the ruling SLFP party and the opposition UNP have not yet been able to persuade the JVP to vote against the Government in November, mostly because the JVP st [...]	2007-10-04 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1372	MEETING WITH NATIONALIST JVP PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for a spirited but cordial hour with JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa, on October 1 at the JVP Party-Headquarters. Weerawansa expressed dissatisfaction with President Rajapaksa's failure to reduce inflation and corruption but said the JVP has not decid [...]	2007-10-04 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1384	SRI LANKA PROTESTS IMPROMPTU VISIT BY ICELANDIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Icelandic diplomat on a tourist visa paid an impromptu visit to the Tamil Tiger de facto capital, Kilinochchi. Icelandic FSO Bjarni Vestmann, who apparently was under consideration for a position with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),decided to accompany the SLMM on [...]	2007-10-05 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO140	SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER CONSIDERS CLEARING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met with Army Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka on January 23 following the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) victory in the eastern Tiger (LTTE) strong hold of Vakarai (ref B). Fonseka estimated that the LTTE had been significantly weakened by two and a half months of [...]	2007-01-24 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1407	ARBOUR PROVIDES INTERIM READOUT OF HER VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: At a working lunch on October 11 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed doubt that she will be able to negotiate during this trip an increase in the staff of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombo with a broad mandate. She wants t [...]	2007-10-11 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC CE
07COLOMBO1421	ARBOUR CONCLUDES DISAPPOINTING TRIP TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour completed a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on October 14. UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne told Ambassador that Arbour was disappointed in the outcome of her visit and disturbed by the magnitude of the human rights problems [...]	2007-10-15 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1425	SRI LANKA: TIGERS STAGE A RAID DEEP IN THE [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base in Yala National Sanctuary, located deep in the predominantly Sinhalese portion of the South. Tamilnet, a pro-LTTE web site, reported that Tigers took a cache of weapons and set the camp ab [...]	2007-10-16 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1428	TAMIL LEADER REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT, THE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 08:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1439	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO IRAN TO [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa plans to make a state visit to Iran, probably in December. The focus of the visit will be on trade. Iran is Sri Lanka's sixth largest trading partner -- it provides half of Sri Lanka's crude oil imports and is the fourth largest buyer of Sri Lanka's tea. With [...]	2007-10-19 05:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL KNNP IR CE
07COLOMBO1444	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS ATTACK NORTH CENTRAL AIR [...] (C) Before daybreak on October 21, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a ground attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) base in Anuradhapura, 210 kilometers north-east of Colombo. Less than an hour later, two LTTE light aircraft dropped bombs over the base, hitting an air [...]	2007-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1459	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES WEAK RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on October 23 provided Charge with an Aide Memoire response to U/S Burns' request for additional information on the GSL's progress on human rights indictments and convictions. The GSL document, although constructive rather than defensive in [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1479	SRI LANKA: AIR BASE ATTACK RESULTS IN HEAVY [...] SUMMARY: Reports of damage from the October 21 attack on the Anuradhapura air base (ref A) remain varied. The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) reports 8 aircraft destroyed and 14 SLAF casualties, including two pilots. According to a U.S. defense contractor, approximately 75 percent of the SLAF's [...]	2007-10-30 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO148	SRI LANKA: ATTITUDE SURVEY REVEALS SINHALESE VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Sri Lankan think tank, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, recently released a study intended to provide a measure of public confidence in the peace process and public opinion on resolving the conflict. This attitude survey provides valuable insight into the views of the maj [...]	2007-01-24 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1484	SRI LANKA: UN BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour did not call publicly for an international human rights monitoring mission during her recent visit here. However, she made her desire for international monitoring clear to Sri Lankan government officials in private. The GSL i [...]	2007-10-31 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1492	SRI LANKA TO ENDORSE UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1509	SRI LANKA: TIGER POLITICAL WING HEAD KILLED IN AIR [...] (U) LTTE Headquarters announced in a press release on November 2 that LTTE political chief and lead peace negotiator S.P. Thamilchelvan was killed at about 6 a.m. in a Sri Lankan Air Force attack near the LTTE de facto capital of Kilinochchi. Five other LTTE officers, including Lt Col. Anpun [...]	2007-11-02 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV CE
07COLOMBO152	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT STRUGGLING IN ATTEMPT TO WOO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has yet to announce his anticipated cabinet reshuffle, leading to confusion and speculation in the media and among our political contacts. The Rajapaksa team is struggling to eke out a bare majority of the parliamentary seats. Both the governing Sri Lanka Fre [...]	2007-01-25 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO1523	SRI LANKA: TAMILCHELVAN'S DEATH - AFTERMATH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE Police Chief Nadesan has replaced the deceased Tamilchelvan as head of the LTTE political wing, but will continue to serve as head of the LTTE "police." A former Sri Lankan government peace negotiator noted that Nadesan has little experience in the negotiating field. A No [...]	2007-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR CE
07COLOMBO1526	SRI LANKA: GSL HELPED KARUNA ENTER UK ON FALSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK High Commissioner Dominic Chilcott briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on November 7 on the arrest of TMVP leader Karuna Amman for entering the UK on a false Sri Lankan diplomatic passport. Chilcott said there is no question that the GSL, with high-level authorization, knowingly iss [...]	2007-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CVIS CE
07COLOMBO1527	SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS SEE LITTLE PROSPECT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on November 5 concluded there will be little scope for promoting new peace talks in the next several months. Participants agreed to propose to capitals that the Co-Chairs principals meet during the first quarter of 2008 in Tokyo. Sever [...]	2007-11-08 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR CE
07COLOMBO1528	SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...]	2007-11-08 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE
07COLOMBO153	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS FEAR "ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with three Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a party which shares the political goals of the LTTE, on January 24. The Tamil representatives said they feared an "ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing" of Tamils from the east. Ambassador ex [...]	2007-01-25 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1532	MALDIVES: ENCOURAGING PROGRESS ON CONSTITUTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of U.S.-Maldives Friendship Week from November 4-6, Ambassador and Poloffs met a number of contacts to discuss the progress of democratic reform in Maldives. Most contacts reported a renewed sense of cooperation between the government and opposition and encoura [...]	2007-11-09 09:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1533	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama requested a meeting with Ambassador on November 7 to follow up on Under Secretary Burns's October meetings with President Rajapaksa SIPDIS in New York and the Foreign Minister in Washington (reftel). He and his staff expressed frustration at their l [...]	2007-11-09 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO154	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CLERGY FACE [...] (C) Summary: Catholic and Protestant clergy engaged in human rights work in the predominantly Tamil North and East report they have received death threats from elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and their allied paramilitaries, including that of Social Development M [...]	2007-01-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1542	MEETING WITH SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador and EU Head of Mission Wilson met with Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on November 13 to present a list of incidents reported by NGOs operating in eastern Sri Lanka in the last year perpetrated by the paramilitary Karuna Group. Secretary Rajapaksa admitted such incidents were stil [...]	2007-11-14 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1551	SRI LANKA: BUDGET VOTE A CLIFFHANGER AS JVP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the principal Sinhalese nationalist party, the JVP, with 37 seats in Parliament, told a rally of supporters on November 13 that the party would not support the government on the crucial budget vote unless its conditions were met. He demanded that the President agree [...]	2007-11-15 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1554	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO1562	SRI LANKA: GSL ARM-TWISTING SUCCEEDS IN GETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government came to its own rescue in a must-win budget vote, using every means at its disposal to ensure passage of its budget in the second reading. President Rajapaksa was once again able to outmaneuver opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. In the process, Rajapaksa repo [...]	2007-11-19 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1565	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador informed the Government of Sri Lanka the evening of November 15 of the forthcoming U.S. designation of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation shortly before Treasury's Washington announcement of the Executive Order 13224 designation. The government welcomed [...]	2007-11-20 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO1582	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS FRUSTRATED, DECIDE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of the International Independent Panel of Eminent Persons assisting the Sri Lankan Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses feel their efforts have been stymied and concluded they can do little more to influence events in a positive way. A letter [...]	2007-11-23 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1588	MALDIVES: CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSAL TO DISQUALIFY [...] (SBU) On November 24, pro-government members of the Special Majlis (constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution) put forward two proposed changes which would effectively bar former Attorney General Hassan Saeed from running in the country's first multi-candidate Presidential [...]	2007-11-26 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MV
07COLOMBO1601	LTTE CHIEF SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, LTTE supremo Prabhakaran reiterated his litany of charges against the majority Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. However, Prabhakaran went further than he has before in condemning what he sees as the international community's passivity in the [...]	2007-11-28 13:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: TIGERS RESUME ATTACKS IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded near a clothing store in a crowded shopping mall in Nugegoda, a southern suburb of Colombo, at 5:55 p.m. on November 28. The attack may have been a reprisal for an alleged attack on a bus transporting schoolchildren near the Tamil Tiger de facto capital of Kil [...]	2007-11-29 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1616	SRI LANKA: ARMY, POLICE ROUND UP TAMILS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30 - December 3, Sri Lankan security forces conducted random arrests and cordon and search operations, rounding up approximately 2500 Tamils in Colombo and suburbs and perhaps 3500 island-wide. Some of the detainees were released within hours, others were transported [...]	2007-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO162	SUPPORTING A BELEAGUERED TAMIL PRESS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO called on beleaguered Tamil dailies "Tinakkural" and Sudar Oli" to demonstrate support for a free press. Ambassador agreed to try to help solve specific problems with their Jaffna editions, in immediate danger of closing due to lack of newsprint and other suppli [...]	2007-01-26 09:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1641	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting on December 7, Israel's new Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mark Sofer (who is resident in New Delhi) told Ambassador that after presenting his credentials to President Rajapaksa and several days of consultations in Colombo he had noted considerable pessimism about the [...]	2007-12-07 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE IR IS
07COLOMBO1656	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third and final reading of the budget on December 14 is shaping up as a battle royal for the government's survival -- and the government is losing ground in the count. On December 12, Sri Lankan Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem and three of his five Members of Parliament [...]	2007-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1666	MALDIVIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES JOIN FORCES, ENDORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties and other political groups in Maldives have formed a National Unity Alliance (NUA) and called for a transitional government that would run Maldives from the time the new constitution comes into effect until new officials can be elected. Member parties, includ [...]	2007-12-14 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1667	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) DCM and Pol Chief were summoned by Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on December 13 to discuss proceedings at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Kohona expressed the government's objection to the U.S. delegation's statement in support of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbo [...]	2007-12-14 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1677	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SCRAPES TOGETHER A FINAL [...] SUMMARY: On December 14, the United People's Freedom Alliance passed its budget with a majority of 47 votes. The Government's victory was not assured until the JVP decided, in the final hours before the vote, to abstain. The decision to abstain, after voting against the budget in the first tw [...]	2007-12-18 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1698	MINISTER PEIRIS PREVIEWS PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on December 20, Trade Minister GL Peiris (who was one of the Government's former chief negotiators in the 2002-3 talks with the LTTE) previewed a new initiative the President has asked him to draft to begin to redress Tamil grievances. [...]	2007-12-21 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO170	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE NARROWS MAJORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa reshuffled his cabinet on January 28. Joining the government ranks were 18 "dissident" MPs from the opposition United National Party (UNP) and all 6 MPs from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). This gave the government, which previously had 98 seat [...]	2007-01-29 15:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ETRD EINV CE
07COLOMBO1708	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UPS WAR RHETORIC, FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary. In late December, Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary, Prime Minister, and Army Commander spoke out SIPDIS confidently on the GSL's prospects of defeating the LTTE militarily. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued in several areas in the North. The GSL's statements and actions conf [...]	2007-12-31 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO175	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TO MAKE INDIA HIS [...] (C) Summary. Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad informed the Ambassador on January 30 that new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama is traveling this evening to New Delhi for introductory calls on the Government of India (GOI). Prasad suggested the U.S. and India should combine efforts t [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO176	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VOWS NOT TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Disaster Relief and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe January 30 to share with him a list of suggested actions the Government could take to address the human rights situation. The deeply frustrated Minister (strictly protect throughout) expressed [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO186	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO188	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO189	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS TIGERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar on January 31 to discuss the January 28-29 Sri Lanka Development Forum and the ramifications of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military victories in Vakarai and elsewhere in the east. The Ambassadors shared concerns over sp [...]	2007-01-31 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO20	SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR - A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has named former Sri Lankan Supreme Court justice Anandacoomaraswamy chair of the national Human Rights Commission (HRC),circumventing a constitutional requirement that an independent council appoint the heads of national commissions. Sri Lanka's human right [...]	2007-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO214	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY RECKONS TIGER GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa offered his interpretation of the government security forces' January victory in Vakarai to Ambassador and DATT on February 5 and explained the government's current military strategy. Gothabaya noted that the security forces encountered pred [...]	2007-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO221	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO "TENSE" KILINOCHCHI [...] Summary: In a February 5 readout of his February 1-2 visit to Kilinochchi, Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar described the mood in the area as very tense. LTTE spokesman and chief negotiator Tamilselvan complained to Brattskar that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had gone to war by occupying V [...]	2007-02-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO229	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),on February 5, soon after 18 UNP parliamentarians joined the government to accept ministerial posts (ref). Wickremesinghe said he would not attempt to expel the "crossovers" f [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: NEW MEGA-CABINET BOOSTS RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent cabinet reshuffle has served to consolidate his and his brothers' control, particularly over the all-important defense portfolio. The new United National Party (UNP) ministers have settled for distinctly secondary ministries, while their de [...]	2007-02-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO256	UN A/SYG KANE PROPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS TO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Angela Kane briefed on February 9 Co-Chair Ambassadors regarding her current visit to Sri Lanka. She has met with Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister, Human Rights Minister, political party leaders and other senior government officials to gain a [...]	2007-02-09 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC PGOV CE
07COLOMBO257	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a candid, hour-long meeting with President Rajapaksa on February 9, Ambassador pressed the President to show personal leadership in taking concrete steps to improve his government's human rights performance. Rajapaksa weighed in against a proposal by members of Congress to app [...]	2007-02-12 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO263	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SACKS THREE MINISTERS, [...] (U) On February 9, President Rajapaksa dismissed Ministers Anura Bandaranaike (National Heritage portfolio) and Mangala Samaraweera (Ports and Aviation portfolio and Foreign Minister until the January 28 cabinet reshuffle),as well as non-cabinet Minister Sripathi Sooriarachchi (Ports portfoli [...]	2007-02-12 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
07COLOMBO265	SRI LANKA: MILITARY VICTORIES IN THE EAST PAVE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The military victories of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces against the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Vakarai, Sampur and elsewhere in the eastern province mark a significant change in the balance of power. The consensus, with which we agree, is that the capture of Vakara [...]	2007-02-12 13:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON MOPS CE
07COLOMBO274	MODERATE TAMILS SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador MET on February 9 with Ahilan Kadirgamar of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, a group of moderate Tamil expatriates. Kadirgamar, who is based in the U.S., was critical of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) monopoly over Tamil politics and saw the breakaway [...]	2007-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO28	SRI LANKA: TWO BUS BOMBS KILL 21 IN SINHALESE [...] (C) Summary: A January 5 bomb blast on a passenger bus in the Western Province town of Nittambuwa killed five and injured 50. On January 6, a second bus bomb near the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa killed at least 15 people, and injured 42. Both buses originated in Colombo. The indepen [...]	2007-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO281	UNP WITHDRAWS FROM APRC BUT PLEDGES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Upon receipt of press reports that the opposition UNP party planned to abandon the all-parties committee process, Ambassador called UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to express concern and reaffirm the crucial role the UNP has to play in working with the government to develop a strong and [...]	2007-02-14 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO286	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS POLICY IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted on February 14 a meeting with Co-Chair Ambassadors and Indian High Commissioner Prasad to agree on positions we should recommend that capitals take on the key policy issues that Co-Chairs now face as a result of the Sri Lankan military's victories in the east [...]	2007-02-14 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO290	SRI LANKA: PRODUCTIVE KICKOFF FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary. The eleven members of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) met February 12 for the first time with each other and with the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) recently established Commission of Inquiry (COI) into human rights abuses, which they will be obse [...]	2007-02-15 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO292	SRI LANKA: TWO SACKED MINISTERS CRITICIZE [...] (U) Recently dismissed ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathy Suriyarachchi (reftel) strongly criticized President Mahinda Rajapaksa at press conference they held at the Parliament building on February 15. Ex-Foreign Minister Samaraweera said he would not accept any ministerial post under [...]	2007-02-15 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO294	SRI LANKA: GERMAN EMBASSY PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Ambassador has lodged a protest with Foreign Minister Bogollagama regarding separate recent incidents in Trincomalee and Batticaloa involving their aid agency and, apparently, members of the LTTE splitoff "Karuna group." German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),the German [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO302	SRI LANKA: AFTER THE FALL OF VAKARAI, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: An Embassy team that visited Vakarai on February 14 was the first group of foreign diplomats into the area since the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) retook the strategic coastal town from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last month. Demining operations and infrastruct [...]	2007-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CA
07COLOMBO324	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE AND SACKING OF [...] (C) Summary. The effects of the President Rajapaksa's strategy of luring crossovers and reshuffling the Cabinet are still rumbling through both of Sri Lanka's main political parties. Senior Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Vice President D.M. Jayaratne held talks on February 21 in an attempt [...]	2007-02-23 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO326	SRI LANKA: FORMIN PROMISES DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on February 23 at their request. Bogollagama assured us that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) devolution proposal would be ready soon, perhaps before Bogollagama's propo [...]	2007-02-26 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO338	SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA EXCORIATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga expressed strong disapproval of President Rajapaksa's approach to governance in a meeting with Ambassador on February 26. She feared that the current government was committed to trying to resolve the country's ethnic conflict through purel [...]	2007-03-01 02:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE
07COLOMBO341	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS IN BATTICALOA DECRY HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador participated in a visit to Batticaloa led by Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe. Although the visit was disrupted by a mortar attack as the delegation arrived in Batticaloa (reftel),the delegation met with civil society leaders. The Amba [...]	2007-03-01 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KHDP CE
07COLOMBO35	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO350	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Colombo comes at a critical time. There is a substantial risk of a return to fighting in the east and north in the next few weeks. Prospects are uncertain that the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) will present a viable devolution proposal to the All-Party Representati [...]	2007-03-01 12:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO36	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SLMM head of mission Lars Solvberg briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors and new Indian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alok Prasad on January 8 regarding SLMM plans to reconfigure the mission. Because of their limited numbers and various constraints on their operations, but especially because [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO368	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador called on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama on March 5th to brief him on the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement that Ambassador signed earlier in the day with Defense Secretary RajapaksA(septel). Bogollagama expressed appreciation for the briefing. Neithe [...]	2007-03-05 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP CE
07COLOMBO37	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO379	MUSLIM MINISTER SAYS PRESIDENT WAVERING ON [...] (C) On March 4 Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on the President of the Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem in his new capacity as SL Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. After a brief discussion on his new portfolio which Hakeem admitted he was still learning about, A [...]	2007-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO38	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces captured the Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) main military camp in the eastern district of Ampara on January 7, where they reportedly uncovered an explosive-laden truck and three motorbikes fitted with explosive detonators. The military alleged [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO383	LTTE LEADER BREAKS NO NEW GROUND IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ambassador briefed Co-Chair ambassadors March 7 on his visit to Killinochi earlier this week. LTTE political chief Tamilselvan warned that a push by the Sri Lankan military in the North would produce aggressive retaliation by the LTTE. He criticized the internat [...]	2007-03-07 14:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL CE
07COLOMBO386	POLICE CHIEF DISCLOSES ARRESTS OF SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Police Inspector General Victor Perera told selected members of the press on Tuesday, March 6, that "a large number" of police officers and troops had been arrested on charges of abduction and extortion. In some instances, he said, ransoms had been paid abroad. He indicated that among [...]	2007-03-08 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO388	SRI LANKA: CRUNCH TIME COMING ON DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two months after the release of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) Experts Panel "Majority Report," the President's party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),has yet to put forward its own proposals on devolution. The President reportedly has told his party's ad-ho [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO402	SRI LANKA: EARLY ROADBLOCKS FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting on March 6 to brief donor country Heads of Mission on the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Samarasinghe acknowledged a lack of clarity on the responsib [...]	2007-03-12 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO413	SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN PRESSES PRESIDENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told visiting PDAS for South and Central Asia Steven Mann that the Sri Lankan Freedom Party would present its proposals for devolution by March 14. He outlined a multi-tiered process for reconciling this with proposals of other parties, submitting the proposal [...]	2007-03-14 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO414	SRI LANKA: PDAS MANN URGES FOREIGN SECRETARY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDAS Mann, accompanied by Ambassador Blake, met Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on March 10 to press the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to put forward a viable devolution proposal and to address human rights concerns. Kohona acknowledged the need to do more, but said constraints [...]	2007-03-14 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO416	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES SIX-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told visiting SCA PDAS Steven Mann that the government was certain that the LTTE was not interested in a political solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. Nevertheless, he said, the government would try to reach out to the Tamil populations, [...]	2007-03-14 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO428	SRI LANKA: MILITARY STRIKES LTTE BASES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, the Sri Lankan military launched its latest campaign in Thoppigala. Thoppigala, roughly between Polonnaruwa and Batticaloa, is home to a cluster of LTTE bases, which are among the last significant LTTE camps remaining in the east. Sri Lanka's air force used Kfir [...]	2007-03-15 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO429	U/S FORE ENCOURAGES MALDIVIAN PRESIDENT TO PROCEED [...] (c) Summary: In a friendly 30-minute meeting on March 7, Under Secretary of State for Management Henrietta Fore urged Maldivian President Gayoom to support the political reform efforts of the Foreign Minister and Attorney General. Gayoom expressed confidence that his government's dialogue wi [...]	2007-03-16 02:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO439	MEETING WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY ON KARUNA PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ambassador, EU Head of Mission Wilson and UNHCR Head Awad met on March 16 with Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe. Wilson shared with Rajapaksa a list developed by the EC Humanitarian Office of concrete example [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CE
07COLOMBO45	SRI LANKA: MINISTER'S "THUGS" BEAT JOURNALIST AT [...] (C) Summary: The BBC and several local independent news agencies reported that on January 9 a mob led by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Deputy Minister of Labor Mervyn Silva attacked participants at a peace rally in Colombo organized by the United People's Movement (UPM),an organization repr [...]	2007-01-10 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO451	SRI LANKA: OUTSPOKEN FORMER MINISTER, NOW A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Minister of Port Development, Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was arrested Saturday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of corruption for failing to return his government assigned vehicle after his dismissal as a minister. Sripathi alleges that he retur [...]	2007-03-20 02:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE
07COLOMBO46	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT; PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa told media representatives on January 9 that he will reshuffle his cabinet. A source in the presidential secretariat told pol FSN Rajapaksa may offer ministerial posts to opposition United National Party (UNP) members while allowing them to retain their presen [...]	2007-01-10 12:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: KARUNA GROUP EMBOLDENED IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: As ref A reported, Karuna, leader of a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) breakaway faction in the East, is engaging in serious human rights violations and criminal activities, often under the protection of the Sri Lanka security forces. This cable provides additional det [...]	2007-03-20 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO463	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS LIST OF ALLEGED ABDUCTIONS TO [...] (C) Ambassador met with Presidential Secretary (National Security Advisor equivalent) Lalith Weeratunga on March 20 to present a list of 350 Sri Lankans who are alleged by Sri Lankan NGOs to have been abducted in Colombo and Jaffna between January 2006 and February 2007. Ambassador explained [...]	2007-03-21 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO475	SRI LANKA: SLOW STRANGULATION OF MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Since the inauguration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in November 2005, Sri Lanka's vibrant media has been slowly smothered by attacks on journalists, publishers and broadcasters by the LTTE and armed paramilitary groups with alleged links to the government security forces. The [...]	2007-03-22 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KPAO KDEM CE
07COLOMBO476	SRI LANKA TO "SERIOUSLY CONSIDER" U.S. POSITIONS [...] (C) On March 22, Ambassador met Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona regarding reftel demarches concerning votes on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Occupied Territories at the UN Human Rights Council. The Ambassador delivered all key points in reftels. He suggested that if Sri Lanka found it could not [...]	2007-03-22 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ZI SU IS CE
07COLOMBO481	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION NEGOTIATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Hussein Zaki, the acting President of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP),met the Ambassador in Colombo on March 20 to offer an update on the ongoing talks between his party and the governing DRP (Maldivian People's Party). The two parties meet regularly and [...]	2007-03-23 02:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MV
07COLOMBO483	SRI LANKA: MANNAR COULD FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with military personnel and civil society members in Mannar on March 21, 2007, to discuss the humanitarian and security situation in the area. Over 8,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living on Madhu Church grounds in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]	2007-03-23 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER PREL EAID CE
07COLOMBO484	SRI LANKA: FRESH FIGHTING IN NORTHWEST COASTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 23, Government security forces attacked Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) mortar positions inside LTTE territory. The activity took place at approximately 10:00 am in an area east of Mannar on the northwest coast. The attacks penetrated about two kilometers int [...]	2007-03-23 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO491	SRI LANKA: LTTE ATTACKS AIR BASE USING LIGHT [...] (SBU) At approximately 12:45 am on March 26, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) conducted their first known aerial attack on Sri Lankan military targets. The LTTE used two small fixed-wing aircraft to drop four bombs on Katunayake Air Force Base adjacent to Colombo's Bandaranaike I [...]	2007-03-26 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAIR CE
07COLOMBO498	SRI LANKA REQUESTS CO-CHAIR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama convoked Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 27 to brief them on the March 26 LTTE air attack on the military airbase adjacent to Colombo's international airport (ref),and to request that Co-Chair countries issue a statement condemning the attac [...]	2007-03-27 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS CASC CE
07COLOMBO500	SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE LTTE AIR ATTACK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are indications that the damage to the Sri Lankan Air Force's fleet of attack aircraft may be more serious than the GSL has conceded. The military have clamped a virtual news blackout over the incident, refusing reporters and even the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission access to [...]	2007-03-27 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE

07COLOMBO508	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA'S TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs T B Maduwegedera and Deputy Director of United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division Satya Rodrigo on March 28. Maduwegedera and Rodrigo were familiar UNSCR 1747 and stated that the GSL inte [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC PREL
07COLOMBO511	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador on March 29 to request Embassy cooperation in overcoming human rights-based concerns about Sri Lanka's eligibility for a Millennium Challenge Compact. Ambassador explained that MCC eligibility is based on a country's governance r [...]	2007-03-30 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PGOV PTER MOPS CE
07COLOMBO516	SRI LANKA REQUESTS US MILITARY TEAM TO ASSESS AIR DEFENSE FOLLOWING LTTE AIR ATTACK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa convoked Ambassador and Defense Attache on March 30 to request the visit of a U.S. military team to assess how Sri Lanka can improve its air defense capabilities to defend against possible future LTTE air attacks. Rajapaksa outlined the countr [...]	2007-04-01 05:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PTER PREL CE IN
07COLOMBO521	SRI LANKA: CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent violence in Sri Lanka's east included an April 2 blast on a civilian passenger bus in Amara district that killed 15 and injured 20. On Apil 1, in Batticaloa district, six Sinhalese consruction workers were gunned down. The Sri Lanka government blamed the Liberation Tige [...]	2007-04-03 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO523	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES AGGRESSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on March 30 to press Wickremesinghe to stay involved in working towards a political solution to Sri Lanka's widening conflict. Wickremesinghe outlined the UNP's new aggressive strategy toward the ruling Sri [...]	2007-04-04 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO524	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Ambassador, Tissa Vitharana, chair of the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) convened to draft a devolution proposal, was optimistic the process would yield positive results. Vitharana said he expected the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) [...]	2007-04-04 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO525	SRI LANKA: PUSH FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October-November 2006, senior UN officials proposed establishing a UN-sponsored human rights monitoring mission in Sri Lanka. However, the GSL has consistently resisted the idea, most recently citing the existence of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Human Right [...]	2007-04-04 12:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO534	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENT MEMBERS PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, opposition party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R. Sampanthan and three TNA members of Parliament pressed the U.S. to be a more vocal critic of the Rajapaksa administration. Speaking of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) an [...]	2007-04-05 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM MOPS PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO539	LEADING PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES GSL [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa's senior political advisor and brother Basil Rajapaksa told the Ambassador on April 4 that once the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) reaches agreement on a consensus devolution proposal, the GSL would need the approval of the Supreme Court and two [...]	2007-04-06 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO540	SRI LANKA: JVP MAINTAINS PRO-WAR STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ambassador met with Somawansa Amarasinghe, chairman of the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),to discuss the prospects for a peaceful solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. The JVP, long critical of U.S. foreign policy, has made public [...]	2007-04-06 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO545	SRI LANKA: INTENSIFIED FIGHTING LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Fighting between the Sri Lankan military and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) intensified over the weekend. An April 8 claymore mine attack 12 kilometers northwest of Jaffna city killed at least one SLA soldier and wounded six others. A bus bomb the morning of April 7 [...]	2007-04-09 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO561	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA APPOINTS NEW [...] (C) Summary. President Rajapaksa has tasked Justice Mahanama Tilakaratne to oversee the GSL's response to concerns about abductions, including the list of 347 names Ambassador presented to Presidential Chief of Staff Lalith Weeratunga. Prior to this assignment, Rajapaksa formally appointed [...]	2007-04-11 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO563	IIGEP'S GLACIAL PROGRESS DISCOURAGING [...] (C) Summary. International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) Assistants Rohan Titus and David Savage called on the DCM on April 10 to give an update on IIGEP's progress. The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) plans to finally hold public hearings for several days in May, June, and July. [...]	2007-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO57	SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY REITERATES COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Ambassador on January 10 that Army Commander Fonseka had been misquoted, and that the GSL would not take the fight to North after pushing the LTTE out of the East. Gothabaya insisted the GSL wants a peaceful solution to the conflict, not [...]	2007-01-11 12:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO58	SRI LANKA: INDIAN FOR MIN URGES GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee, in Colombo ostensibly to invite President Rajapaksa to the next SSARC summit in April, expressed India's concern to the President and other senior leaders over civilian casualties in the two-decade old ethnic conflict. He ga [...]	2007-01-11 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS IN CE
