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05ANKARA7592	NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]	2005-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF

05ANKARA7594	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy personnel Harvey W. Clark, Ronald August Hansen, Scott Eston Hulse and Christopher John Joines to travel to Turkey from January 6-29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is in support of Department of Defense custome [...]	2005-12-28 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KSCA PREL OTRA TU
05ANKARA7648	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE CYPUS DESK [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Cyprus Desk Officer Elise Mellinger to travel to Ankara January 18 - 19 and to Istanbul January 20 - 22, 2005. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings with local government officials. The point of contact for the visit [...]	2005-12-30 08:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OTRA PREL TU GR CY
05ANKARA7671	EU DELEGATION OBSERVES DANGEROUS TENSIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Ankara-based EU representatives recently observed what one member described to us as dangerously high tensions in the southeastern province of Hakkari following the November bombing of a bookstore, allegedly by Jandarma officers. Local residents resent what they v [...]	2005-12-30 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
05ANKARA865	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS RELAXED ABOUT MAZAR REJECTION [...] (C) The subject of Turkey's interest in replacing the UK at its PRT in Mazar-e Sharif (refs A and B) came up during a meeting on another subject between MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evirgen and polmilcouns. Evirgen understood that London was no longer interested in Turkey taking over the Maza [...]	2005-02-15 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA97	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Summary: Our bilateral relationship with Turkey has become quite bumpy over the last years. The comfort of our NATO Alliance has been tested by Turkish perceptions of our operations in Iraq, developments on the domestic scene, and the movement toward the EU. Turkey shares our overall poli [...]	2005-01-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ASUNCION1219	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary: -- Colorado Deputy Receives Light Sentence -- Dissident Liberals Return to the Fold -- Congress Approves Controversial Expropriation -- Youth March to Protest U.S. Military Presence -- MEDRETE Sends Message of Hope --------------------------------------- Colorado Deputy R [...]	2005-09-26 21:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MASS MARR KDEM KJUS PA
05ASUNCION1259	PARAGUAY: URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that will be attending DOD sponsored training. All training activities are scheduled to begin on M [...]	2005-10-06 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1279	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON MILITARY [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: In support of the Office of Defense Cooperation, Post is requesting an expedited Human Rights Vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the individuals listed below that are attending DOD sponsored training. This list supplements the list transmitted in ref. B. [...]	2005-10-12 15:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MOPS PA
05ASUNCION1435	PARAGUAY AND COLOMBIA DISCUSS COUNTER-DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: An official Colombian counter-drug (CD) delegation traveled to Asuncion November 2-4 to hold bilateral CD discussions with the GOP. As a result of those discussions, the GOP and GOC established a bilateral, interagency CD commission and three working groups. Upon their arrival, [...]	2005-11-22 13:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR PA CO
05ASUNCION638	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND. SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 2. PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY: A. BRIGAD [...]	2005-05-11 19:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MASS PA
05ASUNCION711	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27 [...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...]	2005-05-27 16:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA
05ASUNCION751	US EMBASSY ASUNCION TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) [...] The Chief of Mission, John F. Keane, Chief USODC, COL Carlos A. Calderon and General de Ejrcito Jos Key Kanazawa, Commander in Chief f of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, have concurred/ approved with this deployment and the TOR. The DEA Section Chief, Greg Beloney, requests SOF support of this [...]	2005-02-17 14:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MASS PA
05ASUNCION767	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 4-10 [...] (U) Summary ---------------- -- Rehabilitation Center Opens to Aid TIP Victims -- Duarte's New Appointments -- Council of Magistrates Administers New Testing Process -- Military Changes of Command -- Visit of Massachusetts State Senator Brown Rehabilitation Center Opens to Aid TIP Victims [...]	2005-06-10 17:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWMN MARR OVIP
05ASUNCION772	US Embassy Asuncion Terms of Reference (TOR) [...] The Chief of Mission, Ambassador John F. Keane, Chief USODC, COL Carlos A. Calderon and General de Ejrcito Jos Key Kanazawa, Commander in Chief of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, have concurred/ approved with this deployment and the TOR. 2. Country Team concurs with dates of PDSS, ADVON a [...]	2005-03-02 21:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MASS PA
05ASUNCION844	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE [...] (U) Summary --------------- -- Protest on behalf of Former Army General -- Drug Busts Give Hope -- Senate Grants Entry of US Troops -- Peasants Killed in Land Dispute -- Revival of Privatization Law Halted Protest on behalf of Former Army General ---------------------------------------- [...]	2005-07-01 16:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN MASS SNAR
05ASUNCION859	WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR. [...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]	2005-07-07 11:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION860	WELCOME TO PARAGUAY, US SOUTHERN COMMAND CDR. [...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion and I warmly welcome your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political activity calling into questi [...]	2005-07-07 11:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PA
05ASUNCION870	PARAGUAY'S 2005 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (U) Summary: - Quarterly activities - Program discussion - Quarterly SENAD statistics Quarterly Activities- Counternarcotics -------------------------------------- 2. On April 14, two agents from SENAD's Operations Unit arrested three police officers and two employees of the Public [...]	2005-07-08 13:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PA KCRM
05ASUNCION945	US EMBASSY ASUNCION TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) [...] The Chief of Mission, John F. Keane, Chief USODC, COL Arie Bogaard and General de Ejrcito Jos Key Kanazawa, Commander in Chief f of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, have concurred/ approved with this deployment and the TOR. The DEA Section Chief, Milton Milford, requests SOF support of this t [...]	2005-05-19 20:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MASS PA
05ATHENS2161	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HYDE (ATHENS, AUGUST 25-28) [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the August 25-28 vist by CODEL Hyde to Greece. You will arrive just as the summer holidays are winding down, and your visit will provide an excellent opportunity, not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to kick off the fall quarter with high-level [...]	2005-08-18 10:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GR OREP PREL VISIT
05ATHENS2635	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...]	2005-10-06 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS842	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRYCE'S MARCH 29-30 VISIT TO [...] (U) I want to warmly welcome you to Athens. As you have requested, we have arranged a schedule focused on trafficking in persons. This issue is a high priority for the Embassy. In the short time you have with us, I hope you get a good overview of Greece's efforts to fight this scourge. I l [...]	2005-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM GR VISIT
05BAGHDAD2381	IRAQ - INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC),DPM Chalabi discussed his recent visit to the Al-Fatah crossing, expressing dissatisfaction with its current security. He instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately develop an effective security plan for the [...]	2005-06-03 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2383	US FORCES IN BAGHDAD IMPLEMENT LARGE-SCALE HUMAN [...] (SBU) The U.S. Army's Third Infantry Division (3ID) is running a comprehensive program of practical rule-of-law initiatives to train, monitor, and encourage human rights practices amongst its Iraqi Security Force (ISF) partners in Baghdad (a program list is provided in para 8). Both Post and [...]	2005-06-03 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2391	DPM CHALABI ON IMPROVING MOD, PIPELINE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi outlined his top three priorities to PolMilCouns on June 3. He claims to be engaging MoD Sadoun Dulaimi on improving MOD staff to combat corruption and replacing Army officers in select units with locally born commanders. Chalabi also briefed h [...]	2005-06-04 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2444	BADR ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE SHOWCASES STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary. The Badr Organization Conference kicked off a two-day conference for its leadership with a June 8 opening ceremony that had the feel of a political party rally. The ceremony celebrated the anniversary of the Badr Organization's transformation from militia to an ostensibly separ [...]	2005-06-08 16:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KISL IZ KINR
05BAGHDAD2463	FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL SELECTS MAYOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Fallujah City Council selected Sheikh Dhari Abd Alhadi Yousif al-Ersan as mayor in a June 7 session. Four candidates put their names forward for the job (two were absent from the meeting); Sheikh Dhari received 16 of 17 council votes cast by secret ballot. The selection pr [...]	2005-06-10 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2468	NATIONAL ENERGY COMMITTEE ASKS, "WHAT'S IMPEDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC) was held on June 6 at the Ministry of Oil, where a discussion on issues currently impeding the flow of oil throughout the country took place. The primary subject discussed was costs associated with providing protection to [...]	2005-06-11 10:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MOPS ECON PREL ENGR
05BAGHDAD2481	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 13 were constitution-drafting preparations and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The New Iraq" (Al-Sabah, 6/13) B. "Good and Bad" (Az-Zaman [...]	2005-06-13 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2538	KURDS CAN'T CONCEIVE OF LIFE WITHOUT PESH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Kurdish leaders told DCM and MNF-I Political Military and Economic Affairs Chief on June 13-14 they could not condone disarming the Kurdish pesh merga forces, or its total dissipation into the Iraqi army. They realized the sensitivity of Iraq having ethnically-based forces, [...]	2005-06-16 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MASS PTER IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD2548	KEY IRAQI LEADERS PROMISE SUPPORT FOR SUNNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the June 14 swearing-in of Massoud Barzani as Kurdistan Regional President in Irbil, DCM engaged leaders from all Iraqi political groups to urge them to support the inclusion of 15 credible Sunnis in the constitutional committee. All interlocutors were supportive [...]	2005-06-16 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2593	IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 16 Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) sent the Iraqi Army back to the drawing boards on its proposed infrastructure security plan, stating that the plan presented was too costly and inconsistent with guidance the NEC has provided in its recent meetings. The NEC remains [...]	2005-06-18 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2611	FALLUJAH: GRASS ROOTS POLITICS -- LEADERS INITIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a step promoting more political engagement by large segments of Anbar, 200 religious, tribal, political and academic leaders from around Fallujah on June 4 hammered out a fifteen-point document outlining a more participatory Sunni posture in the political process. Beyond the [...]	2005-06-20 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2790	IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN UPDATE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) reviewed the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) most recent plan for northern oil pipeline and infrastructure security during its 10th meeting on June 27. DPM Chalabi and other NEC members were frustrated with MOD's failure to produce what they con [...]	2005-07-01 07:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2838	MOST ARAB EMBASSIES CONDEMN ATTACKS ON FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Contacts at a number of foreign missions in Baghdad condemn the recent spate of kidnappings and assassination attempts against Arab diplomats in Baghdad. They believe these actions are likely part of the insurgency's and Al-Qaeda's campaign to undermine the Iraqi government a [...]	2005-07-06 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2845	IRAQI OIL MINISTER ON CURRENT OIL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Oil agreed to attend the JCRED in Amman, but formally protested the location, stating it should have been held in Iraq. He is deeply interested in USG perspectives on how to shape the oil sector in Iraq, and looks forward to launching a continuing partnership wi [...]	2005-07-07 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2849	TWO SUNNI LEADERS SHARE SUNNI INITIATIVES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlak al- Jaburi and Deputy Constitution Committee Chairman Adnan al-Janabi, both Sunni Arabs, offered Senator Carl Levin a wide range of initiatives to reach out to their community in a July 5 dinner meeting. Both Jaburi and Janabi supported holding [...]	2005-07-07 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2856	HARD-LINE SUNNI ARAB GROUP URGES U.S. STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. A Sunni Coalition that had gained prominence in the negotiations for government positions and Sunni participation in the constitutional drafting process lobbied visiting Senator Levin on July 5 for a continued presence of Coalition Forces. They complained bitterly of abuses al [...]	2005-07-07 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2861	COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...]	2005-07-07 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2869	COSTS OF INTERDICTION TO IRAQI OIL SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ITG is increasingly concerned about attacks to its oil infrastructure. Security has become a priority in recent ITG Cabinet-level meetings. DPM Chalabi has led extensive ministerial discussions in the National Energy Council, consisting of the Ministers of Oil, Electricity, [...]	2005-07-08 02:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG MASS MOPS SENV EFIN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2877	CHARGE MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubai expressed optimism that a constitution will be drafted and ratified on time, expressed his opinion that the insurgency will be long and difficult and must be countered with means other than security assets [...]	2005-07-09 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD2878	CHALABI DISCUSSED SUNNI INCLUSION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, who met with Codel Levin and Charge July 7, attacks on Baghdad's infrastructure have increased. Chalabi attributes these attacks to better protection of the Kirkuk-Fadha oil pipeline, making it less vulnerable to attack. Chalab [...]	2005-07-09 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2909	KURDS' SHAWAYS AND SHIA PARLIAMENTARIAN DAOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with DPM Rosch Shaways and TNA member Qassim Daoud on July 8, the Charge pressed home USG concerns that the constitution might delineate central and regional government revenue and ownership sharing of the nation's natural resources. Charge explained that d [...]	2005-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2910	ANBAR PRDC FORGES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Anbar Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committee (PRDC) holds well-attended, weekly meetings where provincial and city leaders engage in sensible debate over the reconstruction priorities of this area. It is making steady progress in its efforts to select projects [...]	2005-07-11 10:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2933	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRAN VISIT: AN OLIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Defense Minister Al-Dulaimi confirmed to Charge on July 10 that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran during his official visit to Tehran on July 5. Al-Dulaimi told Charge that his discussions with Iran centered on the need for Iran to monitor its [...]	2005-07-12 20:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD2938	POLISH AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ INDICATED DIMINISHED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Ambassador to Baghdad Ryszard Krystosik told Charge d'Affaires July 10 that Poland will be phasing down its participation in MNF-I after December. The decision is not so much because of the expiration of UNSC resolutions as it is because the duration and scope of the dep [...]	2005-07-13 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PL IZ
05BAGHDAD2990	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi told the Deputy Secretary on July 12 that Iraq has exported for the first time in recent months oil from the Northern pipeline to Turkey. He expects a sustainable increase to 240,000 b/d in the northern oil fields. An electric power cri [...]	2005-07-19 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KCOR IZ OVIP KCRS
05BAGHDAD3007	SUNNI CONSTITUTION DRAFTERS COMMITTED TO AUGUST 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two principal members of the newly appointed members to the Constitutional Committee told us July 18 that they are committed to finishing a draft by August 15 if possible but they are opposed to a federalist vision of Iraq. An influential member (who was subsequently murdered on [...]	2005-07-20 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3015	BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S [...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]	2005-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3021	NEW CASES OF APPARENT ABUSES RAISE MORE SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sunni community is alleging that the Ministry of Interior's (MoI) Commando Unit is responsible for the deaths of 20 Sunnis in two recent incidents in Baghdad. On July 10, Commandos reportedly took 11 Sunni men from their homes. Their bodies, which showed signs of torture, [...]	2005-07-21 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3039	TALABANI AND BARZANI DISMISS KDP SUPPORT FOR PKK [...] (S) On July 19, the Charge discussed the report with President Talabani that the PKK is planning an operation in Northern Iraq. Talabani suggested there are actually two factions of the PKK in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). One, he said, is committed to terrorist action in Turkey. [...]	2005-07-21 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PTER PINR TU IZ
05BAGHDAD3068	TALABANI PONDERS HOW TO REACH OUT TO SUNNI ARABS, [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunni Arabs have to be brought back into the constitution-drafting process, and agreed with the Ambassador's point that the Iraqi Government should provide security for their negotiators to facilitate that return. Talabani no [...]	2005-07-24 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ TU SY
05BAGHDAD3095	EVALUATING MINDEF DULAME [...] (C)Summary. After seventy five days on the job, Minister of Defense (MoD) Sadoun al-Dulame, one of six Sunnis appointed to cabinet-level positions in the Shi'a-dominated government, still seems committed to achieving the objectives he established when he became minister. Those objectives inclu [...]	2005-07-26 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PINR PINS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3103	IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: FIRST REAL PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: (C) On July 4, the Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Armed forces briefed the NEC on a new plan for the defense of the oil infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk-Bayji, including the Al-Fathah Crossing. The key elements were the planned commitment of two battalions of the Iraqi Army t [...]	2005-07-27 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3111	IRAQI DPM CHALABI SUPPORTS OUTREACH TO SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi says he supports outreach to the mass of the Sunni population, claims to desire Sunni inclusion in the political process and feels this will reduce tension in Iraq. There is now a plan before the Cabinet, he said, to provide pensions to senior former [...]	2005-07-27 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV KDEM EPET EINV IZ
05BAGHDAD3115	VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE SECURITY PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 06:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3391	CONSTITUTION UPDATE AUGUST 16: NEGOTIATORS PAUSE [...] (C) National Assembly Constitution Committee Chairman Shaykh Humam Hamudi told PolCouns April 16 afternoon that he thought the time deadline to finish the constitution by August 22 will be achievable but tight. There are many disagreements among the negotiators, including whose text was def [...]	2005-08-16 22:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
05BAGHDAD3407	PRIME MINISTER JA'AFARI'S TWELVE POINT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari distributed a Twelve Point Security Plan on August 6. The plan sets goals and priorities for the Ministries of Interior and Defense, the National Security Advisor and other related ministries and Iraqi government entities as they work towards bringing s [...]	2005-08-18 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MOPS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3427	IRAQ NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 16, the National Energy Council met to update DPM Chalabi on energy production and infrastructure security actions in Iraq. Ministry of Electricity reported an average electric power production rate of 4300 MW/hr with a high total of 4760 MW/hr, and a daily total of [...]	2005-08-20 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD3450	CURRENT STATE OF IRAQ'S LABOR MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraq's labor market is in transition as the economy shifts from a centrally planned to a market- based economy. A (the)Fifty percent of Iraq's population is below the age of 18: this has important implications for the ability of the economy to provide jobs for such a large numbe [...]	2005-08-23 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EAGR EFIN IZ
05BAGHDAD3540	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 06:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3552	SECTARIAN VIOLENCE HAMPERS SUNNI PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The August 25 discovery of the bodies of 36 Iraqis, apparently all Sunni Arabs allegedly taken from their Baghdad homes early on August 24 by men in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) uniforms, has shaken the Sunni Arab community. Sunni Waqf head Ahmed Abdul Gafur al Samarai told PolCoun [...]	2005-08-30 22:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3566	SUNNI ARAB OFFICIALS ON HOW TO HELP THE [...] (C) Summary: Fatwa Association (Salafist) Dr. Mahmud al Mashadani told the Ambassador August 30 that changes to the draft constitution in four areas -- Arab identity, Iraqi unity, placement of statement on Islam and human rights, and clarification of ownership of future oil and natural gas dis [...]	2005-08-31 21:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV QA IZ
05BAGHDAD3584	GOI RECOMMENDS BAGHDAD FUEL RATIONING, [...] (C) Summary: An August 28 emergency session of the National Energy Council (NEC) addressed the critical fuel shortage in Iraq. The NEC recommended fuel rationing in Baghdad and, to increase security for critical oil and Electric power infrastructure, augmenting the Strategic Infrastructure B [...]	2005-09-02 06:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PTER IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3628	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF AL-DULIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador, accompanied by A/DCM, met with Iraqi MinDef Dulime on September 3. They discussed low Sunni representation in the Iraqi Army, including pressure to fire one of two Sunni division commanders. Also discussed were efforts to enhance western security, with the idea of [...]	2005-09-04 22:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3642	SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH IN IRAQ: MISSION PLANS [...] (U) The US Mission Baghdad, including MNF-I, is committed to achieving broad Sunni Arab support for a democratic Iraq. The Mission is aware of the beginnings of a psychological shift in the tide since the January elections regarding participation in the electoral process, and we will use a r [...]	2005-09-06 05:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS ELAB PINS EAID KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3680	CODEL PENCE MEETS WITH MINDEF AND MININT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Pence and the Ambassador met with MinInt Jabr and MinDef Dulime. Both Ministers presented their views on the positive development of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and gave a brief overview of the progress of their respective ministry forces. Dulime predicted that ISF could [...]	2005-09-08 03:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP MOPS KISL PINR PREL
05BAGHDAD3690	AMBASSADOR AND COMMANDING GENERAL DISCUSS TAL AFAR [...] (S/REL GBR AUS IRAQ) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security, chaired by Prime Minister Jaafari, met September 5 to discuss the evolving situation in Tal Afar and to plan a future course of action. Fears were expressed that engaging in decisive military operations to f [...]	2005-09-08 10:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD3694	CHALABI EMANDS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SIBS [...] (C) Summary: At the September 4 meeting of the National Energy Council (NEC),Deputy Pri- Minister Ahmad Chalabi castigated Iraqi Army Chief of Staff Abadi for the poor performance of the Strategic Infrastructure BattQUions (SIBs) in protecting vital power and pipelines. C0Jlabi stressed the [...]	2005-09-08 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG MOPS MARR PINR PGOV PTER EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD3719	TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 10, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-11 02:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV PINS EAID PREF ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD3732	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-11 18:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3754	FALLUJAH: WORD ON THE STREET REGARDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Fallujah residents, an engineer and a lawyer told us that Anbar residents remain mobilized for the upcoming referendum, heeding calls by religious and tribal leaders to register and participate. Both men expressed opposition in principle to the Coalition presence in Iraq, al [...]	2005-09-12 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3775	TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL
05BAGHDAD3779	CONSTITUTION OUTREACH PROGRAMMING [...] (LOU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, post (principally PAS and USAID) has sponsored or funded a substantial level of programming relating to Iraq's current constitutional debate. This programming has involved airlifting Iraqi officials to meet with local audiences to discuss the constitu [...]	2005-09-13 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3806	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3822	VETERANS' PENSION REFORM STALLED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 19, the Council of Ministers reached a preliminary consensus to grant veteran status to qualified personnel released from active duty in 2003. If approved by law, it would bring the total number of military pensioners in Iraq to nearly 800,000 (80-90% Sunni). Military [...]	2005-09-15 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB IZ MCAP PGOV PINS
05BAGHDAD3842	NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...]	2005-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD3867	ULEMA COUNCIL DECLINES TO CONDEMN ZARQAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: A statement from the Sunni Arab Muslim Ulema Council criticized Zarqawi's call for war against the Shia last week partly on the grounds that it impeded the prospects of the "resistance Jihad project" in Iraq. PolOff used a September 18 meeting with an Ulema Council leader to pres [...]	2005-09-19 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3887	SUNNI ARAB LEADER ON REFERENDUM PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader Ayad Samarai said September 18 that while constitution language on Arab identity is now sufficient, further language changes will need to be made on federalism and other national issues before Sunni Arab leaders could consider asking th [...]	2005-09-20 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD3906	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 19:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3907	IRAQI INFRASTRUCUTURE SNAPSHOT - SEPT. 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 02:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3926	TWO SUNNI ARAB INDEPENDENTS DISCOUNT CHANCES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Two relative Sunni Arab political independents told us earlier this week that Sunni Arabs likey will vote in force against the draft constitution on October 15. Hatem al-Mukhlis, from Salah ad-Din province, told us that it would be better for the Sunni Arabs to help draft a new [...]	2005-09-22 10:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3939	OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...]	2005-09-23 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3964	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 02:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3986	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3994	REGIONAL AIRPORTS ON SCHEDULE TO ACHIEVE ICAO [...] (U) Summary: Embassy, MNF-I, and GOI representatives visited airports in Mosul, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah from September 16 thru 18 to assess the progress in achieving compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards and recommended practices (SARPS). While at differ [...]	2005-09-27 07:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD3996	SUNNI DIALOGUE COUNCIL'S MASHADANI SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: At a September 24 meeting, the Ambassador discussed Sunni Arab reaction to the draft constitution with Mahmoud Mashadani, Constitution Committee and Iraqi Council for National Dialogue (ICND) member. The Ambassador agreed to advocate for Sunni Arab-proposed changes to the constit [...]	2005-09-27 07:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4002	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF DULIME [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On September 24 the Ambassador met with Iraqi MinDef Sadoun al-Dulime. Discussions covered security in western Iraq, the effect of sectarian discord on referendum security, Iraqi-Jordanian relations, government corruption, and the apolitical development of the ISF. END [...]	2005-09-27 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD4034	FALLUJAH: GEN CASEY MEETS LOCAL LEADERS, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Casey, MNF-I Commanding General, met September 22, 2005, with Fallujah leaders at the downtown Civil-Military Operations Center. He stressed his continued personal commitment to Fallujah's reconstruction and improved security; progress had been made since his last visit [...]	2005-09-29 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4073	TAL AFAR WRAP-UP: SHORT-TERM SUCCESS BUT MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Major fighting in Tal Afar has concluded and the reconstruction process is proceeding apace. The operation is considered by MNF-I to be an overall success: an important base for terrorists and insurgents has been disrupted, with a number either killed or detained. The Iraqi Arm [...]	2005-10-02 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4082	IRAQI OFFICIALS HOLD TOWN HALLS ON CONSTITUTION [...] Summary: During the week of September 18-24 the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG) Outreach Program sent groups of senior Iraqi officials to four provincial capitals: Diwaniyah, Karbalah, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Each ITG Outreach group is comprised of a cabinet level official and one or two Tra [...]	2005-10-03 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4105	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 17:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4132	MCNS DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL AFAR, [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]	2005-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4133	MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]	2005-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4146	IRAQI MCNS DISCUSSES REFERENDUM SECURITY, OTHER [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4, 2005 to discuss the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities, to review security plans for the October 15 referendum, and to discuss other issues. The Committee's discussi [...]	2005-10-08 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS ECON PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4147	IRAQI MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS TRANSFER OF SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4 to discuss, among other subjects, the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities from the Coalition to Iraqi civil authorities. Prime Minister Jaafari stated a preference for [...]	2005-10-08 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4173	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4198	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ

05BAGHDAD4214	MAJOR SUNNI PARTY PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING IN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) reiterated support for the amended draft constitution at a big tent gathering of Iraqi political leaders October 12 in the Transitional National Assembly. A number of important amendments, negotiated in the last week, paved the way for the statemen [...]	2005-10-13 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4215	FALLUJAH: MOBILIZED FOR THE REFERENDUM, BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans are mobilized to vote in large numbers October 15. Most residents remain primarily focused on immediate needs in the recovering city (power, water, and security) rather than the national political debate. City leaders have not yet formally urged rejection of the const [...]	2005-10-13 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4235	IRAQI REFERENDUM 001 (OCTOBER 15) [...] (S) Summary. As of midday October 15, the Iraqi constitutional referendum generally was proceeding operating smoothly with problems most notably in Anbar and Ninewa; in both governorates it appears many polling stations did not open. The Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) reporte [...]	2005-10-15 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD4238	SAMARA SUNNI ARABS IN DENIAL ABOUT THEIR IP [...] (C) Summary: During an October 12 meeting in Samarra to discuss security and governance, MOD Senior Advisor General Amer al-Hashimi asked Coalition Force officers to reduce their security controls in the city. LTC Wald of the 42ND ID noted that there had been no change in the demands of the [...]	2005-10-15 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PHUM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4290	FALLUJANS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT CONSTITUTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah and neighboring area residents voted in large numbers during the October 15 referendum. They overwhelmingly rejected the constitution, according to initial reports from Fallujah-based IECI staff. The large turnout in Iraq's "city of mosques", alongside low turnout in th [...]	2005-10-18 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4297	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4306	AYATOLLAH SADR SAYS MARJAYA SHOULD STAY OUT OF [...] (C) Summary. At an October 17 iftar, Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr told Ambassador Khalilzad that the Shia clerical establishment (Marjaya) should not endorse any electoral lists in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr warned the Ambassador of the danger of Islamic extremism and said that he fav [...]	2005-10-19 10:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4336	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4356	NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council October 20 reviewed the increasing attacks against energy infrastructure and tactics used in response resulting in Iraq,s current energy shortages. An increase in the effectiveness of attacks in the north has cut off the electricity flow to Baghdad and [...]	2005-10-23 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON MOPS PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4386	IRAQI CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has offered to send an Iraqi Army engineering company of approximately 140 men to Pakistan to assist in earthquake relief (reftel). A letter was passed to the Iraqi MFA for formal transmission to the government of Pakistan, that must then decide whether or [...]	2005-10-25 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL MOPS PK IZ
05BAGHDAD4391	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4392	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4409	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4426	SUNNI ARABS HEAD INTO ELECTIONS DIVIDED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With only two days left before the registration deadline, there is no united Sunni Arab coalition in the offing for the December elections. Sunni Arab leaders, fractured since Saddam's fall, appear just as divided heading into the coming vote. There is no preeminent [...]	2005-10-27 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4435	TOP SHIA ISLAMIST LEADER SAYS UNIFIED ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Senior SCIRI party leader Abdel Mehdi told Charge midday October 28 that the unified Shia Islamist party list for the December elections is nearly ready. The coalition's leaders are rushing to finish the bottom halves of the provincial election slates, and Abdel Mehdi anticipa [...]	2005-10-28 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4447	IMF DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ: CHALABI [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with CDA Satterfield, DPM Chalabi emphasized the need for a less alienating security posture vis--vis the minority Sunni population, including the use of lower tier former Baathist officers to lead operations in sensitive areas. On security of infras [...]	2005-10-30 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MCAP IZ IMF
05BAGHDAD4449	IRAQI ENERGY COUNCIL IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) assessed the energy infrastructure siege of Baghdad October 27. Attacks against infrastructure in the North have cut off the oil flow to Baghdad and Turkey, reducing fuel supplies in parts of Iraq to critically low levels. Deputy Prime Minister C [...]	2005-10-30 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON MASS MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TU
05BAGHDAD45	BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR'S ASSASSINATION SHAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Provincial Governor Ali Radhi al- Haidary was assassinated on January 4, in the eighth attempt on his life since he assumed office in June, 2004. Assailants in three vehicles attacked the Governor's motorcade after he left his office in Baghdad's Mansour District. He was [...]	2005-01-04 19:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BAGHDAD4514	SUNNI ARAB PARTIES RUNNING COMPETING SLATES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The recently-released IECI list of coalitions and political entities set to run in the December elections reveals a fractured field of Sunni Arab politicians who have chosen to compete with one another rather than run together. Power struggles rather than policy diffe [...]	2005-11-04 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4778	ALLAWI'S CAMPAIGN TEAM REPORTS INTIMIDATION [...] (C) Summary: Allawi's National Iraqi List coalition has been subject to intimidation and harassment in Sadr city and the south, including the deaths of six Iraqis in clashes and attacks, according to TNA member and Allawi campaign manager Adnan al-Janabi. In a meeting with Polcouns November 2 [...]	2005-11-29 17:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4782	IRAQ MEDIA SUMMARY NOVEMBER 19-26, CAIRO [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. This week the Iraqi press zeroed in on the Cairo Conference and spinoff topics. The Cairo Conference in fact prompted Iraq's first real public debate about resistance and terrorism, the coalition presence, and de- Ba'athification. Cairo seems also to have stimu [...]	2005-11-29 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4788	ANBAR SECURITY CONFERENCE DRAWS STRONG SUNNI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. During an unprecedented gathering on November 29th, leaders from Ramadi and elsewhere in Anbar province agreed to build Iraqi capacity to take over security in Anbar's cities. Nearly all of the assembled leaders encouraged Anbaris to join the ISF, but there were div [...]	2005-11-30 16:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4836	PM JA'AFARI PLANS MAJOR SHAKEUP OF IRAQI MILITARY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Ja'afari is preparing to sign decrees which will lead to a major reorganization of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Iraqi Joint and Army Land Forces Headquarters. The new leadership personnel he plans to bring in are all Shia. MNF-I Command [...]	2005-12-04 12:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4841	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4865	FRENCH DCM PESSIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY Only the Iraqis will be able to solve their problems, and the US should stay out of it said French DCM Franck Gellet in a December 4 meeting with Poloff. The insurgency will continue for some time even with concessions to the Sunni Arabs, key among them, according to Gellet, a de [...]	2005-12-06 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR IZ
05BAGHDAD4908	PM DISCUSSES PRISON INSPECTIONS, VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On the evening of December 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari hosted a meeting at his residence attended by Charge, MNF-I Commanding General and Deputy Commanding General, UK Ambassador Patey, and DepPolMilCouns. Present with the PM were Chief of Staff Dr. Abdul Azi [...]	2005-12-08 19:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ETRD IZ
