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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09ISLAMABAD1905BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 12 AUGUST 2009
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2009-08-14 08:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1930 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 17, 2009
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2009-08-17 11:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1955 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 18, 2009
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2009-08-18 10:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 19, 2009
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2009-08-19 09:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1988 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 20, 2009
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2009-08-20 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1992REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...]
2009-08-21 05:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD1996 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 21, 2009
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2009-08-21 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2007PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 24, 2009
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2009-08-24 09:48:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD201 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 30, 2009
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2009-01-30 13:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2022ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...]
2009-08-25 05:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK
09ISLAMABAD2025 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 25, 2009
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2009-08-25 08:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2036 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 26, 2009
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2009-08-26 09:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2049 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 27, 2009
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2009-08-27 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2067 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 28, 2009
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2009-08-28 10:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2070LAHORE HIGH COURT RULING ON A.Q. KHAN
[...] (C) Summary: On August 28, The Lahore High Court (LHC) issued a show-cause notice to the federal government instructing it to justify its prevention of movements requested by nuclear scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. The court scheduled a hearing for September 4 at which the federal governmen [...]
2009-08-29 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD2075 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: AUGUST 31, 2009
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2009-08-31 10:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2094 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: September 01, 2009
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2009-09-01 11:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2102 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 02, 2009
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2009-09-02 09:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2111 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 03, 2009
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2009-09-03 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 04, 2009
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2009-09-04 09:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2149 SWAT HUMANITARIAN AID CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary. USAID/OFDA implementing partners, UN agencies and other humanitarian organizations continue to provide assistance to populations in Swat, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). Following an August 30 suicide bombing in Mingora, the capital of Swat District, international media mis [...]
2009-09-07 03:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO
09ISLAMABAD2159 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 08, 2009
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2009-09-08 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2162FORMER RULING PARTY PML SPLITS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of wrangling within the former ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) about the intra-party electoral process, and on the heels of the July 20 national-level party elections in which Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was reelected unopposed as PML president, dissident part [...]
2009-09-08 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD217 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 02, 2009
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2009-02-02 10:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2173 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 09, 2009
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2009-09-09 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2183 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
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2009-09-10 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2196 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
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2009-09-11 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2208CODEL CASEY'S AUGUST 25 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with CODEL Casey, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan emphasized the need for a long-term enduring partnership between the United States and Pakistan. He argued for increased trade preferences for Pakistani goods through the lo [...]
2009-09-11 13:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD PREL PTER AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2209PESHAWAR: "HERE I COME AGAIN" OPERATION IN BARA
[...] (C) Summary: After just over a week of fighting under the "Here I Come Again" operation in Khyber Agency, the joint army/Frontier Corps/Frontier Constabulary/police actions in Bara tehsil appear to be drawing to a close as army and Frontier Corps troops are pulled out to concentrate on other [...]
2009-09-11 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2218 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
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2009-09-14 09:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2226 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
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2009-09-15 09:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2236MEDIA REQUEST: INTERVIEW WITH FLOTUS FOR
[...] (U) Post would like to support a request by noted Pakistani journalist Jugnu Mohsin for an interview with First Lady Michelle Obama. Ms. Mohsin is one of the leading liberal secular journalists in Pakistan. She is the Managing Editor and Publisher of The Friday Times and a television presen [...]
2009-09-16 07:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO AF PK
09ISLAMABAD2245 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
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2009-09-16 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2263 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
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2009-09-17 10:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2278 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
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2009-09-18 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2288PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]
2009-09-20 09:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD23 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2009
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2009-01-05 09:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2301 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
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2009-09-24 09:01:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD231 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2009
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2009-02-03 14:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2320 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
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2009-09-25 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2340 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
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2009-09-28 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2353 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
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2009-09-29 11:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD236SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY HOLBROOKE
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival; your appointment comes as Pakistan grapples with internal change and hopes the Ombama administration can support regional solutions to development and counter-terrorism challenges. After eight years of military rule, the civilian governmen [...]
2009-02-04 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2361 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
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2009-09-30 10:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2375 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 01, 2009
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2009-10-01 10:58:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2379 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 02, 2009
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2009-10-02 12:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2381PAKISTAN RAISES ENERGY TARIFFS IN STEP TO REDUCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP raised electricity tariffs 6 percent, in accordance with its commitments to international financial institutions. However, lower fuel costs and higher hydropower generation simultaneously pushed tariffs down, reducing the immediate impact on consumers, and hence public [...]
2009-10-02 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2384UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND
[...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...]
2009-10-03 07:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD2385GOP SUGGESTS DISCUSSION ON INDIAN NUCLEAR ISSUES
[...] (C) PolOff met with MFA Disarmament Director General Dr. Irfan Yusuf Shami on September 30 and conveyed reftel points regarding Pakistani concerns about a possible Indian nuclear test. Shami reiterated the GOP perception that India may be preparing for a nuclear test, but when pressed on the [...]
2009-10-03 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PGOV MNUC IN PK
09ISLAMABAD2389 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD239PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT STABILIZES
[...] (C) Summary. Despite media speculation and rumor, PM Gilani's government is now stable, and President Zardari's position is now secure. Nawaz Sharif may be the most popular leader in Pakistan, but Zardari has added the Muttahida Quami Movement, soon perhaps to be joined by the Pakistan Musl [...]
2009-02-04 13:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD24ZARDARI COMMENTS ON INDIA/NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (S) Summary: President Zardari told the Ambassador January 2 he would have no choice but to respond militarily to an Indian attack. There was no more politically sensitive issue in Pakistan than Kashmir, he said. Zardari had been briefed by ISI Director General, LTG Pasha, on his meeting with the D [...]
2009-01-05 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD241 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 14:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2411 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2424 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 10:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2434 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: OCTOBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 10:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2449(S) PAKISTAN ARMY GHQ AGAIN APPROVES EMBEDDING
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistani Army has for just the second time approved deployment of U.S. special operation elements to support Pakistani military operations. The first deployment, with SOC(FWD)-PAK elements embedded with the Frontier Corps in XXXXXXXXXXXX, occurred in September (reftel). Previously [...]
2009-10-09 07:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2453 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORIRSM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 10:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2459HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...]
2009-10-10 06:24:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2474 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2477BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2483 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, PAK-CHINA,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2496 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2518 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 10:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD252 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 09:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2534 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, KERRY-LUGAR BILL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 10:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2539BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 12:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2543 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: KERRY-LUGAR BILL, TERRORISM,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 03:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2554 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, KERRY-LUGAR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 10:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2571 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2576EXTREMISM IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB AND NORTHERN SINDH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Though the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) continue to grab headlines for terrorist violence, poor and underdeveloped regions in the rest of "settled" Pakistan are increasingly the recruiting and training ground for extremism and mil [...]
2009-10-23 03:49:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2585 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 11:16:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2591PAKISTAN MILITARY LAUNCHES GROUND CAMPAIGN IN
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan military launched a ground combat campaign against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants in South Waziristan on October 17. Reconnaissance in force (RIF) operations have transitioned to preparations for a major ground assault. Military sources have described th [...]
2009-10-23 15:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD260 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2600 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 13:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2609 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 15:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 09:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2632 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2640 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, SECRETARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 11:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2651 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2663 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2665PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...]
2009-11-03 14:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2669 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 12:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD267ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT "FREES" A.Q. KHAN, WITH
[...] (C) Summary. The Islamabad High Court released a ruling on February 6 that declares A.Q. Khan a "free citizen." Although Khan and his lawyers claimed victory before the Pakistani media, the text of the ruling reads more like a plea deal, indicating that Khan accepted conditions on his freed [...]
2009-02-06 14:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD2672PAKISTAN MILITARY MAKING SLOW BUT DELIBERATE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Pakistani ground forces appear to be making slow but deliberate progress in their campaign against the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan. In recent days, the Army has been securing the ground it occupies, and on November 3, the 14th Division advanced into th [...]
2009-11-05 04:29:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS PK
09ISLAMABAD2675Visit to Waziristan IDP Relief Center
[...] (U) Summary. Following reports of rioting at multiple relief distribution points in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, representatives of USAID, the U.N., a local relief organization, and the media traveled with Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed on October 28 to the newly established centralized relief distribut [...]
2009-11-05 08:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO
09ISLAMABAD2677 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, HILLARY CLINTON'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2692 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY STATE'S VISIT,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 09:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2709 PAKISTAN SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION TO SEYMOUR M. HERSH STORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2710 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/MILITARY, POLITICAL,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2718 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, VISITING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2739 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2741NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF
[...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...]
2009-11-15 13:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK
09ISLAMABAD2754PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 01:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2760 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2769CODEL TIERNEY MEETS WITH PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani told CODEL Tierney November 11 that the Pakistani people were united in the fight against terrorism and supported military efforts in Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan. However, he noted the public was upset with Pakistan's failing economy, pointing out co [...]
2009-11-17 14:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF EAID ECON MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD2773 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 09:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2784PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan's National Assembly is discussing a bill to turn into permanent law the Musharraf-era National Command Authority (NCA) Ordinance, which established Pakistan's nuclear command and control infrastructure. Media reports had linked the introduction of the bill to internat [...]
2009-11-19 05:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD2787 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: TOP STORIES, TERRORISM/MILITARY,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 10:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2798PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 12:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD280INTERIOR SECRETARY PROVIDES TERMS OF A.Q. KHAN'S
[...] (S) Secretary of the Interior Kamal Shah called in the Ambassador on February 7 to provide a copy of "Annexure-A", the terms of the Islamabad High Court,s decision on Khan,s appeal of his detention (text below). Shah assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan retains full powers to en [...]
2009-02-07 15:33:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PK
09ISLAMABAD2810 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 10:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2820 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, USAID,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-21 05:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2827 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 11:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2828BONDED LABORERS HELD HOSTAGE BY LANDLOWNERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, a Pakistani NGO reported to Embassy Islamabad that over 150 peasants and their family members in rural Sindh had disappeared after filing illegal confinement and non-payment wage petitions with local courts. There was strong evidence that the peasants' employers -- [...]
2009-11-23 13:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ELAB PK
09ISLAMABAD2836 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 09:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2838SECRETARY CLINTON,S OCTOBER 30, 2009, MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Political, civic, and business leaders from Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) told the Secretary during an October 30 meeting in Islamabad that "not all tribesmen are militants" and that development and long-term U.S. economic [...]
2009-11-24 12:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ECON OVIP PK
09ISLAMABAD2839EMBASSY ISLAMABAD P1 REFERRAL: FAMILY OF JOHN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad hereby refers for P1 U.S. resettlement consideration/in-country processing the family of Syed Hashim, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member killed by a Baloch nationalist group on February 2, 2009 at the time of the kidnapping of U.S. cit [...]
2009-11-24 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PK
09ISLAMABAD284PRESIDENT ZARDARI DISCUSSES AQ KHAN RELEASE
[...] (S) Summary: President Zardari assured the Ambassador on February 8 that A.Q. Khan would remain under house arrest and not engage with the media. Minister of Interior Rehman Malik also insisted that Khan would be prohibited from talking to the press and politicians, and his movements would be curta [...]
2009-02-09 12:53:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PK KNNP PARM
09ISLAMABAD2847BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 18 NOVEMBER 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 06:41:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2853 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD286 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2885 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 14:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2889 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 11:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2900 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2927 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 10:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2939 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 10:40:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2941PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...]
2009-12-08 03:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK
09ISLAMABAD2946 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2947WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its allies are continuing -- and intensifying -- their wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan's settled areas. Separate attacks in Multan, Lahore, and Peshawar during December 7-8 killed over 70 people. These three attacks came on the heels [...]
2009-12-08 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2959 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 11:37:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2966 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: December 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 09:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD297 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD2974NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD
[...] Embassy Islamabad nominates Masarrat Misbah for the International Women of Courage award. 2. In 2003, Masarrat Misbah, a beautician by profession, decided to take action against an abhorrent cultural practice: acid attacks against women and girls. Men and boys perpetrate these attacks wh [...]
2009-12-12 11:15:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO PK
09ISLAMABAD2987 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 08:14:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3005 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 08:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3015 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 09:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3027 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-17 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3035 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD304 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 13:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3042BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 16 DECEMBER, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 02:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3043 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 02:32:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD307 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3073 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3076 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 14:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD308 SPECIAL PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION - RICHARD HOLBROOKE'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3084 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 07:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD3104 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 11:33:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD313PAKISTAN FILES CASE AGAINST MUMBAI ATTACK SUSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Interior Minister Rehman Malik publicly declared that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned, at least partially, in Pakistan and that the GOP had several suspects in custody. Malik held a press conference to present the initial results of the inquiry and announce [...]
2009-02-12 16:26:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD3131 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 10:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD318 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 11:31:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD32QURESHI SHARES MUMBAI DOSSIER WITH BOUCHER
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on January 5. The two men discussed India's sharing of a dossier with Pakistan detailing the results of India's ongoing investigation into the November 26-29 [...]
2009-01-06 14:12:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD330 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD337 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 10:21:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD34 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD353BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD359 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD365SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL KAYANI’S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Summary. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani's February 20-27 visit to Washington comes on the heels of the government's loss of control over Swat, continued Pakistani Army/Frontier Corps operations in the tribal areas, and still-simmering Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the Mumba [...]
2009-02-19 16:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD373PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 11:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD397 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD411 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 13:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD413 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 11:50:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD420 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 09:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD429DEMONSTRATIONS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 15:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
09ISLAMABAD435 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD438PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...]
2009-02-27 14:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD439DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PUNJAB
[...] (C) Summary: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, mostly in Punjab, after Friday prayers to protest the disqualification of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif. Protests turned violent in Lahore and Rawalpindi, and police used tear gas and b [...]
2009-02-27 14:53:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD44PM GILANI FIRES NSA DURRANI
[...] (C) Summary. On January 8, Ambassador Mahmood Durrani confirmed to Ambassador that he had been fired by PM Gilani late on January 7. The press reported that Gilani fired Durrani because he confirmed to the press that Mumbai attacker Mohammed (Ajmal) Kasab was indeed a Pakistani citizen wit [...]
2009-01-08 15:16:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD450PAKISTAN WED TO "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" LANGUAGE
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche announcing USG participation as an observer in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) (ref a),Imran Siddique, Director of UN Affairs in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told DepPolCouns February 28 Pakistan remains committed to language on "Def [...]
2009-03-02 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN PK
09ISLAMABAD451 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD454SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (C) Summary: Mission Pakistan warmly welcomes your arrival in Islamabad. You are arriving in the midst of largely self-inflicted political turmoil following the Supreme Court's decision to disqualify from public office Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif, political rivals of President Asif Zardari. Zardari en [...]
2009-03-03 02:20:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD46POST'S APPEAL FOR FY09 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan played a major role in the original Green Revolution. After several decades of lagging agricultural production, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is looking to make the leap to join the Gene Revolution. Post has outlined an ambitious biotech program for FY 2009 and req [...]
2009-01-09 06:26:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID ETRD EAGR KPAO TBIO PK
09ISLAMABAD465 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD472 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD478NEW WAZIRISTAN TERRORIST ALLIANCE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Rival Pakistani Taliban leaders Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi Nazir, and Hafiz Gul Bahadur formed a new militant alliance on February 23. The new alliance recognizes Taliban leader Mullah Omar as its leader, and its goal is to fight the planned U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. The P [...]
2009-03-04 14:21:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD486 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 11:17:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD491 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-06 10:34:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD495ZARDARI-NAWAZ RECONCILIATION: PLEAS FOR U.S. INTERVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-07 16:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD499 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD501NWFP: TNSM,S ONE-SIDED "MEDIATION"
[...] (C) Jamal Nasir, Special Assistant to the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Home Secretary, confirmed to post on March 5 that Tehrik-i Nifaz-I Shariati Muhammadi (TNSM) leader Sufi Mohammad had presented the government with a list of 17 demands. The list, which circulated widely in the local [...]
2009-03-09 12:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD511 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 09:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD516LITTLE MOVEMENT ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a last-ditch effort to reduce tensions with the Sharif brothers ahead of the start of the lawyers' march on March 12, President Zardari offered Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain the post of Senate leader if PML would form a government with the Pakistan Peo [...]
2009-03-12 04:28:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD526 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 14:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD528PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER: A FIZZLE FROM A BANG
[...] (C) Summary: On March 12, Ambassador met in Islamabad with Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, whose jurisdiction extends to the federal capital's border. Taseer was adamant that opposition protesters would not be allowed into Islamabad but committed that arrested organizers would be released as so [...]
2009-03-12 16:06:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD541LATEST EFFORTS AT RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Pakistani media is reporting late March 13 that Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Kayani met today with President Zardari and PM Gilani, and that Zardari had invited Shahbaz Sharif to a late night meeting to discuss reconciliation. When Ambassador sees PM Gilani ton [...]
2009-03-13 15:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD548ZARDARI AGREES TO APPEAL SHARIFS' DISQUALIFICATION
[...] (C) Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (Ambassador) had dinner with President Zardari March 14. Right before the meeting, Zardari had issued a statement indicating his government's intention to request a review of the Supreme Court's decision on the eligibility of the Sharif brothers to ho [...]
2009-03-14 17:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD552WHAT'S NEXT?
[...] (C) Summary. Absent a terrorist attack or what we believe is unlikely Army intervention, the lawyers' ""long march"" will end with both sides claiming victory. They then will have to settle into a protracted series of negotiations to address the Sharifs' eligibility, governors' rule in Pun [...]
2009-03-15 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD559LONG MARCH ROUND UP AS OF 1500 LOCAL TIME, MARCH 16
[...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning on March 16 Prime Minister Gilani announced former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's reinstatement and the GOP's intention to file a review petition on the Sharif brothers' case in the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, Nawaz Sharif announced that he was calling of [...]
2009-03-16 12:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD560IMPLICATIONS OF THE LONG MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 12:24:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD561BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 08:20:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD564 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD576 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 11:09:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD586SAVING THE F-16 PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary. Pakistan is the most important front-line state in our battle against extremists who threaten the U.S. and our allies. In post's view, preserving the F-16 program, which is the flagship symbol of post 9/11 bilateral re-engagement, is critical to our goals of enabling Pakistan to co [...]
2009-03-18 16:27:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MARR MOPS PK
09ISLAMABAD600 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 10:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD612 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 13:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD625 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 11:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD637PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 11:53:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD644PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 26, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 11:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD659 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD66 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 11:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD672 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MARCH 00, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 11:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD674ZARDARI BEFORE PARLIAMENT: PROBLEMS, PROMISES, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In his second address to a joint session of parliament, President Asif Zardari won his largest rounds of applause when he supported initiatives of his rival, Nawaz Sharif -- lifting governor's rule in Punjab, political reconciliation, and restoration of the deposed judiciary. Zar [...]
2009-03-30 14:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD680 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD684 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD691 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 02, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD707 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 11:05:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD715IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY RETURNS
[...] (C) Summary. A little more than two years after former President Musharraf initially fired him, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench March 22 by a reluctant President Zardari. The saga of Chaudhry's fall and rise paradoxically demonstrated both the new-foun [...]
2009-04-04 05:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM PK
09ISLAMABAD720 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:56:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD738 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD746 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:46:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD756 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 09, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD766ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/10/09
[...] (SBU) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 04/10/09 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of intelligence information (ref C) on an imminent terrorist attack in Islamabad. All sections/agencies were represented. 2. (S/NF) As was reported in Ref A, the MOI coordinated a series o [...]
2009-04-10 11:10:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK
09ISLAMABAD77SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION AGAINST AQ KHAN DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: On January 12, the Ambassador met with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir to deliver reftel demarche about the imposition of sanctions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, Muhammad Farooq, and Muhammad Nasim ud Din under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act (NPPA),the Export Import Act (EXIM),[...]
2009-01-13 13:39:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PINS PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD776BAITULLAH MEHSUD DECLARES WAR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 5, Baitullah Mehsud announced that in retaliation for drone strikes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and a now five million dollar U.S. bounty on his head, his Taliban would be carrying out two attacks each week in Pakistan. This announcement came after [...]
2009-04-13 01:51:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD779 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 09:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD785 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 09:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD797 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 09:11:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD80MUSHARRAF BEGINS U.S. SPEAKING TOUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf departed Islamabad for the United States to visit his brother and to participate in a two-week lecture tour with scheduled stops at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, and the World Affairs Council of West [...]
2009-01-13 16:00:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD803 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:13:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD807GILANI TO KERRY: NO CONDITIONALITIES, NO DRONES
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with PM Gilani. Gilani complained about the conditions recently placed on the House version of the Senator's bill; Kerry said his Senate version would be "very different," and rejected conditions as demeaning. However, he was adamant that metrics would be [...]
2009-04-16 11:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD813 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD819 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 10:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD820ISLAMABAD EAC MEETING 04/20/09
[...] (C) The DCM chaired an EAC meeting on 20 April 2009 to review the Mission's security posture in the wake of a DOD notification to Post regarding the possible publication of detainee photographs depicting alleged incidents of torture. These photographs reportedly were taken at DOD detention fac [...]
2009-04-20 12:06:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AMGT CACS PK
09ISLAMABAD829PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 10:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD832SPENDING STRATEGICALLY IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. This cable conveys a shorter version of the strategy we laid out in the Mission Strategic Plan and how we will implement the President's strategic review. We welcome the additional resources but we are very mindful of the constraints: our own, the GoP's and the international don [...]
2009-04-21 11:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD84 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 09:39:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD847PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 22, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 13:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD856 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 09:04:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD858MISSION CONVEYS CONCERN OVER ARRESTED AHMADI TEENS
[...] (C) Summary: Both Embassy and Consulate Lahore have interceded with Pakistani officials and community representatives on behalf of four Ahmadi teenagers arrested on charges of blasphemy for writing the name of the Prophet Mohammed on a latrine wall of a Sunni mosque. Minority Affairs Minister [...]
2009-04-24 07:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PK
09ISLAMABAD867 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: April 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 12:28:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD883 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD885BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 22 APRIL 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD894 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 28, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 08:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD90 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 11:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD901UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN MALAKAND DIVISION: DIR,
[...] (C) Summary. In operations in Lower Dir District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) on April 27, Frontier Corps/Army reportedly killed over 70 militants, including two major taliban commanders, and regained control over the Maidan valley. UN organizations report that the [...]
2009-04-28 13:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD911 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 10:35:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD912BUNER OPERATIONS CONTINUE WITH REQUEST FOR IDP
[...] (C) Summary. Following several Pakistan Air Force airstrikes on April 28, Pakistani Military ground troops moved into Daggar, the main city within Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)),early on April 29 and secured the city. During the operations, approximat [...]
2009-04-29 12:49:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD917KERRY AND QURESHI PLAN STRATEGY FOR SECURING AID
[...] (C) Summary: Codel Kerry met April 13 with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Senator Kerry and Qureshi focused on the importance of articulating a clear GOP strategy for security and economic growth to both U.S. legislators and other donor countries. Foreign Minister Qureshi planned to [...]
2009-04-30 10:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD921 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: APRIL 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD934 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:45:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD935 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 01, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:47:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD939MALAKAND DIVISION: BUNER OPERATIONS IN FOURTH DAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On May 1, Pakistan military operations in Buner District (Malakand Division, Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)) entered their fourth day. Security forces cut a major militant supply line to the Ambela pass and established a Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Daggar on April [...]
2009-05-01 12:39:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISLAMABAD940UPDATE ON PAKISTANI IDPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As military operations continue in Dir and Buner in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP),access to these areas remains the greatest impediment to the UN and others conducting registration, assessing needs, and delivering aid. Higher internally displaced persons (IDP) estim [...]
2009-05-01 13:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD941GOP BRIEFS A NEW STRATCOM PLAN
[...] (C) Summary. In an April 31 meeting with A/DCM and PAO, new Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kaira described the GOP,s planned national public affairs campaign to build public support for the fight against extremism. The plan includes hiring local public relations firms to create ads [...]
2009-05-01 13:20:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PK
09ISLAMABAD947ANP'S WALI KHAN PRAISES MILITARY SUCCESSES
[...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party President Asfundyar Wali Khan told Charge May 3 that he was pleased (for the first time) with vigorous Army/Frontier Corps action against militants in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). GOP forces were moving into Shangla, completing the encirclement [...]
