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07KUWAIT1290	SAVE THE DATE: EVENT ON LITERACY AND HEALTH HOSTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-26 10:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL KU

07KUWAIT1293	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD KU
07KUWAIT130	KUWAIT MAY HOST SOMALI PM [...] (C/NF) In a 1/30 meeting with PolCouns, MFA First Secretary for Arab Affairs Abdel Nasir Al-Rasheedi said SIPDIS Kuwait has agreed to host a visit by Somali PM Ghedi as soon as travel schedules can be worked out. He said PM Ghedi had originally requested a late January date, but with the [...]	2007-01-30 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU
07KUWAIT1301	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAUSCHER (23-29, AUGUST [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL TAUSCHER to travel to post 23-29, August, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-08-28 09:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1303	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL COLEMAN to travel to post on August 31 - September 2, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a dr [...]	2007-08-28 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1304	ARABIAN ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE AND KUWAIT CUSTOMS DG [...] (SBU) On August 22, Commercial Counselor and Econoff met with Scott Butler, CEO of the Dubai-headquartered Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA). Butler was accompanied by Albert Marshall, Legal and Business Affairs Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, who was making a tour of the Gul [...]	2007-08-29 05:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1306	KUWAIT TO SUPPORT US NOMINEE FOR COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT WORRIED ABOUT USD [...] (C) Summary: On 28 August, Charge d'Affaires met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad and his Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki to discuss the growing public interest in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Taking a long-term view, Al-Sa'ad said KIA was not worried [...]	2007-08-29 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1309	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KPAL XF DEMARCHE KU
07KUWAIT131	LEBANON AID: NOTHING NEW IN PARIS, BUT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns spoke with the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries Marwan Al-Ghanem on January 30 to review Paris III and possible next steps on Kuwait aid to Lebanon. Al-Ghanem said that Kuwait had not offered any new assistance to Lebanon in Paris but had pledged undetermined [...]	2007-01-30 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT1310	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1311	SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE: GOK SAYS IT WANTS [...] (SBU) In a 28 August meeting between CDA and Acting Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Hamad Al-Ghanim, SIPDIS and in a separate meeting on 29 August with Shaykh Ali Khaled Al Sabah, Director of the Economic Department and Acting Director of the Americas Department at the Minist [...]	2007-08-29 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV ADCO KU
07KUWAIT1312	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KTFN EFIN PREL PTER DEMARCHE KU
07KUWAIT1313	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed, and accompanying delegation of Robert Kaproth and Matthew Turner, to travel to Kuwait September 16-17 to meet with Kuwaiti government officials to discuss the region's sovereign we [...]	2007-08-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1314	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE A/S KEVIN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for DOE A/S Kevin Kolevar, and DOE employees Sarah K. Magruder and Patrick A. Willging to travel to Kuwait September 6-9 to meet with Kuwaiti Energy Officials. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2007-08-31 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KU KCIP OTRA PTER ASEC ENGR PREL
07KUWAIT1319	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DAS HOWARD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Deputy Assistant Secretary HOWARD MENDELSOHN and Team Chief MICHAEL MADON to travel to post on September 5 - 9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2007-09-02 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTAR ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT132	MPS BLAME RULING FAMILY FOR NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM'S [...] (SBU) As Kuwait returns from its worst performance ever at the 18th annual Gulf Football Tournament in the UAE -- drawing one match and losing two -- Members of Parliament (MPs) minced no words in laying blame squarely on the ruling family. (Note: Kuwait has won the tournament nine times. Sh [...]	2007-01-31 07:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1324	FIRST FEMALE KUWAITI MINISTER RESIGNS [...] On August 24, Kuwaiti Health Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak, a liberal and Shi'a women's rights activist, tendered her resignation to the Amir of Kuwait after a deadly fire broke out in one of the government hospitals. As the head of the ministry, Al-Mubarak accepted responsibility for the [...]	2007-09-03 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KU
07KUWAIT1333	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) This is an amended cable to include Matthew Epstein, who was omitted from REFTEL country clearance. Please provide Mr. Epstein's itinerary to the Point of Contact listed in paragraph three. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ah [...]	2007-09-03 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1337	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY ON BLOCKING ARABSAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU SA IZ
07KUWAIT1344	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR: IRAN-GCC FREE TRADE [...] (C) In a 5 September meeting with CDA, Kuwait Central Bank Governor Shaykh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah said he had seen recent press reports suggesting that the GCC was considering negotiations with Iran to create a free trade area, but he had no information as to the specifics or the seriousness [...]	2007-09-05 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IR KU
07KUWAIT1347	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS NATURALIZATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Lori Pietropaoli, Deputy District Director, DHS USCIS Rome Italy; Emigidio Martinez, Adjudication Officer DHS USCIS, Frankfurt,Germany; and Darryl Perez, Rome Immigration Specialist, to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 6-13, 2007. [...]	2007-09-06 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1348	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (S/NF) Your visit is timely as it comes on the heels of the highly successful SECDEF visit of 1 August. We are requesting meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah, First Deputy Prime Minister, Defense M [...]	2007-09-06 11:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1353	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ELLSWORTH (07-10 SEPT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ELLSWORTH to travel to post 07-09, SEPT, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-09-09 08:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1355	KUWAIT TO SUPPORT US NOMINEE FOR COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-09 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1358	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (12-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 12-14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-09-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI KU IZ AF SP PK COUNTRY
07KUWAIT136	PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 2006 MONTREAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department official Hamad Al-Mashaan on January 24. Al-Mashaan said he would send them to Salem Al-Shubli of the MFA Legal Affairs Department for review and response. Al-Mashaan said that despite Kuwait's la [...]	2007-01-31 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KU
07KUWAIT1367	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BOEHNER to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-09-11 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1368	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BAUCAS (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL BAUCAS to travel to post on September 13-17, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expe [...]	2007-09-11 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ JO COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT137	KUWAITIS NOT EXPECTING SOMO TO CEASE FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C/NF) Responding to a report that Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani had ordered Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to cease importing fuel from Kuwait (ref A),Econoff spoke with Jamal Al-Nouri, Director of International Marketing for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on 30 Januar [...]	2007-01-31 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET IZ KU
07KUWAIT1371	GOK TO DOE A/S KOLEVAR: PROGRESS ON CEIP; WANT [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 9 September, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability Kevin Kolevar participated in a series of site visits, briefings, and meetings with GOK and oil sector officials to promote further USG-GOK cooperation on Critical Energy Infrastructure [...]	2007-09-11 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT138	2006 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPORT FROM KUWAIT --FINAL [...] Embassy Kuwait unexpectedly received one additional donation on the last day of the campaign and reports the following revised 2006 Combined Federal Campaign results: a. Number of potential donors: 50 b. Total number of contributions to date 12 c. Total [...]	2007-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
07KUWAIT1391	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND PARTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador Crocker and party transit Kuwait per Ref. A September 13-22, 2007. 2. (SBU) Per Ref. B, Mr. Khedery will be picked up with CODEL Boehner and transported to the Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Crowne Plaza Room 201 whe [...]	2007-09-12 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1393	KUWAIT AIRWAYS BOARD RESIGNS; ORDERS CANCELED FOR [...] (U) On 10 September, the Government of Kuwait announced that it had accepted the resignation of the board of directors of Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC). The board, headed by ruling family member Shaykh Talal Mubarak Al Sabah, submitted its resignation on 9 September citing differences with [...]	2007-09-13 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
07KUWAIT1395	ARAB FUND DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary: Director of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Dr. Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad told Charge September 10 that "no one inside Iraq cares about Iraq" and the "chaos" there will require another 10-15 years to sort out. He said there has been no progress on lifting Iraq's s [...]	2007-09-13 15:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1396	SAUDIS REJECT KUWAITI PLAN TO BUILD NEUTRAL ZONE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 12 September meeting with CDA and Econoff, Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir on energy affairs, said that a KSA envoy had recently visited Kuwait to deliver a message to the Amir stating the Saudi position that it would be unacceptable for Kuwait to build a [...]	2007-09-16 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1397	PHILIPPINES AMBASSADOR: KUWAIT "WORST" PLACE FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Filipino Ambassador Ricardo Endaya told the Charge on September 3 that Kuwait is the "worst" country in the Gulf region for domestic workers. He said the shelter at his embassy houses more runaway domestic workers (200) than any other Filipino Embassy shelter in the world. [...]	2007-09-16 06:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT1399	NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]	2007-09-16 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT14	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BROWNBACK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 7 and 10 Jan, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-01-07 05:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT1400	COURTESY CALL ON MOD'S SHAYKH SABAH AL-NASSER AL [...] (C) Summary. On September 6, Charg and Chief, OMC-K paid a courtesy call on Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Under Secretary Shaykh Sabah Al-Nasser Al Sabah. The Under Secretary offered his thoughts on an ongoing investigation of aircraft engine sales to Iran, his dreams of upgrading the Kuwaiti [...]	2007-09-16 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR PM
07KUWAIT1405	KUWAIT CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1407	GOK CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1409	REGIONAL TELECOM GIANT ZAIN (FORMERLY MTC) MOVES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On 28 August, Kuwait-based regional telecommunications giant MTC announced that it would establish its international corporate headquarters in Bahrain. MTC (rebranded as Zain on September 8) is the second largest Arab telecom by market capitalization and is the largest [...]	2007-09-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS ECON EINV KU BA
07KUWAIT1412	NATIONAL BANK NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS OF [...] (SBU) In a September 16 courtesy call with the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),CDA met with Bank CEO Ibrahim Dabdoub and Chief Economist Randa Azar-Khoury. (NBK is the largest bank in Kuwait and the fifth largest Arab Bank with 2006 net profits of USD 875.8 million and USD 27.32 billion in asse [...]	2007-09-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU
07KUWAIT1413	MFA U/S SUPPORTS U.S. IN IRAQ, IRAN AND TIP [...] (C) On September 17, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver reftel demarche and discuss the positive role of the U.S. in Iraq, the French FM's remarks on Iran and how trafficking in persons is damaging Kuwait's image. End summ [...]	2007-09-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR TIP
07KUWAIT1415	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ABERCROMBIE ( SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL ABERCROMBIE to travel to post on/about SEPTEMBER 21-22, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a [...]	2007-09-19 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1418	GOK ENCOURAGING FOREIGN TELECOMS TO PARTNER WITH [...] (U) There has been significant uncertainty in recent weeks over whether foreign mobile phone operators would be able to bid on Kuwait's third mobile license and if so, whether they would need to do so with a Kuwaiti partner. In February, the National Assembly passed legislation "to establish [...]	2007-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV KU
07KUWAIT1421	DOMESTIC WORKER SHELTER NEARS COMPLETION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 18, GOK officials gave PolOff a tour of the GOK's shelter for potential victims of trafficking, which is scheduled to open by September 26. The two-building complex is basic but clean. It has recreation and kitchen facilities and will be able to house approxima [...]	2007-09-20 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1422	TREASURY DAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Middle East DAS Ahmed Saeed and International Monetary Policy Director Robert Kaproth met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Ministry, and the Public Institution for Social S [...]	2007-09-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1429	AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB [...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]	2007-09-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1435	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-23 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KU LE
07KUWAIT1436	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-23 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KU PHUM PREF
07KUWAIT1439	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL CONATON (SEPTEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Conaton to travel to post on September 27 - October 1, 2007. Please pass security clearances of all travelers iaw para. 6.g. in order to allow the Staffdel to receive classified briefings. 2. This clearance is not/not valid f [...]	2007-09-25 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1441	KUWAIT PETROLEUM SIGNS DEAL TO PROVIDE FUEL FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib confirmed to econoff on 24 September that KPC has signed a contract with Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) to provide 1.5 million liters of diesel fuel per day to support Iraqi power plants. The USD 150 million contrac [...]	2007-09-25 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1451	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRADLEY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Professional Staffer Mr. Bradley Bowman to travel to Kuwait October 22-24, 2007 to identify the nuclear drivers that may motivate Middle Eastern states to pursue nuclear weapons wit [...]	2007-09-30 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1457	US CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (S) Summary. On September 24, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed the issues of Iraq, Iran, and Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees with the Amir of Kuwait, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff. The Governme [...]	2007-10-01 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	IR IZ KU MARR PGOV PM PREL
07KUWAIT146	KUWAITI SHIA MARK ASHOURA PEACEFULLY THOUGH [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti Shia celebrated Ashoura on January 30 and 31 in Shia neighborhoods and at husseiniyas (Shia diwaniyyas) around Kuwait City. The celebrations included chanting and self-flagellation and gatherings at husseiniyas where clerics gave sermons focusing on the martyrdom of Imam Hussein [...]	2007-01-31 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KISL KIRF KU
07KUWAIT147	VISIT TO THREE KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER FACILITIES [...] (U) Summary. On January 28, Ambassador and Emboffs participated in site visits to three border facilities on the Kuwait-Iraq border and to one Government of Kuwait (GOK) border outpost. Army Central Command (ARCENT) officials stated that the transition to the new military crossing point was p [...]	2007-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT1473	AMIR MAKES IMPASSIONED APPEAL FOR COOPERATION IN [...] (U) Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah appealed to the National Assembly and the media on October 3 to end the bickering and partisan sniping that has dominated Kuwaiti politics since the Amir assumed power in January 2006. In a televised address to the nation on the occasion of the final [...]	2007-10-04 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PREL KPAO
07KUWAIT1474	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND [...] (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S Al-Jarallah [...]	2007-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
07KUWAIT1475	GOK TO REFUSE YELLOWCAKE TRANSIT THROUGH KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1476	GOK CONSIDERING REQUEST TO OPEN ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
07KUWAIT1479	REPATRIATING KUWAITI DOCUMENTS TO THE GOK [...] (S) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to discuss the repatriation of Kuwaiti government documents recovered in Iraq by the Coalition (see background below). Charge and the U/S decided on a course of action that calls fo [...]	2007-10-06 06:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU IZ MASS
07KUWAIT148	KUWAIT PROPOSALS FOR FPC REPORTING TOURS 2007 [...] Kuwait Public Affairs proposes five rank ordered FPC reporting tour topics: Gulf regional security; free trade; Islam/Religion in America; history of women's participation in American politics; and the life of Kuwaiti students at American colleges and universities. Post also nominates Al-Qabas [...]	2007-01-31 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OPRC KU
07KUWAIT1489	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC WORKER SHELTER OPERATIONAL; GOK [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),visited Kuwait on September 26 to review Kuwait's progress on its 60-day action plan and to engage high-level GOK officials on combating TIP. The highlight of the trip was a tour o [...]	2007-10-09 05:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM KU TIP
07KUWAIT1492	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KRUSE (OCTOBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Staffdel Kruse to travel to post on/about October 11 to 16, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Afghanistan; you must apply for Afghanistan clearance through Embassy Kabul. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit offi [...]	2007-10-09 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF GM UK COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT150	UPDATE ON CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION [...] (C/NF) On 10 January, Acting Chairman of Kuwait's Oil Sector Services Company (OSSCo) Ali Al-Obaid contacted Econoff to request assistance in arranging a visit to U.S. energy facilities to observe security programs, systems, and practices. Al-Obaid said that Kevin Kolevar, Director of the D [...]	2007-02-01 10:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER EPET KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1501	KUWAIT LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI KU
07KUWAIT1502	KUWAIT TO PARTICIPATE IN BERLIN BMENA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 06:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN KU
07KUWAIT1509	UPDATED KUWAIT DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy. Kuwaitis across the spectrum express continuing loyalty to the constitution, which establishes an elected National Assembly and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. Respect for bas [...]	2007-10-11 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM ECON AMGT XF KU
07KUWAIT1510	GOK SAYS KUWAIT AIR WILL PRIVATIZE BEFORE BUYING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: CDA paid a courtesy call on the Acting Communications Minister Abdul Wahid Al-Awadi on October 11. Al-Awadi said that GOK is eager to purchase two Boeing 777s and one 787 Dreamliner for the Amir but timing and price are holding up the deal. Al-Awadi expects Kuwait A [...]	2007-10-11 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KU BA
07KUWAIT1511	KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]	2007-10-13 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1523	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ELECTION TO IMO [...] (SBU) On 4 October, Post received a diplomatic note and background paper from the MFA requesting USG support for Kuwait's election to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council under Group C at the IMO General Assembly to be held November 19-30 in London. A translation of the full [...]	2007-10-17 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KU
07KUWAIT1524	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Energy NNSA employee Jimmie Collins to travel to Kuwait October 20-23 to participate in the Border Standards Workshop for Iraq and its neighbors. Embassy requests an outbrief from Mr. Collins following the w [...]	2007-10-17 08:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL APER AMGT IZ
07KUWAIT1529	SCENESETTER FOR THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit, which presents a terrific opportunity to reaffirm the strong U.S. friendship with Kuwait; to recognize the strides Kuwait has made in women's activism; and to highlight some of the contributions we have made in women's issues and in the field of [...]	2007-10-17 11:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM KMPI SCUL SOCI KU
07KUWAIT153	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, PALESTINE, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1530	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR NO SP TU KU
07KUWAIT1532	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KUWAIT APPRECIATES THE US CONGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1534	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BORDER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr.Stephen Mangino, Mr. Souad Al-Atar, and Mr. Mark Samuel Riley to travel to post on October 19-24, 2007 to attend a Border Security Experts Meeting. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assi [...]	2007-10-18 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KU OTRA PBTS PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1535	CHEVRON AND KNPC SEEKING COMPROMISE ON NEUTRAL [...] (C/NF) In an 8 October meeting with CDA, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Sami Al-Rushaid said discussions on the proposed location for a 615,000 bpd KNPC refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone next to the Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) compound were back [...]	2007-10-18 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1536	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LOEBSACK (OCTOBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL LOEBSACK to travel to post on October 19-21, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]	2007-10-18 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1537	IRAQI GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO U.S., KUWAIT AND ROPME [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of Iraqi officials visited Kuwait in September for a roundtable on Iraqi environmental issues initiated by the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME). This roundtable, part of a series of meetings between ROPME and Iraq, served as an [...]	2007-10-18 12:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL TBIO KU
07KUWAIT1539	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, econoff visited Al-Hadaf Hunting and Equestrian Equipment on 4 October and met with the company's sole proprietor, Ali Al-Sanea, a retired protocol officer from the Amiri Diwan (the office of Kuwait's Head of State). Al-Sanea said the Al-Hadaf company, established b [...]	2007-10-21 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1540	GOK'S OFFICIAL REFUSAL TO TRANSIT YELLOWCAKE [...] (S) On 16 October, Post received the below diplomatic note from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the GOK's refusal of the USG request (ref A) to transport Iraqi yellowcake through Kuwait. 2. (S) Begin Text of informal translation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas [...]	2007-10-21 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1541	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...]	2007-10-21 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1543	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Ryan Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Senior Advisor David Pearce; Special Assistant Ali Khedery; and A/RSO David Hazarian, to travel to post on October 29, 2007 to meet with host government principals. 2. An Embassy visit officer and [...]	2007-10-22 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	BA EG JO KU QA OTRA AMGT ASEC
07KUWAIT1544	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR LORI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: No emb [...]	2007-10-23 06:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1550	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Officials David H. McCormick, Under Secretary, International Affairs; Marvin J. Barth III, Chief SIPDIS Economist, International Affairs; Karen Mathiasen, Director, Office of Middle East and North Africa; and An [...]	2007-10-24 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA OVIP AMGT EFIN PREL APER
07KUWAIT1556	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07KUWAIT1560	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 25 October CDA called MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and A/DCM called Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi's Office Director Khaled Al Rowayeh to deliver reftel talking points. Copies of the non-paper and the official transcript of the announcement by the Secretary and Treasury [...]	2007-10-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN
07KUWAIT1562	GOVERNMENT REMOVES CONTROVERSIAL MINISTERS IN NEW [...] (C) On October 28, the Kuwaiti Government announced the formation of a new 16-person cabinet. The new ministers took the oath of office before the Amir earlier the same day and assumed their new positions immediately. Seven ministers, including FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al Sabah and Prime Mini [...]	2007-10-29 09:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1563	CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] American Embassy Kuwait is pleased to nominate the following outstanding candidate for consideration for the 2008 Secretary's Award for the International Women of Courage: 2. Name: Ms. Farea Ahmad Al-Saqqaf, Founder, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of The Lothan Youth Achievement Cente [...]	2007-10-29 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM
07KUWAIT1564	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER GETS GOK COMMITMENT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan visited Kuwait from 27-29 October for meetings with the Prime Minister, Acting Oil Minister, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO, and the Speaker of the National Assembly to facilitate Kuwaiti fuel shipments to Iraq for power [...]	2007-10-30 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1567	KUWAITI ELECTRICITY MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT TO [...] (C) In a courtesy call to congratulate Mohammed Al-Elaim on his reappointment as Minister of Electricity and Water (Ref A),CDA thanked Al-Elaim for receiving Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan during his 27-29 October visit to Kuwait (Ref B). Al-Elaim answered, "Whatever is good [...]	2007-11-01 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET KU IZ
07KUWAIT1569	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (NOVEMBER 2-5, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL SMITH to travel to post on November 2-5, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-11-01 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT157	BLUE LANTERN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (S/NF) Post delivered reftel talking points to MFA by dipnote on 8 January, and followed up with repeated phone calls to Acting Director of the MFA Americas Department Hamad Al-Meshaan. Al-Meshan said the dipnote was forwarded to the Ministry of Defense on 13 January. On 3 February, Al-Mesh [...]	2007-02-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU KOMC ETTC
07KUWAIT1571	KUWAITI POLICE WELCOME TIP TRAINING; REQUEST U.S. [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolOff met on October 28 with Brigadier General Dr. Hassan Hussayn Al-Abdulsalam, Director of Kuwait's Police Academy, to stress the importance of training police officers to identify potential TIP victims and to handle poten [...]	2007-11-01 09:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1572	EMBASSY KUWAIT'S FY08 POST LANGUAGE DIRECT FUNDING [...] Summary: As part of our continued focus on language training, Embassy Kuwait requests $30,500 from FSI's Direct Funding Initiative for our FY08 Post Language Program (PLP). Thanks to FSI's FY07 funding, we formed Arabic language classes at the 0 through 2 proficiency levels in addition to a 3 [...]	2007-11-01 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT KFLO KU
07KUWAIT1573	MPS ATTACK GOVERNMENT DURING OPENING SESSION OF [...] (SBU) Parliament began its 2007-08 session on October 30 amid great tension. MPs ignored the Amir and Prime Minister's opening speeches, which at times warned and at other times pleaded with the Parliament to de-escalate the conflict with the Government and give the recently reformed cabine [...]	2007-11-01 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

07KUWAIT1574	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LOVE + 1(THE [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Robert E. Love, SES, Director of Operations for the Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq, and Courtney Vicario, Project Support Specialist, to travel to Kuwait November 2-4 to attend the 2nd Inter [...]	2007-11-01 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1575	FIRST LADY PROMOTES EDUCATION AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: First Lady Laura Bush visited Kuwait October 24-25 as part of her regional trip to highlight education, breast cancer awareness, women's issues, and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). At a diwaniyya (traditional discussion salon) hosted by Higher Education Undersec [...]	2007-11-01 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PDEM KWMN KDEM KU
07KUWAIT1576	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN KU
07KUWAIT1577	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNAUS UNGA
07KUWAIT1578	KUWAIT TO FOLLOW GCC LEAD IN LIKELY SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI KU PREL UNGA
07KUWAIT1579	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PHUM UN CU KU
07KUWAIT158	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Anne Aarnes, USAID Director, Jordan, to travel to post o/a February 3-5, 2007 to attend the Donor Coordination Event hosted by the Arab Fund on February 4. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must appl [...]	2007-02-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA AID KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1583	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the Director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jasim Al-Mubaraki, and MFA Second Secretary Ahmed Al-Baqer, who handles Arab League issues within the Arab World Department, on November 4. A/DCM stressed that the perpetuation of the Arab [...]	2007-11-05 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AL IS KBCT ECON ETRD PREL
07KUWAIT1588	TERROR FINANCE: REPORTED PROGRESS IN DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and Econoff met recently with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) to discuss GOK efforts to strengthen oversight of Kuwaiti charity organizations. Al-Ammar was encouraged by the progres [...]	2007-11-05 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT1590	OIL MINISTER RESIGNS AS GOVERNMENT TRIES TO DEFUSE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al Sabah accepted the resignation of Oil Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 5. The resignation should end the state of tension between the Government and Parliament in the short term, but the ultimate sources of contention between t [...]	2007-11-05 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1597	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS USCIS MILITARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to DHS USCIS Military Naturalization Team (Gonzales, Scharfen Bulger, McCament, Aytes, Vorwerk, Lan, and Hudgins) to travel to Kuwait on/about November 6 to 14, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply [...]	2007-11-06 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS OTRA ASEC KHLS KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1598	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT160	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND SECTARIAN STRIFE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-04 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1600	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1601	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ADRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Adrian Cronauer to travel to Kuwait November 12-15 to support the Tripartite Commission. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. (U [...]	2007-11-07 10:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KU OTRA PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1603	KUWAIT-HOSTED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EXPO AN [...] (SBU) Under the patronage of Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Kuwait International Fair hosted the second International Trade Exhibition for the Reconstruction of Iraq from 4-7 November. In addition to a number of European and African ambassadors (but no Arab Chiefs [...]	2007-11-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1605	AMB. CROCKER'S MEETING WITH KUWAITI AMIR [...] (C) On October 29, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker met with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah to discuss developments in Iraq since the U.S. military surge began and United States policy following the September Crocker/Petraeus testimony. Crocker underlined the need for renew [...]	2007-11-08 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU PGOV PREL UN
07KUWAIT1607	TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel post provides the following responses. 2. (SBU) Status of host nation laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling: On March 10, 2002, the Amir (Head of State) of Kuwait signed Law No. 35/2002, which criminalized money laundering. Law No. 35 crimina [...]	2007-11-08 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT1611	A Leadership and Democracy Workshop for Kuwait's Youth [...] Summary: On October 29, twelve Kuwaiti Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumni participated in an Embassy-organized leadership workshop. The one-day workshop was held at the U.S. Embassy and incorporated group-development activities, discussion of leadership theories, social activism, a [...]	2007-11-14 09:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OEXC KU
07KUWAIT162	KUWAIT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: MORE U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 31, Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Ali Al-Ghanim told Econcouns that U.S. firms were losing out to more aggressive European and Asian firms in Kuwait, and he encouraged more U.S. firms to seek business opportunities outside of the government [...]	2007-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP ETRD KU
07KUWAIT1623	KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the very positive development of establishing a shelter for domestic workers, Kuwait has not taken addditional actions to improve its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since Ambassador Lagon's September 26 visit and the subsequent October 18 Tier placem [...]	2007-11-15 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1624	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on October 31. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state. [...]	2007-11-15 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC IR KNNP KU PARM PREL DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1625	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on November 5. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov. [...]	2007-11-15 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	UN EAGR AORC KU
07KUWAIT1626	RESOURCE NATIONALISM: NOT THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) While resource nationalism was a factor leading to the nationalization of Kuwait's oil industry in the mid-70s, and populist and or Islamist MPs still use nationalist language in public comments on Kuwait's oil sector, resource nationalism is not the biggest obstacle to opening Kuwait's oi [...]	2007-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV
07KUWAIT1627	KUWAIT: MINIMAL PARTICIPATION AT MALI CD [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-18 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA KU
07KUWAIT1629	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 20-27, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Murtha to travel to post 20-27, November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-11-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT163	CHEVRON ADVOCACY LETTER FROM SECRETARY BODMAN; [...] (C/NF) On 24 January, post faxed a scanned copy of Energy Secretary Bodman's advocacy letter on behalf of Chevron (ref A) to Kuwait Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah. Econcouns spoke with the minister's office director to request that the letter be brought to the attention of the [...]	2007-02-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1630	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MARSHALL (18-26 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post 18-26 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-11-18 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1637	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (21-24 NOVEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 21-24 November, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-11-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT164	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY ISSUES WITH KUWAIT OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 14, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Chairman and Managing Director Farouk Al-Zanki to discuss developments in the energy sector. KOC manages all of Kuwait's upstream oil and gas production. Al-Zanki highlighted the potential for "enhanced technic [...]	2007-02-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT1651	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CONCERNS REGARDING GOK [...] (S) On November 20, Charge presented reftel points to Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah. 2. (S) Jarallah reacted with surprise and incredulity to the reftel point that Sa'd Al-Azmi had taken up residence in Yemen. He stated that he shared USG c [...]	2007-11-21 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KU
07KUWAIT1656	IRANIAN FM TO VISIT KUWAIT [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting (issues raised reported septel),Kuwaiti MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah informed CDA that on or around November 30, Iranian FM Manoucher Mottaki is scheduled to visit Kuwait to meet with senior GOK officials. 2. (C) Al-Jarallah said that in his upcoming me [...]	2007-11-22 07:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT1657	PARLIAMENT PRESSURES GOVERNMENT AS AVIATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Kuwaiti Government has departed from its usual practice of backing down to Parliamentary pressure by resisting calls for higher wages for government employees. The GOK was not able to prevent the formation of committees to investigate several former ministers, [...]	2007-11-23 17:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON KU
07KUWAIT1659	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WEBB (NOVEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Webb to travel to post November 27 - December 1, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]	2007-11-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1669	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, we look forward to your December 2-3 visit to Kuwait. We have scheduled a dinner meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem. A former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, the U.S.-educated Dr. Al-Ebraheem is a tr [...]	2007-11-27 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON KU PREL
