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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05ASUNCION887	PARAGUAY: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 21:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM IO KISL KPAO PA

05ASUNCION905	PARAGUAY: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW JUSTICE AND [...] (U) Summary: On July 7, the Ambassador called on Ruben Candia Amarilla to congratulate him on his selection as Paraguay's new Minister of Justice and Labor (reftel). During the meeting, the Ambassador highlighted child labor, prison conditions, and lengthy delays in the Paraguayan judicial sys [...]	2005-07-13 13:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ELAB KJUS PA
05ASUNCION917	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORISM, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, I breakfasted with Foreign Minister Leila Rachid and we discussed ominous trends in Venezuela, de-legitimizing terrorism, anti-money laundering legislation, U.S. candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, an FBI officer in Asuncion, prospects for extraditi [...]	2005-07-18 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KPAO SCUL KUNR PA UNSC UNESCO
05ASUNCION936	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 16 - [...] (U) SUMMARY --------------- --Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller --Customs Trys To Take Control of CD Imports --Protests Against US Troops --Hassan Barakat Has Fled to Beirut ------------------------------------------- Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller ----------------- [...]	2005-07-25 18:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM ETRD PA
05ATHENS1268	MOLYVIATIS FOLLOWS UP ON TIP ISSUES IN GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador (following a May 5 Interministerial Council on TIP --the result of Molyviatis's April 29 telcon with U/S Burns),Molyviatis undertook to speed up agreement with Albania on a child repatriation protocol, to provide more comprehensive trafficking [...]	2005-05-09 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP
05ATHENS1505	CONTINUED GREEK ANGST, BUT POSITIVE NUMBERS ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Greek officials continue to express concern about the level of Turkish air activity in the Aegean. At the same time, statistics recently released by the MOD paint a more positive picture of the actual situation in the region. Greek officials insist that, the content and [...]	2005-06-03 07:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR GR TU TURKEY
05ATHENS187	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
05ATHENS2161	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HYDE (ATHENS, AUGUST 25-28) [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the August 25-28 vist by CODEL Hyde to Greece. You will arrive just as the summer holidays are winding down, and your visit will provide an excellent opportunity, not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to kick off the fall quarter with high-level [...]	2005-08-18 10:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GR OREP PREL VISIT
05ATHENS2439	PM AT THESSALONIKI:"RE-INVENTING THE GREEK STATE [...] (U) Summary: At his September 10 speech at the international trade fair in Thessaloniki, the Greek equivalent to an annual State of the Union address, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis revealed the two main axes of his administration's policies: "Re-inventing the state" and "seeking economic gr [...]	2005-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GR ECON
05ATHENS2529	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN GREECE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In Greece, the twin threats of extremism and violence stem more from a decades-old, homegrown anti-U.S., anti-NATO, anti-globalization sentiment that is deeply engrained in Greek society than from extremism exported from the Middle East. Domestic terrorist groups and an active a [...]	2005-09-27 13:53:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS2635	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF HHS ACF A/S DR. WADE HORN [...] (SBU) Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the October 8-12 visit of Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, HHS to Greece. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity not only to showcase U.S.-Greece relations, but to reiterate our strong commitment to [...]	2005-10-06 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM TBIO EI GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2663	MACEDONIA NAME: GOG REJECTS LATEST NIMETZ PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing its long-standing opposition to a dual-name solution, the GoG clearly rejected the latest proposal from UN Envoy Matthew Nimetz, leaving prospects for a solution dim before the EC's November 9 avis on Macedonia's EU application. At an October 11 meeting with Ambassador, [...]	2005-10-11 16:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MK GR AMB MACEDONIA
05ATHENS2715	BIRD FLU IN GREECE; AUTHORITIES TESTING FOR H5N1 [...] (SBU) Minister of Agricultural Development Basiakos announced October 17 that the first case of avian influenza (H5) has occurred in Greece. Basiakos noted that the affected birds lived on the small island of Oinousses, near Chios, in the eastern Aegean. According to Angelos Hatzakis, Chair [...]	2005-10-18 10:56:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU
05ATHENS2735	GREECE/N17: CONVICTED N17 CHIEF GUNMAN GIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 13 edition of "Eleftherotypia," one of Greece's top circulation dailies, gave prime space to the rantings of Dimitris Koufodinas, the top gunman for the terrorist organization November 17, who is currently serving multiple life sentences for his murderous acts. K [...]	2005-10-20 10:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ANARCHISTS
05ATHENS2748	UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA IN GREECE; H5N1 NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the GoG announcement on 17 October of a positive test for Avian Influenza within its borders, recent serological testing for H5N1 has proven negative at both the Thessaloniki Virological Laboratory and EU Reference Laboratory in Weybridge, UK. Additional testing is ongo [...]	2005-10-21 12:21:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC TBIO GR AVIANFLU
05ATHENS2779	AMBASSADOR VISITS IOANNINA, REAFFIRMS CLOSE TIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a full day of meetings with a range of political, diplomatic, community, and NGO leaders in the northwestern Epirus regional capital of Ioannina on October 14, Ambassador emphasized U.S. interest in the region, possibilities for economic development, progress for religious and [...]	2005-10-25 09:37:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KIRF GR AMB
05ATHENS2982	STATUS OF GREEK F-16 BUY [...] (C) Negotiations on the GoG purchase of 30 F-16 aircraft, with an option for a further 10, are moving forward. This will complete the process formalized by the July 19 purchase decision of the Greek Government's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA). The responsible Air Force offic [...]	2005-11-22 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR GR
05ATHENS2985	GREEK PREPAREDNESS: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: [...] (C) Summary: The GoG is engaged in serious efforts to prepare for a potential outbreak of Avian Influenza. However, while the specific functional responsibilities of the Agriculture, Health, and Public Order Ministries appear to be in place, lack of confidence in senior leadership as well as m [...]	2005-11-23 07:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AVIANFLU
05ATHENS3094	AVIAN FLU: GREEK POULTRY INDUSTRY UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 13:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR AVIANFLU
05ATHENS3113	DISSENSION IN THE RANKS: PUBLIC POWER [...] (U) Summary. On December 1st, Public Power Corporation's (PPC) President, Ioannis Paleokrassas resigned from his politically appointed post after his latest misstep within the ranks of the ruling New Democracy (ND) party. A former Minister of Finance in the previous Mitsotakis administration, [...]	2005-12-08 09:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR GR OIL
05ATHENS315	MFA SECRETARY GENERAL: "QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCE" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Gennimatas complained to Ambassador and visiting EUR DAS Kennedy during a January 28 meeting about reported airspace incursions by Turkey, claiming formations of Turkish fighters had flown within two nautical miles of the Greek islet of Antipsara -- a "qua [...]	2005-01-31 16:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR TU TURKEY
05ATHENS351	GREECE WELCOMES IRAQ ELECTIONS AS POSITIVE [...] (C) The Government of Greece (GoG) made statements supporting democractic elections in Iraq on January 26 and again on January 31. In a meeting with Ambassador on January 26, FM Molyviatis called the elections "a manifestation of the will and courage of the Iraqi people," and reiterated Gree [...]	2005-02-02 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR IZ PGOV PREL IRAQ
05ATHENS392	GREECE EYING MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. Greece is weighing the removal of the caveat that prevents Greek officers assigned to the NATO staff from serving in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I),and is also considering an unidentified contribution to the training of Iraqi security forces, according to a mid-leve [...]	2005-02-08 07:49:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GR IRAQ
05ATHENS46	TFXOO1: UPDATE ON GREEK SUPPORT TO TSUNAMI VICTIMS [...] Greek official and private assistance to tsunami stricken areas is approaching four million euros. The GoG has dispatched two C-130s with humanitarian and medical assistance as well as doctors and relief workers, and is considering sending a third C-130 consignment this week. The MFA has decide [...]	2005-01-04 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PGOV GR
05ATHENS529	IPR UPDATE -- GREECE [...] (U) Post does not object to Greece's inclusion on the special mention list, but does not believe the IPR problems merit inclusion on any higher level of the Special 301 list. The Greek Government continues its efforts to protect intellectual property and fight piracy. Existing national legis [...]	2005-02-23 13:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD GR KIPR
05ATHENS589	GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]	2005-03-01 17:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05ATHENS629	GREECE: NEW SECURITY POLICY, BUT LITTLE CHANGE IN [...] (C) Summary. An updated Greek national security strategy appears to suggest that Athens' concern about a military threat from Turkey may be diminishing. Initial discussions with senior- and mid-level defense and national security officials offer little evidence of such a change, however. [...]	2005-03-04 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GR TU INTERNAL
