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06ANKARA6703	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...]	2006-12-20 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU

06ANKARA6705	TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]	2006-12-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6709	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6716	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6735	TURKISH OFFICIALS SHARE CONCERNS ON IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman discussed Iraq, Iran, and the Middle East with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul and MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay on the margins of December 12-13 High Level Defense Group talks in Ankara. Rodman described his discussions [...]	2006-12-22 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS IZ IR SY LE XF TU
06ANKARA6747	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6757	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 10:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6762	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA68	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA69	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA693	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2006 [...] The Turkish government's Defense Industry Executive Committee, consisting of PM Tayyip Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) GEN Hilmi Ozkok and Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, will convene on February 17 to evaluate the procurement of air defense systems to prepare against a possib [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU
06ANKARA703	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA722	HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]	2006-02-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER XF TU
06ANKARA765	TURKEY'S MESSAGE TO HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the Hamas delegation in Turkey held two separate meetings on February 16: an official meeting with MFA reps and an unofficial meeting with FM Gul in his capacity as an AK party member. In both meetings, the Turks claimed to deliver a blunt message: recogni [...]	2006-02-17 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA784	TURKEY: REACTION TO HAMAS VISIT LARGELY NEGATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Although Turkey's ruling AK party spinmeisters are trying to put a positive veneer on the February 16 HAMAS visit to Ankara, they concede the visit produced no concrete result. Opposition leaders and even some AKP MPs have expressed great dismay over the visit. Mainstream Turki [...]	2006-02-17 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IS
06ANKARA803	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 07:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA835	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA856	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA904	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA960	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ASHGABAT638	TASHKENT-BASED ISRAELI UPDATES EMBASSY ON [...] (SBU) On June 6, Conoff met with Anatoli Livshitz, the Tashkent-based Israeli Consular and Immigration officer who came to Ashgabat to conduct immigrant visa interviews for Turkmenistani Jews to immigrate to Israel. Livshitz told Conoff that despite Turkmenistan's resource wealth and strateg [...]	2006-06-15 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IS UZ TX
06ASHGABAT639	TASHKENT-BASED ISRAELI CONSUL UPDATES EMBASSY ON [...] (SBU) On June 6, Conoff met with Anatoli Livshitz, the Tashkent-based Israeli Consular and Immigration officer who came to Ashgabat to conduct immigrant visa interviews for Turkmenistani Jews to immigrate to Israel. Livshitz told Conoff that despite Turkmenistan's resource wealth and strateg [...]	2006-06-15 03:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL IS TX UZ
06ASHGABAT644	TURKMENISTAN,S RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA: COLD AND [...] (C) During two conversations with the Armenian Consul in Turkmenistan Artak Kalachyan on June 12 and 13, PolOff discussed the &cold8 state of relations between Armenia and Turkmenistan, the plight of ethnic Armenians in Turkmenistan and Kalachyan,s predictions for a possible post-Niyazovian f [...]	2006-06-15 11:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG TX AM PHUM
06ASHGABAT651	Turkmenistan: Demarche On Human Rights [...] (SBU) PER REFTEL, POST DELIVERED ON JUNE 19 VIA DIPLOMATIC NOTE TALKING POINTS URGING THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN REGARD TO ANTICIPATED ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE'S (OIC) HIGHLY POLITICIZED RESOLUTIONS ON ISRAEL. TURKMENISTAN RARELY RESPONDS TO DIPLOMAT [...]	2006-06-20 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT804	THE JULY 24-25 STATE VISIT OF IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad was clearly in control, with President Niyazov playing only a secondary role, during the Iranian President,s July 24-25 state visit to Turkmenistan. Notwithstanding the local state media's assertions that the visit centered on developing economic links -- th [...]	2006-07-27 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENGR ETRD PARM IR TX UNSC
06ASTANA44	KAZAKHSTAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] The Kazakhstani government has no policy to support the Arab League Boycott (ALB),and there are no laws requiring compliance with ALB or any other international boycott. Kazakhstan maintains full diplomatic relations with Israel, and instructed the Kazakhstani Embassy in Saudi Arabia not to [...]	2006-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KZ IS
06ASTANA901	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]	2006-12-21 01:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASUNCION1027	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Congressional Leader Indicted -- Taking A Bite Out Of Crime -- TIP: Promoting Interconnectivity -- The Queen of Cosmic Peace Visits Asuncion CONGRESSIONAL LEADER INDICTED 2. (C) Paraguay's anti-corruption prosecutor has picked a fight he cannot win. Arnaldo Giuzzio, Chi [...]	2006-10-10 21:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR KWMN
06ASUNCION1131	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA - OPPOSING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-11 19:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	IS PREL UNGA PY
06ASUNCION166	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- New President of the Supreme Court Selected -- Surge in Domestic Violence Reported -- Anti-Semitic Graffiti on Rise ------------------------------------------- New President of the Supreme Court Selected ------------------------------------------- 2. On 2 [...]	2006-02-14 17:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KWMN PA
06ASUNCION357	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ------------------------------------- Russian-Israelis Arrested in Paraguay ------------ [...]	2006-04-04 14:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION358	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH [...] (U) Summary: -- Russians Arrested in Paraguay -- Partial Oil and Gas Exploration Setback -- New IMF Program Agreed -- Yby Yau Police Officers Put on Leave -- ICE Conducts Course on Bulk Cash Smuggling ----------------------------- Russians Arrested in Paraguay ---------------------------- [...]	2006-04-04 14:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PA
06ASUNCION490	PARAGUAY ON SWISS CONFERENCE AMENDMENTS TO THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 14:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ PA
06ASUNCION748	PARAGUAY: HOSTILITIES IN MIDDLE EAST RAISE JEWISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The confrontation of hostilities in the Middle East has raised concerns among the Jewish population and heightened security awareness. On 7/17, the A/POL met with Jack Fleischman, Dr. Enrique Cegla and Ricardo Abraham, member of the B'nai B'rith Paraguay executive committee, to d [...]	2006-07-21 12:50:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PTER
06ASUNCION750	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER [...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]	2006-07-21 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION768	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 22 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Growing Protests in CDE -- Couple Accused of Trafficking Children to Spain -- IMF Director Compliments Paraguay's Performance ----------------------- Growing Protests in CDE ----------------------- 2. (SBU) On 7/21, Embassy sources reported that approximately 600 prot [...]	2006-07-28 15:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM PA SP BO
06ASUNCION809	PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 12:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS PY
06ASUNCION869	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 19 [...] (U) Summary -- AMISRAEL March for Peace -- ODC Sponsors Boston Trip -- DCM Visits Yacyreta Dam and Military ------------------------ AMISRAEL March for Peace ------------------------ 2. (U) AMISRAEL Paraguay, an NGO that supports Israel and peace in the Middle East, held a march for [...]	2006-08-25 18:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MASS PY
06ATHENS1550	MDA: GREEK REPRESENTATION AT GENEVA/INTL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points June 13 to Alexandros Rallis of the Greek MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (D1),which passed them to Greece's Ambassador in Geneva and former D1 head, Frangisko Verros. Greece will be represented in Geneva by Professor Kalliope Koufa. Cons [...]	2006-06-16 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS GR
06ATHENS1713	ANTI-AMERICANISM PREVAILS AT 2006 CULTURAL [...] (U) Summary: The European Cultural Center in the ancient religious site of Delphi commenced its "Cultural Amphictyony 2006" on June 30. The following day marked the beginning of a two-day international conference entitled "The Role of the United Nations in the 21st Century." Greek Minister o [...]	2006-07-05 14:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GR
06ATHENS1806	GREECE TO SUPPORT DELAY ON QATAR'S UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S) In the absence from Athens of Foreign Minister Bakoyannis (her son is being married this weekend),Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA Secretary General Harlambos Rocanas at OOB Athens time July 13. Rocanas grasped the significance of the resolution and the necessity of the broadest [...]	2006-07-13 08:27:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL KWBG GR UNSC IS KPAL
06ATHENS1821	GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]	2006-07-13 14:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06ATHENS1838	GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...]	2006-07-14 16:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN CY GR
06ATHENS1839	GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) On July 14, poloff met with Thanos Kafopoulos, action officer for EU-Transatlantic issues in the MFA's EU Foreign Relations Directorate, to deliver ref A and B demarches. Kafopoulos, who had been faxed ref A points earlier, noted that the GoG has no significant differences with any of the [...]	2006-07-14 16:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN CY GR
06ATHENS1852	IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...]	2006-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR
06ATHENS1853	GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS
06ATHENS1892	GREEK PM CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON/ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Greek Prime Minister on July 19 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel, the unconditional release of all captive soldiers, the disarmament of paramilitary organizations, and assistance to civilians in the region. On July 18, the Foreign Minister also called [...]	2006-07-20 13:03:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PINS GR
06ATHENS1908	GREECE AGREES UNSC ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas agreed with CDA on July 21 that all UNSC statements on Lebanon/Israel should have the broadest possible consensus. In that spirit, he read to us Greece's draft statement, which he intended to pass shortly to the Greek delegation in NY. Roc [...]	2006-07-21 13:06:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL UNSC IS LE GR
06ATHENS1958	PROTESTERS TOPPLE TRUMAN STATUE IN DOWNTOWN ATHENS [...] (U) Summary: Members of PAME, a trade unionist movement affiliated with Greece's Communist Party (KKE),toppled the Harry S. Truman statue in downtown Athens on Tuesday night, July 25. The act was committed on the margins of a rally to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, where pro [...]	2006-07-26 15:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR
06ATHENS2152	GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT UNIFIL THROUGH NAVAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA and MoD contacts informed Embassy that Greece plans to respond positively to resolution 1701's call for contributions for a peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Senior Greek military planners are focused on providing a naval force to the future peacekeeping effort in Lebanon, with o [...]	2006-08-17 15:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE GR
06ATHENS2178	FM BAKOYANNIS TRAVEL TO MIDDLE EAST: CRAFTING THE [...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis will depart Athens on Tuesday afternoon, August 22, for a tour of the Middle East. She plans to visit Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and also intends to meet with Palestinian leadership. (Her chief of staff told DCM that she will not/not visit Syria.) The annou [...]	2006-08-21 13:18:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR IS LE MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN
06ATHENS2201	GREECE ANNOUNCES PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Greek Government has decided to send two naval vessels and a military divers unit to participate in peacekeeping operations in Lebanon. For now, however, the GOG has ruled out sending ground forces. MOD officials have stressed to us the suitability of the Souda Bay facililit [...]	2006-08-23 12:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV LE GR
06ATHENS2205	BAKOYIANNIS HEADS TO MIDDLE EAST IN LISTENING MODE [...] (C) DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, on August 22 just prior to their departure for Cyprus, Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Delivering ref a points, DCM emphasized that, when Greece assumed the UNSC presidency in September, it would immediately face [...]	2006-08-23 13:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS UNSC GR CY IS LE
06ATHENS2282	LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...]	2006-08-31 12:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE
06ATHENS3254	ATHENS RSI DECEMBER 2006 READOUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 11, Embassy Athens hosted Chiefs of Mission and others from posts in Amman, Ankara, Beirut, Cairo, Nicosia, Rome (MFO),Sofia, and Tel Aviv, as well as participants from S/CT, INL, NEA, DOJ, OSD, CENTCOM, EUCOM, and the NCTC, for an Eastern Mediterranean conference [...]	2006-12-28 13:44:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER GR
06ATHENS369	CORRUPTION IN GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 11:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR
06BAGHDAD1055	FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]	2006-04-01 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1153	UPDATE ON PALESTINIANS ON JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 10 and 11. 2. (C) Summary: Following the March 18 exodus of 88 Palestinians from Baghdad, we have received news that at least 33 more have fled to the makeshift camp on the Iraqi side of the Jordanian border (23 individuals on April 1, and [...]	2006-04-08 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO
06BAGHDAD1568	IRAQ: IMPLEMENTATION OF ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary. In response to the Department's request for information regarding Iraq's practices to harmonize implementation of U.S. laws (ref A),Post provides the following summary of previous reporting on the Arab League Boycott (ALB). Although Iraq's enforcement of the ALB is inconsisten [...]	2006-05-12 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT EINV ECON PGOV PREL ABLD IZ
06BAGHDAD1921	ZEBARI SETTLES INTO NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari met with PolCouns and EconOff on May 28 to review pending bilateral issues. Zebari said it was a bad sign that PM Maliki is so indecisive in the selection of the security ministers. He said his relations with the new Minister of State for Arab Affairs were [...]	2006-06-07 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1978	NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH: LET'S COOPERATE TO IMPROVE [...] This cable contains an action request for Embassy Doha. Please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Embassy staff met on May 27 with Dr. Ali Al-Shamari, the new Minister of Health. Minster Al-Shamari expressed a desire to work closely with Embassy officials to finish c [...]	2006-06-12 09:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2571	MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF IRAQI COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker, Mahmoud Mashadani, described to Charge Satterfield and CG Casey his efforts to support the Prime Minister, his recent discussions in Tehran, and the "Baathist trap" he fell into when he remarked on the presence of Israeli troops in t [...]	2006-07-18 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2591	IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]	2006-07-20 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2628	KURDS WANT TO RESOLVE THE PKK PROBLEM [...] (S) Summary: Talabani understands the seriousness of situation with Turkey. He and Barzani are in agreement on steps show Iraqi-Kurdish bona fides. In addition to steps aimed at stopping PKK attacks on Turkish targets, he believes that progress toward a comprehensive solution could be achiev [...]	2006-07-22 19:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD267	MASHHADANI SAYS SEIZE MOMENT TO END INSURGENCY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc figure Mahmud Mashhadani told Poloff January 29 that his group favors Nadeem al-Jabiri for the prime ministership but is more focused on the dynamics of the next government than its members. Mashhadani said that Tawafuq strongly supported the creat [...]	2006-01-31 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2699	NINEWA: LOCAL KURDKISH LEADERS CALL FOR MORE U.S. [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Kurdish political party leaders from Ninewa are calling for a greater U.S. presence in Iraqi Kurdistan. PUK West Ninewa Director Mustafa Kokhe and Vice Governor and KDP Provincial Director [...]	2006-07-29 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON
06BAGHDAD2739	FM READ-OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND VISITS TO [...] (C) On July 30, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari characterized the Arab League preparatory meeting in Cairo as unsuccessful. He reported that it did not result in setting a date for the conference because sectarian tensions were too high and everyone was distracted by the Lebanon-Gaza crisis. [...]	2006-08-01 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
06BAGHDAD2749	IRAQI REACTION TO SISTANI'S SECOND LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. On July 31, Ayatollah Al-Sayyid al-Sistani issued a strongly worded statement condemning Israeli actions in Lebanon following reports of heavy civilian casualties in Qana. The statement was widely and uncritically reported by local news media. Some Shia observers said that Sista [...]	2006-08-02 02:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2852	VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI: IS MASHHADANI ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Vice President Dr. Adel Abdel Mehdi said that there have been some conversations about removing Mashhadani as Speaker. He provided a positive assessment of the recent Maliki visit to the US. Abdel Mehdi warned that the Lebanon sit [...]	2006-08-08 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2925	PRESIDENT OF IRAQ URGES U.S. TO CALL FOR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) On July 31, President Jalal Talabani convoked Charge d,Affaires to convey the official Iraqi views on Lebanon. Making clear that he was speaking in his capacity as the President of Iraq, Talabani stated that he had received an urgent appeal from the Lebanese Prime Minister [...]	2006-08-12 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL LE IZ
06BAGHDAD2933	PM MALIKI REQUESTS USG HELP FACILITATING FUEL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Prime Minister Maliki requested the USG approach Iraq's neighbors - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in particular - to request these countries increase or facilitate fuel exports to Iraq in light of the country's continuing fuel shortage. Gasoline and LPG (coo [...]	2006-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3797	GOI PASSES INVESTMENT LAW [...] (C)) Summary. The Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the GOI investment law on October 10. Next steps include approval by the Presidency Council and publishing the law in the Official Gazette. Implementing regulations will also need to be drafted. The GOI investment law was debated v [...]	2006-10-12 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PREL PGOV JO IZ
06BAGHDAD3957	US SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COUNTERING PKK IN BAGHDAD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings in Baghdad on October 18, U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (R) Joseph Ralston discussed the ongoing PKK issue with President Talabani, Foreign Minister Zebari, Iraqi PKK Coordinator Shirwan al-Wa'ili, and UN High Commission for Refugees [...]	2006-10-22 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3980	PESHMERGA PERSPECTIVE ON US SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT-Erbil cable, and the first of four from this source. 2. (C) Omar Othman (knows as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan (for consistency purposes only) Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views o [...]	2006-10-23 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4058	PESHMERGA PERSPECTIVE ON US SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT-Erbil cable, and the first of three from this source. 2. (C) Omar Othman (knows as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views on Kurdish-U.S. relations, the P [...]	2006-10-30 06:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4253	IRAQI TRADE MINISTER ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 dinner with Ambassador Khalilzad, Iraqi Trade Minister Abd al-Falah al-Sudani set forth an unusually conciliatory view of Iraqi reconciliation encompassing Iraqi and regional actors. Al-Sudani has not developed details and or domestic allies for his ideas; th [...]	2006-11-15 17:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD4386	(C) IAEA INSPECTION AT TUWAITH NUCLEAR COMPLEX [...] (C) On November 20, Pol-Mil officer and Coalition forces assisted a four-person International Atomic Energy Agency team, in completing the annual Physical Inventory Verification of approximately 550 tons of yellow cake uranium and other accountable nuclear materials including uranium oxide s [...]	2006-11-28 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PREL
06BAGHDAD4574	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT, SYRIA, VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Council of Representative (CoR) member Sayyed Ayad Jamal al-Din (Iraqiyya) December 15 to discuss Iraqiyya's involvement in the new Moderate Front (reftel). Jamal al-Din requested the Ambassador's support to facilitate a trip to the US for a three-person I [...]	2006-12-15 16:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4690	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Post has been working actively to engage the GOI on enforcement of the Arab League Boycott (ALB),since Iraq's status was changed to "under review" in June 2006. Post has discussed with the GOI the particular problems four U.S. companies ( [...]	2006-12-24 11:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KBCT PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4748	SECURITY OF PALESTINIANS IN BAGHDAD DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: Nine Palestinians were killed on December 13 when several mortars hit their housing compound in Baghdad. The hits were likely deliberate, and follow a series of attacks, kidnappings, threats and harassment against Palestinians. Iraqi officials lament this violence and admit th [...]	2006-12-28 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD765	MFA CONFIRMS ITS ROLE IN ENFORCING THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) Please see para 11 for an action request. 2. (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On March 2, Emboffs met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials, including the director of the MFA Arab League Boycott (ALB) Office, to discuss the MFA's role in the enforcement of the boycott in Iraq. The [...]	2006-03-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KBCT PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD861	IRAQIS TREADING CAUTIOUSLY ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (C) Econoff on March 15 met with Hikmat M. Abdullah, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the Arab League Boycott Office within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to discuss removal of the Arab League Boycott (ALB) from Iraqi law. Hikmat said Iraqi officials understand the negative e [...]	2006-03-17 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KBCT PGOV PREL IS IZ
06BAGHDAD917	ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]	2006-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAGHDAD976	CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with CODEL Hoekstra, Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr said that he is not concerned by the problem that militias -- other than Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) -- pose and is confident that it will be solved soon. He believes the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are growing in effec [...]	2006-03-24 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PREL IZ
06BAKU1091	AZERBAIJAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Americas Desk officer Ilgar Mukhtarov July 24. Mukhtarov told Poloff that the GOAJ was concerned that the Israeli-Lebanese conflict might distract the international community's attention from the P5 1 incentive package negotiations and therefore inter [...]	2006-07-25 13:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR EU AORC AJ
06BAKU1117	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CAUCASUS MUSLIM [...] (C) In a July 21 introductory call on the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board Sheikh Pashazade, the Ambassador discussed the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Azerbaijan. She highlighted Azerbaijan's leading role in promoting religious tolerance and asked how the U.S. could best re [...]	2006-07-29 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL AJ
06BAKU1156	IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI [...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...]	2006-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1189	PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...]	2006-08-11 10:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ
06BAKU1202	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1215	IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...]	2006-08-17 10:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO
06BAKU1260	PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...]	2006-08-24 12:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ
06BAKU1268	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER "DOES NOT RULE OUT" [...] (C) In an August 23 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he had discussed the UNIFIL mission with Jordanian officials (King Abdullah II paid an official visit to Azerbaijan August 22-23). The Jordanians, he said, do not want to [...]	2006-08-25 12:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE AJ
06BAKU1288	SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...]	2006-08-30 14:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ
06BAKU1367	THE CHANGING ROLE OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOSITY IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Fifteen years after independence, Islamic religiosity, while far from widespread, is on the rise in Azerbaijan. This slow but steady growth of religious observance stems from two factors: a natural rediscovery of Azerbaijan's Muslim religious heritage, and active proselytizing [...]	2006-09-19 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ
06BAKU1540	ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...]	2006-10-21 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1541	ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...]	2006-10-21 08:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1580	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 13:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ
06BAKU1683	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EMERGENCY SESSION OF UNGA ON ISRAELI RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA AJ UN IS

06BAKU1704	UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the year that has passed since the November 2005 Parliamentary Elections, the GOAJ has placed severe restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly, which is recognized in Azerbaijani law. Since the violent break-up of a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2 [...]	2006-11-24 07:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1709	ISRAELI READOUT ON MOD GILAD'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad's October 30-31 visit to Azerbaijan was low-profile and short on substance. Gilad engaged Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Abiyev in a detailed discussion of Iran' [...]	2006-11-24 13:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1806	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] (SBU) ADCM delivered ref demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on December 11. Mammadguliyev said that, according to his information, the EU and Africa groups were consulting in Geneva today, December 11, and that Azerbaijan supported the two groups' efforts to find a comp [...]	2006-12-11 15:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIA SU UN IS AJ
06BAKU1810	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...]	2006-12-12 08:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1835	GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...]	2006-12-20 08:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR
06BAKU1842	AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]	2006-12-21 10:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU234	AZERBAIJANI FM MEETS WITH CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met February 13 with leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mammadyarov characterized Azerbaijan's relations with the United States as a "strategic partnership" and said that Azerbaijan wants [...]	2006-02-15 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ENRG IR IS KZ PREL RU
06BAKU256	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT, SHEIKH UL ISLAM MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his private session with the leadership of the visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on February 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed disappointment with the outcome of his talks in Paris with President Kocharian over the [...]	2006-02-17 14:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KISL IS IR AJ
06BAKU324	AZERBAIJAN: MALL PROTEST OVER DESTRUCTION OF THE [...] (C) On February 25, fifteen miles north of Baku in the village of Nardardan, approximately 75 protesters demonstrated against the February 22 destruction of the Al-Askariya mosque in Iraq. Newspaper reports stated that Nardaran demonstrators also burned U.S., Danish and Israeli flags to expres [...]	2006-03-01 10:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PHUM ASEC AJ
06BAKU703	AZERBAIJAN DOES NOT ADHERE TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] (U) The Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassy that the Government of Azerbaijan does not require the participation in or cooperation with the Arab League boycotts or other international boycotts. The GOAJ does not, as a matter of policy, practice or contract requests [...]	2006-05-12 07:43:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ABLD PHUM PIRF AJ
06BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN OIC'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that the GOAJ planned to use its chairmanship of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to expand the OIC's cooperation with regional bodies such as the OSCE, ASEAN and other organizations, on ter [...]	2006-06-07 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL AJ
06BAKU930	AZERBAIJAN TO OPEN CULTURAL OFFICE IN ISRAEL? [...] (C) According to Ilgar Mukhtarov, director of the Americas Desk at the MFA, Azerbaijan has serious plans to open a cultural office in Israel that it will begin to act on after the June OIC Summit in Baku concludes. Mukhtarov explained that an Embassy or even a Trade Mission would be too diffi [...]	2006-06-22 10:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS AJ
06BAKU980	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan would need U.S. help to secure access to European gas markets and develop a new Trans-Caspian gas pipeline. Noting the dangers of over-reliance on the energy sector, the Ambassador urg [...]	2006-07-06 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET ETRD IZ AJ
06BAKU992	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 4 introductory call, Prime Minister Rasizade urged the U.S. to consider the root causes of terrorism. The Ambassador responded that U.S. policy focuses on eliminating terrorism by giving people hope in the future, and urged Azerbaijan, as Chair of the [...]	2006-07-11 08:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON KISL IR AJ
06BAMAKO914	AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN398	BRUNEI/LEBANON: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION, [...] (U) On August 7, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on UNSC draft Lebanon resolution to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Permanent Secretary I Pengiran Dato Osman. There was no immediate substantive response other than a repetition of the standard Government of Brunei (GOB) position t [...]	2006-08-07 08:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BX IS MOPS PTER UN
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN414	BRUNEI'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEBANON RELIEF AND [...] (C) Government of Brunei (GOB) Foreign Minister II Pehin Lim Jock Seng told Ambassador on August 15 that Brunei is contributing BDOLS 1 million (approx USDOLS 633,000) for immediate humanitarian relief in Lebanon in response to an OIC appeal. Lim said the GOB may be willing to contribute mor [...]	2006-08-16 08:27:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IR LE PREL BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN440	BRUNEI'S UNIFIL DEPLOYMENT: MILITARY PREPARATIONS [...] (C) In meetings August 29 and 30, senior GOB officials indicated to us that plans are well advanced for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces to fulfill the Sultan's pledge to contribute troops to UNIFIL should UNSYG Annan request a Bruneian contribution. They said that they understood that Israel ha [...]	2006-08-30 07:19:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL UN IS LE BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN500	BRUNEI MAY DOWNSIZE PLANNED UNIFIL CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) As the original notion of a Indonesia-Malaysia-Brunei combined force contribution to UNIFIL fades away and is replaced by a more traditional pattern of separate but coordinated national contingents, the Government of Brunei (GOB) is looking at revising its planned contribution from a mecha [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR BX IS LE UN PREL
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN629	BRUNEI MONITORS JAMA'AT AL-TABLIGH [...] (S) French Ambassador to Brunei told Ambassador that the Government of Brunei's Internal Security Division (ISD) informed the French external intelligence service that it is actively monitoring approximately 400 Bruneian residents who are members of the Islamic missionary organization Jama'at [...]	2006-12-14 07:15:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BX PINR PTER
06BANGKOK2293	LABOR EXPORT IS BIG BUSINESS IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary: The recent experiences of Thai farm workers in the U.S., combined with evidence of widespread fraud in the H2A visa process (reftel),highlight the plight of Thai workers abroad who are frequently exploited by labor supply agencies (both Thai and foreign) that charge heavy and ill [...]	2006-04-20 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM CVIS KFRD SMIG PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2484	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Giambastiani, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Thailand recovers from its most serious political upheaval in over a decade. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to encourage continued respect for the democratic process. Your visit is also a [...]	2006-04-28 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM ADM FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Fox, I'm looking forward to your visit and hope to host you and Mary for lunch while you are here. While things have settled down for the moment on the domestic political front, a great deal of uncertainty remains over who the next Prime Minister will be and the makeup of the new [...]	2006-05-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK3396	ASEAN-U.S. DIALOGUE HELD IN BANGKOK MAY 23 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the May 23 ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue, ASEAN members and the United States expressed confidence that a joint Plan of Action to implement the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership would be ready for the Secretary and Foreign Ministers to approve during the ASEAN Ministers meeting in [...]	2006-06-06 07:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK3608	THAI TEA WITH THE CHINESE [...] (SBU) Poloffs shared tea with Chinese diplomats on June 14, 2006 as part of a regular informal meeting mechanism that post has with the PRC Embassy in Bangkok. The Chinese asked about the 19th US-ASEAN Dialogue that took place on May 23, 2006 and talked about their own preparations for the P [...]	2006-06-16 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH CH IS
06BANGKOK4447	CALL FOR BALANCED ASEAN STATEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN TH
06BANGKOK4984	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON POSSIBLE F100 ENGINE [...] On August 3 and 10, POL FSN met with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) Logistics Department Director, Air Vice Marshall Thawon Mailson to discuss this Blue Lantern case. On August 10, POL FSN also met with Mr. Phonchet Likhitthanasombat, Director of the Government Policy Promotion Section, Offic [...]	2006-08-16 07:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC IS TH
06BANGKOK5268	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM DEPUTY J2 TOM MCNAMARA [...] (C) Summary. Mr. McNamara, your trip to Bangkok will allow you to observe the difficulties the Thai military face in sharing intelligence and information. A lack of basic analytical skills coupled with information firewalls between the services and with other agencies hampers the Thai militar [...]	2006-08-29 04:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL MARR PGOV TH
06BANGKOK6058	THAILAND: OCTOBER 3 SITUATION UPDATE [...] Summary. Thai troops are no longer visible at checkpoints and government buildings in Bangkok and armored vehicles are off the roads. Thai soldiers remain at some TV stations but are reportedly leaving soon. Thai Rak Thai Party leaders announced that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatr [...]	2006-10-03 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR TH
06BANGKOK6814	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT [...] PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Charn noted that Thailand had switched their position last year from supporting these resolution to abstention. Mr. Charn stated that t [...]	2006-11-09 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS TH
06BANJUL381	THE GAMBIA:MDA DEMARCHE: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:04:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ GA
06BANJUL441	VCI BUREAU PDAS FORD COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: VCI Bureau PDAS Christopher Ford accompanied by Maher Tadros, Office of Nuclear Affairs, and Eric Wong, U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, met June 30, 2006 with Egypt's Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Taher Farahat in Banjul on the margins of the Summit of the [...]	2006-07-12 16:35:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL TRGY XA EG
06BANJUL459	THE GAMBIA: STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (U) The resident Lebanese community here has gone public with its concern over the situation in Lebanon, denouncing Israel over the violence. On July 18, local media carried the statement made on behalf of the Lebanese community by the Lebanese Honorary Consul, who condemned "in strongest term [...]	2006-07-18 14:17:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL472	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON REACTION TO MIDEAST VIOLENCE [...] (U) Following the resident Lebanese community's July 18 statement denouncing Israel for the ongoing Mideast violence (reftel),President Jammeh has also condemned the Israelis. In a televised statement marking the anniversary of his 1994 coup, Jammeh expressed concern over the clashes, but por [...]	2006-07-24 12:51:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL476	TFLE01: FURTHER GAMBIAN REACTION TO MIDEAST [...] (SBU) Following his July 21 statement criticizing Israel over the Mideast violence (reftel),President Jammeh has continued to denounce Israel. In a July 24 speech, he spoke of an "agenda of war in the Middle East" aimed at the destruction of Syrian and Iran so as to "allow the expansion of I [...]	2006-07-27 10:47:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL487	TFLE01: GAMBIAN CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL OVER QANA [...] (SBU) The GOTG wasted no time in condemning Israel over the July 30 air strike on Qana, Lebanon. Issuing a statement the same day. the GOTG denounced "this atrocious Israeli action," describing it as "illegal, barbaric, and inhuman." It called on the "International Community" to "ensure the i [...]	2006-07-31 16:41:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PTER GA LE
06BANJUL757	THE GAMBIA: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Dakar-based Israeli Ambassador Behar gave an upbeat readout on his initial meeting with President Jammeh, who described former Israeli Prime Minister Barak as "my friend." In the meeting, Jammeh indicated particular interest in Israeli technical aid in the agricultural sector, and proved [...]	2006-12-18 13:45:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL GA IS XF XY EAID EAGR
06BASRAH29	SADR SURPRISES BASRAH, CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, EXPULSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unannounced visit to Basrah, Moqtada al Sadr made a televised statement at the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. His speech called for Sunnis and Shias to unite and force the expulsion of the occupiers. An explosion in the Imam Ali Mosque in Basrah occurred [...]	2006-02-26 16:46:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ
06BEIJING10510	PRC/HAMAS: UPDATE FROM DDG CHEN XIAODONG [...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in Polmincouns on May 26 to provide an update on plans for Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to participate (Ref A) in the meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to be held in Beiji [...]	2006-05-26 12:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING10601	MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN [...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]	2006-05-30 11:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS CH JP
06BEIJING10606	MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN [...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...]	2006-05-30 22:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS CH JP KN
06BEIJING10895	JUNE 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] Key points made at the June 1 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China welcomes U.S. gestures and willingness to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue, while not supporting the "arbitrary" use of sanctions in handling international affairs. -- Addressing the China-Arab Coope [...]	2006-06-01 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ECON CH JP KN
06BEIJING11758	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...]	2006-06-10 06:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH IR KZ RS
06BEIJING14216	JULY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES, [...] Key points made at the July 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- On DPRK, China expresses grave concern over "what happened" and remains in close consultation with all relevant parties. China hopes that all relevant parties will remain calm and exercise restraint, proceed toward the co [...]	2006-07-06 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH KN IS
06BEIJING15153	TFLEO1: PRC/LEBANON - BEIJING CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) China is concerned about the situation in Lebanon, but has no clear definition of a red line that would trigger a stronger Chinese reaction to Israel's offensive, according to an MFA official. China's response to unfolding events will depend on the reaction of the international community, [...]	2006-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CH IS LE
06BEIJING15260	MIDDLE EAST CRISIS GRABS HEADLINES IN CHINA [...] (C) As violence flares in the Middle East, China's broadcast and print media are providing a steady diet of colorful coverage. The public is showing more interest in the Arab-Israeli conflict now than during previous outbreaks of violence, contacts said, in part because of fears about how ev [...]	2006-07-21 12:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING15563	TFLE01: CCID OFFICIAL REFRAINS FROM CALLING FOR [...] (C) ALTHOUGH CHINA IS UPSET ABOUT THE DEATH OF A CHINESE UNIFIL PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON AND INTRODUCED A UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT (PRST) CONDEMNING THE ATTACK, CENTRAL COMMITTEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT (CCID) MIDEAST DIVISION DIRECTOR JIAO ZHIXIN SAID CHINA IS NOT INSISTING ON A RETURN TO [...]	2006-07-27 14:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO CH IS LE
06BEIJING15857	TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST [...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...]	2006-08-02 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS
06BEIJING16380	AFM CUI CONFIRMS PLAN TO VISIT IRAN [...] (C) CHINESE ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI TIANKAI CONFIRMED TO U/S DOBRIANSKY THAT HE PLANS TO VISIT IRAN BEFORE AUGUST 22 TO "ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE IRAN THAT IT IS IN ITS INTEREST TO RESPOND POSITIVELY" TO THE P-5 PLUS 1 INCENTIVES PACKAGE CONCERNING ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN AN AUGUST 9 DISCUS [...]	2006-08-09 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PARM IR IS CH
06BEIJING16399	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SPECIAL OLYMPICS, SHANGHAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A JULY 28 LUNCH FOR VISITING SPECIAL OLYMPICS INTERNATIONAL CHAIR TIMOTHY SHRIVER, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH SHANGHAI VICE MAYOR ZHOU TAITONG CHINA'S PREPARATIONS FOR HOSTING THE 2007 SPECIAL OLYMPICS. ZHOU, WHO IS EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND [...]	2006-08-10 02:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KOLY CH
06BEIJING16512	CODEL STEVENS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, reviewed with President Hu Jintao the results of the U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Exchange dialogue and urged further Chinese cooperation on the North Korean and Iranian nuclear issues. President Hu said the bilateral relationship is in good [...]	2006-08-12 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH KN LE IR
06BEIJING16631	CODEL Stevens: U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed issues including Taiwan, North Korea, Lebanon, China?s defense policy, energy security, intellectual property rights (IPR),the exchange rate and bilateral trade with members of the Chinese National People?s Congress (NPC) in Guilin [...]	2006-08-14 07:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG SENV KIPR OREP CH TW
06BEIJING16822	PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...]	2006-08-15 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE
06BEIJING23814	NOVEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points made at the November 16, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China hopes the Six-Party Talks will resume as soon as possible, but has no information on whether State Councilor Tang Jianxuan will return to Pyongyang anytime soon. -- UNSCR 1718 does not specify what constitutes "luxury [...]	2006-11-16 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH JA
06BEIJING24004	PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]	2006-11-22 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIJING24126	NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...]	2006-11-28 11:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN CH PK EC CY SU
06BEIJING24200	NOVEMBER 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 30 MFA Press Conference were: -- Meetings between the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK were helpful. No date for the talks has been set. -- The United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue co-chaired by Trea [...]	2006-11-30 11:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
06BEIJING24201	CHINA: GEN. XIONG GUANGKAI TELLS AMBASSADOR 2006 [...] (C) This has been a "benchmark year" for United State-China relations, General Xiong Guangkai, President of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS),told the Ambassador. The relationship has developed in a comprehensive manner including advances in military relations a [...]	2006-11-30 11:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN IR JP
06BEIJING24423	PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...]	2006-12-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24470	DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]	2006-12-12 11:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BEIJING24536	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24537	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24852	DECEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SCO SYG ZHANG [...] Key Points at the December 28 MFA Press Conference were: --Outgoing Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary General (SYG) Zhang Deguang was pragmatic and helped launch the organization and raise its international profile. China expects similar pragmatism from Zhang's successor, Bol [...]	2006-12-28 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KN KS IS JA CH
06BEIJING4958	MARCH 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China hopes U.S.-China economic and trade frictions can be resolved through consultation but will no longer adopt administrative measures to control exchange rate fluctuation. - China does not view the United States as [...]	2006-03-16 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING6347	PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON REPORTS HAMAS [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]	2006-04-05 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6348	CORRECTED COPY: PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]	2006-04-05 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6531	PRC/HAMAS: BEIJING BACKS OFF INVITE BUT LEAVES [...] (C) MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao's announcement at the regular MFA press briefing that "there is no plan for Foreign Minister Zahar to visit China" (ref C) leaves open the possibility of a visit at a later date. This followed an earlier statement to AFP that "as far as we know, China at the pre [...]	2006-04-06 13:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING9289	PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...]	2006-05-16 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING9397	PRC/HAMAS: HAMAS FOREIGN MINISTER INVITED TO [...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in poloffs at 8:45 a.m. May 17 to inform that Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al- Zahhar has been invited to Beijing for the second meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to [...]	2006-05-17 07:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING9934	PRC MAY 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK FM TO VISIT [...] Key points made at the May 23 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun will visit China May 30-June 6 for talks on bilateral and regional security issues, meet senior PRC leaders and tour Guangzhou. -- EAP A/S Christopher Hill will visit Beijing May 24- 2 [...]	2006-05-23 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH JP KN GE
06BEIRUT1001	MGLE01: MINISTER OF JUSTICE EXPLAINS DECISION ON [...] (C) On March 22, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk and Judge Chukri Sadr discussed with the Ambassador the MOJ's deliberations regarding the U.S. extradition request for the four terrorists -- Mohammod Ali Hamadei, Hasan Izz-al-Din, Ali Atwa, and Imad Mughniyah -- responsible for the hijacking [...]	2006-03-30 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT1013	INL BUDGET CALL: LEBANON RESPONSE [...] (SBU) While Embassy Beirut is not an NAS post, it can conduct activities in support of INL's two performance goals: -- Countering international trafficking in drugs, persons, and other illicit goods; and -- Promoting international cooperation to combat drugs and crime. With this in min [...]	2006-03-30 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD ASEC EAID KCRM LE SNAR
06BEIRUT1024	MGLE01: LEBANON'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite church, and Patriarch Catholicos Aram I, head of Lebanon's Armenian Orthodox community, both expressed doubt that the current political deadlock between the March 14 forces and the informal coalition of Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Fr [...]	2006-03-31 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1038	MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ASSOCIATE SEES A MISUNDERSTOOD [...] (C) Econoff and FSN political specialist met with former Hizballah bloc MP Georges Najm on March 29. Najm, who is not a member of Hizballah, said that he maintained ties to Hizballah, especially MP Mohammad Raad and Minister of Energy and Water Mohammad Fneish. Najm painted a moderate pictu [...]	2006-04-03 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KPAL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1090	MGLE01: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MARRIAGE WEAKENING AMAL [...] (C) Econoff met separately with independent Shia leaders Mohammad Obeid and Mohammad Baydun on April 5. Both Obeid and Baydun reported that Amal's support is crumbling away at the rank-and-file level. The main reason was Amal movement leader and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri's perceived [...]	2006-04-07 11:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1120	MGLE01: LEBANON, SHEBAA FARMS, AND THE GHAJAR [...] (C) On April 7, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar briefed econoff on the unusual situation of the divided village of Ghajar. The Blue Line cuts through the center of the village with the northern two-thirds inside Lebanon, and the southern one-third inside the Israeli-occupied Golan Heigh [...]	2006-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE PBTS PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1164	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (SBU) The current political situation in Lebanon is highly uncertain: the National Dialogue process, which raised expectations for significant political progress when it began six weeks ago, appears to have run its course. The rivalry between the pro-reform "March 14" coalition (consisting [...]	2006-04-13 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT1238	MGLE01: CODEL DODD MEETS GENERAL MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun informed visiting Senator Christopher Dodd that it was up to the Lebanese people themselves to defend their sovereignty and not rely excessively on foreign assistance. He criticized the Siniora government for not doing an effective job in [...]	2006-04-20 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1240	MGLE01: SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 19 LUNCH WITH [...] (C) Senator Dodd's April 19 luncheon with Lebanese MPs Nayla Mouawad, Boutros Harb, and Jawad Boulos was dominated by a discussion of General Michel Aoun and his alliance with Hizballah. Mouawad and Harb characterized their rival for the presidency, Aoun, as a "Syrian agent" willing to sacri [...]	2006-04-20 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV OREP SY LE
06BEIRUT1245	MGLE01: LEBANESE FOCUS ON PRESIDENCY, ISRAEL, [...] (C) At a 4/19 dinner hosted by the Charge d'Affaires, Lebanese guests of various regional, political, and confessional stripes focused on the issue of the presidency in an occasionally boisterous discussion. "March 14"-affiliated guests called for the USG to use its leverage in forcing the S [...]	2006-04-24 11:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP KDEM KPAL PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT1276	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI GIVES PREVIEW OF NATIONAL [...] (C) In an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri said that Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was happy with Prime Minister Siniora's visit to Washington last week. When the Ambassador asked why Salloukh maintained an unpleasant expression the whole [...]	2006-04-25 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT1310	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR MAY 3-5 VISIT OF PM A/S [...] (C) During his recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Siniora expressed confidence about Lebanon's ability to tackle critical problems through a process of national dialogue. Of these problems, the two most prominent are the fate of President Lahoud, who remains in place through a Syrian [...]	2006-04-27 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER KPKO OTRA LE
06BEIRUT1339	MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES [...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...]	2006-05-01 12:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT1357	MGLE01: UNIFIL SEES NO REASON FOR SPIKE IN [...] (C) On May 2, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL observed 10 Israeli jets violating the Blue Line on May 1. He said that the Lebanese army had opened fire with anti-aircraft artillery, but Hizballah did not respond in any way. According to Strugar, there had been [...]	2006-05-02 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1369	MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE REACTS TO [...] (C) Polchief and econoff met with Rola Noureddine, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, on May 3 to discuss the widely reported Syrian-built earthen berms in the Biqa' Valley. Noureddine and General Said Eid confirmed the press reports, showing us a video of the berms. They said Syrian [...]	2006-05-03 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PBTS PREL SY
06BEIRUT1392	MGLE01: JOINT AMBASSADORIAL-PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, French Ambassador Emie, and European Commission Head of Delegation Renauld, together with a delegation that included members of the pharmaceutical industry, discussed the problems of the intellectual property rights (IPR) climate concerning pharmaceuticals in Leb [...]	2006-05-04 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN KIPR LE
06BEIRUT1444	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S DINNER WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) On May 3, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at his residence for visiting PM A/S Hillen. The guests represented a diverse range of international and Lebanese political figures, all united by their common interest in Lebanon's security situation and relationship with the United States. Durin [...]	2006-05-08 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM LE PGOV PM SY
06BEIRUT1461	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The normally taciturn Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh was almost buoyant in his May 5 meeting with PM A/S Hillen. A/S Hillen accompanied by the Ambassador spoke with Salloukh about U.S. assistance to Lebanon, and U.S. commitment to Lebanon in the wake of PM Sinora's A [...]	2006-05-10 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE
06BEIRUT1464	MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE [...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...]	2006-05-10 06:45:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT1465	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) UN Representative Geir Pedersen believes the events of the past few months have greatly changed the political situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning Hizballah. Whereas before, Hizballah essentially had a free pass on its arms and political objectives, now the terrorist organization [...]	2006-05-10 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1471	MGLE01: SHIA SPIRITUAL LEADER SPEAKS OUT FOR [...] (C) On May 9, Ambassador accompanied by PolChief met with head of the Higher Shia Council, Abed al-Amir Qabalan to brief him on PM Siniora's visit to the United States. Qabalan said the Taif accords are the solution to Lebanon's troubles and the leaders should return to that as the basis for [...]	2006-05-10 10:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM CASC KISL PGOV PHUM
06BEIRUT1481	MGLE01: SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF IO/AS [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lebanon will underscore USG interest in Lebanon, and the role of the United Nations here. PM Siniora and four of his ministers visited Washington and New York April 17-22 to discuss the government's reform efforts and U.S. support for the country in its transition [...]	2006-05-10 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KCRM PGOV UN LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1483	MGLE01: SHIA CLERIC TELLS OF HIZBALLAH DOMINANCE, [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Taleb describes himself as a member of a small group of apolitical Shia clerics. He came to the embassy to "set the record straight' about his relationship with Hizballah and his connection to his father-in-law Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Fadlallah, the doyen of the spiritual and [...]	2006-05-10 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY
06BEIRUT1496	MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...]	2006-05-11 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG
06BEIRUT1540	MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SAYS HIZBALLAH IS [...] (C) The UNIFIL Force Commander, General Alain Pellegrini, confirmed to IO A/S Silverberg that UNIFIL has recently observed increased construction activities at Hizballah positions on the Lebanese side of the Blue Line. Noting that the new outposts were more sophisticated in their design and [...]	2006-05-17 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER IO
06BEIRUT1545	MGLE01: PM SINIORA MEETING WITH A/S SILVERBERG -- [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, A/S for International Organizations Affairs, Kristen Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in his offices at the Grand Serail in Beirut. PM Siniora opened the meeting by expressing his satisfaction with his visit to Washin [...]	2006-05-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PORG PREL KDEM UNSC LE SY QT KPAL
06BEIRUT1547	MGLE01: KINDER, GENTLER SALLOUKH SEES FULL [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg, Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on May 15 in the first official meeting of A/S Silverberg's Beirut schedule. During the QQ:R$o1QQ~impression that Prime Minister Siniora and his delegation (which included the FM) had made in Washi [...]	2006-05-17 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IO KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY IS
06BEIRUT1559	MGLE01--MICHEL AOUN ON HIZBALLAH DEFENSE VISION [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, The Ambassador, accompanied by PolChief, met with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),to discuss USG concerns over the presentation reportedly made by Hizballlah at the 5/16 National Dialogue session. The Ambassador revealed pieces of the full r [...]	2006-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER KISL KPAL PGOV PINS IS LE SY
06BEIRUT1560	MGLE01: NASRALLAH SKETCHES OUT PERMANENT STATE OF [...] (S) In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Amin Gemayel and Marwan Hamadeh read aloud their notes from the 5/16 session of the National Dialogue. The participants agreed to disagree on the issue of the presidency, leaving the subject unresolved. On Hizballah's weapons -- the final agend [...]	2006-05-18 13:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY IS IR KISL
06BEIRUT1575	MGLE01: JUMBLATT BELIEVES HIZBALLAH INTENDS [...] (C) On 5/19, Druse leader Walid Jumblatt hosted the P-3 Ambassadors, Argentine Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador, and UN representative Geir Pedersen for an open-air coffee in the Chouf mountains. Jumblatt's read-out of Hassan Nasrallah's hardline speech at the 5/16 National Dialogue session [...]	2006-05-19 15:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IR

06BEIRUT1576	MGLE01: UNIFIL COMMANDER SEES HIZBALLAH IMPROVING [...] Summary: UNIFIL commander Major-General Alain Pellegrini briefed the Ambassador on increased Hizballah construction activity along the Blue Line, a rise in the number of Israeli overflights, and plans to enhance contacts between UNIFIL and the LAF. The General was uncertain about the reasons [...]	2006-05-19 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPAL PBTS PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT1579	MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETING WITH UN SYG REP [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO A/S Silverberg hosted UN envoy Geir Pedersen to a relaxed dinner on 5/16. Pedersen had no definitive answer regarding why Hizballah had stepped up the construction of military infrastructure along the Blue Line, but he argued that Hizballah tried to maintain "constructive am [...]	2006-05-22 06:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIC KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1675	MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT [...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...]	2006-05-30 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE
06BEIRUT1676	MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES [...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...]	2006-05-30 11:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT1677	MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH MICHEL AOUN -- [...] (C) On May 23, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Crumpton met with Lebanese parliamentary minority leader Michel Aoun at Aoun's home near Beirut. S/CT Crumpton encouraged Aoun to use his influence to make Lebanon a solid partner with the USG in the fight against terrorism. He exp [...]	2006-05-30 11:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPAL KDEM PINS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1678	MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]	2006-05-30 11:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1681	MGLE01: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH DEFENDS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Counterterrorism Coordinator Henry Crumpton, the Ambassador, and econoff, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh -- in an unusually belligerent and offensive performance -- steadfastly defended Hizballah. He claimed that the majority of Lebanese consider Hizballah to b [...]	2006-05-30 12:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KPAL LE PBTS PTER SY
06BEIRUT1690	MGLE01: A WEEKEND OF VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON [...] (C) The weekend of May 26-28 saw some of the most intense violence in southern Lebanon since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000. On May 26, a car bomb in Sidon killed Islamic Jihad official Abu Hamzeh and his brother. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel and then retracted its stat [...]	2006-05-30 13:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1715	MGLE01: BERRI UNDERCUTS SINIORA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) In a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was critical of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Berri accused Siniora of squandering an opportunity to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that Berri had so delicately and s ecretly set up. Be [...]	2006-05-31 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPAL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1716	MGLE01: FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON LEBANON'S [...] (C) Damianos Kattar, Lebanese Finance Minister during the government of Najib Mikati in 2005, believes that the present government must restore crebibility before it can advance economic reform. He estimates that at least USD 15 billion of Lebanon's USD 38 billion national debt derives from [...]	2006-05-31 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV LE
06BEIRUT1735	MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE [...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...]	2006-06-01 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO
06BEIRUT1746	MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...]	2006-06-02 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1748	MGLE01: C/CT5/015376 -- STUDY SHOWS IRANIAN AID [...] (S/NF) On May 31, independent Shia politician Ahmad al-Asad told econoff that Hizballah has increased the number of paid employees, including civilian and military, by 23 percent since last year. This increase was financed by a 37 percent increase in Iranian funding since the Syrian withdra [...]	2006-06-02 13:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN IR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1752	MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT SUNNI [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir expressed unease with reports that Lebanon's Sunni-dominated Internal Security Force (ISF) could become a Sunni "gendarmerie" outside the control of the state. He said he fully supports proposals to increase the capabilities of the more broadly representative Le [...]	2006-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1772	MGLE01: FORMER UNIFIL OFFICIAL VIEWS RECENT [...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with econoff, former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said he believed Hizballah was involved in the early morning Katyusha barrage that began the fighting in southern Lebanon on May 28 (reftel). For Goksel, the rocket strike was too accurate not to involve a Hizballah [...]	2006-06-05 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1807	MGLE01: SHIA CONTACTS SEE NASRALLAH'S CULT OF [...] (C) On June 6, Hizballah expert Amal Saad-Ghorayeb told econoff that the June 1 riot in response to a LBCI parody of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (ref A) was an embarrassment to Hizballah and the Shia community. She believed the riot was spontaneous, but Hizballah was not co [...]	2006-06-07 12:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS KISL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT1811	MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN -- STILL NOT READY TO TAKE [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolChief, Michel Aoun fended off attempts to nudge him back into the mainstream of Lebanon's political life. We told Aoun that the Lebanese may be ready to accept a leader with strong moral authority who is neither March 14/Hariri, nor March 8/Hizballah- [...]	2006-06-07 13:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PTER KPAL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT1849	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN, [...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...]	2006-06-08 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR
06BEIRUT1870	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS REVEAL [...] (C) On June 8, the Lebanese national dialogue reconvened. Two important events hung over the discussions of this round: 1) the Blue Line incidents of May 28 in which Hizballah positions were destroyed by Israeli air strikes, and 2) the June 1 riot that followed the television spoofing of H [...]	2006-06-09 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS KISL PTER KPAL LE SY
06BEIRUT1902	MGLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM AND [...] (C) PM Siniora is optimistic that Lebanon's draft electoral law will survive intact upcoming debates in the Cabinet and Parliament. Although the size of the electoral districts could be a sticking point with several constituencies, Siniora believes the overall beneficial impact of a new ele [...]	2006-06-13 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1916	MGLE01: JUMBLATT LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PUT SARG AND [...] (C) In a 6/12 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt confessed to being disappointed with the June report of the UN investigation of the Hariri assassination, the latest in a series of events seeming to benefit the Syrian regime and its allies in Lebanon. Lebanon may not be on the brink of civi [...]	2006-06-13 15:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT1921	MGLE01: HIZBALLAH TOLD UN IT DID NOT FIRE FIRST [...] (C) On June 13, Georges Nasr, political officer in the office of UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson, briefed econoff on a recent meeting between the UN office and Hizballah representatives in early June. Nasr said the Hizballah officials denied that Hizballah fired the f [...]	2006-06-14 09:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT1963	MGLE01: POTENTIAL REQUEST TO UNIIIC TO EXAMINE [...] (S/NF) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr claimed that the evidence is "very strong" that Israel, using local agents, was behind the 5/26 car bombing that killed the Majzoub brothers (PIJ activists and Lebanese citizens) in Sidon. Murr described what he believes was a [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KCRM PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1964	MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT [...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...]	2006-06-15 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1965	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF LEBANESE ACTING [...] (C) The visit of Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat offers the opportunity to press U.S. security interests in Lebanon: counterterrorism including Sunni extremism, Syrian influence, Palestinian weapons inside and outside the refugee camps, and arms smuggling into Lebanon. We have begun m [...]	2006-06-15 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE
06BEIRUT1996	MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...]	2006-06-19 09:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2072	MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...]	2006-06-21 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2087	(S/NF) MGLE01: SINIORA PRESSES AHEAD ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Ignoring an unseemly, ongoing food fight among Maronite politicians sparked by President Lahoud's non-invitation to the Francophone summit, Prime Minister Siniora used a 6/21 meeting with the Ambassador to portray his government as moving ahead on a number of fronts, including economic re [...]	2006-06-22 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID EAIR PTER KPAL KDEM BEXP LE
06BEIRUT2154	MGLE01: JIHAD AL-BINAA WIDELY KNOWN AS A [...] (C/NF) In June, econoff spoke with the Embassy's best contacts on Hizballah to determine the role, activities, and status of Jihad al-Binaa. Complicating matters was the fact that the official Jihad al-Binaa Arabic website does not directly reveal its ties to Hizballah. All contacts reporte [...]	2006-06-28 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR LE PTER
06BEIRUT2155	MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...]	2006-06-28 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR
06BEIRUT2220	MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...]	2006-06-30 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE
06BEIRUT2221	MGLE01: JA'JA SEES "SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" [...] (C/NF) On June 29, the Ambassador and econoff met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja and his adviser Elie Khoury at the Embassy. Ja'Ja was upbeat about the day's National Dialogue session, saying that Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was restrained. Nasrallah, along with Speaker of [...]	2006-06-30 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2223	MGLE01: HARIRI, HAMADEH DESCRIBE AS BOTH GOOD AND [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 6/30, MP Sa'ad Hariri and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh expressed basic satisfaction with the previous day's national dialogue session. Israel's actions in Gaza and the arrests of Hamas cabinet members and lawmake [...]	2006-07-03 07:22:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV KISL LE SY IS KPAL KWBG
06BEIRUT2236	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI MEETS WITH CODEL DREIER; [...] (C/NF) In a July 3 meeting with Codel Dreier and the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri welcomed the delegation and agreed enthusiastically to future parliamentary exchanges. Regarding the national dialogue, Berri said that it was Lebanon's only chance to avoid confessional strif [...]	2006-07-03 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KDEM LE OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2272	MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SAYS [...] (C/NF) In a late June meeting with econoff, independent Shia politician Ali Sabra Hamadeh reported that Hizballah has been cooling down its rhetoric in the Biqa Valley during the past three months. It seems the very confessional tensions that Hizballah has been working to inspire since the H [...]	2006-07-06 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PTER SNAR SY
06BEIRUT2292	MGLE01: AOUN DISCUSSES SUMMER PLANS; PROMISES TO [...] (C/NF) In a July 7 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, MP Michel Aoun was optimistic that his new television station would garner a strong sudience and earn a profit. Aoun, along with his adviser Gibran Bassil, commented on Suleiman Franjieh's controversial recent statements, saying th [...]	2006-07-07 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CASC IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT2322	MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT2347	MGLE01: HIZBALLAH ABDUCTION OF TWO IDF SOLDIERS [...] (C) According to local UN officials, a day of heavy fighting in southern Lebanon began at approximately 0900 local when an undetermined number of rockets launched from southern Lebanon landed the area of Shlomi, Israel, injuring at least four Israeli civilians. Nearly simultaneously, fighti [...]	2006-07-12 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER SY
06BEIRUT2349	MGLE01: FIGHTING ESCALATES AS ISRAEL STRIKES [...] (C) On the morning of July 13, Israel continued airstrikes on southern Lebanon, increasing the death toll to more than 30 civilian casualties. Israeli aircraft also bombed Beirut International Airport (BIA) and Hizballah targets in southern Beirut. BIA is closed until further notice. Hizb [...]	2006-07-13 09:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2351	MGLE01: INITIAL REACTION TO NASRALLAH'S SPEECH [...] (C) Hassan Nasrallah's latest attempt to portray Hizballah as the "Great Arab Protector" has embarrassed and cornered much of Lebanon's political elite. Nasrallah used a widely watched news conference late on July 12 to defend Hizballah's unprovoked abduction of two IDF soldiers from Israeli territ [...]	2006-07-13 09:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2353	MGLE01: LEBANESE PM SINIORA: "WE NEED HELP." [...] (S) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed deep concern to the Ambassador this morning that the current security crisis is unfolding "as if by script," with Israel and Hizballah dutifully playing out the assigned roles one would expect in a worst case scenario path to regional war. He argu [...]	2006-07-13 11:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS IZ LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2386	TFLE01: ISRAEL HITS SOUTHERN BEIRUT HARD; AIRPORT [...] (C) Subsequent to reftel, Israeli aircraft have bombed two small airports, a power plant, and struck hard at targets in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Two rockets were reported to have struck Haifa, but Hizballah denied responsibility and UNIFIL could not confirm that the rockets were launched fro [...]	2006-07-14 10:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2387	TFLE01: PM SINIORA CONVOKES P-5, URGES "HELPFUL" [...] (C) Convoking the P-5 ambassadors on 7/14, Prime Minister Siniora urged that the UN Security Council issue a presidential statement that calls for: 1) an immediate, comprehensive cease-fire, 2) a lifting of the blockade on Lebanon, and 3) encouragement of the Lebanese government's stated int [...]	2006-07-14 10:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT2390	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH'S RECKLESSNESS SPLITS AOUN'S [...] (C) Aounist advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan expressed frustration and deep concern over the present course of events in Lebanon and said he has advised his party leader General Michel Aoun to put distance between himself and Hassan Nasrallah. Kanaan is convinced that Hizballah, with "its extreme overconf [...]	2006-07-14 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2403	TFLE01: LARSEN TO PROPOSE HANDOVER OF ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) On July 16, the Ambassador and econoff had a late night meeting with UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Larsen showed a draft proposal to the Ambassador, which Larsen said that he was drawing from orally but not providing to GOL officials. [...]	2006-07-17 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2407	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS CEASE-FIRE NECESSARY [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador today (7/17) that within another week, continued Israeli strikes will solidify Lebanese popular opinion against Israel. For now, however, he suggested in a most oblique manner that the potential for Israel's assault to we [...]	2006-07-17 17:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2412	TFLE01: CENTRAL BANK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This message contains an action message for the Department -- see para 6. 2. (C) Finance Minister Jihad Azour alerted us this morning to a forthcoming request from the Lebanese Central Bank for assistance in transporting cash in US dollars from Cyprus to Beirut. The Central Bank planned to co [...]	2006-07-18 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EFIN ASEC LE IS
06BEIRUT2413	TFLE01: INCENSED BY ISRAELI TARGETING OF LAF, [...] (S/NF) While acknowledging that there was something not quite right abotu the activities at the Jamhour military base, French Ambassador Emie described recent Israeli strikes on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) facilities as "unbelievable." If the Israeli campaign was going to continue along these lines [...]	2006-07-18 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER ASEC CASC LE FR
06BEIRUT2415	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSON [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson shared a new draft of the UN proposal to end the fighting (reftel). This document (which has many elements that spell its doom in its current form) is transcribed below in para 3. Peders [...]	2006-07-18 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2417	TFLE01: AOUN'S ADVISORS PROPOSE DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) While Michel Aoun's close advisor Gebran Bassil continues to defend Hizballah's actions (but with less energy than before),Aoun's other influential advisors MP Farid el-Khazen and MP Ibrahim Kanaan unambiguously stated to poloff that Hizballah deliberately started the current cycle of violence [...]	2006-07-18 18:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2422	TFLE01: LEBANESE ECONOMY DEVASTATED BY AIR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 15:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT2427	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE URGES [...] (C/NF) In a 7/19 meeting, the Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),Geir Pedersen, told the Ambassador there is an urgent need to establish humanitarian corridors to southern Lebanon in order to address an "increasing humanitarian disaster" there. Among these routes wou [...]	2006-07-20 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS EAID PREF PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT2428	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH EXPERTS SAY EARLY END TO [...] (C) On July 20, econoff polled three Hizballah experts on the party's strategy and next steps in the current fighting with Israel. All three agreed that if the fighting ended now, Hizballah would appear victorious. As of July 20, much of Hizballah's military capabilities and support in the Shia com [...]	2006-07-20 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2429	TFLE01: SINIORA CONVOKES DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO [...] (U) In a terse but emotionally-tinged 7/19 address to the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Siniora demanded an immediate end to hostilities between Hizballah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),a lifting of the Israeli naval blockade, and delivery of urgently-needed humanitarian assistance. [...]	2006-07-20 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS EAID PTER PREF LE IS