05BAGHDAD4910	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 19:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4915	ANBAR ELECTIONS PLANNING PROCEEDS SLOWLY BUT SURELY [...] (C) The IECI, CF, and MOD met December 4 to finalize a conceptual framework and to continue to work out the operational details for holding elections in Anbar province. In comparison to the October referendum, the likely outcome will be a limited increase in polling sites (and some shifts in [...]	2005-12-09 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4918	ANBAR ELECTIONS PLANNING PROCEEDS SLOWLY BUT SURELY [...] (C) The IECI, MNF-I, and MoD met December 4 at IECI Baghdad headquarters to define the operational plan for holding elections in Anbar province; details continue to be worked. The MoD rejected an IECI plan to use tribes to provide security in western Anbar. A Special Police Commando Brigade [...]	2005-12-09 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4932	ELECTION PREPARATIONS APPEAR ON TRACK - SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With days to go until the December 15 election and despite the absence of several IECI Commissioners on Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) travel, preparations for domestic election preparations are well on track. Special voting for detainee, hospital, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]	2005-12-11 10:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4935	RAMADI SECURITY COMMITTEE DEBATES A DIVISION FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a lively and emotional debate in Ramadi, ex-military officials -- backed by sheikhs and technocrats -- argued forcefully for the creation of an entirely new Iraqi Army Division for Anbar. Rejecting suggestions to enlist and thereby change the character of the Mini [...]	2005-12-11 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4958	SHI'A TECHNOCRAT TALKS OF INTIMIDATION AND CABINET [...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban described methods of election intimidation and urged the USG to call on the political parties likely responsible for this intimidation to stop it. He predicted that the United Iraqi All [...]	2005-12-12 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4971	FALLUJANS MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION AMID INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans stand mobilized for the December 15 election. Momentum flowing from the October 15 referendum - when an estimated 200,000 residents in the city and surrounding communities voted - should lead to repeat high turnout. Campaign posters and fliers dot the city; Ahmed Chal [...]	2005-12-13 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4978	SADRISTS, INCLUDING THEIR MILITIA, ON PARADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 7 as many as 5,000 supporters of Muqtada al Sadr, including many armed members of the Mahdi Army, gathered at Al Mustanseryah Square in Baghdad to mark the seventh anniversary of the death of Mohammed Sadiq Sadr, Muqtada's father (who was killed by Saddam). Among t [...]	2005-12-13 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD4981	THE ANBAR SECURITY COUNCIL: RECENT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi cable. A recently created council of influential Anbaris in Ramadi known alternatively as the Ramadi or Anbar Security Council has brought together local officials (from the professional or technocratic class),ex-military officers, imams and tribal sheikhs. [...]	2005-12-13 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4984	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 18:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5012	Electoral War Heats up -- Jazeera and Furat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the most notable example of the intensified electoral debate in the media, a candidate's complaints on al-Jazeera about the "meddling of" Shia clergy in Iraqi politics sparked condemnations by Shia Islamist media outlets and provoked demonstrations in Baghdad December 14. [...]	2005-12-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV KMDR IZ
05BAGHDAD5022	SUNNIS GENERALLY PLEASED WITH ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Our initial soundings from Sunni Arab and Kurdish political figures indicate that they are pleased with the election even though they are collecting complaints from an apparently reasonably well developed poll observer network. The Sunni political leaders we spoke with December [...]	2005-12-16 03:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
05BAGHDAD5026	FALLUJAH: ELECTION WEDDING IN CITY DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans turned out in large numbers for the December 15, 2005, parliamentary election. Poll site estimates exceeded city leaders, optimistic expectations. The November 30, 2005 murder of the city's mufti, Sheikh Hamza Abass Al-Issawi, motivated the population on top of post-re [...]	2005-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
05BAGHDAD5028	RAMADI REALITY GAP: SECURITY COUNCIL VS. MOD [...] (C) Summary. This a SET Ramadi Cable. Minister of Defense Sadoun Dulaime addressed in strong terms the Anbar Security Council on December 12. Chastising Anbaris for allowing the province to serve as an 'incubator' of the insurgency, the minister deflected calls by the council to create a ne [...]	2005-12-17 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS IZ
05BAGHDAD5032	IRMO DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, IRMO Director Daniel Speckhard met with Japanese Ambassador Toshiro Suzuki to discuss a potential Japanese role in the PRT initiative and US-Japan cooperation to assist in Iraqi reconstruction efforts. Suzuki reaffirmed Japan's continued desire to assist in Iraq [...]	2005-12-18 06:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PNAT PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD5038	COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM VISITS IRAQ, [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 5-8, 2005, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),visited Iraq to meet with Embassy, military, and Iraqi officials. During his visit Ambassador Crumpton met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials responsible for counterterrorism [...]	2005-12-18 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5043	COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM MEETS IRAQI [...] (SBU) (SUMMARY) Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),called on Iraqi Minister of Defense Saadoun Dulime during a visit to Baghdad on December 6. Present at the meeting were a group of 17 Sunni sheikhs from the Al Anbar Province. This presented an oppor [...]	2005-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD5047	IRAQI POLITICOS PONDER NEW GOVERNMENT: SHIA [...] (C) Summary: With even the preliminary announcement of most election results still days away, Iraqi political operatives are trying to consolidate alliances. Prime Minister Jafari and Adil Abdel Mehdi, Jafari's rival within the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555),each are trying to line up [...]	2005-12-19 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV
05BAGHDAD5068	UIC 555 LEADERS REACT TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 interview, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Ali Suadi told PolOff that in Sadr City confidence in Coalition Forces (CF) is low. The Sadr militia, he claimed, openly patrols in Sadr City in black uniforms and guns; the Iraqi police make no effort [...]	2005-12-20 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD5069	BAGHDAD GOVERNOR HOPES TO HEAD MOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a December 18 meeting Hussein Mohammad Al-Tahan, Governor of Baghdad, told PolOff that he expects to be the next Minister of the Interior. Hussein, a member of the Shia Islamist SCIRI party, said MOI requires a complete overhaul and needs to be less aggressive with terrorists [...]	2005-12-20 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD5103	AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL CASEY CONVENE A SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of politically connected Sunni Arab figures urged the Ambassador and MNF-I CG Casey to expedite detainee releases and to facilitate stand-up of credible, non-sectarian Iraqi security forces. In a December 13 meeting prior to the national elections, they agreed to meet re [...]	2005-12-24 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5132	IRAQI OIL SECTOR UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies in Iraq remain scarce, and the country may face regional outages. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi, as acting Minister of Oil, was informed of the deteriorating fuel situation and urged to act by A/DCM and the acting IRMO director. National refinery capacity has dr [...]	2005-12-27 17:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD5153	IRAQI OIL SECURITY IN DISARRAY [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: The Steering Group for Critical Infrastructure Integrity assessed the security problems in the oil infrastructure and fuel product distribution systems across Iraq. Intimidation of Ministry of Oil (MOO) employees continues to be a problem for both product distribution an [...]	2005-12-29 14:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EFIN MASS MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5164	SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The sixth day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on Tuesday, December 21. Three complainants provided graphic testimony about torture, incarceration, and murder. The seventh day of trial commenced on Wednesday, December 22. Three additional complainants testified about summary d [...]	2005-12-31 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BANGKOK1036	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory call on Defense Minister Sumpun Boonyanun February 3, Ambassador discussed a wide range of subjects and positively reaffirmed the overall excellent relations between our two militaries. They exchanged views on the tsunami relief effort and overall U.S./T [...]	2005-02-09 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH BURMA IRAQ POL MIL
05BANGKOK1038	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CDR SEVENTH FLEET VADM [...] (C) Admiral Greenert, your visit to Bangkok and Phuket will come as we are winding down the critical U.S. military role in providing assistance to Thailand and the other tsunami-hit nations in the region. Your meetings with senior SIPDIS Thai officials follow on the heels of visits by a n [...]	2005-02-09 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK1105	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON ROYAL THAI SUPREME [...] (C) On February 8, the Ambassador met with Royal Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Chaisit Shinawatra to discuss a variety of security issues. Chaisit was grateful for U.S. assistance to help Thailand mitigate the impact of the tsunami and correctly noted that our use of Utapao as [...]	2005-02-11 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL BURMA PKO IMET
05BANGKOK1163	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 from 11 April - 3 June 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they [...]	2005-02-15 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1233	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIVY COUNCILOR [...] (S) On February 16, 2005 I, met with Privy Councilor General Surayud Chulanont former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTAF) and Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander-in-Chief. The meeting, held at Surayud,s request, took place at his residence in the Eastern suburbs of Bangkok and [...]	2005-02-17 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK1375	THAI PRIME MINISTER RATTLED BY CRITICS OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra initially reacted to critics of his new security zoning policy in Southern Thailand (Ref A) with a blast of vulgar expletives. But strong and spreading negative public reaction to his new plan, coupled with an invigorated media focus on continuing [...]	2005-02-24 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK1527	THAILAND: INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Thai media on March 2 headlined their stories on the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR) with variations on the theme, "US government slams Thailand's human rights performance," with special attention to incidents in the South. PM Thaksin has not commented on the HRR. Offici [...]	2005-03-02 13:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1578	ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY BURMA CAUCUS VISITS [...] (U) Summary. Several members of the informal Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus visited Thailand this week, hosted by Senator Kraisak Choonhavan, Chairman of the Thai Senate Foreign Relations committee. In a March 2 press conference, the Caucus called [...]	2005-03-03 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA ASEAN
05BANGKOK1842	THAI LAW SOCIETY CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year after the disappearance of a prominent Muslim human rights attorney, the Law Society of Thailand called for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to establish an independent committee to investigate the disappearance and presumed death of Somchai Neelapaijit. The President [...]	2005-03-14 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1897	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Cpt. Kitsada CHITRARANGSI, Transportation Army Aircraft Maintenance Battalion, WC [...]	2005-03-16 04:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1901	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] As authorized per Ref A, with the exception of the 25 regiment noted in Para 3 below, Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of Gross violations of human rights by the Royal Thai units identified below to participate in Balance Torch 05-2, as of this d [...]	2005-03-16 04:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1921	THAIS SEEK RETURN OF CLAIMED ROYAL HEADDRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai media and some politicians have recently called for the return to Thailand of a 500-year old royal headdress which they claim was stolen in the 1950s. The headdress is currently on display at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [...]	2005-03-16 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO TH
05BANGKOK1933	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER CHUAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and Democrat Party (DP) leader Chuan Leekpai said that Prime Minister Thaksin did not understand the problems in southern Thailand and indeed his policies were exacerbating the situation. Chuan feared that if [...]	2005-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH BURMA US FTA
05BANGKOK2062	THAILAND: SENIOR GOVERNMENT ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloffs met with Mark Tamthai, a prominent academic and senior advisor to the Thai National Security Council (NSC),to discuss RTG policy for southern Thailand. He said the Thai government, acknowledging recent policy failures, is increasingly focused on the sep [...]	2005-03-22 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK2087	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW DEMOCRAT PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21 the Ambassador met with newly installed Democrat Party (DP) leader Aphisit Wetchachiwa. Aphisit spoke candidly about mistakes made by the DP during the election and discussed how he hoped to form the party into an effective opposition to Prime Minister Thaksin's [...]	2005-03-23 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TH US FTA BIO
05BANGKOK2254	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) DOD (OSD/POLICY),per Ref A, has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete further human rights vetting for the 25th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, 4th Army Area, a unit that has been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 scheduled from 11 April [...]	2005-03-30 08:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2255	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: On March 28, Prime Minister Thaksin officially appointed a broad-based 48-member National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) to explore solutions to the ongoing separatist turmoil in Thailand's predominantly Muslim southern provinces. NRC Chairperson and former Prime Minister Anand [...]	2005-03-30 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH NRC
05BANGKOK2351	THAILAND: STAFFDEL JANUZZI VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28-29, Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces. Januzzi spoke with a variety of interlocutors and heard local views on the origins and nature of the continuing unrest, cautious [...]	2005-04-01 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TH NRC
05BANGKOK2537	AMBASSADORS HILL AND BOYCE MEET INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 29 meeting in Bangkok, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Achmad Hasyim Muzadi told Ambassadors Hill and Boyce that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) had invited him to visit the troubled Muslim-majority southern border provinces of Thailand, speak with local [...]	2005-04-08 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK2541	THAI INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY OBSERVERS DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: In recent Embassy meetings with several Thai government and academic experts on Thailand's southern separatist troubles, several themes emerged: 1) the Royal Thai Government (RTG) sparked deep resentment and lost credibility among Muslims in the South after detainees taken at [...]	2005-04-08 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK2636	BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THAILAND: DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly 2,000 out of 2,707 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) persons of concern (POC) have reported to Thai immigration offices in Bangkok and three provincial offices in Northern and Western Thailand. The largest number reported to the Mae Sot immigration [...]	2005-04-19 00:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK2743	AMBASSASOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH DEFMIN: [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Gen. Thamarak Isarangura Na Ayutthaya welcomed the recent Iraqi elections and noted his long-held belief that setting up the Iraqi Government will reduce anti-American violence there. The Ambassador noted keen interest in Wash [...]	2005-04-21 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PREL PGOV TH IRAQ BURMA POL MIL
05BANGKOK2749	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...]	2005-04-22 02:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK2798	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC [...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...]	2005-04-26 01:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2834	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Col. Amnat POOKSRISUK, Army War College, who has been selected to attend the cour [...]	2005-04-26 08:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK2887	APPROVING MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM [...] (C) USPACOM proposed deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to Thailand to offer military support to public diplomacy. The focus of this team will be to advise and assist the Royal Thai Army in its efforts to address ongoing unrest in southern Thailand. Post concurs and r [...]	2005-04-28 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK3002	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Tippawong RODJANATHAM, Army Training Command, who has been selected to atten [...]	2005-05-04 04:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3005	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Suphannika VIDHAYASARONYUDH, Army Training Command, who has been selected to [...]	2005-05-04 04:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3045	BLUE LATERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Pol FSN made inquiries to establish the bona fides of Olympic Arm & Ammunition Co. as requested in reftel. According to the Department of Business Development of the Thai Commerce Ministry, Olympic Arm and Ammunition (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has a three person executive committee made up of Mr. C [...]	2005-05-06 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK3074	BURMESE DISSIDENT GROUPS IN THAILAND DENY [...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7, 2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be res [...]	2005-05-09 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK3145	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION RELEASES FULL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) recently released the complete texts of reports authored by two government-authorized "Independent Commissions" which investigated separate high casualty incidents in 2004 in southern Thailand involving Thai security forces. In April [...]	2005-05-11 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS NRC
05BANGKOK3333	THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...]	2005-05-19 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA
05BANGKOK3436	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have just finished our annual Cobra Gold exercise -- the only multilateral training exercise in the Asia-Pacific region. This year's exercise [...]	2005-05-25 08:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK3439	(UNITS TO STATE) EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3 scheduled from 18 July to 23 Sept. 2005. To meet i [...]	2005-05-25 08:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3799	SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (C) Ref A) requests Department action for human rights vetting for the 5th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the Royal Thai Army. As noted in ref A),the unit is scheduled to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3. The Department has requested further informati [...]	2005-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3810	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the units from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Areas identified in Par [...]	2005-06-10 01:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3829	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in the following courses and to meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they have requested that the review of h [...]	2005-06-10 05:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3930	(C) THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary: The senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) official covering Burma told poloffs that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has no hard evidence confirming the reported use of chemical weapons by the Burmese Army against ethnic Karenni soldiers near the Thai border in February 2005. These [...]	2005-06-14 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PINR MOPS PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4028	THAI MFA OFFICIAL: NO CHANGE IN POLICY TOWARD SHAN [...] (C) Summary. The Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stated that despite the Royal Thai Government's (RTG) pushback of approximately 450 Shan refugees to the Burmese side of the border last week, there is "no change in Thai policy" in providing temporary protection and [...]	2005-06-20 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PBTS TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK4270	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Montira YIMSOMBOON, Army Training Command, who has been selected to attend t [...]	2005-06-30 08:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK4653	EMERGENCY DECREE UNVEILED; NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The RTG unveiled its new Emergency Decree to the Diplomatic Corps at a July 18 briefing. MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn characterized the decree as SIPDIS "consistent with the Constitution" and subject to checks. He said that the RTG is drafting an explanat [...]	2005-07-19 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4864	THAKSIN AND NRC HEAD ANAND TO DISCUSS ON TV [...] (U) Summary: On July 28 Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun will discuss on national television the ongoing violence in Thailand's south, the RTG's Emergency Decree and the NRC's proposals to end the [...]	2005-07-28 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4902	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for Ltc. Ronawee HIRUNSI Army Training Command, RTA, who has been selected to attend [...]	2005-07-29 11:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5447	(UNITS TO STATE) EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN [...] This is an action request. 2. Joint Interagency Task Force West J33/JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 06-2 scheduled from 3 October to 3 December 2005. To me [...]	2005-08-24 08:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5574	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for LTC Rawee TANGPITHAKKUL, Director of Operations, Royal Thai Army, who has been se [...]	2005-08-31 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5653	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) As authorized per Ref A, U.S. Embassy Bangkok verifies that the Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that. as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Thailand Armed Forces units listed in Para 2. Embassy Bangko [...]	2005-09-02 03:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5662	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Suteeka BOONWANG, Special Warfare School, Royal Thai Army, who has been sele [...]	2005-09-02 07:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK5699	THAILAND: CAPITAL ALLOCATION TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] The streets of Patong Beach are busy, not as busy as normal and with a distinct scarcity of the Asian tourists typical during the summer months that comprise the low tourist season in Phuket, but still enough to give the place a certain buzz. Hotels report a 40-50 percent occupancy rate, about [...]	2005-09-06 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID TH
05BANGKOK6088	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objective The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to impr the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively it peacekeeping oblig [...]	2005-09-23 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO

05BANGKOK6093	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6094	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6764	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COORDINATED RAIDS ACROSS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 small groups of militants launched a series of 49 apparently coordinated raids in rural areas throughout far southern Thailand. Four civilians and two militants were reported killed in the raids, which appear to have been focused on stealing weapons from village [...]	2005-10-27 10:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK686	THAILAND: DEEP SOUTH UPDATE - JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence continues in the far southern provinces of Thailand, in stark contrast to images of ongoing relief efforts in neighboring provinces. With the tsunami garnering less attention the media, violence in the deep South is again re-emerging as a central domestic political iss [...]	2005-01-26 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK687	TAK BAI INDEPENDENT COMMISSION REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Commission investigating the October 2004 Tak Bai incident has concluded that three senior security officials, including the Fourth Army Commanding General, failed to monitor their subordinates during the transfer of detainees from Tak Bai to a Pattani Army camp. [...]	2005-01-26 12:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6904	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MORE BOMBS IN NARATHIWAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2 another series of bombs were set off in the far southern province of Narathiwat, temporarily knocking out power in the city. The attacks follow the series of raids on October 26 and the October 27 bombing of a rail-line in Narathiwat (reftels). On November 3 a s [...]	2005-11-03 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK6909	BANGKOK FY06 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORKPLAN [...] Summary: In FY06, the Regional Environmental Office (REO) based in Bangkok will continue its broad range of activities in 25 countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Three priority topics, however, will likely dominate the attention of this hub - avian influenza, efforts to combat illegal [...]	2005-11-04 01:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON TBIO TPHY TH
05BANGKOK6958	MORE CONTROVERSY WITH THE SELECTION OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Thailand,s anti-corruption process suffered a serious blow with the November 1 announcement of the selection of nine potentially biased nominees to serve in the government,s National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC). Critics allege that most of the nominees have close [...]	2005-11-07 01:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH NCCC
05BANGKOK6979	ANAND COMMENTS ON FINAL PHASE OF NRC'S PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) Head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on November 3 to discuss the NRC's wrap-up phase. Anand said that Thaksin still has no idea of the root causes of the problem and has used his aides and media infl [...]	2005-11-08 05:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH NRC
05BANGKOK701	STAFFING ISSUES AT DAO BANGKOK [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 06:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7030	U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]	2005-11-10 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7073	DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTHERN TROUBLES WITH OBSERVERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one day visit to Songkhla in southern Thailand, Thailand Desk Officer and Emboff met with several prominent local observers to discuss the causes and possible solution to the area's ongoing turmoil. The observers were opposition Democrat Party (DP) MP Niphon Bunyamane [...]	2005-11-15 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK7091	PRIVY COUNSELOR SURAYUD ON SITUATION IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary. On November 10, Privy Counselor General Surayud Chulanont indicated to visiting DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the Queen now has a better understanding of the situation in southern Thailand. He was critical, however, of the police -- suggesting that they still do not ha [...]	2005-11-16 00:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
05BANGKOK7123	VILLAGERS KILLED IN RAID IN NARATHIWAT [...] (U) Insurgents killed 9 Muslim villagers during a nighttime raid in Ra Ngae district in Narathiwat province on November 16th. Eight people were also injured during the attack, five of them children. According to Embassy police sources, an entire family was among the victims. 2. (C) Ver [...]	2005-11-16 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK7184	EXCELLENT THAI-DPRK RELATIONS NOT SO USEFUL IN [...] (C) Summary. Allegations in a new book that North Korean abducted a Thai woman working in Macao in 1978 have grabbed local headlines and prompted Foreign Minister Kantathi to pledge government efforts to return her to Thailand. Thai officials, however, are finding their North Korean counterp [...]	2005-11-18 04:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH DPRK
05BANGKOK7197	THE KING AND HIM; THE OPPOSITION PLAYS THEIR KING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Evidence suggests that Prime Minister Thaksin is alienating an ever-growing segment of the political class. The antipathy that started with NGOs and journalists is spreading; by some accounts, it includes many in the military leadership and reaches even to the [...]	2005-11-18 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
05BANGKOK7253	TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]	2005-11-22 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7317	COURT VICTORIES FOR RABBLE-ROUSING JOURNALIST [...] (U) SUMMARY. One week after Sondhi Limthongkul attracted nearly 40,000 people to Bangkok's Lumpini Park with his "mobile talk show", the businessman-turned-media defender won two significant legal victories, including a partial reprieve from last week's gag order on him and his associates. Mea [...]	2005-11-25 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7334	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Per reftel request, here are the results of posts inquiries into the bona fides of G.H. International. Company Profile Per the Thai Department of Business Development, Ministry of Commerce, G.H.International Co. Ltd is filed under registration number 1160/2517, dated 9 OCT 1974. Capital re [...]	2005-11-28 06:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
05BANGKOK7345	SONDHI'S TENTH AND LARGEST RALLY TO DATE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government critic Sondhi Limthongkul hosted his tenth "mobile talk show" from a monastery in Udon Thani. A crowd of approximately 50,000 gathered in Bangkok's Lumpini Park to listen to Sondhi offer revelations of new scandals concerning the Thai Rak Thai government. In the two-ho [...]	2005-11-28 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7454	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Privy Counselor Palakorn Suanrath to discuss the situation in southern Thailand. Palakorn -- who served as director of the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) prior to its 2002 dissolution by Prime Minister Thaksin -- is known to be a cl [...]	2005-12-02 07:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7462	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S HEARTS AND [...] Summary. (C) In a meeting with poloffs on 1 December, Royal Thai Army (RTA) civil affairs officer Lt. Col. Saniroj Thumayos explained the challenges facing the RTA's attempts to win the hearts and minds of the public in the violent South. Saniroj outlined RTG efforts to train and support Isl [...]	2005-12-02 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TH
05BANGKOK7527	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG QUIETLY REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) has been quietly meeting in northern Malaysia and in Europe with purported leadership figures from some of the prominent southern Thai separatist groups -- including the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Coordinate (BRN-C) -- in an attempt to f [...]	2005-12-07 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7573	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LABELING THE MILITANTS "BRN-C" [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Thai officials and foreign observers have struggled to identify the militant movement responsible for the resurgent violence in far southern Thailand that has claimed over 1,000 lives since January 2004. The initial government response -- to blame criminals or local po [...]	2005-12-09 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK7599	IMET IN THAILAND -- KEY TOOL FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] The International Military Education and Training Program (IMET) has been a vital tool for almost 30 years to improve the Thai military's ability to develop core skills and competence. In addition to providing world-class training through a wide range of courses, IMET has helped us create a [...]	2005-12-13 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MASS TH IMET
05BANGKOK774	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. (SBU) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for 1Lt. Sothon RUKSASUP, Army Military Intelligence Command, WCN 1176 who has been [...]	2005-01-31 00:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7783	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) professional staffmember Frank Jannuzi visited the far southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala as part of SFRC and Embassy Bangkok's ongoing effort to closely monitor the situation in that region. Jannuzi met with leading local gov [...]	2005-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7918	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]	2005-12-30 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BASRAH150	ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STABILITY IN DHI QAR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 12, Ambassador Khalilzad announced to the Dhi Qar Governor and Provincial Council (PC) the approval of $7.0 million in assistance for critical reconstruction projects in the water and electric power sectors and the building of several new roads. The projects will he [...]	2005-12-17 11:04:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM EAID PGOV PINS ECON IZ
05BASRAH154	PROJECT MONEY JUMP-STARTS PRDCS IN MAYSAN AND DHI QAR [...] Summary: The Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committees (PRDC) in Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces met on December 19 and 20. Demonstrations over fuel price increases in both provinces threatened to disrupt the meetings, but Provincial Council members prevailed in making the meeting ta [...]	2005-12-22 11:01:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ UN
05BEIRUT1322	MGLE01: SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE MAY HAVE WORKED WITH [...] (S) Introduction and summary. Tyre businessman Qassim Daoud (strictly protect) provided econoff on April 19 with further details on Hizballah's "Mirsad-1" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight into Israeli airspace on April 11 (reftel). Daoud has well-placed contacts in the southern Shia co [...]	2005-04-25 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	LE MOPS PTER SY
05BEIRUT2068	MGLE1: LEBANON'S NEW PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Four major personalities will dominate the new Parliament. These leaders -- Saad Hariri, Walid Jumblatt, Hassan Nasrallah, and Michel Aoun -- have the votes and the voices they need to push for -- or to block --change. The men and women who counsel these figures will be among our chief [...]	2005-06-24 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR
05BEIRUT2293	MGLE01: DAS DIBBLE MEETING WITH WALID JUMBLATT -- [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, defending (somewhat sheepishly) his public support for Hizballah, claimed to NEA DAS Dibble that doing so was the only obvious way to "cool down" Hizballah and "bring them inside." While this may involve paying lip service to Hizballah's loopy claim to the "S [...]	2005-07-13 07:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
05BEIRUT3498	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH DISCUSSES MEHLIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was enthusiastic in his support of the Mehlis report findings, but was reluctant to send a Lebanese representative to next Monday's planned UNSC meeting of foreign ministers. He considers this meeting strictly an affair between Syria and the Sec [...]	2005-10-26 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
05BEIRUT3670	MGLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS ARMY UNABLE TO [...] (S) In a November 8 meeting with NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble, the Ambassador, the defense attache, and econoff, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he is trying to transform the Lebanese military after 15 years of Syrian direction. He wanted to change the "Syrian me [...]	2005-11-14 08:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KPAL MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER SY LE
05BEIRUT541	OPPOSITION A ROLL: FORCE CABINET TO QUIT, GET [...] (C) Chattering away at a 2/21 dinner hosted by Boutros Harb, leading members of the Christian opposition and Walid Jumblatt's bloc were visibly buoyed by what they saw as three victories earlier that day: the largest anti-Syrian demonstration in Lebanon's history, Parliament Speaker Nabih B [...]	2005-02-22 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE SY
05BEIRUT654	Lebanon Biographies of Potential Prime Ministers [...] Followig are biographies of potential candidates to repace Prime Minister Omar Karami who resigned on Febuary 28, 2005. According to the 1943 National Pat and the 1989 Taif Accord, Lebanon's Prime Miniter must be a Sunni Muslim. Several names of poential candidates are being discussed i [...]	2005-03-03 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR ECON LE
05BOGOTA10106	ELN PEACE HOUSE AT ONE MONTH: INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The "ELN Peace House" was inaugurated one month ago after the GOC and National Liberation Army (ELN) leadership released imprisoned ELN spokesperson Gerardo Antonio Bermudez Sanchez, AKA "Francisco Galan," for three months to help establish peace talks. Galan has spent his first month unde [...]	2005-10-26 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10389	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the month, approximately 7,893 hectares of illicit crops were sprayed, giving a year-to- date total of 120,101 hectares of coca and 1,546 hectares of poppy sprayed. One contract spray aircraft pilot and a Counterdrug (CD) Brigade dog handler and his dog were killed duri [...]	2005-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA10448	ELN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY IN ECUADOR PREACHES [...] (U) On October 30, News Channel One (NoticieroUno) reported that several National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas had crossed the border into Ecuador to offer a Catholic mass to fellow Ecuadorian guerrillas. The footage showed ELN member alias "Diego Cristobal" preaching to roughly 30 people [...]	2005-11-05 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SOCI CO EC
05BOGOTA10498	COLOMBIAN THINK TANK SEEKS TO ADVANCE ELN PEACE [...] (C) The consultative process underway between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Colombian advisors is unlikely to lead to substantive peace talks with the GOC unless the international community, especially the United States, nudges the parties forward, according to Ideas for Peace (Ideas P [...]	2005-11-07 20:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA1071	AUC'S SOUTHWESTERN ANTIOQUIA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) The 126 members of the Self Defense Forces of Southwestern Antioquia demobilized on January 30, bringing the total number of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) members to have demobilized since December 2003 to 4,699. Senior paramilitary commanders Salvatore Mancuso and Erne [...]	2005-02-02 13:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS
05BOGOTA1081	GOC LIKELY TO AUTHORIZE ELN MEETING WITH [...] (C) On January 29, GOC High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo told Ambassador that the GOC was on the verge of an agreement with the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command (COCE) to allow COCE representatives safe passage to Mexico to engage in face-to-face talks with Gover [...]	2005-02-02 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CO ELN
05BOGOTA10847	DRUG CZAR WALTERS MEETING WITH MOD OSPINA AND [...] (U) November 10, 2005, 8:00-9:00, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- John P. Walters, Director ONDCP Patrick Ward, ONDCP A/D Richard O'Connor, ONDCP Julie Connor, Narcotics Affairs Section Director Col. Kevin Saderup, MilGroup Commander Col. Brian Butcher, D [...]	2005-11-21 15:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV EAID CO
05BOGOTA10848	COUNTER-DRUG BRIGADE CHANGE OF COMMAND [...] (U) The Colombian Army Counter- Drug Brigade (CD BDE) will be getting a new commander in mid-December. Brigadier General (BG) Jorge Octavio ARDILA Silva will replace outgoing CD BDE Commander BG Luis Felipe PAREDESParedes Cadena, who will assume command of the 2nd Brigade in Barranquilla. [...]	2005-11-21 16:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS PINR CO