05ATHENS830	YOUR VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Greece March 30-31. The Greeks see your trip to Athens, following on the heels of Foreign Minister Molyviatis' March 24 visit to Washington, as more proof of America's reengagement with Europe. Greece will want to characterize your visit -- the [...]	2005-03-24 10:14:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	CY GR PGOV PREL TU ZL VISIT
05ATHENS842	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRYCE'S MARCH 29-30 VISIT TO [...] (U) I want to warmly welcome you to Athens. As you have requested, we have arranged a schedule focused on trafficking in persons. This issue is a high priority for the Embassy. In the short time you have with us, I hope you get a good overview of Greece's efforts to fight this scourge. I l [...]	2005-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM GR VISIT
05BAGHDAD2357	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY ELECTIONS; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June.1 were the developments of the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Accidental mistake" (Ad-Dustoor, June 1) B. "In preparation for the upcoming elections" (Al [...]	2005-06-01 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2367	JOINT US, UK, DANISH DEMARCHE TO MOI ON PRISONER [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge joined British Charge and Danish Ambassador in a June 1 joint demarche to Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr on allegations of prisoner abuse in Basrah. UK Charge provided an intelligence report implicating the Basrah Police's Internal Affairs Division and Investigations Suppo [...]	2005-06-02 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2371	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION SYRIA TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 2 were the developments of the security, political situations and the constitution's drafting process. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "May Hammurabi appear and draft our constitution" (Al- [...]	2005-06-02 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2393	INITIAL CALL ON THE NEW IRAQI MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-04 13:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2398	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ RESISTANCE GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 5 were the developments of the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Resistance by animals and water melon" (Asharq Al- Awsat, 6/5) B. "Citizens and the politi [...]	2005-06-05 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD2403	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 6 were the development of the political and security situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The constitution and the final date" (Ad-Dustoor, June 6) B. "New page and an honest line" [...]	2005-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2404	IRAQ: Iraqi Airways Inaugural Flight to Basra. [...] (SBU) Iraqi Airways (IA),with assistance from the British Royal Air Force at Basrah Airport in Southern Iraq, conducted a test flight of their B727 passenger aircraft on May 31, 2005 from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). This was followed up by the first passenger flight from Baghdad to [...]	2005-06-06 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2422	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ VIOLENCE CONSTITUTION; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 7 were the developments of the political and security situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Shall we have an Iraqi conference to stop violence?" (Al-Ittihad, June 7) B. "Credibility [...]	2005-06-07 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2437	CHARGE SATTERFIELD MEETING WITH IRAQI MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Satterfield joined the Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Interior in a May 30 dinner with the Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr where they discussed: Middle East and Iraqi political developments, the current security operations in Baghdad, as well as police training programs a [...]	2005-06-08 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2442	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ AL-JAFARI POLITICAL PROGRAM, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 8 were the security and political situations. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Al-Jafari needs a rest" (Al-Ittihad, June 8) B. "The language of the constitution " (Al-Mashriq, June 8) --- [...]	2005-06-08 12:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2444	BADR ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE SHOWCASES STRENGTH [...] (C) Summary. The Badr Organization Conference kicked off a two-day conference for its leadership with a June 8 opening ceremony that had the feel of a political party rally. The ceremony celebrated the anniversary of the Badr Organization's transformation from militia to an ostensibly separ [...]	2005-06-08 16:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KISL IZ KINR
05BAGHDAD2450	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 9 were the Badr Organization's conference, Arab Sunni participation in the constitutional committee, and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Familiar [...]	2005-06-09 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2456	SUNNI ARAB CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE OUTREACH HITS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite promising signs earlier this week, negotiations over expanding the Constitution Drafting Committee deadlocked on June 9 over the number of Sunni Arabs who should be added. Some Sunni Arabs are demanding 25 additional representatives of their community on the 55-member com [...]	2005-06-09 18:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2467	SUCCESSFUL DAMAGE CONTROL AFTER RAID ON LEADING [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the mistaken arrest of Iraqi Islamic Party leader Dr. Muhsin Abdal Hamid, Post and MNF-I took steps to repair relations with the most prominent Sunni political party. Hamid was detained in an early morning operation on May 30 and released that same day after i [...]	2005-06-11 06:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2471	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 12 were the preparations for drafting the constitution and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "National rights are red lines that should not be cros [...]	2005-06-12 09:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2481	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 13 were constitution-drafting preparations and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The New Iraq" (Al-Sabah, 6/13) B. "Good and Bad" (Az-Zaman [...]	2005-06-13 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2505	MODIFICATIONS BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH ON SUNNI ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: June 13 was another day of negotiations on Sunni Arab inclusion on the Constitution Committee. Negotiators modified their positions, but did not resolve their disagreements. Deputy Constitution Committee Chairman Adnan al-Janabi told the Charge that he felt "plus 15" (i.e., total [...]	2005-06-14 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2508	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 14 were the questioning of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Special Tribunal and developments in the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. " Who Guarantees? " (Al-Sabah, 6/14) B [...]	2005-06-14 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2521	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, AND [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June 15 were the process of drafting the constitution, the political situation and security. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "The government's program" (Al-Ittihad, 6/15) B. "Our weapon and their [...]	2005-06-15 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2536	SUNNI LEADERS ON CONSTITUTION DRAFTING [...] (C) Summary: Sunni Arab leaders will meet members of the TNA constitution committee on June 16 but appear unprepared to settle the dispute over their inclusion. Both UNAMI SRSG Ashraf Qazi and embassy pushed for 15 additional representatives in separate meetings with Sunni Arab leaders June 1 [...]	2005-06-16 07:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2542	Dr. Anthony Cordesman U.S. Speaker Program in [...] Summary: Dr. Anthony Cordesman of CSIS participated in an eight-day speaker program in Iraq (Baghdad and Al- Hillah) June 3-11, 2005. His program included meetings and events with senior officials and opinion leaders from all major ethnic and sectarian elements of Iraqi society, and represen [...]	2005-06-16 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PTER SCUL IZ
05BAGHDAD2598	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S. WITHDRAWAL, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 19 were Al-Jafari's visit to Kuwait, military operations in Al-Qa'im and Al-Thar Thar, and the Brussels conference. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Failure is not an option in Iraq" (Asharq [...]	2005-06-19 09:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2611	FALLUJAH: GRASS ROOTS POLITICS -- LEADERS INITIATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a step promoting more political engagement by large segments of Anbar, 200 religious, tribal, political and academic leaders from around Fallujah on June 4 hammered out a fifteen-point document outlining a more participatory Sunni posture in the political process. Beyond the [...]	2005-06-20 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD2616	THE REMAKING OF "AL-IRAQIYYA" - PRIMITIVE BUT [...] Summary: After almost two years of confusion, several hundred million dollars in investment, chaotic management, and Byzantine internal machinations, "Al-Iraqiyya" -- the television component of the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) -- shows signs of finding its voice and projecting a populist "Iraq [...]	2005-06-20 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL SCUL
05BAGHDAD2622	IRAQ FY 06 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] The following is PAS Baghdad's FY 2006 slate of Iraqi International Visitor nominees. PAS is nominating 75 (seventy-five) principal candidates at this time. All have Country Team approval. PAS Baghdad is proposing 33 nominees for Regional and Multi-Regional Programs, and 42 for Iraq- only [...]	2005-06-21 02:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