07COLOMBO59	KARUNA GROUP AGGRAVATING TAMIL-MUSLIM TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. A land dispute near Batticaloa led to violence between the Tamil and Muslim communities on January 8 and 9. At a meeting on January 10, political party, community, and government representatives agreed to allow the Batticaloa Government Agent to take control of the disputed lan [...]	2007-01-12 02:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO592	SRI LANKA: AIR FORCE HITS LTTE POSITIONS IN JAFFNA [...] (SBU) The local wire service reported April 19 that the Sri Lanka Air Force bombed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) gun positions in Palai (in the Jaffna peninsula, near the Forward Defense Line, or FDL) and in Mullaitivu in the East. The Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission also reported the [...]	2007-04-19 12:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO603	SRI LANKA: GSL DENIES TRAVEL CLEARANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, the Ministry of Defense denied clearance for Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar to travel to Kilinochchi for a previously scheduled, regular meeting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On April 22 Associated Press correspondent Matthew Rosenberg (stri [...]	2007-04-23 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO604	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOREIGN PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called in the Ambassador on April 20 to provide an update on Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights. He said the GSL's new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Promoting Sri Lanka's Image Abroad, which he chairs, is so far succeeding [...]	2007-04-23 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO608	SRI LANKA: INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO RECOMMEND TRO [...] (C) Embassy Colombo would support a designation of the Tamils Relief Organization (TRO) if convincing evidence of TRO financial links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeleam (LTTE) exists. Post has not seen solid evidence against the TRO and is therefore not in a position to make the case for [...]	2007-04-24 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER CE
07COLOMBO609	SRI LANKA: MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY KICKS OFF NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met Ambassador on April 23 to outline the UNP's latest efforts (ref a) to push the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on human rights and media freedom. On April 22, the UNP launched a new website, www.unp.lk, which will serve [...]	2007-04-24 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO611	SRI LANKA: LTTE CLAIMS SECOND SUCCESSFUL AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) reported on their website Tamilnet that two small LTTE aircraft bombed the Palaly military complex in Jaffna at approximately 1:30 a.m. on April 24, "inflicting heavy damage and casualties." Sri Lankan government military spokesmen so [...]	2007-04-24 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO616	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MAKES HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry on April 24 issued a media statement highlighting the April 12 re-issuance of the President's directive to the security forces on respecting human rights and outlining the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) progress on human rights issues. Essentially, the order on det [...]	2007-04-25 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO630	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on April 26 to inquire about the military's future ambitions in the North. Ambassador reasserted the U.S. position that only a political solution will resolve Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict. In a candid discussion, Gothab [...]	2007-04-27 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO631	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Your visit comes at a time when the environment for human rights, civil liberties, and media freedom is declining broadly as the conflict escalates. Our top priority is to press the government to put forward a serious power-sharing proposal that can help it win back the sy [...]	2007-04-27 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON EAID SL
07COLOMBO636	SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS BOMB OIL STORAGE FACILITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, while most people were watching Sri Lanka play in the Cricket World Cup finals, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) carried out their third confirmed air attack, damaging Ceylon Petroleum Company oil and gasoline facili [...]	2007-04-30 14:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO643	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY'S DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) on May 1 released its devolution proposal, which will now move to the All Party Representative Committee (APRC). Unlike most previous APRC drafts, which recommend devolution to the provinces, the SLFP proposal recommends that the unit o [...]	2007-05-02 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO661	SRI LANKA: CRITICISM OF RULING PARTY DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most parties represented in parliament, including several elements of the ruling coalition, have come out publicly or privately against the governing Sri Lankan Freedom Party draft devolution proposals. The Sinhalese nationalist JVP has also attacked the plan, saying it is contr [...]	2007-05-04 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO68	SRI LANKA: CATHOLIC BISHOPS ASSESS DIRE HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake met the Catholic Bishops of Jaffna and the northwestern district of Mannar on January 11. Political Chief and Poloff followed up with Jaffna Government Agent Ganesh on January 12. The bishops expressed deep concern regarding the humanitarian situation in the n [...]	2007-01-12 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO683	NORTHERN TAMILS LOSING FAITH IN THE LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Reverend S. Jeyanesan, a Tamil priest from Batticaloa, in late April. Jeyanesan reported that there are 172,000 internally displaced persons (IDP) in Batticaloa, and that those who were sent back to Vakarai have been relocated, not resettled in their original ho [...]	2007-05-10 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO686	SRI LANKA: NO DECISION YET ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref B demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Satya Rodrigo on May 4. Rodrigo agreed that electing Belarus to the Human Rights Council (HRC) would send a signal that human rights are of little concern to the international c [...]	2007-05-10 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO69	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 13:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO698	PRESIDENT RELIES ON BROTHERS FOR POLICY ADVICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa relies on his brothers, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, for advice on security matters and political affairs respectively. Fear that Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) stalwarts are disloyal has caused [...]	2007-05-15 05:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO70	SRI LANKA: CROSSOVERS ENDANGERING COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Wickremesinghe told Ambassador on January 11 that a large-scale defection of members of Parliament from his UNP to the government ranks would force him to end cooperation with President Rajapaksa. He was concerned about the negative fallout for the peace proces [...]	2007-01-12 14:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO702	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER TELLS GOVERNMENT TO GET HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with human rights and non-governmental organization leaders in Jaffna, Assistant Secretary Boucher urged Sri Lankan officials to control SIPDIS paramilitary groups' human rights abuses and encourage greater freedom of the press. The Government asserted that it [...]	2007-05-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO703	MALDIVES: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a May 7-8 trip to Maldives, Assistant Secretary Boucher, accompanied by Ambassador, met with SIPDIS President Gayoom, government officials, members of the opposition, and women active in politics and civil society. Discussions covered the need for more concrete steps on [...]	2007-05-15 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR MARR ETRD SENV ENRG
07COLOMBO71	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON PSI PARTICIPATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-13 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP EWWT PARM CE
07COLOMBO712	SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador spoke today with Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona to urge that Sri Lanka vote on May 17 in the UN General Assembly for Bosnia and Slovenia -- and not for Belarus -- as members of the UN Human Rights Council. Several other western embassies also demarched the GSL on this issue. [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO719	SRI LANKA: MALDIVES MILITARY SINKS SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:25 a.m. on May 17, the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) fired on a 75 foot-long vessel suspected of trafficking weapons for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The MNDF's actions came after a 12-hour standoff with the vessel near the Gaaf Al [...]	2007-05-17 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO722	SRI LANKA: IN JAFFNA, STUDENTS TARGETED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two armed, masked men entered the University of Jaffna campus in broad daylight on May 16 and delivered a note threatening eight named students with summary execution for working with the LTTE. Ambassador, following a request by the university's Vice Chancellor, spoke with both t [...]	2007-05-17 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO734	SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER REQUESTS REVIEW OF A [...] (C) Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka asked Ambassador on May 18 to reconsider the case of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer rejected for U.S.-funded counterterrorism training under Leahy Amendment provisions. Ambassador explained the application of the Leahy Amendment, and said the E [...]	2007-05-21 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO742	SRI LANKA: SECOND "EMINENT PERSONS" PLENARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second plenary meeting of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) and the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) took place May 12. This was followed the same week by the CoI's first hearing, a meeting hosted by the Human Rights Minister to update donor countrie [...]	2007-05-22 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO747	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION "CROSSOVERS" PRESENT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22, a group of "crossover" United National Party (UNP) Members of Parliament (MP) held a press conference to release their own devolution proposal. The UNP defectors are not members of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC),but APRC Chairman Tissa Vitharana h [...]	2007-05-23 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO748	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SEEKS TO NEUTRALIZE SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the extremist Sinhalese party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) withdrew official support for the President in April 2006, President Rajapaksa has been working to establish a measure of indirect control over the party and sap its ability to challenge his policies. The Presid [...]	2007-05-24 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO753	SRI LANKA: LTTE ACTIVITY IN COLOMBO, JAFFNA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 22 and 23, rounds from LTTE weapons fire fell in the vicinity of the ICRC compound at the crossing point at Omanthai on the A-9 highway and came close to hitting an ICRC vehicle with an expatriate ICRC worker inside. The checkpoint along the A-9 road to Jaffna was then [...]	2007-05-24 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO768	SRI LANKA: LTTE DETONATE MINE DURING RUSH HOUR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2007, at approximately 5:40 p.m. local time, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) detonated a claymore mine on Galle Road near Ratmalana military base. The attack was clearly an attempt to kill Special Task Force (STF) soldiers traveling on a bus after comple [...]	2007-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO769	SRI LANKA: EU HUMANITARIAN AID REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: The EU Delegation to Sri Lanka, passed to us on May 28 a confidential report describing a recent European Commission Humanitarian Assistance (ECHO) visit to Sri Lanka's Vanni region, the heart of the northern area controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The repo [...]	2007-05-29 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MOPS PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO787	SRI LANKA: TAMIL HOSTEL OWNERS TOLD TO EXPEL ALL [...] (C) At approximately 5:30 p.m. on May 31, a local holiday, police in the central Colombo business district of Pettah summoned more than 60 Tamil hostel owners and ordered them to expel all occupants from their lodging that night. The police warned that they would do so forcibly the next morni [...]	2007-06-01 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO788	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ARRESTS ANOTHER FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, 2007, the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) arrested the Chairman of Standard Newspapers Ltd. and former Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority, Tiran Alles, on allegations of "aiding terrorists." The arrest occurred as Alles was receiving treatment in a priv [...]	2007-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO789	SRI LANKA: CONSULTATIONS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) chair Vitharana told Ambassador that discussions on devolution were proceeding constructively, and should be finished within two months, or by the end of July. He agreed with Ambassador's assessment that President Rajapaksa was prepared [...]	2007-06-01 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO805	SRI LANKA: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF RED CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The issue of abductions has again taken center stage in Sri Lanka as President Rajapaksa prepares to travel to Geneva to deliver a speech to the International Labor Organization on June 15 and meet with Louise Arbour. On June 1, President Rajapaksa announced a new committee desi [...]	2007-06-06 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO809	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES IMPOSE TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Defense Ministry issued verbal directives to police stations in Colombo to evict from the city Tamils whose identification cards indicate they are from areas outside Colombo. According to local news media and Embassy sources, on June 6 and 7, police evicted Tamils [...]	2007-06-07 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO824	SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES REGRET FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake publicly expressed "regret" for the deportation of Tamils from Colombo lodges and hostels. On Saturday June 9, approximately 160 Tamils who were forcibly deported from Colombo to Vavuniya returned to Colombo on the same [...]	2007-06-11 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO829	AKASHI PLEDGES CONTINUED JAPANESE AID TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing to Co-Chair Ambassadors on June 8, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi found Colombo more polarized and pessimistic when he arrived on June 5 than he had seen in any of his 14 previous visits. By the end of his visit, he was only slightly more optimistic. In respo [...]	2007-06-12 02:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO841	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY CRITICIZES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, in an interview with Reuters and BBC correspondents, accused the international community, particularly the UK, of "bullying" Sri Lanka over human rights. He maintained that in fighting terrorism "anything is fair." He also charged that the [...]	2007-06-13 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO845	OPPOSITION LEADER BLASTS RAJAPAKSA GOVERNMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 13 briefing to the diplomatic corps, Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe criticized the Rajapaksa government for being "at war with the LTTE, the international community, and with Sri Lankan values." He said the UNP party would soon start a campaign to bring the failures [...]	2007-06-14 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO867	IRAN DELAYS APPROVAL OF NEW COLOMBO PLAN HEAD [...] (C) On June 18, the Colombo Plan Council held a special session to confirm the nomination of Malaysian candidate Patricia Yoon-Moi Chia as the new Secretary-General. Chia had been selected by the Colombo Plan Selection Committee on June 11 (ref) from a short-list of four candidates. 2. [...]	2007-06-19 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO882	SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT CREATES HIGH SECURITY ZONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 media outlets reported that the Government of Sri Lanka has designated Sampur and Muttur in the Trincomalee district as a High Security Zone (HSZ) by formal "gazette notification." Some NGOs expressed concern that the move could prevent thousands of Tamils, displaced [...]	2007-06-20 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO883	TWO EX-MINISTERS JOIN THE OPPOSITION, FORM NEW [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, two high profile ex-ministers, Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, crossed over from the President,s party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),to the opposition. In a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Samaraweera announced his and Sooriyarachchi,s [...]	2007-06-20 13:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO889	SRI LANKA: ACCESS TO TAMILNET RESTRICTED IN SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19 TamilNet, a pro-Tamil website accused by the Government of posting propaganda for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),was blocked by the major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Sri Lanka. TamilNet has accused the GSL of ordering ISPs to restrict access, a [...]	2007-06-21 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO890	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25-26 CO-CHAIR MEETING IN OSLO [...] Summary: The June 26 Co-Chair meeting in Oslo marks a good opportunity to think through our strategy to get the parties back to the negotiating table and into a more sustained process that could produce a breakthrough. In a June 15 meeting with Norwegian Minister Solheim in Geneva, President [...]	2007-06-21 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO893	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORT IN PARTY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mahinda Rajapaksa was selected as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party's (SLFP) candidate for the 2005 presidential election, tensions have been building within the party. Embassy contacts tell us that several SLFP stalwarts have tired of defending the Rajapaksa government's poor p [...]	2007-06-22 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO898	SRI LANKA REQUESTS U.S. HELP ON THAI EXTRADITION [...] (C) Further to a June 13 conversation the Ambassador had with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollogama in which the Minister briefed on the GSL's efforts to work with partners in Southeast Asia to stop LTTE weapons procurement and transfer (reftel),Acting Foreign Secretary Maduwegedera contac [...]	2007-06-22 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER CE
07COLOMBO899	SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, a special unit of the Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit (CID) arrested former Air Force Squadron Leader Nishantha Gajanayake in connection with an ongoing probe into abductions, extortion and extra-judicial killings. Among other crimes, Gajanayake is [...]	2007-06-22 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO920	AMBITIOUS CHIEF JUSTICE BREAKS AWAY FROM PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a shift from regularly supporting the President in its rulings, the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Sarath De Silva, made several decisions this month that the public widely hailed as justice served by a newly independent judiciary. Legal experts say, however, that whi [...]	2007-06-27 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO933	SRI LANKA: TIGERS ATTEMPT TO ORCHESTRATE MASSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday June 29, the Sri Lanka Navy seized a truck laden with more than 1,000 kilograms of C4 explosives in the Panikkar district of Trincomalee. This find follows police confiscation on June 1 of a truck traveling towards Colombo containing 1,054 kilograms of explosives. T [...]	2007-07-02 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO934	IRAN ENDORSES NEW COLOMBO PLAN HEAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO944	OPPOSITION COOPERATING TO PRESSURE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on July 2 to discuss the goals of his newly formed Sri Lankan Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing (SLFP-M) and its new informal partnership with the main opposition United National Party (UNP). Samaraweera told us he h [...]	2007-07-03 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO946	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2 Ambassador met with President Rajapaksa's brother and chief political advisor Basil Rajapaksa to discuss the GSL's development plans in the East. Ambassador inquired about ongoing efforts to resettle internally displaced persons (IDPs),the concerns surrounding the cr [...]	2007-07-03 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO947	MALDIVES REPORTS PROGRESS ON NEW CONSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed called on Ambassador and DCM on June 29 to report positive progress on political reform. Shaheed and opposition contacts tell us that most of the draft of the new constitution is complete and that the Special Majlis, the committee drafting the new [...]	2007-07-03 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO948	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY AGREES TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, Swiss Ambassador Flint and the Head of the European Commission Humanitarian Office Verboom presented Defense Secretary Rajapakse on June 29 the findings and recommendations of the Bilateral Donor Group (BDG) visit in May to the Vanni (the LTTE-controlled area of north [...]	2007-07-03 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO957	SRI LANKA: NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED TRO DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy Colombo would support an E.O. 13224 designation of the Tamil Relief Organization (TRO) if the USG determines that there is sufficient evidence to establish that the TRO is channeling funds to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for arms purchases or terrorist activities. [...]	2007-07-06 05:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER CE
07COLOMBO966	IIGEP DISPUTE WITH GSL DIFFUSED FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 20, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) received a harshly worded letter from the Attorney General (AG) accusing IIGEP of over-extending its mandate, relying too much on its assistants, and insulting the members of the Commission of Inquiry (C [...]	2007-07-10 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO971	SRI LANKA: MILITARY TAKES LAST REMAINING LTTE [...] (C) On July 11 military spokesman Prasad Samarasinghe announced that the military had taken Baron's Cap, the last remaining high point in Thoppigala, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) last stronghold in the East. Later that evening, LTTE defense spokesman Irasiah Illanthirayan is [...]	2007-07-12 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO973	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROCESS MAY BE RUNNING OUT [...] (C) Summary. The opposition United National Party (UNP) leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) process and is threatening to withdraw completely by August 15. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe admits that he is staying out of the AP [...]	2007-07-12 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO977	SRI LANKA: INSTABILITY IN THE EAST MAKES FREE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After more than a year of fighting to rid the eastern province of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government is making preparations to hold elections as a concrete sign that order has been restored. However, significant obstacles remain that could jeopardize th [...]	2007-07-13 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO978	SRI LANKA: LTTE SOMBER IN LATEST TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar met with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in Kilinochchi July 11. In a briefing for Co-Chair Ambassadors, he described their mood as serious, somber, and determined. No new ground was broken. Political wing head Thamilselvan wa [...]	2007-07-13 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO98	SRI LANKA: ARMY MAKES GAINS IN CAMPAIGN TO TAKE [...] (C) Military spokesman Brigadier Prasad Samarasinghe confirmed to pol FSN on January 16 that the security forces, through air strikes and ground movements, made progress against LTTE defenses both north and south of Vakarai on January 16. However, they have not yet captured the strategic brid [...]	2007-01-17 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO986	SRI LANKA: FIGHTING SHIFTS TO THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14, the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) battled with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Vavuniya district in northern Sri Lanka, resulting in at least 14 SLA deaths. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is planning a large celebration on July 19 in downtown Colombo to c [...]	2007-07-16 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO99	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION WILL COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Karu Jayasuriya, former deputy leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),on January 17 to discuss whether the likely "cross-over" of UNP members to accept cabinet slots in the government would damage the MoU between the UNP and governing Sri Lanka Freedo [...]	2007-01-17 12:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07CONAKRY1091	WITHOUT SYLLAH, MAJORITY PARTY IS STRONG AND UNITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Majority party members report that the dismissal of Mamadou Syllah as honorary president of the PUP was necessary in order to ensure party unity. With him gone, contacts say the party is stronger than ever. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff met separately with two senior membe [...]	2007-10-01 14:54:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
07CONAKRY1099	ELECTIONS TOO EXPENSIVE - MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior contact within the majority party revealed that certain unidentified elements may be exploring the possibility of delaying legislative elections until 2010. Citing concerns over the $21 million budget line item for election preparations, some individuals are reportedly [...]	2007-10-03 14:54:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
07CONAKRY1136	UNION LEADER SAYS NO STRIKES PLANNED, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of Guinea,s largest labor union painted a grim picture of the country,s political and economic situation in a meeting with poloff, but said that the unions are not planning any strikes in the near future. She added that the international community can play an import [...]	2007-10-11 14:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC GV
07CONAKRY122	GUINEAN FOREIGN MINISTER UNDERESTIMATES [...] (C) On February 1, Foreign Minister Mamady Conde and the Ambassador met over lunch at the latter's residence. The discussion focused mainly on Guinean domestic politics in the wake of the recent general strike. Young compared to most members of President Lansana Conte's government and entou [...]	2007-02-01 15:41:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GV
07CONAKRY1220	UNION LEADER SUGGESTS REOPENING POLITICAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dr. Ibrahim Fofana, one of Guinea,s key union leaders is frustrated by Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate,s lack of progress on the January 27 Accords and plans to urge him to take a more aggressive approach. Dissatisfied with declining political momentum, Fofana suggested reopening [...]	2007-11-07 13:46:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
07CONAKRY1229	YES WE WANT ELECTIONS - BUT ON OUR OWN TIMETABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the January/February strikes, Guinea,s political situation is complex and dynamic. Slow progress on elections preparations is partly due to lack of political will, but also due to intense scrutiny by Guinean citizens who are committed to ensuring that the electio [...]	2007-11-09 12:47:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
07CONAKRY1239	GUINEAN POLICE SEIZE 278 KILOS OF COCAINE OVER TEN [...] (C) The new director of Guinea,s police anti-drug unit reports that his unit has seized 278 kilos of cocaine since January 2007. The director said that Guinea,s drug trafficking problem has worsened significantly in recent years and the anti-drug unit is ill equipped to effectively stem the [...]	2007-11-14 15:10:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL ASEC GV
07CONAKRY124	FIRST LADY HENRIETTE CONTE PLAYING MATERNAL [...] (C) First Lady Henriette Conte says that her husband will follow through on his agreement to the deal struck between the unions, government and Patronat January 27. In a February 1 meeting with DCM, however, she left hanging the question of when he might appoint a prime minister. Madame Con [...]	2007-02-01 16:51:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY1243	GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GUINEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The information and analysis provided herein is in response to reftel request regarding resource nationalism in Guinea. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the last year, resource nationalism has become increasingly evident in Guinea since the country,s new consensus government declar [...]	2007-11-15 11:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET GV
07CONAKRY1249	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea,s Minister of Interior offered a number of assurances to the Ambassador during his initial courtesy call on November 16, although he was not necessarily convincing. The Minister said that elections should move forward soon and that the Guinean Government will assure non- [...]	2007-11-19 15:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC GV
07CONAKRY1268	EIGHT MONTHS IN - A LOOK AT KOUYATE,S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eight months into his administration, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate remains popular, but a number of civil society leaders are frustrated with his slow pace of reform. He continues to walk a delicate balancing act between the demands of his political mandate and his need to ma [...]	2007-11-26 15:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
07CONAKRY127	PRESIDENT CONTE LIVES IN ANOTHER WORLD [...] (C) On February 1, I met for nearly an hour with Guinean President Lansana Conte. The conversation was disjointed, with Conte frequently digressing and going off on tangents. He minimized the importance of the recent general strike, including the use of lethal force against civilian protester [...]	2007-02-02 10:01:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM GV
07CONAKRY130	NO FIREWORKS AT UNION PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 1, the CNTG-USTG union coalition held its first press conference since the suspension of the general strike on January 27. The event was ostensibly organized to report on meetings between the visiting representatives from international labor organizations and various local [...]	2007-02-02 12:51:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY162	SITREP NO. 29: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, FEB. 10, [...] (C) The security climate in Guinea is highly volatile and unpredictable following the appointment late February 9 of Eugene Camara as Prime Minister. After a night marked by sporadic rock-throwing and a brief early morning lull, the city has been hit with widespread protests and disturbances. [...]	2007-02-10 18:32:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY163	STERN WARNING TO NEW PRIME MINISTER AGAINST USE OF [...] (C) At 1000 hours, February 10, the U.S., French, German, and British ambassadors, the U.N. resident representative, and the EC head of delegation met with newly appointed Prime Minister Eugene Camara to deliver a stern warning against the use of force against civilians. We also urged Camara [...]	2007-02-10 18:36:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL GV
07CONAKRY164	SITREP NO. 31: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 11, 0900 GMT [...] (SBU) At 0600 hours, the Ambassador arrived at the embassy, escorted by the RSO. Roads between the Ambassador's residence and the embassy were blocked all day yesterday. The RSO also escorted other personnel critical for operations, i.e., IMO, CONS, and RAO, to the embassy. After 24 hours o [...]	2007-02-11 08:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC AEMR CASC GV
07CONAKRY165	SITREP NO. 32: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 11, 1430 GMT [...] (SBU) The situation in Guinea remains tense today, Feb. 11, with sporadic episodes of violent unrest in parts of Conakry and upcountry. The level of unrest is substantially lower today than yesterday. However, everyone expects an upsurge in violence tomorrow, Feb. 12, when the general strik [...]	2007-02-11 13:46:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC AEMR CASC GV
07CONAKRY173	SITREP 37: FEBRUARY 12, 2007, 2130 [...] (C) Guinea is under martial law. Appearing briefly on television and radio at just after 2000 local February 12, President Lansana Conte expressed his disappointment that when he had met union conditions for ending the general strike, people had in bad faith nonetheless caused disruption and [...]	2007-02-12 20:56:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PINR AMGT GV
07CONAKRY174	TFGV01; SITREP 38. FEBRUARY 13, 2007, 1030 HOURS [...] (U) Last evening, February 12, at 2015 hours, President Lansana Conte declared a "state of siege" throughout Guinea. 2. (U) In his very brief statement to the nation, Conte said that he had met almost all of the demands made during the recent general strike. He said that "people with ba [...]	2007-02-13 10:51:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR PINS PGOV AMGT GV
07CONAKRY176	TFGV01: SITREP 39: FEBRUARY 13, 2007, 1700 HOURS [...] (U) On February 13, the military has deployed numerous small patrols around the city of Conakry to enforce the curfew. The streets were closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic until 1600 hours. The curfew will recommence at 2000 hours. 2. (SBU) The military and other security forces [...]	2007-02-13 15:33:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR PINS PGOV CASC AMGT GV

07CONAKRY177	TFGV01: SITREP 40: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 14, 2007, [...] (SBU) As of this morning, the military continues to enforce the "state of siege" that extends extensive powers to Guinea's armed forces. At 0800, streets were empty of vehicular traffic, but there was some pedestrian presence. Small breakfast vendors were in evidence, but market stalls, shop [...]	2007-02-14 11:10:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY179	TFGV01: STRAIGHT TALK TO PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) On February 14, the U.S., French, British, and German ambassadors as well as the EC head of delegation and U.N. resident representative met with Prime Minister Eugene Camara and Foreign Minister Mamady Conde for two hours. The exchange was unprecedentedly frank and potentially productive. [...]	2007-02-14 16:39:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY180	AMBASSADOR PUTS GENERAL KERFALLA ON NOTICE THAT HE [...] (C) On February 14, the Ambassador, accompanied by DATT, met with Chief of Staff of the Guinean Armed Forces General Kerfalla Camara at Camp Samory Toure in downtown Conakry. 2. (C) The Ambassador strongly regretted that the general strike had led to a state of siege instead of a peaceful [...]	2007-02-15 09:19:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS AEMR PGOV PHUM GV
07CONAKRY181	TFGV01: SITREP 41: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 15, 2007, [...] (SBU) As of this morning, there were a few military patrols in several areas of Conakry. Most Guineans in the capital are respecting the curfew and do not circulate between the hours of 1800 and 1200 the next day. During the curfew, the military patrols the neighborhoods, often firing warni [...]	2007-02-15 10:34:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY182	TFGV01: HOW CAN WE NEGOTIATE UNDER A STATE OF [...] (C) On February 14, Poloff met with labor union leader Rabiatou Serah Diallo and political party leaders Sidya Toure, President of UFR, and Ousmane Bah, President of UPR. In separate meetings, each deplored the extensive powers granted to Guinea's military under the state of siege. All alleg [...]	2007-02-15 13:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY183	TFGV01: SITREP 42: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 15, 2007, [...] (SBU) The streets are calm downtown this afternoon. There are fewer gun shots heard in the neighborhoods than there have been in recent days, but there is still occasional random gunfire, largely firing in the air by military forces in an effort to keep the population quiescent. There is more [...]	2007-02-15 16:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY184	TFGV01: SITREP 43: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 16, 2007, [...] (SBU) At present, Conakry is quiet. There was increased pedestrian traffic this morning, despite its being during curfew hours. There is no vehicular traffic. As in past days, women are at stands selling small items but the shops and stores remain closed. Over the last 24 hours, the secu [...]	2007-02-16 11:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY187	TFGV01: SITREP 44: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 17, 2007, [...] (SBU) Conakry remains quiet. Yesterday afternoon, some shops and food markets opened during the non-curfew hours (noon - 1800),and vehicular traffic was slightly heavier than in previous days. During curfew hours, there is almost no vehicular traffic, except for military patrols, which con [...]	2007-02-17 11:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY188	TFGV01: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS INVESTIGATIONS INTO [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 15, Minister of Justice Alseny Rene Gomez briefed G-8 ambassadors on the status of investigations into killings during the June 2006 and January 2007 general strikes. Minister Gomez and his associates described a meticulous and tediously paced process that include [...]	2007-02-17 11:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS GV
07CONAKRY191	TFGV01: AMBASSADOR URGES PRESIDENTS OF NATIONAL [...] (C) On February 16, the Ambassador lobbied hard for President of the National Assembly Aboubacar Sompare and President of the Supreme Court Lamine Sidime to deal head on with Guinea's leadership vacuum by invoking Article 34 of the constitution to remove President Lansana Conte, who is object [...]	2007-02-17 13:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL ASEC AEMR GV
07CONAKRY195	TFGV01: SITREP 45: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 19, 2007, [...] (SBU) Non-curfew hours have been extended to 0600-1800 for all residents in Guinea, effective February 19; this doubles the time people may circulate freely on foot or by vehicle. General Kerfalla Camara, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, included the relaxation in his daily broadcast even [...]	2007-02-19 13:02:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY201	TFGV01: SITREP 46: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 20, 2007, [...] (SBU) With extended non-curfew hours, we are seeing increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Many Guineans are using the opportunity to restock, with moderate activity in markets, gas stations, and other small shops. Most large stores remained closed, as they have been since January 10. [...]	2007-02-20 13:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY215	TFGV01: SITREP 47: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 21, 2007, [...] (SBU) Conakry is calm, with moderate traffic, and no security incidents reported today. There is limited public transportation. Some small shops have tentatively opened their doors halfway. Most of the larger food markets continue to extend "backdoor" service. Apart from this informal mar [...]	2007-02-21 15:13:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY224	TFGV01: SITREP 48: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 22, 2007, [...] (SBU) Conakry remains calm, with no security incidents reported. Deployment of security forces remains at a reduced level compared to last week. Pedestrian and vehicular traffic is again at moderate levels. Some small shops are open while the larger food markets continue to do so through t [...]	2007-02-22 14:52:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY229	TFGV01: SITREP 49: GUINEA UNREST, FEB. 23, 2007, [...] (C) Today, February 23, marks the last day of the state of siege decreed on February 12. As required by the constitution, the National Assembly was called into session this morning. We expect the parliamentarians will ratify an extension of the state of siege, possibly for an additional twe [...]	2007-02-23 12:43:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC ELAB PINS AEMR GV
07CONAKRY235	TFGV01: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISAVOWS PRESIDENT CONTE [...] (C) Guinea is in flux politically as key players struggle to absorb the implications of several developments February 23. The National Assembly, for the first time ever, unanimously defeated a Conte initiative by rejecting extension of the state of siege. Chief of Defense Staff General Ker [...]	2007-02-24 10:44:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINS ASEC CASC AEMR GV
07CONAKRY236	TFGV01: ENLISTING ECOWAS'S SUPPORT FOR A [...] (U) On February 24, the ECOWAS special envoy for Guinea, former Nigerian President Babingida, accompanied by ECOWAS Executive Secretary Chambas and other delegation members, received the U.S., French, German, and British ambassadors, the EC head of delegation, and the U.N. resident representa [...]	2007-02-24 12:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV AMER GV
07CONAKRY238	TFGV01: CONTE AGREES TO APPOINT A NEW PM, STRIKE [...] (C) ECOWAS envoy and former Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida announced February 25 that President Lansana Conte has agreed to appoint a new consensus prime minister from a short list of names proposed by the unions and civil society. The inter-union coalition suspended the general strike [...]	2007-02-26 12:24:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PINS ASEC CASC AEMR GV
07CONAKRY244	TFGV01: LANSANA KOUYATE: GUINEA'S NEW PRIME [...] (SBU) On February 26, President Lansana Conte named Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's new Prime Minister. The announcement on the evening news was met by cheers in the streets and spontaneous celebrations in neighborhoods throughout the country. The decree stated that former Prime Minister Eugene [...]	2007-02-27 09:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS AEMR ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY282	GUINEA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER PUSHING THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) On March 6, newly appointed Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate met with the Ambassador to request PL-480 rice on a priority basis to help meet Guinea's post-strike food needs (septel). 2. (C) The Ambassador took advantage of this one-on-one meeting to ascertain where Kouyate stands on for [...]	2007-03-07 10:24:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR GV
