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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08DAMASCUS224SENIOR SYRIAN DISSIDENT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 30, opposition Damascus Declaration National Council (DDNC) leader Riad al-Turk updated us on the current state of the DDNC and its attempts to move forward after the arrest of many of its members. Key among these activities are establishing its abilities to meet inside [...]
2008-04-02 16:14:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
08DAMASCUS860CYBER-DISSIDENT TRIAL WILL CONTINUE; EUROPEANS
[...] (C) Web journalist Habib Saleh, arrested on May 6, faced the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on December 1 to answer for articles posted on the internet deemed threateningly critical of the state. The judge in the case prevented the public from attending what was supposed to be an open trial [...]
2008-12-02 10:14:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SY
08DHAKA1037(C) GRAVE CONCERNS OVER TERROR GROUP'S POLITICAL
[...] (S/REL:CAN/AUS/UK/NZ) Summary: The terrorist group Harkatul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) is seeking political legitimacy through the launch of a political party. The leaders of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) insist it is dedicated to establishing what they call a true democracy un [...]
2008-10-05 10:30:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM PHUM PINR BG
08DHAKA1073(C) GRAVE CONCERNS OVER TERROR GROUP'S POLITICAL
[...] (S/REL:CAN/AUS/UK/NZ) Summary: The terrorist group Harkatul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) is seeking political legitimacy through the launch of a political party. The leaders of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) insist it is dedicated to establishing what they call a true democracy un [...]
2008-10-15 06:17:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM PHUM PINR BG
08DHAKA1078AMBASSADOR LAYS DOWN MARKER ON FORMATION OF HUJI-B
[...] (S) The Ambassador conveyed to Bangladesh's outgoing Counter Terrorism Director the USG's strong concerns about efforts by Foreign Terrorist Organization HUJI-B to transform itself into the "Islamic Democratic Party." While emphasizing the importance of keeping potential extremist groups abo [...]
2008-10-16 08:32:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PINR PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1096LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 23, 2008. Post v [...]
2008-10-20 11:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1108COAS PLEDGES TO BLOCK IDP REGISTRATION; DGFI
[...] (S) The Ambassador, on October 22, phoned Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Moeen Uddin Ahmed (then on an official visit to Pakistan) to convey deep concern about the Islamic Democratic Party's (IDP,s) attempt to register to participate in the 18 December parliamentary elections. [...]
2008-10-23 11:01:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1143VISAS DONKEY CORRUPTION 212(F) (RAHMAN, TARIQUE)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tarique Rahman (aka Tarique),born on November 20, 1967 in Bangladesh. The Embassy belie [...]
2008-11-03 10:08:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL
08DHAKA1158CONFIDENT AND RELAXED, SHEIKH HASINA LOOKS TO
[...] (C) Former Awami League Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has wasted little time in reasserting control over her party after her return to Bangladesh following a five month absence. Hasina appeared confident that her party would win the December 18 elections and seemed to have begun preparing for [...]
2008-11-10 00:52:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA1173TOP GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATORS REITERATE NO CHANGE IN
[...] (C) Two leading Caretaker Government officials negotiating the terms of Parliamentary elections told the Ambassador on November 12 they would neither delay the vote scheduled for December 18 nor allow convicted politicians to run. The reiteration of Government position by Communications Adviser [...]
2008-11-13 00:44:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1175A MONTH FROM ELECTIONS, BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL
[...] (S) Although Parliamentary elections are fast approaching, many Bangladeshis remain deeply uncertain about prospects for a return to democracy. The most likely scenario remains elections on or about the set date of December 18, but the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has yet to say whether i [...]
2008-11-16 01:00:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1180AMBASSADOR WARNS BANGLADESH INTELLIGENCE HEAD TO
[...] (S) The Ambassador warned Bangladeshi Director General for Forces Intelligence Golam Mohammad that the U.S. government vehemently opposed the creation of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP),formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh (HUJI-B) with DGFI sup [...]
2008-11-17 06:58:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PTER PINS PGOV PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1182SHEIKH HASINA COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER
[...] (C) Awami League President Sheikh Hasina insists Bangladesh's parliamentary elections must take place on December 18, with or without the BNP's participation. For Hasina, violent extremist groups represent the greatest threat to the restoration of democracy; she fears terrorist attacks within [...]
2008-11-17 10:01:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS KDET PTER BG
08DHAKA1185LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Explosive Incident Countermeasures (EIC) COURSE, which will begin on January 11-February 26, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by December, 18 2008 to provide [...]
2008-11-18 10:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1200JATIYA PARTY SUPPORTS AWAMI LEAGUE BUT STRIKES A
[...] (C) As Bangladesh,s third largest party, former President Ershad,s Jatiya Party (JP) is well positioned to play the role of kingmaker in the country,s upcoming parliamentary elections. Ershad seeks to maximize the number of JP candidates nominated by the Awami League-led &Grand Alliance8 eve [...]
2008-11-20 11:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1201THE SAO PROCESS IS BROKEN: LET'S FIX IT
[...] (U) The Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) process is broken and is damaging both U.S-Bangladesh relations and presumably those in other vital Muslim-majority nations as well. Whether the visa applicant is a parent seeking to rejoin a child, a valued Embassy contact or employee heading for traini [...]
2008-11-20 12:06:00Embassy DhakaSECRETBG CVIS KISL PREL
08DHAKA1262LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 29, 2008. Post v [...]
2008-12-08 08:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1266LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on December 29, 2008. Post v [...]
2008-12-08 08:28:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1267LEAHY VETTING FOR COMPLAINT REPORTING WORKING GROUP, 14-15
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the in complaint reporting working group, Bagladesh, which will begin on 14 December 2008. Post vetting was completed on 8 December, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed [...]
2008-12-08 08:36:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1268ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF LOOKS PAST ELECTION TO
[...] (C) Hasan Mashud Chowdhury, Chairman Bangladesh,s Anti- Corruption Commission, has attempted to keep the ACC out of political deal making preceding the national parliamentary elections slated for later this month. Chowdhury interprets the recent increase in judicially granted bails and their [...]
2008-12-08 11:54:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA128BANGLADESH: CYCLONE RECOVERY AND ELECTIONS HIGHLIGHTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyclone reconstruction and political dialogue in Bangladesh were core themes of a visiting Senate State Foreign Operations Subcommittee staff delegation led by Paul Grove January 16-18. In meetings with the StaffDel, Government of Bangladesh (GOB) representatives and non-gover [...]
2008-01-28 11:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON BG
08DHAKA345EVERYONE IS TALKING, BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?
[...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited dialogue between Bangladesh,s Caretaker Government (CTG) and the political parties is set to kick off at the end of March. For the CTG and its backers in the Bangladesh Army, the goal of the dialogue is to convince the political parties to sign on to a &nation [...]
2008-03-18 14:18:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM BG
08DHAKA359DECISIONS ON JUDICIARY SEND MIXED SIGNALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC) on March 17 stripped a controversial High Court panel of its jurisdiction to hear writs just before it was to consider a politically charged case questioning the legitimacy of the Caretaker Government. In another development, President [...]
2008-03-24 05:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BG
08DHAKA382AWAMI LEAGUE INSIDER OFFERS HIS SOLUTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Political Secretary to jailed Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, believes there is still time for the military-backed Caretaker Government and major political parties to reach consensus on a way forward for the country. He said he felt Hasina was ready [...]
2008-03-31 09:24:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA442FAMINE NEARING IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS?
[...] (C) A food crisis in remote regions of the Chittagong Hill Tracts may be headed toward famine. Villages that lost rice and other crops to a rat infestation last year show signs of severe food insecurity and widespread malnutrition. Many lack seed rice to plant before the arrival of the rainy se [...]
2008-04-17 10:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALAID PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA584DAS BARKS-RUGGLES PRESSES BANGLADESH TO BUILD
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles in a trip to Bangladesh emphasized the importance of holding free, fair and credible elections this year, of maintaining a free press and of building lasting democratic institutions. She also underlined US [...]
2008-06-01 10:47:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM BG
08DHAKA588POLITICAL DIALOGUE SPUTTERS AS HARDLINERS STRIKE
[...] (C) The decision by Bangladesh's major political parties to abstain from the formal dialogue as long as their leaders remain in prison has increased doubts about the likelihood of elections by the end of 2008. The subsequent decision by the security forces to arrest senior politicians and scor [...]
2008-06-01 11:43:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA604GENERAL MOEEN CONSOLIDATES POSITION; CARETAKERS
[...] (S) Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed remains committed to holding elections by the end of 2008. That said, he has directed personnel changes that could further consolidate his position within the Army and sideline his principal rival, Lieutenant General Masud Uddin C [...]
2008-06-05 08:58:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR KDEM BG
08DHAKA721BANGLADESH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ACTIVE BUT NOT
[...] (S) The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) remains involved in domestic politics, bullying some politicians and plotting behind the scenes with others to advance its agenda. In recent days, senior politicians have told Post how leaders of the intelligence group have privately ou [...]
2008-07-03 04:35:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA786LEAHY VETTING FOR ORIENTATION TRAINING FOR INSPECTOR LEVEL
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following remaining candidates have been selected for participation under the Project "Counter-Trafficking Interventions in Prevention, Protection and Persecution for Victims of Trafficking in Persons in Bangladesh". Name of training co [...]
2008-07-28 02:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA80BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF REMAINS COMMITTED TO
[...] (S) Summary: One year after prompting the President to declare a State of Emergency and install a new Caretaker Government led by Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed has as many questions as answers regarding the prospects for the coming 11 months. Moeen and h [...]
2008-01-17 06:14:00Embassy DhakaSECRETBG MARR PGOV PINR PINS
08DHAKA800LEAHY VETTING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Course which will begin on October 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 26, 20 [...]
2008-07-29 10:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA803LEAHY VETTING FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION COURSE,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Weapons of Mass Destruction Course which will begin on October 5, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 26, 20 [...]
2008-07-29 11:11:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA865LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course which will begin on October 20, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 30, [...]
2008-08-12 11:36:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA867LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course which will begin on October 20, 2008. Post vetting was completed on August 12, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 30, [...]
2008-08-12 11:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA873BANGLADESH'S CARETAKER GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Bangladesh's Caretaker Government (CTG) remains committed to holding parliamentary elections in December 2008 and wants to ensure that all parties take part in the political process, according to one of the principal architects of the January 11, 2007 State of Emergency. Towards this end, [...]
2008-08-13 10:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA916COURT CLEARS WAY FOR TARIQUE RAHMAN'S RELEASE; GOB
[...] (C) The Caretaker Government's lengthy negotiations with former BNP Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding her and her son Tarique's release from prison have been overtaken by an activist High Court Bench which has removed all the legal obstacles standing between the two and freedom. In a per [...]
2008-08-29 07:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM PREL ASEC BG
08DHAKA927LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA SR. CRISIS MANAGEMENT COURSE, OCTOBER
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA Sr. Crisis Management Course in Washington, DC, which will occur October 20-24, 2008. Post vetting was completed on September 3, 2008. Post requests that vetting be comple [...]
2008-09-03 10:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA928TARIQUE RAHMAN RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the notoriously corrupt and violent son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was released from prison on September 3 after the Supreme Court rejected the Government's last minute legal efforts to block his bail. Tarique will remain in the hospital under police protection [...]
2008-09-03 11:00:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA94063RD UNGA: BANGLADESH HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION LED BY CHIEF
[...] Name & Designation: H.E. Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed Title: Honorable Chief Adviser Date of Birth: 01-05-1940 Passport No.: D 0009955 2. Name & Designation: H.E. Mrs. Neena Ahmed Title: Spouse of the Honorable Chief Adviser Date of Birth: 14-01-1951 Passport No.: W 0526493 3 [...]
2008-09-07 04:06:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP OVIP PREL UNGA ITRA BG
08DHAKA97163RD UNGA: BANGLADESH HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION
[...] H.E. Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Honorable Adviser for Foreign Affairs - Alternate Leader 2. H.E. Ms. Rasheda K. Chowdhury, Honorable Adviser for Primary and Mass Education - Alternate Leader 3. H.E. Mr. Md. Touhid Hossain, Foreign Secretary - Alternate Leader 4. H.E. Ms. Ismat Jah [...]
2008-09-14 11:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL UNGA OTRA BG
08DUBAI236G8-BMENA SUBMINISTERIAL READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer led the U.S. delegation to the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) subministerial meeting in Dubai on June 9, 2008. NEA DAS Kent Patton and DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles were part of the de [...]
2008-06-22 12:09:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM PGOV PREL AE
08FREETOWN11FREETOWN MEDIA PLACEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: Embassy Freetown's outreach in December 2007 Included articles surrounding the arrival of the Amistad and programs organized to raise awareness about it, Ambassador Perry's maiden press conference, the performances of Devin Philips and New Orleans Straight Ahead jazz ensemble in Sierra [...]
2008-01-09 18:13:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO SL
08GENEVA319ICRC DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISIT TO SRI LANKA
[...] (C) Summary: Geneva-based Refugee Officer (RefOff) Nick Hilgert traveled to Sri Lanka from March 31 to April 5 with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donor Support Group (DSG) to visit ICRC project sites. The DSG is made up of donors who contribute more than $10 million an [...]
2008-04-29 14:20:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08ISLAMABAD1MGPK02: SITREP 7: CALM RETURNS; CONFUSION OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Calm returned across Pakistan on New Year's Day. The Election Commission met and decided to consult with the political parties January 2 before making a final decision to postpone the elections. Various political parties have differing view on whether to delay. Bhutto widower Za [...]
2008-01-01 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO MARR
08ISLAMABAD1034ZARDARI DROPS FAHEEM AS PM CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Amin Faheem told Ambassador March 7 that Asif Zardari does not want him to be Prime Minister because the party needs a Punjabi to counter the influence of Nawaz Sharif. Zardari offered Faheem the post of Speaker of the National Assembly or any other minist [...]
2008-03-07 16:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1071COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...]
2008-03-10 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1072ZARDARI'S VIEWS ON AGREEMENT WITH NAWAZ
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told Ambassador March 10 that yesterday's agreement with Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif was less than it seemed regarding the restoration of the judges (Ref A). Zardari reiterated his desire to work with Mush [...]
2008-03-10 15:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1097TARIQ AZIZ NOT ALARMED BY ZARDARI'S DEAL WITH NAWAZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1192PAKISTAN'S NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-17 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1219CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 13:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1220PAKISTAN ELECTS A WOMAN AS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the National Assembly voted to elect Pakistan's first female Speaker of the National Assembly. Dr. Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) parliamentarian from Sindh and a respected women's rights advocate. The PPP's choice for Deputy Speaker, Faisal Kareem [...]
2008-03-19 14:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1271YOUSEF GILLANI ELECTED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Vice Chairman Yousef Gillani was elected as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on March 24 by a resounding two-thirds majority of the National Assembly; he will be sworn in by President Musharraf on March 25. With the real political leaders (Asif Zardari [...]
2008-03-24 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1368PROFILE: PPP CO-CHAIR ASIF ZARDARI
[...] (U) This profile of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari is one of a series on Pakistan's new political leadership. Political Plans --------------- 2. (C) On March 22, Zardari announced the nomination of Yousef Gillani as the PPP candidate for Prime Minster and [...]
2008-03-31 07:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD145CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...]
2008-01-10 08:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD146CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH PPP LEADER FAHEEM
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party candidate for Prime Minister Amin Faheem told Senator Lieberman January 9 that the party was concerned about election fraud and related arrests of party workers in Sindh. Faheem said that he would follow Benazir Bhutto's moderate political agenda, and no [...]
2008-01-10 09:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1679GROWING CONCERN OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION
[...] (C) Summary. There is growing concern over the continued deadlock between the Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over how to resolve the issue of the deposed judiciary. A new court petition attempting to prevent the National Assembly from considering a legislative [...]
2008-04-25 14:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD195462 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD195562 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD226NSA TARIQ AZIZ ON A NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 13:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2353FISSURES IN THE PPP
[...] (C) Summary: A split in the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is not imminent. However, led by estranged party Vice Chair Amin Faheem and disgruntled Bhutto family members, fissures in the PPP have begun to emerge publicly. PPP Co-Chair Asif Zardari is widely disliked for reasons that range from [...]
2008-07-10 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2431UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 05:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PK PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08ISLAMABAD2611NAWAZ GOVERNMENT: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME
[...] (C) Summary. Although Nawaz Sharif would like to exploit his status as Pakistan's most popular politician, he does not now have the votes to bring down the government and force new elections. If Nawaz quits the current coalition, PM Gilani could continue to lead a minority government with th [...]
2008-08-04 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD2689COALITION CONFIDENT; MUSHARRAF WEIGHING OPTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The media campaign over President Musharraf's impeachment swung into high gear over the weekend as coalition members met to draft an impeachment charge sheet and there was wild speculation about the potential vote count for impeachment. Al Qaeda weighed in with a purported audio [...]
2008-08-11 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2850INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY,
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...]
2008-08-27 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER
08ISLAMABAD2940AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...]
2008-09-06 05:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3285SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA REGIONAL AVIATION CONFERENCE
[...] On October 13, Post transmitted reftel demarche to Pakistan's designated participants of subject conference with no comment. Participants are Mr. Syed Amir Mehboob, Airport Manager, Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore; Mr. Ayaz Khan Jadoon, Airport Manager, Benazir Bhutto International [...]
2008-10-15 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3945BHUTTO ASSASSINATION COMMEMORATED: A YEAR NO ONE
[...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- in control of government again -- prepares to commemorate the life of its slain leader. This December 27 will see day-long speeches and memorials across the country. Bhutto's [...]
2008-12-26 08:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD505AMIN FAHEEM: SINCERE BUT UNPREPARED TO BE PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met January 31 with Amin Faheem, the Pakistan People's Party Vice-Chairman, who confirmed the party will not decide on a candidate for Prime Minister until after the February 18 elections. Faheem continues to remain open to working in a coalition with Musharraf's part [...]
2008-02-04 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD549PM ASIF ZARDARI?
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari released his late wife Benazir Bhutto's will to the press to prove she had chosen him to run the party. This sparked a firestorm of speculation about his desire to be the PPP's candidate for Prime Minister. NSA Aziz told A [...]
2008-02-07 07:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD652POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-13 12:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD671PAKISTAN: THE ELUSIVE 2/3 VOTE
[...] (C) Summary. Since President Musharraf's decision November 3 to declare a state of emergency and suspend the constitution, his opponents have been gaming out the possibility of impeachment in the next National Assembly. Some have suggested that the government's attempts to rig the polls are [...]
2008-02-14 13:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD676POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER: AMIN FAHEEM
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on potential Pakistani candidates for Prime Minister. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is embroiled in a leadership struggle; the Central Executive Committee will decide after the February 18 election who will be its choice for Prime Minister. A [...]
2008-02-15 04:12:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD691ZARDARI'S POST ELECTION PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: National Security Adviser Aziz told Ambassador February 15 that he, Musharraf, and ISI Director Taj have met several times with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Zardari on post-election planning. Zardari has scheduled a PPP Executive Committee meeting on February 19 to ch [...]
2008-02-16 06:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD692SECURITY AND THE CAMPAIGN IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Inter-party election violence has a long, painful history in Pakistan, but suicide bombings do not. The suicide bombing that welcomed Benazir Bhutto home on October 18 led the government to issue new restrictions on large political rallies. While opposition parties first derided [...]
2008-02-16 06:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PK PTER PHUM
08ISLAMABAD696ELECTION COMMISSION SECRETARY'S PREDICTIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Election Commission Secretary February 15. In addition to predicting a strong showing by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, he commented on the relative strength of Pakistan's three main parties and their leaders. He thought turnout would be generally [...]
2008-02-16 12:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD745ZARDARI EXAMINING A COALITION WITH NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the losses suffered by Musharraf's Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and the religious parties, scenarios for the next government are being debated. Bhutto widower Zardari described the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) as supporting a government of ""national unity,"" [...]
2008-02-20 15:19:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD762STRUGGLING TOWARDS A COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 12:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD764AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 15:52:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD786PPP AND PML-N AGREE TO TRY AND FORM A GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif announced February 21 that they planned to form a coalition government. However, this is an agreement in principle; details on key issues including a choice for Prim [...]
2008-02-22 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD809ZADARI EXPLAINS HIS VISION TO CODEL HUTCHISON
[...] (C) Summary: CODEL Hutchison met February 22 with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zadari. The CODEL expressed its condolences for Bhutto's assassination and admiration for her courage and vision. In response to Senator Hutchison's question, Zadari explained his ideas for str [...]
2008-02-25 14:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD852MQM WAITING FOR PPP'S CALL
[...] (C) Summary: Karachi-based Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Farooq Sattar asked Ambassador February 26 to push subtly for his party's inclusion in any Pakistan People's Party-led government. Sattar highlighted his party's secular, pro-western policies and suggested the Pakistan Muslim L [...]
2008-02-27 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD872POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER SHAH MEHMOOD
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With hi [...]
2008-02-28 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD876PPP: "GIVE US TIME"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 01:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD89POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM BHUTTO'S ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) Summary. Ten days after Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan is slowly recovering, and the various political parties are gaming out the way forward. Before Bhutto's death, it was clear that no one party would win enough votes to form a government, and even a pro-Pakistan People's P [...]
2008-01-07 12:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD898AMIN FAHEEM: WAITING QUIETLY TO BE CHOSEN PM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD9PAKISTAN ELECTIONS-FEBRUARY 18; INVESTIGATION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Election Commissioner announced today that elections will be postponed until February 18. It is not yet clear how the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will react. We expect President Musharraf in a nationally televised address tonight at 2000 local to announce the GOP is acceptin [...]
2008-01-02 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR ASEC PK
08ISLAMABAD900AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...]
2008-02-29 14:28:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISLAMABAD970POTENTIAL PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER YOUSEF RAZA
[...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on political leaders who will play a large role in Pakistan's new government. The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is in the process of coalition negotiations on forming a government but still faces a leadership struggle within its own ranks. With his [...]
2008-03-04 13:36:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD980PPP/NAWAZ: TACTICAL ALLIES BUT STRATEGIC ENEMIES
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) General Secretary Mushahid Hussain believes that Asif Zardari's SIPDIS Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are "tactical allies but strategic enemies" so the alliance may be short-lived. Mushahi [...]
2008-03-05 04:13:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PK
08JAKARTA1020EAST KALIMANTAN -- RESOURCE-RICH PROVINCE PREPARES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: East Kalimantan Province, one of Indonesia's richest provinces in terms of natural resources, goes to the polls May 26 for its first ever direct gubernatorial elections. The race is close. The indigenous Dayak people--perhaps 10 percent of the population--could prove a key swi [...]
2008-05-23 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1043IMPORTANT GUBERNATORIAL RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results for the May 26 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election are not expected until as late as June 10. Interim "quick counts" by two Indonesian polling organizations indicate that no ticket received more than the 30 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. While i [...]
2008-05-28 09:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA11SULAWESI UPDATE -- TENSION IN THE SOUTH, CALM IN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tensions are bubbling up in the southern part of Sulawesi--an island in central Indonesia with about 20 million people--over a recent election. In the meantime, after years of violence in the Poso region o [...]
2008-01-03 07:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1151GOLKAR AND PKS IN RUN-OFF IN EAST KALIMANTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The upstart Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) pulled in the urban youth vote again to force a run-off election against the establishment Golkar Party, in the closely contested East Kalimantan gubernatorial elections. The final vote count for the May 26 elections was announced on Ju [...]
2008-06-12 07:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1509CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...]
2008-08-08 06:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID
08JAKARTA1596CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW REVIEWS TREATMENT OF MINORITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Indonesia, Tina Ramirez--a foreign policy advisor to Representative Trent Franks--met with a wide range of Indonesian government officials and other organizations to discuss discrimination against the Islamic Ahamadiyah sect. Among other items, Ramirez [...]
2008-08-22 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA306THERE WILL BE NO VALENTINE'S DAY IN BUKITTINGGI
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A controversy has erupted over Valentine's Day in West Sumatra. The Mayor of Bukittinggi--the second-largest city in the province--has banned Valentine's Day celebrations, asserting they are "immoral." The Governor [...]