07KUWAIT1674	IRAQ/KUWAIT: TALABANI VISIT; FUEL; BORDER [...] (C) On November 20, CDA met with U/S Al-Jarallah to discuss Ref A points, Ambassador Crocker's October 29 visit and other related issues. The U/S demonstrated no objection, in principle, to USG requests for an additional border crossing, but expressed concern at the close proximity of Camp B [...]	2007-11-29 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID IPET IZ IR TU KU
07KUWAIT1675	AVIAN INFLUENZA INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP [...] Embassy held a meeting of its Interagency Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) on Tuesday, November 27, which included representatives from each section of the Embassy and U.S. military health officials from local bases. Embassy participants included CDA Misenheimer, the Regional Security Of [...]	2007-11-29 10:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
07KUWAIT1676	NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite Commission (TC) Meeting. Representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the Inter [...]	2007-11-29 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT168	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1683	KUWAIT RESPONSE FOR COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW OF [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cuba [...]	2007-11-29 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
07KUWAIT1684	KUWAIT PRACTICES-INFORMATION COLLECTION, [...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 133931 follows. Watchlisting ------------ 2. (SBU) - The GOK maintains watchlists. The number of records is unknown. - The Kuwait Immigration Service of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Kuwait State Security (KSS) maintain li [...]	2007-11-29 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KVPR PTER PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS
07KUWAIT1685	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON AVIAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on November 29. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov [...]	2007-11-29 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR EAID TBIO PREL KU
07KUWAIT1690	PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]	2007-12-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1692	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KUWAIT [...] (U) On November 26th, Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar arrived in Kuwait for a four-day official visit at the invitation of Kuwait,s Amir, Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah. The stated objective of the visit was to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Kuwait and Mongolia, specific [...]	2007-12-03 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ECIN EPET KU
07KUWAIT1696	PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]	2007-12-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM KU
07KUWAIT170	KUWAIT MFA "UNAWARE" OF LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) On February 4, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader to discuss the scope and purpose of the upcoming Liberia Partners' Forum (reftels) and to encourage high-level Kuwaiti attendance at the conference in Washington o [...]	2007-02-05 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN LI PREL KU
07KUWAIT1701	TREASURY DEPSEC KIMMITT ADVOCATES SWF [...] (C) During a dinner meeting with Amiri Economic Adviser and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef al-Ebraheem on December 2, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt strongly urged the GOK to engage positively in the international effort to develop voluntary best practices for sovereign wealth f [...]	2007-12-05 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PTER KTFN KU IZ
07KUWAIT1706	MOI CASTS DOUBT ON OPENING ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with MNF-I DCG LTG William Rollo, MOI Undersecretary LTG Nasser al-Othman noted the security progress being made in Iraq and predicted significant progress in the next two years. In stark contrast from what Post has heard from Kuwait Customs and the Kuwai [...]	2007-12-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD EPET KU IZ
07KUWAIT1707	READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]	2007-12-06 17:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1711	GOK HOSTS AML/CTF CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several recent events in Kuwait have given some impetus to Kuwait's anti-money laundering capabilities. The Central Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on anti-money-laundering and terror finance on December 2-3 attended by over 400 professionals from government, l [...]	2007-12-11 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1714	2007 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPORT FROM KUWAIT --FINAL [...] Embassy Kuwait received two pledge cards for the 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. Due to the convenience of the on-line pledge option, this year many people chose to pledge on-line rather than filling out a pledge card. These numbers do not reflect on-line donations: a. Number of potentia [...]	2007-12-12 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
07KUWAIT1715	KUWAIT TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1717	DEPUTY CHIEF OF KUWAIT NATIONAL GUARD ON CURRENT [...] (C) On December 10, Charge d'Affaires, Defense Attache and Poloff met with Shaykh Mish'al Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard (KNG). Shaykh Mish'al is the half-brother of both the current and former Amirs as well as the Crown Prince, and is considered to be one of the [...]	2007-12-13 07:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PINR PTER
07KUWAIT1718	KUWAITI PARTICIPATION IN PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: CDA and emboffs delivered reftel points to the Arab Fund and various GOK interlocutors in the Amiri Diwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and the Kuwait Fund. MFA confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to Paris but said [...]	2007-12-13 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS KU
07KUWAIT172	MIXED REVIEWS ON SHAYKH SABAH'S FIRST YEAR AS AMIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: January 29 marked Shaykh Sabah's first anniversary as Amir. He has presided over an historic year during which Kuwait experienced several significant developments, including the constitutional dissolution of Parliament and new elections in which women participated both as vot [...]	2007-02-05 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1720	KUWAIT CUSTOMS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with Embassy Baghdad Econcouns and Embassy Kuwait econ and customs officers, DG of Kuwait Customs Ibraheem Al-Ghanim said that continuing concerns over the smuggling of contraband into Kuwait from Iraq and corruption and mismanagement on the part of Ira [...]	2007-12-13 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD IZ PREL KU
07KUWAIT1721	COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSSES TIFA, TRADE WITH IRAQ, [...] (SBU) In a December 11 meeting with the CDA, Minister of Commerce and Industry Falah Al-Hajeri acknowledged the importance of making progress on TIFA-related issues, denied the existence of restrictions on Iraqi imports to Kuwait, and dismissed reports of possible dissolution of the National [...]	2007-12-13 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV KU
07KUWAIT173	KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT IRAN - FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) On February 4, MFA Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader confirmed to Econoff that Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah will visit Iran from February 13-14, 2007. (Note: The Foreign Minister traveled to Iran twice in 2006 - once in June and again in [...]	2007-02-05 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL KU IRAN
07KUWAIT1736	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU KJUS KPRP PHUM PTER
07KUWAIT1738	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 14-18, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post 14-18, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-12-17 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT174	PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES "LANDMARK WOMEN'S [...] (U) On February 4, Parliament's Women's Affairs Committee approved a bill, introduced by Islamist MPs (reftels),that would give Kuwaiti women a host of new benefits, including the right to apply for government housing, longer paid maternity and mourning leave, unemployment allowances for sta [...]	2007-02-06 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT1741	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Mr. President, your January 11-12 visit to Kuwait offers a timely opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of a key regional ally, and also to press the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to do more on issues of vital interest to the United States - especially Iraq and counterterroris [...]	2007-12-17 23:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KCIP OVIP KU IZ IS EAID KPAO
07KUWAIT1742	INTERIOR MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CDA, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah said he was deeply concerned about the smuggling of contraband (including drugs, alcohol, munitions, and chemicals) into Kuwait from Iraq at both the Abdali-Safwan commercial border crossing and the militar [...]	2007-12-18 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1744	MAJOR POWER OUTAGES BARELY AVERTED IN 2007, MAY BE [...] (C) Despite widespread predictions of major power outages (reftel),Kuwait made it through the summer without any significant blackouts or load shedding. In meetings with Minister of Electricity and Water Mohammed Al-Elaim on 31 October and MEW Director of Studies and Research Suhaila Al-Mara [...]	2007-12-18 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV KU
07KUWAIT1745	DOW'S BILLION-DOLLAR PETROCHEMICAL JOINT VENTURE: [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with econoff, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Saad Al-Shuwaib told econoff that a newly announced joint venture between state-owned KPC subsidiary Petrochemicals Industries Company (PIC) and U.S.-based Dow Chemical Company represents Kuwait's lar [...]	2007-12-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ETRD KU CH IN
07KUWAIT1746	LORD PADDY ASHDOWN MEETS HAMID KARZAI IN KUWAIT TO [...] (C) On December 12, CDA met with British Lord Jeremy (AKA Paddy) Ashdown for a readout on an earlier meeting that day between Ashdown and Afghanistan President Karzai to discuss the possibility of Ashdown becoming the UN Envoy to Afghanistan. Ashdown assessed that the terms of reference he r [...]	2007-12-18 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR AF
07KUWAIT1747	ADDITIONAL BORDER CROSSING REQUEST GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) Following contacts reported reftels, CDA on December 17 had multiple telcons on the border crossing request with GEN Saleh Al-Humaydhi in absence of Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah. At Al-Humaydhi,s request, he subsequently had two telcons with GEN Khaled Al-Jarrah (J2). [...]	2007-12-18 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KU IZ
07KUWAIT175	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/ARP [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer to post o/a February 9-13, 2007 for regional consultations. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Em [...]	2007-02-06 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU BA SA PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE APER
07KUWAIT1750	KUWAIT SPORTS ENVOY PROGRAM REQUEST [...] Per reftel, Embassy Kuwait submits the following program request for American NBA and WNBA sports envoys to come to Kuwait to conduct a basketball program for Kuwaiti youth. Basketball is a popular sport in Kuwait that can be played year round indoors. Note: Due to strict separation of male and [...]	2007-12-23 03:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO IS LE JO KU
07KUWAIT1751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SKELTON (DECEMBER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post 23-26, December, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-12-23 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IQ TU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1756	AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]	2007-12-26 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1757	AMIRI DIWAN MINISTER ON GOVERNMENT-PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs and eldest son of the Amir, Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, on December 11 and discussed a range of issues including Kuwait's participation and contribution at the Paris Donor Conference (Ref. A),Kuwaiti domestic politics and Critical Energy [...]	2007-12-26 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PGOV PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1760	PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS CONTINUES - ASSEMBLY WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 24, Islamist MP Saad Al-Shraye filed a motion to "grill" Minister of Education (and the only remaining female minister) Nouriya Al-Sabeeh. The grilling comes in response to a well-publicized sexual assault at a Kuwaiti primary school, but is more accurately a reflectio [...]	2007-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KISL KWMN KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT1761	SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: GOK LETTER TO TREASURY ON [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel A. Al-Mannae provided post with a letter addressed to U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick, in which he expressed CBK interest in sovereign wealth fund governance. The letter is a follow-up to m [...]	2007-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1762	TAX ON FOREIGN COMPANIES REDUCED FROM 55 TO 15 [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Kuwait's National Assembly passed a bill to reduce the tax rate on foreign companies from 55 percent to 15 percent to attract more foreign investment. In making its case for passage of the law, the government noted that Kuwait attracted less than USD 300 million [...]	2007-12-27 16:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON
07KUWAIT1766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL WOLF (JANUARY 2-9, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wolf to travel to post 2-4, January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2007-12-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1767	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL COLEMAN (January 1-7, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Coleman to travel to post 4-7 January, 2008. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-12-30 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1768	KUWAIT FOLLOW-UP ON 2007-2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] Summary: The 2007 Special 301 Report placed Kuwait on the Watch List. Kuwait has continued to make progress in the areas that were identified for improvement. The most noticeable improvements have been in the area of enforcement. A significant increase in frequency and scope of raids and s [...]	2007-12-31 03:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1769	NEW MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, CDA met with MoSAL/Justice Minister Jamal Ahmed Al-Shihab. The Minister said that the GOK was appreciative of external pressure (up to a point) to resolve TIP issues and promised to partner with the Embassy to make further progress on TIP. Minister Al-Shihab was [...]	2007-12-31 04:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KIPR KU PGOV PHUM PREL KTFN TIP
07KUWAIT177	CENTCOM TEAM ASSESSES SECURITY OF CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the invitation of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation subsidiary responsible for all downstream oil operations, the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) facilitated a CENTCOM-led multi-disciplinary vulnerability assessment [...]	2007-02-07 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT178	TERROR FINANCE: PROGRESS BUT CHARITIES "STALLING" [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's January 16 meeting with the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL, ref A),Econoff met with Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of the Charities and Philanthropic Department at MOSAL on February 3 to discuss ongoing GOK efforts to strengthen overs [...]	2007-02-07 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT180	KUWAIT NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY ON IRAQI [...] (C) In a February 7 discussion with PolCouns, National Security Bureau Deputy Chief Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah said visits this week by former Iraqi PM Ibrahim Al-Jaafari and Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi had gone "very well." Shaykh Thamer noted Kuwait's long-standing relationship with Ir [...]	2007-02-07 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ IR
07KUWAIT181	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR HEAVY PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO MARR SU KU
07KUWAIT182	DEMARCHE: SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-07 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS SO KU
07KUWAIT183	KUWAITI - IRANIAN TRADE RELATIONS: AN OVERVIEW [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables reporting on the economic relationship between Kuwait and Iran. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since the 1991 Gulf War, Kuwait and Iran have enjoyed an expanding trade relationship. Kuwaiti imports of Iranian products - mostly food, live animals and househ [...]	2007-02-07 15:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT184	JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]	2007-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
07KUWAIT185	ARAB FUND HOSTS RARE DONOR COORDINATION EVENT [...] (SBU) On February 4, the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (Arab Fund) hosted a unique donor coordination event designed to promote dialogue and increased cooperation between leading Arab and international donors. Nine Arab organizations that comprise the Arab FundQs joint secret [...]	2007-02-10 06:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD PREL KU
07KUWAIT188	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HANS WECHSEL TO [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Hans Wechsel, MEPI Regional Office Director, to post o/a February 13-16, to meet with existing and potential MEPI partners and participants. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq [...]	2007-02-11 12:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KMPI KPAO OTRA APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT190	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a February 12-13, 2007 to meet with Government officials to discuss food safety issues, particularly the importation of Genetically Mo [...]	2007-02-12 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR OTRA AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT192	DEMARCHE: SEEKING ASIA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-12 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07KUWAIT193	UPCOMING NDI PROGRAMMING IN KUWAIT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait approves of the overall direction of the workplan set out by NDI for spending the rest of its funding. The emphasis on building the political capacity of women, political associations, and youth works toward the USG's Freedom Agenda goals for Kuwait. Post offers the foll [...]	2007-02-12 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
07KUWAIT194	REQUEST FOR SUMMER 2007 TDY SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY KUWAIT [...] Due to an anticipated severe shortage of personnel during the summer transition in 2007, the Economic Section at Embassy Kuwait requests TDY support for the period June 15-August 15, 2007. 2. Embassy Kuwait's Economic Section has a Section Chief, three officers, and one OMS. Due to the de [...]	2007-02-13 05:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT AFIN KU
07KUWAIT195	PARLIAMENT UNLIKELY TO PASS NO CONFIDENCE MOTION [...] (C) Summary: Islamist MP Khudair Al-Enezi told Poloffs that a no confidence motion on the Minister of Health was likely to be submitted after his February 19 grilling, but was unlikely to pass. Al-Enezi said that while he personally opposed the grilling, he would support it in Parliament as [...]	2007-02-13 10:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT196	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA DEPUTY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA DAS Lawrence Butler to travel to post o/a 20 Q 21 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and [...]	2007-02-13 10:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER JO IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT197	DISCUSSION OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with MFA Director Maqamis, visiting NEA/ARP Director Misenheimer discussed GOK's request that Kuwait's remaining four detainess at Guantanamo be transferred to Kuwaiti custody as soon as possible. Misenheimer noted that the four would face a more exactin [...]	2007-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT21	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID
07KUWAIT217	KUWAITIS WELCOME MECCA AGREEMENT, CONDEMN AL-AQSA [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed news of the agreement between Fatah and Hamas in Mecca and praised Saudi Arabia for hosting the reconciliation meeting. In a February 11 statement, the Council of Ministers hailed the agreement as "a step in the right direction" and praised Saudi King Abdulla [...]	2007-02-14 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL IS KU
07KUWAIT218	KUWAITIS KEEN TO INVEST IN IRAQ, BUT SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On February 11, Director of the OSD Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations in Iraq Robert Love met separately with prominent Kuwaiti investors to enlist their support for revitalizing the Iraqi economy through investment and facilitating access to ex [...]	2007-02-14 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON BEXP ETRD PREL PGOV KU IZ

07KUWAIT219	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C/NF) The following response is keyed to ref A. 2. (S/NF) Effectiveness of Tranche I Designations: Tranche I designations have had little discernible impact on the three Kuwaitis identified as terrorist facilitators -- Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- though we [...]	2007-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU QA KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT22	(S/NF) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KUWAIT AND ISRAEL [...] (S/NF) Kuwait does not have diplomatic relations nor does it share intelligence with the Israeli government. All travel to and trade with Israel is technically illegal in Kuwait. However, Kuwait does not strictly enforce the Arab League's economic boycott of Israel and there are sometimes ru [...]	2007-01-08 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IS KU
07KUWAIT220	NOMINATION OF MA'ASOUMA AL-MUBARAK FOR [...] (U) Post nominates Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Minister of Communications, for the International Woman of Courage Award. 2. (U) Dr. Ma'asouma became the first woman in Kuwait's history to be appointed to the cabinet when she was named Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administ [...]	2007-02-15 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN KHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT221	KUWAIT'S EFFORT TO APPEASE BIDOON WITH DRIVER'S [...] (C) Summary: After months of vague promises to ease their plight, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on January 6 began issuing driver's licenses to Kuwaiti Bidoon (stateless residents) for the first time on a broad scale in many years. The intended goodwill gesture soon gave way to disenchant [...]	2007-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
07KUWAIT235	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi, Rengin M. Gok, and Arthur James Rodgers Jr., of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to post o/a March 23-28, 2007 to attend the Gulf Seismic Fo [...]	2007-02-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PARM OTRA KNNP COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT236	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for U.S. Department of Commerce Under Secretary Franklin Lavin 4 to transit Kuwait o/a February 18-19, 2007 enroute to Iraq to launch the joint U.S.-Iran business dialogue in Erbil. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry [...]	2007-02-19 04:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EINV OTRA APER AMGT OVIP LAVIN IZ
07KUWAIT237	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-19 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT239	PROGRESS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SLOWED BY BUREACRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: GOK attempts to address the abuse of domestic workers through a mandatory contract have so far fallen short, with the contracts proving difficult or impossible to enforce. GOK enforcement officials acknowledge unscrupulous practices at domestic recruitment offices, but expre [...]	2007-02-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB ID KU TIP
07KUWAIT240	KUWAITI REFINERIES SHUT DOWN FOR ONE HOUR DUE TO [...] (SBU) On February 18, all three of Kuwait's refineries temporarily shut down after an electrical substation unexpectedly ceased to provide power between approximately 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time (0700-0800 GMT). The power failure affected the entire Shuaiba industrial area which, in addit [...]	2007-02-19 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EWWT OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT241	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARABSAT AND NILESAT BROADCAST [...] (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer reiterated U.S. concerns about the continued broadcast of Al Manar Television and the potential broad [...]	2007-02-19 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT242	DEMARCHE: WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-19 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL WFP EAID AORC
07KUWAIT245	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, PALESTINE, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 07:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT247	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DICKS (FEBRUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Dicks to travel to post o/a 22-25 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2007-02-20 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC TU PK AF IZ GM EI KU
07KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROVOCATION AND SADDAM EXECUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT251	EMBASSY COUNTERPUNCHES ON GMO MISINFORMATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, local Arabic-language daily Al-Rai published a story about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods and quoted an unnamed "U.S. Embassy official" as saying, "if you refrain from consuming these products you will die starving." The article appears to have bee [...]	2007-02-20 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND ETRD TBIO KU
07KUWAIT254	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR REGIONAL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mary Ellen Hickey, Regional Consular Officer based in Damascus, for travel to Kuwait o/a February 26-March 1, 2007 for consultations with the Kuwait Consular section. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you [...]	2007-02-20 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA CMGT ATRN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT256	DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE ON PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Charge noted U.S. caution toward the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and urged Kuwait to avoid taking any especially high-level steps to engage with the NUG until the NUG had endorsed t [...]	2007-02-20 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS KU
07KUWAIT257	UPDATE ON SHI'A-SUNNI RELATIONS IN KUWAIT: STABLE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite a recent surge in sectarian rhetoric, the majority of our contacts insist there is no near-term threat to Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Most Kuwaitis describe the overall relations between the two communities as "very good," and say leaders on both sides and the Go [...]	2007-02-20 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT258	MPS SUBMIT NO CONFIDENCE MOTION ON HEALTH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Minister of Health and the Amir's nephew, was brought before Parliament February 19 and questioned for ten hours on alleged corruption and mismanagement in his ministry and on the overall deterioration of health services in the countr [...]	2007-02-20 14:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT26	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]	2007-01-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT264	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies sustained the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2006 that they demonstrated in 2005, and in some cases improved upon that performance. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pi [...]	2007-02-21 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT270	IRAN: KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING WITH [...] (C) On February 19 in a meeting with Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said the primary purpose of the recent meeting between Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Iranian President Ahmedinejad (February 13-14) had been to d [...]	2007-02-21 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT271	LIBERAL KUWAITI WOMEN SEE NEW LAW AS MEANS TO KEEP [...] (SBU) Aisha Al-Reshaid, a women's activist, journalist, and former candidate for parliament, told PolOff on February 19 that the proposed new law on women's social and civil rights (reftel) is an Islamist project to buy women's support while at the same time keeping them out of public life. [...]	2007-02-21 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
07KUWAIT272	UNSCR 1737: FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07KUWAIT273	POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED THIS SUMMER; WIDENING GAP [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: In a 19 February meeting with Econoff, Suhaila Marafi, Director of Research at the Ministry of Energy (Electricity and Water) said she anticipated significant power outages this summer, which would likely worsen in 2008 and 2009. The Ministry has been scrambling [...]	2007-02-21 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON KU
07KUWAIT277	STUDENT UNION DEFENDS MINISTER OF HEALTH GRILLING [...] (SBU) In a February 17 statement, the President of the Kuwait branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS),Maath Al-Duwaila, said that questioning Ministers, commonly referred to here as "grillings," is a right guaranteed by the Constitution and a means for reform. Al-Duwaila defen [...]	2007-02-24 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT278	AL-ZAWRAA DEMARCHE RECEIVES MUTED KUWAIT RESPONSE [...] (C) In light of ongoing concern about Al-Zawraa broadcasting, post wishes to recap our discussions to date with the GOK on this issue. 2. (C) During a February 11 meeting with Shaykh Ali Abdullah, the Acting Director of the Americas Department at the MFA, the Charge d'Affaires and visiting [...]	2007-02-24 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC ETTC KPAL KPAO PTER KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT281	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: KUWAIT CRITICAL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for the following Kuwait Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Survey Team (ATA 6156) members traveling to Kuwait from March 13-21, 2007: Richard Soler - DS/T/ATA; Kevin Maloy - DS/T/ATA; Patrick Willging - U.S. Dept. of Energy; [...]	2007-02-27 10:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA KCIP ASEC ENRG OTRA PTER
07KUWAIT283	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TODD SCHWARTZ [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Todd Schwartz to travel to post o/a 7 March, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-02-27 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA JO IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT284	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JANEELLEN BAGWELL AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Janeellen Bagwell and Debbie Munt to travel to post o/a 28 February 2007 and 19-20 March. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embas [...]	2007-02-27 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT285	AVIAN FLU SITREP No. 1 - H5N1 AVIAN FLU FOUND IN KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary: On 25 February, the Kuwaiti Minister of Health reported that 20 cases of bird flu had been detected in Kuwait. The date on which these cases actually surfaced is unknown. As of 27 February, the GOK has reported a total of 32 cases of the H5N1 virus in wild and domesticated b [...]	2007-02-27 17:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA U/S SAYS GCC FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 28 CDA DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 3 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH. AL-JARALLAH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT THE MECCA AGREEMENT AND RECENT EFFORTS BY THE QUARTET WERE REINVIGORATING THE PEACE PROCESS. THE CHAR [...]	2007-02-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS IZ LE SO SU IR
07KUWAIT292	CABINET RESHUFFLE LIKELY PRIOR TO MARCH 5 NO [...] (C) Our contacts almost unanimously agree that there will be a Cabinet reshuffle prior to the March 5 no confidence vote on Minister of Health Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah. The Minister, who is also the Amir's nephew, was brought before Parliament February 19 for questioning over [...]	2007-02-28 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT293	IRAN: GOK EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION, CONCERN DURING [...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 21, Emboffs met with MFA First Secretary Mansour Alolaimi, who covers Kuwaiti-Iranian relations, to discuss Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's February 12-13 visit to Tehran. Alolaimi, who accompanied the FM, conveyed GOK frustration wi [...]	2007-02-28 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ETRD IR KU
07KUWAIT295	AVIAN FLU SITREP NO.2: 7 NEW CASES REPORTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs and ARCENT Medical officers met with Kuwait's Director of Public Health on 28 February to discuss the latest on the avian flu outbreak in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases in Kuwaiti birds as of 1200 GMT on 28 February is 39. No cases have been reported on commerc [...]	2007-02-28 15:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT297	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Becky Lankenau, External Relations Coordinator, NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to post o/a March 7-14, 2007 to conduct a site visit supporting the development of Kuwait's national pyhsical activity plan. 2. This clearance is not/ [...]	2007-02-28 16:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA SOCI COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT30	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED: JONATHAN E. [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Jonathan E. Fuller, Agricultural Commodity Grader (meat),Livestock and Seed Program, Agriculture Marketing Service, to travel to post o/a February 3-8, 2007 to participate in the DSCP worldwide food audit team meeting. 2. Th [...]	2007-01-09 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT305	AVIAN FLU SITREP NO. 3: 7 NEW CASES REPORTED; [...] The total number of confirmed cases in Kuwaiti birds is up to 46 as of 1200 GMT on March 3. The new cases, two identified on March 1 and five on March 2, included chickens, falcons, and quail. There have still been no cases identified on commercial farms. Bans on the import and selling of [...]	2007-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED CASC KFLU TBIO KU
07KUWAIT31	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Under Secretary Timothy D. Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Saeed to travel to post o/a January 22-25, 2007, to meet with s [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT310	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND ZIONISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-04 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT311	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senior Advisor Elizabeth Erin Walsh, to travel to post o/a March 9-10, 2007 for meetings pertaining to MEPI. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2007-03-04 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL AMGT APER KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT312	KUWAIT: SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 27 of reftel: -- 27A: Kuwait is a destination count [...]	2007-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KU
07KUWAIT317	KUWAIT CABINET RESIGNS UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) Kuwait's Cabinet resigned en masse March 4 on the eve of a scheduled parliamentary vote of no confidence on Health Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Sabah. The Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1961, lasted only eight months. The Amir will now begin the customary c [...]	2007-03-04 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT318	FIVE MPS SUBMIT LEGISLATION TO BAN ALL CONTACTS [...] (SBU) Five parliamentarians - two Shi'a Islamists, two Sunni Islamists, and one populist - submitted draft legislation March 3 calling for a complete ban on all Kuwaiti interaction, both official and unofficial, with "the Zionist entity" (i.e. Israel). The bill "seeks to prohibit government [...]	2007-03-04 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL IS KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT319	TWO GUANTANAMO RETURNEES ACQUITTED [...] (U) The Kuwait Criminal Court on March 3 acquitted two former Guantanamo detainees of terror related charges. Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari and Omar Rajab Amin, who were transfered from Guantanamo to Kuwait in September, 2006, were found not guilty of intent to commit hostile actions against the f [...]	2007-03-04 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT32	PARLIAMENT'S OPPOSITION ALLIANCE CRACKS AS POPULAR [...] (SBU) Parliament's nine-member Popular Action Bloc announced January 7 its withdrawal from the 34-member Reform Bloc formed last October (ref B). The other two opposition blocs, the liberal National Action Bloc (8 MPs) and the Islamic Bloc (17 MPs),will continue to cooperate formally within [...]	2007-01-09 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT320	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 53RD [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 53rd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on February 20, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassy Kuwait in attendance. The session closed no c [...]	2007-03-04 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT33	RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO NEW IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER [...] (C/NF) On January 7, Econcouns participated in a site visit to the new border facilities at Kheybari Crossing (K-Crossing),scheduled to open later this spring, with U.S. military officials from Army Forces Central Command (ARCENT). K-crossing is located approximately forty-seven kilometers [...]	2007-01-09 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KU MARR PBTS
07KUWAIT332	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #4 [...] (SBU) On March 6, Post convened a second meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases has slowed considerably in r [...]	2007-03-06 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT339	DISCUSSION OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY, [...] (C/NF) On 7 March, Econcouns and Econoff met with new Under Secretary of Energy for Oil Abbas Ali Naqi, appointed in December 2006. Econcouns congratulated Naqi on his appointment and asked how the Ministry was being affected by the 4 March resignation of the Kuwaiti Cabinet (Ref A). Naqi s [...]	2007-03-07 16:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV PINV
07KUWAIT351	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USDOC UNDER SECRETARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Ambassador Frank Lavin, and delegation, to travel to post o/a March 13-15, 2007 for meetings with Kuwaiti officials and investors to promote investment in the United States. [...]	2007-03-10 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU ECON OVIP OTRA BEXP APER AMGT
07KUWAIT356	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-11 08:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT357	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SNOWE (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Snowe to travel to post o/a 16-18 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-03-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IZ GM KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT358	DEPUTY NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON DEFENSE ISSUES, [...] Summary: Deputy National Guard Chief Shaykh Mish'al said the Kuwait National Guard (KNG) has expanded by 3000 personnel and plans substantial further expansion in the next year. The KNG continues to work successfully with U.S. contractors Lockheed Martin and MPRI, and will explore FMS optio [...]	2007-03-11 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT359	UNDP REPORTS PROGRESS ON KUWAIT-HOSTED LABOR [...] (C/NF) UNDP Kuwait Deputy Director Mohammad Al-Nassery told PolOff on March 10 that the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) had written a letter formally approving a Kuwait-hosted international labor conference in May. The conference would bring together mid-level representatives of [...]	2007-03-11 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT360	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT CONSIDERING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Salah Ghazali, the head of the Kuwait Transparency Society (KTS),reported on March 10 that the Amiri Diwan had prepared a decree establishing a government anti-corruption watchdog agency that would rank government institutions according to their corruption levels. According [...]	2007-03-11 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT361	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT365	KUWAIT HOSTS WORLD ISLAMIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 4-5, ADEEM Investment Co., Investment Dar, and a number of leading Islamic investment and finance companies from throughout the Gulf hosted "The First Annual World Islamic Finance & Investment Conference" in Kuwait City. The two-day event included panels on two key areas [...]	2007-03-12 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL KU