07CONAKRY333	PATIENCE DIMINISHING AS PRIME MINISTER HAS YET TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Guinea's union leaders told us March 19 that if a new government is not named before the end of this week, they fear public protest. Although they have not set a deadline themselves, the union coalition says the people are losing patience with the time it is taking for Prime Min [...]	2007-03-20 15:14:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINS GV
07CONAKRY362	WAITING GAME PARALYZES KEY INSTITUTIONS BUT MAY BE [...] (C) SUMMARY. As all of Guinea waits for the announcement of a new cabinet, the justice system, educational institutions, Guinea's union coalition and government offices are paralyzed. That announcement is rumored to be as imminent as the evening of March 28, as some sources now contend that [...]	2007-03-28 14:18:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINS GV
07CONAKRY370	GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT MEETS INITIAL DEMANDS [...] (C) On March 28, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate addressed the nation with a clear message thanking all Guineans for their patience and cooperation in the creation of a "government of broad consensus". The Prime Minister listed eight priorities for his government with the consolidation of nat [...]	2007-03-29 14:20:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINS EAID GV
07CONAKRY489	GUINEA'S MILITARY ENGAGED IN NATIONWIDE PROTEST [...] (C) On May 2-3, military officers and soldiers on bases and military barracks throughout Guinea protested over wages and the corruption of senior military officers. There are reports that junior-level officers raided weapons and food stores in several military outposts and looted the house of [...]	2007-05-04 12:21:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS MARR GV
07CONAKRY493	GUINEAN MILITARY AWAIT CONCRETE GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (C) On May 4, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate met with President Lansana Conte to address the military's protest over wages and corruption of senior military officers (reftel). The protests have resulted in at least two deaths and an estimated 72 injuries. After the May 4 meeting of the Nati [...]	2007-05-07 11:17:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS MARR GV
07CONAKRY503	NO SOLUTION YET FOR MILITARY CRISIS [...] (C) Although Guinea's Prime Minister has led efforts to resolve the crisis within the Guinean military (Ref A),the government has yet to announce a satisfactory solution. The National Council of Defense and Security has met several times over the last few days, with senior military leaders [...]	2007-05-09 15:03:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS MARR GV
07CONAKRY515	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) On May 9, we delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Ousmane Diao Balde, National Director for Legal and Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the U.N. Human Rights Council and the candidacy of Belarus. Kabele Camara, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, Afri [...]	2007-05-10 14:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07CONAKRY521	MILITARY PROTEST CONTINUES, SOLDIERS MARCH [...] (C) On May 10, Guinea's military once again began active protest over pay, corruption, and the lack of a concrete response (reftel). The morning of May 10, soldiers were called to their barracks where promotions of mid-grade military personnel were announced. Shortly thereafter, there were r [...]	2007-05-11 12:33:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PINS GV
07CONAKRY529	SITREP NO. 3: MILITARY UNREST, MAY 14, 1030 HOURS [...] (C) On the surface, Conakry appears normal this morning, May 14, despite serious, unresolved problems within the military. Traffic is flowing. Schools, shops, and offices are open. 2. (C) The status of the military remains fluid, within both the ranks and the senior command. 3. (C) [...]	2007-05-14 09:56:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY531	U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) On May 14, the Ambassador met briefly with Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate (in the absence of the Foreign Minister who is abroad) to urge Guinea not to support Belarus's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. The Ambassador expressed dismay that the Foreign Ministry had informed us [...]	2007-05-14 14:28:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC GV
07CONAKRY534	SITREP NO. 4: MILITARY UNREST, MAY 14, 1530 HOURS [...] (C) Conakry remains calm. Traffic patterns are normal. Schools, shops, stores, and offices are open. Some businesses in the Matam district, the site of looting on the night of May 12-13, remain closed. 2. (C) This morning, May 14, Minister of Defense General Arafan Camara formally relin [...]	2007-05-14 15:41:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC CASC GV
07CONAKRY536	U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION -- GUINEA [...] (C) Further to our demarche (ref D),Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate called the Ambassador on May 15 to state that he had given firm instructions for Guinean representatives to oppose Belarus's candidacy for the U.N. Human Rights Council. 2. (C) The Prime Minister said he had overturned t [...]	2007-05-15 12:01:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC GV
07CONAKRY709	CENTRAL BANK WOES; AS GUINEA'S STORY GOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The problems facing Guinea as a whole are the same problems facing its Central Bank. Cronyism and corruption have been endemic at the Central Bank, as in the government. Prime Minister Kouyate promised reform and to clean up the Bank as a key institution of Guinea's governmen [...]	2007-06-22 12:52:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN GV
07CONAKRY710	GUINEA'S CRISIS IS FAR FROM OVER [...] (C) Over the last six months, Guinea has experienced one of the most tumultuous periods in its history. The popular social movement that swept through the nation demonstrated the power of the streets to effectuate change, yet there have been few transformations in the daily functioning of the [...]	2007-06-22 13:07:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM SOCI GV
07CONAKRY722	PRIME MINISTER CLEARS ONE HURDLE: APPOINTS NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, by presidential decree, Guinea named eight new governors and 33 prefects to lead its administrative regions. The nominations conclude months of wrangling (reftel) resulting in an eventual compromise between Prime Minister Kouyate and President Conte. Initial publ [...]	2007-06-26 11:11:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI KDEM GV
07CONAKRY723	PRIME MINISTER CLEARS ONE HURDLE: APPOINTS NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 22, by presidential decree, Guinea named eight new governors and 33 prefects to lead its administrative regions. The nominations conclude months of wrangling (reftel) resulting in an eventual compromise between Prime Minister Kouyate and President Conte. Initial publ [...]	2007-06-26 11:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI KDEM GV
07CONAKRY851	GUINEA: UPDATE AND REFLECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Information and impressions gathered during recent meetings and contacts with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, union leaders, women's groups and others reinforce the Embassy's earlier reporting and analyses (septel). Badly exposed by the union's July 3 open letter attacking [...]	2007-07-25 17:27:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM SOCI GV
07CONAKRY88	SITREP NO. 26: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, JAN. 26, [...] (C) Guinea's general strike continues as the country awaits an outcome to ongoing negotiations to settle union (and popular) demands. After two days in which only one minor security incident took place in Conakry, the morning of January 26 has seen renewed rock-throwing on the Hamdallaye-Bam [...]	2007-01-26 11:46:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY90	SITREP NO. 27: GUINEA GENERAL STRIKE, JAN. 27, [...] (C) Conakry is quiet morning of January 27. The general strike nominally continues, as ordered by the union leadership, but we are seeing traffic patterns approaching normal for a Saturday. There are more private vehicles and taxis, as well as a handful of fuel trucks heading for the port t [...]	2007-01-27 11:54:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC CASC PINS AEMR EAID GV
07CONAKRY960	GUINEA: DANGEROUS GAMES, TREACHEROUS GROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Union leadership and civil society are providing muted support to Prime Minister Kouyate, even in the face of its slow progress, as their mutual enemies in President Conte's circle pursue what some call a concerted plan to undermine the consensus government at every turn. While t [...]	2007-08-22 15:41:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL ASEC GV
07CONAKRY991	PUP MOBILIZES FOR POSSIBLE MARCH ELECTIONS - [...] SUMMARY. Guinea's ruling political party, the Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) says its August 17 rally (reftel) was largely misunderstood as it was intended only to demonstrate support for the President and revive the party,s image. While the general party message is one of moderation, c [...]	2007-08-31 11:48:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
07COPENHAGEN1015	PM RASMUSSEN HOLDS EDGE AHEAD OF DANISH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With opinion polls showing remarkably little change after more than two weeks of campaigning, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen maintains a slight edge over his center-left opposition rivals ahead of November 13 parliamentary elections. Rasmussen's Liberal-Conservative- [...]	2007-11-09 13:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON SOCI DA
07COPENHAGEN1020	DANISH ELECTIONS: PM RASMUSSEN WINS THIRD TERM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 12:58:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON SOCI DA
07COPENHAGEN1038	DANISH PM RESHUFFLES CABINET, BACKS REFERENDUM ON [...] (C) Summary: Ten days after leading his center-right government to a third term, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen November 23 announced changes to his cabinet that will broaden his coalition but stop short of the generational shift in leadership that many had anticipated. Rasmussen [...]	2007-11-23 14:47:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINR EUN DA
07COPENHAGEN1052	IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DENMARK [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 12:50:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR DA
07COPENHAGEN1069	DENMARK FIRM IN SUPPORT OF U.S. APPROACH ON KOSOVO [...] (C) There is "no doubt" that Denmark will be among the first EU member states to recognize the independence of Kosovo, Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen assured us December 12. Danish PM Rasmussen briefed the parliamentary foreign policy committee earlier that day, [...]	2007-12-13 09:09:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI DA
07COPENHAGEN130	DENMARK: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade the urgency of new contributions for Afghanistan and NATO-ISAF, emphasizing our common interest in ensuring that the requirements identified by SACEUR are met as quickly as possible. Gade indicated general support for our [...]	2007-02-09 14:49:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS AF DA
07COPENHAGEN131	DANISH VIEWS AND PRIORITIES FOR FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Denmark will look for near-term forward progress on Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan and can be expected to maintain a skeptical line toward Iran at the February GAERC. Denmark will also press for EU consensus that a new Palestinian unity government honor Quartet principles, and is looking [...]	2007-02-09 14:59:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU DA
07COPENHAGEN198	DANISH VIEWS ON MARCH EU GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Danish MFA EU correspondent Nicolaj Hejberg Petersen reviewed for us the agenda for the March 5-6 GAERC and other issues outlined in reftel, indicating broad agreement with U.S. positions. Petersen welcomed our constructive approaches to energy and climate issues, which he described as hi [...]	2007-03-02 16:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EUN DA
07COPENHAGEN283	KOSOVO: DENMARK SIGNALS FIRM SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried reviewed our approach on Kosovo March 22 with Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller and MFA State Secretary Ulrik Federspiel. In that exchange, Moeller reported that he had just traveled to the region in support of the Ahtisaa [...]	2007-03-28 09:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU DA
07COPENHAGEN383	DANISH VIEWS ON APRIL 23-24 EU GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Post reviewed reftel demarche points April 19 with Danish MFA EU correspondent Nicolaj Hejberg Petersen, who offered a mixed outlook for shared U.S. and Danish objectives for the upcoming EU GAERC meeting. Petersen suggested that his government had been pleasantly surprised by the apparen [...]	2007-04-19 14:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EUN DA
07COPENHAGEN419	CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR'S CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) U.S. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry reviewed for Danish officials and media U.S. priorities for supporting democracy in Cuba during his April 23 visit to Copenhagen, underscoring the importance of complementary approaches from the European Union. McCarry emphasized that the Cuba [...]	2007-05-01 13:56:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON CU EUN DA
07COPENHAGEN63	DANES IN IRAQ: EDGING TOWARD THE EXIT? [...] (C) Summary: Recognizing growing domestic opposition, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has signaled that Denmark hopes to join the British in scaling down its Iraq deployment by mid-2007, provided that Iraq forces can take over security responsibilities there. At the same time, the [...]	2007-01-18 08:45:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV IZ DA
07COPENHAGEN66	DANES SUPPORT U.S. INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL GOALS [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel the urgent need to SIPDIS seize the momentum in Afghanistan, to pre-empt and thwart an anticipated Taliban offensive in the spring. The United States plans to increase our forces and assistance a [...]	2007-01-19 08:43:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF DA
07COPENHAGEN68	DENMARK FIRM IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE [...] (C) Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel assured the Ambassador January 18 that Denmark stands together with the United States in backing UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plans and timeline for Kosovo status. Federspiel. It is essential, Federspiel agreed, to resist Russian [...]	2007-01-19 15:00:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU DA
07COPENHAGEN69	DENMARK ON JANUARY EU GAERC [...] (C) Danish EU Correspondent Nicolaj Hejberg Petersen reported January 19 that the main agenda items for next week's GAERC ministerial will be Western Balkans, Iran and Sudan, on which Denmark broadly shares the goals outlined in Ref A. Petersen confirmed that the Danish government will remain [...]	2007-01-19 15:47:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID EUN YI IR SU SO DA
07COPENHAGEN748	DANISH VIEWS ON JULY 23 EU GAERC MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In discussing reftel demarche points, Lene Mandel of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy Department informed post July 19 that Denmark continues to see eye to eye with the U.S. on most issues on the agenda for the July 23 GAERC meeting. On Kosovo's status, Mandel relayed [...]	2007-07-20 10:23:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI DA
07COPENHAGEN970	DENMARK'S NASER KHADER TWO YEARS AFTER THE MOHAMMED CRISIS: POSTURING TRUMPS POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-15 15:57:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL DA
07COPENHAGEN988	DANES WELCOME PROPOSALS ON CUBA, UNMOVED ON EMBARGO [...] (C) Danish MFA Deputy Head of Department for Asia and Latin America (DAS-equivalent) Lars Bredal reaffirmed October 26 Denmark's commitment to a firm EU policy in support of human rights and democracy in Cuba, and indicated that the Danish government welcomes U.S. interest in joint action with [...]	2007-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EUN CU DA
07COPENHAGEN998	DANISH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: RASMUSSEN'S TO LOSE [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks ahead of Danish parliamentary elections November 13, Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen looks set to return to office as head of a center-right minority government -- although perhaps with the backing of a broader and less manageable coalition. The opposition so far h [...]	2007-10-31 13:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON EUN DA
07COTONOU837	BENIN WILL SUPPORT UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:45:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BN
07COTONOU838	BENIN WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR
07COTONOU893	BENIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER PRESSES FOR USG AID TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MASS PINR BN
07COTONOU955	BENIN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD IMPASSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 12:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMCA BN
07CURACAO65	CHAVEZ ASKS ANTILLEAN PM "WHAT ABOUT INDEPENDENCE?" [...] (C) Netherlands Antilles PM Emily de Jongh Elhage told COM that upon meeting Chavez at recent Ortega inauguration that Chavez immediately asked her "what about independence for Curacao." Somewhat stunned, the PM responded that Curacao and the Netherlands Antilles had no intention of leaving t [...]	2007-01-18 20:41:00	Consulate Curacao	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON EINV NA VZ
07DAKAR1017	WHITHER SENEGALESE ISLAM?: AESTHETICS, HARMONY [...] (C) Sufi Brotherhood intellectuals inspired by Middle Eastern ideas are building institutions to reconsider traditional values, but they insist Senegalese common sense will sort out doctrinal trash. This is an opportune time for ideological innovation: the once narrowly nationalist and farm [...]	2007-05-10 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KISL PGOV PINR SG
07DAKAR1025	GUINEA-BISSAU AND SENEGAL WILL OPPOSE BELARUS IN [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau Watcher delivered Ref A demarche and talking points to Bissau-Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities Maria da Conceicao Nobre Cabral on May 10 via telephone. Minister Cabral said she would instruct the Bissau-Guinean Permanent Represe [...]	2007-05-10 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PU SG
07DAKAR1026	AFRICOM DELEGATION RECEIVES SENEGALESE INPUT [...] (C) The interagency AFRICOM delegation visited Dakar in April, meeting with Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Minister of Armed Forces Becaye Diop and Chief of Defense Major General Abdoulaye Fall on April 21. There was a marked co [...]	2007-05-10 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS OVIP SG
07DAKAR1089	DARFUR: SENEGAL UNSURE ABOUT AMIS/UN TRANSITION [...] (C) After demarches at the Presidency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),DCM contacted Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of Cabinet at the MFA. Ndiaye would say only that the transition from the African Union (AU) Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a hybrid AU/UN peacemaking mission is [...]	2007-05-21 13:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU SG
07DAKAR113	SENEGAL WILL PROBABLY PLEDGE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] (U) On January 11, Acting Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Absa Diallo told Charge that Senegal will participate in the Liberia Partners' Forum (reftel) and plans to make at least a symbolic pledge to underscore Senegal's support for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. [...]	2007-01-12 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IV LI PU SG
07DAKAR1136	A WALK THROUGH DAKAR: THE PEOPLE SPEAK [...] (C) A pre-election walk through Dakar,s vibrant Medina district and the city,s principal domestic bus station revealed five themes on the minds of the populace. It is the duty of every citizen to vote; the opposition boycott is ill-conceived and undermines Senegal,s democracy; the cost of li [...]	2007-05-23 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR114	SOMALIA: SENEGAL WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO AU FORCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 17:26:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SO SG SU
07DAKAR1141	THE OPPOSITION EXPLAINS THE BOYCOTT [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador, leaders of many of the 17 Senegalese opposition parties that are boycotting the June 3 legislative election explained their position and probed possible U.S. government support. Warning that Senegal,s democracy is under grave threat, the party lead [...]	2007-05-24 11:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR1153	SENEGAL PLANNING TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO COMOROS [...] (C) On May 25, Ambassador Oumar Demba Ba, one of President Wade's Diplomatic Advisors, told DCM that Senegal has decided to contribute to an African Union peacekeeping force in the Comoros. The size, timing and logistics involved in this seventh ongoing peacekeeping mission have not been det [...]	2007-05-25 15:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO CN SG
07DAKAR1173	LOW TURNOUT BY MILITARY AND POLICE IN PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) Military, paramilitary forces and national police cast the first votes, May 26-27, of Senegal,s 2007 legislative election. Turnout has been reported as extremely low, leading to claims of a successful boycott spearheaded by the &Front Siggil Senegal,8 while other observers argue that [...]	2007-05-30 15:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1223	IMF: SENEGAL'S POOR PUBLIC FINANCES WILL MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to IMF Resrep for Senegal, Alex Segura, President Wade's administration has greatly exacerbated the country's public finances problems in recent years. The GOS and the IMF are facing difficult negotiations on a new program, whether a PRGF or a Policy Support Instrumen [...]	2007-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KCOR SG
07DAKAR1251	GUINEA BISSAU: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES RIGHT STEPS, [...] (U) The government of Prime Minister Martinho N,Dafa Cabi has taken bold moves toward transparency of budgets, against corruption, petty crime, and drug trafficking. It is cleaning up the streets and harbor and has earned the trust of the World Bank, which is restarting the multi-sectoral pr [...]	2007-06-07 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID SNAR PU
07DAKAR1258	LOW TURNOUT IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On June 3, the people of Senegal voted in legislative elections. Turnout was an extremely low 34.75 percent with the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) securing 131 out of 150 seats in the National Assembly. A fierce debate has erupted between the boycotting &Front Siggil Senega [...]	2007-06-08 14:21:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS KDEM SG
07DAKAR1266	AMBASSADOR MEETS THE TIDJANES [...] (C) In a long discussion with Ambassador Jacobs, the extremely influential spokesman of the Tidjane Brotherhood, Abdoul Aziz Sy al Ibn (Junior),underlined his community,s dismay at President Wade,s overt Mouridism and his use of state funds to promote their interests. Both Sy, and his elder [...]	2007-06-12 11:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1283	SENEGAL,S SENATE RETURNS [...] (C) On February 12, 2007 the National Assembly passed a law to revive a Senate that in 2001 President Wade had declared unnecessary. With legislative elections over, questions are rife as to why. Six factors seem to have influenced Wade: Creating a power base for his son Karim, consolidatin [...]	2007-06-14 10:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR1291	GUINEA BISSAU: DRUG FIGHT TAKES BIG STEP BACKWARD [...] (C) In a surprising move, the GOGB took a big step backward in the fight against drug trafficking with the firing of the police chief responsible for two major seizures. The Interior Minister appears to be positioning himself to control more of the traffic. Meanwhile, consumption is startin [...]	2007-06-18 08:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PU
07DAKAR1452	HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED [...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINR SG CD
07DAKAR1463	GUINEA BISSAU: AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON DRUGS, [...] (C) The Ambassador visited Bissau to cut the ribbon on the soon-to-be-opened office space and say good-bye in her final trip as Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. She found a country that is earning the trust of donors and cleaning up its finances. At the same time, it is losing ground in the fig [...]	2007-07-12 15:21:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR PREL PU
07DAKAR1464	LARGE DRUG SEIZURE AND ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) Senegalese gendarmes seized over two tons of cocaine in June and arrested a number of Latin Americans and Europeans involved in the trafficking. Senegal is cooperating with the FBI and DEA. These huge seizures indicate that no West African country is immune to the flow of cocaine from S [...]	2007-07-12 15:24:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PINS SG
07DAKAR1468	SUDAN: SENEGALESE SUPPORT FOR HYBRID UNSCR [...] (C) Outgoing DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Claude Absa Diallo, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on July 13. Diallo said Senegal is in complete agreement with our proposal. She indicated that any change in troop levels had to be associated with the [...]	2007-07-13 13:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC SU SG
07DAKAR1524	The PDS-Time for a Change [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 16:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1541	The PDS-Time for a Change [...] (SBU) After two very comfortable elections victories President Wade now feels he has the power to revamp his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS). The two main reasons that are being cited for this restructuring are that he is preparing a new platform for his son Karim to use as a springboard to [...]	2007-07-26 11:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR1727	CHINESE INVOLVEMENT IN SENEGAL'S NATURAL RESOURCES [...] (C) To date, China is not heavily invested in Senegal's natural resources sectors. China's presence in Senegal currently focuses on the importation of Chinese consumer and industrial goods, including automobiles, and Chinese assistance for public works projects. China does not have a fishin [...]	2007-08-22 16:53:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV SENV CM SG
07DAKAR1751	GUINEA BISSAU: FORMING NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY [...] (C) The GOGB announced its program to fight drug trafficking, which ranges from constructing a prison -- the top GOGB priority -- to a national awareness campaign. The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is trying to help raise over USD 15 million in donations for the effort. Until it recei [...]	2007-08-24 12:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PU
07DAKAR1821	IDRISSA SECK - THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON? [...] (C) On July 25 a meeting took place between representatives of former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck and President Wade to explore ways for Seck to return to the Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) or a reconstituted &Liberal Movement.8 Since then, negotiations between the two parties have contin [...]	2007-09-06 09:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1822	GUINEA BISSAU: BIG DRUG ARRESTS SHOW POLICE [...] (C) Recent police and military actions to fight drug trafficking have helped strengthen Guinea-Bissau's claims it wants to do more. The former head of the Judicial Police (JP) credited U.S. pressure with forcing the GOGB to take action. The new head of the JP appears to be an interested and [...]	2007-09-06 13:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PU
07DAKAR1859	THE ROAD AHEAD FOR SENEGAL,S OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a meeting with the Charge D'Affaires, the leaders of Senegal's main opposition parties explained their current campaign to hold a National Dialogue and warned that Senegal was faced with the triple threat of an unstable political situation, an out-of-control economy, and social disconten [...]	2007-09-13 11:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR1898	GUINEA BISSAU:PM FEARS PERSONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Tensions in Bissau led the Prime Minister to change his security detail on September 15. Members of the Public Order Police were removed from duty and replaced by AK-47 wielding soldiers. The number of men in his detail was doubled and he was given two escort vehicles. President Joao Be [...]	2007-09-19 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PU
07DAKAR1900	GUINEA BISSAU:PM FEARS PERSONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Tensions in Bissau led the Prime Minister to change his security detail on September 15. Members of the Public Order Police were removed from duty and replaced by AK-47 wielding soldiers. The number of men in his detail was doubled and he was given two escort vehicles. President Joao Be [...]	2007-09-19 17:00:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PU
07DAKAR1934	GUINEA BISSAU:LIFE ON THE ISLANDS COMES INTO FOCUS [...] (C) The week of September 10-14 Poloff and FSN toured the Bijagos Archipelago, a collection of some 90 islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. On the islands of Bolama, Bubaque, Orango, Joao Vieira, Polao, Carache, Caravela, Caray, and Rubane Poloff learned what life was like in this remote, [...]	2007-09-27 16:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ECON EFIS SOCI
07DAKAR203	HUMBLE FATHER AND PRODIGAL SON: WADE AND SECK [...] (C) With his Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) in shambles and poll numbers apparently dismal a month before elections, President Abdoulaye Wade has absolved ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck of alleged crimes and asked his one-time "spiritual son" for reconciliation. Seck's opposition coalitio [...]	2007-01-24 18:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2061	DANCERS GETS PROBABTION FOR "OBSCENE DANCING" [...] (C) A recent obscenity case against a well-known dancer, Ndeye Gueye, has pitted social conservatives, imams, and Islamists against secularist and lawyers who say that this kind of jurisprudence poses a danger to Senegal's traditions of social and religious tolerance. Gueye was charged, tried [...]	2007-10-18 15:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI SG
07DAKAR2116	SENEGALESE PRESIDENT PLANS TO VISIT ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is still planning to visit Zimbabwe and meet with President Robert Mugabe in an effort to succeed where South African President Thabo Mbeki has failed: relieving the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe. To do so, according to President Wade, se [...]	2007-10-30 13:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SG ZI SF UK
07DAKAR2212	LA RENTREE POLITIQUE 2007 - SUCCESSION SUCCESSION, [...] (C) In "Rentree Poltique 2006," we characterized the Senegalese opposition as self-pitying, the people as angry at the cost of living, youth as depressed about their prospects, and President Abdoulaye Wade as personalizing power. Not only has nothing changed since then, but the situation has w [...]	2007-11-14 15:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR2268	NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...]	2007-11-19 14:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN

07DAKAR2288	NOT MUCH RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN SENEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is not a significant issue in Senegal at this time and the GOS has not attempted to directly manage the exploitation of the country's potential oil, gas, or mining reserves. The government's history to date is to negotiate exploitation rights with a wide ra [...]	2007-11-21 17:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EINV PGOV SN
07DAKAR231	SENEGAL ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 14:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG
07DAKAR275	DETERIORATION IN THE CASAMANCE [...] (C) Senegalese Army reoccupation of the Casamance, initially somewhat successful, has proved unable to thwart rebel activity. Violence, while still largely concentrated in a northern triangle bordering on The Gambia, is becoming increasingly significant in the key city of Bignona, and rebel [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC CASC SOCI PGOV PINR SG GA PU
07DAKAR276	GUINEA BISSAU: GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY BUSINESS [...] (C) As AF/W desk officer Dorsey Lockhart, PolOff, and PAO met with Bissau-Guinean government, NGO, human rights, and business leaders, January 24-26, they heard "government is the only business in Bissau." Some might have added that narcotics is fast catching on (Reftel). On January 27, the [...]	2007-02-02 14:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON SNAR PU
07DAKAR314	BISHOPS, MARABOUTS, BUSINESSMEN AND STONE-THROWING [...] (C) The election campaign has begun, marked by President Abdoulaye Wade's reaffirmation of the importance to him of religion, and by the first acts of violence against major presidential candidates. Days before, the country's most activist and outspoken religious leader told visiting AF/W De [...]	2007-02-07 15:41:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF SG
07DAKAR380	NEXT WEEK'S ELECTIONS: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS [...] In a four-day trip to seven cities, we found flaws in the newly created electoral process. Watchdog organizations are under-funded, under-equipped, undermanned, not always well managed, and inefficient. Meanwhile, 15 presidential campaigns crisscross the country, tying up roads and raising [...]	2007-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PINS SG
07DAKAR381	GUINEA BISSAU: UNODC REQUESTS COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action request. The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has requested USG assistance in staffing a police attache position for counter-narcotics reporting in Bissau. Post believes outside support on drugs is urgently needed before the GOGB's path to narco-state st [...]	2007-02-20 07:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PU
07DAKAR393	SUNDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: THERE'LL BE A [...] (C) President Abdoulaye Wade's people claim he will win the first round presidential election on February 25. Others, in sharp contrast, claim his private polls are so bad he could drop out of the race before Sunday. Amidst this fog of spin and speculation, and absent reliable polls, we find [...]	2007-02-21 12:24:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR412	GADIO REACTS TO CONDEMNATION OF ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Following the latest campaign violence on February 21 (reftel),I convened Embassy Dakar,s Emergence Action Committee. The Committee agreed on a number of steps to minimize danger to the private and official American communities. We also issued a press release condemning political viole [...]	2007-02-22 17:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OPDC OPRC SG
07DAKAR416	SENEGALESE VIEWS ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:44:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS UNSC GV SG
07DAKAR450	SENEGAL: ELECTION SITREP 4: SOME REASONS WHY WADE [...] (C) President Wade's allies and minions may have tried hard to manipulate Sunday's election, but as it turned out, they hardly needed to make the effort. Wade outclassed the competition by a comfortable margin, in highly competitive areas such as Kaolack and Saint Louis and even where he was [...]	2007-02-28 15:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR508	TRANS-SAHARAN COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIP (TSCTP) [...] (C) The Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and the EUCOM Deputy Commander met in Dakar on February 6 and 7. There was general agreement that terrorism in North and West Africa is linked with organized crime, including illegal migration and traffickin [...]	2007-03-05 17:50:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR ECON PHUM EAID MASS PREL SG
07DAKAR554	WHY WADE WON [...] (C) Defying predictions, President Abdoulaye Wade crushed all comers in the February 25 election. Senegalese disagree if there was fraud and on the degree of registration manipulation, but all concur President Wade had the money, machinery and message to win. Wade's charisma and an inconseq [...]	2007-03-08 18:19:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR562	SENEGAL NOT SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 18:15:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SG
07DAKAR612	AF PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS SENIOR MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a March 12, 2007 meeting with Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio, AF PDAS Thomas-Greenfield praised a peaceful Mauritanian election while Gadio expressed hope that the new President will rejoin ECOWAS and deal with the refugee situation. On Somalia, Gadio agreed that a clear messag [...]	2007-03-16 15:37:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KDEM GV MR SO SU SG
07DAKAR617	NEA DAS GRAY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTRY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: During a March 14, 2007 meeting, Senegalese Foreign Ministry Secretary General Claude Absa Diallo and NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed Senegal,s hosting of the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. Ambassador Diallo urged [...]	2007-03-16 18:28:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL IR SG
07DAKAR633	BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) On March 19, British Deputy Head of Mission Julia Edwards and DCM jointly delivered ref demarches to Mame Baba Cisse, the Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Cisse acknowledged that the creidibility of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is on the [...]	2007-03-20 16:40:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SG ZI SU
07DAKAR683	GUINEA BISSAU: NO CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT, HIGH [...] (C) A vote of no confidence leaves President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Vieira with some tough choices but no clear timeframe for having to make them. The crisis will indefinitely stall the security sector reform initiative, not to mention much needed social and economic reforms. Drug money may h [...]	2007-03-26 12:10:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL EFIN PU
07DAKAR785	PARLIAMENTARY GENDER PARITY LAW NOT AS GOOD AS IT [...] (SBU) At President Wade's initiative, a new law requires gender parity in the proportional lists -- but not the constituency lists -- of candidates in future legislative elections. Many women consider this a major step forward, but one of the most outspoken, Penda Mbow, calls it a Wade campa [...]	2007-04-10 18:22:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KWMN PINR KDEM SG
07DAKAR82	SENEGAL TO INCREASE TROOPS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) During a 12 December meeting at the Senegalese Armed Forces Headquarters, Senegalese Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Colonel Cherif Mbodj informed Embassy Dakar Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief that Senegal would be increasing the size of its troop contribution for the A [...]	2007-01-10 11:54:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SG SU MOPS
07DAKAR820	SENEGAL CONTEMPLATING WITHDRAWAL FROM DARFUR [...] (C) On April 11, Senegal,s Council of Ministers issued a statement declaring that &If the African Union is not empowered and given the means to assure the safety of our people in the field, the Government of Senegal could foresee a pullout of its (532) peacekeepers.8 The statement deplored t [...]	2007-04-13 12:55:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PKPO PREL SG SU
07DAKAR833	WADE RE-INAUGURATED: IMAGINING SOLUTIONS TO [...] (C) The odd thing about President Wade's re-election is that few Senegalese are asking about his second-term plans: what they really want to know is whom he will anoint to succeed him. Meanwhile, with various opposition parties boycotting upcoming parliamentary elections, doubts about the fa [...]	2007-04-16 18:33:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON PINS PINR KDEM KISL SG
07DAKAR862	SEEKING PUBLIC COMMITMENTS OF PERSONNEL FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) With President Abdoulaye Wade in Nouakchott for the presidential inauguration and Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio out of the country, Charge made reftel demarche to Ambassador Mankeur Ndiaye, the Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ndiaye rep [...]	2007-04-19 15:06:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU SG
07DAKAR864	GUINEA-BISSAU FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT AND SCORES [...] (U) Guinea-Bissau has a new consensus government headed by Martinio N,Dafa Cabi, a vice president of the Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC). President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira chose Cabi out of a field of three choices presented by the coalition of parties t [...]	2007-04-20 07:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM PU
07DAKAR962	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG
07DAKAR963	NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 14:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ SG
07DAMASCUS1012	RAMADAN SHAMMY: LATE NIGHT GOSSIP ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: While attending to our day jobs, Embassy staff tried (in vain) to keep up with a rigorous late night Syrian Ramadan social calendar. Despite SARG efforts to scare Syrians away from our events and to deter others from inviting us to theirs, we held three successful Embassy Ramad [...]	2007-10-11 10:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS1056	EU PUTS SYRIAN AIR ON NOTICE [...] (C) On the margins of the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) in Damascus on October 23-25, Post learned that the European Aviation Safety Administration (EASA) was frustrated at Syrian Air,s continued non-compliance with EASA safety standards and planned t [...]	2007-10-30 04:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EIND ETRD EU FAA
07DAMASCUS1073	RARE PUBLIC EXECUTION TAKES PLACE IN SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. A rare public execution was carried out by a military field court on October 25 in Aleppo. According to press reports, the five convicts were common criminals accused of serious crimes including homicide in the course of robbery. Human rights activists took the opportunity to d [...]	2007-11-01 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1075	SYRIANS WAKE UP TO GASOLINE PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Syrians awoke on November 1 to find that the SARG had increased the price of gasoline by 20 percent overnight, from 30 to 36 SP/liter (USD 2.27 to 2.72/gal). The increase was less than the 40 SP/liter price many economists had predicted during a heated public debate over the need to eli [...]	2007-11-01 15:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET SY
07DAMASCUS108	NEW TACTICS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SARG REGIME [...] (C) Summary. As the USG continues to consider strategies for increasing the pressure on SARG regime members and supporters, post solicits Washington's feedback on our below suggestions for expanding the use of sanctions against the Syrian regime. Targeted sanctions can help to delegitimize co [...]	2007-02-01 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
07DAMASCUS1094	SYRIAN GOVERNMENT REPRESSES PRO-PKK RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Pro-PKK protests by Syrian Kurds in Northeast Syrian city of Qamishli were met by heavy police repression. The ensuing crackdown caused multiple injuries and the death of at least one Syrian Kurd. There were also several arrests at a pro-PKK rally in the northern border town o [...]	2007-11-08 09:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS1123	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING BLACKLISTS MERRILL [...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott group was held November 5-7 in Damascus. Participation and results followed expectations and closely paralleled last April,s gathering (reftel). One U.S. company, Merrill Lynch, and three unnamed European companies were official [...]	2007-11-20 14:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AL ECON KBCT PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS1132	ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE: SARG SAYS YES, SENDING VICE [...] (C) The Syrian MFA notified Charge at 1500 local that Vice Foreign Minister Fayssal Mekdad will be leading Syria's delegation to the Annapolis conference. Mekdad will be accompanied by his Chef du Cabinet (Office Director) Hussam Aala. Syrian Ambassador Imad Mustafa will join the Syrian de [...]	2007-11-25 15:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CVIS PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS SY
07DAMASCUS1140	CONGRESSWOMAN MCCOLLUM DISCUSSES REFUGEES AND [...] (C) Summary: In a 25-minute discussion with Congresswoman McCollum (D-MN) on November 28, President Asad criticized the lack of preparation for the Annapolis Conference but said the initiative represented an important first step. He stressed the need for determined U.S. engagement in the co [...]	2007-11-29 14:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL SY IS