2009-05-03 11:08:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK
09ISLAMABAD950 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 04, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 10:06:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD958 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 05, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:03:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD971 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 06, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:29:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD976 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 07, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 12:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD98 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 11:25:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD980 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: MAY 08, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 09:44:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISLAMABAD990SWAT -- NO QUICK FIXES
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Gilani's May 7 speech announcing the government's intent to "eliminate militants" appears to be the launching point of full scale military operations in Swat. Although Pakistani civilian and military leaders are sounding the right notes about tackling militancy, we should [...]
2009-05-08 11:44:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PK
09ISLAMABAD994TREATMENT OF SIKHS BECOMES A BILATERAL ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's religious minorities face discrimination even in the best of times; the spread of taliban influence and control in the Northwest Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has made matters worse. Taliban forces have exploited and exacerbated [...]
2009-05-09 08:29:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PK
09ISLAMABAD996SITUATION IN SWAT AS OF MAY 9
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Swat District continued on May 9 with reports of over 140 militants killed during the day. Press reports indicate that the Pakistan Air Force started aerial assaults in the Swat city of Mingora on the morning of May 9. By the evening, the UN High Commission for R [...]
2009-05-09 12:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
09ISTANBUL105FACEBOOK IN IRAN: DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS
[...] (C) Summary: In early February the Iranian regime reportedly unblocked internet access in Iran to social networking sites like Facebook. Since then tens of thousands of Iranians have signed up, according to Iranian contacts, and use the website not only for socializing but also for politica [...]
2009-03-13 07:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PHUM ECPS IR
09ISTANBUL124COLUMNISTS DEBATE THE FUTURE OF TURKEY UNDER AKP
[...] (U) Summary. During a lively luncheon at the Consul General's Residence, four senior Turkish columnists exchanged views and barbs about Turkey's future course. While all agreed that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be setting the course, there was great disagreement [...]
2009-03-27 11:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKPAO ECON TU PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE
09ISTANBUL138US-IRAN RELATIONS: "BEWARE THE SPOILERS"
[...] (S) Summary: Several contacts who closely watch Iranian politics have cautioned that in the wake of recent positive "atmospheric" developments in US-Iran relations, Washington should take extra care not to "over-extend" its efforts to reach out to the regime. The remaining two months before [...]
2009-04-10 13:43:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL14US-IRAN RELATIONS: CONTACTS IN TURKEY AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian contacts and local experts have cautioned it would be a mistake if the USG, as it considers whether, when, and how to engage Iran, withheld such an approach in an effort to impact the outcome of Iran's elections, in this case against Ahmadinejad. One expert argued that [...]
2009-01-09 11:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS TU IR
09ISTANBUL175PROMOTING "CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IRAN"
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish NGO that promotes "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) principles in Turkey has briefed us on its efforts to train an Iranian CSR NGO to survey 100 Iranian companies on the extent to which they implement CSR principles in Iran. Not surprisingly the initial results [...]
2009-05-20 15:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL189IRANIAN ELECTIONS AND MEDIA: "PRESS TV FOR
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary and Comment: The Istanbul correspondent for Iran's "Press TV" news channel (please strictly protect) told us that a sizable majority of Press TV reporters, editors, and producers openly support Iranian presidential candidate Mousavi and oppose Ahmadinejad. Despite Press TV [...]
2009-05-29 15:17:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
09ISTANBUL198IRAN/ELECTIONS: A TURKISH PROFESSOR'S INFORMAL
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish political science professor plans to visit Iran with several colleagues June 9-13 on the pretense of holding academic exchanges with counterparts at Tehran and Esfahan universities, but for the primary purpose of visiting Iranian polling stations and observing the cond [...]
2009-06-04 15:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL20AN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT CRITIQUES U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: An Iranian expert with a regime-affiliated think-tank who participated in a "study tour" observing U.S. presidential elections has written a draft paper comparing and critiquing U.S. and Iranian election procedures. The paper will be published on a Turkish university website in [...]
2009-01-14 07:22:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM TU IR
09ISTANBUL203LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Amcit transit passenger was Turkey's first confirmed H1N1 case. His mother, a green card holder (LPR),also tested positive for the virus. Subsequently six more confirmed H1N1 cases have been announced by the Government of Turkey (GOT) including an additional U.S. citizen [...]
2009-06-09 05:39:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KFLU PREL AMGT TU
09ISTANBUL22RAISING CONCERNS WITH TURKISH BANKS ABOUT IRAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: We met with representative from the Turkish Bankers' Association and several Turkish banks to highlight our ongoing concerns about Iran's deceptive financial practices and urge them to undertake more rigorous scrutiny of their relationships with Iranian banks. We also shared inf [...]
2009-01-15 06:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PREL PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL243(C) ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE DECRIES RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and representatives from the Greek Orthodox Church in America have expressed concerns that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC),backed by the Russian Government, is interfering increasingly in Ecumenical Church Affairs with the ambition of moving t [...]
2009-07-02 13:00:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE RU TU PGOV PREL PHUM GR
09ISTANBUL244POST-ELECTION IRAN: "THE SYSTEM IS NO LONGER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Former Iranian MFA Director General Kia Tabatabaee, recently returned from Iran, described how he thinks Ahmadinejad's campaign "stole" the elections, including printing 20 million extra ballots for ballot-box stuffing. He predicted the regime will now work hard to secure in [...]
2009-07-02 14:56:00Consulate IstanbulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS KDEM PREL IR TU
09ISTANBUL271ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HALKI
[...] (C) Summary. During a July 9 meeting, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (EP) explained the Patriarchate's lack of communication with the GOT on Halki and briefed the Ambassador on the positive July 4 - 6 visit of Russian Patriarch Kirill to Turkey. According to the EP, the GOT has not communi [...]
2009-07-15 08:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU GR RU
09ISTANBUL28TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 13:56:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL314BACKGROUND TO ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN IN ISTANBUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, a Christian Turk was attacked in Kadikoy, Istanbul, by an acquaintance who recently completed military service. The twenty-minute standoff ended when police officers threatened to open fire. The attacker eventually released the victim after calling him a "missionar [...]
2009-08-14 05:26:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL344FLASH FLOOD AFTERMATH
[...] (U) During the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, flash floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas left 31 confirmed dead, nine missing, and damages that may exceed USD 100 million. Affected areas were Tekirdag, a province west of Istanbul, and the western Istanbul neighborh [...]
2009-09-11 05:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09ISTANBUL346CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP GETS BROAD VIEW OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional Study Group arranged by the Association of Former Members of Congress met with leadership from the Jewish Community, Armenian Archbishop, analyst Hugh Pope, Kurdish intellectual Umit Firat and GOT EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis between September 1-3. Both Jewish [...]
2009-09-11 13:40:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV TU AR GR CY OSCE
09ISTANBUL357ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. A wide range of our contacts dismissed the notion that Turkey is at risk of becoming an Islamic Republic. Their consensus is that the political system is flexible enough to accommodate pious Turks, growing political activism. Though this activism will contin [...]
2009-09-17 14:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL37COMMENTATOR TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC
[...] Summary. In a recent discussion with diplomats and media representatives, professor of political science and well-regarded newspaper columnist Sahin Alpay predicted that Turkey will achieve democratic consolidation with or without EU support, and offered a broad apologia for the lackluster p [...]
2009-01-21 14:15:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL370IRAN/RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: ASSYRIAN PENTACOSTAL
[...] (C) Summary: According to the pastor of the largest Protestant Evangelical Church in Turkey (who also oversees the global church's evangelical missions in the Middle East),the Iranian Majles's Assyrian community representative, Jonathan Betkolia, asked an Iranian court in March 2009 to clos [...]
2009-09-30 13:16:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINS PGOV TU IR
09ISTANBUL377DEPUTY CHIEF TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED IN
[...] (SBU) An Istanbul court last week ordered the arrest of Emin Arslan, Deputy Chief of the Turkish National Police (TNP) for Organized Crime and Kidnapping for alleged ties with "drug baron" Habib Kanat. Newly appointed Istanbul Police Chief Huseyin Capkin was reportedly behind the recent anti- [...]
2009-10-02 12:07:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL38JEWISH COMMUNITY OF TURKEY: GOVERNMENT'S GAZA
[...] (C) Summary. Three weeks of grassroots demonstrations throughout Turkey against the humanitarian crisis caused by Israeli actions in Gaza (refs A-C) have triggered anxiety within the Jewish Community of Turkey. Jewish Community president Sylvio Ovadya and vice president Lina Filiba shared th [...]
2009-01-21 14:34:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL404JEWISH COMMUNITY CONCERNED, BUT NO INCIDENTS YET
[...] (C) Summary. The beginning of television series "Separation" (Ayrilik) aired weekly on state-run TRT 1 starting October 13th inspired condemnation and concern from Israel and the Jewish community in Turkey. Community Vice Presidents Lina Filiba and Daniel Navarro met with the Consul General [...]
2009-10-22 16:59:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU IS
09ISTANBUL408INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY VOICES GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 06:36:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV PHUM TU
09ISTANBUL421AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iran have actively courted each other in recent months, including Foreign Ministerial bilats in August, September, and early November, Erdogan's October trip to Iran, and Ahmadinejad's November 8-9 Istanbul visit. Ahmadinejad came for the OIC Summit, but also to furthe [...]
2009-11-10 17:12:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KNNP OIC TU IR
09ISTANBUL429SISLI MAYOR SARIGUL BROADENING ELECTORAL BASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mustafa Sarigul, mayor of Istanbul's Sisli District, remains on track to launch his political party, the Turkey Change Movement (Turkiye Degisim Hareketi, or TDH),in January 2010 and will make a bid to oust Prime Minister Erdogan in the 2011 election. In separate, recent meetings [...]
2009-11-19 11:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ISTANBUL432READOUT ON ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH'S "SUCCESSFUL"
[...] (C) Summary. A close advisor who accompanied the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on his October 20 - November 6 trip to the United States provided us with a debriefing of the trip in which the Patriarch attended an environmental symposium, held services in New York and Washington D.C. and me [...]
2009-11-24 07:52:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE GR TU
09ISTANBUL464PATRIARCH,S "60 MINUTES" INTERVIEW CREATES A STIR
[...] (C) Summary. A harsh media buzz continues to reverberate over the Patriarch's December 20 comments in the "60 Minutes" program that he feels "crucified" as a member of the Greek Orthodox community in Turkey. The program focused on the shrinking number of Christians in the Middle East, includ [...]
2009-12-22 08:14:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GR TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL466SURVEY SHOWS HIGH LEVELS OF RELIGIOSITY AND
[...] (C) Summary. Sabanci University political scientist Ali Carkoglu, together with Ersin Kalaycioglu, reported new research findings on religiosity in Turkey under the framework of the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) that indicate a high level of religiosity among Turks and high levels [...]
2009-12-24 07:56:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KIRF TU
09ISTANBUL467PATRIARCHATE FEELS SECURE BUT DEFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ecumenical Patriarchate's press and public relations representative Father Dositheos told poloff on December 23 that while they are hard-pressed to explain the Patriarch's controversial use of the term "to feel crucified" in the "60 Minutes" program aired on December 20, t [...]
2009-12-28 05:58:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU GR
09ISTANBUL48SECOND ANNIVERARY OF HRANT DINK'S MURDER,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Consul General and other consulate officers attended a number of memorial events commemorating the second anniversary of Hrant Dink's murder in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, Hrant Dink's widow Rakel and family lawyer Feth [...]
2009-01-29 14:47:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL OSCE TU PGOV
09ISTANBUL83US-IRAN RELATIONS: WHY IRAN REFUSED THE US
[...] (S) Summary: A trusted contact claims he was told by a close advisor to Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran denied visas for the planned February 4, 2009 visit of the US women's badminton because of the USG's "bad faith" in announcing the visit earlier than Iran had requested. According t [...]
2009-03-03 06:54:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS KDEM IR
09ISTANBUL84CHP'S CHOICE A STRANGE ONE IN UPCOMING TEKIRDAG
[...] Summary. In the past five years Tekirdag Province has seen two relatively close elections, with Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its Republican People's Party (CHP) each having won one. While the province would thus seem to be in play, for the upcoming local mayoral e [...]
2009-03-03 08:00:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL85MEDIA DIVIDED IN REPORTING ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT;
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish newspapers and blogs prominently covered the 2008 Human Rights Report (HRR) released on February 25, and as expected were divided in their reporting. The HRR's release during heightened tension between media mogul Aydin Dogan and Prime Minister Erdogan resulted in particul [...]
2009-03-03 12:06:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE
09ISTANBUL98TURKS DISTRUST BOTH FOREIGNERS AND SHARIA LAW
[...] (U) Summary: A poll released in February found that most Turks are distrustful of foreigners and fearful that the country will be divided by outside forces. The poll commissioned by the mainstream Hurriyet newspaper and conducted by well regarded polling firm Konda Research also found many T [...]
2009-03-09 10:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL99CHP CONTROL OF EDIRNE THREATENED IN MAYORAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 14:11:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TU
09JAKARTA1126DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...]
2009-07-02 07:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID
09JAKARTA1128LEGISLATORS TRY TO BLOCK PURCHASE OF ISRAELI-MADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Some Indonesian legislators are moving to block the GOI's plan to purchase Israeli-manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The Indonesian Department of Defense claims that the UAVs are a cost effective way to provide surveillance of Indonesian waterways. Flagging concerns [...]
2009-07-02 08:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ID IS
09JAKARTA1135PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN WRAPS UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the presidential election on July 8 fast approaches, the three candidates wrapped up their campaigns on July 4 ahead of the official "cooling off period." The last of three presidential debates (held on July 2) was livelier than the others, but did not seem to undermine Pr [...]
2009-07-06 04:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1171PRESIDENT'S BIG VICTORY SPARKS DEBATE ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's resounding victory in the recent presidential election--now backed up by official figures--has sparked debate about the future of the opposition and its leaders. Badly trounced in recent elections, VP Kalla's Golkar Party seems set to re-invent itself in [...]
2009-07-10 10:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1198ISLAMIC CARD FAILS IN RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla's attempt to play the Islamic card in Indonesia's recent presidential election campaign failed spectacularly. Despite blatantly playing up Muslim symbolism and his support from Muslim organizations, he only garnered 10-15 percent of the total vote. These [...]
2009-07-16 04:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1203INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has hit another road block. KPK-police tensions have escalated in recent weeks, with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other's leaders. Although President Yudhoyono had convened a meeting to stem [...]
2009-07-16 11:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1209OPPOSITION--GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS--FILES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Losing candidate Megawati Sukarnoputri is pressing forward with charges that Indonesia's recent presidential election was unfair. She has stopped short of calling for a re-vote, but has filed various complaints with the Election Oversight Commission. In making the charges, t [...]
2009-07-17 09:42:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA121INDONESIA EFFUSIVELY WELCOMES BARACK OBAMA AS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Indonesians across the archipelago exuberantly greeted President Barack Obama's Inauguration on January 20. At a formal ball in Jakarta held during the Inauguration ceremonies, a Presid [...]
2009-01-22 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO SCUL ID
09JAKARTA1211NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMB BLASTS AT JAKARTA HOTELS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There were two nearly simultaneous bomb blasts at luxury hotels in Jakarta early on July 17. Nine people were reportedly killed and at least 50 people were injured, including eight confirmed Americans. President Yudhoyono and other senior officials promised a thorough invest [...]
2009-07-17 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID
09JAKARTA1216JAKARTA RESOLUTE IN AFTERMATH OF BOMB BLASTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Police immediately launched an investigation into the two July 17 bombings in Jakarta. Based on the types of devices used, the police have linked the blasts to Southeast Asian terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) or Noordin M. Top's JI cell. Despite th [...]
2009-07-21 11:11:00Embassy JakartaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID
09JAKARTA1230INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...]
2009-07-23 05:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA1240PRESIDENT DECLARED OFFICIAL WINNER, BUT OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Election Commission (KPU) officially announced on July 25 that President Yudhoyono was the winner of the presidential election held on July 8. The two losing candidates--former president Megawati and VP Kalla--plan to file lawsuits contesting the results which t [...]
2009-07-27 08:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1259USG-FUNDED TRAINING EMPOWERS NEW WOMEN LEGISLATORS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S.-funded training is playing a key role in building up the legislative capacity of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR). More than sixty percent of the DPR which will sit in October will consist of new members. Between 15 to 18 percent of the new legislators will be women, an i [...]
2009-07-28 10:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KWMN ID
09JAKARTA1269INDONESIA--REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expanded and more robust engagement with Indonesia is critical to the President's vision of a new relationship with the Muslim world as outlined in his Cairo speech. Now is the time to advance key elements of our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia--the Muslim world's larg [...]
2009-07-29 10:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL SOCI KISL EAID ECON ID XF
09JAKARTA1275JULY 17 BOMBINGS -- CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY SEEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reached out to security authorities and other knowledgeable contacts about the recent blog post claiming responsibility for the July 17 Jakarta bombings. Although the "Al-Qaeda Indonesia" name used in the blog is new, virtually all observers agree that it appears to be mo [...]
2009-07-30 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID
09JAKARTA128ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. Please see para 7 for action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government on January 23 invited the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to assist with the safe repatriation of 193 Burmese and Bangladeshi nationals hou [...]
2009-01-23 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA1281ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- KEY INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest anti-corruption news, Indonesia's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is facing various inquiries. KPK-police tensions have escalated with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other. President Yudhoyono's intervention in [...]
2009-07-31 10:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1290ASEAN -- INDONESIANS PRAISE U.S. ENGAGEMENT BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Phuket ministerial, Indonesian officials continue to praise U.S. commitment to ASEAN and underscore the regional organization's central place in Indonesian foreign policy. However, Indonesia continues to press for more aggressive human rights mechanisms withi [...]
2009-08-04 10:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEAN ID BM
09JAKARTA1303PUBLIC ENEMIES -- LARGE-SCALE MANHUNT UNDER WAY IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Pol/C visited Central Java, August 3-5. Authorities in the region are conducting a large-scale manhunt for Noordin Top and other terrorists who have been linked to the July 17 bombings in Jakarta. Senior officials and police have held public meetings urging that citizens help a [...]
2009-08-06 07:08:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1305FORMERLY POWERFUL, GOLKAR PARTY FALLS ON HARD TIMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar party, preeminent during the Suharto period and influential after, has fallen on hard times. Performing extremely poorly in recent elections, party fractures have deepened and the party faces a leadership fight, as well as growing tensions between an old guard and Yo [...]
2009-08-06 09:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1315TERRORIST NOORDIN TOP REPORTED KILLED IN POLICE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian police have raided a suspected militant safe house in Central Java. Media sources have reported that Noordin Top--the suspected mastermind behind the July 17 Jakarta bombings--was killed in a gun battle with police. However, Indonesian officials have not yet confirm [...]
2009-08-08 05:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1318INTENSIVE POLICE OPERATIONS STRIKE BLOW AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Indonesian police operations against suspected terrorist safe houses in Central Java and on the outskirts of Jakarta, August 7-8, mark an important success in efforts to eliminate the terrorist threat posed by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) splinter group led by Noordin M. Top. Despi [...]
2009-08-10 10:19:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1329TERRORIST NOORDIN M.TOP -- A BIO SKETCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission provides biographic information below regarding Noordin M. Top. Top, a Malaysian national, has been implicated in the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta and other terrorist acts. Top, who is 41 and arrived in Indonesia after 9/11, has been involved with extremist politi [...]
2009-08-11 10:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA133BURMA -- USG-FUNDED SPEAKER PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission has sponsored a speaker symposium and photo exhibition on Burma in two Indonesian cities, Bandung in West Java and Malang in East Java. The USG-funded programs seeks to increase public awareness on [...]
2009-01-27 09:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA1335AUNG SAN SUU KYI -- INDONESIA STRONGLY CONDEMNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI on August 11 immediately condemned the Burmese government's conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) spokesman stated, in part, that Indonesia is "strongly disappointed with the verdict handed down...the verdict leads to suspicions that [...]
2009-08-13 07:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ID BM
09JAKARTA1337DNA TESTING CONFIRMS BODY NOT NOORDIN M. TOP'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian police announced on August 12 that the body of a suspect killed in the August 7-8 operation in Central Java was not that of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top. DNA testing conducted on samples taken from his family confirmed that the body was not Top's; instead, the body [...]
2009-08-13 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1339SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...]
2009-08-13 05:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID
09JAKARTA1360YUDHOYONO SHARES HIS VISION FOR INDONESIA IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's August 14 National Day Address showed a confident leader on the cusp of his second and final term of office who sees his nation at the launching point for greater things. The broad vision for Indonesia Yudhoyono laid out corresponds in many ways to the [...]
2009-08-18 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1400PAPUA -- SHOOTINGS CONTINUE NEAR U.S. MINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Unidentified assailants fired on vehicles belonging to U.S. mining company Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia's restive Papua province in several recent incidents. Five Freeport employees, all Indonesian nationals, were injured. A coalition of pro-independence groups claimed respons [...]
2009-08-24 10:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EMIN ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1412GOI MAKES MORE ARRESTS IN INVESTIGATION OF JULY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's arrest of Indonesian national Mohammad Jibril under suspicion of helping fund the July 17 Jakarta bombings follows the earlier arrest of a Saudi national alleged to have been a financier behind the operation. Jibril is the son of a well-known Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) fig [...]
2009-08-26 10:00:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1467EARTHQUAKE OFF COAST OF JAVA
[...] (U) On September 2 at 2:55 p.m. local time, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck western Java, Indonesia. The earthquake was centered off the southern coast of Java, approximately 125 miles south of Jakarta, but could be felt throughout the capital. Jakarta citizens rushed out of their office [...]
2009-09-02 10:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1481DISASTER DECLARATION Q INDONESIA: EARTHQUAKE OFF
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 6. 2. (U) On September 2 at 2:55 p.m. local time, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Java, Indonesia, approximately 95 km south-southwest of the nearest heavily populated city, Bandung, and approximately 195 miles south [...]
2009-09-04 08:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1510INDONESIAN STATE SECRECY BILL MAY THREATEN PRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Respected journalists and media advocacy groups have urged Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to veto the so-called state secrecy bill. Articles in the state secrecy bill state that journalists who publish information the Government of Indonesia deems as a state s [...]
2009-09-10 10:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM ID OPRC
09JAKARTA1533ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SHARIA LAW ALLOWING STONING
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. Provincial leaders and civil society groups in Aceh have voiced strong concern and the Indonesian central government is considering the constituti [...]
2009-09-15 07:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1580INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...]
2009-09-18 11:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1581INDONESIAN COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS CONTINUES, BUT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent slaying of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top is the latest and most prominent in a string of GOI counterterrorism successes. The police have stated that fingerprint analysis has confirmed Top was killed in a [...]
2009-09-18 11:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1597ONCE KEY POLITICAL PARTY SEARCHES FOR NEW LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Golkar Party is facing a leadership fight which is slated to be decided by early October. With current party head Vice President Kalla stepping down soon, a number of challengers have emerged for the Golkar chair job, including: Coordinating Minister for the People' [...]
2009-09-24 09:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1599INDONESIA'S LABOR MOVEMENT GAINS IN MEMBERS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts differ in their assessment of the future of Indonesia's labor movement. Forces that bode well for the survival and growth of the movement include: an increasingly educated work force that is demanding its rights (as witnessed by climbing labor union penetration in the [...]
2009-09-24 10:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB ECON PREL ID
09JAKARTA1600 RATINGS UPGRADES AND UPWARD REVISIONS TO GROWTH FORECASTS
[...] (U) Summary: Indonesia's resilience to the global economic downturn and prospects for improved economic performance following President Yudhoyono's peaceful re-election supported a recent upgrade of Indonesia's sovereign debt ratings and upward revisions of 2009-2010 economic growth forecasts. [...]
2009-09-24 11:02:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID
09JAKARTA1625WITH CIVIL SOCIETY UP IN ARMS, PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Office and legislators have postponed for further review a contentious state secrecy bill. The draft bill would control access to documents and information based on national security concerns. Indonesian civil society has criticized the draft, asserting that it [...]