05BOGOTA10889	NEWS FROM THE FARC FRONT [...] (U) On November 20, President Uribe authorized Peace Commissioner Restrepo to organize an international commission to help facilitate a hostage exchange with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Restrepo had earlier called on the FARC to commit itself to a cease-fire and peace ta [...]	2005-11-22 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10895	GOC REOPENS PEACE NEGOTIATION OPTION WITH ELN [...] (U) On November 13, in response to a letter from the guarantors group of the "Peace House" initiative with the ELN, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo issued a call to the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command leaders to begin negotiations with the government under the auspices [...]	2005-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10949	ARMED CONFRONTATION IN VICINITY OF SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) On November 17 the Embassy received reports from the NGO Fellowship of Reconciliation that there had been an attack by the military on residents of the Peace Community of Arenas Altas, in the municipality of Apartado, Antioquia Department. The Arenas Altas Peace Community is near the Peac [...]	2005-11-23 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CO
05BOGOTA10952	COLOMBIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's submission to the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraphs 7-10. Embassy POC is Poloff Liliana Gabriel, unclass email gabriell@state.gov 2. (SBU) GENERAL ASSESSMENT: SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION [...]	2005-11-23 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC CO
05BOGOTA10963	MILITARY JUSTICE: REFORMS ON TRACK, BUDGET FALLS [...] (C) On November 17, Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes, Director of Colombia's Military Penal Justice system, noted that reforms were moving forward but budget constraints were becoming problematic. He hopes the Colombian Senate approves the first wave of Congressional reforms, introduce [...]	2005-11-25 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10992	ELN WARMING TO NEGOTIATION OPTIONS, FARC NOT MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, ELN Spokesperson "Francisco Galan" announced that the ELN was ready to begin establishing peace talks with the Colombian government. Civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas reported optimism that the ELN could be successful in this negotiation effort. At the same tim [...]	2005-11-28 15:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA11357	PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B: STATUS REPORT [...] (C) President Uribe relieved Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O) Commander General Fracica, who was in charge of carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, because he had failed to produce concrete results against high value targets (HVTs),Uribe's top security objective. Frac [...]	2005-12-07 19:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER MOPS FARC CO
05BOGOTA11435	ELN-GOC TALKS HAVE SOME CHANCE OF SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The meeting between the GOC and the ELN in Cuba next week is the first formal encounter between them in almost four years and should be considered a breakthrough, but few are optimistic success will come easily. The talks will be exploratory with an open agenda, assisted by Norway [...]	2005-12-09 22:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA11620	TEXT OF PRESIDENT URIBE AND PEACE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) President Alvaro Uribe Velez and Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo made the following statements at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on December 13, 2005, regarding the decision by the GOC to accept the international commission's proposal to create a 65 square mile "secur [...]	2005-12-14 23:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA118	COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]	2005-01-05 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA11814	DAS DIRECTOR PENATE MAY RESIGN OVER URIBE REPROACH [...] (C) On December 20, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that he was upset with President Uribe for excoriating him in public after he tried to correct the record regarding Venezuelan allegations that GOC military officials were working with forme [...]	2005-12-20 22:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	MOPS PINR PREL CO
05BOGOTA11862	ICRC CHIEF REVEALS FARC AND ELN CONTACTS ON POLICE [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cros (ICRC) Colombia Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said December 21 the FARC and ELN had called him the previous day to make arrangements to transfer 29 police hostages to ICRC custody. The army located the hostages before the ICRC could finalize [...]	2005-12-22 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA12022	FARC ATTACK KILLS 29; MILITARY CONCEDES ERRORS [...] (C) The FARC killed 29 Colombian soldiers from the counter-guerrilla 12th Mobile Brigade in a December 27 attack about 105 miles south of Bogota, one of the highest casualty figures in a single attack during President Uribe's term. Colombian intelligence officials suggest the 12th Mobile Brig [...]	2005-12-30 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR CO
05BOGOTA12031	PEACE COMMISSIONER RECAPS YEAR-END STATUS WITH [...] (C) On December 28, the Ambassador reviewed all peace processes with Colombian Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo. Regarding the ELN, Restrepo told the Ambassador that he had successfully resisted ELN pressure -- abetted by the French and especially the Norwegian facilitators -- to move [...]	2005-12-30 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA1397	NAS Monthly Report January 2005: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 15,723 hectares of coca and finalized plans for a large manual poppy eradication campaign to start in February in Narino. A Colombian Army helicopter carrying sixteen Counter-Narcotics (CD) Brigade soldiers and four crewmembers [...]	2005-02-14 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA1604	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]	2005-02-18 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA162	2004 COUNTER-TERRORISM WRAP-UP [...] (C) In spite of limited air mobility and ground support/fixed wing aircraft and the challenge of supporting some 17,000 troops of Plan Patriota operating in hostile jungle, the security forces made great advances in 2004, re-taking 11 FARC-run villages and destroying over 400 FARC camps. Else [...]	2005-01-06 20:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM ASEC CO
05BOGOTA1775	ELN PEACE TALK'S ADVANCES AND RETREATS [...] (C): Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia met with the Ambassador on February 18 to report on progress this year. Although January saw positive commitments by both the ELN and GOC on negotiation pre-requisites (ref a),the process stalle [...]	2005-02-24 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA1918	MASSACRE OF 13 PERSONS IN URABA AREA [...] (C) On February 24, Embassy received reports that eight persons, including three members of the peace community of Apartado, had been killed, dismembered, and buried in two separate graves in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The Government of Colombia immediately sent members of the F [...]	2005-03-01 17:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2052	COMBINED COLOMBIAN POLICE AND ARMY AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Army (COLAR) helicopters recently supported a Colombian National Police (CNP) airmobile assault on cocaine hydrochlide (HCL) processing laboratories. The eight-day operation was notable not only for its operational results - three laboratories were destroyed and nearl [...]	2005-03-03 19:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA2156	REINSERTED GUERRILLA CLAIMS FARC RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] (S/NF) On March 2, Embassy officials met with reinserted FARC guerrilla member, Elkin Dario Tuberquia (strictly protect),and 17th Battalion Commander Lt. Colonel Nestor Duque Lopez. Tuberquia alleged that the FARC was responsible for the killings of the eight individuals as the three men, in [...]	2005-03-04 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2348	PBI REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRM PEACE COMMUNITY WILL [...] (C) On March 4, Embassy officials met with local representatives of Peace Brigades International (PBI),who described their visit to the massacre site of eight civilians in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department and confirmed that the "peace community" to which the victims belong will not co [...]	2005-03-10 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2505	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...]	2005-03-15 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2619	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMUNITY ABOUT URABA [...] (C) On March 16, Ambassador met with representatives of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado, who reiterated their statements that the February 21-22 massacre of eight civilians in the area was the work of the Army's 17th Brigade. Ambassador expressed condolences to the community and r [...]	2005-03-18 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3041	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: FEBRUARY 2005 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Following is the February 2005 Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report required by ref A. There were 5167 tracks noted, of which 16 were declared Unidentified, Assumed Suspect (UAS) Tracks, with one Phase III event/Law Enforcement End Game where an aircraft was destroyed and 600 [...]	2005-04-04 20:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3217	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia [...]	2005-04-07 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER KJUS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA335	PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY BLACKHAWK GOES DOWN IN [...] AT APPROXIMATELY 0020 ON JANUARY 13, A PLAN COLOMBIA/COLOMBIAN ARMY UH-60 BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER WITH 20 TROOPS CRASHED DUE TO BAD WEATHER APPROXIMATELY 36 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUMACO IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NARINO, ON COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS. 2. THE HELICOPTER WAS CARRYI [...]	2005-01-13 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3361	INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISITS SAN JOSE DE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3422	ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...]	2005-04-13 14:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3636	APIAY DRUG SMUGGLING INCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28 cocaine was discovered on a military aircraft arriving at Fort Bliss, Texas from Colombia. After initial investigation three soldiers were detained and returned to the US. Investigation is ongoing. End Summary. 2. (C) On March 28, 2005 law enforcement authoriti [...]	2005-04-18 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR CO
05BOGOTA3691	COUNTER DRUG BRIGADE SUCCESSES IN NARINO [...] (U) Summary: Counter Drug (CD) Brigade operations in Narino Department from January to March destroyed 13 HCL labs, captured over 1500 kgs of cocaine HCL and over 5000 kgs of explosives. The 1st and 2nd battalions of the Plan Colombia-supported CD Brigade have been conducting ongoing operatio [...]	2005-04-19 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA3695	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes CODEL Burton's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the FARC. The peace proce [...]	2005-04-19 18:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CODEL
05BOGOTA3726	PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...]	2005-04-19 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA3843	FISCALIA CONTINUES ITS INVESTIGATION INTO URABA [...] (C) On April 18, Poloffs met with Fiscalia Human Rights Unit prosecutor Nelson Casas, who is leading the investigation into the February 21 massacre in Uraba of eight individuals, including three members of the peace community of San Jose de Apartado. Casas told Poloffs that investigators hav [...]	2005-04-21 22:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3863	COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ [...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...]	2005-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV
05BOGOTA3914	SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA [...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...]	2005-04-25 18:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC
05BOGOTA3925	MILITARY JUSTICE EXONERATES SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN [...] (U) On April 16, the Supreme Military Tribunal, an appellate court for all service-related crimes, exonerated members of the Army involved in an operation the night of March 19, 2004, near the village of Guaitarilla, Narino Department. The operation resulted in a friendly-fire incident that l [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR CO
05BOGOTA3928	GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND [...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3937	GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA [...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]	2005-04-25 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4050	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR [...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]	2005-04-28 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA431	FISCALIA CLOSES CHENGUE MASSACRE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) The Fiscalia announced it has closed its criminal case against retired Rear Admiral Rodrigo Quinonez for his alleged complicity in the January 2001 paramilitary massacre at Chengue. The head of the Fiscalia's Human Rights Unit told Embassy officials that Quinonez's case was handled by a s [...]	2005-01-18 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO
05BOGOTA4342	FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4534	U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR [...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...]	2005-05-13 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4563	COLOMBIAN IMPUNITY PROJECT SUCCESSES [...] (U) The following is a response to ref A requesting additional information on the Dutch-funded Anti-Impunity Project. The Project continues to achieve notable successes, including bringing high-profile human rights cases to conclusion. The Project strengthens Government efforts to tackle co [...]	2005-05-16 16:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS CO
05BOGOTA4806	NAS Monthly Report April 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 16,153 hectares of coca. The CNP destroyed 10 cocaine HCL labs and seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, and 94 kilos of heroin. U.S. and Plan Colombia assets assisted the police in heavy fighti [...]	2005-05-19 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4960	COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE [...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...]	2005-05-24 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4961	IDPS REPORT COLOMBIAN NGO COLLABORATING WITH THE [...] (C) On May 12-13, Human Rights Officer, Assistant Army Attache and British Embassy representative traveled to the highly conflictive Uraba region of northwestern Colombia. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) and business leaders reported that Justicia y Paz, a Colombian NGO working with commun [...]	2005-05-24 20:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5060	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, APRIL, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during April, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP),in particular to develop the criminal justice sector dur [...]	2005-05-25 22:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA5207	PLAN PATRIOTA PHASE 2B UPDATE [...] (C) General Fracica took control of the Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),responsible for carrying out Plan Patriota's Phase 2B in Southeastern Colombia, in December 2004. Progress in the area of operations was slow in early 2005; changes by Fracica prompted some limited advancements but progres [...]	2005-05-31 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PREL CO FARC
05BOGOTA5301	CY-2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Report summarizes support provided to the Colombian National Police (CNP),Colombian military (COLMIL) and other Government of Colombia agencies by the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of Embassy Bogota during CY-2004. This support was provided unde [...]	2005-06-02 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5497	PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5510	FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD [...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...]	2005-06-09 15:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5564	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia's cautious Cuba policy. Cuban influence is assumed in the recently failed Mexican-brokered peace talks between the GOC and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Rumors of Cuban-sponsored campaign financing for [...]	2005-06-10 13:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CO UN
05BOGOTA5616	ELN'S HEROES OF ANORI BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-nine members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Antioquia surrendered to the Colombian Army's Fourth Brigade on June 1 and agreed to demobilize. The ""Heroes and Martyrs of Anori"" became the first ELN members to demobilize in a mass ceremony. Although the desertions wil [...]	2005-06-13 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN
05BOGOTA5657	NAS Monthly Report May 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, the spray program eradicated 11,305 hectares of coca and 45 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Colombian Navy accomplished the largest cocaine HCL fast boat seizure ever- over 15 metric tons. During May, the CNP seized over 18 metric tons of coc [...]	2005-06-14 11:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO

05BOGOTA5794	CIUDAD BOLIVAR VIOLENCE DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary: "Ciudad Bolivar," a sector of underprivileged neighborhoods located in southeastern Bogota, has long been notorious for violence and disorder. In May, staffers from Mayor Garzon's office told Poloffs that the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had infiltrated the area [...]	2005-06-17 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA5795	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, MAY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during May, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) DOJ continued to provide training and technical assistance through the Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP). DOJ sponsored a three-week visit to the U.S. for 13 eviden [...]	2005-06-17 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA5802	CLIPPED WINGS: COLOMBIA'S AIR ASSET LIMITS [...] (S) Colombia's size and terrain make military air operations vital to the nation's security. However, the Colombian Air Force (COLAF) accounts for less than 8 percent of the 2005 defense budget. The COLAF's primary offensive aircraft are based in Cundinamarca and Atlantico Departments, which [...]	2005-06-17 18:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO ETRD
05BOGOTA6208	MASS GRAVE EXHUMATION UNCOVERS GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 22, the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner hosted an international delegation visit to Sucre Department. The group visited mass gravesites in San Onofre, met with victims' families and NGOs in Sincelejo, and spoke with local government and military officials about human rights c [...]	2005-06-29 23:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PTER PGOV SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA6237	FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]	2005-06-30 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6382	Colombian FM Defends Immunity [...] (U) Summary. On June 27, Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco responded to Inspector General (Procurador) Edgardo Maya's written request to submit for congressional approval the 1974 "Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Colombia and the Government of the United States rela [...]	2005-07-06 19:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA6495	EX-GUERRILLA AND PARAMILITARY DESCRIBE THEIR LIVES [...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Defense (MOD),the agency in charge of the first phase of the individual desertion program for guerrillas and paramilitaries, began recording deserter testimonies on June 24 and invited Emboffs to observe. The MOD interviewed a former paramilitary and former ELN bloc [...]	2005-07-11 18:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER MOPS CO ELN AUC
05BOGOTA6508	NEW MOD CAMILO OSPINA DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) On July 9, the newly-appointed Minister of Defense Camilo Ospina visited the Ambassador to discuss bilateral military cooperation. They discussed a range of issues including human rights, high value targets, funding for military assistance, and the Justice and Peace Law. Ospina stated th [...]	2005-07-12 11:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM PINR CO
05BOGOTA6563	NAS Monthly Report June 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2005, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 9,884 hectares of coca and 41 hectares of poppy. Anti-Narcotics Police (DIRAN) destroyed four cocaine HCL laboratories and captured nine metric tons of cocaine, one ton of cocaine base, and 70 kilos of h [...]	2005-07-13 11:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6598	Four Dead, Two Helicopters Lost in Colombian [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombian Military forces lost four dead and two helicopters within a span of 48 hours. On July 8, a Plan Colombia-provided UH1-HII (Huey II) operated by the Colombian Army crashed as a result of hostile fire, resulting in four fatalities, including one Colombian national emplo [...]	2005-07-13 21:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MOPS MASS CO
05BOGOTA6669	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JUNE, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during June, 2005. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The results of Justice Department and USAID efforts in Bogota to assist Colombia in the conversion to an oral accusatory justice system are continuing to bear fruit. [...]	2005-07-18 11:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6847	GOC EXPLAINS JUSTICE AND PEACE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (U) On July 15, Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo, and Vice Justice Minister Mario Iguaran presented the Law for Justice and Peace to the diplomatic corps. Iguaran reviewed the law in detail and tried to dispel accusations that it did not encourage full [...]	2005-07-21 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PREL PTER PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6914	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...]	2005-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6928	CENSUS TO CAPTURE SNAPSHOT OF COLOMBIAN LIFE [...] (U) Colombia's Statistics office began the first national census in 12 years in May and hopes to conclude by December Â [...]	2005-07-25 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KHIV CO
05BOGOTA7312	NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS [...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]	2005-08-02 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7358	GOC POSES NEGOTIATION OFFERS TO GUERRILLAS [...] (SBU) In mid-June and July, the GOC sent several communiques in an attempt to resuscitate negotiation processes with both the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The GOC hoped to restart preliminary peace negotiations with the ELN w [...]	2005-08-04 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA7359	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN MOD OSPINA [...] (U) July 27, 2005, 10:00-11:00 am, Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Nicholas Burns, U/S for Political Affairs Ambassador William B. Wood Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Political Counselor Cynthia Echeverria, P Special Assistant Peter Husta, Acting MilGroup Commander [...]	2005-08-04 16:18:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA7737	NAS Monthly Report July 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]	2005-08-16 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7832	COLOMBIAN MILITARY SPENDING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN [...] (U) Vice-Minister of Defense Eastman praised the results of the Security and Democracy Foundation (FSD) and the Latin American Security Defense Network (RESDAL) study of transparency in Colombia's defense budgeting and spending released on 9 August, while acknowledging that more needs to be do [...]	2005-08-19 13:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS ECON KCRM CO
05BOGOTA7840	AFGHAN VISIT TO COLOMBIA OFFERS NEW CN INSIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: A six-person delegation from the Afghan government visited Colombia to discuss counternarcotics policy and the joint USG-GOC program. The group met with GOC officials and visited an air base to observe Colombia's aerial eradication efforts. The NAS Acting Director organized br [...]	2005-08-19 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA7911	Federal Highway Administration Meets with Roads and [...] Summary. Officials from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of International Programs visited Bogota, Colombia on August 3rd and 4th. They met with officials from the Colombian Department of Transportation as well as experts in the field of highway safety. The trip allowed a [...]	2005-08-22 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN CO
05BOGOTA8041	GOC RESOLUTION SIGNED ON SPRAYING IN COLOMBIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 17, Colombia signed a resolution to authorize spraying in national parks if four conditions are met. The first park under consideration for spraying is "La Macarena," located in southeast Colombia; it has been under the effective domination of the FARC for years and [...]	2005-08-25 21:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CO
05BOGOTA8051	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes CODEL Coleman's visit to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. A nation-wide, multi-phased offensive by the security forces has re-taken key territory from the Revolutionar [...]	2005-08-25 22:22:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA8183	URIBE CALLS TO RESOLVE CASES INVOLVING COLOMBIA'S [...] (U) President Uribe called on Colombia's judicial system to resolve a number of high profile cases involving the country's public forces during a townhall meeting in Cartagena August 27. BEGIN SPEECH EXCERPTS: "I was talking to Attorney General Iguarn yesterday and I told him: `Attorney G [...]	2005-08-30 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8284	PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - JULY [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during July 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicial [...]	2005-09-01 21:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA8409	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the September 9-11 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. Drug eradication and interdiction are at record levels. A nation-wide, multi-phased offens [...]	2005-09-07 18:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CO CODEL
05BOGOTA8513	FARC INTRANSIGENT, ELN IN POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO NEW [...] (U) On September 4, Episcopal Conference President Castro suggested that the FARC consider new peace options to restart negotiations with the GOC but noted that he disapproved of former President Turbay's notion of trading eleven FARC hostages for one imprisoned FARC guerrilla. FARC Spokesman [...]	2005-09-09 22:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA8545	THE EFFECTS OF LEISHMANIASIS IN COLOMBIA [...] (S) Leishmaniasis, the parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies, is a disease plaguing the military and rural poor in Colombia. Reported civilan cases have risen from 4,000 in 1990 to nearly 10,000 in 2003 to a record 13,000 in 2004. Growth in outbreaks within the Colomb [...]	2005-09-12 15:09:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ECON PARM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA8817	FARC DECLINES GOC PRISONER EXCHANGE, BLAMES GOC [...] (U) On September 16, ANNCOL posted a message from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ) People's Army (FARC-EP) declining the Colombian government's offer to hold a prisoner exchange in Bolo Azul, Valle del Cauca Department. The FARC reiterated longstanding demands in the communique an [...]	2005-09-19 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV CO FARC
05BOGOTA9087	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Colombia's Justice and Peace (J&P) Law, created to process demobilizing illegal armed fighters and compensate victims, directed the GOC to create an institution to manage the National Reconciliation and Reparations Fund. Vice President Francisco Santos structured the National Reconciliati [...]	2005-09-23 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9089	PEACE COMMISSIONER OPPOSES DON BERNA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo on September 22 told the Ambassador that the GOC is inclined not to extradite Diego Murillo AKA "Don Berna" at the moment because it would endanger future demobilizations and Don Berna remains an important player in ensuring these demobilizations ha [...]	2005-09-23 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO ELN
05BOGOTA9257	RECONCILIATION COMMISSION CONFIRMS PEACE PROCESS \ [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed the status of the Catholic Church's role in peace \ talks between guerrilla groups and the Colombian government. \ He said he believed both negotiations were on hold ) the ELN \ would not advance during Francisco Galan's parole and the \ FARC consistently had refused all [...]	2005-09-29 20:31:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SOCI CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA9269	BOGOTA MAYOR SEEKS CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH EMBASSY [...] (C) Ambassador Wood met with Bogota Mayor Luis Eduardo (Lucho) Garzon on September 22, at the Mayor's request. In a wide ranging discussion, Garzon requested more contact with the Ambassador and Embassy staff to improve information sharing, particularly on security issues. He asked for assis [...]	2005-09-29 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE FARC
05BOGOTA9276	PLAN COLOMBIA MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia activities reported during August 2005. --------------------------------------------- ------- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE/JUDICIAL SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (U) The Department of Justice Judicia [...]	2005-09-29 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO FARC
05BOGOTA9402	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: During August, NAS was the control office for a two-person StaffDel from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs. The aerial eradication program sprayed approximately 10,087 hectares of coca and 78 hectares of poppy for a total of 111,946 hectares of coca an [...]	2005-10-03 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA9566	GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER [...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...]	2005-10-07 15:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC
05BOGOTA9963	KIDNAPPING OF ORLANDO VALENCIA RECEIVES WIDE [...] (U) Post learned from NGO sources that Afro-Colombian leader Orlando Valencia was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday, October 15. Post has raised Valencia's case at all levels of the GOC to press for quick action to ensure his safety. End summary. --------------------------------- Initial N [...]	2005-10-21 21:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CVIS CO
05BRASILIA1100	GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA [...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...]	2005-04-25 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR
05BRASILIA1164	AGRARIAN TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BRAZIL'S PARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions between small farmers, large landowners and government authorities continue to run high in the Brazilian state of Para, two months after the murder of US citizen nun Dorothy Stang. Five suspects are in custody for Stang's killing. The Brazilian Agriculture Minister rel [...]	2005-05-02 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR
05BRASILIA1278	ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT - A NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Arab-South America Summit ended May 11. Unfortunately, for the GOB the reverberations may take longer to subside. The overwhelming consensus among Brazilian opinion-makers is that the event, and its ill-conceived declaration, will not enhance Brazil's image and call into [...]	2005-05-12 20:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF
05BRASILIA1578	BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRASILIA2024	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN BRAZIL: GOB AND NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 5 poloffs met with Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA) NGO representatives Adriana Ramos, Coordinator of the ISA Law and Policy Program, and her assistant Fernando Baptista. ISA specializes in the defense of indigenous rights, and the promotion of sustainable environment [...]	2005-07-29 18:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI BR
05BRASILIA437	Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...]	2005-02-18 15:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP
05BRASILIA464	THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT [...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...]	2005-02-22 20:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP
05BRASILIA532	BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT SPEAKS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, Poloff met with Perly Cipriano, Under Secretary for Human Rights Promotion at the Brazilian Secretariat for Human Rights, to discuss the Dorothy Stang murder case (reftels A, B, and C). During the meeting, Poloff and Cipriano discussed Stang's refusal to accept p [...]	2005-03-01 16:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP
05BRASILIA598	NEW ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES FOR BRAZIL'S AMAZON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, 2005 Brazil's Minister of Environment, Marina Silva, announced a presidential decree aimed at combating land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon. The three-pronged strategy sets up five separate forest reserves totaling 12.8 million acres, places a ban on [...]	2005-03-04 21:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV EAGR ELAB SOCI BR
05BRASILIA660	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S 9 MARCH MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador met one-on-one on 9 March with Acting Foreign Minister Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes (FM Amorim is in Africa). Guimaraes, as Secretary General of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),is D equivalent, often acting as minister during Amorim's frequent travels abroa [...]	2005-03-09 20:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRATISLAVA236	RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO [...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...]	2005-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA79	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 02, 2005 [...] (SBU) Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, met with Slovak NGO and governmental representatives January 14 on Cuba issues. Franco said the highlight was his meeting with Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hruso [...]	2005-02-02 12:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU LO RU
05BRUSSELS1549	DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...]	2005-04-20 09:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1727	NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...]	2005-05-03 14:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS235	READOUT OF EU HIGHREP SOLANA'S TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU Middle East Envoy Marc Otte told USEU that, as a result of his January 9-13 trip to the region, EU High Rep Solana sees possibilities and opportunities for positive changes in the election of Mahmoud Abbas as the new leader of the Palestinian Authority. In particular, Solana [...]	2005-01-19 17:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS283	EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR [...] (S) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo countries. Full text of the draft is in para 2. Council and Member State contacts report that the French are close to agreement on this draft, which has alr [...]	2005-01-21 17:26:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS379	S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule of law, and civil protection. Under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),there is an evolving capacity to do early warning of failed or failing st [...]	2005-01-27 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]	2005-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS807	MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's visit. Tarlev sought the meeting to convey concerns about Russian interference in the upcoming legislative elections in Moldova. He said recent U.S. critici [...]	2005-02-28 14:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS883	A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...]	2005-03-04 09:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1084	POLLS SHOW ROMANIANS' VIEWS ON IRAQ, EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent polls show mixed results about Romanian military engagement in Iraq, with numbers varying as to when and how the question was asked. Results generated by an April 23-24 poll directly linking a pull-out to saving Romanian hostages' lives showed 70 percent in favor of [...]	2005-05-05 12:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON IZ RO
05BUCHAREST1130	INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND END USER [...] The Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received a letter dated May 4 from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense addressed to ODC regarding Romania's offer to donate armaments to the Afghan National Army. Post notes that the MOD letter states that the GOR cannot pay for the "inter [...]	2005-05-13 14:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM AF RO
05BUCHAREST1190	ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE [...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...]	2005-05-23 13:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO
05BUCHAREST132	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...]	2005-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO
05BUCHAREST1644	ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ
05BUCHAREST258	ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...]	2005-01-27 15:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO
05BUCHAREST658	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...]	2005-03-16 15:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO
05BUCHAREST852	ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 09:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO
05BUCHAREST899	ROMANIAN SENATE PRESIDENT DENIES ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senate President Nicolae Vacaroiu denied the existence of anti- Semitism in Romania and downplayed Romania's role in the Holocaust during an April 7 meeting with visiting U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad Chairman War [...]	2005-04-12 11:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RO
05BUENOSAIRES190	ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...]	2005-01-27 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR
05CAIRO2281	CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...]	2005-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ
05CAIRO2876	EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...]	2005-04-13 16:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO2896	EGYPT: COS WEHEBA AND CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Egyptian Chief of Staff Weheba on April 13, senior U.S. military commanders led by Deputy CENTCOM Commander LTG Smith agreed that plans for BRIGHT STAR 2005 were on track. Weheba hoped to invite Congressional observers to that exercise. Weheba welcomed an apparen [...]	2005-04-14 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO2898	EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...]	2005-04-14 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO3112	NEW EGYPTIAN DONATION TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) responded to ref E request, relayed through State and military channels and reinforced by a letter of request from CENTCOM, to donate much needed arms and ammunition to the Afghan National Army. Egypt made an identical donation in 2003 (r [...]	2005-04-27 04:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO3176	PREPARING FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. U.S.-Egyptian military relations have benefited from our strategic reliance on one another for over 25 years. We look forward to your visit as yet another opportunity to reconfirm our common commitment to stabili [...]	2005-04-28 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS EG
05CAIRO4221	ERITREAN MILITARY GROUP IN KSA PROPOSED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM SA EG UNHCR
05CAIRO4535	EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...]	2005-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG
05CAIRO4681	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Summary: Officials representing the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) signed a peace agreement on June 18 in Cairo potentially paving the way for the NDA to participate in the Sudanese Unity Government, scheduled to be formed by July 9, 2005. The "Cai [...]	2005-06-20 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EG SG
05CAIRO5035	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, GAZA WITHDRAWAL, [...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney emphasized the importance of reform. Although the FM agreed in principle on the need to "modernize," he asked the U.S. to be patient and emphasized the GOE's need to preserve stability. On the Israe [...]	2005-07-05 06:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG
05CAIRO5650	EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...]	2005-07-24 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG
05CAIRO5744	SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]	2005-07-26 16:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG
05CAIRO5944	EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...]	2005-08-02 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO6509	SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE; [...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...]	2005-08-24 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO
05CAIRO7451	GOE OFFICIALS RAISE ANTICIPATED CONCERNS ON MFO [...] (U) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble separately briefed Foreign Ministry and Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) officials on the MFO's upcoming transition to the UH-60 helicopters during meetings in Cairo September 22-24. The Assistant Minister fo [...]	2005-09-27 08:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS MFO
05CAIRO8785	IRAQ: FIRST TWO DAYS OF AL MEETING MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The first two days of the Arab League (AL) Iraq National Accord Preparatory Meeting has gone as expected and mostly well. Speakers at the opening plenary were generally supportive of a democratic, pluralist, federal, united Iraq, with the exception of Muslim Ul [...]	2005-11-21 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ EG PROG
05CALCUTTA18	ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...]	2005-01-18 09:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN
05CALCUTTA246	INDIA'S NORTHEAST MILITANCY: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable provides an overview of the "alphabet soup" of ethnic insurgencies that have plagued India's Northeast throughout its history. The first three paragraphs provide a broad overview of the factors that have spawned these conflicts and should be of general interest to Ind [...]	2005-07-06 18:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PTER PGOV PREL SOCI IN
05CALCUTTA418	ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]	2005-11-21 12:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CANBERRA1314	SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request for State. Please see para 4. 2. (C) We presented reftel demarche points on July 1 to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Middle East Section Director Octavia Borthwick, who told us that the GOA was considering whether and what sort of equipment [...]	2005-08-03 08:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL KWBG KPAL AS IS
05CANBERRA354	COMMANDER OF UN FORCES IN KOREA GENERAL LAPORTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on February 16, U.S. General Leon LaPorte, Commander of the UN Command in Korea, described the dramatic changes taking place in the ROK, in particular at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),where the UN Command's role is a [...]	2005-02-24 06:39:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PARM PREL KNNP AS KS KN IAEA
05CANBERRA808	AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE CASE: OUTLOOK BLEAK, NEW PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian government expectations for the release of the first confirmed Australian hostage in Iraq, Douglas Wood, remain low, according to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Bassim Blazey. Prominent Australian Sunni cleric, Sheik [...]	2005-05-09 08:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AS IZ
05CARACAS1105	CHAVEZ: MAKING FRIENDS AND INFLUENCING PEOPLE [...] (C) One of President Hugo Chavez's principal mechanisms for influencing regional leaders have been international conferences such as the Bolivarian People's Congresses, a push to spread his ideology and influence through a conference similar to Cuba's Tri-Continental Congress in the 1960's. M [...]	2005-04-15 18:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
05CARACAS1283	VENEZUELA: THE MILITARY IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) At least 180 military officers, both active and retired, currently occupy positions in the Venezuelan government. Some estimates range higher, but this figure reflects Embassy's specific information at this time. Seventy-nine of the 179 are/were in the Army (44%),25 the Navy (14%),25 [...]	2005-04-28 11:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM VE
05CARACAS1498	KELLER POLL: VENEZUELANS SUPPORT CHAVEZ AND THE [...] (C) Respected political analyst and pollster Alfredo Keller met with poloff May 10 to discuss his and the public's views on the GOV and the Venezuelan military. According to Keller's most recent (February 2005) survey, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the GOV, and the armed forces all rece [...]	2005-05-13 19:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS1829	GOV DOGGED BY REPORTS OF MILITARY DISSENSION [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Armed Forces' operations against illegal armed groups on the Colombian border begun after a Venezuelan soldier died in a May 17 shoot-out with irregular troops have not yet abated despite some internal disagreements over the new policy, accusations of human righ [...]	2005-06-16 17:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM VE
05CARACAS1866	MORE ALLEGED INFIGHTING IN THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez fired the National Guard General in Bolivar State for corruption June 3 and replaced the National Guard Regional Command June 7 with Army personnel from the Fifth Infantry Division. Opposition media sources have alleged other National Guard unit [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS1951	THE HEIGHTS OF THE VENEZUELAN ANDES - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) During a visit to the Venezuelan state of Merida on June 9 and 10, the Ambassador met with the governor, a close ally of President Hugo Chavez. This was the first time a pro-GOV governor has agreed to meet with him in 2005. The conversation was cordial, with the Governor offering to help [...]	2005-06-27 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF VE
05CARACAS2381	VENEZUELAN YOUTH FESTIVAL: IT'S NO WOODSTOCK [...] (U) Over 20,000 international delegates from more than 130 countries are expected to attend the 16th World Youth and Students Festival in Caracas from August 7 to 15. Organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth, the theme is "For Peace and Solidarity We Fight against Imperialism a [...]	2005-08-05 18:23:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR VE
05CARACAS3879	VENEZUELA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post's POC is Political Officer Charles Ridley: TEL 58-212-907-8052, FAX 58-212-907-8033, EMAIL RidleyCL@state.gov. In April 2006 POC will be Political Officer Adam Center, EMAIL CenterAM@state.gov ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) Venezuelan coope [...]	2005-12-30 17:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM VE
05CARACAS512	VENEZUELA: BIOS OF SELECTED GOVERNORS [...] (C) Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez won 20 of 22 gubernatorial races on October 31, 2004, in addition to the Caracas mayoralty. Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and allied parties picked up 7 states and lost only one. The new governors' competence varies; some are career p [...]	2005-02-15 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VE
05CARACAS578	THROUGH DISCOUNT CHAIN, THE STATE TAKES OVER MUCH [...] (C) The state-owned "Mercal" chain of discount food stores may be for lowest income Venezuelans the most visible sign of the Bolivarian revolution. Paid for with petroleum revenue, it has become a massive undertaking, with thousands of outlets, either state-run or franchised, that provide s [...]	2005-02-23 20:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV VE
05CARACAS750	VENEZUELAN MILITARY: SEEKING PLOTTERS BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government and supporters of President Hugo Chavez continue to prepare for a suspected US coup attempt and invasion. Although the Venezuelan Navy chief played down the late February visit of a US Navy vessel at Curacao, Chavez and other GOV officials called it a [...]	2005-03-14 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS VE

05CHIANGMAI173	MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...]	2005-07-19 09:14:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR
05CHIANGMAI199	KARENNI REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT COULD DIM POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins the process of resettling Karenni refugees in Mae Hong Son province to third countries, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) is worried that resettlement will drain off party activists and weaken the Karenni resistan [...]	2005-08-29 09:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM TH BM
05CHIANGMAI216	NORTHERN ASSIGNMENTS SHOW STRONG HAND OF THAKSIN [...] (sbu) Summary. October 1 brought the annual promotions and reassignments of officials in Northern Thailand, as well as the rest of the country (reftel). Although civil service, police, and military promotions are officially based on seniority and merit, politics played perhaps an even stron [...]	2005-10-04 09:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
05COLOMBO1019	SRI LANKA: JVP THREATENS SHOWDOWN, PRESIDENT [...] (C) With coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) still threatening to withdraw from the government if President Chandrika Kumaratunga signs the "joint mechanism" on tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Kumaratunga is seeking support for the controversial agr [...]	2005-06-07 13:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1027	NORWEGIANS AND FOREIGN SECRETARY ON CURRENT STATE [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Ambassador describes his June 7 meeting with LTTE political chief Tamilchelvam as "mixed," with the LTTE focused on the "transportation issue" and not willing to agree to a meeting with the GSL to discuss strengthening the CFA. Foreign Secretary Palihakkara conce [...]	2005-06-08 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1044	SRI LANKA: MONKS, SOME MUSLIMS OPPOSE JOINT [...] (C) The controversy surrounding the proposed "joint mechanism" to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has deepened following unanimous public opposition from the chief prelates of all four Buddhist chapters. At a June 10 press conference, Government allian [...]	2005-06-10 08:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1089	TRINCOMALEE STILL RESTIVE; BUDDHA STATUE STAYS FOR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Court of Appeals suspended until June 30 the Trincomalee Magistrate's decision to remove all unauthorized religious statues, including a controversial Buddha statue erected by a pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) union, from Trincomalee town (REFTEL). Despite the rel [...]	2005-06-20 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1113	UNICEF SEES DECLINE IN LTTE RECRUIMENT OF CHILDREN [...] (U) The recruitment of child soldiers by the Liberation Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) has significantly and steadily declined since January, according to reports received by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The LTTE recently renewed its promise to halt underage recruiting in a June 1 [...]	2005-06-24 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1217	SRI LANKA RESPONDS TO LTTE ULTIMATUM AND OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1224	LTTE CLOSES FIELD OFFICES AMID CEASE FIRE [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have ordered all political cadres to close field offices in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts of the Eastern Province and return to LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi, Northern Province. The LTTE has also ordered all 22 Tamil National Allian [...]	2005-07-14 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1258	DETERIORATING SECURITY ALARMS CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) The July 15 ruling by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court (SC) concerning a constitutional challenge to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) (SEPTEL) combined with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) refusal of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ultimatum to increase [...]	2005-07-18 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1284	HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION (HMA) FY06 COUNTRY [...] U.S. Funds Expended : $11,937,000 (through FY2005) 2. A total of 503 officer and enlisted ranks have completed the basic demining course. Also 202 officers and enlisted ranks have completed additional demining instruction and management courses, basic and advance trauma courses as well a [...]	2005-07-22 06:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID MARR MOPS PREF PREL CE MAS LTTE
05COLOMBO1316	UNICEF REPORTS SPIKE IN LTTE CHILD RECRUITMENT IN [...] (U) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a press statement saying there has been a significant increase in the number of reports concerning child recruitment by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the month of July. Since the tsunami, UNICEF had seen a considerable [...]	2005-07-28 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1374	VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN JAFFNA [...] Two or three SLA soldiers entered a barbershop at Inuvil junction in Jaffna. One barber is killed and another reported injured. Stories include an accidental shooting, or a dispute between a soldier and a barber, or a dispute between a soldier and an officer getting his hair cut with the ba [...]	2005-08-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1419	SRI LANKA: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOLLOWING [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency the morning of August 13 following the killing of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins the previous night (Ref A). The measure, which gives police and military ex [...]	2005-08-13 05:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1428	Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...]	2005-08-15 09:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1440	SRI LANKA: HELGESEN BRIEFS CO-CHAIRS ON NORWEGIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian facilitators have shared with the co-chairs a constructive plan for putting the burden on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the next steps in the peace process while also heading off rash actions by the government (GSL). The Norwegians will give LTTE [...]	2005-08-16 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1448	INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: While security forces continue to investigate the murder of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Kadirgamar, human rights groups urge restraint under the State of Emergency (SOE). Meanwhile, Tamil leaders complain the SOE and checkpoint inspections are an undue trauma on the Tamil people a [...]	2005-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1451	Leading Tamil Announcer and Husband Murdered in [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram (Ref A)and several alleged death threats received by other prominent Tamil journalists (Ref B),a well-known Tamil radio and television personality and her husband -- a former member of the Pe [...]	2005-08-18 07:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1453	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEND LETTER TO [...] (C) Summary. In their August 17 meeting with LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham in London, Norwegian FM Petersen and DFM Helgesen passed a letter to LTTE leader Prabhakaran (text below). At GSL request, EU missions in Colombo will recommend to Brussels that the EU designate the LTTE as a te [...]	2005-08-18 09:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1459	LTTE SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MURDER OF POLICE [...] Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre "Gopi" was arrested following a gun battle on August 17, in Jaffna during a joint security forces operation for the August 5 murder of the police superintendent . The gun fight slightly wounded one officer and mortally wounded another. A heavy s [...]	2005-08-18 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1539	VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: SUNSET FOR THE CEASE [...] (SBU) Immediately following Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination (Reftel B),there were few reports of Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) violations. However, in recent days, there have been a number of such violations in the East. The non-governmental Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE) has r [...]	2005-09-01 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
05COLOMBO156	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 18, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,922 people in Sri Lanka. The U.S. Military hopes to transition water distribution duties in Galle to the Galle Water Board by January 25. The U.S. Military continues to work on [...]	2005-01-20 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1610	LTTE CLOSES POLITICAL OFFICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) political leader Thamilchelvan announced the LTTE would close all remaining political offices in government-controlled areas in the wake of the LTTE refusal to hold Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) talks at Colombo airport. The LTT [...]	2005-09-12 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1800	AMBUSH ON LTTE LEADERS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In Batticaloa district, in eastern Sri Lanka, on October 10, suspected Karuna faction gunmen, ambushed a convoy carrying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) district military head and intelligence head. The attack reportedly left four dead and seven wounded. At the requ [...]	2005-10-13 01:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1830	SNAPSHOTS FROM TRINCOMALEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, the Ambassador traveled to the eastern district of Trincomalee for a a series of meetings with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA),Trincomalee Government Agent (GA) K.G. Leelananda, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and an NGO roundtable hosted by USAID. Interlocutors said [...]	2005-10-20 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM LTTE
05COLOMBO1832	SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE MP INDICATES CONCERN AT [...] (SBU) On October 19 poloff met in Colombo with Pathmini Sithamparanathan, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP from Jaffna, and her husband, Professor K. Shivakumaran, who teaches drama at Jaffna University. The couple told poloff they were in the capital to meet with a number of "Sinhalese frie [...]	2005-10-20 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
05COLOMBO1875	PRE-ELECTION VIEW FROM THE SRI LANKAN FRONT LINE: [...] (C/NF) During a mid-October trip to the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) Headquarters near the front lines, interlocutors from Vavuniya said the situation there and at the Omanthai Entry/Exit Point demarcating Tiger-controlled territory was relatively calm, but expressed concern at continued ceasefire vi [...]	2005-10-31 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER CE
05COLOMBO1879	TIGERS BAG ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHILE [...] (C) On the evening of October 29, an assassin shot and killed Sri Lankan Army (SLA) LTCOL T.R. Meedin as the officer sat in his car. This killing follows the May 31 murder of another high ranking Tamil speaking intelligence officer MAJ T.N. Muthalif. Police arrested four suspects on Octobe [...]	2005-10-31 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1969	CHANDRIKA BIDS FAREWELL [...] (C) Outgoing Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK) hosted a dinner for the diplomatic corps on November 16, the evening before the election which would determine her successor. About 100 guests--the entire diplomatic corps, including multilateral and UN agency heads, [...]	2005-11-17 08:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1981	SRI LANKA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Percy Mahendra (aka "Mahinda") Rajapakse was sworn in as Sri Lanka's fifth President on November 18, 2005--his 60th birthday. Like his predecessor and rival Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Rajapakse has the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) in his blood, with his father, D.A. Rajapakse [...]	2005-11-21 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1982	HAWKISH RATNASIRI WICKREMANAYAKE APPOINTED PRIME [...] (C) Summary. New Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, a Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) hard-liner and long-time loyalist of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga, is a controversial politician unlikely to foster the broad consensus new President Mahinda Rajapakse, with his narrow margi [...]	2005-11-21 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CE
05COLOMBO1988	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER'S VIEWS ON LOST [...] Summary: On November 22, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP) and unsuccessful candidate in the November 17 presidential election by a margin of under 200,000 votes. Wickremesinghe expressed surprise that the Liberation Tigers of T [...]	2005-11-22 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2000	SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED TIGERS ATTACK US-DONATED [...] (SBU) Fredrik Palsson, Chief of Party for RONCO, the contractor for the US-funded humanitarian demining program, contacted poloff the morning of November 25 to report that at about 7:45 p.m. the previous evening in the Point Pedro area of Jaffna suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]	2005-11-25 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2040	SRI LANKA: BODY COUNT MOUNTS IN NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Violence intensified in the north and east over the past week, culminating in a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack December 4 on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) vehicle in Jaffna that resulted in the highest number of Army casualties in a single incident since the beginning of the Ceas [...]	2005-12-05 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2056	Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]	2005-12-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2058	LTTE STRIKES AGAIN IN THE NORTH, SITUATION TENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions remain high in the North and East of Sri Lanka following a second Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack on December 6 that killed seven in Jaffna, and the murder of two Muslim fishermen in Ampara also blamed on the LTTE. New Army Commander Fonseka told a pres [...]	2005-12-07 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2076	PEACE PROCESS: AKASHI VISITS, OFFERS TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Special Envoy Akashi found President Rajapakse eager to take up ceasefire implementation talks and willing to use a venue outside of Sri Lanka. Akashi offered Japan for the first round. Rajapakse was upset at reported comments of Norwegian Envoy Eric Solheim that Norway w [...]	2005-12-12 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2088	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 19 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) In the run-up to their December 19 meeting in Brussels, the co-chairs are faced with rapidly degenerating security in the north and east; an inexperienced new Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) administration that won on a hardline platform; a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that has p [...]	2005-12-13 04:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2101	SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]	2005-12-15 07:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2118	SRI LANKA: SEVEN CIVILIANS INJURED IN VIOLENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven civilians were injured when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers fired on a violent protest led by students affiliated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northern district of Jaffna on December 19. In Colombo on December 17-18 security forces arrested and rel [...]	2005-12-19 12:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2149	SRI LANKA: STEADY ATTACKS PRESSURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues to goad the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) in the north, launching nine small-scale attacks against military targets since December 20. The back-to-back attacks seem designed to increase pressure on the new governm [...]	2005-12-22 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2157	MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL: ASSASSINATION OF [...] (SBU) Following two consecutive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacks on the Sri Lanka Navy in the northern district of Mannar on December 22 and 23 (Refs A and B),the violence continues in the north and east with no respite for the holiday. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Joseph [...]	2005-12-27 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2158	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR ACTION AS VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair Chiefs of Missions (COM's) met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on December 23 to de-brief on Brussels meeting. In light of renewed Tiger attacks, GSL asked Co-Chair COM's to travel to Kilinocchi to deliver hard message to Tigers. COM's (minus US Ambassador) de [...]	2005-12-27 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO2167	SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...]	2005-12-28 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE
05COLOMBO252	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] From January 21 to 26, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO) traveled to Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara, Hambantota, Matara, and Galle districts to meet with implementing partners and visit internally displaced person (IDP)camps. The USAID/DA [...]	2005-02-01 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO312	SRI LANKA: EASTERN LTTE POLITICAL LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, E. Kausalyan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Political Leader for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, was killed in an ambush in a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled area while driving to Batticaloa from LTTE-controlled territory in t [...]	2005-02-08 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE
05COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 20-21 [...] (SBU) The December 26 tsunami, in spite of its cruel humanitarian toll and staggering financial costs, has provided the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a chance to re-engage after a near two-year hiatus in negotiations. The tragedy has mitigated [...]	2005-02-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO348	TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION SIGNATURE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Per request reftel, USAID has - since early January - held extended meetings and has been in frequent contact with various line entities of the GSL including the Chairman of the Rural Development Authority, senior staff of the Ministry of Fisheries and the CEO of the Vocational Training [...]	2005-02-14 13:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON CE
05COLOMBO373	DHANAPALA SAYS GOVERNMENT WILLING TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) Ambassador met with head of Sri Lankan Peace Secretariat Jayantha Dhanapala February 16. Dhanapala launched immediately into a recounting of the status of the negotiations with the LTTE to set up a joint mechanism for reconstruction in the North and East. He said that the negotiations [...]	2005-02-16 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE JA LTTE
05COLOMBO454	SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...]	2005-03-02 04:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
05COLOMBO458	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO [...] (C) Summary: Three female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were shot and injured in the eastern town of Akkaraipatuu, south of Ampara, on February 28, 2005. The police have a suspect in custody, allegedly a loyalist to breakaway eastern LTTE rebel Karuna. As with previous att [...]	2005-03-02 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO464	SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) We are sending these various items in hope they will be helpful in this week's IAWG discussions. 3. (U) Summary: --The GSL has outlined its policy on housing and tourism industry rebuilding alo [...]	2005-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
05COLOMBO472	SRI LANKA: JVP JINGOISM ELICITS CLARIFICATION ON [...] (U) Coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) opposition to an official statement issued by the Government (GSL) on February 22 declaring its readiness to discuss "an interim arrangement" with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) prompted an official clarification of the GSL st [...]	2005-03-04 07:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO487	SRI LANKA: KILLINGS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary: Separate deadly incidents in the north and east March 4-6 highlight continuing tensions between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the northern Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE's fractured control of areas in the east. Security forces fired [...]	2005-03-07 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO497	SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The GSL has issued new guidance on NGO and donor activity in Sri Lanka, particularly with regard to the duty free entry of relief and reconstruction supplies into the country, but the situation remains confused. H [...]	2005-03-08 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE MV
05COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF JAFFNA SEES POPULAR [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with poloff in Colombo, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, reported that initial post-tsunami coordination among the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),NGOs and the Catholic Church ran smoothly. Since then, h [...]	2005-03-17 03:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO569	BAD PRESS: LTTE KILLS SUSPECTED DISSIDENTS AFTER [...] (U) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants attacked a camp of anti-LTTE Karuna loyalists in Thivichchenei, Polonnaruwa District, in the early morning hours of March 21, killing at least two suspected Karuna cadres. (Note: The Sri Lanka Army claims that the two dead are LTTE cadre [...]	2005-03-21 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO595	SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED "ENCOUNTER" KILLINGS BY [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, 17 suspected criminals have been shot and killed as they were being taken into police custody, primarily in Colombo and surrounding areas. Although police versions of such incidents invariably claim that the suspects attempted to shoot or otherwise injure pol [...]	2005-03-24 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM CE
05COLOMBO629	SRI LANKA - SITUATION REPORT ON SRI LANKAN RESPONSE [...] On March 28, 2005, at 2315 local time, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia, destroying buildings and causing numerous deaths on the Sumatran island of Nias. The following cable details the actions taken by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to alert residents to the [...]	2005-03-30 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO635	NORWEGIANS: JOINT MECHANISM ABOUT TO HAPPEN! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador thinks both sides are close to agreement on Joint Mechanism, but it may not be finalized until after mid-April holidays. "Off shore" issue is sole remaining dispute. Kumaratunga may conclude agreement as President, not on behalf of current government. Both [...]	2005-03-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CU NO LTTE
05COLOMBO659	SRI LANKA: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: SO MANY [...] (SBU) Despite a constitutional duty to ensure "universal and equal access to education at all levels," the state-run national university system in Sri Lanka, hamstrung by politicization, resource shortfalls and successive debilitating strikes, accommodated fewer than 14 percent of qualified s [...]	2005-04-04 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL CE
05COLOMBO684	THE JAFFNA BLUES: NORTHERN TAMILS FEAR COLOMBO [...] (C) During a March 30-April 1 trip to the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, poloff and POL FSN met with local government officials, members of the judiciary, aid workers, human rights activists, Members of Parliament, university faculty and students, religious figures, members of the [...]	2005-04-08 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO712	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] This contains an action request (Par 6). 2. We are sending this update early since Post will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday for Sri Lankan holidays. 3. The Ambassador and poloff visited the Maldives last week to discuss possible mechanisms for providing assistance, and visited sev [...]	2005-04-12 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO741	NORWEGIAN FACILITATOR SOLHEIM THINKS JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. Solheim is optimistic that a joint GSL/LTTE/Muslim mechanism for tsunami relief in the north and east will be signed soon but quite emphatic that, absent the mechanism, there will be no progress on peace for a long time. How the mechanism, if signed, would play out on the gro [...]	2005-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO786	SRI LANKA: INTERNECINE FIGHTING IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Violence in the Eastmainly involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Karuna faction cadres, and even the Sri Lankan militarycontinues to percolate, keeping tensions raw in this troubled region and slowly testing the limits of both the ceasefire agreement (CFA) and [...]	2005-04-27 03:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO82	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 10, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunamis had killed 30,725 people in Sri Lanka. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment trip in Galle and concluded that water supply is not a critical need, but sa [...]	2005-01-11 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO870	BURNING TIRES IN BATTICALOA: MORE PROBLEMS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called a one-day strike that closed businesses and halted transportation in many areas of the north and east May 10. The strike was called ostensibly to protest the fatal shooting of a civilian protester at a Batticaloa checkpoint [...]	2005-05-11 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO887	VISIT TO BATTICALOA: PESSIMISM PERVADES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON A MAY 9-11 TRIP TO BATTICALOA IN SRI LANKA'S TURBULENT EASTERN PROVINCE, POLOFF, INFORMATION OFFICER, A/RSO,AND POL FSN MET WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PEACE MONITORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS TO ASSESS THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND VIEWS RE [...]	2005-05-13 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO897	Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...]	2005-05-16 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO94	TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION [...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...]	2005-01-12 14:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO961	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR AIR DEFENSE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS REQUESTED THROUGH A US COMPANY PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM SALE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE RADARS. LIKELY RADARS MENTIONED ARE THE SENTINEL OR ANTPQ36A. A SYSTEM SALE WOULD INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, SPARES AND [...]	2005-05-31 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO998	SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATIONS, COUNTER-KILLINGS [...] (C) The May 31 killing of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer as he drove to work in Colombo (Ref A) is only the latest installment in a recurrent pattern of assassinations and counter-killings by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its rivals, primarily members of the breakaway [...]	2005-06-02 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05DAMASCUS5778	SARG KEEPS QUIET ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. Economic relations between Syria and Lebanon remain problematic. In addition to security concerns, the SARG,s disincentives for travel to Lebanon remain effective in dissuading the average Syrian from visiting or shopping across the border. Lebanese workers in Damascus report [...]	2005-11-01 13:17:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5780	INITIAL SYRIAN REACTION TO UNSCR 1636: SARG [...] (C) Syrian contacts reacting in the immediate wake of passage of UNSCR 1636 predicted that the SARG, despite mounting pressure, would provide only limited cooperation with the UNIIIC investigation, while trying to prolong any negotiations on the modalities of the cooperation. In addition, th [...]	2005-11-01 16:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DAMASCUS5812	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution on Syria, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that the Syrian judicial committee announced its headquarters and communication numbers to receive any information regarding the assassination of former Lebanese PM Al-Hariri, and that it held its first meeting, expressing hope that any person who has informatio [...]	2005-11-06 14:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS5865	Damascus Media Reaction: UNSC Resolution 1636, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today featured a press statement by Judge Ghada Murad, head of the Syrian committee established to investigate the Al-Hariri assassination, announcing commencement of review of the transcripts of testimony of Syrian witnesses and confirming cooperation with the internati [...]	2005-11-08 13:09:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6072	Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in Iraq that the US does not possess any evidence against Syria on the issue of infiltrations through the Syrian border, and a statement by President Bush ruling [...]	2005-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DAMASCUS6624	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on 12/21 reported President Asad's meeting with Egyptian President Mubarak, which focused on Lebanon and Iraq. On 12/22 papers reported a press statement by British PM Blair expressing his government's readiness to start a positive and constructive dialogue with Syria ac [...]	2005-12-22 12:39:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DHAKA1313	KIBRIA CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Late March 22 the BDG passed us the confession statements and the inter-agency commission's report on the Kibria attack to pave the way for A/Legatt's meeting with the suspects, perhaps as early as next week. Police say they have completed the murder portion of the case but still [...]	2005-03-22 13:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PTER PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1399	ROHINGYAN LINKS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS AND PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A human rights activist briefed poloff about Rohingyan refugee connections to Islamic extremist groups and Rohingyan patterns of human smuggling. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Chris Lewa, a Belgian who works for Forum Asia in Bangkok and who has worked on Roh [...]	2005-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV BG PTER PINR GTIP
05DHAKA1558	CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff recently visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts to meet with military/civilian officials and a broad range of civil society leaders. Eight years after the signing of the CHT peace accord, significant dissatisfaction persists among both the indigenous tribal groups and the su [...]	2005-04-04 11:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA165	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BALANCE BUFFALO 05-1 [...] Embassy verifies that as of this date the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Bangladesh armed forces units identified to participate in Balance Buffalo 05-1, 7 February - 11 March 2005. The units are: Bangladesh Army - 1st [...]	2005-01-12 06:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG
05DHAKA1731	BANGLADESH FACTORY DISASTER [...] Actions requested - see para 6. Background ---------- 2. On April 11 at approximately 0100 local, a nine-story garment factory building in the Savar Export Processing Zone near Dhaka collapsed. Reportedly built on swampy terrain or landfill, ground subsidence and an improperly constru [...]	2005-04-12 12:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID ECON BG
05DHAKA1742	DAS GASTRIGHT'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On April 10-11, visiting SA DAS John Gastright discussed Bangladesh developments with Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin, PMO Principal Secretary Kamaluddin Siddiqui, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, UNOCAL Bangladesh Managing Director Andrew Fawthrup, British [...]	2005-04-13 08:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ENRG ECON BG
05DHAKA1828	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud C [...]	2005-04-20 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR OVIP PGOV BG
05DHAKA194	Media Reaction: Iraq, Sudan;Dhaka [...] IRAQ ------- "The Chink in the Armor" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (1/17): There is evidence that the entire U.S. project in Iraq is hopelessly flawed and its armed forces are being vanquished by a ferocious guerilla army. The security situati [...]	2005-01-17 06:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1975	ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud [...]	2005-04-27 09:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA1976	THE SHAKY SEISMIC OUTLOOK FOR BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Experts forecast a devastating earthquake in Bangladesh in the next ten years. Bangladesh is woefully ill prepared, but the BDG, backed by some academics, is slowly starting to address the associated challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Bangladeshi and foreign experts estimate [...]	2005-04-27 09:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID BG
05DHAKA2198	CHITTAGONG MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Early reports from Chittagong indicate a generally peaceful and orderly election with Awami League incumbent Mohiuddin Chowdhury running neck and neck with his BNP rival, Civil Aviation State Minister Mohammed Nasiruddin. Several weeks ago, Chowdhury was the clear front-runner, [...]	2005-05-09 08:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BG BGD
05DHAKA2243	LOYALTY AND ACCESS TRUMP TITTLES IN INFLUENCING PM [...] (S) Summary and Introduction. Reftel described the BDG's dysfunctional decision-making process and its control by a handful of individuals. Not much has changed since 2003. Loyalty, proximity, and length of service to PM Zia still count for far more than title or institutional position, but [...]	2005-05-11 02:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA2407	OUTGOING CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER FRETS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Just retired Chief Election Commissioner Syed says reforms are critical for the next general election because of the unprecedented bitterness in Bangladeshi politics. His reform proposals focus on strengthening the integrity of the Election Commission and the voting process, as [...]	2005-05-24 07:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BG BGD
05DHAKA2603	MEETING WITH RAB A/DG: "DUE PROCESS IS OUR [...] (C) Summary. A senior RAB officer described cross-fire killings to us as a necessary, short-term expedient. He appeared unaware of the Leahy amendment and its potential impact on army officers like himself. Like all RAB personnel, he exhibits an unmistakable swagger born from confidence that [...]	2005-06-06 06:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA3692	HOSPITALIZED BUSINESSMAN RELAYS EXPERIENCE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: An apparently innocent victim of a well-publicized beating by RAB members narrated his experience to poloff from his hospital bed. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On July 19, SK Abubakkar Sultan, the Executive Director of a textile factory, told poloff from his hospital bed that he was [...]	2005-08-01 05:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BG
05DHAKA3731	CDA CALLS ON MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: CDA called on Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Abdul Mannan Bhuyian. He expressed confidence in the strength of the BNP four-party coalition, and stated that the recent IOJ by-election [...]	2005-08-02 04:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BG
05DHAKA3764	Media Reaction: Indo-U.S. Defense Agreement; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4089	AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK [...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]	2005-08-17 11:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4090	AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK [...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]	2005-08-17 12:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4390	UNDP INITIATES CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS ACTION [...] (C) Summary: UNDP and donor ambassadors met on enhancing economic development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). UNDP's Lissner said he plans to have UN Secretary General Kofi Annan raise the CHT when he meets with Prime Minister Khaleda Zia at the UNGA. Charge briefed ambassadors on her Au [...]	2005-09-06 07:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BD