2008-02-14 10:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF SOCI LOVE ID
08JAKARTA63ISLAMIC LEADER ON FATWAS AND "PROTECTING ISLAM"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Ma'ruf Amin, Chairman of the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) Fatwa Commission, on January 9. Ma'ruf provided an overview of how the MUI takes questions from the public and issues fatwas (religious edicts). He defended MUI's condemnation of the Ahmadiyah sect by i [...]
2008-01-11 05:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA739HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS IN LATEST CORRUPTION SCANDALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Anti-corruption investigators have arrested two sitting members of the national legislature (DPR). One M.P. was caught red-handed after receiving what investigators say was a bribe related to a land zoning deal. The arrest followed the apprehension in March of another M.P. on [...]
2008-04-11 07:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA802COURT DECLARES JI "BANNED", SENTENCES LEADERS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court sentenced senior Jemaah Islamiyah leaders Abu Dujana and Zarkasih to 15 years in prison and declared the terrorist organization "banned". It is not clear that the court's statement on JI will have any immediate ramifications for law enforcement, but some officia [...]
2008-04-22 09:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA855ETHNIC TURBULENCE IN KALIMANTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been ethnic turbulence in East Kalimantan in central Indonesia. Large crowds of indigenous Dayaks staged various rallies around the province, including blocking an entrance to an airport in Balikpapan, the provincial capital. The Dayaks are angered because none of th [...]
2008-04-29 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA893MIXED FORTUNES FOR TWO ISLAMIC PARTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic-oriented PKS party unofficially kicked off its 2009 election campaign with a 10th anniversary celebration on May 4 attended by over 100,000 revelers. President Yudhoyono and other 2009 presidential hopefuls attended, all vying for PKS support. Meanwhile, another Isl [...]
2008-05-06 08:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JEDDAH498EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS IN RIYADH/JEDDAH COMMENT ON
[...] (C)SUMMARY: In 2004, two Egyptian doctors were arrested in Jeddah on multiple charges including drug smuggling and rape. Their punishment was recently increased significantly by an appeals judge. Officials from the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and the Consulate in Jeddah offered little support fo [...]
2008-11-26 13:59:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08JEDDAH70OIC SUMMIT ON GAZA: REBUKES ISRAEL, CALLS FOR AID
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The OIC hosted an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee in Jeddah to discuss the situation in Gaza. Attendees included Foreign Ministers and other representatives from approximately 40 member states. The main outcome included a Final Communique reiterating previous OIC rem [...]
2008-02-05 12:34:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL KISL PHUM SA
08JERUSALEM1688LEAVY VETTING FOR USG-FUNDED TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Amendment requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the National Security Forces (NSF) and Presidential Guard (PG) to USG-funded training in the West Bank and Jordan: Name [...]
2008-09-10 14:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2096LEAHY VETTING FOR PALESTINIAN SECURITY SENIOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, post requests clearance to send the following to a USG-funded senior leader course to be held in the West Bank: Name POB DOB ID 1 Ali Atta al-Sayed Mughrab [...]
2008-11-21 15:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM2232LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDED PA NSF TRAINEES
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In accordance with Leahy Vetting requirements, Post requests clearance to send the following members of the PA National Security Forces (NSF) to USG-funded training courses in Jordan and the West Bank: Name POB [...]
2008-12-12 08:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08JERUSALEM568FATAH ELECTS JERUSALEM COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary. On March 30, the Fatah Central Committee's (FCC) Mobilization and Discipline (MAD) Committee succeeded in its second attempt to organize a meeting of 921 Fatah members from East Jerusalem and 26 surrounding villages to elect 23 Jerusalem regional committee members. Nearly all of [...]
2008-04-02 09:25:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08KABUL1161LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Applicants for the Narcotic
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-eight (28) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 13. Post possesses no derogatory i [...]
2008-05-12 09:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1236LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ninety-eight (98) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals w [...]
2008-05-20 18:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1238LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-five (35) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wi [...]
2008-05-20 18:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1239LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-one (81) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wit [...]
2008-05-20 18:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1240LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of ninety (90) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals with on [...]
2008-05-20 18:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1242LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL CORRECTIONS SYSTEM SUPPORT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of eighty-two (82) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Corrections System Support Program (CSSP). When there are individuals wit [...]
2008-05-20 18:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1284LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADDITIONAL APPLICANTS FOR THE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of twenty-seven (27) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 13. The below 27 candidates will a [...]
2008-05-27 06:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1334LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE -
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements and reftel, this cable forwards the names of three-hundred sixty (360) Afghan nationals serving in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS). These candidates have served succes [...]
2008-06-03 06:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1353LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of seventy-six (76) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are individuals with o [...]
2008-06-03 17:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1440Afghan Presidential Candidates
[...] (U) Provided below, for addressees' reference, is a list of declared and likely presidential candidates. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement for a particular candidacy. The list is not exhaustive; it is subject to chang [...]
2008-06-12 02:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1483LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE -
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one hundred thirty (130) Afghan nationals selected to serve in the Presidential Protective Service's Residence Watch Unit. Post possesses no de [...]
2008-06-17 10:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1720LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of one hundred thirty-nine (139) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are indiv [...]
2008-07-09 10:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL1812HEZB-E-ISLAMI CONFERENCE; MOVING BEYOND HEKMATYAR
[...] (C//REL UK) SUMMARY: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) three-day conference in Kabul last week assembled more than 1,000 members from all 34 provinces and most of the country's ethnic groups to elect Abdul Hadi Arghandewal to his second one-year term as party chairman. The party's leadership [...]
2008-07-19 06:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1898CODEL REED'S JULY 20 DISCUSSIONS WITH KARZAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the CODEL,s July 20 office call and subsequent working lunch with President Karzai, Senator Obama reaffirmed both major American political parties, long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He emphasized the Afghan leadership,s obligation to demonstrate determination in fighti [...]
2008-07-24 02:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS AFIN IR PK
08KABUL2229FARAH: SECURITY WORSENS, GOVERNANCE IMPROVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Roohul Amin became Farah's governor on May 4, and is working closely with provincial officials, elders and the international community, but is struggling with ongoing insecurity. Amin's efforts to tackle corruption have produced some positive results. His efforts to secure Farah [...]
2008-08-21 02:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL235LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Applicants for the Narcotic
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-three (33) Afghan Nationals selected for training in the Narcotic Interdiction Unit class 11. Post possesses no derogatory i [...]
2008-01-28 17:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2457LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE NEW
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of fifty (50) officers. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Depar [...]
2008-09-09 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2535LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE -
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (36) Afghan nationals selected to serve in the Presidential Protective Service (PPS) on the protective details of Parlimentarians Kanooni [...]
2008-09-16 12:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2632LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD and MOI Staff
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of one officer. Post has reviewed the information available on this individual and has found no derogatory information. Post requests Department resp [...]
2008-09-28 06:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL28103RD AFGHANISTAN TIFA TALKS POSITIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, U.S. and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) delegations led by USTR Assistant Secretary for South Asia Michael Delaney and Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Mohammed Amin Farhang met in Kabul for the third round of Trade and Investment [...]
2008-10-21 06:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EAID AF PK
08KABUL2865LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INL JUSTICE SYSTEM SUPPORT PROGRAM
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of thirty-four(34) Afghan nationals selected to participate in INL's Justice System Support Program (JSSP). When there are individuals with on [...]
2008-10-27 12:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2887LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: POLICE OFFICERS FOR ATA VIP COURSE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of sixteen 16 police officers scheduled to attend an ATA VIP course from December 10 2008 to January 12, 2009 at Camp Watan, Afghanistan. Post has rev [...]
2008-10-28 05:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL2889LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: STUDENTS FOR ATA SD COURSE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of twenty-four (24) students scheduled to attend an ATA Surveillance Detection course from November 25 to December 16, 2008. Post has reviewed the inf [...]
2008-10-28 10:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL3096CROSS-BORDER CALL FOR HELP -- KURRAM AGENCY PASHTUNS AND THEIR AFGHAN BROTHERS SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 06:45:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08KABUL3111DECLARED AND LIKELY AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) Provided below, for addressees reference, is an update to reftel from June on declared and likely presidential candidates, with ethnicity in parentheses. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement of a particular candidac [...]
2008-12-03 10:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
08KABUL3191LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: USAID BASIC POLICE LITERACY IN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one-hundred (100) Afghan police selected for basic literacy training from USAID. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by Decemb [...]
2008-12-11 13:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL3290AFGHAN FINANCE, FOREIGN MINISTRIES SAY RECC STILL "TBD"
[...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Wahidullah Sharani (and now acting Minister of Commerce and Industry) said dates are "still under consideration" for the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC),and the jury is out on just when Kabul might commit to a specific time or venue. Sharani's res [...]
2008-12-28 10:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF
08KABUL602LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: Marshall Center Participants
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of four (4) Afghan Nationals selected to attend training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derggatory information on these ind [...]
2008-03-09 15:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KABUL682PARLIAMENT'S LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS EMPOWER KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly's 2008 leadership elections, in which two deputy speakers and two secretaries were elected from among upper and lower house members, may have further diminished President Karzai's influence in the legislature. While new and independent lower house First D [...]
2008-03-18 05:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
08KABUL739LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of four (4) Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials selected to attend various International Militar [...]
2008-03-24 15:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
08KHARTOUM1167DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN DAR ES SALAAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 30, the Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC) concluded a three-day conference for Darfuri civil society leaders in Dar Es Salaam. Thirty-five Darfuri leaders participated in the conference entitled "Reenergizing the Peace Process in Darfur." The conference pro [...]
2008-08-03 13:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM1276WHILE DARFUR PLANS ABOUND, FOCUS SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last month, many politicians, opposition political parties, and civil society representatives have announced their proposals for ending the crisis in Darfur (see para 10 for a list of many of these initiatives). On August 19, three different groups and individuals (t [...]
2008-08-21 07:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1303 KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...]
2008-08-27 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1365FUR SHURA COUNCIL MEETING WITH CDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that they are suspicious of any NCP-led investigation into the Kalma camp attack. CDA Fernandez expressed his condolences for those killed in the Kalma camp attack, while FSC representatives emphasized th [...]
2008-09-07 09:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1367BEJA CONGRESS LEADERS SEEK HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, Beja Congress Executive Committee members requested USG capacity building and media training support as their organization transitions from an armed opposition movement to a civil political party. They echoed reports of impending famine in the East in the near f [...]
2008-09-07 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EAGR KDEM AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1568EASTERN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNPREPARED FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-16, poloff traveled to Kassala and Port Sudan to discuss implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (Ref A) and the outlook for elections in the East. Representatives of the Eastern Front, which has weakened steadily since the signing of the ESPA, told polo [...]
2008-10-22 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1639FUR SHURA COUNCIL CALLS FOR IDP SELF-DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 9, leaders of the Fur Shura Council (FSC) told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's IDPs need community police units consisting of IDPs themselves. These FSC representatives also criticized the Sudan People's Initiative, called for one region for all of Darfur, urged US even [...]
2008-11-10 11:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1735NEWSPAPER CENSORSHIP IN KHARTOUM - A CASE STUDY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of the year, censorship of Khartoum-based newspapers has increased dramatically. Below is the account of Suleiman Al-Amin, a popular columnist with "Al-Sudani," a publication that has seen its share of harassment and censorship recently. Al-Amin described [...]
2008-12-02 10:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1777PLOTTING FOR BASHIR EXIT INTENSIFIES
[...] (C) Summary: According to senior SPLM officials, Sudan's NCP is trying to broker a quick and graceful removal of President Al-Bashir within the next few months, with the President going into exile in Saudi Arabia. Discussions on a transition, which should take place before an ICC arrest warran [...]
2008-12-13 14:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM241PRESIDENT BASHIR RESHUFFLES CABINET: ALI MARDI OUT, AL-JAZ
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 14, President Bashir shifted more than a quarter of ministerial positions in the cabinet of the Government of National Unity (GNU). In particular, local observers believe that Awad Al-Jaz' shift from Energy to Finance Ministry will strengthen both his own influence [...]
2008-02-19 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM253CRITERIA DEFINING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF U.S.
[...] (SBU) On February 19 poloff met with MFA Director of Protocol Ambassador Ali Youssif to review Sudanese practice regarding Sudan's criteria applied to recognizing the privileges and immunities of "members of the family" of a diplomatic agent, particularly with respect to children. 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-02-21 12:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUS AMGT APER KREC PGOV SU
08KUALALUMPUR1119SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...]
2008-12-30 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR338NEW PARLIAMENT OPENS - GET READY TO RUMBLE
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Parliament opened April 29 with a significantly increased opposition presence following the March 8 election. The Ambassador attended the official opening, which featured the King reading the speech prepared by Prime Minister Abdullah's government focused on domestic rice [...]
2008-04-30 13:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR35EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] November 04-07 the Advisor was in Jakarta to attend the Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP CIT) and met with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the AP-CIT and gauge their interest in f [...]
2008-01-14 09:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR364MALAYSIA ON EDGE OR STABILIZING? DAS MARCIEL'S MAY
[...] (S) Senior Malaysian government officials and opposition politicians discussed Prime Minister Abdullah's struggle to remain in power and prospects for the strengthened opposition during EAP DAS Marciel's May 5-7 visit to Kuala Lumpur, while DAS Marciel also addressed the Burma crisis and his A [...]
2008-05-09 09:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MARR ECON KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR387MALAYSIA: MIXED VIEWS ON BURMA RELIEF EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Elements of the Malaysian mainstream media, civil society and the political opposition have harshly condemned the refusal of the Burmese regime to allow in international relief teams and its insistence on going ahead with the May 10 referendum. Government officials, however, [...]
2008-05-14 09:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MARR BM MY
08KUALALUMPUR516DEFECTIONS FROM BN ABOUT TO BEGIN?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 10:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR523NO CONFIDENCE MOTION - DOES THE OPPOSITION HAVE A
[...] (C) There was much smoke but little fire on June19 concerning the announcement the day before that a ruling coalition member party will introduce a parliamentary no-confidence motion on the Prime Minister. Sabah politicians have told us that the move was coordinated, but opposition Democra [...]
2008-06-19 10:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV MY
08KUALALUMPUR614PARLIAMENT "WAR ZONE," AS ANWAR DUCKS POLICE
[...] (C) A heavy police deployment, particularly at Parliament, on July 14 added to the atmosphere of political tension in Kuala Lumpur as the Parliament Speaker shot down an emergency Opposition motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Abdullah and de facto Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim backed [...]
2008-07-14 09:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR62POLICE THWART PRICE HIKE PROTEST, DETAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition political activists attempted unsuccessfully to stage a demonstration in Kuala Lumpur on January 26 against government policies and price hikes. Police arrested the protest leaders, including senior opposition party officials, before the demonstration took form, and c [...]
2008-01-30 01:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR762ANWAR - NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Anwar Ibrahim,s decisive victory in the Permatang Pauh by-election yesterday, the Speaker of Parliament has reversed himself and now says he will swear in the newly-elected MP on August 28. This will enable the soon-to-be official opposition leader to confront P [...]
2008-08-27 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR765ANWAR SWORN IN AT PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Anwar Ibrahim, still savoring his landslide by-election victory, was sworn into Parliament on August 28 after being officially confirmed as leader of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition alliance. His first intervention was to question the merits of the DNA identification bill whi [...]
2008-08-28 09:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MY
08KUWAIT159TWO MORE FORMER GTMO DETAINEES ACQUITTED
[...] (S) On February 6, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, acquitted former Guantanamo detainees Omar Rajib Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari of all terror-related charges. With this ruling, the Court of Cassation has now acquitted seven of the eight former detainees released to Kuwa [...]
2008-02-10 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL KDRG PTER PGOV KU
08KUWAIT695JUNE 11 WAINSTEIN MEETING WITH SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Kenneth L. Wainstein, accompanied by the Ambassador on June 11 met with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Bader Al-Duwaila to discuss U.S.-Kuwaiti CT cooperation. Al-Duwaila thanked Wainstein for [...]
2008-06-18 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
08LONDON762(SBU) NEW PAKISTAN COALITION POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE,
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan's election victors will probably form a government within a week, but lingering differences of opinion may make the coalition unstable, according to Laura Guy, Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Pakistan and India-Pakistan Relations Section. The PPP and t [...]
2008-03-13 17:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ETRD PHUM EU PK UK
08MANAGUA1405THE NICARAGUAN NATIONAL POLICE AND ELECTORAL FRAUD
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the period before, during, and after the November 9 municipal elections in Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) conspicuously failed to carry out its duties to uphold the Electoral Law and generally failed to carry out its duties to maintain public order in a non- [...]
2008-11-20 14:15:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR ASEC PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA263ORTEGA TIGHTENS GRIP ON NICARAGUAN NATIONAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 27, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated his intention to bypass the Nicaraguan Ministry of Government and the Ministry of Defense by assuming direct control of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and the Nicaraguan Army, "without any intermediary." Ortega's st [...]
2008-03-05 23:10:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL NU
08MANAGUA289NNP UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE: "I WAS FIRED BY
[...] (C) Summary: Former Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) Juvenile Affairs Chief Hamyn Gurdian privately confirmed widespread speculation that his recent forced retirement, as well as the retirements of four other senior NNP officials (reftel),was indeed a political move and a "message" from Nica [...]
2008-03-10 22:01:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALNU PGOV PREL SNAR
08MANAGUA304NICARAGUA: EIGTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) During the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) maintained efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the areas of prevention, raising awareness, and detection, but made little progress in terms of victim assistance and the prosecution and c [...]
2008-03-12 18:45:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG NU
08MANAGUA573THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT 15 MONTHS: SLIPPING
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Background: Fifteen months into his second administration, Ortega continues to skillfully use his political pact with former President and convicted felon, Arnoldo Aleman to keep pro-democracy forces divided, vulnerable to coercion, and unable to mount sustained opposition [...]
2008-05-08 17:38:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EAID ECON PTER PREL NU
08MANAMA471VERDICTS FOR DECEMBER RIOTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 11:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC BA
08MANILA1399TOP BROADCAST JOURNALIST ABDUCTED IN MINDANAO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A popular Philippine television journalist was reportedly kidnapped by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on June 8, in an isolated area of Jolo Island, southern Philippines, while en route to a putative interview with ASG leader Radulan Sahiron. President Arroyo immediately or [...]
2008-06-11 08:57:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PINS RP
08MAPUTO1257THE CHANGING FACE OF ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With a large Muslim minority, estimated to range between 20 and 40 percent of the total population, or 4 to 8 million adherents, the role of Islam and Muslims in Mozambique continues to grow in importance. Since the eighth century, Islam has developed along the Swahili coast in M [...]
2008-12-17 13:45:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER SCUL MZ
08MAPUTO233DAS THOMPSON SEES MOZAMBIQUE'S CHALLENGES AND USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 2-3 visit to Maputo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Carol Thompson met with the Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidency to urge the GRM to strengthen the business environment, participate in peacekeeping operations, and recognize Kosovo's independ [...]
2008-03-18 11:04:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID MZ
08NAIROBI1272KENYA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering bill survived its second reading in Kenya's Parliament on May 8. Despite criticism from some MPs, the bill was sent to two committees for review, amendment and decision. The GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force is opt [...]
2008-05-19 05:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1363Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise
[...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]
2008-06-03 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI2652SOMALIA - PM and President Disagree on Cabinet
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 16 press conference, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" announced the new cabinet members he submitted to President Yusuf (see paragraphs 6-8). President Yusuf has rejected the Prime Minister's cabinet on legal grounds. [...]
2008-11-24 14:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI370KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: PNU AND
[...] Summary: The Party of National Unity (PNU) and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) agreed a framework for further negotiations to resolve Kenya's electoral crisis. The parties signed several documents, all of which were witnessed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in his capacity as [...]
2008-02-05 08:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI621Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports
[...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...]
2008-03-03 13:35:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL SO
08NEWDELHI888INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]
2008-03-27 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NIAMEY226NIGER: ALLEGATIONS OF TORTURE
[...] (U) The Newspaper "Le Republicain" carried a front page article in its February 14-20 edition reporting the torture of a number of civilians by the security forces in Agadez. It recounts two specific cases. 2. (U) The first involves three cattle sellers who were detained on January 18. They [...]
2008-02-22 12:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NG
08NIAMEY481GOVERNMENT OF NIGER (GON) PRESIDENT TANDJA HOSTS THE NIGER
[...] Summary. On April 30, 2008, GON President Mamadou Tandja hosted the Niger Basin Authority (NBA) Eighth Heads of State and Government (HOSG) Summit (much of it held behind closed doors) in Niamey. Three presidents (Benin, Chad and Mali),a prime minister (Burkina Faso),senior government offici [...]
2008-05-07 14:19:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EAID EINV SENV EAGR TPHY NG XY
08NIAMEY534THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...]
2008-05-20 15:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP
08NIAMEY945 HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR UNGFA - NIGER
[...] The Nigerien attendees to the 63rd UN General Assembly will be as listed below. (Note: no spouses are anticipated to attend, and travel information is not available at this time. All participants speak French. End Note.): A. Attendance of Head of State: No. B. Attendance of Hea [...]
2008-09-05 14:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA NG
08NOUAKCHOTT431SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...]
2008-08-12 20:46:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT722THE FNDD'S TAWASSOUL PARTY: STILL CONFIDENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the moderate Islamist party Tawassoul expressed strong anti-coup sentiments and faith that their efforts to fight the military regime would eventually lead to its downfall. They rejected accusations by the High State Council (military junta) that they are "extremists [...]
2008-12-07 17:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
08OTTAWA156CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...]
2008-01-31 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA
08PARIS92CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE - ICE
[...] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests the assistance of the Regional Security Offices in Accra, Ghana and Lome, Togo in support of a Human Trafficking / Forced Child Labor investigation involving young females trafficked to the U.S. from Togo and Ghana. Three targets have be [...]
2008-01-17 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CVIS PHUM FR XY
08PESHAWAR449FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Aggressive military operations in Bajaur and Swat continued into the start of Ramadan. Pakistani military sources estimate that 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters were killed in the Bajaur operation, which started on August 7. Local taliban denied that the Bajaur-based Tehrik-i Taliban d [...]
2008-09-16 07:37:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08QUITO582ASSEMBLY PICKS UP PACE AS DIVISIONS WITHIN PAIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new President of the assembly, Fernando Cordero, appears determined to meet the July 26 deadline mandated by the Constituent Assembly statute. From June 24-26 the assembly approved a record 37 articles. Opposition members remain disgruntled because they consider Cordero,s s [...]
2008-06-30 22:18:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EC
08RABAT1109MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]
2008-11-28 13:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT112WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN?
[...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]
2008-02-06 11:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT1144MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...]
2008-12-12 12:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT1150MOROCCO: KING WITHDRAWS RESERVATIONS TO UN WOMEN'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed as an important symbolic step, King Mohammed VI announced in a December 10 speech that Morocco will lift its remaining and outdated reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The objections covered co [...]
2008-12-12 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KWMN MO
08RABAT413ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN
[...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...]
2008-05-09 10:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO
08RABAT418MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-09 18:36:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO MO
08RABAT475DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GIIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 15:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER KGIC PREL MO
08RABAT568MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 17:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT579MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]
2008-06-23 14:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT735MOROCCO: THE AMBASSADOR'S CHAT WITH A KEY ROYAL
[...] (C) Abdelaziz Belfkih, Counselor to King Mohammed VI on education, energy and agriculture issues, told the Ambassador that concern over energy and fuel supplies remains a high priority for the Kingdom, but mitigating strategies are hampered by Morocco's complicated relationship with Algeria. [...]
2008-08-07 13:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON PHUM ENRG PGOV PINR PREL KMCA MO
08RABAT753MOROCCO: FLOATING NEW PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is exploring the possibility of increasing its peacekeeping profile by creating a UN-sponsored regional training center and/or augmenting its own ability to carry out peacekeeping operations. It is soliciting preliminary international reaction to [...]