05BAGHDAD2807	NCMC BOARD UNDER QUORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Membership of the National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC) Board of Commissioners is below the legally required quorum and, therefore, its decisions are subject to legal challenge. NCMC Director General (who prefers to be known as the CEO) Othman plans on presenting [...]	2005-07-03 09:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD2809	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, CONSTITUTION, SHIITES, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 3 were the preparations for drafting the constitution and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Yesterday's prey and today's hunter" (Al-Ittihad [...]	2005-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2828	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, U.S. WITHDRAWAL, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 5 were preparations for drafting the constitution and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Do not leave us to fight terrorism alone" (Al-Bayyna [...]	2005-07-05 09:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2830	SUNNI ARABS OFFICIALY WELCOMED INTO TNA [...] (U) Deputy Speaker Husayn Shahristani announced the expansion of the constitution drafting committee at the July 4 session of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA). The announcement amounted to an induction for the 15 Sunni Arabs and one Sabean nominated from outside the Assembly to join t [...]	2005-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2835	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, ARAB COUNTRIES; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 5 were the attacks against foreign diplomats in Baghdad, preparations for drafting the constitution, and the developments of the security and political situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- [...]	2005-07-06 10:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2846	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUNMEN, DIALOGUE, TAL, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 7 were Talabani's and Al-Jafari's meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation, the Minister of Defense's visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the se [...]	2005-07-07 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2856	HARD-LINE SUNNI ARAB GROUP URGES U.S. STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. A Sunni Coalition that had gained prominence in the negotiations for government positions and Sunni participation in the constitutional drafting process lobbied visiting Senator Levin on July 5 for a continued presence of Coalition Forces. They complained bitterly of abuses al [...]	2005-07-07 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2858	ITG FACES STEEP LEARNING CURVE ON DETENTION [...] (C) ITG detainee-transition point-of-contact Sharwan al-Waely met with Embassy and MNF-I representatives on June 5, 2005 to discuss ITG legal authorities to conduct security detentions (see reftel). The conversation with al-Waely indicated that the ITG, despite the USG's repeated briefings t [...]	2005-07-07 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER XF
05BAGHDAD2860	KIRKUK COUNCIL: "CONSENSUS" GOVERNMENT ELUSIVE AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kirkuk Provincial Council met June 26 and 28, but postponed electing a Deputy Governor. U.S. urging to secure Kurdish leaders' agreement to a Kirkuk "consensus government" that includes Arabs and Turkmen had apparently not yet been conveyed by July 3 to Kirkuk pla [...]	2005-07-07 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2872	TALABANI TO CODEL LEVIN: CONSTITUTION CAN BE READY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his July 6 meeting with CODEL Levin, President Talabani predicted that the constitution could be completed on time as long as the constitution committee uses the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) as the basis. He also favored using the same single-district electoral sys [...]	2005-07-08 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2889	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERROR, EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 10 were Talabani's and Al-Jafari's condolences to the Egyptian President for the assassination of the Ambassador in Baghdad, Al-Jafari's expected visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution [...]	2005-07-10 09:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2896	MOI PRESS CONFERENCE MISSES HUMAN RIGHTS MARK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior SCIRI official and Minister of Interior Baqr Jabr lost an opportunity to reach out to the Sunni Arab community by demonstrating that the MOI is serious about protecting human rights during his July 7 press conference. Jabr said the Ministry's three top priorities are prov [...]	2005-07-11 05:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD2908	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, TERRORISM, LONDON BOMBINGS; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 11 were calls for the Arab Ministers of Interior to hold a security conference, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...]	2005-07-11 08:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2911	THE PRESIDENT'S 28 JUNE SPEECH PROVOKES BOTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's 28 June speech provoked both positive and negative reactions from the Iraqi political class in Baghdad. We heard appreciation for the President's continuing commitment to fighting terrorism, keeping troops in Iraq, and supporting Iraq's political process. On th [...]	2005-07-11 11:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2919	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, AL-JAFARI'S VISIT TO IRAN, [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 12 were Al-Jafari's upcoming visit to Iran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS --------- [...]	2005-07-12 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2923	IECI AUGUST VOTER REGISTRATION LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq Chief Electoral Officer Allami believes the start of the voter registration update period might be delayed until August 7. IECI is experienced in handling slight delays in schedule, so this one-week delay should not pose a serious threat [...]	2005-07-12 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2933	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER'S IRAN VISIT: AN OLIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi Defense Minister Al-Dulaimi confirmed to Charge on July 10 that he had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Iran during his official visit to Tehran on July 5. Al-Dulaimi told Charge that his discussions with Iran centered on the need for Iran to monitor its [...]	2005-07-12 20:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD2940	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, CONSTITUTION, SUNNI [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July. 13 were Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick's visit to Baghdad, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF [...]	2005-07-13 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2955	JULY 2 MEETING OF CHARGE MNF-I CG WITH IRAQI [...] (C) At a July 2 meeting with Minister of Interior Baqr Jaber, the Charge raised reports of human rights abuses by the Wolf Brigade. Jaber agreed on the need to respect human rights, voiced interest in visiting the U.S., and expressed concern about media reports that the U.S. was negotiating [...]	2005-07-15 09:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD2969	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, AL-JAFARI, IRAN, RESISTANCE; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 17 were Al-Jafari's visit to Tehran, the constitutional committee's preparations for drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------- [...]	2005-07-17 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD2984	AL DUJAIL CASE REFERRED TO IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 17, the chief investigative judge for the Iraqi Special Tribunal ("IST") referred the Al Dujail case to the IST's trial chambers. The case, in which Saddam Hussein is a defendant, will focus on the killing of hundreds of people from the town of Al Dujail. Under the IST [...]	2005-07-18 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD2991	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari reiterated to the Deputy Secretary that security conditions on the ground, and not terrorist demands, should determine the manner of withdrawal of Coalition forces. The Deputy Secretary agreed and noted approvingly the Prime Minister's naming of an Iraqi [...]	2005-07-19 11:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN MOPS KISL SY JO IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3008	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ TERROR CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 20 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "C [...]	2005-07-20 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3012	NOT A DONE DEAL: SUNNI WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the July 19 assassinations of Sunni representatives to the Constitution Drafting bodies, the media has reported that the entire Sunni contingent had withdrawn from the constitution drafting process. While there is some confusion even amongst our Iraqi interlocutors as t [...]	2005-07-20 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3014	WOMEN DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (U) PolFSN witnessed a sit-in demonstration on July 19 that was organized and sponsored by the Iraqi Women's Net. (NOTE: The Iraqi Women's Net is a network of more than 75 women's non-governmental organizations (NGO). END NOTE.) The sit-in took place in a tent overlooking the Sheraton and Me [...]	2005-07-20 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV IZ KWM
05BAGHDAD3015	BUILDING A HOUSE ON SHIFTING SANDS--IRAN'S [...] (S//NF) Summary. Despite the relative spirit of democratic cooperation demonstrated by the Shia parties that dominate the governing coalition in Iraq, some of these parties and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force (IRGC-QF),Iran's vanguard political and unconventional warfare o [...]	2005-07-20 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL MCAP MOPS PGOV IZ IR
05BAGHDAD3017	FOUR IECI EMPLOYEES KILLED IN A TARGETED ATTACK; [...] (C) Summary. The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) has confirmed that four employees were killed on July 17 as a result of a car-bomb attack on the East Baghdad Governorate office. Although IECI has made little progress in signing a logistics contract and launching a media/publi [...]	2005-07-20 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3018	CHARGE'S TOUR D' HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with Charge on July 19, President Jalal Talabani pledged to continue lobbying for Masoud Barzani's direct participation in securing a draft constitution by August 15, and urged Charge to travel to Salaheddin to try to persuade Barzani to come to Baghdad. Tala [...]	2005-07-20 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ SY KEDEM