05DHAKA4435	CHARGE VISITS CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 23 to 25, Charge D'Affaires visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts with poloff (notetaker) and interviewed government, military, journalists and representatives from civic action groups. CDA distributed book bags with Bangla-English dictionaries, school supplies, and a [...]	2005-09-07 11:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER BG

05DHAKA4483	Media Reaction: Iraq Constitution Bangladesh-U.S. [...] Iraq Constitution -------------------- "Iraq Constitution Points To War On Terror's Agenda" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" front-page article comments (9/11): The US-led invasion of Iraq dubbed as the "war on terror" sparked off by the twin tower bombings in New York fou [...]	2005-09-11 10:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA5633	MONGA - CYCLES OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Each fall and winter, the northern rural agricultural districts of Bangladesh experience "monga," a period of severe food insecurity coupled with high seasonal unemployment as a result of natural gaps in the normal planting season on which these regions depend. Government food p [...]	2005-11-20 04:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON PGOV TBIO BG AGR CARE CDC
05DHAKA6144	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BALANCE BUFFALO 06-1 2ND [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The following units are scheduled to take part in Exercise Balance Buffalo 06-1 initiating deployment in January 2006: Bangladesh Army: 1st Para Commando Battalion. Bangladesh Air Force: Commandos from 101 Special Flying Unit, 9 Squadron, a [...]	2005-12-15 06:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG
05DHAKA6251	2005 REVIEW: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) How Bangladesh looks depends on where you stand. For many, the view is disturbing: the country's government is unable or unwilling to cope with, and sometimes even acknowledge, its many obvious sores. Politics are bitter, parochial, and winner take all. But there's another perspective. [...]	2005-12-20 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KISL ETRD BG
05DJIBOUTI1068	THIRD DAY OF BUS STRIKE ENDS IN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Djibouti is experiencing its fourth day of its longest general strike in the public transportation sector. Bus, mini-bus, and taxi drivers' unions began striking on Saturday, October 22nd, protesting the higher cost of fuel and insurance. The strike has paralyzed the country, whose populat [...]	2005-10-25 14:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG ELTN PHUM PGOV ECON ETTC SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI1158	REGIONAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 30th, 2005, elections will be held in Djibouti for the first time to choose regional governing councils for the five districts of Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Obock, Tadjourah and the three community councils of Djibouti City. The election date was postponed for more th [...]	2005-11-22 11:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM DJ
05DJIBOUTI1202	BUS UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT REACH [...] Summary: On October 22, 2005, bus and taxi unions called for a general strike following a rise in fuel costs. The strike paralyzed the country and greatly affected public transportation users during the Ramadan. The government initially responded with tough measures, which caused students [...]	2005-12-06 12:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG ELTN PHUM PGOV ECON ETTC SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI1252	STATUS OF DJIBOUTI FMS CONVEYED TO DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) Ambassador conveyed to General Fathi Ahmed Hussein on December 18 an oral brief of current status of the Djibouti FMS program and the specific projects outlined in the letter of October 10, 2005 from the Djiboutian Army's Chef d'Etat, General Zakariya Cheik Ibrahim. She promised a subseque [...]	2005-12-23 07:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MARR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI338	CORNERSTONE LAID FOR SAUDI-FUNDED DIALYSIS CENTER [...] (U) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Saudi Ambassador to Djibouti Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Eifan, and Army Major Khatab Bin Eid Al-Otaibi of the Saudi Army's Medical Corps, led ceremonies April 6 in Djibouti laying the cornerstone for a future dialysis center donated by Prince Sultan Bi [...]	2005-04-07 14:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI SA DJ
05DJIBOUTI565	GUELLEH ASSIGNS TASKS TO NEW CABINET [...] (U) Summary: On May 24th, in an important speech directed at his new cabinet, President Ismail Omar Guelleh announced his "road map" for the new term. The road map gave specific directives to almost every ministry. Its focal point was the "satisfaction of basic human needs." Guelleh emphasized [...]	2005-06-13 09:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM ECON ETRD DJ PDEM
05DUBAI4824	ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD [...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...]	2005-10-03 13:12:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR
05DUBLIN1161	IRELAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Overall, Islamic extremism is not perceived to be a great problem in Ireland, even as the population becomes more diverse. Ireland is grappling with immigration for the first time in history, and its new found wealth is attracting growing numbers of migrants. Generally speaking [...]	2005-09-20 13:31:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05DUBLIN1330	FIANNA FAIL, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, BUT [...] Summary: Fianna Fail held its annual conference (Ard Fheis) in Killarney, October 21-22, where party leaders focused on rallying the rank-and-file ahead of the general elections, expected in May 2007. The party has lost ground in recent months, and this was their opportunity to regain it [...]	2005-10-27 12:51:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PBTS EI
05DUBLIN1517	BIG HELP FOR WORKING FAMILIES: IRELAND'S 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Finance Minister Brian Cowen unveiled the 2006 Government budget, a televised event that annually serves as Ireland's financial state-of-the-union address and a window on the governing Fianna Fail party's political strategy. With a robust economy and a euro four [...]	2005-12-13 16:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL EI
05DUBLIN1525	IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...]	2005-12-15 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EI
05DUBLIN42	OEF: IRISH OFFER ADVANCED EOD TRAINING IN LIEU OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 17:48:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	MOPS MARR EU
05DUBLIN47	IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...]	2005-01-14 16:58:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
05DUBLIN942	IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 07:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05FRANKFURT8115	CG Frankfurt Iftaar Bolsters Ties, U.S. Image [...] (U) ConGen Frankfurt recently hosted its first Iftaar event (featuring U.S. Army Muslim chaplains) during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as part of our outreach to the large Muslim community in Post's district. The many guests expressed their gratitude and praised USG efforts to reach out t [...]	2005-11-09 14:54:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PGOV PHUM GM
05GABORONE56	PORTRAIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AS AN AUTOCRAT: [...] (C) Summary: As next in line to inherit the presidency, Botswana,s Vice President Ian Khama remains an enigma. Many participants in Botswana's public life such as academics, journalists, and NGO leaders, express ambiguity and skepticism regarding the Vice President's credentials as a politi [...]	2005-01-13 11:13:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BC
05GENEVA2441	COMMUNICATION FROM FIVE SRS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on the Question of Torture; Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, C [...]	2005-10-12 06:45:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
05GENEVA2767	DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...]	2005-11-10 11:38:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF
05GENEVA2807	May16 - October 31, 2005 CLO ACTIVITY REPORT - [...] CLO serves the following agencies: Department of State, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense, Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, Census Bureau, USAID, Army, Air Force and Environmental Protection Agency. 2. [...]	2005-11-16 11:55:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KFLO CLO
05GUATEMALA1403	GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289 [...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...]	2005-06-02 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA152	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Guatemala held open and transparent elections in November and December of 2003. There have been major advances in human rights since the end of the civil conflict and signing of the Peace Accords in 1996, and the Government generally respects the rights of its citizens. Impunity for offenses [...]	2005-01-20 21:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB MASS EAID KPAO KJUS KDEM SNAR HURI GTREFTEL
05GUATEMALA163	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (4) [...] (SBU) The year got off to a rough start for Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. --------------------------- Campesino Protests Get Ugly --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Solola, the province best known for the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Atitlan, became the center of attention when [...]	2005-01-21 18:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID SNAR MASS ASEC PHUM SENV GT
05GUATEMALA1897	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (9) [...] (SBU) Late June and early July saw a spate of media reports of GOG interest in merging the Defense and Government (Interior) Ministries. According to media and GOG sources, Minister of Government Vielmann generated the proposal, presumably as part of his continuing efforts to get control of [...]	2005-08-05 15:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC MASS PHUM EAID KJUS GT
05GUATEMALA218	GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC
05GUATEMALA344	GUATEMALAN COURT AGAIN STRIKES DOWN PAYMENTS TO [...] (U) Summary and introduction: For the third time in the past 14 months, Guatemala's Constitutional Court struck down direct payments to former members of the armed civil defense (paramilitary) forces (PAC) established by the Guatemalan Army in the early 1980s. The ex-PACs have refrained from [...]	2005-02-09 23:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID MASS SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA392	GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...]	2005-02-15 20:46:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN
05GUATEMALA47	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...]	2005-01-07 21:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT
05GUATEMALA699	GUATEMALAN ANTI-CAFTA DEMONSTRATORS INCITE [...] Summary. Having failed to head off congressional approval of CAFTA through democratic means, a small group of Guatemala's CAFTA opponents sought to tarnish the agreement by staging violent protests over the last week. From March 8-14, demonstrators turned out mostly in the capital, where th [...]	2005-03-17 01:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT
05GUATEMALA766	GUATEMALA INVESTIGATING DEATH OF ANTI-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala is investigating the death from a gunshot wound of a teacher in the March 15 anti-CAFTA demonstration and roadblock in the department of Huehuetenango. Several other demonstrators were seriously wounded. It is not clear who fired the shot that killed [...]	2005-03-23 16:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT
05HALIFAX14	MONUMENT DEDICATION TO U.S. POWS -- MAY 2005 [...] SUMMARY: We are working with the city, armed forces and a historical society on a ceremony to dedicate a Veterans Affairs-provided monument to nearly 200 Americans who died near Halifax during the War of 1812. The event will have a high profile and has the potential to reinforce our excellen [...]	2005-01-21 22:00:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL CASC CA
05HANOI1077	VIETNAM CELEBRATES 30TH YEAR OF "SAIGON LIBERATION" [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vietnam celebrated the 30th anniversary of the "liberation of Saigon" throughout the country April 29-30. As Vietnam geared up for the event, media sources charted an interesting path between highlighting the 10th anniversary of bilateral relations with the United St [...]	2005-05-10 01:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
05HANOI1394	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Phan Van Khai's visit to the United States will be the first by a Vietnamese Prime Minister since 1975, and will take place in the tenth anniversary year of the normalization of bilateral relations. This historic occasion will give us the opportunity to highlight a growing [...]	2005-06-13 06:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF PREF ETRD VM PROV
05HANOI1430	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION FOR VIETNAM FOR 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Vietnam has made substantial progress on the key metric of opium poppy cultivation and heroin production. Interagency Mission consensus is that Vietnam now has less than 200 hectares of opium under cultivation, and that represents a shifting patchwork of small fiel [...]	2005-06-15 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI2063	POLITICAL CHANGE IN VIETNAM ON THE AGENDA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Political "Doi Moi," or renovation, is under serious consideration in the highest level of the Communist Party of Vietnam's (CPV's) decision- making ranks, according to numerous sources after the 12th Plenum of the CPV Central Committee. The Party is not ready or likely to sha [...]	2005-08-11 11:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM DPOL
05HANOI214	VIETNAM: FY2005 LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Post received one project in response to reftel Request for Proposal. The proposal came from UNODC in Vietnam, and is Phase 2 of the existing USG-funded UNODC anti-trafficking project. Phase 1 of the UNODC project has been an exceptional success: a recent internal audit by UNODC ranked [...]	2005-01-25 09:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP
05HANOI228	VIETNAM - CHINA COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In 2004 China and Vietnam made an effort to increase counternarcotics cooperation both along the border and at the policy level. This effort culminated in a December 2004 joint case that resulted in several arrests and the seizure of 10.3 kilograms of heroin. Despite this high-p [...]	2005-01-27 03:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CN CVR CNARC
05HANOI2372	VIETNAM AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDENESS [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam is reporting on the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Avian Influenza (AI) Preparedness capabilities and our answers are keyed to reftel questionnaire. -- While preparing for an AI pandemic is a significant concern, it is not currently the GVN's top priority. The GVN is f [...]	2005-09-12 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PINR SOCI VM AFLU
05HANOI2760	RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...]	2005-10-20 09:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR
05HANOI2824	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE VIETNAMESE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt met with Vietnamese Minister of Health (MOH) Tran Thi Chung Chien on October 14 at the Ministry to discuss avian influenza (AI) issues and ways to improve U.S.-Vietnam cooperation to combat AI more effectively. [...]	2005-10-25 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU HIV AIDS
05HANOI2967	COMMUNIST PARTY SEIZED WITH UPCOMING PLENUM; RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for next year's Party Congress, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is currently preparing for its 13th and penultimate Plenum, during which key personnel decisions will be thrashed out based on ongoing lower-level party congresses. A number of rumors, sometime [...]	2005-11-08 04:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM DPOL
05HANOI2973	RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PRAISES RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnamese press recently published an interview with the GVN official responsible for religious affairs in which he highlighted Hanoi's accomplishments in the area of religious freedom since it enacted a new law on religion last year. The article, which was intended to re [...]	2005-11-08 10:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HANOI3053	AMBASSADOR AND VFM LE VAN BANG DISCUSS AI, WTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: Over lunch with Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, the Ambassador covered a comprehensive array of bilateral issues, focusing heavily on the recent GVN ban on imported poultry products and Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO. VFM Bang accepted the proposal to hold the Human Rights [...]	2005-11-18 07:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AMGT PREF VM ASEAN VN WTO HUMANR RELFREE AFLU APEC
05HANOI3237	INCSR, PART I, VIETNAM [...] (U) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2005. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued coop [...]	2005-12-09 06:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
05HANOI3334	VIETNAM'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: While still fundamentally a rubber stamp for official policy, Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) has made tentative moves toward a more independent role. It has also become an important tool in the Vietnamese Communist Party's limited efforts to reform Vietnam's political system, [...]	2005-12-21 06:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV VM SOE DPOL
05HANOI3384	VIETNAM: AVIAN INFLUENZA WEEKLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary. There have been no new human Avian Influenza (AI) deaths in Vietnam since October 29. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) issued a circular guiding the quarantine, transport and sale of poultry and poultry products. Post's Marine Attache observed four disin [...]	2005-12-29 10:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED AMGT CASC EAGR PINR SOCI PGOV TBIO VM AFLU
05HANOI509	INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...]	2005-03-02 06:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP
05HANOI909	The Ambassador's April 18 Meeting with Communist [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met for the first time April 18 with Nguyen Van Son, the Chairman of the Communist Party's External Relations Commission. Chairman Son was optimistic about continued progress in expanding the bilateral relationship, noting that the Party attaches importance to the U.S. ro [...]	2005-04-20 01:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF PINR PREF MARR OVIP ETRD VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN APEC ASEAN WTO
05HARARE1331	IDEOLOGY, DESPERATION FUEL GOZ,S TIES TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling ZANU-PF party has long maintained a close diplomatic and military relationship with China, dating back to the liberation war in the 1970,s. In recent years as the GOZ,s international isolation increased and the local economy nosedived, Zimbabwe has placed growing impor [...]	2005-09-27 06:59:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EMIN PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CH
05HARARE1345	CONTINUING RIVALRIES, SUCCESSION TENSIONS [...] (C) By many measures, the Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party is as firmly in control of Zimbabwe as ever. Its tainted but overwhelming parliamentary election "victory" in March left it in firm control of the legislature and executive, and simultaneously demoralized Zimbabwe's political oppo [...]	2005-09-28 15:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HARARE14	WHITE FARMER GROUP SAYS SITUATION MIGHT IMPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Doug Taylor-Freeme, the head of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU),said the pace of fast track land reform had perceptibly slowed. He attributed this in part to the efforts of Reserve Bank (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono to try to restore productivity to the agriculture sector. H [...]	2005-01-06 13:36:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD EINV
05HARARE1680	THE NEW SENATORS: FEW GUIDING LIGHTS [...] (C) By far the majority of the 66 new Senators are ruling party hacks, in office only to accumulate a salary and government-provided luxury cars, a fleet of which, according to a state-controlled newspaper, will cost more than US$4.3 million at the overvalued official rate. Nonetheless, the [...]	2005-12-13 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ZI
05HARARE251	DINOSAURS AND DISSENTERS - TAKE TWO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 14 with the Minister of State for Indigenisation and Empowerment, J.T. Tungamirai, a Politburo member and reputedly close to President Mugabe, as well as separately with two of the ZANU-PF Members of Parliament who lost in the party primaries two weeks ago. The [...]	2005-02-17 11:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI ZANU PF
05HELSINKI1321	FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...]	2005-12-29 09:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI8	FINLAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel para 15. The Embassy's summary update has also been emailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan per reftel instructions. 2. (U) a) Finland actively supports and participates in the European Union's counterterrorism ef [...]	2005-01-03 13:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER FI
05HILLAH366	KARBALA UIA/555 CANDIDATE CONFIDENT OF STRONG PERFORMANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number two candidate on the United Iraqi Alliance list (UIA, ballot number 555) in Karbala, Mouther Hussein Hassan Al-Hakim, expressed optimism over his coalition's chances in the December 15 national election, stating, "My list is in a good position." Al-Hakim, an independe [...]	2005-12-12 19:44:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05HILLAH371	BABIL ELECTION SECURITY TIGHTER THAN A CHAMPAIGN CORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent pre-election security meeting hosted by REO Al-Hillah and attended by the local Coalition Forces commander, Iraqi officials and a United Nations election observer put the finishing touches on a three ringed security plan for Babil Province. The Babil representative f [...]	2005-12-13 19:18:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05HOCHIMINHCITY11	DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...]	2005-01-06 08:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC
05HOCHIMINHCITY1155	MEDIA, DISSIDENTS AND THE PARTY: DILEMAS AND POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a joint Hanoi-HCMC cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vastly differing media treatment of dissident Hoang Minh Chinh in Hanoi and HCMC newspapers underscores the differences between conservatives and reformers within the Party in advance of the 10th Party Congress. Soon after Chinh made [...]	2005-11-04 11:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PINR VM HUMANR DPOL
05HOCHIMINHCITY493	THE HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF VIETNAMESE PASTOR THAN VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks ConGen HCMC has been investigating the case of Baptist Pastor Than Van Truong, who allegedly was involuntarily committed to an mental institution in Dong Nai province for the peaceful expression of his religious and political beliefs. Truong reportedly h [...]	2005-05-12 11:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY581	MOUNTING CONCERNS ABOUT PASTOR TRAN VAN TRUONG [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, we traveled to the province of Dong Nai to meet with provincial and medical officials regarding Pastor Than Van Truong. Per reftel, Truong was diagnosed as "delusional" and involuntarily committed to a mental institution after a series of run-ins with police, largely [...]	2005-06-01 12:18:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE
05HOCHIMINHCITY739	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: CAO DAI: PRIEST OR PUPPETS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the GVN-recognized Tay Ninh Cao Dai sect, a once anti-Communist, autonomous religious and social organization, maintain that they have an excellent relationship with the GVN. They praised the GVN for its support of the Cao Dai religion and said the new legal framework [...]	2005-07-14 00:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR
05HOCHIMINHCITY968	GIA LAI AND DAK LAK PROVINCES ON DIFFERENT PATHS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Gia Lai Province September 6- 8 to assess the conditions of ethnic minority returnees, Gia Lai officials enumerated the various steps they are taking to normalize the status of Protestant churches in the province, in particular the GVN-recognized Southern Evang [...]	2005-09-14 07:27:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
05ISLAMABAD15254	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...]	2005-10-11 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA
05ISLAMABAD15278	TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...]	2005-10-12 02:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS
05ISLAMABAD15316	TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...]	2005-10-12 16:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15463	POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...]	2005-10-14 09:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID MASS PK
05ISLAMABAD15522	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...]	2005-10-16 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD15677	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...]	2005-10-19 07:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID
05ISLAMABAD15736	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...]	2005-10-20 05:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD15856	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...]	2005-10-21 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD16024	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]	2005-10-25 09:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16025	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...]	2005-10-25 09:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16063	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...]	2005-10-26 02:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN
05ISLAMABAD16073	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...]	2005-10-26 11:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16140	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...]	2005-10-28 01:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
05ISLAMABAD16474	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO),Program Officer (PO),Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO),Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA),Earthquake Expert (EE),Military Liaison Officer (MLO),Field Officer (FO),[...]	2005-11-04 02:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16480	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...]	2005-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16819	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART),traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...]	2005-11-12 07:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16834	PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...]	2005-11-14 04:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16850	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC),USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...]	2005-11-14 11:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD16875	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...]	2005-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK
05ISLAMABAD17267	SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]	2005-11-21 21:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05ISLAMABAD17311	SIX WEEKS AFTER PAKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING [...] With few exceptions, UN agencies were inadequate to the task in the weeks immediately following Pakistan's earthquake. In some cases they remain so. Certainly the challenges have been great, involving overwhelming needs, difficult terrain, multiple donors and the need to work closely with [...]	2005-11-22 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM PK AORC UN
05ISLAMABAD17384	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...]	2005-11-25 08:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK
05ISTANBUL2059	IRAQI SUNNI ARAB TEAM PRESENTS OLD GRIEVANCES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting in Istanbul organized by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, a delegation of Iraqi Sunni Arab political figures told Ambassador Khalilzad that the "insurgents" want the political process in Iraq to succeed, but seek more credibility in the process. They demand [...]	2005-12-06 16:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
05JEDDAH1903	MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: YOUTH, BLACK [...] (SBU) From the Grand Mosque in Mecca on June 10, Sheikh Salah bin Mohammed al-Budayr delivered a sermon focusing on summer activities for youth. The imam stated that leisure activities should be used to strengthen the well-being of one's society and nation. He underscored the importance of [...]	2005-06-15 16:45:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI PINR
05JERUSALEM3317	WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a five-year-o [...]	2005-07-29 05:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3557	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...]	2005-08-08 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05KABUL5024	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]	2005-12-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5034	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-13 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5039	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5047	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-14 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5051	DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...]	2005-12-14 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV AF
05KABUL5071	PRT/GHOR - PICNIC POLITICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PolOffs and Chaghcharan AIDOff spent the afternoon of December 8 with Ghor Governor Afzali, former Ghor Governor and current MP Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Malekzada, and several of Afzali's wealthy family members chatting about local politics in classic Afghan style - over a lavish meal [...]	2005-12-14 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5092	COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM - AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In 2005, Afghanistan continued its progress toward building a democratic government. The 2004 Presidential elections were followed by national assembly and provincial council elections in September 2005. In spite of Taliban threats to disrupt the democratic process, only minor inciden [...]	2005-12-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO AF
05KABUL5176	INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...]	2005-12-20 07:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF

05KABUL5180	PRT: BADGHIS: AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN PROVINCE [...] Summary: In one of the poorest countries in the world, Badghis is one of (out of 34) the poorest provinces in Afghanistan. There is no paved road network, no electricity except for a few small generators, and no radio reception outside the capital of Qal I Now. Apart from its presence in Q [...]	2005-12-20 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR EAID SNAR AF
05KABUL5245	HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...]	2005-12-27 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KABUL5256	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]	2005-12-27 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KATHMANDU1155	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM MAY 24 TO 31, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS `Supporting democracy is not meddling': Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said THAT India has no intention to interfere in the internal affairs of Nepal, and that attempts to encourage democracy in the northern neighbor should not be construed as interference. "Our atte [...]	2005-06-01 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1203	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 1 TO 6, 2005 [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Go to court; not street: Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Tulsi Giri on Sunday suggested that the political parties and lawyers should ask for justice at the Supreme Court rather than take to the streets. On Sunday Giri said that rule of law couldn't be establish [...]	2005-06-06 12:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1257	IFES NEGATIVE ABOUT SUPPORTING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Two members of IFES, an international nonprofit organization that supports building democracies, visited Nepal as part of a USAID funded project to investigate opportunities to work with the Nepal Election Commission. IFES concluded that its support is not needed for the King's proposed No [...]	2005-06-09 11:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS NP
05KATHMANDU1267	FM PANDEY ON UNSC REFORM, RELATIONS WITH INDIA [...] (C) On June 9 the Charge pressed Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey on the need for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to reach out to the political parties. She explained that Washington was focused on Nepal and needed a sense of how the process of returning to democracy would move for [...]	2005-06-10 08:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS NP GON
05KATHMANDU1294	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS JOURNALISTS; BAN ON INDIAN [...] (U) The government arrested 98 human rights activists and lawyers, including 71 journalists, from Kathmandu and Kavre Districts on June 13. The government released all 50 arrested in Kavre the same day. Journalists from FM radio stations vowed to continue their protest programs despite the [...]	2005-06-14 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINS PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU1297	RECONSTITUTED NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) In a June 14 meeting with all five members of the newly reconstituted National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (ref A),Chairman Khatri told CDA that he appreciated U.S. support. He stated that the NHRC was continuing its protection and promotion work with greater vigor. He added that the [...]	2005-06-15 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU1342	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 14 TO 20, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Maoists positive over seven parties' call: A day after the seven opposition parties called on the Maoists to support their ongoing pro-democracy movement, the CPN (Maoist) Sunday said it had taken their call in a positive light. Issuing a press statement Sunday, Maoist chai [...]	2005-06-20 10:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU1384	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JUNE 21 TO 27, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS Subedi released from detention: Ending a weeklong drama, the government released Navaraj Subedi, general secretary of People's Front from detention as per the second order from the Supreme Court on Friday. He had been re-arrested nine days ago and the government had claime [...]	2005-06-28 05:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
05KATHMANDU2146	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY FOR NEPAL [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Secretary's call for a strategic and systematic review of our democracy promotion efforts. The situation in Nepal is fragile and deteriorating rapidly. The main impediment to the growth of democracy here is the violent Maoist i [...]	2005-09-30 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC EAID NP
05KATHMANDU2151	RNA FINDS OFFICERS GUILTY IN RELATION TO HUMAN [...] (SBU) On September 27, the military court of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) sentenced Colonel Bobby Khatri and Captains Sunil Adhikari and Amit Pun, the son of a senior RNA General, to six-month jail terms and temporary suspensions of promotion. They were found guilty in relation to the killing o [...]	2005-09-30 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2185	NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CITES IMPROVEMENTS, [...] (C) In a public session to review the activities of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since March, NHRC Chairman N.B. Khatri and Acting Secretary Kedar Prasad Poudyal informed members of the diplomatic and donor community, including the Ambassador, that both Maoists and security forc [...]	2005-10-05 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2266	UNHCR UPDATE ON TIBETANS IN NEPAL [...] (SBU) On October 19, UNHCR informed us that they were seeking custody of two Tibetans currently being held by His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN). UNHCR was also monitoring the cases of five other Tibetan individuals in HMGN custody and could become involved in those cases later. End Sum [...]	2005-10-19 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2295	MAOIST ATROCITIES CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (U) Despite a three-month unilateral ceasefire announced on September 3 by Prachanda, Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist),the rebels continued to commit atrocities daily. The Maoists abducted more than 4,500 civilians, including teachers and students, in the month f [...]	2005-10-20 11:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2327	REVIEW OF STATE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Vice-Chairmen Dr. Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, the Ambassador expressed concern about recent developments in Nepal. The Ambassador shared the Department's October 24 statement on "The Government of Nepal's Seizure of Radio Equipment," stressing that the U.S [...]	2005-10-26 03:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2379	CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...]	2005-10-31 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS CH NP JP
05KATHMANDU2383	CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...]	2005-11-01 04:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS CH NP
05KATHMANDU2389	NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...]	2005-11-04 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP
05KATHMANDU2399	NEPALI CONGRESS NOT FORMING ALLIANCE WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala, reacting to the Embassy's recent statement warning against a Maoist-Parties alliance, insisted to the Ambassador on November 7 that his party would "not join hands with the Maoists while they still had guns." Koirala, who expressed concern about [...]	2005-11-07 11:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR NP
05KATHMANDU2492	CPN-UML LEADER: DIALOGUE, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador emphasized that SIPDIS the USG was not against dialogue between the political parties and the Maoists with the goal of bringing the Maoists into the political mainstream. While not clearly admitti [...]	2005-11-16 04:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2547	KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...]	2005-11-22 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP
05KATHMANDU2548	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST [...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...]	2005-11-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP
05KATHMANDU2549	COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]	2005-11-22 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2556	PARTIES AND MAOISTS ANNOUNCE 12 POINT [...] (U) This contains an action request. Please see paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) On November 22, the seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) separately issued a twelve point "understanding" in which both groups agreed to the goal of a constituent assembly el [...]	2005-11-23 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2572	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...]	2005-11-25 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2595	MAOIST LEADER NEGATIVE ON EXTENDING CEASE-FIRE [...] (SBU) In a November 24 interview published on the official Maoist website and a November 27 interview with BBC's Nepali Service, Maoist leader Prachanda explained the benefits of the Parties-Maoist understanding (reftel). Prachanda called the understanding an agreement that was the "preliminar [...]	2005-11-28 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2605	UML PROTESTS PEACEFUL IN THE SOUTH AND WEST [...] (C) On November 25, CPN-UML held a peaceful mass meeting to protest against the King and in favor of democracy in Pokhara, western Nepal. Emboff observed the demonstration and found it was peaceful and that authorities did not try to prevent it from taking place. The demonstrators paraded th [...]	2005-11-28 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2635	UML LEADER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Charge November 28 that the political parties would shun violence, even if the Maoists broke the cease-fire, due to expire December 3. He speculated that the insurgents might pose conditions for extending the cease-fire. He emphasized his conti [...]	2005-11-29 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2652	GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN US COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 18, Nepali officials shared with visiting S/CT South Asia Officer William Slaven the actions that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) was taking against terrorism and how those activities complemented U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Nepal is focused o [...]	2005-11-30 09:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2657	FORMER PM THAPA WORRIED ANARCHY POSSIBLE [...] (C) Five-time former Prime Minister and leader of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Charge November 30 that he was not happy that the political parties were "compelled to join the Maoists in an unnatural alliance." He explained that while the "natural alliance" [...]	2005-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2668	DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS, [...] (C) In separate discussions with the ambassadors of Israel, Norway, Bangladesh, and Germany, the Ambassador discussed our concerns that the recent 12-point understanding between the political parties and Maoists contained no Maoist commitment to give up violence (ref A). He remarked that the [...]	2005-12-01 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2700	KING RETURNS, PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Following his return to Nepal after a three week absence, the King issued a statement on December 2 calling on the people of Nepal to unite with patriotism. Though he did not specifically address the Party-Maoist 12 point understanding announced in his absence, he termed efforts toward [...]	2005-12-05 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2727	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is post's updated 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report per reftel. Begin text. Nepal I. Summary Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of, nor a major transit route for, narcotic drugs, small amounts of cannabis, hashish and heroin are trafficked [...]	2005-12-06 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2743	KING RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) On December 7, King Gyanendra reshuffled his cabinet for the third time since February 1, keeping both Vice Chairmen Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, and Foreign Minster Ramesh Nath Pandey. He did not appoint a Prime Minister. The King included 18 new faces (four new to national gover [...]	2005-12-08 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2783	DOMINANT MAOIST PRESENCE IN FAR WEST DISTRICT OF [...] (C) During a December 5-9 World Food Program (WFP)-organized trip including the Norwegian Ambassador, the mission head for Britain's Dept. for International Development (DFID),a representative of the Technical Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ),and the Embassy's P/E Chief t [...]	2005-12-12 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2794	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Officer Intelligence Course, December 31, 2005 through June 5, 2006, and Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, June 5-16, 2006, at [...]	2005-12-14 03:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2795	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR SSP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following APCSS-funded training: Executive Course, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI, January 8 through March 17, 2006. 3. (C) The personnel nominated t [...]	2005-12-14 03:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2796	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Special Forces Training, Ft. Bragg, NC, January 24 through May 25, 2006. 3. (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel nomina [...]	2005-12-14 03:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2816	PARTY DEMONSTRATION PEACEFUL, BUT VALLEY-WIDE [...] (C) The December 15 demonstration organized in Kathmandu by the seven party alliance was peaceful. Emboffs observing the demonstration estimated that between 5,000 and 7,000 people participated. The atmosphere was not tense, although many police monitored the demonstration. UN OHCHR and othe [...]	2005-12-15 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC NP