2009-09-29 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM ID
09JAKARTA1643 DISASTER DECLARATION: EARTHQUAKE IN WEST SUMATERA,
[...] This is an action request. Please see paras 2 and 8. 2. Action request: Mission requests USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) consideration, approval and transmission of fund cite to allow for the transfer of USD300, 000 to support emergency response interventions for [...]
2009-10-01 09:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID
09JAKARTA1688 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] As of October 6, the September 30 earthquake in Indonesia has resulted in at least 704 deaths and left an additional 295 people missing. Preliminary damage assessments indicate that the humanitarian situation in Padang is stabilizing. The cluster system in Padang appears well managed and hig [...]
2009-10-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1698 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #3
[...] The September 30 earthquake damaged or destroyed approximately 210,000 houses and affected at least 1.2 million people. Field assessments conducted by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) indicate needs for food, safe drinking water, and shelter interventions. The U.N. Of [...]
2009-10-08 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1699KEY PARTY PICKS NEW LEADER IN WIN FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Golkar Party selected Aburizal Bakrie, Coordinating Minister for the People's Welfare, as its chair on October 8. Bakrie replaces Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who challenged President Yudhoyono in the recent election and lost. Bakrie is hugely wealthy and his victory was exp [...]
2009-10-08 10:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA1705 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #4
[...] The September 30 earthquake damaged or destroyed approximately 210,000 houses and affected at least 1.2 million people. Field assessments conducted by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) indicate needs for food, safe drinking water, and shelter interventions. The U.N. Of [...]
2009-10-09 04:27:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1709CORRUPTION UPDATE -- HEADLINE-GRABBING TRIAL OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The high profile trial of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar began in Jakarta on October 8. The arrest of Azhar earlier this year set off a chain of recriminations and investigations by the police into the KPK--and vice versa. Separately, a poli [...]
2009-10-09 08:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1711PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REPORTEDLY UNHAPPY OVER
[...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see paras 5 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono (SBY) is reportedly upset with the lack of progress on the Kopassus/Leahy vetting issue and the postponement of the proposed POTUS visit. This message requests that the Department consider a v [...]
2009-10-09 09:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OVIP ID
09JAKARTA1712 MGEAP1: INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE #5
[...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) continues to assess areas affected by the September 30 earthquake off the coast of West Sumatra. On October 9, the USAID/DART conducted aerial assessments of areas northeast of the epicenter of the earthquake, as well as areas south of [...]
2009-10-09 10:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CASC ECON EAID SENV ID PHUM AEMR ASEC
09JAKARTA1716COUNTERTERRORISM -- GOI REAPS MORE SUCCESS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed that two well-known terrorists were killed during an October 9 police operation near Jakarta. The two were close associates of terrorist leader Noordin M. Top, who was himself killed in a police operation, September 16-17. With the deaths of the two, the [...]
2009-10-13 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA1732DECISION AND GUIDANCE REQUEST ON VISA CASE OF
[...] (U) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, Post sought Department's urgent assistance in adjudicating the visa case of Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin so that he might travel with President Yudhoyono to t [...]
2009-10-15 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA176MORE ROHINGYAS ARRIVE IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A second boatload of 198 Rohingyas landed off the eastern coast of Indonesia's Aceh Province on February 3. Interviews with the initial group of 193 Rohingyas/Bangladeshis currently housed on Sabang Island in Aceh were scheduled to conclude on February 3. DepPol/C stressed ag [...]
2009-02-03 12:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV ID BM
09JAKARTA1766SHAPE OF NEW INDONESIAN CABINET EMERGES DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of frenzied media speculation, Indonesians were expecting to learn today who President Yudhoyono had selected for his new cabinet. Although most of the positions are pencilled in, analysts speculate that the delay could be due to a last-minute attempt by Yudhoyono to [...]
2009-10-21 11:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID PREL
09JAKARTA1793AS MIGRANT FLOWS INCREASE, GOI AND AUSTRALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has intercepted another group of Sri Lankan migrants traveling by boat in Indonesian waters. The GOI is detaining the migrants, who were on their way to Australia. These 78 migrants join 255 Sri Lankans who are being held by the Indonesian government after their boat was [...]
2009-10-28 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV ID AS CE
09JAKARTA1810ACEH'S NEW SHARIA LAW DISTURBING BUT NOT ENFORCEABLE
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. The September 14, 2009 local Sharia law passed by Aceh Provincial Parliament (DPRA) imposing stoning for adultery is highly unlikely to ever be im [...]
2009-10-30 08:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1815BUREAUCRATIC TUSSLE INVOLVING KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing bureaucratic tussle between Indonesia's police and its Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to ramp up. Despite legal recommendations that it drop its investigation of the KPK, the police instead have arrested two suspended KPK commissioners. In a furth [...]
2009-10-30 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1840INDONESIA -- REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains Action Requests in paras 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We have an opportunity to enhance relations with Indonesia and carry out the President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world. President Yudhoyono's [...]
2009-11-05 10:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID ID XF
09JAKARTA1843GERMAN RED CROSS REP SHOT IN DRIVEBY ATTACK
[...] (SBU) Summary. German national Dr. Erhard Bauer, head of the German Red Cross in Indonesia, was shot in a drive-by shooting on the early evening of November 5. Dr. Bauer was riding in the front passenger seat of a clearly marked German Red Cross vehicle. The assailant fired from the back of [...]
2009-11-06 09:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1845TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RESIGN AMID SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a dramatic reversal, the two Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Commissioners arrested by the police on October 29 have been released, and the Indonesian National Police,s (INP) Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division and the Vice Attorney General implicat [...]
2009-11-06 11:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1847SCRUTINY OF BANK CENTURY BAILOUT ICCREASES
[...] (C) Summary. The Yudhoyono administration'sb"ailout of failed Bank Century in November 2008 (reftel) has gone from a controversial policy decision taken by technocrats at the height of the financial crisis to a potential focus for opposition against the new administration. A group of primari [...]
2009-11-06 11:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCOR PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1882ENHANCING US-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP THROUGH SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a long-term science engagement strategy based upon three pillars: 1) upgrading Indonesia's science capacity through joint research that will provide ongoing mentoring relationships and connections to the U.S. science community; 2) assisting the recognition and dev [...]
2009-11-13 09:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1919INTERFAITH DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA -- MOVING THE
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Along with the USG, the Indonesian government has now committed funds and set a January 25-27, 2010, date for the planned joint Interfaith Dialogue. A representative of the U.S. NGO Religions for Peace [...]
2009-11-20 09:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KIRF KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1929NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...]
2009-11-23 08:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ID PINR
09JAKARTA1950SBY SUCCUMBS TO PRESSURE TO FORM COMMITTEE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament's move to investigate the government bail-out of Bank Century highlighted potential fault lines in President Yudhoyono's legislative coalition and stoked public discontent with Yudhoyono's response to several national corruption scandals. On November 1 [...]
2009-11-25 10:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EFIN KCOR ID
09JAKARTA1951SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As its urban middle class goes online in greater numbers, and with the rapid spread of mobile computing, social networking is a potent means of political expression in Indonesia. This month's outpouring of support for two former anti-corruption officials who saw 1.6 million Indon [...]
2009-11-25 10:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA196ACEH PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE ESCALATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two shootings in as many days have killed two members of the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA - the successor organization to the GAM separatist movement) and injured a third on the night of February 3 and the afternoon of February 4. The shootings follow in the wake of an attempt [...]
2009-02-05 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1967SAGA ENDS FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSIONERS
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the face of mounting public outrage, Indonesia's Attorney General's Office dropped charges of extortion and abuse of power on December 1 against suspended Corruption Eradication Commissio [...]
2009-12-01 11:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SNAR ID
09JAKARTA2009RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- HIGH-LEVEL VATICAN OFFICIAL
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Cardinal Tauran, President of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, recently visited Indonesia. The Cardinal highlighted positive Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia [...]
2009-12-07 10:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF ID
09JAKARTA2026INDONESIANS RALLY TO SUPPORT ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Largely peaceful rallies were held throughout Indonesia to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9. The turnout was far lower than originally predicted. Civil society remain [...]
2009-12-10 09:54:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC ID
09JAKARTA204COUNTERTERRORISM -- PROMOTING DERADICALIZATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism experts from across Indonesia led a training workshop on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists, February 2-4. Mission, using an INL-funded grant, was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which was held at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperatio [...]
2009-02-06 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ID
09JAKARTA205ROHINGYA IN EAST ACEH RECOVERING FROM ORDEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Medan staff brought sports equipment in a February 5 visit to the East Aceh site camp of the 198 Rohingya that were rescued off of the coast of Aceh on February 3. The Rohingya seemed to be recovering from their ordeal well thanks to efforts by local officials, the Ind [...]
2009-02-06 08:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID
09JAKARTA2052PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY LOSES CREDIBILITY AS FINANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's inquiry into the government's bailout of Bank Century is losing credibility as it escalates into a political in-fight between technocrat Finance Minister Sri Mulyani and wealthy businessman and Golkar Party leader Aburizal Bakrie. Mulyani's claims that the Golkar [...]
2009-12-15 10:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID ECON EFIN
09JAKARTA2080U/S BURNS ADDRESSES SECOND BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his statement as chair of the U.S. delegation to the second Bali Democracy Forum (BDF),U/S Burns conveyed strong U.S. support for Indonesia's leadership in promoting regional democratization. The December 10-11 Forum, which was opened by President Yudhoyono and co-chair Jap [...]
2009-12-21 08:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL KDEM XB XD XF
09JAKARTA2113S/R PANDITH'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (U) The following messages is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her December 15-16 visit to Indonesia, Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith spoke about President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's vision of U.S. grassroot [...]
2009-12-29 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL KISL ID
09JAKARTA2122DEATH OF FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN
[...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's fourth president and a champion of democracy, diversity and human rights, Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid died in Jakarta on December 30 at the age of 69. Gus Dur--who had suf [...]
2009-12-31 05:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ID
09JAKARTA223ACEH -- STEPS TO PROMOTE SMOOTH ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Upcoming legislative elections have the potential to consolidate democracy in Aceh or to polarize communities. Recent incidents of politically-linked violence and breakdowns in law and order have created tensions not [...]
2009-02-09 10:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ID
09JAKARTA246THE "AIR WAR" -- TV AD CAMPAIGN HEATS UP AHEAD OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political parties are funding huge amounts of television advertisements ahead of the national legislative elections in April. So far, President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) has placed the most ads and its air campaign has been an important factor in moving up PD's poll numb [...]
2009-02-11 09:14:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA30CORRUPTION UPDATE - KEY CONVICTIONS IN BI
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced two former legislators to prison for their roles in the 2003 Bank Indonesia corruption scandal. So far several high-level GOI officials have been convicted fo [...]
2009-01-08 10:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
09JAKARTA33INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2008
[...] On November 24, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Freddy Numberi inaugurated a new marine conservation area (MCA) in Kaimana, West Papua Province. Members of the local community, who contributed their indigenous land rights to the new 600,000-hectare MCA, are working collaboratively wi [...]
2009-01-09 04:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
09JAKARTA355PRESIDENT'S PARTY POLLS WELL BUT GRASSROOTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is doing well in public opinion surveys, thanks in part to a successful media strategy. Although it seems poised to do well in the national legislative elections slated for April 9, questions persist about the strength of its grassroots [...]
2009-03-02 10:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA377INDONESIA LEG OF SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP -- A "SMART
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's inaugural trip to Asia, the Indonesia portion of her trip received overwhelmingly positive media coverage. While the Secretary held a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister, she declined traditional media interviews in favo [...]
2009-03-04 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM ID
09JAKARTA378INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...]
2009-03-04 08:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID
09JAKARTA379EDUCATION #2 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA
[...] SUMMARY: In Jakarta, Secretary Clinton announced her objective of doubling the number of Indonesian students going to the U.S., increasing university linkages, and pursuing education as a cornerstone of a comprehensive U.S. - Indonesia partnership. The Secretary's comments resonated with bot [...]
2009-03-04 09:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL OEXC CVIS ID
09JAKARTA39BURMESE AND BANGLADESHI REFUGEES IN ACEH
[...] Summary. 177 Burmese and 16 Bangladeshi refugees were rescued by Indonesian fisherman off of the island of Sabang in Aceh after drifting through the Indian Ocean for nearly a week. The refugees were bound for Malaysia and are currently at a naval base at Sabang pending a decision from the Indo [...]
2009-01-09 10:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF ID
09JAKARTA434PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN GOOD POSITION AHEAD OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on public opinion surveys and what we are hearing, President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) is performing very strongly as Indonesia heads towards its April 9 national legislative elections. There remains a real question whether the party has the grassroots network neede [...]
2009-03-12 10:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA457LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- CAMPAIGN SEASON KICKS OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The official campaign for the April Indonesian national legislative elections has kicked off in earnest. Starting from March 16, parties are free to hold large rallies and fly large banners (up until now parties have been running ads, but were not engaged in mass mobilization). [...]
2009-03-16 08:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA472INDONESIA LEG OF SECRETARY CLINTON'S ASIA TRIP -- A "SMART
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's inaugural trip to Asia, the Indonesia portion of her trip received overwhelmingly positive media coverage. While the Secretary held a joint press conference with the Foreign Minister, she declined traditional media interviews in favo [...]
2009-03-17 08:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM ID
09JAKARTA497COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is making progress in combating terrorism and 2008 marked the third year without a major terrorist attack. Police surveillance, raids and arrests reduced militants' ability to plan and carry out attacks. Legal institutions effectively prosecuted ringl [...]
2009-03-19 09:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID
09JAKARTA519EDUCATION #4 - FOLLOW-UP TO THE SECRETARY'S INDONESIA
[...] Over the last decade, Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Great Britain, and other countries expanded and modernized their student recruiting systems in Indonesia. The United States did not with unfortunate and predictable results: the U.S. is no longer the top destination for Indonesian stu [...]
2009-03-23 06:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL ID
09JAKARTA539Climate Change, Smart Power, and the World Ocean
[...] (SBU) Summary. The May 11-15 World Ocean Conference (WOC) and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit in Manado, Indonesia is an unparalleled "smart power" diplomacy opportunity. We can showcase our environmental and climate change leadership on the road to Copenhagen and beyond. We can streng [...]
2009-03-25 09:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
09JAKARTA542INDONESIA-CHINA CURRENCY SWAP VIEWED AS SIGN OF
[...] (C) Summary: Bank Indonesia and the People's Bank of China announced March 23 a bilateral currency swap arrangement worth an estimated equivalent of $15 billion (the actual deal is a rupiah-yuan swap). While the deal will offer limited utility to Bank Indonesia, an English- language editorial [...]
2009-03-25 10:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD EAID EINV ID
09JAKARTA553HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- POSITIVE REACTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since its release a month ago, media reaction to the 2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for Indonesia has been relatively muted, with the report only generating several press articles. GOI officials had no public reaction, but several contacts privately welcomed lang [...]
2009-03-27 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
09JAKARTA573LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- COURT ALLOWS "QUICK
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ten days before the April 9 legislative elections, the Constitutional Court has decided to allow pollsters to announce "quick count" results on election day. With the GOI set to announce final results only [...]
2009-03-31 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA63GAZA DOMINATES AGENDA AS SYRIAN PM VISITS INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The situation in Gaza dominated Syrian Prime Minister Otri's January 12 visit to Jakarta. Both sides criticized Israel and called for a new UN Security Council resolution. The GOI has also broached the idea of an emergency UNGA meeting to address the situation. Indonesian Pre [...]
2009-01-13 10:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID SY XF
09JAKARTA65Indonesia: RCTI/Trans-7 "Elections" TV Co-Op Report
[...] (U) SUMMARY: National television stations RCTI and Trans-7 each produced a series of election programs about the 2008 U.S. Presidential Elections Co-op for an estimated total audience reach of over 25 million viewers. Funded by 2007 Pilot Country Program funds, Embassy's Public Affairs Section [...]
2009-01-14 01:22:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO ID
09JAKARTA664INDONESIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS FREE AND FAIR
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consuls General Surabaya and Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers are calling Indonesia's third democratic legislative elections free and fair despite limited logistical difficulties, several [...]
2009-04-13 10:30:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA687PAPUA -- SEPARATISTS KILL POLICE IN REMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Separatists killed one police officer and wounded six others in a remote highland area of Papua province in eastern Indonesia on April 15. Police blamed a faction of the Papua Freedom Movement (OPM) but would not confirm that the attack was linked to a recent spate of violent i [...]
2009-04-16 09:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
09JAKARTA692INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT RULES DECISIVELY IN FAVOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court ruled in favor of TIME magazine in the $110 million TIME-Suharto libel case on April 16. The Supreme Court said there was no violation of the press code of ethics, applying press law as opposed to its August 2007 civil law decision. This Supreme Cou [...]
2009-04-17 07:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ID KJUS PGOV
09JAKARTA698BALI PROCESS REINVIGORATED, SEEKS ANSWERS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-15 Bali Process Ministerial Conference established a reinvigorated ad hoc mechanism for member countries to raise transnational issues, which could address the Rohingya problem. Another breakthrough was the attendance of a senior Burmese official. While the Rohing [...]
2009-04-17 11:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF ID BM PHUM
09JAKARTA699ACEH: SLOW VOTE COUNTING FEEDS COMPLAINTS AND INSTABILITY
[...] Summary. While election results in Aceh are being tabulated as quickly as in other provinces, the stakes and tension level is much higher given the expected victory of the Aceh Party (PA) at the provincial parliament (DPRA) level and in a majority of district councils (DPRK). The past week has [...]
2009-04-20 00:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ID
09JAKARTA701SBY TAKES STOCK: ACEH RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY (BRR) ENDS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR),created in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, formally ended its 4-year mandate in a ceremony held in Banda Aceh on April 15. Over the course of its existence BRR built or rebuilt nearly 140,000 homes, 3,7 [...]
2009-04-20 09:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA732PAPUA -- ICRC WORKS TO RENEGOTIATE AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working with the GOI to renegotiate its operational agreement for activities in the restive region of Papua in eastern Indonesia. Pending the outcome of the discussions which focus on whether the ICRC should have field offi [...]
2009-04-27 03:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ID
09JAKARTA773GOOD GOVERNANCE ANTIDOTE TO RADICALISM IN SOLO,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2001, radical Muslim hooligans roamed the streets of Solo City, Central Java, threatening to "sweep" all Western tourists from hotels. The Ambassador recently strolled down those same streets, experiencing a rejuvenated and welcoming city. Although pockets of radicalism sti [...]
2009-05-01 09:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER KISL ID
09JAKARTA858SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS LAND IN INDONESIA
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A vessel carrying 55 Sri Lankan men ran aground in Aceh, Sumatra, on May 14. The group apparently was fleeing conflict in Sri Lanka and hoped to seek political asylum in Australia. The GOI has secured the group and i [...]
2009-05-18 06:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ID CE BM
09JAKARTA869Coral Triangle Summit: Leaders Strengthen Commitments
[...] Summary: Leaders from the six Coral Triangle countries (CT6) officially launched the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on May 15. The CTI, first proposed by President Yudhoyono in 2007, highlights both Indonesia's leadership and the importance of a multilateral approach to issues that transcend [...]
2009-05-19 10:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AORC EFIS KGHG BP ID PP RP TT XB XV
09JAKARTA875POLITICAL ISLAM - RADICAL GROUP TRIES TO GAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir Indonesi (HTI) is one of the most active radical Islamis groups in Indonesia today. While claiming to be non-violent, HTI supports the formation of a Muslim "Caliphate" and espouses anti-Western views. Despite the group's limited inroads into some mainstream grou [...]
2009-05-20 05:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA880Manado Ocean Declaration Stresses Climate-Ocean Linkages
[...] Summary: U.S. engagement contributed significantly to the success of the May 11-15 World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado, Indonesia. Our substantive participation led to the adoption of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) by 76 countries, while our delegation underscored U.S. concern about c [...]
2009-05-20 09:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS KGHG PREL ID
09JAKARTA893SENIOR INDONESIAN MP WORKS TO HIGHLIGHT PLIGHT OF
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This is an Action Request--see paragraph 7. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: A leading member of the Myanmar Caucus of the Indonesian Parliament is planning a series of media roundtable discussions meant to raise loc [...]
2009-05-26 06:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM ID BM XC
09JAKARTA898 Science, Environment, and Diplomacy at the World Ocean
[...] Summary: U.S. participation in the World Ocean Conference, including Secretary Clinton's taped address, demonstrated how the U.S. can play a constructive role in understanding the link between oceans and climate change. Indonesia has a growing international role on environmental issues, and t [...]
2009-05-26 10:37:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
09JAKARTA90INDONESIA AND THE NETHERLANDS MOVE TOWARD A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia and the Netherlands pledged to conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement during FM Verhagen's January 14-15 visit to Indonesia. The Partnership would deepen the two countries' cooperation in security, economic development, environmental protection, education and [...]
2009-01-16 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR ID NL
09JAKARTA930MODERATE MUSLIM GROUPS RELEASE BOOK ON RISE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The anti-extremist nonprofit LibForAll Foundation recently launched a provocative new book outlining Islamic hardline attempts to infiltrate mainstream Muslim organizations and replace moderate Islam in Indonesia with a more radical form. Seen by many as a political move, the bo [...]
2009-06-02 05:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA958INDONESIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three candidates--Yudhoyono, Megawati, Kalla--competing in Indonesia's July 8 presidential election officially kicked off the one-month campaign period on June 2. Candidates are engaging the public with media, discussion groups and billboard appeals. Televised debates are [...]
2009-06-04 10:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ID
09JAKARTA970PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH EVOKES POSITIVE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Surabaya and Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Prominent Indonesians of different faiths praised President Obama's "soothing" speech to Muslim world communities on June 4. One of his advisors told Pol/C that President Yudhoyono was "highly impressed [...]
2009-06-05 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID
09JAKARTA973PAPUA -- GOI RETAKES AIRSTRIP FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities have retaken a remote airstrip located in the rugged highlands of Papua in eastern Indonesia. The police action brings to an end a three-week standoff with anti-Jakarta Papuans. Two Papuans and one local official were killed in the incident; several poli [...]
2009-06-08 09:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ID
09JEDDAH113SHURA COUNCIL MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF LEGALIZING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Saudi film-maker and documentarian Dania Naseef, niece of a newly appointed Shura Council member, the Council is actively discussing the legalization of movie theaters in the Kingdom. Numerous trusted sources have confirmed that major malls in Jeddah have left empty s [...]
2009-03-25 07:23:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH123OIC OFFICIALS, ADDRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES, CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC) roundtable with visiting American professor William Quandt, OIC Secretariat officials reiterated previous calls for strengthened ties with the US government (refs A,B),including appointment of a new US special envoy. OIC official [...]
2009-03-31 14:11:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH13GAZA VIOLENCE LEADING TO CANCELLATION OF JEDDAH
[...] (C) Summary: Due to the conflict in Gaza, the 2009 Jeddah Economic Forum, a high profile annual event that attracts prominent visitors and wide media attention, is likely to be cancelled. Our sources tell us that the organizers say funds for the event very likely will be transferred to unspe [...]
2009-01-07 16:03:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KWBG SOCI SA
09JEDDAH147JEDDAH BUSINESS LEADERS TAKE STOCK OF SHIFTING
[...] (C) Summary: In the second of a series of economic roundtables organized by Pol/EconOff, leading Jeddah businessmen, bankers and economists reflected on the current state of the economy with equanimity and cautious optimism. Hosted on the evening of April 15 by Mohamed Binzagr, a Saudi Arabian [...]
2009-04-22 14:36:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV SA
09JEDDAH174EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY IN WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA:
[...] (U) SUMMARY. For the past several days, but especially today in newspaper headlines, local media have reported aftershocks and tremors in northwestern Saudi Arabia in the area near the village of Al Ais, 200 km northwest of Medina. Medina and Yanbu are about 400 km north of the major Red Sea c [...]