05BAGHDAD3028	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ELECTIONS SECURITY LAW; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 21 were the Sunnis withdrawal from the constitutional committee, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ------- [...]	2005-07-21 10:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3033	UNAMI REPORTS INCREASED CIVIC OUTREACH EFFORT BUT [...] (C/NF/REL GBR) SUMMARY. The constitution drafting process is continuing with an eye towards meeting the drafting deadline in the TAL. In support of this effort, the UNAMI-coordinated civic outreach campaign continues to gain momentum despite personnel shortages in both UNAMI and the Civic O [...]	2005-07-21 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3042	FALLUJAH: CITY IMAMS ISSUE FATWA ON POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 19 Fallujah city council session, Sheikh Kamal Shakir Mahmood -- a leading imam and council member -- announced that city clerics had issued a Fatwa (religious edict) calling upon all Fallujah residents to participate in the upcoming referendum and election. City i [...]	2005-07-22 10:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3064	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION TERROR; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 24 were the presidency council's meeting, Al-Jafari and Talabani's meeting with the American ambassador, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, drafting the constitution, and the developments of the security sit [...]	2005-07-24 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3075	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION AND SUNNI [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 25 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, drafting the constitution, and the latest developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Is i [...]	2005-07-25 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3098	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION, TERROR; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 26 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and a response to Egyptian media coverage of the Sharm Al Sheikh attack. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Constitution a [...]	2005-07-26 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3099	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-26 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3101	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-27 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3110	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY, U.S. AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 27 were the new security plan, drafting the constitution, the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum, and the developments of the security situation. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ------------- [...]	2005-07-27 12:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3111	IRAQI DPM CHALABI SUPPORTS OUTREACH TO SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi says he supports outreach to the mass of the Sunni population, claims to desire Sunni inclusion in the political process and feels this will reduce tension in Iraq. There is now a plan before the Cabinet, he said, to provide pensions to senior former [...]	2005-07-27 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV KDEM EPET EINV IZ
05BAGHDAD3113	DULAME AND RUBAIE DISUCSS IRAQI SECURITY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 24 at the dinner table, Ambassador discussed Iraq's short-term security challenges with Iraq's National Security Advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie and Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulame. The latter identified the ITG's primary objectives as delivering security to I [...]	2005-07-27 16:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS MARR IZ PRESL
05BAGHDAD3115	VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE SECURITY PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 06:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3121	SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to secure Iraq and decried what he perceives as needless American suspicions of Iraqi Shia in his July 25 meeting with Poloff. Al-Safi and Poloff vigorously deb [...]	2005-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3123	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY, CONSTITUTION; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 28 were drafting the constitution, and the security situation. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "For a constitution that ensures rights for all" (Al- Da'awa, 7/28) B. "Why Iraq not others" (Al- Ittihad, [...]	2005-07-28 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3135	FALLUJAH/RAMADI: VOCAL SUNNI MOBILIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city groups continue to echo intentions to participate in the upcoming constitution referendum and follow-on December election. Religious, tribal and political leaders have emphasized to Fallujah Poloff that they intend to educate Fallujah/Ramadi and neighboring area r [...]	2005-07-29 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3137	IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador on July 28 that MFA plans to open 30 new embassies and train 500 new diplomats who represent a broad cross-section of Iraqi society. Ambassador told Zebari a more assertive Iraqi diplomacy is needed. The Iraqi Foreign Minister said the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3158	SECURITY BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) On Tuesday, August 2nd, the U.S. Embassy Iraq will offer an expansive "how to" security session to members of the diplomatic community in Baghdad. This briefing, will be conducted by Post's Regional Security Office, Political Military Office, U.S. Military, and Iraqi Police and Military [...]	2005-07-31 06:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER

05BAGHDAD3392	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI EDITORIAL SUMMARY, [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3393	LEITH KUBBA AND BARHAM SALEH ON BUILDING A VIABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political Advisor to Prime Minister Ja,fari Leith Kubba and Minister of Planning Barham Saleh told POLOFF separately on August 13 that, after the completion of the constitution, building a political center should be the immediate goal of the U.S. Government to ensure that the Dec [...]	2005-08-17 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3402	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DELAY OF THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3409	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 19:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3412	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH IRAQI WOMEN'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3437	VOTER REGISTRATIONS SLOWLY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. After a slow start, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) on August 18 reported increased registration activity over the past few days, especially in Maysan, Diyala, Salah ad-Din, and Kirkuk provinces. IECI expects registrations to increase during the remaining te [...]	2005-08-22 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3443	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 21:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3452	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-23 19:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3458	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3459	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3460	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3468	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 21:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3470	SUNNI RELIGIOUS LEADER WANTS FEDERALISM AMENDED [...] (C) Summary: At an August 24 meeting with PolOff, the influential former Sunni Waqf (Endowment) leader, Adnan Dulaimi, urged the U.S. to ensure either the removal or the watering down of references to federalism in the draft constitution. Otherwise, he said, Sunnis would not support the text. [...]	2005-08-25 11:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3482	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3483	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3501	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-28 20:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3533	Special Media Reaction Report - Opinions on the [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 20:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3568	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 06:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3570	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-01 08:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3601	Special Media Reaction Report The Sunni Split on the [...] (U) SUMMARY. Within the Sunni community two positions have emerge on the constitution, an approach of continued engagement and a rejectionist approach. This debate is being carried out in the media with both camps reaching out to major Iraqi and pan-Arab outlets to espouse their positions. I [...]	2005-09-02 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3638	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-05 18:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3642	SUNNI ARAB OUTREACH IN IRAQ: MISSION PLANS [...] (U) The US Mission Baghdad, including MNF-I, is committed to achieving broad Sunni Arab support for a democratic Iraq. The Mission is aware of the beginnings of a psychological shift in the tide since the January elections regarding participation in the electoral process, and we will use a r [...]	2005-09-06 05:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS ELAB PINS EAID KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD3647	IRAQI GOVERNMENT NAMES INTERLOCUTORS ON TALL,AFAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings this week, the Prime Minister's special advisor Adnan Ali al-Kadhami and TNA member Hassan Seneid pledged to work closely with U.S. government representatives to ensure the welfare of citizens in Tall'Afar. On August 30, Senior SCIRI official Muhammad Taqi al [...]	2005-09-06 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF PREL IZ MARS
05BAGHDAD3659	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 18:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3676	NEW ELECTRICITY PROTECTION CHIEF TRYING TO CLEAN [...] (C) Summary: MG Sa'ad Hashim, Security Advisor to the Minister of Electricity, has begun working with MNF-I and Embassy counterparts to bring the Electricity Protection Security Service (EPSS) under ministerial control following the removal of the former chief, Faris al-Bayati, August 22. Th [...]	2005-09-07 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3681	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 05:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3682	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 05:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3688	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3689	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 7, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 10:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3696	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 18:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3727	TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-11 14:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL
05BAGHDAD3733	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-11 18:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3759	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 02:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3775	TAL AFAR SITREP: SEPT. 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID ECON IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PREF PREL
05BAGHDAD3779	CONSTITUTION OUTREACH PROGRAMMING [...] (LOU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, post (principally PAS and USAID) has sponsored or funded a substantial level of programming relating to Iraq's current constitutional debate. This programming has involved airlifting Iraqi officials to meet with local audiences to discuss the constitu [...]	2005-09-13 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3781	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 17:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3782	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-13 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3795	UNAMI SOLIDIFIES PLANS TO LAUNCH CIVIC OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI is currently in the final planning stages for launching its civic outreach campaign on the draft permanent constitution and plans to begin in earnest upon receipt of an electronic copy of the signed text. UNAMI intends to print 5 million copies of the draft to be largely di [...]	2005-09-14 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3806	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3807	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 14, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3823	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, TAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 17:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3827	NOT SO NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, THE AL-FADEELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. One of the key players in the negotiations over the draft Constitution was the Fadeela party and its leader Nadeen Jabiri whom we frequently saw huddling with other top Shia Coaltion leaders. Touted as home-grown, intellectual and moderate, its leadership publicly supports the [...]	2005-09-16 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD3854	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-18 19:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3877	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 18:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3888	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 19:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3896	ELECTION CRIMES PROVISION BACK IN ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary. Article 27 on election crimes reappeared in the final version of the election law released by the TNA legal committee September 18. The previous version, released on September 14 by the legal committee, did not include this provision, even though the TNA had voted on September 1 [...]	2005-09-21 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3905	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 18:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3906	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 19:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3934	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-22 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3945	TOP SHIA CLERGY URGE THE FAITHFUL TO APPROVE CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Grand Ayatollah Sistani, and other top Shia clerics in Najaf, publicly have urged Iraqis to approve the draft constitution. A member of the Shia Coalition in the National Assembly, Ali Debbagh, told PolCouns that he had met Sistani's son, Mohammed Reda, on 9/22. Mohammed Reda said t [...]	2005-09-24 05:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KISL PGOV
05BAGHDAD3963	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 02:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3964	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 02:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3976	VP ADEL ABD AL-MAHDI UPBEAT WITH CODEL STEARNS [...] (SBU) VP Adel Abd al-Mahdi told CODEL Stearns September 24 that he expects the referendum to pass without problems. He added that the U.S. had facilitated the negotiations but it was an Iraqi product. In the end, it was the best that could be produced, he said, even if he was not entirely hap [...]	2005-09-26 11:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN ETRD IZ
05BAGHDAD3984	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3986	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-26 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4002	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINDEF DULIME [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On September 24 the Ambassador met with Iraqi MinDef Sadoun al-Dulime. Discussions covered security in western Iraq, the effect of sectarian discord on referendum security, Iraqi-Jordanian relations, government corruption, and the apolitical development of the ISF. END [...]	2005-09-27 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD4010	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4025	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 02:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4034	FALLUJAH: GEN CASEY MEETS LOCAL LEADERS, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Casey, MNF-I Commanding General, met September 22, 2005, with Fallujah leaders at the downtown Civil-Military Operations Center. He stressed his continued personal commitment to Fallujah's reconstruction and improved security; progress had been made since his last visit [...]	2005-09-29 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4038	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - September 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 17:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4039	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4075	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-02 18:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4082	IRAQI OFFICIALS HOLD TOWN HALLS ON CONSTITUTION [...] Summary: During the week of September 18-24 the Iraq Transitional Government (ITG) Outreach Program sent groups of senior Iraqi officials to four provincial capitals: Diwaniyah, Karbalah, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Each ITG Outreach group is comprised of a cabinet level official and one or two Tra [...]	2005-10-03 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4089	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 18:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4090	NEW TNA INTERPRETATION OF "VOTER" COULD SPARK SUNNI PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two days before recess, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) passed a resolution on October 2 that could dim the hopes of Sunni Arabs seeking to vote down the constitution. The resolution inconsistently defines the word nakhabeen, or "voters", as it appears in Article 61 (c) [...]	2005-10-03 20:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4094	IRAQI ELECTION/REFERENDUM PREPARATION ON TRACK, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) reports that staffing, training, materials, budget, and security preparations for the referendum and elections are moving forward according to plan. IECI expects to announce preliminary referendum results within two days. Staff [...]	2005-10-04 05:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4105	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 17:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4106	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4107	UPDATE ON SYRIAN RETURN OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) Emboff met Dr. Saladin H. Al-Hadithi, Director General, Iraqi Fund for External Development (DFI),Ministry of Finance, October 4 for his take on his recent trip to Damascus to discuss the current status of Iraqi funds in Syrian banks (reftel; Saladin headed the GOI team). The main purpose [...]	2005-10-04 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL SY IZ
05BAGHDAD4116	KIDNAPPED BROTHER OF INTERIOR MINISTER RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brother of Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr was freed by members of the Mahdi Militia on October 2 after being held captive for 27 hours. His kidnapping is especially notable as a high-profile case where the Mahdi Militia operated more or less openly without police interfe [...]	2005-10-05 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4118	IRAQI SHIA DON'T THINK MUCH OF SAUDI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent comments by the Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs, combined with the Arab League Secretary General's decision to travel to Iraq, have raised SIPDIS the ire of many Iraqi Shia. They expressed anger at assertions that Iran has undue influence in Iraq, and they a [...]	2005-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4122	CONSTITUTION PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary. UNAMI distribution of the Iraqi draft constitution is well underway. 750,000 copies of the text reached the southern governorates in the past five days. Distribution to other parts of the country continues. Kurdish copies are expected to arrive in Kurdistan by October 6. Meanw [...]	2005-10-05 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4126	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 04:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4127	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 5, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 04:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4132	MCNS DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL AFAR, [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]	2005-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4133	MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY IN BAGHDAD, TAL [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jaafari convened on short notice a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) at his office on the evening of September 25. Topics discussed included a disagreement between Coalition Force (CF) officers and Ministry of Defense [...]	2005-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4138	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 18:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4146	IRAQI MCNS DISCUSSES REFERENDUM SECURITY, OTHER [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4, 2005 to discuss the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities, to review security plans for the October 15 referendum, and to discuss other issues. The Committee's discussi [...]	