2008-08-12 15:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MCAP KPKO KUNR MO
08RIYADH367AND THE ENVELOPE PLEASE: SAUDI'S FIRST EVER FILM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From May 20 through May 24, the first ever Saudi film festival will be held in Dammam, Eastern Province. Organizers hope the event will usher in a period of greater cultural freedom and expression for the Saudi artistic community. While public SAG recognition is lacking, the fe [...]
2008-03-05 04:56:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV SA SCUL SOCI
08RIYADH550VISIT OF IIPA PRESIDENT TO RIYADH YIELDS
[...] (C) Summary. Eric Smith, President of the International Intellectual Property Alliance, met with Saudi officials with copyright protection responsibilities from March 9-11. During a meeting with Smith, Minister of Culture and Information Iyadh bin Amin Madani instructed Ministry officials t [...]
2008-04-02 16:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV KIPR SA
08ROME170ITALY: CONSIDERING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HARIRI
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and dip note February 4 to MFA Levant Office Director Carlo Formosa who had just returned from a trip to Lebanon with MFA Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini. Formosa said Italy remains committed to Lebanon's stability, democracy, and econo [...]
2008-02-07 17:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY IT
08RPODUBAI45STAR TV TO LAUNCH PERSIAN LANGUAGE ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL
[...] (C) Summary: STAR Group (a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp) intends to launch a Persian-dubbed satellite entertainment channel from Dubai in November or December that will target audiences in Iran and the region. STAR officials told the Charge d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi, Dubai Consul Gene [...]
2008-08-11 17:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALIR KPAO SCUL
08SANAA1901SALEM HAMDAN IN YEMENI GOVERNMENT CUSTODY
[...] (S) At approximately 03:54 local time on November 26, 2008, Colonel Gilberto Villahermosa, Senior Defense Representative and Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen, met the USAF C-17 at Sana'a International Airport, signed for Guantanamo detainee Salem Ahmed Salem Hamdan (ISN US [...]
2008-11-26 10:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
08SAOPAULO122SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE
[...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...]
2008-03-12 09:40:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO348MEDIA REACTION: ZIMBABWE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-01 10:42:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08STATE100500LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S
[...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese law enforcement personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the [...]
2008-09-19 18:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
08STATE104182CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN,S NEW IR-2
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: -- On May 15, Washington provided all Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Participating Governments (PGs) with detailed information regarding critical commodities Iran requires to support the deployment of the next g [...]
2008-09-30 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP TRGY PREL PARM ETTC MNUC AORC IAEA UNSC JP
08STATE104315RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 29, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Fares Attif Yusif Khalil Yabad 6/2/1989 850072760 2 Ayad Hammed Ahmad Rushd [...]
2008-09-30 17:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08STATE108601LEAHY VETTING FOR LAF AND ISF CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and Lebanese Armed Forces personnel listed below. [...]
2008-10-09 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ASEC NAS LE
08STATE113844Deputy Secretary Negroponte's Meeting with
[...] (C) October 22, 2008; 11:30 am; Washington, DC. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Negroponte Ambassador David Pearce NEA DAS Gene Cretz Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Jessica Patterson (NEA Notetaker) Algeria Major General Ahmed Senhadji, Secretary General of the Minist [...]
2008-10-24 20:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV MASS MOPS
08STATE131885TERRORISM FINANCE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR
[...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 10, 2008, the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) approved the addition of four members of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) for targeted sanctions (including asset f [...]
2008-12-16 23:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC PK
08STATE132159DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...]
2008-12-17 19:01:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE132208RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Ali Atta al-Sayed Mughrabi Gaza 07/14/1965 914988076 2 Mamun Shafi,a K [...]
2008-12-17 20:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08STATE132212RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR ADDED
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name POB DOB ID 1 Saddam Mahmud Mustafa Hammad [...]
2008-12-17 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08STATE133686HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individuals be filed with as muc [...]
2008-12-22 21:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE134463THANK YOU MESSAGES FROM ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH
[...] (U) Please deliver the following messages from Assistant Secretary Welch to the specified Lebanese officials as soon as possible. The Department of State does not plan to release the text of these messages, but has no objection if the addressed officials wish to do so. There will no signed o [...]
2008-12-24 19:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL LE
08STATE29096IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]
2008-03-20 14:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE36471LEBANON: JUMBLATT CONCERNED ABOUT UNIIIC DELAYS,
[...] (S) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt expressed concerns about information he had received that former UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz failed to act for the past year-and-a-half to act on a key lead discovered by Internal Security Forces Intelligence Officer Wissam Eid, who was assassinated one [...]
2008-04-08 18:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08STATE44321INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT REQUEST FOR 6(I) REVIEW OF
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. On March 17, 2008, a list of 184 names from the 1267 Consolidated List was circulated to 1267 Committee Members for consideration for review under paragraph 6(i) of the Committee guidelines. The 6(i) process is an internal revie [...]
2008-04-25 23:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE674RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF) officers listed below. First name, last name Mahmoud Jalal Mahmoud Khaleel POB: [...]
2008-01-03 20:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IS KPAL MARR MASS PGOV PHUM WE
08STATE67470INSTRUCTION TO SUBMIT FOR LISTING TO THE 1267
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S/NF) On April 24, 2002, the Al Rashid Trust was added to the UN 1267 Committee's list of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, al Qaida or the Taliban. Accordi [...]
2008-06-23 23:29:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
08STATE80632RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING OF NATIONAL
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 23, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. 1 Ahmad Mustafa Ahmad Tazaz'a Jenin 14/12/1989 850739590 2 Ala'a Nabil Fathi a [...]
2008-07-25 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC IS KPAL
08STATE90515MALAYSIAN FIRM SUPPLYING GERMAN-ORIGIN TEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: The United States has information indicating that a Malaysian firm has been working to acquire German-origin test chambers on behalf of Amin Ravan, an Iranian procurement agent. The Malaysian entity, T [...]
2008-08-22 14:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR ML SN
08STATE9990363RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEA DELEGATION
[...] This is an action request. Department requests country clearance for the individuals listed in paragraph 2 below to support NEA efforts at the upcoming 63rd United Nations General Assembly(UNGA). Department anticipates representatives will be involved in this support from September 19 throu [...]
2008-09-18 15:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL
08SURABAYA7SOUTH SULAWESI: DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Daily protests against the Supreme Court's December decision requesting gubernatorial elections be re-run in four South Sulawesi regencies turned violent January 16 when supporters of declared victor Syahrul Yasin Limpo entered the governor's office. The local election commissio [...]
2008-01-18 01:29:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ID
08TASHKENT1257UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS'
[...] (C) Summary: On October 23, a court in Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan sentenced human rights activist Akzam Turgunov and another defendant to ten years' imprisonment on politically motivated charges of extortion. Turgunov's trial had been temporarily interrupted following [...]
2008-10-30 10:40:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT797ACTIVIST REPORTS MISTREATMENT AT NAVOI PSYCHIATRIC
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: On July 2, Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev reported visiting a psychiatric hospital in Navoi province and discovering that 12 teenagers, approximately between the ages of 13 and 16 years, were at the hospi [...]
2008-07-10 08:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB OEXC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TELAVIV144ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with the situation in and around Gaza. The media reported that on Wednesday over 50 Qassam rockets and at least a dozen mortar shells landed in Sdero [...]
2008-01-17 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO116 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/15/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1657SHAPING JAPAN'S AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT DECISIONS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Japanese government is struggling to find a strategy to terminate its C-130 mission to Iraq and start a new deployment to Afghanistan to ""off-set"" its decision to opt-out of the Iraq coalition. The U.S. political calendar appears to weigh heavily on Japanese deliberation [...]
2008-06-17 09:03:00Embassy TokyoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV IZ AF JA
08TOKYO1762REQUEST PASSED TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-26 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN ASCH CACM GM
08TOKYO3370 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/11/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 08:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TUNIS168APPEALS COURT REDUCES SENTENCES OF SOME "SOLIMAN"
[...] (C) Summary. On February 21, a Tunis Court of Appeals reduced the December 2007 sentences of eight individuals convicted of involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. One of those sentenced to death received a life sentence, two sentenced to life were reduced to 20 an [...]
2008-02-22 15:39:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
08USUNNEWYORK320U.S. CITIZEN SPOUSE OF AFGHAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS
[...] This message is unclassified but sensitive - please treat accordingly. 2. USUN Host Country Law Enforcement Coordinator was recently contacted by NYPD regarding a report of domestic violence it received from Lalla Khan-Amin, the U.S. citizen wife of Afghan Mission Second Secretary Wahidulla [...]
2008-04-09 19:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP UN AF PREL
08VALLETTA211MALTESE FIRM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON BUSINESS
[...] (C) As reported reftels, Malta's Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has been quick to recognize the risks that financial transactions with Iranian banks pose to Malta's reputation. In that context, MFSA Director General Andre Camilleri contacted post regarding a Maltese businessman, Mark Ca [...]
2008-05-21 05:27:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKTFN PTER EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD MT
09ABUDHABI605LITTLE CHATTER ABOUT SHEIKH ISSA (C-NE9-01124)
[...] (C) Summary: The non-existent public commentary on the Sheikh Issa affair (ref C) is mirrored by very limited discussion even in private. Post offers the following as a partial response to questions raised in ref A. End summary. -------- BIO DATA -------- 2. (C) Issa, the seventh s [...]
2009-06-15 12:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PGOV AE
09ABUJA1116NIGERIA: WEAPONS LADEN PLANE IMPOUNDED IN KANO;
[...] (SBU) A Ukrainian aircraft said to be "fully loaded" with 18 crates of weapons was impounded by a Nigerian military intelligence unit at Kano's Aminu Kano International Airport shortly after 4:00 AM on June 17. The plane, an Antonov 12 with registration number MEM 4-060 and tail number UR-CAK, [...]
2009-06-19 13:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PINR PGOV MASS NI EK HR
09ABUJA1270NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR LEADS FURTHER OUTREACH ON
[...] (U) Summary: In conjunction with the Mission's outreach to the Nigerian Muslim community, Ambassador took President Obama's Cairo speech on the road, traveling (with PolOff notetaker and other Mission members) to Northeastern Nigeria on June 29 - July 2, and in the Southwest July 3-6 (with Con [...]
2009-07-10 14:26:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1289NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 15-30, 2009
[...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 15-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which was delayed in transmission and did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Oil and Gas --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS [...]
2009-07-16 05:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1398NIGERIAN MILITARY COMBING FOR EXTREMISTS, BOKO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 17:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1891NIGER DELTA CEASE FIRE ENDS; POST-AMNESTY
[...] (SBU) A relative but precarious calm prevails in most of the Delta, and major donors are ready to support GON rehabilitation programs if given a reasonable role to play. However, with "MEND" proclaiming an end to its cease-fire, the persistence of political infighting among key Delta figures [...]
2009-10-16 17:39:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM NI
09ABUJA1990 KANO'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Representatives of Kano's Chamber of Commerce told USTDA visitors that the state's irregular power supply and poor infrastructure have contributed to business closures and high unemployment. Agricultural activity suffers from the lack of improved agricultural inputs and a well-developed [...]
2009-10-30 12:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EAGR ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA2151NIGERIAN SENATE DEBATES ELECTORAL REFORMS
[...] (C) At a legislative retreat November 9 to 12 in Enugu, Nigerian senators debated electoral reform issues and challenges. Senate President Mark insisted that the current system needs only "fine-tuning," but there was general agreement that INEC should become financially independent and electo [...]
2009-11-30 18:24:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA2174POLITICIANS LINING UP BEHIND JONATHAN AS PRESSURE
[...] (S) Nigerian President Yar'Adua's ten-day hospitalization in Saudi Arabia has led to calls by various Nigerians, including prominent political leaders, for him to step aside and allow Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume office. Even some Nigerians from the predominantly Muslim North have [...]
2009-12-02 18:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA2223KATSINA'S "WAYWARD" SEVEN
[...] (C) Representatives of Katsina's People's Democratic Party (PDP) gathered December 6 to discuss how to respond to seven prominent Katsina politicians who signed a declaration calling on President Yar'Adua to resign. The PDP members reportedly decided to "punish" the "wayward" politicians, foc [...]
2009-12-09 14:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2225SPECULATION CONTINUES ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND
[...] (C) A long-time Yar'Adua associate of the President, told us December 8 that Yar'Adua confided to him a week before his November 23 departure for Saudi Arabia that he was "very, very ill." Zaria Emirate Council Member Basari Aminu claimed that if Yar'Adua died, Northern political leaders would [...]
2009-12-09 15:14:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA229NIGERIA'S MOST INFLUENTIAL SENATORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigeria's bicameral legislature has 490 federal legislators, of which a few are more influential than others due to the leadership positions they occupy or their connections to powerful players in Nigerian politics. Some are respected within and outside the chambers because they [...]
2009-02-09 06:37:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR NI
09ABUJA2329DEADLINES LOOM FOR NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ACTION
[...] (C) At least two deadlines requiring Presidential action loom for Nigeria's executive branch on activities affecting the interests of the country's legislative and judicial branches. One involves the signing of a budget supplemental bill to provide funding for major, Niger Delta post-amnesty [...]
2009-12-23 16:54:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA238 ILEA GABORONE - Airport Interdiction Course, March 16-20,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA285NIGERIA: REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S AL-ARABIYA
[...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs reached out to some of Nigeria's Muslim clerics and community leaders on February 3, many of whom are outspoken in their criticism of Israel and the West in relation to the Palestinian conflict, to gauge their reactions to President Obama's interview with Al Arabiya (and [...]
2009-02-13 13:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PHUM NI
09ABUJA345NIGERIA: DELAY NAMING NEW SHEHU MAY SIGNAL TROUBLE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 21 the Shehu of Borno (a traditional ruler and religious figure who is ranked second after the Sultan of Sokoto among Northern Nigeria's royals),Alhaji Mustapha bin Umar Kyari Amin El-Kanemi, died of cancer at the age of 85. Traditionally a new Shehu is named within [...]
2009-02-26 16:48:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA482NIGERIA: GODFATHER PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHWEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Kebbi State Governor Saidu Usman Nasamu Dakingari and Zamfara State Governor Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi are locked in a battle with their political "godfathers" for control of their respective states. These standoffs, which are similar to ones which have played out in other states (an [...]
2009-03-19 17:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA52919 OF NIGERIA'S OPPOSITION PARTIES TRYING TO UNITE
[...] (C) On March 24, nineteen Nigerian opposition parties agreed to form what they described as a mega-party to challenge the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 elections. While most were very small, the largest (Buhari) faction of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and the lea [...]
2009-03-26 15:35:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
09ABUJA643NIGERIA: PDP CONVENTION - NO DEBATE EXPECTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) approaches its April 20 Special National Convention, behind the scenes negotiations appear to have forestalled any real debate taking place on the convention floor. PDP National Executive Committee member Aminu Bello Masari told Poloff on Ap [...]
2009-04-17 13:22:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
09ACCRA1040NDC GAINS ADDITIONAL SEAT IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the Chereponi by-election September 29, taking a seat that had been held by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). By winning this Northern Ghana constituency, the NDC increased its majority in parliament to 116 seats [...]
2009-10-02 12:00:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN GH
09ACCRA1325NDC LEADERSHIP ON PARTY DIVISIONS AND MILLS
[...] (C) Amidst growing public criticism of the Mills Administration as it approaches the end of its first year in office, senior National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials - including the President - met December 9 to discuss their difficulties and attempt to close ranks ahead of the NDC's Janua [...]
2009-12-15 14:58:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ADDISABABA1747AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH AFRICAN UNION
[...] (C) During Ambassador Yamamoto's farewell call with African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on July 22, they discussed the desirability of commencing a U.S./AU political dialogue patterned after the consultations the AU has with the European Union. Starting with his attendance at the UNGA this fa [...]
2009-07-23 08:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN AU
09ALGIERS1041POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC
[...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...]
2009-11-22 17:50:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1063POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN
[...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...]
2009-12-01 08:36:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS331CHASTENED JOURNALISTS ADD TO ELECTION DAY CYNICISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was denied entry at Algiers airport on April 4 after being invited by the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) to participate in a program monitoring the media in the run-up to the April 9 presid [...]
2009-04-06 17:40:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM AG
09ALGIERS337CRITICISM AND APATHY DEFINE PRE-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of Algeria's presidential election, a mood of general apathy and cynicism has descended upon the capital, despite the government's best efforts to stimulate voter turnout on April 9. These efforts have consisted largely of an overwhelming Bouteflika propaganda machine, [...]
2009-04-07 10:45:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AG
09AMMAN1892008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...]
2009-01-22 09:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO
09AMMAN2195JORDAN'S KING ENDORSES ASSOCIATIONS LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: King Abdullah endorsed amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on September 15. Now the focus will shift to the Ministry of Social Development, which is set to issue two sets of regulations on implementation of the law. The first tranche of regulations will create [...]
2009-09-29 06:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN333JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT
[...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftel, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability course [...]
2009-02-03 13:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL ASEC JO
09AMMAN459JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...]
2009-02-18 13:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09ANTANANARIVO178 Inter-Comoran Dialogue Ends
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After five days of talks on the constitution, institutions, and governance, the Inter-Comoran Dialogue closed March 7. While the recommendations are not binding, an overwhelming majority of participants insisted that President Sambi not seek to extend his mandate in the upcomi [...]
2009-03-14 08:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON CN
09ASHGABAT738TURKMENISTAN: DETENTION OF TWO JEHOVAH'S WITNESS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Jehovah's Witness leaders recently provided details about the imprisonment of two Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors who had previously received suspended sentences for refusing to enlist in the milit [...]
2009-06-11 11:28:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT920TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...]
2009-07-22 12:50:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX
09ASMARA117THE ARS "PATRIOTIC WING"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With Sheikh Hassen Dahir Aweys still in Khartoum, senior representatives of the hard-line ARS faction met with emboffs in Asmara April 8. They were dismissive of the TFG's limited writ in Somalia and claimed an "inclusive" peace process was needed. Sheikh Aweys, invited to Sudan [...]
2009-04-09 12:26:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SO ER
09ASMARA167PATRIOTIC WING FORMALLY CUTS TIES WITH AWEYS
[...] (C) The Patriotic Wing of the ARS has officially cut ties with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to the group's Inspector General, Mahad Yusuf. Yusuf told PolOff that the organization has no desire to be affiliated with Sheikh Aweys, Hezbul Islam, or Al-Shabaab. Instead, he continued, the [...]
2009-06-01 13:22:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO ER
09ASMARA25MASSAWA'S ECONOMY DWINDLES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs traveled to Massawa January 14-15 for a Public Diplomacy engagement (septel) and observed a more hollow, destitute city than we saw in April 2008. Although the city's vice mayor remained optimistic about the city's situation, the evidence on the ground suggested a more b [...]
2009-01-21 10:47:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA95CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS LITTLE NEW BLOOD
[...] (U) After weeks of rumor and speculation, the GSE announced eight Cabinet changes. The new ministers and their portfolios, with predecessors in parentheses, are: Woldemichael Gebremariam, Local Government (unfilled since 2003) Tesfai Gebreselasie, Land, Water and Environment (Woldemichael [...]
2009-03-23 11:52:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ER
09ASTANA2233 KAZAKHSTAN SETS UP AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF POLLUTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Environment recently hosted a round table on setting up an electronic register of emissions and pollution transmissions (PRTRs) with the participation of several environmental NGOs and the Organiza [...]
2009-12-24 05:56:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV KDEM OSCE UN KZ
09ASTANA724 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-04-27 11:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09BAGHDAD1283MALIKI'S CHOSEN GOVERNORS IMPRESS EARLY
[...] (C) Through careful managing of the post-provincial election coalition-building process, eight of the ten Shi'a-majority provinces have new governors approved by Prime Minister Maliki; six of those represent the Da'wa Central wing of his State of Law coalition. Early May meetings between Senio [...]
2009-05-15 14:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1312BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISCUSS IMPACT OF UPCOMING U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent encounters with emboffs, Baghdad residents and community leaders offered their views about security and the effect of U.S. combat forces' withdrawal, to be completed by the end of June, from urban areas. Iraqi attitudes toward the withdrawal are somewhat schizophrenic [...]
2009-05-20 11:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD1545AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS WITH MINORITY POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) In their first meeting with Ambassador Hill, political representatives of Iraq's minority communities focused on the issues of emigration, greater political representation, and a perception of societal discrimination, subjects which they believed to be mutually reinforcing. They attrib [...]
2009-06-14 14:34:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD1890NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENT: FLUSH WITH CASH, BUT NO ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 11:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2038MINORITY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI CENSUS
[...] (C) As Ministry of Planning officials continue their preparations for a nationwide census this fall, many of Iraq's ethnic and religious minority leaders have raised concerns about how the census will be administered and whether it will provide an accurate reflection of their communities' demo [...]
2009-07-30 08:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM KIRF PGOV SMIG SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2528MANDEANS FACE INTERNAL SPLIT EVEN AS THEY SEEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sabean-Mandean leaders tell us they are making a united full-court press to secure guaranteed representation in the next Iraqi Parliament, even as current leader Sheikh Sittar Hillo fends off a challenge from a younger rival. While the Mandeans acknowledge that the GOI has taken [...]
2009-09-21 10:14:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2821INCONSISTENCIES IN ARREST OF YEZIDI POLITICIAN
[...] (C) Summary. Outspoken critic of Kurdish security forces, Yezidi Progress Party (YPP) Head Wa'ad Hammad Matto was arrested by Iraqi military intelligence at his Ninewa home and continues to be held in communicado. The warrant for his arrest was issued four days after his detainment. According [...]
2009-10-20 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PHUM PGOV PREL IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2909RRT ERBIL: SLIMMED DOWN KRG CABINET SWORN IN
[...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: On October 28, following over three months of intense inter-party negotiations, the sixth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was sworn in. The new cabinet, led by former GOI Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih, consists o [...]
2009-10-31 13:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ TU
09BAGHDAD3262HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the C-130 Refresher Simulat [...]
2009-12-17 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD383IRAQI SHI'A PARLIAMENTARIAN PAINTS DIRE PICTURE OF
[...] (S) Summary: Ayad Jamaleddin, a Council of Representatives member from the secular Iraqiyya list, painted an extreme view of Iranian religious influence in Iraq during a meeting with Emboffs on February 11. Claiming that Iran is paying clerics across Iraq to deliver Friday sermons sympathetic [...]
2009-02-13 12:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER PINR ECON IR IZ
09BAGHDAD399INITIAL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT
[...] (SBU) The first meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on February 12. Five working groups were launched on the financial sector; oil and gas; trade and investment; electricity (new plants and investment); and industry [...]
2009-02-16 05:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON ENRG PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD692RRT ERBIL: BORDER ISSUES WITH IRAN AS SEEN FROM
[...] (S) Summary. Local security officials in Sulaimaniyah admit that the province,s long and porous border with Iran is under-patrolled and claim that Baghdad does not give them the resources they need to guard it effectively. They consider the main threat to be the Iran-based &Kurdistan Battal [...]
2009-03-16 09:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PBTS SNAR IZ TU IR
09BAGHDAD774RRT ERBIL: KURDISH PUBLIC SYMPATHETIC TO PKK
[...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Even those Iraqi Kurds who disagree with the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) methods find it emotionally difficult to separate the PKK cause from the larger struggle for Kurdish rights and the hope for Kurdish un [...]
2009-03-22 07:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR SY TU XF IZ
09BAGHDAD898PRT SALAH AD DIN: TUZ KHURMATO: THREE VERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Poloffs and PRT and CF staff met with representatives from each of the three main ethnic groups in the Tuz Khurmato district of Salah ad Din (SaD): Turkmen, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds. The United Nations (UN) views Tuz as one of the areas with Disputed Internal Boundari [...]