05KATHMANDU2827	PARTY CLOSURE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY WIDELY [...] (C) Students and the seven political parties' cadre enforced the seven-party-alliance-called December 16 bandh (closure) of Kathmandu Valley to protest the December 14 indiscriminate killing of civilians by a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Nagarkot (reftel). Emboffs observed that most s [...]	2005-12-16 10:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC NP
05KATHMANDU2866	NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...]	2005-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH
05KATHMANDU2885	SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IMPROVE WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (C) On December 15, the Supreme Court nullified a law that required married women wanting to sell their land to obtain consent from their husband, son, and unmarried daughters, and for unmarried women to get consent from their father and mother. The Court also issued a directive order for His [...]	2005-12-21 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN NP
05KATHMANDU2895	EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR SSP PRAKASH KUNWAR, SP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Armed Police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prakash Kunwar (DOB: Mar. 10, 1959),Civil Police Superint [...]	2005-12-22 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2897	BUSINESS LEADERS TO STAFFDEL: NEPAL IS OPEN FOR [...] (SBU) At a December 21 breakfast meeting with congressional Staffdel, six Nepali business leaders said that Nepal was "open for business." The business leaders explained to the Staffdel how the Maoist insurgency and the current instability of His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) were hind [...]	2005-12-22 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV ECON ENRG NP
05KATHMANDU2903	STAFFDEL URGES HMGN TO ALLOW REFUGEES TO EXIT NEPAL [...] (SBU) On December 21, House Staffdel Szymanski met separately with both Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha and Acting Home Secretary Chabbi Prasad Bant to discuss future parliamentary exchange and urge action on refugee issues. Shrestha welcomed the possibility of future Congress [...]	2005-12-23 04:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2906	SECRETARY GENERAL OF PARLIAMENT EAGER FOR [...] (SBU) On December 21, Surya Kiran Gurung, Secretary General of Nepal's Parliament, met with a Congressional Staffdel and welcomed possible future Parliamentary exchange between the two countries, although he was not confident that Nepal would have an acting Parliament in the near future. Gurun [...]	2005-12-23 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2907	MAOISTS ANNOUNCE ACTION AGAINST ELECTION [...] (C) On December 22, the Maoists reacted to Vice-Chairman Giri's December 20 statement (septel) in a public relations campaign aimed at both internal and external audiences. Maoists announced a February 5-11 strike to boycott elections, including "physical action" against those involved in the [...]	2005-12-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2956	PARTIES PLAN POLL BOYCOTT [...] (C) The UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on December 28 that the Maoist leadership had given assurances that they had not instructed cadre to abduct or kill as part of their anti-election plan (ref A). The Maoists gave no indication whether they would extend the [...]	2005-12-30 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL NP
05KINGSTON2026	VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS JAMAICA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Jamaica August 23 to conclude a 16-point agreement with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, including a bilateral Petro-Caribe accord. Chavez arrived the day after U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson called for the USG to assassinate him, raising the profi [...]	2005-08-29 12:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JM
05KINSHASA1013	REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE [...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel),UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...]	2005-06-20 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1043	CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON TRANSITION [...] (U) The Catholic Bishops' Conference (CENCO) issued a statement June 22 in which it criticized "the automatic extension" of the transition, as well as calls to bring the transition down June 30th by "violence and chaos." The Bishops want the government to explain why elections were not organiz [...]	2005-06-24 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1055	UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...]	2005-06-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1056	30 JUNE: PPRD CONFIDENT IN POLICE, LESS SO IN [...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told PolCouns June 27 that the government (i.e., the president's party, the PPRD) is confident that the police (controlled by the PPRD Minister of Interior) will support the government June 30, but that there are some doubts that all the military will [...]	2005-06-28 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1079	JUNE 17 MEETING OF THE CIAT WITH THE ESPACE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met with three GDRC Vice Presidents June 17. President Kabila was absent to attend the funeral of his aunt in Lubumbashi. The meeting lasted over four hours, with discussion in some depth covering Transition extensi [...]	2005-07-01 10:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1088	SOLDIERS ATTACK CIVILIANS IN MBANDAKA [...] (C) About 60 soldiers went on a rampage July 3 in Mbandaka in Equateur Province, killing 9 civilians, injuring 35, and raping 8 women. Initial press reports identified the troops as Mai Mai, but the Minister of Defense and the National Executive Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of [...]	2005-07-05 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1143	TRANSITION ASSESSMENT: AN AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The final report from the government's transition assessment seminar highlighted challenges faced during the past two years and outlined recommendations for the third - and last - year of the transition. Although some recommendations were constructive, the vague and overly-broad r [...]	2005-07-14 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1356	ATTACKS ON VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS IN ITURI [...] (SBU) Armed elements attacked two voter registration centers in the areas of Bule (120 kms NE of Bunia) and Komanda (80 kms SE of Bunia) in Ituri on August 22, UN and Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) sources reported. According to the sources, armed elements from the Union of Congolese P [...]	2005-08-23 10:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG
05KINSHASA1447	SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY [...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]	2005-09-08 15:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1519	ALLEGATIONS OF LRA ENTRY INTO DRC [...] (C) Some press reports indicated September 20 that the GOU alleges that elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have fled into the northeastern part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response to these articles, PolCouns spoke September 20 to MONUC's milita [...]	2005-09-20 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CG UG UPUO
05KINSHASA1532	LRA INCURSION INTO DRC CONFIRMED; MONUC AND GDRC [...] (C) PolCouns followed up evening of September 20 with MONUC on the question of a possible incursion into the DRC by elements of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). MONUC confirmed that about 320 armed LRA elements, accompanied by about 50 family members, had entered the DRC through Sudan the even [...]	2005-09-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1559	LRA UPDATE: MONUC/FARDC MISSION LIKELY THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Sixth regional military commander General Padiri continued September 22 to insist to LRA that the GDRC is prepared to assist with and accept only unconditional surrender. He told MONUC that he is negotiating, as of yesterday, directly with Kony (in Sudan) via satphone, as well as with Co [...]	2005-09-23 06:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR PGOV CG UG
05KINSHASA1567	LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC [...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...]	2005-09-26 08:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1584	LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN [...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues),the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...]	2005-09-27 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1677	LRA UPDATE: FARDC MISSION POSSIBLE SUNDAY/MONDAY [...] (C) The CIAT (International Committee to Accompany the Transition) meeting October 6 was briefed by General Babacar Gaye (MONUC Force Commander) on LRA-related developments. Gaye confirmed that MONUC has transported about 522 FARDC troops to Aba and said they expect to have the necessary two [...]	2005-10-07 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1686	LRA UPDATE: BACK IN SUDAN? [...] (C) As reported reftel, MONUC and FARDC officials traveled to Aba the morning of October 7 in order to present a "last chance" disarmament proposal to LRA forces that crossed into the DRC from Sudan on September 19. When the MONUC team, led by MONUC political section chief (and acting director [...]	2005-10-08 07:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MARR CG UG
05KINSHASA1770	DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...]	2005-10-24 17:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1776	OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, VP'S: [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CG
05KINSHASA1784	FARDC: LRA FORCES BELIEVED NO LONGER IN DRC; [...] (C) MONUC Political Officer Oleg Sepelev briefed PolOff October 26 regarding the presence of Lord's Resistance Army forces in the DRC, as well as recent reactions by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) to the LRA's activities. [...]	2005-10-26 16:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1830	MORE THAN 300 FORMER ZAIRIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO DRC [...] (U) On November 1-2, 318 former soldiers of the Mobutu-era Armed Forces of Zaire (FAZ) returned to the DRC from Brazzaville after fleeing the country following the fall of the Mobutu regime in 1997. The soldiers and their families (totaling 764 persons) are undergoing a sensitization and orien [...]	2005-11-03 14:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF
05KINSHASA1854	MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...]	2005-11-08 10:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1860	UNSC REITERATES SECURITY, ELECTION CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Summary: An intense schedule for the visiting U.N. Security Council in Kinshasa focused on the election process and security sector reform. There was some focus of good governance issues, although clear misgivings by some UNSC members limited those discussions. For reasons that are uncle [...]	2005-11-08 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UNSC
05KINSHASA1876	LRA UPDATE: MONUC-FARDC PLAN SEARCH-AND-CORDON OPS [...] (C) Summary. According to MONUC sources, Operation Eastern Endeavour is to begin in the vicinity of Aba on November 10, encompassing forces from MONUC and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in an effort to identify and capture any elements of the Lord's Resistance Army [...]	2005-11-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG UG SU
05KINSHASA1954	CIAT SLAMS GOVERNMENT INERTIA AND PROCRASTINATION [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) on November 25 issued an unusually harsh communique, taking the government to task for its continued inaction on issues of critical importance in bringing the DRC's transition to a successful conclusion. Frustrated at [...]	2005-11-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PREL CG CIAT
05KINSHASA2059	NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE [...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...]	2005-12-20 09:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
05KINSHASA2060	RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS [...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...]	2005-12-20 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA2067	EUSEC REPORT ON REFORM OF MILITARY PAYMENT SYSTEM [...] (C) European Union military experts produced an extensive report in July 2005 outlining structural changes in the military payment system (among other changes) which would help to address the pervasive failure of the GDRC regularly to pay its troops. This report was presented officially to th [...]	2005-12-21 09:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO ASEC CG
05KINSHASA218	CONGOLESE TRANSITION ACTORS EVALUATE ELECTORAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians and other transition government officials met in Kinshasa February 2-4 to exchange views on how to improve the electoral process. Their main recommendations include increased GDRC financial and logistical support for the Independent Electoral Commission; starting [...]	2005-02-08 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS PREL CG
05KINSHASA271	MOROCCO ACTS AGAINST PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 13:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM CG
05KINSHASA332	OFFICIAL REQUEST FROM GDROC FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] Embassy received February 24 two letters from DRC Minister of Defense Alphonse Onasumba to acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan, requesting that the U.S. SIPDIS consider reactiving the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the DRC and provide assistance to the Trilate [...]	2005-02-28 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA410	U.N. BRIEFS ON ITURI SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. officials briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats and humanitarian workers on March 8 about the current situation in Ituri. They stressed the need for the GDRC to adopt a clear position towards Ituri militias and to address the dire humanitarian situation they have caused. End Summa [...]	2005-03-09 16:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL CG
05KINSHASA634	"NON-VIOLENT" OPPOSITION THREATENS UNREST IF LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi and his supporters are continuing to preach fiery SIPDIS anti-transitional government rhetoric, and demand that the political agreement underpinning the transitional government be reopened to give them a share of power. Top Tshise [...]	2005-04-15 07:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
05KINSHASA779	CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA [...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...]	2005-05-09 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA791	ANGOLAN-TRAINED CONGOLESE TROOPS LOOK GOOD - [...] (C) PolCouns attended the May 6 "graduation" ceremony for the two brigades of Congolese troops trained by the Angolans at Kitona base (in Bas-Congo province). The visit was organized by the Angolan Ambassador and Chief of the Congolese Army General Kisempia, and several CIAT Ambassadors (inc [...]	2005-05-11 13:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA870	RUMORS OF ARREST OF AIR FORCE COMMANDER UNTRUE [...] (C) Rumors of Air Force Commander General John Numbi's arrest, which turned out to be unsubstantiated, circulated widely in Kinshasa and throughout the country on May 24. Polcouns met with Numbi, who was not under house arrest as rumored, at his home the afternoon of May 24. Numbi told polcoun [...]	2005-05-26 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG
05KINSHASA950	NEW SECURITY SECTOR AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN [...] (U) Summary: Three new security sector reforms were signed on the margins of a June 1 ceremony marking the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade (reported septel). The Belgian, South Africa, and DRC agreements provide for additional future training, equipment and infrastructure dev [...]	2005-06-10 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG
05KINSHASA951	THIRD INTEGRATED BRIGADE (MOSTLY) READY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Ministers from the DRC, South Africa and Belgium, several CIAT ambassadors and military attaches, numerous other senior officials, and press participated in the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade at the Kamina (Katanga) training center on June 1. The ceremony [...]	2005-06-10 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG
05KIRKUK287	(C) SAMARRA: IECI REPORTS INTIMIDATION BY IA [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On 10 and 11 October, IECI employees in the Samarra area were victims of flagrant intimidation by Iraqi Army. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) On 12 December, the Salah Ad Din IECI director, Mr. Salah Salih made a complaint to SET officer about intim [...]	2005-12-14 08:21:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER IZ
05KIRKUK289	(C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...]	2005-12-14 19:07:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ
05KIRKUK290	(C) DIYALA ELECTION PREP: MINOR LOGISTICAL AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'quba cable. 2. SUMMARY: Three days before the election, the IECI and ISF appear to be well prepared for the polling on December 15. With CF support, the involved organizations have repeatedly drilled for the election day operations, and a December 10 "dress rehearsal" [...]	2005-12-14 19:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05KUWAIT1131	KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...]	2005-03-19 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU
05KUWAIT114	SENATOR KERRY AND KUWAITI FM AGREE ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion January 7, Senator John Kerry and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah discussed the necessity of holding elections in Iraq on January 30 and the importance of Sunni participation in the elections and representation in I [...]	2005-01-09 08:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1159	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TO USE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on March 14 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). Participants reviewed pending anti-terror legislation, developments in stemming terror financing, and identified criteria by which to assess GOK counterterrorism measures. [...]	2005-03-21 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1309	CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY OFFICER TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (U) Reportedly citing the absence of a crime, Kuwaiti Public Prosecutors on March 29 dropped charges against two former active-duty Kuwait Army soldiers who were detained on January 3 for allegedly plotting attacks against U.S. military assets in Kuwait. The pair, released on bail in mid-Febr [...]	2005-03-30 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1493	NEW MINISTER OF INFORMATION HOPES TO DISSOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an introductory meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed said that he would consider himself a successful minister if he were able to dissolve the ministry. He said that he is committed to freedom of the press and would work with the [...]	2005-04-13 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO ETRD PREL KIPR PINR KU IPR
05KUWAIT1777	FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...]	2005-05-01 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN
05KUWAIT2258	FOUR OUT OF FIVE KUWAITI LAWYERS AGREE: SYSTEMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: An examination of many recent legal cases, discussions with Kuwaiti attorneys of all political stripes, and an overview of basic legal codes and procedures reveals significant flaws in Kuwait's judicial system. According to several lawyers, the system suffers from a c [...]	2005-05-25 12:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER KLIG KJUS PHUM ASEC KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2464	KUWAITI PAPER REPORTS DEAL ON OIF JET FUEL [...] (U) On June 5, local Arabic daily newspaper Al-Qabas ran a short, front-page piece saying that Kuwait has agreed to supply the U.S. with reduced-price jet fuel for operations in Iraq (full text in para 2). Under the terms of the deal, the story said, Kuwait would provide jet fuel for $24/ton [...]	2005-06-05 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS EPET PREL EAID MARR PGOV IZ KU
05KUWAIT2674	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FIRST WOMEN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Earlier this month, the GOK appointed six members to the 16-person Municipal Council, including, for the first time, two women: engineers Shaykha Fatima bint Nasser Al-Sabah and Fawziya Al-Bahar. The appointments represented a historic first step for women's political [...]	2005-06-15 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS

05KUWAIT3058	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: LONDON TERROR ATTACKS [...] Summary: Local commentators aired widely divergent reactions to the London terror attacks. Some called for fighting terror by re-examining Islam and Arab culture to root out the causes, and condemning Bin Laden and his cohorts on religious grounds. Others implicitly blamed the attacks on the U [...]	2005-07-09 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL KU
05KUWAIT3241	PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION OF KBR CONTRACT FINDS [...] July 21 newspapers reported that the parliamentary committee investigating suspected irregularities in humanitarian fuel sales to the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2003 (reftel) has recommended that Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Al-Fahed Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and other top oil executives "be held responsib [...]	2005-07-23 11:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET MOPS KU IZ
05KUWAIT3266	READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 04:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3507	HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER TO DECENTRALIZE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: At an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Murad said that the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) offices would be closing down on August 10, but said that the MFA would try to c [...]	2005-08-07 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PREF KU IZ
05KUWAIT3669	NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON COUNTERTERRORISM, THE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 15 meeting, National Guard Commander Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that fighting poverty and illiteracy will help combat terrorism and that the security situation in Iraq will improve once the Iraqis advance economically. On Iran and [...]	2005-08-16 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ KU
05KUWAIT4209	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN KUWAIT [...] (S) Summary and Introduction: This report responds to the request (ref A) for information on programs for combating extremism. Embassy Kuwait actively engages the Government of Kuwait at every opportunity on every level on ways to combat extremism. Although the GOK has previously discounted [...]	2005-09-27 11:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI KISL ASEC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4727	BLUE LANTERN: CASE 966701 [...] (U) Per reftel request, Econoff paid a visit to the offices of "National Contracts Group" (NCG) to ascertain the validity of the company and its stated role as a party to pending license No. 966701. Econoff met with Mr. Omar A. A. Almutawa, President of NCG and Mr. Shahid Ayaz, General Manage [...]	2005-11-09 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC KUNC KU US
05KUWAIT5113	MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS [...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...]	2005-12-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT5114	DOD AVIAN FLU BRIEFING TO GOK MILITARY DOCTORS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On December 12, U.S. military medical personnel briefed Kuwaiti military doctors on Avian Influenza (AI) and the U.S. military's preparations for a possible outbreak. Comments and follow-up questions from Kuwaiti attendees indicate that the briefing was well received. On Decem [...]	2005-12-14 04:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KU
05LAGOS1549	DEADLY SHOOTOUT BETWEEN POLICE AND ARMY ROCKS LAGOS [...] At least three bystanders were killed and ten wounded, when an altercation between police and soldiers turned violent in the Ojuelegba district of Lagos on October 6. More than 50 street thugs, known as area boys, joined in the fray and caused the destruction of at least 40 vehicles and sever [...]	2005-10-05 13:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
05LAGOS1573	NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...]	2005-10-12 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
05LAGOS1636	LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1642	LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]	2005-10-21 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1951	NIGERIAN PETROLEUM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Given the presence of armed militia and of oil bunkering enterprises, the GON has difficulty maintaining security of the oil producing Nigerian Delta region. Parts of the region are effectively under the control of the militia or bunkering groups than governmental authority. As the Dec [...]	2005-12-28 12:36:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PTER KHLS EWWT PINR ETRD NI
05LAGOS472	EXPELLED GOVERNOR BOASTS: I AM THE BEAUTIFUL [...] (C) Summary. Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige met with us days after being expelled from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Ngige predicted that a growing army of supporters as well as some disgruntled politicians would move with him to the party of his choice, thus wresting Anambr [...]	2005-03-29 06:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL
05LAGOS477	NIGERIAN MILITARY OPERATION RESULTS IN CIVILIAN [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa state representatives acknowledged that innocent civilians were probably killed by Nigerian soldiers on February 19 when the military raided the community of Odioma in search of the killers of twelve civilians two weeks before. Bayelsa state representatives characterized [...]	2005-03-29 10:59:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET KJUS NI PGOV PHUM PREL
05LILONGWE166	PRESIDENT PRESSES DEVELOPMENT AGENDA [...] Summary: President Mutharika last week launched a new series of regular meetings with donor heads of mission, and used the occasion to amplify his vision of Malawi's development. The president emphasized economic growth, rural development, performance evaluation, and the need to mobilize all [...]	2005-02-22 14:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KMCA MI
05LILONGWE937	(C) BINGU AGONISTES: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA SUMMONED AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO STATE HOUSE OCTOBER 26 FOR A TWO-HOUR-PLUS DISCUSSION OF HIS EFFORTS TO COPE WITH THE "WRATH OF MULUZI" (AS HE CALLED THE EFFORT TO IMPEACH HIM) AND THE HUNGER CR [...]	2005-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MW PGOV PREL
05LIMA1606	PERUVIAN ARMY OFFICER TAKES HIS TROUBLES TO CITY [...] (U) A Peruvian Army Officer on 4/6 chose an unusual method to bring attention to a dispute with his superiors. Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Soto Sarmiento arrived at the Mayor's Office in the regional capital of Moquegua with 35 of his troops to denounce alleged mistreatment he had been submitted [...]	2005-04-06 22:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR PE
05LIMA2158	COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...]	2005-05-12 18:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE
05LIMA2840	THE "U.S. DESIGNS ON THE AMAZON" MYTH RESURFACES [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and a USDAO member have confronted Peruvian officials concerning a Peruvian Army officer's briefing at a bilateral intelligence conference in Quito that depicted the U.S. as the principal security threat to Peru, and alleged that the U.S. had plans to take over the [...]	2005-06-27 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS MARR PE EC
05LIMA3429	SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...]	2005-08-09 18:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE
05LIMA3548	NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE [...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...]	2005-08-16 21:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MARR PE
05LIMA3784	A NEW INTERVIEW WITH SL LEADER COMRADE "ARTEMIO" [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Peruvian newspaper and a TV news program made public an interview with Sendero Luminoso (SL) Commander "Artemio," head of the largest SL faction still involved in combat operations. Leading daily La Republica published a portion of the interview on 8/28. Later that evening, Cuart [...]	2005-09-01 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE
05LIMA4271	MORE ON OLLANTA HUMALA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Sociologist Jaime Antesana, an expert in cocalero politics working for a USAID contractor, during a 9/21 meeting with Emboffs said that the cocalero movement appears to be coalescing in support of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala's presidential candidacy. Antesana added that he met with [...]	2005-09-30 17:29:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PE VE
05LIMA4596	PUBLIC DEBATE IN PERU OVER CONTRACTING OF SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peruvians going to Iraq to work as contract security specialists for a U.S. company have become the focus of wide-spread media and official interest. Several hundred Peruvians have signed contracts with Peruvian representatives of the U.S. firm Triple Canopy Inc. The President [...]	2005-10-25 21:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KPAO PE
05LIMA4897	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, OCTOBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The eradication/interdiction juggernaut moved to San Gaban on October 4 and we are well on our way to surpassing our 8,000 hectare goal for this year. Opposition continues to be light thanks to a large contingent of PNP drug police (DIRANDRO) and a proactive community outreach program [...]	2005-11-17 21:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA4934	PERU'S UN AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ [...] Peru's new Ambassador to the United Nations, Oswaldo de Rivero, who will represent Peru on the Security Council Starting in January, recently authored an article entitled, "Is Iraq Another Vietnam?" in the Lima intellectual journal "Quehacer." De Rivero's piece criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq [...]	2005-11-21 17:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL PE
05LIMA5198	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, NOVEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) On November 13, the GOP eradication team passed the 8,000-hectare mark, its 2005 goal. By the end of November, eradication totaled 8,512 hectares as operations in San Gaban continue. They are scheduled to end on December 15. The GOP's proposed 2006 Eradication Plan is awaiting final [...]	2005-12-07 18:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA5322	TOLEDO CRITICIZES CHAVEZ IN ARMY DAY SPEECH [...] (U) President Alejandro Toledo clearly, albeit indirectly, criticized Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during his Army Day speech on 12/9. In his remarks, President Toledo recalled that Army Day commemorates the Battle of Ayachucho, where an army made up of recruits from many nations defeate [...]	2005-12-16 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PE
05LIMA5335	THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...]	2005-12-16 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5336	PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]	2005-12-16 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5365	TOLEDO MAKES ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK FOR ARMY [...] (C) President Toledo has named a reported personal favorite, General Cesar Reinoso Diaz, to become Commanding General of the Army, passing over the three officers who would normally be considered next in line for the job by Army guidelines (which include seniority and military merit). Two of [...]	2005-12-20 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR PE
05LIMA5397	ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...]	2005-12-21 23:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5486	PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) The Government of Peru (GOP) eradicated close to 9,000 hectares of coca in 2005, far surpassing its goal of 8,000 hectares. This achievement was accomplished through the strong commitment of the Ministry of Interior's eradication force (CORAH) and the drug police (DIRANDRO) that provid [...]	2005-12-30 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
05LIMA976	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ambassador visited Ayacucho February 17-19, as part of a series of trips aimed at raising public awareness throughout Peru regarding potential benefits of a free trade agreement with the U.S. In the course of contacts with public officials and opinion leaders in Ayacucho, this trip also [...]	2005-03-01 19:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID PE
05LJUBLJANA136	SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. Slovenia's proposed changes to the Slovene translation of ACSA were forwarded to EUCOM/J4- ID. TAG from Colorado will visit Slovenia in March. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. DEPLOYMENTS. The third rotation of Slovenian soldiers left Slovenia in February to participate in the int [...]	2005-03-01 11:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA15	SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. The new FMF Training case was signed in December and all documentation was completed in time to use the case to send nine students to training in January. The ACSA with Slovenia is not in force yet. 2. POLITICAL-MILITARY A. FMF/FMS BUDGET 1) ODC submitted the FY07-12 FMF [...]	2005-01-07 10:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA216	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. EUCOM provided three options on ACSA and we have contacted the Slovenes for their preference on how to proceed. The Combined Training and Education Plan was submitted to EUCOM; highlights are below. New FMF cases to purchase spares for Slovenia's HMMWVs were signed this month; the [...]	2005-04-04 09:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA302	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. Interest in purchasing C-27 has been informally discussed; Multi-national military exercise is being hosted by Slovenia; HMMWV spare parts are arriving; Slovene uniforms available for EDA; Bell 412 IFF installation delays; ACSA may be signed by June; ODC Chief transition is being coo [...]	2005-05-06 05:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA377	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. Embassy received a diplomatic note on ACSA from Slovene MFA; LOAs for JFCC and ASOC were signed; English language coordinator departed; Bell 412 IFF installation is delayed; EUCOM and DSCA approved the FY06 IMET program at the TPMR. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF [...]	2005-06-09 06:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA461	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY. The MOD signed the ACSA implementing letter; Gasper Kresnik is "FSN of the Year"; the new ODC Chief, Lt Col Gene Moty arrived; Bell 412 IFF installation schedule is not yet finalized. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS A. FMF 1) ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING (S3-D-TAC, $650,1 [...]	2005-07-08 02:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA555	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY: THE PREVIOUS ODC CHIEF, LT COL MARGARET CLAYTOR, HAS DEPARTED FOR HER NEW ASSIGNMENT AT DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN WASHINGTON. THE NEW DCM ARRIVES FRIDAY 5 AUGUST. 2. KEY ISSUES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. FMS: NSTR B. DCA: THE AMBASSADOR RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT [...]	2005-08-04 08:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA611	SLOVENIA'S PM JANEZ JANSA: CHALLENGE OF A CLOQ US [...] (SBU) Three months shy of one year in office, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa may feel frustrated that his plans for change and reform are not moving more swiftly. It is clear, however, that he has managed to lay the groundwork for Slovenes to make the psychological shift from a minor c [...]	2005-08-24 09:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SI
05LJUBLJANA786	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY: SLOVENIA IS SHOWING INTEREST IN PURCHASING EITHER THE C-27 OR CASA FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT OF THEIR DEPLOYED TROOPS. RAYTHEON WILL BE PITCHING A JAVELIN, STINGER AND TOW MISSILE CAPABILITY FOR SLOVENIA'S 152 ARMORED INFANTRY FIGHTING VEHICLE PROCUREMENT. WE ARE WORKING TO STREAMLINE [...]	2005-11-15 04:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA857	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: - RAYTHEON HAS BRIEFED THE SLOVENIANS ON TOW, JAVELIN AND STINGER WEA - THE SLOVENIANS HAVE INFORMALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTI - WE HAVE A DISAM MET SCHEDULED FOR THE NEW SLOVENIAN FMS CASE MANAGE - THE SLOVENE MINISTER OF DEFENSE WILL BE INVITED TO CLOSE ONE OF T [...]	2005-12-15 05:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05LJUBLJANA862	ODC SLOVENIA SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES REPORT, [...] SUMMARY: - RAYTHEON HAS BRIEFED THE SLOVENIANS ON TOW, JAVELIN AND STINGER WEAPON SYSTEMS. - THE SLOVENIANS HAVE INFORMALLY INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTING AN LOR FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE MILES AND IHITS SYSTEMS. - WE HAVE A DISAM MET SCHEDULED FOR THE NEW SLOVENIAN FMS CASE MAN [...]	2005-12-16 07:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SI
05MADRID2588	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MOD BONO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador held a successful first meeting on July 6 with Minister of Defense Jose Bono and CHOD General Felix Sanz. Bono thanked the Ambassador for the USG's warm reception during his visit to the U.S. in early May, particularly during his productive meeting with Secretary Rumsfel [...]	2005-07-08 15:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP VZ
05MADRID3149	TFUS 01: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FM MORATINOS [...] Summary: In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos made clear Spain's desire to assist the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. After working through the reftel list of requested items, Spain is assembling materiel and has made two Spanish Hercules transp [...]	2005-09-06 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL US SP
05MADRID625	SPAIN: PM/DTTC COUNTRY BRIEFING ON THE BLUE [...] (SBU) Summary: A team from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (PM/DTTC) provided a background briefing February 10 on the Blue Lantern Program to an official from the Spanish Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Technology Transfers and Transactions Unit and mission's Commercial Service Office [...]	2005-02-16 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KOMC ETTC SP
05MANAMA1742	Six Bahraini Guantanamo Detainees Made Media [...] Summary: The plight of six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities has consumed the Bahraini media for months, building tensions with a series of published reports alleging sexual humiliation and other abuses catalogued in the journal writings of one of the detainees, Juma Al [...]	2005-11-27 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA BILAT
05MANAMA1889	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN WITH CROWN [...] (C) Centcom Commander General Abizaid December 21 met separately with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa and discussed the situation in Iraq, Iranian influence in Iraq, Al Qaida, Afghanistan, and the bilateral military relationship. Regarding Iraq, both the CP and DefMin [...]	2005-12-23 09:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS CTR REGION
05MANAMA251	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]	2005-02-23 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA344	FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS OF IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashed briefed members of Parliament March 6 on Iranian interference in Bahrain's Ashura celebrations in February. Shaikh Rashed told Parliamentarian [...]	2005-03-08 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PTER ASEC BA IR
05MANAMA952	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed unemployment, demonstrations in support of the unemployed, and Shia politics with Minister of Labor Majeed Al Alawi July 4. Al Alawi said that the Ministry had found and offered private sector jobs to the eleven unemployed people who participated in the June 19 u [...]	2005-07-06 15:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB ECON BA
05MANILA1059	DEFENSE SECRETARY FOCUSED ON PDR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defense Secretary Cruz has made Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) the centerpiece of his tenure, and is also focused on ending the country's multiple insurgencies within the first six years of the 18-year PDR program. His new approaches include the "500 barangay" program, which wi [...]	2005-03-07 08:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER AS NZ JA RP