07KUWAIT366	TRIBAL ISLAMISTS FORM NEW GROUPING WITHIN [...] (U) Six tribal Islamist parliamentarians announced March 11 the formation of a new grouping within the 17-member Islamic Bloc. Abdullah Akkash, the Coordinator of the still unnamed grouping, said it would operate in a manner similar to the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) and the Salafi [...]	2007-03-12 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT368	IRAQ COMPACT MEETING: ARAB FUND WILL NOT ATTEND [...] (U) The Embassy received on March 12 the following letter from Mr. Ahmed Osman, Director, Technical Department of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, addressed to Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, concerning the upcoming meeting of the Iraq Compact on March 16. 2. (SBU) Be [...]	2007-03-12 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
07KUWAIT370	KUWAIT: EMBASSY REACHES OUT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The embassy marked International Women's Day on March 8 by placing an op-ed in Kuwaiti newspapers that recognized the achievements of Kuwaiti women over the last year and by reaching out to a new set of contacts -- women in the financial sector -- through a lunch hosted by the [...]	2007-03-12 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL
07KUWAIT371	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 06:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT378	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, THE GULF, AND SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT382	TIP UPDATE: KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR AWARENESS [...] (SBU) Saad Al-Hajji and Eqbal Mallallah, the Director and Assistant Director of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs' National Project to Raise Awareness of Domestic Workers (the project is also known as "Barirah," after one of the prophet's wife Aisha's female servants),met with PolOf [...]	2007-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT383	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CEIP VISIT, KUWAIT'S FOURTH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 11 with Chairman of the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Sami Al-Reshaid to discuss current issues in the oil sector. The Ambassador briefed Al-Reshaid on the March 13-22 multi-agency USG critical energy infrastructure visit, to which Al-Reshaid [...]	2007-03-16 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU
07KUWAIT386	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BRUCE A. AVERILL [...] (SBU) Request country clearance for Bruce A. Averill, Senior Coordinator for Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Policy, for March 18-20 to meet with UAE Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection Coordinator, Embassy Abu Dhabi officers, and other individuals as post deems appropriate. [...]	2007-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER CIP ENRG KU OTRA
07KUWAIT39	KUWAIT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE [...] (U) Summary. The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),in conjunction with the State Department and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, hosted a conference entitled "Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering" from January 8-10 in Kuwait City. Part [...]	2007-01-11 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KWMN SENV TSPL KU
07KUWAIT390	KUWAIT'S NEW TIFA LEAD SAYS COPYRIGHT LAW WILL GO [...] (SBU) On March 13, Econcouns and Econoff met with new Assistant Undersecretary of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) for International Trade Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi. Al-Khaldi, who was previously Assistant U/S for Commercial Control and a key contact on IPR issues, took over in January as the GOK's le [...]	2007-03-17 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL KU
07KUWAIT394	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT396	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT397	(SBU) KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Biographic Officers Artheia Dingle, Ann Urralburu, and Ansel Stein for travel to post o/a 31 March to 2 April to meet with Embassy Officers and discuss the current needs of the biographic program. 2. This clearance is not/not [...]	2007-03-18 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU TC UK PINR OTRA APER AMGT COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT40	TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY KUWAIT VIEWS ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) Through recent actions and private comments to us and senior USG officials, the GOK has made clear its opposition to the designation of the Kuwaiti charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). Going back almost a year, to the April 2006 visit of Treasury U/S Levey and our trans [...]	2007-01-11 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT400	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Ambassador Frank Lavin met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Saad to discuss recent developments in trade and investment in U.S., Kuwaiti, regional and international markets. Al-Sa [...]	2007-03-18 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT401	SOMALI PRESIDENT, AWQAF MINISTER VISIT KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3-6 visit to Kuwait, Somali President Abdullahi Yusef asked the Amir for humanitarian assistance and support for an upcoming reconciliation conference. The Amir agreed to send humanitarian support, but did not commit to other assistance. Somali Ambassador Abu Bakr [...]	2007-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTFN SO KU
07KUWAIT402	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 06:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT404	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR COUNSELOR TO THE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Counselor to the Department of State Eliot Cohen, Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson, Colonel Stephen Ganyard, and Mark D. Smith to travel to post o/a 23 to 24 March and 1 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2007-03-20 12:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER IZ JO KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT406	KUWAIT CONFIRMS DATE FOR NEXT GULF SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT409	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for th [...]	2007-03-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT410	RISING COST OF LIVING HAS KUWAITI CONSUMERS [...] (SBU) The cost of living in Kuwait continues to rise, with prices for basic consumer goods, food, and rents increasing steadily. Recent press reports have highlighted rises in the prices of basic foodstuffs such as eggs, meat, and rice, and indicate growing consumer displeasure with the incr [...]	2007-03-21 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFSN ALOW ECON ETRD PGOV KU
07KUWAIT412	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...]	2007-03-22 17:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU
07KUWAIT414	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5 [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Post convened a meeting of its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG),which includes U.S. military health officials from local bases, to discuss recent developments in the outbreak of avian influenza in Kuwait. The number of confirmed cases now stands at a total of [...]	2007-03-24 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT416	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for the [...]	2007-03-24 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT419	CRITICAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT TEAM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary: A multi-agency USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait March 13-22 to assess security vulnerabilities in Kuwait's energy infrastructure and make recommendations on improvements (see para 8 for a complete list of the U.S. delegation). The team [...]	2007-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BEXP ECON ENRG EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT423	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-25 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS IZ IR LE SU KU
07KUWAIT424	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-25 14:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT427	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S APRIL 3 VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Admiral Fallon. I regret that I will be away during your visit but look forward to greeting you on your next visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, and First Deputy Prime [...]	2007-03-26 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT428	GOK DOCUMENTS IPR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) On March 17, Post received a Diplomatic Note in response to our written request in January soliciting input for the 2007 Special 301 Review. With the Note is a letter from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which includes a statement detailing seiz [...]	2007-03-26 11:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT43	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/IPCO TEAM [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for OBO/IPCO Team Members Jenkins and Rajen to travel to post o/a January 13 -30, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: Embassy point [...]	2007-01-11 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
07KUWAIT430	NEW CABINET FORMED: SIX NEW MINISTERS, TWO WOMEN, [...] (C) Summary and comment: After three weeks of consultations, the Prime Minister announced March 25 the formation of a new Cabinet, which includes six new ministers and, for the first time in Kuwait's history, two women. The Cabinet reshuffle is unlikely to affect significantly any key U.S.-K [...]	2007-03-26 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT431	NEXT STEPS AFTER CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/NF) Following the March 13-22 Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) assessment jointly conducted by the Department, DOE, and DHS (Ref A),Post is actively encouraging Kuwaiti officials at both senior and working levels to implement the team's recommendations, including near-te [...]	2007-03-26 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KCIP ASEC ENRG PTER KU
07KUWAIT432	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHAWN RODRICK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Shawn Rodrick McSherry, Agricultural Counselor, to travel to Kuwait City, March 29-30, 2007. Return travel to Kuwait on April 22. Purpose of travel is transit to and from Washington D.C. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2007-03-27 07:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT433	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BLAZEY (MARCH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 28 - 30 March 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]	2007-03-27 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF JO AE GM KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT44	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAYH (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Brownback to travel to post o/a 12 and 13 January 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver [...]	2007-01-11 15:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF IZ PK GM EI
07KUWAIT440	KUWAIT NSB DEPUTY AIRS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary. NATO member embassies met March 21 to discuss NATO cooperation with Kuwait under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the upcoming visit of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The Poles briefed on the March 5-6 Contact Point Embassy meeting in Brussels highlightin [...]	2007-03-28 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MNUC PTER NATO PGOV IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT443	PROFILE OF KUWAIT'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR [...] Kuwait's growing telecom sector is still dominated by the Ministry of Communications, which maintains a monopoly over all local and long-distance landline telephony. Internet service is privatized, with three competing ISPs (Qualitynet, Fastelco, and Zajil),but all have their basic rates set [...]	2007-03-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON KU
07KUWAIT445	KUWAIT ADOPTS MORE VIGOROUS, PUBLIC DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Kuwait has adopted a more vigorous and public defense posture in the past several months, an indication of the Kuwaiti leadership's rising concern about tensions in the Gulf and desire to project to the Kuwaiti public an image of engagement and preparedness. Kuwait [...]	2007-03-28 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT446	KUWAIT BRINGS TOGETHER IRANIAN AND ARAB SHI'A, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted March 26-27 a conference that brought together Shi'a Awqaf officials from around the region. The discussion highlighted what some Shi'a, especially in the Gulf, see as a disconnect between centralized, distant Awqaf authorities and ordinary Shi'a donors. Some [...]	2007-03-28 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PTER KTFN IR IZ LE BA SA KU SHI
07KUWAIT447	INCREASING PESSIMISM ABOUT NEW CABINET, LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Reactions to the new Cabinet have been muted, an indication of Kuwaitis' frustration with the political leadership in both the government and Parliament. Few Kuwaitis expect the new Cabinet to resolve the tensions that characterized the previous government's relations with Parlia [...]	2007-03-28 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT449	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Amb. David A. Gross. U.S. Coordinator for International Communications & Information Policy and Alan Gibbs, State/EEB/CIP, to travel to Kuwait City. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for I [...]	2007-03-28 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETTC AMGT APER OTRA
07KUWAIT450	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: APPROACHING THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran, Majid Al-Thufiri, who claims good access to senior Iranian officials, shared his impression of Iran's views towards the U.S., regional policies, and domestic political and economic situation in a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador. His key point [...]	2007-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN REALTIONS

07KUWAIT455	U.S.-GOK DISCUSS SECURITY MEASURES NECESSARY FOR [...] (S) Summary. A visiting USG interagency delegation discussed concerns about possible transfer of the four remaining Kuwaiti detainees at Guantanamo with GOK officials on March 24. USG delegation told the GOK officials that the remaining detainees were significantly more dangerous than those [...]	2007-04-01 10:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT461	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #6 [...] (SBU) On March 31, Minister of Health Dr. Maasouma Al-Mubarak announced that Kuwait would cull 1.5 million birds (mainly chickens) in response to 40 new confirmed cases of H5N1 in poultry. On April 1, Kuwait confirmed five more cases, bringing the total number to 101, but there are still no c [...]	2007-04-02 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT462	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (MARCH 30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Reyes to travel to post o/a 2 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2007-04-02 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF GM EI COUNTRY
07KUWAIT463	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: END USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Econoff visited Al-Ghanim Freight on March 20 to discuss reftel shipment. Neither Al-Ghanim Freight General Manager Mahmoud Jalajel nor his associates had any knowledge of the shipment. Mr. Jalajel indicated that Al-Ghanim Freight has processed other shipments for Mr. Al-Awadi but ne [...]	2007-04-02 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC ETRD KU
07KUWAIT466	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 08:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP PREL PARM
07KUWAIT467	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ARAB SUMMIT, LEBANON, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 09:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT47	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT AGREES TO LOOK INTO [...] (C) On January 8, PolOff called on Hamad Al-Mashan of the MFA's America's Department and delivered reftel demarche on U.S. concern over the use of Arabsat and Nilesat to broadcast Hezballah's Al-Manar satellite channel and the reported plan for Arabsat to broadcast Hamas' Siraj Al-Aqsa satel [...]	2007-01-14 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC ETTC KPAL PTER KU
07KUWAIT473	CABINET SWORN IN DESPITE ISLAMISTS' OBJECTIONS TO [...] (SBU) Members of the new Cabinet were sworn in before Parliament April 2 despite two tribal Islamists' objections to Nouriyah Al-Sabih, the new Education Minister and a liberal, appearing in the Assembly hall without a head scarf. When Al-Sabih began to take the parliamentary oath of office, [...]	2007-04-03 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT474	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HARRIS ORKAND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Harris Orkand Information Services Contractors Brenda Dee Bacher, Christopher Noel Fuentes, Mohammad Yousuf Nawab, and Christopher Mark Pessima, to travel to post o/a April 23-May 10, 2007 to replace and perform maintenance on de [...]	2007-04-03 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP AMGT APER CASC CMGT CPAS CVIS KCSY KU
07KUWAIT475	TIP UPDATE ON PROSECUTIONS, SHELTER, LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK recently provided a response to formal questions regarding this year's TIP report, including an update of prosecution figures. The response states that Kuwait has agreed to establish a shelter for domestic workers, though further clarification is needed. The respons [...]	2007-04-04 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT477	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Hagel (Sen. Chuck Hagel, Rep. Joe Sestak, Staffers Rexon Ryu and Eric Rosenbach, and MilEscort Col. Gregg Olson) to travel to post o/a 13-15 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for [...]	2007-04-04 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT478	FIVE GUANTANAMO NOT GUILTY VERDICTS UPHELD BY HIGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT479	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI ACADEMICS SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaiti academics shared their views on democratic development in Kuwait with visiting American professor Dr. Michael Herb during an April 2 reception. Overall, they were cynical about Herb's argument that Kuwait was in the process of transitioning from a monarchy to a parliame [...]	2007-04-04 11:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT48	KUWAITIS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PRESIDENT'S NEW IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Kuwaiti government welcomed the President's new Iraq strategy, the Kuwaiti public was more skeptical. While praising the strategy's ultimate goal of stabilizing Iraq, Kuwaitis expressed doubt that a temporary increase in the number of troops would achieve this obj [...]	2007-01-14 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMDR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT480	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (APRIL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Taylor to travel to post o/a 6 -7 and 11 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2007-04-04 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF PK UK BA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT481	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SANCHEZ (APRIL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Sanchez to travel to post April 7-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]	2007-04-04 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS VM CH JA IT QA TH KU
07KUWAIT485	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #7 [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) announced that four Bangladeshi workers involved in Kuwait's cull of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) infected birds (see Update #6) were admitted to hospital with suspicious flu-like symptoms. It was not immediately [...]	2007-04-04 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT486	TOP KUWAITI JOURNALIST CLAIMS "US TO ATTACK IRAN [...] (SBU) In an April 4 editorial, one of Kuwait's leading journalists claimed inside information that the U.S. was planning to attack Iran's nuclear facilities by the end of April. Quoting unnamed sources in Washington, Ahmed Al-Jarallah, the Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times (English daily) an [...]	2007-04-04 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT487	PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 3, Parliament ratified 20 international agreements, including a security cooperation agreement with Iran in the field of drug trafficking and law enforcement. However, parliamentarians objected strongly to an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and referred it to the M [...]	2007-04-04 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT488	KUWAIT BUDGET SURPLUS ESTIMATED AT $17.5 BILLION [...] Kuwait's fiscal year ended on 31 March, with the government budget surplus estimated at $17.5 billion (approximately 15% of GDP and 50% of actual budget expenditures). Oil revenue of $51.5 billion (est.) comprised about 95% of total government revenue. The projected government deficit of $9 [...]	2007-04-04 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET KU
07KUWAIT489	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ACTIVISTS INTENSIFY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Recently women's groups have galvanized their efforts to fight the main problems they face: discrimination in Kuwait's personal status law and lack of representation in parliamentary and governmental positions. Female activists rallied to successfully oppose a bill that woul [...]	2007-04-04 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT49	IRANIAN ARAB CLERIC CLAIMS IRANIANS INCREASINGLY [...] (C/NF) Poloff met January 10 with Shaykh Mohammed Kathem Al-Khaqani, an Iranian Arab Shi'a cleric from Ahwaz, the former Arabic name of the predominantly Arab province of Khuzestan in western Iran. Shaykh Mohammed is the second son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Taher Al-Khaqani, who, according [...]	2007-01-14 15:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT490	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND US POLICY IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-07 05:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT491	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PELOSI VISIT, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-07 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT50	TOP KUWAITI JOURNALIST CLAIMS U.S. TO STRIKE IRAN [...] (SBU) In a January 14 editorial, one of Kuwait's top journalists asserted that a U.S. strike on Iran would occur before April. Quoting an unnamed "reliable source," Ahmed Al-Jarallah, the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Seyassah (local Arabic daily) and the Arab Times (local English Daily),said top a [...]	2007-01-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT500	CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (C) Summary. New CENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon discussed Iraq, Iran and bilateral military cooperation with the Amir of Kuwait, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff on April 3. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) message on Iraq was one of continued support fo [...]	2007-04-07 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT501	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUSAN JACOBS, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Susan Jacobs, Senior Policy Advisor to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Mr. James W. Schnaible, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Mr. Gary Cote, Director Visa Security Program of the Department of Homeland Security to meet with E [...]	2007-04-07 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC CMGT KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT503	GOK RESPONSE: AL-AWADI AND AL-SHAITAN [...] (SBU) Post received April 7 the attached diplomatic note from the MFA Legal Department. Below is Post's unofficial translation: 4 April 2007 20070554 Secret SIPDIS The MFA presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Kuwait. In reference to Note 800 [...]	2007-04-08 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPDC PGOV CVIS KU
07KUWAIT504	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-08 09:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT505	FEMALE LEADERS PAINT BLEAK PICTURE OF WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Women's Network (WIN) told Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) on April 7 that women still face major professional, political, and legal obstacles to achieving equality with men in Kuwait. Some of the problems come from discrimination in the workplace. Other [...]	2007-04-08 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT506	CHARGE DISCUSSES CEIP NEXT STEPS WITH INTERIOR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On April 7 and 8, CDA and Econoff met separately with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Under Secretary Nasser Al-Othman, Deputy Director of the Kuwait SIPDIS Coast Guard (KCG) Colonel Abdullah Bin-N [...]	2007-04-08 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ASEC PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT507	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY A/S [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary Patrick O'Brien, Policy Advisor Daniel Harris, and Analyst Benjamin Davis to travel to post o/a April 24, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for [...]	2007-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT508	READOUT OF NDI MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Senior NDI representative for Kuwait Kelley Jones briefed PolOffs on her April 3-7 meetings with Kuwaiti political associations. She said the organizations were open to receiving NDI training and assistance, but liberal groups expressed concerns about being viewed as too closely [...]	2007-04-08 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI MEPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT51	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL SYRIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Econoff hand-delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the office of MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis on January 14, 2007. Econoff also faxed copies of Treasury's press release to the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Ministry of Finance, and the Union of K [...]	2007-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL KNNP KU IR
07KUWAIT510	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-09 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT513	A VIEW FROM THE CHICKEN COOP: KUWAITI POULTRY [...] (C) Summary. On April 9, Econoff met with Meshal Al-Bazie, Deputy General Manager of Naif Poultry, one of the largest poultry producers in Kuwait, to discuss the ongoing avian influenza (AI) outbreak. Al-Bazie said only one of Naif's egg farms has been affected by the virus, but that 640,00 [...]	2007-04-09 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO ECON ETRD KU
07KUWAIT514	MPS ASK FOR INFO ON KUWAIT'S PREPAREDNESS FOR A [...] (SBU) Responding to recent speculations in local press about an imminent U.S. attack on Iran (ref B),several parliamentarians (MPs) submitted questions to the Interior Minister asking him to outline the steps Kuwait has taken to prepare for such a possibility. Independent, tribal MP Saadoun [...]	2007-04-09 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT515	VEILED WOMAN BREAKS BARRIERS TO RUN IN TRIBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Zakiyya Thuwaini has announced her candidacy in local elections scheduled for April 30 in Kuwait's most conservative area. She has faced opposition from within her own family, but others in the community have encouraged her and women's activists from around the country are ass [...]	2007-04-09 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT52	OES A/S MCMURRAY TALKS ENVIRONMENT, AVIAN FLU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 10, Assistant Secretary for Oceans, Environment, and Science Claudia McMurray met with Meshal Al-Meshan of the Kuwait Environmental Protection Society (KEPS),Captain Ali Haider of the Environment Public Authority (EPA),and Assistant U/S of Health Ali Al-Saif to di [...]	2007-01-16 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ENRG TBIO IZ KU
07KUWAIT522	ISLAMIST MPS' GRILLING REQUESTS REKINDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: While many opposition MPs appeared willing to give the new government a chance to show it can perform, two tribal Islamist MPs have kept the political heat on, calling for parliamentary grillings of the Finance and Islamic Affairs Ministers. Most politicians and [...]	2007-04-10 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT524	USG COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C/NF) On 8 April, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy Ambassador David Gross made an introductory courtesy call on Kuwait's new Minister of Communications and State Minister for National Assembly Affairs Shireeda Abdullah Saad Al-Mousharji. Al-Mousharji, [...]	2007-04-11 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS PREL PGOV PINR KU
07KUWAIT526	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (SBU) The total number of reported cases remains at 101, and no new cases have been discovered in the past week. Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) inspectors continue to take samples from commercial and private poultry holdings, and the culling of birds fro [...]	2007-04-11 05:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT535	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/I [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/I Coordinator David Satterfield and Treasury Representative Malachy Nugent to travel to post o/a April 22, 2007 for meetings with GOK officials on the upcoming International Compact for Iraq and Iraq Neighbors conferences. [...]	2007-04-14 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ EG SA TU OTRA MARR COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT536	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU WORKING GROUP UPDATES TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) On April 14, Kuwait's in-house Avian Influenza (AI) Working Group met to review the mission's AI-specific tripwires in light of the recent outbreak. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Economic (ESTHoff),Consular, Management sections, as well as the A/DCM. The AIWG ma [...]	2007-04-15 04:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT539	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Makovsky to transit Kuwait April 13-15, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of contact in case of emergency is: Carri [...]	2007-04-15 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN FR GM SA KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT542	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DOD Acting A/S Mary Beth Long, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, NSC Director Nik Ramchand, Lt. Col. Reginald Robinson, Capt. James Pelkofski, and Cmdr. Edward Palmer to travel to post o/a May 21 to May 22, 2007. 2. Th [...]	2007-04-15 11:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA QA KU PREL AMGT OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT543	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOS, NSC, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for USG officials Alan Van Egmond, Rich Hooker, Daniel Pick, David Jewell and Damon Richardson to transit Kuwait o/a April 17-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Emba [...]	2007-04-16 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MARR IZ JO KU
07KUWAIT55	GCC +2 STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KU GCC
07KUWAIT555	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT558	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAVID [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for ATO Regional Director David Williams and Marketing Specialist Mohamed Taha to travel to post o/a April 30-May 2, 2007. Travelers will accompany the Technical Director of the American Soybean Association to meetings with GOK offi [...]	2007-04-16 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMGT APER OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT559	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR WMO QUADRENNIAL [...] (U) Post forwarded reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 15 via diplomatic note. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.gov/ [...]	2007-04-16 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT56	PARLIAMENT TO GRILL RULING FAMILY MINISTER [...] (SBU) On January 17, three Members of Parliament (MPs) formally submitted a request to question Minister of Health Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah over procedural irregularities in approving Kuwaitis for medical treatment abroad, alleged "administrative violations" in the min [...]	2007-01-17 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT566	AMIR'S ATTEMPT TO QUELL RULING FAMILY DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In a rare meeting of senior Al-Sabah family members April 14, Amir Shaykh Sabah issued a strong warning not to air intra-ruling family rivalries in public via proxies and stressed that he had no intention to dissolve Parliament or amend the constitution. The Crown [...]	2007-04-16 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT567	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN HANNAH AND ROBERT [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for John Peter Hannah and Robert Story Karem to travel to post o/a 19 April and 22 April, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Embassy point of cont [...]	2007-04-17 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA PREL KU
07KUWAIT568	ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT, REGIONAL AID, AND THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Arab Fund Director General told A/DCM April 16 that he was unlikely to be able to attend the May 3 Iraq Compact (ICI) signing in Egypt due to prior commitments and, more importantly, because of the failure of the GOI to solve its arrears problem with the Fund. Al-Hamad said t [...]	2007-04-17 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT570	PENINSULA LIONS PROSECUTION OVERVIEW: CASE NEARS [...] (S) Summary. With a hearing date before Kuwait,s highest court set for May 15, 2007, the terror trials arising out of January 2005 armed clashes between the Peninsula Lions, a Kuwait-based extremist group, and Government of Kuwait security forces are nearing their conclusion. The December 200 [...]	2007-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT575	IRAQ COMPACT: KUWAIT FM WILL ATTEND MAY 3 SIGNING [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Desk Officer Hamad Al-Meshan confirmed to Econcouns April 18 that Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will attend the Iraq Compact signing event in Egypt on May 3, along with the Neighbors Conference the following day. ******************************* [...]	2007-04-18 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT576	KUWAITI POLITICAL FIGURES EXPRESS CONCERN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: A broad cross section of prominent Kuwaiti political figures expressed concern and uncertainty regarding Iraq, Iran and regional strategic issues at an Embassy-hosted diwaniyya (traditional evening gathering) featuring visiting Army War College Professor Dr. W. Andrew Terril [...]	2007-04-18 12:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ KU
07KUWAIT577	BLUE LANTERN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (S/NF) Following the delivery of diplomatic notes on 8 January and 4 April and several calls to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Refs B and C),Post obtained a meeting on this issue with the Foreign Procurement Division of the Ministry of Defense on 18 April. Econoff met with Assistant Direc [...]	2007-04-18 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KOMC KU
07KUWAIT578	PROGRAM EVALUATION: HIP HOP TRIO ROCKS KUWAIT [...] GPRA FY07Q2: The Gina Loring Poetry and Hip Hop Trio, a popular, contemporary African American youth-oriented music group based in Los Angeles, California, conducted its first tour of Kuwait, February 5-10, 2007. The highly energetic trio, comprised of Gina Loring, lead vocalist; Joshua Silve [...]	2007-04-18 15:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT58	MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR SAYS GOK [...] (C) Ambassador met January 16 with Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah. Ambassador noted the of the upcoming TIP report evaluation and asked about GOK progress on addressing problems faced by Kuwait's 1.5 million foreign workers. The Minister noted that dome [...]	2007-01-18 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU
07KUWAIT581	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-21 06:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT584	IRAQ COMPACT: IRAQ CENTRAL BANK EXTENDS PERSONAL [...] (C/NF) Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Dr. Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad relayed to Econcouns April 21 that he had just received a phone call from the Governor of the Iraq Central Bank extending a "personal invitation" to attend the May 3 Iraq Compact signing in Egypt. [...]	2007-04-21 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT585	NEW ELECTRICITY AND WATER MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) On 21 April, Ambassador met with new Minister of Electricity and Water Mohammed Abdullah Al-Elaim to congratulate him on his appointment (Ref. A) and discuss the power shortages that Kuwait is expected to suffer beginning in summer 2007. The Minister explained that he was reluctant to [...]	2007-04-21 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON PINR KU
07KUWAIT586	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PUBLIC HOUSING, PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 21 April, Ambassador met with new Minister of State for Housing Affairs Abdul Wahid Al-Awadi to congratulate him on his appointment. Al-Awadi responded, "It is not always an honor to be a Minister in Kuwait," referring to the sometimes rough treatment of Kuwaiti ministers [...]	2007-04-22 05:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PINR KU NATIONAL
07KUWAIT587	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-22 06:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT59	MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR: WE WILL [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah told Ambassador January 16 that in March his Ministry would begin a campaign to bring Kuwaiti charities into compliance with existing laws regulating charitable contributions so that the Ministry could better [...]	2007-01-18 07:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
07KUWAIT591	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (26-30 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 27-28 April 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-04-22 11:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ FR EI KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT592	FREEDOM AGENDA: ACTIVISTS UNSATISFIED WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The National Assembly's Women's Affairs Committee sponsored a conference on women's issues on April 21. The conference tackled some of the key challenges facing women, but activists criticized it as superficial and lashed out at the lack of interest by parliamentarians. Th [...]	2007-04-23 04:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT593	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICY, IRAQ, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT594	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT595	NOTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM KU
07KUWAIT598	AMBASSADOR RAISES CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: During meetings on April 23 and 24, the Ambassador raised the need for follow-up on critical infrastructure protection with the President of the National Security Bureau, the Prime Minister and Oil Minister, respectively. With each, the Ambassador praised the cooperation at th [...]	2007-04-24 10:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ASEC PTER KCIP KU
07KUWAIT600	AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD BRIEFED ON JUNE CONFERENCE [...] On 23 April, Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield, accompanied by Treasury Department Middle East Deputy Director Malachy Nugent, Polcouns, and Econoff, met with Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL) Chairman Saeed Esmail Dashti to discuss plans for the "Iraq First" International Convent [...]	2007-04-24 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ECON IZ KU
07KUWAIT605	IRAQ COORDINATOR SATTERFIELD AND ARAB FUND OUTLINE [...] (C) Chairman of the Arab Fund Dr. Abdelatif Al-Hamad told Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield on April 23 that the Arab Fund remained open to lifting Iraq's suspension in the Fund provided the GOI signaled agreement to a previously discussed repayment regime and began paying down its arrears [...]	2007-04-25 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT606	OIL MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 24 April, Ambassador met with Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah to congratulate him on his reappointment and discuss his priorities for the oil sector. The Minister said Kuwait's oil sector needs restructuring and new managers. Regarding long-delayed plans for the constructi [...]	2007-04-25 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV EINV OVIP KU
07KUWAIT608	MALIKI STRESSES DEBT RELIEF, ARAB IDENTITY ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In April 24 discussions with Kuwaiti officials and in press statements, visiting Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki stressed the importance of debt relief and Iraq's desire for "bridge building" based on Kuwait's close family and tribal ties to Iraq, and a common Arab identity [...]	2007-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT611	MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES SURPLUS, PLANNING, [...] (C/NF) Summary: On April 23, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on recently-reappointed Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi. Al-Humaidhi, who has been reappointed to this position four times in the last two years, announced that he has also been appointed Supervisor of the Higher Cou [...]	2007-04-25 12:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ KU
07KUWAIT612	MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS DISCUSSES FHWA [...] On 25 April, Ambassador met with new Minister of Public Works (MPW) and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Moussa Hussein Abdullah Al-Sarraf to congratulate him on his appointment (reftel) and discuss his priorities. The Minister asked the Ambassador to encourage the U.S. Federal Highway [...]	2007-04-25 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EINV PINR KU
07KUWAIT615	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE/INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (S/NF) Summary: During an April 24 meeting with Defense/Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak, the Ambassador emphasized USG readiness to provide security assistance to Kuwait, stressed the need to continue investigating suspected terrorist financiers, and urged follow up on the recommend [...]	2007-04-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KTFN KU TERROR FINANCE