2009-05-20 15:33:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA
09JEDDAH194RUMBLINGS THAT SAUDI ARABIA MAY FOLLOW BAHRAIN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media reports and an account from a Saudi Ministry of Labor official indicate that the Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) is considering an end or change to the labor sponsorship system just weeks after Bahrain took the same major step. There continue to be signs and speculati [...]
2009-05-30 14:53:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM KTIP SA
09JEDDAH195INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION SAUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The April 23 Arab News quotes International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) Secretary General Adnan Khalil Basha denying any link to terrorist activities and appealing to the US Administration to consider the lack of evidence against the organization. Citing h [...]
2009-06-01 10:34:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH215ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]
2009-06-04 16:43:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09JEDDAH267CANCELLATION OF THE JEDDAH FILM FESTIVAL: "TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth annual Jeddah Film Festival, slated to open July 18 was cancelled at 11 pm on July 17. While local media coverage has been limited, what little there is suggests public disappointment at the cancellation. Several theories have been offered by Saudi blogs and post contac [...]
2009-07-19 16:09:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL KISL SA
09JEDDAH268POST SNAPSHOT OF NEWLY-APPOINTED IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Jeddah-based Organization for the Islamic Conference's (OIC) recent Assistant Secretary for Scientific and Technology Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi, an AUB grad with doctorate from MIT, has been named chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. In 2008, USG officials dealt [...]
2009-07-19 16:11:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKNNP KISL IAEA PHUM PREL IR SA
09JEDDAH283SAUDI WOMEN PLAN CAMPAIGN TO PRESS FOR RIGHT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Post has learned from a knowledgeable source that a group of Saudi women possessing foreign drivers' licenses is organizing a coordinated campaign to press the Saudi Arabian Government, by means of bringing legal cases, on the issue of women driving in the Kingdom. End Summary. [...]
2009-07-29 15:48:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN SOCI PHUM SA
09JEDDAH292EVIDENCE OF MORALITY POLICE CRACKING DOWN IN
[...] (C) Summary. The city of Jeddah is experiencing what appears to be one of the periodic crackdowns by the CPVPV (Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice) morality police. Last month's cancellation of the Jeddah Film Festival was one likely manifestation of stricter enforcemen [...]
2009-08-07 10:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH342KAUST: GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND LABOR PAINS
[...] (C) In September 4 pre-opening ceremony of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST),the university administrators and event organizers aimed to project a modern image of Saudi Arabia by aggressively promoting themes of multiculturalism and green energy. Classes started on [...]
2009-09-09 14:46:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY SA
09JEDDAH346JEDDAH-BASED SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, ONE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Jawhara Al-Angari, co-founder of the non-governmental National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) and one of the women recently appointed advisors to the all-male Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council),said that she planned to propose legislation to protect divorced women, and reque [...]
2009-09-16 16:50:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH366EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN JEDDAH:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking advantage of visits to Jeddah for the opening of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST),Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and Ambassador Smith met September 24 with Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Dr. Hany [...]
2009-09-30 14:03:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON EDU EG KPAO PGOV RP SA SCUL
09JEDDAH367THE NEW FACE OF SAUDI ARABIA? SAUDI MINISTER,S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 meeting with Ambassador Smith and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale, Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Khoja held forth on issues ranging from new media and the significance of the Kingdom,s brand-new flagship [...]
2009-10-01 11:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON EDU KPAO LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA SCUL
09JEDDAH381ALLEGATIONS OF VOTE BUYING AND SORCERY ON EVE OF
[...] (C) In the final week before elections for the Board of Directors of the influential Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI),candidates accused each other of buying votes and expressed mixed feelings about the new election procedures imposed by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Al [...]
2009-10-08 14:00:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH39RUNAWAY SAUDI MAID ISSUE CONTINUES TO RAISE DEBATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The issue of foreign domestic workers fleeing from the homes of their employers remains a hot topic in Saudi Arabia. A well-connected labor lawyer explained to Poloff that workers are being lured by organized groups encouraging illegal work and prostitution. A private Saudi adver [...]
2009-01-29 14:19:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SA
09JEDDAH391RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES, TRIBAL MEMBERS, AND ONE
[...] (C) Religious conservatives, tribal members, and alleged vote-buyers won seats on the board of directors of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) -- a progressive, independent power center in Saudi Arabia's commercial capital -- in a hotly contested, intensely covered election cha [...]
2009-10-15 14:10:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KWMN PGOV SOCI SA
09JEDDAH415READ-OUT FROM OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] (C) In October 28 meeting, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) senior advisor Ufuk Gokcen (protect) told Jeddah Poloff that OIC Secretary Geneal Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu was "upset" by the way te U.S. position was being portrayed in the Arabi media, specifically noting that Arabc daily A [...]
2009-10-28 16:18:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPHUM PREL SA SI UNGA UN
09JEDDAH445MORE NETWORKING, MORE OUTREACH TO MUSLIM YOUTH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her October 31 - November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC),Farah Pandith, reached out to a wide range of Saudi youth and civil-society activists over the course of two full days in Jeddah. SRMC Pandith discussed h [...]
2009-11-19 11:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIPR KPAO SA SCUL SOCI
09JEDDAH446LOBBYING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SAUDI-STYLE: SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. As part of her October 31-November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia (ref A),Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith met with Basmah Omair, general manager of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Khadeejah Bint Khuwailed Women's Center (KBKC). The KBKC [...]
2009-11-19 12:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH45SAUDI JUDGES HEAR U.S. AND SAG VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post outlined U.S. policies on human trafficking for an audience of Saudi judges, prosecutors, and investigators at a Jan 10-12 workshop on human trafficking at Prince Naif Arab Univerity for Security Sciences (NAUSS) in Riyadh. The workshop addressed the relationship between Isl [...]
2009-02-01 13:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09JEDDAH452THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...]
2009-11-24 11:58:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH453SURPRISE APPOINTMENTS AT JEDDAH CHAMBER OF
[...] (C) Summary. Almost a month after the hotly-contested election for 12 of the 18 seats on the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) board of directors (ref A),Minister of Commerce and Industry, Abdullah Zainal Alireza, appointed four men and two women (including Mohammed Bin Laden and [...]
2009-11-24 13:55:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KWMN PGOV SA SOCI
09JEDDAH456JEDDAH REGION FLOODING ON FIRST DAY OF HAJJ: 77
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that flash flooding yesterday (November 25) in Jeddah killed 77 and stranded up to 1,000, especially in the poorer districts to the east and south of the city. Total casualty estimates may rise. Rain, a rare occurrence in this region and reported to be "the wor [...]
2009-11-26 14:10:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH457FLOODING UPDATE: THE TOLL RISES IN "JEDDAH'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-27 13:53:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SCUL SENV
09JEDDAH460LATEST ON JEDDAH FLOOD -- COMPENSATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an announcement that SMSed its way around Jeddah late yesterday evening, King Abdullah ordered immediate payment of SR 1 million (USD 267,000) to the surviving families of each victim of last Wednesday's catastrophic flood. The royal decree created a high-level commission to i [...]
2009-12-01 19:33:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH465THE GREAT JEDDAH FLOOD: CONTINUING CONCERN ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Public and media condemnation of the Saudi local government continues two weeks after flash floods inundated Jeddah. Concern has shifted from the plight of the flood victims to broader issues such as the disaster investigation and a Shoura Council meeting yesterday which urged go [...]
2009-12-07 17:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH477SAUDI ARABIA'S NEWEST AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the weeks following its highly anticipated official inauguration on September 23, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has found itself at the center of a maelstrom of controversy in Saudi government, religious, and media circles. Saudi Arabia's premier [...]
2009-12-17 11:39:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKPAO SA SCUL KIPR SOCI
09JEDDAH488JEDDAH FLOOD AFTERMATH: CLEANING UP THE CITY AMID
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jeddah officials report 121 dead and 39 missing in the November 25 flash flood that devastated the eastern part of the city, although the public believes the actual toll is much higher and one contact accused the SAG of suppressing the true figures. Most of the city now appears [...]
2009-12-23 11:03:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC ECON KPAO PGOV SA SENV
09JEDDAH5OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]
2009-01-05 16:36:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH6OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]
2009-01-05 16:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH61SAUDI ARABIA: CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) KEY POINTS: --Saudi Arabia continues to be a destination country for foreign domestic workers, primarily women from East and South Asia, who are either trafficked into the Kingdom or whose treatment after arriving in the country qualifies them as victims of trafficking. --In additio [...]
2009-02-11 06:26:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH70SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS BODY COMMENTS ON HAIMDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met recently with an official of the Jeddah branch of the National Society for Human Rights to discuss a range of human rights issues: freedom of worship, rights of the child, Gaza and TIP. Praising the President's decision to close Guantanamo, our interlocutor expressed c [...]
2009-02-17 12:56:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF SA
09JEDDAH72JEDDAH'S SITTEEN BRIDGE: CONGEN OFFICERS WITNESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the process of confirming a Saudi newspaper story that Indonesian workers were congregating under a Jeddah bridge awaiting deportation, ConGen officers spoke to several prospective deportees while observing hundreds being loaded into busses en route to the deportation center. [...]
2009-02-18 15:24:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09JEDDAH79COMEDIAN AHMED AHMED CIRCUMVENTS RELIGIOUS POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 21, well-known Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed and other comedians performed in Jeddah before a mixed-gender audience of nearly 1000 Saudis and expats, who were regaled by comic routines on sensitive topics ranging from the Mutawwa (religious police) to Arabic-s [...]
2009-02-26 16:01:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV SA SCUL
09JEDDAH84INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION --
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Consulate General Jeddah received a letter through the post dated February 15 directed to President Obama from the Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization(IIRO) in Saudi Arabia. IIRO Philippine and Indonesian branches, along with IIRO Saudi Arabia E [...]
2009-03-02 11:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNKISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH85HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]
2009-03-02 16:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JERUSALEM1003 SPECIAL JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINIAN REACTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 10:35:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1006JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/16): PALESTINIAN UNEASE WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 10:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM101GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Abbas, in a press conference with President Mubarak January 10, called on HAMAS and Israel to accept the UNSC resolution immediately and said the Egyptian proposal is the means to implement the resolution. He said Palestinian reconciliation is necessary, but that pea [...]
2009-01-10 12:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM102GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 10
[...] (SBU) Summary. All Gaza crossings were closed on January 10. UNRWA restarted coordination with the IDF following a meeting with GOI officials on January 9, and requested permission for trucks to enter Gaza on January 11. UNRWA shelters now hold more than 21,000 displaced people. Health, wate [...]
2009-01-10 16:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1020JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/17): "AHMADINIJAD'S VICTORY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 09:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1026JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/18): REACTIONS TO NETANYAHU'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 10:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM103GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 10-11, primarily in northern Gaza. IDF troops moved closer to the urban centers of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Airstrikes caused a number of casualties, including civilians, mostly in northern Gaza. Gaza-based medical sources reporte [...]
2009-01-11 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS
09JERUSALEM1036FATAH AND HAMAS REACTIVATE COMMITTEES ON PRISONER
[...] (S) Summary. Under Egyptian pressure, Fatah and Hamas reactivated two joint committees to discuss releasing detainees and reopening institutions closed for "political" reasons. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Fayyad told the Consul General the PA will not release anyone who would threate [...]
2009-06-19 08:09:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETEG KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER
09JERUSALEM104GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 11
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on January 11. UNRWA coordinated several convoys through Kerem Shalom. Karni crossing remains closed. The GOI announced another three-hour "humanitarian pause" on January 11, but there was confusion among UN [...]
2009-01-11 17:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF
09JERUSALEM1041JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/19): "HAMAS MUST ACCEPT THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 10:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1042JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/22): "NATIONAL INTERESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 11:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1062JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE REACTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1063CORRECTED COPY - JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/23): POSITIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1067JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/24): PRISONER RELEASES LEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 06:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1081JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/26): "PALESTINIAN UNITY WOULD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 09:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM109JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/12): ISRAEL SEEN AS IGNORING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 10:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1092JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/29): PALESTINIANS WONDER IF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1094CONSUL GENERAL VISITS QALQILIYA; EXPRESSES SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General visited Qalqiliya on June 24, toured a local factory, met the Governor and local business leaders, and emphasized USG support for PA efforts to restore stability and promote private sector growth. Qalqiliya residents emphasized that the city's primary sources [...]
2009-06-29 12:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KPAO ETRD KWBG EAID IS
09JERUSALEM1101JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/30): PALESTINIANS WANT HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 09:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1120JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/01): PALESTINIANS: HAMAS HAS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 10:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1126FATAH-HAMAS RECONCILIATION TALKS TO RESUME JULY 25
[...] (C) A sixth round of reconciliation talks between Hamas and Fatah representatives in Cairo ended June 30 without agreement. Fatah officials who participated in the talks blamed the continuing impasse on Hamas intransigence, citing Hamas's insistence on the release of all Hamas-affiliated pri [...]
2009-07-01 14:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1128JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/02): Palestinians: We
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 07:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/06): Abbas Calls for Cessation
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-06 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1149AHMAD TIBI DISCUSSES FATAH REFORM, PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) Summary. Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Ahmad Tibi told the Consul General June 30 that the two primary issues in the Palestinian political arena are the Fatah Congress and ongoing reconciliation efforts between Fatah and Hamas. Tibi said PA President Abbas (Abu Mazen) managed to bolster [...]
2009-07-06 12:41:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EAID KPAL PHUM IS
09JERUSALEM1154JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/07): Hamas Must Not Be An
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1161JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/08): Israel Will Not Commit to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 10:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1168JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/09): Palestinian Papers Report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 12:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1171JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/10): Egyptian Efforts at
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 10:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM118JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/13): "IS A CEASEFIRE CLOSER?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-13 10:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/13): "National Unity Should
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1199JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/14): Conflicting Press Reports
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-14 08:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1203ABU ALA'A ON RECONCILIATION AND THE FATAH CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with the Consul General, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) expressed optimism the Fatah General Congress will occur on schedule, but said he "can't exclude surprises." His main concern is whether Hamas will allow Gaza-based delegates to a [...]
2009-07-14 13:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS IS KPAL KWBG
09JERUSALEM1216JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/15): Palestinian Factions Must
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 09:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1221JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/16): "Qaddoumi: Why did you
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 09:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1223 PA ACCUSES AL JAZEERA OF INCITEMENT, SUSPENDING ITS
[...] Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) suspended Al Jazeera's license and closed its West Bank offices on July 15. PA officials accused the Qatar-based satellite news channel of systematic incitement and unbalanced coverage after it broadcast inflammatory allegations by Fatah Central Commit [...]
2009-07-16 14:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1224NEW PA INFORMATION DIRECTOR ON MEDIA, HAMAS,
[...] (C) In a July 13 meeting with Polchief, newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Director of Information Ghassan al Khatib outlined plans to reform the Palestinian Authority's communications strategy. He noted that Hamas support fell in Gaza after December 2008-January 2009 Israeli combat o [...]
2009-07-16 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV KPAO KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1226JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/17): "The dialogue must
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 09:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1231JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/20): No change in the US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 10:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1244RESUMPTION OF FATAH-HAMAS TALKS DELAYED BY
[...] (C) The resumption of Fatah-Hamas reconciliation talks in Cairo has been postponed one month to August 25. This followed a stalemate in lower-level dialogue meant to pave the way for progress. Talks at the subcommittee level foundered on the issue of prisoners, with neither Hamas nor Fatah [...]
2009-07-20 14:16:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG SY
09JERUSALEM1246 PA LIFTS SUSPENSION OF AL JAZEERA'S WEST BANK OPERATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) allowed Qatar-based satellite news channel Al Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank on July 18. This followed the PA's suspension of Al Jazeera's license and closure of its Ramallah bureau on July 15 (reftel) on grounds of incitement and un [...]
2009-07-20 14:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM1249JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/21): Cessation of settlements
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 09:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1259JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/22): Growing International
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 10:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1268JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/23): PALESTINIAN COMMENTATOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-23 10:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1276JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/24): PALESTINIANS CALL FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 10:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1280JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/27): Palestinians seek deeper
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-27 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1283JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/28): Palestinians looking for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-28 09:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM129JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/14): U.S. RIGHTWING SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 11:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1294JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/29): A Freeze in Settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 09:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1296JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/30): Palestinians look for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 10:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1308JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (07/31): Palestinians on growing
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 09:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1330JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 10:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1333JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/03): Palestinians Decry East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 12:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1336JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/04): Fatah Party Congress Seen
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 08:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1345FATAH SIXTH PARTY CONGRESS BEGINS; PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Sixth Fatah Congress began the morning of August 4 in Bethlehem. Abu Mazen delivered a two-hour address to delegates and foreign dignitaries, summarizing Fatah's history but breaking little new ground. Meanwhile, the real drama played out the evening before in an [...]
2009-08-04 15:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1352JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/05): Palestinians Hope Fatah
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-05 09:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1357JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/06): Coverage Highlights
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-06 09:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM137JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): COMPLAINTS OF "NEVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 09:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1373JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/07): Palestinian Commentators
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-07 08:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1380JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/10): As Fatah Congress Draws
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 09:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1396JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/12): New Fatah Central
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 08:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1401JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/13): Commentators Discuss
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 09:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1403JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/14): Time Has Come For
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM144ICRC SURGEON DESCRIBES CONTROLLED CHAOS AT MAIN
[...] (C) Summary. ICRC surgeon Harald de Veen told donors and international medical NGO representatives January 14 that Gaza City's main government hospital, al-Shifa, has been functioning as well as can be expected and coping with massive numbers of injured. He said clinical staff are capable a [...]
2009-01-15 16:37:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI EAID ICRC KWBG KPAL PREF PTER GZ IS
09JERUSALEM1443JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/17): Internal Fatah elections
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 07:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM145GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1700 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNRWA's main warehouse of food and medical supplies was engulfed in fire and destroyed on January 15, as a result of IDF shelling. UNRWA suspended some movements in Gaza, but continued operations. Gaza City residents report that the IDF has taken control of several high-rise [...]
2009-01-15 17:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER MOPS
09JERUSALEM1451HAMAS CONFRONTS ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP IN GAZA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Fighting between Hamas-led security forces and Jund Ansar Allah during August 14-15 in Rafah resulted in 28 dead and over 120 wounded. Casualties included Jund Ansar Allah leader Sheikh Abdel Latif Mousa and senior Hamas member Abu Jibril Shamali. Gaza-based contacts said th [...]
2009-08-17 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL
09JERUSALEM146JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/16): EGYPTIAN PROPOSAL -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1461JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/18): President Abbas Chairs
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 06:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1465JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/19): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 07:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1480JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/20): Egypt continues to work
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 08:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1486JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/21): Palestinians await new US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 09:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1488EGYPTIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PA ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Representative to the PA Yasir Othman told D/SEMEP David Hale that GOE mediators made no progress during a visit to Amman and Ramallah the week of August 17. Gaps remain on a proposed factional committee, and may have widened on the issue of Hamas prisoners in the West [...]
2009-08-21 10:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1494JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/24): Settlement activity
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 10:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1502JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/25): Prime Minister lays out a
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 09:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1515HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...]
2009-08-25 14:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1524JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/26): Prime Minister outlines
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 09:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1527JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/27): Press speculates on
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 10:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1555JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/28): Conflicting reports about
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 09:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM156JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/20): OBAMA's "ERA OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1565JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (08/31): Indications of progress
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 10:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1573JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/01): Palestinians Continue
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 09:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1584HAMAS PURSUES THREE-FOLD STRATEGY IN GAZA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In separate meetings August 27, UNRWA Director for Gaza John Ging and Gaza-based Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak characterized Hamas' agenda in Gaza as three-fold: (1) imposing gradual social and cultural change in accordance with Islamic values; (2) seeking internat [...]
2009-09-02 14:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREF KISL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1586JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1587JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/02): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 10:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1596JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/03): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM160JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/21): OBAMA INAUGURATION USHERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 11:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1602JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/04): Negotiations Require a
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-04 09:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1608PA VIEWS JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE AS CRITICAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The PA-GOI Joint Economic Committee (JEC) met at the Ministerial-level on September 2 to discuss economic issues, including customs, visa restrictions, investor access, inputs for businesses, Wataniya, import of meat products, and marketing of West Bank dairy products in Jerusale [...]
2009-09-04 14:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL PTER PREL IS
09JERUSALEM1614JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/08): Relations will not
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 10:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1618JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/09): The Obama peace
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 10:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1627JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/10): New settlement units in
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-10 10:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1647JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/11): Upcoming Special Envoy
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 08:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1654JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/14): Palestinian factions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 06:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM166JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/22): HOPES FOR OBAMA;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 11:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1688JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/15): Palestinians react to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 08:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1695JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/16): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1700JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/17): Negative reporting about
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 07:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1703JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/18): Normalization will not
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 08:35:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM171JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/23): "INTERNAL DIVISION, A
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 13:44:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1713JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/23): Palestinian press report
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 06:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1717JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/24): Palestinian press focus
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-24 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1719MUTED PALESTINIAN REACTION TO POTUS SEPTEMBER 23
[...] (C) Summary: Despite positive public comments by PA leadership in local media following President Obama's September 23 UNGA speech, mid-level Fatah contacts told Post that, while they welcomed the President's references to Palestinian statehood and the illegitimacy of continued settlement a [...]
2009-09-24 14:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS PTER
09JERUSALEM172JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (01/23): MITCHELL AS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 13:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1721JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/25): Continued Skepticism
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 06:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1739RENEWED HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT CLASHES
[...] (C) At approximately 7:30 a.m. on September 27, clashes erupted amongst Jewish worshippers, Palestinian protestors, and Israeli National Police (INP) on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. According to former PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abdel Qader, the incident was sparked by the [...]
2009-09-27 15:02:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/29): Palestinians hope for
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:56:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1748JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (09/30): American Role in Peace
[...] Hamada Fara'neh commented in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Reaching a settlement without a third party" (9/30): "It is not the first time that the US failed to forge an agreement between the Palestinians and Israelis, especially in regards to the final status issues ... It was unsuc [...]
2009-09-30 08:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1751JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/01): Israeli plan for a new
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 08:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1758JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/02): Palestinians believe the
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2009-10-02 07:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1767JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/05): Further Israeli actions
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 12:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1769JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/06): Palestinians question why
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 08:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1780UPDATE ON RECONCILIATION DISCUSSIONS WITH GOE
[...] (C) In the wake of an October 5 meeting between Abu Mazen and Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman in Amman, head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Saeb Erekat told Post that Egyptian negotiators had not shared a draft of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement under considerat [...]
2009-10-06 17:18:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM1781JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/07): Israeli actions at
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 06:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1786JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/08): Hamas threatens to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 07:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1790JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON AL-BUSTAN DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat informed the Consul General and Ambassador Cunningham on October 7 that the Municipality intends to roll out a development plan for the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem sometime in early November. The plan calls for the demolition o [...]
2009-10-08 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1791SEIZED HAMAS DOCUMENTS OFFER POTENTIAL INSIGHT
[...] (S) Summary and comment. Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) seized four documents during the raid of a Hamas-affiliated think tank in Nablus in late September 2009. The documents were drafted by Nablus-based Hamas leaders and Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members in early [...]
2009-10-08 16:43:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KPAL KWBG EG IS
09JERUSALEM1792PA AND UNRWA EFFORTS AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL INCITEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In October 1-2 meetings, PA Minister for Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habash and UNRWA Gaza Director John Ging discussed PA and UNRWA efforts to eliminate incitement in PA mosques and Gaza schoolrooms. Al-Habash noted that the PA, which currently controls 80-90 percent of the We [...]
2009-10-09 04:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV KINF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1793JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/09): Palestinians react to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 11:52:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1799HAMAS SEIZES CONTROL OF AL AQSA UNIVERSITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas authorities seized control of Al Aqsa University in Gaza on October 7 by ousting the university's president after he departed Gaza for the West Bank. This move follows continuing pressure by the Hamas "government" to extend its control over Al Aqsa and other civil socie [...]