05MANILA129	CEBU MAYOR IMPLICATED IN SERIES OF VIGILANTE-STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been 14 vigilante-style killings recently in Cebu. Critics have implicated Cebu Mayor Tommy Osmena in the slayings based on his decision to create a special police squad to hunt down criminals. Cardinal Vidal, local congressmen, Cebu's Vice Mayor, and human rights gr [...]	2005-01-11 04:48:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS RP
05MANILA1401	LEFTISTS CLAIM SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN TO KILL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen have already killed up to eighteen members of leftist front groups including Bayan Muna -- a political party closely associated with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) -- since the beginning of 2005. Leftist leaders have claimed that there [...]	2005-03-29 08:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SOCI KPAO RP
05MANILA1451	TERRORIST NPA STEPS UP ANTI US THREATS ON ITS 36TH [...] (C) Summary. The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA),designated by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2002, has increased its level of rhetoric against the USG and the GRP. While the themes of the CPP/NPA's public statements remain focused against US m [...]	2005-03-30 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS RP
05MANILA1543	Strong reaction to death of Pope John Paul II [...] (U) Summary: The Philippines has reacted with deep sorrow to news of the death of Pope John Paul II. President Arroyo announced an official mourning period that will last until the Pope's funeral, which she plans to attend. The Catholic Church will hold a requiem mass in honor of Pope John [...]	2005-04-04 05:51:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI RP VT
05MANILA1614	FIGHTING THE GWOT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (S) Summary. Terrorism is a disturbingly ordinary, ongoing reality here. The southern Philippines lies along a strategic fault line in the global campaign against terrorism, with its porous borders, weak rule of law, long-standing and unaddressed grievances of Muslim minorities, and high [...]	2005-04-07 07:26:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL RP
05MANILA1716	BUILDING A BRIDGE ON TAWI-TAWI [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy believes the number one USPACOM FY05/FY06 humanitarian assistance objective in the Philippines should be the Tawi-Tawi bridge project. The project will have a strategic impact on the "rat-line" terrorists use to enter and leave the Philippines. Although much smaller in [...]	2005-04-14 05:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MOPS MARR PREL PINS EAID RP
05MANILA1799	POSSIBLE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we would warmly welcome your visit in May and hope that you can make it. Your visit would be timely. The GRP may be even less stable than it appears -- yet paradoxically, far more capable of deliberate, positive redirection and reform than is now obvious. The Philippines [...]	2005-04-20 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PTER RP
05MANILA1847	BUILDING MOMENTUM BEHIND REWARDS FOR JUSTICE [...] (U) Action request: To build momentum behind the Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in the Philippines (as recommended in ref a),we urge the inter-agency committee led by DS to publicize specific payout amounts and to adopt an expedited rewards approval process for the capture of the followin [...]	2005-04-22 06:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID RP
05MANILA1988	MALACANANG DOWNPLAYS LATEST DESTABILIZATION PLOT [...] (C) Summary. Former Defense Secretary Fortunato Abat and other retired officials stirred fresh coup plot jitters on April 30 when they publicly called for a "revolutionary transition government" to replace the current administration. Malacanang downplayed the move, while the GRP continues to [...]	2005-05-02 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR ELAB RP
05MANILA2174	MORE ON HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, PRC President Hu Jintao's state visit was a "normal" component of Beijing's outreach to the region. Visits by the PRC Vice Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army are on the agenda as part of the war [...]	2005-05-12 23:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EPET ECON CH RP
05MANILA2277	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 5, 2005; 10:00 a.m.; Manila, the Philippines. 2. (C) Summary: President Arroyo underscored to the Deputy Secretary on May 5 that she considered the U.S. to be the SIPDIS Philippines' closest partner in dealing with security, economic and other issues. She confirmed that her go [...]	2005-05-18 06:38:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR ECON OVIP RP CH BM IZ SU ID
05MANILA2406	POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary: Party organizations are relatively weak in the Philippines and are overshadowed by the influence of personalities. Parties tend to coalesce around popular political leaders during electoral campaigns due to the desire for patronage, but otherwise are underfunded, without clear [...]	2005-05-26 05:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA2590	STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]	2005-06-03 04:24:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MANILA2840	LEFTISTS JOIN OPPOSITION MOVES AGAINST ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: Leftist groups, most of which are aligned with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA),appear to be lining up with mainstream opposition elements in efforts to unseat President Arroyo. Leftist groups, which have the ability to turn out protesters, are [...]	2005-06-22 05:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS PINR ASEC RP
05MANILA2887	CONTINUED POLITICAL WOES FOR PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: An anti-GMA protest march on June 24 failed to gather significant momentum, but police blocked access to downtown Manila City. As of COB, the crowds had yet to disperse entirely, however. President Arroyo delayed the retirement of Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff [...]	2005-06-24 07:27:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON ASEC RP
05MANILA3061	ARROYO CELEBRATES JULY 4TH, BUT SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: President Arroyo attended Mission's July 4 celebration and also hosted an anti-trafficking event at Malacanang attended by Charge on July 2. At the July 4 event, Charge publicly hailed close U.S.-Philippine ties and underscored the importance of strengthening democratic institu [...]	2005-07-05 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL ECON PINR KPAO RP
05MANILA3187	CATHOLIC BISHOPS' STATEMENT BUYS ARROYO MORE TIME [...] (C) Summary: According to political contacts, the July 10 statement by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has bought President Arroyo more time by not explicitly calling for her resignation. In a brief radio address on July 10, Arroyo welcomed the statement and said she pla [...]	2005-07-11 09:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP
05MANILA3397	ARROYO GIVES STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, WHILE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo gave her State of the Nation Address (SONA) late July 25. In a short speech, she claimed that her government had made great strides in strengthening the economy and she promise [...]	2005-07-25 10:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON ASEC RP
05MANILA3632	TENSIONS SPIKE BETWEEN GRP AND EXTREME LEFT [...] (C) Summary: The GRP announced on August 2 that it was suspending the immunity from arrest for National Democratic Front (NDF) officials, who had been participating in the negotiation track. The NDF sharply criticized the government's move. A congressman with close links to Malacanang told [...]	2005-08-05 06:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR RP NO NL
05MANILA3697	CONTINUED BICKERING IN HOUSE OVER IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: There has been continued bickering in the House over the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. Formal hearings in the Justice Committee began on August 10, with pro-Arroyo members immediately raising procedural questions about the nature of the complaint, [...]	2005-08-10 08:19:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR SOCI RP VA
05MANILA3709	GRP BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON REVOCATION OF NDF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an effort to rally international backing, senior officials briefed representatives of the Manila diplomatic corps on the GRP's decision to suspend the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG),which provided Communist peace negotiators immunity from arrest an [...]	2005-08-11 07:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR PREL NO NL RP
05MANILA3788	STUDENT ACTIVISM IN THE PHILIPPINES: STILL A [...] (C) Summary: Student activism in the Philippines has long been a political force and it remains one. This is particularly the case at state-funded universities, where many students are involved in politics, including the effort to oust President Arroyo. Private university students play les [...]	2005-08-17 07:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KISL SOCI RP
05MANILA3790	GENERAL GENEROSA SENGA ASSUMES COMMAND OF ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary. Lieutenant General Generosa Senga assumed command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines from retiring General Efren Abu in an August 15 change of command ceremony. Senga has a reputation as a combat commander. A classmate of Abu's, he is expected to continue many of his pred [...]	2005-08-17 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PINR PTER RP
05MANILA3846	DEFENSE SECRETARY CRUZ DETAILS PLANS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary. Defense Secretary Cruz's multi-faceted reform agenda includes establishing new budget and procurement procedures, buying counterinsurgency equipment, revamping training, and restructuring Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) intelligence services. The GRP hopes an eventual pe [...]	2005-08-19 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PTER PINS RP
05MANILA3946	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHANGES TACK AND TAKES MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines is changing tack in regard to its political role. Under the leadership of the now-deceased Cardinal Sin, the Church assumed an activist posture, pressing for the ouster of two presidents, and at times indicating preferences for or ag [...]	2005-08-25 07:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI RP
05MANILA410	THE EVOLVING ROLE OF LABOR UNIONS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary: While the Philippines has a good record of promoting and protecting worker rights, the labor movement is no longer a potent political force. Union membership is in sharp decline, with labor market penetration falling from roughly 25 percent of salaried workers in 1986 to 9.7 per [...]	2005-01-26 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI PINS ECON RP
05MANILA4137	COMMUNISTS COMMIT TO FORMAL TALKS BUT BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) Summary. After painting themselves in a corner, the National Democratic Front (NDF) -- the negotiating arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People's Army (NPA) -- has agreed to resume formal talks, though an exact date is yet to be determined. Th [...]	2005-09-05 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA4278	AVIAN FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: GAPS IN PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there have been no reported cases of avian influenza (H5N1) in the Philippines, the GRP's capacity to respond to a potential outbreak is limited by lack of resources in many areas. The GRP lacks funds for materials such as protective gear and stockpiles of Tamiflu. K [...]	2005-09-11 10:54:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MANILA4488	INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES: A SNAPSHOT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The approximately six million plus indigenous persons in the Philippines are marginalized and lag far behind the general population in most social and economic indicators. They also suffer dis [...]	2005-09-22 07:49:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV ECON EAID PINR PINS PREF RP
05MANILA4491	MORE COVERAGE IN PHILIPPINE PRESS OF ALLEGED [...] Anti-government, pro-opposition daily "The Philippine Daily Inquirer" printed another in a series of daily articles summarizing and analyzing purported classified US Embassy reports on the front page in its edition of September 23. Following is the full text of the article. BEGIN TEXT " [...]	2005-09-22 08:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO RP
05MANILA4809	MORE PHILIPPINE REACTION TO UNFOLDING U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The indictment of Philippine national Michael Ray Aquino on charges of conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign agent has elicited a range of reactions in the Philippines, including comments from President Arroyo and the Secretary of Justice. Key Opposition politicians, [...]	2005-10-10 09:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KPAO ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA4810	PHILIPPINES: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message is in response to the action request contained in "Democracy Promotion Strategies for EAP Focus Countries" (ref a). Responses are keyed to specific informational requests contained in ref a, p [...]	2005-10-10 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS ECON KDEM RP
05MANILA4905	SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Manila's comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- are deliberately integrated to meet the ever-present terrorism threat in the Philippines. You will see all major players during your visit: Executive Secr [...]	2005-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA4929	GRP TAKES STEP TO REDISTRIBUTE LARGE ESTATE OWNED [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Taking steps to resolve a long-standing labor dispute, the Philippine government has ordered that the large "Hacienda Luisita" estate owned in part by former president Corazon Aquino be redistri [...]	2005-10-17 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM SOCI PINS RP
05MANILA5023	INDICATIONS OF COUP PLOTTING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. There are disturbing indications that recidivist coup plotter "Gringo" Honasan and opposition Senator "Ping" Lacson may be at the very least associated with plots against President Arroyo in conjunction with the Young Officers Union (YOU),a shadowy cabal of junior and mid-gr [...]	2005-10-25 09:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA5126	S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S TALKS WITH GRP OFFICIALS [...] (S/REL AUSTRALIA) SUMMARY. Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo and Executive Secretary Ermita told visiting S/CT Ambassador Crumpton they are optimistic about peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),believing MILF Chairman Murad has the ability to sell an agreement to his [...]	2005-11-02 08:09:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS RP
05MANILA5137	SCENESETTER FOR EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we seek to work even more constructively not only bilaterally but in a variety of regional and international fora as well. We have a comprehensive program of engagement with the GRP -- ranging from [...]	2005-11-02 12:00:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS EAID MOPS ECON EFIN RP
05MANILA5166	ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Philippines' once again turbulent political environment has sparked new waves of rumors that the President or her advisers are considering emergency rule or martial law, and that elements within the military are seeking to stage a coup. We assess that neither scenario yet [...]	2005-11-06 09:25:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS MOPS ASEC PREL RP
05MANILA5328	GRP CONTINUES TO CONSIDER EMERGENCY RULE [...] (S) Summary/Comment: EAP DAS John underscored the USG's firm opposition to the imposition of emergency rule or any other similar measures during separate meetings with President Arroyo, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo, and defense officials on November 11. Both Arroyo and Romulo indicated [...]	2005-11-14 09:56:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR RP
05MANILA5346	AMID CONTINUED NPA ATTACKS, KILLINGS OF LEFTIST [...] (C) Summary: About 40 leftist activists have been killed in the Philippines so far in 2005. These killings, a jump from the number recorded in 2004, come amid a flurry of attacks by the New People's Army (NPA),which have killed and injured many. "Legal" left politicians and activists have [...]	2005-11-15 09:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5357	EAP DAS JOHN LEADS NOVEMBER 11 BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS John and Charge held extensive discussions on bilateral issues with DFA A/S for American Affairs Abadilla and Philippine Ambassador to the U.S. Del Rosario on November 11. DAS John underscored that the primary purpose of his visit to the Philippines was to focus on subst [...]	2005-11-16 03:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ECON EAID RP UNSC APEC
05MANILA5433	NSC CHIEF ON EMERGENCY RULE, NPA, AND TERRORISTS [...] (S) Summary and comment: In a one-on-one meeting with Charge 11/21, National Security chief Bert Gonzales said he has recommended to President Arroyo that she invoke a Constitutional provision "as soon as possible" that would allow her to order the military and police to arrest leftist poli [...]	2005-11-21 08:46:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PINS PREL RP
05MANILA5506	PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNIST THREAT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Asia's longest surviving Communist insurgency remains entrenched in the social and political landscape of the Philippines. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is currently attempting to exploit domestic political tensions to force the Arroyo Administration from power, b [...]	2005-11-28 09:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA5510	SCENE SETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, former President Ramos, Executive Secretary Ermita, [...]	2005-11-28 11:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP

05MANILA5606	SCENESETTER FOR G/TIP DIRECTOR AMBASSADOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. Our strategic relations with the Philippines are important to both countries, and we generally work together constructively on global issues, including Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The GRP publicly condemns trafficking and has enacted strong laws to combat it. However, the a [...]	2005-12-01 10:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM KPAO RP HK
05MANILA5619	SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR CHRISTOPHER BOND [...] (S/NF) Summary. Comprehensive counterterrorism efforts -- ranging from the military to humanitarian to public diplomacy -- top the broad U.S. agenda in the Philippines' still struggling democracy. In Manila, you will meet President Arroyo, National Security Advisor Gonzales, National Intell [...]	2005-12-02 06:45:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR ASEC OVIP PINS MOPS MARR PGOV RP
05MANILA5844	FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY DECLARES HIMSELF [...] (C) Summary: Inveterate plotter and former defense secretary Fortunado Abat declared himself "President" of a SIPDIS "Revolutionary Transition Government" at a December 13 press conference held in Manila. In reaction, the GRP reportedly detained him on December 15. Amid the on-and-off sw [...]	2005-12-15 08:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5877	FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY RELEASED AFTER BEING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Former defense secretary Fortunado Abat and three members of his self-proclaimed "Revolutionary Transition Government" were released on December 16 -- a day after police detained them for quest [...]	2005-12-19 09:09:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL PINR RP
05MANILA5929	INDONESIA ALLOWS ONE-YEAR TRANSITION TO REFLAG [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 07:34:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL PGOV ECON RP WTRO
05MANILA5950	PHILIPPINES: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Post's 2005 narrative update of the Philippine portion of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The information is keyed to specific reftel requests. 2. (U) Summary. The Philippines, one of the earliest supporters in the global coalition against terrorism, [...]	2005-12-23 07:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS RP
05MANILA630	CORRECTED COPY: JOLO FIGHTING LEAVES OVER 50 DEAD [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of Manila 621. The Summary reported incorrectly that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was involved in the recent clashes. The Summary should read that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) was involved, as is indicated below. The body of Manila 621 [...]	2005-02-09 23:32:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL MOPS RP
05MANILA655	MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...]	2005-02-10 08:44:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP
05MANILA729	CPP/NPA DENOUNCES BALIKATAN EXERCISE [...] (SBU) On February 11, Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, the spokesman for the Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army (CPP/NPA),denounced the upcoming annual Balikatan exercise as "a blatant mockery of Philippine sovereignty." Rosal claimed US troops intended to "interfere" in the armed [...]	2005-02-15 23:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS RP
05MANILA887	CATHOLIC CHURCH MEDIATING VOLATILE LABOR DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Bishop's Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is actively attempting to mediate a complex labor dispute at Hacienda Luisita, a large sugar plantation located north of Manila owned by the Cory Aquino/Cojuangco family. The GRP's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) [...]	2005-02-28 08:12:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PINS RP
05MAPUTO1137	MOZAMBIQUE - RENAMO OFFICERS THREATEN TO "RETURN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, along with other heads of missions, was called to a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign on August 30 to hear the government rebut claims made recently a RENAMO leader that former RENAMO officers are being forced to retire unfairly from the Mozambican armed forces. Former se [...]	2005-09-01 16:25:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MZ RENAMO
05MAPUTO150	MOZAMBIQUE: WHO IS INCOMING PRESIDENT GUEBUZA? [...] (U) The following is a brief sketch of incoming Mozambican president Armando Guebuza, who will be inaugurated on February 2 to succeed President Joaquim Chissano. This analysis was drawn by our political LES. We offer it as a preliminary glance at Guebuza, only part of a composite picture we w [...]	2005-02-01 15:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO184	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART I) [...] (U) This message provides biographical data for key cabinet ministers sworn in on February 5 by President Guebuza. Biodata on additional cabinet members will be provided in septels. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy con [...]	2005-02-09 14:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO257	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON NEW GUEBUZA CABINET (PART III) [...] (U) This is the third message in a series of biographical reports on cabinet ministers recently appointed by President Guebuza. Sources include official ministerial biographies, local media reports, and information obtained from Embassy contacts. ----------------- Table of Contents ------- [...]	2005-02-25 09:18:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MZ
05MAPUTO288	MOZAMBIQUE: BIODATA ON PRESIDENT GUEBUZA [...] (SBU) Armando Emilio Guebuza was born January 20, 1943 in Murrupula, Nampula province. His father was a member of the Ronga ethnic group (from the Maputo area) and his mother (still living) is Makua (from Nampula). At a young age, his family moved to Maputo, where Guebuza grew up. While attend [...]	2005-03-02 13:45:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MZ
05MAPUTO321	MOZAMBIQUE: A/S NEWMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Constance Newman, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Mozambique's Minister in the Presidency for Diplomatic Affairs, Francisco Madeira, March 2. Minister Madeira received A/S Newman immediately after returning from a visit to Z [...]	2005-03-09 15:11:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KPKO MARR MASS EINV MZ ZI
05MASERU222	48 HOURS AND COUNTING - GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS SECURITY, [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister/Home Affairs Minister Lehohla met April 28 with diplomatic corps and donor representatives 48 hours before local government elections. He accepted a list of recent security incidents from the diplomatic corps and cited GOL needs for resources to battle criminal gangs [...]	2005-04-28 15:42:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC LT
05MINSK1126	Unexpectedly Active Opposition in Southwest [...] (C) Summary: September 12 was the tenth anniversary of the Belarusian military shooting down a hot air balloon and killing the two American pilots. Emboffs and local residents visited the crash site. While in the region, Emboffs also visited local civil society leaders in three nearby small [...]	2005-09-16 10:30:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC BO
05MINSK1192	New Poll - Lukashenko Already Winning [...] (U) Summary: NOVAK released the results of its August - September survey and presented an analysis to Pol Chief on September 27. Lukashenko's rating jumped 5 percentage points while the leading opposition contenders' ratings remained below one percent. However, the percentage of those who di [...]	2005-09-29 13:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1199	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - September 30, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. Hail to Luka Youth! President Lukashenko signed a presidential edict on September 24 restoring the Soviet era name, Lenin Komsomol of Belarus, to the [...]	2005-09-30 13:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1231	New IISEPS Poll: Lukashenko Will Win, [...] Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on September 30. Similar to other polls, IISEPS confirmed that Lukashenko enjoys a large lead over his opposition and is trusted by the majority. However, many of the respondents indicated it was ti [...]	2005-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1271	INTERVIEW WITH LUKASHENKO'S WIFE [...] (U) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed President Lukashenko's separated wife, Galina, on September 29. His wife spoke of how the two met and their short time living together as husband and wife. Galina claimed she and Lukashenko are still legally married and that it was her deci [...]	2005-10-17 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
05MINSK1328	MFA Arms Control Raises Old Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, Ambassador Krol met with MFA Arms Control and International Security Director Alexander Baichorov before Baichorov's trip to the U.S. to participate in the UN First Committee. Baichorov provided the Ambassador with information on a proposed First Committee Resol [...]	2005-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC BO
05MINSK1436	Security Advisory Opinion (FEDULOV, YURIY) [...] (S) Summary: Post requests guidance regarding the visa application of Yuri Nikolaevich Fedulov. Mr. Fedulov is applying for a visa in order to attend NATO working group conferences and to visit family. The previous Defense Attache and the previous Consular Officer at Embassy Minsk had seriou [...]	2005-11-29 08:44:00	Embassy Minsk	SECRET	CVIS FEDULOV YURIY PINR PGOV BO
05MINSK757	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 6, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ---------------------- Political Developments ---------------------- 2. Restricted Political Parties On June 29, the Belarusian Parliament amended a law further restricting political parties by [...]	2005-07-13 05:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK838	QELECTION FRAUD, OPPRESSION, AND JOB LOSS IN MOLODECHNO [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BO
05MUMBAI2199	SHIV SENA FACES STIFF CHALLENGE IN NOVEMBER 19 BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Maharashtra state parliament by-elections scheduled for November 19 may represent a defining moment for Bal Thackeray's Marathi-based Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena movement. In the Malvan district of southwestern Maharashtra, erstwhile Shiv Sena leader Narayan Rane is standing for re-elect [...]	2005-11-16 12:54:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
05MUSCAT1061	OMAN ONLINE: DISARMAMENT, DISCONTENT, AND DISSENSION [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message boards "al-Sablah" and "al-Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic- language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, no [...]	2005-07-06 11:20:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
05MUSCAT1123	INTO THE LION'S DEN: ADDRESSING THE COMMAND AND [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered his annual address to the Omani Command and Staff College on July 13, followed by an intense question and answer session. Fielding questions on a broad range of topics, including the war in Iraq, the legal status of Guantanamo detainees, the Palestinian-Israeli pea [...]	2005-07-18 03:19:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KDEM KMPI KPAO XF MU
05MUSCAT1272	MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] The privately owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" featured an editorial on August 10 entitled "Issues Blocking Efforts for Drafting Iraqi Constitution": "There are many difficult issues and complicated questions facing the drafting committee of the new Iraqi constitution. Conflicting political pow [...]	2005-08-15 12:06:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP IZ MU
05MUSCAT1934	GEN ABIZAID'S DECEMBER 26 MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) In a convivial 80-minute exchange on December 26, Sultan Qaboos shared with USCENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid his thoughts on Iraq, Iran, the war on terror and the state of bilateral relations. Agreeing with Gen Abizaid on many points, the Sultan argued for a less intrusive Arab role in Iraq's tr [...]	2005-12-31 05:27:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER PGOV XF IR IZ MU
05MUSCAT573	GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM ASSESSMENT: OMAN [...] (C) Oman is a successful example of cooperation in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). Military cooperation is perhaps the brightest area of achievement owing to Oman's benefit from the Foreign Military Finance (FMF) program, which is beginning to fill gaping holes in its maritime and border [...]	2005-04-06 15:56:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MU
05MUSCAT599	GEN ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI FOREIGN, DEFENSE [...] (C) Senior Omani foreign affairs and defense officials shared views with CENTCOM CDR Gen Abizaid on the brewing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with the Omanis consistently advocating direct dialogue as a means to ease pressures and forestall an Iranian nuclear program. The Omanis shared [...]	2005-04-12 02:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PTER SMIG MNUC XF XD MU
05MUSCAT679	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF LTGEN MA XIAOTIAN, JUNE 5, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 10:35:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR MU
05MUSCAT698	OMAN ONLINE: DEBATING THE TRIAL [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "al-Sablah" and "al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]	2005-04-27 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU
05NAIROBI1591	CJTF-HOA BRINGS EDUCATION TO DISADVANTAGED MUSLIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 6, DCM, accompanied by COL Wendy Fontela, Political Advisor, CJTF-HOA, dedicated the new girls' secondary school in Bute, Wajir North constituency, in Kenya's under-developed and almost exclusively Muslim Northeastern Province. This school was the local MP and the co [...]	2005-04-14 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PTER PHUM SOCI KGHA KISL KPAO MOPS KE
05NAIROBI2618	SOMALIA -- CENTER OF GRAVITY NOW IN SOMALIA FOR [...] (C) Despite Yemeni efforts to mediate between the Transitional Federal President and the Speaker of the Assembly, talks in Sanaa on key issues separating two main camps in the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) appear to have ended in acrimony. Prime Minister Ghedi has declared his gov [...]	2005-06-24 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SO KE
05NAIROBI4829	KENYA INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (U) Mission Nairobi responses to reftel follow: A) Preparedness/Communication ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Kenyan government has established an inter- ministerial taskforce to create an action plan to address the threat of avian flu. The taskforce is nominally headed by Mr [...]	2005-11-18 07:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE
05NAIROBI5177	GOVERNMENT OF KENYA'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya has started a comprehensive response to the threat of avian influenza. A multi- sectoral National Task Force has been established with high-level representation from the ministries responsible for human and animal health. Many of Kenya's international partners are repre [...]	2005-12-20 01:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SEC EAID PREL CASC CMGT KHIV TBIO ECON
05NAIROBI5180	KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...]	2005-12-20 01:42:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE
05NASSAU393	FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM [...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]	2005-02-25 16:57:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05NASSAU408	FIFTH ANNUAL TIPS REPORT - BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) There have been no substantiated reports indicating that the Bahamas is a country of origin or destination for trafficking in persons. There have, however, been unconfirmed reports of women being trafficked through Bahamian waters on the way to the United States, possibly for prostitut [...]	2005-03-01 16:08:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
05NDJAMENA1020	CHADIAN REBELS, RUMORS, REALITIES, AND REACTIONS [...] (S NF) Summary: Speculation about the existence of Chadian rebel groups continues to make Chadians uneasy about the regime's stability. The often conflicting reports and wide-ranging opinions about the size, composition, capabilities, and agendas of Chadian rebel groups make it difficult to [...]	2005-06-27 12:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1134	SCENARIOS FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN CHAD [...] (C) Summary: Chad is currently experiencing another period of heightened uncertainty. Deby has been able to navigate through them in the past. (Reftels) Nonetheless, the removal of presidential term limits through a less-than-transparent public referendum has many observers wondering what [...]	2005-07-15 09:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA1237	CHAD: LONG AWAIT CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his i [...]	2005-08-10 16:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1260	CHAD: LONG AWAITED CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Idriss Deby reshuffled his cabinet on August 7, placing the Ministry of Defense under the Presidency. Key changes include the Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Public Security, and Finance. The new cabinet may reflect the President's security concerns and his [...]	2005-08-16 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CD
05NDJAMENA1547	NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]	2005-10-17 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1560	CHAD: GOVERNMENT LOBBYING FOR CHANGES TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a chilly reception in Washington by the Bretton Woods Institutions, the Government of Chad (GOC) is reaching out to development partners and civil society in Chad on the need to modify the law governing management of petroleum revenues, with the hope of persuading the [...]	2005-10-21 09:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NDJAMENA1592	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]	2005-10-27 14:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1593	CHAD: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES PROPOSED OIL [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations October 21 to announce that the Government of Chad (GOC) intended to submit a 2006 budget to the National Assembly which would reflect changes to the oil revenue man [...]	2005-10-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EFIN ECON EPET CD
05NDJAMENA1615	CHAD: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The United States has important interests at stake and a potentially decisive role to play in promoting democracy in Chad. Earlier this year, President Deby succeeded in removing presidential term limits in a constitutional (but questionable) process, and is now on the path to [...]	2005-11-01 12:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA1616	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI [...] Summary. PRM/AFR and P/E Officer visited Bahai, Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp, and border areas of Bamina and Tine from October 17-19. The security situation was calm at the time of the visit, although fighting in Sudan around October 21 resulted in nine suspected combatants crossing the border [...]	2005-11-01 12:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1656	CHAD: GOVERNMENT MOVING AHEAD WITH OIL REVENUE [...] (C) Summary: The Government is moving ahead with its plans to amend the revenue management law despite concern among various donors, diplomatic missions, civil society groups, and opposition parties. On November 9, the Council of Ministers sent the revisions to the law to the National Assem [...]	2005-11-09 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV
05NDJAMENA1672	CHAD: DEBY SHAKES UP MILITARY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. President Idriss Deby carried out a military shake-up on November 15. The changes include the chiefs of the Armed Forces, Gendarmerie, Nomadic Guard, and National Police. The most surprising change was the removal of Deby relative, General Mahamat Saleh Ibrahim, who had serve [...]	2005-11-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1757	USAID/OFDA PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN CHAD [...] Approximately 200,000 Sudanese refugees currently live in reasonable but delicate harmony with their Chadian hosts in an arid and undeveloped environment. Potential problems revolve around use of natural resources, jealousy and political developments in Sudan and Chad. UNHCR and its partners [...]	2005-12-12 10:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREF PREL CD USAID
05NDJAMENA1761	THE MANY FACES (AND LIVES) OF PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Idriss Deby at year's end is perhaps more besieged than he has ever been in his fifteen years in power. He is confronting a rash of desertions, raids on military targets, and violent student demonstrations. Even his most respected family members are joining the oppo [...]	2005-12-13 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
05NDJAMENA22	SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...]	2005-01-07 10:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA262	SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]	2005-02-20 12:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA405	CHAD'S CHANGING TACTICS ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Chadian President Idriss Deby's latest move to break the current impasse in Darfur involves working with the Sudan Liberation Movement. Currently, the Chadian Government is hosting a number of leaders and field commanders from the SLM in N'Djamena for discussions about the move [...]	2005-03-17 13:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA58	CHAD'S PRESIDENT'S SON COMES CALLING [...] (C) Summary. Chad's President Deby will accept the will of the people expressed in upcoming elections whatever the outcome, according to his son and personal secretary. The Ambassador used the opportunity of a meeting with Brahim Deby to probe into his father's views on staying in power for [...]	2005-01-17 19:49:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU
05NDJAMENA589	GENERAL WALD COMES TO CHAD [...] (C) Summary: General Wald, Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, visited the U.S.-trained Pan Sahel Unit and held meetings with President Idriss Deby, Minister of Defense Emmanuel Nadingar, and Chief of Defense Mahamat Saleh Kaya during his trip to Chad from April 10 to 11. President Deby [...]	2005-04-13 06:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PGOV CD VIP
05NDJAMENA81	SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold expressed appreciation for Chad's cooperation in the war on terror and discussed human rights with Defense Minister Emmanuel Nadingar during his visit on January 13. Nadingar welcomed U.S. support for the Chadian military, which he says is needed to help [...]	2005-01-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA834	REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I) [...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...]	2005-05-23 14:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA863	LIFTING TERM LIMITS: REFERENDUM APPROACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The public referendum on proposed constitutional amendments will be held June 6, and allegations of manipulation and irregularities abound. Opposition parties and private radio stations have filed court cases regarding flaws in the registration process, the electoral list, and [...]	2005-05-30 16:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
05NEWDELHI1113	NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...]	2005-02-11 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1190	NEPALESE POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN DELHI [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Sharing perspectives on Nepal developments with Polcouns and Poloffs on February 15, International Crisis Group (ICG) analyst Suman Pradhan (protect) reported on the growing number of Nepalese politicians who have converged in New Delhi i [...]	2005-02-15 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN NP
05NEWDELHI1192	WEST ASIA ENVOY OFFERS PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: GOI Special Envoy for West Asia and the Middle East Peace Process Chinmaya Gharekhan told the DCM on February 15 that India would like to provide and fund security training for the Palestinian Authority, in response to what he said were statements by the Secretary welcoming such [...]	2005-02-15 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI1262	GOI WITHOUT PLAN "B", HOPING NEPAL KING WILL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the return to New Delhi of Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee as an opportunity to discuss with the GOI the current strategy on Nepal. During the February 16 meeting, also attended by MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal/Bhutan) Ranjit Rae, Polcouns and Poloff, Mukherjee expres [...]	2005-02-17 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL IN NP BT
05NEWDELHI1274	NAXALITES AND SYMPATHIZERS ENCOURAGED BY NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a reflection of India's mounting concern about internal disorder, Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee recently described India's Naxalite insurgency as "the gravest threat to our internal security." This worry is also reflected in the stern GOI reaction to the coup in Nepal, wi [...]	2005-02-18 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR IN NP