07KUWAIT619	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR RAPHEL AND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ambassador Robin Raphel and Victoria Butler from the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to travel to post on April 29-30, 2007 to meet with U.S. Embassy and host country officials to discuss Iraq reconstruction eff [...]	2007-04-28 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA PREL KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT624	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BOND [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Bond to travel to post o/a May 4-6, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2007-04-29 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ IC KU COUNTRY
07KUWAIT626	AMBASSADOR RAISES ACS CONCERNS WITH [...] (C/NF) During an April 25 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Ambassador raised continued concerns about the Kuwaiti police's failure to expeditiously notify the embassy when Amcits were arrested. The Ambassad [...]	2007-04-29 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CACS KU
07KUWAIT638	KUWAIT COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING NEW WAY FORWARD ON [...] (S/NF) During recent meetings with U.S. officials, Kuwait's senior leadership reaffirmed their continued commitment to supporting coalition efforts in Iraq. The Amir, Prime Minister, Defense/Interior Minister, Foreign Minister, and Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff told CENTCOM Commander W [...]	2007-04-30 12:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT639	KUWAITIS PRAISE SAUDI TERROR ARRESTS; PROMPTS SOUL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed the recent terrorist arrests in Saudi Arabia and condemned those involved. So far, no Kuwaitis have been implicated in the plots, but Kuwait is working with Saudi officials to investigate any possible connections. One local daily reported that the Saudis ar [...]	2007-04-30 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KCIP ASEC SA KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT642	KUWAITI TIFA LEAD DISAPPOINTED BY SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) On April 29, Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Assistant Undersecretary Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi to deliver Ref A demarche. Al-Khaldi expressed disappointment that Kuwait retained its Watchlist ranking, noting (as he has in previous meetings) that Kuwa [...]	2007-04-30 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT649	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN'S POLICIES AND HEGEMONY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 09:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT656	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CBP TRAINERS [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for INATAR Contractor James F. Kelly, INATAR CBP Officer Jackie Ramsey Jr., and OIT Chemist Stepahnie Coy to travel to Kuwait to provide seaport interdiction training from May 5-9, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for ent [...]	2007-05-01 12:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT661	KUWAITIS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Arab Affairs Deputy Director Ahmed Al-Baqer May 2. Al-Baqer said Kuwait has not considered the question of direct support for AMISOM. He added that the question did not come up at the March 28 Arab League Summit in Riyadh, the most likely context [...]	2007-05-02 11:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT662	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ZIMBABWE'S UNCSD CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNCSD AORC SENV ZI KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT663	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 11:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT665	IRAQ COMPACT: KUWAIT'S LINE-UP AND UPDATE ON ARAB [...] (C) Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Khalid Maqamis, the MFA's head of Coordination and Follow-up and primary point of contact on the Iraq Compact, on May 2 to confirm Kuwait's participation in the May 3 ICI signing event. Maqamis confirmed that he would accompany Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohamme [...]	2007-05-02 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT666	KUWAITI COMMERCE MINISTER MAINTAINS HIGH HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) On May 2, Ambassador met with recently re-appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Falah Al-Hajeri. Ambassador congratulated Al-Hajeri on his re-appointment, and said the planned early June trip by Assistant Undersecretary and head of Kuwait's TIFA delegation Abdulazziz Al-Khal [...]	2007-05-02 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON BEXP KU
07KUWAIT667	NEW HEALTH MINISTER SAYS KUWAIT IS "LEARNING AS IT [...] (SBU) On May 2, Ambassador met with new Minister of Health (MOH) Dr. Maasouma Al-Mubarak, (one of two female ministers in the new cabinet),who was previously the Minister of Communications, to congratulate her on her appointment. Dr. Al-Mubarak said there are a number of problems that need [...]	2007-05-02 12:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KFLU KU
07KUWAIT668	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MARCH 2007 AUCKLAND PSI [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT669	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC ENRG KNNP NPT KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT676	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERRORISM, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-05 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT681	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Senior Advisor Elizabeth Erin Walsh to travel to post o/a May 15-18, 2007 for meetings with current and potential MEPI implementers to discuss programming and future strategy, and to conduct Embassy consultations. 2. This cle [...]	2007-05-05 09:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KU OTRA PREL
07KUWAIT691	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-06 06:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT692	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL G. SMITH [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post o/a May 18-19, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-05-06 06:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO EI UK KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE

07KUWAIT698	SIGIR DEPUTY IG RAPHEL'S VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary. On April 30, Special Investigator General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Deputy IG Ambassador Robin Raphel met separately with Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL),Marwan Al-Ghanim of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),and the GOK's Humanitarian Ope [...]	2007-05-06 10:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ETRD IZ KU
07KUWAIT70	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL PELOSI (JANUARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Pelosi to travel to post o/a January 25 to 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]	2007-01-19 06:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ PK AF GM KU
07KUWAIT702	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MU'AYYAD [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mu'ayyad Mehyar to travel to post o/a May 8-10, 2007 to attend a MEPI-funded KEPS activity, discuss program plans with KEPS officials, and meet with prospective small grantees. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry int [...]	2007-05-06 11:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KPAO KU OTRA KMPI
07KUWAIT705	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ'S DEBTS AND TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 06:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT707	PROJECT KUWAIT STILL STALLED; ROLE FOR FOREIGN OIL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Based on a series of recent meetings with Oil Ministry officials, leaders in Kuwait's state-owned petroleum companies (the K-companies),representatives of the major international oil companies (IOCs) in Kuwait, and local managers of international oil service com [...]	2007-05-07 08:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV KU OIL SECTOR
07KUWAIT716	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, AND IRAQI DEBTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT719	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IBRAHIM [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ibrahim Parvanta, Health Scientist, NCCDPHP, CDC, HHS, to travel to Kuwait from May 25-June 1, 2007 to participate in a WHO/HHS/CDC expert meeting on flour fortification. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq [...]	2007-05-08 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER CDC KSCA KU OTRA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT720	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNANCE, DEBTS, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT728	DECISION ON LOUISIANA REFINERY INVESTMENT STILL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Petroleum International's Chief Planning Officer told Econoff May 8 that in the 6 months following the visit of the Governor of Louisiana to Kuwait for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, no decision has been reached on whether Kuwait should invest in a major [...]	2007-05-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU
07KUWAIT729	MOSAL MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCE, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: MOSAL Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled told Ambassador May 9 that recent Saudi investigations underscore the shared concerns of Kuwait and the U.S. about terrorist financing, though the GOK needs more evidence to move against RIHS. He is pleased with recent cooperation between K [...]	2007-05-09 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN KU
07KUWAIT730	NEW KUWAIT-IRAQ COALITION BORDER CROSSING TO OPEN [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 8, Econoff attended the final drill in preparation for the May 15 opening of the Khabari Al-Wazem Border Crossing (commonly referred to as K-Crossing or the Khabari Coalition Crossing, KCC),on the Kuwait-Iraq border. K-Crossing will replace Navistar as the primary lan [...]	2007-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT731	UN COORDINATOR VORONTSOV FOCUSED ON MISSING [...] (C) Ambassador met May 8 with UN High-Level Coordinator Yuli Vorontsov. Vorontsov was visiting Kuwait in preparation for his next report to the Security Council on missing Kuwaiti persons and property, due June 6. (He was accompanied by UN Political Affairs officer Victor Poliakov.) Voron [...]	2007-05-10 08:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
07KUWAIT732	CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER ON LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Al-Hajji told Ambassador May 9 that while the Parliament had been moderately effective over the past weeks, budget negotiations would likely dominate the agenda between now and the summer recess making it unlikely that there will be significa [...]	2007-05-12 03:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT737	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INHOFE (10-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Inhofe to travel to post o/a 10-14 May, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-05-12 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT746	HUMANTIARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER - HERE TO HELP [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) can assist NGOs with shipping of their supplies (even free shipping) to Iraq, obtaining Kuwait and Iraq customs clearances, and Kuwait entry visas for medical cases granted treatment in Kuwait or abroad. The HOC desires to increase human [...]	2007-05-13 06:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KCRS IZ KU
07KUWAIT749	REMOVAL OF AL ZAWRAA SATELLITE CHANNEL ON AGENDA OF [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met on May 9 with recently-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi. The Ambassador pressed the Minister for action to remove the insurgent Iraqi channel Al Zawraa from Arabsat's offerings. (The GOK is a minority stakeholder.) Al-Muha [...]	2007-05-13 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KU PINR PTER
07KUWAIT751	KUWAITIS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT TO VISITING [...] (C) Summary: During his May 5-6 visit to Kuwait, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta sought additional support for reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Kuwaiti officials made no new commitments, but promised to continue their current level of assistance, estimated at more than $1.4 billion sinc [...]	2007-05-13 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF KU
07KUWAIT752	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRAVEL OF UNSC-DESIGNATED IRANIANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-13 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR KU
07KUWAIT753	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC ELECTION ASSESSMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 12 to Dr. Hamad Bou Rahamah, the Acting Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Department. Bou Rahamah agreed that Belarus' human rights record was an obstacle to its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) a [...]	2007-05-13 12:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC BO BK SI KU
07KUWAIT758	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POLICY AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMB. PATRICK KENNEDY (MAY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Amb. Patrick Kennedy to travel to post o/a May 23, 2007. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at Ali Al Salem Air Base. Embassy point of contact is: John Higi, Iraq Support Uni [...]	2007-05-14 12:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT774	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CITES COP 14 DELIBERATION [...] On May 12, post delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asking that they be forwarded to the appropriate authority. Post will report any substantive feedback septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embas [...]	2007-05-16 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD KU
07KUWAIT775	BANNING OF SAUDI SALAFI BOOKS AT BROTHERHOOD BOOK [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Salafi MPs and their supporters have stepped up their threats to subject Dr. Abdullah Al-Ma'touq, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to a parliamentary grilling. The proximate cause was the banning of several books by former Saudi Grand Muftis Abdulaziz Bin Baz and Mu [...]	2007-05-16 09:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL SA KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT778	OIL MINISTER SAYS KUWAITI PROVEN OIL RESERVES ARE [...] (U) Kuwaiti Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah told the new Kuwaiti daily Arabic-language newspaper Al-Wasat on May 12 that Kuwait's oil reserves amount to 48 billion barrels of proven reserves and 150 billion barrels of probable reserves. According to OPEC's 2005 Annual Statistical Bu [...]	2007-05-16 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV KU
07KUWAIT779	KUWAIT OPEN SKIES UPDATE: CABINET APPROVAL MOVES [...] (SBU) On May 16, A/DCM and Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Legal Department Counselor Nameer Al-Quraini to discuss full implementation of the U.S. - Kuwait Open Skies Agreement (OSA),signed August 30, 2006 (Ref A). Al-Quraini acknowledged receipt of post's diplomatic note [...]	2007-05-16 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP PGOV KU
07KUWAIT780	KUWAIT RESPONSES FOR COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW OF [...] (C) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cuba [...]	2007-05-16 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
07KUWAIT781	FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON RECENT VISIT TO IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, Foreign Affairs Chairman and Inter-Arab Parliament (IAP) Speaker Mohammed Al-Sager gave PolOffs a read-out of his recent visit to Iran. Al-Sager said Iranian officials he met, including Rafsanjani, asked for Kuwaiti mediation with the U.S. and called on Kuwait to play [...]	2007-05-16 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT782	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/NF) In a series of meetings between May 13-16, the Ambassador hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team from 13-21 May (Ref A) and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February (Ref B) to Kuwaiti [...]	2007-05-16 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT783	KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR MAY 22 GULF SECURITY [...] (S/NF) The second round of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) with Kuwait will convene on May 22in Kuwait City. The National Security Bureau (NSB),the Kuwaiti government body responsible for coordinating security policy, is organizing the May 22 meeting. In addition to NSB President Shaykh A [...]	2007-05-17 07:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM KU
07KUWAIT784	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/NF) In a series of meetings between May 13-16, the Ambassador hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team from 13-21 May (Ref A) and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February (Ref B) to Kuwaiti [...]	2007-05-19 04:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT789	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph j. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DASD Mark Kimmitt, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Col Ronald Tuggle, Brigadier General Michael Jones, DIA Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst Bruce Hardc [...]	2007-05-19 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA SA AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT790	NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU WELCOMES CRITICAL ENERGY [...] (C/NF) Continuing a series of calls on the senior GOK leadership, the Ambassador on May 19 hand-delivered hard copies of two Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) reports from assessments conducted by a State-DHS-DOE-USCG team on 13-21 May and a USCENTCOM J-3 team on 1-4 February t [...]	2007-05-19 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KCIP ASEC KU
07KUWAIT795	PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER RESTRICTIVE PRESS DIRECTIVE [...] The newly-appointed Minister of Information Abdullah Al-Muhailbi hastily withdrew a set of directives issued last week that outlined new restrictions on what newspapers can publish. The ministry u-turn came after the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) condemned the measure, called an emergenc [...]	2007-05-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KPMI KU PINR
07KUWAIT796	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-20 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT799	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER: NEW COALITION CROSSING OPENS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief and Kuwait Customs Advisor Jim Piatt conducted a site visit of newly-opened Khabari Crossing (K Crossing) to assess overall operations. The first convoy arrived from Iraq on May 15 at 0130. In general, the opening went smo [...]	2007-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT80	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID MARK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, to travel to post o/a February 3-5, 2007 to participate in the Middle East donor coordination event hosted by the Arab Fund on February 4 (f [...]	2007-01-21 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT800	COURT ACQUITS THREE DEFENDANTS IN PENINSULA LIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINR IZ KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT801	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 10:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT804	KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ESTABLISHES WOMEN'S [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (the political wing of Kuwait's Muslim Brotherhood) officially launched a women's office in early May with the goal of enhancing its outreach to women voters. Though the KMB's social wing has a history of successful women's pr [...]	2007-05-21 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KISL KU
07KUWAIT806	KUWAIT DROPS DOLLAR PEG, RETURNS TO BASKET [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 20, Kuwait's Cabinet approved a decision to abandon the U.S. dollar peg for a basket of undisclosed currencies, which will be dominated by the dollar. Although the decision followed months of speculation on the wisdom of the peg, the timing appears to have surprised r [...]	2007-05-21 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT807	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, PALESTINE, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT808	TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]	2007-05-22 09:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT81	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN KUWAIT: WOMEN IN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky visited Kuwait January 9 to participate in the Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering Conference (reftel). She also met with key Kuwaiti governmental and non-governmental figures. Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, the first and only femal [...]	2007-01-21 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV PHUM PREL KSCA KWMN KU
07KUWAIT810	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WILLING BUT HESITANT [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Somalia Desk Officer Abdulnasser Al-Rashidi and MFA Arab World Deputy Director Ahmad Al-Baker on May 22. Al-Baker reiterated that the GOK has USD 2 million ready to give to support the Somali National Reconciliation Congress (ref B),but that it has [...]	2007-05-22 11:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SO MOPS XF AL GCC KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT811	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 11:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT813	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN (MAY 27, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Lieberman to transit Kuwait o/a May 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Post understands assistance is not required at this time. In [...]	2007-05-22 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT816	TERRORIST FINANCE: GOK RELEASES RIHS FINDINGS [...] (C/NF) On May 19, Embassy Kuwait received a long-promised report from the MFA (drafted by the Department of Follow-up and Coordination headed by Khalid Al-Maqamis) containing the findings of its investigation into the international activities of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) [...]	2007-05-23 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT817	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT821	(C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMMO TO LAF; KUWAIT AN [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador made reftel demarche to the Defense and Foreign Ministries on May 23. The Ambassador sent a message to Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah requesting material or financial aid. He also advised MFA Acting Minister Faisal Al-Mashan of the importance of Kuwai [...]	2007-05-23 13:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MARR MASS LE KU
07KUWAIT823	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPRATT (MAY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Spratt to travel to post o/a 27-29 May 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-05-25 07:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE PK AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT83	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, SECTARIANISM, AND RICE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT832	TERROR FINANCE: ANOTHER RUN AT THE MFA ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: Econcouns met with MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis on May 27 to hand-deliver a diplomatic note pressing our case on the designation of three Kuwaiti terrorist facilitators in light of their continued freedom of movement and access to international me [...]	2007-05-28 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EFIN ETTC IZ KU PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT833	LEBANON AID: KUWAIT OFFERS IN-KIND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Yousef Al-Merag, Disaster Management Coordinator at the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),confirmed to Econcouns on May 28 press reports announcing Kuwait's decision to send USD five million dollars in humanitarian supplies to Lebanon, upon the orders of the Amir. Al-Merag said a tea [...]	2007-05-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT836	TEMPERATURES RISE AS OPPOSITION MPS TARGET OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Opposition MPs have demanded the resignation of Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and are threatening to question him in Parliament for defending his cousin and former Oil/Finance Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, one of five former Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (K [...]	2007-05-29 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EPET KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT837	U.S.-KUWAIT OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT CLEARS LAST HURDLE [...] On May 29, Post received a diplomatic note from the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that the GOK has completed all necessary procedures for full implementation of the U.S.-Kuwait Open Skies Agreement, signed August 30, 2006 (Ref A). Full text of the diplomatic note follows. 2. [...]	2007-05-29 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP ECON KU PGOV
07KUWAIT838	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER VISITS KUWAIT SEEKING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Electricity Dr. Karim Wahid Al-Hasan visited Kuwait 28 May to seek Kuwaiti support for the purchase of an additional 1.5 to 2 million liters per day of diesel fuel to support power generation in Iraq as new generating capacity comes online this summer. At th [...]	2007-05-29 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG EPET EAID KU IZ
07KUWAIT84	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO REVIEW OF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for GAO employees Tet Miyabara and Daniel Cain to transit Kuwait between 2 February and 18 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Offic [...]	2007-01-22 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO OTRA KU JO IZ
07KUWAIT846	KUWAIT'S UNSCR 1747 REPORT DELAYED DUE TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY KU
07KUWAIT850	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT NONCOMMITTAL ON JOINING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA KU
07KUWAIT851	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ACQUITTAL OF TWO FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT852	KUWAIT'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FAIL TO LAUNCH [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several important state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Kuwait have been delayed for a number of years for largely bureaucratic and political reasons. These projects includes power plants, desalination plants, a mega-refinery, a major container port, and a [...]	2007-05-31 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON
07KUWAIT853	KUWAIT UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR APCS FOR UN/AU MISSION [...] (SBU) PolOff passed reftel (ref A) request for APCs to Aisha Al-Dakheel of the MFA's International Organizations Department on May 30. Al-Dakheel did not seem to think it likely the GOK would approve such a request. She promised to pass on the request and provide a more detail answer as soo [...]	2007-06-01 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MARR SU SA KU
07KUWAIT856	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. VICTORIA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Butler, Deputy Director of Publications at the U.S. Department of Defense, to travel to Kuwait June 2-4, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Emb [...]	2007-06-02 07:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT86	TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) As per instructions in reftel, below are Post's recommendations of a list of the top five influential women in Kuwait. Kuwait does not have a female "Oprah Winfrey-type media icon." All five of the women speak excellent English. Name: Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak Title: Minister Institu [...]	2007-01-22 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREL KU
07KUWAIT862	NEPALESE CONTRACTORS KIA IN IRAQ -- ALLEGATIONS OF [...] This is an Action Request. Please see final para. 2. Emboff met Riyadh-based Nepalese Charge d'Affaires Prakash Suvedi at his request on May 28, 2007 to discuss allegations of non-payment of death benefits by companies operating in Iraq for the USG. He requested any assistance the USG co [...]	2007-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MOPS SOCI NP IZ
07KUWAIT865	KUWAIT HOSTS EIGHTH ANNUAL GCC BANKING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait hosted the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference on May 22-23. Organized by the National Bank of Kuwait in cooperation with the GCC Secretariat General and the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the conference entitled "Managing Growth and Risk in an Era of Openness" feature [...]	2007-06-03 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT868	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-03 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT87	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on January 16, 2007. Econoff also faxed copies of Treasury's press release to the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Ministry of Finance, and the Union of Kuwaiti Banks. CBK confirmed receipt of the fax on January 15 but not [...]	2007-01-23 03:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP ETTC PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT870	NATO VISITS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) On June 2, the Polish Embassy, the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Kuwait, briefed resident NATO member embassies on recent NATO visits to Kuwait. From May 6-7, NATO officials conducted a workshop on Civil Emergency Planning and Crisis Management in Kuwait. The team emphasized radiological [...]	2007-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KU
07KUWAIT871	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CEIP TEAM: [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/CT Senior Coordinator Bruce A. Averill, DS/ATA officer Kevin A. Maloy, Sandia National Laboratory employee Byron H. Gardner, and USCG CAPT Donald C. Grant to travel to Kuwait June 11-15 to discuss Critical Energy Infras [...]	2007-06-04 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC KCIP KU OTRA PREL PTER ENRG
07KUWAIT873	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]	2007-06-05 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT874	WORLD BANK NOMINEE ZOELLICK TALKS ASIA IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On May 23, World Bank President Nominee and Goldman Sachs Group Vice Chairman Robert Zoellick delivered the keynote address at the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference hosted by Kuwait. Zoellick provided a brief historical overview of the tremendous growth of the world economy and high [...]	2007-06-05 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT875	KUWAIT'S ISLAMIC MODERATION INITIATIVE UNDER THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Kuwait recently launched a public relations campaign to further its "moderation" initiative, which seeks to foster tolerance and moderation among Muslims and to convey a moderate image of Islam to non-Muslims. The materials used in the campaign are of high quality [...]	2007-06-05 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL EG MR SU KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT876	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director Nancy Rivera to travel to Kuwait June 8-9 to attend meetings with client Kuwait Gulf Link regarding a port privatization project in Jordan. 2. (U) This clearanc [...]	2007-06-05 10:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ENIV KU OTRA OPIC PREL
07KUWAIT878	CBK GOVERNOR ON DROPPING THE DOLLAR PEG AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, Ambassador called on CBK Governor Shaykh Salem Abdulaziz Saud Al-Sabah. Al-Sabah described Kuwait's May 20 decision to un-peg the dinar from the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies as a move that "had to be done" to address rising inflation. He acknowledged [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT879	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HANS WECHSEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Hans Wechsel, Regional Office Director, to travel to post o/a June 10-11, 2007 and for Dima Toukan, Political Women's Issues Specialist, to travel to post o/a June 8-10. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2007-06-06 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	QA BA KU KMPI OTRA AMGT APER
07KUWAIT881	KUWAIT AIRWAYS AGREES TO BUY 12 BOEINGS AS PART OF [...] (SBU) Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) has reached an agreement to purchase 12 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 7 Airbus 320s from the Kuwaiti firm Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO). ALAFCO, which already had standing orders for the aircraft, will deliver the Boeings in 2010 and the Airbu [...]	2007-06-06 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
07KUWAIT882	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH PREDICTS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment. An influential, younger Shaykh in the inner circle of the ruling family told the Ambassador June 4 that there was a "90% chance" the Amir would dissolve Parliament within a month and call for end of summer elections. Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Saba [...]	2007-06-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT884	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Joseph Hackbarth and Ms. Sandra Echeverri, Immigration Officers, Department of Homeland Security to travel to post o/a June 28, 2007. 2. Visit Officer: No Embassy support has been requested Embassy point of contact is: Jared [...]	2007-06-06 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KHLS CVIS ASEC
07KUWAIT888	GUANTANAMO ARB III NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered notification of the upcoming ARB hearing to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Feisal Al-Eneizi on June 6. 2. (C) Poloff inquired about the development status of a Government of Kuwait (GOK) threat mitigation plan for use with detainees transferred from Guantana [...]	2007-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PINR SA KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT889	SPEAKER DOWNPLAYS PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION RUMORS; [...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador June 5 he did not think the Kuwaiti Amir would dissolve Parliament, despite his frustration with opposition MPs' constant attacks against the Government. Al-Khorafi believed if there was a dissolution it would be cons [...]	2007-06-06 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL LE IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, IRAN, AND RICE'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 07:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT892	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MESSAGE ON MUQTADA AL-SADR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official Feisal Al-Eneizi on June 6. Al-Eneizi said he was unaware of any planned visit to Kuwait by Muqtada al-Sadr and that he would communicate the message to senior MFA officials. 2. (C) Ambassador also raised the [...]	2007-06-06 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ KU
07KUWAIT896	ARAB FUND: NO MOVEMENT ON AID TO IRAQ, LEBANON [...] (C/NF) On June 9, Ambassador met with Abdullatif Al-Hamad, Director General of the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (AFSED). Al-Hamad said the Iraqi government has not taken any further steps to resolve its arrears problem with the Fund, which prevents the resumption of the AFSE [...]	2007-06-10 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT897	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, IRAQ, IRAN, AND KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-10 08:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT901	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PRM/ANE OFFICE DIRECTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright to transit Kuwait June 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT902	MFA U/S ON PM'S TRIP TO ASIA, RELATIONS WITH IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador June 10 that the Prime Minister's trip to Asia to promote economic relations had been "very fruitful" and a number of agreements had been signed. In a meeting earlier in the day with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Dire [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IR KU LE PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT903	AFGHANISTAN: UNPAID DEBT HINDERS ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Kuwait Fund Regional Manager for Asia and the Pacific Abdul Kareem Al-Mutawa told Econcouns May 29 that Afghanistan's arrears of 5.7 million dinar (USD 18 million),dating back to loans extended by the Fund to Afghanistan in the 1970s, continue to hamper further Kuwaiti assistance to Af [...]	2007-06-11 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT904	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 06:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT905	KUWAIT DEFENSE MINISTER: BASES NOT TO BE USED IN [...] (C) On June 11, Kuwait Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak said that Kuwait would never allow itself to be used as a launch pad for an attack against Iran or any other country. He also stated that the U.S. had not asked for permission to use Kuwait's territory to attack any country in th [...]	2007-06-12 06:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR IR KU
07KUWAIT907	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCASKILL (14-19 JUNE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCaskill to travel to post 15-18, June, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-06-12 07:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT909	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 54TH [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 54th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on June 5, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Poloff in attendance. The session clo [...]	2007-06-13 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KU
07KUWAIT914	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S LEADERSHIP AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 07:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT919	PARLIAMENT FORCES OIL MINISTER TO TESTIFY ON [...] (U) Three opposition MPs formally submitted on June 10 a request to "grill" Kuwait's Oil Minister, Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah. The grilling will require Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah to go before parliament on June 25 to answer questions related to accusations of financial and administrative impr [...]	2007-06-13 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT921	USG CEIP TEAM DISCUSSES JOINT WORKING GROUP AND [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: A USG Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) team visited Kuwait on 12-13 June to review recommendations from the two previous CEIP assessments this year, conduct a follow-up maritime assessment, and discuss the formation of a USG-GOK Joint Working Group [...]	2007-06-14 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC EPET KCIP KU PTER
07KUWAIT923	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ms. Laura A. Schulz, NEA/PI Political Pillar Officer, to travel to post o/a June 19-21, 2007, to hold a mini strategic planning session with NEA/PI-grantee Kuwait Environmental Protection Society (KEPS). 2. This clearance is [...]	2007-06-16 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KU KMPI ECON PREL OTRA AMGT APER
07KUWAIT930	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUNE 23-24 [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Regional Economic Officer Ashley Bagwell to travel to Kuwait June 23-24 for consultations and regional familiarization. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clea [...]	2007-06-16 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU SA BA OTRA AMGT ECON PREL APR
07KUWAIT931	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA - [...] (C/NF) Following up on the Ambassador's June 10 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Econoff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Arab World Department Director Jassim Mubarak Al-Mubariki on June 13. Mubariki came to the meeting directly from a meeting between GOK Deputy Prime Minis [...]	2007-06-16 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT932	WASTING THE WINDFALL: A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's fiscal surplus for FY 2006/7 was $20 billion, after the allocation of 10 percent of revenues to the Reserve Fund for Future Generations (RFFG). While revenues increased by 12.8 percent, mostly due to high oil prices, fiscal expenditures grew by a whopping 60 [...]	2007-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EPET EAID KU
07KUWAIT933	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-17 09:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION

07KUWAIT936	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD SCHMIERER NEA/I [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA/I Incoming Director Richard Schmierer to transit Kuwait June 26-27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit of [...]	2007-06-18 09:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL ASEC IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT938	KUWAITIS DEFENSIVE ABOUT TIER 3 TIP RANKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The demotion of Kuwait to Tier 3 in the 2007 TIP report garnered a great deal of attention. Kuwaiti officials criticized the TIP report as inaccurate, but pledged to continue working with the U.S. on anti-TIP efforts. Officials and a number of columnists attacked the U.S. h [...]	2007-06-18 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB BG RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT94	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT941	KUWAIT INPUT FOR 2007 REPORT OF INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post is submitting the following update for inclusion in the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriations Claims: 2. (SBU) Post is unaware of any current investment disputes or expropriation claims involving American claimants in Kuwait. ********************* [...]	2007-06-19 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV KU