2009-04-01 12:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ
09BAMAKO105A TUAREG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2012?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 14:09:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ML
09BAMAKO15WHAT ARE WE MARCHING FOR? ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL SMIG ML
09BAMAKO226SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 16:47:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN15BRUNEI: RELUCTANT TO LEAD IMT, AND CRITICAL OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff on 15 January met with Haji Mulok Haji Jamat, the Deputy Director for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs in the Political I section of the Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Mulok told Poloff that Brunei plans to only supply monitors to the International Monitor [...]
2009-01-27 07:26:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER BX
09BANGKOK237THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]
2009-01-30 02:30:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BASRAH11THE FINAL COMPLAINTS OF BASRA GOVERNOR WA'ELI
[...] (C) In a February 24 meeting with the REO, outgoing Governor Mohammed Wa'eli) characterized the State of Law coalition's victory as a surprise to everyone, including Prime Minister Maliki, and noted the fierce fighting within the coalition over the choice for governor. Wa'eli, accompanied by [...]
2009-03-04 10:56:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH13CRACKS APPEAR IN STATE OF LAW COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Divisions are appearing within the State of Law coalition just weeks after the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) projected its overwhelming victory in Basra's provincial election (reftel). According to REO contacts, the seemingly solid "Maliki" bloc suffers from inter [...]
2009-03-12 16:11:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
09BASRAH19BASRA EXECUTIVES ELECTED ACCORDING TO MALIKI'S PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Basra Provincial Council (PC) elected new leadership on the evening of April 15. Although disagreements within the State of Law coalition over its gubernatorial nominee prevented an agreement during the PC's opening session, coalition members eventually agreed to follow a no [...]
2009-04-21 17:29:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BASRAH34PRT ENGAGES BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. On June 3, PRT Basra met for the first time with the new Provincial Council as a group. PRT acting team leader delivered short remarks to remind Iraqis that U.S. military withdrawal does not mean U.S. withdrawal, and that the U.S. civilian presence will endure so long as the bila [...]
2009-06-14 13:11:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ PGOV
09BEIJING2535SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR
[...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]
2009-09-03 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2770CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...]
2009-09-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK
09BEIRUT1000HARIRI PUTS FORTH CABINET PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on September 6 presented a 30-member cabinet proposal to President Sleiman without further consultation with the opposition. The plan, which did not meet the opposition Free Patriotic Movement's (FPM) demands for the ministry of the interior, the minist [...]
2009-09-08 16:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1006LEBANESE MADOFF LOSES $1.6 BILLION IN INVESTOR FUNDS
[...] (U) Local and international media have reported extensively on the case of Salah Ezzedine, dubbed the Lebanese Bernard Madoff, after he declared bankruptcy and gave himself up to the authorities. Reports noted that Ezzedine may have lost as much as $1.6 billion in investor money, mainly due to [...]
2009-09-11 06:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD KFLU SENV LE
09BEIRUT1021HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY
[...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]
2009-09-16 13:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1058GEMAYEL PREDICTS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL BE A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's government formation crisis is the result of external interference but should not be solved through additional meddling, Kataeb party leader and former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador. Although he discounted most formulas currently under discussion [...]
2009-09-25 14:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1059HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]
2009-09-25 14:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT108LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]
2009-01-27 15:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT110LEBANON: NATIONAL "DIALOGUE" ACTUALLY
[...] (C) Former president and Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador the January 26 National Dialogue session was another opportunity to hear "very important monologues." Gemayel said his attempts in the session to push Hizballah representative MP Mohammad Raad to reveal Hizballah's "true [...]
2009-01-27 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT117LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]
2009-01-28 16:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1214NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]
2009-11-10 17:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1225KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...]
2009-11-16 16:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT125LEBANON: GEAGEA SEES "MONKEYNESS" HURTING ELECTION
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea reported to the Ambassador in a January 29 meeting that the Syrians were "anxious" about Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, and may be making assassination plans (including against himself) or violence by proxy in order to sway the elections to the [...]
2009-01-29 15:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL IS SY LE
09BEIRUT1271CABINET STATEMENT SIGNED, HARIRI FACES BUMPY ROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet finally settled on its ministerial statement -- a policy roadmap -- on December 2, but the second-guessing about how Prime Minister Saad Hariri reached that point is already well underway. Embassy interlocutors argue that Hariri made several missteps durin [...]
2009-12-03 18:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL LE
09BEIRUT1290MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]
2009-12-09 18:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT1305HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...]
2009-12-11 16:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE
09BEIRUT1367LEBANON: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] While the threat of terrorist activity kept Lebanese security agencies on high alert throughout the year, 2009 was characterized by increased governmental efforts to disrupt suspected terror cells before they could act. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),in particular, were credited with the cap [...]
2009-12-31 09:40:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR LE SY
09BEIRUT148LEBANON: MICHEL MURR ON THE INDEPENDENTS
[...] (C) In a February 4 meeting, MP and self-styled independent list kingmaker Michel Murr told the Ambassador that he, and not his son, Defense Minister Elias Murr, would run for a seat in the Metn district in the June parliamentary elections. Murr appeared confident about his list's chances in [...]
2009-02-05 15:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT169LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE METN
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) The Metn is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are eight parliamentary seats in [...]
2009-02-12 15:26:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LE
09BEIRUT186LEBANON: HARIRI ON MARCH 14 ELECTION PREPARATIONS,
[...] (C) Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri -- receiving the Ambassador on February 13, the eve of the fourth anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri -- claimed that the March 8 opposition was working to discredit investigative information on his father [...]
2009-02-17 17:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT195LEBANON: ELECTION OBSERVERS DECREE MOVING AHEAD;
[...] (C) In a February 18 meeting hosted by the UN, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud reported he had sent the draft decree to invite international observers to monitor the June 2009 parliamentary elections to the Cabinet to be placed on the agenda for the February 26 session. Earlier, in a Febru [...]
2009-02-19 16:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT205LEBANON: AOUN'S ALLIES DEFEND HIS VISION, PLEAD
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with the Embassy in recent weeks, opposition Christian MPs from Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc were calm, focused, and confident about their prospects in the June parliamentary elections. They rejected the concept of "independent" or "centrist" c [...]
2009-02-20 16:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT21LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training courses 6 and 7, scheduled to begin January 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 314 proposed tra [...]
2009-01-07 09:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT229 LEBANON: PALIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: ALEY
[...] (SBU) This is the seventh in a series of snapshots we will produce for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Aley is one of six electoral districts in the Mount Lebanon administrative area. There are five parliamentary seats in [...]
2009-02-26 14:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT235LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR SIGNS LETTERS OF AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a February 26 meeting that he had signed all seven pending Letters of Agreement needed to ensure the timely delivery of several items of U.S. military assistance before the June 7 parliamentary elections. Murr expressed appreciation for c [...]
2009-02-26 18:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS AE LE
09BEIRUT251LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: BEIRUT
[...] (SBU) This is the ninth in a series of snapshots we are producing for key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Beirut, with three districts and a total of 19 seats, 18 currently held by March 14 MPs, has the status of a "muhafaza" [...]
2009-03-03 15:39:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT263LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE
[...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...]
2009-03-05 14:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE
09BEIRUT268LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC
[...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]
2009-03-08 09:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT270LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S
[...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]
2009-03-08 09:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
09BEIRUT274 LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: KOURA
[...] (U) This is the twelfth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("qada") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) Koura, with a population that is 65 percent Greek Orthodox and 85 percent Christian, is expected to be the site of tough [...]
2009-03-10 13:55:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT305LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO
[...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]
2009-03-16 18:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT336LEBANON: CHIPPING AWAY AT AOUN'S POPULARITY
[...] (C) In January 2008, we analyzed Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun's popularity among his Lebanese Christian supporters (ref E),which was strong despite his political alliance with the terrorist Shia organization Hizballah. One year-plus later, and 11 weeks before the June 7 parliame [...]
2009-03-23 15:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT351LEBANON: MARCH 14 SHORT-SIGHTED ON SHIA OUTREACH,
[...] (C) Ambassador Khalil al-Khalil, retired Lebanese Ambassador and figurehead of a prominent Shia family based in Tyre, told the Ambassador March 24 that the historical exclusion of the Shia community by the ruling majorities of other confessions was the primary reason behind Hizballah's strengt [...]
2009-03-26 14:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT383LEBANON: CLOSE RACE LIKELY IN BEIRUT FIRST DISTRICT
[...] (C) Beirut's first district will witness a close race between March 14 and opposition candidates in the June 7 parliamentary elections. This newly-formed district has five seats, each designated for a separate Christian sect. While March 14-aligned candidates Nayla Tueni and Michel Pharaon a [...]
2009-04-02 12:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT400LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR MAKES A PLEA FOR MORE U.S.
[...] (C) On the eve of his trip to Washington, Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) many successes and credited U.S. military assistance. Deeply appreciative of U.S. support, Murr, a leader within Lebanon's Greek Orthodox community, made a plea for an additional cl [...]
2009-04-06 14:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE
09BEIRUT401LEBANON: MARCH 14 IS UNITED, SAYS HARIRI
[...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador April 3, the day after an off-the-record meeting of March 14 leaders, Sunni leader Saad Hariri said the March 14 coalition had agreed on candidate lists in several key districts, including Chouf, Aley, and Baabda, but work remained to be done. Hariri said Druze [...]
2009-04-06 15:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT416LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST
[...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]
2009-04-08 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT421LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH PROMOTES 1949 ARMISTICE AS
[...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said the principles of March 14 are still championed by the majority of Lebanese, but the inability of the March 14 moderate coalition to create institutions that represent those principles has been a "major failur [...]
2009-04-09 17:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN LE IS
09BEIRUT426LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14
[...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]
2009-04-13 13:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT434LEBANON: AMINE GEMAYEL, GHATTAS KHOURY ON MARCH 14
[...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador on April 14, Kataeb head Amine Gemayel of the March 14 coalition opposed the formation of a national unity government with a blocking third after June 7 elections. According to Gemayel, March 14 coalition leaders had agreed upon "95 percent" of electoral lists. [...]
2009-04-15 13:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT445LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES
[...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]
2009-04-17 14:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT466LEBANON: FORTY-FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING TO ELECTION
[...] (C) Over the weekend of April 18-19, pro-opposition New TV aired footage of March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt making comments criticizing his March 14 allies Samir Geagea and Saad Hariri, while simultaneously insulting all Maronite Christians and the Sunni fighters who battled Hizballah dur [...]
2009-04-23 19:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER LE
09BEIRUT470LEBANON: HARIRI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "MISTER FIX
[...] (C) March 14 Sunni leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and DCM April 23 that although relations within the March 14 leadership currently were not at their best, Hariri and his allies would find a solution. Referring to himself as "Mister Fix-it," Hariri said disgruntlement with Druze leade [...]
2009-04-24 14:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV LE
09BEIRUT490LEBANON: JUMBLATT REMAINS WITH MARCH 14 DESPITE
[...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador April 29, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt gave no indication he is planning to abandon the March 14 ship, despite recent overtures to opposition Speaker Nabih Berri. March 14 had much work to do to win the June 7 parliamentary elections, he admitted, listing several pro [...]
2009-04-29 17:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IS SA LE
09BEIRUT496LEBANON: DDEFMIN MURR ON FOUR GENERALS, MARCH 14
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador April 30 that the release of the four generals held in connection with the assination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri would provide the opposition with ammunition against March 14. Murr assessed the Christian community was especially [...]
2009-04-30 16:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT501LEBANON: GEAGEA ON GHAJAR, GENERALS, AND
[...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Israel should stress the implementation of UNSCR 1701 as justification for a withdrawal from Ghajar village. He believed that while the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) authorization for the release of fo [...]
2009-05-05 18:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE IS SY
09BEIRUT534LEBANON: PM: GHAJAR WITHDRAWAL WOULD SHOW THAT
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed the need for March 14's leaders to come together in the run-up to the June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora added that the release of the four generals would not [...]
2009-05-14 08:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER PREF UNSC FR IR IS LE SY
09BEIRUT535LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]
2009-05-14 08:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT536LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...]
2009-05-14 08:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS
[...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]
2009-05-14 08:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT540LEBANON: ZAHLE A KEY DISTRICT IN BATTLE BETWEEN
[...] (C) Zahle will be a key district in the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections; the next majority in parliament depends, in part, on who wins in Zahle. As of May 14, neither March 8 nor March 14 had officially announced their candidate lists, at a time when nearly all of the districts have d [...]
2009-05-14 11:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT544LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR: VOTERS DO NOT LINK AOUN WITH
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that Christian voters do not understand that a vote for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun is a vote for his ally, Hizballah. He said it was imperative that March 14 leaders communicate this message before the June 7 par [...]
2009-05-14 13:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT
[...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]
2009-05-14 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT562LEBANON: NASRALLAH SPEECHES COULD HELP MARCH 14
[...] (C) March 14 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador, was optimistic about March 14's chances in upcoming parliamentary elections. He noted that coalition leaders had agreed upon lists in all but one district, Beirut 1. Discussing Hizballah Secretary Gener [...]
2009-05-19 16:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT585LEBANON: WITH 12 DAYS TO GO, MARCH 14 PUTS ON A
[...] (C) In a strong last-minute show of unity, just 12 days before the June 7 parliamentary elections, March 14 leaders met at the Bristol Hotel on May 26, presenting a joint communique outlining the coalition's positions on key issues. The communique expressed support for UNSCR 1701 and the Spec [...]
2009-05-28 13:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT592LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14
[...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]
2009-05-29 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT595LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES
[...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]
2009-05-29 15:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT631LEBANON: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SUGGEST MARCH 14 WINS
[...] (SBU) Preliminary, unofficial results from IFES, political party representatives, and media outlets indicate that Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition and pro-March 14 independents won the majority in the June 7 parliamentary elections with as many as 71 out of 128 seats. From his Qoreitem residen [...]
2009-06-08 08:59:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT634LEBANON: OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM MARCH 14'S
[...] (C) By mid-day on June 8, Interior Minister Baroud completed the official announcements of the names of the 128 winning candidates in the June 7 elections. The announcements confirmed that 71 seats went to the March 14-led coaltion and 57 to the current opposition, so March 14 kept its parlia [...]
2009-06-09 07:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT654LEBANON: GEMAYEL SAYS MARCH 14 MUST STAND FIRM
[...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel stressed that March 14 must be strong in opposing a blocking third for the opposition in the new cabinet, even if government formation takes longer as a result. He worried that some of his March 14 allies would be [...]
2009-06-11 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV LE
09BEIRUT656LEBANON: MARCH 14 SYG TO PUSH FOR STRONGER
[...] (C) Following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (Ref B),March 14 Secretariat SYG Fares Souaid is intent on carrying on the work of the Secretariat, which held its first post-election meeting on June 10. Souaid believed the elections proved opposition Christian leader M [...]
2009-06-11 15:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT659LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL
[...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]
2009-06-12 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT670LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER
[...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...]
2009-06-17 13:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PINR PREL SY
09BEIRUT679LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...]
2009-06-19 12:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE IR
09BEIRUT68LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE DRUG
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the DEA Training course, scheduled to begin December 15, 2008. Also included is a participant in the March 2009 Police Visitor's Program. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory res [...]
2009-01-16 07:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT693LEBANON: THE RISE OF A NEW CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT?
[...] (C) In a June 22 meeting with the Ambassador, March 14 MP Michel Pharaon said Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was pressuring March 14's independent Christians to join his voting bloc in parliament. Pharaon noted that many independent Christians opposed Geagea and were looking for an alte [...]
2009-06-23 15:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL LE SY
09BEIRUT705LEBANON: HARIRI FORMS NEW BLOC, BERRI RE-ELECTED
[...] (C) On June 24, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri announced the creation of the new "Lebanon First" parliamentary bloc, including some 34 Future Party MPs and allies plus seven prominent independents. We are seeing movement on a number of pro-March 14 MPs who were elected as independe [...]
2009-06-25 15:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV LE
09BEIRUT713LEBANON: JUMBLATT: "NASRALLAH DIVULGED NO SECRETS"
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on June 25, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt commented that neither Speaker Nabih Berri nor majority leader Saad Hariri were "completely happy" with the conduct of their coalition members during the vote to choose the Speaker earlier that day. [...]
2009-06-26 15:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT746LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY
[...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]
2009-07-06 17:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT758LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST
[...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]
2009-07-08 16:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT813LEBANON: FINANCIAL SECTOR JOINS TOGETHER TO PROMOTE
[...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) and the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) jointly established a new committee to enhance corporate governance in the Lebanese banking sector. Amin Awad, a member of the Banking Control Commission (BCC),told us this committee was created in response [...]
2009-07-20 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT814LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON
[...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 2009. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees includes [...]
2009-07-20 07:56:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ASEC NAS LE
09BEIRUT838LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT
[...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...]
2009-07-24 18:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT866LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT TO LESSEN POLITICAL
[...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid said that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and the Secretariat's leadership had agreed to decrease the coalition's political coordination activities to focus on grassroots mobilization. Lebanese public opinion is now more than ever with March 14, [...]
2009-07-30 13:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT867LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]
2009-07-30 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT874LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AGREE TO GIVE JUMBLATT
[...] (C) March 14 coalition leaders in separate meetings revealed most were unsurprised by Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader and MP Walid Jumblatt's reassessment of his alliance with the majority bloc, and all stressed their decision to leave space to allow Jumblatt to rejoin the coalition s [...]
2009-08-03 16:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT910MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE
[...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...]
2009-08-13 17:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY
09BEIRUT911WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP?
[...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...]
2009-08-14 07:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT921AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL
[...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...]
2009-08-17 13:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT933LEBANON: HARIRI SEES NO END IN SIGHT TO POLITICAL
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri described Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun as a "disaster" and insisted that he had told the FPM leader several times he would not acquiesce to reappointing Aoun's son-in-law Gebran Bassil as Minister of Telecommunications. Hariri admitt [...]
2009-08-19 16:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT946GOVERNMENT FORMATION DEADLOCKED OR DEAD END?
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea insisted that the most effective solution to the current political crisis would be for the Saudis to appeal to the Syrians to pressure Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun and Hizballah to break the current political deadlock. The LF le [...]
2009-08-21 17:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY SA
09BEIRUT959ACTIVE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT POLITICALLY AND
[...] (C) Although press reports have speculated that Lebanese President Michel Sleiman considered calling into session the caretaker cabinet headed by caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, constitutional experts and other Embassy contacts say public conjecture on the issue is a mere political man [...]
2009-08-26 14:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT994CAN THE MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION COOPERATE ON
[...] (C) While Lebanon's political leaders share broad consensus about what economic reforms the country needs to undertake once a new government is formed, they differ on how to achieve them. Within the new parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri's Future Movement has a solid economic reform plan, th [...]
2009-09-04 13:43:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EIND ECPS PGOV KCOR LE
09BOGOTA3536DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA AND
[...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and other embassy officers, travelled to Barranquilla and Cartagena on October 22-23, where he met with local political, business, and community leaders; visited commercial enterprises; and visited with beneficiaries of USAI [...]
2009-11-05 21:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR CO
09BRUSSELS521PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: SENTENCE FIRST, VERDICT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. At its quarterly meeting in Brussels March 31, the European Risk Forum focused its roundtable discussion on the precautionary principle, with Commission and European agency officials, private sector representatives, academics and others weighing in. The discussion, which was less [...]
2009-04-07 12:45:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD EU
09CAIRO1020 EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 4 PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past two weeks in the Egyptian press: ---------------- Telecom- MobiNil ---------------- 2. The Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) blocked France Telecom's (FT) bid to buy outstanding shares of mobile phone [...]
2009-06-04 15:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1218 AVIAN INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT
[...] (SBU) Key issue: -- The real threat to Egypt is not swine flu (H1N1),but avian influenza (AI, or H5N1),now endemic in poultry flocks in Egypt and infecting people at an increasing rate, and the possibility it could change, with or without help from H1N1, into a virus that easily jumps from [...]
2009-06-29 14:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU TBIO EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO138EGYPT ENTERS THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HIGH
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Five Egyptian research organizations are planning to build Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratories in which they can work with indigenous or exotic agents like Rift Valley Fever and strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). Three of the groups, VSVRI, th [...]
2009-01-27 09:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PARM PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1440EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 27 PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Tax Revenues Increased 21% in FY2008/09 --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt's tax revenues increased 21% to LE140.5 billion [...]
2009-07-27 15:03:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1503FM ABOUL GHEIT ON MUBARAK VISIT, MB, STRATEGIC
[...] (C) Key Points: -- FM Aboul Gheit said Egypt's main goal for the upcoming Washington visit was to build "rapport" between the two presidents, emphasizing Egypt's "strategic" relationship with the U.S. and continuing discussion of key regional issues. -- The Muslim Brotherhood remains a "challenge" [...]
2009-08-04 10:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1834DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT REF: STATE 98567 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 14:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UN KISL KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1848EMBASSY RAISES HAASSMENT OF EGYPTIAN CONVERTS WTH MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 14:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO2346CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT PRESSURES BANK PIRAEUS INTO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 12:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV EFIN ECON EG
09CAIRO243BLOGGER POSTS GRAPHIC VIDEO OF ALLEGED POLICE SODOMY REF: A. 09 CAIRO 79 B. 07 CAIRO 3214 Classified By: ECPO Mincouns William R. Stewart for reason 1.4 (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 15:20:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO37REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following security officials from the Egyptian Central Security Force and Special Operations Force, who have been selected to participate in COESPU training courses in Vicenza, Italy January 12 [...]
2009-01-09 12:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV MASS EG
09CAIRO454COURT SENTENCES NINE MEN TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE
[...] (U) On March 4, the Criminal Court in the Delta town of Kafr Al-Sheikh sentenced nine defendants to death and one juvenile to 15 years in prison for the armed gang-rape of 28 year-old Fatma Mahmoud Amin in 2006. One of the convicted men planned the rape as revenge against Amin's husband who r [...]
2009-03-16 15:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN EG
09CAIRO483EGYPT RECEIVES INFORMATION ON IRANIAN ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-22 14:34:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU SY
09CAIRO484PRESSING THE GOE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] (C) On March 22, Economic-Political Minister-Counselor underscored the U.S. position on the 2009 UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Freedom of Expression Resolution to MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Amin Meleika. Mincouns emphasized that the U.S. strongly believes Canad [...]
2009-03-22 15:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UN KDEM EG
09CAIRO485RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISCUSSION WITH EGYPT'S MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-22 15:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO56EGYPT RECEIVES REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE OF SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 15:04:00Embassy CairoSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU
09CAIRO575NEW MINISTER ON FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS' EDUCATION
[...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 29, New Minister for Families and Population Moushira Khattab told the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director that significant economic development in Egypt will not be possible without limiting population growth. -- (C) Minister Khattab said that girls' educa [...]
2009-04-05 08:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KISL KWMN SOCI EG
09CAIRO618CODEL TAUSCHER"S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Israel: Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said that Egypt has a long-standing relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and can work with him, in contrast to new Israeli Foreign Minister Leiberman, whom Aboul Gheit labeled a "problem." --Aboul Gheit does not see [...]
2009-04-12 15:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KPAL KNNP IS IR EG QA
09CAIRO694POLICE PROGRAM DIPNOTE DELIVERED TO THE MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 15:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CAIRO748GOE REMINDS PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS NGO THAT IT
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) A prominent independent human rights NGO, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) received a letter April 27 from The Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) reminding it that MOSS is authorized to dissolve EOHR for receiving unauthorized foreign funding. EOHR is [...]
2009-04-30 16:17:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO786GOE APPARENTLY BACKING DOWN ON DISSOLUTION OF
[...] (C) Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) Secretary-General Hafez Abu Seada told us May 6 that he recognizes that the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) has publicly denied any intention to dissolve EOHR, but he noted that EOHR has asked MOSS for written assurances to that effect. A [...]
2009-05-07 15:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO79GOE STRUGGLING TO ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 15:24:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO816 Treasury meets with Finance Ministry and Central Bank
[...] (U) Key points: -- In percentage of GDP, next year's deficit is likely to nearly reach the size that Boutros-Ghali inherited in 2004. -- Next year's budget contracts in nominal and real terms. Revenues projected to fall fast. -- The Ministry of Finance is trying to keep fiscal sustaina [...]