06BEIRUT2437	TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...]	2006-07-21 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2440	TFLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE IS WAITING FOR [...] (C/NF) In a July 22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri recited the devastation Israeli military operations have caused to his native southern Lebanon. By contrast, Berri asserted that Israel has not exacted much damage on Hizballah's military wing, saying onl [...]	2006-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2443	TFLE01: AMINE GEMAYEL SAYS CEASE-FIRE SHOULD [...] (S/NF) In a 7/21 meeting, Amine Gemayel, former President of the Republic of Lebanon, told the Ambassador that diplomatic efforts to solve the current conflict should focus on securing a long term solution to the cyclical security crises along the Lebanese-Israeli border, with any discussions of pr [...]	2006-07-23 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2447	TFLE01: MARONITE DOYEN WARNS: "THE WEST MUST WIN [...] (C/NF) On 7/22, Maronite doyen Sheikh Michel el Khoury (and son of Lebanon's first president) told the Ambassador that the West's hopes for democracy in the Middle East depend upon winning the current war against Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. Still, Sheikh Michel warned that with it [...]	2006-07-23 18:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2464	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN [...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...]	2006-07-25 13:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2469	TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...]	2006-07-25 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS
06BEIRUT2470	TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...]	2006-07-25 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE
06BEIRUT2471	TFLE01: SAMIR JA'JA' SUPPORTS PROPOSED PATH TO [...] (C) After the Ambassador reviewed current thinking regarding the components of a possible cease-fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' expressed his overall support of the approach, particularly the intent to implement all the components in a single phase. He also conveyed his belief that a holl [...]	2006-07-25 18:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2474	TFLE01: SHIA ANGER BUTTRESSING HIZBALLAH; [...] (C/NF) On July 26, Embassy contacts in the Shia community reported that Shia support for Hizballah was strong, as was anger at the USG for supporting Israel. There was a general feeling that Hizballah must remain armed or "they" will pick off the Shia one by one. Morale inside Hizballah remains hig [...]	2006-07-26 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KISL LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2475	TFLE01: UN IN LEBANON FEELING PRESSURE FROM BOTH [...] (C/NF) On July 26, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL suspected that the July 25 Israeli airstrike on an UNTSO post near Khiam was deliberate. UNIFIL had warned the IDF for several days that it was striking a UN post. Close calls have been reported at other UN posts along [...]	2006-07-26 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2476	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN [...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]	2006-07-26 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT2487	TFLE01: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN DELIVERING OIL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. BACKGROUND: Lebanon is currently facing a humanitarian crisis with more than 700,000 Lebanese now displaced from their homes. Humanitarian supplies are arriving and negotiations are being made for a humanitarian corridor to help d [...]	2006-07-27 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET LE SY
06BEIRUT2488	TFLE01: SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN VILLAGES BESET BY [...] (C) A delegation of the municipal heads of four Christian villages located near the Blue Line told econoff on July 28 that Hizballah was sneaking into their villages and launching rockets from inside them. The resulting Israeli airstrikes damage houses and kill civilians. The municipal hea [...]	2006-07-28 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PHUM PTER
06BEIRUT2489	TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...]	2006-07-29 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2490	TFLE01: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) During a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh gave a briefing on the July 27 cabinet meeting and the Rome conference. Al-Nahar publisher Ghassan Tueni was also present. Hamadeh said the cabinet meeting was "epic" as he verbally parrie [...]	2006-07-29 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2491	TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...]	2006-07-29 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2492	TFLE01: SINIORA WORRIED ABOUT FUEL, EMBARGO; [...] (C) In a 7/29 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora, visibly angry, expressed three major concerns. First, he described the humanitarian corridors as "a joke." The Israelis were not serious, he argued, citing examples of humanitarian convoys that had been delayed for days, given approvals but fir [...]	2006-07-29 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON LE IS
06BEIRUT2504	TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...]	2006-08-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2508	TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN" [...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...]	2006-08-01 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2509	TGLE01: UNREP WITH OMINOUS MESSAGE FROM HIZBALLAH [...] (S/NF) Geir Pedersen, the UN Secretary General's Personal Representative for Lebanon, contacted the Ambassador on 8/1 to say that he had received an "alarming message" from his "usual contact." (Note: Pedersen's usual contact is Hizballah's Wafiq Safa. End note.) The message was initially reassurin [...]	2006-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER KISL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2511	TFLE01: HAMADEH SEES RESOLUTION OF SHEBAA FARMS AS [...] (C/NF) On August 1, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff that there is no need to get Syrian support for a potential settlement of the Shebaa Farms issue. Hamadeh expressed confidence that any agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa, whether or not Sy [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2513	TFLE01: MP BOUTROS HARB: NASRALLAH CANNOT BECOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1, Ambassador and Emboff met with MP Boutros Harb at his home in Beirut. Harb insisted that Hizballah must be prevented from emerging from the conflict in a position of power, as this would spell tragedy for Lebanon and the region. Yet he warned that as Hizballah continues to [...]	2006-08-01 16:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2518	TFLE01: SOURCES: HIZBALLAH FEELS IT IS WINNING [...] (C/NF) On August 1, three reliable sources on Hizballah told us that Hizballah believes it is winning the war with Israel. Former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said that Hizballah has already won in the minds of the Lebanese people for standing up to Israel. Israeli tactics and ineffectiveness has [...]	2006-08-02 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2526	TFLE01: LEBANESE INDUSTRY HEADS CALL FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Leading Lebanese business and industry associations have asked Embassy Beirut for the immediate establishment of safe commercial corridors for passage of imports and exports. Lebanese business leaders stressed the need for industry leaders to have "a sense that this war will never happen [...]	2006-08-03 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL SY EFIN ECON ETRD EINV
06BEIRUT2527	TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...]	2006-08-03 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2534	TFLE01: ISRAELI ATTACKS ON NORTH COAST BRIDGE [...] (C) No doubt the Israelis can provide military justification for their attacks on three bridges going north starting from the Christian port city of Jounieh this morning (8/04) and cutting off the &corridor8 that the GOI told the world would remain open to Syria. But whatever the Israeli rationale, [...]	2006-08-04 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PROG CASC LE IS
06BEIRUT2535	TFLE01: PM SINIORA WANTS A SINGLE PHASE AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) PM Siniora pushed back hard against the US/FR plan to implement a cessation of hostilities and Israeli withdrawal in two phases. Worried about Israeli troops remaining inside Lebanon, Siniora prefers a single phase that combines a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory with an [...]	2006-08-05 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2538	TFLE01: LEBANON,S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 3 PolOff hosted a dinner at his residence in the Embassy compound. The guests were young professionals in the government, media, and private sectors. They are disappointed that in their view Israel is losing the war against Hizballah. These educated, Christian professionals d [...]	2006-08-05 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2539	TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF [...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]	2006-08-05 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT2540	TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...]	2006-08-06 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2541	TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...]	2006-08-06 07:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2542	TFLE01: SINIORA SOUNDS AN OMINOUS NOTE ON DRAFT [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora called UNSC member nations' ambassadors to the Grand Serail on the morning of August 6 for a two hour "chat" during which he outlined the GOL's main concerns with the draft UN resolution currently being discussed in New York. During the meeting, which was also attended by [...]	2006-08-06 13:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2544	TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A [...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...]	2006-08-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2545	TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS [...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...]	2006-08-07 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2551	TFLE01: LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and TDY poloff, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said that the Lebanese financial situation had so far avoided disaster through some creative "financial engineering" and other confidence-building measures such as a $1 billion loa [...]	2006-08-07 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2553	TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID [...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...]	2006-08-08 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2566	MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL [...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...]	2006-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2578	LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...]	2006-08-09 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2580	LEBANON: A/S WELCH EXPLAINS NEW U.S. POSITION TO [...] (C/NF) On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch reviewed with Berri the possibility that, under a potential UNSCR, [...]	2006-08-09 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2582	LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE [...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...]	2006-08-10 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2583	LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN [...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...]	2006-08-10 05:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2587	LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF [...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...]	2006-08-10 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG
06BEIRUT2588	LEBANON: SINIORA DISCUSSES LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) PM Siniora and senior advisers Mohammad Chatta and Rola Noureddine met with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on the morning of August 10. Ambassador Feltman reviewed the latest U.S. draft resolution with Siniora (Note. Siniora had a meeting immediately afterwards with French Ambassador [...]	2006-08-10 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2599	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...]	2006-08-11 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2600	LEBANON: FOR BERRI RESOLUTION COMES DOWN TO ONE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 11 NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's Ain Al Tinneh office. A/S Welch told Berri that we hoped that the UNSC resolution addressing the current conflict wou [...]	2006-08-11 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2601	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS WITH PM SINIORA ON [...] (C/NF) Over the course of three hours in two meetings on August 11, PM Fouad Siniora made steady, but incremental movement toward accepting the most recent draft language of the UN resolution. His strongest objections were directed toward the specific use of chapter 7 to authorize the multi-nationa [...]	2006-08-12 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY

06BEIRUT2602	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]	2006-08-12 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2604	LEBANON: SALLOUKH PREDICTS CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, joined by three of his MFA staff, urged that the Israeli blockade be lifted as soon as possible, but brushed aside concerns that arms smuggling will resume withou [...]	2006-08-12 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2608	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL [...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...]	2006-08-14 04:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2609	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...]	2006-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2613	LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH [...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...]	2006-08-14 12:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2615	STRENGTHENING A SHAKY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES -- [...] (SBU) This message contains a non-exhaustive list of initiatives that we suggest the USG support, in the first days of the fragile cessation of hostilities forged by U.S. leadership in UNSCR 1701. We seek to strengthen the GOL and move Lebanon toward a permanent cease-fire. After the U.S. [...]	2006-08-14 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2620	LEBANON: PM SINIORA DISCUSSES TOP PRIORITIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, the first day of the cessation of hostilities, Prime Minister Siniora convoked the Ambassadors of the UNSC Perm-5. Siniora requested support to provide temporary steel bridges that will help the return of displaced Shia to the south, and to remove the "siege" from the air [...]	2006-08-14 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2625	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SUPPORTS GRADUAL SOLUTION [...] (C) During an August 14 lunch with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, former Hariri MP and Jumblatt-ally Ghattas Khoury said that now -- meaning today -- is not the time to corner Hizballah on full disarmament, although that moment is quickly approaching. Voicing concern about the increasingly threteni [...]	2006-08-14 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2643	JUMBLATT CONCEDES VICTORY TO NASRALLAH, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) On 8/14, the Ambassador spent an unrelentingly bleak evening with Walid Jumblatt, Marwan Hamadeh, Ghattas Khoury, and (joining late) Bernard Emie. Nasrallah's televised "victory speech" cast a pall over the discussion, with honking horns and cheering Shia making a ruckus on the nearby Beirut [...]	2006-08-15 08:37:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER KDEM LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2644	LEBANON: CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] PM Siniora described to Congressman Issa the serious damage the present conflict has inflicted on his country, as well as his hope that the American people would continue to support the people of Lebanon. Congressman Issa praised PM Siniora's leadership and courage during this difficult peri [...]	2006-08-15 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2649	ARTICLE THREATENS MARWAN HAMADEH, WHO SEES IT AS [...] (S/NF) Reftel noted that Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh -- who survived one assassination attempt already, on 10/1/04 -- believes that he is again being targeted. He heard a veiled threat in the 8/14 "victory speech" by Hizballah Secretary General, and he pointed out that he [...]	2006-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2652	LEBANON: WHEAT SHIPMENT NEEDED TO KEEP BREAD ON [...] This message contains an action message for the Department -- please see para 6. 2. Embassy meetings with GOL and agrifood industry leaders have confirmed that current stocks of wheat in Lebanon are at a critically low level. President of Dora Flour Mills and Chair of the Agrifood Trader [...]	2006-08-16 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON IS LE PREL SY
06BEIRUT2665	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER AWAITS CABINET DECISION [...] (C) During a downbeat 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said he awaits a Cabinet decision on moving forward with LAF deployment to the South, but that his personal opinion is that the LAF cannot coexist for long in the South with an armed Hizba [...]	2006-08-16 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2671	LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]	2006-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2672	LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLANS COUNTER-PUNCH (BUT, [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora stated that his number one goal at this point is to get the LAF into south Lebanon as quickly as possible. This will be a significant achievement. He discounted much of Hassan Nasrallah's recent "victory" rhetoric as simply that, and [...]	2006-08-16 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2680	ISF COMMANDER ON AIRPORT SECURITY, NEEDS FOR [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with Ambassador and emboff, Internal Security Forces Commander Ashraf Rifi expressed confidence that the removal of an LAF unit from the Beirut airport and its replacement by the ISF (with its Sunni command hostile to Hizballah) has vastly improved the security of passenger [...]	2006-08-17 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PTER MOPS PREL PARM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2683	LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...]	2006-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2685	LAF DEPLOYMENT PLAYING INTO HIZBALLAH'S PLAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17, Ambassador and emboff met with Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammed Safadi. Safadi (a Sunni from Tripoli and a member of the March 14 coalition) argued that the deployment of LAF is not in the interest of GOL and plays into the hands of Hizballah. [...]	2006-08-17 13:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2687	LEBANON: READOUT FROM AUGUST 16 LAF-UNIFIL-IDF [...] (C/NF) The UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen called the Ambassador with notes from a coordination meeting held Wednesday, August 16 in Naqoura, chaired by UNIFIL Commander Major General Alain Pellegrini, and attended by an IDF delegation headed by General Udi Dekel, a [...]	2006-08-17 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2691	LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AL-AHDAB FEARS MARCH 14 HAS [...] (C/NF) During an August 17 luncheon with the Ambassador and poloff, Tripoli MP Mosbah al-Ahdab presented a bleak precis of the situation in Lebanon. Ahdab, a Sunni and March 14 charter member, described the March 14 movement as rudderless and bereft of good ideas. The government is ill-pre [...]	2006-08-17 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2697	BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]	2006-08-18 17:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2698	DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING [...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...]	2006-08-18 18:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE
06BEIRUT2699	SHIA MINISTER CLAIMS BERRI TRICKED HIZBALLAH, NOW [...] (S/NF) Minister of Health (Shia, member of Amal) Mohammed Khalifeh (please protect throughout) told the Ambassador in a 8/18 meeting that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah are currently at odds. By Khalifeh's account, Berri was infuriated by Nasrallah's [...]	2006-08-19 08:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2700	BERRI INFURIATED BY IDF RAID BUT CONTAINS [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called the Ambassador twice on 8/19 to rant and rave about an Israeli raid (that he claimed included some ground operations) north of Baalback early that morning. "There is no way" that the Israelis can claim that such a raid was permitted under UNSCR 1701. [...]	2006-08-19 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV LE IS
06BEIRUT2701	DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 19, the Ambassador reviewed reftel demarche with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Going over the points, the Ambassador urged Siniora to have the Lebanese delegation to the Arab League Ministerial (which he said would be headed by Foreign Minister Salloukh) highlight UNS [...]	2006-08-19 14:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS
06BEIRUT2702	SINIORA ON UNSCR 1701, RECONSTRUCTION, WAY FORWARD [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one somewhat scratchy meeting with the Ambassador on 8/18, Prime Minister Siniora bristled at the suggestion that he was projecting the wrong image regarding UNSCR 1701. Citing army deployment to the Syrian-Lebanese border as well as southern Lebanon, it is simply not tru [...]	2006-08-19 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2705	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...]	2006-08-21 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS SY IS
06BEIRUT2706	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS LEBANESE MARSHALL PLAN [...] (C/NF) During a difficult 8/20 meeting at his Qureitem mansion with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman and poloff, a somewhat erratic Saad Hariri pressed for the immediate reopening of Lebanon's ports and airports. Pushing back, the Ambassador said that until the Government of Lebanon (GOL) does more to im [...]	2006-08-21 05:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2717	NAMBIAR AND LARSEN DISCUSS UNSCR 1701 (AND TERJE DISCUSSES TERJE) [...] (S/NF) On 8/20, UN envoys Vijay Nambiar and Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on their Lebanon consultations regarding UNSCR 1701. They were impressed with the progress of LAF deployment. Concerned over UNIFIL Commander Pellegrini's comments about inadequate LAF-UNIFIL coordination, they bro [...]	2006-08-21 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PARM MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2719	LEBANON: ECONOMY IS "FINE FOR NOW," BUT RISK [...] (C/NF) Lebanese Minister of Finance Jihad Azour describes Lebanon's economy and financial situation as stable in the short run, but in need of stability and reinvestment for long-term viability. Azour showed little hope that projected record revenues for the Lebanese tourism and export sectors [...]	2006-08-22 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IS LE PGOV
06BEIRUT2721	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PARTY OPPOSES TURKISH DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) The largest Armenian-Lebanese political party, the Tashnag, opposes deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. On August 18, the Tashnag sent a petition to the Ambassador listing its concerns. Poloff also discussed the issue with Tashnag Member of [...]	2006-08-22 14:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS LE AR TU
06BEIRUT2725	LEBANON: FATFAT SEEKS HELP FROM "FRIENDS" TO [...] (C/NF) In an uncharacteristically frank discussion with Ambassador and Staffdel, Acting Minister of Interior Ahmed Fatfat described the GOL as measurably stronger now than it was prior to July 12, but public perception has nevertheless deemed Hizballah the winner. According to Fatfat, lack of [...]	2006-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2732	SUMMARY OF GOL REQUESTS, IDEAS [...] (C) Ever since Hizballah initiated the current Israeli-Hizballah crisis, PM Siniora and other GOL officials have asked us for help in several specific areas. In most cases, we have politely explained why we could not help (or why any assistance was contingent upon the Lebanese taking action [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2735	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...]	2006-08-24 06:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2751	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BLOCKADE IS [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT),Al Green (D-TX),Robert Inglis (R-SC),Brian Higgins (R-NY),Ambassador Feltman, and staffers and poloffs, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad (a Protestant close to March 14) said that anti-U.S. feeli [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2752	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT [...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT2766	RECONSIDERING THE AIR EMBARGO OF LEBANON [...] (C) Via septels, we are reporting the Ambassador's meetings today (8/25) with Prime Minister Siniora and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Murr on the 8/24 unanimous cabinet decision empowering Siniora to request international help, from whatever source, for Lebanon's land borders, seap [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL MOPS PGOV LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2767	LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL LE
06BEIRUT2768	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2772	LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...]	2006-08-26 06:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2775	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GERMANS ARRIVING IN A FEW DAYS [...] (C) During an August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh overlooking Beirut, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr reiterated what he told the Ambassador the previous [...]	2006-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT2776	LEBANON: CODEL LANTOS CAUTIONS PM SINIORA THAT [...] (C/NF) When PM Siniora asked for U.S. assistance in lifting Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon, Congressman Lantos directly challenged the Prime Minister to explain what his government was doing to ensure the secure border provisions of UNSCR 1701 were being fully implemented. Rep. La [...]	2006-08-28 05:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2777	LEBANON: AOUN UNREPENTANT ON HIZBALLAH ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader and ex-General Michel Aoun tried unconvincingly to rationalize his political alliance with H [...]	2006-08-28 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2791	LEBANON: EDDE SEES DIMINISHED MARONITE ROLE; [...] (C) During an August 24 luncheon with the Ambassador, Pol/econ chief, and poloff at his home in Yarze, ex-Minister and Head of the Maronite League Michel Edde offered familiar lamentations that Christians in Lebanon are no longer as influential as they once were and that the Shi'a and Sunna [...]	2006-08-28 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2797	LARSEN ON ANNAN'S TRIP: MICRO PICTURE GOOD; MACRO [...] (S/NF) On 8/29, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Ambassador on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings the previous day. Annan, according to Larsen, made headway with PM Siniora on direct consultations between the Israelis and Lebanese, but only in the context of the 1949 Armistice Agreeme [...]	2006-08-29 09:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT2804	LEBANON: CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] Prime Minister Siniora asked CODEL Shays for help in lifting the air and sea blockade of Lebanon by IDF forces. PM Siniora stated that not only was the blockade severely impairing humanitarian and reconstruction efforts, but it made the Lebanese people feel that the current period is simply a [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2805	LEBANON: GEIR PEDERSEN ON ANNAN'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) On August 29, the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh (please protect both throughout) briefed Ambassador Feltman and poloff on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings on August 28. While Pedersen covered much of [...]	2006-08-30 05:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT281	MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...]	2006-01-31 09:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA
06BEIRUT2814	LEBANON: LAF CHIEF CLAIMS ARMY IS IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, and poloff, a very defensive and somewhat brusque Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Sleiman, maintaining a straight face, gave the preposterous claim that the LAF has established a "watertight" cordon along the bor [...]	2006-08-30 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2815	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH THINKS BERRI CAN BE TURNED [...] (S/NF) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Communications (and Jumblatt ally) Marwan Hamadeh discussed the draft agreement to establish a special tribunal to try suspects in Hariri assassination (and possibly other attacks). Agreeing with USG co [...]	2006-08-30 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2826	LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...]	2006-08-31 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2831	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT [...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...]	2006-09-01 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2838	LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST [...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...]	2006-09-01 08:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2841	MURR: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE PLOTTING SINIORA'S [...] (S/NF) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah, Michel Aoun, and their allies are planning to launch a potentially violent civil disobedience campaign in November aimed at toppling the Siniora government and putti [...]	2006-09-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2844	LEBANON: ROBERT GHANEM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BAABDA [...] (C/NF) During an expansive luncheon with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN on August 29, West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem said that there needs to be better coordination of the reconstruction effort and recommended establishing an umbrella organization to oversee the effort. Ghanem (who, as w [...]	2006-09-01 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER SY LE KDEM
06BEIRUT2851	LEBANON: SINIORA AND HAMADEH EXPECT CABINET [...] (C) The Ambassador and poloff met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Information Minister Marwan Hamadeh on the afternoon of September 4. Siniora, joined by advisors Mohammad Chatta and Roula Noureddine, appeared very upbeat and is optimistic that this evening the Cabi [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2852	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On 9/2, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, senior advisor to Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora. Chatah agreed with the points and focused in particular on the part dealing with UNSC membership. Chatah said that he fully understood the negative implicati [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT2853	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) On September 2, the Ambassador and poloff received a cross-confessional, multi-party delegation of Lebanese MPs -- one of several sent to foreign embassies -- despatched to deliver a message from the protesting Lebanese Chamber of Deputies imploring the United States to put all pressure [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2863	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER DESCRIBES A STRONG [...] (S) Receiving the Ambassador at his home 9/5, Justice Minister Charles Rizk described a bouyant Siniora government making progress on implementing UNSCR 1701 despite objections from Hizballah and its allies. Noting the arrival the following day of UN/OLA chief Nicolas Michel, Rizk also alerte [...]	2006-09-05 17:18:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM KDEM PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2867	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE [...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...]	2006-09-06 05:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY
06BEIRUT2869	LEBANON: GREEK ORTHODOX CLERIC SLAMS MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi discussed the atmosphere of the August 2 meeting of Lebanese clerics. He also gave his impressions of PM Siniora and the three Greek Orthodox Cabinet ministers: Elias Murr, Tariq Mitri, [...]	2006-09-06 09:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2874	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SHARES DRAFT MARCH 14 [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, former MP Ghattas Khoury discussed the upcoming 9/7 gathering of the March 14 forces and shared a draft communique to be issued after the meeting. Khoury, a Maronite close to Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt, said that the Christian [...]	2006-09-06 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM SY LE
06BEIRUT2881	LEBANON: SIMON KARAM SAYS RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS A [...] (C) During an August 31 lunch with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN at the Ambassador's residence, former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam suggested there is a prevailing sense of catastrophe among the Shi'a community. Karam believes Hizballah may be somewhat susceptible to ot [...]	2006-09-06 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2922	LEBANON: HARIRI AND HAMADEH GIVE POST-BLOCKADE [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on 9/9 with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and Minister of Information Marwan Hamadeh -- both March 14 members -- to review the situation and next steps in Lebanon now that the air and sea blockades have been lifted. Both meetings touched [...]	2006-09-11 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT2928	ALLEGED FINANCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND [...] (U) This is an action cable -- see para 5 below. 2. (S) Media reports suggest that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hizballah have a new area of cooperation: financing reconstruction for the south. Newspapers and media have carried stories and pictures that show FPM and [...]	2006-09-11 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2934	LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS [...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...]	2006-09-12 08:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2935	LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...]	2006-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2970	LEBANON: RIZK ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL STATUTE [...] (C/NF) During a September 11 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at his Asrafieh home, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk discussed the draft statute to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the Hariri assassination (and possibly other related attacks). He focused particularly on th [...]	2006-09-13 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM LE
06BEIRUT2975	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND [...] (S/NF) During a 9/13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff in the library of his Mukhtara home, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the next three months will be critical for Lebanon and that the Hariri tribunal will be the driving concern. Claiming that last week's attempted assassination of ISF [...]	2006-09-14 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3002	LEBANON: MISSING U.S.-ORIGIN WEAPONRY POSSIBLY [...] (C) The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have a demonstrated good record of maintaining controls over U.S.-origin weapons and ammunition. The Department of Defense has conducted several assessments over the years, and found that there have been only a few instances -- all during the chaotic years [...]	2006-09-15 12:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM LE IS
06BEIRUT3003	LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT [...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...]	2006-09-15 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3006	IS MICHEL AOUN PLAYING WITH PRISONER EXCHANGES? [...] (S) In a 9/15 meeting with the Ambassador, an agitated Ghattas Khoury -- conveying information on behalf of Saad Hariri -- claimed that Michel Aoun's sudden and mysterious trip to Belgium was part of a prisoner exchange scheme that would destroy the Siniora government's credibility in the pr [...]	2006-09-15 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT3007	SHI'ITE MUFTI ALI AL-AMIN INVOKES THE SPIRIT OF [...] (SBU) As the dust continues to settle following the 33-day conflict between Hizballah and Israel, there is increasingly vocal criticism of Hizballah within Lebanon. Most importantly, there are even stirrings of disgruntlement with the Shi'a community. The most prominent of the Shi'a critics [...]	2006-09-15 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3008	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES REFORM [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Salameh, who will attend the IMF/World Bank meetings in Singapore next week, took some credit for shepherding the Lebanese financial system through the recent war with minimal damage. He warned, however, of fiscal difficulties ahead as Lebanon comes to grips with a c [...]	2006-09-15 16:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LE PREL
06BEIRUT3010	AOUN CONFIRMS BELGIUM TRIP LINKED TO PRISONER [...] (S) At the conclusion of a 9/16 meeting with Michel Aoun and his advisor/son-in-law Gebran Bassil (septel),the Ambassador asked to see the General one-on-one to ask about Aoun's mysterious 48-hour trip to Belgium, concluded the previous day. Aoun confided that, besides meeting with some Bel [...]	2006-09-18 07:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3014	UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]	2006-09-18 10:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3017	AOUN DENIES HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL LINKS, PLEDGES [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with General Aoun and his son-in-law and chief advisor Gebran Bassil to deliver reftel demarche points. Aoun emphatically denied that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has taken money from Hizballah or "any other state." Feltman a [...]	2006-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3018	UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]	2006-09-18 11:21:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3021	HARIRI ALLEGES THREAT OF SYRIAN NERVE GAS ATTACK [...] (S) MP Saad Hariri passed via messenger threat information alleging that the Syrians are planning a nerve gas attack against either a UN or March 14 target in Lebanon during the month of September. The attack will be portrayed as an al-Qaida operation. According to the information, five Sy [...]	2006-09-18 12:31:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3042	LEBANON: UNIFIL HITS MILESTONE FORCE LEVEL, [...] (S) We were told today by Milos Strugar, UNIFIL spokesman, and by Imran Reza, Senior Advisor in the UN Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary General (UNOPRSG),that UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have reached the 5000 troop level. Except for troops transiting in and out through Bei [...]	2006-09-19 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS LE PREL
06BEIRUT3060	LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]	2006-09-20 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3062	SPECULATING ABOUT HIZBALLAH'S RALLY [...] (S) Hizballah is applying pressure to Lebanese from all political factions to show up at "the largest rally in Lebanon's history" tomorrow (9/22),by hinting that those who don't share in the collective celebration of Lebanon's "divine victory" must be Israeli collaborators. Syria, accordin [...]	2006-09-21 08:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3071	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION [...] (SBU) The recent conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14 was, according to Lebanon Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. Although casualty figures did not approach the 1983 Grapes of Wrath [...]	2006-09-22 04:09:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3084	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADE SEES +BAD TIMES TO COME, [...] (C) In a 9/22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh described a March 14-led cabinet attack on Wafiq Jezzini, the Hizballah-allied Surete General chief, the previous evening. He said that the cabinet also agreed to pay outstanding debts to lando [...]	2006-09-22 16:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY MARR PARM
06BEIRUT3088	SULEIMAN FRANJIEH MASKS PRO-SYRIA BIAS WITH [...] (C) Former MP and ex-Minister Suleiman Franjieh, receiving an Embassy delegation on 9/18, expressed considerable worry about the March 14 majority using Hariri money and influence to impose its will on Lebanon. Even the special tribunal for the Hariri assassination might become a tool to se [...]	2006-09-25 07:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3090	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH RALLY STOKES POLITICAL FIRES [...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah emerged from hiding and made an appearance at a massive rally in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday (9/22),rejecting calls for his group to disarm (except in the distant future) and claiming it had more than 20,000 rockets. In his speech Nasrallah praised [...]	2006-09-25 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3091	LEBANON: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON SECURITY, UNIFIL, [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 22 September met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Bernard Emie, who had mixed feelings on the security situation since the Israeli offensive, but was optimistic that French UNIFIL troops have been well received. He gave a readout of his recent meeting wi [...]	2006-09-25 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY FR
06BEIRUT3092	LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION OFFERS TO HELP [...] The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon, headed by Assistant Secretary Dina Habib Powell met with a broad cross-section of Lebanese pro-reform elements and offered to help them transform the country's economy to meet the challenges of the 21st century, which in turn would create conditions co [...]	2006-09-25 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3124	LEBANON: MIKATI SEES OPPORTUNITY TO REDESIGN THE [...] (C) Ambassador Feltman and econoff on 26 September met with former Prime Minister and Syria-allied telecom magnate Najib Mikati, who saw an urgent need for a change in the Lebanese political system within the next six months to preempt further instability and the periodic resurgence of crises [...]	2006-09-27 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3125	LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Calling on Prime Minister Siniora in the Grand Serail September 2, CODEL Lahood expressed its support for Lebanon. Siniora was adamant that the air and sea blockade be lifted so that attention could be turned to the "major political flaw" that Hizballah committed. He thanked the USG for it [...]	2006-09-27 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3126	LEBANON: CODEL LAHOOD MEETS WITH MP SAAD AL-HARIRI [...] (U) Calling on Mustaqbal ("Future") Party leader and MP Saad al-Hariri in his Qureitem mansion, CODEL Lahood repeatedly expressed its support for Lebanon and solicited Hariri's suggestions for their upcoming meeting with Israeli PM Olmert and for action upon their return to the US. Congressman [...]	2006-09-27 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PREL