2009-10-09 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1803JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinians exert every
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 07:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1813JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (10/13): Palestinian
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 14:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1815JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/14): Egypt continues to work
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 09:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1832JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 07:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1834JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/15): UN Security Council
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 07:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1838EAST JERUSALEM HOME DEMOLITIONS RESUME
[...] (C) Summary. On October 12, Israeli officials demolished a Palestinian-owned house and dismantled several other structures in the Beit Hanina area of East Jerusalem. The demolitions were the first to take place inside the Jerusalem municipality in nearly three months. PLO official Saeb Ere [...]
2009-10-15 12:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1842JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/16): Hamas continues to stall
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM186JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/26): WEST BANK: "CLEAN,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 10:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1888WATANIYA QUIETLY BEGINS OPERATIONS, AIMS TO CREATE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Wataniya Palestine CEO Allan Richardson (please protect),the second Palestinian mobile telephony operator quietly began operations October 16 on the 3.8MHz already offered by Israeli Authorities. Richardson stressed that 3.8MHz is insufficient for Wataniya's long [...]
2009-10-16 15:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ECPS EINV KPAL KWBG IS PREL
09JERUSALEM1890SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) Summary. Since the Hamas takeover of Gaza in June 2007 and the subsequent establishment of an "emergency government" in the West Bank under PM Salam Fayyad, the trajectories of Gaza and the West Bank have increasingly diverged. In Gaza, Hamas has consolidated control, thanks to externa [...]
2009-10-16 16:41:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1897JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/19): Palestinians question
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 10:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM190JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/27): THE COSTS OF DIVISION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-27 10:37:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1906ABU MAZEN EXPLAINS GOLDSTONE DECISION DURING NEW
[...] (C) Summary. President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) took personal responsibility for the PA's handling of the Goldstone report during an October 16 speech to the Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC),and emphasized that he had acted at all times with the Palestinians' best interests in mind. He als [...]
2009-10-19 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETIS KDEM KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
09JERUSALEM1908JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/20): Palestinians skeptical
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 07:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1915JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/21): President Mahmoud Abbas
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 06:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1926PA PRESENTS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR WAR
[...] (U) On October 16, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a press release noting that Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had received PA Minister of Justice Ali Khashan and an accompanying delegation in Geneva. The ICC's statement noted that the court would "carefully examine" the issues [...]
2009-10-21 16:13:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL KAWC KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
09JERUSALEM1928JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/22): Palestinians continue to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 06:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1936JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): Palestinian press leads
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 05:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1943JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/26): More clashes between
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 06:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1950JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): President Obama's
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 07:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1953JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/28): More Palestinian homes
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 06:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1957JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/29): President Abbas speaks at
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 05:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM196PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND HAMAS COMPETE FOR
[...] (S) Summary: Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are competing for control over relief efforts in Gaza. On January 24, Hamas officials announced formation of a committee to oversee Gaza relief operations. Local NGOs in Gaza say Hamas has warned them to coordinate their activities with [...]
2009-01-27 16:03:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETEAID ECON PTER PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM1960ASSESSING RECENT VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM
[...] (C) Summary. While recent skirmishes on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount over the past month are troubling, stabilizing factors have kept these incidents from sparking broader unrest. Neither the GOI nor the PA appear to be inciting violence, though individual leaders have been less rest [...]
2009-10-29 13:43:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1961JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/30): Secretary Clinton in the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 06:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1967WEST BANK POLLSTERS COMMENT ON RECENT PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. Three early-October polls showed a decrease in support for both Hamas and Fatah following the decision of PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to support a deferral of the Goldstone report. Palestinians still expressed greater trust in Abu Mazen and Fatah than in former Hamas P [...]
2009-10-30 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALIS KDEM KPAL KPAO KWBG PGOV PTER
09JERUSALEM1969JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/2): Palestinians disappointed
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 07:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1974JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians skeptical of
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 07:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1975REVISED JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/3): Palestinians
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2009-11-03 12:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM198JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): MITCHELL AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-28 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1986PM FAYYAD AND AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with USUN Ambassador Susan Rice, PM Fayyad said the Palestinian economy is growing at an impressive pace, but can go only so far under occupation. Increasing private sector investment is only possible, Fayyad noted, if Israeli restrictions on Palestinian [...]
2009-11-04 04:21:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1987JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/4): Palestinians not convinced
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 06:57:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM1996JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/5): Palestinian press and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 07:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2004ABU MAZEN ANNOUNCES HIS DESIRE NOT TO SEEK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a televised speech the evening of November 5, Abu Mazen announced his desire not to be a candidate in the next Palestinian presidential election. His speech was preceeded by two days of leadership meetings in which he privately briefed participants of his plans, [...]
2009-11-05 20:59:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2006JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/6): Palestinians disappointed
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 07:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2018JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/6): President Mahmoud
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-06 14:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2021GAZA VS. WEST BANK RESIDENCY: A DISTINCTION WITH A
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOI policy continues to differentiate between West Bank and Gaza residents, with the latter prohibited from living or studying in the West Bank. Even Gaza "residents" who have been in the West Bank for years can find themselves subject to immediate deportation back to Gaza and [...]
2009-11-06 18:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KWBG PREL OEXC KMPI IS
09JERUSALEM2023JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/9): Palestinians want
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 08:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2025"EXPOTECH" WEEK PROMOTES PALESTINIAN INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The annual "ExpoTech Technology Week" in Ramallah brought together representatives from international and local information and communication technology firms. The week-long exhibition, funded in part by a $139,000 grant from USAID, promoted international investment in the Pale [...]
2009-11-09 14:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EAID KPAO KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2028JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/10): Questions about where the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 08:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2032MINISTER OF EDUCATION DENIES PA TEXTBOOKS CONTAIN
[...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, PA Minister of Education Lamis Alami argued that most of the incitement-related criticism levied against official PA textbooks cited out-of-date Egyptian and Jordanian textbooks, which the PA has since shelved or heavily edited. "The PA should be held accountabl [...]
2009-11-10 14:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL KPAL KDEM KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2033JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/12): The Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 06:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM204JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/28): HOPES FOR MITCHELL'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2041JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/13): Palestinian Central
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 06:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2047JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/16): The Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 07:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM205CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/29): HOPES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2050MIXED MESSAGES ON PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Palestinian officials have been sending mixed messages about the seriousness and speed of the PLO's call for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution declaring a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. PLO Chief Nego [...]
2009-11-16 14:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2052JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/17): Palestinian Authority
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 06:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2065JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 06:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2068JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/18): Palestinian press
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 10:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2077NEW EAST JERUSALEM DEMOLITIONS NOVEMBER 17-18
[...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality executed demolition orders at five sites in East Jerusalem over the course of November 17 and 18, according to municipal, NGO, and local press sources. The demolitions are the most significant in scope since the demolition of nine housing units on Oct [...]
2009-11-18 17:14:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2078JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/19): Continued settlement
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 05:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2086JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/20): Popular Campaign Against
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 09:49:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM209CORRECTED DATE: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/30):
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 15:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2099JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/23): Progress on Prisoner
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 15:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2113JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/24): Prisoner Exchange and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 11:45:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2128JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/25): Contradicting Reports on
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2130PALESTINIAN OFFICIALS, ISRAELI SETTLERS CRITICIZE
[...] (C) Summary: In the build-up to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's early-evening November 25 address announcing a ten-month moratorium on new West Bank settlement construction, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) officials issued a flurry of publi [...]
2009-11-25 20:23:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAO KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2131JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (11/26): PA Rejects
[...] Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of a 10-month moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank and the Palestinian rejection of it as a deceitful and manipulative move dominate the local media. (No immediate response to the proposal in Hamas media.) The failure of Hamas [...]
2009-11-26 11:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2144JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/30):
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 13:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2146JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/01): PA Calls on
[...] Hani Al-Masri writing in Al-Ayyam under the headline "The Impact JERUSALEM 00002146 002 OF 002 of the Prisoner Exchange Deal on the Palestinian Map," urges Hamas to become more flexible after the exchange is concluded to focus on national reconciliation and achieving unity. Al-Masri opi [...]
2009-12-01 10:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2161JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/02): EU Recognition of East
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 08:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2168JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/03): Settlement Moratorium
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2174WEST BANK SETTLERS FEEL "BETRAYED" BY NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Summary. In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's November 25 announcement of a 10-month suspension of new construction in West Bank settlements, Post contacts in the settler community voiced distrust of the GOI, anger at the USG, and a determination to resist GOI efforts to moni [...]
2009-12-03 15:38:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG CASC IS
09JERUSALEM2175RECORD NUMBER OF JERUSALEM RESIDENCY STATUS
[...] (C) An Israeli Ministry of Interior probe into the legal status of thousands of Arab residents of East Jerusalem led to the revocation of 4,577 Jerusalem residency permits in 2008 -- a figure equivalent to 53 percent of all revocations since 1967. NGO and Palestinian sources described the tr [...]
2009-12-03 15:46:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM218JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/02): PALESTINIAN ALARM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-02 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2180JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/04): Will the EU Break Under
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 10:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2201JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/07): Will a Prisoner-Exchange
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 10:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2208JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/08): Hopes Run High for EU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 09:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2224SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM: WEST BANK SETTLERS ANGRY,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent GOI outreach to the settler community, Post contacts continue to express distrust of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and blame the USG for the current moratorium on West Bank construction. Meanwhile, most Palestinian contacts remain unimpressed with what they [...]
2009-12-08 15:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2231JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/09): Ambiguous EU Statement:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 10:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2240JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/10): Abbas in Egypt and
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2256JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/11): Additional Funds For
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 13:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2260WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED
[...] (C) Summary. Before dawn on December 11, a mosque was set afire in the Palestinian village of Yasuf, south of Nablus, according to Palestinian Authority security officials. Local contacts and press report that Israeli settlers from Kfar Tappuach are suspected of the arson, which was the la [...]
2009-12-11 16:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KIRF KISL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2266JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): "Israel Has Replaced the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 13:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2267CORRECTED: JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/14): "Israel Has
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 14:17:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2268JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/15): US financial support to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 08:35:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2275FEW HEADLINES AS ABU MAZEN DEFENDS HIS STANCE ON
[...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said little new on negotiations or his personal future in a December 15 speech to the opening session of a two-day PLO Central Council (PLO/CC) meeting in Ramallah, which convened primarily to extend his term as president beyond its expirati [...]
2009-12-15 17:19:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2276JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/16): President Abbas
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2009-12-16 08:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM228JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/03): PLO: "NOT JUST AN
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2009-02-03 12:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2284JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/17): President Abbas: Peace
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2009-12-17 05:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2291GAZANS IN THE WEST BANK; REPRESENTATIVE INDIVIDUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The case of Berlanty Azzam, a Bethelehem University student arrested by the GOI and deported to Gaza (reftels),has attracted significant media and NGO attention to the situation of roughly 25,000 Gaza residents living and studying in the West Bank. On December 13, EconOff met [...]
2009-12-17 14:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KWBG PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2294JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): President Abbas: "There
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2009-12-18 08:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2298JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/21): Prisoner exchange deal
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2009-12-21 08:34:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2303JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): Prisoner exchange deal
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2009-12-22 06:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2311JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): President Abbas says he
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2009-12-24 05:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2315JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/24): Stories on "Christmas
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-24 07:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2317IDF NABLUS RAID KILLS THREE, INFURIATES
[...] (C) Summary: Following the fatal shooting of an Israeli settler on December 24, Israeli security forces conducted a large-scale raid into Nablus city center in the early hours of December 26 which resulted in the death of three Palestinian suspects. In the wake of the raid, Palestinian Aut [...]
2009-12-28 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2319JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/28): The PA continues to
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-28 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2323IMMINENT PUBLICATION OF TENDERS FOR 692 NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On December 27, Israel press sources reported the impending publication of 692 construction tenders for new residential units in three Israeli neighborhoods of East Jerusalem: 377 units in Neve Yaakov, 198 in Pisgat Zeev, and 117 in Har Homa. While the details of the tenders a [...]
2009-12-28 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2332JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/29):
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2009-12-29 08:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2334PALESTINIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN MUSTAFA AL-BARGHUTI ON
[...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Barghuti, who was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in 2006 as the head of the Independent Palestine list, believes that PLC and presidential elections need to occur in the upcoming year in order to preserve the Palestinian democratic experience and st [...]
2009-12-29 10:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2337JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY REPACKAGES LATEST ZONING
[...] (C) Summary: Jerusalem municipal officials briefed Post on December 23 on the latest version of Mayor Nir Barkat's plan for the redevelopment of the currently Arab-inhabited al-Bustan area of Silwan in East Jerusalem. Barkat's proposal calls for the demolition of 19 of al-Bustan's 97 homes, [...]
2009-12-29 14:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM2339JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/30): Hamas says it did not
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2009-12-30 07:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2342JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/31): PA Spokesman states that
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 08:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM236JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/04): FEAR THAT SEPARATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 10:36:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM242JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/05): "NO NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL
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2009-02-05 09:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM254JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/06): NERVOUS ANTICIPATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 11:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM255Al Quds University Freezes Official Cooperation with
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the IDF operations in Gaza, the University Council of Al Quds University voted to put a moratorium on official cooperation with Israeli academic institutions. The decision was endorsed by the university President, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, generally a strong advocate of [...]
2009-02-06 11:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO
09JERUSALEM264JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/09): TURKEY'S "GROWING ROLE"
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2009-02-09 11:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM269WEST BANK AND GAZA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON
[...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority's (PA) counterterrorism (CT) efforts improved in the 2008 reporting period. PM Salam Fayyad's government engaged in efforts to control terrorist groups, particularly Hamas. Nevertheless, additional efforts will be required to dismantle terrorist groups in the Wes [...]
2009-02-09 14:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG IS PTER ASEC EFIN
09JERUSALEM270JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/10): "ISRAELI ELECTIONS
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2009-02-10 11:53:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM271JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/11): "POLITICAL PROGRESS...
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2009-02-11 09:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM275JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/12): "A FIRST READING OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 09:20:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM281JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/13): PEACE PROCESS - "BIGGEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 10:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM292JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/17): NEWS OF SETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 11:55:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM295JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/18): "OBAMA - A TURNING POINT
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2009-02-18 11:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM303JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/19): "NEW ISRAELI OBSTACLES
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2009-02-19 11:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM308JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/20): "EFFORTS TO JUDAIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 14:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM314JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/23): PALESTINIANS SEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 15:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM317IMPRESSIONS FROM GAZA-BASED LES
[...] (S) Summary. ConGen RSO LES who lives and works in Gaza City, said that Hamas remains in firm control of Gaza. He notes that local support for Hamas has decreased since the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict, but decreased support for Hamas does not mean increased support for the current [...]
2009-02-24 09:29:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETAFSN PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL EG IS
09JERUSALEM318UNRESOLVED ISSUES REMAIN AFTER FATAH COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary. The Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC) announced on February 19 its recommendation that the sixth party Congress be held April 15 in Jordan or Egypt. In February 18-19 conversations with PolSpecialist, grassroots activists doubted that the Congress would be held as soon as April [...]
2009-02-24 13:39:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM320JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/24): "FACING A MORE HOSTILE
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2009-02-24 15:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM322JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/25): THE IMPORTANCE OF
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2009-02-25 06:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM33JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/05): "WHY ARE [PALESTINIANS]
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 11:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM331JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/26): WHAT WASHINGTON CAN DO
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2009-02-26 10:30:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM343JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/27): UNITY AS THE ANECTDOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM359PALESTINIAN FACTIONS BEGIN RECONCILIATION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, released a joint statement in Cairo February 26 following the opening of reconciliation talks. The statement said that five committees will seek to complete this work between March 10 and 30. Fatah and Hamas officials indicat [...]
2009-02-27 15:58:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM360SOME ADDITIONAL TYPES OF GOODS ENTER GAZA, OVERALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: International assistance agency contacts reported that the GOI has recently approved a slightly broader variety of goods for entry into Gaza. Overall access for goods into Gaza remains strictly limited, however. ConGen contacts said the GOI continues to reject many everyday it [...]
2009-02-27 16:52:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM371JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/02): "IS ISRAEL ABOVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 11:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM376JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/03): "GREAT RECONSTRUCTION
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2009-03-03 14:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM377JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/04): "JUDAIZING JERUSALEM IS
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2009-03-04 06:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM378UNRWA'S FEBRAURY 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ADVISORY
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) convened an Extraordinary Session of the Advisory Commission in Amman, Jordan on February 17. UNRWA underlined its dire financial situation and provided an update on its operations in Gaza. UNRWA a [...]
2009-03-04 14:15:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
09JERUSALEM381JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/05): PALESTINIANS:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-05 07:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM389JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/06): PALESTINIANS QUESTION
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2009-03-06 11:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM399JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/09): PALESTINIANS ANALYZE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 09:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM41JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/06): GAZA -- ANOTHER EPISODE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-06 11:08:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM42GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 6, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground forces continued military operations on January 6 in Gaza. The IDF largely encircled Gaza City and fought militants, but did not enter heavily populated areas. Contacts report IDF forces approaching the southern city of Khan Yunis. Airstrikes and naval bombard [...]
2009-01-06 12:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM446JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/10): PALESTINIANS HOPE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 10:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM448JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/11): A CALL TO KEEP FAYYAD IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 10:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM454JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/12): HOPES FOR GREATER ARAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 09:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM461JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/13): PALESTINIANS CALL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 07:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM465PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: SIGNIFICANT GAPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 10, Palestinian reconciliation talks began in Cairo. The talks are structured around five committees: 1) PA government formation; 2) PLO reform; 3) PA security services; 4) elections; and 5) internal reconciliation. As of March 13, significant gaps became evident on ke [...]
2009-03-13 15:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM475JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/16): "WAITING FOR AGREEMENT"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 13:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM480JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/17): A CALL FOR A
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2009-03-17 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM481JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/18): THEORIES ON WHO IS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-18 11:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM487JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/19): "DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 11:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM498JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/20): "WHAT COMES AFTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 10:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM506JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/23): PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 11:29:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM522JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/24): PALESTINIANS SEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 11:14:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM546JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/25): PONDERING THE IMPACT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 08:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM561JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/26): PALESTINIANS ASSERT ARAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 11:50:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM563JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/27): PALESTINIANS SEE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 05:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM572JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/30): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 10:09:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM575PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: FATAH NEGOTIATORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Palestinian reconciliation talks are set to resume April 1-2 in Cairo. In public statements, HAMAS officials have hardened their position against accepting prior PLO agreements and Quartet principles, specifically regarding recognition of Israel. In addition, Hamas is demanding [...]
2009-03-30 14:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL EG
09JERUSALEM578JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS REMIND ARAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 10:03:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM585 INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Meetings in the West
[...] (U) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's March 15 visit to the West Bank gave him an opportunity to underscore U.S. support for Palestinian security forces training programs. He visited Palestinian security sector reform projects funded by INL, attended the opening of the new Presidenti [...]
2009-03-31 14:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KWBG KPAL KPAO
09JERUSALEM587JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (03/31): PALESTINIANS: CULTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 06:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM599JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/02): "NETANYAHU CHANGES THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 09:51:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM6JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/02): "The Peace Process is
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-02 11:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM61GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground operations and air strikes continued on the morning of January 7 after what Gaza-based contacts described as a relatively quiet night. Ground forces continued to fight militants around Gaza City, and moved closer to Khan Yunis without entering the city. Airstri [...]
2009-01-07 11:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM611JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/03): PALESTINIANS SEE NEED
[...] According to the report, the meeting comes within the framework of Consulate support for the Palestinian economy and private sector. In other coverage of Consulate activities, an Al- Quds' inside page reports that U.S. Consulate General staff donated more than 800 books to the RISOL Community [...]
2009-04-03 09:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM613PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION: LATEST ROUND OF TALKS
[...] (C) Summary. The latest round of Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas ended in Cairo on April 2, less than 72 hours after they began. The talks are expected to resume in two to three weeks. Fatah sought publicly to portray Hamas as intransigent in refusing to go a [...]
2009-04-03 10:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS EG
09JERUSALEM616JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/06): PALESTINIANS: PEACE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 10:23:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM62JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/07): GAZA - "A FASCIST WAR"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 11:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM620ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER PALESTINIAN HOME IN
[...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim members took over an Old City residence early April 2, claiming they had bought the property, according to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Siedemann. The Palestinian resident Naser Jaber disputed this claim, saying he won a court case challenging his ownership several yea [...]
2009-04-06 13:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC IS PBTS KWBG
09JERUSALEM624JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/07): PALESTINIANS WELCOME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 10:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM630ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY MOVES STONE FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 5, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) removed a stone from just outside the southeastern wall of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and placed it on the Israeli Knesset grounds. IAA staff assert the stone came from "debris" in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park and co [...]
2009-04-08 07:44:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM632JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/08): PALESTINIANS LAMENT LACK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM644JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/10): PALESTINIANS SEE "SLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 08:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM648OVER A DOZEN PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN CLASH WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Bat Ayin settlers and IDF soldiers on April 8 wounded over a dozen Palestinians, one of them critically, less than a week after the April 2 murder of a young Bat Ayin settler. Palestinian media put the number of injured Palestinians as high as 40, while Israeli press reported [...]
2009-04-10 13:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PBTS KWBG KPAO PTER IS
09JERUSALEM659JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/13): PALESTINIANS WONDER HOW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 09:25:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM663JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/14): PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 08:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM672JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/16): PALESTINIANS SEE DOUBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 08:10:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM675JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/17): PALESTINIANS: U.S. BEARS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 06:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM678JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/20): PALESTINIANS: NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 09:12:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM681JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/21): PALESTINIANS: POWERFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 09:58:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM685JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): PALESTINIANS EXPRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 10:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM692JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/23): PALESTINIANS: TANGIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 16:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM696JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/24): PALESTINIANS SEEK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 10:32:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM7GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 2, 1300 LOCAL: NO LET-UP IN
[...] (C) Summary. From 1300 January 1 through 1300 on January 2, at least 54 rockets (including 12 Grad-types) struck Israel, injuring three Israelis. Israeli airstrikes focused on northern Gaza and Gaza City killed at least 21 Palestinians (including several children),most notably senior Hamas [...]
2009-01-02 12:07:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
09JERUSALEM702JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/27): PALESTINIAN DIVISION
[...] Talal Ukal of Al-Ayyam writes in "A decision Round, not [more] talks"(4/27): "Overshadowed by an atmosphere of pessimism, or, in the best case scenario, cautious optimism, the fourth round of talks- which could very well be the last in the series of inter-Palestinian dialogue - is scheduled t [...]
2009-04-27 09:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM711JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/28): DECISION TO CLOSE
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2009-04-28 10:05:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM719JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/30): UNITY TALKS "POSTPONED"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 10:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM727JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/01): NEW U.S. POLICY OF OPEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 09:21:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM73JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/08): "SIGNS OF A TRUCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 10:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM734JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/04): CONCERNS MOUNT OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 11:22:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM742JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/05): LOW EXPECTATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 10:46:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM75GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 8, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF maintained its positions on January 8 and continued operations around Gaza City and Rafah. Up to 10,000 Palestinians from Rafah evacuated their homes in response to leaflets warning of impending operations in the area. A humanitarian pause began at 1300. Three rocket [...]
2009-01-08 12:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM751JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/07): PALESTINIANS: LET'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 09:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM756JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/08): WORRY THAT WEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 11:43:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM773JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/11): PALESTINIAN ANGER OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 11:11:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM781JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/12): PALESTINIAN FRUSTRATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 08:59:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM784JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/13): "A WEAK AND BIASED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 06:00:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM797JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/14): PALESTINIANS WONDER:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM806JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/15): BLEAK PALESTINIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-15 09:38:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM812JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/18): PALESTINIANS: U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 08:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM815JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/19): PALESTINIANS QUESTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 10:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM823JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/20): UNITY TALKS: "USELESS,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM825NEW FAYYAD GOVERNMENT FORMED
[...] (C) Summary. A new Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet under the leadership of PM Salam Fayyad was sworn in on May 19 by PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen). Coming after a difficult, prolonged negotiation over Ministerial positions, the new government includes representatives from four pol [...]