2009-05-13 08:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO857 EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MAY 18 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------- Bechtel Loses Nuclear Tender ---------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) has officially informed the U.S. Be [...]
2009-05-17 14:48:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CARACAS1501Chavez Focuses Meeting of International Leftist Parties on
[...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 Meeting of International Leftist Parties, President Chavez called on the parties to unite against the United States and said the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia (DCA) threatened the entire hemisphere. He also called convicte [...]
2009-11-25 21:08:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CASABLANCA225MOROCCAN FM CRITICIZED FOR HAIDAR CASE
[...] (C) At a small December 7 dinner XXXXXXXXXXXXX spontaneously raised the case of Aminatou Haidar (reftels). He harshly criticized FM Fassi Fihri for not having provided King Mohammed VI with better counsel regarding the likely consequences and world reaction. "At a number of levels, our dec [...]
2009-12-08 12:10:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREF PREL MO
09COLOMBO368Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 43
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Walter Kaelin, UN Special Rapporteur for IDPs will visit Sri Lanka April 2-6. ICRC President Kellenberger has tentative plans to visit Sri Lanka starting April 9. India is sending additional equipment and personnel to support the GOI's field hospital in Pulmoddai. Last week's [...]
2009-03-31 11:11:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO533Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 73
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters in Geneva raised the alarm concerning an "unimaginable humanitarian disaster" unfolding in the conflict zone, and called on the Government and the LTTE to enable assistance to reach trapped civilians. Roughly 4,00 [...]
2009-05-15 10:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO769SRI LANKA: A/S SCHWARTZ VISITS IDP CAMPS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his July 25-28 visit to Sri Lanka, PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz directly observed the humanitarian situation in Manik Farm, an expansive, yet congested, camp complex in northern Sri Lanka for 220,000 of the 280,000-plus Sri Lankans displaced in the final months of [...]
2009-08-03 10:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO968SRI LANKA DENIES NEGOTIATIONS TO PROCURE LETHAL
[...] (S) In a much-delayed response to our Ref A demarche on possible Sri Lankan procurement of lethal military equipment from North Korea and Iran, Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General (DG) Americas Division Kshenuka Senewiratne on October 16 said they appreciated U.S. concerns [...]
2009-10-21 07:58:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09CONAKRY120INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP MEETING ON GUINEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 16-17 inaugural meeting of the International Contact Group on Guinea (ICG-G) met with coup leader Moussa Dadis Camara and a broad spectrum of civil society. Dadis defended his actions to date, said he was not interested in remaining in power, and laid out a vague r [...]
2009-02-24 08:40:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV GV EAID
09CONAKRY185GUINEA POST-COUP: A POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR 6 MARCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, Post will periodically transmit roundups of significant political and economic events not covered in other reporting. This roundup covers the period between 6 March [...]
2009-03-26 12:09:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV EMIN PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM GV
09CONAKRY20POLITICAL ROUNDUP - ARRESTS AND APPOINTMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past several days, the CNDD reportedly arrested a number of prominent military figures, including some civilians. The CNDD also announced a number of promotions within the officer corps and at the ministerial level--including the promotion of the controversial 2LT Clau [...]
2009-01-07 17:26:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL GV
09CONAKRY258 JOURNALISTS ACCEPT MONEY FROM DADIS
[...] Summary: After a story appeared on the website Aminata.com claiming that the President of the CNDD, Dadis Camara, met with several journalists and handed out large sums of money, public affairs staff contacted several journalists to get to the bottom of the story. There are conflicting accoun [...]
2009-05-07 16:51:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XY GV
09CONAKRY396JULY 4 SPEECH DECLARES CNDD ILLEGITIMATE, GETS
[...] Summary: On Thursday, July 2, 2009, the U.S. Mission commemorated Independence Day in the Embassy atrium. Among the over 200 guests were representatives of the Government of Guinea, the diplomatic corps, international institutions, civil society, political parties and religious leaders. In a [...]
2009-07-08 17:03:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO XA GV
09CONAKRY471MILITARY HARRASSEMENT OF US SECURITY COMPANY
[...] (C) Summary: Intercon, a U.S. based security company, recently reported several instances of harassment by armed men in military uniform to the Embassy. A senior level military officer reportedly sought to foment dissention among Intercon workers and extort payments from Intercon,s Country Dir [...]
2009-08-14 09:58:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON ASEC PGOV PREL GV
09CONAKRY519PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN CONAKRY OVER THE WEEKEND,
[...] (SBU) Tensions in Guinea remain high over the question of Dadis' presenting himself as a candidate in the country's upcoming presidential elections. Following spontaneous demonstrations on August 27, both pro and anti CNDD groups organized peaceful protests on Sunday, August 30 in front of t [...]
2009-08-31 15:33:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY581CONAKRY SECURITY SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
[...] (S) The security situation in Guinea remains calm. The last two weeks witnessed a visit of two Heads of State, the threat of a counter-coup and mass protests, and the conclusion of Ramadan. The following serves as a summary of significant security-related events from September 4 - 20, 200 [...]
2009-09-21 16:05:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC KDEM PGOV PREL PMIL GV
09CONAKRY64FRENCH POLOFF SHARES INSIGHTS ON GUINEA'S POLITICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Over the course of a 25 January meeting, the French Political Attache, who may be an agent with French External Security, shared France's perspective with DATT on a wide range of topics related to recent events in Guinea. Contact addressed maneuverings inside the CNDD, Guinea's e [...]
2009-01-27 11:47:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PTER KDEM FR GV
09CONAKRY75CNDD ARRESTS ONE OF ITS OWN
[...] (U) After appointing Colonel Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, commonly called "Idi Amin" because of his imposing stature, as the Permanent Minister Secretary General of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),members of the military junta arrested Idi Amin just a few hours after he [...]
2009-01-28 16:31:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC GV
09CONAKRY79DADIS EXPLAINS REASONS FOR IDI AMIN'S ARREST
[...] (U) Moussa Dadis Camara, President of the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),appeared on national television the evening of January 28 to explain his decision to fire Aboubacar Sidiki Camara, aka Idi Amin (reftel). Idi Amin was present throughout the broadcast. According [...]
2009-01-29 16:33:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC GV
09DAKAR1299Seven Cabinet Reshuffles in Six Months
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's latest cabinet reshuffle sees former Secretary General of the Presidency, Abdoulaye Balde, become the Minister of Defense while Interior Minister Cheikh Tidiane Sy is replaced at the Ministry by Becaye Diop who was Minister of Defense for the [...]
2009-10-20 12:11:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1376Senegal: Campaigning for the 2012 is Already Underway
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although presidential elections are not slated until February 2012, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) and the opposition Benno coalition (unity in Wolof) continue to spar against one another while internal debates rage as to who will represent them in the election. Pr [...]
2009-11-05 07:48:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR1470Senegal: Chair of National Electoral Committee Resigns
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, Judge Moustapha Toure, the Chairman of Senegal's National Autonomous Electoral Committee (CENA) resigned under pressure from President Abdoulaye Wade. Knowing that he could not legally fire him, the President asked Toure in a November 5 meeting to resign. When T [...]
2009-12-03 09:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
09DAKAR289SENEGAL: MORE INSIGHTS FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: (SBU) Minister Councilor at the Presidency and Financial Advisor to President Wade, Habib Mbaye (protect),recently shared new insights into the policy world of President Wade. Mbaye is in a new role where he is supposed to coordinate the inter-agency, inter-ministerial efforts t [...]
2009-03-09 07:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KCOR KDEM PINR GV MR IR SG
09DAKAR290SENEGAL'S KARIM WADE - THE HEIR APPARENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With local elections less than three weeks away, the country has entered a period of intense campaigning. One of the key battles will be in Dakar, where President Abdoulaye Wade has finally made a move to slip his son Karim into the political arena by including him on his party's [...]
2009-03-09 09:42:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS ECON PINR KDEM SOCI SG
09DAKAR339SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...]
2009-03-20 08:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAKAR342SENEGAL: Local Election Campaigning Heats Up Corrected
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run up to the March 2009 local elections, Poloff and Pol Assistant travelled to Kebemer, Louga and Saint Louis to observe various candidates on the campaign trail. The stakes are high for both the governing and opposition coalitions as these elections will define where th [...]
2009-03-20 12:02:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SG
09DAMASCUS148CONGRESSMAN BERMAN MEETS WITH DAMASCUS DECLARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a pull-aside meeting at a February 21 reception hosted by CDA at the Ambassador's Residence, Representative Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) and HFAC Senior Professional Staff Member Alan Makovsky met with Jumana Seif (strictly protect),th [...]
2009-02-24 13:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS165CORRECTED ARREST DATE: CYBER-DISSIDENT TRIAL WILL
[...] (C) Web journalist Habib Saleh, arrested on October 16, faced the Second Criminal Court in Damascus on December 1 to answer for articles posted on the internet deemed threateningly critical of the state. The judge in the case prevented the public from attending what was supposed to be an open [...]
2009-03-02 13:13:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SY
09DAMASCUS272FOR AILING RIAD SEIF, RIAD AL-TURK AND DAMASCUS
[...] (C) Summary: Three members of the Damascus Declaration Secretariat General met with PolEconoffs on April 6 to register their concern over Riad Seif's declining health (ref A). Seif, one of the most prominent leaders in the Damascus Declaration movement and a cancer patient, is currently serv [...]
2009-04-09 15:12:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPHUM PGOV PINR PREL SY
09DAMASCUS343KURDISH ACTIVIST MESHAAL TAMMO SENTENCED, DAMASCUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The First Criminal Court of Damascus sentenced Meshaal Tammo, leader of the Kurdish Future Movement, to three and one half years in prison on May 11. The judge did not permit Tammo to speak in his defense, though Tammo had a prepared statement he had intended to read in court. I [...]
2009-05-14 11:05:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SY
09DAMASCUS426BORDER SECURITY: U.S. DELEGATION TAKES FIRST STEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting between the U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations on June 12, both sides focused on border security and their respective efforts to stem the flow of foreign fighters crossing the Syrian-Iraqi border. Both sides concurred a secure and s [...]
2009-06-21 13:37:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS IZ SY
09DAMASCUS574SYRIA AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO (IDEALLY TRILATERAL)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. and Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) delegations agreed in principle August 12 to cooperate on joint assessments of three Iraq-Syria border crossings in eastern Syria as part of their respective efforts to strengthen border security and stem the flow of foreign fight [...]
2009-08-13 09:17:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PTER MARR MCAP MOPS SY IZ
09DAMASCUS787DAMASCUS LAWYERS' SYNDICATE DISBARS MUHANAD
[...] (C) Summary: Despite swirling rumors that the Damascus Lawyers' Syndicate would suspend disbarment procedures against imprisoned human rights lawyer Muhanad al-Hasani, the Syndicate voted to cancel Hasani's license on November 10. The decision can be appealed, though it remains to be seen whet [...]
2009-11-10 13:33:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO SOCI SY
09DAMASCUS791HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE PROMPTS NEW THREATS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Citing the pressure that international condemnation over the arrests of human rights lawyers Muhanad al-Hasani and Haitham al-Maleh had produced, Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) told us state security services had employed a mixture of legal action and direct threats of impr [...]
2009-11-16 14:39:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM SOCI SY
09DHAHRAN74SAUDI "GAS PRINCE" CONTROLS THE KINGDOM'S INDUSTRIAL
[...] (C/NF) KEY POINTS -- HRH Prince Faisal bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (FbT),Advisor to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, controls the highly subsidized gas feedstock allocations for the petrochemical and power generation industries. -- The prince is known as being [...]
2009-04-08 06:07:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSA QA PGOV ECON ENRG EPET
09DHAHRAN89SAUDI ARAMCO STILL AIMING FOR 12 MILLION BARREL PRODUCTION
[...] (S/NF) KEY POINTS: -- Saudi Aramco's Senior Vice President for Exploration and Production, Amin Nasser (protect),says that Saudi Aramco will achieve 12 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity by June 2009. -- However, a long-serving Aramco employee does not believe that they [...]
2009-04-20 06:27:00Consulate DhahranSECRET//NOFORNSA EPET ENRG PGOV PINR
09DHAKA1073BANGLADESH DETAINS SUSPECTED LET TERRORIST; SHARES
[...] (S/NF) Police arrested Abu Motaleb, a suspected LeT member, on November 21 as part of the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) continuing effort to deny space to terrorists. In addition to this most recent arrest, the GOB in early November arrested five foreign nationals with suspected LeT ties: t [...]
2009-11-25 08:11:00Embassy DhakaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PINR IN PK BG
09DHAKA1105LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Combating Domestic and
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Combating Domestic and Transnational Terrorism from January 24 - February 04, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on 12/14/2009. Post requests that ve [...]
2009-12-14 07:35:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA1107LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - Combating Domestic and
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Combating Domestic and Transnational Terrorism from January 24 - February 04, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on 12/14/2009. Post requests that ve [...]
2009-12-14 07:55:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA122GOB'S CHIEF IMAM APPOINTMENT RUFFLES FEATHERS
[...] (SBU) An early challenge to the Awami League government from its religio-cultural as well as political opposition led to a security force crack-down at Dhaka's central mosque January 30. The move came after protesters objecting to the January 1 appointment of a new khatib (chief imam) at the n [...]
2009-02-03 09:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL BD
09DHAKA239EDUCATION REFORM: FOR QAWMI MADRASAS TOO?
[...] (C) The new Awami League government recently announced plans to introduce a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's multi-curriculumed schools. The Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intends to include qawmi madrasas (non-regulated, privately-funded Islam-focused institutions) in the ne [...]
2009-03-05 07:57:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KISL SOCI SCUL BG
09DHAKA32LIST OF MINISTERS AND STATE MINISTERS IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Enclosed is a list of officials in the newly elected government of Bangladesh. Ministers of State are not of cabinet rank but can be head of a ministry. 2. (U) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Armed Forces Division Cabinet Division Electricity, Oil and Mineral Resources Ministry: A) Ele [...]
2009-01-08 10:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
09DHAKA382LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on May 19, 2009. Post vettin [...]
2009-04-15 10:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA383LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on June 7, 2009. Post vettin [...]
2009-04-15 10:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA413LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on May 25, 2009. Post vettin [...]
2009-04-26 05:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA443ISLAMIC PARTIES AND THE QAWMI MADRASA COMMUNITY (3
[...] (C) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. A proportion of Bangladesh's Deobandi qawmi madrasa (DQM) community has strong ties to small Islamic [...]
2009-05-04 10:01:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA484BANGLADESH SHIPPING MINISTER WANTS TO DEVELOP
[...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) plans to develop its inland waterways, its two major ports and a new deep water port, according to Shipping Minister Dr. Afsarul Amin. The Minister told the Ambassador on May 13 that dredging Bangladesh's many waterways, both to improve transport and irri [...]
2009-05-14 09:57:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALECON EWWT PREL BEXP PGOV ETRD BG
09DHAKA595LEAHY VETTING FOR CAPACITY BUILDING OF LAW ENFORCING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Capacity Building of Law Enforcing Agencies on Preventing HIV Transmission among Injecting Drug Users Course in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on June 29, 2009. Post vetti [...]
2009-06-11 10:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA643LEAHY VETTING FOR ICE - "Bulk Cash Smuggling Training",
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ICE - "Bulk Cash Smuggling Training", In Dhaka, Bangladesh, which will begin on July 27-30, 2009. Post vetting was completed on June 28, 2009. Post requests that vetting be co [...]
2009-06-28 03:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA690ARCHITECT OF CARETAKER GOVERNMENT LEAVES BEHIND A
[...] (C) Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed, the architect of Bangladesh's 2007-2008 Caretaker Government (CTG),quietly retired June 14. Though he retired without fanfare, Bangladeshis continue to debate whether Moeen should be celebrated or condemned for his role in the [...]
2009-07-14 08:44:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR PTER BG
09DHAKA762PRIME MINISTER SIDELINES OLD GUARD AND
[...] (C) When General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam unveiled the new AL Central Committee July 30 it became apparent that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was no longer willing to "forgive, but not forget" those who betrayed her during the two-year Caretaker Government. Four senior party leaders were [...]
2009-08-03 07:12:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM EAID BG
09DHAKA874LEAHY VETTING FOR NESA ALUMNI SYMPOSIUM IN MOROCCO, 18-21
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the NESA Alumni Symposium in Morocco, which will begin on October 18, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 08, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 2 [...]
2009-09-08 05:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DHAKA935LEAHY VETTING FOR PANDEMIC INFLUENZA SEMINAR IN CAMBODIA,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Pandemic Influenza Seminar in Cambodia, which will begin on October 12, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 30, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by October [...]
2009-09-30 09:19:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
09DOHA133DOHA DARFUR CONSULTATIONS: AGREEMENT OF GOODWILL SIGNED
[...] (U) Sudanese Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Amin Hassan Omer, and JEM representative Jibril Ibrahim signed an "Agreement of Goodwill and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur" in Doha on February 17 at the Amiri Diwan. The signing was witnessed by represen [...]
2009-02-19 10:45:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU QA
09DUBAI454BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY-- CASE NO. K-2339 (BROKER KAREEM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 05:44:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC AE
09GUANGZHOU42Bad News Sinks In: It's Worse than We Thought it would be -
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: It's always instructive and well worth revisiting Dongguan, a Pearl River Delta (PRD) export manufacturing center that is a barometer of the worst economic downturn China has confronted in the past decade or two. According to the head of the local Taiwan Businessmen [...]
2009-01-22 03:27:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV ELAB TW CH
09GUANGZHOU622U.S. SOUTH CHINA COMPANIES REVIEW WEAK IPR ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Intellectual property right (IPR) infringement -- including counterfeiting, unlicensed technology transfer, hard-disc piracy and unauthorized internet distribution of copyrighted content -- cost U.S. firms in south China hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue and pose a [...]
2009-11-04 09:16:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH TW HK
09HAVANA168CUBA WEIGHS IN ON "CAPITALIST" CRISIS
[...] (C) Fidel Castro and the Cuban Government took advantage of an annual international conference of economists to congratulate themselves on long predicting the inevitable doom of capitalism. The well attended conference, including Central American presidents and Nobel laureate economists, res [...]
2009-03-13 20:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV CU
09ISLAMABAD1292 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JUNE 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 10:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1386FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF
[...] (C) The government continued low-intensity fighting during the first full week in June with pockets of militants in Swat, Buner, Shangla, and Lower Dir. The latter showed that they pose a continued threat by destroying schools in Lower Dir and Buner, and resuming kidnappings of civilians in [...]
2009-06-24 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD1528 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 08:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1732 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JULY 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1845MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: ABSCONDER ARRESTED
[...] (C) On August 5, the Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) arrested a sixth suspect, Jamil Ahmed, allegedly linked with the Mumbai terror attacks. Ahmed was arrested after the Government of Saudi Arabia passed information they had from an Interpol lead. Ahmed had allegedly sent money from Saudi Ara [...]
2009-08-07 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2160 XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED
[...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...]
2009-09-08 12:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2375 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2495MUMBAI PROSECUTION UPDATE: FORMAL INDICTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On October 10, following more than two months of delays and adjournments, a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) formally indicted the seven Mumbai attack suspects. The ATC is set to begin formal court hearings on October 17. The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) is in the pr [...]
2009-10-15 05:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2799POST RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING ON CFT CAPABILITIES
[...] (C/NF) Mission Islamabad provides the following response to Ref A request for information on the Mission's resources and for staff combating terrorist financing in Pakistan. 2. (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad has dedicated the following resources to terrorism finance issues, at least part-time. I [...]
2009-11-19 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD2946 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2973PAKISTAN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ORDINANCE LAPSES,
[...] (C) Summary: In a last minute attempt to keep some kind of anti-money laundering regime in place after the Supreme Court directed that a string of Musharraf-era ordinances be promulgated as laws or allowed to lapse, President Zadari issued a revised Anti-Money Laundering ordinance (AMLO) on No [...]
2009-12-12 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD353BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD366MUMBAI-ATTACKS PROSECUTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the filing of the First Information Report (FIR) on February 12, Pakistan has established an anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi, appointed a special prosecutor, and is actively working on prosecutions. The GOP is still seeking several pieces of information and cooperation fr [...]
2009-02-19 16:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD439DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...]
2009-02-27 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD844RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAY 6-7 TRILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Based on Washington's draft agenda, Post recommends the following format and Pakistani participants for the U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan tri-lateral meetings scheduled for May 6-7 in Washington. We will follow up, as requested, with suggestions on deliverables. Foreign Policy Session - [...]
2009-04-22 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ETRD EAID MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD950 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISTANBUL183IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS ENCOURAGE US HELP TO
[...] (C) Summary: Several Iranian environmental experts recently decried to us the lack of attention and resources the GOI devotes to water-related issues in Iran. They urged the USG to reach out to Iran indirectly, through UNDP or academic channels, to offer a "cooperative partnership" (i.e., US [...]
2009-05-27 14:20:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR PREL PGOV PINS UNDP IR TU
09JAKARTA19CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS OFF TO A STRONG START IN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption prosecutions are off to a strong start in 2009 with the January 5 conviction of a sitting member of Parliament on graft charges. Meanwhile, anti-corruption results in 2008 were posi [...]
2009-01-06 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1994Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Supports NAMRU
[...] (SBU) Summary: New Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Agung Laksono told Ambassador Hume December 3 that he supports the finalization of details to form a joint biomedical research center to replace the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU2) before the end of March. Laksono also confirme [...]
2009-12-04 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA205ROHINGYA IN EAST ACEH RECOVERING FROM ORDEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Medan staff brought sports equipment in a February 5 visit to the East Aceh site camp of the 198 Rohingya that were rescued off of the coast of Aceh on February 3. The Rohingya seemed to be recovering from their ordeal well thanks to efforts by local officials, the Ind [...]
2009-02-06 08:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID
09JAKARTA270AMBASSADOR SIGNS NEW FULBRIGHT MOU
[...] Mission is pleased to report that on February 16, 2009, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) extending the Fulbright scholarship program in Indonesia for five years and creating the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) as a "yayasan" (foundation) under Indonesia's new yayasan regula [...]
2009-02-17 09:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC ID
09JAKARTA379EDUCATION #2 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: In Jakarta, Secretary Clinton announced her objective of doubling the number of Indonesian students going to the U.S., increasing university linkages, and pursuing education as a cornerstone of a comprehensive U.S. - Indonesia partnership. The Secretary's comments resonated with bot [...]
2009-03-04 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC CVIS ID
09JAKARTA519EDUCATION #4 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA
[...] Over the last decade, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Great Britain, and other countries expanded and modernized their student recruiting systems in Indonesia. The United States did not with unfortunate and predictable results: the U.S. is no longer the top destination for Indonesian stu [...]
2009-03-23 06:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA713COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP -- SENIOR GOI OFFICIAL
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda's planned June visit to Washington was the next key moment to advance our Comprehensive Partnership, a senior GOI official told Ambassador Hume on April 22. That visit would allow Wirajuda [...]
2009-04-22 11:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ID
09JAKARTA933HISTORIC DAY FOR FULBRIGHT INDONESIA
[...] (U) Mission is pleased to report that on Friday, May 29, 2009, the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) and the Directorate General of Higher Education (DGHE/DIKTI),Ministry of National Education (MONE),signed an agreement that will allow DIKTI to fund scholarships through AMINEF [...]
2009-06-02 10:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JERUSALEM1450FATAH CONGRESS ELECTS FRESH FACES TO FRC
[...] (SBU) On August 16, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress released official election results for the (now) 81-member Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC). Voting resulted in a substantially newer FRC, with only 11 incumbents retaining their seats. Many newly-elected members are former First Intifada [...]
2009-08-17 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWBG KDEM PINR
09JERUSALEM1463TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited the West Bank in August to follow-up on WiMax and Internet data center studies, and to discuss new projects that would promote economic development and generate U.S. exports. Private sector representatives and [...]