06BEIRUT3128	PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Geir Pedersen, the UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon, reported that he has learned that Annan plans to appoint former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer as his special envoy for Lebanon. Describing the idea as "terrible" for both [...]	2006-09-27 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3161	LEBANESE MINISTER ON: UNIIIC STATUTE, MERKEL [...] (C) On 9/29, Telecommunications Minister Hamadeh shared with us his plans to introduce the special tribunal statute in next Thursday's cabinet meeting. He gave a readout from PM Siniora's recent trip to Strasbourg and Berlin, addressing the issues of Angela Merkel's characterization of the Ger [...]	2006-09-29 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PREL KCRM
06BEIRUT3176	LEBANON: AOUN USES CONFERENCE ON THE DISPLACED TO [...] (C) A September 30 conference on Lebanon's long-displaced Chouf Christians highlighted corruption and failure in the management of the Ministry of the Displaced. But its more important goal was to provide a stage for Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Aoun took advantage of the plat [...]	2006-10-02 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PREF PREL
06BEIRUT3195	LEBANON: RIZK ON GOL SUING ISRAEL, ELECTORAL LAW [...] (C) Over lunch with the Ambassador and econoff on 10/2, Justice Minister Charles Rizk shared an e-mail (full text in para 6 below) sent by UN/OLA to his staff suggesting changes in the draft statute for the special tribunal on the Hariri assassination. The e-mail notes that UN/OLA had dropped [...]	2006-10-04 08:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER LE GM SY IS
06BEIRUT3209	LEBANON: DRUZE LEADERS ASSESS SYRIA THREAT, [...] (S) Druze politicians Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh offered us suggestions for helping Lebanon overcome Syrian influence, and discussed how to counter March 8 group calls for a national unity government. They were optimistic about improvement in the March 14 group's relations with Speaker [...]	2006-10-04 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT3219	LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLEDGES ACTION ON BEIRUT 1 [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora insists that preparations for the Beirut 1 conference, penciled in for November 30, are well underway. He is slowly grasping the need to publicize progress on reconstruction but prefers to focus on high-profile projects. He will use such publicity to counter March [...]	2006-10-05 11:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE PGOV PREL PTER KCRM
06BEIRUT3226	LEBANON: NAYLA MOUAWAD STRUGGLING FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel, himself an aspiring politician, shared with the Ambassador on October 4 their concerns about political rivalries within the 14 March bloc and the Maronite community. Nayla Mouawad was critical of Prime Minister Siniora's microm [...]	2006-10-05 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT323	MGLE01: ISRAELI FIRE KILLS LEBANESE TEENAGER NEAR [...] (C) According to UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar, UNIFIL's initial assessment is that the Lebanese teenager shot by Israeli forces near the Blue Line on February 1 was killed in Lebanese territory and probably was not a Hizballah fighter. UNIFIL peacekeepers found the body 44 meters nort [...]	2006-02-03 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER UN
06BEIRUT3232	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...]	2006-10-05 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY

06BEIRUT3234	LEBANON: LATEST AOUN STATEMENT THREATENING, [...] (C) MP and Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Leader General Michel Aoun held a press conference in his Rabieh headquarters October 4 with a delegation of FPM area coordinators. Aoun continued his attack (following up on statements made in the FPM "Right of Return" conference September 30 and to A [...]	2006-10-05 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT324	MGLE01: SINIORA ON END TO CABINET BOYCOTT, [...] (C) In a 2/4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora claimed that he and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri had orchestrated the end of the Shia cabinet boycott by cornering Hizballah publicly. There is no private and no written deal, Siniora insisted, noting that he fully expec [...]	2006-02-06 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE IS SY KPAL
06BEIRUT3245	LEBANON: UNTSO OBSERVERS COULD MONITOR SYRIAN [...] (C) The unarmed observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) will likely remain in Lebanon for the foreseeable future even with the expanding mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Answering to its own chain of command, UNTSO provides an ind [...]	2006-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3264	LEBANON: POLITICAL PARTIES PREPARE FOR [...] (C) Observers on all sides of Lebanese politics are anticipating heightened political rhetoric, calls for the Siniora cabinet to resign, and possibly street demonstrations or violent clashes in the next few weeks. As the end of Ramadan comes nearer, many people are anxious that simmering ten [...]	2006-10-10 16:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3394	LEBANON: NEA DAS DANIN MEETING WITH TELECOMS [...] (C) On October 18, visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin, Charge and Econoff met with Lebanese Telecoms Minister and March 14 Group activist Marwan Hamadeh. Hamadeh said that the March 14 group's recently reviewed its goals, noting that Lebanon risks returning to a pre-Hariri assassination political [...]	2006-10-19 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ENRG MARR PGOV PREL PTER LE EU
06BEIRUT3407	LEBANON: PM SINIORA RECOGNIZES NEED TO ENHANCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed an interest in exploring further ways to enhance the arms embargo provisions of UNSCR 1701. Although he would not provide immediate endorsement for any specific ideas, such as establishing a United Nations "embargo committee," Siniora said they merited f [...]	2006-10-21 08:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3412	LEBANON: NEA DAS DANIN MEETS WITH SULEIMAN [...] (C) Political leader Suleiman Franjieh told visiting DAS Danin that Israel is the ultimate source of tensions within Lebanon and between Lebanon and the west. Hizballah will disarm if its demands are met, and Christians have joined with Hizballah only to counter a Sunni bid to dominate Lebano [...]	2006-10-24 13:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3414	LEBANON: DAS DANIN MEETS LEBANESE FORCES LEADER [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja' told DAS Danin that Syria and Hizballah will try either to stall the international tribunal for the Hariri assassination by loading the cabinet with a blocking minority or by bringing the government down through street demonstrations. Ja'ja' assessed the March 14 coalition as [...]	2006-10-24 14:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3431	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH MEETING WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh emphasized resolution of the Palestinian situation as the key to peace and stability throughout the region. He also indicated that improving Lebanese relations with Israel depended on Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar, Lebanon gaining control of the Sheba'a Fa [...]	2006-10-25 09:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT3457	LEBANON: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Embassy Beirut grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism Frances F. Townsend, Director for Combating Terrorism Todd M. Hinnen, Aide to APHSCT Michael Taylor, and Assistant to APHSCT John H. Pearson to Beirut o [...]	2006-10-27 13:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3482	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) Welcome to Beirut. Your visit occurs ten weeks after the 34-day conflict between Israel and the terrorist organization Hizballah that transpired from July 12 to August 14. That conflict was, according to Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the most destructive in Lebanon's history. [...]	2006-10-30 16:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3517	RIZK BEWILDERED BY LAHOUD'S ATTACK ON TRIBUNAL, [...] (S) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/1, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk expressed bewilderment over the blistering attack his childhood friend (and Lebanese President) Emile Lahoud launched against him and the special Hariri tribunal on 10/30 and 10/31 (reftel). Rizk, who felt until La [...]	2006-11-01 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3518	LEBANON: AOUN "RIGHT-WINGER" ON HIZBALLAH, MONEY, [...] (S) A Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) contact claimed to us that he represents a less-vocal, less-visible wing of the party that is anti-Syrian, skeptical of Hizballah, and which seeks closer ties with the international community. He says that FPM leader Michel Aoun himself is worried about the [...]	2006-11-01 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT352	MGLE01: AOUN'S ADVISOR GIVES HIS INTERPRETATION [...] (C) Gibran Bassil, close advisor to Michel Aoun and a participant in the February 6 meeting between Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah, insists Aoun has achieved a political breakthrough by getting Nasrallah to sign on to a comprehensive list of commitments that will protect Lebanon's sovereignty, es [...]	2006-02-07 17:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3539	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) In a November 2 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh urged to the Ambassador rapid and thorough support for the LAF and action on Israeli overflights and non-withdrawal from Ghajjar. Salloukh was optimistic that Speaker Berri's proposed consultations among political leaders would stav [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3540	LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP, [...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...]	2006-11-03 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3542	LEBANON: BERRI EXPLAINS HIS GOAL OF A UNITY [...] (C) Amal Movement Leader and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri argued November 3 that his recently-announced initiative for "consultations" among Lebanon's political blocs was not a Syrian-Hizballah plot but rather a genuine attempt to defuse a dangerous situation created by a "pressured" Hassa [...]	2006-11-03 17:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3565	LEBANON: SPARKS FLY ON FIRST DAY OF NATIONAL [...] (S) Druze Telecommunications Minister and frequent Embassy contact Marwan Hamadeh (protect) read to Ambassador and polchief his notes from the first day of the national consultations sponsored by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri. Hamadeh characterized the consultations as "heading for [...]	2006-11-07 12:09:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3568	LEBANON: MARONITE PATRIARCH, PREOCCUPIED WITH [...] (C) The Maronite Patriarch expressed his concern over the potential for confrontation over Michel Aoun and Hizballah's demand for a cabinet expansion. Having met with Aoun in recent days, the Patriarch confirmed that he is as single-minded as ever in his pursuit of the presidency. While Aoun [...]	2006-11-07 12:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3584	AFTER ROUND TWO OF CONSULTATIONS, MINDEF MURR, [...] (C) In a 11/07 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that, based on his current understanding of the political consultations chaired by Parliament Speaker Berri, he felt certain that Hizballah and Michel Aoun would take their fight to the str [...]	2006-11-08 04:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3602	LEBANON: ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) October saw a notable increase in the number and intensity of Israeli overflights in Lebanese airspace. The overflights were noted with indignation by politicians and the press, and documented by UNIFIL. According to our contacts, the IAF has conducted the flights beyond the south, inclu [...]	2006-11-09 19:07:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT3603	UN OFFICIALS ON COORDINATION, TRIBUNAL, [...] (S/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/10, UN officials Geir Pedersen, Michael Williams, and Salman Shaikh claimed that Israeli officials, whom they had met earlier that week, had hinted at stopping overflights if the USG could provide equivalent intelligence. Rejecting the Ambassador's [...]	2006-11-12 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCRM UNSC PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3617	SHIA MINISTERS WARNS HIZBALLAH WILL "GO ALL THE [...] (S/NF) Mohammed Khalifeh -- the resigned Minister of Health allied with Nabih Berri -- warned the Ambassador in a 11/14 meeting not to believe disinformation that Hizballah is backing down. Claiming to have been visited the previous evening by Hizballah officials Wafiq Safa and Hassan Fadla [...]	2006-11-14 12:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3618	LEBANON: DOD A/S RODMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (C) PM Siniora expressed his appreciation for Assistant Secretary Rodman's message that U.S. security assistance for SIPDIS Lebanon will remain solid due to the bi-partisan support that Lebanon's pro-reform forces enjoy in Congress. A/S Rodman also assured Siniora that the U.S. is not abo [...]	2006-11-14 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT3619	LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A [...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...]	2006-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT362	MGLE01: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE PROVIDES ITS [...] (SBU) On February 6, the Office of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora provided the Embassy with official GOL statistics on Israeli air, sea, and land violations of Lebanese territory since 2000. According to the PM's Office's statistics, 2005 was the year with the most Israeli air violations. The [...]	2006-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT3643	LEBANON: EMBASSY DELEGATION VISITS UNIFIL, BLUE [...] (C) An Embassy Beirut delegation visited UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and toured the Blue Line area November 14. UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini and senior officers gave a positive overview of UNIFIL's deployment in the south, but he and top commanders expressed private reticence tow [...]	2006-11-17 11:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR LE IS
06BEIRUT3648	LEBANON: PROMINENT SUNNI MODERATE SEES COMPROMISE [...] (C) A respected Sunni moderate, Tamam Salam, says that the Christian/Hizballah alliance is no bad thing for confessionally riven Lebanon, and he indicated that Syria is the major problem in the current political crisis. He both defended and criticized Hizballah. Openly sharing his views, bo [...]	2006-11-17 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3650	LEBANON: A BATTLE PLAN EMERGES, AND SWIFT ACTION [...] (C) Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff on 11/17 that the GOL is desperate for strong support from the USG and other allies. They will fight Lahoud on constitutional grounds, while attempting to bring Berri back into the fold. Outlining the strong ta [...]	2006-11-18 07:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
06BEIRUT3651	SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]	2006-11-18 09:25:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3652	SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]	2006-11-18 13:08:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3656	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT, [...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...]	2006-11-18 16:55:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT3657	LEBANON: EX-FOREIGN MINISTER POSITIONS HIMSELF AS [...] (C) Ex-Foreign Minister and Presidential hopeful Jean Obeid attributes Lebanon's problems to external forces and to the inadequacy of current leaders in Beirut and Damascus. Citing a Shia-Sunni conflict spanning the entire Muslim world, Obeid espouses a neutral Lebanese presidency allied with [...]	2006-11-18 17:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3727	LEBANON: U/S FORE MEETS WITH PM SINIORA, WHO [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora expressed his appreciation for the U.S. support extended to his government, but stated that if Islamic extremism is to be countered, it is imperative to see movement on the Middle East peace process, and in the specific case of Lebanon, some sign that the UN will t [...]	2006-11-30 08:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT3755	LEBANON: CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora explained to Congressmen Hoekstra and Issa that Syria has three immediate objectives: destroy any chance for the Special Tribunal, regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and re-establish its past hegemony over the surrounding region. Siniora stated [...]	2006-12-04 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3757	GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...]	2006-12-04 17:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3766	DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS [...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...]	2006-12-05 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3768	LEBANON: BISHOP AUDI FORESEES MAJOR CRISIS FOR [...] (C) In a call on Greek Orthodox Bishop Metropolitan Elias Audi, the Ambassador reiterated USG support for a Lebanon free of foreign interference. Audi, more pessimistic than ever before with the Ambassador, related that many Lebanese fear a loss of international support, in particular due to [...]	2006-12-06 07:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3782	LEBANON: BERRI FOR BOTH SINIORA AND CABINET [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, a curiously jubilant Speaker Berri laid out his positions: he is for the current GOL, including PM Siniora, staying; opposed to any confidence or no-confidence vote or a new Ministerial Declaration; but in favor of the opposition obtaining a "blocking minor [...]	2006-12-07 13:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3797	LEBANON: SINIORA HITS BACK AT NASRALLAH'S [...] (SBU) In a rebuttal to Hassan Nasrallah's speech the previous day, PM Siniora rejected threatening language and the label "traitor," stressing the unity of all Lebanese. Siniora condemned the arrogance that had led Nasrallah to judge his fellow leaders' patriotism and honesty, and to determine [...]	2006-12-08 17:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3801	LEBANON: GEBRAN BASSIL DEFENDS HIZBALLAH, CONDEMNS [...] (C) In a confrontational lunch discussion, the FPM's Gebran Bassil -- Michel Aoun's son-in-law and close advisor -- insisted that his party is transforming Hizballah even as it uses it to bring about a national unity government and a slate of needed reforms. He suggested Pierre Gemayel's assa [...]	2006-12-09 11:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3829	LEBANON: STAFFDEL TALWAR MEETS MARCH 14 LEADERS [...] (C) Visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Puneet Talwar in late November met for two days with March 14 politicians, government figures, NGO leaders, and FPM leader General Michel Aoun. March 14 leaders envisioned an eventual political compromise would follow demonstrations, [...]	2006-12-14 13:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3843	LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr explained to Senator Bill Nelson that Syria has three immediate objectives in Lebanon: to produce political chaos by supporting proxies like Hizballah, to regain its former control of the Lebanese government, and to re-establish its pa [...]	2006-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3860	LEBANON: SENATOR NELSON MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Visiting Senator Nelson praised Prime Minister Siniora's leadership and courage and said that he had instructed Syrian President Asad to stop interfering in Lebanon. The Senator reassured the PM that the United States would continue to support Lebanon regardless of difficulties or develop [...]	2006-12-19 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT387	MGLE01: A CRITICAL WEEK IN LEBANON [...] (C) Commencing with the inadvertent shooting of a Lebanese citizen by Israeli forces late last week and the resulting exchanges of fire across the Blue Line on February 3 (which were the most serious since late November),this past week in Lebanon has witnessed events which are causing a shi [...]	2006-02-10 17:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3874	LEBANON: HARIRI TALKS ABOUT WAYS TO ENGAGE SYRIA [...] (C) Sa'ad Hariri, without his usual call for a Syrian regime change, indicated that he believes the real goal of Syria and Iran is to thwart UNSCR 1701. He believes that Syria should have been engaged after its pullout from Lebanon, but through one voice, probably that of the UN. Like many [...]	2006-12-21 10:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3889	LEBANON: HARIRI EXPLAINS, "I AM A MOUNTAIN [...] (SBU) On December 18 Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry met with Saad Hariri, Member of Parliament and leader of the Mustaqbal party. Hariri advised the Codel that progress in the region, and particularly in Lebanon, requires that the international community take a firm and united stand [...]	2006-12-22 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3890	LEBANON: CODEL DODD MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora conveyed to Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry that Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. It remained unclear, however, whether Russia would support the establishment of the Tribunal under Chapter V [...]	2006-12-22 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PRER LE
06BEIRUT3891	LEBANON: GEMAYEL ANNOUNCES HIS PLANS [...] (C) On 18 December Codel Dodd met with former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel to discuss the current situation in Lebanon. Gemayel told the Codel that Lebanon needs the support of the United States, and that Syria must be pressured to stop supporting instability in Lebanon. In Gemayel,s [...]	2006-12-22 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
06BEIRUT3894	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BERRI CLAIMS, "IT'S [...] (C) Visiting Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry reassured Speaker of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Nabih Berri that some elements of USG policy may change as a result of the recently-published findings of the Iraq Study Group, but USG support for Lebanon's independence will remain st [...]	2006-12-22 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER LE
06BEIRUT3895	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS SEE PRO-SYRIANS, AOUN [...] (C) Fouad Siniora, Marwan Hamadeh, and Saad Hariri report that the March 8-Aoun opposition forces are hardening their positions and that street demonstrations, despite the holiday lull, are not going away. Despite Vladimir Putin's vocal support for Lebanon and apparent warnings to Bashar Asad, [...]	2006-12-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN LE
06BEIRUT3914	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON [...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...]	2006-12-29 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	EFIN ECON LE PGOV
06BEIRUT413	MGLE01: AOUN PERPLEXED BY CRITICISM, MAINTAINS HE [...] (C) In a lengthy meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Michel Aoun expressed astonishment that his February 6 joint communique with Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah has generated such strong criticism. He was resolute in his belief that the document was actually a significant step forward in hi [...]	2006-02-13 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT421	C/CT5/01536: HIZBALLAH'S CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS [...] (C) Post appreciates comments in ref A regarding Hizballah funding and in this cable provides initial answers to the follow-on questions. We will send additional information as it becomes available. According to a Shia journalist who covers Hizballah professionally, as well as other inform [...]	2006-02-14 11:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR KISL LE PTER SOCI
06BEIRUT438	MGLE01: FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Shia extremist Sheikh Subhi Tufayli, who led Hizballah for two years before being forced from the leadership in 1989, and then expelled from the party in 1998, is gradually re-emerging from the shadows. During last week's Ashoura rally in his hometown of Brital, located near Baalbek, Tu [...]	2006-02-14 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT484	MGLE01: SHIA CONTACTS SAY NASRALLAH'S FEBRUARY 16 [...] (C) On the afternoon of February 16, Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a rebuttal to SIPDIS the February 14 statements of pro-sovereignty politicians including Saad Hariri. Nasrallah was speaking at a commemoration of the 1992 assassination of then-Hizballah Secreta [...]	2006-02-17 15:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT488	MGLE01: INFLUENTIAL AOUNIST MP ACKNOWLEDGES FLAWS [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement MP Farid El-Khazen conceded that the February 6 joint communique of Michel Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah was a flawed document with ambiguities and omissions, but should be used as a starting point to prompt a passive government into action. According to El-Khazen, it [...]	2006-02-17 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT567	SINIORA BRINGS THE POPE ON BOARD, SAYS "NO" TO [...] (C) In a 2/22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora claimed to have convinced the Vatican to push for President Lahoud's resignation. He said that the Maronite Patriarch and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri are both on board with Lahoud's resignation, but that Michel Aoun still [...]	2006-02-24 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER SY LE IR
06BEIRUT570	MGLE01: Thousands of Lebanese Shia take to the [...] (U) Hizballah organized a mass rally to protest the bombing of a Shia shrine in Iraq. More than 100,000 persons gathered in the Southern Suburbs on February 23. Hizballah SYG Nasrallah delivered a speech calling on Shia to remain calm and to avoid provocations between the Shia and the Sunni [...]	2006-02-24 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM LE PTER
06BEIRUT579	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]	2006-02-27 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT581	MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]	2006-02-27 17:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT59	MGLE01: SALLOUKH STONEWALLS, GIVES APOLOGIST [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the Ambassador and emboff met with Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to express the USG's mounting concern over the reported contents of a draft agreement between the Siniora government and the Hizballah-Amal bloc that would bring the Shi'a parties back into the cabi [...]	2006-01-09 11:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PHUM SY
06BEIRUT613	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DRUSE LEADER [...] (C) For better or worse, Walid Jumblatt may well be the single person most responsible for where we are in Lebanon today. He was a warlord in the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and became a pillar of the post-Ta'if Agreement "pax Syriana." Lately, however, he has emerged as the most importan [...]	2006-03-02 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT645	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON [...] (C) For the first time since the 1989 Ta'if Accord, the full range of Lebanon's political leadership is now engaged in face-to-face negotiations -- this time, in Beirut rather than a foreign venue (and without any international "referees"). The first session on March 2 closed with consensus [...]	2006-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT672	MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION [...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...]	2006-03-06 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY
06BEIRUT705	MGLE01: SALIM AL-HOSS'S "INDEPENDENT" THIRD FORCE [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss doubted that Lebanon's parliamentary dialogue process (suspended later that day) would succeed. He thought participants would be unable to agree on Hizballah's weapons, the presidency, or relations with Syria. Rega [...]	2006-03-08 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SY LE
06BEIRUT715	MGLE01: SINIORA WISHES PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE HAD [...] (C) In a 3/7 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora regretted the suspension earlier that day of a national dialogue process taking place in the Parliament. The talks made progress while they lasted, he argued, particularly in the area of bringing under control an armed Palestini [...]	2006-03-08 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER MARR KPAL SY LE
06BEIRUT734	MGLE01: AOUN ON NATIONAL DIALOGUE: [...] (C) On March 9 the Ambassador and PolChief met with Michel Aoun and his aide, Gebran Basile. Aoun described the atmosphere of the national dialogue as friendly and open. Aoun was certain that the body's decision to "organize" Palestinian arms within six months would have the support of Hizb [...]	2006-03-10 10:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KPAL KISL PTER LE IR SY
06BEIRUT735	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI BLAMES MARCH 14 COALITION [...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri believes the "national dialogue" has thus far been a worthwhile endeavor, which may produce a breakthrough in the way Lebanon's traditional political blocs resolve national issues. But he expressed deep concern that an intractable Hariri-Jumblatt alliance in the conf [...]	2006-03-10 10:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT844	MGLE01: LEBANON EXPERT SEES SHI'A DEMOGRAPHIC [...] (C) Lebanon scholar William Harris described a demographic "crash" of Lebanon's Shi'a community, a phenomenon at odds with commonly-held views of the community's size and growth trends. Pointing to the experience of his relatives by marriage as typical of that of many Lebanese Shi'as, Harr [...]	2006-03-17 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER SOCI LE
06BEIRUT846	MGLE01: WALID JUMBLATT ON THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) On March 16 Druse leader Walid Jumblatt discussed with Charge the national dialogue, Jacques Chirac's report of a possible Arab initiative to secure Syrian President Bashar al-Asad,s cooperation in removing President Lahoud, Sheba,a Farms, and Christian presidential candidates. Jumblatt, [...]	2006-03-17 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT860	MGLE01: BLUE LINE TENSION BUILDS [...] (C) On March 20, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that the Blue line was tense but quiet. He said that Israeli forces have raised their alert, but UNIFIL has not observed any of the unusual Hizballah military movements alleged by Israeli liaison. UNIFIL was more concerned th [...]	2006-03-20 13:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT891	MGLE01: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (S/NF) On March 21, the Ambassador and econoff delivered reftel demarche to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and advisers Mohammad Chattah and Roula Noureddine (other topics reported septel). Siniora listened carefully and stoically as the Ambassador presented the demarche. Siniora was not ent [...]	2006-03-21 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ETTC IS KPAO LE PREL PTER
06BEIRUT897	MGLEB01: New TV's Criticism of Judiciary Crosses [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An episode on Arabic-nationalist, independent New Television's (New TV) weekly 90-minute call- in program "Al Fasad" (Corruption) 3/10 strongly criticized Lebanon's judiciary, naming judges -- both Syrian appointee holdovers and friends of March 14 leaders -- it alleged were co [...]	2006-03-21 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM KMPI KDEM OEXC SCUL LE
06BEIRUT898	MGLE01: SINIORA VIEWS SITUATION PRIOR TO [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denied reports that he had asked Terje Roed-Larsen to help him, along with Saudia Arabia and Egypt, negotiate with Syria on Lebanon's behalf. Regarding the national dialogue, Siniora said that Egyptian an [...]	2006-03-21 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA
06BEIRUT929	MGLE01--AOUN READY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE WHO [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),expressed unquestioning convinction of the correctness of his positions. In Aoun's world, his agreement with Hizballah is flawless, his attack on the parliamentary majority is righteous, [...]	2006-03-24 09:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY KISL
06BEIRUT944	MGLE01: PROMINENT GEOGRAPHER REVIEWS [...] (C) Prominent Lebanese geographer and member of the prime minister's commission on Shebaa Farms Issam Khalifeh told econoff on March 22 that there are 36 points of contention along the Lebanese-Syrian border. These disputes include areas still occupied by Syrian military or border guard for [...]	2006-03-24 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PBTS PGOV SY
06BEIRUT969	MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT [...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...]	2006-03-28 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BELGRADE1242	TFLE01: Serbia's Response to the Lebanon Crisis [...] (sbu) President Tadic issued an official statement supporting an "immediate and sustainable end" to hostilities. The government of PM Kostunica has so far declined to take an official position on the Lebanon crisis. 2. (sbu) Belgrade daily Kurir reported a statement by Rasim Ljajic, lea [...]	2006-08-07 13:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC SR
06BELGRADE1257	GOS ADOPTS PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY FOR NIS [...] (U) On July 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) approved the privatization strategy of state-owned oil company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (NIS). The approved strategy was not the preferred option proposed by the privatization advisor consortium Merrill Lynch and Raiffeisen Investment. The appr [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR
06BELGRADE188	GOS DECLARES IMF VICTORY, LOOKS TO PARIS CLUB [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS economic team jointly declared victory in completing the final review of its IMF program on February 6 and invited Paris Club action on implementing the final tranche of debt reduction before the next payment falls due. Finance Minister Dinkic also announced an ambitious [...]	2006-02-09 10:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON SR MW
06BELGRADE220	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB MW PGOV SR USTR
06BERLIN1227	IRAN: GERMAN PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 press conference, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU),Chairman of the German Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and frequent commentator in the German media, provided a readout of his May 2-3 visit to Tehran. Polenz said that the nuclear subject had come to dominate the publi [...]	2006-05-05 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC PHUM EU GM IR
06BERLIN1781	SPD CALLS FOR MORE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: On June 26 the Social Democratic party (SPD) held a conference under the rubric: "Peace through Disarmament: International Law and Nuclear Nonproliferation." FM Steinmeier (SPD) and IAEA DG ElBaradei were the keynote speakers. During the conference, Steinmeier and other SPD l [...]	2006-06-27 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP IAEA NATO PGOV GM
06BERLIN2397	DEMARCHE ON WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR: GERMANY [...] Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Knut Bruenjes, Deputy Director General for Trade Policy, at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, August 11, 2006. Bruenjes said German officials are aware of the seriousness of the IPR violations involving trademarks and copyrights occurring in [...]	2006-08-18 14:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO GM
06BERLIN2577	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...]	2006-08-31 16:54:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER PGOV GM
06BERLIN2676	S/CT AMB. CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH EU CT [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton, meeting EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries September 6 in Berlin, stated the need for the U.S. and EU to incorporate all the tools at their disposal -- social, commercial, economic, and diplomatic tools -- in the fight a [...]	2006-09-13 07:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KHLS EAID GM EU
06BERLIN3220	PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE, GOVERNMENT MISSTEPS [...] (C) Summary: Setbacks related to German overseas deployments are reinforcing a tendency toward short-term caution on military issues. Barely one week after the release of a well-received White Paper on security that cast Germany as an increasingly engaged and transformed security partner, Ber [...]	2006-11-03 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM GM LE AF BK SR
06BERLIN3433	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA PDAS JAMES F. JEFFREY [...] (C) After a brief honeymoon during her first year in office, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Grand Coalition government face low opinion ratings at home. This owes largely to difficulties with domestic economic, social, and political restructuring; the debate about the role of German troops [...]	2006-12-05 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
06BERLIN3492	A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) A/S Kristen Silverberg met Commissioner for Global Affairs, Peter Wittig, State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg, Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel, and other German officials and opinion leaders in Berlin on December 4 and 5 to discuss UN policy issues such as Iran, Leba [...]	2006-12-14 08:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHRC UNIFIL UN SU IR LE SY EUN GE
06BERLIN3503	S/CRS AMBASSADOR HERBST ENGAGES GERMANY AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings December 6, S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst pushed German officials to incorporate stability and reconstruction (S/R) programming into their 2007 G-8 and EU presidencies. His interlocutors from the Federal Chancellery and Foreign Ministry sug [...]	2006-12-14 14:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KPKO CM GM XA
06BERLIN3517	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER OLMERT'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) (Summary) During Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's visit to Berlin on December 11-12 he held extensive discussions with Chancellor Merkel and met more briefly with Foreign Minister Steinmeier and President Koehler. Most of the discussions with Merkel took place without any other staff prese [...]	2006-12-15 15:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SP SY XF GM
06BERLIN3527	IRAN HOLOCAUST DENIERS' CONFERENCE: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian government-sponsored Holocaust conference received wide official and media attention in Germany, with sharp criticism coming from the Chancellor downwards. It is not yet clear if authorities will pursue criminal charges against Germans involved with the conference. [...]	2006-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3542	FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA Senior Advisor Charles King Mallory and NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby met with representatives from two German political foundations December 6-7. In separate meetings, representatives of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FEF [...]	2006-12-20 09:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI GM
06BERLIN3565	GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Germany continues to be a strong partner in countering the global terrorist threat by participating in military operations overseas, providing leadership in multilateral settings, and fighting terrorism within its borders. German cooperation with the United States on the counterterrorism [...]	2006-12-21 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC GM
06BERLIN455	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETINGS IN GERMANY [...] (C) Summary: Senior German officials responded positively to USG efforts to show solidarity with Denmark and agreed with the basic principle of using the incident to stress the importance of building democracy in the BMENA region. The Germans agreed with the USG assessment that the caricature [...]	2006-02-17 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PHUM PTER GM
06BERN1044	SWISS ARREST MEMBERS OF AN APPARENT ISLAMIST [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 12:51:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KCRM EAIR ASEC SZ
06BERN1253	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 10:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC SZ
06BERN1462	UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON: SWISS AMBIVALENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS IS
06BERN1505	SWISS WELCOME UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 10:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN IS PREL PTER MOPS UNSC

06BERN1553	FM CALMY-REY LASHES OUT AT THE UNITED STATES, EU \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 08:46:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SZ
06BERN1571	STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SZ SW
06BERN1686	SWISS DFA DEPUTY POLDIR ON IRAN, UNHRC, AND \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP CASC SZ
06BERN1947	SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 16:39:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ
06BERN1971	EUR A/S FRIED AND SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUHL \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 08:56:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP EAID SZ
06BERN2059	SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 16:10:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ
06BERN545	SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BERN898	SWITZERLAND & LIECHTENSTEIN: ASSESSING OUR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 15:15:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SZ VE
06BOGOTA11428	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WEALTH TAX, HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Santos said the GOC would use the recently enacted &wealth tax8 to fund items that would have an immediate impact in the war against terrorist groups. He asked the U.S. to advise the GOC on how best to spend these funds; the Ambassador agreed to do so. Santos s [...]	2006-12-21 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PTER CO IS EC