07DAMASCUS1143	SARG SECURITY COURT ACTIONS AGAINST JIHADISTS MORE [...] (C) Summary. On November 25, the Syrian Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) formally accused three alleged jihadists with attempting to join the insurgency against U.S. forces in Iraq. To date there has been no official SARG comment on the trial. Human rights activists speculate that the cou [...]	2007-11-29 16:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1144	SEVERAL SYRIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PREVENTED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Syrian government has prevented several human rights figures from traveling abroad in recent days. The regime,s actions appear to be an enforcement of existing travel bans to which there had previously been some loopholes. Many of the activists prevented from leaving were h [...]	2007-11-29 16:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1156	DAMASCUS DECLARATION ANNOUNCES CREATION OF [...] (C) Summary: More than two years after signing the original Damascus Declaration in October 2005, 163 civil society, human rights, and opposition leaders gathered at the Damascus home of leader Riad Seif to vote on the creation of a new legislative body (the National Council) and elect its C [...]	2007-12-06 16:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1157	REPATRIATION OF IRAQI REFUGEES - NO MASS RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Since early October, Embassy sources have confirmed press and other reports of increasing numbers of Iraqi refugees leaving Syria for Iraq. On November 27, PolOff observed hundreds of Iraqis, carrying personal belongings of every shape, size and kind, loaded onto rented buses bo [...]	2007-12-06 16:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS1170	SARG ROUND UP OF DAMASCUS DECLARATION MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian security services detained some 36 Damascus Declaration National Council NC) members this week, eventually releasing all but three. Security services also disrupted an NC meeting at the home of National Council Secretariat Riad Seif on December 13, but there were no SI [...]	2007-12-13 09:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1177	PRESIDENT ASAD DISMISSES TWO CABINET MINISTERS - [...] (C) On December 10, new Ministers of Communications and Technology, Imad Abdul-Ghani Sabouni, and of Awqaf, Islamic Trusts, Mohammed Abdul-Sattar al Sayied, were sworn in before President Asad. This came two days after President Asad removed Dr. Amro Nazir Salem, Minister of Communications and [...]	2007-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1178	UNHCR DONOR MISSION TO DAMASCUS: DONORS AIR [...] (C) Summary: On December 2-3, UNHCR hosted 18 donor country representatives and attempted to give an updated assessment on the Iraqi refugee situation. UNHCR filled two days with meetings, site visits and official meetings. While the donors appeared sympathetic to the needs of the Iraqi refug [...]	2007-12-13 16:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS1180	SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, [...] (C) Per ref A, the most recent official information available from the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics states that in 2006, Cuban imports to Syria totaled USD 27,000 and Syrian exports to Cuba reached USD 1.2 million. These totals represent over a tenfold increase in Syrian exports to Cuba [...]	2007-12-13 16:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SY
07DAMASCUS1181	SARG-IRAQI CONSULTATIONS REFLECT SOME PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of a delegation headed by Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr al Zabaida, Iraqi border security officials met with their Syrian counterparts in Damascus November 28-29 to discuss enhanced cooperation. According to the Iraqi embassy here, al Zabaida handed over 15 mi [...]	2007-12-14 11:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IZ
07DAMASCUS1187	MFA AGREES TO NEXT CIRCUIT RIDE; WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary. A Syrian MFA official confirmed UNHCR's report that the SARG would allow a DHS circuit ride in January as long as the same conditions set for the November-December circuit ride were met (reftel). The Charge asked that the SARG grant visas for international trainers and a deputy [...]	2007-12-18 20:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SY
07DAMASCUS1188	MFA AGREES TO NEXT CIRCUIT RIDE; WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary. A Syrian MFA official confirmed UNHCR's report that the SARG would allow a DHS circuit ride in January as long as the same conditions set for the November-December circuit ride were met (reftel). The Charge asked that the SARG grant visas for international trainers and a deputy [...]	2007-12-18 20:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SY
07DAMASCUS119	NEW UNANNOUNCED SYRIAN POLICY ON IRAQIS [...] (C) Summary: Following weeks of unconfirmed reports that the SARG has tightened its entry policy for Iraqis, UNHCR contacts and the issuance of an internal SARG immigration circular confirms the new and stricter measures. Syrian officials, however, continue to dismiss reports of the new pol [...]	2007-02-05 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS127	SYRIA'S MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC REFORM: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The SARG continues to spotlight its efforts to modernize the financial sector and achieve economic equality with its Arab neighbors, but the banking sector as the SARG-proclaimed "model" of sectoral reform falls well short of the propaganda. The SARG continues to lack the poli [...]	2007-02-08 14:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS128	"SHIA-IZATION" IN SYRIA, REGIME'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Samir al-Taqi, an advisor to the Syrian MFA, described for A/DCM February 7 growing unease in Syria about what he termed Iranian efforts at Shia-ization in the country. Most of this effort is concentrated in the northeast, with some of it linked to Iranian efforts to use i [...]	2007-02-08 15:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS132	IRAQI REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE SARG [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-11 15:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ASEC SY IZ JO
07DAMASCUS134	UPDATE - LABWANI'S TREATMENT IN PRISON [...] (C) Summary. On February 10, Poloff met with the family of imprisoned political activist Kamal Labwani to check his status. Family members reported that Labwani had recently been returned to his normal cell, after having spent six days confined to a dark, dirty underground cell. Family membe [...]	2007-02-12 09:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS147	SYRIAN ARAB AIRLINES SPEAKS TO CHARGE ON AIR SAFETY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. Responding to a request by the Syrian MFA and seeking to fill-in missing information on important safety of flight issues, Charge met, February 8, with the DG of Syrian Arab Airlines (SAA) to discuss concerns over the [...]	2007-02-14 13:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETTC CASC PREL SY
07DAMASCUS149	BACKGROUND ON JANUARY PRISON RIOT IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to numerous Embassy sources, imprisoned members of President Asad,s extended family began an uprising in Adra'a prison January 25 over the fact they were not included in the Eid al-Adha Presidential amnesty (ref A). Eventually, the Army had to be called in to quell t [...]	2007-02-14 15:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS151	BA'ATH PARTY PROTESTS COMMEMORATE ISRAELI [...] (U) SUMMARY. TWO EVENTS OCCURRED ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL'S ANNEXATION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS FROM SYRIA. FIRST, LACKLUSTER ANNUAL PROTESTS ORGANIZED BY THE BA'ATH PARTY TOOK PLACE IN THE SYRIAN PROVINCE OF QUNNEITRA. IN ADDITION, AN AMORPHOUS GROUP KNOWN AS THE COMMITTEES FOR THE LIBE [...]	2007-02-15 16:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY IS
07DAMASCUS17	TURKEY: THE SARG'S NEW BEST FRIEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WITH A SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH DIPLOMATIC VISITS AND TURKEY'S MUCH-DELAYED RATIFICATION OF THE SYRIAN-TURKISH FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA),THE SARG HAS PUBLICLY HAILED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SYRIA AND TURKEY. THE SARG BELIE [...]	2007-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ SY TU
07DAMASCUS173	311 SANCTIONS CASTING A SHADOW ON THE CBS'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Financial sanctions under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311 continue to put pressure on the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) nearly a year after the final ruling was imposed. Nonetheless, the CBS, up till now, is managing to maintain its central role in Syria's banking sector. While some [...]	2007-02-22 14:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SANC ETTC PREL KTFN SY
07DAMASCUS175	RECENT SPIKE IN DISSIDENT ARRESTS; TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. On February 17, Kurdish student activist Kamal Sheikho was a detained by the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI). Sheikho's arrest followed the SARG's detention of two other prominent opposition figures, Mahmoud Sarem and Razak Eid. Then, after months of trial postponements Anwa [...]	2007-02-22 15:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS194	SYRIA CONTINUES WTO ACCESSION EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary. The SARG is agitating to advance its 2001 application to join the WTO. So far, the SARG's new effort on behalf of its stalled WTO application seems to have much more to do with its effort to break out of its political isolation than it does with any new commitment to economic li [...]	2007-03-01 06:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFTA ETRD PREL SY
07DAMASCUS196	SYRIAN CONFIDENCE WAVERING? [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of a visit to Tehran clouded by growing differences over Iraq and Lebanon, Bashar al-Asad's self-confidence stemming from foreign policy positions he believed were paying dividends may now be eroding. Disappointments over the frictions with Iran, the apparent w [...]	2007-03-01 13:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IR IZ LE
07DAMASCUS2	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar Al-Asad said he was optimistic about restarting peace negotiations with Israel, claimed (erroneously it appears) the seven opposition activists recently jailed had been released, expressed pessimism on reaching a political resolution in Lebanon given what he desc [...]	2007-12-31 13:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM PGOV PHUM SY IS IZ LEB
07DAMASCUS201	SYRIAN POLITICAL PRISONER KAMAL LABWANI APPEARS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent Syrian political prisoner Kamal Labwani appeared in criminal court on February 27 when his lawyer presented as part of the defense's evidence a letter from the U.S. Embassy, which broadly outlines the U.S. International Visitor Program (IVP). The next court date was s [...]	2007-03-01 15:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS214	SYRIAN GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULD WELCOME PRM A/S [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 13:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA AMGT SY
07DAMASCUS22	ADVISOR TO MFA SAYS SYRIANS REMAIN NERVOUS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SYRIAN REGIME CONTINUES TO FEAR THE FORMATION OF A SPECIAL LEBANON TRIBUNAL, WORRYING THAT IT COULD FIND ITSELF UNDER SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL OPPROBRIUM AND ISOLATION, EVEN IF SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE REGIME ARE NOT ACCUSED OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE PM RA [...]	2007-01-09 09:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY IR IS LE IZ
07DAMASCUS229	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SAUERBREY'S VISIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Damascus warmly welcomes you to Syria. Your visit comes amidst heightened SARG sensitivity to the presence of up to 1.3 million Iraqi refugees here, especially given public grumbling about price hikes and increased crime and social woes. Additionally, the SARG has real [...]	2007-03-08 14:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY
07DAMASCUS230	IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (C) On March 8, Charge delivered appropriate Syria points from reftel demarche and ref B points to Dr. Amir Smadi, SARG MFA Chief of Protocol (the embassy MFA-designated interlocutor). He gave no substantive reply to the demarche, but promised to communicate the points to his superiors in the [...]	2007-03-08 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OIC ARABLEAGUE UN IZ SY AL-1
07DAMASCUS231	HARD TIMES CONTINUE FOR SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY; NO [...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI/civil society committee met on March 5 to discuss reftel on MEPI small grants program in Syria. Committee members reviewed the problematic status of the only MEPI project awarded by Post, noting that the project had run into problems because of intense interference [...]	2007-03-08 14:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI
07DAMASCUS232	NEW EMBASSY TRAVEL PROCEDURES: VISIT TO HOMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SARG HAS MOVED TO FURTHER RESTRICT EMBASSY DAMASCUS, ABILITY TO ENGAGE SYRIANS OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL. AS A RESULT, THE EMBASSY HAS ADAPTED ITS TRAVEL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO GET OUT OF THE CAPITAL AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. OUR MOST RECENT TRIP USING OUR NEW T [...]	2007-03-08 15:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PREL SY
07DAMASCUS254	ARRESTS AND POLITICAL TRIALS SURROUND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, several prominent dissidents, including former MP and political prisoner Riad Seif, were detained when they attempted to protest the 44th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency Law in Syria. Meanwhile, the political trial of Michel Kilo formally commenced while [...]	2007-03-13 12:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS255	SARG ANTI-CORRUPTION PROPAGANDA GROWS IN RUN-UP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, the SARG has publicly highlighted its purported efforts to crack down on corruption. This effort is the latest in a long line of sporadic SARG campaigns to manipulate the issue of combating corruption for internal political purposes. It is also part of a bro [...]	2007-03-13 13:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ECON PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS258	VISITING A/S SAUERBREY MEETS WITH SYRIA'S DEPUTY FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SAUERBREY MET FOR AN HOUR MARCH 12 WITH SYRIAN DEPUTY FM FAISAL MIKDAD IN DAMASCUS, FOLLOWED BY A LUNCH HOSTED BY MIKDAD. DURING THE MEETING, THE DFM NOTED SYRIAN SATISFACTION WITH THE VISIT AND DISCUSSED HOW THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT WAS ADDRESSING THE [...]	2007-03-13 16:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV IZ SY
07DAMASCUS26	SYRIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST CALLS FOR NEW USG [...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH SYRIAN-CANADIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST AND IMMIGRATION LAWYER HIND KABAWAT ON JANUARY 8. KABAWAT SAID THAT THE SAME NIGHT AFTER ATTENDING A DECEMBER 19 RECEPTION AT THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE FOR CODEL KERRY AND DODD, POLITICAL SECURITY AGENTS CAME TO HER HOUSE TO ASK WHET [...]	2007-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS280	REACTION TO SOLANA'S DAMASCUS VISIT MIXED [...] (C) Summary: European diplomats, including German Ambassador Wenzel, stressed the frank and generally positive nature of EU Representative Solana,s talks with Syrian President Asad, especially with regard to Lebanon. In addition, Syrian state media put a mostly positive spin on the visit, ass [...]	2007-03-19 15:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS284	NEW IPR LAW DOES LITTLE TO PROTECT PROCTOR AND [...] (U) Summary. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are violated with impunity in Syria. If P&G,s experience is any guide, the new law signed last week by President Asad will do little to address the fundamental problems that confront the sector. End summary. 2. (SBU) On March 12, 2007, Pres [...]	2007-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS293	SYRIAN OFFICIALS PUBLICLY DENY REGIME ROLE IN AIN [...] (SBU) In the past week, Syrian Interior Minister Maj. Gen. Bassam Abdul Majeed rejected suggestions that the regime was involved in the February 13 Ain Alaq bus bombings in Lebanon, despite the March 13 announcement by Lebanese officials of the arrest of four Syrian members of Fatah Islam in [...]	2007-03-25 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM LE BY
07DAMASCUS294	NEW ISLAMIC BANKS POPULAR, BUT BOARDS REFLECT SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC BANKING, THE SARG CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ITS ISLAMIC BANKING EFFORTS AS A SIGN OF ITS "ISLAMIC" CREDENTIALS AND TO CLAIM SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER ARAB STATES. THE FIRST TWO SYRIAN ISLAMIC BANKS, WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT FROM QATAR, KUWAIT AND SAUD [...]	2007-03-25 15:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
07DAMASCUS295	SYRIAN ARAB AIRWAYS CONTINUES TO PURSUE A WET LEASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Syria Arab Airways has reportedly signed an agreement to lease Boeing airplanes from a new company set up by Rami Makhlouf. End summary. 2. (C) As he has with nearly every other economic sector in Syria, we've heard from local contacts that Rami Makhlouf, President Asad,s [...]	2007-03-26 07:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETTC KCRM SY
07DAMASCUS3	SYRIAN REFORMER TELLS CODEL SPECTER THE [...] (C) Summary. In a 45 minute meeting with Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy, Syrian opposition leader Riad Seif detailed the activities of the newly formed National Council, including the regime,s arrest of seven of the Council,s members; the types of coercion the SARG uses to silence [...]	2007-12-31 14:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
07DAMASCUS307	VERDICTS EXPECTED SOON IN KEY SYRIAN POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 10, THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF JAILED POLITICAL REFORMER KAMAL LABWANI, NOW THAT HIS DEFENSE TEAM CONCLUDED THEIR DEFENSE. MEANWHILE, THE DEFENSE OF IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER ANWAR AL-BUNNI IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONCLUDE THE FIRST WEEK OF [...]	2007-03-27 15:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS308	SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF ON OPPOSITION GROUP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER RIAD SEIF MET MARCH 22 WITH A/DCM, PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE DAMASCUS DECLARATION (DD) GROUP, AND HIS CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF THE ASAD REGIME. SEIF, WHO HEADS THE DD'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SAID ITS MEMBERS WERE WORKING TO ENLARGE THE DD POSSIBLY AS EARLY [...]	2007-03-27 15:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS309	THE GOLAN: RESISTANCE RHETORIC, PEACE FEELERS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS, PUBLIC MENTION OF THE GOLAN HEIGHTS ISSUE HAS RECURRED WITH MUCH GREATER FREQUENCY THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. THE ASAD REGIME HAS USED IT TACTICALLY IN DIFFERENT WAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, TO EXPRESS SHARED OBJECTIVES WITH HIZBALLAH LAST AUGUST, AND MORE RECENT [...]	2007-03-27 16:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS317	SYRIAN ELECTIONS: JOCKEYING AND BACKSTABBING START [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN IN DAMASCUS HAS GOTTEN MORE HEATED AND UGLY THAN EXPECTED THIS SPRING, WITH THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA BEING USED TO PUBLISH SCURRILOUS ATTACKS TO WEAKEN THE CANDIDACIES OF A KEY INDEPENDENTS LIST. ON MARCH 29, THE PRESSURE AGAINST THE LIST TOOK O [...]	2007-03-29 15:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS318	KURDS PEACEFULLY CELEBRATE NAH RUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: KURDS IN SYRIA HELD PEACEFUL CELEBRATIONS OF THE ANCIENT PERSIAN HOLIDAY OF NAH RUZ, THE SOLAR NEW YEAR ON MARCH 21-22 IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. UNLIKE IN SOME PREVIOUS YEARS, THE SYRIAN PRESS WAS QUIET ON THE EVENT, AND THE CELEBRATIONS PASSED WITHOUT REPORTS OF VIOLENCE O [...]	2007-03-29 16:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS319	LABWANI HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT SINCE LAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. DETAINED POLITICAL REFORMER KAMAL LABWANI HAS BEEN HELD IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AT ADRA,A PRISON SINCE HIS LAST COURT APPEARANCE WHEN HE READ A STATEMENT HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE REGIME. HIS SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CONTINUED UNTIL AT LEAST MARCH 27, WHICH IS THE DATE OF THE LAST FAMILY [...]	2007-03-29 17:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS320	EU DELIVERS LONG-AWAITED HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Summary. After the eight monts of refusals, the SARG allowed the EU troika to deliver its much-anticipated, confidential human rights demarche to an assistant minister SIPDIS at the Syrian MFA. The German Ambassador, who led the demarche, told Charge that the talks were a constructive [...]	2007-03-29 17:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS330	CODEL WOLF IN DAMASCUS: THE OPPOSITION AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Congressmen Wolf, Pitts and Aderholt met with members of Syrian civil society, political opposition figures, businessmen and religious leaders on their two-day visit to Damascus. All were eager to engage the Congressmen. Most expressed hope that the U.S. administration could be [...]	2007-04-03 11:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS331	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES BAKER-HAMILTON WITH ASAD [...] (C) Summary. As the initiator of the Iraq Study Group, Congressman Wolf told Syrian President Asad and Foreign Minister Mu,allim that his delegation was interested in exploring the possibility of dialogue with Syria, but was not in Syria to negotiate. Congressmen Wolf, Pitts and Aderholt exp [...]	2007-04-03 12:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS332	CODEL WOLF TELLS FM MU'ALLIM TO CHANGE DIRECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a 40 minute meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mu'allim, Congressmen Wolf, Pitts, and Aderholt commented that their visit was intended to explore the possibilities for dialogue in the framework of the Baker-Hamilton report but emphasized they were not in Syria to negoti [...]	2007-04-03 12:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS356	SYRIAN OPPOSITION EXPRESS VIEWS TO CODEL ISSA [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Issa met with key opposition figures, including former MP Riad Seif and the wife of imprisoned political reformer Kamal Labwani to discuss the internal political situation in Syria. Both Seif and Samer Labwani asked that Congress put pressure on the SARG to allow more [...]	2007-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS367	UPDATES ON DISPLACED IRAQIS IN SYRIA [...] (C) IN THE RUN-UP TO THE APRIL 17-18 "INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADDRESSING THE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN IRAQ AND NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES" IN GENEVA, POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING UPDATES BASED ON AN APRIL 15 CONVERSATION WITH UNHCR'S DAMASCUS REPRESENTA [...]	2007-04-16 11:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS370	SYRIAN REGIME BRINGS OUT DANCING ELECTION BEARS [...] (C) Summary: After six weeks of campaigning, voting in Syrian parliamentary elections will be held April 22-23. Although the People's Assembly is a powerless body, there is intense campaigning and heavy spending for many of the 83 seats set aside for independents, especially for the 13 inde [...]	2007-04-18 13:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SY
07DAMASCUS389	CODEL PELOSI MEETS SYRIA'S PRESIDENT ASAD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 09:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS390	CODEL PELOSI'S APRIL 3-4 VISIT TO DAMASCUS: [...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her accompanying delegation met April 4 in Damascus with Syrian FM Walid Mu'allim. They discussed Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and prospects for a renewed Middle East peace process. End Summary. 2. (C) Speaker Pelosi and 15 members of h [...]	2007-04-25 09:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS391	CODEL PELOSI'S APRIL 3-4 VISIT TO DAMASCUS: MEETS [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting with Syrian Vice-President Farouk Shara'a, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and her delegation asked for Syria's cooperation in achieving stability in the region. They emphasized to Shara'a that Syria needed to stop interfering in Lebanon and expressed co [...]	2007-04-25 09:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS392	CODEL ISSA VISIT TO SYRIA APRIL 5: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Darrell Issa met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad for 40 minutes on April 5. Asad stated he had no conflict of interest with the U.S. on Iraq and was not weaker because of U.S. attempts to isolate him. Asad expressed no willingness to reopen an intelligence channe [...]	2007-04-25 09:31:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS393	CODEL ISSA VISIT TO SYRIA APRIL 5: MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Darrell Issa met with Foreign Minister Mu'allim for 45 minutes on April 5. They discussed Syria's desire for a new U.S. ambassador to Syria, intelligence cooperation, the SARG's November 2006 closing of Amideast - which Mu'allim linked to U.S. sanctions, Syria's relat [...]	2007-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS397	SYRIAN POLITICAL PRISONER BUNNI SENTENCED TO FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Damascus Criminal Court on April 24 sentenced political dissident Anwar al-Bunni to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine. Nearly all of Bunni's supporters and foreign diplomats present expressed shock at the severity of the Court's decision. The regime's response to Bunni [...]	2007-04-25 14:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS4	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem pleaded for the United States not to hold Syria "hostage" to events in Lebanon or to resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while insisting to Senator Arlen Specter and Representative Patrick Kennedy that Syria itself was ready for p [...]	2007-12-31 15:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KDEM PHUM SY IS IZ LEB
07DAMASCUS401	CHARGE RAISES SARG TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 23 meeting, Charge raised with our designated MFA contact, Director of Protocol Amir Smadi, the issue of recent SARG efforts to restrict the travel of diplomats in Syria, protesting in particular a recent MFA dipnote and citing SARG efforts aimed at DAO travel. Smadi [...]	2007-04-26 13:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ODIP SY
07DAMASCUS409	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING: SPIELBERG DESIGNATED [...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott group was held April 23-26 in Damascus. Participation and results followed expectations and closely paralleled last November,s gathering (reftel). No companies were dropped; the one announced addition to the blacklist of entities is fi [...]	2007-04-30 10:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KBCT PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS410	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING: SPIELBERG DESIGNATED [...] (U) Summary. The semi-annual meeting of the Arab League Boycott group was held April 23-26 in Damascus. Participation and results followed expectations and closely paralleled last November,s gathering (reftel). No companies were dropped; the one announced addition to the blacklist of entitie [...]	2007-04-30 10:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KBCT PHUM SY

07DAMASCUS413	SYRIAN REGIME EMERGES STRONGER FROM PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Winners in the April 22-23 elections for Syria's Peoples Assembly included all 170 members of the ruling National Progressive Front (NPF) coalition, which the Ba'ath Party leads, in addition to 80 "independents." In the NPF, the Ba'ath Party increased its seats by two to 134 se [...]	2007-04-30 14:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SY
07DAMASCUS415	SYRIAN PARLIAMENT EXPECTED TO MEET NEXT WEEK, [...] (U) Syrian President Bashar al-Asad issued a decree calling on the newly elected People's Assembly to meet in its first session on May 7. The Assembly is expected to elect a speaker, deputy speaker and other Assembly officials during that session. The Speaker is then expected to set a date f [...]	2007-05-03 12:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SY
07DAMASCUS423	GAUGING REGIME'S LEVEL OF UNHAPPINESS WITH LOW [...] (C) Summary: The turnout for the April 22-23 parliamentary elections was so low that regime insiders considered it "a catastrophe," reflecting not merely profound apathy but the dimensions of "an informal boycott," according to MFA advisor Dr. Samir al-Taki. Two senior members of the Ba'at [...]	2007-05-07 14:21:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SY
07DAMASCUS437	SYRIAN COURT SENTENCES DISSIDENT LABWANI TO LIFE [...] (C) Summary. A Syrian Court convicted political detainee Kamal Labwani May 10 and sentenced him to life in prison, then commuting that sentence to 12 years. Such a strict sentence is longest prison term for a political detainee not associated with the Muslim Brotherhood or other Islamic grou [...]	2007-05-10 14:31:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS438	SYRIAN KURDISH FUTURE MOVEMENT HOLDS GRASSROOTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite an ongoing crackdown against all forms of organized political dissent, Machal Tammo, leader of the Kurdish opposition Future Movement, met with college students to discuss politics, society and opportunities for reform on April 29. The meeting seemed to illustrate that e [...]	2007-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS439	SYRIAN PRESIDENT DENIES PASSING ON SYRIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 10 SPEECH BEFORE PARLIAMENT, SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASAD MADE A TORTURED DENIAL THAT SYRIA HAD PROVIDE COMMENTARY TO ARABS (CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD TO BE SAUDI ARABIA) ON SYRIA'S RESERVATIONS TO THE PROPOSED HARIRI TRIBUNAL. BASHAR'S COMMENTS COME IN THE CONTEXT OF RUMO [...]	2007-05-10 15:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY SA
07DAMASCUS445	SYRIAN COURT SENTENCES FOUR MORE DISSIDENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SYRIAN COURT CONVICTED AND SENTENCED ON MAY 13 PROMINENT SYRIAN WRITER AND DETAINEE MICHEL KILO AND THREE OTHERS TO PRISON FOR THEIR SIGNATURE ON A 2006 DECLARATION CALLING FOR STEPS TO IMPROVE SYRIA-LEBANON BILATERAL RELATIONS. KILO AND FORMER COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBER MAHMOUD [...]	2007-05-14 10:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS449	ASAD'S MESSAGE TO PARLIAMENT: "A TALENTED [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad delivered a major foreign policy speech May 10, on the occasion of the inaugural session of the newly elected Syrian People's Assembly. The speech picked up some of the rhetorical flourishes Asad has relied upon in other speeches he has delivered [...]	2007-05-14 17:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS450	ASAD'S MESSAGE TO PARLIAMENT: "A TALENTED [...] (C) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad delivered a major foreign policy speech May 10, on the occasion of the inaugural session of the newly elected Syrian People's Assembly. The speech picked up some of the rhetorical flourishes Asad has relied upon in other speeches he has delivered [...]	2007-05-14 17:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS46	SYRIAN OPPOSITION ELDER STATESMAN ASSESSES CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: Senior opposition figure Riad Turk told A/DCM January 10 that the internal opposition has been weakened over the past year by regime repression, although he did not believe the condition was permanent. In his view the SARG is isolated and in a state of crisis because of its int [...]	2007-01-15 14:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY IZ LE
07DAMASCUS47	SYRIAN WOMEN'S ACTIVIST'S TREATMENT BY SARG [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met January 9 with Syrian women's activist and lawyer Daad Mousa, who is a long-time Embassy contact. For the past six months, the once-outspoken Mousa has kept a low public profile because of SARG harassment of her and a family member during 2006, as part of a broader S [...]	2007-01-15 16:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY LE
07DAMASCUS472	IRAQI REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE SARG [...] (C) Summary. Demonstrating continued MFA gestures on the specific issue of Iraqi refugees, Deputy FM Mikdad's office director Hussam A'ala met Charge May 17 to receive Reftel demarche. A'ala asked that the USG intervene with the GOI to speed along assistance for the Iraqi population in Syria [...]	2007-05-17 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07DAMASCUS473	EFFORTS TO HELP IRAQI REFUGEES IN SYRIA MOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONTH AFTER THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON IRAQI REFUGEES, OUR CONTACTS REPORT THAT THEY ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN THEIR EFFORTS CONTINUE TO ASSIST IRAQIS IN SYRIA. UNHCR'S REPRESENTATIVE LAURENS JOLLES TOLD US THAT MOST OF HIS ORGANIZATION'S GRANT AGREEMENTS IN SYRIA HAVE BEEN SIGNED [...]	2007-05-17 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS474	SYRIA'S BLACK MARKET FOR CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SARG IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO IMPLEMENT A YEAR-OLD LAW ON MONEY CHANGERS THAT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE SYRIAN POUND FROM FLUCTUATION, AND REGULATE THE BLACK MARKET AND ALTERNATIVE REMITTANCE SYSTEMS. WHILE A MAJORITY OF MONEY CHANGE OPERATORS ARE NOW SEEKING LICENSES, I [...]	2007-05-17 14:57:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
07DAMASCUS479	NEW EMBASSY TRAVEL SCHEME PAYING OFF DESPITE SARG [...] (C) Summary. A recent weekend working trip to Aleppo by the Charge and other Embassy officers illustrated that the SARG continues to watch us closely and seeks to hamper our access to contacts, especially outside Damascus, further underscoring the importance of a revised approach to regional [...]	2007-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OTRA PGOV PROP PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS480	PRIVATE SYRIAN AIRLINE DEAL STILL TRYING TO GET [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Syrian Arab Airlines (SAA) officials confirmed recent press reports that the newly-formed Cham Holding Company plans to partner with SAA and the Kuwaiti al-Aqeela company to establish a private airline in Syria, and acknowledged that some steps had already been taken. [...]	2007-05-21 08:28:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETTC KCRM SY
07DAMASCUS483	SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2007 [...] (C) In response to reftel: Actual trade during 2005 (the most recent official data available from the SARG) totaled USD 106,978 in Syrian exports to Cuba and USD 160,834 in Syrian imports from Cuba. The Director of International Relations at the Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade told EconF [...]	2007-05-21 13:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SY
07DAMASCUS484	SARG CLOSES TWO BORDER CROSSING TO LEBANON [...] (U) On May 20, the Syrian Ministry of Interior released a statement announcing it had temporarily closed the two northern border crossings with Lebanon, al-Aridha and al-Dabbousiyah, "until the situation in Northern Lebanon becomes secure." It is unclear how long the crossing points will rem [...]	2007-05-21 14:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS494	SYRIAN REGIME CRITIC RIAD SEIF ON STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Syrian opposition leader Riad Seif discussed on May 18 intensified preparations for the expansion of the Damascus Declaration (DD) group into an opposition National Congress, and also touched on the upcoming presidential referendum, and relations between the USG and c [...]	2007-05-23 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS5	SYRIAN COURT RENDERS SURPRISE LIGHT SENTENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise move, the Damascus Criminal Court handed down a relatively light sentence against prominent dissident Fa,ik al-Meir on December 31. Al-Meir, who was facing capital charges, could be released as early as next month. The decision appeared to catch most human rights [...]	2007-12-31 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
07DAMASCUS500	PROBING SARG TIES TO FATAH AL-ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts offer contradictory assessments about whether the SARG has been involved in supporting Fatah al-Islam in Lebanon. A majority suspect there is some link, with many pointing to the suspicious timing for the outbreak of fighting, on the eve of UNSC consideration of a [...]	2007-05-24 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS501	SUBSIDIES: A GROWING RISK FACTOR FOR THE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a modestly strengthening economy, the SARG faces increasing fiscal pressure to reduce the billions of dollars it currently expends on subsidies. The SARG's budget deficit is increasing dramatically because of the dual challenge of declining oil revenues and growing pu [...]	2007-05-24 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS502	WAITING TO SAY "YES": ON THE EVE OF SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: In the days leading up to the May 27 presidential referendum, the streets of Damascus have taken on the air of a long-running block party, with signs, banners and flags expressing support and even love for President Bashar al-Asad. Pro-Bashar expressions are not limited to Dama [...]	2007-05-24 14:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS515	BASHAR GETS HIS SECOND SEVEN-YEAR TERM IN HOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Official Syrian poll results announced May 29 indicated that 97.62 percent of the Syrian voters (or almost 11.2 million persons) who cast a ballot had approved a second seven-year term for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. Significantly stepped-up pressure on people to vote in the [...]	2007-05-29 14:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS516	BASHAR GETS HIS SECOND SEVEN-YEAR TERM IN HOLLOW [...] (C) Summary: Official Syrian poll results announced May 29 indicated that 97.62 percent of the Syrian voters (or almost 11.2 million persons) who cast a ballot had approved a second seven-year term for Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. Significantly stepped-up pressure on people to vote in the [...]	2007-05-30 04:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS517	SENIOR SYRIAN DISSIDENT ON THE OPPOSITION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR OPPOSITION FIGURE RIAD TURK TOLD A/DCM MAY 22 THAT HE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE OPPOSITION IN SYRIA, DESPITE ITS CURRENT WEAKNESS. WHILE CRITICAL OF SOME OF THE TACTICAL DECISIONS AND CAUTION OF FELLOW DISSIDENT RIAD SEIF (PARTICULAR REGARDING CALLS TO BOYCOTT THE PRE [...]	2007-05-30 09:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY LE
07DAMASCUS53	SYRIA'S RIAD SEIF LOOKING FOR POLITICAL SPACE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER RIAD SEIF MET JANUARY 9 WITH A/DCM TO DISCUSS HIS DAMASCUS DECLARATION (DD) GROUP'S PLANS TO FIELD CANDIDATES IN THE APRIL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND CAPITALIZE ON VOTERS' ANGER OVER THE REGIME'S DOMESTIC POLICIES. THE AVERAGE SYRIAN BACKS WITHOUT MUCH [...]	2007-01-16 14:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY LE
07DAMASCUS535	INITIAL SARG RESPONSE TO OUR DIRECT ACCESS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On June 3, the Syrian MFA summoned the Charge to respond to our demarche delivered on May 17 (ref A) requesting a SARG response to the USG Iraq non-paper. Hussam A'ala, Deputy FM Faisal Mikdad's Office Director, told Charge t [...]	2007-06-04 14:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07DAMASCUS538	SYRIA NOMINATION FOR LEADERS FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Post would like to nominate a sole candidate for the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship program, Joumana Seif, daughter of internal opposition leader Riad Seif. Although reftel requested that Post nominate at least four persons, the SARG's ongoing crackdown on civil society and regime effo [...]	2007-06-05 09:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO KMPI KDEM
07DAMASCUS539	SYRIA NOMINATION FOR LEADERS FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Post would like to nominate a sole candidate for the Leaders for Democracy Fellowship program, Joumana Seif, daughter of internal opposition leader Riad Seif. Although reftel requested that Post nominate at least four persons, the SARG's ongoing crackdown on civil society and regime effo [...]	2007-06-05 09:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAO KMPI KDEM
07DAMASCUS540	IRANIAN AND IRAQI INFLUENCE IN THE SHI'A SUBURB OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, Emboffs visited the predominantly Shi'a suburb of Sayeda Zeinab located on the outskirts of Damascus. An important pilgrimage site for Shi'a Muslims, Iranians have long played an influential role in the area, providing both financial and religious support. More recen [...]	2007-06-05 09:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL SOCI SY IR
07DAMASCUS541	SARG BACKS AWAY FROM HOSTING IRAQI SECURITY [...] Summary: Diplomatic sources tell us the Syrians are not moving ahead with the border security working group, either because of unhappiness over detained Syrian soldiers, or simply because of continued Iraqi nonresponsiveness. We do not know the validity of these reports, but see no evidence [...]	2007-06-05 11:48:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS542	SYRIA'S WTO DREAMS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: In the last several months, Syria has taken several public steps in an expressed desire to advance its WTO bid, including the formation of new committees on WTO accession planning, and the holding of several workshops and conferences designed to highlight their ongoing efforts to [...]	2007-06-05 12:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFTA ETRD PREL SY
07DAMASCUS544	SARG NOT CAPITALIZING ON THE POTENTIAL OF SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent SARG-sponsored conference for expatriates highlighted their potential benefit to the Syrian economy, but also revealed how little the regime has done or appears willing to do to capitalize on their potential. Syrian expatriates currently provide important remittance reven [...]	2007-06-05 13:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS558	IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE OF REFERENDUM QUICKLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: NOW THAT BASHAR'S IMPOSED RE-ELECTION IS A FAIT ACCOMPLI, THE REGIME HAS SENT FIRM SIGNALS THAT THE TIME FOR ALL THE HOOPLA AND LETTING OFF STEAM THAT IT ALLOWED DURING THE THREE-WEEK RUN-UP IS NOW FINISHED. LIFE IN SYRIA HAS RETURNED TO ITS CALMER, REPRESSIVE RHYTHMS. WHILE [...]	2007-06-07 14:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
07DAMASCUS563	IRAQI CHARGE SAYS SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH SYRIANS [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Charge d'Affaires in Syria, Hassan Abdul Aziz, told the Charge June 10 that dialogue with the Syrians on security was completely blocked for the moment over SARG unhappiness at the detention in Iraq of two Syrian soldiers taken into custody since February. Abdul Aziz [...]	2007-06-10 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS567	SYRIAN PRIVATE AIRLINES: SAME LEOPARD, NEW SPOTS [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has dusted off two options to upgrade its aging fleet of commercial aircraft: buying Russian planes, or leasing Boeing or Airbus planes with assistance from ICAO/UNDP. President Asad's cousin, Rami Makhlouf, appears to be progressing with his plan to establish a private [...]	2007-06-11 09:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETTC PREL SY