07KUWAIT942	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-19 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT943	KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY TO DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 17 June, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced it is inviting international EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) companies to apply for pre-qualification for contracts related to KNPC's plans to build a new 615,000 bpd mega-refinery in the Kuwaiti portion of the Pa [...]	2007-06-19 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT944	LEADING ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LAUNCHES KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On June 17, Ambassador met with KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO) Chairman Masaud Al-Hayat and senior executives to discuss KAMCO's launch of the Kuwait Education Fund. The Fund, established in collaboration with the National Offset Company (NOC),will invest in companies and fina [...]	2007-06-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EDU EFIN KU PREL SCUL
07KUWAIT946	THE CONTAMINATED OIL PATCH: KUWAIT GRAPPLES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As a desert country with very little fresh water and arable land, Kuwait's environmental challenges are numerous. Almost all water is desalinated from the Arabian Gulf, meaning that ensuring a dependable water supply and controlling marine pollution go hand in hand. Governme [...]	2007-06-19 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ENRG TBIO KU
07KUWAIT95	KUWAIT OPEN SKIES: MOVING TOWARD FULL [...] Pursuant to Article 17, Paragraph 1 of the Open Skies Agreement between the United States and Kuwait signed on August 30, 2006, Post sent the following text via Diplomatic Note to the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry on January 22: 2. Begin Text: No. 033 The Embassy of the United States of A [...]	2007-01-24 07:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR BEXP PGOV KU
07KUWAIT951	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 19 via diplomatic note. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.go [...]	2007-06-19 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP ETTC PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT952	UN LABOR CONFERENCE IN KUWAIT IN DOUBT, MAY MOVE [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with UN Resident Representative Valerie Cliff by telephone on June 16. He urged the ILO (International Labor Organization) positions on TIP and the labor situation in the region be made clear, since local officials are claiming that the ILO has not criticized local [...]	2007-06-19 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB AE SA QA KU TIP
07KUWAIT953	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE REGARDING CONTINUED ARABSAT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Information Assistant Under Secretary for Technical Affairs Nasser Al-Safar on 18 June. Al-Safar said the points would be forwarded to the Information Minister prior to his departure for the meeting of Arab League Ministers of Information in Cairo [...]	2007-06-19 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SA KU TC KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT957	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Followup Khaled Al-Maqamis on June 19. Maqamis expressed limited interest in the program noting that further information would be needed about the background of any fellowship recipien [...]	2007-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR PINS PARM PREF XF IZ KU
07KUWAIT959	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS JULY 4TH MILITARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for DHS USCIS Assistant Secretary Jonathan Scharfen and party to transit Kuwait o/a June 30 to July 6, 2007. 2. RSO is in the process of obtaining clearances for Special Agent Vorwerk's SPE as requested in ref. A. Per ref. B, Post advise [...]	2007-06-21 07:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ASEC OTRA GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT963	ON THE VERGE OF POWER OUTAGES, GOK MAKES A STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: High summer temperatures are pushing Kuwait's peak power consumption to the limits of the country's generating capacity, which suffers from years of under-investment in power plants. On the demand side, the Government has launched an unprecedented multimedia conservation campa [...]	2007-06-23 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KU ETRD
07KUWAIT964	KUWAITIS SEE INTIMIDATION, RETRIBUTION BEHIND [...] (U) Unknown assailants attacked Mohammad Al-Zo'bi, a low ranking diplomat at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Tehran, as he was leaving work on June 19. The Kuwait cabinet convened an emergency session the same day to discuss the event and the MFA called Iranian Ambassador Ali Jennati in immediately t [...]	2007-06-23 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT965	COURT COMMUTES FOUR DEATH SENTENCES IN PENINSULA [...] On June 19, Kuwait's highest court, the Court of Cassation, commuted the death sentences to life imprisonment for four defendants in the Peninsula Lions case. The Peninsula Lions came to prominence in January 2005 following armed clashes with Kuwait security forces. Under Kuwaiti law, a lif [...]	2007-06-24 05:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT97	(C) SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC: RAFSANJANI [...] (C) Summary: A senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric told Poloff January 22 that Rafsanjani believes Iranian public opinion is shifting away from Ahmadinejad and towards Iranian "moderates." Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri, who met privately with Rafsanjani January 17, said Rafsanjani attributed this sh [...]	2007-01-24 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT972	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN REGIONAL INFLUENCE AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-24 10:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT973	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND WAR ON TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 07:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (05-09 JULY 2007) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL REED to travel to post 06-09 July 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]	2007-06-25 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT979	KUWAITI FIRMS ASK OSD TASK FORCE FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 21, Robert Love of OSD's Task Force to Support Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO) in Iraq met with several Kuwaiti firms to encourage ongoing and new business ventures in Iraq. United International Holding, which owns two banks in Iraq and has built at least one h [...]	2007-06-26 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV IZ KU
07KUWAIT98	KUWAIT UNVEILS 2007-2008 BUDGET [...] (U) On January 21, Kuwait's Council of Ministers approved a KD 10.45 billion ($35.78 billion) budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year beginning April 1. Revenue, estimated at KD 8.32 billion ($28.88 billion),down slightly from KD 8.52 billion ($29.58 billion) in the 2006-2007 budget, would fall [...]	2007-01-24 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KU
07KUWAIT980	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (2-6 JULY 2007) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 2-6, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2007-06-26 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT981	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAWKINS (1-8 JULY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hawkins to travel to post July 1-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-06-26 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT989	OIL MINISTER TORCHED IN GRILLING; FACES NO [...] (C) Summary and comment: On June 25, ten MPs submitted a no confidence motion on the Oil Minister following a nine-hour "grilling" by three opposition MPs on corruption-related charges. The motion was supported by MPs from all four parliamentary blocs, suggesting it will get the 25 votes nee [...]	2007-06-26 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT990	KUWAIT REVIEWING OUTSTANDING PLEDGE FOR THE [...] (C/NF) During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah said that Kuwait had not yet disbursed aid pledged to the Palestinians. Shaykh Mohammed asked whether the Israeli government had freed tax revenues owed to the Palestinians. Ambassador said [...]	2007-06-26 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PREF IS KU ECON
07KUWAIT991	AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR URGES NEW ENVOY TO [...] (C) During a June 26 courtesy call with Ambassador LeBaron, new Afghan Ambassador to Kuwait Abdul Rahim Karimi sought U.S. assistance in facilitating stronger ties between Afghanistan and Kuwait. Karimi said the Kuwaiti leadership had not forgotten that Afghan President Karzai had not attend [...]	2007-06-26 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT999	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-27 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KYIV1246	UKRAINE: MODERATE MUSLIM LEADER ACCUSES ARRAID [...] (C) Summary: Tensions are increasing within Ukraine's small Muslim population, with the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Ukraine (SDMU) Sheikh Tamin accusing the Muslim Association of Civic Organizations - Arraid of promoting Islamic extremism. Tamim, who is known for his mod [...]	2007-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
07KYIV2820	UKRAINE: RESOURCE NATIONALISM REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine has relatively small reserves of oil and natural gas, but is the world's largest hydrocarbon transit country, moving 75.8% of Russia's natural gas to Europe. Ukraine imports 77% of its natural gas and 79% of its oil needs almost exclusively from Russia. As a legacy of S [...]	2007-11-14 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL UP
07LIMA635	REMITTANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remittances in Peru continue to demonstrate upward growth though the rate of increase lags behind Latin America as a region. Over the past 11 years, remittance inflows into Peru increased nearly threefold from $599 million in 1995 to $1.796 billion in 2006 (about 2% of GDP). The [...]	2007-03-05 20:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PE
07LJUBLJANA283	SLOVENIA: MUFTI GIVES MUSLIM ISSUES UPDATE AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The leader of the Slovenian Islamic community, Mufti Nedzad Grabus, told COM that the Slovenian Islamic community is finding its way through past troubles with leadership, on course to resolve the long-standing struggle to build a mosque in Ljubljana, and firmly anchored in the [...]	2007-05-04 09:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PGOV OEXC KIRF SI
07LJUBLJANA45	SLOVENIA: COM ENGAGES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: The new State Secretary (Deputy FM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Ster and the new Director of the MFA's Division of the Americas, Roman Kirn, impressed COM as responsive and well informed on several thorny bilateral issues. The importance of close cooperation betwee [...]	2007-01-29 14:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON SI
07LONDON4680	IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]	2007-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON71	TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...]	2007-01-09 14:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK
07LONDON798	IRAQ MND-SE UPDATE: UK TO BE OUT OF BASRA PALACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The entire UK presence at Basra Palace, both military and civilian, will be transferred to Basra Air Station by August, UK MOD officials told Embassy London March Â [...]	2007-03-01 17:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP IZ UK
07LUANDA695	CARLYLE GROUP VISITS ANGOLA LOOKING FOR NEW MARKETS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. investment company The Carlyle Group brought its heavy hitters to Angola to meet with President Eduardo Dos Santos and the leaders of the GRA,s economic team and to persuade the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, the Ministry of Finance and perhaps the Angolan Develo [...]	2007-07-11 16:03:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV AO
07LUSAKA1029	ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO SOUND DEBT MANAGEMENT, SAYS FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of high levels of bilateral and multilateral debt forgiveness, Zambia has maintained discipline in managing its external debt, according to the Minister of Finance and National Planning. Domestic debt and arrears continue to be fairly high, but government secur [...]	2007-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ZA
07MADRID1361	SPAIN: MFA WILL LOOK AT FOREIGN FIGHTERS DEMARCHE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Terrorism Miguel Garcia-Herraiz on July 11 to share talking points on a potential Spanish demarche to Arab governments on stemming the flow of foreign fighters i [...]	2007-07-13 06:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PTER SY IZ SP
07MADRID2207	OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH KOREAN [...] (U) November 28; 6:20 p.m.; Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: United States Under Secretary Burns Special Assistant Sumona Guha E. Strother Murray (Embassy Notetaker) Republic of Korea Deputy Foreign Minister Shim Yoon-joe Kang Kym-gu, Director, European Regional Cooperation Divi [...]	2007-12-07 12:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD OSCE PARM PHUM PREL ABLD ROK
07MANAMA1089	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO DOLLAR REMAINS FIRM --------------------------------- [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-09 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ECON IR BA
07MANAMA117	FOREIGN MINISTER ADDRESSES IRAN AND IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador February 6 that he would soon visit Iran to deliver a "clear message" that Iran's behavior on its nuclear program was dangerous for the Gulf region. He [...]	2007-02-08 09:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IR IZ REGION
07MANAMA147	BAHRAIN: PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) THE DCM DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE FEBRUARY 14 REGARDING PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO MFA ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR COORDINATION AND FOLLOW UP SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ BIN MUBARAK AL KHALIFA. AFTER LISTENING CAREFULLY TO THE POINTS, SHAIKH ABDUL AZIZ [...]	2007-02-15 13:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KISL KWBG BA IS REGION
07MANAMA167	FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS HOLDING NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 22, during a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that he supports holding an Iraq Neighbors meeting at the ministerial level in Baghdad or anywhere else on Iraqi territory. He understood that there [...]	2007-02-22 13:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IZ REGION
07MANAMA170	MFA ASSISTANT U/S DISCUSSES GSD, IRAN [...] (C) MFA Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa expressed Bahrain's hope February 14 that progress on the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) would continue as a result of the upcoming visits to the U.S. by Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and FM Shaikh Khalid. He stressed that forward move [...]	2007-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA IR REGION
07MANAMA173	FOREIGN MINISTER TO DELIVER "TOUGH MESSAGE" TO IRAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador February 22, in a meeting covering several subjects (septels),that his planned trip to Tehran (Ref B) was now set for February 24. He expects to meet with Foreign Minister Mottaki and President Ahmadi-Nejad. The Am [...]	2007-02-22 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PTER BA REGION
07MANAMA184	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH VISITS OF BAHRAINI CROWN [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa will both visit Washington in early March. Shaikh Khalid will arrive first for meetings beginning on March 1 and he plans to remain in the Washington area for more than a week until the [...]	2007-02-27 11:58:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR BA BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA197	DEPUTY PM, EDB CHIEF DISCUSS GROWTH AND TRADE WITH [...] (C) Deputy PM Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson February 5 that he welcomed the idea of a wider regional free trade agreement, but stressed that problems in Iraq and Iran's ideology of expansion could have a negative impact on regional economic integration. In [...]	2007-03-01 14:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL BA BILAT ECTRD OFFICIALS
07MANAMA217	BAHRAIN RESPONSE TO IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points March 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdul-Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul-Aziz stated that the meeting is important, pledged Bahrain's support for a successful outcome, and agreed that [...]	2007-03-07 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OIC ARAB LEAGUE UN IZ BA REGION
07MANAMA22	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES' [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your January 17-19 visit to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has recently t [...]	2007-01-09 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR BILAT OFFICIALS
07MANAMA224	AMBASSADOR AND COR FIRST DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AL [...] (C) Recently-elected Council of Representatives (COR) First Deputy Chairman Ghanem Al Buainain told the Ambassador March 5 he is willing to cooperate with Shia representatives in the COR despite his suspicion of their community,s links to Tehran. Al Buainain listed areas his Al Asala (Salafi) [...]	2007-03-08 10:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA POL
07MANAMA257	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we warmly welcome your March 22-23 and 27-28 visits to Bahrain. The fifty-year U.S. Navy presence in Bahrain is the centerpiece of the U.S.-Bahrain bilateral relationship. Bahrain considers the Navy to be its defense against external threats, starting with Iran, and has [...]	2007-03-19 14:59:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA291	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 14:14:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07MANAMA34	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES GCC PLUS TWO, REGIONAL [...] (C) During their January 15 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador that Bahrain had no problem with a statement being issued at the January 16 GCC Plus Two meeting in Kuwait, but he thought the Saudis and Kuwaitis were concerned with aspects of the paragraph on Iraq. Bahr [...]	2007-01-15 14:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ IR REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA356	KING HAMAD DISCUSSES REGIONAL AFFAIRS WITH NAVCENT [...] (C) King Hamad told NAVCENT/FIFTH FLEET Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff April 11 that Bahrain was proud of the long-term U.S. naval presence and was happy to work with the United States in the Combined Maritime Force to defeat common enemies. The King expressed concern about threats from Iran [...]	2007-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR BA IR IZ REGION OFFICIALS
07MANAMA391	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS U/S DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary. Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Fareed Al-Muftah, a strong promoter of moderation in Islam, told the Ambassador he welcomes further cooperation with the USG on a variety of programs planned in the coming months. He outlined efforts he is undertaking to revise religious education i [...]	2007-04-26 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV BA HUMRIT
07MANAMA400	BAHRAIN PROMOTES GCC+2 AS VEHICLE FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador April 30 that there was a lingering feeling, mostly from Saudi Arabia, of mistrust of the Iraqi government. Although he did not know the exact reasons for Saudi Arabia refusing to host a visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, he [...]	2007-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BA IZ REGION
07MANAMA406	BAHRAIN: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (S) In response to Ref B request, post evaluates that Bahrain has no will or ability to contribute military resources to coalition operations in Iraq. Bahrain deployed troops and assets in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, but these were to defend Kuwait and Bahrain and were not se [...]	2007-05-02 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MOPS BA IZ REGION
07MANAMA412	ARAB NATIONALIST CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A three-day Arab nationalist conference in Bahrain was marked by the comments of an Iraqi cleric calling for closer coordination between the insurgency and Al Qaeda, and the showing of a supposed "documentary" on violence in Iraq that had a subtitle reading, "This is what happens to Sunnis [...]	2007-05-06 08:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA REGION
07MANAMA419	OIL MINISTER SAYS IRANIAN GAS TALKS ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs Dr. Abdul Hussein Ali Mirza confirmed to the Ambassador that the GOB is in talks to import gas from Iran but claimed that there was no expectation such a deal would materialize and that it is merely a tactic to increase Bahrain's leverage in gas negotiations [...]	2007-05-07 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ECON BA REGION ECTRD
07MANAMA446	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we warmly welcome your May 28 visit to Bahrain. Your visit will offer an excellent opportunity to follow up on the March visit to Washington of Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa, demonstrate our interest in and commitment to strengthening our cooper [...]	2007-05-17 09:58:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PTER ASEC BA OFFICIALS BILAT
07MANAMA468	AL WIFAQ BLOC RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AFTER A [...] (C) A vote on May 15 on the questioning of Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed Bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa on corruption allegations fell one vote short of the majority needed in the Council of Representatives (COR). For his part, Shaikh Ahmed said in a public statement May 9 t [...]	2007-05-23 13:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BA POL
07MANAMA485	BAHRAIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Bahrain Central Bank governor Rashid Al-Maraj, in a May 30 meeting with a visiting U.S.-Bahrain Business Council delegation, strongly reaffirmed Bahrain's commitment to maintain the Bahrain dinar peg to the dollar. While acknowledging that the weakness of the dollar can have a negative [...]	2007-05-30 09:55:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL BA ECTRD
07MANAMA650	BAHRAIN REACTS ANGRILY TO IRANIAN TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Summary. A statement by a Khamenei associate reasserting a claim that Bahrain is a province of Iran has generated a spate of angry denunciations in Bahrain. The statement said that Bahrain had been separated from Iran by an illegal agreement between the Shah and the US/UK governments. Th [...]	2007-07-12 13:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA IR REGION
07MANAMA692	DEMARCHE: CONCERN OVER BANKING ISSUES [...] (C) Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Banking Supervision Advisor to the Governor Richard Ellis told Econoff July 22 that Alhi United Bank (AUB) of Bahrain has applied for approval to "purchase an Iranian bank". He said the Iranian bank in question is wholly or largely state-owned, though he decl [...]	2007-07-23 13:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC ECON PARM IR BA REGION
07MANAMA696	GOB PLANS AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL EXPATS IN AUGUST [...] (C) The GOB has announced plans to offer a six-month amnesty for illegal expatriate workers beginning August 1. Illegal workers will reportedly be permitted to legitimize their status or return to their home country without being subject to overstay fines. It is still unclear whether the amn [...]	2007-07-23 14:02:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BA HUMRIT
07MANAMA747	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (S) The Ambassador July 31 cautioned Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Governor Miraj and Ahli United Bank (AUB) CEO El-Labban regarding the inherent risks associated with Iranian banking relationships. The Ambassador also noted that Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey intends to visit Bahrain i [...]	2007-08-02 13:32:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	KNNP PREL PARM MNUC ECON IR BA REGION
07MANAMA781	BAHRAIN: PRESSING FOR ADOPTION OF CONVENTION FOR [...] (U) Econoff August 1 delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that the GOB had signed the NTC, but had not yet ratified it. He expressed support for the NTC and said the GOB was working to ratify it soon. 2. (C) "Our biggest worry is B [...]	2007-08-13 15:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP MCAP KTIA IR BA REGION
07MANAMA922	BAHRAINI EFFORTS TO SECURE NEW NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Oil and Gas Minister Mirza told the Ambassador that gas talks with Iran are progressing. If an agreement were finalized next year, a pipeline could be built in 3-4 years. The Ambassador reminded Mirza of strong U.S. objections to any such deal; Mirza agreed that U.S. opposition would be a [...]	2007-10-04 15:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETTC ENRG PREL IR BA
07MANAMA93	SHIA COMMEMORATE ASHURA WITH LARGE, ORDERLY CROWDS [...] (C) An estimated 100-150,000 people crowded into downtown Manama the evening of January 29 to participate in or observe processions commemorating the Shia holiday of Ashura. By all accounts, events were peaceful and orderly. Sermons and speakers in the run-up to the holiday called for the un [...]	2007-02-01 16:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
07MANILA2343	PHILIPPINES: FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS REPORT [...] (U) MissionQs Foreign Labor Trends Report follows below. Per reftel guidance, the report is divided into four sections: I) Summary; II) Foreign Investment Potential; III) Directory of Labor Contacts; and IV) Key Sources. Points of contact on labor issues are Labor Attache Mario Fernandez ( [...]	2007-07-11 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM RP
07MANILA2586	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SRI LANKA FM [...] (C) Summary: The government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is committed to the political agenda of devolution, Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa told Deputy Secretary Negroponte in a July 31 meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN. The FM emphasized Sri [...]	2007-08-01 09:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS RP
07MANILA688	PHILIPPINES -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x2350, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2007-03-01 11:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB RP
07MASERU198	BUDGET SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS POVERTY REDUCTION ROLE OF DONOR [...] (SBU) Following is summary of the key points made by Lesotho's Finance Minister Tim Thahane in Parliament on March 30. A full analysis of his speech will be available septel. The main categories Thahane addressed were: -- achieving development goals of Lesotho's vision 20/20; -- job cre [...]	2007-03-30 11:56:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID LT
07MASERU231	LESOTHO: VISIT OF MCC MANAGING DIRECTOR DARIUS MANS AND MCC [...] (SBU) As the potential signing of a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact draws nearer, MCC Managing Director for Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, Dr. Darius Mans, visited Lesotho on March 15-16, 2007, for a series of meetings with GOL officials and other stakeholders. Prior to Dr. Mans [...]	2007-04-19 16:12:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON PGOV PREL LT
07MASERU510	LESOTHO AUGUST 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP: FOOD INFLATION AND [...] SUMMARY: -- Rising Food Prices Lead Rising Inflation -- Responses to Food Insecurity Crisis -- GOL Signs $10 Million Loan with Arab Development Bank -- AGOA Review: Trouble for Textiles? -- Charge Presents Equipment to Aid Labor Standards END SUMMARY. ------------------------- [...]	2007-09-04 08:34:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID ELAB AMGT LT
07MOSCOW1129	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON JOINT INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 26, a team led by A/S John Rood met with a team led by Oleg Rozhkov, MFA Deputy Director of the Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),to discuss the joint initiative to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation outlined in a January 10 letter from U/S Joseph [...]	2007-03-15 15:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PARM RS
07MOSCOW5425	MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...]	2007-11-16 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW5681	RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...]	2007-12-03 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS
07MOSCOW5703	KUDRIN'S PLEA UNSUCCESSFUL; STORCHAK STILL DETAINED [...] (C) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak remains incarcerated after a Moscow City Court denied a defense appeal to have his November 15 arrest overturned. Neither Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Kudrin's petition requesting Storchak's release from custody (Ref A) nor the defense team's plea [...]	2007-12-04 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON RS
07MUNICH196	CRISIS AT SIEMENS - JUST HOW BAD IS IT? [...] Manufacturing giant Siemens, a household name in Germany and in much of the world, has become embroiled in a recent string of scandals ranging from "outsourced" job losses to accusations of bribery of customers and unions that have tarnished the firm's reputation. Even before the March 27 ar [...]	2007-04-03 14:40:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM
07MUSCAT1141	DOW'S OMAN PROJECT IN DOUBT [...] (U) This message contains sensitive business information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On December 27, the Ambassador met with Oman Oil Company Chairman Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to discuss the status of the company's proposed joint venture with Dow Chemicals on the construction of a po [...]	2007-12-29 14:08:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV MU
07MUSCAT229	GCC MONETARY UNION WITHDRAWAL CRITICIZED [...] (C) The Omani government's decision to opt out of the proposed GCC currency union received sharp criticism from an Emirati economics professor during a public lecture sponsored by the Oman Economic Association. The well-attended forum provided a unique opportunity for a non-Omani national to [...]	2007-03-07 06:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV MU
07MUSCAT41	OMAN DOWNBEAT ON IRAQI PM MALIKI IN ADVANCE OF GCC [...] (C) Ambassador met on January 15 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in advance of the GCC plus 2 meeting in Kuwait to discuss the President's January 10 announcement on Iraqi policy (ref A),as well as the recent visit of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora to Mu [...]	2007-01-15 13:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ MU
07MUSCAT414	OMANIS TELL IRAQI PRIME MINISTER MALIKI "LEAD ALL [...] (C) Summary: Sultan Qaboos in his two-hour meeting with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki told the visitor that he should set aside parochial and personal interests to "govern all Iraqis." The PM reviewed current challenges facing his government, highlighting the challenges [...]	2007-04-29 11:20:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT43	MEDIA REACTION: NEW IRAQ STRATEGY, ARAB-ISRAELI CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" accuses America of giving "false promises" to Arabs when it needs their support, and also posits that the crises facing America and Israel in the Middle East are increasing as time goes by. Government-owned "Oman" thinks Democrats' objections to a troop inc [...]	2007-01-16 06:04:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07MUSCAT522	OMAN TO MAINTAIN DOLLAR PEG [...] (C) On May 27, Econoff confirmed with Central Bank of Oman Examination Manager Mansour al-Raisi that the Omani government remains committed to maintaining its dollar peg after Kuwait's recent decision to utilize a basket of currencies for valuation purposes. Raisi stated that the Central Bank [...]	2007-05-28 04:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT596	OMAN ISSUES CYCLONE RECOVERY DIRECTIVES, QUIETLY [...] (SBU) After being conspicuously absent from the public eye during and following the devastating impact of tropical cyclone Gonu on Oma (refs A-C),Sultan Qabos presided over a heavily-publicized meeting of the Council of Ministers on the evening of June 11 at his residence outside of Muscat. [...]	2007-06-12 12:18:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMER AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS
07MUSCAT651	SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts claim that the sponsorship system of recruiting and hiring low-skilled and domestic foreign workers contributes to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. The system establishes conditions conducive to exploitation by making many workers dependent on their sponsors for the [...]	2007-06-26 12:59:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU
07MUSCAT72	LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN OMAN [...] Summary: The recently signed U.S.)Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) presents numerous opportunities for the USG to build the capacity of unions, promote worker rights, encourage greater activity on the part of women, and support our democratization goals. Labor unions likely will be, for the fo [...]	2007-01-24 15:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
07MUSCAT727	OMAN STANDS FIRM ON DOLLAR [...] (U) Responding to Kuwait's recent decision to revalue the dinar against the dollar, Mohammed Nasser al-Jahadhmy, Executive Vice President at the Central Bank of Oman, stated to the media on July 26 that the government did not intend to revalue the Omani rial (RO),which is currently pegged to t [...]	2007-07-29 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL MU
07MUSCAT742	C-NE7-00774: OMAN FORGES AHEAD IN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) A total of 717 candidates, including 20 women, have been certified to run in national elections on October 27 for the Majlis al-Shura. The Omani government has worked aggressively to increase the number of registered voters, including by sending "awareness teams" to address employees at [...]	2007-08-01 05:00:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
07MUSCAT825	OMAN AIR TO BEGIN LONG-HAUL OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff discussed Oman Air's long-haul service plans with Alan Arch, the airline's commercial director. Arch confirmed that Oman Air would begin nonstop service from Muscat to London beginning on November 15, though airport selection would depend on obtaining commercially- [...]	2007-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP MU
07MUSCAT919	ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON MEETING WITH OMANI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi discussed both Iraq and Iran during a September 19 meeting with CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon. Bin Alawi noted the many challenges facing efforts to stabilize Iraq, including competing factions and militia groups, but [...]	2007-09-29 07:07:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ MU
07MUSCAT942	OMAN AIR TO ADD DREAMLINERS TO FLEET [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 06:43:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAIR ECON MU
07NAIROBI1221	KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]	2007-03-15 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI3992	Somalia - Tour d'horizon with Minister Hurreh [...] (C) Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Education Ismael Hurreh told the Ambassador October 3 that on or about October 12 the government of Prime Minister Gedi will be dissolved by Parliament. There is no leading candidate to replace Gedi. End Summary. ----------------------- [...]	2007-10-09 10:26:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07NAIROBI4202	KENYA'S BIG PUSH FOR ICT REFORM AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: With elections looming in December, Kenya's private sector and reform-minded government officials are racing to either complete or put in motion a series of intertwined reforms and infrastructure projects aimed at generating growth across the entire economy through greater compe [...]	2007-10-25 06:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN KE
07NAIROBI4645	KENYA SHILLING'S RISE AGAINST DOLLAR A TWO-EDGED SWORD [...] (SBU) The Kenya shilling has appreciated 12.3% against the U.S. dollar this year, from Ksh69.55 on January 1 to Ksh61 on November 27. Kenya is highly dependent on dollar-denominated horticultural, tea, and tourism export earnings. Frightened exporters are intensifying their pressure on the C [...]	2007-12-04 09:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV EAGR KE

07NDJAMENA506	ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-19 16:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NDJAMENA508	CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...]	2007-06-20 06:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD
07NEWDELHI188	INDIA KEEN TO BAN KUWAIT'S REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC [...] (C) India is likely to support strongly US efforts to designate domestically and under UNSCR 1267 Kuwait's Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) as a financier of international terrorism. Indian officials have previously expressed their fear of spillover of the group's activities in Bang [...]	2007-01-12 12:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KISL PAK IN
07NEWDELHI2360	DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...]	2007-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN
07NIAMEY123	ISLAM IN NIGER (3): FAITH FOLLOWS THE DOLLAR IN [...] (C) NOTE: This is the third in a series of cables (reftels A&B) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE During recent travel to Agadez, Poloff and AIDoff tried to square an interesting circle. Traditional authorities - the Sultan and Grand Mosque Imam - claimed that the Nig [...]	2007-02-12 10:00:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID SOCI KDEM NG
07NICOSIA45	CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 15:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
07NICOSIA986	CYPRUS: SESAME REGIONAL SCIENCE PROJECT -- STILL NOT QUITE [...] (U) Summary. On December 11 and 12, 2007, Cyprus hosted the Eleventh Meeting of the Council of the Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). Per Ref e-mail, Post ECON Officer and ECON Specialist attended the meeting to follow up on developments. [...]	2007-12-14 13:57:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL OSCI TNGD TPHY UNESCO CY
07NOUAKCHOTT1010	Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris [...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...]	2007-12-11 15:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR
07PARIS158	UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...]	2007-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR
07PARIS1592	FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...]	2007-04-19 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR
07PARIS1742	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...]	2007-05-02 16:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS232	FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2007-01-22 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
07PARIS328	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...]	2007-01-29 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
07PARIS4071	FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...]	2007-09-27 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR
07PRAGUE683	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary. This is the third in a series of three cables summarizing significant Czech contributions in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has provided substantial military support, development, and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. From the military perspective, the Cz [...]	2007-06-13 11:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS AF EZ
07RABAT417	MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]	2007-03-02 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL XF
07RIYADH1047	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties during Ambassador's courtesy call on May 16. The Prince stated that Saudi Arabia has no issues with nor is it a burden to the United States and discussed the important role tha [...]	2007-05-20 05:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CVIS SA
07RIYADH1519	AMBASSADOR FRAKER MEETS PRINCE ABDULAZIZ ON NOPEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 16 meeting with Ambassador Fraker, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud continued to underscore his concern with on-going lawsuits [...]	2007-07-18 09:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET VE SA
07RIYADH1624	CHEVRON UPDATE ON CONCESSION EXTENSION, KUWAIT [...] (C) In a July 31 meeting, Arabian Chevron Business Manager Mohammed Ayaz updated Embassy officers regarding on-going negotiations between Chevron and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MinPet) for the renewal of the firm's concession in the partitioned neutral zone (PNZ) share [...]	2007-08-01 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON SA
07RIYADH1889	GCC "100 PERCENT" BEHIND PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers met on September 1, 2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for their 104th session, which was led by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani. The resulting communiqu renounced terrorism, reiterated the GCC's position t [...]	2007-09-10 14:30:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECIN PTER IZ IS SA
07RIYADH212	SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND VISIT TO SAUDI [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter and the entire US Mission in Saudi Arabia warmly welcome you back to Riyadh. As you have witnessed during the course of your many visits to the Kingdom, our bilateral relationship is developing into robust, multi-faceted cooperation. One indication of this was King [...]	2007-02-01 12:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EFIN CVIS KTFN PTER GCC SA
07RIYADH296	CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BACKS THE KING IN FAMILY [...] (S) Summary: The Al Saud are a political party as well as a family. As with any political party, there are always internal rivalries and policy disputes. Ruling family disputes currently center on the role of seniority in succession, policy towards Israel, and cuts in royal compensation. [...]	2007-02-12 12:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV SA
07RIYADH364	SAUDI ARABIA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Chapter Headings: -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Rights -- Transparency of R [...]	2007-02-24 08:49:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EPET PGOV SA