06BOGOTA1970	BLUE LANTERN HELICOPTERS: CASE TWO HUGHES [...] (C) (SUMMARY): Post has confirmed the location of the missing Hughes 500 helicopters that were being used to move cash and valuables on the north coast of Colombia. The helicopters in question were originally sold to the Israeli government by the USG for military purposes but were converted t [...]	2006-03-06 14:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC CO
06BOGOTA3156	INDUMIL STRUTS CONTROLS IN PREP FOR DDTC LICENSE [...] (C) Embassy officers visited Colombian parastatal weapons importer and manufacturer Industrias Militares (INDUMIL) and verified that the plant meets Department criteria for inventory controls. However, there is no statutory framework in place to ensure continued compliance. At this upstream s [...]	2006-04-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BOGOTA717	COLOMBIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Uribe administration stepped up the economic liberalization begun in the early 1990's and is committed to an open investment regime. Liberalization has progressed furthest in telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy, and tourism and to a lesser extent, legal services, insurance, dis [...]	2006-01-26 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OPIC KTDB USTR CO
06BRASILIA1236	BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] Poloff delivered reftel's talking points to Marcia Adorno of the MFA's Division for Human Rights. Adorno stated that the GoB concurred with the USG's overarching message that the inaugural session of the Council should be devoted to planning and building an effective framework for future proce [...]	2006-06-21 13:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM US UNHRC BR
06BRASILIA1276	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...]	2006-06-26 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA1670	BRAZIL NONCOMMITTAL ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary. GOB officials responded in a noncommittal fashion to visiting S/P Director Krasner's presentation on the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). During an August 4 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, GOB officials expressed concerns about the PDG's relationship, if any, to [...]	2006-08-14 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC BR
06BRASILIA1680	DEMARCHE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Poloff met on August 14 with Marcia Adorno, head of the Division of Human Rights, who said that, in Brazil's view, the Human Rights Council could not fail to address the situation in Lebanon (ref). Brazil voted in favor of the resolution text but did not consider it balanced, Adorno sa [...]	2006-08-15 16:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPAO BR
06BRASILIA1772	(C) BRAZIL DEFENDS UNHRC VOTES ON LEBANON AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Brazil defended its votes in favor of UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolutions on Lebanon and Gaza when presented with demarche (reftel A). Marcia Adorno, the Foreign Ministry's chief of the Human Rights Division, told poloff on August 22 that Brazil opposes unbalanced resolu [...]	2006-08-23 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC BR
06BRASILIA2314	The October 17 Meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On October 17, a USG delegation met with the Brazilian interagency economic players in a session of the two countries' Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) meeting. The wide-ranging agenda covered a variety of issues, including WTO matters (the Doha Round, [...]	2006-11-05 12:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ENRG WTRO BEXP BR
06BRASILIA2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...]	2006-11-20 18:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA2583	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...]	2006-12-11 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
06BRASILIA437	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: COMSAT INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel tasking, post submits the following regarding COMSAT and VICOM activities in Brazil. 2. (SBU) Begin Text. On January 28, 2005, the Ministry of Communication signed a contract with VICOM (which is owned by COMSAT) in the amount of R$114 million for the implementation of the [...]	2006-03-07 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BR
06BRASILIA478	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned March 19-26 visit to Manaus, Santarem, Brasilia, Maringa, and Sao Paulo. I will, unfortunately, be out of the country at that time, but the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission will greet you in Manaus on Sunday evening, March 19 [...]	2006-03-10 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA533	APPROVAL OF NIH RESEARCH PROJECT ENTITLED "CORONARY [...] On March 10, 2006, Embassy received from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Division of Science and Technology, (DCTEC/MFA) an official notification (number 017, dated March 8, 2006) approving the research project proposal entitled "Coronary Revascularization in Diabetic patients", (num [...]	2006-03-16 16:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
06BRASILIA578	VICE-MINISTER OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]	2006-03-22 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA588	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE OPEN TO COOPERATION ON IPR PIRACY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 17, FCS Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and Commercial Attache met with National Secretary of Public Safety Luiz Fernando Correa to discuss pending bilateral trade issues. In this friendly hour-long meeting Correa proved open to cooperation with the USG on: a) combatin [...]	2006-03-23 10:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KIPR KCRM ASEC ECPS EAIR BR
06BRASILIA678	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SPECTER [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your April 12-15, 2006 visit to Brasilia (DF) and Manaus (AM),Brazil. We look forward to your trip and are arranging meetings and events for you in Brasilia and Manaus. As the Charge d'Affaires, I will meet your party upon arrival and [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC PGOV ECON KSCA SENV OTRA DR CO
06BRASILIA786	BRAZIL/MERCOSUL BILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATING PRIORITIES [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Introduction and Summary. This cable is intended to provide a brief overview of Mercosul's bilateral trade negotiations. The following information is based primarily on Econoff's conversations with Orlando Leite Ribeiro of the Foreign Ministry's Regional [...]	2006-04-24 16:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON BR
06BRASILIA971	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...]	2006-05-18 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRATISLAVA576	SLOVAK POSITION ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Slovakia's mission to the UN has been instructed to abstain on the Qatar-proposed resolution condemning military operations in Gaza, unless Slovakia's abstention would force the U.S. to cast a decisive veto, in which case Slovakia will vote no. Slovakia will not support the Chines [...]	2006-07-13 15:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG LE CH LO
06BRATISLAVA597	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED IRAQ WITH FM KUBIS [...] (U) his cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Jan Kubis 7/19 briefed the Ambassador on the GOS,s progress on the Iraq portion of the government program, which is due to be announed August 1. Kubis noted the government has been uniform in its [...]	2006-07-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA643	FM KUBIS DISCUSSES ISRAEL/LEBANON WITH AMERICAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Jan Kubis expounded on Slovakia,s view of the Lebanon and Iran situations during an Aug. 2 meeting with visiting American Jewish Committee International Affairs Director Andy Baker. We provide this as much as a window on a new Foreign Minister's thinking as on the actual p [...]	2006-08-03 15:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE LO
06BRATISLAVA73	SLOVAK REACTION TO PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement on Palestinian election results on January 27. The text is available in English at www.mzv.sk . BEGIN VERBATIM TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic welcome peaceful atmosphere in which t [...]	2006-01-27 15:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL KPAL UNSC LO
06BRATISLAVA750	CONGRESSMAN LANTOS URGES SLOVAKIA TO RESOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 4 in Brtislava, Representative Tom Lantos (D-California) delivered the message to the GOS that ethnic Slovak-Hungarian tensions must be resolved and that the Slovak government needs to do more to assure its role on the world stage. Rep. Lantos met with Prime Minist [...]	2006-09-08 14:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA763	IRAQI FM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE, SEES NO PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Summary: The September 8 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari gave the Slovak government the impression that Iraq has no problem with the withdrawal of Slovak troops, as long as there is some symbolic follow-on presence in the form of training or other cooperation. Zebari thanked the go [...]	2006-09-13 15:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA77	SLOVAK VIEWS BEFORE JAN 30 GAERC [...] (SBU) Pol-Ec Chief discussed reftel points 1/24 with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak. He was joined by Anna Petrasova, Third Secretary stationed at the Slovak mission to the EU, covering COTRA and COLAT/AMLAT, who wanted to see "how our transatlantic coordination works." Pol-Ec Chief en [...]	2006-01-30 11:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU LO
06BRATISLAVA915	SLOVAKIA WILL ABSTAIN ON ISRAEL RESOULTION IN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points, Marcel Pesko, Director of the UN and International Organizations Department at MFA, said that Slovakia will abstain on the Israel resolution in the UNGA/ESS. SILVERMAN [...]	2006-11-20 14:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS LO
06BRATISLAVA954	SLOVAKIA'S PRE-GAERC POSITIONS DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) China Arms Embargo: In response to ref A points, Drahomir Stos, Head of the Asia and Oceana Division of the MFA's Fourth Territorial Department, told us that the MFA treats the China arms embargo as a political issue, not a security one. Slovakia believes that it is not the right moment t [...]	2006-12-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM IS LE IR TU CH AF KPAL EU LO
06BRIDGETOWN1174	INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION: KITTITIANS [...] (C) Summary: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrapped up its annual meeting in St. Kitts on June 21, amid expressions of dissatisfaction and disgruntlement from delegates representing anti-whaling nations and environmental groups. At the heart of the distress was a referendum that [...]	2006-07-07 20:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1453	MFA STATEMENT ON UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] Embassy Bridgetown received via fax a statement from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on UN Resolution 1701. Begin Text Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on the UN Resolution 1701 Calling for a Ceasefire in the Lebanon/Israeli Conflict [...]	2006-08-18 16:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN429	GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND [...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...]	2006-03-08 16:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN587	FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]	2006-04-05 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN588	FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]	2006-04-05 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRUSSELS2476	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE ON THE JULY 17 [...] (c) Poloff met with FM Michel Tilemans. Ref A GAERC points shared, but Tilemans interest went straight to Lebanon/Hizballah points. He said De Gucht will be speaking on this issue at the GAERC but wouldn't give specifics when pressed. This will be Belgian focus for EU, since they were heavi [...]	2006-07-14 16:58:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BE KPAL LE PREL
06BRUSSELS2675	TFLE01: BELGIANS CONSIDER INVOLVEMENT IN MIDDLE [...] (U) Summary. Since the Qana raid, FM De Gucht called for an immediate cease-fire and offered Belgian military involvement in a stabilization force. On August 2, Charge clarified Belgian thinking and reviewed US ideas on the crisis. The Belgians think a UN PKO as the best option. On operations [...]	2006-08-03 12:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2788	ISRAELIS HOPE EARLY PROTEST WILL QUASH THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: A Belgian/Lebanese medical doctor has denied press reports he intended to file suit under the controversial universal competence law against Israeli leaders for the near destruction of his property in Lebanon. The Israeli embassy fears the doctor eventually may go ahead with a [...]	2006-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR BE IS
06BRUSSELS3105	BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES SHIFT ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: The Belgians may send additional air assets to Afghanistan, rather than ground troops, according to Prime Minister Verhofstadt. In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 11, Verhofstadt also said the Belgian contingent in Lebanon was working with a 1,000 person Chinese de-mi [...]	2006-09-14 15:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PGOV EFIN BE AF LE
06BRUSSELS3664	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL AT UNGA DEMARCHE -- [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Bndicte Frankinet, the Director (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's International Organizations Division. She said the Belgian government generally shared U.S. views on both the resolutions discussed in reftel, and on the broader issue of fighting anti-Is [...]	2006-10-27 15:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL
06BRUSSELS4157	BELGIAN AND THE UN -- VIEWS OF A NEW UNSC MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg's December 6 meetings with the Belgian MFA indicated that Belgium and the U.S. were in general agreement on most major issues facing the UN Security Council, apart from some differences on Iran. On Iran, the Belgians said that they thought it appropriate now to [...]	2006-12-15 16:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC BE CG SU IR KN
06BRUSSELS791	LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...]	2006-03-08 10:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS800	U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...]	2006-03-08 14:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1010	ROMANIA OPPOSES ADJURNMENT AND INTENDS TO VOTE FOR [...] (U) MFA Director Cristina Gaginsky and Deputy Director Andreea Chiriac received reftel A demarche from PolOff on June 16. They confirmed that Romania intends to vote for the adoption of the third protocol. Second Secretary Carmen Burlacu, who will be in Geneva for the conference, took specific [...]	2006-06-19 15:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM RO
06BUCHAREST1149	AMBASSADOR VISITS IASI FOR OBSERVANCE OF 65TH [...] Summary. On June 27-29 Romania solemnly commemorated June 27-29 the 65th anniversary of the Iasi Pogrom, one of the worst events of the Holocaust in Romania. The commemoration was sponsored by the Romanian government, through the new "Elie Wiesel" Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in [...]	2006-07-18 13:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID RO
06BUCHAREST1161	ROMANIA ADVOCATES BALANCED APPROACH TOWARD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: President Basescu publicly called for the international community to end the human tragedy in Lebanon by enforcing UN Security Council Resolutions aimed at disarming and disbanding Hezbollah. MFA officials assure Romania's balanced approach to the crisis, citing close contact with [...]	2006-07-21 10:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST1219	ROMANIAN LIMITS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Despite popular sentiment in Romania that it is already stretched thin in contributing to peacekeeping operations overseas, decision makers appear cautiously optimistic that Romania would contribute to an international peace keeping force, should there be an UN mandate to stabili [...]	2006-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1240	ROMANIA ENCOURAGED BY DRAFT UNSCR ON LEBANON [...] (C) Ambassador, in separate August 6 conversations, discussed the draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Lebanon with Romanian FM Razvan Mihai Ungurianu and Presidential Senior Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. In response to a request from the Ambassador for a statement of support [...]	2006-08-07 13:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1257	ROMANIA - EU MAY OPPOSE BUT CAN'T STOP UNBALANCED [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Andreea Berechet, Deputy Director for the MFA's Human Rights Directorate, told PolOff August 9 that Romania agrees that a special session of the HRC would undercut UNSC efforts to resolve the crisis. Berechet noted, however that while it looked like many EU [...]	2006-08-10 14:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL PTER UN IS LE RO
06BUCHAREST1338	ROMANIA AGREES WITH U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT U.N. HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 05:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC RO
06BUCHAREST1385	ROMANIA: CODEL LANTOS DISCUSSIONS WITH ROMANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Romanian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister August 31, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) expressed appreciation for Romania's military contributions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He briefed on his recent visit to Lebanon, [...]	2006-09-05 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP HU LE AF IZ IS RO
06BUCHAREST1584	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTY STRUGGLES FOR GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from more radical Hungarian ethnic parties and the need to retain sufficient support to remain in parliament, the Democratic Union (or Alliance) of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR),has been more vocal of late in its calls for greater territorial autonomy for ethnic Mag [...]	2006-10-16 11:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	HU PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1694	RAFO REFINERY â€“ A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...]	2006-11-07 15:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	ENRG ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1741	ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON BELARUS, COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 16:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA RO
06BUCHAREST1874	ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...]	2006-12-18 13:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO
06BUCHAREST1886	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu provided assurances at a December 20 meeting with the Ambassador that Romania would maintain current force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and would continue to upgrade the quality of its forces to NATO standards. Basescu also confirmed Romanian interest [...]	2006-12-21 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST436	BASESCU PREDICTS CALM ETHNIC HUNGARIAN "AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu predicted to the Ambassador during a March 13 meeting that a planned March 15 "autonomy declaration" organized by a fringe ethnic Hungarian group would be a relatively low-key event. He characterized it as the product of a power struggle between the main [...]	2006-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG EINV MARR HU RO
06BUCHAREST635	ROMANIA: F-16 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER OFFER [...] (C/NF) It is Embassy's understanding, further to discussions with senior MOD officials, that the GOR has not made up its mind regarding the procurement source of F-16 aircraft. Although President Basescu ruled out that possibility in a March conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B),it is st [...]	2006-04-18 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PGOV PREL RO IS
06BUCHAREST665	ROMANIA: GOR ADOPTIONS OFFICE MOVES TO PREVENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 17, the Romanian Office for Adoptions (ROA) publicly announced that no inter-country adoptions would result from the government's review of the petitions by foreign families to adopt Romanian children filed before the January 1, 2005 ban on inter-country adoption took [...]	2006-04-21 11:31:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PGOV CASC PREL SIPDIS RO
06BUENOSAIRES1037	MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...]	2006-05-08 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES109	QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...]	2006-01-17 12:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC
06BUENOSAIRES1091	AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-05-12 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1188	MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...]	2006-05-24 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1286	CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...]	2006-06-07 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AR
06BUENOSAIRES1323	MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...]	2006-06-12 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1349	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO IRAQ; ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's trip to Baghdad; and the US House of Representatives passing a resolution calling on the Latin American countries to 'intensify their efforts' against Islamic groups. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORI [...]	2006-06-15 11:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1441	THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...]	2006-06-27 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1442	EMBASSY SUPPORTS PROPOSED IDB LOAN TO ARGENTINA FOR REMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires supports the proposed USD 50 million IDB loan to Argentina for a remote sensing satellite as being in the US national interest and as being an appropriate loan for the IDB. Far from be [...]	2006-06-27 17:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID TSPA AR
06BUENOSAIRES1454	ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...]	2006-06-28 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1465	USG-THE NEW YORK TIMES; MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the confrontation between the USG and The New York Times newspaper over the newspaper's disclosure of the USG's alleged banking espionage; US supporting the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories aimed at rescuing an [...]	2006-06-29 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1487	RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...]	2006-07-03 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1516	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...]	2006-07-07 12:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1535	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...]	2006-07-10 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1566	ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...]	2006-07-14 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR
06BUENOSAIRES1584	MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...]	2006-07-17 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1586	US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...]	2006-07-18 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1587	JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...]	2006-07-18 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1593	MIDDLE EAST; TRIPLE BORDER; WTO DOHA ROUND; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the war in the Middle East; the US Senate's attempt to pass a resolution intended to create an antiterrorist task force on the Triple Border between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil; and the US-Argentine deal to fight money launderi [...]	2006-07-18 20:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1617	MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...]	2006-07-21 12:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1643	MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...]	2006-07-24 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1678	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; AL QAEDA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US support for Israel; Al Qaeda entering the confrontation; ties between Hezbollah and the Arab countries; the Russian-Venezuelan relationship; the "dangerous" implications of Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur; an alleged US-Uruguayan FTA; a [...]	2006-07-28 17:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1679	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...]	2006-07-28 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1681	SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...]	2006-07-28 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1682	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...]	2006-07-28 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1705	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...]	2006-08-01 16:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1707	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...]	2006-08-01 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES171	CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA [...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY),accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL),Richard Burr (R-NC),and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...]	2006-01-23 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES1743	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...]	2006-08-04 13:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1744	MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...]	2006-08-04 13:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1765	MIDLE EAST AND A DEAL FOR A CEASE FIRE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers heavily cover the implications of the war in the Middle East and a US-French deal for a cease fire at the UN; a likely FTA between the US and Uruguay; current ties between the US and Latin America; the situation in Cuba; alleged support for terrorism at the T [...]	2006-08-07 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1766	USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...]	2006-08-07 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1786	MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION

06BUENOSAIRES1787	GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...]	2006-08-09 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1803	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met August 10 with Federico Villegas, MFA Director for Human Rights, to deliver reftel talking points. Villegas noted that the MFA is still looking at the text of the resolution but that Argentina had supported holding the special session of the Human Rights [...]	2006-08-10 20:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR
06BUENOSAIRES1809	MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...]	2006-08-11 19:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1825	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP review in Argen [...]	2006-08-14 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1827	MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...]	2006-08-14 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1842	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the GSP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...]	2006-08-17 11:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1843	MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...]	2006-08-17 18:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1848	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...]	2006-08-17 18:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1869	GOA'S DECISION NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO LEBANON; FUNDING OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories examine the Argentine government's rejection of the UNSC request to send troops to Lebanon; confirmation by a Hezbollah leader that some of its funding is sourced in Argentina; and an editorial about the terrorist threat highlighted by the plot uncov [...]	2006-08-18 20:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1871	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the SGP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...]	2006-08-22 12:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1873	US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...]	2006-08-22 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1886	MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 16:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1929	WAR IN LEBANON; WAR ON TERRORISM; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the implications of the war in Lebanon; the ongoing war on terrorism; USG's support for Argentina's nuclear program; and USTR Susan Schwab's statement that the US does not believe it should revive global commercial talks through a [...]	2006-08-25 20:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1970	US OPTIONS IN IRAN; CHAVEZ IN SYRIA; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the USG's options in Iran; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Syria; the situation in Bolivia; and the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Bush's three options" Hugo Alconada Mo [...]	2006-08-31 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1983	US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...]	2006-09-01 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2033	THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...]	2006-09-07 20:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2037	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 10:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2040	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2070	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...]	2006-09-12 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2073	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...]	2006-09-12 17:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2091	ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN SYRIA; THE US AND THE WAR IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local newspapers report on the criminal attack on the US Embassy in Damascus. Other international stories include Democrats' assertions that US President Bush used a day of mourning to defend the war in Iraq; Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's negotiations i [...]	2006-09-13 20:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES211	MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US DEFENSE DEPUTY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the visit of US Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Pardo-Maurer to Buenos Aires; the sweeping victory of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary polls; and Latin America's [...]	2006-01-27 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES212	MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES-U.S.-ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories today focus on the strong U.S. interest in Bolivia and President Kirchner's alleged decision to play a regional role in moderating Evo Morales; election outcomes for Hamas and implications for the Middle East peace process, and the World Social Forum organized [...]	2006-01-27 20:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2129	NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2136	IRAN; MICELI/PAULSON MEETING; REGIONAL FORUM ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local dailies cover extensively the Regional Forum on International Security and Organized Crime, held yesterday at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. They also report statements from Theo Van Lingen, Policy Advisor for the Western Hemisphere, US Treasury. Daily-of-reco [...]	2006-09-19 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2179	CHARGE SPEAKS WITH DAIA ON ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Charge spoke with the president of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Association (DAIA) Jorge Kirszenbaum on September 22 to express the Embassy's solidarity with the local Jewish community over th [...]	2006-09-25 11:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AR
06BUENOSAIRES2286	NORTH KOREA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; US TROOP IMMUNITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover world reaction to North Korea's first nuclear test, underscoring that every country termed it an act of provocation, and that superpowers have asked for sanctions that could include a military action against Pyongyang. According to some local dailies, U [...]	2006-10-11 15:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2423	AMIA BOMBING - REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST ORDER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers widely report on the AMIA bombing prosecutor's request that an international arrest order be issued against former Iranian president Ali-Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani and seven other former Iranian government officials. The U.S.'s strong support for the investig [...]	2006-10-27 09:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2435	US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 18:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2437	UPDATE ON AMIA INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Local press coverage of the October 25 release of the AMIA Prosecutors' report remains relatively low-key. The Iranian Mission here has rejected the Prosecutors' findings, dismissed the report as the work of the CIA and Mossad, and cautioned Argentine officials not to repeat th [...]	2006-10-27 19:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI
06BUENOSAIRES2448	ARGENTINA TO SEEK BALANCED RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that the Argentine government (GOA) supports efforts to realize a lasting a [...]	2006-10-31 14:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM PREL PTER AR LE IS
06BUENOSAIRES2449	ARGENTINA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that he would coordinate with his colleagues in the Division of Human Righ [...]	2006-10-31 14:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS AR
06BUENOSAIRES2455	AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...]	2006-11-01 21:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI
06BUENOSAIRES2541	WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...]	2006-11-14 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES255	MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key stories focus on the State of the Union message, noting that Latin America is hardly mentioned; the complicated international scenario posed by President Ahmadinejad's challenges to the UNSC and the Western world; speculation about a possible truce between Hama [...]	2006-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2558	IRAQ; IRAN; THE AMIA BOMBING CASE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US strategy in Iraq and Iran; mounting tension between Argentina and Iran on the AMIA bombing probe; the US commitment to cooperation with the GOA and Interpol authorities to arrest those suspected of having organized and carrie [...]	2006-11-16 15:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2567	US DEMOCRATIC PARTY; US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the alleged profound disagreement within the US Democratic Party about how to handle sensitive issues such as the war in Iraq; the Church's opinion about the US-Mexican border fence; the Kirchner administration's alleged closer ti [...]	2006-11-16 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2590	POST SUPPORTS DELAY OF HEZBOLLAH TRI-BORDER AREA [...] (S/NF) Post understands that Treasury proposes the designation under E.O. 13224, on November 21, of nine individuals and two organizations operating in the tri-border region. Post does not object to the specific individuals and organizations that will be subject to the designation. However, P [...]	2006-11-20 17:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET//NOFORN	KFTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2595	IRAQ; THE AMIA CASE; SOUTH AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers focus on the USG's possible shift on its strategy on Iraq; the AMIA case probe and its possible use by the USG to urge the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran; Brazil's plans to unite South American military forces; and Ambassador Earl Anthony Way [...]	2006-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2630	AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, Ambassador discussed judicial reform issues with members of the Argentine Supreme Court, including outgoing President Enrique Petracchi, incoming President Ricardo Lorenzetti, and Justices Juan Carlos Maqueda, Elena Highton, and Carmen Maria Argibay. The Justice [...]	2006-11-28 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR
06BUENOSAIRES2692	FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...]	2006-12-05 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2754	IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...]	2006-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES278	MEDIA REACTION HAMAS-ARGENTINA, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main stories today refer to Hamas' declarations to a Brazilian daily announcing its trip to South American countries in search of political and financial support, with the FMA saying they haven't received any request for a visit or interviews; Argentina's possible vote on [...]	2006-02-07 10:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2783	IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...]	2006-12-19 19:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2784	US TIES WITH CUBA AND VENEZUELA; RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's main international stories include the US relations with Cuba and Venezuela; the public image of Russian President Putin in the aftermath of the murder of former spy Litvinenko; and Iran's move to promote a "historical revision" of the Holocaust. All local newspap [...]	2006-12-19 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2785	NORTH KOREA; ROBERT GATES HEAD OF THE US PENTAGON; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's newspapers carry opinion pieces on the Six-party talks to address North Korea's nuclear program; Robert Gates taking office as the new head of the Pentagon; Colombia's conflict with Ecuador; and Iran's move to question the Holocaust. 2. OPINION PIECES - "A dis [...]	2006-12-19 19:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2790	AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS WITH AMIA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met December 15 with representatives from "Familiares y Amigos de las Victimas" (Family and Friends of the Victims, or FAV),one of the three main organizations representing AMIA victims, and the first meeting between FAV and Ambassador Wayne. Both sides expressed t [...]	2006-12-20 12:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR IR LE
06BUENOSAIRES2842	SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...]	2006-12-29 16:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES308	MEDIA REACTION IRAN-IAEA-ARGENTINA, GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers continue to lead with the Iran case at the IAEA, with France and Russia seeking to stop the escalation against Tehran, and Argentina's public stance on the up-coming vote at the UNSC; the growing violence between the Muslim world and the West, following the publicat [...]	2006-02-08 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES340	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 93 million in the FX market on February 7 and 8. Then the BCRA dropped out of the FX market, allowing the [...]	2006-02-13 10:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES369	FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE HITS ARGENTINA AGAIN [...] Argentina has recently confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Seventy animals on one ranch in the northeastern province of Corrientes were diagnosed with the disease. Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Quality (SENASA) subsequently destroyed the entire herd of approxi [...]	2006-02-15 17:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES398	MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...]	2006-02-17 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES408	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 64 million in the FX market on February 14. Then the BCRA kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...]	2006-02-21 12:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES41	MEDIA REACTION A/S THOMAS SHANNON UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover: the upcoming visit of A/S Thomas Shannon to Buenos Aires; Uruguay denying that it may be negotiating a free trade deal with the US; the upcoming elections in Haiti; the Argentine- Bolivian relationship; US Republican Tom De Lay quitting US Congress m [...]	2006-01-09 19:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES428	MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major stories today refer to Ambassador Wayne's designation, its positive repercussions in Argentina and the possible topics he will be addressing; Hamas' difficult relationship with Israel; the aftermath of Haiti's elections and the global concern posed by the avian flu a [...]	2006-02-23 14:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES439	MEDIA REACTION US CANCELLATION OF BOLIVIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the US canceling Bolivian Senator Zurita's visa; the discovery of an anthrax case in New York; the US enabling Argentine meat (except that from a province that was affected by a recent foot-and-mouth bout) to enter US markets; an [...]	2006-02-24 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES447	ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points February 23 to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director in the MFA's Office of North American and Middle East Affairs. Jones said that the GOA had received no requests for a meeting with Hamas representatives, and that in any case, the GOA does not meet with "politica [...]	2006-02-24 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KWBG AR