2009-05-20 15:36:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KWBG
09JERUSALEM843COORDINATION FAILURE RESULTS IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Palestinian sources state, that in the early morning hours of May 21, two Palestinian General Intelligence (GI) officers, in the course of an Israeli-approved operation against Hamas in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya, exchanged fire with an undercover Israel Defense Forces (IDF) [...]
2009-05-22 04:31:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS MOPS
09JERUSALEM852JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/26): PALESTINIANS: NO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-26 11:06:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM853JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/27): PALESTINIANS: "MEEK U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-27 09:18:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM861JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (05/28): "WHAT OBAMA'S PROMISES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-28 13:54:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM870JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:26:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM871JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/01): CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 14:27:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM874JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/02): PALESTINIANS: GIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 09:40:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM878JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/03): PALESTINIAN ANTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 08:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM886JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/04): "THE STRATEGIC AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 11:48:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM888JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/05): DEEP PALESTINIAN CONCERN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:28:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM89JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/09): "SAVING GAZA TO SAVE THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM890JERUSALEM SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (06/05): OVERWHELMINGLY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:24:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM900JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/08): PALESTINIANS: WAITING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 07:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM91GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 9, 2009, 1300 LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following the passage of a UNSCR calling for a cease-fire, the IDF maintained its positions on January 9 and continued operations in northern Gaza and around Khan Yunis, generally on the outskirts of urban areas. IAF and Israeli naval strikes targeted northern Gaza and some ar [...]
2009-01-09 12:02:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER MOPS IS
09JERUSALEM945JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/09): PALESTINIANS: NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 08:13:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM970JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/10): "ISRAELI INTERESTS ARE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 09:19:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM971JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY ISSUES TWO MORE DEMOLITION
[...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal officials, accompanied by police, served two demolition orders and ten warning notices in the al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan to Palestinian homeowners on June 10. Local residents and Palestinian officials expressed concern that as many as 88 homes in al-Bu [...]
2009-06-10 15:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC IS KWBG KPAL
09JERUSALEM975JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/11): PALESTINIANS: ISRAELI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 09:31:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM99PA KEEPS A LID ON WEST BANK DEMONSTRATIONS, NO
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Demonstrations took place across the West Bank on January 9, with 43 reported injuries. Hamas condemned PA public order efforts and called for more protests. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on January 9 that PASF has standing orders to prevent violence and confrontations [...]
2009-01-09 18:38:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETKWBG PTER ASEC PGOV IS
09JERUSALEM994JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (06/12): PALESTINIANS: END
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 10:39:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JOHANNESBURG1172009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...]
2009-07-24 15:31:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND
09JOHANNESBURG163ILO SAYS MORE LABOR LEGISLATION IS NOT THE WAY TO GO
[...] (C) The International Labor Organization (ILO) believes that South African attempts to tighten labor laws and ban labor brokering are misguided and will decrease South Africa's investment appeal. The ILO said that current South African labor law offers adequate protections but is not enforced [...]
2009-11-18 15:33:00Consulate JohannesburgCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PREL PGOV ILO SF EAID EFIN EINV ETRD
09JOHANNESBURG81SOUTH AFRICA: MAY 2009 LABOR NOTES
[...] This is the May, 2009 issue of U.S. Consulate Johannesburg's Regional Labor Office monthly notes. Topics in this issue are as follows: -Legal work for Zimbabwean migrants? -COSATU unsuccessful in its bid to halt the sale of Vodacom shares -COSATU May Day rallies -Union ends successful tr [...]
2009-05-07 14:31:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB ETRD SF EIND ECON EFIN EMIN ELTN
09KABUL10AFGHAN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two simultaneously released reports, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) strongly condemned Taliban and other insurgents' intimidation and killing of civilians and presented a relatively balanced analysis of civilian deaths due to coalition and Afghan Natio [...]
2009-01-04 09:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL1019EMBASSY KABUL NEAR-TERM ACTION PLAN ON ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) We have developed the near-term action plan outlined below to operationalize our priorities for urgent work on elections over the next six weeks. We have designated lead Mission elements for each item and will track progress through the Elections Coordination Group. 2. (C) Begin [...]
2009-04-22 09:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1022CHARGE URGES KARZAI TO STRENGTHEN ELECTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 20 meeting with President Karzai, Charge Ricciardone pressed Karzai to fix the Shia family law, gazette the media law and publish a strong presidential decree prohibiting official interference in the electoral process. Karzai assured the Charge that he is working o [...]
2009-04-22 11:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1037AFGHAN HIGHER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Afghan higher education was decimated during the civil war and never re-built during the Taliban years. In the past eight years, great improvements have been made, notably in rebuilding infrastructure and reestablishing standards of higher education. However, of the more than 2,300 in [...]
2009-04-23 12:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL EAID AF
09KABUL1043SUPREME COURT DECISION MAY HASTEN PUBLICATION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In a development that could open the path to gazetting the media law, the Supreme Court has sided with President Karzai's objection to a provision in the media law requiring the Lower House to confirm the president's pick to head state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA [...]
2009-04-25 15:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1046KARZAI HOSTS PARLIAMENT-US CONVERSATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai, his national security ministers, and several dozen MPs urged the Charge and ISAF representatives on April 26 to join with the Afghan government and Parliament to form a commission on reducing civilian casualties. During a long and impassioned but respectful m [...]
2009-04-26 15:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1064Implementing a Comprehensive Counter-Narcotics
[...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan produces 93% of the world's opium and heroin with 98% of poppy cultivation concentrated in just seven provinces in the south and southwest. Two-thirds of all opium in Afghanistan is grown in one province -- Helmand, with lesser but significant amounts produced in Fara [...]
2009-04-28 04:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09KABUL1097OPPOSITION MPS CONTINUE TO FAN DEBATE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although most of Afghanistan's political establishment has moved on, some parliamentarians continue to stir debate over continuity of government after the May 22 constitutional expiration of President Karzai's term. The Supreme Court last month affirmed the legitimacy of Karza [...]
2009-04-30 12:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1099PALACE PLANS TO GAZETTE MEDIA LAW BUT OTHERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Supreme Court statement (ref A) siding with President Karzai over the Parliament on the media law is not yet public, but word is leaking out. Palace Chief of Staff Daudzai told us Karzai would gazette the law, minus the disputed provision, rather than return the law to Parlia [...]
2009-04-30 13:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1109SHERZAI AIDE CLAIMS KARZAI STRONG-ARMS SHERZAI OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aga Sherzai withdrew from the presidential race on May 2, the day after a reportedly lengthy and emotional meeting with President Karzai. Sherzai's campaign manager alleged that Karzai's increasingly emotional and threatening tone pushed Sherzai to end hi [...]
2009-05-02 14:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1116NEXT STEPS ON ELECTION SECURITY PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government's Presidential Advisory Group (PAG),led by National Security Advisor Rassoul and with the participation of Ministers, other Cabinet-level decision-makers, and international representatives, on April 30 approved a concept of operations for election security, res [...]
2009-05-03 11:55:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1140BUTTRESSING THE INTEGRITY OF AFGHANISTAN'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),the UN, the international community, and Afghan government institutions are creating many electoral safeguards for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. Much of the elections' credibility, for both Afghans an [...]
2009-05-04 16:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1181THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/2-5/7: MORE ANGER OVER
[...] Lower House MPs exploded in anger Wednesday (May 6) over new reports of civilian casualties resulting from a joint Afghan Army-Coalition forces operation in Bala Boluk district of Farah province this week. Afghan media and NGOs reported between 40 and 160 civilians killed, prompting many MPs t [...]
2009-05-07 13:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL1186CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]
2009-05-08 11:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1187CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION
[...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...]
2009-05-08 11:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1194A CROWDED FIELD, BUT LITTLE TRUE COMPETITION FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Candidate registration for the Aug. 20 presidential election closed May 8, with at least 44 candidates turning in completed registration forms. We will report septel on provincial council registration, particularly on female candidate registration. President Karzai appears t [...]
2009-05-10 13:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1195INSIDE KARZAI CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai officially launched his re-election campaign last week, relying on an unusual mix of powerful commanders from Afghanistan's 30 years of conflict and a small group of younger volunteers from newer pro-democracy organizations. To date, former mujahideen command [...]
2009-05-10 13:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1199DEBUNKING THE MYTH - PD WORK REALLY IS POSSIBLE IN
[...] SUMMARY: Contrary to popular belief that American diplomats remain isolated behind compound walls, PD officers in Kabul routinely travel around the city and throughout the country. Too much emphasis has been placed on "messaging," too little on building personal relationship that allow the mes [...]
2009-05-11 04:08:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL12ASHRAF GHANI SOUNDS OUT THEMES FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (C/NF) Former Interior Minister Ashraf Ghani has launched a high-minded, academic critique of the Afghan government, blasting administrative incompetence and President Karzai's refusal to fight high-level corruption for destabilizing the country. In a Dec. 31 conversation with PolCouns, Gha [...]
2009-01-04 09:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL1211FEFA ASSESSES PROGRESS, SOME IRREGULARITIES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FEFA, the Afghan election observer organization, noted both positive developments and some irregularities in its assessment of the candidate registration process at its May 11 press conference. Looking ahead, FEFA called for the Media Commission and the Electoral Complaints Com [...]
2009-05-11 14:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1226SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEAHY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the Administration's new strategy, agreeing on the merit and priority of refocusing on defeating al Qaeda to prevent it, and like-minded local and regional groups, from returning to Afg [...]
2009-05-13 10:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1230THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/9-5/15: MPS DEMAND
[...] (SBU) Lower House MPs continue to push for the "legalization" of foreign forces, following intense debate over an incident involving civilian casualties in Farah Province last week (ref A). During May 13 testimony to the Lower House, Justice Minister Sarwar Danesh told MPs President Karzai t [...]
2009-05-14 14:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1232TALIBAN AND WARLORD QUESTIONS AS THE ECC SETS UP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a May 12 press conference, the five commissioners of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) introduced their organization, noted the jurisdiction of the ECC and explained the process for the upcoming challenge period. Afghan media representatives pressed the ECC on whethe [...]
2009-05-15 06:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1239SUBJECT: AFGHANISTAN: A SNAPSHOT OF THE NORTHEAST
[...] (U) Summary: A recent trip to the northeast by a representative of the Embassy's Provincial Reconstruction Team-Sub-National Governance team confirmed the presence there of a number of the same challenges thwarting progress elsewhere in Afghanistan. It also served to dispel a few misconceptions abo [...]
2009-05-17 05:51:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1256ENCOURAGING DISCOURSE ON ELECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The public outreach division of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has developed a multi-layered strategy to educate the Afghan people about the August 2009 elections. IEC public outreach (PO) is striving to provide consistent and accurate messaging at appropriate times i [...]
2009-05-17 13:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1276A MEDIA SUCCESS STORY: SALAM WATANDAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Eikenberry's first exclusive local interview in Kabul highlights a shining success story of Afghan media development: the growth of Salam Watandar (SW) ["Hello Countryman"], a network of 39 rural, independent radio stations in 21 provinces. With programs on current affa [...]
2009-05-19 07:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AF
09KABUL1281YASENI CONCERNED ABOUT KARZAI'S CASH ADVANTAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni is asking for US assistance to help balance what he sees as President Karzai's significant advantage over other candidates in terms of cash and the use of government resources. Yaseni has opened campaign off [...]
2009-05-19 13:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1283NO MAJOR PROTESTS EXPECTED OVER CONTINUITY OF
[...] (SBU) Afghan politicians remain divided over support for continuity of government under President Karzai following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term, but we have not seen evidence that opponents will organize protests against the government's legality (reftel). Privately, an o [...]
2009-05-20 04:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1295CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...]
2009-05-21 09:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL131OUTRAGE AGAINST COALITION SPECIAL OPS INCREASES IN
[...] (C) A series of Coalition special operations in Zabul province during December 2008 and January 2009 heightened emotions and public outcry against coalition forces (CF). This situation provided an opportunity for select provincial leaders to promote their own political agendas. Governor Delb [...]
2009-01-19 12:01:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1321SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANGEVIN
[...] (SBU) Congressmen: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Oba [...]
2009-05-26 06:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1352FM KOUCHNER REITERATES FRENCH COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, Pierre Lallouche, France's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Ambassador Jean d'Amecourt May 14 to discuss increased military and civilian engagement in Afghanistan, elections and bilateral coordi [...]
2009-05-30 11:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MARR FR AF
09KABUL1372MEDIA LAW: IMPORTANT STEP BUT NO PANACEA
[...] (SBU) The Embassy has urged President Karzai to publish the Media Law as soon as possible in order to advance Afghan media's freedoms (reftels). Karzai has told officials at the Ministry of Justice and Office of Administrative Affairs (OAA) to hold off on publication until he consults Supreme [...]
2009-05-31 11:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM AF
09KABUL1377CODEL LEAHY: CRITICAL TIME IN BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of CODEL Leahy told President Karzai during a 5/26 meeting that this was a critical time for the Afghan-U.S. relationship. Americans needed assurances, especially in this economy, that the money they are spending in Afghanistan is being well spent, and that the people [...]
2009-06-01 08:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER USAID
09KABUL1395IRAN TRILATERAL: AHMADINEJAD SUGGESTS US-IRAN
[...] (C) President Ahmadinejad reacted positively to the USG message to Iran on common interests in Afghanistan and the region (ref b),on the occasion of the Afghan's May 24-25 visit to Tehran. Ahmadinejad suggested cooperation could begin through joint infrastructure projects, or allowing Irania [...]
2009-06-02 12:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SENV AF IR
09KABUL1398OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN START TWO WEEKS AWAY; KARZAI IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The presidential election season officially starts June 16, but the major candidates are already in full swing. President Karzai will begin the campaign with a significant head start, having consolidated support from a number of powerful factional leaders. The other major ca [...]
2009-06-02 13:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1424AFGHANISTAN'S MEDIA COMMISSION: UP AND RUNNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-created Media Commission, slated to play an important role in the upcoming presidential election, is now up and running. In addition to monitoring compliance with the media code of conduct, the Commission intends to organize radio and TV airtime for candidate roundtabl [...]
2009-06-07 02:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1461 FLASHES OF GIROA LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent media statements from MOI and MOD citing civilian casualties caused by the Taliban and supporting the presence of international troops demonstrated unusual and welcomed Afghan leadership in public communications. This may be the result of a patient and determined effort [...]
2009-06-08 10:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS MASS AF
09KABUL1465AMBASSADOR AND COS DAUDZAI DISCUSS KARZAI'S GOALS
[...] (C) Summary. At their May 27 meeting, Mohammed Umer Daudzai, President Karzai's Chief of Staff, agreed to the Ambassador's suggestion to establish a weekly meeting between President Karzai and the Ambassador. Daudzai confirmed Karzai was confident of re-election and the latter was turning his [...]
2009-06-08 10:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MOPS AF
09KABUL1467FORGING A CAMPAIGN OF IDEAS
[...] (C) Even before the official start of the presidential election campaign season, most political observers have concluded that President Karzai will easily win re-election. Karzai is gunning for an overwhelming first-round victory by lining up endorsements from nearly all of the country's powe [...]
2009-06-08 14:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1468INFLUENTIAL PASHTUNS IN AFGHAN POLITICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the country's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns will play a determining role in this year's presidential election. If the 2009 election breaks down along ethnic lines, as it largely did in 2004, President Karzai will have a significant advantage over other candidates, especia [...]
2009-06-08 14:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1477UPPER HOUSE SPEAKER MOJADDEDI PRESSING KARZAI FOR
[...] During Ambassador Eickenberry's June 9 courtesy call, Upper House Speaker Mojaddedi conceded President Karzai was the only viable presidential candidate but had many flaws. Neither Abdullah Abdullah nor Ashraf Ghani have the personality or capacity to govern, Mojaddedi claimed. However, Mojade [...]
2009-06-09 16:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1478HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER SAMAR LAMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chair Sima Samar and the Ambassador discussed on June 9 a range of political and human rights issues. Samar blamed the opposition, including herself, for not organizing a viable challenge to Karzai's re-election bid. She urged [...]
2009-06-09 17:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1485MINISTERS TELL CODEL LANGEVIN ARMY AND POLICE
[...] (C)Summary. Codel Langevin spent a full 24 hours in Kabul, meeting with President Karzai (reftel),Defense Minister Wardak, Interior Minister Atmar, and Afghan Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) representatives. The codel, comprised of Representatives James Langevin (D-RI),Mike Coffman [...]
2009-06-10 12:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1489TEPID PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HEDAYAT ARSALA
[...] (SBU) Former Senior Minister Hedayat Arsala laid out to the Ambassador on June 8 a substantive agenda that would focus on strengthening governance by fighting government corruption and interdicting the narcotics trade. He asserted that Karzai held such strong advantages of incumbency that the [...]
2009-06-10 14:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL1493ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS:KABUL RESPONSES
[...] The USG and its international partners are taking steps to help Afghanistan hold credible presidential and provincial council elections in 2009. The augmented U.S. Mission will lead implementation of a number of efforts. Successful realization of these objectives will rely in most cases on br [...]
2009-06-11 02:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1528 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JALAL: ISSUES FOCUSED PLATFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11 at his Kabul campaign headquarters, Afghan presidential candidate Sayed Jalal detailed his political platform to Ambassador Carney and identified problems he sees emerging with the elections process. He requested the U.S. to clearly indicate its impartiality - somet [...]
2009-06-15 08:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1544Afghan Commerce Minister on Upcoming Af-Pak Transit Trade
[...] (SBU) Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani told EconCouns June 16 that Afghanistan will take a positive, constructive approach in negotiations with Pakistan on a new Af-Pak Transit Trade agreement (APTA),starting June 23. Shahrani noted the GOP's extensive objections to the draft agreement text [...]
2009-06-16 13:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD AF PK
09KABUL1557CHALLENGING THE ELECTION PROCESS TO DELIVER:
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates Department's efforts to offer us collegial advice on how to improve our handling of the upcoming Afghan election campaign. As will be clear from the specific responses below, much of what has been recommended is already well underway and has been for some time. We would c [...]
2009-06-17 14:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1558SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO BACK KARZAI ON MEDIA LAW
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Afghan Chief Justice Azimi on June 7. Azimi stated that President Karzai had the authority to request judicial review of a portion of the Media Law after his veto was overridden, despite there being no obvious legal precedent. Azimi reaffirmed his commitment to [...]
2009-06-17 14:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS AF
09KABUL1560QUIET START TO OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON
[...] SUMMARY. The presidential and provincial council campaigns for the Aug. 20 election officially kicked off June 16, with a relatively subdued atmosphere in both Kabul and the outlying provinces. Major and minor candidates alike plastered Kabul streets with campaign posters, though few held la [...]
2009-06-18 04:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1563GHANI CRITICIZES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR SLOW
[...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani told PolCouns in a June 16 meeting that he was prepared to harshly criticize the international community and USG for what he saw as a "curiously unengaged" posture on the presidential election. Ghani complained that the IC had not delivered on promis [...]
2009-06-18 05:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1564YASENI CALLS FOR MORE INVOLVEMENT FROM
[...] (C) Lower House Deputy Speaker and presidential candidate Mirwais Yaseni requested more USG and international community involvement in the presidential election to help offset President Karzai's alleged use of government officials and resources to benefit his campaign. In a June 15 meeting wit [...]
2009-06-18 05:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1567 Latest Draft of Governor-led Reconciliation Program
[...] (SBU) We have just received from the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) an updated version of its proposal for Governor-led reconciliation, originally dating from May 19. The paper remains a "confidential" internal document and has not, to our knowledge, been shared with others [...]
2009-06-18 14:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL1577SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...]
2009-06-21 07:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL158NEW KHOST GOVERNOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES FOR HIS
[...] (C) In a January 14 courtesy call by PRT and maneuver battalion representatives, new Khost Governor Hamidullah Qalandarzai outlined his priorities for the province: improved security (including better coordination among coalition forces (CF),Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),and local A [...]
2009-01-21 12:03:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL1587GOVERNOR ATTA DENIES RESIGNATION RUMORS
[...] (SBU) Balkh Governor Atta has denied that President Karzai has asked for his resignation because of his support for opposition presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Atta said he would resign only if President Karzai also agrees to resign. Several high-profile delegations from Kabul have vi [...]
2009-06-21 12:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1590GHANI CHALLENGES KARZAI TO OPEN DEBATE
[...] The Ambassador launched on June 20 his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates, to counter the widely held perception of U.S. backing for President Karzai's reelection. His first meeting was a press conference with presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani. The Ambassador declared [...]
2009-06-21 13:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL160KARZAI HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND
[...] SUMMARY. President Karzai called on U.S. and international forces to prevent civilian casualties in a State of the Union-style speech opening Parliament's new session January 20. In addition to his appeal to revise the international coalition's military strategy, Karzai ran through a laundry [...]
2009-01-22 10:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER KDEM MARR AF
09KABUL1600SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...]
2009-06-23 02:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AF
09KABUL1640AMBASSADOR APPEARS WITH YASENI AT PRESS EVENT
[...] (U) The Ambassador on June 22 continued his public engagement with leading opposition presidential candidates, appearing with Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni in front of Afghan and international media. The Ambassador reiterated US impartiality and commitment to credible, secure, an [...]
2009-06-23 12:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1647ABDULLAH HIGHLIGHTS DECENTRALIZATION PLATFORM IN
[...] (U) The Ambassador continued his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates with a joint press appearance alongside Abdullah Abdullah on June 21. During the event, covered widely by Afghan and international media, Abdullah highlighted his proposals to decentralize the governmen [...]
2009-06-23 16:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1648GHANI: OPTIMISTIC FAIR ELECTION IS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) In a June 22 conversation with the Ambassador, presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani was optimistic that the "necessary environment" now existed for a relatively fair and competitive election. Ghani thanked the Ambassador for appearing at a June 20 joint press conference (reftel). The Amba [...]
2009-06-24 09:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1655ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS: MEDIA LAW AND
[...] This is the third in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable addresses the issues of the Media Law and implementation of the May 22 presidential [...]
2009-06-24 13:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1657PALACE REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S PRESS
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador's press appearances (6/20-Ashraf Ghani, 6/21-Abdullah Abdullah, 6/22-Mirwais Yaseni) have generated much political and media attention. They have also not gone unnoticed by the Palace. FM Spanta called the Ambassador on 6/21, following the Abdullah press conference, to s [...]
2009-06-24 18:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL1662 HERAT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES: KARZAI DOMINATING THE FIELD
[...] (U) Summary. Election campaigning is underway in Herat with general resignation, not excitement, among the populace that President Karzai will win. Karzai's campaign spending and outreach to key local figures and organizations have strengthened his position, but some analysts believe he can [...]
2009-06-25 09:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1675IEC: A CREDIBLE ELECTION IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
[...] Summary: On June 22, Ambassador Eikenberry visited the Independent Election Commission (IEC),toured operational elements and after a private meeting, participated in a joint press conference with IEC Chairman Dr. Azizullah Lodin. IEC workers and officials echoed security concerns, but the [...]
2009-06-27 06:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1677HELMAND GOVERNOR MANGAL UPBEAT, HOPEFUL IN MEETING
[...] (U) Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal was upbeat, yet realistic during a June 16 call on Ambassador Eikenberry at the U.S. Embassy. The Ambassador gave Mangal a set of photos taken during last month's grand opening of the Bost Commercial Airfield in Helmand. Mangal thanked the Ambassador and promi [...]
2009-06-27 11:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1678NSA JONES DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AT THE IEC
[...] On June 23, National Security Advisor James Jones attended an elections roundtable at the Independent Election Commission (IEC). Participants included the Ambassador, Ambassador Carney, IEC Chairman Dr. Azizullah Lodin and three other commissioners, IEC Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Daoud Naja [...]
2009-06-28 02:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1680 Elections Snapshot from Northeastern Afghanistan
[...] Controversy ensued in Badakhshan when Zalmay Mojaddedi, a Member of Parliament (MP) close to Karzai, used two GIRoA helicopters to personally distribute emergency assistance items such as tents, blankets and cash to flood victims in his home district of Jurm and neighboring areas in mid-June. [...]