07DAMASCUS575	ASAD'S REFERENDUM COST SYRIA UP TO ONE BILLION USD [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE EXTENSIVE CELEBRATIONS SURROUNDING THE MAY 27 PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE COST SYRIA UP TO USD 1 BILLION. THE SARG ALONE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ENCOURAGE A PRO-BASHAR FRENZY AND COORDINATE THE VARIOUS MARCHES, RALLIES, AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS TAKING PLA [...]	2007-06-11 12:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS578	TRAVEL BANS STRENGTHEN THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. ONE WAY THE SYRIAN REGIME STIFLES INTERNAL DISSENT IS TO BAN ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY POSE A THREAT TO THE REGIME FROM TRAVELING ABROAD. THROUGH THE USE OF TRAVEL BANS THE REGIME AIMS TO INTIMIDATE MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITION, CURTAIL THEIR INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND CLOSELY MONIT [...]	2007-06-11 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS579	SYRIAN GOVERNMENT PREVENTS HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FROM [...] (C) Summary. Syrian security services in early June forcibly prevented the most recent monthly meeting of the Human Rights Association of Syria (HRAS) which was to be held at the office of prominent human rights lawyer Haithem al-Maleh. Although the security services are known for arbitraril [...]	2007-06-12 10:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS596	THE SARG OPENS A NEW BID ROUND FOR OIL AND NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The SARG opened seven on-shore blocks for oil and natural gas exploration, but only two have not been previously offered. Royal Dutch Shell and PetroCanada are the largest international oil companies (IOC) involved in the current on-shore round which is set to close on July 12 [...]	2007-06-13 12:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC PREL SY
07DAMASCUS597	ASAD INSISTS ON NEED FOR AMBASSADOR TO RETURN [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one with his American biographer, President Bashar al-Asad May 30 underscored the need for the return of the U.S. ambassador to Damascus, according to the biographer, David Lesch. Asad discounted the importance of the May 3 Sharm meeting between FM Mu'allim and the [...]	2007-06-13 12:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS613	SARG NOT OFFSETTING LOSS OF OIL PRODUCTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria has long depended on oil production to account for a significant portion of its GDP, but with oil exports declining, Syria needs to generate new sources of growth and income. In March 2007, the SARG significantly revised prior year macroeconomic numbers to support claims t [...]	2007-06-18 12:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS615	SYRIAN YOUTH GROUP SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PRISON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Supreme State Security Court June 17 sentenced seven young civil society activists, including five university students, who tried from 2005 to 2006 to organize a youth discussion forum, to prison terms ranging from five to seven years. In stark contrast to other, more well- [...]	2007-06-18 14:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS628	SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER HAS CANCER, DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary: Leading opposition activist Riad Seif told Emboff that he was making quiet progress on expanding the small Damascus Declaration group into a 180-member National Congress. Separately, he confirmed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and hopes to get permission for tr [...]	2007-06-21 13:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS636	HAMAS LEADERS IN SYRIA,SARG OFFICIALS EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: SARG officials and the Damascus-based leaders of Hamas are offering divergent views in their assessments about the necessity and impact of the Hamas takeover in Gaza, with the SARG MFA officials expressing concern and Hamas leaders here -- after some initial uncertainty -- proje [...]	2007-06-25 15:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG SY
07DAMASCUS647	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S. POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Econoffs delivered the referenced demarches to Deputy Director for Civil Aviation Hassan Shamsin on June 27, 2007. Shamsin seemed to understand USG concerns regarding aviation safety issues and the European Commission's proposed legislation to extend the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) [...]	2007-06-28 10:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD SENV ECON
07DAMASCUS649	SYRIAN DISSIDENT TO FACE CHARGES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Several months after being released on bail and then supposedly pardoned, Communist Action Party leader Fateh Jammous appeared in the Criminal Court in Damascus on June 26 to learn that he faces charges of committing, "acts that could threaten the security of the nation." Jammou [...]	2007-06-28 13:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS652	SYRIA PROVIDES ORAL "NO" TO REFUGEE DIRECT ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 27 meeting with the Syrian DFM's office director Hussam al-Din A'ala, seeking a response to the PRM refugee non-paper proposal to allow direct action on Iraqi refugee cases with links to the coalition, the SARG confirmed what it had already officially informed the Inte [...]	2007-06-28 14:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SY IZ
07DAMASCUS653	IMPACT OF SARG CLOSING OF THREE OF FOUR BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Syrian media have characterized the recent closing of three of the four land border crossings with Lebanon as a security precaution in the wake of the fighting in the Nahr al-Barid camp in Lebanon. For now they are publicly denying they will close the fourth a [...]	2007-06-28 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PTER SY
07DAMASCUS665	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SARG ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel points on the foreign fighter issue July 2 to FM Walid Mu'allim's office director, Bassam Sabbagh. Sabbagh did not offer any official response but noted this was not a new issue and that the SARG did not want to cooperate on a few limited issues without a [...]	2007-07-02 13:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS683	SYRIA UPDATE ON IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (U) Summary: PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright visited Damascus from June 12-15 and June 20-21, meeting about the Iraqi refugee crisis with interlocutors from a range of organizations, including: the Iraqi Embassy, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),the Internation [...]	2007-07-05 12:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SY IZ
07DAMASCUS700	EMBASSY DAMASCUS PROPOSALS FOR OUTREACH TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: While PRM and the Department direct assistance for the up to 1.4 million Iraqis in Syria through the U.N. and international organizations, Post sees potential to explore and create additional, albeit modest, opport [...]	2007-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SY
07DAMASCUS701	SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HIS STRUGGLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: On July 3, prominent Syrian opposition leader Riad Seif provided an update on his unsuccessful efforts so far to obtain permission to travel overseas for treatment of his prostate cancer, including his meetings with a Syrian VP and intelligence chiefs. He observed that the rela [...]	2007-07-10 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS702	HIGH PRICE OF REAL ESTATE BURDEN FOR SYRIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Real estate prices throughout Syria have risen rapidly over the past three years due to high demand and a limited property supply exacerbated by market inefficiencies. Most Syrian businessmen and economists agree that the rapid price increase is creating a real estate bubble that [...]	2007-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS726	SYRIAN DETAINEES RELEASED, SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The Iraqi Charge d'Affaires in Damascus told Emboff at a reception on July 15 that Iraqi authorities had released two Syrian detainees on July 12 or 13 (mentioned in reftel),potentially paving the way for a Syrian-hosted border security working group meeting in Damascus as early as August [...]	2007-07-16 12:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV SY IZ
07DAMASCUS750	SARG WILL ATTEND AMMAN REFUGEE WORKING GROUP; [...] (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the neighbor's working group on refugees to the Syrian DFM's office director, Hussam al-Din A'ala. A'ala noted SARG intentions to attend the meeting and to use the gathering to discuss modalities for delivering Iraqi govern [...]	2007-07-24 04:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ JO SY
07DAMASCUS755	SYRIAN PRESIDENT LAUNCHES SECOND TERM WITH FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: Despite the focus on domestic issues in Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's July 17 second-term inaugural speech, contacts have concluded that the speech was most significant in its reference to Syrian-Israeli negotiations. Asad used the speech to respond to Israeli PM Olmert's J [...]	2007-07-25 14:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SY
07DAMASCUS756	MOVEMENT ON SYRIA-IRAQ RELATIONS? [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY
07DAMASCUS762	SYRIA'S ELECTRICITY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria has recently suffered widespread and unscheduled electricity outages. The SARG has tried to assert that the outages are a temporary problem, but this current crisis is an indicator of the larger electricity dilemma facing Syria today ) a growing electricity shortage brought [...]	2007-07-26 10:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL SY
07DAMASCUS77	UNHCR SYRIA RAMPING UP FOR MORE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Damascus is planning a dramatic increase in services to the at least 800,000 Iraqis in Syria this year, with an appeal for a more than 20-fold budget increase and a scheduled visit to Damascus next month of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, according to the UNHCR Repr [...]	2007-01-22 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SY IZ
07DAMASCUS774	SARG USES AHMEDINEJAD VISIT TO SIGNAL STRENGTH OF [...] (C) Summary: The scheduling of Iranian president Mahmud Ahmedinejad's visit to Damascus two days after president Bashar al-Asad took his second oath of office prompted observers of Syrian politics to interpret the visit in terms of the most notable element of Asad's inauguration speech: his co [...]	2007-07-30 10:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IR IS
07DAMASCUS776	SARG SAYS "DCS MUST BEGIN LICENSE PROCESS" TO [...] (C) Summary: MFA delivered July 30 the official answer to Embassy's three-month effort to get visas for teachers/staff at the Embassy-managed Damascus Community School (DCS). MFA stated Embassy had to "begin the registration process" for DCS as a private school in Syria with the Ministry of [...]	2007-07-30 15:07:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT SY
07DAMASCUS777	DESPITE ASAD'S DENIAL, RUMORS OF SUBSIDIES BEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Asad rejected public rumors of the lifting of subsidies in his July 17 inauguration address (ref A). In spite of this populist message, SARG officials continue to publicly discuss the burden of subsidies and their future plans to restructure the subsidy system. The SAR [...]	2007-07-31 08:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS78	TALABANI'S MARATHON VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary. During his six-day visit to Damascus, President Talabani met with most Syrians of significance, including four separate meetings with President Asad including two one-on-ones. Talabani was accompanied by some 20 Iraqi officials in addition to four ministers who signed unspecifi [...]	2007-01-22 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EPET SY
07DAMASCUS786	GREAT PROMISE, LITTLE PROGRESS: THE COASTAL CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs visited the coastal city of Tartous on July 9th. While the city and surrounding areas are rich in economic and natural resources, its development is well behind its potential. The area boasts two of Syria's three major ports, is widely known for its agricultural producti [...]	2007-08-02 14:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PREL SY
07DAMASCUS787	DAMASCUS HOSTS WHO CONFERENCE ON IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. The World Health Organization (WHO) organized a regional conference on the health concerns of Iraqi refugees in Damascus on July 29 and 30. Arab diplomats and Syrians who work for international organizations complimented the SARG's willingness to step in at the last moment to ho [...]	2007-08-02 14:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SY
07DAMASCUS79	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MEETS MISH'AL IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: VISITING PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS MET WITH DAMASCUS-BASED HAMAS LEADER KHALID MISH'AL FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS ON JANUARY 21 IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SEPARATE MEETINGS BETWEEN TOP SYRIAN OFFICIALS AND THE TWO FIGURES, ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS AND CO [...]	2007-01-22 15:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS793	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FIVE USG PERSONNEL [...] Embassy Damascus welcomes and grants Country Clearance for the proposed visit of Ms. Karen H. Sasahara, Mr. Stephen Mangino, Colonel Cheryl Smart, Mr. Daniel F. Landers, Mr. Brian Gilligan and Mr. Thomas Meek. Travelers will be met and assisted at the airport by an Embassy driver, expediter, [...]	2007-08-06 10:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT EAGR IZ JO OTRA PREL PTER SY
07DAMASCUS846	RIAD SEIF SEEKS OTHERS TO ECHO DEPARTMENT'S AUG 15 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 10:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
07DAMASCUS864	LOCAL SYRIAN ELECTIONS: NO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON [...] (C) Summary. Municipal elections in Syria, scheduled for August 26, have failed to inspire the public and lack the large, public expeditures that characterized Parliamentary elections earlier this year. The lack of enthusiasm reflects a widespread lack of faith in the system and the well-fou [...]	2007-08-23 14:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS865	SARG ECONOMIC INTEREST IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. It is still open to debate how much Syria is benefiting from improved relations with Iraq as the pluses of increased transit revenues, investment, and trade are off-set by the costs of hosting an ever-growing number of Iraqis. Still, an increasing number of Syrians are focusing [...]	2007-08-23 14:32:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL SY
07DAMASCUS868	ELECTRICITY CRISIS PROVOKES PUBLIC DISCONTENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unscheduled electricity outages that have plagued Syria since early June 2007 continue to affect large portions of the country and have caused increasing public discontent. Rather than assigning blame directly to the regime, however, the public has largely accused Iraqi refugees [...]	2007-08-26 04:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL SY
07DAMASCUS873	SMOULDERING SYRIAN-SAUDI TENSIONS FLARE AT AN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 12:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
07DAMASCUS88	SYRIA 2007 ELECTIONS PRIMER [...] (SBU) THE SARG IS EXPECTED TO HOLD THREE SETS OF ELECTIONS IN 2007, STARTING WITH THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY IN APRIL, FOLLOWED BY A PRESIDENTIAL REFERENDUM EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE, AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS EXPECTED IN AUGUST. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXPLANATION OF THE ELECTIO [...]	2007-01-25 16:12:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS888	POST EFFORTS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM IN SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action response to STATE 088465 2. (C) Post meets with human rights and civil society activists as well as key opposition figures on a regular basis (ref A). As a result, Post is able to monitor their activities closely and routinely. We also continue to demonstrate soli [...]	2007-08-30 12:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS889	EMBASSY TEAM VISITS SYRIAN NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary. PAO and Poloff visited the cities of Qamishli and Deir az-Zour as part of a PD led trip to archaeological sites in the Northeast of Syria, including one major site under excavation by UCLA. The trip afforded Emboffs the opportunity to examine the state of tourism sector develo [...]	2007-08-30 13:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SY
07DAMASCUS905	SARG SIGNALS NEW VISA REQUIREMENT FOR IRAQIS [...] (C) Summary: Confirming what Deputy Foreign Minister Miqdad told UK and other Embassies at a private briefing last week, Syrian dailies reported September 3 that, effective September 10, Iraqis traveling to Syria will need a visa. According to Miqdad, Iraqi PM Maliki proposed this action. A [...]	2007-09-05 12:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS909	APATHY, LOW TURNOUT MARK LOCAL SYRIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Lackluster turnout and voter apathy characterized local elections held throughout Syria on August 26, 27. This round of elections garnered even less attention than Parliamentary elections earlier this year. Voters had little choice but to rubberstamp government-approved lists of [...]	2007-09-05 14:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DAMASCUS931	SYRIA,S GAS SECTOR UNABLE TO COMPENSATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The SARG routinely expresses confidence that its supply of natural gas -- when fully on-line ) will offset dwindling oil production. In preparation for this switch the SARG has been encouraging the substitution of natural gas for oil in electrical power generation. There is alre [...]	2007-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC PREL SY
07DAMASCUS933	SYRIAN VISA REQUIREMENT ON IRAQIS: POSTPONED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SY IZ
07DAMASCUS949	SARG SENDING MIXED SIGNALS ON FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 16:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EPET SY LE
07DAMASCUS951	SARG SENDING MIXED SIGNALS ON FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 04:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EPET SY LE
07DAMASCUS956	CLARIFICATION OF SARG STANCE ON REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. A Syrian MFA official notified the Charge that the SARG was unwilling on political grounds to allow processing of refugee referrals at the U.S. Embassy in Syria. He said there was no bilateral political basis for such agreement and cited a litany of "facts" to further support t [...]	2007-09-19 15:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ JO
07DAMASCUS961	SYRIAN MISTREATMENT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary. According to a variety of credible human rights contacts, the Syrian regime continues to stonewall requests by Riad Seif, Anwar al-Bunni, Michel Kilo and other high profile political prisoners for medical treatment. In addition, prison officials have stepped up harassment of a pr [...]	2007-09-23 06:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
07DARESSALAAM1009	TANZANIA'S CENTRAL BANK UNDER FIRE IN PRESS FOR [...] SUMMARY. Throughout June and July, a steady beat of corruption claims against the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) have featured on the front pages of almost every major Tanzanian newspaper. Allegations in the press focus on the prohibitive construction costs of the new BOT "twin towers," payments ma [...]	2007-07-18 13:23:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID KMCA PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TZ
07DARESSALAAM1037	BIG FISH STILL RISKY CATCH IN TANZANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tanzania's Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) has never successfully prosecuted a high-level corruption case involving either the private or public sector. On July 14, the Director General of the PCB, Edward Hoseah, assured the DCM that the PCB was now prepared to prosecute a milest [...]	2007-07-24 14:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KMCA PINR TZ
07DARESSALAAM1074	BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: SOMETHING FOUL AFOOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Air Tanzania is currently planning to replace its aging fleet with newer, more efficient aircraft, and has solicited proposals from Boeing and Airbus. Post is prepared to advocate on Boeing's behalf, and is concerned that the two companies be allowed to compete on a level playi [...]	2007-08-01 11:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BEXP TZ
07DARESSALAAM1075	ZANZIBAR IMPASSE TO CONTINUE, SAYS CUF SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In contrast to his public statements that reconciliation talks between Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Civic United Front (CUF) are going well, CUF Secretary General Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad recently stated privately that the talks are unlikely to resolve the political impasse in [...]	2007-08-01 11:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1110	DARFUR: DR. SALIM SALIM BRIEFS DCM ON ARUSHA [...] (C) Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, the AU Special Envoy to the Darfur peace process, told us shortly after arriving from Arusha that the August 4 to 6 conference had "exceeded expectations." While Abdul Wahid stayed in Paris, nearly all other factions had attended: the SFDA, JEM, SLA/Unity, SLA/A, SL [...]	2007-08-07 16:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU TZ
07DARESSALAAM1154	TANZANIA: MFA DIRECTOR OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs African Division, Ambassador Francis Malambugi, told the DCM August 14 that SADC leaders await President Mbeki's report on his facilitation efforts between the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) and Zimbabwe's opposition parties during the upcoming su [...]	2007-08-16 13:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI TZ
07DARESSALAAM1159	AFTER CUF DECLARES TALKS HAVE FAILED, NEW CCM [...] (C) The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party chairman Dr. Ibrahim Lipumba declared August 7 that the Zanzibar reconciliation talks between ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and CUF had failed. In the days after this declaration, CCM proposed a way forward through the impasse through [...]	2007-08-17 09:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1215	TANZANIA: AMBASSSADOR RETZER,S AUGUST 30 FAREWELL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 11:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID TZ
07DARESSALAAM1233	DISCUSSIONS OF ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Per reftel, Post submits the following list of Muslim officials who are known for their public support of democracy: -- Current President Jakaya Kikwete -- Former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi -- Former Prime Minister Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim 2. (C) The above-named are well-respected p [...]	2007-09-06 05:29:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1249	BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: THE STRUGGLE TO ENSURE [...] (C) As Air Tanzania shops for new airplanes for its aging fleet, we remain troubled by separate press reports, quoting Air Tanzania leadership and most recently the Minister of Infrastructure, that a decision has been made in favor of Airbus. This decision would have been made without any ser [...]	2007-09-13 11:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BEXP TZ
07DARESSALAAM125	PRESIDENT KIKWETE PAVES WAY FOR CCM-CUF TALKS ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 03:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TZ
07DARESSALAAM126	AU CHAIRMANSHIP: PRESIDENT KIKWETE WILLING TO STEP [...] (C) A source at the State House close to President Jakaya Kikwete told the Deputy Chief of Mission the evening of January 24 that Kikwete would accept the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) "if asked" and if "requisite support" existed. At the same time, our contact added that Tanzania s [...]	2007-01-26 03:54:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1267	TANZANIA: DEMOCRATIC PROCESS STUMBLES IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) In response to his questioning of an opaque and irregular mining industry deal made by the Government of Tanzania (GOT),a popular Member of Parliament from the opposition CHADEMA party was recently suspended from participating in parliamentary sessions for four months. The blatant overst [...]	2007-09-18 10:46:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EAIDEGZ TZ
07DARESSALAAM1294	AMBASSADOR'S SPICE ISLAND TOUR COVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador was warmly received throughout his introductory "listening tour" of Zanzibar September 16-18. Reconciliation between ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party and opposition Civic United Front (CUF) was the leading topic, with Zanzibar's President Karume calling reconci [...]	2007-09-24 13:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KHIV TZ
07DARESSALAAM1348	ACOTA: TANZANIA INDICATES READINESS TO GET [...] (C) Only ten days after the former Chief of the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Forces (TPDF),General George Waitara, retired from his position, the Mission's Defense Attache (DATT) learned that Tanzania is again ready to consider peacekeeping training through the Department's African Contingency O [...]	2007-10-04 14:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL TZ

07DARESSALAAM1410	TANZANIA, CORRUPTION, AND BOEING -- TALKING POINTS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission here has aggressively advocated on behalf of Boeing in its competition with Airbus for replacement of Air Tanzania,s (ATC) aging fleet. Both the Ambassador and DCM have called personally on the Infrastructure Minister, the Ambassador has called on Air Tanzania,s [...]	2007-10-19 07:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD PREL EINV BTIO TZ
07DARESSALAAM148	AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY [...] (U) The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is committed to all issues regarding good governance and would love to see all nations, not just in Africa but all over the world, independent and led democratically, Nelson J. Lyimo, Acting Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Africa Department, [...]	2007-01-30 14:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL XA TZ
07DARESSALAAM1484	BOEING AND AIR TANZANIA: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Since our last update, there still have been no substantive negotiations between Boeing and Air Tanzania (ATC),and Boeing has been informed by one ATC Board member that the airline will purchase Airbus aircraft. In the words of Boeing's representative for East Africa, this has "not been [...]	2007-11-07 16:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD PREL EINV BTIO TZ
07DARESSALAAM1500	TANZANIA: AS CORRUPTION SCANDALS SWIRL, GOLDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with a rising tide of corruption allegations, and government refusal to addrss them, opposition anger has erupted here in a series of bold corruption charges leveled at some of the most senior figures in Kikwete's administration. Over the past several weeks, frustra [...]	2007-11-15 03:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1539	TANZANIA: AMBASSADOR GREEN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),Bernard Membe, told Ambassador Green on November 27 that he has instructed Ambassador Ombeni Sefue to work proactively to resolve the issue of the domestic worker who was employed without pay by an official of the [...]	2007-11-28 16:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN PGOV EAID MOPS TZ
07DARESSALAAM1555	TANZANIA: DONORS INCREASINGLY WARY OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) In recent months, opposition leaders and the press have continued to batter the Kikwete administration with allegations of "grand corruption" at the senior-most levels of government related to the Bank of Tanzania, gold mining contracts, the "Richmond" power generation scandal, and a hos [...]	2007-11-30 10:25:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM1567	TANZANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TARGETED ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Tanzania's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi, said that while the Government of Tanzania (GOT) is dismayed at the violence against the political opposition in Zimbabwe, it believes President Mugabe's continued involvement in the SADC mediation process [...]	2007-12-06 12:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC TZ
07DARESSALAAM1568	TANZANIA WALKS FINE LINE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Tanzania's firm position is that neither Iran nor any nation should pursue the development of nuclear weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Seif Ali Iddi told the Deputy Chief of Mission on December 4. Iddi explained that he had accompanied Vice President Ali Mohamed Shein on his late November [...]	2007-12-06 14:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TZ
07DARESSALAAM158	TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE ON DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Kikwete has made clear his preference for building capacity within the Somali TFG military over actual deployment of Tanzanian forces as part of a peacekeeping mission. He intends to train up to 1,000 members of the Somali military (and Somali intelligence) over the ne [...]	2007-02-02 13:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR SU KE TZ
07DARESSALAAM1581	ZANZIBAR RECONCILIATION TALKS: END GAME OR DEJA [...] (C) Nearly one year after the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and opposition Civic United Front (CUF) parties shook hands January 17, 2007 and began talks to break the political impasse on Zanzibar, CUF leaders claim an agreement is close. Malim Seif Hamad, the CUF Secretary General and three [...]	2007-12-12 18:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1606	TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA VOTES ON [...] (U) In absence of the Director of the Multilateratl Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Noel Kaganda, Foreign Service Officer, informed PolOff on December 10 that he was unable to comment on the position Tanzania would take in the UNGA votes on country s [...]	2007-12-20 19:07:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA TZ
07DARESSALAAM245	A QUICK 180: TANZANIA LIFTS BAN ON HAKIELIMU [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reversing directions and changing its tune, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) removed its ban on HakiElimu, a Tanzanian NGO accused by the government of tarnishing the nation's image in the education sector. Just two months after the Prime Minister's Office had expanded prohibit [...]	2007-02-26 04:08:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID TZ
07DARESSALAAM260	TANZANIA: A/S FRAZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with A/S Frazer, President Jakaya Kikwete outlined the Government of Tanzania's plans to train up to 1,000 Somali armed forces officers in Tanzania over the next 12 to 18 months. He confirmed that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) has no plans to deploy ground troop [...]	2007-02-28 19:42:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU SO TZ
07DARESSALAAM264	UNSCR 1737 COMPLIANCE: TANZANIA CONSIDERING [...] (C) Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the Deputy Chief of Mission February 26 that Tanzania and many African countries were "jittery" over Iran's non-compliance with UNSCR 1737 and defiance of the International Atomic Energy Agency's ( [...]	2007-03-01 14:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR TZ
07DARESSALAAM265	TANZANIA NEUTRAL ON FEB 7 DECISIONS IN BURUNDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 14:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BY TZ PHUM PREL PGOV
07DARESSALAAM267	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) During his meeting with the DCM on February 26, Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest regarding the USG invitation for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Global Terrorism [...]	2007-03-02 07:34:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM353	TANZANIA: GENERAL WARD AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE [...] (C) In a March 3, 2007 meeting with General William Ward, the Deputy Commander of the European Military Command (EUCOM),President Kikwete warmly welcomed mil-to-mil cooperation with the United States in a number of areas, including peacekeeping training under ACOTA and deployment of a U.S. Ci [...]	2007-03-13 13:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS TZ
07DARESSALAAM375	PRESIDENT KIKWETE'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) On March 16, Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Membe, briefed Charge Pamela White, the Canadian High Commissioner and a select group of European ambassadors on the outcome of President Kikwete's March 15 trip to Harare for intense, closed-door discussions with President Robe [...]	2007-03-16 17:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ZI TZ
07DARESSALAAM489	EXTRAORDINARY SADC HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT: [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe briefed U.S., Canada and EU chiefs of mission March 30 to "fill in the gaps" on the outcome of the SADC Summit held March 28-29 in Dar es Salaam. Membe said SADC leaders told Mugabe that violence perpetrated against the opposition was not a [...]	2007-04-03 21:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM559	ZANZIBAR: IS A WIN-WIN POSSIBLE AS CCM-CUF [...] (C) At a joint April 6 press conference, the Zanzibar CCM Secretary General, Yusuf Makamba, and the Civic United Front SIPDIS (CUF) Secretary General, Seif Malam Hamad, announced that the two parties had completed the initial stage of reconciliation talks. CUF party chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Li [...]	2007-04-18 11:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM609	ZANZIBAR: TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER UPDATES [...] (C) President Kikwete and insiders in the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) Party agree that to close the divide in Zanzibar, the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party's demand for some form of power-sharing in the Government of Zanzibar (GOZ) needs to be accommodated, Foreign Minister Bernard Mem [...]	2007-04-25 13:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM668	TANZANIA TO VOTE AGAINST BELARUS ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Poloff on May 8 that Tanzania would not vote for Belarus as a member on the UN Human Rights Council. "The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is very sensitive on human rights. If a c [...]	2007-05-08 14:03:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM675	UNCSD: TANZANIA'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),stressed to Poloff on May 8 that Tanzania would not be the country to ask the Africa Group to re-consider Zimbabwe as its candidate for Chair of the United Nations Committee on Sustai [...]	2007-05-09 03:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV UNCSD AORC PREL PGOV ZI TZ
07DARESSALAAM676	UNCSD: TANZANIA'S POSITION ON ZIMBABWE'S CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),stressed to Poloff on May 8 that Tanzania would not be the country to ask the Africa Group to re-consider Zimbabwe as its candidate for Chair of the United Nations Committee on Sustai [...]	2007-05-09 03:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV UNCSD AORC PREL PGOV ZI TZ
07DARESSALAAM677	TANZANIA'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW: A STEP FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 17, Tanzania's Parliament passed the Anti-Corruption bill; legislation which has been in the works for more than two years. On April 25, Eunice Reddick, Office Director of East Africa, met with the Director General of Tanzania's Prevention of Corruption Bureau (PCB) a [...]	2007-05-09 05:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TZ
07DARESSALAAM690	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: TANZANIA WILL [...] (C) We reconfirmed on May 10 with Sule Sella, Deputy Head of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),that Tanzania will not vote for Belarus as a member of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the May 17 election in New York. Tanzania's position is clear: a countr [...]	2007-05-10 16:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TZ
07DARESSALAAM735	SHOWDOWN AT THE ICTR CORRAL: BENCH SPLIT REGARDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR, or the Tribunal) are scheduled to elect a President as the current term ends this month. President Erik Mose wishes to serve a third term and proposals to amend the Rules to allow this are tabled [...]	2007-05-18 08:33:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM819	TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER MEMBE DISCUSSES [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, told the Charge June 6 that Tanzania will join an AU mission to stabilize the situation in the Comoros Islands, by sending a company of 200 soldiers to monitor upcoming elections and train the Comoran army. The M [...]	2007-06-07 15:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MOPS IR SO ZI TZ
07DARESSALAAM84	PRESIDENT KARUME AND AMBASSADOR RETZER DISCUSS APP [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their January 16 meeting, President of Zanzibar, Amani Abeid Karume, asked Ambassador Retzer to consider a "special request" that the new American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar offer consular (i.e. visa services) in Zanzibar. Explaining that the APP would not offer consu [...]	2007-01-18 14:14:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS CASC PREL PHUM ECON TZ PROG
07DARESSALAAM845	TANZANIA: VIEWS ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY [...] (C) On June 11, the Deputy Chief of Mission raised the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary impasse with Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (reftel). Sanga described the issue as a regional one to be addressed within the [...]	2007-06-12 14:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF AU BE ER ET EU GH IT JA NO
07DARESSALAAM85	KIKWETE'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION: PROMISING [...] (C) SUMMARY. After one year in office, President Kikwete has yet to match his strong anti-corruption rhetoric with concrete results. There are promising signs on the legislative front: Parliament approved a new Anti-Money Laundering bill last fall and the Anti-Corruption Bill is slated to m [...]	2007-01-18 14:15:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID ECON PGOV TZ
07DARESSALAAM888	ZANZIBAR: CCM-CUF RECONCILIATION TALKS STALLED [...] (C) Progress in the reconciliation talks between the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Civic United Front (CUF) on how to resolve the political impasse in Zanzibar appears to have stalled following the mid-May visit to Pemba by the CCM Secretary General Yusuf Makamba. In remarks to Pem [...]	2007-06-21 10:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM TZ
07DARESSALAAM894	ISLAMIC RADICALS BLOCKS AMERICAN MUSLIMS FROM [...] (C) American Muslims visiting Tanzania from May 27-31 as part of the Citizen Dialogue Program (reftel) were surprisingly refused entry to a mosque in downtown Dar es Salaam. As the American visitors arrived for evening prayers, a group of about 30 men congregated at the mosque's gate to block [...]	2007-06-21 14:35:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR TZ IR
07DARESSALAAM93	TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP [...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...]	2007-01-19 12:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
07DARESSALAAM94	TANZANIA: NO DECISION YET ON SOMALIA TROOP [...] (SBU) Vitus Njiku, Head of the Security Council Unit of the Multilateral Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured PolCouns January 18 that President Jakaya Kikwete was fully aware of the request for Tanzania to send troops to Somalia. Njiku had attended the January 5 meeting of the [...]	2007-01-19 12:11:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO KE TZ
07DARESSALAAM945	TANZANIA'S TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID [...] (C) Tanzania currently has 20 peace observers in southern Sudan, and 2 staff officers in Darfur. However, President Jakaya Kikwete has told Ambassador Retzer in the past, and more recently during a June 17 meeting, that Tanzania is prepared to send peacekeeping troops to Darfur only as compon [...]	2007-07-03 15:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TZ
07DHAKA1009	PRESSURE MOUNTS ON THE TWO LADIES [...] (C) Summary. Sensational allegations of personal misconduct, public moves to form a new political party, and new initiatives for political party reform have escalated the pressure on the "two ladies" to quit politics. Although the future looks bleak for Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia, and the [...]	2007-06-19 08:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BG
07DHAKA1011	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FOREIGN ADVISER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador,s June 18 farewell call on Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftikar Chowdhury, the two discussed human rights (including GOB efforts to address those associated with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)),challenges facing the government, the ongoing corruption cases (i [...]	2007-06-20 01:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA1025	AMBASSADOR PAYS FAREWELL CALL ON CHIEF ADVISOR [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Ambassador paid a farewell call on Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed. Also present were America and Pacific Wing Director General Shahidul Islam, Personal Secretary to the Chief Advisor Kazi Aminul Islam, Deputy SIPDIS Press Secretary Helaluddin and Deputy Chief of Mis [...]	2007-06-21 08:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA1028	CHAT WITH SELF PROCLAIMED COORDINATOR OF A NEW [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with purported king's party leader Dr. Ferdaus Quarishi. Quarishi referred to himself as the coordinator for a movement that is filling a political vacuum with honest and seasoned politicians. He plans to draft a party constitution within three months and hold a party [...]	2007-06-24 01:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA1057	THE ONGOING CASE OF SHOAIB CHOUDHURY: HEADED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent conversations with POLOFF, Bangladeshi journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury expressed his increasing confidence that his case is headed for dismissal. He cited a noticeable change in the government's attitude, specifically the replacement of his criminal trial judge a [...]	2007-06-26 08:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG
07DHAKA1061	REFORM ACTIONS SPLITS POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: This week, reformers within the BNP and the AL announced reform efforts intended to make the political parties internal operations more democratic and as a consequence sideline current leaders. The proposals foreshadow a possible split in each of the parties. Leaders within th [...]	2007-06-28 08:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA1068	A VIEW FROM CHITTAGONG: STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. "Guide and support this government" was the refrain from journalists, businessmen, academics and other elites on a recent visit to Chittagong. While acknowledging problems and imperfections with the government, almost everyone endorsed its anti-corruption agenda and asked the [...]	2007-07-01 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM ECON BG
07DHAKA1095	GOVERNMENT'S PHOTO VOTER LIST PILOT PROJECT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Bangladesh Election Commission's three-week pilot project to test new methodologies for compiling the voter list officially ended on June 28. The pilot, which took place in Sreepur north of Bangladesh, registered approximately 46,000 voters and tested different data collect [...]	2007-07-03 08:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1096	POLITICAL INSIDER DESCRIBES POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nazim Kamran Chowdhury, a prominent ad executive with close ties to the government, defended the government's decision to put off national elections until late 2008 and described his efforts to persuade the Chief Adviser to assert himself more politically. Chowdhury said the mili [...]	2007-07-04 23:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1149	BNP REFORMER DISCUSSES STATE OF INTERNAL BNP [...] (C) Summary. On July 9, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) former MP Dr. Ziaul Haque Molla told poloff about the state of reform efforts taking place within the BNP. He said the BNP senior leaders are attempting to convince the National Executive Council to enact reforms, but that Zia is fig [...]	2007-07-15 07:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA1152	SHEIKH HASINA ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION AND MURDER [...] (SBU) In the early morning of July 16, joint police forces arrested former Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) Chairperson Sheikh Hasina for extortion and murder. Hasina stands accused of extorting $435,000 from Eastcoast Trading Ltd. for electricity power contracts as well as the involveme [...]	2007-07-16 08:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA1156	HASINA ARREST UPDATE - CHARGES CLARIFIED [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 09:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA1198	UN OFFICE OF DRUGS AND CRIME PROGRAM OFFICER ON [...] (C) On July 12, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime Program Officer Oliver Stolpe, in Dhaka attending the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC),told poloff about his discussions with Bangladeshis. He said that he talked to Chief of the Anti-Corruption Commiss [...]	2007-07-24 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SNAR BG