06BUENOSAIRES469	MEDIA REACTION IRAN-RUSSIA IRAQ US-BOLIVIA US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Iran and Russia agreeing to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture; the danger of civil war in Iraq; Palestinian PM-designate Haniyeh's statement that Hamas would establish "peace in stages" if Israel were to withdraw to the borders it held befor [...]	2006-02-28 12:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES524	MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US President Bush praising Pakistan as crucial ally in the war on terrorism; the implications of a nuclear deal between the US and India; the civil war in Iraq; the confrontation between the US and Iran on the latter's nuclear prog [...]	2006-03-06 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES535	MEDIA REACTION IRAN MIDDLE EAST US-BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's speech on the International Women's Day; US Vice President Dick Cheney's threats to Iran if it does not suspend its enriched uranium-related activities; the US and Russia rejecting Iran's proposal to enrich ur [...]	2006-03-08 20:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES560	GOA SUSPENDS BEEF EXPORTS AS AN INFLATION-FIGHTING [...] (C) The GOA announced a 180-day suspension of beef exports in an effort to stem price increases. Exports to the EU that go toward fulfilling the Hilton Quota and those governed by bilateral agreements will not be affected. The suspension, described by a Cargill Argentina executive as "brutal, [...]	2006-03-10 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES572	MEDIA REACTION IRAN US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Iran warning the US that it could inflict "harm and pain" to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran's refusal to halt atomic research; the 2006 US State Department Human Righ [...]	2006-03-10 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES595	MEDIA REACTION IRAN CHILE US-BOLIVIAN TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover US President George W. Bush's alleged plan to destabilize Iran; the possible impact of a hypothetical pre-emptive attack against Iran; Argentine President Nestor Kirchner receiving Haitian president-elect Rene Garcia Preval, who thanke [...]	2006-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES601	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated versus the USD this week, closing at 3.10 ARP/USD, reaching its lowest value in three years. The peso's fall this week resulted from higher dollar demand by banks, who want to dollarize their portfolios in expectation of higher U.S. interest rates, and the Central Bank's [...]	2006-03-15 14:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES623	MEDIA REACTION UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major local newspapers lead with the creation of the UN Human Rights Council to replace "the discredited UN Human Rights Commission." Based on an article from the New York "Forward" magazine, business- financial, center-right "InfoBae's" Website reports that "The B [...]	2006-03-17 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES628	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...]	2006-03-20 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES649	MEDIA REACTION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers lead with the third anniversary of the war on Iraq; anti-war demonstrations in different countries of the world; half a million protesters taking to the streets across France to demand the scrapping of a new law that could erode job security; Al Fatah le [...]	2006-03-20 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES665	MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's warning that he will use "military force" against Iran if Tehran attempts to attack Israel; the implications of the US Human Rights Report; and the WTO supporting Argentine Siderca corporation in its [...]	2006-03-21 17:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES718	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...]	2006-03-28 15:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES727	ARGENTINA'S TOURISM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Argentina received a record number of 3.7 million foreign tourists in 2005, a twelve percent rise over 2004. Argentina's tourist sector was the third most important source of foreign exchange [...]	2006-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES737	MEDIA REACTION US CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREW CARD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush announcing the resignation of his chief of staff and his replacement with budget director Joshua Bolten; acting PM Ehud Olmert declaring victory in Israeli elections and their impact on the Middle East conflict; [...]	2006-03-30 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES738	MEDIA REACTION MOUSSAOUI STATEMENTS ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testifying that he and would-be 'shoebomber' Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on September 11, 2001 and fly into the White House; Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Pal [...]	2006-03-30 19:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES746	THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA [...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...]	2006-03-31 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PINR PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES759	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledging US "mistakes" in Iraq; the implications of the war in Iraq and the threat posed by Iran; US immigration policies and their impact on upcoming US legislative elections; the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui [...]	2006-04-03 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES866	MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...]	2006-04-17 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES908	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...]	2006-04-21 20:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES925	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY BLOW TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include terrorist bombs hitting the Egyptian resort of Dahab killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 60; US President George W. Bush's trip to California and defense of his proposal to grant a temporary work permit to immigrant [...]	2006-04-25 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO1232	A/S RADEMAKER'S BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and held bilateral nonproliferation discussions with the Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Na [...]	2006-02-28 07:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO1233	ISN A/S RADEMAKER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker, joined by DCM Stuart Jones, discussed Iran and a proposed Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 16. Moussa ackno [...]	2006-02-28 07:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IAEA EG IR IS KNNP
06CAIRO1272	EGYPT: CODEL BERMAN MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In a lengthy meeting with visiting Rep. Berman on February 20, Mubarak emphasized that Egypt does not trust Hamas but will work with the organizationÂ´s leadership in order to moderate its positions. Mubarak counseled strongly against a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and d [...]	2006-02-28 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV EG KDEM
06CAIRO1297	SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his March 5-10 visit to Washington, Defense Minister Tantawi will seek Administration support for the current level of FMF funding. Tantawi feels that any USG concerns about the pace of democratic reform should be kept distinct from the mil-mil relationship, which he con [...]	2006-03-01 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS EG
06CAIRO1309	Egyptian Media Coverage of Secretary Rices [...] Summary. Secretary Rices visit to Egypt and the region garnered widespread media attention, from straightforward news reporting to significant television and print commentary. Between February 22 and 25, of the pro-government, opposition and independent papers monitored by Embassy Cairo, co [...]	2006-03-02 09:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XFNEA PPD
06CAIRO1351	NEXT STEPS FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Sometime in the next six years, Egypt will undergo a leadership succession. The United States' goals for this succession should be to promote an opening to establish a representative government that will secure Egyptian stability, prosperity, and friendship for a gener [...]	2006-03-06 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO1367	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...]	2006-03-06 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC
06CAIRO1555	JUDGES' CLUB LEADER DISCUSSES CONFRONTATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Judge Mahmoud Khodeiry, Head of the Alexandria Judges Club and one of four senior Egyptian judges at the center of a dispute with the GOE over conduct of the 2005 parliamentary elections reports that Egyptian judges are under tremendous pressure from the GOE to participate in th [...]	2006-03-13 17:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KDEM PGOV PHUM
06CAIRO1634	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Roger Kenna, phone 20-2-797-2749, fax 20-2-797-2181, kennart2@state.gov. Poloff spent approximately 16 hours in the preparation of the TIP report. Conoff spent approximately 24 hours; ECPO Minister Counselor spent two hours; D [...]	2006-03-15 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ELAB PREF EG IS KWN
06CAIRO1636	JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...]	2006-03-15 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO1676	JERICHO PRISON INCIDENT PROMPTS HARSH REACTION [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad called the Ambassador late March 15 to share that a parliamentary committee had severely grilled a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official March 14 during an emergency session to address the Jericho prison incident. Awad explained [...]	2006-03-16 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO1696	THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...]	2006-03-19 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG
06CAIRO172	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...]	2006-01-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN
06CAIRO175	ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...]	2006-01-15 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO1782	DEFMIN TANTAWI ON MFO, PSI, DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed Iraq, Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and Tantawi's impressions of his recent visit to Washington. Tantawi reaffirmed the GOE view that for now, U.S. troops must remain in Iraq. On his meetings in Washington, Tantaw [...]	2006-03-23 07:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS EG KNNP
06CAIRO1811	SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...]	2006-03-23 17:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP
06CAIRO2010	EGYPT: ACTIONS LOUDER THAN WORDS - GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) The public profile of Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and rising star in the ruling party, has increased in recent months. His appearance in late March on an evening talk show and a highly publicized visit to a Cairo slum have fueled speculation that an effort to succeed his father is movin [...]	2006-04-03 10:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2021	ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]	2006-04-03 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO2100	DEFMIN TANTAWI WITH GEN ABIZAID ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting CENTCOM Commander GEN Abizaid and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi, joined by DCM Jones, discussed regional affairs, terrorism, military cooperation, and the International Medical Center (IMC). Tantawi (1) stressed the importance of a strong Sunni [...]	2006-04-05 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS IS IZ LE EG SY KPAL
06CAIRO2133	ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA ON DARFUR AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed regional affairs, including Syria, Iraq, Darfur, and Hamas, during a chance meeting in the airport VIP lounge on April 4. On Israel/Palestine, Moussa said the League is urging Hamas to [...]	2006-04-06 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IS SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2162	CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...]	2006-04-09 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2183	DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON IRAN, IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Sudan and the International Medical Center with Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi during an April 4 meeting. Responding to A/S Welch's caution on Iran's growing influence in the regi [...]	2006-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SY IS IZ SU EG KPAL
06CAIRO2186	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 2-9. [...] Summary: The fallout from the bloody clashes between Wafd party factions at the party headquarters on April 1 took center stage in Egyptian media coverage over the last week. While some commentators sought merely to assign blame for the violence, others took a more profound look at the Wafd [...]	2006-04-11 12:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG

06CAIRO2203	EGYPT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 4 MEETING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on April 4. Welch briefed Nazif on U.S. regional priorities and encouraged Nazif to make a visit to the U.S. Nazif discussed Egypt's reform successes, noting that results in the economic sphere were [...]	2006-04-12 05:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO224	EGYPT ON REFERRING IRAN TO THE UNSC: INCHING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg on January 16 that if "compelled" to SIPDIS vote on whether the IAEA should refer Iran to the UNSC, he would do so to prevent another nuclear capable state in the region. Aboul Gheit qualified that he believes referra [...]	2006-01-17 07:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EG IR IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO2332	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, April 10-17. [...] Summary: Several stories received extensive coverage and commentary in the Egyptian media this week. President Mubaraks provocative comments in his Al-Arabiya TV interview of April 8 provided a source of debate for pundits to assess the situation in Iraq. Similarly, commentators used the re [...]	2006-04-18 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO2337	PALESTINIAN FM ZAHAR'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al Zahar met with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Omar Soliman and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during his April 15-17 visit to Cairo. Al Zahar did not meet with FM Aboul Gheit, or any other GOE officials. Al Zahar downp [...]	2006-04-18 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG KPAL
06CAIRO2350	ARAB LEAGUE WITH U/S JOSEPH ON IRAN AND POLICY ON [...] (C) Arms Control and International Security U/S Robert Joseph and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed Iran's nuclear program and the idea of a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) in their April 13 meeting. U/S Joseph told Moussa that the Iran nucl [...]	2006-04-19 11:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS IR EG KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2364	DEFMIN TANTAWI AND U/S JOSEPH DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Robert Joseph April 13 that Egypt: shares U.S. concerns over Iran's effort to acquire nuclear weapons, will discuss possible measures to combat Iran's aims, resents threats of a possibl [...]	2006-04-19 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2417	U/S JOSEPH'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo April 13 to discuss regional security issues. The meeting focused on efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, with U/S Joseph pressing for solid GOE s [...]	2006-04-23 08:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KPAL EG IR IS
06CAIRO2435	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR TO CAIRO, NO [...] (C) During an April 23 meeting with Senator Dodd (D-CT) and the Ambassador, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reviewed GOE thinking on regional and bilateral topics (septel),and acknowledged reports that he did not meet with visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar dur [...]	2006-04-23 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO2437	TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN DAHAB, SINAI KILL AT LEAST [...] (SBU) At around 1915 local time April 24, three bombs exploded in the Sinai resort town of Dahab, approximately 80 KM north of Sharm el-Sheikh. An Egyptian Ministry of Interior statement released approximately 2100 local put the total number of dead at 10 and 70 injured. This number is proba [...]	2006-04-24 21:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC EG
06CAIRO2475	SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss security assistance, border security, regional cooperation, and the MFO with the GOE. The Defense and Foreign Ministers will likely press you for further assurance of the Administration's support for the current lev [...]	2006-04-27 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MOPS KMFO EG IR IS KNNP KPAL
06CAIRO2477	MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...]	2006-04-27 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2500	SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 21-23 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 21-23 visit to Egypt, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) met Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the wife of imprisoned political figure Ayman Nour, a group of Egyptian civil society and business leaders, and attended a Coptic Easter Mass with the Ambassador. The Senator [...]	2006-04-27 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG LE IR
06CAIRO258	PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA
06CAIRO2648	PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES FMF, SINAI SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (C) Visiting PM A/S Hillen, joined by the Ambassador, discussed Darfur, security assistance, Sinai security and regional cooperation with FM Aboul Gheit and Defense Minister Tantawi April 30. On Sudan, Aboul Gheit said that Egypt would only send more forces to Sudan with Khartoum's full suppo [...]	2006-05-07 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS UN EG IS IR SU KPAL KNNP KMFO
06CAIRO269	EGYPTIAN POSITION ON POSSIBLE IAEA REFERRAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Following the visits of Vice President Cheney and IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg, the GOE position on IAEA referral of Iran to the UNSC is still evolving. While GOE statements suggest some positive movement, Egypt continues to raise regional concerns and its desire for a Mi [...]	2006-01-18 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IS IR EG IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO2933	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to protest demonstrations in each of the past two weeks. Also, judicial decisions are expected on May 18 in both Ayman Nour's app [...]	2006-05-16 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2991	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to demonstrations supporting jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour and judges who criticized corruption in the last election. Th [...]	2006-05-18 12:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EG SU IS KPAL
06CAIRO3027	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-22 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3038	EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK'S U.S. VISIT STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Cairo is still buzzing a week after news broke over Gamal Mubarak's visit to the United States. The perception that Gamal attempted to conduct the visit "in secret" - only to be exposed by a chance White House sighting SIPDIS by a Jazeera correspondent, was a major focus of cri [...]	2006-05-22 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO305	EGYPT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Nazif asked the Ambassador for help dealing with Congress, complaining that Egypt could not get a fair hearing. Particularly regarding Ayman Nour, the full story of the case needed to be communicated; "Nour is a crook." The Ambassador raised Egypt's reluctance to refer Iran to t [...]	2006-01-19 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD
06CAIRO3071	MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...]	2006-05-23 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
06CAIRO3119	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 20, 2006; 11:45AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Se [...]	2006-05-25 08:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER KPAL IS XF
06CAIRO3128	POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A REDUCTION OF EGYPT'S FMF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. (U) During a recent meeting with Office of Military Cooperation-Egypt Chief MG Byron Bagby, Congressman Kolbe requested an outline of the potential impact of a reduction or reprogramming of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing. P [...]	2006-05-25 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS EG
06CAIRO313	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on: --finding a solution to the Ayman Nour issue; --supporting and expanding religious freedom; --supporting US positions at the UN, especially with regard to Human Rights Commission [...]	2006-01-19 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL IR SY EG OVIP
06CAIRO3139	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR MAKES BRIEF [...] (C) En route to East Asia for another regional fund-raising tour and participation in an Arab-China ministerial gathering in Beijing, Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmud al Zahar visited Cairo May 24 where he met Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. MFA Palestinian Affai [...]	2006-05-25 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3227	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Minister-Counselor Michael H. Corbin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 12:45; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills D Special [...]	2006-05-29 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM LE
06CAIRO3243	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 2:30pm; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor [...]	2006-05-30 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
06CAIRO3267	CODEL KOLBE MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told House Foreign Ops Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jim Kolbe and his delegation that, having had little choice but to allow Hamas to form a government [...]	2006-05-30 13:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF
06CAIRO3271	EGYPT: WEF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH PUTS EGYPT IN A [...] (C) Summary. Egypt managed to successfully host its first regional World Economic Forum (WEF) from May 20-22 in the shiny new Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center without significant public glitches. The most newsworthy events were the meeting between Palestinian President Abu Maze [...]	2006-05-30 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EG
06CAIRO3282	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRIFFIN'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss with you ways in which we might bolster our military cooperation with Egypt. The U.S.-Egyptian military partnership is the cornerstone of our strategic relationship. While both nations benefit from the relationship [...]	2006-05-31 09:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS MOPS EG KPAL IS IZ SU
06CAIRO3349	PALESTINIAN FUNDING MECHANISM: EGYPT AND ARAB [...] (C) On May 30, drawing from ref A talking points, post described USG thinking on creation of a temporary funding mechanism for assistance to the Palestinian people to MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Randa Labib and Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef May 31. Both parties were [...]	2006-06-01 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON EAID KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO358	CODEL WOLF MEETINGS WITH GOE MINISTERS [...] (C) In January 15 meetings with the Ministers of Interior, Justice, and Trade-Industry, as well as with senior MFA officials, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on the Ayman Nour case, as well as religious freedom, support for the U.S. in international fora, and discussed regio [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP KDEM PHUM KIRF EG IR MFA
06CAIRO3758	EGYPT: FIRST SESSION OF NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador drew from reftel in separate meetings June 11 with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and June 13 with EGIS Chief Soliman, to stress the importance of Egyptian cooperation on UN and other multilateral issues. (Both senior officials have been urging us to advance a "strategic dial [...]	2006-06-15 16:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA EG
06CAIRO3794	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) I conveyed ref A points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on June 19, making clear I was doing so on direct instructions from the Secretary. I reminded him that I had raised the same issue with him last week (ref B). Claiming he was not current on the state of play due to recent t [...]	2006-06-18 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3836	EGYPT: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON TEMPORARY [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, Poloff delivered on June 20 USG views regarding the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) for donor funding to the Palestinians to MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib. Labib shared that Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed A [...]	2006-06-20 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID EG IS
06CAIRO3901	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...]	2006-06-22 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG
06CAIRO3923	ATTACK ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) On June 25, the Ambassador discussed the recent attack on Israeli forces at the Kerem Shalom crossing with Defense Minister Tantawi, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and EGIS Deputy Gohar (in Minister Soliman's absence). All three agencies were obviously following events closely and they ha [...]	2006-06-25 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO3975	EGYPT AND EUROPEANS FAIL TO FINALIZE NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) According to Egyptian and European contacts, significant disagreement on human rights and non-proliferation language derailed efforts to negotiate a new EU-Egypt bilateral Framewo [...]	2006-06-27 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN EG
06CAIRO4197	EGYPTIAN RAFAH/GAZA BORDER SITREP; UPDATE ON GOE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Local sources report that the Egyptian and Palestinian Rafah terminals may open briefly July 6 or 7 to allow a limited number of Palestinians stranded inside the Egyptian border terminal to enter [...]	2006-07-06 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER PHUM EG IS
06CAIRO4200	AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) In a July 1 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed the ongoing Gaza crisis with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Mubarak described Hamas leadership as ""untrustworthy,"" and stressed that if the situation continues to escalate, it will [...]	2006-07-09 04:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO4241	HIGH-LEVEL GOE FOCUS ON TIP [...] (C) During his recent visit to Cairo (meetings reported septel),Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales received assurances from President Hosni Mubarak and Public Prosecutor Counselor Maher Abdel Wahed that the GOE is actively engaged in combating Trafficking In Persons (TIP). In a July 1 meet [...]	2006-07-10 04:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PJUS EG
06CAIRO4243	EGYPT: POPE SHENOUDA AND PAPAL SUCCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's sizeable Coptic Orthodox Church for the last three decades, returned to Cairo July 9 after receiving treatment for back and kidney problems in Cleveland. Although it appears the Pope will recover fully, change in the Coptic Orthodox Church has [...]	2006-07-10 07:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO432	ISRAELI FM TO MAKE EGYPT, FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (c) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will come to Egypt -- her first official trip outside of Israel as minister-- for a one-day visit February 1 at the invitation of Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen told Ambassador January 25 that the visit [...]	2006-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS EG
06CAIRO4337	REFORMING THE USAID PROGRAM IN EGYPT: A DETAILED [...] (C) Summary: We propose an overhaul of our economic assistance programs for Egypt that would transfer funds directly to the Government of Egypt conditioned on successful performance on agreed benchmarks aimed at policy reforms. These reform efforts will focus on democracy and governance, heal [...]	2006-07-12 17:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EG
06CAIRO4356	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...]	2006-07-13 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO4377	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...]	2006-07-13 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4382	NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID WELCH AND DNSA [...] (C) During a July 11-12 visit to Cairo, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott SIPDIS Abrams along with the Ambassador met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman (sep channel),Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary General Amre Mo [...]	2006-07-16 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MOPS KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO4482	ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON JULY 15 FOREIGN [...] (U) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed diplomats July 18 on the three resolutions approved by the Arab League foreign ministers on July 15. He also gave some of the atmospherics of the meeting. According to Youssef, the foreign ministers agreed that the Israelis appeared to be [...]	2006-07-18 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AL EG
06CAIRO4495	EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the June 28 Israeli strike knocking out Gaza's power station and the subsequent cuts in Israeli supply, Egypt has been providing 5 megawatts of emergency supply to Gaza, with plans to increase supply to 12 megawatts. In late June, prior to the strike, Egypt and the PA were [...]	2006-07-19 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO4559	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE, JULY 29-30 [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt on July 29-30. Your visit to the Multinational Force and Observers' South Camp and other facilities will offer an opportunity to talk to U.S. commanders on the ground about MFO's operational mission and organizational structure, force l [...]	2006-07-25 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP MARR PGOV PREL EG IZ
06CAIRO4560	TFLE01: FREQUENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN CAIRO AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations in support of Lebanon and against Israel have become near daily occurrences in Cairo since the July 13 Israeli bombing of Beirut,s international airport. Protests are expected to continue this week, with the largest anticipated to be a July 26 demonstration in C [...]	2006-07-25 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
06CAIRO4604	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 25, 2006 [...] Summary. Today,s Egyptian major developing story in Egyptian media was President Mubarak,s statement before departing for Saudi Arabia during which he declared the current situation in Lebanon as "destructive chaos." Headlines continued to be strongly negative toward perceived US involvem [...]	2006-07-27 12:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER UK AG EG AL
06CAIRO4605	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 26, 2006 [...] Summary: As we have witnessed repeatedly since the outbreak of the current Israel-Lebanon crisis the Egyptian opposition and independent press demonstrated once again today, through words and photos, strong bias against Secretary Rice and her efforts thus far to achieve a cease-fire. Com [...]	2006-07-27 12:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER AG AL EG IZ
06CAIRO4608	Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006 [...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...]	2006-07-27 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG
06CAIRO4611	TFLE01: EGYPT: JULY 26 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26, an estimated 1000 Egyptians gathered in Cairo's central Tahrir Square to protest Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine and to criticize a perceived lack of response on the part of Arab governments. Police cordoned off the protesters and several violent scuffles b [...]	2006-07-27 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
06CAIRO4646	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: JULY 30, 2006-07-30 [...] Summary. Egyptian media continue to focus almost exclusively on the Israel-Lebanon crisis, with an occasional turn to domestic issues, namely, the hike in gas prices. Columnists expressed what we believe to be widespread frustration with the government due to these two issues, and a resultant [...]	2006-07-30 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO465	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, January 17-23. [...] Summary: Media focus this past week was mainly on domestic issues. A visit by Vice President Cheney prompted discussion of issues that have already been controversial in the press, including the U.S.s intentions toward the region and Iranian nuclear proliferation. Reports in the U.S. media [...]	2006-01-26 13:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
06CAIRO4675	REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE! EXPEL THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR! [...] Summary. Egyptian media was overwhelmingly focused on the July 30 Qana bombing. Most headlines, television talk shows and commentaries expressed rage toward the US for the deaths of women and children, perceiving the US as, having planned the military campaign with Israel in order to pursue i [...]	2006-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4680	TFLE01: INCREASING EGYPTIAN ANGER ABOUT LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptians are increasingly angry about the violence suffered by Lebanese civilians as a result of Israeli military operations against Hizbullah, and public outrage has surged since the July 30 Israeli bombing of Qana. Calls for the expulsion of the Israeli and U.S. ambassadors are beco [...]	2006-07-31 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS LE
06CAIRO4758	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] Summary. The Israeli ground offensive, Syria's readying of forces and reaction to President Bush's statements about the conflict in Lebanon while in Florida were themes in the day's headlines and news stories. Papers called the Qana bombing "terrorism" and accused Bush of insensitivity toward [...]	2006-08-02 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4760	TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...]	2006-08-02 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS EG
06CAIRO4782	TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ALLEGES U.S. LOSING [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef told poloff that in a meeting on August 2, the League's permanent delegates had expressed growing frustration with the failure to achieve a cease fire in Lebanon and agreed to seek an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council to investig [...]	2006-08-03 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PTER LE IS EG
06CAIRO4784	TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa issued a statement on August 2 describing the conclusions of the meeting of perm reps held earlier in the day; the first such meetings since the outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon. In his statement, Moussa said that th [...]	2006-08-03 12:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE EG IS
06CAIRO4796	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 3, 2006 [...] Summary. Headlines in opposition, pro-government and independent papers today focused on the escalation of the conflict, and Egypt's role in supporting Lebanon. Front-page photos in many papers included injured Lebanese women, parents carrying injured or deceased children, and world leaders, [...]	2006-08-03 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4840	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 6, 2006 [...] Summary. Continuation of fighting in Lebanon amid reports of a draft resolution sponsored by the US and France were the main stories in all papers on Sunday. Pro-government papers continued what we perceive as efforts to downplay support for Hezbollah in commentaries, while many papers cont [...]	2006-08-07 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4875	"SINIORA CRIES." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: [...] Summary. Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's emotional speech in Beirut yesterday, and the debate over whether Hezbollah or Israel is the victor of the war continued in television and print commentaries. All papers led with similar stories and headlines, including, "Siniora's Tears"; the "pu [...]	2006-08-08 13:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4899	EGYPTIAN LIBERALS PREDICT MOMENTUM FOR REFORM WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several of Embassy's liberal and activist contacts have expressed distress over American policy regarding Lebanon, as well as concern about the ramifications of the current crisis on Egyptian reform efforts. In a series of meetings with a range of reform-minded contacts, poloff w [...]	2006-08-09 08:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS LE EG
06CAIRO4918	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] Summary. The main headlines in today's papers were the Israeli casualties of the day, Al-Jamaa Al-Islamia's denial of ties to Al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood's temporary retraction of its call to send 10,000 "mujahadeen" to Lebanon. Headlines also revealed displeasure with the US- Franc [...]	2006-08-10 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4919	"LEBANON IS IN EGYPT'S HEART." EGYPT [...] Summary. One of the main news stories and subject of much commentary was the 70-member delegation which traveled to Lebanon yesterday "as an assertion of solidarity to the Lebanese people during this hard time." Commentaries were particularly rough in their criticisms of the US and Israel [...]	2006-08-10 09:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO4928	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] Summary. All Egyptian terrestrial and satellite channels aired Hassan Nasrallah's exclusive statement on Al-Manar TV, to include Egyptian Television which did not air items from Al-Manar before the war in Lebanon. Lead stories in morning television and print news included Israel's vote to [...]	2006-08-10 12:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5011	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS AUGUST 13, 2006 [...] Summary. The day's headlines largely focused on the UNSC resolution, its potential for implementation on Monday, and Israel's planning of large military campaigns in anticipation. In breaking news, during their afternoon press conference following a meeting with President Mubarak, Iranian Fo [...]	2006-08-14 11:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5028	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO UN SECURITY [...] (C) During an August 14 discussion of regional issues, MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khalaf shared with poloff the text (below) of an "oral message" from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit that he said would be delivered in UN Security Council P-5 member state capitals and Israel. Th [...]	2006-08-14 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG LE IS
06CAIRO5030	"THE END OF THE MYTH." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 14, 2006 [...] Summary. For the second consecutive day, headlines in opposition and independent papers, responded to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah by highlighting Israel's "last minute massacres" and portraying Israel as "failed." Government-controlled dailies focused on President Mub [...]	2006-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG
06CAIRO5031	ISRAELI EMBASSY ON STATUS OF RELATIONS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Israel Tikochinski called on the DCM August 13 to discuss the status of Israel-Egypt relations. The GOI is pleased overall, he reported, with the GOE's bilateral response to the recent crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Nevertheless, according to Tikochin [...]	2006-08-14 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MEPN KPAL EG IS LE
06CAIRO5124	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-16 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5126	SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...]	2006-08-17 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO5168	AYMAN NOUR POSTPONES HEART SURGERY INDEFINITELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff in an August 14 meeting that Nour has decided to "hold off" on cardiac surgery to replace his heart stents (ref A). According to Ismail, the Al Ghad party is organizing a September conference to mark [...]	2006-08-17 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5207	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS SET TO MEET ON LEBANON ISSUE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche August 19 separately to MFA Cabinet staff member Nazih al Negeiry and Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef, ahead of an August 20 ministerial meeting at Arab League headquarters focused on Lebanon. Negeiry committed to delivering the message to Minister Aboul [...]	2006-08-20 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MEPN EG LE
06CAIRO5239	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 18-21, 2006 [...] Summary. Reactions to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad's August 17 speech has figured prominently in Egyptian news and commentaries, with the majority of monitored columns devoted to the subject since August 18. Commentaries and editorials have been largely disapproving of his "insults" towa [...]	2006-08-21 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IS LE EG SY
06CAIRO5240	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...]	2006-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY
06CAIRO5317	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...]	2006-08-24 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP
06CAIRO5362	ANTI-ISRAEL INITIATIVES FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Lebanon crisis, Egyptian oppositionists across the political spectrum are concentrating their attention on anti-Israel initiatives, rather than their usual pro-reform efforts. Most notably, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya recently launched a "One Milli [...]	2006-08-27 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
06CAIRO5383	VENEZUELA PRESSING ARABS HARD ON UN SECURITY [...] (C) Venezuela is taking advantage of ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine, and Arab discontent with Israel and the U.S., to boost its chances of winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council in October. While neither Egypt nor the Arab League to our knowledge has committed to s [...]	2006-08-28 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ARABL UNGA EG VE GT
06CAIRO5430	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...]	2006-08-31 10:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP
06CAIRO5496	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE RECEIVED WITH [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche September 3 to MFA Assistant Minister Hani Khalaf, and separately to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef. With regards to UNSCR 1701, both Khalaf and Youssef welcomed news of USG humanitarian and military support for Lebanon and registered stron [...]	2006-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC UNGA ARABL EG