2005-10-08 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS ECON PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4147	IRAQI MCNS MEETS TO DISCUSS TRANSFER OF SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) met on October 4 to discuss, among other subjects, the conditions for the transfer of security responsibilities from the Coalition to Iraqi civil authorities. Prime Minister Jaafari stated a preference for [...]	2005-10-08 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4173	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4176	FALLUJAH: LEADERS MEET WITH IECI COMMISSIONER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city leaders met with IECI Chairman, Izadin Shufiq, UN IFES elections expert Philip Sfocina, and an Embassy/USAID delegation October 6, 2005, at the Fallujah Civil-Military Operations Center (CMOC). Residents criticized the number of seats (nine) the Transitional Nation [...]	2005-10-11 06:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4182	ANBAR: GOVERNOR FRUSTRATED BY LACK OF ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. In October 2 meeting with Second Marine Division ADC and Poloff, Anbar Governor Mamoon expressed his disappointment in the lack of follow-through by Election Commissioners after their August 30 outreach visit. He said that if his demands for confirmation of designated polling lo [...]	2005-10-11 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4186	ARAB LEAGUE MISSION SURVIVES ATTACK, SCORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. (C) An eleven member Arab League (AL) delegation continued their five-day fact-finding visit to Baghdad despite an attack on their convoy that resulted in the deaths of 2 security guards. Except for that incident, the Iraqi MFA and the Prime Minister's office characterized the v [...]	2005-10-11 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4198	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4199	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4210	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-12 19:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4214	MAJOR SUNNI PARTY PARTICIPATES IN GATHERING IN [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) reiterated support for the amended draft constitution at a big tent gathering of Iraqi political leaders October 12 in the Transitional National Assembly. A number of important amendments, negotiated in the last week, paved the way for the statemen [...]	2005-10-13 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PHUM PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4215	FALLUJAH: MOBILIZED FOR THE REFERENDUM, BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans are mobilized to vote in large numbers October 15. Most residents remain primarily focused on immediate needs in the recovering city (power, water, and security) rather than the national political debate. City leaders have not yet formally urged rejection of the const [...]	2005-10-13 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4221	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4222	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 13, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 20:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4228	MIXED REACTION BY SUNNI ARABS TO CONSTITUTION [...] (C) An official from the Sunni Arab-dominated Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),Nasir Al-Ani, told PolOff October 13 the IIP remains resolutely in support of the constitution despite insurgents firing rocket-propelled grenades on the IIP office in Fallujah October 13. Al-Ani said there were no casua [...]	2005-10-14 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD4232	19 IRAQI PALESTINIANS IN NO MAN'S LAND AT AL [...] (C) Summary. Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) told RefCoord and PolOff that the 19 Palestinians in the No Man's Land between the Iraqi and Syrian land borders fled because of an upsurge in abuse of Palestinians by the ITG and the general public. CPT was unable to provide specific details on [...]	2005-10-15 05:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS IZ JO SY KCRS
05BAGHDAD4268	IRAQI POLITICIANS SPINNING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi politicians were quick to begin spinning results of the October 15 referendum, issuing statements to the media on provincial voting well before the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) began its tally of governorate ballot sheets. While such spinning is to be expe [...]	2005-10-17 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4270	ALLAWI ALLY ON FORMER PM'S EFFORT TO BUILD A [...] (C) Summary. With the Conference of Centrists and Moderation underway, Allawi supporter and former Planning Minister Medhi Hafedh has gathered a myriad of Sunni, Shia and Kurds that may possibly form alliances with Ayad Allawi for the December elections. Hafedh reported that Allawi's politica [...]	2005-10-17 18:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4271	IRAQI ELECTION COMMISSION DELAYS ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Special Representative (SRSG) Qazi told P5 Chiefs of Mission late October 17 that the announcement of the constitution referendum results would be delayed while the Iraqi election commission investigates potential irregularities. Preliminary information from IECI field office [...]	2005-10-17 18:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4272	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 19:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4273	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 17, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 19:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4298	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4319	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 19, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4320	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 18:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ

05BAGHDAD4336	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4345	IRAQ'S FUEL SITUATION WORSENS UNDER IMPACT OF [...] (S) Summary: National power blackouts and repeated interdictions of crude oil and product supply lines to and from major refineries have reduced Iraq's domestic fuel production, and increased its reliance on imported fuel. Stores of gasoline are low (critically in the north) and dropping, as [...]	2005-10-21 18:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4347	UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, met with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office on October 18. They discussed the ongoing development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Jaafari s [...]	2005-10-22 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ECON EFIN PTER KCOR IZ
05BAGHDAD4368	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-23 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4371	IRAQ MEDIA SILENT ON AFGHAN CREMATIONS [...] Iraqi media monitored by the coalition forces, FBIS, and U.S. Embassy offices in Iraq devoted practically zero coverage to the reported burning of two Taliban fighters' bodies by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. 2. Iraqi media, instead, are closely following expected results of the recent cons [...]	2005-10-24 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL MOPS KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4384	AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK DOES NOT POSE SIGNIFICANT [...] SUMMARY: The H9N2 strain of avian flu virus detected in the northern governorates does not pose a significant health risk to humans. The GOI is responding and developing response and prevention plans. An Embassy task force is following the situation and assisting the GOI as necessary and ap [...]	2005-10-25 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KSCA TBIO IZ
05BAGHDAD4390	OFFICIAL RESULT SHOWS THE CONSTITUTION PASSES - [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced final referendum results and passage of the constitution October 25, publicly certifying the results shortly thereafter. In what appeared a conciliatory gesture to Sunni Arabs, Deputy Speaker Shahristani said that thos [...]	2005-10-25 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
05BAGHDAD4391	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 25, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4392	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4409	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4411	AL-BAGHDADIYA TV: IS THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME [...] (U) This is a joint message with Embassy Amman and Embassy Cairo. 2. (U) Summary. There are reports in Baghdad and Cairo that members of Saddam's family, or at least unreformed Saddam-era Ba'athists, may be using new satellite channel al- Baghdadiya as a Trojan Horse to re-enter Iraqi p [...]	2005-10-27 03:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL KPAO EG IZ
05BAGHDAD4433	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4434	WORKING DINNER WITH BAGHDAD MAYOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26, 2005, IRMO Director Ambassador Daniel Speckhard, MG Robert Heine, BG O'Neill, Ferris Nesheiwat, LTC William Duddleston met with the Mayor of Baghdad, Saber Al-Esawi, and accompanying delegation, Amer Al-Saadi, Deputy Mayor for Managerial Affairs; Mohammad Amanuel, [...]	2005-10-27 19:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELAB IZ
05BAGHDAD4439	IRAQI PARTY LEADER OFFERS PROGRAM SUPPORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 22, PA Counselor and PA Section staff met with Mithal Al-Alusi, Secretary General of a liberal Sunni party, to discuss cooperation in the area of public outreach, specifically the establishment of a joint mechanism to promote Iraqi-American cultural linkages and to [...]	2005-10-29 05:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC OEXC PGOV KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4445	JAAFARI ON TRIP TO JORDAN AND ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) PM Jaafari briefed Charge October 29 on his just-concluded visit to Jordan and reflected on the previous week's visit by Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. Jaafari said he was "completely satisfied" with the visit to Amman. King Abdullah, the Jordanian PM and other officials - he [...]	2005-10-29 18:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4452	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 03:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4464	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4514	SUNNI ARAB PARTIES RUNNING COMPETING SLATES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The recently-released IECI list of coalitions and political entities set to run in the December elections reveals a fractured field of Sunni Arab politicians who have chosen to compete with one another rather than run together. Power struggles rather than policy diffe [...]	2005-11-04 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4516	BASRAH REGIONAL MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-06 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4780	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - November 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 17:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4781	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4782	IRAQ MEDIA SUMMARY NOVEMBER 19-26, CAIRO [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. This week the Iraqi press zeroed in on the Cairo Conference and spinoff topics. The Cairo Conference in fact prompted Iraq's first real public debate about resistance and terrorism, the coalition presence, and de- Ba'athification. Cairo seems also to have stimu [...]	2005-11-29 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4791	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 19:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4800	UPDATED STATUS OF IRAQ DETAINEE ABUSE [...] (S/NF) Three committees investigating human rights abuses committed against 168 detainees at the Iraqi Ministry Interior (MOI) Bunker facility and others at similar facilities nationwide are making uneven progress. The mandate of some committees has been overwhelmed by the political agenda of [...]	2005-12-01 13:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ
05BAGHDAD4806	NATIONAL DIALOGUE COUNCIL MEMBER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Dialogue Council member Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador November 29 that Iraqi Security Forces are preventing campaigning and that terrorists are targeting Tawafoq (consensus) leaders. He called for a national unity government after the election. He also said his [...]	2005-12-01 17:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4811	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 20:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4841	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4842	CHALABI ALLY: THERE IS NO RESISTANCE, ONLY [...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with Poloffs, INC candidate Mariam al-Rais argued in favor of her party's platform and party leader Ahmed Chalabi's qualifications to lead the next government. Al-Rais faulted Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia for contributing to Iraq's instability. In a clear allusio [...]	2005-12-04 21:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4849	IRAQI MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN NOVEMBER: [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Iraq's media sector remains extremely active, reflecting the unsettled political situation as different parties and candidates clamor to project their voices to a skeptical but highly politicized public. November saw a new effort at independent broadcasting for [...]	2005-12-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4855	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4868	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4869	MAYSAN POLITICAL LEADER DISCUSSES SHIA ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: A prominent tribal leader from Maysan, who won a TNA seat on the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) list in January and has decided to join Ali al-Dabbagh's party as a candidate in this month's election, told poloff December 5 that there are no policy differences between the UIA and Da [...]	2005-12-06 19:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4885	SUFI POLITICAL PARTY PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Party officials from the slate representing Iraq's Sufi Muslims complained about intimidation in the election campaign, interference by neighboring states, and the sectarian and extremist character of Iraqi politics during a December 3 meeting with poloffs. Anticipating they wil [...]	2005-12-07 19:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4892	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION OFFICIALS ON ELECTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of two meetings with the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),a Kurdish splinter group from the Kurdistan Alliance and the main rival to the dominant KDP and PUK parties in Kurdistan, members highlighted their allegedly non-sectarian, democratic and secular political ag [...]	2005-12-08 08:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4906	ALLAWI CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Ayad Allawi's Campaign Manager, Renda Rahim Rancke, met with PolOffs on December 7 to provide them with proof of serious campaign violations and copies of the 55 complaints filed with the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). She encouraged Embassy efforts [...]	2005-12-08 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
05BAGHDAD4910	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 19:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4911	REVIEW OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN STATUS WITH U.S. NGO'S [...] (C) Summary: POL and USAID met December 6 with IFES, NDI, and IRI to assess the state of the electoral campaign. There was general agreement that the mechanics of the process are well underway (the exception, for security reasons, being Anbar province; see septel). An exciting development is [...]	2005-12-08 20:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4912	WHAT CAMPAIGNING IN IRAQ LOOKS LIKE [...] With so much at stake, campaigning for the December 15 elections is intense. The security situation weighs heavily on the campaign, and leaders of the major coalitions make relatively few public appearances. That said, we sense there are more public campaign events than we saw in the Januar [...]	2005-12-08 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4919	TURCOMAN CLAIMS OF KURDISH ATTACK ON IRAQI HOUSING [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Islamic Union of Iraqi Turcomans leader Abbas al-Bayyati on December 5, he confirmed reports that the Iraqi Housing Minister, Jassim Jaafar (an ethnic Turcoman) was ambushed while visiting the Turcoman city of Tuz Khurmato in Salah-ad-Din province in late Novemb [...]	2005-12-09 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD4926	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MINISTER OF CULTURE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with ITG Culture Minister Nuri Al-Rawi on November 30. They reviewed the impact of Iraq's security situation on Iraqi cultural heritage sites and the promotion of Iraqi culture generally. Fourteen Iraqi cultural centers are planned worldwide (three in the U.S.) [...]	2005-12-10 10:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4929	AVIAN FLU UPDATE: POULTRY CONSUMPTION LAGS [...] SUMMARY: From November 26-30, Embassy Agriculture Attache and Senior Agricultural Advisor visited Kurdish governorates and met with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Agriculture to follow up on U.S. poultry imports since the lifting of the import ban on poultry (ref A). Ac [...]	2005-12-10 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD IZ USTR
05BAGHDAD4932	ELECTION PREPARATIONS APPEAR ON TRACK - SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With days to go until the December 15 election and despite the absence of several IECI Commissioners on Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) travel, preparations for domestic election preparations are well on track. Special voting for detainee, hospital, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) [...]	2005-12-11 10:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4954	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - December 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4958	SHI'A TECHNOCRAT TALKS OF INTIMIDATION AND CABINET [...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban described methods of election intimidation and urged the USG to call on the political parties likely responsible for this intimidation to stop it. He predicted that the United Iraqi All [...]	2005-12-12 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4962	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 03:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4967	ALLAWI ALLY JANABI ON ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (C) Saad Al-Janabi, head of the Iraqi Republican Group running under Ayad Allawi's National Iraqi List coalition, told Poloffs that he hopes the coalition will win at least 43 seats, despite expected ballot stuffing and other irregularities on behalf of the Shi'a and Kurdish coalitions. In an [...]	2005-12-13 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4973	KAMIRAN KARADAGHI ON "IRAQI IDENTITY," CABINET [...] (C) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and former journalist Kamiran Karadaghi told us on December 12 that there was no such thing as an "Iraqi identity." Rather, people still identified themselves primarily in sectarian terms. The Sunni Arabs were so fragmented, Karadaghi said, th [...]	2005-12-13 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4984	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 18:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4991	FOURTH AND FIFTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fourth day of the Ad Dujayl trial occurred on December 6, 2005. Five witnesses provided testimony in open court although each had their identities shielded. The two morning witnesses testified in a closed session. Thus, no media was present, and no recording was made of the [...]	2005-12-14 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5000	IRAQI MCNS MEETS DEC. 9: ELECTION SECURITY, PRIME [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the afternoon of December 9, 2005 at Prime Minister Ja'afari's residence. Ja'afari expressed extreme consternation about the fact that his flight back to Baghdad from Japan was denied permission to lan [...]	2005-12-14 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD5001	NEWSPAPER EDITORS LOOK TO PLAY A ROLE IN BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. Two newspaper editors-in-chief, Muhammad 'Abd al-Jabbar of al-Sabah and Shaker al-Jaboury of Al-Furat, both expressed concerns about the direction Iraqi politics is headed after the December 15 election, but both expressed interest in becoming more politically active afterwards. [...]	2005-12-14 16:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5012	Electoral War Heats up -- Jazeera and Furat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the most notable example of the intensified electoral debate in the media, a candidate's complaints on al-Jazeera about the "meddling of" Shia clergy in Iraqi politics sparked condemnations by Shia Islamist media outlets and provoked demonstrations in Baghdad December 14. [...]	2005-12-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PGOV KMDR IZ