07DHAKA120	CHIEF ADVISER LAYS OUT AGENDA WITH NO ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging address to the nation last night, Chief Adviser Ahmed declared his "main task" is to organize free, fair, peaceful, neutral, and broadly contested elections as soon as possible. However, he warned, elections outside a truly democratic environment would be meani [...]	2007-01-22 10:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1207	AT 180 DAYS, A REPORT CARD ON BANGLADESH'S INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY. After 180 days in power, the interim government installed after the January 11 declaration of a state of emergency remains popular. It has racked up a series of accomplishments and corrected initial excesses, particularly in the area of human rights. The Election Commission has u [...]	2007-07-25 08:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1234	ANATOMY OF THE EXTORTION CASE AGAINST SHEIKH HASINA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 16, Awami League leader and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was detained by police and brought before a Dhaka magistrate, where she was accused of abetment in an extortion case. Authorities provided the Embassy with copies of evidence, including the confession of Shei [...]	2007-07-30 03:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1265	CHEVRON'S INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chevron Bangladesh filed for international arbitration of a dispute with Petrobangla pursuant to their contracts and treaties signed by Bangladesh. In response, Petrobangla filed a local case in Bangladesh seeking to stay that arbitration and recently received a court order gran [...]	2007-08-06 02:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD EPET PREL KTIA BG
07DHAKA128	15,000 ARRESTED IN ANTI-CORRUPTION, CRIME SWEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The 15,000 people arrested by police, army, and other security personnel since January 11 include established criminals as well as local and student leaders of both the Awami League and especially the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Seven deaths in custody have been reported. Ther [...]	2007-01-23 09:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1295	CDA MEETS WITH HOME SECRETARY TO DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting, Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim assured CDA that Bangladesh would SIPDIS enhance security in light of recent threats by Al-Qaeda against U.S. diplomatic missions. In response to CDA's expressions of concern for those detained under the State of [...]	2007-08-09 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA13	AWAMI LEAGUE REVERSES COURSE, ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 3, Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Hasina announced that the AL and its "grand alliance" partners would boycott and resist the January 22 parliamentary elections, claiming the Caretaker Government has failed to ensure the conditions necessary for free and fair elections [...]	2007-01-03 11:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA1333	BANGLADESH'S NUCLEAR POWER AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bangladesh's power crisis continues to worsen, and the Caretaker Government would like to show progress in this area. Since the IAEA approved Bangladesh's intent to develop a nuclear power plant on June 24, Bangladesh has continued to express strong interest in pursuing nuclear [...]	2007-08-15 05:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL BTIO TSPL BG KN
07DHAKA134	MFA ADVISER ASKS FOR USG PATIENCE, SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. MFA Advisor Iftikar Chowdhury asked Ambassador for patience and support for his government's broad reform agenda, which he said is essential for curing Bangladesh's acute political problems before holding elections "say in November." Ambassador stressed the importance of credibl [...]	2007-01-24 10:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1349	ACTION REQUEST IN CHEVRON / PETROBANGLA ARBITRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. SUMMARY. (C) Petrobangla finds itself between a rock and a hard place with respect to its upcoming arbitration hearing with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) scheduled for August 20 in [...]	2007-08-16 08:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD EPET PREL KTIA BG
07DHAKA1379	AS VERDICT IN TRIAL NEARS, SIGMA HUDA'S HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sigma Huda's sister Khushi Kabir discussed Sigma's medical condition with POLOFF. Kabir said Sigma's health was not good, but that the jail authorities had moved her to the hospital for better care. Nevertheless, if the government continues to drag its feet in authorizing paymen [...]	2007-08-22 02:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA1418	THE MAN TO SEE: CDA A.I. AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary. Providing insight into the complicated relationship between the army and caretaker government, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed told CDA a.i. that the recent violence had been a wake up call for the regime and outlined a series of steps that would be taken in the c [...]	2007-08-28 09:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1439	FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and her son Arafat Rahman (&Koko8),were arrested in Dhaka September 3 on charges filed by Bangladesh,s Anti-Corruption Commission. The charges relate to the awarding of a bid for a shipping conta [...]	2007-09-04 01:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KCOR BG
07DHAKA1472	GOVERNMENT RELAXES BAN ON INDOOR POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an address to the nation on September 9, Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed announced a raft of decisions, including a relaxation of the ban on indoor politics, a deadline for the compilation of a list of corrupt suspects, and a pardon for thousands of people accused of involvement [...]	2007-09-10 11:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1490	GOVERNMENT MOVES CAUTIOUSLY ON RELAXATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The caretaker government is attempting to walk a fine line regarding the relaxation of the ban on indoor politics. The official gazette notification strictly proscribes the activities parties are permitted to undertake. While authorities permitted most parties to reopen their ce [...]	2007-09-12 09:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1494	GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS DISCUSS ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed met September 5 with members of the nation's business community in an effort to strengthen the commercial climate. Business confidence appears to be weakening in the wake of floods, rising prices, the g [...]	2007-09-12 11:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR BG
07DHAKA1498	ELECTION COMMISSION DISCUSSES ELECTORAL REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. An easing of the ban on indoor politics was a necessary precondition for the Commission to begin its dialogue with the political parties, the Election Commission told the Charge d'Affaires in a recent meeting. Calling the emerging split within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP [...]	2007-09-13 09:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA152	AMBASSODOR MEETS ADVISORS FOR SHIPPING AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During separate courtesy calls by the Ambassador, Advisors Matin and Chowdhury both acknowledged the need to involve the political parties in discussions on election preparations and to hold free and fair elections promptly. The Ambassador reinforced U.S. support for elections [...]	2007-01-29 07:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA153	FINANCE/PLANNING ADVISOR SUPPORTS EARLY ELECTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: Finance and Planning Advisor Islam told the Ambassador that the Caretaker Government should hold elections as soon as possible, but the timing of "possible" depends on reaching consensus on the reforms needed to hold free and fair elections. Protecting human rights and minimi [...]	2007-01-29 09:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA1569	DAS GASTRIGHT URGES BANGLADESH CARETAKER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. On September 18-19, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary John Gastright met with the Chief Adviser and the Foreign Adviser of the Caretaker Government, the Chief of Army Staff, the three-member Election Commission, other officials, businessmen and leading journalists. [...]	2007-09-26 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PGOV PREL
07DHAKA157	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON CHIEF ADVISER [...] (C) Summary. Chief Adviser Ahmed smoothly made the government's case for far-reaching reforms as a prelude to "free, fair, and credible elections." He acknowledged some "excesses" during the government's mass detentions, but urged the U.S. to focus instead on the instant corrective action th [...]	2007-01-29 10:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA1584	INSPECTOR GENERAL OF PRISONS DESCRIBES CURRENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Inspector General of Prisons, Brigadier General Md Zakir Hasan, recently discussed current jail conditions with POLOFF, and described his efforts to reform the prison system in Bangladesh. According to Hasan, the total prison population in Bangladesh (including those in jail [...]	2007-10-01 05:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG
07DHAKA159	BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT PASSES NEW RULES ON STATE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government has released rules further specifying its emergency powers. The scope is broad, ranging from political to commercial activities, but many of the powers are discretionary as opposed to outright bans. The rules do, however, prohibit media criticism of the governm [...]	2007-01-30 04:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1594	ELECTION COMMISSION AGREES TO OBSERVATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Voter registration is progressing as the Election Commission expands its activities to additional areas of the country. The Commission, with assistance from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),has solved the most immediate problem -- procuring 8,000 laptops for local [...]	2007-10-02 10:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1602	ENGAGING BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION: THE [...] (C) Summary: The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is the lead Bangladeshi security force for countering terrorism. Yet since its creation the U.S. government has not engaged the 10,000-member paramilitary group because of human rights concerns stemming from persistent reports of extrajudicial kill [...]	2007-10-04 08:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL
07DHAKA1604	BANGLADESH: LABOR-GSP PETITION -- STAKEHOLDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government, labor, and manufacturing representatives are preparing for a Washington review of Bangladesh,s labor rights regime following a petition to suspend Bangladesh,s access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) submitted by the American Federation of Labor ) Congre [...]	2007-10-04 10:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD EFIS EIND EAID PREL SOCI KTEX KWMN
07DHAKA1668	KIDNAPPED BANGLADESHI NGO WORKER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Bangladesh is working with Afghan authorities on the case of Nurul Islam, a Bangladeshi NGO worker who was abducted in Afghanistan on September 15. The Government of Bangladesh announced October 11 that arrests related to the case had been made in Afghanist [...]	2007-10-22 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BG AF XD
07DHAKA167	FORMER GUANTANANAMO BAY DETAINEE RE-ARRESTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA17	AWAMI LEAGUE BOYCOTT; INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) The Awami League (AL) and its alliance partners followed through on their January 3 announcement that they would boycott upcoming parliamentary elections (reftel) by withdrawing virtually all of their nominations. Media reported that 2,370 nominations were withdrawn by the AL and its al [...]	2007-01-04 10:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA1724	BANGLADESH INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This is Mission Dhaka's response to the action cable on &host government practices -- information collection, screening and sharing8 (reftel). Answers to questions are in CAPITAL LETTERS. 2. (C) A. Watch listing: a. If host government maintains a "watch list," how many records does the [...]	2007-10-30 10:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BG CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07DHAKA173	LAW ADVISOR SAYS MILITARY DOES NOT WANT TO STAY [...] (C) Summary. According to the government's Law Adviser, the three military service chiefs are anxious about their role behind the throne and do not wish to overstay their welcome. There are differences, he said, between the military and the civilian advisers on press controls and whether to g [...]	2007-01-31 05:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BG CASC PGOV PHUM PREL
07DHAKA1745	GOVERNMENT ADVISER ON S&T COOPERATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chowdhury Sajjadul Karim, Adviser for the Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, and Environment and Forest, expressed hope for a broad implementation of the U.S.-Bangladesh Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement, to include nuclear safety, agriculture, [...]	2007-11-05 05:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID EFIS ELAB ENRG PHUM PREL SENV TSPL
07DHAKA1763	HOME SECRETARY ON COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi Home Secretary Abdul Karim, in a November 6 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires a.i., expressed interest in expanded bilateral cooperation on counter-terrorism, including another look at the potential for installing a PISCES program here. Karim reiterated the GOB's de [...]	2007-11-07 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CASC PHUM SNAR ASEC BG
07DHAKA1882	FOOD SITUATION - CDA, A.I. MEETING WITH FOOD AND [...] (C) Summary: CDA a.i. and ADCM met with the top civilian officials of Bangladesh,s Ministry of Food and Disaster Management. They reviewed current food shortage statistics and causes. The GoB officials explained that without sufficient Government food stocks, open market prices for grain are [...]	2007-12-03 08:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON POL BG
07DHAKA1890	SEDITION TRIAL AGAINST JOURNALIST (ONCE AGAIN) SET [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sedition trial of journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury is percolating again, with a new trial start date set for December 5. There are two avenues for dismissal of the case: the government drops the charges, or Choudhury prevails in his appeal to the High Court Appellate Bra [...]	2007-12-04 10:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BG
07DHAKA1902	DEFINING THE USG ROLE AS BANGLADESH BEGINS ITS [...] (C) Summary: The prompt and effective response to Cyclone Sidr's devastation has saved many thousands of lives and averted a potential political crisis for Bangladesh's weak Caretaker Government. The USG response during this initial phase was a model of Diplomacy-Defense-Development workin [...]	2007-12-06 11:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG EAID MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
07DHAKA1910	ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION FACES HURDLES, [...] (C) Summary: Prepared with USG assistance, a series of amendments that would strengthen Bangladesh,s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act and a draft Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) are being held up in the Law Ministry, in contravention of instructions from the Chief Adviser that they be enacted by the [...]	2007-12-09 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL PGOV KCRM KTFN SNAR BG
07DHAKA192	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ADVISORS FOR EDUCATION AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and USAID officer (note taker) met separately on January 31 with Geeteara Safiya Choudhury, Advisor for Industries, Jute and Textiles, Social Welfare, and Women and Children's Affairs and with Ayub Quatri, Advisor for Education, Primary and Mass Education and Cultural A [...]	2007-02-05 07:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BG
07DHAKA1920	INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER VISITS BANGLADESH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee December 2 visited cyclone-affected areas of Bangladesh and met with government leaders to discuss bilateral issues including trade, water-sharing and security. Mukherjee announced a temporary waiver of India's ban on rice exports [...]	2007-12-11 03:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EAGR BG
07DHAKA1932	VOTER REGISTRATION CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Voter registration is continuing apace, although delays because of slow procurements and Cyclone Sidr have brought the project back into line with its original schedule and future significant delays could jeopardize the government's elections timeline. On the ground, the registra [...]	2007-12-13 03:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1953	GOVERNMENT, EMBASSY LIAISONS HOLD FIRST MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting on December 13, the Bangladesh government's designated point of contact on Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-related issues agreed, in principle, to share names of those officers disciplined for "gross human rights offenses." He also shared statistics on those disciplined, [...]	2007-12-18 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA1979	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the one-year mark of the Caretaker Government as Bangladesh begins to rehabilitate areas of the country hit by Cyclone Sidr, while at the same time continues to prepare for nationwide elections at the end of 2008. Bangladesh largely survived the immediate cri [...]	2007-12-27 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL MOPS BG
07DHAKA198	SENIOR FIGURES FROM BOTH PARTIES ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. Seven former ministers and at least nine other senior figures from both major political parties have been arrested, apparently on suspicion of corruption. Tariq Rahman, the son of the former prime minister, is reportedly hunkered down at home and may face imminent arrest. Popula [...]	2007-02-05 12:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA1985	UNHCR DISCUSSES LONG-TERM PLAN TO RESOLVE ROHINGYA [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a recent meeting, UNHCR and representatives of concerned embassies discussed ways of moving towards a long-term resolution to the Rohingya refugee situation. With a non-political caretaker government in power, the group noted this may be an opportunity to push for a final reso [...]	2007-12-31 09:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG
07DHAKA1986	CORRUPTION TRIAL AGAINST SHEIKH HASINA CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY. The corruption trial of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League recommenced with hearings on the framing of charges, when the prosecution presented its evidence for defense examination. Sheikh Hasina used her courtroom appearance to pass a public message through he [...]	2007-12-31 09:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA24	AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION MET WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador and British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury met with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on January 6. They apprised her of approaches made to them by prominent Awami League (AL) members, supposedly backed by a faction within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),ad [...]	2007-01-07 11:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA244	KHALEDA ZIA FRETS ABOUT ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Beleaguered ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia told Ambassador that "most" of her senior figures arrested on corruption suspicions are innocent, complained that Awami League "godfathers" of violence have avoided arrest, and reiterated that her party wants elections within six months. [...]	2007-02-12 10:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA25	AWAMI LEAGUE LED NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE OBSERVED WITH [...] (U) Summary: As of 1800 local, the first day of a planned three-day Awami League led nationwide blockade forced shops and businesses in Dhaka to close and stopped intra-city traffic, but triggered only sporadic clashes with police, limited injuries and no deaths. Chittagong port was operationa [...]	2007-01-07 12:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA254	HASINA GIVES GOVERNMENT 120 DAYS TO HOLD ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Sheikh Hasina says the interim government has 120 days -- the constitutional duration of the state of emergency -- to hold elections and prevent her supporters from hitting the streets. She dismissed rumors of her imminent self-exile and the political potential of Nobel prize la [...]	2007-02-14 09:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV BG
07DHAKA275	GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS AGAINST LABOR TRAFFICKING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Government officials and international organization representatives take seriously allegations of labor trafficking and migrant labor violations. The Home Ministry asked for more information on specific allegations, and agreed to follow up with the inter-ministerial anti-traffick [...]	2007-02-19 11:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCOR KDEM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF ELAB BG
07DHAKA289	INDIAN VISIT SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary. The Indian foreign minister's upbeat visit to Dhaka has fueled Pakistani apprehensions that Indian influence is on the rise in Dhaka. Under these circumstances, it is hard to see the Indian government, widely perceived to be very close to the Awami League, supporting Sheikh Hasi [...]	2007-02-22 10:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG

07DHAKA299	CODEL CHABOT MEETS WITH HASINA AND ZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia reiterated to Congressman Chabot their desire for prompt elections, supported anti-corruption in principle but objected to the mechanics of the current campaign, complained the government ignores them, maintained party reform is already underway, and [...]	2007-02-25 08:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA305	CONGRESSMAN CHABOT CALLS ON ACTING FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary. The acting Foreign Affairs adviser told Congressman Chabot that the government is committed to early elections once the proper environment is in place, assured him that journalist Shoaib Chowdhury would receive fair treatment, and hoped that new visa requirements for visitors in B [...]	2007-02-26 00:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS CASC BG
07DHAKA32	AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER MEET WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador and British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury met with Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on January 6. They apprised her of approaches made to them by prominent Awami League (AL) members, supposedly backed by a faction within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP),ad [...]	2007-01-08 11:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA329	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION PLOWS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The reconstituted Anti-Corruption Commission is off to a quick start. It summoned 50 individuals to its office to declare their wealth, threatened arrest if declarations were found to be false, arrested seven individuals even after they made their declarations, and announced pl [...]	2007-02-28 07:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA33	NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The AL-led alliance's nationwide blockade continued for a second day as police and protesters clashed in Dhaka and roads in and out of Dhaka remain blocked. Police reported protesters used small bombs equivalent to large firecrackers and, in one instance, police received small wea [...]	2007-01-08 13:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CASC BG
07DHAKA34	NATIONWIDE BLOCKADE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The AL-led alliance's nationwide blockade continued for a second day as police and protesters clashed in Dhaka and roads in and out of Dhaka remain blocked. Police reported protesters used small bombs equivalent to large firecrackers and, in one instance, police received small wea [...]	2007-01-08 23:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CASC BG
07DHAKA365	FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...]	2007-03-05 09:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA367	FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...]	2007-03-05 23:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA39	AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER MEET [...] (C) Summary: In a January 7 meeting the Ambassador and the BHC advised Khaleda Zia of approaches by some within the political parties advocating scenarios, backed by the military, to force Zia and Hasina into political exile. Although acknowledging some dissent within the party, Zia bristl [...]	2007-01-09 11:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA396	TARIQUE RAHMAN AND OTHERS ARRESTED; [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 09:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM BG
07DHAKA410	GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (U) The Caretaker Government on March 8 announced it would strictly enforce the ban on political activities until further notice, effective immediately. The announcement effectively shuttered party offices and ended the government's informal tolerance of limited political meetings and "ind [...]	2007-03-12 08:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA413	JOURNALIST SHOAIB CHOUDHURY'S TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (SBU) The sedition trial of journalist Shoaib Choudhury, scheduled to start March 8, was postponed to April 23 after the court accepted a last minute, hand-written petition by Shoaib's lawyer to stay the trial until the High Court ruled on a separate, pending petition in the case. A hearin [...]	2007-03-12 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA423	SHEIKH HASINA TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Sheikh Hasina told us that after a three-week visit with family in the U.S., she will return to Bangladesh, even if she has to smuggle herself across the border. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 13, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina came to the Embassy to renew her visa and pay [...]	2007-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA43	BANGABHABAN BLOCKADE [...] (SBU) The Awami League (AL) led alliance's nationwide blockade entered its third and final day on January 9 with the focus shifting to an attempted blockade of the Presidential compound, Bangabhaban, located in southwest Dhaka. In the early morning, scores of police and soldiers surrounded Ban [...]	2007-01-09 12:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA445	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-15 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA446	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA447	RIHS REGISTRATION RENEWED [...] (SBU) On March 13, local media reported that the the NGO Affairs Bureau of the GOB has renewed for five years the registration of the local chapter of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). 2. (SBU) We are attempting to confirm this report with GOB officials. Meanwhil [...]	2007-03-16 06:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL BG
07DHAKA457	BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS REACTION TO SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Businessmen are starting to express concern about the lack of transparency with the government's anti-corruption lists, particularly as they pertain to several well-regarded businessmen. Meanwhile, an Awami League politician says his inclusion on the lists is being used by senior [...]	2007-03-19 09:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PREL PGOV BD
07DHAKA458	BNP SECRETARY GENERAL OUT TO REPLACE ZIA [...] (C) Summary: BNP Secretary General Bhuiyan confirmed to us he aspires to take over the leadership of his party once the military persuades Chairperson Khaleda Zia to leave Bangladesh. He is also considering leading a new national government, replacing the current caretaker regime, to carry ou [...]	2007-03-19 10:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA459	BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICIANS REACTION TO SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Businessmen are starting to express concern about the lack of transparency with the government's anti-corruption lists, particularly as they pertain to several well-regarded businessmen. Meanwhile, an Awami League politician says his inclusion on the lists is being used by senior [...]	2007-03-19 23:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KDEM PREL PGOV BD
07DHAKA460	BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT RENEWS RIHS REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) On March 20, NGO Affairs Bureau Assistant Director A.K.M. Humanyun Kabir confirmed to us that his agency had renewed the registration of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) gave its concurrence (reftel). Kabir said that the GOB never [...]	2007-03-20 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV PREL BG
07DHAKA476	ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN DEFENDS [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Hosain Mashhud Chowdhury unequivocally maintained that the ACC has a solid basis for investigating each of the 100 individuals identified in two lists of individuals suspected of corruption. During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador and [...]	2007-03-22 07:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA480	BANGLADESH'S FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF AVIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 22, Bangladesh announced its first confirmed case of Avian Influenza (H5N1). The GOB has taken preliminary steps to address the avian influenza infection discovered at a commercial poultry farm north of Dhaka. With NO/NO human infection in Bangladesh and NO/NO additi [...]	2007-03-23 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU BG
07DHAKA484	MINORITY ACTIVIST KILLED BY ARMY SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) Another allegation of torture and extra-judicial killing made its way into the local press this week. According to newspapers and witness reports, army and police personnel removed four members of the Christian Garo minority in the Madhupur Forest area from a micro-bus in the early after [...]	2007-03-25 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA489	RUMORS SWIRL ON ZIA'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) Summary. Senior party leaders say that Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairwoman Khaleda Zia is ready to leave Bangladesh, provided her two sons are allowed to go with her and her exile, probably in Jeddah, is guaranteed to be comfortable. If Zia does go and Awami League President Hasina s [...]	2007-03-25 10:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA505	ARMY CHIEF SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) Summary. The army chief's populist, politician-bashing speech yesterday has boosted rumors he intends to become president once the incumbent's term expires in September. End Summary. The General Speaks Out ---------------------- 2. (SBU) On March 27, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen [...]	2007-03-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM BG
07DHAKA524	HEAD OF LAND-RIGHTS ORGANIZATION IMPRISONED, BEATEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Shahidul Islam, director of the non-governmental organization Uttaran, was detained at his organization's training center in Tala in southwestern Bangladesh by army personnel on January 27. At a meeting with POLOFF on March 22, Uttaran officials provided first-hand details of Is [...]	2007-04-01 06:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA529	AMBASSADOR RAISES DEMOCRACY CONCERNS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs Adviser Chowdhury and the Ambassador discussed USG concerns about Bangladesh's democracy, custodial deaths, Shoaib Choudhury's sedition trial, and continuing registration problems for American visitors to Bangladesh. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On March 28, the Ambas [...]	2007-04-01 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CVIS PTER BG
07DHAKA53	DIPLOMATS COORDINATE STRATEGY ON BANGLADESH [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Key diplomatic missions in Bangladesh are coordinating their responses to the ongoing political crisis. The U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the European Commission, Germany (representing the European Union presidency) [...]	2007-01-11 08:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA542	UNHCR REPORTS FURTHER PROGRESS ON ROHINGYAS [...] SUMMARY (C) The government continues to take steps to improve conditions in the official Rohingya refugee camps, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Bangladesh. A government adviser made the first-ever minister-level visit to the camps in March. Mea [...]	2007-04-03 04:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF BG
07DHAKA546	JMB EXECUTED; GOB TARGETS POLITICAL PROTECTORS [...] (C) Terrorists Executed: Bangladesh (GOB) hanged six top leaders of the militant group Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) on March 30, keeping execution details (time and place) secret. Sentenced to death in September 2006 for killing two SIPDIS judges in 2005, the six exhausted their appe [...]	2007-04-04 04:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA547	ELECTION COMMISSION TO PREPARE NEW VOTER LIST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Election Commission will take at least 18 months to prepare a new voter list with photographs, Chief Election Commissioner Huda told the Ambassador, and the voter list would be prepared in tandem with a project to introduce national identification cards. The Commissioners also [...]	2007-04-04 06:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA560	MILITARY AMBITIONS IN BANGLADESH [...] (U) COAS Presses Political Agenda: Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen Uddin Ahmed on April 2 renewed his populist attacks on Bangladeshi politicians and called for a "new brand of democracy." Moeen made the remarks in his keynote address to a regional conference hosted by the Bangladesh Po [...]	2007-04-05 09:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BG
07DHAKA575	ECONOMIC REFORM - THE FIRST 90 DAYS [...] (C) Economy Priority: The Caretaker Government singled out the economy as a justification for the January 11 declaration of a State of Emergency in the wake of the economic disruptions from political unrest in late 2006. While the resulting political stability is the largest factor behind r [...]	2007-04-10 03:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL ENRG BG
07DHAKA577	ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE - THE FIRST 90 DAYS [...] (C) Corruption Top Priority: The Caretaker Government appointed following the State of Emergency declared January 11 made combatting corruption the cornerstone of its promise to prepare for and conduct free and fair elections. In its first 90 days, the government has had some notable succes [...]	2007-04-10 05:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM BG
07DHAKA587	HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]	2007-04-11 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA588	HOME SECRETARY ON JMB EXECUTIONS, KIBRIA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary. On April 5, Deputy Chief of Mission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Secretary Abdul Karim met to discuss issues, including the recent Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) executions, GOB changes to its visa regime, trafficking in persons, the restarting of the Kibria investigati [...]	2007-04-11 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EAID CASC PHUM BG
07DHAKA608	BIRD FLU: BANGLADESH PERMITS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOB agreed April 9 to allow foreign technical advisors to assist with the Avian Influenza response. This breakthrough opens the door for multilateral and bilateral assistance to implement the recommendations reported in ref (A). END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Early Assessment: [...]	2007-04-15 08:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA623	YUNUS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT AGENDA, [...] (C) Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Mohammad Yunus offered praise of the caretaker government in a meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission, POLOFF and Staff Advisor Manpreet Singh Anand of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on April 8. Yunus acknowledged mistakes had been made -- such as mass demol [...]	2007-04-16 04:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM KGOV BG
07DHAKA629	BANGLADESH ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS BY END OF 2008 [...] (U) Election timeline: Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed announced April 12 that elections will be held by the end of 2008. The announcement was part of his nationwide address reviewing the Caretaker Government's accomplishments in its first 90 days and reaffirming the CG's commitment "not (t [...]	2007-04-16 08:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA646	FORMER PM ZIA REPORTEDLY AGREES TO QUIT BANGLADESH [...] (C) Zia Agrees to Leave: Former Prime Minister and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia has agreed to leave Bangladesh and not return, according to press reports and sources close to Zia. Her decision comes less than 48 hours after the arrest of her youngest son, Arafat " [...]	2007-04-17 10:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA65	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) As instructed reftel B, post immediately reached out to the interim Chief Advisor, Fazlul Haque. In the interim, the President named Fakhruddin Ahmed as the next Chief Advisor. Fakhruddin Ahmed will be sworn in on January 12 at 1900 local. Ambassador and other Chief of Missions will atte [...]	2007-01-12 08:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BG
07DHAKA654	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON CHIEF ADVISOR [...] (U) Ambassador Butenis and Econoff (note taker) met April 16 with Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed to discuss elections and political reform, governance, and anti-corruption. Fahim Munaim, Press Spokesman for the Chief Advisor, and Shahidul Islam, Director General Americas & Pacific Wing, Mi [...]	2007-04-18 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM BG
07DHAKA656	HOME SECRETARY ON SHEIKH HASINA, KHALEDA ZIA, AND [...] (C) On the heels of a brief April 18 introductory call by the New Delhi based Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Legal Attache, the Home Secretary touched on Sheikh Hasina,s imminent return, rumors about Khaleda Zia,s imminent departure and continuing allegations of death and abuse attribut [...]	2007-04-19 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KCRM PGOV BG
07DHAKA663	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS WITH COAS MOEEN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting with Ambassador Butenis and DATT (note taker),Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Moeen Uddin Ahmed described the military's successes in support of the civilian government, cited the need for political party reform, provided assurances the military would remai [...]	2007-04-22 09:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PMIL BG
07DHAKA681	SEDITION CASE CONTINUES TO TWIST IN THE WIND [...] (C) The sedition trial of Bangladeshi journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury will likely be postponed again, at least until May, because of an outstanding dismissal petition his lawyers have filed with the High Court Appellate Division. Choudhury recently told POLOFF that his lawyer, Barriste [...]	2007-04-25 09:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA683	GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ELECTORAL REFORM PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Election Commission briefed donors on its plan for electoral reform. The head of the Commission's Secretariat laid out a roadmap for preparing a new voter list SIPDIS with photographs. The new, computerized database resulting from this project will serve in the longer term [...]	2007-04-26 03:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA684	AMBASSADOR VISITS MADHUPUR, DISCUSSES CUSTODIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. No charges have been filed and no action taken in the case of Choilesh Ritchil, the Christian Garo activist from Madhupur who was killed by the army on March 18. This was the situation as described to the Ambassador by Garo activists when she visited the Pirgachha Catholic Missio [...]	2007-04-26 04:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA685	BANGLADESH - THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary: The interim government formed following the January 11 declaration of the State of Emergency has pursued an aggressive agenda of political and economic reform coupled with an anti-corruption campaign and institutional change all designed to create conditions conducive to free, [...]	2007-04-26 04:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA690	HASINA, ZIA MAY RETURN OR STAY AS THEY CHOOSE [...] (U) Government Relents: On April 25, the government issued two press notes announcing that Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is free to return to Bangladesh and that Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairwoman Khaleda Zia is under no pressure to leave. The April 25 note on Hasina referred to th [...]	2007-04-26 07:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL BG
07DHAKA70	NEW INDIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) India,s new High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador on January 10. (He presents his credentials to the Government of Bangladesh on January 16.) The discussion covered the current political crisis, the efforts of the international community to su [...]	2007-01-15 09:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA703	BANGLADESH SPECIAL 301 2007 [...] (U) POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE. Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Abida Islam, Director of America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 30. Ms. Islam acknowledged the expressed USG intent to increase engagement on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues and agreed [...]	2007-04-30 09:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPIR BG
07DHAKA716	BOMBLETS EXPLODE IN THREE BANGLADESH CITIES [...] (SBU) On the morning of May 1, three small devices exploded within minutes of each other near railroad stations in the cities of Sylhet, Chittagong, and Dhaka. Police told us that one rickshaw driver was seriously injured in Chittagong and a small boy sustained minor injuries in Sylhet. 2 [...]	2007-05-02 08:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM PHUM ASEC PGOV BG
07DHAKA717	BANGLADESHI JOURNALIST'S SEDITION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (C) SUMMARY. The start of the sedition trial of Bangladeshi journalist Salahuddin Shoaib Choudhury was postponed again, this time until June 23. Choudhury also received two phone calls on April 30, one from Police Special Branch and one from an officer with military intelligence. END SUMMARY. [...]	2007-05-02 09:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA730	LABORATORY CAPACITY IN BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. H5N1 continues to spread in Bangladesh, with confirmed poultry infections reported in nine of 64 districts but still no confirmed human cases. Numerous meetings between donors, experts, and the relevant GOB ministries have raised the question of Bangladesh,s laboratory capaci [...]	2007-05-04 07:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU EAID PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA737	BANGLADESH DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AGENCY SAYS NO NEW [...] (C) On May 3, econoff met with Brigadier General Helal Uddin Ahmed, Director General of the Directorate General Defence Procurement, the main procurement source for all branches of the Bangladesh military, at Brigadier Helal's request. Econoff had met with Helal in August 2006 to deliver re [...]	2007-05-06 07:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC IR PARM PREL BG