05NEWDELHI1282	CROSS-LOC BUS DEAL HAILED AS ""MOTHER OF ALL CBMS"" [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks in which the process of Indo-Pak normalization appeared to be grinding to a halt (Ref B),this week's Islamabad deal has shifted the dynamic, at least temporarily, in a much more constructive direction. PM Manmohan Singh's fingerprints were clearly in evidence [...]	2005-02-18 09:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1521	KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]	2005-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI1554	US-INDIA PEACEKEEPING JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the fourth US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on February 14, IO PDAS Swigert underscored US concerns about sexual exploitation committed within UN peacekeeping ranks and asked India, a main troop contributor, to play a leading role to ensure that the problem is deal [...]	2005-03-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO XA IN
05NEWDELHI1615	GOI OPPOSES NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID AND MEDICAL [...] (C) The GOI feels strongly that the USG should delay the first phase of the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) for the Royal Nepalese Army, because this is not the time to send mixed messages to the King. In a March 2 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff scheduled to discuss Bhutan, MEA Join [...]	2005-03-02 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS EAID IN NP
05NEWDELHI1764	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...]	2005-03-08 05:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN
05NEWDELHI1783	INDIA SEEKS TECHNICAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: During a highly-anticipated February 22 briefing on the Patriot Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) missile defense system, GOI and USG representatives cited the exchange as evidence of the transformed Indo-US relationship. Throughout the session, GOI statements and questions indicat [...]	2005-03-08 10:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KSTC MARR MASS PGOV PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2185	MEA DEFENDS RECORD ON BURMA AHEAD OF FM SINGH TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Joint Secretary (SE Asia I) Mitra Vashishta defended India's policies in Burma in a March 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, suggesting that progress on democratic reforms was dependent on engagement with the Burmese body politic, and warning that the USG focus on Aung San Suu K [...]	2005-03-22 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG PTER IN BM BD
05NEWDELHI2189	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated [...]	2005-03-22 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI2301	INDIA WARMING TO SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE, AND F-16S [...] (C) Summary: After initial knee-jerk negative reactions in the media, Indian responses to the March 25 announcement of the administration's new strategy for South Asia have become more positive, with the MEA going to unprecedented lengths to shape coverage and senior Indian officials largely [...]	2005-03-28 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI2550	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON,S APRIL 13-16 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon, we welcome your upcoming visit to India, coming at a time of excellent relations in a fast maturing defense cooperation relationship. You also come soon after Secretary of State Rice's first visit last month, which has been characterized as the most successful visit o [...]	2005-04-05 14:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS PTER IN US
05NEWDELHI2606	ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...]	2005-04-06 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PHUM PREL PTER IN PK
05NEWDELHI2951	REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: During their April 18 Regional Dialogue discussion, A/S Rocca and MEA officials reviewed recent developments in Nepal, with the GOI offering a pessimistic assessment of the King's intentions. (See septel for Bangladesh and Sri Lanka portions). Following the Indian Ambassador's [...]	2005-04-20 10:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER NP IN
05NEWDELHI2964	REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI [...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...]	2005-04-20 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BG CE AF IN
05NEWDELHI3164	INDIA WAITING FOR ACTION FROM NEPAL'S KING [...] (C) Summary: India wants to see progress toward democracy on the ground, not just hear the right words, before resuming arms shipments to Nepal, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and Poloff on April 27. Dismissing media reports of a "U-turn in Indian policy" as "speculation [...]	2005-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KDEM PHUM IN NP CH IS SF
05NEWDELHI3480	GOI TO RESUME NON-LETHAL MILITARY AID TO NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae called in PolCouns and Poloff on May 7 to inform us that the GOI, reviewing its suspension of military assistance to Nepal, had decided to release non-lethal supplies in the pipeline to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Indian Ambassador to Kathm [...]	2005-05-09 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KDEM IN NP
05NEWDELHI352	MEA NON-PAPER ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh on January 12 showed PolCouns and Poloffs information on the locations and size of eight terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. The data are as follows: 2. (S) Begin list: -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (L [...]	2005-01-13 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL IN PK
05NEWDELHI355	MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...]	2005-01-13 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3717	NSA NARAYANAN PRESSES FOR ACTION AGAINST LET, WELCOMES EXCHANGE ON NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MASS NP PK PREL PTER INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3918	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF INDIAN ARMY'S INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has been approached by US Special Operations Command Pacific (SOPAC),which wishes to engage in a training program with an Indian military counterpart, the Indian Army's 10th Para (SF) Battalion, 50 Independent Parachute Brigade. [...]	2005-05-26 11:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MASS IN
05NEWDELHI3933	THE UPA SCORES BETTER THAN AVERAGE AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The UPA government completed one year in office on May 22. Although the Left parties and the BJP predictably criticized its performance, commentary has been generally positive, reflecting widespread respect for Manmohan Singh's performance. Despite some initial weaknesses (such [...]	2005-05-27 05:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN
05NEWDELHI3969	INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...]	2005-05-27 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI4091	USG ASSESSMENT OF TIBETAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Dalai Lama's request that the US consider a resettlement program for some 10,000 Tibetan refugees, a USG delegation traveled to India and Nepal from May 2-10, meeting with Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, and Embassy officials to assess the political and logistical [...]	2005-06-01 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH BT NP IN
05NEWDELHI4131	INDIAN PUNDITS PRESS FOR NEW DIRECTION IN NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Delhi-based Nepal-watchers are split in their diagnosis of the strength of the competing factions in Nepal, and on their prescriptions for an end to the country's political crisis. The GOI decision to release non-lethal military assistance to the RNA and press reports of Indian [...]	2005-06-02 12:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MASS IN NP UK
05NEWDELHI4300	BIOS OF KASHMIR-RELATED LEADERS -- PART 3 [...] (C) This is the third of a three-part biographic report compiling information and impressions A/Polcouns gained from contact with Indian Kashmir-related politicians, government officials, separatists, academics, journalists, NGO activists, and others during a 2002-2005 assignment at Embassy N [...]	2005-06-08 06:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4312	INFORMATION MINISTER JAIPAL REDDY UPBEAT ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Charge and the PA Minister Counselor in New Delhi on June 7, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Jaipal Reddy was upbeat and optimistic about the prospects for further liberalization of the media sector. The purpose of the Charge's call was to get the Minis [...]	2005-06-08 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PINR IN
05NEWDELHI4449	SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...]	2005-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC
05NEWDELHI4721	SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...]	2005-06-21 12:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR
05NEWDELHI492	INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION [...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...]	2005-01-19 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5048	U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...]	2005-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US
05NEWDELHI5216	BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...]	2005-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK
05NEWDELHI5226	PM: SPIKE IN TERRORISM COULD THREATEN INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the July 6 attack in Ayodhya, senior J&K politicians and civilian officials are increasingly under terrorist attack, and a long string of bombings in Kashmir is growing more lethal. The recent incidents in J&K, coupled with the Ayodhya attack (Ref A),led to PM Si [...]	2005-07-07 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN PK INDO PAK

05NEWDELHI5382	DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...]	2005-07-13 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK
05NEWDELHI5592	SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...]	2005-07-20 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IN PK
05NEWDELHI5684	INDIAN OBSERVERS: TIME TO TURN UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Summary: Non-governmental Nepal-watchers in New Delhi remain pessimistic about the chances for a compromise between King Gyanendra and the Nepalese political parties. Many say that the next 2-3 months will be crucial for a rapprochement, with a strong likelihood that the parties and Maois [...]	2005-07-22 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM IN NP
05NEWDELHI586	PRESERVING THE LOC CEASEFIRE [...] (U) This is an action request for SA. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) The LOC ceasefire is one of the most important achievements in the slow but steady Indo-Pak rapproachement process that began in mid-2003 with former PM Vajpayee's ""Hand of Friendship"" speech, but without US engagemen [...]	2005-01-24 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI5868	INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS: SUDAN READY TO GO, MAYBE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Indian media reported on July 27 that a second Indian infantry brigade had been told to prepare to deploy to the UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) K Nandini told us that the MEA was SIPDIS unawa [...]	2005-07-28 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IN CG SU UNSC
05NEWDELHI5960	MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...]	2005-08-02 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP
05NEWDELHI6150	DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC),and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...]	2005-08-08 15:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6218	INDIAN MID-EAST ENVOY PITCHES FOR GAZA ROLE, [...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Charge, GOI "West Asia" Special Envoy Chinmaya Gharekhan underlined New Delhi's strong interest in contributing to the task of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, and noted that India was discussing with the Palestinians how best to channel its $50 million ass [...]	2005-08-10 12:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS IZ IS IN
05NEWDELHI6222	TERROR REVISITS ASSAM PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Summary: Indian CT experts believe the recent spate of terrorist bombings in Assam by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is "absolutely routine" and part of an annual uptick prior to India's August 15 Independence Day. The intended lethality of some recent attacks is markedly hig [...]	2005-08-10 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI6655	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MOD HIERARCHY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Mukherjee expressed great satisfaction with his visit to the US. Opposition to the New Framework for Defense Relations mainly comes from those mired in "Old Think Syndrome." Mukherjee interested in visiting upcoming Indo-US military exercises, and visiting USS [...]	2005-08-30 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN IZ MARR MOPS PREL
05NEWDELHI708	INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PAC-2 BRIEFING [...] (C) The classified briefing on the Patriot PAC-2 missile defense (MD) system, currently scheduled for February 22 or 23, has generated a great deal of interest within the Indian government, with senior GOI officials hopeful that this will be the beginning of a broader MD relationship with the U [...]	2005-01-28 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IN NSSP
05NEWDELHI756	INDIA ON IRAQI ELECTIONS: CONGRATULATE AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite the GOI's deliberately low-profile public and material support in the run-up to the Iraqi elections, Indian government, media, and commentators welcomed the completion of Iraq's first election. In a January 31 statement, the Indian MEA called the elections a "noteworthy [...]	2005-01-31 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN IZ
05NEWDELHI7725	COMBATING EXTREMISM - MISSION INDIA RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: India enjoys a democratic, multi-religious, multi-cultural, heterogeneous, multi-ethnic society where all major world religions are practiced freely. Isolated elements of religious extremism of many varieties have, however, occurred in India -- notably among Hindus, Muslims, and [...]	2005-10-05 05:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PGOV IN
05NEWDELHI7794	GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...]	2005-10-06 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7803	HOME SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTANI TIES, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing India-Pakistan relations for visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, Home Secretary VK Duggal observed on October 4 that Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations are generally "on the upswing," but lamented the lack of concrete evidence of a change of Pakistani intentions [...]	2005-10-07 05:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI7910	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...]	2005-10-11 12:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7984	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...]	2005-10-14 09:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7990	TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS [...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]	2005-10-14 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI7992	TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...]	2005-10-14 10:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8034	INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8120	INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A),the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...]	2005-10-19 11:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8140	JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE DISASTER AND NEEDS [...] Following a 7.4 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region on October 8, a Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and a Disaster Management Specialist from USAID/Delhi deployed to the affected region in northern India October 12-16 to conduct a rapid needs assessmen [...]	2005-10-20 08:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	NONE
05NEWDELHI8163	USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...]	2005-10-20 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US
05NEWDELHI8245	BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...]	2005-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US
05NEWDELHI825	NEPAL SITUATION "WORST CASE SCENARIO" FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary: King Gyanendra's decision to dissolve the government is a "worst case scenario," driving the Maoists and the political parties together, undermining the monarchy, and muzzling politicians rather than the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Nepal and Bhutan) Ranjit Rae told PolCouns and [...]	2005-02-02 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
05NEWDELHI8253	INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...]	2005-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI8715	INDIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW TERROR BLASTS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a disturbing up-tick in the level of terrorist violence in India, a car bomb blast in Srinagar on November 16 killed four and injured 56, including a former insurgent who changed sides and served for a period as a Kashmiri state minister. This was the third such deadly terror [...]	2005-11-16 17:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KISL PBTS KCRM ASEC IN
05NEWDELHI8750	FS SARAN GIVES AMBASSADOR MORIARTY READOUT OF [...] Summary (C) In a 16 November meeting, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran and visiting Ambassador Moriarty discussed SIPDIS the worrying political climate in Nepal. The Ambassador described options for increasing pressure on the King to reach out to Nepalese political parties to counter growing [...]	2005-11-17 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN
05NEWDELHI8751	KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...]	2005-11-17 15:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8791	INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]	2005-11-18 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05NEWDELHI8810	JAMMU AND KASHMIR EARTHQUAKE MONITORING VISIT [...] A Regional Advisor from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and a representative from USAID/Delhi conducted a post-earthquake visit to Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir from 15-16 November in order to monitor program progress of USAID/OFDA-funded partners. Due to security concerns [...]	2005-11-21 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	IN NOTAG
05NEWDELHI8845	INDIA DOUBTS NEPALESE MAOIST/POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Recent press reports of a breakthrough between Nepalese Maoists and political parties are not true, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae insisted on November 22, acknowledging nonetheless that the two sides have met in Delhi to discuss a solution to the ongoing crisis. [...]	2005-11-22 15:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MOPS ECON IN NP
05NEWDELHI8928	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY FRETS ABOUT JIHADI [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Saran summoned the Charge on November 24 to register concern about several dimensions of international relief activities in Pakistani Kashmir. Saran's delivery of the non-paper in para 5 was low key and respe [...]	2005-11-25 11:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID IN PK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI9029	RGOB: NEED CATEGORY 1 AND 4 REPATRIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Bhutan is ready to accept category 1 and 4 refugees from the Khudunabari camp, but needs Nepal to agree to the proposal in writing, which Nepal seems unwilling to do, Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering stated in a December 1 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff. The Ambassador reported t [...]	2005-11-30 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PTER PHUM IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI909	INDIA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN 2005 [...] (S) Summary: With political momentum in its favor, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) expects to solidify its hold on power in 2005. The Congress-led coalition's pursuit of closer US-India ties will continue unabated, but the exigencies of coalition government will slow progress on issues of i [...]	2005-02-04 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID MARR MOPS KPKO XD IN
05NEWDELHI9127	INDIAâ€™S DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY MINIMIZE EXTREMIST [...] (C) India's over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. India's growing economy, vibrant democracy, and inclusive culture, encourage Muslims to seek success and social mobility in the mainstream and reduces alienation. With Indian Muslim youth increasingly comfortable in [...]	2005-12-02 12:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV KDEM PINR PTER SCUL IN
05NEWDELHI9164	FS SARAN CALLS FOR ENHANCED BHUTAN TIES [...] (C) Summary: India and Bhutan have a vital stake in each other's well-being and greater economic, security and cultural ties will benefit both countries, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued during an unusual December 3 seminar focused on Bhutan. Underlining the growing GOI concern about con [...]	2005-12-05 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGREL PBTS ECIN ETRD PREF PTER PGOV IN BT NP
05NEWDELHI922	INDIA SUSPENDS MILITARY PIPELINE TO NEPAL, WORRIES [...] (C) With NSA Narayanan unavailable until February 7, the Ambassador used a February 4 meeting with Foreign Secretary Saran to convey reftel points detailing our goals and strategy in Nepal. He also addressed these issues in broad brush during a pull aside with Foreign Minister Natwar Singh. [...]	2005-02-04 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS NP IN RS
05NEWDELHI9513	EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...]	2005-12-19 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI
05NEWDELHI9820	BIOS OF INDIAN CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS [...] Summary: This cable includes biographic notes of 13 GOI and Indian private sector cybersecurity interlocutors. These biographies are derived primarily from their resumes, and all below information is in the public domain. End Summary. R. Chandrashekhar ----------------- 2. Ministry [...]	2005-12-30 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KCIP TINT PTER KIPR MCAP KCRM ECPS
05NICOSIA1566	EXTREMISM IN CYPRUS: (MOSTLY) "NO PROBLEM" [...] (S) This message is in reply to ref a tasking. The 31-year division of Cyprus has produced two separate, and quite distinct, populations and governing systems on the island. While the USG and the international community recognize the Republic of Cyprus as the sole sovereign government on the [...]	2005-09-28 04:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SOCI TU CY
05NICOSIA1886	TURKISH CYPRIOTS UNVEIL NEW SCHEME FOR GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Cypriot administration has drafted a new law that would significantly alter the way in which the "TRNC" handles claims for restitution or compensation for Greek Cypriot property, which makes up between 80 and 90 percent of the land in the north. In response to an Apr [...]	2005-11-30 09:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU PHUM PREF COE ECON
05NICOSIA2007	KIDS THESE DAYS: WHAT DO GREEK CYPRIOT YOUNG [...] (C) Summary: In the April 2004 referendum on the Annan Plan for a Cyprus settlement, Greek Cypriots in the 18-24 age group voted "No" by a margin of nine-to-one. Both anecdotal impressions and polling data lead to the conclusion that, on balance, young Greek Cypriots take a harder line on t [...]	2005-12-23 11:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CY
05NICOSIA291	CIVILIAN-MILITARY RELATIONS IN NORTH CYPRUS: [...] (C) SUMMARY. With roughly 25,000 troops in Cyprus and a history of interference in Turkish Cypriot politics, the Turkish military exercised considerable sway in many spheres of civilian life in the north. The army has kept a low profile, however, since the 2003 elections that brought the pro [...]	2005-02-18 15:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU PHUM PINR ECON
05NICOSIA304	SHIP VISIT TO CYPRUS: CALLING IN THE NORTH IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Nicosia supports a visit by the USN to the Republic of Cyprus (south),but opposes a ship visit to north Cyprus under the current circumstances. The Republic of Cyprus has hosted many visits by the United States Navy (USN) over the years without incident. The Cyprus go [...]	2005-02-23 13:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	CY TU PREL MOPS MARR
05OTTAWA1166	CANADA SCENESETTER FOR POL-MIL BILATS [...] (C) Your leadership of the U.S. delegation at the inaugural US-Canada political-military consultations is greatly appreciated. While the United States and Canada meet regularly in continental security and defense forums, there has been growing recognition in both governments that broader poli [...]	2005-04-18 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR CA
05OTTAWA1411	DEVIL'S LAKE: CONTAINING THE DAMAGE [...] (C) Summary - The U.S. and Canada are clearly on a collision course over Devils Lake, one that could have been avoided in a number of ways over the past two years. We continue to believe that a reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) would have been the most constructive approa [...]	2005-05-10 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV CA
05OTTAWA1413	SCENE-SETTER FOR CANUS ARMED FORCES COUNCIL [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]	2005-05-11 11:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
05OTTAWA1902	SCENE-SETTER FOR AIRMEN TALKS NORTH, OTTAWA, [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT THAT OPERATES WITH EXTREME CAUTION AND LACKS STABILITY. MARTIN,S OVERRIDING CONCERN IS POLITICAL SURVIVAL AS HE FACES A POTENTIAL NO-CONFIDENCE, VOTE 18 OR 19 MAY WHICH MANY BELIEVE WILL LEAD TO ELECTIONS BE [...]	2005-06-23 15:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
05OTTAWA2380	CANADIAN FORUM OF FEDERATIONS IRAQ TEAM ON THE NEW [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Canadian Deputy Minister for Natural Resources George Anderson recently returned from Iraq where he was an advisor to the constitutional committee as part of a Forum of Federations team under contract with NDI. He said that the Canadian International Development Agency [...]	2005-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID IZ PREL CA
05OTTAWA2669	TFUS01 - CANADA: STATUS OF ASSISTANCE REPORT 2, [...] (SBU) After the long weekend and initial confused flurry, things seem to be running smoothly. We will direct most future offers of Canadian assistance to the GOC for coordination. Deputy Prime Minister Anne McClellan told the Ambassador this afternoon that the USG should let her know of any [...]	2005-09-06 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US CA
05OTTAWA2677	TFUS01 - CANADA: AMBASSADOR JOINS PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins thanked Prime Minister Martin privately and Canadians publicly for their support to victims of Katrina at a ceremony in Halifax seeing off the four Canadian ships deploying for the Gulf of Mexico with relief supplies. Along with CG Halifax, US Naval Attache and DCM, [...]	2005-09-07 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US CA
05OTTAWA286	S/CRS AMBASSADOR PASCUAL,S OTTAWA CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: In consultations January 20 with colleagues from Foreign Affairs Canada, Defense, and the Prime Minister,s Office, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Ambassador Carlos Pascual broke new ground in sharing ideas and seeking synergy for shared efforts to impr [...]	2005-01-28 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV CA KCRS START FAC
05OTTAWA315	CANADA: CABINET TO REVIEW MANDATE TO [...] (C/NF) In meetings January 20 with NorthCom Deputy Commander and U.S. NORAD Vice Commander, Lieutenant General Joseph Inge, Canadian security policy officials professed interest in helping to advance North American security cooperation with Mexico, downplayed the likelihood of an "early" Canad [...]	2005-02-02 17:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA NORAD
05OTTAWA3400	US-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 26 in Ottawa, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and a U.S. delegation exchanged views with EU Troika officials on developments in Iran and countries in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. Tri-lateral consultations with the EU and Canada on Iran are reported reftel. END SUMMARY. [...]	2005-11-15 20:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR IZ
05OTTAWA355	IRAQI TURKMEN FRONT ON THE JANUARY 30 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Asif Rashid Sertturkmen, senior representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) in Canada and the UK, recently met with us (at his request) to brief on the status of the Turkomen population in Iraq, and outline what the ITF believes is the systematic political disenfranchisement of the T [...]	2005-02-04 18:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ CA ITF
05OTTAWA3698	CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]	2005-12-16 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05OTTAWA395	CANADIAN POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A tan, rested, and combative Parliament returned this week ready to get down to business. The buzz on Parliament Hill was higher than normal as the MPs -- energized by their enhanced role in the minority government -- begin to tackle a host of divisive issues. While most agree [...]	2005-02-09 14:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN CA KCRS
05OTTAWA412	DEVILS LAKE: MANITOBA DIGS IN ITS HEELS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) This is a joint cable from APP Winnipeg and Embassy Ottawa. See action requests paras 10 and 11. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: North Dakota is expected to begin moving water from Devils Lake to the Sheyenne River in July 2005, in an effo [...]	2005-02-09 21:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL CA
05OTTAWA494	PM MARTIN,S SEARCH FOR A "BIG IDEA" IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government lost its first vote February 15 when the Opposition Parties banded together to vote against two pieces of legislation that would have divided the Foreign Affairs Ministry from the Department of International Trade. The move took PM Martin,s Liberals by surprise, ha [...]	2005-02-16 21:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL CA
05OTTAWA706	CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER HEARS DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Cellucci met March 4 with Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, at the latter's request. Although the original reason for the meeting was to explain and gain understanding for the Opposition Party's position on Missile Defense, the Senate vote to keep the border close [...]	2005-03-04 21:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CA
05OTTAWA800	TAKING STOCK OF U.S.-CANADIAN RELATIONS -- AN END [...] My core message as I depart Ottawa is that our relationship with Canada has changed fundamentally in the last four years, and we as a government need to catch up with this new reality. Canada is the front line of our efforts to protect the U.S. homeland. There is no priority in the hemisphe [...]	2005-03-17 15:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON OPRC PREL CA
05PANAMA1711	UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY [...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...]	2005-08-17 19:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM
05PANAMA2191	PANAMA PROPOSED MERGER OF AIR AND MARITIME [...] (SBU) An October 6 proposal by Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ) Hector Aleman to combine Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN) and National Air Service (SAN) into a National Coast Guard (Guardacostas) as an efficiency and cost-saving measure drew criticism from former Pa [...]	2005-11-02 16:56:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA2417	2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama continues to be a strong partner with the U.S. in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the U.S., and other countries in the [...]	2005-12-14 19:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA371	EMBASSY PANAMA WELCOMES CODEL TAYLOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS),member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC),who will visit Panama during February 20-22, 2005. Embassy also welcomes HASC Cousel Henry J. Schweiter, and DOD escorts Col. Chris Perkins and Ltc. Mike Legg, U.S. Special Operations Command [...]	2005-02-18 17:27:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HO CS PM
05PANAMA437	CODEL TAYLOR MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (SBU) In a 48-hour visit during February 20-22, Codel Taylor toured the Darien border region by helicopter, met with senior Panamanian officials (including President Martin Torrijos) and viewed a joint combined training exercise (JCET) in Chagres National Park (former Ft. Sherman) that includ [...]	2005-02-25 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF
05PARAMARIBO831	SOUTHCOM VISIT SUCCESSFULLY FOSTERS CLOSER [...] (U) Summary. General John Craddock, Combatant Commander of U.S. Southern Command, visited Suriname for six hours on December 16 and made office calls to President Ronald Venetiaan, Minister of Defense Ivan Fernald, and Commander of the Armed Forces Colonel Ernst Mercuur. He also had lunch wi [...]	2005-12-20 19:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV EAID NS
05PARIS1065	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. RWANDA 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. AID TO AFRICA 7. CAMEROON Â [...]	2005-02-18 14:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS107	SYRIAN FORMER HOSTAGE IN IRAQ FILES LAWSUIT [...] (C) Summary and comment: French officials, in preliminary comments to us, stressed the strictly private nature of a lawsuit filed in a French court by a Syrian former hostage in Iraq, who accused named U.S. military officials of torture and war crimes during the weeklong period he was in MNF-1 [...]	2005-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS1085	ADDITIONAL FRENCH THOUGHTS FOR NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Presidency advisors preparing for next week's February 22 NATO summit told us that the EU -- not NATO - is best placed to handle police and gendarme training for the Iraqis. In line with the comments made by French Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne [...]	2005-02-18 19:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1139	CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EUÂ´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...]	2005-02-23 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS1344	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - [...] IRAQ - FRENCH HOSTAGE - VIDEOTAPE 2. MIDDLE EAST - LEBANON - SYRIA - GREATER MIDDLE EAST 3. U.S. - EU AND THE TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TODAY'S FRONT PAGES ARE OVERWHELMINGLY DEVOTED TO FLORENCE AUBENAS, THE FRENCH LIBERATION JOURNALIST HELD HOSTAGE IN IRAQ. YESTERD [...]	2005-03-02 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1466	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - LIBERATION OF GIULIANA [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS152	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE [...] ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE 2. IRAQ - VIOLENCE BEFORE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE PROJECTED VICTORY BY MAHMOUD ABBAS IN PALESTINE AND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, WEE [...]	2005-01-10 11:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1754	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW [...] IRAQ: FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT 2. SECRETARY RICE TO ASIA B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT-PAGES AND SEVERAL EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE, A MEASURE AFFECTING THE SERVICE SECTOR AND WHICH, ACCORDING TO SOME, IS BEING USED AND ABUSED BY THE PROPONENTS [...]	2005-03-16 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS1765	FRENCH OFFICIALS ON LARSEN VISIT, LEBANON NEXT [...] (S) Summary: MFA and Elysee officials are stressing the need for continued insistence on a full Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon before elections, in the wake of UN Special Envoy Larsen's meetings in Beirut and Aleppo. The GoF views a four to six-month Syrian withdrawal as too long. According [...]	2005-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL SY LE PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS1823	MOD ADVISOR UPBEAT ON BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; SEES [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Alliot-Marie's Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot provided Political Minister-Counselor with a readout of the Minister's March 9-10 visit to the United States. He described at length the positive tone in the bilateral relationship, as reflected in Alliot-Mari [...]	2005-03-18 10:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH FR NATO EUN
05PARIS1936	CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISOR RELAXED ON TOGO, WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to President Chirac's Africa advisor, the situation in Togo is not worrisome. He believes that the elections will produce a winner, probably Faure Gnassingbe, who will be accepted by the population. In the case of an opposition win, ECOWAS will ensure that the milita [...]	2005-03-23 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TO IV CG FR
05PARIS1968	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 12:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2098	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2136	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-31 06:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2173	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN - KOFI ANNAN AND FOOD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 09:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2196	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. RWANDA 4. NIGER 5. SENEGAL 6. ANGOLA 7. ZIMBABWE 8. SUDAN 9. SOUTH AFRICA 10. GABON 11. DROC 12. SOMALIA Â [...]	2005-04-01 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS2305	SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS LEBANON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche stressed strong French support for holding Lebanon's elections on time and expressed concern over Syrian/loyalist delay tactics during discussions with visiting NEA DAS Carpenter April 5. The MFA issued a tough statem [...]	2005-04-06 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
05PARIS2555	FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO SUPPORT GAZA [...] (C) We discussed reftel talking points on President Bush's April 11 meeting with Israeli PM Sharon and the need for the U.S. and EU to send similar messages supporting Gaza disengagement with FM Barnier's Middle East Advisor Christophe Guilhou and MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Christian Jo [...]	2005-04-14 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS GZ FR WB
05PARIS2722	FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: LICENSE NOS. 883933, [...] (SBU) As requested in ref A, post provides the following overall review as documentation concerning MCE's behavior in the Systron Donner C-MIGITS export of integrated robotic systems. Much of this information has already been sent to PM/DTCC in e- mail format. PM/DTCC should note that followin [...]	2005-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS280	FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN" [...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...]	2005-01-14 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS2931	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. SOUTH AFRICA 6. SUDAN 7. NIGERIA 8. ABDOU DIOUF 9. AMINATA TRAORE Â [...]	2005-04-29 13:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS2945	FRENCH CONFIRM BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior French MFA and Presidency officials confirmed broad support for U.S. goals for the planned U.S.-EU conference on Iraq, during April 25 discussions with Senior Coordinator on Iraq Ambassador Richard Jones. French officials echoed U.S. views on the need for incl [...]	2005-04-29 19:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
05PARIS299	YAWER-CHIRAC MEETING HIGH ON ATMOSPHERICS, BUT LOW [...] (C) Presidential Advisor for Middle East Andre Parant gave us a brief, but upbeat readout January 14 of President Chirac's meeting and working lunch with Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) President Ghazi al-Yawer January 13. (Note: Yawer met with FM Barnier and the President of the National Ass [...]	2005-01-14 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
05PARIS3053	CHARGE CAUTIONS LEBANESE GENERAL AOUN AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with former Lebanese armed forces commanding General Michel Aoun in Paris May 4, three days before Aoun's scheduled return to Lebanon May 7, Charge cautioned Aoun on the need to maintain Lebanese opposition unity and to do nothing to delay the conduct of May 29 elect [...]	2005-05-04 18:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE FR
05PARIS306	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND [...] BUSH ADMINISTRATION - SECOND TERM PROSPECTS 2. AIRBUS VERSUS BOEING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ONE WORD, AIRBUS, SUMMARIZES TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS. AS THE EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM GETS READY TO UNVEIL THE A380, HEADLINES COMPETE FOR WORDS TO ILLUSTRATE THE GRANDEUR OF THE NEXT GENERA [...]	2005-01-18 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3115	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WWII COMMEMORATIONS - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS327	VISITING AF/W DEPUTY DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COTE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 meeting with visiting AF/W Deputy Director Larry Andre, French MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher stressed deep GoF pessimism on Cote d'Ivoire (CdI). GoF demarches to regional leaders prior to the Libreville Summit called for African Union (AU) [...]	2005-01-18 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV XY FR
05PARIS3354	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KORAN DESECRATION - [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS338	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...]	2005-01-19 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS339	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND [...] IRAQ 2. PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND TERM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ALTHOUGH THE STRIKES AFFECTING THE NATION THIS WEEK (TRAINS, POSTAL SERVICE, TEACHERS AND GOVERNMENT WORKERS) ARE A MAJOR EDITORIAL STORY, FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO A VARIETY OF ISSUES, INCLUDING CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S SENATE HEAR [...]	2005-01-19 11:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS3491	FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]	2005-05-20 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS357	NATO/AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH UNDECIDED ON STAGE II [...] (C) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche for building on NATO foreign minister's meeting, French officials have reiterated their reservations on Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRT) and are holding off on taking a decision to contribute a quick response force (QRF) for Stage II Forward Supp [...]	2005-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF FR NATO

05PARIS3683	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH 3. CENTRAFRIQUE 4. NIGERIA 5. TOGO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. DROC 8. DJIBOUTI 9. BURUNDI 10. SUDAN 11. ETHIOPIA Â [...]	2005-05-27 11:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA

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