07RIYADH507	SAUDI MFA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON ARABSAT [...] (C) Saudi MFA Director of Information Osama Ahmed Nugly told PolOff on March 10 that while the Saudis are concerned about the possible transmission via Arabsat of Al-Zawraa television, the SAG cannot unilaterally take steps to block the transmission of any licensed provider's broadcasts. Nugly [...]	2007-03-13 16:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PTER ETTC ASEC IZ SA
07RIYADH525	SAUDI PLANS FOR UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM EXPANSION [...] (U) This cable reviews Saudi plans for upstream and downstream expansion, discussed during the February US-Saudi Energy Working Group meeting in Riyadh. The Saudi presenters confirmed Saudi Aramco's plans to reach 12 million barrels per day (mbpd) production capacity by 2010-2011, including [...]	2007-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG SENV SA
07RIYADH636	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: OPENING SESSION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah used his speech to the opening session of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 28 to criticize publicly U.S. policy in Iraq by referring to the "illegal foreign occupation" of that country, albeit without naming the U.S. or the Coalition Forces. The King issu [...]	2007-03-29 10:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH638	19TH ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: CLOSING SESSION [...] (C) The closing session of the 19th Arab League Summit in Riyadh on March 29 issued the "Riyadh Declaration," which calls for the implementation of the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, demands the removal of weapons of mass destruction from the region, and supports the development of nuclear progra [...]	2007-03-30 11:10:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL KWMN SA
07RIYADH651	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON RIYADH PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Ambassador made a farewell call on Riyadh Provincial Governor HRH Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz on March 25. The Prince emphasized personal ties to the U.S, as well as the strong bilateral relationship in the context of the SAG's reform agenda and efforts to resolve the Palestinian conflic [...]	2007-04-01 08:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL SA
07ROME149	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART II [...] This is part two of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. (See ref A for part one.) BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS ------------------------------- 2. As of December 2006, Italy has bilateral investment agreements with the following countries: Albania Algeria Angola (s [...]	2007-01-23 16:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
07ROME2362	ITALY-MIDDLE EAST: DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN, [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray exchanged views on Iran and discussed the Annapolis conference with PM Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East Marco Carnelos on November 15 in Rome. Gray emphasized the unwavering U.S. commitment to prevent a nuclear Iran. Carnelos said Italy was committed to encouragi [...]	2007-11-21 16:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XF IR ZR XI IT
07SANAA1220	MEPI: PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS [...] SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding, combined with our diplomatic clout, has enabled the USG to shape Yemen's national reform efforts of the past 18 months. MEPI's flexibility, responsiveness to post needs, and support for Embassy goals have brought positive change to [...]	2007-07-03 12:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PREL PGOV YM
07SARAJEVO2142	BOSNIAN DEFENSE LEADERSHIP TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL [...] (S) DASD Debra Cagan visited Sarajevo September 28 to encourage the senior Bosnian defense leadership to augment their military deployments in support of coalition operations Iraq. DASD Cagan urged Minister of Defense Selmo Cikotic and Chief of the Joint Staff LTG Sifet Podzic to deploy an in [...]	2007-10-04 16:23:00	Embassy Sarajevo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO292	BOSNIA: USG MESSAGE ON KOSOVO DELIVERED TO KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with all three members of the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and the DCM with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs February 5 and 6 to discuss the Ahtisaari Kosovo plan. All of the Embassy's interlocutors expressed cautious support for the proposal, and none said they were [...]	2007-02-08 14:39:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK YI
07SARAJEVO950	BOSNIA: ASSISTANCE FOR PRESIDENCY VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The three-member Bosnian Presidency accompanied by Defense Minister will travel to Iraq on May 15 to visit Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Camp Echo. The delegation also seeks bilateral meetings in Baghdad. [...]	2007-05-03 15:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SARAJEVO955	BOSNIA: ASSISTANCE FOR PRESIDENCY VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The three-member Bosnian Presidency accompanied by Defense Minister will travel to Iraq on May 15 to visit Bosnia's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit at Camp Echo. The delegation also seeks bilateral meetings in Baghdad. [...]	2007-05-04 05:29:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BK IZ
07SEOUL1052	FM SONG ON FTA, 6PT, U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE, AND IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told the Ambassador that the ROKG and USG should stay coordinated on the KORUS FTA to avoid any perception that different interpretations existed on what was negotiated. Some in the ROK were concerned that the U.S. Congress might push f [...]	2007-04-10 10:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KS KN IZ
07SEOUL1108	DPRK DEFECTOR PERSONIFIES MATERIALISTIC MOTIVES FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 29, Lim Il, a North Korean defector, spoke at the monthly meeting of the AhRin Forum in Seoul to an audience of academics and foreign diplomats posted to the ROK and the DPRK. Lim described his journey from North Korea to the South, where he received asylum in 1998, via [...]	2007-04-17 01:41:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KS KN
07SINGAPORE2016	SINGAPORE - 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Per r [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KIPR ECPS SN
07SINGAPORE2257	UBS BAILOUT: GIC TRIES ITS HAND AT TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The $11.2 billion investment in Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) by Singapore's Government Investment Corporation (GIC) generated cries (reftel) of "Black Monday" in Switzerland, but in Singapore the investment is widely seen as positive not only for the financial sector but al [...]	2007-12-28 07:45:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ECIN ETRD SN
07SINGAPORE587	SM GOH'S VISIT TO IRAN AND SINGAPORE'S COOL [...] (C) Summary: Singapore's relations with Iran remain cool, despite Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to Iran this month and the city-state's broader effort over the last three years to expand its links with the Middle East. In 2004, Singapore had Iran in its sights as a potential economic [...]	2007-03-23 10:12:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON PGOV EPET SN IR
07SKOPJE695	MACEDONIA: A/S O'BRIEN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM [...] (SBU) During his June 11-12 visit, A/S Patrick O'Brien encouraged Macedonian government officials to continue strengthening the country's counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering law, as well as those institutions responsible for implementation of the law. O'Brien applauded the [...]	2007-08-22 08:27:00	Embassy Skopje	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN PREL MK
07SOFIA181	BULGARIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Bulgaria - 2007 Investment Climate Statement ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bulgaria has a liberal foreign investment regime; a top government priority is to attract foreign investment, especially American. The government foc [...]	2007-02-13 09:44:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
07STATE1166	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4 for action. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: The Treasury Department on January 4, 2007, designated three additional Syrian entities pursuant to Executive Order 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters" [...]	2007-01-05 14:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC
07STATE157244	FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4 BACKGROUND 2. The UN has been engaged in finding a long-term compound for the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) since 2004, when UNAMI restarted operations in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the he [...]	2007-11-16 15:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ UNGA UNSC
07STATE166776	GUIDANCE FOR 13 DECEMBER 2007 SECURITY COUNCIL [...] PURPOSE. This is an action request. The Department asks USUN to draw upon the following three themes for the United Nations (UN) Security Council consultations on the UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on 13 December 2007: A) Welcome the progress between the UN and Government of Sudan (GOS [...]	2007-12-13 19:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UN SU
07STATE167347	EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE IAMB FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) Objective: To explain the role of the IAMB and ensure that the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development is aware that the renewal of the Development Fund for Iraq (under a new UNSCR) will also require renewal of the IAMB. UNSC cap [...]	2007-12-14 23:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AA
07STATE170688	MEETINGS WITH IRAQ ELECTRICITY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Iraq Minister of Electricity, Dr. Karim W. Hasan, held separate meetings with USAID and Department of State. At USAID he set out priorities for assistance and asked that these be defined in a USG-GOI bilateral agreement. At State he emphasized his desire [...]	2007-12-28 16:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ PREL
07STATE2945	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...]	2007-01-10 01:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE62354	IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - APRIL 30, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on April 30. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the challenges faced by Iraq in advance of the launch of the International Compact with [...]	2007-05-08 20:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR IZ MOPS PREL EAID SY
07STATE75561	SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...]	2007-06-01 15:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO
07SURABAYA34	SURABAYA: USG TRAINING FOR POLICE, COURTS, AND NGOS RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Surabaya police arrested two suspects for attempting to traffic seven women from Indonesia to Malaysia. The victims were handed over to an International Organization of Migration (IOM)-sponsored NDO KPPD Samitra Abhaya and returned to their villages. The Surabay [...]	2007-09-11 04:45:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV ELAB KWMN SMIG ASEC ID
07SURABAYA73	EAST JAVA: INAUGURATION OF HESS PROJECT CANCELLED BY [...] (SBU) On November 15, beginning at approximately 1100, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hess Onshore Processing Facility in Gresik, north of Surabaya, demanding Hess (the facility's operator) discontinue operations. The protestors, residents of three villages surrounding t [...]	2007-11-16 06:31:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EPET ID
07SUVA435	TONGA PLAYS "IRAQ" CARD RE VISA ISSUE: ACTION [...] (C) The Tonga Government has reiterated, by dipnote, its intense desire for the USG to find a way to provide visa services in Tonga, rather than in Suva. The dipnote says, absent progress on the visa issue, "the Tonga Government will not be disposed to assisting the United States in the milit [...]	2007-09-05 18:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV MARR TN
07SUVA512	IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS - TONGA [...] (C) Responding to reftel queries, Embassy Suva's view is that, under current circumstances in Tonga, by far the easiest mechanism to retain the Tonga Defense Service (TDS) as part of MNFI is through reftel scenario four - Tonga commits forces under U.S. command. This is essentially the mea [...]	2007-10-31 18:45:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL CVIS IZ TN
07TAIPEI965	Taipei Economic Brief for April 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected April 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Domestic Demand to Spur Economic Growth --Trade Surplus Doubles --Illegal Cross-Strait Remittance Operations Closed --ProMOS to Use 0.18-Micron Technology in China --Personal Bankruptcy Law Concerns Bankers --Medical T [...]	2007-05-01 05:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TASHKENT1607	UZBEKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY MAP OF THE WORLD [...] (C) Summary: In an Independence Day speech to the Tashkent Diplomatic Corps August 28, FM Norov outlined Uzbekistan's foreign policy, rank-ordering relations with five tiers of countries and international organizations. Not surprisingly, he extolled relations with Russia and Russian-supporte [...]	2007-09-13 10:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT2179	NO SURPRISES IN MEDIA COVERAGE OF UZBEK ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press coverage of the December 23 Uzbek presidential election was flatteringly positive and utterly ignored critical statements, such as that of the OSCE election monitoring mission. Russian reporting was mixed, while most Western reporting was more critical. Among fore [...]	2007-12-27 13:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM UZ
07TBILISI379	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SHARES HIS VIEWS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel SIPDIS Sullivan, Georgian President Saakashvili gave the Assistant Secretary a tour d'horizon of Caucasus and Caspian region SIPDIS politics. He spoke positively of Karim Mas [...]	2007-02-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON GG
07TBILISI384	Georgia Update February 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 10-23. The 81 Richest Georgians? ------------------------- 2. The newspaper Georgian Times stirred up considerable public interest with its February 15 list of Geor [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TELAVIV1086	CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (C) SUMMARY. REPRESENTATIVE GARY ACKERMAN (D, NEW YORK),CHAIRMAN OF MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, CALLED ON PRIME MINISTER EHUD OLMERT APRIL 11. THEY DISCUSSED OLMERT'S APPROACH TO HIS UPCOMING MEETING WI [...]	2007-04-13 10:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV2081	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2635	U/S BURNS' AUGUST 15 MEETING WITH ISRAELI DEPUTY [...] (S) In an August 15 meeting, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz and Under Secretary Burns discussed the Memorandum of Understanding on security assistance to Israel that would be signed the following day, U.S. efforts to ensure that security assistance to Arab partners would not jeopard [...]	2007-08-30 07:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MARR KNNP UNSC SY LE IS
07TELAVIV267	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel: Governance 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major electronic media cited the State of the Union Address that President Bush delivered on Tuesday. The media reported that the President dedicated roughly half of his speech [...]	2007-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2880	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3268	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Columnist Amos Gilboa, former head of Research Division at IDF Intelligence, wrote in the popular, pluralist Maariv: "The Annapolis conference should be a test, a litmus paper, for the Palestinians and the Arab states: Are they willing to support [...]	2007-11-13 12:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3286	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV378	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Over the weekend all media reported that the Quartet decided on Friday to maintain the boycott of the Hamas government until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel and [...]	2007-02-05 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV471	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV918	ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS: EU ENVOY ON PEACE TALKS, NUG [...] (C) Summary: During a March 22 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Deputy Legal Adviser Schwartz, and the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte said he believes Israelis are uneasy with political horizon discussions, nervous about U.S. intentions, and uncer [...]	2007-03-26 07:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG PTER EFIN IS
07THEHAGUE1002	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Kimmo Laukenen (Finland) launched his facilitation with an extremely informative May 22 session, focusing on implementation developments since February 2007 and upcoming Technical Secretariat outreach activities. The facilitator noted that his goal would be to create a structu [...]	2007-05-29 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1998	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) The Twelfth Conference of States Parties (CSP -12) approved a series of decisions to intensify action on Article VII implementation, to continue consultations on specific measures to implement Article XI, and to continue work on the action plan on universality. The Iranian price for allo [...]	2007-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LY PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE313	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (SBU) On February 12, the P-5 Ambassadors met to discuss universality efforts. Following welcoming remarks by Amb. Javits, DG Pfirter provided an update on universality efforts. On the three Caribbean non-SPs, the DG said he had specifically mentioned the Bahamas, Barbados and the Dominican [...]	2007-02-20 14:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE404	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) On February 27, del rep met with Canadian delegation (Ian Mundell) regarding their Article VII outreach plans. Mundell said that Canada's efforts in the past have been reactive. Their biggest effort to date was to provide logistical support (i.e., security, transportation, meeting space) [...]	2007-03-06 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE448	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) presided over his final Article VII consultations. Delegations congratulated him for his work over the past year. Amb. Onate (Legal Adviser) then gave a brief summary of the Progress Report (EC-48/DG.10 27 Feb. 2007) noting that the cut-off for new i [...]	2007-03-14 11:09:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE54	TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 10:32:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN NL
07THEHAGUE867	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE [...] (U) The Technical Secretariat held a regional workshop of the National Authorities of the GCC States on the practical implementation of the CWC April 29-May 2 in Kuwait City. All GCC States were scheduled to attend. Four of these States - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE - are of high prio [...]	2007-05-08 08:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07TIRANA1054	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, DECEMBER 7 - 14, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-14 13:49:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SCUL AL
07TOKYO1158	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-16 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1268	JAPAN HOPES TO "UPGRADE" RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan wishes to upgrade its relations with Iraq from one of a donor nation to a "long-term and strategic partnership," according to MOFA sources. To achieve this end, Japan will be hosting three high-level bilateral exchanges in the next few weeks. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al [...]	2007-03-22 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EAID IZ JA
07TOKYO1360	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1363	GENERAL PACE MEETS WITH MOD LEADERS: TALK ALLIANCE [...] Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace reaffirmed the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance during March 21 meetings with Defense Minister Kyuma and Administrative Vice Minister Moriya. Noting Gen. Pace's upcoming visit to the PRC, Kyuma and Moriya expressed differing outl [...]	2007-03-28 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL
07TOKYO1431	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1474	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) You take your command as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government is focused on expanding Japan's ties, including security relations, with new partners like Australia and India. It [...]	2007-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JN
07TOKYO1545	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/10/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1592	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-11 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1657	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1689	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 02:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1708	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1760	PREVIEW OF PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO THE MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately following his summit with President Bush, Japanese PM Abe will visit Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, and Egypt between April 28 and May 2. A major goal of the trip will be to enhance economic relations and to raise Japan's profile in the region. Abe w [...]	2007-04-20 07:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KU QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO1764	SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...]	2007-04-20 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH JA
07TOKYO1843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 01:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1895	MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Diet April 24 began debating government proposed legislation to extend the deployment to Iraq of Japanese Air Self Defense Forces (ASDF) for an additional two years beginning at the end of July. Although the law is expected to be passed, the issue of Japanese forces [...]	2007-04-27 02:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER IZ JA
07TOKYO1951	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 22:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1957	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 00:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1976	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2168	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/15/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 01:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2177	The Japan Economic Scope - May 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from May 11, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren DG on Mideast Trip, FTAs and Upper House Elections 4. Advisory Committee's Recommends Joint Studies for a U.S. -- Japan FTA 5. Tokyo Uneasy on New WTO Paper on Agriculture 6. [...]	2007-05-15 04:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2190	JAPANESE PLEASED WITH PRIME MINISTER ABE'S TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Abe's April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a "great success" which enabled Tokyo to advance its "Japan and the Middle East: Entering a New Level" policy goal, according to MOFA contacts. National Security Advisor Koike told Charge d'Affaires that Abe enjoyed the trip, [...]	2007-05-15 09:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA

07TOKYO2269	ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]	2007-05-21 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2395	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2741	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO; MOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu-Amr enjoyed a "positive, fruitful" visit to Tokyo June 11-13, according to MOFA contacts. FM Aso discussed the possibility of resuming direct assistance to the Palestinians through the Office of President Abbas, although a final decision had [...]	2007-06-18 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JA
07TOKYO2799	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3587	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]	2007-08-06 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO3716	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/13/07-2 [...] Officials from the Defense Ministry and the Foreign Ministry explained the current state of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's refueling operations based on the said law. But many DPJ members voiced dissatisfaction calling the ministries to disclose more detailed information. House of Councillor [...]	2007-08-13 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3812	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/07 [...]Ozawa has expressed his opposition to the extension of the law, but Maehara, who is regarded as an active leader of the anti-Ozawa force, has advocated that the law should be extended. There was a rumor in the largest opposition party that Maehara might break away from Ozawa since the two ha [...]	2007-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3929	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3987	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-28 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO401	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4011	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4887	DPJ'S HATOYAMA EXPLAINS DPJ VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Yukio Hatoyama gave his views on the July Upper House election, DPJ preparations for the next general election, the DPJ's handling of the current Diet session, and the new anti-terrorism legislation to an audience of journalists, businessme [...]	2007-10-19 05:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO5060	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR MEETS IRAQI PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Ambassador to Baghdad Monji met October 25 in Baghdad with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to reiterate Japan's support for Iraq and to urge further steps to promote national reconciliation. MOFA sources state the purpose of the meeting was to garner publicity and to remin [...]	2007-10-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO5099	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5350	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-28 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5376	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5377	JAPAN'S REACTION TO U.S.-IRAQI DECLARATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's main concern about the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America is reference to the fact that it is anticipated the next rollover of the UN Security Council resolution [...]	2007-11-29 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNSC IZ JA
07TOKYO5410	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/03/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 01:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO55	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/09/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5649	JAPAN: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Japan continued to increase efforts to prevent terrorism and there were no terrorist attacks in Japan in 2007. Domestically, Japan bolstered its defenses against terrorism by improving crisis management and first responder capabilities and took steps to strengthen border security. By December [...]	2007-12-21 06:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
07TORONTO479	Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Toronto-based IHYA Foundation is organizing a knowledge retreat for Muslim students, a large convention at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, and a concert from December 23-31. Organizers expect 15,000 people to attend the convention - about 2,000 of whom will likely come [...]	2007-12-18 18:49:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KISL KPAO PREL CA
07TUNIS1469	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 12:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS516	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...]	2007-04-24 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS
07ULAANBAATAR207	THANKS FOR ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ VISIT OF MONGOLIAN [...] I want to express my personal thanks to the U.S. military and State Department personnel who assisted in the March 27-28 visit to Iraq of Mongolian Defense Minister Sonompil to meet with Mongolian troops and make a personal assessment of the conditions in Iraq. I met with the Minister on Apri [...]	2007-04-06 08:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR234	MP Reviews Muslim Issues with Charge [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 18 meeting with Charge, MP Sairaan Kader invited the Embassy to participate in a meeting of the Mongolian Muslim Society in Ulaanbaatar next month. Sairaan, a supporter of moderate, secular Islam elected from a largely Kazakh Muslim region in Mongolia's far west [...]	2007-04-19 08:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM SCUL KPAO MG SA
07ULAANBAATAR382	Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq [...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]	2007-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR437	US DELEGATION THANKS MONGOLIA FOR ITS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 22-24 visit to Mongolia, NEA DAS Ambassador Lawrence Butler and Peter McVety, Office of the Secretary of Defense,s Director of Coalition Affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan, met July 23 with senior government officials including the President, Foreign Minister, Chief [...]	2007-07-27 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID MG IQ
07ULAANBAATAR454	ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...]	2007-08-07 00:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU
07ULAANBAATAR489	Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]	2007-08-28 05:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR658	BAYAR VOTED IN AS MONGOLIAN MP, TAKES AIM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Mongolia's Parliament elected S.Bayar as Prime Minister on November 22, with 67 of 69 MPs present voting in support. Bayar, an English-speaking former diplomat who leads the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),accepted the Seal of Government and sai [...]	2007-11-23 09:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR665	MONGOLIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 29 that Mongolia will likely absent itself from votes on two upcoming anti-Israel UNGA resolutions and abstain on a third. G.Batjargal, Counselor of the MFA's Multilateral Cooperation [...]	2007-11-29 08:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL KBCT KMPI PHUM IS MG
07USNATO146	ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-06 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA
07USUNNEWYORK1094	KUWAITI COMPLAINS RE DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAM, [...] On November 27, 2007, USUN received a diplomatic note from the Kuwait Mission to the UN (text in paragraph 2 below) objecting to the New York City Parking Program for Diplomatic Vehicles because its application does not correspond to Kuwait's treatment of American Embassy vehicles in Kuwait. T [...]	2007-11-30 13:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP UN KU
07USUNNEWYORK1102	UNGA/G-5: SYG BAN INTRODUCES 2008-2009 UN BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon introduced the proposed program budget for the biennium 2008-2009 before the Committee on Administration and Budget on October 25. SYG Ban stated the proposed budget of $4.2 billion represents real growth of $23 million, or 0.5%, over the previous [...]	2007-11-30 19:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1154	UN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GOS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SYG Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Won Soo and DPKO Darfur Planning Director Mike Gaoutte told AMB Wolcott on December 10 that the UN and the Government of the Sudan (GOS) made progress on resolving outstanding UNAMID deployment issues during a December 8 meeting in Lisbon. According t [...]	2007-12-11 22:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1166	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...]	2007-12-13 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1185	LEBANON: TRIBUNAL COSTS RISING WHILE FUNDS STILL [...] (C) Summary. UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel convened a meeting of major donors to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (U.S., UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Lebanon) on December 18. Although Michel pressed for the Management Committee to be set up immediately, donors could not adopt [...]	2007-12-19 20:22:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK1187	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MNF-I, DFI AND IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the mandate for 2008 of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) and the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S., UK and [...]	2007-12-19 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1224	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS OCEANS AND FISHERIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted without a vote the draft resolution on Sustainable Fisheries (A/62/L.24) on December 18 and the draft resolution on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (A/62/L.27) with a vote (146-2-3) on December 22. The majority of delegations emphasized the significance [...]	2007-12-28 20:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHSA PREL PREF PREM
07USUNNEWYORK129	EVALUATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS/INCITERS [...] (S/NF) UNSC 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee members treated as normal the November 30 joint request by the United States and the United Kingdom to sanction five terrorist facilitators and inciters (TF and I). The Statements of Case demonstrated that these individuals were "associa [...]	2007-02-13 19:18:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KU QA SW NO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK133	UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT [...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...]	2007-02-15 18:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK550	UN AND U.S. AGREE TO SEEK TO EXPAND UNAMI MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, S/I Ambassador David Satterfield led a discussion with the UN on Iraq (including the UN's role in Iraq) as part of an ongoing high-level dialogue. Both the U.S. and the UN agreed that the UN's mandate in Iraq should be updated and expanded, wherever possible. The UN e [...]	2007-07-03 21:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK786	UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]	2007-09-22 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK851	UNGA HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS AND [...] (U) Summary: Speakers at a UN General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace, Oct. 4-8, stressed the value of dialogue and education in overcoming misunderstanding and the importance of respecting basic freedoms, particularly fr [...]	2007-10-11 13:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF AORC UNGA XF XC XD NU CU
07USUNNEWYORK880	UNGA/C6: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Seventy-four delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during the debate on counterterrorism on October 10 - 11. As in previous years, delegations strongly condemned acts of terrorism, called for measures to promote tolerance and eliminate the root causes of terrorism and rejected at [...]	2007-10-17 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK896	U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19 [...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...]	2007-10-20 01:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI
07USUNNEWYORK899	UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...]	2007-10-22 21:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK944	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On October 24, Professor John Dugard, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, briefed the Third Committee of the General Assembly on his latest report, UN document A/62/275 of 17 August 2007. Israel called the report one-s [...]	2007-11-01 13:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA KPAL IS
07USUNNEWYORK953	UNGA/C-6: RULE OF LAW DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: Fifty delegations addressed the Sixth Committee during its October 25 - 26 debate on the rule of law at the national and international levels. Many delegations underscored the importance of rule of law activities and their contribution to human rights and international peace and secu [...]	2007-11-02 18:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK978	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: UN PLANS TO APPOINT [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with USUN Legal Adviser and Poloff on November 7, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) attorney Mark Quarterman and Department of Political Affairs (DPA) officer Alma Saliu reported that the SYG plans to appoint the next UNIIIC chief and prosecutor-elect during the w [...]	2007-11-08 22:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK99	CTC DEFERS DISCUSSION ON BORDER CONTROL MEETING IN [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Under the new chairmanship of Ambassador Arias of Panama, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) held its 179th meeting February 1, discussing several topics: 1) the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate's (CTED) preliminary conclusions on its 2006 visits to [...]	2007-02-05 17:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC
07VATICAN69	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR PRESSES HOLY SEE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador pressed Holy See deputy FM Parolin on bolstering Lebanon, and Patriarch Sfeir, during an April 3 meeting. Parolin indicated that the Holy See remained unconvinced that an envoy could be effective at this time. He drew ambassador's attention to recent strong statements [...]	2007-04-04 08:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VIENNA2015	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 30, 2007 [...] In an interview with independent daily "Salzburger Nachrichten," Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer criticizes his coalition colleague Erwin Buchinger's latest political proposals. Buchinger's demand for a four-percent pay rise for employees was an intervention into the affairs of the social part [...]	2007-07-30 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA269	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR [...] Following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, [...]	2007-02-06 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC
07VIENNA2826	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 19, 2007 [...] Speaking on Austrian television on Sunday, Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer from the People's Party (OeVP) defended the SPOe-OeVP coalition government's decision to raise pension by up to 2.9 percent next year. He acknowledged concerns voiced by experts, but supported the i [...]	2007-11-20 09:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA29	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: January 05, 2007 [...] SPOe boss Alfred Gusenbauer is taking a tough stance towards his party's potential future coalition partner OeVP: Speaking on Thursday, he stressed the Conservatives would have to "budge" on the Eurofighter purchase and university tuition fees, and "think of something other than simply saying n [...]	2007-01-08 07:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2907	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: December 06, 2007 [...] Education Minister Claudia Schmied of the Social Democrats (SPOe) said one of the keys to raising standards in education is to improve teacher training and review the selection process for those wishing to enter the profession. She was speaking on Austrian television after the publication of th [...]	2007-12-06 16:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA714	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 21, 2007 [...] The SPOe-OeVP coalition will make an effort to settle its ongoing dispute regarding implementation of Kyoto goals at today's Council of Ministers. There has been disagreement on a number of aspects of Austria's planned new climate strategy, including on the SPOe's proposals of holding a climate [...]	2007-03-21 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA774	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Peter Launsky, the Austrian MFA's point person in the case of Bert Nussbaumer, the Austrian hostage in Iraq. Charge stressed that we -- and many coalition countries -- were very upset about the resolution of the Italian hostage case. We see the deal w [...]	2007-03-26 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREF PTER AF IT AU
07WELLINGTON51	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST VETTING OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Post country team has discussed the likely domestic NZ response to a potential U.S. and UNSCR designation of the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS). We believe there would be little if any reaction to a designation. 2. (S/NF) Post is not a [...]	2007-01-12 04:52:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN
07ZAGREB46	CROATIA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed respectable economic growth over the last few years, accompanied by low inflation, a stable exchange rate and growth in the tourism sector. At the same time, the government has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the bureaucracy in an effort to [...]	2007-01-17 15:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
08ABUDHABI119	NATO SECGEN WELL RECEIVED IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 24, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gave a lecture on the goals of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI),met senior UAEG officials to discuss potential areas or cooperation, and gave an upbeat briefing to NATO Ambassadors [...]	2008-01-29 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR AE