07DHAKA750	RETURN OF SHEIKHA HASINA TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) On May 7, Awami League (AL) leader Shiekh Hasina returned to Bangladesh. AL Secretary General Abdul Jalil told us that the government gave permission for 16 Awami League representatives, up from ten reported in the media, to receive her at the airport. Jalil vehemently rejected any sug [...]	2007-05-07 09:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV KDEM BG
07DHAKA778	HASINA'S RETURN SETBACK FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Hasina's triumphant return to Bangladesh marks a dramatic setback to government efforts to force the two ladies into exile and create a new political landscape. Taking Hasina, and by necessity Zia, to trial may be Plan B but is fraught with risks for an increasingly risk-averse g [...]	2007-05-12 04:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA779	HASINA'S RETURN SETBACK FOR GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Hasina's triumphant return to Bangladesh marks a dramatic setback to government efforts to force the two ladies into exile and create a new political landscape. Taking Hasina, and by necessity Zia, to trial may be Plan B but is fraught with risks for an increasingly risk-averse g [...]	2007-05-12 04:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
07DHAKA803	AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT TO RETURN JOURNALIST'S [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador is pressing senior government officials to allow journalist Tasneem Khalil and family to travel to mitigate the negative international reaction to his case. End Summary. 2. (C) Early May 11, security officials (apparently from the military intelligence organizat [...]	2007-05-17 06:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA811	HASINA DOUBTS GOVERNMENT SINCERITY ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Awami League president Hasina says she fears the government will delay elections until a "king's" party can be guaranteed a large majority, but she insists she has no interest in agitating for elections or an end to the ban on political activity. She called on the government to [...]	2007-05-17 09:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA83	BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE TO CHIEF ADVISOR ON STATE OF [...] (C) Early January 16, citing time constraints and the imminent naming of an adviser with responsibility for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed postponed his meeting with the Ambassador scheduled for later the same day. As an interim measure, mission sent a letter [...]	2007-01-17 03:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA848	USARPAC COMMANDER BROWN'S MEETING WITH BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary. In his meetings with COAS General Moeen and other senior Bangladeshi military officers, USARPAC Commander LTG Brown stressed the importance of returning Bangladesh to democratic, elected governance as soon as possible and noted the difficulties the Thai generals have encountered by [...]	2007-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM PGOV BG
07DHAKA867	NEW ARRESTS NET HIGH-PROFILE POLITICAL PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The latest wave of high-profile political detentions includes Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil, other Sheikh Hasina loyalists, and two reputedly corrupt former BNP ministers, Lutfozzaman Babar and Altaf Hussain Chowdhury. Meanwhile, the government has asked the high cou [...]	2007-05-29 10:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG
07DHAKA87	NEW SLATE OF CARETAKER ADVISORS NAMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ten advisors for the new Caretaker Government have been selected and are in the process of taking office. With a few exceptions, the advisors are viewed as non-partisan and distinguished members of society. END SUMMARY A New Team of Advisors ====================== 2. (S [...]	2007-01-17 10:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BG
07DHAKA875	ZIA PLEADS FOR SONS [...] (C) Summary. Khaleda Zia urged the Ambassador to support her embattled sons Tarique and Koko, asserted she was ready to leave Bangladesh but the government failed to get her a Saudi visa, said she has no contact with the military, and is mystified by the military's actions and objectives. Loc [...]	2007-05-30 09:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG
07DHAKA906	CONTINUED INFLATION LEAVES PUBLIC SIMMERING [...] (C) Summary: The military-backed caretaker government continues to face popular discontent over price rises, especially for basic food commodities. Recent press reports highlight public concerns as did the Centre for Policy Dialogue in a June 2 public presentation on the state of the Bangl [...]	2007-06-04 08:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BG
07DHAKA907	"KING'S" PARTY COULD UNDERMINE FREE AND TIMELY [...] (C) Summary. The military continues to court primarily BNP politicians for a new "king's" party, but its failure to displace the "two ladies," the absence of credible leadership for the party, and mixed signals about General Moeen's political ambitions have confused and frustrated potential r [...]	2007-06-04 09:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM BG
07DHAKA909	DAILY STAR JOURNALIST'S PASSPORT RETURNED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 11, Daily Star journalist and Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Tasnim Khalil was detained by Directorate General Forces Intelligence (DGFI) for questioning about alleged anti-state activities, including blog entries and articles he wrote critical of the government. Since [...]	2007-06-05 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KGOV BG
07DHAKA93	AWAMI LEAGUE HOPES FOR ELECTION IN EARLY APRIL [...] (C) On January 18, Major General (R) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, head of security for Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, presented to poloff a one-page Caretaker Government "work schedule" that culminates in the holding of parliamentary elections on April 3. He said he generated the document [...]	2007-01-18 09:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV BG
07DHAKA951	GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF INDIGENOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The retired judge appointed by the government to investigate the death of Garo activist Choilesh Ritchil in Madhupur on March 18 has had Ritchil's body exhumed for autopsy. Meanwhile, the recent wave of anti-corruption arrests in Dhaka has netted the Chief Conservator of Forests, [...]	2007-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
07DHAKA956	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FACES CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 7, police filed corruption charged against Sigma Huda, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons and the head of two prominent Bangladeshi non-governmental organization. Huda's husband, a former minister, was arrested in January on corruption charg [...]	2007-06-13 08:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM BG
07DHAKA977	FAREWELL CALL ON JAMAAT ISLAMI CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Jamaat Islami amir Nizami stayed rigidly on point in assuring the Ambassador that his party remains committed to democracy, dialogue, and moderation. JI members, he said, have not been approached about joining a so-called king's party, but quipped he wishes the party well so the [...]	2007-06-17 05:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL BG
07DHAKA984	CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER LAYS OUT PLAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Election Commission is preparing to announce a roadmap for elections in mid-July. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Huda clarified the role of the army in the voter registration process, discussed how planning for the registration process was proceeding, and assured the Ambass [...]	2007-06-17 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KGOV KDEM BG
07DILI101	AUSSIES BRIEF ON REINADO OPERATION [...] (C) Summary: International Stabilization Forces (ISF) commander Brigadier Malcolm Rerden and Australian Ambassador to East Timor Margaret Twomey briefed Emboffs March 9, reviewing the current status of ISF operations to apprehend Major Alfredo Reinado and summarizing a meeting Rerden has just [...]	2007-03-12 08:57:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL TT AU NZ
07DILI120	SECURITY SECTOR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: As detailed in reftel, Post has become increasingly concerned regarding the direction of developments in the security sector, including both the East Timorese armed forces (F-FDTL) and the East Timorese National Police (PNTL). In light of these concerns, we have reviewed our policy [...]	2007-03-23 09:58:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN TT
07DILI121	ELECTION POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Our overarching policy continues to be focused on supporting a credible elections process that expresses the will of the Timorese people. The UN Elections Certification Team (UNECT) continues to provide detailed analysis of the many metrics that can be measured in making this de [...]	2007-03-23 10:45:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI124	PRESIDENT SIGNS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENT, BUT TIME RUNNING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Xanana Gusmao March 26 signed into law the controversial election law amendment, paving the way for ballot printing to start later this week. The amendment addressed several key legislative problems identified by the UN Election Certification Team (UNECT) and had thre [...]	2007-03-27 10:32:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI132	SECURITY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post remains concerned by developments in the security sector following a United Nations Police (UNPOL) request to the GOET to deploy elements from the East Timorese Defense Force (F-FDTL) into the capital city of Dili. While the Commander of the F-FDTL, Brigadier General Taur Ma [...]	2007-03-31 08:41:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI136	ELECTORAL CERTIFICATION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: The United Nation's Electoral Certification Team (ECT) has published its Fifth report dated 16 March 2007 regarding the 2007 parliamentary and presidential elections in East Timor. While the comprehensive report by the independent body concluded that major corrective steps in the [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UN TT
07DILI14	SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...]	2007-01-16 11:23:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT
07DILI141	THREE FRONTRUNNERS FOR EAST TIMOR'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: As the East Timorese presidential campaign wraps up, opposition candidate Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo has emerged alongside establishment candidates Jose Ramos-Horta and Francisco "Lu'Olo" Gutterres as a serious contender in the 9 April presidential election. While current Prime M [...]	2007-04-05 09:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UN TT
07DILI143	ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...]	2007-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT
07DILI148	INITIAL ELECTION RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT DISPUTES LOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst emerging disputes over the counting of votes after a calm and smooth election day, East Timor's National Election Commission (CNE) today announced provisional results for the first round of the presidential elections, indicating Fretilin candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterr [...]	2007-04-11 11:28:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TT
07DILI150	ELECTION COUNT INCOMPLETE, BUT PREPARATIONS FOR RUNOFF [...] (C) Summary: The National Election Commission (CNE) yesterday, April 12, began the national tabulation of votes for Monday's presidential election poll. According to IFES representatives working closely with the CNE on this process, there are a number of problems with the district tabulation, [...]	2007-04-13 11:14:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI154	EAST TIMOR STABLE THROUGHOUT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The government of East Timor conducted its first round of presidential elections April 9 largely without a significant security incident. In fact East Timor has been remarkably calm over the past two months, aside from the occasional martial arts group fight and minor clashes b [...]	2007-04-17 10:08:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ASEC UN TT
07DILI176	EAST TIMOR WILL NOT SUPPORT BELARUS CANDIDACY AT UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 09:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TT
07DILI182	FRETILIN UNDER FIRE FOR CAMPAIGN IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has come under increasing scrutiny in relation to allegations of illegal campaign activities in advance of the May 9 presidential runoff. While some are likely exaggerated for the purpose of campaign rhetoric, others appear to be much more solidl [...]	2007-05-08 04:35:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI189	LANDSLIDE RAMOS-HORTA VICTORY GIVES OPPOSITION MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is now a virtual certainty that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta has won the May 9 runoff in a landslide, having picked up the vast majority of votes previously cast for the losing candidates of round one, while ruling Fretilin party candidate Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres gaine [...]	2007-05-11 11:49:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI19	PRESIDENT GUSMAO DECLINES TO MEET ON JOINT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. President Gusmao has declined to meet the Australian, Japanese, Portuguese, and U.S. chiefs of mission to receive the Ref B joint demarche previously delivered to former Prime Minister Alkatiri (Ref A). Through his Chief of Staff the President conveyed that he was well aware of th [...]	2007-01-17 11:39:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AS JA MZ PO TT
07DILI197	ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the victory of Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in the presidential race now officially confirmed by the Court of Appeals, plans are in place for his inauguration on May 20. Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau da Silva will assume the Prime Ministership until June 30, while the [...]	2007-05-18 12:49:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI204	MANAGING PORTUGESE AND LUSOPHONE INTERESTS IN EAST TIMOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the international community grapples with how best to assist East Timor in re-establishing security, strengthening the public sector, and stimulating economic growth, one of the most delicate issues confronting the major players is how to manage Portuguese, Brazilian and ot [...]	2007-05-25 07:58:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID TT PO
07DILI218	EAST TIMOR'S PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN OFF TO VIOLENT START [...] (SBU) Summary. Campaign-related violence in the district of Viqueque left three dead over the weekend of June 2 - 3. Viqueque is a Fretilin stronghold and tensions erupted as former President Xanana Gusmao led his new party in campaign rallies there. With help from the International Stabiliza [...]	2007-06-05 06:20:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM AS UN TT
07DILI219	POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]	2007-06-05 07:59:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI220	POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...]	2007-06-05 08:00:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT
07DILI223	CNRT LEADER XANANA GUSMAO ON ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Charge and Poloff, a relaxed and confident Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao, former President and currently leader of the National Council of Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),which hopes to oust the ruling Fretilin Party in East Timor's parliamentary elections on June [...]	2007-06-06 10:42:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM TT
07DILI230	FRETILIN REASSESSES, PREPARES FOR POSSIBLE OPPOSITION ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The results of East Timor's April-May 2007 presidential elections clearly demonstrated ruling party Fretilin's weakness heading into the June 30 parliamentary elections. Fretilin, which has dominated East Timor's politics since independence, was caught by surprise by the extent to [...]	2007-06-14 13:44:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI232	PROMULGATION OF PROBLEMATIC AMNESTY LAW UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The National Parliament on June 4 approved a Law on Truth and Measures for Clemency for Various Infractions, stipulating that amnesty be provided for a wide array of offenses so long as they were committed between April 20, 2006 and April 30, 2007. If promulgated, the law would ha [...]	2007-06-20 10:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS TT
07DILI234	EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]	2007-06-21 10:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DILI241	EAST TIMOR'S OPPOSITION PARTIES PREPARE TO GOVERN [...] (SBU) Summary: With East Timor's ruling FRETILIN likely to lose its parliamentary majority following the June 30 elections, the four main opposition parties are looking at the very real possibility of being in a position to form the next government. These include: former president Xanana Gusmao [...]	2007-06-27 11:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT

07DILI255	ELECTION RESULTS GIVE WAY TO RENEWED POWER STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the announcement of the validated election results are still pending, East Timor's electorate and parties have virtually without exception already accepted the results announced at the end of the counting process on July 5. The question that all are now grappling with is [...]	2007-07-09 12:52:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI258	EAST TIMOR'S GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEBATE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The mutually exclusive positions of FRETILIN and the Alliance of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT),the Social Democratic Association of Timor and the Social Democratic Party (ASDT/PSD) coalition, and the Democratic Party (PD) described in reftel appear to r [...]	2007-07-13 10:41:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI274	PRESIDENT TO ASK GUSMAO-LED COALITION TO FORM COALITION [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos Horta told the ambassador on July 31 that he will ask this afternoon the CNRT-led coalition to select a prime minister as the initial step towards forming a new government. The widespread expectation is former president Xanana Gusmao will be the new prime min [...]	2007-07-31 06:33:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM TT
07DILI281	BITTER POLITICAL DIVISION WILL LIKELY HAMPER NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday, August 8 formally swore in the new government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),with former President Xanana Gusmao stepping into the role of Prime Minister. With a new government in place, the country may be able [...]	2007-08-08 12:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI285	TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly appointed PM Xanana Gusmao laid out an ambitious program for the government formed by the Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) in his August 8 inaugural speech. Effective implementation will be challenged by difficult relations with the outgoing ruling party FRETIL [...]	2007-08-13 09:39:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI3	LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...]	2007-01-05 09:34:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC TT
07DILI306	THE STATE OF FRETILIN [...] (C) Summary: In the days immediately following the August 5 announcement of the new government, led by the four-party Alliance with a Parliamentary Majority (AMP),supporters of the previous ruling party FRETILIN launched a campaign of violence and intimidation primarily concentrated in the thr [...]	2007-08-31 09:53:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC TT
07DILI310	AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL BRING AID TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-05 10:45:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID TT PO AS
07DILI313	TIMOR-LESTE'S NEW CABINET COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: Following Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao's initial appointments to Timor Leste's new Cabinet (reftel),President Ramos Horta swore in additional members on August 31. In a move that grants him authority over the National Police (PNTL) and Defense Forces (F-FDTL),PM Gusmao assumed t [...]	2007-09-07 09:47:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TT
07DILI327	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]	2007-09-25 09:32:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DILI338	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 06:51:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07DILI362	PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...]	2007-11-14 10:31:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT
07DILI370	REBEL REINADO HANGS TOUGH IN TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During November, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao suffered setbacks in his efforts to rein in fugitive rebel Major Alfredo Reinado and his supporters - a group consisting primarily of several hundred "petitioners" dismissed from the Armed Forces of Timor-Leste (F-FDTL) in 2006. Gus [...]	2007-11-26 11:42:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
07DILI385	TIMOR-LESTE: REINADO ON THE ROAD TO NOWHERE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 09:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TT
07DILI7	MOUNTING CONCERN ABOUT F-FDTL BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Summary. UNMIT is seriously concerned about arrogant and undisciplined behavior by increasingly visible armed F-FDTL elements in Dili. According to the Deputy SRSG, UNMIT is submitting a formal complaint to Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta and plans to raise the issue with the UN Security [...]	2007-01-08 08:30:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR ASEC UN TT
07DILI70	REINADO'S LAST STAND: REBEL LEADER SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary: As of 9 p.m. local time February 27, a large contingent of the mainly Australian International Security Forces (ISF) in a western East Timor town had cordoned off escape routes for dissident F-FDTL Major Alfredo Reinado and his group, who on February 25 seized 15-25 assault rifles [...]	2007-02-27 13:28:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI8	EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...]	2007-01-12 12:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT
07DILI92	EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW [...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...]	2007-03-07 10:36:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT
07DILI94	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Summary: -- Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue; -- Reinado relays new "peaceful resolution" conditions; -- Lobato verdict clarification; -- Security update. End summary. Engaging with GOET on Reinado issue ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy Dili has been reaching out t [...]	2007-03-08 10:38:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MAAR ASEC KPKO UN AU TT
07DILI96	DILI BISHOP SYMPATHIZES WITH REINADO [...] (C) Summary: Bishop of Dili Alberto Ricardo da Silva told us in a March 9 meeting that he was reluctant to get involved in convincing dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado to surrender because he feared for the safety of Reinado if he surrenders to GOET authorities, and that the Cath [...]	2007-03-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS UN AU VT TT
07DJIBOUTI1076	DJIBOUTI OFFERS SUDAN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (C) The President of Djibouti has instructed his armed forces to prepare for a possible deployment of peacekeeping forces to the Darfur region of Southern Sudan. The size of the proposed force is expected to be a reinforced company of 150-200 troops, including a police or military police platoo [...]	2007-09-20 13:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PK PREL SU DJ
07DJIBOUTI1147	DJIBOUTI MAKES TIP PROGRESS, CABINET APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Council of Ministers approved a comprehensive anti-trafficking draft law on October 2, and have presented it to the National Assembly for adoption. A foreign national convicted of pedophilia was recaptured by police, after fleeing the country on bail, and subsequently [...]	2007-10-10 13:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR DJ
07DJIBOUTI1230	DJIBOUTI STRIKES (FRANCE) BACK; TENSIONS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djiboutians made an unprecedented show of support for their president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, during a government-organized rally on October 20 with over 20,000 people thronging the streets to express an anti-French sentiment over the celebrated Borrel Affair. Anti-French songs in t [...]	2007-10-29 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
07DJIBOUTI708	DJIBOUTI OFFICIALS SEEK U.S., NOT CHINA, FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Energy told Emboffs he welcomed U.S. assistance and put a high priority on partnership with the United States, rather than China or other potential partners, in the area of energy and mine development. Djibouti's geothermal energy development looks promising [...]	2007-06-20 13:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EMIN EINV DJ
07DJIBOUTI892	TWO VIEWS ON SOMALILAND: HOSTILE FORCES TARGET [...] (C) In a August 1 meeting, the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Poloff met with Amcit Youssouf Oday, a part-time resident of Hargeysa, Somaliland, who stressed that "hostile forces" in Somaliland are implementing Qstrategic plan to dominate the economy as part of a wider agenda to gain political inf [...]	2007-08-09 11:24:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI PNAT SO
07DOHA1007	QATAR TO STUDY REQUEST FOR LEADING ROLE IN LEBANON [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche October 22 to MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi, stressing U.S. support for a Qatari leadership role in a joint EU-Arab Lebanon border mission proposed by Lebanese PM Siniora. Charge also emphasized our desire that Qatar garner [...]	2007-10-22 14:21:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE QA
07DOHA1009	QATAR MFA WARNED THAT VISA SUSPENSION LOOMS IF [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by P/E Chief, informed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi October 22 that November 1 would be the last day Embassy Doha could issue U.S. visas due to a shortage of visa foils, which the Embassy must receive by classified diplomati [...]	2007-10-23 15:07:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ADCO ADPM PREL CVIS ASEC ACOA ATRN KRIM QA
07DOHA1021	QATAR AIRWAYS SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Econoff visited Doha International Airport October 29 to observe security screening procedures for the direct Doha to Washington/Dulles flight (see reftel for background). The flight had 90 passengers flying out of the economy terminal and another 20 from the separate first and business c [...]	2007-10-29 13:32:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC KSAC QA
07DOHA1046	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department October 28 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) participation in the November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco and inquired about GOQ thinking regarding Argentina Red Notices (reft [...]	2007-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER ASEC PGOV IR QA
07DOHA1047	QATAR-ISRAEL COMMERCE CONTINUES QUIETLY [...] (C) The Israeli Trade Representation Office in Qatar opened in 1996 but, despite its name, focuses less on promoting trade than on facilitating political engagement, such as Shimon Peres' January 2007 visit to Qatar and various civil society interactions. (Note: See reftel for more backgroun [...]	2007-11-06 10:09:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KBCT USTR QA IS
07DOHA1050	QATARI IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 [...] (C) The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy via diplomatic note on October 25 that the GOQ examined the list of Iranian entities and individuals listed in the annexes to UNSC resolutions 1737 and 1747 and found "no accounts or financial transactions with the individuals an [...]	2007-11-07 12:23:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM QA
07DOHA1052	QATAR FORGES ITS OWN "WAHABI" PATH [...] (C) Summary: Qatar's brand of Islam, according to three sources, is both traditional and progressive. It is traditional in that it is based on scripture and standing interpretations, but progressive in its tolerance for various Islamic schools of thought and moderate social strictures. Even [...]	2007-11-08 13:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL QA
07DOHA1054	DEMARCHE ON QATAR'S HOLD ON UNSCR 1267 TERRORIST [...] (C) Econoff and British Political Secretary James Lynch delivered Ref A demarche November 8 to Adel Al-Khal, Director of International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties at the MFA. Al-Khal explained that at the time of the UN 1267 Committee meeting, the Qatari mission at the United Nati [...]	2007-11-08 14:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC KTFN UNSC QA IZ
07DOHA1071	QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]	2007-11-15 09:52:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1073	GCC FOREIGN MINISTERS PREPARE FOR UPCOMING SUMMIT [...] (C) The Foreign Ministers of the GCC member states met in Doha November 11 to discuss the agenda for the heads of state summit, scheduled to take place in Doha December 3-4. Omani DCM Salim Abdulla Al-Alawi told Charge and P/E Chief November 14 that it appeared certain King Abdullah of Saudi [...]	2007-11-15 15:03:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GCC QA
07DOHA1104	QATAR CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS CURRENCY [...] (C) Qatar Central Bank Governor Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al Thani told Charge and Econoff November 25 that recent press commentary speculating on an imminent move by GCC countries' to depeg or revalue their currencies is overblown. Sheikh Abdulla said Qatar's economy had been well served by [...]	2007-11-26 10:33:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN QA
07DOHA1112	QATARIS AMBIVALENT ABOUT IRANIAN THREAT FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qataris by and large remain ambivalent about the Iranian threat, especially with respect to Iranian intentions to acquire nuclear weapons. Key Embassy contacts paint a composite picture of Qataris' welcoming, on an emotional level, Iranian nuclear weapons capability to counter [...]	2007-11-29 06:01:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR QA
07DOHA1127	GCC SUMMIT OPENS IN DOHA WITH LOW PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit opened December 3 in Doha with all six heads of state, plus Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in attendance. Though not on the written agenda, Ahmedinejad delivered a largely non-inflammatory speech that included a twelve-point proposal to a [...]	2007-12-03 13:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC QA
07DOHA1133	GCC SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN DOHA WITHOUT NOTABLE [...] (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit officially closed December 4 with a brief and low-key ceremony and with no notable achievements. Neither the Iranian president nor the UAE president attended the closing. (According to press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad departed [...]	2007-12-04 13:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1136	QATAR LIKELY TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST GCC STATES TO [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 5 to MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber. Al-Jaber said the GCC heads of state discussed how to proceed on stabilizing Iraq in their December 3-4 Doha summit. According to Al-Jaber, the GCC states believed that the security situation i [...]	2007-12-05 11:59:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR TU QA
07DOHA1141	READOUT ON GCC SUMMIT FROM THE DOHA ORGANIZER [...] (C) MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber (strictly protect),who was the organizer of the December 3-4 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Doha, provided P/E Chief December 5 a readout of the event and the preparations leading up to it. Had it not been for Iranian President Mahmo [...]	2007-12-06 13:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1195	QATARI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS ADVICE ON POST-NIE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Representative to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte briefed MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Al-Rumaihi December 11 on the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and U.S. policy toward Tehran in the wake of it. As Qatar prepares to leave the UN Securit [...]	2007-12-17 12:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNUC ETTC IAEA IR QA
07DOHA1199	QATAR LOOKS EAST TO SINGAPORE AS A MODEL FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Qatar (GOQ) has over the past two years been building a strong, strategic relationship with the Government of Singapore (GOS),particularly in the areas of security and economic development. Both small, prosperous states surrounding by much larger neighbors, the [...]	2007-12-17 13:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MARR ECON PREL QA SN
07DOHA137	C-NE6-02072 SHIA IN QATAR QUIET ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Shia amount to 5% of Qatari citizenry. They are well-represented in the business sector and also hold some important government positions, though not the most senior. Their mosques are un-regulated, and Sunni and Shia frequently pray together. Shia would like more official oversig [...]	2007-02-07 13:51:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ IR QA
07DOHA163	SECURITY GAPS IN QATAR'S ONSHORE OIL FACILITY [...] (U) Summary. On January 30 Ambassador and Emboffs visited Qatar Petroleum's Dukhan compound and oil field. Qatar Petroleum is undertaking a major infrastructure upgrade at Dukhan to improve the administrative and living spaces. No armed guards were present at the compound and the area was prot [...]	2007-02-14 13:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET QA ASEC PTER
07DOHA168	PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...]	2007-02-14 14:45:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA
07DOHA285	INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ON QATAR'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Security officials from ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and KBR operations in Qatar told Emboffs of their current security measures and future plans. The companies do not have direct influence on the security of the plants they are invested in but some hope to change this in the futur [...]	2007-03-15 14:24:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET QA
07DOHA311	POST ACTION PLAN FOR ENGAGING QATAR ON ENERGY [...] (C) Qatar's intention to become the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-to-liquids (GTL) leader by 2012 necessitates a robust energy infrastructure security program that it currently lacks. While the Qataris have adequately prepared a production and shipping infrastructure for the boom [...]	2007-03-25 13:35:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC ECON PREL QA
07DOHA321	QATAR GAS SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. QatarGas is in the midst of improving its security procedures with new equipment, better training, and more security personnel, the goal is to be ISO 28000 compliant in the next two years. While undergoing physical improvements, the QatarGas head of security is also trying to rais [...]	2007-03-26 13:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ASEC EWWT QA
07DOHA351	FOREIGN MINISTER ASSUMES PRIME MINISTERSHIP [...] (U) Qatar News Agency announced today that the Qatari Prime Minister, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, who is the Amir's brother, has resigned. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),has replaced him while retaining the foreign affairs portfolio. T [...]	2007-04-03 14:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL QA
07DOHA359	SECURITY OBSERVATIONS AT QATAR'S ENERGY PORTS [...] (C) Summary. Security at Qatar's most important ports, Ras Laffan and Mesaieed, currently meet the basic standards for infrastructure protection but many improvements could be made. Both ports are in the process of upgrading security with new equipment including x-ray units for passenger cars [...]	2007-04-04 14:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ASEC PGOV QA
07DOHA385	GAS EXPORTING COUNTRIES FORUM: NO GAS CARTEL [...] (U) Summary. Ministers at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF),representing the world,s top gas producers, rejected the idea of forming an OPEC-style gas cartel. The decision came after member countries, which together hold more than 70 per cent of natural gas reserves, discussed a propos [...]	2007-04-10 13:56:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV RU IR QA
07DOHA420	DEMOCRACY FORUM: LEBANESE PRESIDENT AND SYRIAN [...] (U) The Amir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, opened the seventh annual Forum on Democracy, Development, and Free Trade April 23 with a speech that focused on the need for democratic reforms in the Arab region. He described a "sort of lassitude" in Arab movement toward reform in the region [...]	2007-04-24 14:16:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY QA
07DOHA439	QATARIS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO RESOLUTION ON PRINCIPLE [...] (C) Summary. Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs told S/R Frank Wisner that Qatar "will support the same position you support" on Kosovo. He appreciated consultation on the matter. He said a Serbian envoy had tried to convince him to back a "middle way" -- but the Qataris were not swa [...]	2007-05-01 10:58:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC XH QA
07DOHA495	WADAH KHANFAR LOSES POSITION AS MEMBER OF AL [...] (C) Summary: In a long-awaited move, the Amir has appointed a new board of governors for the Al Jazeera Network (AJN). Highlights include: the retention of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer as chairman; the replacement of Wadah Khanfar as a board member and possibly as manager of the entire AJ Network; [...]	2007-05-16 08:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA507	QATAR INCLINED TO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 12:58:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL QA
07DOHA508	QATAR "FIFTY-FIFTY" ON SUPPORT FOR HARIRI TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Assistant Minister Mohamed al-Rumaihi, who holds the MFA's UN portfolio, told the Ambassador May 17 that Qatar was "fifty-fifty" on supporting the Hariri assassination tribunal. He said the tribunal was "important to approve," but then outlined reasons why Qatar believes the decision shoul [...]	2007-05-17 13:03:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY QA
07DOHA556	QATAR STRONGLY HINTS IT WON'T SUPPORT THE SPECIAL [...] (C) During Gulf Security Dialogue discussions in Doha May 24, Acting PM A/S Mull expressed the hope that Qatar would vote for the UN Security Council resolution establishing the Hariri Tribunal under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Qatari MFA Assistant Minister Mohammad al-Rumeihi replied, "We wi [...]	2007-05-24 14:05:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC LE SY QA
07DOHA575	QATARI-U.S. GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE MAY 24 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 14:32:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KNNP EPET IR ASEC IZ SU LE QA
07DOHA641	BEGINNING OF THE END? KHANFAR STILL AT THE HELM OF [...] (C) Summary: Wadah Khanfar remains Director-General of the Al Jazeera Network (AJN),but no longer has responsibility for financial and administrative issues. Although Khanfar placed a positive spin on the recent AJN board reshuffle in a meeting with Emboffs, our assessment is that his position [...]	2007-06-18 12:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
07DOHA705	DELEGATION TO LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. MinState for Foreign Affairs Al Mahmoud told Ambassador July 2 that a special Arab League delegation that involved him had attempted to mediate between Lebanese factions during a June visit to Beirut to deal with the Lebanese political crisis. The group made no progress, for the i [...]	2007-07-05 07:16:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE QA
07DOHA709	SOMALIS MEET IN QATAR, REJECT RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary. A local NGO affiliated with Islamic hard-liners hosted Somali activists in Doha for a conference June 7-8 2007. Sheikh Sharif of the Islamic Courts movement and Sharif Hassan, former parliamentary speaker, participated. The event was paid for through a hard-line Sunni organization [...]	2007-07-05 14:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS XF AL QA
07DOHA713	DEMARCHE TO OIL EXPORTERS: QATAR "ON THE SAME PAGE" [...] (C) Minister of State for Energy and Industry Mohamed al-Sada agreed with Charge in a meeting July 9 that statements in support of high oil prices made it difficult for the U.S. Administration to oppose the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (reftel). Al-Sada nevertheless made the poin [...]	2007-07-09 14:28:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL QA
07DOHA863	SUBJECT: QTEL CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES PLANS FOR IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and Econoff met August 29 with Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohamad Al Thani, Chairman of government-controlled QTel, and Dr. Nasser M. Marafih, QTel CEO, to discuss QTel investments in Iraq and elsewhere in the region, as well as ArabSat broadcasts of Al-Zawraa. QTel continues a rap [...]	2007-08-30 11:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV KPAL KPAO PGOV EG IS IZ KU QA
07DOHA897	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH QATARI [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary John Negroponte met the evening of September 9 at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Al-Mahmoud, the number two official in the Qatari MFA. Joining Al-Mahmoud were Assistant Minister Mohamad Al-Rumaihi, Director of Eu [...]	2007-09-12 10:50:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA IR IS IZ KWBG PREL QA
07DOHA964	QATAR WILLING TO CONSIDER SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (C) Summary: In September 18 meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by DAS Saeed told the Qatari Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor that the USG remains committed to an open investment climate in the United States and invited Qatar's part [...]	2007-10-03 06:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV QA
07DOHA979	QATAR AIRWAYS U.S. FLIGHTS - GETTING SECURITY RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely two months after the inauguration of direct Doha to U.S. flights via Qatar Airways, an assessment by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inspectors found several major areas of concern for the flights, including insufficient passenger screening, particularly for wo [...]	2007-10-09 09:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KSAC EAIR QA
07DUBAI103	RAS AL KHAIMAH CUSTOMS: FACILITATING TRADE FIRST PRIORITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-11 13:19:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON IR AE
07DUBAI155	FUJAIRAH CUSTOMS: BUDGET, TRAINING AND LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 11:02:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KCOR AE
07DUBAI211	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S DRAFT LABOR LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Human Rights Watch (HRW) representatives criticized the United Arab Emirates' draft labor law in a press conference held in Dubai on March 25. HRW's primary complaints were that the draft labor law does not permit laborers to organize and strike, and the draft law does not cover do [...]	2007-03-27 09:51:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ECON SOCI AE
07DUBAI281	MINA SAQR - RAS AL-KHAIMAH'S MAIN PORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 08:24:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EWWT PINS KU AE
07DUBAI282	NEW UAE-OMANI BORDER FENCE AIMED AT STOPPING ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Poleconoffs met with Fahem Abdullah al-Habsi, the Customs Center Manager at Saqr Port in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) on March 28. During the course of discussions about Saqr Port (reftel A) al-Habsi commented on the UAE-Oman border on the Musandam Peninsula and illegal immigrants. 2.(C) Accor [...]	2007-04-26 08:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS MU AE
07DUBAI333	RAS AL KHAIMA TO CONFISCATE ABANDONED VIKTOR BOUT AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 14:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE
07DUBAI411	ANWAR GARGASH OUTLINES ROLE OF NEW UAE HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs (FNCA) discussed the role of UAE's new Human Trafficking Committee (HTC),which he chairs, with the Ambassador and Consul General on June 21 in Dubai. While Gargash said the UAEG was disappointed by the c [...]	2007-06-25 09:40:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI AE