06CAIRO5527	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] (C) During a September 5 meeting with MFA Office Director for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Affairs, Osama Khalil, poloff delivered reftel demarche on topics expected to be discussed at a September 11-16 NAM Summit in Havana, Cuba. Khalil believed the summit would be uneventful, but noted the " [...]	2006-09-05 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM PTER EG CU VE GT
06CAIRO5529	GRAND MUFTI SEEKS INCREASED MEDIA ATTENTION ON [...] (SBU) In a September 4 meeting with Grand Mufti of the Republic Ali Goma'a, Charge registered USG concern regarding the Mufti's August 7 Al Ahram op-ed titled "The Crime of the Qana Massacre." The article centered on criticizing Israeli "crimes" in Lebanon, but also cited the notorious alleged [...]	2006-09-06 03:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO5555	(C) VISIT TO EGYPT BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad briefed Charge on September 5 on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's meeting with President Mubarak earlier that day. The meeting covered Annan's recent visit with Syrian President Asad, Lebanon, Sudan, and the Arab League initiative to involve the Securi [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA MEPN EG
06CAIRO5601	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN CAIRO TO [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 5-6 for a regularly-scheduled session, mainly to discuss joint Arab positions on the topics of Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli peace process, and Sudan. A long list of less pressing items were also considered by ministers, but local contacts describ [...]	2006-09-07 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNGA UNSC ARABL EG
06CAIRO563	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC LINE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (U) Egyptian state media reported a January 28 phone call between President Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which the Egyptian leader expressed hope that the Palestinians would "close ranks in the coming period" in order to push the peace process forward and achieve the asp [...]	2006-01-30 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO5708	READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S [...] (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary General Amre Mouss [...]	2006-09-12 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK
06CAIRO5748	DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...]	2006-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO5865	EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS: SAAD EDDIN [...] (C) Summary: Leading Egyptian democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim confirmed that he is deeply disappointed by what he perceives as diminished USG support for democratic reform in the Middle East. Ibrahim is worried that the USG is pulling back from once clear support for democracy in the [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5867	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: SEPTEMBER [...] (C) In meetings with GOE and NGO contacts on September 10-11, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and NEA DAS J. Scott Carpenter reaffirmed USG support for democracy in Egypt and underscored the importance of GOE respect for human rights. MFA officials asserted that the GOE is committed to real poli [...]	2006-09-19 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO5927	RAFAH BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) An Egyptian military official in the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) told poloff on September 20 that LAWIO is working closely with Israeli liaison counterparts, including General Udi Dekel, to coordinate the opening of the Rafah terminal in the near future. He s [...]	2006-09-21 10:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO601	IRAN: CENTRIFUGE BRIEFING TO EGYPTIAN MFA [...] Lawrence Livermore representative Roger Miller and Department of Energy representative Richard Nephew briefed the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ali al Hefny and MFA disarmament specialists on Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program on January 29. Al Hefny said Egypt appreciated the opp [...]	2006-02-01 18:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC
06CAIRO603	SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...]	2006-02-01 21:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS
06CAIRO6106	SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...]	2006-09-28 19:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG
06CAIRO6143	EGYPT "DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. POSITION AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ihab Fouzy, acting on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's instructions, summoned the DCM on October 1 to express Egypt's disappointment at the U.S. decision to oppose Egypt's "Application of Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and to de [...]	2006-10-02 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR EG KNNP

06CAIRO6235	COUTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CAMERON HUME [...] Post welcomes the visit of Charg dAffaires Cameron Hume. Country clearance has ben granted for October 5-8, 2006 visit to Cairo fr the purpose of meetings with Egyptian official. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragraph 18 for all visitors requiring Embassy upport. 2. Ho [...]	2006-10-04 17:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT OTRA EG
06CAIRO6258	COUNTRY CLEARANCE CABLE FOR DRL/IRF WARREN COFSKY [...] Post welcomes the visit of DRL/IRF Warren Cofsky. Country clearance has been granted for October 8-14, 2006 visit to Cairo to hold meeting pursuant to promoting religious freedom with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Religious Affairs, appropriate non-governmental o [...]	2006-10-09 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM OTRA JO EG
06CAIRO6294	SADAT NEPHEW STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY, [...] (C) Summary: Controversial independent parliamentarian Talaat Sadat (nephew of the late president) has publicly alleged that high-ranking military personnel, as well as then Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, were behind the 1981 assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. Talaat was subsequently c [...]	2006-10-10 12:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6328	EGYPT: NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL DORAN [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with pro-reform Egyptians on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Cairo, NSC Senior Director Michael Doran reiterated the USG's commitment to supporting political reform and freedom in Egypt and BMENA. Yomn El-Hamaqi (a member of Egypt's Consultative Council and [...]	2006-10-12 06:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6365	EGYPTIAN LIAISON CHIEF DISCUSSES BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy reported that Egypt has sought assistance from a petroleum company (NFI) to bolster its tunnel detection tactics on the border with Gaza. Although Egypt and Israel began a tunnel detection discussion between engineers in e [...]	2006-10-15 10:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KTIP IS EG
06CAIRO6371	CAIRO DATE MARKET AS POLITICAL BAROMETER [...] (SBU) In a recent visit to Cairo's bustling date market, poloff chatted with several date vendors about their merchandise and marketing techniques. Egyptians traditionally break the Ramadan fast with a date - a custom that hearkens back to the 7th century, when the Prophet Mohammed broke his [...]	2006-10-15 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL EG
06CAIRO6377	EGYPT: GOVERNMENT FORMING INTER-MINISTERIAL BODY [...] (SBU) On October 12, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr told Charge the GOE is creating an inter-ministerial body to coordinate TIP policy. Gabr acknowledged the Prime Minister's office has not yet issued the decree establishing the new coordinating body (it is due out [...]	2006-10-16 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM EG
06CAIRO6381	EGYPT HOSTS SENIOR FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN [...] (C) Italian and French Embassy officials offered separate readouts on October 16 of a gathering in Cairo of senior diplomats from Rome, Paris, and Madrid the day before to discuss the Middle East peace process and related topics. Italian Embassy First Secretary Lamberto Moruzzi and French Emba [...]	2006-10-16 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC KPAL EG IS FR SP IT
06CAIRO6441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios and delegation. Country clearance has been granted for their visit to Cairo October 20-22, 2006 for the purpose of consultations with senior Egyptian officials. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragr [...]	2006-10-17 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP NATSIOS PREL AMGT OTRA EG SU
06CAIRO6459	UNSCR 1718 WILL DEFINE EGYPT'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on October 17 to MFA Cabinet Advisor for Asian Affairs Moataz Al Zahran, stressing USG concerns over North Korea's test of a nuclear device, and the importance of strict implementation of UNSCR 1718. Poloff emphasized resolution language on prevention of ma [...]	2006-10-18 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PNUK PTER EG NK
06CAIRO646	EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...]	2006-02-02 18:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO647	IRAN/IAEA: GOE PRESSES FOR REFERENCE TO ZONE FREE [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's discussion with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on referring Iran to the UNSC on February 1 (Ref A.),ECPO MinCouns followed up with Americas' Affairs Assistant Minister el-Hefny February 2 (as the Ambassador had traveled to visit the Gaza border/MFO)(Ref [...]	2006-02-02 19:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR AORC EG KNNP IAEA EUC
06CAIRO6524	EGYPT: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) IN THIS EDITION: Ramadan begins, and consumer prices rise. Egypt's credit rating remains unchanged, but interest rates for farmers decrease. The Ministry of Investment drafts changes to the investment law, as on-line trading and a new stock index are launched. Egypt's Minister of Enviro [...]	2006-10-23 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO6666	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES QIZ, RAIL EQUIPMENT SALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 30 call on Minister of Trade and Investment Rachid, Ambassador pressed for favorable GOE consideration of US-produced rail equipment and raised the issue of Egypt's continued ban on US poultry part exports. Rashid asked for an expansion of QIZs to Upper Egypt i [...]	2006-11-02 12:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EAID IS CH EG
06CAIRO6678	(C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS [...] (S) During an introductory meeting on November 2 with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Affairs, Ambassador Magdy Amer, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Egypt's obligations with respect to North Korea and UNSCR 1718. Amer was not aware of any Egyptian ties with the Korea Mining [...]	2006-11-02 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM EG NK
06CAIRO6800	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) EMBOFF RAISED REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH STAFF AT THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT AND THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STRESSING USG VIEWS TOWARD THE AL'S ISRAEL BOYCOTT. ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA, EGYPT IS AWARE THA [...]	2006-11-08 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG
06CAIRO6822	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN CAIRO [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES (AL) WILL GATHER AT AL HEADQUARTERS IN CAIRO ON NOVEMBER 12, TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP. THE MINISTERIAL FOLLOWS A NOVEMBER 6 MEETING OF AL PERMREPS ON THE SAME ISSUE, AND WAS CALLED FOR IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEMBER 8 [...]	2006-11-09 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER ARABL EG IS
06CAIRO6839	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR "LIFTING [...] (C) FOLLOWING A NOVEMBER 12 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD IN CAIRO, THE GROUP ISSUED A STATEMENT (TEXT BELOW) PLEDGING TO "BREAK THE SIEGE" AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, CALLING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEIT HANOUN ATTACK, THE SENDING OF INTERN [...]	2006-11-13 12:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC UNGA ARABL EG IS
06CAIRO6881	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAQ WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Welch met with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on November 15 to discuss the Middle East peace process and Iraq. On the Israeli-Palestinian situation, Moussa encouraged reinvigorated U.S. leadership and promoted the international conference; A/S Welch responded t [...]	2006-11-16 09:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PRL PGOV PTER MORS UNSC EG IL LE IQ
06CAIRO692	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, JANUARY 17-23. [...] Summary: Coverage of the Palestinian elections hit a crescendo at the end of the week, with many commentators reacting negatively to President Bushs Jan. 27 statement. While only three percent of commentaries were critical of U.S. policy before the election results were announced, forty perce [...]	2006-02-06 07:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG XF ZP ZR IS
06CAIRO6935	EGYPT: DETAILS ON GOE FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE GOE IS TACKLING TIP WITH UNPRECEDENTED VIGOR AND COHERENCE. THE FOREMOST DEVELOPMENT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE THE FIGHT AGAINST TIP THAT EXPAND AND COORDINATE ANTI-TIP OPERATIONS ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS. PER REF E, POST HAS ADVI [...]	2006-11-21 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG EG
06CAIRO6953	EGYPT: BAHAI CASE POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 2 [...] (SBU) As anticipated (reftel),on November 20 Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) again postponed the GOE's appeal of an April 4 decision by a lower administrative court, which had ruled that Egypt's Baha'is have the right to receive GOE identity cards. The SAC acknowledged receipt of [...]	2006-11-22 11:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG
06CAIRO6963	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEPUTY LEADER: "I AM VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR LONG NOVEMBER 21 APPEARANCE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) DEPUTY SUPREME GUIDE MOHAMED HABIB DELIVERED A BRIEF LECTURE ON "THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP," AND THEN TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM HIS VIEWS OF T [...]	2006-11-22 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO7000	MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE [...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...]	2006-11-28 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU
06CAIRO7001	HAMAS FIGURES VISIT CAIRO FOR TALKS ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Amidst a flurry of regional diplomatic activity, senior Hamas political leaders Khaled Misha'al and Prime Minister Haniyeh have been visiting Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders on the formation of a National Unity Government and related issues. Misha'al, who visited Egypt from November [...]	2006-11-28 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MEPN PTER KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO7008	EGYPT: CONGRESSWOMAN WATSON DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 27, VISITING CONGRESSWOMAN DIANE WATSON AND THE AMBASSADOR MET JOINTLY WITH PRIME MINISTER AHMED NAZIF, MINISTER OF INVESTMENT MAHMOUD MOHEILDIN, AND MINSTER OF TRADE AND FINANCE RACHID RACHID, WHO ALL STRESSED THAT RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT IS OF THE UTMOST IM [...]	2006-11-29 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BEXP EG IR IZ IS
06CAIRO7009	MUBARAK'S CHINA VISIT STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC, TRADE [...] (C SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak and a delegation including most of his economic ministers visited Moscow and Beijing in early November. While the visit played in the press as a rebuke to the US, the delegation did conduct some real business while visiting both countries, China in pa [...]	2006-11-29 15:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN MNUC EPET AA CH RU EG
06CAIRO7012	ANOTHER HAMAS MINISTER HAND-CARRIES CASH TO GAZA [...] (C) EGYPTIAN SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED PRESS REPORTING THAT PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR HAND-CARRIED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH ACROSS THE EGYPT-GAZA BORDER AT RAFAH ON NOVEMBER 28. AL-ZAHAR, WHO LEFT CAIRO FOR TEHRAN ON NOVEMBER 12 SHORTLY AFTER ARAB MINISTERS ANNOUNCED PLA [...]	2006-11-29 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO7041	(C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT PROVIDES ARAB LEAGUE MINUTES [...] (C) Cairo-based Somali diplomat Ismail Hussein (strictly protect) provided poloff with an Arabic-language document purported to be an Arab League (AL) internal summary of November 2-3 meetings in Mogadishu between senior League staff and Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Sheikh Has [...]	2006-12-04 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ARABL UNGA MARR EG SO
06CAIRO7071	MILITARY LIAISON DISCUSSES WEAKNESSES IN EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy (protect) gave poloff an uncharacteristically candid assessment of the shortcomings in Egypt's counter-smuggling efforts in the Sinai during a December 4 meeting. Suggesting that the GOE could do more to combat s [...]	2006-12-06 12:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS
06CAIRO7165	ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA TO SENATOR KERRY ON [...] (C) SENATOR JOHN KERRY MET WITH ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE MOUSSA ON NOVEMBER 15 TO DISCUSS EVENTS IN LEBANON, IRAQ, AND THE REGION. MOUSSA BRIEFED ON HIS LEBANON MEDIATION, CLAIMING LIMITED SUCCESS ON ELECTION-RELATED ISSUES, AND NOTED PLANS TO VISIT BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, AND SAUDI ARAB [...]	2006-12-17 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG LE
06CAIRO7200	EGYPT: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2006 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...]	2006-12-20 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EG
06CAIRO7208	EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...]	2006-12-21 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR EG
06CAIRO721	EGYPTIAN STUDENTS FRET OVER MB INFLUENCE, FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent encounter, secular Egyptian university students expressed worry over the growing influence of Islamists on and off campus and blamed GOE-imposed restrictions on student life for fueling support for the MB. The students discussed their on-campus efforts to counter w [...]	2006-02-07 07:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL ELAB KDEM EG
06CAIRO7219	EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE, LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONE (QIZ) AGREEMENT BY EGYPT, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE SHARPLY. FACTORY OWNERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND ENOUGH WORKERS TO STAFF THEIR NEW PRODUCTION LINES, EVEN AS THEY MOVE [...]	2006-12-21 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ELAB EG
06CAIRO7260	SOMALIA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WORKING TO [...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Marsoum Marzouk, detailed Egyptian concerns and responses to the current fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). Responding to ref A demarche, Marzouk noted that Egypt was an unlikely transit [...]	2006-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EG SO
06CAIRO765	HAMAS DELEGATION ENDS CAIRO TALKS, CONTINUES [...] (SBU) A delegation of senior Hamas political figures wrapped up several days of talks in Cairo February 8, including a full day of internal deliberations February 6 among internal and external leaders of the Islamic organization. Press reports assert that part of the team departed for Gaza w [...]	2006-02-08 16:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO855	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit for nonproliferation discussions. Nonproliferation has been a key agenda item in the U.S.- Egyptian bilateral relationship in recent months, and expanding our dialogue will facilitate greater cooperation. Because Egypt takes seriously its role a [...]	2006-02-13 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IR EG KPAL KNNP IAEA
06CAIRO941	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLERâ€™S VISIT TO EGYPTREF: CAIRO 493 [...] (C) During his February 8-9 visit to Egypt FBI Director Robert Mueller held a series of cordial and productive meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Soliman, Interior Minister Adly, and State Security Director Abdel Rahman. The strength of the bilateral security relationship, and mean [...]	2006-02-15 07:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL EG
06CAIRO968	ISRAELI DEFMIN VISITS CAIRO: MUBARAK DELIVERS [...] (C) According to Egyptian Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad, the visit to Egypt by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz went extremely well. Awad told the DCM shortly after the conclusion of the February 14 visit that Mofaz's meeting with President Mubarak had been "very fruitful." The messa [...]	2006-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CALCUTTA307	CALCUTTA EAC MEETING JULY 14, 2006 [...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, on July 14 post convened an EAC meeting to discuss the local security implications of escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. 2. (SBU) The Consulate has received no information indicating the possibility of violent protests or threats in Calcutta or [...]	2006-07-18 10:32:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER PGOV IN
06CANBERRA1224	AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...]	2006-08-12 10:26:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS
06CANBERRA1804	PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]	2006-11-09 22:20:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CARACAS2449	NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO CARRY ON [...] (C) National Assembly (AN) Deputy and hard-line Chavista Cilia Flores was unanimously elected to the AN presidency. She replaces her common-law husband, Nicolas Maduro, following his resignation from the post on August 8 to assume his new role as Foreign Minister. President Chavez once again [...]	2006-08-17 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2485	THE STATE OF VENEZUELAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) President Chavez has been exploiting violence in the Middle East to seek international media attention and to burnish his pro-Arab and "anti-Empire" credentials. Chavez's inflammatory and extreme anti-Israel rhetoric first headlines while he was in Iran, and has continued since his retur [...]	2006-08-21 19:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
06CARACAS2682	SNAPSHOT OF VENEZUELAN MILITARY OFFICIALS IN [...] (C) President Chavez continues to stack Venezuelan civil society with military loyalists, and a uniformed presence extends from ministries to national banks to local government. Chavez' BRV is at a profound level a militaristic regime, characterized by a strict hierarchy. The pervasive presen [...]	2006-09-06 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS288	CHAVEZ MEETS WITH JEWISH LEADERS, OFFERS TO [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez met with Venezuelan Jewish community leaders January 31 in response to recent allegations of anti-Semitism against Chavez. Jewish leaders complained of anti-Semitic statements in official media; proposed legal punishments for anti-Semitic attacks; and expressed conce [...]	2006-02-03 19:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM VE IR
06CARACAS3313	ROSALES FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM - CHIDING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales has prepared a written foreign policy platform. It is a moderate and savvy alternative to President Chavez' anti-American foreign policy. Rosales pledges to prioritize relations with Latin America and "normalize" relations with the [...]	2006-11-06 16:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD VE
06CARACAS458	IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS VENEZUELA [...] (U) On February 14, the Venezuelan National Assembly received a delegation of Iranian legislators, including the President of the Iranian Parliament Gholamali Haddad Adel. Adel emphasized that the governments of Venezuela and Iran were united in the fight against imperialism and committed to s [...]	2006-02-17 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS958	EXPLAINING VENEZUELA'S COZINESS WITH IRAN, [...] (S//NF) Manifest in the public rhetoric of both countries, a shared hatred for the USG is the driving factor in the budding relationship between Iran and Venezuela. The BRV is favoring Iran with petroleum deals and other contracts that appear to make little commercial sense. Although rumors of [...]	2006-04-07 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MASS PARM VE
06CASABLANCA409	CASABLANCA SLUMS: IT'S NOT JUST SIDI MOUMEN ANYMORE [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to a local "bidonville" (Moroccan term for shantytown),Poloff and Econoff spoke with several young adults about life in Morocco, opportunities for youth, and their views of the United States. Officers also toured the bidonville, home to approximately 2,500 [...]	2006-04-25 14:45:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06CASABLANCA773	IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...]	2006-07-06 17:32:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA883	HACKING ISRAEL AND PIRATING MOVIES: TALES FROM THE MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: The black market still thrives in Casablanca despite the Intellectual Property Right (IPR) provisions of various bilateral and multilateral agreements to which Morocco is a party. Although there are occasional high profile arrests and confiscations of pirated goods by GOM author [...]	2006-08-01 09:25:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV MO
06CASABLANCA930	Casablanca Political Party Leaders Speak Out [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory round of calls on various Casablanca-based political party leaders and executive board members we heard many similar concerns regarding Morocco's upcoming 2007 elections. --Every political activist we encountered expressed an interest in the election poll con [...]	2006-08-09 14:28:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR
06CASABLANCA947	On the Edge of the Arab World Morocco Joins in the Fray [...] (C) Summary: As the fighting between Israel and Lebanon hits the one month mark, anti-American sentiments in Morocco's largest city are strong, and getting stronger. On Sunday, August 6, Casablanca witnessed a well-organized protest with tens of thousands of Moroccans marching in solidarity [...]	2006-08-14 12:06:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR
06CHENNAI2607	U/S BURNS IN HYDERABAD: A NEW CONSULATE, MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A busy series of December 9 meetings and a wide-ranging &windshield tour8 provided Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns a quick but thorough introduction to one of India,s leading boom towns and the planned site for the fifth U.S. post in India. While hi-tech dr [...]	2006-12-14 10:02:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CMGT ECON KISL IN
06COLOMBO1002	SRI LANKA WILL TAKE "APPROPRIATE DECISION" ON ICRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Sumedha Ekanayake, Assistant Director of U.N. and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on June 14. Ekanayake said his government had sent instructions to its delegation in Geneva, adding, "Sri Lanka will not associate itself with Syri [...]	2006-06-14 08:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE
06COLOMBO1030	SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE CONTINUES TO FRAY AFTER TIGER [...] (C) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan Military continued to engage each other militarily June 16 - 18. According to the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),the Sea Tigers launched a largely unsuccessful attack on a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) base at Pesalai, Mann [...]	2006-06-19 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1366	PRESSING GSL FOR CESSATION OF FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Steven Mann visited Colombo August 16-17 as ground fighting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres continued in the north and east (ref A). In meetings with President Rajapaksa, Foreign Minister Samar [...]	2006-08-22 07:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1879	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA CE
06COLOMBO55	SRI LANKA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE SHIFTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of January 2 was quiet in the Jaffna peninsula where several attacks by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last 30 days had claimed the lives of dozens of security forces (Ref B). However, the eastern district of Trincomalee became the new nexus of violence [...]	2006-01-09 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
06CONAKRY1718	IMF TEAM CONCLUDES GUINEA IS FARTHER THAN BEFORE FROM A [...] (SBU) The November 18-21 visit by an IMF technical team ended with the team leader, Israel de la Piedra, expressing disappointment that Guinea's microeconomic performance had worsened since the IMF's last examination in March of this year (reftel). The three-person team was dispatched to exami [...]	2006-11-22 12:27:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IMF PGOV GV
06COPENHAGEN1034	LEBANON: DENMARK BACKS FRENCH UNSCR DRAFT, WEIGHS [...] (C) The Danish government's approach to the Lebanon crisis continues to track with ours, emphasizing the need for a long-lasting solution that neutralizes the security threat posed by Hezbollah. An extraordinary meeting of the Danish parliament's foreign policy committee August 1 yielded broad [...]	2006-08-03 11:43:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO LE IS DA
06COPENHAGEN1060	DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 07:12:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE DA
06COPENHAGEN352	ANTI-ISRAEL CLAUSES - LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (U) Summary: In the context of domestic Danish politics following the Mohammed cartoon crisis, it has become known that some Danish firms accept the use of anti-Israel clauses in trade agreements with certain Muslim countries. The government of Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, despite [...]	2006-03-21 05:27:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD PHUM IS DA
06COPENHAGEN986	DENMARK SUPPORTIVE ON ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 07:32:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE DA
06COPENHAGEN991	DANISH GOVERNMENT DEFENDS LEBANON POLICY [...] (SBU) At an extraordinary weekend session of the Danish parliament's foreign policy committee July 22, Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller maintained a firm line against an unconditional cease-fire in Lebanon and signaled Danish government interest in participating in an eventual peacekee [...]	2006-07-24 10:07:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC IS LE DA
06DAKAR1264	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1265	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR160	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (SBU) On January 23, EmbOff delivered reftel points and supporting documents to senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. 2. (C) On January 20, Senegalese Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development Mamadou Sidibe sought out Charge just before the cabinet and the diplomatic corps [...]	2006-01-23 17:58:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC KNNP IR SG
06DAKAR1760	TFLE01: PRESIDENT WADE CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE; [...] (C) On July 21, when the Ambassador met with President Wade, he called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. The previous day, Senegal's Lebanese community organized a protest against Israel,s attack on Hezbollah. Cheikh Monein al Zein, leader of the small Shia commun [...]	2006-07-21 17:00:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC MOPS PREL LE IS SG
06DAKAR1857	TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...]	2006-08-03 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG
06DAKAR1878	TFLE01: SWASTIKAS IN DAKAR'S MAIN SQUARE [...] (U) On August 3, Senegal's Lebanese community staged another peaceful protest, erecting a memorial of sorts in Dakar's main square, Place de l'Independence. The memorial includes American and Israeli flags with reversed swastikas, as well as signs saying "Israeli and American assassins" belo [...]	2006-08-04 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS PREL CASC SG LE IS
06DAKAR1897	SENEGAL REACTS TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (C) Since the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce Mamadou Diop Decroix were chairing a follow-up to the Fifth African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum, DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Claude Absa Diallo on August 8. Ambassador Diallo repeated Senegal's call for [...]	2006-08-08 12:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS SG
06DAMASCCUS4435	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Peace [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend led with reports of President Asad's phone conversations with Italian PM Prodi, which focused on technical assistance to be offered to Syrian border guards, and featured a statement by the Syrian News Agency denying reports that Syria has accepted Europ [...]	2006-09-11 13:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1019	FM MU'ALLIM BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Recently appointed FM Walid Mu'allim provided EU Ambassadors a diplomatic tour d'horizon at a dinner March 7 hosted by the Austrian Ambassador. According to a Hungarian diplomat who attended the dinner, Mu'allim offered no revelations or dramatic changes of course in his remark [...]	2006-03-08 15:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS1159	SYRIA-IRAN RELATIONS FLOURISHING; IS FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: By official Syrian accounts, the country's relationship with Iran has flourished since the January visit of Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Damascus. Embassy contacts largely dismiss the immediate economic benefit of increased ties, but note that the two countries have formed [...]	2006-03-16 15:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IR LE IZ
06DAMASCUS1360	THE DISSIDENT VIEW OF THE ASAD REGIME: AN [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with a range of former political prisoners in Syria over the past few months yield a consistent, extremely harsh view of the Bashar al-Asad regime and of Asad himself. They say the regime cannot be reformed and insist that Asad is not an agent for change. Because o [...]	2006-03-27 16:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS1362	Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Summit, Syria-Iran, [...] Summary: The Syrian weekend papers reported a statement by Sudanese President Omar Hasan al-Bashir prior to the imminent Arab summit in Khartoum, that "it is necessary that the Arab summit support Syria and reject pressures on it and on other Arab countries." Papers also reported the prelimina [...]	2006-03-28 07:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1366	Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Summit, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers focused on the 18th Arab summit that will be inaugurated in Khartoum today. All papers reported President Asad's arrival in Khartoum to participate in the summit and featured photos of his meetings with Sudanese President Al- Bashir, Lebanese President Lahoud and Emir Sab [...]	2006-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1430	Damascus Media Reaction: President Asad's Interview [...] Summary: Syrian papers today led with President Asad's interview with the US PBS TV Network. All papers headlined President Asad's statement "We want to cooperate with the US Administration, and we can find common interests." The Khartoum Summit was the second focal topic in the Syrian paper [...]	2006-03-30 08:44:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1457	Damascus Media Reaction: Arab Summit, HAMAS (3/30) [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to report on the Arab Summit in Khartoum and its final communique, which covered the following key points: On Palestine, the summit renewed commitment to the 2002 Arab peace initiative, which offered Israel a comprehensive peace in return for withdrawal from [...]	2006-04-02 11:20:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1460	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Syria/Italy, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice President Shara's meeting with a delegation representing the Iraqi Islamic Party. Headlines featured Shara's statement expressing the importance of maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity and forming a government of national unity, and rejection of attempt [...]	2006-04-02 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1465	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Shara, Iraq (4/3) [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with a US delegation from the Churches Panel for Peace in the Middle East, in which he reiterated the importance of coexistence and dialogue on all levels, asserting that all heavenly religions call for amity, moderation and humanity. T [...]	2006-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS148	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's summit meetings in Jeddah with King Abdullah and in Sharm al-Sheikh with President Mubarak. The goal of Asad's surprise trips to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was apparently to seek support from Arab leaders as he faces a U.N. probe into alleged Syri [...]	2006-01-09 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1512	A LARSEN VISIT: CONFIDENT SARG UNLIKELY TO BUDGE [...] (C) Summary: As consideration continues of a trip by UN special envoy for 1559 implementation Terje Roed Larsen to Damascus, the prospects for success seem dubious from our perspective, primarily because of SARG confidence about its prospects in Lebanon and its overall regional position. Tha [...]	2006-04-06 13:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1515	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban with Emir Salman Bin Abed al-Aziz Al Saud, Emir of the Saudi city of Riyadh, who described the Syrian-Saudi relations as distinguished, and pointed out continuing consultations between the two count [...]	2006-04-06 14:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1541	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Syria/Austria (4/5) [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a statement by President Emile Lahoud that his country seeks to maintain best relations with Syria, "because this is a permanent option for the interest of Lebanon in light of the fraternal Syrian-Lebanese relations." Papers also reported President Lahoud's meet [...]	2006-04-06 14:25:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1542	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban with Emir Salman Bin Abed al-Aziz Al Saud, Emir of the Saudi city of Riyadh, who described the Syrian-Saudi relations as distinguished, and pointed out continuing consultations between the two count [...]	2006-04-06 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1635	Damascus Media Reaction: US/EU Decisions to Halt Aid to [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a Syrian Information Ministry statement denying a report by an Israeli newspaper that Syria had sent messages to Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert seeking to resume peace talks between the two countries. The source told Syria's official SANA news agency [...]	2006-04-11 13:35:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1666	MU'ALLIM CONFIDANT ON BRAMMERTZ INQUIRY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite its attempts to project confidence, the regime remains concerned about the efforts of UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz, worrying that arrests of Syrian suspects and the formation of an international tribunal are on the way, according to Dr. Samir al-Taki, a confidant of FM M [...]	2006-04-12 13:51:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1667	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman of the Iranian Expediency Council, will arrive in Damascus today on a formal visit of a few days. Papers also reported that President Asad chaired a cabinet meeting during which he discussed mechanis [...]	2006-04-13 05:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS168	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Palestinian Elections, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a demonstration by Lebanese students and youth outside a government office in Beirut to protest the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State David Welch. Papers also quoted an official media source in Damascus strongly criticizing the statement made by Welch i [...]	2006-01-16 15:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1697	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/China, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Sheikh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of the Iranian Expediency Council. The meeting dealt with mutual cooperation, the current regional situation, mainly in Iraq and Palestine, and the international conference due to be held in Tehran to [...]	2006-04-13 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1723	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: SARG CONTINUES ARREST [...] (C) ABDULLAH FAMILY MEMBERS REMAIN INCOMMUNICADO: Father-and-son civil society activists Ali and Mohammed Abdullah remain incommunicado following their March 23 arrest (ref A). Abdullah's wife Wifa'a (and human rights activist Rezan Zeituneh) told Poloff on April 13 that the whereabouts of [...]	2006-04-18 07:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS1781	Damascus Media Reaction: Independence Anniversary, [...] Summary: Papers reported the announcement by the Syrian government of a public fundraising campaign for the Palestinian National Authority to help fill the gap created by Western countries and Israel. The announcement was made in a joint press conference with Akhar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Chairman [...]	2006-04-19 13:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1786	Damascus Media Reaction: Asad/Anan, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad discussed developments in Iraq and Lebanon in a phone call to UN SecGen Kofi Anan. Both sides expressed hope for a softening of tension in the region. Papers also reported that President Asad conferred with Rostam Tamboraka, Chairman of th [...]	2006-04-20 06:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1821	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Syrian Popular Committee to Support the Palestinian People opened special accounts at the Real-Estate Bank of Syria and the branches of the Commercial Bank of Syria in Damascus, Hama, Homs, Lattakia, Aleppo, Tartus, Daraa, Swieda, Der-Ezzor, Kami [...]	2006-04-20 13:34:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS183	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian Papers reported additional statements by Lebanese and Egyptian factions voicing support for Syria and Hizbollah and condemning foreign intervention in Syrian and Lebanese affairs. On developments in the Palestinian territories, papers reported commencement of Palestinian legi [...]	2006-01-17 15:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1878	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/US, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to President Mubarak to condemn the terrorist bombings that hit the Dahab resort in Sinai and to extend condolences on the victims. Papers also featured a statement by Dr. Buthaina Shaaban, Minister of Expatriates, during a mee [...]	2006-04-25 12:34:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