2009-06-28 04:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1682ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS: MEDIA AND DEBATES
[...] This is the fifth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable addresses the issues of media engagements with and airtime for candidates. ---- [...]
2009-06-29 04:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1701AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: REACTION TO NEW CN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Counter Narcotics Khodaidad and Deputy Minister of Interior for Narcotics Daud both reacted cautiously on June 28 to the announcement of a new U.S. counternarcotics strategy deemphasizing eradication and increasing support for interdiction and agricultural development. [...]
2009-06-30 10:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR AF
09KABUL1714PRE-ELECTION POLLING PLANS
[...] This is the sixth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts in support of the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in reftel. This cable addresses post efforts on pre-election polling. ------------------- [...]
2009-07-02 02:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL172SHERZAI BASKS IN BUZZ OVER POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nangarhar Governor Gul Aqa Sherzai's trip to the United States this month ignited gossip among Kabul's chattering classes and media about his presidential ambitions and relationship with President Karzai. Rumors that Sherzai attended President Obama's inauguration at the invitat [...]
2009-01-26 07:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL1733AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S RESTRAINED INTERVENTION IN
[...] (C) Summary. Officials of Paktya province in Afghanistan and tribal elders brokered an agreement on June 15 in an attempt to quiet two years of fighting between the Shia Turi and Sunnis in Pakistan's Kurram Agency. The residents of Bushera, a Sunni enclave on the Pakistani side of the border [...]
2009-07-02 12:30:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1735ANATOMY OF AN INSURGENCY - DECLINING SECURITY IN
[...] (C) Summary: Though by no means comparable to the situation in Afghanistan's south and east, the security climate in the country's northwest is worsening in certain districts, and this has local officials concerned. A particular worry is the situation in Ghormach district, administratively [...]
2009-07-02 14:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1741KHOST: DIFFERING REACTIONS TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Khosties' vastly different reactions to civilian casualty incidents caused by Coalition Forces (CF) versus those caused by insurgents suggest fear and intimidation by insurgents are profoundly impacting the population. Team Khost (PRT and maneuver battalion),at the direction of [...]
2009-07-04 04:13:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL1743AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: KHODAIDAD DEFENDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 1 meeting with Minister for Counternarcotics Khodaidad, Ambassador Wayne, Director for Development, Assistance, and Economic Affairs, assured the Minister that the U.S. remains committed to the fight against narcotics and the change in strategy would most likely resul [...]
2009-07-04 08:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR AF
09KABUL1745AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: PARDON AND RELEASE OF DRUG
[...] (SBU) We recently learned that, on April 30, 2009, President Karzai had issued a decree pardoning five Border Police officers who were convicted in 2007 of transporting approximately 124 kilograms of heroin in a Border Police truck. These five officers (Amrullah, Bilal Ahmad, Shahzad Gul, Sai [...]
2009-07-04 12:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF
09KABUL1747CANDIDATES DISCUSS PLATFORMS AND ELECTORAL PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: On July 1, Ambassador Eikenberry hosted a roundtable for the members of CODEL Ellsworth with four presidential candidates standing in the August elections. The Ambassador, Ambassador Ricciardone and Rep. Ellsworth focused their comments on U.S. support for a secure, credible and incl [...]
2009-07-05 04:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM OREP PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1762 Beyond 421 - Civilian Staffing Requirements for
[...] Embassy Kabul has undertaken a review of our mission to determine the personnel and resourcing requirements to achieve success, a review that complements GEN McChrystal's ongoing 60-day review of ISAF's mission. In Ref A, Embassy Kabul detailed a USG civilian uplift needed to implement the Pre [...]
2009-07-06 15:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
09KABUL1773CABINET APPROVED REVISED SHIA FAMILY LAW, EVAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6 the Cabinet approved a revised Shia Family Law text. Reportedly, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) review team deleted twelve major articles, and the Cabinet an additional article from the version signed by President Karzai. The Ministers also gave the nod to the draft E [...]
2009-07-07 16:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1797VERVEER PRESSES FOR JUSTICE FOR AFGHAN WOMEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 24-26 meetings visiting Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer affirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Afghan women and pressed government officials and other leaders to address the extreme challenges confronting women. President Karzai defended his [...]
2009-07-09 09:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM AF KDEM
09KABUL1799MOJ POISED TO PUBLISH MEDIA LAW: A POSITIVE, BUT
[...] (U) On July 8 Minister of Justice Sanwar Danish announced that MOJ will soon publish the media law in the official gazette. Palace sources also confirmed that President Karzai authorized the publication. The law will reflect the Afghan Supreme Court's March 2009 determination that the Nationa [...]
2009-07-09 14:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1802AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS, MEETING WITH MOCI AND PAK
[...] (SBU) The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade agreement negotiation is seriously engaged following the June 23-24 meeting in Kabul. The two sides say they have agreed on much of the structure and language of their agreement and identified the difficult negotiating issues, including controlling [...]
2009-07-09 17:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON AF
09KABUL1848AMBASSADOR TO ECC: ON THE FRONTLINES OF ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Ambassador Eikenberry and Ambassador Carney visited the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) and met with Chairman Grant Kippen and national commissioners Fahim Hakim and Maulawi Mustafa Barakzai. The Ambassador toured the ECC's Kabul headquarters and the co-located K [...]
2009-07-13 08:28:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1860REVISED SHIA LAW: NOT THE BEST BUT THE BEST NOW
[...] (C) President Karzai's chief of staff (strictly protect) told the Embassy July 12 that President Karzai signed a decree July 11 enacting the revised Shia Family Law and ordered the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to publish it as soon as possible, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitu [...]
2009-07-13 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PREL PHUM KDEM
09KABUL1874KARZAI’S JULY 12 ELECTION MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT. President Karzai's 12 July weekly meeting on election security produced the unwelcome news that polling center numbers must be reduced due to poor security and isolation. The DSRSG noted Khost officials have decided to co-locate 50 polling centers with the remaining 125 i [...]
2009-07-15 04:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1899MINOR CANDIDATES ADD COLOR AND CONFUSION TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By nearly all informal observations, President Karzai holds a sizable lead over his closest competitors in the lead up to the Aug. 20 election. If Karzai is unable to secure 50 percent of the vote in the first round, it will likely be due to the high number of candidates spli [...]
2009-07-16 08:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL1902UPDATE ON OBSERVER PRESENCE FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) At a July 13 press conference, the European Union officially launched its observer mission to the Afghan elections, which will deploy 86 observers around Afghanistan, including 50 short-term observers, down slightly from earlier figures. Post is negotiating grants with four implementers [...]
2009-07-16 11:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF IR FR
09KABUL1911Financial Management at the Provincial Level in Kandahar
[...] Summary. The Afghan government's financial management at the provincial level in Kandahar has improved greatly over the past year with respect to financial and revenue accounting. However, the lack of a consultative budget planning process between ministries in Kabul and their departments in [...]
2009-07-18 07:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL1913(U) YASENI UPBEAT ON CAMPAIGN, WILL FILE ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Ambassador Eikenberry met with presidential candidate and Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni on July 12 to discuss the state of the presidential campaign. Yaseni was energized, crediting the Ambassador's appearance with him at a June press event (reftel) for boosting his campaign's [...]
2009-07-18 08:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL1914ABDULLAH ENERGIZED ABOUT CAMPAIGN, WORKING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 14, Ambassador Eikenberry met with presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the state of the presidential campaign. Invigorated by his trips to the provinces and boasting an ambitious travel schedule for the next few weeks, Abdullah expounded on his cam [...]
2009-07-18 09:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL1930AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECOND-TIER CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Ambassador Eikenberry hosted second-tier presidential candidates Sayed Jalal Karim, Ferozan Fana and Dr. Mohammed Nasir Aniss for lunch to publicly demonstrate US active impartiality and to hear their private views on the state of the presidential campaign. The ca [...]
2009-07-20 14:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL2009HELMAND: GARMSIR SHURA SUPPORTS ISAF FORCES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 13, Governor Mangal visited Garmsir district for the first time since the Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (MEB) arrival on July 2, opening a major USAID project and holding a well-attended shura with local elders. Atmospherics were very positive. Approximately 350-400 [...]
2009-07-23 07:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM AF
09KABUL201 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Narcotics cultivation in Afghanistan declined in 2008 by nearly 20 percent, after two years of record highs. Despite the drop in poppy cultivation, however, Afghanistan remained the world's largest grower of opium poppy, with cultivation largely confined to five contiguous provinces i [...]
2009-01-26 13:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2018MINOR CANDIDATE COALITION CONTRADICTORY AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minor presidential candidates Dr. Mohammed Nasir Aniss, Bashir Bizhan, and Hedaiat Amin Arsallah separately confirmed to us recent rumors and media stories about a coalition of presidential candidates calling itself "The Coordination Council of the Presidential Election Candida [...]
2009-07-23 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2039SOLANA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS EU INTEREST IN ELECTION
[...] Summary: With four weeks left in the Afghan presidential campaign period, the international community's efforts to demonstrate impartiality in and support for elections are underscored by high-level visits and meetings with multiple presidential candidates. On July 22, EU Special Representa [...]
2009-07-24 08:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2040PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE BOOSTS OPPOSITION CANDIDATES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai's empty podium stood prominently between the twin lecterns of leading opponents Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah at a ground-breaking televised presidential debate in Afghanistan July 23. The debate was somber, issue-focused, and lacking in fireworks, altho [...]
2009-07-24 11:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2074ELECTIONS: ULY 25 MINISTERIAL AGREES ON AUGUST 1
[...] Summary: At a July 25 ministerial on election issues, MOD, MOI, ISAF, the UN, and the IEC agreed that August 1 would be the final date to determine which of the nearly 7,000 voting centers would not open. The IEC agreed to adjust its delivery schedule for ballots and other sensitive materials [...]
2009-07-26 16:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2077CORRECTED: JULY 25 MINISTERIAL AGREES ON AUGUST 1
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 25 ministerial on election issues, the Ministry of Defense (MOD),the Ministry of Interior (MOI),ISAF, the UN, and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) agreed that August 1 would be the final date to determine which of the nearly 7,000 voting centers would not ope [...]
2009-07-27 04:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2105USG GUIDANCE AND BACKGROUND REGARDING THE
[...] Summary: This cable provides suggested guidance and background for USG discussions on the 2009 Afghan presidential and provincial council elections in advance of the August 20 polling day. The guidance applies to U.S., Afghan, and international audiences. Paragraphs 2-4 outline the USG elect [...]
2009-07-30 06:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2138Ambassador's Meeting with Japanese SRAP Yoshikawa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japan's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa, told the Ambassador July 22 that he had stressed to President Karzai that the Afghan elections must be credible, secure, and free - only on that basis would Japan continue to support Afghanistan. [...]
2009-07-31 14:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID JP AF
09KABUL217INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Lodin, President of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on January 29 told the media that the date for Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council elections will be August 20, 2009. Flanked by his fellow Commissioners as well as Chief Technical Officer Dr. Da [...]
2009-01-29 11:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2260PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGNING IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the June 16 start of the presidential campaign period, the major candidates have followed traditional ethnic and tribal lines in their campaigns through visits to traditional provincial strongholds, with shows of strength in opponents' territory. Political deals with trib [...]
2009-08-06 11:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2262AFGHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission in Kabul is applying more resources and new capabilities to support Afghan government counter-narcotics (CN) interdiction efforts in 2009-2010. While downgrading/eliminating USG funding for large scale Afghan police eradication of poppy fields, we will expand ag [...]
2009-08-06 13:00:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL AF
09KABUL227LINCOLN CENTERS REACH AFGHANISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With over 55,000 visitors in 2008, Lincoln Centers (LCs) are one of the most successful public diplomacy tools in Afghanistan, providing unparalleled free and open access to the Internet, books, and educational opportunities throughout the country. The LCs also serve as cultural a [...]
2009-02-01 05:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF
09KABUL2294NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI: RETURN OF ACCUSED
[...] (S/NF) Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told Task Force Mountain Warrior Commander (TFMW CDR) and State Department Regional Representative (DOS/R) on August 3 that the return from Pakistan of Haji Zaman, implicated in the murder of former Deputy President Haji Abdul Qadir, would be a test [...]
2009-08-10 08:17:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2295AFGHAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just over two weeks remaining until the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections, concerns about fraud have recently exploded into the public consciousness. Many factors have contributed to this issue, including reports of a reduction in the total number of [...]
2009-08-10 09:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2303HERAT ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate activities in Herat, especially of President Karzai, continue. Other candidates have become more active in the province, as well. According to the provincial leader of Harakat-e Islami, the party has split. One faction now supports Abdullah Abdullah, while th [...]
2009-08-11 06:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2322AFGHAN ELECTIONS: KARZAI ANNOUNCES BUT DOESN'T
[...] (U) President Karzai announced his campaign platform to the press August 10. Important elements of his public statement included promises that he will, if re-elected: -- prioritize negotiations with the Taliban -- improve security, focusing more on building up the ANA and ANP -- do more t [...]
2009-08-11 14:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2363GHANI, ABDULLAH DEBATE ECONOMY--WITHOUT KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a televised August 10th debate in front of a live audience, presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah Abdullah highlighted agriculture and natural resources as the keys to Afghanistan's economic future. Both candidates sketched their visions for increasing e [...]
2009-08-15 13:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PINR
09KABUL2365SHIA PERSONAL STATUS LAW: GAZETTED AS AMENDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Shia Personal Status Law (SPSL) was published in the official gazette on July 27, after having been signed into force by presidential decree on July 19 by President Karzai along with the Elimination of Violence Against Women Law (EVAW). The published version of the SPSL i [...]
2009-08-15 14:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2399ASHRAF GHANI ON EVENTS
[...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani initially raised issues of process in discussion with U.S. Election Team Head Tim Carney 16 August. He contended that MOD aircraft are available on a spotty basis and argued that his formal complaints go ignored. He was surprised to learn that the Elect [...]
2009-08-17 11:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR AF
09KABUL2403Civ-Mil Efforts Lift Election Prospects in the South
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Voter turnout almost certainly will be more modest than in the elections of 2004 and 2005, in part because of Taliban intimidation tactics. But thanks to military clearance operations, GIRoA actions and assistance from civilians in RC-South, ISAF and Afghan officials estima [...]
2009-08-17 14:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2421INTERIOR MINISTER REACTS TO PAKISTANI COUNTERPART
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar told us that public claims by his Pakistani counterpart that Afghanistan has admitted to hosting Anti-Pakistan terrorist training camps, an outright lie. Atmar said that Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik raised this issue when he visited A [...]
2009-08-19 03:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETAF PK PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2425Election Preparations in RC-North: A Message to Governor
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry warned Balkh Governor Mohammad Atta Noor that any violence over election outcomes would shape the international community's view on its presence in Afghanistan. The Ambassador called on the governor to use his prestige and position to serve as a ?voice of re [...]
2009-08-19 12:25:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2426AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MEDIA BAN FALLOUT, AFGHAN VOTER
[...] (SBU) The Afghan government has instructed all media to refrain from reporting any "terrorist activities or movements" on elections Day. Only two Afghan outlets have reported on the ban, Radio Azadi and Pajhwok. Privately Afghan journalists say they will continue to report on terrorist attacks [...]
2009-08-19 13:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2427Afghan Elections Situation Report One - 1800 Local, August
[...] (SBU) This is the first situation report cable from Embassy Kabul's Elections Operations Center (EOC). The next report is scheduled for 1200 midnight (local) on August 20; reports will be sent every four hours thereafter. Each cable will cover the categories of: security, fraud, atmospherics, a [...]
2009-08-19 13:13:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL243YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]
2009-02-02 16:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV AF
09KABUL2430Afghan Elections Situation Report Two - 1200 Local, August
[...] (SBU) PRT and local media reporting suggest Afghan voters and officials are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Many voters may wait to see if violence erupts early in the day before deciding whether to go to the polls. Yet, PRTs report optimism in unexpected places-Kunar, for e [...]
2009-08-19 19:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2431Afghan Elections Situation Report Two - 1200 Local, August
[...] (SBU) PRT and local media reporting suggest Afghan voters and officials are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Many voters may wait to see if violence erupts early in the day before deciding whether to go to the polls. Yet, PRTs report optimism in unexpected places-Kunar, for e [...]
2009-08-19 19:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2432Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0400 Local,
[...] (SBU) A possible last minute weapons ban in Kabul may impact observation efforts. Embassy elections operation center is working to verify specifics of reports that the Ministry of Interior imposed on Tuesday an unpublicized ban of all weapons in Kabul. Reportedly steps can be taken to seek an [...]
2009-08-19 23:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2433Afghan Elections Situation Report Four - 0800 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...]
2009-08-20 03:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2434Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0800 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...]
2009-08-20 03:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2435Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0800 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...]
2009-08-20 05:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2437Afghan Elections Situation Report Five - 1200 Local, August
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 20. -------- Security -------- 2. The security situation is unusually good, but as of 1200 hrs, ISAF has reported some security incidents directed at the election, but none significant enough to affect election structure. P [...]
2009-08-20 08:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2439Afghan Elections Situation Report Six - 1600 Local, August
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1800 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) UN Special Representative Kai Eide met with Ambassadors at 1300 local time to convey his first impressions of the day of voting. He said that generally, people want to vote [...]
2009-08-20 11:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2450Afghan Elections Situation Report Seven - 1800 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2000 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) The IEC confirmed that the polling stations should remain open to 5pm local time throughout Afghanistan. The IEC wanted those affected by security issues to have an extra hour [...]
2009-08-20 13:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2451AFGHAN ELECTIONS SITUATION REPORT EIGHT - 2100 LOCAL, AUGUST 20, 2009
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2400 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) President Karzai addressed the nation at 6pm August 20 to thank the IEC and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) for making the Afghan elections a reality, noting they ha [...]
2009-08-20 16:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2452Afghan Elections Situation Report Nine - 12:00AM Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 0400 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Canadian Embassy representatives had a brief discussion this evening with Seddiq Seddiqqi, Deputy Spokesperson for the Karzai Campaign, to solicit his views and perspectives on [...]
2009-08-20 19:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2453AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SUCCESSFUL, SUBDUED AFGHAN-LED
[...] (C) Summary: Millions of Afghans had the opportunity to go to the polls today to vote for the Presidency and 420 Provincial Council seats. The traditionally dangerous areas in the south and east reported numerous small attacks, although there were no major security incidents that significan [...]
2009-08-20 19:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2454Afghan Elections Situation Report Ten - 04:00AM Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 08:00AM local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) Provincial reports by region follow: RC-South: -- Helmand reports that voting went well in Lashkar Gah. There were some problems with voters being turned away from p [...]
2009-08-20 22:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2455Afghan Elections Situation Report Eleven - 0800 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Afghans are now in the phase of vote counting, retrieval, and transport. The atmosphere in Kabul and elsewhere remained calm and quiet overnight. PRTs are paying particular a [...]
2009-08-21 03:14:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2457Afghan Elections Situation Report Twelve - 1200 Local,
[...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Reuters reported at 9:45 AM local time that Karzai's campaign chief, Deen Mohammad, announced that Karzai was winning and a run-off would not be necessary. Shortly thereafter [...]
2009-08-21 07:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2459Afghan Elections Situation Report Thirteen - 1600 Local,
[...] (U) The next sitrep will be issued at 2000 Kabul time. The Ops Center will close at 2100. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates In a press conference Friday afternoon, the IEC said that counting the votes in all provinces, except Kabul, Baghlan, Nangarhar and [...]
2009-08-21 11:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2462Afghan Elections Situation Report Fourteen - 2000 Local,
[...] (U) This is the final sitrep in the series. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates The IEC rejected claims of a President Karzai victory in the Xinhua press and stressed that any predictions about election results announced by any person or organization were ina [...]
2009-08-21 15:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2464LAGHMAN GOVERNOR ON INSURGENTS, POLICE, PROVINCIAL
[...] (C/NF) According to Laghman Governor Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman's provincial council does not understand its duties or role, and its deputy chairman, he alleged, is a member of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG). The governor predicted that HIG would "do well in the elections." [...]
2009-08-22 04:39:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID SNAR KJUS AF
09KABUL2468POST-ELECTION CANDIDATE POSTURING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Hamid Karzai and presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah are both publicly positioning themselves as the winner before the International Electoral Commission's (IEC) preliminary election results are announced August 25, and both may blame fraud and lower turnout if [...]
2009-08-22 15:19:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2478AFGHAN ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY OBSERVER GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous observer groups released preliminary reports on the transparency and fairness of the Afghan elections. There were universal concerns among the groups about the accuracy of the voter registry; the intimidation of voters, candidates, campaign workers, and election offici [...]
2009-08-23 14:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2480AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTORAL BODIES SPEAK OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the next several weeks the Afghan Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaints Commission are the focus of public attention as they make almost daily announcements on election processes, results and complaints. August 22 marked the first public statement of the [...]
2009-08-23 17:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL249 Afghan Human Rights Report on Kuchi-HazaraViolence:
[...] The Aghan Independent Commission on Human Rights' (AICHR) report on the Summer 2008 clashes betwee ethnic Hazarans and ethnic Pashtoon Kuchi nomds in Wardak Province concludes that, absent decisive government intervention to resolve this long running dispute, violence is likely to flare up aga [...]
2009-02-03 10:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL25AFGHAN PARLIAMENT MAKES UNEVEN PROGRESS IN 2008
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Parliament struggled to pass meaningful legislation and find a proper balance between executive and legislative authorities as its 2008 legislative session ended last month. Disorganization, chronic absenteeism and poor professional capacity hampered both house [...]
2009-01-04 11:59:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2526POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's supporters continue to sound confident, although some admit their leader is "weak" and will only get weaker, and more beholden to his supporters, if the election goes to a second round. Abdullah, meanwhile, is claiming that fraud in the south could steal his [...]
2009-08-25 10:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2527GHAZNI GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ELECTION, FRAUD
[...] (C) Summary. Ghazni Governor Usman Usmani told the PRT on August 23 that the election results from Pashtun-dominated districts in Ghazni would be legitimate. While Ghazni has received significant domestic and international media attention over Abdullah's allegations of election fraud in the p [...]
2009-08-25 14:23:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL254DECIDEDLY MIXED REACTION FROM POLITICIANS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament, political leaders, and other political observers had a mixed reaction to the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) announcement of August 20 for presidential and provincial council elections (ref A). IEC arguments that an earlier date would not allow su [...]
2009-02-03 15:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL2583AFGHAN ELECTIONS: REACTIONS TO PARTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Following the first Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcement of results on August 25, the political outlook and the candidates' behavior has changed little--public pronouncements of mass fraud and political posturing continue--mainly because the results were inconclusiv [...]
2009-08-26 15:01:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL
09KABUL259FINANCE MINISTER MAY ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi signaled this week he may resign from the Cabinet and run for president. The Afghan Millat party's executive committee, which Ahadi heads, announced Tuesday it had decided to drop its nominal support for President Karzai and endorse Ahadi. Ahadi [...]
2009-02-04 14:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL2596PRIMER ON IEC AND ECC ROLES IN COUNTING AND
[...] (SBU) The tally process is moving forward to the provisional results stage and a formal complaints period. This is a primer on Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) roles. IEC Role ------- 2. Most tally sheets for both Presidential and Provincial [...]
2009-08-27 16:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2636PRO-KARZAI MPS ASK EMBASSY CLARIFICATION OF U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Election Team Ambassador Carney reiterated to a meeting of 40 pro-Karzai MPs our position of neutrality regarding presidential candidates and our commitment to helping the Afghan people achieve a successful and credible electoral process. Ambassador Eik [...]
2009-08-31 14:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2637ELECTIONS AFTERMATH - ABDULLAH UNDER PRESSURE,
[...] (S) In separate meetings August 30, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani told us that they are losing faith in the system of electoral challenges delivering a government that will have full legitimacy. President Karzai, meanwhile, is focused on his vote count and confident he will win in the [...]
2009-08-31 14:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2638ELECTIONS AFTERMATH - ABDULLAH UNDER PRESSURE,
[...] (S) In separate meetings August 30, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani told us that they are losing faith in the system of electoral challenges delivering a government that will have full legitimacy. President Karzai, meanwhile, is focused on his vote count and confident he will win in the [...]