08ABUDHABI122	NATO SECGEN WELL RECEIVED IN ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 24, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gave a lecture on the goals of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI),met senior UAEG officials to discuss potential areas or cooperation, and gave an upbeat briefing to NATO Ambassadors [...]	2008-01-29 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR AE
08ABUDHABI1222	CIVIL SOCIETY AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS MEET AT FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SOM IN ABU DHABI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 14:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1237	DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1247	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE FIFTH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN ABU DHABI OCTOBER 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI XF AE
08ABUDHABI1444	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: PETROPIPE INTERNATIONAL [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at Petropipe International Ltd for license application no. D409103: Class 1500 stainless steel threaded monel stem ball valve which is controlled under ECCN 2B350 for Chemical, Biological Warfare, and Anti-Terrorism reasons. The U.S. licens [...]	2008-12-23 04:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08ABUDHABI187	UAE MFA ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) On February 10, Charge queried UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali about the apparent UAE commitment of $5 million to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (ref A). Al-Sha'ali said he thought the commitment was firm, but wanted to know the precise mechanism [...]	2008-02-11 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE AE
08ABUDHABI460	CNO VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your April 16-18 visit to the UAE, arguably the most important facilitator of naval operations among the Gulf countries. We are seeking meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Moh [...]	2008-04-10 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR IZ AF AE
08ABUDHABI528	A/S WELCH WITH UAE FOREIGNMINISTER ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: Ina private lunch conversation on April 20 in Abu Dabi, Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch covered a broad range of issues with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ). Notes follow on Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, nuclear power, IAEA, Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Algeria [...]	2008-04-28 14:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS EAID KNNP LE IZ IR AG YM AE
08ABUDHABI549	DUBAI'S ARAB MEDIA FORUM: HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND LOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dubai Press Club organized the Arab Media Forum April 23 and 24, 2008, focusing on the theme "Bridging Arab Media Through Technology". Well-attended workshops covered the spectrum of technological change in regional media. UAE government officials declared the Forum a succ [...]	2008-05-05 05:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMDR SCUL PGOV KPAO AE
08ABUDHABI593	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS UAE FOREIGN MINISTER AND STATE SECURITY [...] (S) Special Advisor on Iraq David Satterfield held very productive meetings with UAE officials in Abu Dhabi May 7, an afternoon session with Director of Research and Analysis at State Security Directorate (SSD) Brigadier General Hamad al-Shamsi and an evening discussion with Foreign Minister A [...]	2008-05-14 07:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI668	SYRIAN PRESIDENT VISITS UAE [...] (C) On his fourth official visit to Abu Dhabi as Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad met UAE President Khalifa June 1 for yet another "brotherly" discussion reportedly focused on closing Arab ranks on regional issues and seeking expanded investments in Syria. The visit follows within days of UAE [...]	2008-06-03 03:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY AE
08ABUDHABI697	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: AMERICA AND IRAN [...] SUMMARY: Local media perceives an increase in volume and stridency toward Iran by both Israel and the U.S., though alleged causes vary: "Al-Ittihad" accuses PM Ehud Olmert of rattling sabers to divert attention from corruption charges; "Gulf News" suggests that Israel wants to push a confrontat [...]	2008-06-12 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI745	UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On the margins of the Friends of Iraq Conference held in Abu Dhabi, Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus discussed potential UAE contributions to Iraq with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) June 19, and used a subsequent lunch conversation with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince M [...]	2008-06-25 04:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI975	ABU DHABI MEGA PROJECTS: POWERS BEHIND THE DREAM [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE and one of the richest cities in the world, is taking bold steps to change its landscape (reftels A, B, C). With approximately 1,460,000 residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (the majority in the city of Abu Dhabi itself),one-tenth of the planet's oil, [...]	2008-08-28 10:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EIND SENV PGOV AE US
08ACCRA1420	GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated stra [...]	2008-11-03 16:40:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ACCRA1421	GHANA ELECTIONS: A GATHERING STORM? (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's political campaign has become increasingly strident, with the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party accusing the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of unbridled corruption, involvement in narcotics trafficking, and the development of a sophisticated strat [...]	2008-11-03 17:05:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ADDISABABA105	ETHIOPIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested in Reftel, post is pleased to submit the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Ethiopia. Begin Text: 2. Openness to Foreign Investment 2006/2007 HIGHLIGHTS -- In a bid to curb increasing food prices the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) levied a 10 percent surtax on selected import [...]	2008-01-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KTDB USTR OPIC ET
08ADDISABABA1267	ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES DETAILS AMBITIOUS EXPANSION PLANS [...] SUMMARY: In recent meetings, the management of Ethiopian Airlines detailed expansion plans both to their core business and into associated areas. The airline's plans mesh well with the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) poverty reduction efforts, but overexpansion or poor investments could risk Et [...]	2008-05-12 08:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAIR ECON ET
08ADDISABABA3469	TFG PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL ON SOMALIA'S FUTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) presidential hopeful and former Ambassador Dr. Yusuf Omar Al-Azhari told the Ambassador on December 26 that the Ethiopian government was supportive of his candidacy to replace former TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf, however, he did [...]	2008-12-30 14:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
08ADDISABABA614	ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...]	2008-03-04 10:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL
08AITTAIPEI261	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three individuals --Hamid Al-Ali --Jaber Al-Jalamah, and --Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali designated on January 16, 200 [...]	2008-02-25 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08AITTAIPEI301	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipt from or payment to the following three individuals designated on January 16, 2008 by UN 1267 Sanctions Committee in LIST 83: Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak [...]	2008-03-05 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08ALGIERS1003	RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...]	2008-09-16 16:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG
08ALGIERS251	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 13:21:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS261	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS384	SCARRED BY SCANDAL AND INEXPERIENCE, CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Algeria, worried that it will be perceived as soft on corruption and banking irregularities, has been carrying out an increasingly aggressive oversight campaign whose intentions may be pure, but whose results have frustrated and suffocated banking reform. Our contacts [...]	2008-04-01 16:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08AMMAN1067	JORDAN PROMOTES IPR FOR NEW PLANT VARIETIES [...] SUMMARY: Jordan is pursuing several initiatives to protect agriculture-related intellectual property rights (IPR). Most recently, the Jordanian private and public sectors hosted a regional conference to promote protection of new plant varieties. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) and local agric [...]	2008-04-13 11:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD KIPR JO
08AMMAN1233	FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...]	2008-04-23 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IR IZ JO LE TU
08AMMAN1428	VISIT OF IRAQI PM MALIKI TO JORDAN IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Dahabi told Ambassador on May 10 that he was working out a date for Iraqi PM Maliki to visit Jordan very soon. Maliki had approached Jordanian FM Bashir at the Kuwait Neighbors meeting to propose a visit. The Jordanians are also trying to work out visits by Maliki [...]	2008-05-11 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF IZ JO
08AMMAN1447	UNEASE IN JORDAN OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials have reacted to the latest outbreak of violence in Lebanon with consternation and with a strong statement of support for the legitimate government of Lebanon. They have urged the U.S. to take a more active role in de-escalating the crisis and are ramping up t [...]	2008-05-12 16:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO LE
08AMMAN146	JORDAN 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] Since King Abdullah succeeded to the throne in 1999, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward- oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in the info [...]	2008-01-15 09:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR
08AMMAN1523	WOMEN'S ROLE IN JORDANIAN ECONOMY GROWING, SOME SAY NOT [...] SUMMARY: Significant financial, cultural, and social challenges face women who seek employment in Jordan, resulting in less than 15% of Jordanian women being active in the formal economy. Traditional roles within the family heavily affect a woman's decision to work. Many businesses and human [...]	2008-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KWMN ELAB SOCI EAID JO
08AMMAN1549	JORDAN EARTH DAY 2008 PROGRAMMING ENGAGES YOUTH, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman organized three successful events for Earth Day 2008: a high-profile April 19 beach and dive clean-up in Aqaba; speaking engagements by Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, a renowned speaker on environmental issues from the Union of Concerned Scientists; and a regional MEPI-funde [...]	2008-05-22 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL KPAO JO
08AMMAN1717	UPDATE ON TRANSPORTATION IN JORDAN: DELTA STARTS DIRECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delta Air Line's first flight from New York JFK to Amman arrived June 6. The arrival of the first U.S. carrier in Amman is one of many changes underway at Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) including the creation of a new government-owned company which will own QAIA and wil [...]	2008-06-09 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELTN ECON JO
08AMMAN1723	EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...]	2008-06-09 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO
08AMMAN2460	SHARED HOPES FOR A JORDANIAN-IRAQI FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Jordanian Free Trade Zones Corporation seeks to establish a mutual Free Trade Zone with Iraq in the Karama/Trebil border area by 2010. An investment forum to discuss the topic took place in late May in Amman. A prime developer expressed frustration that Jordan is dragging it [...]	2008-08-21 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV IZ JO

08AMMAN2783	FY09 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997 and supports 17 countries in the NEA region. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer and is supported by a regional environmental specialist (currently vacant). The Amman Hub advances a wide range of regional [...]	2008-10-05 11:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO
08AMMAN2981	ARAB LEAGUE ESTABLISHES IPR OFFICE AND HOSTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab Federation for the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (AFPIPR),an intellectual property rights (IPR) organization affiliated with the Arab League, opened its Jordan office earlier this summer and received diplomatic accreditation on October 9. On October 28, AF [...]	2008-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR JO AL
08AMMAN3012	IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY [...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...]	2008-11-04 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ JO PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3017	U.S. Pharmaceutical Company Pulling Out of Jordan Creates [...] (U) Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Senior Vice President Frank Pasqualone told EmbOffs October 30 that BMS will be closing its nine-person Jordanian sales operation and BMS drugs will no longer be available for direct sale in Jordan. Pasqualone said this closing is part of a larger corporate str [...]	2008-11-05 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO KIPR JO
08AMMAN3120	EPA Administrator Johnson Visit to Jordan Bolsters [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's October 17 - 22 visit to Jordan, the first-ever such visit by an Administrator, included the high-profile signing of a Statement of Intent with Environment Minister Khaled Irani to bolster environmental enforceme [...]	2008-11-16 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO SENV JO
08AMMAN424	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, GAZA, LEBANON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with Mohammed Dahabi, head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),NEA A/S David Welch discussed the peace process, Gaza, and Lebanon. Dahabi's reading of the Gaza situation was that it was a victory for Hamas. On the Annapolis process, Dahabi [...]	2008-02-10 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EG IS JO KWBG LE PREL
08AMMAN516	TRAVEL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR KUNDER, [...] USAID/Jordan requests ISU Kuwait expeditor assistance for Deputy Administrator James Kunder, DAA James Bever and Technical Advisor David Wall on February 25 and 26; and again on February 28 and 29 for Mr. Kunder. 2. Purpose of travel is transit through Kuwait to Iraq for the U.S.-Iraq Dialo [...]	2008-02-18 11:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA JO IZ KU
08AMMAN565	JORDAN-KUWAIT WARMING TREND CONTINUES WITH VISIT [...] (C) The mid-February visit to Jordan of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (and several other ministers) is the latest public sign of healing - at the government/royal family level, at least - of relations strained throughout the 1990s because of Kuwait's linge [...]	2008-02-21 16:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV JO KU ETRD
08AMMAN693	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BEGIN INTERNAL ELECTIONS; HAWKS [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has begun to conduct internal elections for its Shura Council, the MB's highest leadership body. The vote for the 50-member council lasts from late February until mid-March. The election pits "hawks" against "doves" from within the MB, though their policy [...]	2008-03-04 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM JO
08AMMAN872	ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...]	2008-03-19 17:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08AMMAN99	INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...]	2008-01-13 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08ANKARA1055	CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...]	2008-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU
08ANKARA132	S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...]	2008-01-23 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU
08ANKARA157	TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...]	2008-01-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC TU
08ANKARA1801	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA191	GOT PRESSES IRAQI TURKMEN TO RETURN TO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are pressing Iraqi Turkmen members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council to end their boycott and resume involvement in council deliberations. The Turks recognize it is in the interests of the Iraqi Turkmen people that their elected representatives participate in the pol [...]	2008-02-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA235	TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC
08ANKARA298	TURKEY: MORE FROM BRSA ON IRANIAN BANKING INTEREST [...] (S) Summary. In a follow-up meeting on Ref B issues, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin (please protect) told us that the proposed Bank Melli purchase of Adabank is not possible at this time. Adabank is under the supervision of Turkey's Securities Deposit [...]	2008-02-19 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA660	TURKEY: KUWAITI AMIR'S VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During his March 29-April 5 visit, Kuwaiti Amir Sabah met with President Gul and PM Erdogan in Ankara before traveling to Istanbul for a Turkey-Kuwait Business Forum meeting and recreation. In private sessions with Gul and Erdogan, the Amir discussed regional issues [...]	2008-04-08 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU TU
08ANKARA712	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA742	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA772	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ MEETINGS IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu briefed Ambassador April 24 on Turkish FM Babacan's talks with PM Maliki in Kuwait earlier this week. He said the Turks found Maliki more confident after the Basra confrontation. Both sides were pleased with progress on the mil-mil front, economic coope [...]	2008-04-24 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ US TU
08ANKARA886	TURKEY: U/S APAKAN UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan discussed his recent Washington consultations, Turkey's efforts with Iraq, and Georgia's participation in NATO's Air Situation Data Exchange (ASDE) during a meeting with Ambassador May 5. Apakan was positive on meetings with USG officials. He highlighted confidenc [...]	2008-05-07 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ GG
08ANKARA889	TURKEY: INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel demarche request. 2. (C) Summary. On May 2, we met with MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Selcen to discuss Turkey's support for the upcoming International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29. Selcen was quick [...]	2008-05-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA90	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA901	TURKEY: IRAQ SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK LOOKS AT NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik plans to return to Baghdad May 13 to resume consultations with the GOI and has the green light from President Gul and the Turkish military to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) president Massoud Barzani in Baghdad. [...]	2008-05-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANTANANARIVO136	KUWAIT FM IN COMOROS TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Foreign Minister visited the Union of the Comoros February 16-17 to meet Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and to discuss Kuwaiti investments. END SUMMARY. 2. Mohamed Mohamed Al-Sharji, Kuwait's Ambassador in Cairo accredited to the Comoros, told EmbOff that Kuwaiti [...]	2008-02-19 10:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EINV EAID KU CN
08ANTANANARIVO523	COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS [...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...]	2008-07-29 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO572	Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...]	2008-08-26 07:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO778	SUBJECT: COMOROS POLITICAL FIGHT PUTS IMF DEAL IN JEOPARDY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 09:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO809	Comoros National Assembly Passes (Sort Of) Economic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps was twice convoked December 3 for contradictory versions of recent events at the National Assembly on a vote for an "economic citizenship" law. First, National Assembly President Bounou and Grande Comore Island President Abdouwahabi (both opposition leaders [...]	2008-12-05 06:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO821	Comoran President Sambi Popular and Assertive [...] SUMMARY: With life again relatively normal in the Comoros, President Sambi is riding a renewed tide of popularity; fuel and power supplies are adequate and the general mood is hopeful. The President remains committed to reconciliation and democracy, but his priority is economic development. [...]	2008-12-10 07:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
08ASMARA300	ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...]	2008-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA337	ERITREAN FUEL AND ELECTRICITY: FROM BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea's electricity supplier announced that on June 27 electricity supplies in Asmara will shut down for 11 hours per day for an indefinite period. A run on gasoline occurred on June 26, leading filling stations to suspend servicing customers. All forms of cooking fuel remai [...]	2008-06-26 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA362	ERITREA TEMPORARILY AVOIDS FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea managed to avoid an electricity supply disaster in June by finding a new supplier of generator lubricant. An unknown supplier is sending a barge to restock Eritrea's depleted automotive and aviation fuel supplies. Embassy Asmara will receive its diesel fuel the week of [...]	2008-07-21 08:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA558	ERITREA'S PRECARIOUS ENERGY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrea's electrical grid narrowly averted a complete shutdown due to lack of generator lubricant in October, according to Total Oil's country manager. The Eritrean government is still in arrears on payments made for fuel delivered in December 2007, and is now receiving all of [...]	2008-11-21 09:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ER
08ASMARA92	ERITREA'S DIESEL SITUATION: SHORTAGE OR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Claims by the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) since December that UNMEE's fuel crisis results from its own shortage of supply, raises the question "What is the situation with Eritrea's fuel supply?" Diesel fuel stocks in Eritrea have decreased over the past few years fo [...]	2008-02-22 08:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO ECON EPET PGOV PREL ER
08ASTANA1525	KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING SUICIDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 08:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KDRG PREL KZ
08ASTANA2092	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMON WORLD FORUM MINISTERIAL BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad led the U.S. delegation to the October 17 Common World Forum ministerial meeting in Astana. Aimed at promoting understanding between the Muslim world and the [...]	2008-10-22 10:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KZ
08BAGHDAD101	AMAR AL-HAKIM ON MALIKI, BILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: ISCI Heir Apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield January 13 that ISCI agrees with the USG position that the Maliki government must operate in a more inclusive manner and should start by reactivating the "Three Plus One" leadership mechanism. Amar, who delivered a well-public [...]	2008-01-14 09:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1023	IRAQ'S PRIVATE-SECTOR TELECOMS FIRMS FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's private-sector led mobile and wireless telecommunications markets are developing apace. The Kurdistan-based, Barzani family-affiliated Korek Telecom recently concluded an interconnection agreement with Zain, the Kuwaiti-backed leading nationwide operator. The agreement ma [...]	2008-04-03 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT ECPS
08BAGHDAD1028	AYAD ALLAWI: WE ARE ALL IN THIS BOAT TOGETHER [...] (S/NF) Summary. Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told PolCouns on April 2 that re-establishing peace and stability following the violence in Basrah will be critical to Iraq's long-term stability. Allawi said the GOI is not doing enough to reach out to its Arab neighbors, which is one strateg [...]	2008-04-03 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1042	NSA RUBAIE ON PCNS, SOFA/SFA, BASRAH AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk and Polmilcouns, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie agreed on the need to capitalize on the positive political atmosphere by releasing a strong, unified statement during the April 5 PC [...]	2008-04-05 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PINS
08BAGHDAD1047	SAI LEADER SHEIKH AHMED SPEAKS ON HIS NEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, leader of the Iraq Awakening Movement, or Sahawa Al-Iraq (SAI),spoke to us on April 2 for over two hours about SAI's movement towards becoming a national political party, his personal attitude on th [...]	2008-04-06 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1052	APRIL 2 MEETING BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR, GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki, flushed with the success of recent ISF operations in Basrah, reviewed next steps with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 5. Maliki noted that he was dedicating $100 million dollars towards Basrah's reconstruction, and is using Tribal Support Counci [...]	2008-04-06 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1055	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IRAQ'S ONGOING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts report that the recent Basra security operations have led to economic disruptions throughout Iraq. Basra Province itself has borne the brunt of economic impacts. Supplies of health-related material have been stretched, but the Ministry of Health reports sufficient [...]	2008-04-06 13:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1071	CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT PORT NOT YET CREATING [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Minister of Trade's concerns that Prime Minister Maliki's April 3 decision to put all staff at the Port of Umm Qasr on leave for investigation of corrupt practices may lead to shortages of wheat, rice and other Public Distribution System (PDS) commodities throughout the [...]	2008-04-07 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD EWWT EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR IZ
08BAGHDAD1100	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...]	2008-04-09 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU
08BAGHDAD1113	ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON POST-BASRAH UNITY, JAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told us the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was an important step in affirming Iraq's identity as a nation based on the rule of law and institutions rather than a country ruled by outlaw gang [...]	2008-04-09 19:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1130	ELECTRICITY MINISTER DETAILS PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Electricity Kareem Wahid on April 9 detailed plans to attract private investment in power projects; complained about the lack of fuel for power; sought travel support from MNF-I for plans to show PM Maliki various projects; revealed intra-Ministerial obstacles to GOI c [...]	2008-04-10 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1134	GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...]	2008-04-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD1147	SADIQ AL-RIKABI UPBEAT ON REBUILDING SADR CITY, [...] (C) Summary: Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on April 10 with Sadiq al-Rikabi, political advisor to Prime Minister Maliki. Rikabi detailed a $150 million plan to rebuild Sadr City and Shula, Sadrist-heavy neighborhoods in Baghdad which have seen heavy fighting since late [...]	2008-04-12 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1198	THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14 [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...]	2008-04-17 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1240	BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP IN DAMASCUS: DEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG MFA allowed the Iraqi delegation considerable latitude to pursue its agenda at Syria's second hosting of the Iraq Neighbors' Border Security Working Group (BSWG) April 13-14 (the first Damascus meeting was in August 2007). Surprisingly, given the state of Syrian Saudi relati [...]	2008-04-22 02:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER IZ KU
08BAGHDAD1244	PRT WASIT: WHO IS BURNING BADRAH'S FRUIT ORCHARDS? [...] (C) This a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In April 14 and 18 meetings with the PRT, Badrah Qada mayor Ali Hadi al Meshoeh speculated that Iranian interests were behind a recent series of orchard burnings was linked to the March 18 seizure of a large weapons cache by ISF. Ali [...]	2008-04-22 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PINS PGOV
08BAGHDAD1255	MINFIN CLEANS UP BUDGET QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Jabr told EMIN on April 21 that he supports the concept of transferring USD 14 million, payable to the USG for transport to radioactive material from Iraq to Canada, to the USG ICERP account; that all provinces have gotten an initial release of 20 percent of [...]	2008-04-23 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1274	SRSG DISCUSSES TURKEY, ELECTIONS AND NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, the Ambassador met with UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura to discuss a wide range of issues. The SRSG briefed on his fact-finding mission to Erbil and Ninewa provinces, and his surprise that out of the four districts UNAMI is working on for early recommendations, the two [...]	2008-04-24 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1277	NECHIRVAN BARZANI: NASCENT PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met on April 17 with the Ambassador and April 19 with S/I Satterfield and Economic Minister-Counselor Ries. Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk attended both meetings. Barzani reiterated that KRG-G [...]	2008-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1292	TALABANI CHARACTERISTICALLY ROSY ON CABINET, [...] (C) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on April 23 met with the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield. Talabani was characteristically upbeat on engaging Iraq,s moderate neighbors, specifically Kuwait, Turkey, and Egypt, and likewise on bringing Fadilah, Iraqiyya, and Tawafuq back into government. He s [...]	2008-04-26 10:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1293	KUDOS TO EMBASSY KUWAIT FOR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT [...] (U) Embassy Baghdad, and particularly the Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI),once again expresses its heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Embassy Kuwait for your outstanding support. The most recent example of your exceptional service was your timely assistance in securing vi [...]	2008-04-26 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EAIR
08BAGHDAD1304	NSA RUBAIE ON NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1308	UK FOREIGN MINISTER: MOTTAKI IS COCKY [...] (S) Summary: Following his participation in the Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus on April 24. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including Iranian influence in Iraq, the current security situation [...]	2008-04-28 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1315	MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]	2008-04-28 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD133	S/I SATTERFIELD AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS THE UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Satterfield, White House Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk, and PolCouns discussed with Hosyhar Zebari on January 16 the recent 3 plus 1 meetings earlier in the week and plans for negotiating the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Zebari said the composit [...]	2008-01-18 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1337	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI: NO IRAQI SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: On April 26, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashadani told the Ambassador that diplomatic representation from Saudi Arabia is needed to bolster Arab relations with Iraq and counteract Iran's growing influence. Regarding the Sadrists, Mashadani shared with the Ambassador [...]	2008-04-30 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1342	ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed with Ambassador Crocker and S/I Satterfield that Iraq must host the next Neighbors Ministerial and that the GOI must fast track ambassadorial nominees to key neighboring countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in part [...]	2008-04-30 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1343	ISCI CHAIR ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON ANTI-MILITIA [...] (C) Summary: Flanked by his son and heir-apparent Amar, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield on April 29 that the GOI and the vast majority of Iraqi citizens are tired of crimes perpetrated by armed outlaw gangs (read Muqt [...]	2008-04-30 19:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1366	REPORTS OF ZAIN'S IMMINENT DEMISE ARE GREATLY [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Several former USG officials and some non-mainstream media reports have claimed that Zain, Iraq's leading mobile telecommunications operator, risks the collapse of its network infrastructure on May 14, 2008, if it fails to conclude negotiations with its private security [...]	2008-05-02 19:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT
08BAGHDAD1421	JABR CLARIFIES SAUDI DEBT ISSUE, REVEALS PLANS FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a wide-ranging conversation May 5, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr clarified the Government of Iraq (GOI) position on the Saudi debt issue. He explained that the GOI believed the total principal amounted to USD 15.7 billion, of which the GOI was prepared to pay 20 percent [...]	2008-05-07 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD1425	ZEBARI ON UNAMI COMPOUND; AMBASSADORIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 6 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Acting Political Counselor that the GOI would only make a symbolic contribution toward the construction of a new UNAMI compound. Zebari appeared determined to tamp down expectations that UNAMI would get the Al Sijud Pala [...]	2008-05-07 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1465	IESC MEETING MAY 9, 2008 [...] (C) Summary. In place of an absent PM Maliki, National Security Advisory Mowaffuk Rubaie chaired the 9 May 2008 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ ) the Baghdad Security Plan). The PM mandated the meeting be conducted with limited attendance, feature [...]	2008-05-11 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD148	IRAQ -- 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Post's submission for Iraq's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. BEGIN TEXT 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - IRAQ Iraq's first post-conflict permanent government passed a National Investment Law in October 2006, which was expected to open up its economy to foreign investmen [...]	2008-01-21 07:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC IZ
08BAGHDAD1519	SOLICITING KUWAITI ACTION AGAINST AL-QAEDA [...] (S/NF) This is an action message. Please see para two for action request. 2. (S/NF) ACTION REQUESTED: Per reftel, post requests that Department instruct Embassy Kuwait to demarche the GOK about the growing threat of Al Qaeda's activities in Kuwait. Post provides background infromation i [...]	2008-05-15 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD156	FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to discuss Iraq's relationship with its neighbors, the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and current Iraqi legislation. Zebari updated Menendez on the u [...]	2008-01-22 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1577	FM ZEBARI ON REGIONAL ISSUES; AMBASSADORIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 21 meeting with PolCouns and Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari was skeptical about the prospects for a June Arab League ministerial in Baghdad, but more upbeat about an Expanded Neighbors FM-level meeting here. Zebari described bilatera [...]	2008-05-22 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1609	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 24 VISIT TO KARBALA AND NAJAF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's May 24 visit to Karbala and Najaf focused on opportunities for future cooperation in light of the opening of new PRTs in both cities. Importantly, the visit showcased the vast improvement in the provinces' security situation and the lead role Iraqi forces hav [...]	2008-05-26 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD175	JANUARY 20 MCNS DISCUSSES ASHURA SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary: The Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met January 20 to review the readiness of the Ministry of Interior forces, Baghdad International Airport's security contract, fuel allocations/deliveries for border security forces, and the success of security measures for the [...]	2008-01-23 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SENV EAGR IZ
08BAGHDAD1760	FM ZEBARI PROVIDES LATEST ON OPENING OF ARAB [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies New Delhi and Abu Dhabi. See para 6. 2. (S) During a June 9 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Iraqi FM Zebari provided updated information on efforts to encourage Arab countries to open Embassies in Baghdad. Recent events, including the June 5 visit [...]	2008-06-10 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IN AE
08BAGHDAD1772	TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY UPDATES S/I SATTERFIELD ON [...] (S) Summary: During a June 9 meeting, Turkish Special Envoy Murat Ozcelik provided S/I Satterfield with an update on the state of play of issues discussed ref A, following Ozcelik's meetings in Baghdad over the past several days. Overall, Ozcelik said he came away impressed with the level of c [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1782	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives in Washington at a critical juncture. SOFA negotiations have become a domestic political flashpoint and the fodder for political agendas, a vehicle for Iranian machinations, and the crux of a false choice between sovereignty and security. Zeba [...]	2008-06-13 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1838	MFA GOSSIP ON POSSIBLE KEY DIPLOMATIC POSTINGS [...] (C) During a June 17 meeting on embassy property issues (septel),Ambassador Srood Najib (strictly protect),MFA Director for Americas Affairs, shared gossip on possible Iraqi Ambassadorial assignments to a number of key diplomatic posts. According to Ambassador Najib, those on the inside tr [...]	2008-06-17 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2069	AMBASSADOR AND CG DISCUSS SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ryan Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus met with Prime Minister Maliki June 26 to discuss a "bridge" security agreement between the United States and Iraq to facilitate continued U.S. support for the GOI while the Status of Forces Agreement nego [...]	2008-07-04 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS IR IZ PREL
08BAGHDAD2084	FADILAH LEADER SUGGESTS SADR REPLACEMENTS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a wide-ranging June 29 conversation with Poloff and Wasit PRToffs, Fadilah spiritual leader Abbas al-Zaydi explained that Iran supported both ISCI and JAM, but for different functions; "JAM is tactical; ISCI is strategic." He complained that the GOI was "acting as a [...]	2008-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV IR IZ PINR
08BAGHDAD2131	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT - M1A1 MAIN BATTLE TANKS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team has reviewed and concurs with the Letter of Request (LOR) from the Government of Iraq (GOI) for the equipping of four regiments of the Iraqi Army (IA) with an export version of the [...]	2008-07-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2137	IRAQI PLANS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION IN THE KHOR [...] (C/REL MNFI) A proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on improving navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway is awaiting Prime Ministerial approval, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on July 7. Citing the importance of the waterway, Hamoud expressed confidence the Prime Minister wil [...]	2008-07-09 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2201	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SFA AND TAWAFUQ RETURN TO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 13 meeting, the Ambassador told Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi that his July 12 conversation with PM Maliki had produced a common understanding on the process to conclude a bilateral agreement that would include a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) that sets out princ [...]	2008-07-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2202	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SUNNI WAQF CHIEF AHMED [...] (C) Summary: In their first formal meeting, Sunni Waqf Chief Ahmed Abdel Ghaffur al-Samaraie detailed for the Ambassador a number of reconciliation projects he is directing to bring Sunni political voices back into the Iraqi political process. He said he has worked to strengthen the Sahwa gro [...]	2008-07-14 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2203	AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, NSC Senior Director McGurk and DASD Kimmitt, Foreign Minister Zebari provided a readout of the previous day's visit of Turkish PM Erdogan, called the postponement of King Abdullah's visit a big disappointment but no [...]	2008-07-14 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ TU JO