2009-08-18 15:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1499JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Plans for demolitions and new Israeli construction in several East Jerusalem Palestinian neighborhoods are progressing, according to local legal and NGO contacts. Demolitions in Al Bustan and Abasiya could move ahead at any time, they claimed. Islamic Waqf contacts expressed [...]
2009-08-24 15:03:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1906ABU MAZEN EXPLAINS GOLDSTONE DECISION DURING NEW
[...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) took personal responsibility for the PA's handling of the Goldstone report during an October 16 speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC),and emphasized that he had acted at all times with the Palestinians' best interests in mind. He als [...]
2009-10-19 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETIS KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
09JERUSALEM2072TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOCUSES ON INFORMATION
[...] (U) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited Jerusalem and the West Bank November 10-12 to follow up on pending grants for the MENA Geothermal and Rawabi (reftel) projects, generate interest in the TDA-sponsored May 2010 MENA Energy Conference in Cairo, and [...]
2009-11-18 11:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EINV ETRD KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM465PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: SIGNIFICANT GAPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Palestinian reconciliation talks began in Cairo. The talks are structured around five committees: 1) PA government formation; 2) PLO reform; 3) PA security services; 4) elections; and 5) internal reconciliation. As of March 13, significant gaps became evident on ke [...]
2009-03-13 15:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09KABUL1037AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Afghan higher education was decimated during the civil war and never re-built during the Taliban years. In the past eight years, great improvements have been made, notably in rebuilding infrastructure and reestablishing standards of higher education. However, of the more than 2,300 in [...]
2009-04-23 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL EAID AF
09KABUL1150SHIA FAMILY LAW: MOMENTUM TOWARDS A MORE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting with President Karzai, civil society representatives and several MPs discussed specific concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (reftel) and delivered an alternate, progressive draft law. Two days later, faculty at private law school Ketab University held a [...]
2009-05-06 09:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPOL PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1194A CROWDED FIELD, BUT LITTLE TRUE COMPETITION FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Candidate registration for the Aug. 20 presidential election closed May 8, with at least 44 candidates turning in completed registration forms. We will report septel on provincial council registration, particularly on female candidate registration. President Karzai appears t [...]
2009-05-10 13:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1301LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN LITERACY TRAINING (TWO OF
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-three (33) individuals selected for police literacy training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request [...]
2009-05-22 09:56:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1302LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AFGHAN LITERACY TRAINING (THREE OF
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty-four (34) individuals selected for police literacy training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests [...]
2009-05-22 09:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1310LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (1 OF
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]
2009-05-25 07:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1311LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (2 of
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]
2009-05-25 07:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1312LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (3 of
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]
2009-05-25 07:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1329LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (6 of
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's revie [...]
2009-05-26 15:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1340LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: POLICE OFFICERS FOR ATA VIP COURSE
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name and biodata of sixteen 16 police officers scheduled to attend an ATA VIP course. Post has reviewed the information available on these individuals and has found no [...]
2009-05-28 04:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1400LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 AND PPS ANNUAL UPDATE (11 of
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty (50) Afghan nationals for new agent training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]
2009-06-03 04:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1423AMBASSADOR EIKENBERRY AND GOVERNOR AMIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An animated Governor Roohul Amin of Farah told Ambassador Eikenberry on May 30 that the situation in his province is improving for ordinary citizens as a result of his efforts to reduce corruption and fight crime, even though Taliban activity is increasing. Under intense press [...]
2009-06-06 12:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1485MINISTERS TELL CODEL LANGEVIN ARMY AND POLICE
[...] (C)Summary. Codel Langevin spent a full 24 hours in Kabul, meeting with President Karzai (reftel),Defense Minister Wardak, Interior Minister Atmar, and Afghan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives. The codel, comprised of Representatives James Langevin (D-RI),Mike Coffman [...]
2009-06-10 12:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL156AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: GOVERNORS AND
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 10 conference in Kabul, Afghan central government and provincial authorities -- including eight governors -- agreed that reducing poppy cultivation on a sustainable basis is a high pr [...]
2009-01-21 06:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM KPAO AF
09KABUL1566LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MARSHALL CENTER TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eleven (11) individual selected for Marshall Center training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depar [...]
2009-06-18 14:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL1671IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN AFHGAN HIGHER ED: SUBTLE BUT
[...] SUMMARY: Given cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan and Iran, no one is surprised that Iranian influence permeates Afghan higher education. Ironically, just as Iran closes university access to Afghan refugees in Iran, it is becoming more deeply involved in Afghan higher education. [...]
2009-06-26 11:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL1797VERVEER PRESSES FOR JUSTICE FOR AFGHAN WOMEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 24-26 meetings visiting Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer affirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Afghan women and pressed government officials and other leaders to address the extreme challenges confronting women. President Karzai defended his [...]
2009-07-09 09:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF KDEM
09KABUL1899MINOR CANDIDATES ADD COLOR AND CONFUSION TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By nearly all informal observations, President Karzai holds a sizable lead over his closest competitors in the lead up to the Aug. 20 election. If Karzai is unable to secure 50 percent of the vote in the first round, it will likely be due to the high number of candidates spli [...]
2009-07-16 08:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2018MINOR CANDIDATE COALITION CONTRADICTORY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minor presidential candidates Dr. Mohammed Nasir Aniss, Bashir Bizhan, and Hedaiat Amin Arsallah separately confirmed to us recent rumors and media stories about a coalition of presidential candidates calling itself "The Coordination Council of the Presidential Election Candida [...]
2009-07-23 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2020Using Connection Technologies to Promote US Strategic
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings from July 8-12, Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, visiting SRAP Special Advisor Ashley Bommer, S/P staffer Jared Cohen, and Econoff met with officials from Roshan Telecommunications Company, Afghan Wireless Comm [...]
2009-07-23 11:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECPS ETRD EINV EFIN AF
09KABUL2128 STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNMENT TWO DROPS AT A TIME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 11:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF PREL KDRL
09KABUL2270Key GIRoA Ministers Plan Sub-National Governance
[...] (SBU) Planning for coordinated U.S./ISAF/UNAMA/GIRoA sub-national governance interventions in the South and East took shape at an August 1 meeting of key ministers, senior ISAF and UNAMA representatives, and Ambassador Eikenberry that was hosted by the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Devel [...]
2009-08-07 13:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID EFIN EAGR AF
09KABUL2334MINOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DECRY LACK OF
[...] (U) At a meeting with fifteen minor presidential candidates at the Crystal Hotel, Ambassador Carney faced a barrage of complaints and concerns from the slate of candidates. Some even threatened to hold demonstrations or boycotts of the election if their concerns are not addressed. In response, [...]
2009-08-12 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2384IEC NIXES QUESTIONABLE GIROA SOLUTION TO ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the Afghan government initiated two local security measures - Community Based Security and a "pacification" program - intended to safeguard polling places and voters in some of the most at-risk electoral districts. While the measures were billed by the GIRoA as t [...]
2009-08-16 17:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS AF
09KABUL2454Afghan Elections Situation Report Ten - 04:00AM Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 08:00AM local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) Provincial reports by region follow: RC-South: -- Helmand reports that voting went well in Lashkar Gah. There were some problems with voters being turned away from p [...]
2009-08-20 22:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2668LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals selected for training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Dep [...]
2009-09-02 09:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2965COMMERCE MINISTER OUTLINES VISION FOR AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-26 12:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR EAID PREL AF PK
09KABUL2998KABUL UNIVERSITY REQUESTS EXCHANGE WITH AL-AZHAR
[...] (U) This cable includes an action request, para 5. 2. (SBU) The chancellor of Kabul University and the dean of the University's Shari'a Faculty both made clear their desire to revive and intensify relations with Egyptian universities, particularly Al-Azhar, during separate meetings with th [...]
2009-09-28 12:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC PGOV EAID PREL SCUL AF
09KABUL319PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]
2009-02-12 10:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3394LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by November 5, 2009. 3. [...]
2009-10-22 12:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3625CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]
2009-11-10 09:21:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3733HELMAND VIEWS ON U.S. TROOP LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a three-week period in October, PRT Helmand obtained a wide range of Afghans views (more than 75 in all) on the issue of U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. A majority thought that, under any scenario, the country,s security problems will not be solved soon, with many referen [...]
2009-11-21 11:26:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF CAN
09KABUL3787LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 1, 2009. 3. [...]
2009-11-25 16:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3788LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 8, 2009. 3. [...]
2009-11-25 16:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3974HARD WORK AHEAD TO COMPLETE APTTA AT DECEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Wahidullah Shahrani reiterated to CDDEA Amb. Wayne the Afghan Government,s desire to conclude the APTTA agreement during the upcoming fourth round in Islamabad on December 19-21. Shahrani and Wayne exchanged ideas on how Afghanistan could a [...]
2009-12-09 15:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PGOV EAID PK AF
09KABUL4010LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 21, 2009. 3 [...]
2009-12-15 09:42:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL4070THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]
2009-12-19 16:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL549LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty two (32) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals with the exception of t [...]
2009-03-12 02:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL552LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING II
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training II. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully reque [...]
2009-03-12 04:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL568Deteriorating Security in Farah Province
[...] Farah's security environment has deteriorated steadily over the past 20 months, accompanied by the disappearance of Afghan government presence in outlying districts. Despite the efforts of Governor Roohul Amin, current material and human resources available to the province are inadequate to [...]
2009-03-13 06:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SNAR EAID AF
09KABUL63Paktika Tribal Leaders Request Extension of Voter
[...] As phase three voter registration proceeds in Paktika province, on January 6 the Independent Election Commission organized a shura to conduct public outreach in support of the IEC and to encourage the leaders of Paktika's tribes to support the voter registration (VR) process. Governor Khpalwa [...]
2009-01-12 11:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL68LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of five (5) Afghan nationals for female tech search training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]
2009-01-13 09:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL754LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI STAFF TRAINING
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for MOI staff training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]
2009-03-28 11:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL766AFGHAN MEDIA, OFFICALS PRAISE NEW U.S. STRATEGY
[...] Summary: Afghan media coverage of the new U.S. Afghan-Pak strategy has been uniformly very positive, and even typically anti-government newspapers and TV channels have been optimistic in their initial coverage. Criticism has been limited to calling for additions to the strategy, such as support [...]
2009-03-29 12:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO AF
09KABUL862LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AFGHAN
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty (20) Afghan nationals for the D10 VIP course for the Presidential Protective Service (PPS). Post possesses no derogatory information on t [...]
2009-04-05 12:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KAMPALA1055UGANDA: DEATHS, DETENTIONS, AND DISTRUST AFTER KAMPALA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Calm returned to Kampala on September 12 after the King of Buganda cancelled his trip to Kayunga district. At least 21 people were killed and over 100 wounded during the September 10-11 riots (ref. A). Negotiations between the government and the Buganda remain at an impasse, wi [...]
2009-09-14 11:57:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS UG
09KAMPALA1197UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 11:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM EAID KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1271UGANDA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Member of Parliament belonging to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) submitted draft legislation criminalizing homosexuality on October 14, with very extreme penalties for offenders. A local gay and lesbian NGO told Poloff that the legislation, even in draft form, [...]
2009-11-03 05:22:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI UG
09KAMPALA1275UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...]
2009-11-04 08:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG
09KAMPALA77SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 05:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KHARTOUM1300ELECTIONS, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS KEY TO DARFUR PEACE, SAYS GOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The biggest obstacle to a political solution of the Darfur conflict is not the rebels' lack of political will, but rather their lack of capacity, the GOS lead negotiator to the Doha talks told CDA and S/USSES Peace and Security Team in a meeting on November 16. Dr. Amin Hassan Om [...]
2009-11-17 13:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1338SE GRATION WITH NCP MINISTER AMIN ON ABYEI, DOHA
[...] (C) Summary: On November 22, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) Scott Gration met with Dr. Amin Hassan Omar, Government of National Unity (GoNU) State Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture and the National Congress Party (NCP) lead on the Doha talks. Amin insisted that issues surrounding Abyei are [...]
2009-11-26 07:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PINS PREL SU
09KHARTOUM140 BOMBING CONTINUES AND GOS BLOCKS UNAMID SENIOR LEADERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3, the Government of Sudan blocked senior UNAMID leaders from traveling to Muhajarriya - a move that several UNAMID leaders have already interpreted as a violation of UNAMID's Status of Forces Agreement with the GOS. UNAMID sources also reported that the Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-03 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1410ABYEI JIU INTEGRATED BUT INEFFECTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8 Poloff met with Colonel Zakaria Akoi Yak (SPLM),Deputy Commander of the Abyei Joint Integrated Unit (JIU),who told Poloff that his JIU forces, tasked with providing security for the Abyei boundary demarcation team, had never been confronted by Misseriya tribesmen [...]
2009-12-15 11:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS KDEM KPKO MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM1445NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNILATERALLY PASSES NCP BACKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 20, the National Assembly passed the National Security Law in a National Congress Party (NCP) "mechanical majority" vote without the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) or opposition party support. The SPLM and other opposition parties strongly objected to the [...]
2009-12-23 11:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO
09KHARTOUM153SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...]
2009-02-04 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM420SUDANESE CIVIL SOCIETY DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE FIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Key independent civil society actors, who have been implementing USG-supported civic and voter education and human rights activities in northern Sudan, affirmed that they are committed to stay in the fight to maintain space for civic participation. They intend to do so despite [...]
2009-03-25 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM433ESTABLISHMENT OF SUDANESE-AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: For a number of years, Sudanese alumni of USG grant programs tried, but never quite succeeded, in forming an alumni association. This has now changed. In late February, the semi-governmental Council for International People's Friendship approved the 27-member Sudanese American Alumni [...]
2009-03-29 05:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI OEXC KMDR KPKO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM478SHURA COUNCIL REITERATES PLEDGE TO UNITE THE FUR, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with SE Gration, Shura ('Consultative') Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur and Birgid tribes expressed frustration with the refusal of leader-in-exile Abdul Wahid to participate in peace talks. They posited that the Fur could instead be represented [...]
2009-04-07 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM669BEJA CONGRESS, FREE LIONS ACKNOWLEDGE COLLAPSE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has fallen apart, representatives of the Free Lions and Beja Congress conceded to poloffs separately on May 18-19. Implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was the only hope for keeping it together, they said, but the peace dividend promised u [...]
2009-05-20 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU ER CM
09KHARTOUM829CHIEFS OF MISSION TOLD GOS IS COMMITTED TO DOHA TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS is committed to continuing the stalled Doha peace talks with the so-called "Tripoli Group" of Darfuri rebel factions, as well as increased participation from civil society groups, GOS lead negotiator Dr. Amin Hassan Omer. This message was delivered in Arabic and English [...]
2009-07-12 04:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS ASEC SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KUALALUMPUR1014FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT SHOWS MANY FACES OF ISLAM IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith visited Malaysia to begin engagement with civil society and establish contacts with government officials, politicians, teachers, students, and NGOs on December 13-14. SRMC Pandith explained her recent appointment as the Spe [...]
2009-12-24 02:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KDEM MY KPAO
09KUALALUMPUR253NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM
[...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...]
2009-04-06 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUWAIT502KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER,
[...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...]
2009-05-18 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT686AMBASSADOR PRESSES NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON TIP
[...] (C) Summary: During a cordial July 8 introductory meeting, Ambassador raised Kuwait's Tier III Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status with newly-appointed Minister of Justice Rashed Al-Hammad and outlined steps the GOK should take to address outstanding TIP concerns. Ambassador also queried the [...]
2009-07-09 11:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09LAHORE123EDUCATION, HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE CAN BEAT EXTREMISM IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Improved education, health care and economic development can counter the rise of extremism in south Punjab, politicians and administrators told a USAID and State delegation that visited south Punjab June 2-8. Local leaders in Multan, Bahawalpur, Khanewal, Dera Ghazi Khan and Raj [...]
2009-06-23 02:39:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID PTER PK
09LAHORE133CHRISTIANS ATTACKED IN KASUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A drunken fistfight erupted into an alleged incident of blasphemy, which sparked a mob attack on a Christian community in rural Punjab, prompting 700 people to flee their homes June 30. Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti offered compensation to the affected [...]
2009-07-13 06:07:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF PK
09LOME17TOGO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Togo's 2009 Investment Climate Statement as requested in reftel: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Togo has traditionally provided a hospitable environment for foreign investment. However, political instability has diminished both opportunities and investor confidence. T [...]
2009-01-16 11:36:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TO
09LONDON227DECEMBER ENERGY MINISTERIAL IN LONDON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ministers and high-ranking officials from 27 countries, leading international energy and financial institutions, pledged to work together to reduce oil price volatility, at the HMG-hosted London Energy Meeting on December 19 in London. Participants agreed that the recent pric [...]
2009-01-26 17:05:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV UK
09LONDON24ISLAMIC FINANCE KEY TO ENSURING LONDON AS TOP FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British government is promoting the growth of the Islamic finance industry in the UK, although HMT has decided against issuing a sovereign Islamic finance bond, a sukuk, in the current economic climate. HMG is courting Islamic finance, and eliminating barriers to its growth, [...]
2009-01-05 17:40:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV KISL UK
09MANAGUA1079GENDER EQUALITY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN NICARAGUA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September rape case of a government employee by her co-workers and the irregularities in the subsequent police investigation has brought the issues of gender equality and domestic violence against Nicaragua women to the forefront of public discourse. While gender equality in Nicara [...]
2009-11-12 15:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1091Nicaragua's November 21 Dueling Marches, Some Violence
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, November 21, civil society together with opposition parties will march on the streets of Managua to protest the 2008 municipal election fraud and the re-election of President Daniel Ortega. On the same day (and on nearby streets) the governing Sandinista National Libe [...]
2009-11-20 14:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1103Nicaraguans Successfully March Against Ortega
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) tactics to suppress marcher turnout, on November 21 civil society and the opposition successfully gathered approximately 25,000 participants to protest President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian manner of governance. [...]
2009-11-24 22:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PROP NU
09MANAGUA1137OPPOSITION UNITY TALKS CONTINUE - ARNOLDO ALEMAN REMAINS KEY
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 3 meeting, a group of prominent Nicaraguan business and political leaders reported to the Ambassador on their efforts to promote opposition unity. The group, several of whom had traveled to Washington the week before for a talk at the Inter American Dialogue and fo [...]
2009-12-11 16:14:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
09MANAGUA261NNP PROPOSES "CODE OF CONDUCT" AND "COMMON FUND"
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on March 4, 2009, representatives of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Relations (MinRex) presented Poloff with details regarding a newly proposed "Code of Conduct" (Codigo de Conducta, or CdC in Spanish) to govern all aid [...]
2009-03-11 14:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR NU
09MANAGUA389NICARAGUA: SHOOTING ATTEMPT AGAINST ATTORNEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the morning of April 6, an unknown assailant fired four gunshots at Attorney General Hernan Estrada near his residence in Managua. Two of the bullets grazed Estrada, but he only suffered minor injuries. Estrada held a press conference in the afternoon where he blamed religi [...]
2009-04-08 20:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON EFIN EIND NU
09MANAGUA433MERIDA INITIATIVE: NICARAGUA FORMALLY JOINS, BUT POLICE CHIEF GRANERA IN DIRE STRAITS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 23:06:00Embassy ManaguaSECRET//NOFORNNU PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
09MANAMA365BAHRAIN COMMITTED TO COUNTER TERROR FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser met with GOB officials May 21 on the margins of the annual MENAFATF meetings to discuss the pardon of convicted terrorist financier Adil Amin, counter terrorist and proliferation finance cooperation in regard to Iran, and the coo [...]
2009-06-17 12:12:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER PREL IR BA
09MANILA1121MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS
[...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...]
2009-05-27 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP
09MANILA1220PHILIPPINE MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS REACT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muslim leaders from the National Ulama Conference of the Philippines addressed a letter to President Obama June 5 expressing their sincere appreciation for the President's remarks last week in Cairo on U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The letter (full text para. 5),deliver [...]
2009-06-08 08:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV RP
09MANILA2038GRP PLANS FORMAL REVIEW OF VFA TO DEFUSE SENATE
[...] (C) The Philippine Senate is applying increasing pressure on the Arroyo administration to renegotiate or abrogate the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). A preliminary September 23 Philippine Senate voice vote on a non-binding resolution calling for VFA renegotiation heralds fina [...]
2009-09-24 10:01:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID RP
09MAPUTO657MOZAMBIQUE MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
[...] One week after the President's "A New Beginning" speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Mozambican press is still digesting his words and the implications for Muslims and U.S. policy. While all coverage has been positive, praising the President for his boldness, his eloquence and his depth of [...]
2009-06-12 05:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV MZ
09MOSCOW1910MARKET CLOSURE COMBATS FRAUD BUT UNEMPLOYS
[...] (C) Moscow authorities closed the massive, open-air Cherkizovskiy market in the northeastern part of the city at the end of June after inspectors found multiple trade, sanitation, and fire code violations. Although technically closed temporarily pending resolution of the violations, city offi [...]
2009-07-24 10:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2722MOSCOW'S CHINESE DIASPORA A WIN-WIN FOR RUSSIA AND
[...]4 (b). Â [...]
2009-11-03 12:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KCOR SMIG TIP RS
09MUSCAT875FUTURE OF SFI IN SALALAH, OMAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) in Oman came to a temporary halt at the end of June when the Port of Salalah informed the Embassy it would no longer allocate resources to the effort, as there was not agreement on project scope, criteria and timeline. In an August 26, 2009 mee [...]
2009-08-30 14:30:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU
09NAIROBI1398President's Cairo Speech -- Adding Zest to Muslim Outreach
[...] Summary. Muslim outreach has been one of the Mission's priorities. Reaching out to Muslim academies in Nairobi and regular contact work in Kenya's Muslim areas -- the coast and northeast particularly -- has been central to the Mission's public diplomacy efforts. The Embassy amplified the imp [...]
2009-07-07 05:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KMDR KE
09NAIROBI1444SOMALIA - JUBA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WANTS TO
[...] (C) On July 7 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarian and Juba Resistance Movement (JRM) leader Mohammed Amin Osman. (Note:The JRM is a loose alliance of local leaders in the Jubas who advocate for the creation of a local Jubaland administration and claim to be able [...]
2009-07-08 15:50:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PMAR SO
09NAIROBI1539SOMALIA - Crackdown on Somaliland Media
[...] (SBU) The already-browbeaten media in Somaliland this week suffered two serious setbacks, both apparently orchestrated by the Somaliland government in an effort to temper reporting about ongoing inter-clan conflicts. Two reporters from independent Radio Horyaal were arrested on July 13 and rem [...]
2009-07-17 09:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO SO
09NAIROBI1552SOMALIA - MANEUVERING TOWARD JUBALAND
[...] (C) Summary. In early-mid July momentum for the formation of a Jubaland State appeared to be increasing as political, clan, and military players in the region began to shift alliances and maneuver for political positions. Our contacts tell us multiple Juba factions, to include would-be Ras Kam [...]
2009-07-21 08:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PINR PTER SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1648SOMALIA - LOWER JUBA FORCES STEPPING UP
[...] (C) Summary. In late July anti-Shabaab forces in Lower Juba were preparing for stepped up attacks against al-Shabaab militia, most likely encouraged by support from regional business leaders and an evolving Ogaden-clan led Jubaland administration. These developments follow reports from numerou [...]
2009-07-29 15:38:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2042SOMALIA - MADOBE DISPLACES AL-SHABAAB IN KISMAYO;
[...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to Ahmed Madobe and Ibrahim Shukri, aligned with Darod/Kabalah/Absame/Ogaden and Darod/Kabalah/Harti clan militia on September 25 moved into Kismayo town, displacing al-Shabaab militia from all but a few checkpoint locations. (Note: Madobe and Shukri in recent [...]
2009-09-28 13:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2086SOMALIA - BATTLE FOR KISMAYO LIKELY TO CONTINUE;
[...] (C) Summary: On the morning of October 1, heavy fighting broke out between Ahmed Madobe's Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab militia in Kismayo (reftel). Fighting began about 7 a.m. (local) in the northern part of the city but eventually spread to other parts of the town. Our contacts t [...]