2009-08-31 14:23:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL265AIHRC, UNAMA FIND MIX OF CIVILIAN AND INSURGENT
[...] (S/REL ISAF NATO) There are conflicting assessments of the casualties resulting from a January 24 U.S. military operation in Qader Groch village, Laghman Province. The U.S. military said its ground troops and air support killed 15 insurgents. The Afghan government claimed that 16 civilians in [...]
2009-02-05 12:51:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL2658FM BILDT AGREES ON NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt agreed, in an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry, to a post-election course of action for the international community in Afghanistan. Minister Bildt expressed his fears over Afghan perceptions of the upcoming conference of Special Represent [...]
2009-09-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2660AFGHAN ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE NUMBERS AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. At 47.8 percent of results announced on August 31, Hamid Karzai leads with 45.9 percent of valid votes and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has 33.3 percent. Post projections, based on informal extrapolation from currently available data, have Karzai finishing at 49.5 percent and Abdull [...]
2009-09-01 16:42:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2681KARZAI ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE: SEPTEMBER 1
[...] (S) Summary: In our weekly meeting September 1, President Karzai was confident, lucid and open to areas of post-election cooperation should he be named the winner. We discussed the need to support the ongoing elections process, and he indicated that his negotiations with other candidates was [...]
2009-09-03 10:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2690IEC TAKES POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS FINALIZING FRAUD
[...] (C) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners took a key step September 6 towards addressing claims of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council vote. The IEC was supposed to rule on criteria for including or excluding all the ballots quarantined to da [...]
2009-09-06 17:26:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2713KARZAI'S RESPONSE TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RENEWS
[...] (SBU) An airstrike in Kunduz province provoked a new round of criticism from President Karzai against international forces. Stating that he was "deeply saddened" by the event and that "targeting civilian men and women is not acceptable," President Karzai's comments were the latest in a series [...]
2009-09-07 11:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2748IEC RELEASES RESULTS WITH QUESTIONABLE BALLOTS;
[...] (S) Summary: Following the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) reported internal decision on September 7 to allow some suspect polling stations to be included in the vote count, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) voted the next day to order "an audit and recount of the ballots ca [...]
2009-09-08 14:32:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2760 RESPONSE TO COALITION STRIKE IN KUNDUZ:
[...] (SBU) Begin summary: In stark contrast to the controversy in the international media surrounding the September 4 coalition airstrike on two tankers seized by insurgents south of Kunduz, there has been little fallout from or even criticism of the operation locally. If anything, the near-unanimo [...]
2009-09-10 09:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF PREL GM
09KABUL2765AFGHANS DIVIDED OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS
[...] (C) Summary: Statements by tribal elders, opinion makers, and political leaders from across Afghanistan suggest a country that is deeply divided over the legitimacy of the presidential election, the validity of the vote count, and on what a second round would mean. Local media reports in the [...]
2009-09-10 12:11:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2767TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN KARZAI AND ABDULLAH CAMPS
[...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Karzai and Abdullah supporters have risen somewhat since the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) September 8 release of near total preliminary results, demonstrated by a dispute between pro-Karzai Minister of Interior Atmar and Pro-Abdullah Balkh Governor A [...]
2009-09-10 13:37:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2789 ELECTION PROCESS UPDATE AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) Summary. With 92.8 percent of polling stations counted, Hamid Karzai has 54.3 percent of the votes, Dr. Abdullah has 28.1 percent, Mr. Bashardost has 9.2 percent, and Ashraf Ghani has 2.7 percent. Another 2.15 percent of polling stations are under quarantine for fraud at the Independent [...]
2009-09-14 11:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL279WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS REACH OUT TO SECRETARY
[...] SUMMARY. Afghan women Parliamentarians are asking to work with the new U.S. Administration to continue developmental assistance programs and to protect gains made by female politicians over the past seven years. PolOffs have spoken with several women MPs since Secretary Clinton took office [...]
2009-02-09 02:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PGOV AF
09KABUL28PALACE NIXES HIG-TALIBAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE
[...] (S) The Palace will not participate in the proposed HIG-Taliban reconciliation conference touted by Gulbaddin Hekmatyr,s son-in-law Himauyun Jareer to the BBC and other media outlets on December 21. Deputy NSA Ibrahim Spenzada claims Iran is backing Jareer,s initiative to undermine the slow, [...]
2009-01-05 12:23:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL2830KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]
2009-09-19 06:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2832GHANI SEES BAD AND WORSE POST-ELECTION OPTIONS
[...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is convinced that without a national framework, Afghanistan will face a political implosion. Without a new national political architecture, Dr. Ghani's prognosis for the country is glum. He warns that the North is on the verge of implosion, K [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL2833KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK?
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]
2009-09-19 06:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2835KARZAI CONFIDENT, CONCILIATORY AT SEPTEMBER 17
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai appears to be feeling confident enough about his prospects for re-election that in his September 17 media appearance he set aside his recent bitter edge in comments about the United States. Though he continued to blame the international media for exaggerating r [...]
2009-09-19 09:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL2919POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]
2009-09-20 07:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL3035BAMYAN GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In early September meetings with PRT Bamyan,s DOS rep, the Governor of Bamyan Province Habiba Sarobi confided that she is &very worried8 about Afghanistan's post-election stability, indicating that trouble could come &from the North.8 She lamented President Karzai,s decision to [...]
2009-09-29 15:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV EMIN ENRG AF
09KABUL3064AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER NOTES PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented the progress the Afghan Government has made in its fiscal reform efforts, noting revenue collections have nearly doubled in 2009. The Ministry's revenue action plan and removal of underperforming staff have been key factors in this succes [...]
2009-10-01 13:32:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PREL ETRD PGOV AF
09KABUL3079COMISAF TALKS SECURITY, ELECTIONS, RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: On September 15, COMISAF, Deputy Commander US forces Afghanistan LTGEN Rodriguez and RC-East Commander MG Scaparotti conducted a Battlefield Circulation (BFC) in Ghazni. Aside from meeting with Task Force White Eagle commanders, COMISAF held separate discussions with Ghazni Pro [...]
2009-10-04 05:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3093POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]
2009-10-04 14:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3095POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]
2009-10-04 14:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL31SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased US military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But c [...]
2009-01-06 09:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP AF
09KABUL3100 AFGHANISTAN: VIGNETTES FROM THE FIELD
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. U.S. civilians in the field continue to work closely with the Afghan Government and their military colleagues to support governance, economic development, and security. New structures and strategies have been integral to placing our people in key positions in the field whe [...]
2009-10-05 13:24:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3109 CORRECTED COPY - AFGHANISTAN: VIGNETTES FROM THE FIELD
[...] (SBU) Begin Summary. U.S. civilians in the field continue to work closely with the Afghan Government and their military colleagues to support governance, economic development, and security. New structures and strategies have been integral to placing our people in key positions in the field wh [...]
2009-10-06 04:58:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL313IEC "SATISFIED" WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AFTER
[...] (SBU) Two senior officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),with ISAF support, traveled February 2-4 to Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan to monitor voter registration operations, reach out to voters and key political figures, and assess the neuralgic question of equitable Pashtun [...]
2009-02-11 04:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3157ABDULLAH'S CONCERNS: FRAUD, SECURITY, AND HIS
[...] (S) Summary: Presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently told Ambassador Eikenberry that he objected to being lumped with President Karzai's wholesale fraud. He would contest losing legitimate votes in the IEC/ECC auditing process, but generally agrees with the auditing mechanisms. [...]
2009-10-06 16:17:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL319PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]
2009-02-12 10:21:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL321PRT ZABUL: IT'S HOT IN QALAT
[...] (C) The situation in Zabul province grows increasingly tense, following a February 6 Special Forces operation near Shar-e-safa that killed six, captured three, and garnered national and international media attention. Tribal elders, religious leaders and Provincial Councils members issued pol [...]
2009-02-12 11:14:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL330LAGHMAN GOVERNOR FACES SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POPULAR
[...] (C/NF) Two Special Operations Forces operations conducted in the Alishang district of Laghman Province on January 6 and Galuch Valley on January 23 resulted in the deaths or capture of several suspected insurgents, but also in allegations of civilian casualties. The events provoked anti-Coali [...]
2009-02-14 11:24:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL3362IRANIAN AID AND CHILD LABOR KEY LABOR MINISTRY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a review of child labor issues, Afghanistan Ministry of Labor Director of International Relations Ahmad Komail focused on issues of foreign criminals preying on the children of the poor, foreign government influence on his ministry, and ineffective staffing policies pursued wi [...]
2009-10-19 13:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI
09KABUL3381PARWAN AND KAPISA RADIO: OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: An initial assessment of the media environment in the eastern Afghan provinces of Parwan and Kapisa reveals a thriving radio community with remarkable outreach capabilities with the local population, operating in the midst of an ever-present insurgency. Two local radio station [...]
2009-10-21 05:46:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OIIP PROP KPAO AF
09KABUL3387THE DAY AFTER: MEETINGS WITH THE CANDIDATES
[...] (S) Summary: The day after President Karzai accepted the decision which will lead to a second round in Afghanistan's presidential elections, Ambassador Eikenberry met separately with Karzai and with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to reaffirm full U.S. support for a successful second round scheduled for [...]
2009-10-21 18:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3414ABDULLAH'S SECOND-ROUND BRINKMANSHIP
[...] (S) Summary: Afghanistan's political brinkmanship has entered a new round. While Karzai rallies the Pashtun community to vote en masse for him on November 7 and displays no interest in coalescing with rival Dr. Abdullah, Abdullah is edging towards a new precipice in suggesting he may boyc [...]
2009-10-26 10:31:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3420ENGAGING KARZAI'S INNER CIRCLE ON ELECTIONS AND
[...] (S) Summary: The Embassy continues to engage both Karzai and Abdullah confidants to prevent political slippage and to solidify our message before the November 7 presidential run-off. We are recognizing President Karzai's correct but difficult decision to accept a second round and the pivot [...]
2009-10-26 12:30:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3445ABDULLAH DEFLATED
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with Karzai, Abdullah and several of their key advisors separately on October 26 - 27. Each side expressed appreciation for our contacts with them and the opposite camp in support of the election process and at the same time, a possible political accom [...]
2009-10-27 17:19:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3474RUMORS OF KORAN BURNING INCITE PROTESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of protests have broken out in several Afghan provinces over the past 10 days sparked by allegations that ISAF forces burned a copy of the Koran in a village near Kabul. Following initial protests in Nangarhar and Wardak provinces, several well-organized student protests [...]
2009-10-29 16:53:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3478ELECTIONS ENDGAME: ABDULLAH CLOSE TO CONCEDING
[...] (S) Summary: Abdullah appears in the final stage of a decision to withdraw from the election, wtih an announcement most likely to take place on Sunday November 1. Meanwhile, Karzai's camp entered more productive negotiations with Abdullah (with a major bid for positions from Abdullah suppor [...]
2009-10-31 19:13:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3483RECENT TRENDS IN AFGHANISTAN'S BANKING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: A USAID-funded banking supervision advisor reported October 29 on recent trends in Afghan bank deposits, loans, and profitability at a meeting with Emboffs. The advisor stated overall deposit growth has stalled and that there is no evidence indicating any major deposit withdrawa [...]
2009-11-01 13:00:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3485ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: PRELIMINARY LEGAL ANALYSIS
[...] (C) Summary: Following Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's November 1 speech withdrawing from the Presidential election, there are legal questions that must be answered in coming days. The ECC's Legal Advisor, Peter Lepsch, provided his preliminary analysis of the options under the Afghan Constitution and [...]
2009-11-01 14:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3494FIRST REACTIONS TO ABDULLAH'S ANNOUNCEMENT: RELIEF
[...] (S) Summary: While many Afghan interlocutors are glad that the long and tumultuous 2009 Presidential elections process might be over, the political classes apparently have not given up their deal-making. The night of his November 1 press conference withdrawing from the race, Dr. Abdullah had [...]
2009-11-02 16:36:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3502AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES H1N1 STATE OF EMERGENCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili declared a H1N1 state of emergency November 1 and announced all schools and universities will close for three weeks to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 20 new cases of H1N1 have been reported in the last [...]
2009-11-03 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KFLU KSTH EAID PREL WHO AF
09KABUL3587AFGHAN MFA REBUKES UN SRSG ON ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) In a sharply-worded statement November 6, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta sharply rebuked UNAMA SRSG Kai Eide for comments at a November 5 press conference. Spanta accused Eide, and "some political and diplomatic circles and propaganda agencies of certain foreign countries" [...]
2009-11-09 04:44:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL361KABUL APPEALS COURT: 20 YEARS IN DARI KORAN CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 15 an Afghan appellate court ordered 20-year prison sentences for Ghous Zalmai and Mullah Qari Mushtaq in connection with their publication and distribution of a Dari language Koran. (Reftel A) This decision affirmed the primary court's September 2008 order. Zalmai a [...]
2009-02-17 15:57:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPOL PREL PHUM AF
09KABUL3659Kajaki Dam Turns on the Lights in Afghanistan's South
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite security issues that continue to affect the Kajaki dam project, USAID recently completed refurbishing a second hydroelectric turbine at the dam in Helmand province. This turbine, together with another rebuilt by USAID in September 2005, has boosted the power generation [...]
2009-11-12 13:50:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG ECON SENV AF
09KABUL3663UN IN AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY DRAWDOWN MAY NOT
[...] (S) Summary: Two weeks after an attack on a UN guest house in Kabul that left five UN employees dead, top UN officials assert that operations will proceed basically unhindered. The attacks were devastating to the UN community and left many junior and mid-level UN staff debating whether adeq [...]
2009-11-13 11:53:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3679SUSPENDED ANIMATION: KABUL'S INAUGURATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In the days before President Karzai's November 19 inauguration, the Kabul political buzz about the future cabinet is relatively subdued, in large part confined to the circulation of fake lists and rumors. In private, the Palace is asking for U.S. input but the real decisions will [...]
2009-11-16 14:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL371KARZAI-MASSOUD TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Karzai and First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud clashed over post-May 21 executive authority and Massoud's presidential ambitions during a February 16 Cabinet meeting, shocking those present with the personal nature of their remarks. Karzai pressured Massoud to resig [...]
2009-02-20 02:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3744EARLY KARZAI INAUGURAL FEEDBACK: TRIBAL AND WOMEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Twenty Afghan tribal and women leaders, gathered in Kabul November 21, gave Embassy officers contrasting reactions to key points in Karzai's inaugural speech regarding security and corruption. The tribal representatives, mainly from the East, expressed confidence in the ANSF's [...]
2009-11-22 16:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL376PRESIDENT KARZAI PREVIEWS STRATEGIC REVIEW IDEAS
[...] (C NF) President Karzai on February 15 told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Flournoy that his government welcomed the opportunity to join in the USG's strategic policy review. He suggested his team likely would advocate for: 1) greater efforts to target terrorist leaders and sanctuaries in Pak [...]
2009-02-21 04:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF PK IR
09KABUL3801AFGHAN NSA: KARZAI WILLING TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE
[...] (C) Summary: Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Zalmay Rassoul previewed President Karzai's next steps on key governance issues in our November 29 meeting. He predicted that Karzai would announce cabinet appointments on or around December 15, followed by appointments to his presidential [...]
2009-11-29 14:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL3814AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ROUND FOUR: DARK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan,s Transit Trade Chief Negotiator Shahid Bashir laid down tough markers in his opening statements at the fourth round of negotiations on the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) that set a confrontational tone for the two-day negotiation. Pakistan opened by s [...]
2009-11-30 07:15:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID PREL PK AF
09KABUL38242010 Afghan International Women of Courage Nominees
[...] Women in Afghanistan face extraordinary circumstances that frequently prevent them from attending school, working outside the home, or even living free from the fear of becoming the victim of domestic violence. However, the number of courageous Afghan women who fight against pervasive cultural [...]
2009-12-01 04:38:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL383HELMAND MPS DELIVER THANKS BUT ALSO WARNINGS
[...] (SBU) At a February 2, UK-hosted dinner for Members of Parliament from Helmand Province, the MPs collectively delivered four messages. First, they expressed appreciation for the assistance and sacrifices being offered up by the international community, particularly the U.S.; but the mistake [...]
2009-02-22 09:53:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3851REINTEGRATION: LESSONS FROM +MULA SULAIMAN, CASE
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 21 international media Agence France Presse reported that 80 "Taliban militants" led by Mula Sulaiman, a former Border Police Commander, had laid down their arms in Herat and joined the Afghan National Police (ANP). In fact, the First Deputy Interior Minister [...]
2009-12-02 12:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3853US-AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP CREATES NEW INSTITUTIONS TO FIGHT
[...] Summary: Seven Ministerial level speakers joined the Ambassador and UK Ambassador in stressing the importance of reducing corruption in Afghanistan at an Embassy-organized media event in Kabul on November 16. At this event highlighting growing bilateral and multilateral engagement in this sph [...]
2009-12-02 13:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
09KABUL3854MIXED INITIAL REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
[...] (U) Summary: President Obama's Afghanistan strategy speech aired early the morning of December 2 in Kabul, leaving Afghan politicians, political analysts, and government officials the day to both praise and criticize the President's strategy. While some commentators praised Obama's renewed [...]
2009-12-02 16:45:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3865KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President Obama´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]
2009-12-03 11:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PROG AF
09KABUL3876INTERIOR MINISTER DETAILS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE IDEAS,
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Atmar welcomed intensified USG focus on sub-national governance (SNG),calling it essential to the survival of Afghanistan's central government. He criticized international contractors for knowing little about the subject, sub-national governance, and proposed [...]
2009-12-04 12:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR AF
09KABUL3888REGIONAL COMMAND EAST CIVILIAN UPLIFT: THE NEW, INTEGRATED
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first of a series of messages that will outline important innovations in our operational paradigm in Regional Command East (RC/E),one of the more volatile areas along Afghanistan's Pakistan border, to improve stability and demonstrate near and medium term progress. A k [...]
2009-12-06 06:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL PROP AF
09KABUL393HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN: FINDING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Kai Eide told 35 gender donors group representatives at their 2/10 retreat that he would like to speak out more on human rights issues but frequently remains silent because he fears unintended negative consequences of a public statement. Eide's comments reflect frustration am [...]
2009-02-23 05:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL3986EMBASSY URGES THE HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) LEADERS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Director for Development, Assistance and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Anthony Wayne, met with leaders of the High Office for Oversight of Implementation of the Anticorruption Strategy (HOO) on December 8 to discuss future reform and restructuring of the HOO and its [...]
2009-12-10 15:07:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR AF
09KABUL399PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION IS A STRONG FINISH
[...] (SBU) The fourth and final phase of the voter registration update for the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections ended February 20. A few districts that opened late will operate additional days to complete the full thirty-day registration period (REF A.) As of February 19, Inde [...]
2009-02-24 04:04:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL40SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]
2009-01-08 12:17:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PREF AF
09KABUL400UNITED FRONT: KARZAI MUST STEP DOWN AFTER MAY 22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Front (UF) spokesman Sayed Sancharaki said President Karzai must step down after the 5/22 expiration of his term, but promised UF leaders will temper their public comments so as not to destabilize the country. Hard Line, But Tempered Tone ----------- 2. (SBU) In a [...]
2009-02-24 04:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AF
09KABUL402KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...]
2009-02-24 08:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL KHUM KDEM AF
09KABUL4060HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REBUTS MP'S ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: An MP publicly accused the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),including Chairperson Sima Samar, of corruption, and repeated these allegations (without providing proof) in a follow-up meeting with Embassy officials. AIHRC Commissioner Nader Nadery has publicly [...]
2009-12-17 13:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL40622010 ELECTIONS: SETTING THE DATE BY ESTABLISHING
[...] (C) Summary: The United States cannot afford to expend additional vital resources and risk losing political and security space to support future Afghan elections unless fundamental reforms are enacted in advance of the Parliamentary and District Council elections, at present scheduled to be [...]
2009-12-17 18:06:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4066FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN OFF TO A ROCKY
[...] (C)Summary: Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi's recent release on bail pending appeal of his conviction for misuse of public funds caused a media firestorm that has intensified public perceptions of Karzai administration corruption. President Karzai,s public defense of Sahebi coincides with repor [...]
2009-12-18 14:43:00Embassy KabulSECRETKCOR KJUS PGOV PINR PREL AF
09KABUL409HELMAND SIX MONTH UPDATE - GOVERNANCE IMPROVES DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Helmand remains one of the most violent provinces in Afghanistan but the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan security forces continue to expand security across the province. The Governor Mangal overcame strong political challenges from Helmand powerbrokers and gove [...]
2009-02-25 11:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
09KABUL4120ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE CALLS FOR QUALIFIED PUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary: President Karzai opened the National Anti-Corruption Conference December 15-17, 2009, before 250 attendees that included parliamentarians, academicians, media and diplomatic representatives. He invoked national pride to fight against the image of being one of the most corrupt cou [...]
2009-12-22 04:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF
09KABUL4121RESIDENTS OF KHOST PROVINCE WELCOME 2011 TIMING,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the President's December 1 speech on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan registered with some GIRoA officials and the media in Khost province, many residents and other government officials were not aware of it until informed by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representat [...]
2009-12-22 04:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL414CHIEF JUSTICE AZIMI: TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Supreme Court Chief Justice Azimi told the Charge on 2/25 that the election date and presidential continuity issues were political and not legal disputes. Constitutionally, the election had to be held before 5/22, but Afghan political leaders have ignored the Constitution numerous [...]
2009-02-25 16:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL4186"SHAPING FOR SUCCESS": NANGARHAR, KUNAR, LAGHMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Regional Command East (RC-E) recently released the results of its October 2009 development survey representing the views of nearly 2,400 residents of the Command's critical focus provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman ("NKL"). The survey's results can be interpret [...]
2009-12-29 10:23:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL42182010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: AFGHAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: IEC officials claim they are powerless to change the election date and that few, if any, reforms can be enacted in the compressed timeline before May 2010 elections. While requesting U.S. assistance, the officials appeared unmoved by our concerns over reform. Separately, UNDP EL [...]
2009-12-31 12:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL44GENERAL MCKIERNAN'S JANUARY 4, 2009 BRIEFING ON
[...] (C) Summary: GEN McKiernan briefed the ISAF (plus Japan) ambassadors January 4 on the pilot &Afghan Public Protection Force8 (APPF). He explained in detail how APPF is an Afghan-led initiative to achieve local security by having the district-level communities set up public guard forces under [...]
2009-01-08 12:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC AF
09KABUL455TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON
[...] (U) Below is the text of the decree President Karzai issued February 28 on elections. The Independent Election Commission on March 1 provided the text and translation. 2. (U) Begin text: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Presidential Decree on Upcoming Presidential, Wolesi Jirga, Pr [...]
2009-03-01 11:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL46AFGHANS PROTEST ISRAEL, U.S. OVER GAZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Thousands of Afghans took part in protests this week over Israeli military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some protesters voiced anger at perceived U.S. support for the Israeli government and over Palestinian civilian casualties, two themes that also resonated in in [...]
2009-01-10 09:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPAL AF IS IR GZ
09KABUL467NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]
2009-03-02 13:38:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
09KABUL471SCATTERED REACTION TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DECREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's political establishment reacted with a wide range of opinions following President Karzai's 2/28 decree instructing the International Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitution (ref A). The vagueness of the decree's wording [...]
2009-03-02 15:52:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF
09KABUL495IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]
2009-03-03 12:08:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL510MINISTRY OF HAJJ AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: EDUCATORS
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MHRA) Deputy Minister Shafiq Samim and Senior Advisor Sharif Robaty said in a 2/4 meeting that the MHRA educates the public on a variety of secular and religious issues. The MHRA has used its influence over government-funded mosques to call on th [...]
2009-03-05 14:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
09KABUL525PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER
[...] (SBU) Declining security in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province affected residents, access to health care, education and employment opportunities in large parts of the province. Exceedingly low levels of education, combined with limited means of information and communica [...]
2009-03-10 05:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
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