06DAMASCUS1879	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon/US, Syria/Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers on 23 April criticized Lebanese PM al-Saniora's visit to and statements in the United States and maintained that "Washington has nothing to present to Lebanon other than Israeli demands." Syrian papers also reported a press statement by Foreign Minister Walid al-M [...]	2006-04-25 13:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS19	KHADDAM INTERVIEW CONTINUES TO PROVOKE ANGRY [...] (SBU) The December 30 interview that former Syrian VP Abdul Halim Khaddam granted to the al-Arabiyya TV network has provoked a torrent of denunciation and anger in Damascus. The People's Assembly held a special session the following day -- televised live on Syrian TV -- to allow a parade of p [...]	2006-01-02 13:49:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS1910	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Jordan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers briefly reported President Asad's meeting with Serge Brammertz, Head of the UN Committee investigating the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Brammertz also held a meeting with Vice President Al- Sharaa, which was attended by Deputy Foreign Minis [...]	2006-04-26 12:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1913	SYRIANS SEE SOUR GRAPES IN JORDANIAN ACCUSATIONS [...] (U) The SARG on April 26 publicly rejected Jordanian accusations that arms were smuggled from Syria to Jordan or that a senior Hamas official was behind such an operation, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). According to SANA, "Hamas leaders based in Syria are political [...]	2006-04-26 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL SY JO
06DAMASCUS1922	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that PM Mohammed Naji Ottri, in a cabinet meeting, called on Syrian citizens to take part in the fund-raising campaign for the Palestinian people scheduled to be launched next Sunday all over the country. Papers also reported that the first Arab-Euro Dialogue F [...]	2006-04-27 13:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1987	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry refuting the US annual report on terrorism, saying that the US war on terrorism hasn't achieved any positive results, but rather, increased terrorism, for two main reasons. One is the US and Israeli rejection of what Syr [...]	2006-05-01 14:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS200	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported Egyptian President Mubarak's meeting with US Vice-President Dick Cheney and headlined Mubarak's statement that Syria has cooperated with the IIC. News reports featured a statement by Saudi FM Saud al-Faisal to the Financial Times that Saudi Arabia has p [...]	2006-01-18 14:19:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2007	Damascus Media Reaction: US Report on Terrorism, [...] Summary: Syrian papers cited a statement by Dr. Imad Mustafa, the Syrian ambassador in Washington, that the "US State Department report on terrorism is a new link in a series of reports that the United States issues for political reasons against those who do not agree with it or go along with i [...]	2006-05-02 12:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2032	SYRIA PLAYS WITH THE PALESTINIAN ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Since Palestinian Authority FM Zahar's April visit, the SARG has showcased its public support for the Palestinians, with a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the Palestinian people, public statements, and participation at a rally in a Palestinian refugee camp. According to an E [...]	2006-05-03 10:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL SY
06DAMASCUS2033	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Mohammed Zuhir al- Nashashibi, Member of the PLO Executive Committee, expressed thanks and great appreciation to President Asad for launching the national fundraising campaign for the Palestinian people. "The Palestinian people appreciate the wise and brave [...]	2006-05-03 12:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2071	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Palestine, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Dr. Faisal Miqdad, Deputy Foreign Minister, conferred with a delegation from the US Institute of Peace now visiting Syria. He commented that "the current US policy is contributing to complications in the region and is blocking efforts to achieve stability i [...]	2006-05-04 13:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS209	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Iranian President Ahmedinejad will arrive in Damascus today for a two-day state visit to Syria and will meet President Asad and senior Syrian officials. All papers featured a statement by President Ahmadinejad on Wednesday describing relations between Iran [...]	2006-01-19 16:07:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS21	IRANIAN ARCHITECT OF SYRIA-IRAN-HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Summary: Iran's incoming Ambassador to Damascus, Mohammed Hassan Akhtari, has returned for his second tour as Ambassador to Syria after overseeing the creation of the Syria-Iran-Hizballah triangle during his first tenure from 1986-1998, according to media reports. Akhtari's appointment [...]	2006-01-02 14:40:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IR
06DAMASCUS2132	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, US/Israel, [...] Summary: Papers reported that Syria has called for an international conference to distinguish between terrorism and the right of self-determination. Minister of Interior General Bassam Abdul Majid said in a statement on the sidelines of a conference of Interior Ministers of the EU and Adjacent [...]	2006-05-08 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2134	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, and his separate meetings with President Asad and Vice President Faruq al-Shar'a. Berri briefed Asad and Shara on the results of the Lebanese national dialogue and status of relations betw [...]	2006-05-08 13:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS214	AHMADINAJAD'S PHOTO OP VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad met for three hours the afternoon of January 19, shortly after the latter's arrival in Damascus. The talks were attended by PM Naji al-Otri, FM Shara'a, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, and several other ministers [...]	2006-01-20 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SY IR
06DAMASCUS2163	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara received Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi, Secretary General of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress (INFC); at their meeting Shara reiterated Syria's condemnation of terrorist attacks that target innocent civilians and sow seeds of partition [...]	2006-05-09 12:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2192	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]	2006-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2211	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Papers reported that the Palestinian government thanked President Asad for the Syrian fund-raising campaign for the Palestinian people and for receiving 244 Palestinian refugees coming from Iraq. That came in a phone call President Asad received from Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail H [...]	2006-05-11 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2238	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syria papers reported that Syria denied Friday evening Jordanian claims on the training of Hamas members in Syria and criticized the UNSC bid to issue a resolution on Syria and Lebanon as "an obstacle to clearing the air." Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem said in a joint press co [...]	2006-05-14 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2264	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Assamani Al-Waseela Assamani, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, who conferred with Minister Walid al-Mouallem. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all fields. During the meeting, the Sudanese Min [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2297	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, EURO-MED, Boycott [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Subhi Abdul Hamid, Secretary General of Iraq's Arab Nationalist Movement, which tackled the situation in Iraq and bilateral relations. President Asad confirmed Syria's support for efforts to restore Iraq's stability and security tha [...]	2006-05-17 06:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS231	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, President Asad's [...] Summary: Syrian weekend newspapers focused on the visit to Damascus by Iranian President Ahmadinejad and featured the joint communiqu issued at the conclusion of the visit confirming Iran's strong support of Syria to restore occupied territories to the June 4, 1967, line. Syria and Iran under [...]	2006-01-23 08:32:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2318	DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred prominent Syrian and Lebanese citizens have signed the Damascus-Beirut Declaration, which includes a ten-point "joint future national vision" for reconciliation between the two countries. The document covers the spectrum of Syrian-Lebanese diplomatic, historic [...]	2006-05-17 14:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS2319	FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION [...] (U) FULL TEXT OF DAMASCUS-BEIRUT DECLARATION: 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Lebanese-Syrian relations are witnessing quick deterioration that could cause a deep fracture between the two neighboring countries and the two sisterly peoples. This deterioration has grown since the exten [...]	2006-05-17 14:02:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS2320	WALK THE LINE: BETWEEN SYRIA'S SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political contacts, including those in the opposition, point to the variety of techniques used by SARG security services to co-opt or intimidate Syrians. It is often in the middle range, between enticements at one end and threats and coercion at the other, th [...]	2006-05-17 14:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS SY
06DAMASCUS2327	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, Olmert's [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by al- Sammani al-Wasila al-Smmani, Sudanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and his meeting with Vice President Shara who confirmed Syria's relief over signing the Abuja peace treaty. During the meeting Shara stressed Syria's support [...]	2006-05-18 09:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2337	Damascus Media Reaction: UN Security Council resolution [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry on the UN Security Council Resolution 1680 that was passed on Wednesday saying it poses "an unprecedented measure of interference in the core of sovereign and bilateral issues for member states to the United Nations. C [...]	2006-05-18 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2338	REACTION TO SARG ARREST CAMPAIGN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni and two other Damascus-Beirut Declaration signatories have been arrested as part of the SARG reaction against the DBD. Several others have evaded attempted arrests. One human rights activist, also a DBD signatory, questioned whethe [...]	2006-05-18 14:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS LE
06DAMASCUS234	ASAD SPEECH: NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY TRUMPS UN [...] SBU) Summary: Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed up his meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad with a January 21 speech in Damascus in which he dropped broad hints that he might refuse to meet with UNIIIC investigators. At the Arab Lawyers Conference venue, Asad also specifically [...]	2006-01-23 11:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS236	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Spain, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported positive reactions in Lebanon to President Asad's speech to the Federation of Arab Lawyers citing statements by former Lebanese Minister Wadi Al- Khazen, Kamal Shatila, President of the Lebanese People's Congress, Al-Diyar newspaper, and Hasan Nasrallah o [...]	2006-01-23 14:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2376	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq/Italy, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Prime Minister Ottri sent cables of congratulation to Iraqi PM al-Malki and to Italian PM Prodi on the occasion of forming the new Iraqi and Italian governments. He expressed his confidence in developing cooperation between Syria and Italy to serve their jo [...]	2006-05-23 06:55:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2379	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/EU, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a Syrian Foreign Ministry response to a May 19 European Presidency statement expressing EU concern about what it called the recent widespread harassment of human rights defenders in Syria. The EU Presidency urged Syria to review the cases of political prisoners, [...]	2006-05-23 10:09:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2393	Damascus Media Reaction: EU Human Rights Statement, [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued their strong criticism of European countries, against the background of a statement from the EU Presidency criticizing the recent arrest of human rights activists in Syria. Papers also featured Information Minister Dr. Mohsen Bilal's meetings with Ambassadors o [...]	2006-05-23 13:12:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2401	SYRIA PURSUES CASES AGAINST JUMBLATT AND KHADDAM [...] (C) Syrian authorities have requested that Interpol arrest Lebanese lawmaker Walid Jumblatt after a Syrian military prosecutor issued a warrant on May 22, according to local media and contacts. A Syrian military court issued a summons for Jumblatt on May 3 for "inciting against Syria," follo [...]	2006-05-24 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM SY LB
06DAMASCUS2404	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Palestinian Minister of Interior Said Siam and his meeting with VP Shara. Siam expressed the Palestinian government's and the Palestinian people's great appreciation for Syria's stances towards the Palestinian people. VP Shara reiterated [...]	2006-05-25 11:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2406	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Spain, [...] Summary: Syrian papers commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of south Lebanon and featured a statement by former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss criticizing the Lebanese government's cancellation of the formal holiday, which had been approved earlier for celebrating the liberati [...]	2006-05-25 14:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2424	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, Syria/UK, South [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit of Vice President Shara to the United Arab Emirates and his meeting with Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nhayan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister, which focused on recent developments in the region and bilateral relations. Papers also reported the visit to Damasc [...]	2006-05-29 12:18:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2466	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, NAM Summit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice-President Farouk al- Shara's visit to the UAE and his meeting with His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE, who received a message from President Asad regarding the latest developments in the region. Shara and Sheikh Khalifa re [...]	2006-05-30 12:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2490	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/China, NAM Summit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the speech by Dr. Faisal Miqdad, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister, at the ministerial conference of the Non-Aliened Movement in Malaysia. Miqdad said that the continued Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan is a result of defying international resolutions and of t [...]	2006-06-01 06:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS25	Damascus Media Reaction: Khaddam's Statements to Al- [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers attacked former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam over his statements to Al-Arabiya Television, in which claimed that President Bashar al-Asad threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri several months before he was assassinated. Papers reported a stateme [...]	2006-01-03 14:33:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS250	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Europe, Federation of [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Francisco Javier Rojo Garcia, Chairman of the Spanish Senate, focusing on the necessity of reactivating the European role in the Middle East Peace Process, the ongoing modernization and reform process in Syria, and the Syria [...]	2006-01-24 13:02:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS251	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Europe, Federation of [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Francisco Javier Rojo Garcia, Chairman of the Spanish Senate, focusing on the necessity of reactivating the European role in the Middle East Peace Process, the ongoing modernization and reform process in Syria, and the Syria [...]	2006-01-24 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2516	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UK, Syria/China, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to report on Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem's visit to China, featuring his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao. Earlier, President Hu Jintao opened the second ministerial meeting of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum in the presence of Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-06-01 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2517	WHILE ARRESTS SUBSIDE, SARG CONTINUES TO PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the arrests of Damascus-Beirut Declaration (DBD) signatories appear to have subsided for now, post contacts report that the SARG continues to pressure DBD signatories to withdraw their support of the Declaration. In an attempt to quell international reaction to the crack [...]	2006-06-01 14:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS2554	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, Syria/China, [...] Summary: Government-owned Tishreen, the only paper to appear on Saturday, featured an Interior Ministry statement reporting the clash that took place Friday morning between an anti-terror unit and a terrorist extremist group near Omayyad Square in Damascus. The statement said that the clash r [...]	2006-06-04 12:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2594	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Cuba, Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Fernando Ramirez de Estenoz, Chief of the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, featuring his meetings with Vice President Farouk Shara. A statement by the Syrian Arab News Agency said that talks focus [...]	2006-06-05 12:46:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2598	SYRIA POINTS FINGER AT FOREIGN-BACKED ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Early in the morning of June 2, SARG security forces engaged armed attackers in a 25-minute shoot-out in Damascus on the compound of the Syrian TV and Radio headquarters, according to Emboffs at the scene and regional media reports. Casualty reports have varied, with up to four [...]	2006-06-05 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE IZ JO
06DAMASCUS2636	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinian Authority, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Ahmad Qurei', Special Envoy of the President of the Palestinian National Authorit, who conferred with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Mahmoud Abbas about the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the [...]	2006-06-06 14:18:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2668	PA ENVOY VISITS DAMASCUS, FACTIONS REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Palestinian Authority (PA) Special Envoy Ahmad Qureia (Abu Ala'a) met June 5 with Syria's President Bashar al-Asad, delivering a message from PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and discussing Syrian-Palestinian cooperation and developments in the Palestinian arena, according to [...]	2006-06-07 14:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL SY
06DAMASCUS2669	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Yemen, Syria/Cuba, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Vice President Farouk al- Shara's two-day official visit to Yemen and his meeting with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah al-Saleh, conveying a message from President Asad on recent developments in the Arab and international arenas. Shara also met with Yemeni Vice Pr [...]	2006-06-07 14:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2685	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Cuba, Syria/Ukraine, [...] Summary: Papers reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Faysal Miqdad conveyed an oral massage from President Asad to President Fidel Castro of Cuba during his meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The message focused on recent political developments in the Middle East and [...]	2006-06-08 12:55:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS270	SYRIAN MP SAYS INTELL CHIEF WANTS TO BE FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: A Syrian MP and businessman told us January 24 that, despite a U.S. decision to freeze the assets of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) chief Asif Shawqat, the intelligence head still considered himself a friend of the United States and wanted to resume bilateral intelligence sh [...]	2006-01-25 10:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SY LE IZ IS
06DAMASCUS2733	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Syria/UAE, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Syria by King Hamad Bin-Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain and his talks with President Asad. Both leaders stressed their support for the Palestinian people's legitimate rights and the establishment of their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capita [...]	2006-06-11 13:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2777	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Lebanon, Syria/Qatar, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received former US Senator James Abourezk, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee on Sunday. Talks during the meeting concentrated on the situation in Iraq, Syria's full support for the political process there, and means [...]	2006-06-12 11:59:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2779	MUTED SYRIAN RESPONSE TO FOURTH UNIIIC INSTALLMENT [...] (C) Summary: The SARG has so far limited its public reaction to the fourth report of the UNIIIC investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri, which was delivered to UNSYG Kofi Annan on June 10. SARG officials are relatively happy with the report but are generally [...]	2006-06-12 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SY LE
06DAMASCUS278	SYRIAN MP SAYS INTELL CHIEF WANTS TO BE FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: This is a corrected copy of Damascus 0270. Please disregard previous version. A Syrian MP and businessman told us January 24 that, despite a U.S. decision to freeze the assets of Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) chief Asif Shawqat, the intelligence head still considered himse [...]	2006-01-25 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SY
06DAMASCUS2822	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Venezuela, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Mouallem received James Abourezek, Chairman of the American-Arab Anti- Discrimination Committee and former US Senator, and that they talked about American-Syrian relations, the situation in Iraq, and the Arab-Israel conflict. In a statement to S [...]	2006-06-14 09:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2864	SYRIA SEEKS TO BLOCK ADMISSION OF ISRAEL'S MAGEN [...] (C) Summary: Syria's President Bashar al-Asad has authorized a Syrian effort to block Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) into the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement at its June 20-21 international conference in Geneva, according to the head of the International Committee of the R [...]	2006-06-15 13:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS SY
06DAMASCUS2871	DAMASCUS SEES FLURRY OF VISITS, MEETINGS LINKED TO [...] (C) Visiting Palestinian Authority (PA) FM Zahar met June 13 with Syrian FM Mu'allim to discuss the situation in the Palestinian territories, as well as the Palestinian-Syrian bilateral relationship, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The head of the Palestine Liberation Organi [...]	2006-06-15 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL SY
06DAMASCUS2877	Damascus Media Reaction: Brammertz Report, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported an address by Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad to the UN Security Council at a session about the latest Brammertz report. Miqdad confirmed Syrian cooperation with the UN investigation into the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. Dr. Miqdad said, "we [...]	2006-06-18 10:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2899	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Agha Khan [...] Summary: Syrian papers on (6/16) reported President Asad's meeting with Syrian official media figures. President Asad discussed on Thursday (6/15) with representatives of the government-run media the role of information, and mechanisms and conceptions that might contribute to its development. [...]	2006-06-19 06:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS291	Damascus Media Reaction: Golan, Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by citizens of the Golan emphasizing that they are part of the Syrian Arab people and confirming adherence to national unity and genuine accord with their leadership in Syria. They announced their clear stands against all "conspiracies" against thei [...]	2006-01-26 15:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2975	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, OIC [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Farouk al-Shara discussed the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories and the ongoing national dialogue between Palestine factions with a Palestinian delegation headed by Khaled Meshal, Head of the Hamas Politburo. Mr. Sha [...]	2006-06-20 13:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3019	Damascus Media Reaction: OIC Ministerial, Syria/Serbia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that FM Walid al-Moallem discussed with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul regional topics of joint concern and issues on the agenda of the 33rd session of OIC Foreign Ministers meeting held in Baku. During a meeting held on the margin of the OIC Ministerial, b [...]	2006-06-21 14:11:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3043	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Jordan, OIC Ministerial, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad on Wednesday made a telephone call to His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and that they discussed bilateral relations between the two sisterly countries. Talks also dealt with preparation for the meeting of the Syrian-Jordanian Higher Join [...]	2006-06-22 15:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ALEXANDER PASCAL [...] (U) Embassy Damascus warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Alexander Pascal, 2006 Summer Intern, for travel to Damascus from July 15 to August 20, 2006. 2. (U) POC for this visit is Elizabeth Lyne, Administrative Assistant, who can be reached at (work) (963) (11) 333-1342, Ext [...]	2006-06-25 11:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER SY
06DAMASCUS3049	Damascus Media Reaction: Asad/Mubarak Summit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers highlighted the Syrian-Egyptian summit held Thursday between Presidents Asad and Mubarak that focused on the situation in the Arab region and bilateral relations. The opening session was attended by VP Faruk al-Shara and FM Walid al- Mouallem, as well as Minister of Info [...]	2006-06-25 12:17:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3121	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kazakhstan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Yar Mohammed Aritsayiev, Kazakh Minister of Information and Culture, which focused on bilateral relations of cooperation, and prospects of boosting them in the economic, cultural, and social spheres. Papers also reported Pres [...]	2006-06-26 13:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS313	Damascus Media Reaction: HAMAS Victory, Mashaal Visit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on January 29 with Khalid Mashaal, Chief of HAMAS' Political Bureau. Talks dealt with the results of the Palestinian elections. President Asad congratulated Mashaal on the HAMAS victory and stressed that the results of the election [...]	2006-01-30 12:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3136	Damascus Media Reaction: President Asad's interview with [...] Summary: All Syrian papers published President Asad's comprehensive interview with London-based al-Hayat about developments in the region. On impressions regarding retreat of the Arab role in the region, in the face of the growing Iranian role, President Asad said: "We have to define whether t [...]	2006-06-27 11:26:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3177	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Italy, Syria/Libya, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today featured a statement by Italian Journalist Stefanou Ciarini calling for more communication between Syrian and Italian intellectuals to bridge the gap created by 9/11 between the Islamic and Western civilizations. "European governments are following the US policy re [...]	2006-06-28 13:17:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3194	SYRIAN INFLUENCE GROWING WITH REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The SARG sees its influence growing in light of regional developments, including the recent kidnapping of an Israeli soldier, the June 28 Israeli overflight of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's summer home, and Asad's separate June 28 meetings in Damascus with visiting Lebanese [...]	2006-06-29 14:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE IS IR JO
06DAMASCUS3223	UNDER PRESSURE, SYRIAN REGIME STIRS STONE SOUP [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing Gaza crisis notwithstanding, the SARG is conducting its foreign policy in traditional Syrian style, playing for time and survival against international pressure on a range of issues. This was most recently demonstrated by the July 1 meeting between the visiting Qata [...]	2006-07-03 11:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SY
06DAMASCUS3256	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Israel, Syria/Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today featured an official statement reporting that two Israeli military aircraft flew at low altitude near the Syrian coast in the Wadi Qandil area at dawn. Syrian Air Defense Forces fired at the planes, that then left the region. The source said the hostile act was an [...]	2006-07-03 13:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3258	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani, that focused on the latest regional developments, particularly in the occupied Palestinian territories. Talks also touched upon bilateral relations between Syria and [...]	2006-07-03 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3289	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad headed a meeting of the National Progressive Front, during which he reiterated Syria's support of the Palestinian people and confirmed efforts to make their national dialogue a success. Asad said, "Syria stands with full force at the side of [...]	2006-07-05 12:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3305	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a phone call from Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz which focused on the situation in the Middle East and bilateral relations. Papers also reported that Arab and Islamic groups at the UN in Geneva approved a draft resolution proposed [...]	2006-07-06 12:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3365	HAMAS EXILED LEADER HOLDS DAMASCUS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The leader of Hamas' external political wing, Khalid Mish'al, held a lengthy press conference July 10 at a Damascus hotel, covering the rejection of U.S. and Israeli demands to release a kidnapped Israel soldier, ongoing international dialogue with Hamas, and Syrian support for [...]	2006-07-10 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY IS
06DAMASCUS338	HAMAS VICTORY PUTS SARG IN A STRANGE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: The senior PLO representative in Damascus, Khalid Fahoum, said on January 30 that Damascus-based Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al was confident of Hamas' ability to govern and would quickly move to shore up support for Hamas in the PLO, in the PA security services and in Palestinian [...]	2006-01-30 15:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS339	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad conferred with the Advisor to the Norwegian Foreign Minister for Middle East Affairs, during which Miqdad held Israel responsible for the exacerbated situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Norwegian Advi [...]	2006-07-09 13:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3437	INITIAL SARG REACTION TO HIZBALLAH HOSTAGE-TAKING [...] (SBU) In the wake of the taking of two IDF hostages by Hizballah, VP Farouk Shara'a was quoted today as stating that he expected Israeli "escalation" against Syria. Al-Arabiyya satellite TV carried the quote but did not provide details. In a press conference after his meeting with Iranian nuc [...]	2006-07-12 13:31:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3451	CHARGE URGES SARG TO PRESS HIZBALLAH FOR RELEASE [...] (C) Charge expressed the deep concern of the USG about the current regional crisis and Syria's role in it to his designated interlocutor at the MFA, Director of Protocol Amir Smadi. Meeting the morning of July 13, Charge urged the SARG in the strongest terms to exercise its influence on Hizba [...]	2006-07-13 12:22:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3453	Damascus Media Reaction: South Lebanon, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the deteriorating situation in south Lebanon in the wake of the Hizbollah capture of two Israeli soldiers. Headlines featured President Asad's consultations on the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories with President Mubarak, UN SecGen Kofi Annan, [...]	2006-07-13 12:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3481	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operations in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers focused on the tense situation in Lebanon. All papers reported a statement by Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah's Secretary General, saying that the resistance is ready for "an open war" against Israel, announcing that the resistance fighters had set fire to an Israeli wars [...]	2006-07-16 12:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3482	TFLE01: SYRIA AS OF 1500 HOURS LOCAL, SUNDAY, [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Syria remains relatively calm. DAO reports no signs of a higher state of alert, except for air defense units that were moved to a heightened level in late June. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that President Asad spoke by phone with Lebanon [...]	2006-07-16 13:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3485	TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 02 AS OF 1230 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (S) Summary: Initial eyewitness reports estimated that as many as 20,000 Syrians participated in a SARG-orchestrated demonstration July 17 in downtown Damascus. Protesters mainly expressed pro-SARG and pro-Hizballah messages. Separately on July 17, the Syrian MFA's Protocol Director summone [...]	2006-07-17 12:00:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3487	SARG SHEDS CROCODILE TEARS, AS IT ASSESSES COSTS [...] (C) Summary: The current conflict in Lebanon puts in play significant Syrian interests, with the potential for either windfall political profits or enormous costs. Political analysts here believe at a minimum that the SARG will benefit from the fatal weakening of Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora a [...]	2006-07-17 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
06DAMASCUS3488	SYRIA'S KAMAL LABWANI READS STATEMENT IN COURT [...] (SBU) Jailed opposition activist Kamal Labwani appeared July 16 in criminal court and read a three-page statement on his own behalf to explain his televised Al-Hurra and Mustaqbal interviews in late 2005 in which he called for diplomatic pressure to bring political changes in Syria. An anima [...]	2006-07-17 14:29:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS3489	TFLE01: IRANIAN FM VISITS DAMASCUS [...] (U) Iran's FM Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus July 17, meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and delivering a message from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who stressed Iran's stand with Syria in confronting any attacks or aggression, according to the official Syrian Arab New [...]	2006-07-17 14:35:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL SY IR LE
06DAMASCUS3490	TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-making body met July 17 and urged the SARG to prepare for all possibilities in view of Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The SARG has rejected a proposed visit to Syria by UN env [...]	2006-07-18 11:38:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3491	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a message from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressing support for Syria in the face of any threat or attack. The message was conveyed by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki when President Asad received Mottaki and [...]	2006-07-19 04:46:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3515	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 03 FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: A Russian envoy and the EU's foreign policy chief are expected to make separate visits to Syria, perhaps as early as July 20, and the SARG may reverse its refusal to receive UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen, according to a media contact. The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-makin [...]	2006-07-19 12:28:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3552	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operations in Lebanon [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported a meeting by the Syrian Cabinet emphasizing readiness in all fields to face all future scenarios. PM Mohammed Naji Ottri underlined "the importance of coordination and integration of government performance, escalating readiness in all sectors, and taking t [...]	2006-07-20 08:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3573	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to focus on the Israeli military action in Lebanon. Headlines featured President Asad's phone call with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan, which dealt with "the continuing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Palestine." Papers also reported that t [...]	2006-07-20 12:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3577	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 05 FOR THURSDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: On July 20, Syria's President Bashar al-Asad met with Russian Middle East envoy Saltanov and, separately, called Turkish PM Erdogan to discuss the Israel-Hizballah conflict, according to media reports. The Ba'ath party's most important policy-making body met for the third conse [...]	2006-07-20 13:48:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3578	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 06 FOR FRIDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: 2. (C) A demonstration in support of Hizballah began at 1900 hours July 20 at Ommayyad Circle, located about four blocks from the Embassy. Emboffs reported that the 1200-2000 demonstrators, mostly teenage males, waved Hizballah flags and shouted anti-American and anti-Israel [...]	2006-07-21 11:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS3601	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 07 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Contacts are reporting a dramatic rise in anti-American sentiment in Syria over the past ten days. The influential director of the Abu Noor Institute, Sheikh Saleh Kuftaro, called upon the SARG "to open the borders with Israel for resistance" during Friday prayers on July 21. O [...]	2006-07-23 13:31:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS3602	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers continued to report on the Israeli operation in Lebanon. All papers reported that Bashar al- Ja'afari, Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, called on the UN Security Council "to shoulder responsibility in putting an immediate end to the Israeli ag [...]	2006-07-24 06:56:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS362	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Yuri N. Baluyevsky, Russian Chief of Staff, which dealt with enhancing bilateral relations and with the latest regional and international developments. Papers also reported the joint press conference held by the Russian Chief-of-Sta [...]	2006-02-01 14:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

06DAMASCUS3626	Damascus Media Reaction: Israel/Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to report on the tense situation in South Lebanon. All papers featured a statement by Dr. Mohsen Bilal, Minister of Information, to Spanish daily "ABC" that "Syria will not sit tight if Israeli ground troops enter Lebanon and approach Syria. If Israel invades L [...]	2006-07-24 12:35:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

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