2009-10-01 15:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2103SOMALIA - KISMAYO ACCORDING TO MADOBE
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 telecon from Kismayo, Ahmed Madobe told Somalia Unit Poloff that his alliance, after having been largely expelled from Kismayo on October 1 (ref a),remained determined to fight al-Shabaab and would accept help from any forces offering to support his regional alli [...]
2009-10-06 08:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2202SOMALIA - KISMAYO SITUATION MARKED BY COMPLEX
[...] (C) Summary: As of October 19 the situation in Lower Juba was marked by an increasingly complex mosaic of interests and a fractious al-Shabaab, reportedly divided over whether to cooperate with the Darod/Marehan subclan in order to hold Kismayo. (Note: The Marehan subclan represents a small mi [...]
2009-10-21 12:02:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2429 KENYA'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE
[...] Ms. Summaiya Athman, Legal Manager, Sitara Investment Ms. Athman holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol United Kingdom. She is the head of the legal department of a State-owned oil corporation which is engaged in both the Petroleum upstream (explorati [...]
2009-12-01 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI KE
09NAIROBI2457SOMALIA - CLAN ALLIANCE RE-GROUPS AS AL-SHABAAB
[...] (C) Summary: The reportedly tactical withdrawal of Ahmed Madobe and clan militia from Dhobley this week resulted in an unopposed al-Shabaab move into that key Lower Juba town. Multiple contacts tell us Madobe's move, rather than signaling an end game in Lower Juba, indicates a shift in Ogaden- [...]
2009-12-04 13:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PGOV SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2470SOMALIA - NOMINEES TO THE PRESIDENT'S
[...] Post and its Somalia Unit appreciate the opportunity to submit Somali entrepreneur nominees to the President's Entrepreneurship Summit in Q1 2010 (in para 2). We chose the nominees in consultation with our private sector, NGO and civil society partners. We have also included (in para 3) our [...]
2009-12-08 14:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI EAID KPAO SO
09NIAMEY479CDS Party Withdraws from Government; Labor Unions Stage
[...] On June 25, the Democratic and Social Convention (CDS) party, the second largest party of Niger's ruling coalition, announced that it would withdraw its eight ministers from the 31-member cabinet. This move comes in response to President Tandja's June 24 request that the Constitutional Court r [...]
2009-06-29 06:07:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NG
09NOUAKCHOTT237MAURITANIANS DIVIDED OVER SETTLEMENT OF "PASSIF
[...] (C) Summary: Almost twenty years after the "passif humanitaire" -- the state orchestrated persecution of Afro-Mauritanians that resulted in summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, layoffs, expropriations and deportations -- the Mauritanian government, led by junta leader General [...]
2009-04-02 12:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT255FROM CHILD BRIDE TO SEX SLAVE: HOW MAURITANIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Reports of trafficking of Mauritanian child brides to Saudi Arabia are on the rise. The girls, usually between 5 and 12 years of age, are married off to wealthy Saudi men in exchange for hefty bride prices. Once they arrive in Saudi Arabia, they become sex slaves to their hus [...]
2009-04-08 15:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MR PGOV PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT289MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...]
2009-04-23 14:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT385MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (C) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took center stage. As of June 11, though, a national unity government had not yet been finalized. Prime Minister Waghef and other detainees deemed political prison [...]
2009-06-11 11:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT619FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW
[...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...]
2009-09-28 12:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NOUAKCHOTT655OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MAURITANIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA
[...] (C) Summary: On October 8, African Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Habib Ball shared with PolOff Mauritania's official position on the Guinean crisis as well as his personal insights. According to Ball, Mauritanians, who have not yet issued an officia [...]
2009-10-12 14:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR GV
09OTTAWA768VISAS VIPER: THE "TORONTO 18" AS CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY At Embassy Ottawa's monthly Visas Viper meeting on September 09, 2009, a list of 27 indidivudals who were involved in the so-called "Toronto 18" conspiracy, a plot to engage in terrorist activities in the Toronto metropolitan area, was submitted for consideration. All of these i [...]
2009-10-02 20:25:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
09OUAGADOUGOU1091BURKINA FASO: OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL MEDIATOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 15:37:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV UV
09PARIS1704ALGERIA'S SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA -- A FRENCH MFA
[...] (S/NF) The French have limited information about the private life, personal opinions, and political ambitions of Sa'id Bouteflika (reftel),according to French MFA Algeria Desk Officer Anne-Claire Legendre. Nonetheless, Legendre told poloff December 14 that, based on French sources and analy [...]
2009-12-16 11:01:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL AG FR
09PARIS864DARFUR: JUNE 23/25 MEETINGS WITH JEM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) representatives said on June 23 that JEM was absorbing other Darfur rebel elements and was becoming the strongest Darfur group best able to represent Darfur's interests. JEM was continuing to seek Khartoum's implementation of the Febru [...]
2009-06-26 06:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS PINR SU FR
09PARTO22610(U) Secretary Clinton's February 18, 2009
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (U) Thursday, February 18, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Cameron R. Hume A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Paul J [...]
2009-02-26 19:16:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KGHG ID
09PESHAWAR138FATA AND NWFP: WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION, JUNE 5 -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 16:00:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
09PESHAWAR211ANP LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON NATIONAL RECONCILIATION ORDINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party leader Asfundyar Wali Khan indicated to PO October 22 that his party likely will abstain in the upcoming parliamentary vote on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that provides President Zardari and other politicians immunity from prosecution on corru [...]
2009-10-23 03:28:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PREL
09RABAT1001SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 16:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
09RABAT127MOROCCANS PREPARING FOR NNSA SEMINAR ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Boujemaa Zenzouni, Chief of Cooperation of Morocco's Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucleaires (CNESTEN),confirmed to EconOff that CNESTEN is well advanced in its planning to co-host, with DOE/NNSA, the planned March 30- April 2 seminar on "Human Resources [...]
2009-02-10 16:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC MO
09RABAT151MOROCCO'S SCHOOL FOR FUTURE GOVERNORS SEEKS U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: A military academy that is a combination of A-100, ROTC, and an MPA program, the newly revamped Institute for Territorial Administrators in Kenitra, trains the future cadre that will run Morocco's local governance system. The new curriculum aims to instill democratic values i [...]
2009-02-18 08:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM MASS KDEM KWMN MO
09RABAT170GAZA, GUANTANAMO, AND A LEFTIST THAW: MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) A leftist human rights activist broke a long-standing boycott to meet with us on February 17, after he was barred from entering Tunis for a human rights conference in late January. The fact of the meeting was a sign of a nascent but broad thaw beginning to take place due to the change [...]
2009-02-25 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS MO
09RABAT281MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED,
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...]
2009-04-03 19:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT305EMBASSY CONTACTS PROSPER AT MOROCCAN MFA
[...] (SBU) Summary: After more than one and a half years of waiting since current minister Fassi Fihri became Morocco,s chief diplomat, there have been major staff changes at the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),reaching the highest levels of career diplomats. Close Embassy con [...]
2009-04-09 11:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MO
09RABAT307Moroccan TV coverage of U.S. elections
[...] For the first time in history, in 2008 a Moroccan television crew traveled to the U.S. to cover the presidential elections, providing Moroccans a nightly, first-hand glimpse into the American electoral process tailored to their interests. Over the course of ten nights, state-run Al-Aoula te [...]
2009-04-09 13:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PHUM PGOV OIIP KISL KPAO KIRC
09RABAT374GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...]
2009-05-03 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO
09RABAT385MORROCO: LOWER HOUSE LEADER SEEKS GREATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with Charge, lower house of Parliament President Mustapha Mansouri made a strong appeal for increased contact between Moroccan Parliamentarians and Members of Congress to facilitate better understanding of Morocco's claims to Western Sahara. Mansouri [...]
2009-05-05 17:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PHUM KDEM MO
09RABAT605MOROCCO,S MANAGED MAYORAL SELECTIONS
[...] (C) Despite the relative transparency of the recent election of town (or Communal) council members across Morocco on June 12, the subsequent election by council members of city and communal council leaders (mayors),may to represent a step backward for Moroccan democracy. The high-stakes in [...]
2009-07-14 19:12:00Embassy RabatSECRETPGOV KCOR MO
09RABAT679LANDMARK TERRORISM CASE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison (instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for running an international terrorist network. The 34 other defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging from one t [...]
2009-08-06 19:14:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PTER KISL MO
09RABAT706WESTERN SAHARA REALITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Although the Western Sahara negotiations have now re-started (Reftel),the conflict is 34 years old. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has invested tremendous resources in the territory, and some observers estimate that it spends USD 2.7 billion per year on the territory and its 385,000 [...]
2009-08-17 17:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM ECON PREF WI AG MO
09RABAT915SAHRAWI ACTIVIST RENOUNCES MOROCCAN CITIZENSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13, prominent Sahrawi independence activist Aminatou Haidar renounced her Moroccan citizenship at the Laayoune international airport. Although her family and a government attorney had urged her to reconsider, she opted to return to the Canary Islands. Immigration of [...]
2009-11-17 07:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MO WI
09RABAT921SECRETARY CHALLENGES BMENA CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with 11 civil society representatives from the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region, Secretary Clinton emphasized the importance of civil society's role in the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future process. She highlighted the role youth play in [...]
2009-11-22 16:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM MO XF
09RABAT929CIVIL SOCIETY'S FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Over 150 participants from the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region attended the Civil Society (CS) preparatory meeting to the Forum for the Future (FFF) led by the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) and the Italian NGO No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) in Casablanca [...]
2009-11-25 08:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM XF XA MA
09RABAT935UPDATE ON THE AMINATOU HAIDAR CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent pro-independence and human rights activist Aminatou Haidar remains in Spain following the GOM's refusal to allow her to enter Morocco on November 13. The GOM has now announced that Haidar will be granted a new passport if she re-applies for one at the Moroccan consulat [...]
2009-11-25 16:56:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL PGOV MO
09RABAT941MOROCCO CONVOKES P5+SPAIN TO REVIEW HAIDAR CASE
[...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 26 summoned representatives of the P5 and Spain to discuss the Aminatou Haidar case and its potential effect on UN-brokered negotiations over the status of the Western Sahara. The GOM asserted that the next move is Haidar's an [...]
2009-11-30 18:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL MO
09RABAT952CIVIL SOCIETY AND G8-BMENA GOVERNMENTS MEET AT SIXTH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 15:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ECON KMPI XF XT CA
09RABAT967SCENESETTER FOR THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Amos, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model for eco [...]
2009-12-10 17:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PHUM ECON MARR EAID PBTS MO
09RABAT971FOURTH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Mission held its fourth annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) on December 1. On the Moroccan side, this year's Dialogue was chaired by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and included representatives from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry [...]
2009-12-11 14:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MO
09RABAT977WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: In the wake of King Mohammed VI's stern November 6 speech, Sahrawi pro-independence and human rights activists report a tangible uptick in police harassment and decreased tolerance for freedom of expression in Western Sahara. They have refrained from organizing demonstrations or [...]
2009-12-15 16:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREF PREL UN MO WI
09RABAT990AMINATOU HAIDAR RETURNS SAFELY TO WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sahrawi pro-independence activist Aminatou Haidar returned safely to the Western Sahara on December 18 aboard a Spanish military aircraft. She recovered her passport at the airport, completed normal Moroccan immigration formalities, and proceeded from the airport to her home [...]
2009-12-18 15:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF PGOV UN WI MO
09RABAT998SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WARD, COMMANDER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Ward, we welcome you back to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model f [...]
2009-12-22 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL ECON PGOV PHUM EAID MO
09RANGOON310BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI TESTIFIES; THANKS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) took the stand May 26 after the prosecution unexpectedly rested its case on May 25. ASSK answered the judges' questions about a written statement she submitted to the court in which she apparently set forth her version of the events surrounding American citizen Jo [...]
2009-05-26 08:03:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RIYADH1233MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...]
2009-09-24 12:47:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH361MOTION GRANTED: KING OVERHAULS SAUDI JUDICIARY
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION: Saudi King Abdallah's February 14 reshuffle targeted the judicial and education sectors of government. In addition to high-level position changes across-the-board, several lower-level appointments signify a deeper reach to mold the court system. The king did not place his [...]
2009-02-25 14:20:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH81SAUDI GOVERNMENT STAYS A STEP AHEAD OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) SILENT PRAYERS: The League of Muslim Scholars, a respected group of regional religious figures, declared Friday, January 9 the "Gaza Day of Anger." As a result, worshippers attended Friday prayers expecting messages about Gaza. Instead, they heard sermons addressing other themes, with Ga [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIS KU PGOV PREL SA
09ROME1405GOI OPPOSES DELISTING SEVEN TRANCHE 3 NAMES
[...] (C) Summary. Upon further review by Italian police and intelligence agencies (reftel Rome 1344 and State 109494),Italy opposes delisting seven Tranche 3 names. However, the GOI supports delisting two Tranche 3 names and asks the USG for support in expediting the delisting of one individual. E [...]
2009-12-23 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09ROME456VISITING AFGHAN GOVERNORS ASK ITALY FOR MORE
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Governors of Afghanistan's Farah and Bamyan Provinces visited Rome April 20-21 on the first leg of a tour of Europe co-sponsored by Embassy Kabul, USNATO and Embassies Rome and The Hague. In a very successf [...]
2009-04-22 15:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR KPAO MOPS NATO EAID SNAR IT AF
09RPODUBAI539Iran: Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, Prominent Dissident Cleric,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press in early morning December 20, 87 year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died of natural causes in his Qom residence. Prominent reformist clerics have gone to his house to pay their condolences, and his funeral ceremony will occur December 21 in Qo [...]
2009-12-20 14:16:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR
09SANAA1582YEMEN: INTEREST IN INVESTMENT STAGNATES AS
[...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has reduced interest rates in Yemen twice in the last six months, ostensibly in an attempt to stem inflation. The reduction in interest rates appears to have had little effect on investment in Yemen. The ROYG has not shown an inclination to introduce [...]
2009-08-25 05:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA2117SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]
2009-11-23 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2155SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]
2009-12-02 12:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SEOUL1236ROK-IRAN RELATIONS OVERVIEW: PAST, PRESENT AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Diplomatic and economic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran date from 1962, but the relationship is not robust, with total ROK investment in Iran still under USD 34 million. The two countries have cooperated on multiple business projects sinc [...]
2009-08-05 07:31:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL ECON ETRD KS IR
09SEOUL445DASD SEDNEY'S MARCH 1-3 SECURITY POLICY MEETINGS
[...] (C) Close coordination on North Korea, significant progress in three areas of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and a push for a major ROK contribution in Afghanistan characterized DASD David Sedney's March 1-3 meetings in Seoul. -- (C) Sunday March 1, DASD Sedney reached agreement with MOFAT DDG Lee o [...]
2009-03-20 07:48:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPHSA PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS AF KN KS
09STATE109494UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. All action addressees, please see paragraphs 5-7. Paragraphs 8-17 contain instructions or further background information for specific posts. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND OBJECTIVES ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government is in th [...]
2009-10-22 22:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE11221JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR U.S. COAST
[...] (SBU) In response to referenced Leahy vetting requests, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of [...]
2009-02-06 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EWWT PREL JO
09STATE113897EGYPT LEAHY VETTING REPSONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-04 19:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EG EWWT PREL
09STATE114630EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99267 THRU 99294
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-06 14:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE129362(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S DECEMBER 14, 2009
[...] Classified by EUR A/S Philip H. Gordon. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) December 14, 2009; 10:15 a.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Spokesman Ian Kelly Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon Special Assistant Joe MacManus NSC Tobin Bradley Alexandra McKnight (EUR Notetaker) SP [...]
2009-12-18 15:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY KDRG MOPS MNUC MARR PREL
09STATE131661UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING
[...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...]
2009-12-29 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER
09STATE28079(U) Secretary Clinton's March 23, 2009 meeting
[...] Classified by AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Acting. Reasons: 1.4 (b),(d) 2. (U) Monday, March 23, 2009; 11:00 a.m; Washington DC 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary AF A/S Phil Carter, Acting PA A/S Robert Wood, Acting Andrew Silski (AF/W notetaker) Nigeria [...]
2009-03-24 16:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NI
09STATE4810DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Joint Operations Medical Managers training course conducted by [...]
2009-01-16 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE57321SECRETARY CLINTON'S MAY 28, 2009 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) May 28, 2009; 10:50 ? 11:10 am; Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Secretary NEA Acting A/S Jeffrey Feltman DRL Acting A/S Karen Stewart NEA/PI Director Timothy Andrews NEA/PI Charles Kiamie (notetaker) NEA/ELA Julia Santucci Egypt ----- Ahmed Abdelaziz Ali [...]
2009-06-03 22:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI OVIP PHUM XF EG
09STATE59714INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO NOMINATE 3 PAKISTAN-BASED
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU). Summary: The U.S. prenotified (Ref A) its intention to request on June 9, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of three individuals, Arif Qasmani, Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-a-Tul Shaykh Abu Muhammad [...]
2009-06-10 15:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PT KTFN UNSC
09STATE61779RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR NSF 1ST
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 15, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Â [...]
2009-06-15 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL KWBG PHUM JO IS
09STATE61995SECRETARY CLINTON'S JUNE 8, 2009 MEETING WITH MIDDLE
[...] (U) June 8, 2009; 2:00 - 2:20 pm; Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Secretary NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak DRL Acting DAS Kay Mayfield NEA/PI Acting Director Kenneth Longmyer NEA/PI Charles Kiamie (notetaker) Middle East and North Africa ----------------------- [...]
2009-06-16 13:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI OVIP PHUM XF
09STATE6367LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of 1/23/2009 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officer(s) listed below: Name: Zulaikha Hotak DOB: 1970 Father's Name: Fakir Ahmad Grandfather's Name: unknown POB: Wa [...]
2009-01-23 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AF
09STATE64904ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETING WITH AFRICAN
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Johnnie Carson met with African Union Ambassador to the U.S. Amina Salum Ali for one hour on June 16, 2009, making the following key points: -- The Obama Administrations is demonstrating a strong commitment to Africa as evidenced by the President receiving President Kikwe [...]
2009-06-23 14:46:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL AF AU KDEM PHUM KWMN
09STATE669DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in an ICITAP Maritime Security Development Project Command [...]
2009-01-05 20:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6920DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ODC - Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Project sched [...]
2009-01-26 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6926DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the ODC - Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Proje [...]
2009-01-26 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE70271Terrorism Finance: Request that Posts inform
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On Monday, June 29, the United Nations added the following individuals to the consolidated list of individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban under the UN Security Council Resolution [...]
2009-07-08 02:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK
09STATE7669DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Flight Safety Officer/Jet Engine Mishap Investigation course fr [...]
2009-01-28 18:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE78168JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 6905
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2009-07-27 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL JO
09STATE81281IRANIAN PROCUREMENT AGENT SEEKS GERMAN TEST
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Berlin please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: In August 2008, we informed Berlin that the German firm Voetsch Industrietechnik was negotiating a deal to sell two model VT7004 environmental test chambers to the Malaysian intermediary Toshi Electr [...]
2009-08-05 11:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA IR GM TH
09STATE81736UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 23:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE81744UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING INFORMATION FOR REVIEW OF TRANCHE 3 NAMES PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 25 OF UNSCR 1822
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 00:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE82458RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING FOR PSD
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 30, 2009, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below. Name: MOHAMMAD IBRAHEM MOUSSA AMMER DOB: 10/4/1971 POB: Jenien ID: 972735583 Name: SA [...]
2009-08-07 18:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PTER KWBG IS
09STATE9717364TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEA DELEGATION
[...] This is an action request. Department requests country clearance for the individuals listed in paragraph 2 below to support NEA efforts at the upcoming 64th United Nations General Assembly. Department anticipates represent atives will be involved in this support from September 20 through Oc [...]
2009-09-18 15:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL
09STATE99614BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 3-4. 2. U.S. embassies have frequently inquired about the legitimacy of arms export transactions involving U.S. contractors and host-country partners in support of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, or other U.S. government programs. The Depar [...]
2009-09-24 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC AE
09SURABAYA105PRESS RAISE FEARS OF A SECOND MUD DISASTER; CNPC SUBSIDIARY
[...] (U) Press sources report that on Wednesday, 28 October a mishap at an oil field on Madura Island, East Java Province caused a well to begin spurting water, mud, and gas, raising the specter of a repeat of the Lapindo mud disaster in Sidoarjo. The well is operated by oil company SPE Petroleum, a [...]
2009-10-30 05:55:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG SENV ECON ID
09SUVA215AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES SHIPRIDER AGREEMENT WITH TONGA
[...] (U) ON May 15,Ambassador McGann, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) District 14 CPT. David Swatland, DAO CMDR Robert Forwood and POL/ECON Chief James Crowe met with Tonga Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs Viliame Va'inga Tone, Solicitor General 'Asipeli 'Aminiasi Kefu and other government officials in [...]
2009-05-21 23:32:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PREL EFIS TN
09TEGUCIGALPA1172009 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment For Honduras. TIME PERIOD: April 2008 to mid-February 2009 - Govt. actions Acronyms used: IHNFA Honduran Institute for Children and the Family TIP Trafficking in Persons IO International Organizations NGO Non-governme [...]
2009-02-23 12:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
09TELAVIV2205ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast: ------------ Block Quotes: ------------- I. "Restraint in a Delicate Place" The independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz editorialized (10/7): The growing tension surrounding the Temple Mount threatens to undermine the calm Israel has enjoyed for the past few months.... Netanyahu [...]
2009-10-07 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TOKYO651JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/24/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 03:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TRIPOLI65PAN AM BOMBER AL-MEGRAHI: THE VIEW FROM TRIPOLI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 17:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER LY UK
09TUNIS216THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN TUNISIA: Potential Opportunities
[...] This cable provides a comprehensive overview of the insurance sector in Tunisia. Law No. 2008-8, passed by the Tunisian Parliament on February 11, 2008, amended the insurance code and opened the sector to foreign competition. This provides opportunities for US companies to consider investing [...]
2009-04-07 09:03:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD EFIN TS
09TUNIS44TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR
[...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...]
2009-01-20 10:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS61GOT IMPEDES TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETING
[...] (C) On January 23, the GOT prevented Abdelhamid Amine, Secretary General of the newly formed Organization for Coordination between Human Rights Leagues in the Maghreb from entering Tunisia. The following day, security forces blocked the meeting Amine had been invited to attend with the Tuni [...]
2009-01-27 16:45:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09USNATO186AFGHAN GOVERNORS REMIND EUROPEANS WHY THEY ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The governors of Afghanistan's Bamian and Farah Provinces visited Brussels 23-24 April on the final leg of a week long program sponsored jointly by USNATO, and Embassies Kabul, The Hague and Rome. Over the course of two days in Brussels, the governors gave first-hand accounts o [...]
2009-05-13 13:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS NATO PREL
09USUNNEWYORK892SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...]
2009-10-12 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09VIENNA603AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES "ANTI-SEMITISM" IN
[...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Faymann on May 18 denounced Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the rightwing, xenophobic Freedom Party (FPO) as a "hatemonger" and said the FPO was trying to stir up anti-Semitism with a campaign ad promising to veto EU membership for Israel (and Turkey). Leaders from [...]
2009-05-20 07:45:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM AU
10ABUJA199MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE
[...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...]
2010-02-23 20:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA40NIGER DELTA POST-AMNESTY PROCESS STALLED
[...] (C) The new Nigerian Government (GON) Amnesty Subcommittee on Niger Delta Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) has met only once since its formation December 14. Committee members drafted a proposed rehabilitation plan December 22 that ex-militants then rejected January 10. United Nations [...]
2010-01-15 07:02:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NI
10ABUJA75YAR'ADUA'S HOLD ON POWER GROWS TENUOUS
[...] (C) President Yar'Adua's recent BBC interview showed that he is alive, but reinforced doubts about his ability to resume presidential powers. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has become divided over whether Yar'Adua should hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Many Senators [...]
2010-01-22 14:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA79NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 22 2010
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --------- ELECTION MONITOR REQUESTS MORE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS -------------------------------------- [...]