07DUBAI423	MOHAMMED GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]	2007-06-28 11:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI SCUL AE
07DUBAI425	GERGAWI DISCUSSES MBR FOUNDATION FUND, [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Mohammed Gergawi discussed potential areas of cooperation between the USG, U.S. educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF) in a 90 minute meeting with the Ambassador and Consul Gen [...]	2007-06-28 13:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL AE EAID PTER
07DUBAI491	CODEL GRAHAM MEETS WITH DUBAI EXECUTIVE OFFICE HEAD NABIL AL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 12 meeting with a CODEL led by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),Nabil al Yousuf (Director of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum's (MbR) Executive Office) outlined elements of Dubai's strategic plan and highlighted recent gro [...]	2007-08-19 14:25:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OREP IN AE
07DUBAI570	PHILIPPINES TRAFFICKING CONCERNS IN DUBAI -- ABUSED VISITOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Philippine Labor Attache Virginia Calvez (September 11),Acting Consul General Maria Louella Duarte and Consular Officer Rafael Palencia, Jr. (September 18),Pol/EconOff discussed trafficking in persons concerns. While they claim that trafficking with l [...]	2007-09-30 19:08:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE
07DUBAI581	ACTING PHILIPPINE CG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR LAGON ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, Ambassador for Trafficking in Persons Mark Lagon met with Philippine Acting Consul General Vicente Bandillo and his staff at the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai to discuss trafficking concerns. CG Bandillo noted that easy access to UAE visitor visas compou [...]	2007-10-10 13:27:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN RP AE
07DUBAI59	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JANUARY 23 MEETING WITH UAE VICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-28 08:12:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR AE IR IS LE
07DUBAI614	FURTHER DETAILS ON ANNOUNCED AND UNANNOUNCED, PLANS FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 12. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a November 1 meeting in the newly established offices of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Foundation (MbRF),Nabil Alyousuf (Director General of the Dubai Executive Office and defacto managing director of the newly established MbRF) [...]	2007-11-01 11:11:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AE
07DUBAI661	TREASURY PDAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Department of the Treasury Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed met with senior executives from the Dubai-based Sovereign Wealth funds (SWFs) and financial institutions including Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC),Dubai International Capital, Dubai [...]	2007-12-09 12:36:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV TC AE
07DUBLIN102	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON KOSOVO (IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government strongly supports Special Envoy Martii Ahtisaari's efforts in Kosovo and his recommendations for a status solution, which it sees as bringing peace and stability to the whole of the Balkans, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). While the Ir [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN KPAL IE
07DUBLIN103	IRELAND'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 12-13 [...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered demarches (Refs C through F) on February 8 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and Jim Kelly, Director, Europe Office, Political Division, DFA. Ireland is generally in agreement with U.S. positions on the Balkans, Israel/Palestine [...]	2007-02-09 13:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN KPAL IE
07DUBLIN175	IRISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 5-6 EU GAERC [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on March 2 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Government values U.S.-EU cooperation on energy and climate issues, in the Western Balkans, and in Darfur. The Government also welcomes the formation of a Palestinia [...]	2007-03-02 13:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG IR IE
07DUBLIN374	NO INDICATION OF BANK SEPAH OR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) To date, there has been no indication that Irish banks or financial institutions have found assets belonging to Bank Sepah, Bank Sepah International, or other entities designated in the Annex to UNSCR 1747, according to Ray Farina, Chief of the Financial Sanctions Unit in the Irish Centra [...]	2007-05-11 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP IR PARM EI
07DUBLIN537	IRELAND: IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON UNSCR 1737 AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 15:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR KNNP PARM EI
07DUBLIN565	IRISH SEE NEED FOR ACTION, BUT PREFER DIALOGUE [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref B demarche on July 19, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Corespondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that the Irish Government largely sees eye to eye with U.S. positions, with the exception that, in general, the Irish prefer to continue political di [...]	2007-07-20 09:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI EI
07DUBLIN60	IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...]	2007-01-23 18:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
07DUBLIN751	IRELAND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 15:44:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PTER LE EI
07DUBLIN757	IRISH WANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (SBU) POLOFF presented reftel points on October 1, 2007 to Ms. Islolde Moylan, Director, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Moylan reported that Irish Ambassadors have been intensively demarching China, India, and ASEAN countries to encourage them to take action against [...]	2007-10-01 15:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EI
07DUBLIN766	IRISH RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] (C) On October 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Gary O'Doherty in the Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations unit. O'Doherty said that he would pass on the information to the appropriate agencies within the government of Ireland and alert us immediately if they come across any i [...]	2007-10-04 14:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI
07DUBLIN796	IRELAND AGREES WITH USG ON UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel to Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on October 16, 2007. Dowling responded that the Irish Government largely agrees with the US on Uzbekistan and that Ireland is taking a "princi [...]	2007-10-17 09:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EI PHUM PREL
07DUBLIN821	IRISH VIEWS ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF DISCUSSED REF A AND DELIVERED REFS B AND C WITH ISOLDE MOYLAN, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, AND CONLETH BRADY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR ASIA AND OCEANIA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) ON OCTOBER 26, 2007. MOYLAN AND BRADY REAFFIRMED THAT IRELAND REMAINED LARGE [...]	2007-10-30 07:17:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EI PGOV PHUM
07DUBLIN823	IRISH RESPONSE TO US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON THE GOALS AND DETAILS OF NEW U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS TO EMMA MADIGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND UN COORDINATION, AND STEPHEN DAWSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON OCTOBER 26, [...]	2007-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EI KNNP PARM PREL
07DUBLIN844	IRELAND SUPPORTIVE OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: Irish officials say they will ensure that the recent FATF warning of risks associated with Iran-related financial transactions, and FATF guidance on implementing targeted fiancial sanctions aginst Iran, (reftel) reaches all concerned parties. Department of Finance officials noted [...]	2007-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EI
07DUBLIN849	IRELAND'S 2008 LISBON REFORM TREATY REFERENDUM: [...] (SBU) Ireland's unique position as the only European Union (EU) member state compelled to hold a national referendum on the recently agreed Lisbon Reform Treaty puts great pressure on the Irish Government to secure a strong positive vote for the Treaty. The public and most political parties r [...]	2007-11-15 12:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN EI
07DUBLIN851	IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...]	2007-11-16 16:48:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI
07DUBLIN854	IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...]	2007-11-20 16:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI
07DUBLIN883	IRELAND: NIE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on December 4, 2007 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey welcomed the NIE acknowledgment that Iran is not an immediate nuclear threat. The report's finding, he said, that pressure from [...]	2007-12-05 13:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EI

07DUBLIN886	IRELAND'S 2008 BUDGET -- NOT AS DRACONIAN AS [...] (U) Summary. On December 5, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the government's 2008 budget to a packed Irish Parliament. Budget pundits had predicted a fairly austere budget, given the Irish economic slowdown -- they were wrong in their predictions. On the broad macro numbers, Cowen pr [...]	2007-12-07 14:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EI
07DUBLIN888	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28 ) December 2 trip to Ireland, Secretary for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met with Irish Transport Minister Noel Dempsey and Defence Minister Willie O'Dea together and later with Justice Minister Brian Lenihan to discuss DHS's proposal to move to full p [...]	2007-12-10 07:23:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EI
07DUBLIN898	IRISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO REPORT ON [...] (U) On December 11, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern issued a statement responding to a report by the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on alleged "extraordinary rendition" flights through Ireland. (Note: the IHRC was set up under the "Good Friday" Agreement by the Irish [...]	2007-12-12 15:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07DUBLIN916	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...]	2007-12-20 15:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN
07DULIN903	IRISH VIEW OF ARGETED SANCTIONS ON KEY BURMESE [...] (U) POLOFF dlivered reftel demarche on December 13 to IsoldeMoylan, Director, Asia & Oceania Division, Departmnt of Foreign Affairs. Moylan had just returned rom a meeting of the EU Burma Expets Group in Brussels. 2. (C) According to Moylan, the Experts Group split into two camps; one g [...]	2007-12-14 14:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EI
07DURBAN54	ANC SECURES SIMPLE MAJORITY IN KWAZULU-NATAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The African National Congress (ANC) gained a simple majority in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) legislature for the first time following the recent floor crossing period. Previously, the ANC controlled 40 out of 80 seats, and governed in a coalition with the two members of the Minority Fro [...]	2007-09-26 15:00:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
07DURBAN59	BUTHELEZI PREACHES MORE OF THE SAME AT IFP ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) held its 32nd Annual General Conference from October 12-14 in KwaZulu-Natal. IFP President Mangosuthu Buthelezi presided over the conference, which was attended by over 3,000 delegates. Buthelezi criticized the ANC-led government, and detailed his o [...]	2007-10-17 13:11:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN61	DURBAN POLITICAL UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (U) IN THIS ISSUE: - Situation Remains Tense in Ezinqoleni Municipality - President Mbeki Visits Inkatha Freedom Party Stronghold - KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health's Head of Department Suspended 2. (U) RECENT CABLE TRAFFIC: - DURBAN 54: ANC Secures Simply Majority in KwaZulu-Natal - DU [...]	2007-10-19 15:13:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SF
07DURBAN62	DURBAN ECONOMIC UPDATE - ISSUE 1 [...] (C) IN THIS ISSUE: - Plans for New Durban Airport Approved - Plans for Current Durban Airport Still Under Debate - Succession Debate Hindering Public Service Delivery in Durban - Construction of New Durban Stadium on Target - Environmentalists Accuse eThekwini Health Department of Cover-up [...]	2007-10-23 15:48:00	Consulate Durban	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EWWT PGOV SENV SF
07DUSHANBE1080	OSCE IN DUSHANBE: BORDER MANAGEMENT AND MANDATE ISSUES [...] ( C) Summary: OSCE Head of Center Pryakhin told Ambassador that the Tajik government had approved only one our its four proposed border management programs -- creation of a comprehensive border management strategy -- and deferred the other proposals for further study after the strategy is c [...]	2007-07-18 12:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR TI AF OSCE
07DUSHANBE1088	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-23 05:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1090	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-24 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1101	TAJIK JOURNALISTS TRY TO FIGHT LICENSING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the government steadily tightens its noose on the media, international organizations and local nongovernmental organizations held a conference July 19-20 to frankly discuss TV and radio licensing problems in Tajikistan. Conference participants, including, surprisingly, offi [...]	2007-07-26 08:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1117	TAJIKISTAN'S SALAFI MUSLIMS GROWING IN NUMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Tajikistan, despite the government's fear of religious extremism which has led it to close down mosques, forbid girls from wearing hijabs in schools, and propose a new law on religion that could curtail practice of all faiths, the Salafi school of Islam is growing in size. I [...]	2007-08-01 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]	2007-08-06 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE1149	PUTTING THE BRAKES ON TAJIKISTAN'S BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary: By comparison to some of its neighbors in Central Asia, Tajikistan does not stand out as particularly authoritarian, corrupt or incompetent. Yet even in this context, where the bar has been lowered considerably in terms of good governance, the Tajik government's policies and re [...]	2007-08-10 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1253	BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...]	2007-09-04 03:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1289	TAJIKISTAN: RECENT ACTIVITIES AGAINST NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) A September 6 cyber attack and brief encounter on September 7 with State Committee for National Security officials indicate that change is in store for the National Democratic Institute. PolOff met with National Democratic Institute Harry Bader on September 7 to discuss the recent events. [...]	2007-09-11 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1334	TAJIKISTAN: IMPRISONED DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO BE [...] (C) Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan, met with the Deputy Chief of Mission September 18. Valiev has been leading the party while its Chairman, Mahmadruzzi Iskandarov, remains in jail in Dushanbe, and met with us to discuss Iskandarov's possible release [...]	2007-09-20 04:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1437	RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...]	2007-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1467	CONTINUING TROUBLES FOR NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE IN [...] (C) Summary: The National Democratic Institute Director in Tajikistan, Harry Bader, has received another one-month, two-entry visa, further blocking his efforts to obtain registration for his organization. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had previously promised Bader a three-month visa, which [...]	2007-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1481	RENEWED PROMISE TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary: Since the August 26 ceremonial opening of the U.S.-built Tajik-Afghan bridge, Tajik security authorities have blocked opening the bridge for operations. Recent interventions by the Embassy appear to have led to a new compromise among Tajik government agencies which will allow a [...]	2007-10-18 14:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ELTN PGOV MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1523	FM ZARIFI ON OPENING THE BRIDGE AND DUSHANBE SUMMITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At an hour-long meeting October 22 requested by Ambassador, Foreign Minister Zarifi: --admitted that the government had not decided which agency would be in charge of the facilities including the U.S.-funded bridge at the Nizhniy Pyanzh border, but said they were working tow [...]	2007-10-24 05:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ELTN MASS TI
07DUSHANBE1589	WEEKEND UPDATE ON TAJIK LIQUIDITY CRISIS [...] (U) This report provides an update to reftel concerning the cotton sector finance crisis in Tajikistan. President Rahmon Reacts to Donor Demands --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) According to Annette Dixon of the World Bank and Juan Miranda of the Asian [...]	2007-11-05 13:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1599	DEMARCHE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A discussion with the Foreign Ministry regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses and the National Democratic Institute produced a little sympathy but no breakthroughs from the Ministry, and highlighted the need for more personal diplomacy at all levels to educate the Tajik Government ab [...]	2007-11-09 07:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1665	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-21 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE167	NGO STANDOFF WITH THE TAJIK MFA OVER REQUEST FOR PERSONNEL [...] (SBU) Tajikistan's international nongovernmental organization community is wrestling with how to respond to a recent Ministry of Foreign Affairs request to provide information about their local employees and tax status. The Ministry sent a letter in early January -- received by only three [...]	2007-02-01 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1680	ALL THE KING'S MEN [...] (C) Summary: One year after President Rahmon's re-election, Tajiks from the Kulyob region hold approximately two-thirds of the top positions in government. While this consolidation of power has been ongoing for several years, some in President Rahmon's party have started to question whether hi [...]	2007-11-23 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1687	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED [...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]	2007-11-23 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1688	HIP HIP HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Recent events -- the celebrations of the sixteenth anniversary of President's Rahmon's election as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan, and a World Cup Soccer match against Singapore -- highlighted the nascent cult of personality springing up around President Rahmon. Publicity fo [...]	2007-11-26 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1724	NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan, while concerned about Iran's nuclear programs, is unlikely to publicly support calls for Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Iranian investment and business ties are more important to Tajikistan, and the Government of Tajikistan will not jeopardize them [...]	2007-12-04 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR TI
07DUSHANBE1731	EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency advisory team recently visited Tajikistan to assess the criminal justice sector, and the team will soon provide recommendations on prog [...]	2007-12-06 06:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1734	TAJIK COTTON DEBT CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) On December 6 Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Katherine Kelm of the Asian Development Bank (protect),about the status of efforts by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, to resolve the problems of Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt (reftel),and the prospec [...]	2007-12-07 07:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1738	2007 CONTINUED DETENTION DETERMINATIONS REGARDING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche, on the continued detention determination of JummQan, to Ismatullo Nasreddinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Nasredinov indicated that he would forward the information we provided to [...]	2007-12-07 11:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER TI
07DUSHANBE256	TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENING COULD HELP HIGHLIGHT SUCCESS IN [...] (C) The U.S.-funded bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan serves as the most visible symbol of our efforts to link South and Central Asia and establish lasting trade and transportation ties between the two regions. In Tajikistan, where the Chinese, Russians and Iranians have all donated [...]	2007-02-16 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE265	TAJIK POLITICAL PARTIES: DOWN, BUT NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's political parties are slowly getting back on their feet after being completely marginalized in the November 2006 presidential election. In a series of meetings with party leaders in January and February 2007, PolOff discussed each party's direction leading up to t [...]	2007-02-21 14:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE34	ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...]	2007-01-05 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI
07DUSHANBE368	POISON PEN LETTERS LEAD TO CHURCH HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A disgruntled employee dismissed from the nongovernmental organization Operation Mercy published two poison pen letters in local media under a false pseudonym. The writer made allegations that Operation Mercy sold humanitarian aid for profit and imported religious literature a [...]	2007-03-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE376	TAJIK GOVERNMENT RETAINS STRONG CONTROL OVER ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mufti Domulloh Khudoyberdi of Tajikistan's Council of Ulamo called PolOff to his office March 16 to retract his statements during a meeting with the Ambassador and visiting U.S. OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley March 7. The Mufti explained that he would like to convey additional in [...]	2007-03-20 07:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
07DUSHANBE43	TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]	2007-01-09 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE433	NDI IN TAJIKISTAN: A GLIMMER OF HOPE? [...] (C) Summary: After getting the cold shoulder from the Ministry of Justice, National Democratic Institute (NDI) received an encouraging sign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Saidmuddin Yatimov suggested that a visa for National Democratic Institute Tajikistan Di [...]	2007-03-29 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE44	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER PITCHES HIGH PROFILE BRIDGE OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel),Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov proposed a high profile opening for the United States Government funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj river. The Embassy fully supports a strong public diplomacy pa [...]	2007-01-09 12:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS KPAO TI AF
07DUSHANBE443	TAJIKISTAN KICKS OUT FAITH-BASED NGO'S EXPAT STAFF [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov summoned Paul Linge, Country Director of Operation Mercy, March 29 to inform him that Operation Mercy's foreign, non-Tajik, staff would have to leave Tajikistan within ten days. Kholnazarov instructed Linge to [...]	2007-03-30 12:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE500	TAJIKISTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER REPORTS ON PRISON [...] (C) Fayzinisso Vohidova, a lawyer with the Center for Economic and Legal Support in Khujand, described to PolOff March 29 the horrendous prison conditions, corruption and human rights abuses she saw when she secretly snuck into prison #23 in Khujand, Tajikistan's second largest city. 2. [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ICRC TI
07DUSHANBE501	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAN, KYRGYZSTAN, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov, following his trip to Astana March 27-29 for the EU Troika meetings with Central Asian Foreign Ministers, met Ambassador April 3 to discuss a full range of bilateral and regional issues: Iran: Tajikistan supports UN Security Council Resolution 1747, [...]	2007-04-03 12:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PHUM KDEM ENRG EAID TI IR KZ RS
07DUSHANBE509	TAJIKISTAN BANKERS EXCHANGE: ANOTHER SET OF CONVERTS [...] (U) Summary: "Washington is the city of smiles!!" At an International Visitor Program exchange debrief March 28, Tajikistan's top bankers marveled as much about the technical and practical lessons observed in the U.S. banking system, as about at the openness of U.S. society and economy, and [...]	2007-04-04 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE518	FAITH-BASED NGO GIVEN BREATHING ROOM [...] (C) Summary: Operation Mercy got a reprieve April 5 when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the expatriate members could remain in country on their current visas. Consular Department Chief Bahrom Kholnazarov gave ConOff no reason for the about-face, but we strongly believe this to th [...]	2007-04-06 11:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE527	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S APRIL 12-15 VISIT [...] (C) Seven months after your last visit, you will find a Tajikistan that has set aside the promises of the November 2006 election, to a government less worried about international perceptions and more confident in tightening its control over society and the economy. President Rahmonov's minis [...]	2007-04-09 09:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE586	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH TAJIK FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hot off his trip to the United Arab Emirates with President Rahmon, Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Erkin Rahmatulloev met with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum April 14. First Deputy Foreign SIPDIS Minister Yatimov also sat in on the meeting. Rahmatullo [...]	2007-04-18 07:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE623	TAJIKISTAN CRACKS DOWN ON RELIGION, CANCELS JEHOVAH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A deputy mayor of Dushanbe city along with officers from the State Committee on National Security shut down a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting of members and supporters on April 2. On April 3 and 4, the State Committee on National Security summoned one of the group's leaders for qu [...]	2007-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE628	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]	2007-04-25 12:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE637	TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...]	2007-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE790	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' LITERATURE SEIZED, MEMBER INTERROGATED [...] (C) Tajikistan's Jehovah's Witnesses face increased pressure from the Tajik government and fear their recent problems may signal the government's move to shut down the religious group entirely (reftel). On April 26, State Committee on National Security officials prohibited customs authorities [...]	2007-06-04 10:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE883	TAJIKISTAN'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Tajikistan's power struggles and legal battles over the past year have been confusing enough to rival a daytime soap opera's complicated plot. Rahmatullo Valiev, Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party met with PolOff June 7 to discuss the latest round of [...]	2007-06-13 06:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE933	AMBASSADOR' S MEETING WITH HYDRO-POWERED FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Foreign Minister Zarifi June 20 to discuss a laundry list of outstanding issues, including the upcoming completion of the Nizhniy Pyanzh bridge, our demarches on Afghan refugees (Ref A) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's upcoming summit (Ref B),and the [...]	2007-06-21 11:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM TI AF IR
07FRANKFURT1245	MEETING WITH DRESDNER BANK ON SUSPECTED DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post called the attention of Dresdner Bank to information that it may have facilitated (intentionally or not) a transaction for OFAC-designated Tanchon Commercial Bank. Dresdner representatives promised to look into the report and asked for more information (ACTION REQUEST IN PAR [...]	2007-03-14 16:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN ETTC GM
07FRANKFURT220	FURTHER STEPS AGAINST PKK: RAIDS, ARREST, PRISON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German efforts against the PKK were again apparent this past week in southwest Germany with targeted raids, an arrest of one suspected PKK leader, and the sentencing of another to two years in prison. END SUMMARY. Anti-PKK Raids and an Arrest ---------------------------- [...]	2007-01-17 08:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KTFN KCRM GM TU
07FRANKFURT731	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS BUNDESBANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met February 12 with Bundesbank President Axel Weber to review the state of Germany's economy, financial market regulation, and key transatlantic economic issues. D/S Kimmitt and Weber agreed on the need for open investment regimes [...]	2007-02-15 11:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD GM
07FRANKFURT732	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS [...] (C) At a meeting with Commerzbank CEO Klaus-Peter Mueller and board member Martin Blessing on February 12, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt discussed implementation of UNSCR 1737 and the need for banks to &know their customers8 in Iran. Mueller outlined Commerzbank actions to comply wi [...]	2007-02-15 11:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD GM
07FRANKFURT782	LEADING GERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SEEKING USG [...] (U) This is an action cable (action request in paragraph 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Conservative German human rights NGO "International Society for Human Rights" (IGFM/ISHR) would like to partner informally with the USG and U.S. organizations on Iran, North Korea, and persecuted Christians. The [...]	2007-02-16 13:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL GM IR KN CU CH
07FREETOWN109	MANU RIVER UNION BEGINS SLOW RECOVERY [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo told the Ambassador and DCM SIPDIS that after one year on the job, he continues to struggle to rehabilitate the MRU, but that he is cautiously optimistic about future prospects. He said that he has succes [...]	2007-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SL
07FREETOWN112	TFG01: SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT KABBAH SAYS CONTE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Sierra Leone President Kabbah on February 15. Kabbah was eager to discuss the situation in Guinea. Kabbah emphasized that the United States has great credibility in Guinea and agreed that Conte must cede power to a transitional civil authority in line with [...]	2007-02-15 20:20:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SL GV LI
07FREETOWN122	TFG01: SIERRA LEONE ISSUES STATEMENT ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: Presentation of Ref A demarche requesting a Sierra Leonean statement on Guinea to President Kabbah's private secretary on February 20 and to the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following day was overtaken by the Sierra Leonean and Liberian Presidents' visi [...]	2007-02-21 20:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	GV PREL SL LI
07FREETOWN143	SCSL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS COURTS OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Management Committee (MC) traveled to Freetown February 18-22 to meet with SCSL staff to discuss the Court's Completion Strategy and budget, ongoing concerns about identifying adequate sources of voluntary contributions to sustain the Court, the s [...]	2007-03-02 12:59:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL UNSC SL
07FREETOWN153	CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...]	2007-03-05 19:23:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL
07FREETOWN202	ESTIMATED TWO MILLION SIERRA LEONEANS REGISTER TO [...] (U) On March 18 Sierra Leone concluded a three-week voter registration period for the national elections to be held July 28, 2007. Deemed a success by the United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL),preliminary results estimate that between February 26 - March 18 nearly 2 milli [...]	2007-03-23 16:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN223	SIERRA LEONE RESPONSE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 08:42:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ZI SL
07FREETOWN281	ELECTION DATE SLIPS AS PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS [...] (SBU) While there has yet to be an official announcement, Embassy Freetown has learned that the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) intends to delay the upcoming Parliamentary and Presidential elections from July 28 until on or shortly after August 11. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chair D [...]	2007-05-04 20:03:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN288	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DEPARTMENT'S [...] (SBU) On April 18, the Ambassador opened a one-day seminar organized by Sierra Leone's Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. The seminar's agenda was based on the 2006 State Department's Country Report on Human Rights in Sierra Leone. Convened for the third consecutive year, most speakers [...]	2007-05-09 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SL
07FREETOWN289	FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 8, DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to convey points reftel concerning U.S. concern over the Human Rights Council candidacy of Belarus. She emphasized the U.S. desire to support candidates who show a genuined committment to human rights. Ambassad [...]	2007-05-09 16:48:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
07FREETOWN29	SIERRA LEONE: RESPONSE TO TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 17:02:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS KVPR SL
07FREETOWN290	SIERRA LEONE: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN [...] (C) We received an assurance from the Sierra Leone MFA Director General, Ambassador Umaru Wurie, that he would send instructions to the Sierra Leone UN PermRep not to vote for Belarus in the upcoming Human Rights Council election. Per Ref B, this assurance was provided at the time of the demar [...]	2007-05-10 14:00:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SL
07FREETOWN294	SIERRA LEONE INSTRUCTS SUPPORT FOR BOSNIA AND [...] (C) Acting on guidance Ref A, on May 11, DCM spoke with Sierra Leone MFA Director General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to underscore U.S. support for the HRC candidacies of Bosnia and Slovenia. Wurie stated that he instructed the Sierra Leone Perm Rep in New York to vote for Bosnia and Slovenia. As [...]	2007-05-11 14:43:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM
07FREETOWN421	SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS ON TRACK AS CAMPAIGNING [...] (SBU) The official campaign period for Sierra Leone's August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections began on July 10. With the elections under a month away, no party has emerged as the clear favorite to win. Indications are there could be a runoff in the presidential election between the [...]	2007-07-12 17:25:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR SL
07FREETOWN464	SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL [...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...]	2007-08-02 20:13:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL
07FREETOWN479	SIERRA LEONE CALM BUT ANXIOUS ON THE EVE OF [...] (SBU) Sierra Leone will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11. These are the second national elections since the end of the decade-long civil war in 2002, and the first since peacekeepers departed in December 2005. Seven political parties are running for the presidency [...]	2007-08-10 16:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN484	SLOW ELECTION RESULTS CERTIFICATION RAISES CONCERN [...] (SBU) The slow process of certifying the results from the August 11 Sierra Leone presidential and parliamentary election results has election stakeholders concerned about escalating tensions threatening stability while Sierra Leoneans wait for the official announcement of the final results, wh [...]	2007-08-15 17:09:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN493	OPPOSITION PARTY VOICES CONCERN ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) During an August 17 meeting with the Ambassador, All People's Congress (APC) presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma voiced concern about the 2007 national elections turning into a replay of the 1967 elections, when the national elections, which the APC had won over the ruling party, were [...]	2007-08-17 19:12:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN501	PMDC CANDIDATE MARGAI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) presidential candidate Charles Margai appealed to the international community to implement additional mechanisms to ensure that the anticipated presidential runoff election scheduled for Septemb [...]	2007-08-23 18:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN508	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED [...] (U) On August 25, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) released the official certified results of the August 11 Presidential and Parliamentary elections (Ref A). Presiding at a news conference at the NEC Media Center located at the British Council, NEC Chairperson Dr. Christiana Thorpe anno [...]	2007-08-27 15:33:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SL
07FREETOWN542	POLITICAL PARTIES COMMIT TO PEACEFUL SIERRA LEONE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 11:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN547	SIERRA LEONEANS CAUTIOUSLY PREPARED TO CAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for the Sierra Leone run-off presidential election ended at 6 p.m., September 6, amid relative calm. Civil society successfully conducted an impromptu peace march without disruption and with only minor traffic congestion in Freetown. Both candidate [...]	2007-09-07 20:14:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN552	SIERRA LEONE HOLDS SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone successfully held the second-round Presidential run-off election on September 8, thanks in large part to the professional and impartial conduct of the Sierra Leone security services and National Election Commission (NEC). Though observers reported isolated inciden [...]	2007-09-10 17:25:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SL
07FREETOWN566	NEC PROCLAIMS APC CANDIDATE ERNEST KOROMA SIERRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 17, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that opposition APC Candidate Ernest Bai Koroma had won the September 8 Presidential run-off election. He will be sworn in the same day at 1700 GMT at the State House. Jubilant APC supporters thronged the streets, [...]	2007-09-17 16:36:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN573	IT'S OFFICIAL: ERNEST KOROMA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) At 1700 GMT on September 17, Ernest Bai Koroma was officially sworn in as the President of Sierra Leone at the State House in Freetown. Outgoing President Kabbah, Vice President (and unsuccessful SLPP Presidential candidate) Solomon Berewa, and Foreign Minister (and SLPP Vice Presidential [...]	2007-09-18 17:34:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN591	POST ELECTION SIERRA LEONE: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The week following the announcement of Ernest Koroma as the new President of Sierra Leone had its bumps but was positive overall. Incidents of violence broke out in the immediate aftermath but soon decreased significantly as people returned to their everyday lives. The media w [...]	2007-09-28 18:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SL
07FREETOWN612	AMBASSADOR PERRY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SIERRA [...] (U) Ambassador Perry presented her credentials to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Monday, October 8, 2007 at State House in Freetown during an informal session. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by Vice Presiden [...]	2007-10-10 18:34:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER PREL SL
07FREETOWN615	SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT SEEKING MORE MONEY AND [...] (C) Summary and action request: In a meeting with Ambassador and emboffs on October 10, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, reviewed the budget and timeline for the Special Court. Rapp expects that the court will require at least an additional $49 million to contin [...]	2007-10-11 16:19:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KDEM PHUM PINR PREL SL
07FREETOWN640	HANDOVER AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 18:47:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
07FREETOWN79	SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-02 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL
07FREETOWN91	MANU RIVER UNION SECRETARY GENERAL FEARS RETURN TO [...] (C) Meeting in his downtown Freetown office on February 8, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo briefed the Ambassador and DCM on efforts to resuscitate the MRU, which will be reported septel. When the conversation turned to the crisis in Guinea, Diallo, who returned February [...]	2007-02-08 18:48:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL GV SL
07GENEVA1713	SRI LANKAN PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE LOBBIES [...] (C) Recently arrived Sri Lanka Permanent Representative, Dayan Jayatilleka, used an introductory courtesy call with Ambassador Tichenor June 27 to lobby hard against any kind of resolution on Sri Lanka in the Human Rights Council. Jayatilleka stressed that Sri Lanka saw all country resolutio [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PINR CE
07GENEVA1992	DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS - [...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...]	2007-08-22 15:12:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR
07GENEVA2048	DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA TALKS - [...] (SBU) Summary: IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees used a human rights-focused August 6-8 visit to Geneva to also address a range of humanitarian, refugee, and health issues, as well as UN reform. DAS Singh also underscored the importance the [...]	2007-08-29 08:31:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREF UNHRC
07GENEVA2110	EU CONSIDERS CONDEMNING SRI LANKA IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request in para 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The EU is considering whether to table a resolution in the Human Rights Council condemning Sri Lanka's recent human rights record. To avert a resolution, the Sri Lankan Government sent its Human Rights Minister and two [...]	2007-09-10 05:54:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER UNHRC CE
07GENEVA2184	HUMAN RIGHTS HIGH COMMISSIONER ARBOUR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said she had felt obliged to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference in Tehran even though she would have preferred another venue, given Iran's poor human rights record. She [...]	2007-09-19 05:33:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC IR CE
07GENEVA2373	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]	2007-10-11 15:39:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA2447	ICRC PONDERS BROADENING ITS ROLE IN DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told us of their interest in expanding their work in North Korea. ICRC efforts are currently limited to medical assistance, but it hopes that progress in the Six-Party Talks might create the conditions to increase [...]	2007-11-02 17:43:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC PREF KN CH

07GENEVA2492	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...]	2007-11-15 10:24:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG MD NATO

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