08BAGHDAD2269	BASRAWI CLERIC HOPES FOR POLITICAL CHANGE [...] (C) Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray, joined by incoming and outgoing REO Directors, met on July 14 with Shi'a cleric and businessman Sayid Abdel Musawi. Musawi was generally positive about Basrah's future, favorably comparing its economy to that of its neighbors and acknowled [...]	2008-07-21 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2273	MUTHANNA GATHERING SHOWS POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL USA, MCFI) Summary: Over 900 sheikhs from tribes stretching from Wasit to Basra gathered July 16 in Muthanna under the auspices of two emerging political parties, the Assembly of the Middle Euphrates and the Sheikhs' Council of Southe [...]	2008-07-22 07:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KU IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2298	HARIRI VISIT FURTHERS OPENING TO ARAB NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese MP and Future Movement leader Saad Hariri on July 17 briefed Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus at the end of his one-day visit to Baghdad and Najaf. Hariri viewed the trip as an opportunity to increase contacts and understanding between his Saudi allies and both t [...]	2008-07-23 19:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2299	PM MALIKI OPENS NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On July 20, Prime Minister Maliki made an inaugural flight to Najaf International Airport (NIA) in a ceremony widely attended by Shia political and religious elite from the Middle Euphrates region. NIA is not yet open for business [...]	2008-07-24 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2311	PRIVATE BANKING IN IRAQ "DOING WELL" [...] (C) Summary: Private banks are "doing well" in Iraq, according to a leading banker, but many challenges remain. Over the past three years the average capital of private banks has risen from approximately USD 6 million to over USD 40 million. Private banks in Iraq, particularly those that are [...]	2008-07-24 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2358	VP ADEL AND ISCI CHAIR HAKIM: WE'LL TRY TO BROKER [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on July 24 that he and President Talabani had vetoed the recently-passed Provincial Election Law and that ISCI would work with the Kurdish Alliance and other CoR blocs to find a solution to the Kirkuk election issue. He said th [...]	2008-07-28 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD239	"THE STREET IS STRONGER THAN PARLIAMENT:" SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: As a harbinger of Sadrist Trend hostility to a prospective USG-GOI long-term strategic relationship (LTSR) agreement, Sadrist Deputy Governor of Karbala Jawad al-Hasnawi told us January 24 that if Trend efforts to quash parliamentary approval of the agreement were to fail (a highl [...]	2008-01-27 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2420	SALAH AD DIN REACTION TO KIRKUK PC VOTE: KIRKUK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Anecdotal evidence from PRT discussions with provincial officials and residents of Salah ad Din (SaD),who are overwhelmingly Sunni, indicates strong opposition and growing anger over the Kirkuk Provincial Council's [...]	2008-08-03 18:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2427	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) In an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Hamoud discussed the state of relations between Iraq and Kuwait with Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray. Addressing a wide range of border and other bilateral issues, Ham [...]	2008-08-04 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR

08BAGHDAD2440	NATIONAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although still not officially confirmed in his position, National Investment Commission (NIC) Chairman-designate Ridha continues to court European and regional investors and insists that he enjoys the PM's full confidence. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Presumptive NIC Chairman Ahmed R [...]	2008-08-05 07:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN
08BAGHDAD2452	MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS SEEKS GREATER CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraq Ministry of Communications (MoC) awarded contracts to several little known telecommunications firms to build and operate MoC-owned international gateways and provide international carrier services to Iraq's licensed Global System Mobile (GSM) and Wireless Local Loop (WLL) [...]	2008-08-05 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECPS ECON EINT
08BAGHDAD2474	BASRAH GOVERNOR: REGIONS FORMATION IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: "We are in the last steps" to making Basrah a region, said Governor Waeli in an August 6 conversation with poloffs. Waeli said the necessary signatures had already been collected and expressed confidence that the delay over the passage of the elections law would provide further [...]	2008-08-07 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2505	SURVEY OF SOUTHERN POLITICAL ENTITIES [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad - PRT - REO reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: 229 political entities (individual candidates and parties) registered in the southern provinces for the upcoming provincial elections. The number and composition of the entities is another manifestation of widesprea [...]	2008-08-10 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD26	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...]	2008-01-03 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD2628	THE AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH PROMINENT SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Shi'a cleric told the Ambassador August 13 that Iraqis perceive significant security improvements, but stressed that regional engagement against foreign fighters would be key to sustaining this progress. Sayyed Mohammed Bahr al-Uloom and his two sons, politicians in th [...]	2008-08-18 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2699	ASSIGNMENT OF DIPLOMATIC ZONE PROPERTIES: GOI [...] (C) Summary: We have been pushing the Iraqi government to allocate definitively properties for foreign embassies, but the process here is slow-moving and contentious at best. PolMinCouns and MGT Counselor met with Ambassador Srood Najib of Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August 19 t [...]	2008-08-22 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2727	UPDATE ON INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the recent months, Iraq has seen some early but significant successes in attracting foreign (and, to a lesser extent, domestic) investment. The Ministry of Industry and Mining has moved several SOEs toward point of sale or joint venture status and received 56 JV bids. The [...]	2008-08-25 07:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD2770	ELECTRICITY MINISTER OBTAINS RUSSIAN SUPPORT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI) Ambassador Charles Ries and incoming CETI Ambassador Marc Wall met with Electricity Minister Karim Wahid al-Hasan on August 24. Karim, who had just returned from Moscow, reported that the Russians would be sending a te [...]	2008-08-28 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PREL RS IZ
08BAGHDAD2785	MUTHANNA BORDER AUTHORITIES CONCERNED OVER GOI [...] (C/REL USA, GBR) Summary: Iraqi Military officials complained of dwindling resources from the central government, poor infrastructure, and aggressive and pervasive Iranian influence throughout Iraq in August 26 meetings with U.S. officials. A high-ranking general, who was responsive to both [...]	2008-08-29 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD280	FM ZEBARAI ON NEIGHBORS PROCESS; SFA FRAMEWORK; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 29 meeting, Foreign Minister Zebari told PolCounselor he expected a complete round of Neighbors Working Group meetings to take place in February and a Baghdad PrepCon (level to be determined) to be held in March. He said another top MFA priority was to appoint car [...]	2008-01-30 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2811	NIC CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC DESPITE CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Investment Commission (NIC) Chairman-Designate Ridha continues to aggressively court foreign investors, even though the GOI has not promulgated implementing regulations for the 2006 Investment Law to support his mission. Ridha is creative and well-intentioned, but he is [...]	2008-09-02 06:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2819	CETI: DPM BARHAM SALIH WANTS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: At his introductory meeting with EMIN Wall on September 1, DPM Barham Salih provided a tour d'horizon of economic issues. He noted that Iraq is in a transitionQperiod; key challenges include: political reorganization (including the status of Kirkuk),energy -- especially hydroc [...]	2008-09-02 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETRD EAID ECON
08BAGHDAD2851	Michael Wareing Visits Basra [...] (U) Summary: Michael Wareing, CEO of KPMG International and Co-Chairman of the Basra Development Commission (BDC),visited Basra on August 27 and was pleasantly surprised by the favourable conditions he found in the city. He visited the Abu Al Khasib Vocational Training Center and then co-cha [...]	2008-09-05 04:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2857	SOUTHERN SHEIKH ALLIANCE ASKS U.S. TO BROKER A [...] (S/REL MCFI) Two tribal leaders who represent a nascent nationalist, cross-sectarian political movement continued their dialogue with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray about their motives, Iranian influence, and the need for U.S. financial support. When informed that the U.S. could not sponsor or [...]	2008-09-05 13:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	POL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2905	IRAQI REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT: UPWARD TREND [...] (C) Summary: The arrival of the UAE Ambassador to Iraq on September 4 - the first Arab Ambassador to return to Iraq in several years - and the apparently imminent posting of a Bahraini ambassador later this month provide a concrete demonstration that Iraq's engagement with its Arab neighbors [...]	2008-09-09 05:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ BA AE
08BAGHDAD2944	FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON KUWAIT DEBT ISSUES: LET'S [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Jabr told EMIN September 11 that "as a politician" he hoped that the Kuwaiti government would understand (and hear from the USG) that the future relationship between the people of Iraq and Kuwait i [...]	2008-09-11 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON KU IZ
08BAGHDAD295	IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a January 28 meeting with Acting PolMil Counselor, Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Mohammad Hamoud discussed GOI preparations for a further round of bilateral talks with Iran regarding their shared border. He indicated talks would take place on February 19, since negotiations pla [...]	2008-02-01 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS IR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD2962	AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...]	2008-09-14 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD2963	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on September 11 the Kuwaiti Prime Minister would visit Iraq shortly after Ramadan concludes. He said a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clearing the Khor Abudllah waterway of shipwrecks remained 'stuck' in the Prime Minister's [...]	2008-09-14 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2988	MASHADANI: JULY 22 BLOC AND KIRKUK ARE CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador September 10 that he had formed a special committee to resolve the provincial elections law standoff. He claimed that the primary concerns of the July 22 bloc involve the status of Kirkuk, the need for special elections for t [...]	2008-09-16 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ KU
08BAGHDAD3	AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...]	2008-01-02 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD3045	DIPLOMATIC UPDATE: MOMENTUM ON ARAB AMBASSADORS, [...] (C) Summary: According to a senior MFA official, Syria's appointment of an ambassador to Iraq might set the stage to enable the two countries to engage on security and other issues. The official is hopeful that the Syrian ambassador-designate's intelligence background will advance Neighbor [...]	2008-09-22 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY
08BAGHDAD3063	DEMISTURA VISIT TO IRAN: OPPOSITION TO SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iranian leaders told SRSYG DeMistura during his recent visit to Iran that, given improved security conditions, there is no longer a need for a foreign troop presence in Iraq. The Iranians were adamantly opposed to the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and said [...]	2008-09-23 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER
08BAGHDAD3175	IRAQ READY TO PAY $300 MILLION TO SETTLE KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, EMIN and Treasury Attache met with Finance Minister Jabr to discuss Kuwait's efforts to attach GOI assets, transfer of assets from the USG to the GOI, and the 2009 budget. Jabr said the GOI was willing to pay $300 million to settle claims by Kuwait Airways, not th [...]	2008-10-02 02:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3185	SOUTHERN PROVINCES AIR CONCERNS WITH DPM AL-ISSAWI [...] (SBU) On September 17-18, Deputy Prime Minister Rafa Al-Issawi hosted a conference on "Providing Services to the Southern and Middle Provinces" in Baghdad. Governors and Provincial Council members from the nine southern provinces and Anbar directly presented their concerns about essential ser [...]	2008-10-02 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG ELTN EAGR PREF EAIR SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD3218	NEW ARAB AMBASSADORS TO IRAQ: SETTING PARAMETERS [...] (C) Action Request: This message provides Embassy Baghdad's assessment of logistical and other support we are able to offer newly arriving ambassadors from neighboring Arab countries. We seek the Department's concurrence with this approach and request that Embassies Abu Dhabi, Amman, Manama, [...]	2008-10-05 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3238	D PRESSES PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Speaker Mashadani told DepSec Negroponte that a majority in the parliament supported the bilateral security agreement, but that many deputies would not support it publicly. Noting that other countries benefit from security agreements with the U.S., he said the continued American [...]	2008-10-07 05:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3239	IRAQ'S ARAB ENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On October 5 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit made a surprise visit to Baghdad. Accompanied by Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy, Aboul Gheit met with Prime Minister Maliki, Foreign Minister Zebari and Defense Minister Mufriji in Baghdad. He then traveled with Zebari to [...]	2008-10-07 07:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ EG
08BAGHDAD3309	IRAQ OIL MINISTER ON OIL INVESTMENTS, KRG, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with EMIN, Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani blamed international oil firms for the end of negotiations on short-term contracts, and said the Ministry of Oil (MoO) would try to raise crude oil production by 250,000-300,000 barrels per day by 2009 on its own. Shahris [...]	2008-10-14 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG MOPS EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3310	ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3320	ICRC ON MEK, PLANS TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, ICRC Iraq head of delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said that ICRC will increase its detention monitoring, hospital training, staffing, and other projects in Iraq in 2009. ICRC has stepped up its inspections of GOI detention facilitie [...]	2008-10-14 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PREL PREF PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3330	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...]	2008-10-16 10:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3331	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...]	2008-10-16 10:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3381	SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...]	2008-10-22 07:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3382	SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...]	2008-10-22 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3412	MAYSAN: SUB-PROVINCIAL LEADERS ENGAGE WITH PRT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD342	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on 1st February. The meeting included much discussion of the role that that the decentralization and the private sector can play in Iraq's development - incl [...]	2008-02-06 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD343	CHARGE AND CG MEET PM TO DISCUSS MOSUL SECURITY, [...] (C) MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus and CDA Patricia Butenis met Thursday, January 31, 2008 with Prime Minister Maliki. In a cordial and relaxed hour-long meeting, they discussed security operations in Mosul, Turkish cut-off of electricity deliveries, implications for current GOI [...]	2008-02-06 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER EINV ENGR KU TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3457	MUTHANNA: CIU CHIEF SAYS IRANIAN-BACKED HIT [...] (U) This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: Brigadier General Ali, Muthanna,s Criminal Investigative Unit (CIU) Chief told PRT in two late October meetings that alleged hit squads funded by the Iranian government have entered Muthanna and are preparing to strike during prov [...]	2008-10-30 06:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PGOV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD3460	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PRIVATE BANKS DEVELOPING [...] (U) This is a reporting cable from PRT Salah ad Din. 2. (SBU) Summary: It is difficult to imagine a provincial business or economic sector that has more fully exploited the vastly improved security environment than has the private-banking sector within Salah ad Din. The calculated exploitat [...]	2008-10-30 12:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3475	BASRAH RESIDENTS ANGRY, WORRIED ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (C) Basrawis blame Iran for the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) violence and intimidation that ended in April following Operation Charge of the Knights, community leaders and security officials told Senior Advisor Gray during a visit October 26-29. With the exception of an Islamic Supreme Council of Ir [...]	2008-11-02 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3478	FALLING OIL PRICES FORCE TOUGH IRAQI BUDGET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the sharp fall in the price of oil and declining exports, Iraq's budget situation had radically changed and cuts would be made to both Iraq's FY 2009 capital expenditures and operating costs, according to Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr in an October 27 meeting with EMIN. [...]	2008-11-02 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL EPET EINV IZ KU
08BAGHDAD3492	MUTHANNA: IRANIAN IRON AND STEEL INVESTMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (C/REL) SUMMARY: Muthanna Provincial Investment Committee (PIC) Chairman Adel Dakhel al-Yasiri told local media that the PIC has nearly completed negotiations with an Iranian company to build a 100 million USD iron and steel plant near t [...]	2008-11-03 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3497	IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION: WILL THE SOUTH RISE AGAIN? [...] (S) Summary: Oil Ministry officials estimate production in Iraq's southern oil fields has declined by approximately 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this year, bringing the target production rate to 1.8 million bpd. The main culprits are the reliance on mismanaged enhanced recovery techni [...]	2008-11-04 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ
08BAGHDAD3513	ARAB LEAGUE TO SEND OBSERVERS TO MONITOR [...] (C) The Arab League (AL) plans to send 70-80 election observers to Iraq for the January 2009 provincial elections, according to newly arrived AL Ambassador Hani Al-Khallaf. In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Al-Khallaf said that Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHE [...]	2008-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ EG
08BAGHDAD3527	KARBALA OFFICIALS SEEK TO BALANCE FOREIGN [...] (C) During a November 2-3 visit to Karbala, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray discussed investment in the province with several local leaders, including Governor Aqeel Mahmoud Kareem al-Khazali (Da'wa),three members of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC),and Restaurant and Hotel Association Presiden [...]	2008-11-08 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD358	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: BAGHDAD PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the GOI and UNAMI are working to enhance the prospects of meeting the benchmarks outlined in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI). The GOI is building the size and capacity of the small ICI secretariat, and has embarked upon a serious effort to pull together its dr [...]	2008-02-07 08:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EAGR IR
08BAGHDAD3650	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS WITH SRSG [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, 2008, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt, accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol and Treasury Attache Ged Smith, met with UN Secretary General Special Representative Staffan de Mistura and members of his team in the United Nations offices [...]	2008-11-18 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PREF IZ
08BAGHDAD3682	PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION PRIORITIES IN MUTHANNA [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Muthanna Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) met with the PRT's EconOff and business development adviser to discuss the PIC's priorities and investment strategy. In contrast to the agricultural focus in Mut [...]	2008-11-21 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3722	WASIT: SADRIST LEADER SUPPORTS SOFA, MALIKI [...] (C / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: Over 1,000 people participated in a November 20 pro-SOFA rally in Kut, organized by Sheikh Mohammed Reda al-Numani, an associate of Prime Minister Maliki and a long-time friend of the al-Sadr family. On the preceding day, PRT, 41st Fires Brigade, and Iraqi A [...]	2008-11-25 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3736	IRAQ BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP OVERSHADOWED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third session of the Iraq Neighbors Border Security Working Group (BSWG) produced little forward motion toward practical measures to improve security on or within Iraq's borders, although its final communiqu did include some proposed measures that will be helpful if implemente [...]	2008-11-26 17:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ SY TU IR
08BAGHDAD3764	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S/REL MNFI) In a November 26 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Haj Hamoud told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray that the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for notifying Kuwait prior to undertaking a wreck-clearing project in the Khor Abdullah (KAA) waterway remained mired in the bureaucracy [...]	2008-11-30 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
08BAGHDAD3795	KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ ON THE TASKS AHEAD [...] (C) Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray November 29 that Iraq and Kuwait must move quickly -- at least on issues where they agree in principle -- to show their respective publics the benefits of strengthened bilateral ties. Al-Mou'min expressed some f [...]	2008-12-04 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD3870	BASRA REGION REFERENDUM SUPPORTERS SEEK SIGNATURES [...] (C) Meetings held in early December between Senior Advisor Gray and a range of Basra leaders suggest that organizers of one-province region formation will have difficulty gathering enough signatures to force a referendum and are unlikely to achieve their ultimate objective of winning a referen [...]	2008-12-11 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3904	UPDATE ON INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) has successfully concluded negotiations with a Japanese and an Egyptian consortium on joint venture (JV),production-sharing agreements for two state owned enterprises -- Beiji Fertilizer and Diyala Electric. MIM senior officials are confident [...]	2008-12-14 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EIND ETRD PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3906	UPDATE ON INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) has successfully concluded negotiations with a Japanese and an Egyptian consortium on joint venture (JV),production-sharing agreements for two state owned enterprises -- Beiji Fertilizer and Diyala Electric. MIM senior officials are confident [...]	2008-12-14 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EIND ETRD PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3931	SRSG AND AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSS IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad strategized ways to assist Iraq with Chapter 7 status as well as UNAMI's future in Iraq at a December 2 meeting. Ambassador Khalilzad pointed out three separate issues with Ch [...]	2008-12-16 12:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD4005	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON NON-SOVEREIGN DEBT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EMIN and TREASATT reviewed the status of Iraq's non-Paris Club country sovereign debts in a meeting with Minister of Finance Jabr on December 17. Iraq owes between USD 50-80 billion to non-Paris Club countries, though some of these countries, such as China and Poland are modeling [...]	2008-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4070	PETRAEUS DISCUSSES MASHADANI, SYRIA, WITH VP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The replacement for Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani, GCC relations generally and Syrian relations specifically, and concerns about Saudi relations were topics of conversation in a December 26 meeting between US Central Command General David Petraeus and [...]	2008-12-31 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD4077	REVISED 2009 BUDGET ENDORSED BY COUNCIL OF [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A further revised proposed GOI budget for 2009 endorsed by the Council of Ministers on December 23, reflects the reality of lower oil prices. Revenues are projected to be USD 42.5 billion based on exports of 2 mbpd at USD 50 per barrel, expenditures planned to be US [...]	2008-12-31 14:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD451	SRSG DE MISTURA ON HYDROCARBONS/ARTICLE 140, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 SRSG Staffan de Mistura discussed with A/DCM Ries U.S. and UN approaches toward the GOI to promote movement on the hydrocarbons laws, which will be necessary to open political space for progress on Article 140 issues. Additionally they discussed the upcoming first [...]	2008-02-16 07:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR
08BAGHDAD456	TALABANI, SALIH AND SHAWAYS ON LTSR, GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met with President Talabani, DPM Barham Salih and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) representative Rowsch Shaways in two separate meetings on February 12. All noted that the Prime Minister will oversee the technical team's negotia [...]	2008-02-17 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD458	PRT MAYSAN: ABU HATIM THE PRINCE OF THE MARSHES [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan biographical reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Kareem Mahood al-Muhammadawi, aka Abu Hatim or 'The Prince of the Marshes,' is a charismatic and controversial figure in Maysani politics. A former guerilla who fought against the Saddam regime, Abu Hati [...]	2008-02-18 04:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD470	NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD480	IRAQ CABINET DEFERS KOSOVO RECOGNITION; PREFERS TO [...] (C) On February 19, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told PolCounselor that Kosovo recognition was the first item on that morning's Cabinet meeting agenda and the Cabinet generally was in favor of recognition. However, several (unidentified) participants argued that Iraq should not get out a [...]	2008-02-20 02:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLO AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT YI
08BAGHDAD486	ZEBARI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT KOSOVO RECOGNITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 16 meeting, Foreign Minster Zebari told Ambassador Crocker he pushed visiting UNHCR High Representative Guterres to expand UNHCR's Baghdad office and to stress positive developments in Iraq. The GOI/GOR MOU Zebari signed in Moscow provides no preferential treatment [...]	2008-02-20 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD50	SEEKING KUWAITI CONCURRENCE ON MNF-I SALVAGE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On December 18, 2007, the Kuwaiti Navy ordered two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) to depart disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway. These contracted vessels were surveying tw [...]	2008-01-07 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KU MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PINS PNAT PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD509	NEIGHBORS PROCESS: UNAMI ROLLS UP ITS SLEEVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his February 20 introductory call at Embassy Baghdad, Ambassador Gerard Sambrana, Special Political Advisor to SRSG de Mistura, exchanged views on the Neighbors Process with PolMil M/C and PolCouns. Sambrana communicated de Mistura,s commitment to try to improve the "process" [...]	2008-02-22 09:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IR IZ KU TU UN SY
08BAGHDAD540	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAMOUD ON LONG-TERM [...] (C) PolMil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Marcie Ries called on Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud February 16 to discuss preparations for negotiations on the Long-Term Strategic Relationship (LTSR),including a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). She used the opportunity to inquire about efforts to en [...]	2008-02-25 07:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ETRD EU EWWT IZ KISL MARR PREF PREL TU KU
08BAGHDAD544	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 15 [...] SUMMARY: An assertive Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the 15 February Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh Al Qanoon - FaQ). The meeting featured praise of FaQ on its one year anniversary; discussions of remedies to the shortage of [...]	2008-02-25 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD57	MCNS FOCUSES ON IRAQI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) on January 6, Prime Minister Maliki and security ministers set aside most of the prepared agenda and focused on two issues raised by MinInt Bolani--apprehension about foreign ownership of Iraqi communications companies and dis [...]	2008-01-09 02:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KU MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD590	BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...]	2008-02-29 09:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD601	FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] SUMMARY. During a February 28 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Political Counselor Matt Tueller and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk that he would urge the Iranians to avoid making inflammatory statements directed at the United States during President Ah [...]	2008-03-01 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD622	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT IRAQ IN APRIL; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. IN A SHORT MARCH 1 MEETING, JAPANESE PAGE 02 RUEHGBA0622 C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 000622 AMBASSADOR KENJIRO MONJI TOLD AMBASSADOR CROCKER THAT IF JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER KOMURA ATTENDS THE APRIL 22 KUWAIT NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, MONJI WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE HIM TO [...]	2008-03-03 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV JA IZ
08BAGHDAD631	AHMADINEJAD VISIT MOSTLY PR; STRONG SIGNAL THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's overnight visit largely confirmed its advance billing as a PR exercise. The substance, centered around the signing of seven MOUs, including a USD 1 billion loan package, will require time to evaluate. The trip did send a strong visual that shoul [...]	2008-03-03 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD649	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEB 29 [...] Summary. PM Maliki and DPM Salih co-chaired the 29 February 2008 IESC in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh Al-Qannon). The meeting featured lengthy discussion of steps being taken to improve electricity in Baghdad, PM Maliki's number one priority. More optimism than usual was sou [...]	2008-03-05 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD656	IRAQ OIL MINISTER OUTLINES PLANS TO U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil (MOO) Shahrishtani, in a February 25 meeting, told Under Secretary of State Jeffery that the MOO and the Cabinet are prepared to proceed with the February 07 draft hydrocarbon law (HCL),but said that the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) should cancel its post-F [...]	2008-03-05 15:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD664	AMAR AL-HAKIM ON SFA, AHMADINEJAD VISIT, AND [...] (S) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, ISCI heir apparent Amar al-Hakim expressed support for the concept of a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) as a broad expression of our shared interests and vision. He said he and his father, ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, frequently talk about the impo [...]	2008-03-06 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD678	ICI: BAGHDAD DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMI convened an informal donor meeting March 4 to: a) update Baghdad-resident donor reps on GOI preparation for the ICI first anniversary, b) brief on the January 23 IRFFI meeting in Naples, and c) brief a visiting EC delegation on a and b. UNAMI Deputy Guy Siri and World B [...]	2008-03-07 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD700	MALIKI CHASTISES JUDICIARY, REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Prime Minister's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, Maliki immediately turned to the acquittal of the former Deputy Minister of Health. Maliki lamented the failure of the judiciary to promote justice and promised to seek redress. During [...]	2008-03-09 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ KU
08BAGHDAD730	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS SFA AND SOFA PREPARATION [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered the U.S. concept for diplomatic rollout of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). It was apparent that the Iraqis were thinking of the SFA and SOFA as [...]	2008-03-12 07:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD742	UNAMI SRSG DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, ANKARA TRIP, SOFA [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador met with UNAMI Special Representative (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura upon his return from Ankara. The Ambassador and the SRSG discussed the veto of the Provincial Powers Law, provincial elections, and the SRSG,s thoughts on a way forward. De Mistura said [...]	2008-03-13 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD755	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON GOI PLANS FOR REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 13 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Haj Hamoud said that the Iraqi Ambassador in Amman would disburse the USD 8 million Iraq had pledged to help its refugees in Jordan within a day or two, but did not mention any additional GOI funding initiatives for refugees. [...]	2008-03-13 18:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD784	ARAB PARLIAMENTARY SUMMIT FLAUNTS KURDS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Arab Parliamentary Union (APU)'s semi-annual conference convened March 11-13 in Erbil. Kurdistan Regional Government officals called the event immensely important for the Kurdish region for three reasons: it advertised Erbil as an investment haven, demonstrated the KRG's comm [...]	2008-03-15 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD799	AMBASSADOR RAISES SOFA/SF AND ICI WITH D/PM BARHAM [...] (S) Ambassador met March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework (SF) negotiations, the Prime Minister's participation in the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) ministerial, and security at Umm Qasr port and in Basra [...]	2008-03-17 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD803	MFA U/S HAMOUD ON THE KHWAR ABD ALLAH WATERWAY [...] (C) Deputy PolMil Counselor passed to MFA Undersecretary Hamoud on March 15 proposed points for inclusion in an Iraqi-Kuwaiti MOU on the salvage operation related to the Khwar Abd Allah waterway project. Also conveyed was the information contained in ref A regarding Kuwaiti willingness to mee [...]	2008-03-17 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PTIA IZ KU
08BAGHDAD806	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP, THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 16 call on Pol-Mil M/C, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi discussed preparations for the next Border Security Working Group in Damascus and Iraqi participation in the Arab League Summit. PM Maliki would lead Iraq's delegation to the latter in what Abbawi attempted to portray as [...]	2008-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER EG IR IZ LE RU SY
08BAGHDAD830	MEETING WITH GOI/MFA ON MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with MFA U/S Hamoud, MNF-I DCS for Strategic Effects and Deputy PolMil Couns briefed Hamoud on their March 6 trip to Makhmour Refugee camp, and sought to get GOI views on closing the camp and the way ahead. Hamoud suggested that the GOI, GOT and UNHCR meet [...]	2008-03-19 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD841	COR SPEAKER MASHADANI CALLS ARAB PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani hailed the Arab Parliamentary Union (APU) Conference as a success in his meeting with the Ambassador on March 15. Mashadani recounted his discussions with representatives o [...]	2008-03-19 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD854	VP HASHIMI ON TAWAFUQ'S RETURN: THE PROBLEM IS [...] (C) Summary: VP Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador on March 16 "the problem is not with us" with respect to negotiations for Tawafuq's return to the GOI. Other parties also fed up with PM Maliki, he said, include Iraqiyya, the Kurds, the Sadrists, and the Fadhila Party. On the Strategic Fra [...]	2008-03-20 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD855	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD864	CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI [...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]	2008-03-21 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD897	CODEL LEVIN MEETING WITH VP ABD AL-MEHDI [...] (C) Summary: On Sunday, March 16, CODEL Levin met with Vice-President Adel Abd al-Mehdi at the Hakim Compound in Baghdad. In a civil yet frank exchange, Senator Levin and Adel discussed a host of topics. Focusing initially on the political and security environment in Iraq, Senator Levin pres [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP IZ
08BAGHDAD9	HAKIM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2008 IN MEETING WITH AMB [...] (C) Summary: In a December 31 meeting with the Ambassador, ISCI leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim agreed that significant security, economic, and political progress had been made in 2007. He expressed hope that provincial elections would be held in 2008 but was noncommittal over the possibility of [...]	2008-01-02 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD909	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD91	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI: KEEP PRESSURE ON MALIKI [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told S/I Satterfield January 12 that ISCI fully supports the USG position that the Maliki government must reform in order to operate in a more inclusive and effective manner. However, Adel opined that Prime Minister Maliki is misreading USG attitu [...]	2008-01-13 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD916	VP HASHIMI ON TAWAFUQ'S RETURN: THE PROBLEM IS [...] (C) Summary: VP Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador on March 16 "the problem is not with us" with respect to negotiations for Tawafuq's return to the GOI. Other parties also fed up with PM Maliki, he said, include Iraqiyya, the Kurds, the Sadrists, and the Fadhila Party. On the Strategic Fra [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD921	NSA RUBAIE ON UPCOMING DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie reviewed a series of upcoming diplomatic engagements including his trip to Saudi Arabia, possible PM attendance at the Arab League Summit, the Prime Minister's trip to Brussels, and the Expan [...]	2008-03-26 02:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ KU SA SY
08BAGHDAD944	DPM SALIH ON VIOLENCE IN SHIA AREAS, ECONOMIC [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador March 25 that he believes Moqtada al-Sadr has decided to try to bring down the government. They discussed developments around the south and in Baghdad regarding the increased violence since March 23. Ambassador asked Salih to [...]	2008-03-27 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON TU KU IZ

08BAGHDAD959	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 28, 1300 [...] (S REL MCFI) Fighting continues in numerous areas of Basra city and the surrounding province. Sporadic violence is also reported in other southern provinces as well as Baghdad, which is now under curfew until March 30, 0500 local. Council of Representives (COR) Speaker has called for an emerg [...]	2008-03-28 17:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ KU MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL

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