2010-01-22 15:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI NI
10ABUJA81TENSE CALM REIGNS IN JOS
[...] (SBU) A tense calm reigned over Jos city as of January 22. The state government continues to impose a night-time curfew. Violence has largely ended within the city limits, but may continue at some surrounding locations. Unconfirmed reports estimate over 300 deaths. The International Committ [...]
2010-01-22 17:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM CASC SOCI KCRM NI
10ADDISABABA167UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, in a January 31 meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the AU Summit underscored continued USG support bu [...]
2010-02-02 11:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER EAID SO
10BAGHDAD141AL-MUTLAQ DISQUALIFICATION IS SALT IN THE WOUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Diyala provincial leaders have expressed concern that disqualification of Sunni MP Saleh Mutlaq and other party candidates due to de-Baathification procedures could adversely effect Diyala's security situation and create more fertile grounds for insurgents to co-opt members of th [...]
2010-01-20 12:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KJUS
10BAGHDAD179HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) who have been nominated to participate in the C-130 Refresher Simulator Course schedu [...]
2010-01-25 04:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
10BAGHDAD185OPPORTUNITIES AND PERILS FOR MINORITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Christian political and religious leaders tell us that while they had hoped for more than a five-seat quota in the national elections law, they view March 7 elections as an opportunity to expand their representation and influence within the Parliament. In contrast, leaders of the [...]
2010-01-25 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNKDEM KIRF PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD361MULTI-PARTY COOPERATION ON THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) was reborn in 2009 as a remarkably inclusive body. In a deliberate repudiation of its predecessor's sectarian outlook, it has adopted a non-partisan approach that emphasizes institutional priorities. The national elections will str [...]
2010-02-11 10:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD380PRT KIRKUK: PUK SHEDS ITS OWN TO GUARANTEE LOYALTY
[...] (U) This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting message. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Kirkuk chapter of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is systematically purging party members who they believe are vulnerable to recruitment by opposition party Goran. With the national parl [...]
2010-02-13 11:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD454ARREST OF SUNNI PC MEMBER STOKES CRIES OF ELECTION
[...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The arrest of yet another Sunni Provincial Council member, Najim Abdullah Ahmad (Iraqqiya coalition lead for Diyala) on February 7th, is fueling cries that Sunnis are being targeted for arrest by the central government to help shape the e [...]
2010-02-20 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD467 IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...]
2010-02-22 11:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM PREL PGOV
10BAGHDAD473 CORRECTED COPY: IRAQ'S PRE-ELECTION TRENDS: THE
[...] (C) Summary: This cable focuses on the northern and north-central provinces of Iraq (Ninewa, Erbil, Dohuk, Sulaymaniah, Kirkuk, Diyala),and Anbar, and serves as a companion piece to earlier reporting on Iraq's southern provinces (ref A). At the end of the first official week of campaigning [...]
2010-02-22 15:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV IZ
10BAKU107GRAND AYATOLLAH TO KHAMEINI: FREE PRISONERS, MAKE
[...] (C) Iranian source briefed Baku Iran watcher on an alleged February 9 meeting in Tehran between Supreme Leader Khameini and Grand Ayatollah Musavi-Ardebili. The source, a relative by marriage of Ardebili's, is a longtime Baku Iran watche contact who has credibly demonstrated access to a wide [...]
2010-02-16 12:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BASRAH5BASRAH'S REACTION TO DE-BA'ATHIFICATION
[...] (C) The conflict over de-Ba'athification has sparked three demonstrations in Basrah, and provoked strong reactions from the government and influential leaders. While a demarche to the Provincial Council Chair appears to have dampened emotions over perceived USG involvement in this issue, the i [...]
2010-02-20 11:47:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL IZ IR
10BEIRUT118GEAGEA ON MARCH 14 POSITIVE MOMENTUM, CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: The March 14 coalition has recaptured some of its momentum as it prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on February 3. Geagea complained of Syria's ascendant status [...]
2010-02-05 12:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KPAL LE SY SA
10BEIRUT167HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14
[...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]
2010-02-22 12:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT51GEMAYEL ON MARCH 14
[...] (C) Summary: Although March 14 leaders -- save Druze leader Walid Jumblatt -- continue to meet to discuss policy issues on a regular basis, Prime Minister Saad Hariri is pulling back from taking a March 14 leadership role given his new office, said Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel. Gemayel expres [...]
2010-01-19 08:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL SY LE
10BEIRUT65MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]
2010-01-21 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE SA
10BEIRUT67SPECIAL TRIBUNAL BEIRUT OFFICE REPORTS CONTINUING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The work of the Beirut investigative team of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is progressing smoothly, according to Valerio Aquila, head of the STL's Office of the Prosecutor in Beirut. The recent high-profile resignations of senior STL staff in The Hague were expected and [...]
2010-01-21 16:31:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KJUS SY LE
10BISHKEK90KYRGYZSTAN: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Child labor, primarily children working on their families' farms, remains an issue in Kyrgyzstan. However there is scant evidence that the worst forms of child labor or exploitive child labor is a wide-spread problem. The Kyrgyz Government has a legal framework that prohibits ch [...]
2010-02-05 07:45:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI KG
10CAIRO100 EGYPT STEPS FORWARD ON U.S. BONE-IN BEEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Egypt has offered to expand access for U.S. beef products by adding bone-in beef from animals less than 30 months of age to the eligible product list. Currently, Egypt only permits imports of U.S. boneless beef and variety meats from animals less than 30 months of age. While thi [...]
2010-01-20 11:41:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EG
10CAIRO101 EGYPT STEPS FORWARD ON U.S. BONE-IN BEEF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY Egypt has offered to expand access for U.S. beef products by adding bone-in beef from animals less than 30 months of age to the eligible product list. Currently, Egypt only permits imports of U.S. boneless beef and variety meats from animals less than 30 months of age. While thi [...]
2010-01-20 11:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EG
10CAIRO108CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99423 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy has [...]
2010-01-20 16:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO113Egypt planning humanitarian response for Haiti
[...] Poloff delivered points in reftel a to MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for American Affairs Amin Malaeka on Jan 20, emphasizing the need for contributions to be registered with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA). Malaeka took the points, and noted the [...]
2010-01-21 14:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IRC HA EG
10CAIRO163DAS WITTES ENGAGES GOE, CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTIONS, NAGA
[...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In meetings January 24-25, NEA DAS Tamara Cofman Wittes assured activists of continuing U.S. commitment to promoting democracy and human rights. She urged the GOE to use the penal code, not the Emergency Law, to prosecute the January 6 sectarian killings in Naga Hamadi [...]
2010-02-04 15:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
10CAIRO237El Baradei Returns to Cairo
[...] (C) Key Points: -- Thousands of supporters greeted former IAEA Chairman Mohammed El Baradei upon his return to Cairo. Beleaguered leaders of the opposition seem relieved at their ability to muster a show of support for El Baradei and enthusiastic about his potential impact. -- El [...]
2010-02-23 13:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO253UPR REACTION: GOE DISPLEASED WITH THE U.S., ACTIVISTS
[...] KEY POINTS -- (C) GOE officials, including presidential advisor Soliman Awad, expressed displeasure with the number and the tone of U.S. recommendations at the February 17 UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt's human rights record. -- (C) The MFA noted [...]
2010-02-25 15:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UN KIRF EG
10CAIRO66FOREIGN MINISTER, CODEL WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 12:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER KPAL IS IR EG
10CAIRO98EGYPT'S ECONOMY: January 19 PRESS ROUND-UP
[...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------ Natural Gas Price Increase Postponed ------------------------------------ 2. (U) The Energy Pricing Committee of the Ministry of Trade and Indu [...]
2010-01-19 14:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG IS UG
10COLOMBO64H1N1 IN THE MALDIVES - VACCINE NEEDED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) EconOff met with Dr. Aminath Jameel, Minister of Health (www.health.gov.mv),on January 14. The Minister noted that while only one death and 35 cases of H1N1 have been confirmed in the Maldives, many of her countrymen remain de [...]
2010-01-28 11:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC CE
10DARESSALAAM114THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...]
2010-02-04 11:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ
10DHAKA1149LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...]
2010-01-03 08:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA5LEAHY VETTING FOR UNLOG IN BANGLADESH, 10 - 21 JANUARY,
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in United Nations Logistic Officers Course (UNLOG) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 10, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 3, 2010. Post requests that vetting be c [...]
2010-01-03 08:16:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA77LEAHY VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY LIAISON OFFICERS (CMLO)
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Civil Military Liaison Officer (CMLO) Course in Bangladesh, which will begin on February 7, 2010. Post vetting was completed on January 24, 2010. Post requests that vetting be com [...]
2010-01-24 08:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DHAKA83LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA - IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA - Identifying and Developing Investigative Information from February 21 to March 4, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Post vetting was completed on 01/27/2010. Post requests tha [...]
2010-01-27 07:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
10DOHA74LEADERS SIGN DARFUR DEAL IN DOHA
[...] (SBU) At a ceremony held in Doha February 23, the Government of Sudan and representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) signed a ceasefire and 12-point framework agreement which when fully implemented will give JEM a share of power in the Sudanese government. Present were Amir Ha [...]
2010-02-24 13:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU QA
10EFTOKABUL597AWCC BETS ON DRAMATIC MARKET EXPANSION
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC),one of the Afghanistan's largest cellular providers, plans to invest millions of dollars in dramatic infrastructure expansion in 2010. The company will build nearly 400 new towers, mostly utilizing its own capital, but 40 will [...]
2010-02-17 13:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EAID PGOV PREL AF
10ISLAMABAD115PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 10:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD137PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 20, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 10:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD176 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10JAKARTA211INDONESIA WELCOMES U.S. SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. All corners of Indonesia's science and policy community welcomed President Obama's science envoy engagement effort. Despite Science Envoy Dr. Bruce Alberts' last minute injury preventing his travel, the GOI pressed on with the majority of the January 18-29 planned schedule with [...]
2010-02-18 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID
10JERUSALEM139PRESIDENT ABBAS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT FOR FAYYAD,
[...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC, Fatah's quasi-parliamentary body) held its second assembly January 15-19 in Ramallah, during which members of the FRC discussed the ongoing stalemate in negotiations with Israel and reconciliation with Hamas; reviewed reports and financial r [...]
2010-01-22 19:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS
10KABUL21PARLIAMENT REJECTS MOST OF KARZAI'S CABINET
[...] (S) Summary: On January 2, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) voted to accept seven of President Karzai's 24 Cabinet nominees and to reject 17 others. Two nominees were not voted on as their ministries are newly proposed by the President and not yet approved by Parliament. Karzai will lik [...]
2010-01-03 16:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL220LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by January 31, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-01-23 11:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL3362010 ELECTIONS: ESTABLISHING "CONDITIONALITY" FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) postponement of Afghanistan's 2010 Parliamentary elections until September 18 (Reftel) provides the GIRoA more time to implement electoral reforms. While all donors may not yet agree on which reforms to promote, or on how best to press [...]
2010-01-26 16:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
10KABUL546LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 18, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 11:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL548LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL594LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-17 11:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL639LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-21 12:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL67MP'S BELIEVE CABINET LIST MAY BE DELAYED, SOME
[...] (C) As of January 8 MPs considered it an open question as to whether Karzai will present a complete list of cabinet choices to the National Assembly (NA) on the agreed-upon January 9 date, despite Karzai's call for an extraordinary NA session (reftel). Pro-Karzai MP Khalid Pashtun (Pashtun, [...]
2010-01-08 08:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL704LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-02-28 06:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KINGSTON3VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 17:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM
10MADRID20AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 9, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his arrival January 9, the Ambassador went to the MFA to present copies of his credentials. Unexpectedly, he was received personally by FM Moratinos. Moratinos conveyed King Juan Carlos' greetings and said the King was anxious to meet the Ambassador. A credential [...]
2010-01-11 16:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AF HO IR IS SP WI
10MOSCOW353Meeting Between the Russian Federal Drug Control Service
[...] Najib LNU - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Numbers: 992-919-966622 and 992-919-940008. Remarks: Identified as an organizer of drug smuggling routes out of Tajikistan. 2. Taj Mohammad - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Number: 992-919-966833; [...]
2010-02-18 12:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX
10NAIROBI79Arrest of Islamic Cleric Sparks Violent Protests
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of radical Islamist cleric Adullah el-Faisal in Kenya on December 31, 2009 sparked a violent protest in which some demonstrators waved al Shabaab flags. As the GOK has attempted and failed to deport Faisal over the past two weeks interfaith tensions have escalated, and [...]
2010-01-22 10:52:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS JM SO KE
10NDJAMENA11CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC
[...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...]
2010-01-07 13:04:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NOUAKCHOTT90MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...]
2010-02-10 13:51:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NOUAKCHOTT99MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...]
2010-02-15 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR
10OTTAWA84CANADA POISED TO TIGHTEN CRIME SENTENCING RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although PM Harper continues to criticize sentencing provisions in Canada that permit terrorists and criminals, including at least one convicted "Toronto 18" terrorist, to obtain enhanced sentencing credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Parliament actually passed a govern [...]
2010-01-22 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER CA
10PARIS151FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...]
2010-02-08 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR
10PESHAWAR10FATA SECURITY UPDATE; PAKISTANI/RC-EAST COORDINATION ON
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 23 briefing for RC-East MG Scapparotti, 11th Corps Chief of Staff BG Aamer provided an overview of the security situation in FATA and Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province. It would take at least a year, predicted Aamer, to finish military operations [...]
2010-01-25 14:00:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PK AF
10RABAT108SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN
[...] (U) Summary: Senator Cardin, we look forward to your arrival in Morocco, a long-standing U.S. ally and model in many respects for other Arab, Muslim and African countries. The U.S. mission's goals in Morocco are promoting economic growth, enhancing democracy and governance through political [...]
2010-02-09 15:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
10RABAT114FM SHARES MOROCCAN ANGST ON WESTERN SAHARA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri offered DAS Sanderson a decidedly downbeat assessment both of Moroccan-Algerian relations and of recent developments surrounding the Western Sahara. He stated Morocco's willingness to participate in an informal round of UN-sponsored talks i [...]
2010-02-11 13:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO MO WI
10RABAT138UPDATE ON PRISON CONDITIONS IN LAAYOUNE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conditions have improved a great deal in the last year and a half at the Laayoune prison, the only official prison facility in the Western Sahara. GOM authorities have reduced the prison population by nearly half although a large portion of the reductions are due to the transfe [...]
2010-02-19 15:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR SOCI WI MO
10RABAT168MOROCCO GRANTS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has returned previously confiscated travel documents to 14 Sahrawi activists. Upon receiving their passports, several promptly departed for Algeria, ostensibly to see relatives in the refugee camps near Tindouf but no doubt also to consult with Polisario officials. West [...]
2010-02-25 18:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF MO WI
10RABAT26MOROCCO: THE KING RESHUFFLES THE CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI appointed on January 4 five government ministers, a mere 24 hours after he had addressed the nation to announce the creation of an Advisory Committee for Regionalization tasked with accelerating the GOM's plan to devolve power to the regions. The new ministe [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MO
10RABAT36KING MOHAMMED VI'S SPEECH ON REGIONALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest cabinet reshuffle (reftel) came a day after King Mohammed VI appointed a new Advisory Committee on Regionalization tasked with developing a strategic plan to empower regional governance across Morocco. Moroccan analysts and politicians generally welcomed the initiat [...]
2010-01-21 08:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PHUM MO WI
10RABAT41UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN LAAYOUNE AND SEVEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout late December and early January, PolOff met with various Sahrawi and human rights activists to confirm that the seven Sahrawis arrested in Casablanca in October (Ref B) who were placed in the Sale prison near Rabat are no longer in solitary confinement and are enjoyi [...]
2010-01-21 20:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI WI MO
10RABAT52MOROCCO TO ASSOCIATE ITSELF WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:29:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG MO
10RABAT53MOROCCANS PROPOSE AREAS FOR SCIENCE-TECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to President Obama's call for increased cooperation in scientific and technological fields, prominent Moroccan researchers and businesspersons have created a working group to identify promising areas of U.S.- Morocco collaboration, including agriculture, energy, aer [...]
2010-01-27 12:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTNGD TSPL EINV ETRD KPAO MO XY
10RABAT94LEADING INDEPENDENT WEEKLY CLOED FOR TAX
[...] (SBU) Summary: On Jauary 27, 2010, a Moroccan commercial court seize and sealed the offices of independent weekly "L Journal" for non-payment of taxes. While repreentatives ofthe court claim that action had no olitical overtones, we see this incident as only he latest, and most chilling, in [...]
2010-02-05 13:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MO KPAO PREL
10SANAA168REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]
2010-01-26 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA4GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]
2010-01-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10STATE10781JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ATA COURSE 7096
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of infor [...]
2010-02-03 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC JO
10STATE15539GUANTANAMO REVIEW TASK FORCE DETERMINATION FOR TWO MALAYSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 23:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KDRG MY
10STATE207HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as much [...]
2010-01-04 16:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ PHUM MASS
10STATE2586EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE 99366 THRU 99397
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-01-11 22:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
10STATE8658HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for these individuals be filed with as m [...]
2010-01-28 13:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS IZ
10STATE9273(S/NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN SUCCESSION IN PROMINENT LEBANESE POLITICAL PARTIES THAT MIGHT EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND HOW THESE CHANGES COULD ALTER THE LEBANESE POLITICAL SCENE. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AMAL; THE FREE PATRIOTIC MOVEMENT ( [...]
2010-01-29 14:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV PREL LE
10STATE9410EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99423 THRU 99487
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-01-29 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
10TORONTO54ANOTHER LIGHT SENTENCE TO SET FREE "TORONTO 18" CONSPIRATOR
[...] (U) Twenty-three-year-old Amin Mohamed Durrani pled guilty to participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots and was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on January 20, two days after the group's ringleader was sentenced to life in prison. However, with double credit for time served in pretrial de [...]
2010-01-20 20:33:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR CA
10TORONTO62SEVENTH CONVICTION IN "TORONTO 18" PLOT
[...] (U) Thirty-four-year-old Shareef Abdelhaleem was found guilty on January 21 of participating in the "Toronto 18" terror plots. Abdelhaleem was found guilty of knowingly participating in a terrorist group and intending to cause an explosion that was likely to cause serious bodily harm or death. [...]
2010-01-22 16:14:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR CA
85BEIRUT1351 HIZBALLAH "MANIFESTO"
[...] No summary [...]
1985-03-05 08:46:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPINT PTER LE
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
86KAMPALA2314 MUSEVENI AND THE RADICAL MUSLIMS.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: UGANDA'S RELATIONS WITH LIBYA CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HAS MET WITH DELEGATIONS FROM THE PLO AND SAHARAN ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (SADR); GOU HAS NORMALIZED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE LATTER ORGANIZATIONS. NRM HAS ALSO RESPON [...]
1986-07-16 09:14:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PNAT PTER PGOV EPET PLO UG WI LY IR XA SX
86LONDON1567 THE UGANDA SITUATION: LONDON VIEWS
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. OUR FCO COLLEAGUES ARE WATCHING THE UGANDA SITUATION WITH GROWING CONCERN, AND THEIR ANALYSIS OF MUSEVENI'S NEGATIVE ROLE VERY MUCH COINCIDES WITH OUR OWN IN REFTEL. THE FCO WAS THOROUGHLY RATTLED BY THE FIGHTING IN KAMPALA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING; HOWEVER, THE BRITIS [...]
1986-01-23 18:30:00Embassy LondonSECRETUG PGOV PREL
87KAMPALA184 MEETING WITH MUSEVENI.
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR ACCOMPANIED BY PAO MET WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS AT STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE JANUARY 15. THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING CONCENTRATED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND NRA USE OF "3-PIECE TIE". AMBASSADOR [...]
1987-01-21 13:58:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PHUM US
88HARARE1365 THE NEW GOZ: BIO INFORMATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT MUGABE ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 2, 1988 THE COMPOSITION OF HIS NEW CABINET (REF A). THIS NEW GOVERNMENT CONSISTS OF THREE SENIOR MINISTERS, 21 CABINET MINISTERS, 3 CABINET-RANK MINISTERS OF STATE, 15 DEPUTY MINISTERS, 5 MINISTERS OF STATE WHO WORK AS "PARTY APPOINTEES", AND [...]
1988-03-14 09:20:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR KPRP PGOV
91RIYADH3320 THE SAUDI PRESS: PROFILES OF INDIVIDUAL PAPERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THIS CABLE GIVES BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF SAUDI DAILY NEWSPAPERS, THEIR INDIVIDUAL ORIGINS, SPECIAL SLANTS, AND ESTIMATED CIRCULATION FIGURES. (ONLY "AL-HAYAT," A SAUDI-CONTROLLED DAILY PUBLISHED IN LONDON IS NOT INCLUDED). REF A DESCRIBED THE STRUCT [...]
1991-04-06 05:50:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PGOV SA
92DOHA3240 ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT WAS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES IN QATAR WHERE THE ISLAMIC DA'AWA ORGANIZATION HAS A PRESENCE. THE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRMED AND IS PROVIDED SOLELY AS BACKGROUND FOR COMPARISON WITH INFORMATION SOURC [...]
1992-12-01 07:47:00Embassy DohaSECRETSOCI QA SU PREL PINR
92ZAGREB2532 CYGOOL: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA-
[...] (LOU) THIS IS ONE IN A SERIES OF REPORTS ON SPECIFIC AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA (B-H). ON OCTOBER 27, THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN EIGHT-PAGE LETTER IN CROATIAN, ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT BUSH, FROM SAID MUMINOVIC, A MUSLIM REFUGEE FROM BRCKO, BOSNIA. IN THE LETTER, MU [...]
1992-11-30 15:31:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM HR BK
94BEIRUT5863 (S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...]
1994-11-09 09:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE
94KADUNA284LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: POLITICS IN NORTHERN
[...] THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR END-OF-TOUR, END-OF-POST CABLES FROM KADUNA, GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN NIGERIA. THE OTHER THREE WILL DEAL RESPECTIVELY WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC CLIMATE, THE CULTURAL SCENE, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND CONDITIONS. THEY ARE MEANT FOR ORIENTATION OF OFFICE [...]
1994-03-10 07:53:00Consulate KadunaUNCLASSIFIEDKPRP PGOV NI
94KADUNA365THE LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: WHO'S WHO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING CABLE PROVIDES BIOGRAPHIC DATA REFLECTING THE CONSUL GENERAL'S CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE SKETCHES DO NOT AIM TO REPRODUCE MATERIAL MOST LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AF AND INR FILES, BUT RATHER TO GIVE IMPRESS [...]
1994-03-29 14:45:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINR PGOV ECON NI
95BEIRUT2676 HIZBALLAH AND HARIRI STRIKE A DEAL
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1995-07-12 14:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON LE
95BEIRUT2749 AMAL PERSPECTIVES ON HIZBALLAH CHANGES
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. HIZBALLAH ANNOUNCED THE RE-ELECTION OF ITS TWO TOP LEADERS AND SOME MODEST STRUCTURAL CHANGES, BUT HAS NOT RELEASED NAMES OF NEW CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS, OSTENSIBLY ON SECURITY GROUNDS. A SENIOR AMAL OFFICIAL CONFIRMED HIS PARTY'S UNDERSTAN [...]
1995-07-17 14:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER LE
95JERUSALEM3642PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...]
1995-11-05 18:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS
98BEIRUT3570 AMBASSADOR'S CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS AT THE PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER NABIH BERRI AND HIS DEPUTY ELIE FERZLI INDICATED THAT LAF COMMANDER GENERAL EMILE LAHUD IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT PR [...]
1998-09-29 14:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL MEPP LE
99LONDON10405UNITED KINGDOM: 1999 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE UNITED KINGDOM IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' CLOSEST ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. IT ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE WORK OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES, INCLUDING THE UN, THE GROUP OF EIGHT (G8),AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAIN [...]
1999-12-15 07:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
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