05BAGHDAD5038	COORDINATOR FOR COUNTERTERRORISM VISITS IRAQ, [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 5-8, 2005, Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),visited Iraq to meet with Embassy, military, and Iraqi officials. During his visit Ambassador Crumpton met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials responsible for counterterrorism [...]	2005-12-18 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD5045	AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE PM'S OFFICE [...] (C) Summary. An American contractor working at the PM's office indicates that Adnan Ali al-Khadimi is the only policy and decision-maker on Jaafari's team. Considered the second and third most important people on the team are senior PM advisors Said Hakki and Emad Dhia. But even though they [...]	2005-12-19 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD5053	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 21:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5067	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5081	IECI SCRUTINIZES COMPLAINT PROCESS AMIDST [...] (U) See paragraph 12 for recommended press guidance. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21 there were more denunciations of election fraud while the election commission investigated specific charges and complete the vote count. UN election team leader Jenness told us December 21 that the numb [...]	2005-12-21 14:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5088	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 03:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5097	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 08:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5125	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-26 16:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5133	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-28 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5150	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 03:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5156	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 16:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD5164	SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The sixth day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on Tuesday, December 21. Three complainants provided graphic testimony about torture, incarceration, and murder. The seventh day of trial commenced on Wednesday, December 22. Three additional complainants testified about summary d [...]	2005-12-31 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD6	SHIA CLERIC SEPARATES RELIGION FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: We have met twice in the past two weeks with Shia cleric Saayid Ayad Jamal Ad-Din who warns that the forces of ideological and religious extremism will dominate the new National Assembly without Coalition support to educated moderates and liberals such as himself. He claimed that [...]	2005-01-02 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD7	FOREIGN MINISTER ZIBARI SAYS IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Interim Government Foreign Minster Zibari told Deputy Secretary Armitage on December 31 that Iraq's Arab neighbors need to worry less about what the Shi'a will do in Iraq after elections and think about how to help convince Iraq's Sunni Arabs to stop tearing the country apar [...]	2005-01-02 17:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PNAT IZ SY TU
05BANGKOK1024	THAILAND: NPT 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (U) PolOffs delivered reftel non-paper February 7 to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Departments of International Organizations (IO) and ASEAN Affairs. One MFA official noted in the non-paper the line reading, "The United State will seek support for other measures t [...]	2005-02-09 04:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM KPAO TH NPT IAEA
05BANGKOK1026	AMBASSADOR BOYCE CALLS ON THAI COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Boyce paid his first official call on Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook on February 4, 2005. A beaming Watana predicted a landslide for the ruling party on February 6, saying it was vindication of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's hands-on "CEO style." Watana [...]	2005-02-09 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH
05BANGKOK1038	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CDR SEVENTH FLEET VADM [...] (C) Admiral Greenert, your visit to Bangkok and Phuket will come as we are winding down the critical U.S. military role in providing assistance to Thailand and the other tsunami-hit nations in the region. Your meetings with senior SIPDIS Thai officials follow on the heels of visits by a n [...]	2005-02-09 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK1163	EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] This is an action request. 2. JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting for units that have been selected to participate in Exercise Balance Torch (BT) 05-2 from 11 April - 3 June 2005. To meet internal DOD advance deployment deadlines, they [...]	2005-02-15 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1278	THAKSIN'S VICTORY -- CREDIT THE MAN, INNOVATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The landslide victory of Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party in the February 6 parliamentary election victory reconfirmed the Prime Minister's domination of the Thai political landscape. Thaksin's personality, sophisticated media presentation, focused populist messa [...]	2005-02-18 13:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK1375	THAI PRIME MINISTER RATTLED BY CRITICS OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra initially reacted to critics of his new security zoning policy in Southern Thailand (Ref A) with a blast of vulgar expletives. But strong and spreading negative public reaction to his new plan, coupled with an invigorated media focus on continuing [...]	2005-02-24 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TH
05BANGKOK1427	Thailand: Customs Valuation Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, Embassy representatives met with the Customs Department's Mr. Watana U-Thasoonthorn, Director, Customs Procedures and Valuation Directorate. Noting that some customs officers continue to assign arbitrary values to data on carrier media (CD) imports, Watana agree [...]	2005-02-25 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TH GATT WTRO
05BANGKOK1454	THAILAND: NGO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ASIA HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a hard hitting press conference on February 24, Brad Adams, executive director of the non-government organization Human Rights Watch Asia (HRW-Asia),described the trend for human rights in Thailand as "unambiguously negative." Poloff attended the press conference, as did the [...]	2005-02-28 12:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1527	THAILAND: INITIAL MEDIA COVERAGE, GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Thai media on March 2 headlined their stories on the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR) with variations on the theme, "US government slams Thailand's human rights performance," with special attention to incidents in the South. PM Thaksin has not commented on the HRR. Offici [...]	2005-03-02 13:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1528	THAILAND: SOUTH DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE, MARCH 2, 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thai Government has moved rapidly away from Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's controversial plan to allocate economic assistance based on the color coded security ratings of villages in the southern border provinces. In the face of broad condemnation of the zoning schem [...]	2005-03-02 14:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK1573	THAI MFA PERMSEC SUMMONS THE AMBASSADOR OVER 2004 [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry (MFA) Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn told the Ambassador March 2 that the 2004 Human Right Report (HRR) on Thailand presented government actions (at Khru Se mosque and Tak Bai) in the deep South in a misleading light by failing to place them in the c [...]	2005-03-03 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1737	PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK 03/08/2005 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 3/08/2005, approximately 35 individuals staged a 30-minute peaceful protest at the US Embassy in Bangkok. The protesters sought the return of an antique royal headdress, currently on loan to an exhibit in San Francisco, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States [...]	2005-03-09 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC TH PHUM
05BANGKOK1775	THAILAND: A KINDER AND GENTLER THAKSIN? [...] (SBU) Summary: In his second term inaugural speech on March 9, Prime Minister Thaksin promised to be open to dissent, support non-governmental organizations and establish a better rapport with the press. Thaksin also told the Thai nation that he will dedicate himself to building a better s [...]	2005-03-10 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH TRT HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK1817	THAILAND: TRT MPS BEGIN THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin's select group of 25 Members of Parliament (MP) from his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party has begun the work he personally assigned them to assess and develop strategies for dealing with the Muslim South. Two MPs told poloffs about their initial visit to the S [...]	2005-03-11 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK1819	THAILAND: THAKSIN'S NEW CABINET FAMILIAR, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin unveiled the first cabinet lineup in his new administration on March 11. Many faces are familiar, but there were some surprises. This cabinet may only last until next June. If the list is approved by the King (as is likely),Foreign Minister Surikiart Sa [...]	2005-03-14 00:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK1901	THAILAND: EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] As authorized per Ref A, with the exception of the 25 regiment noted in Para 3 below, Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of Gross violations of human rights by the Royal Thai units identified below to participate in Balance Torch 05-2, as of this d [...]	2005-03-16 04:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK1921	THAIS SEEK RETURN OF CLAIMED ROYAL HEADDRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thai media and some politicians have recently called for the return to Thailand of a 500-year old royal headdress which they claim was stolen in the 1950s. The headdress is currently on display at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [...]	2005-03-16 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO TH
05BANGKOK1933	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FORMER PRIME MINISTER CHUAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister and Democrat Party (DP) leader Chuan Leekpai said that Prime Minister Thaksin did not understand the problems in southern Thailand and indeed his policies were exacerbating the situation. Chuan feared that if [...]	2005-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH BURMA US FTA
05BANGKOK1969	THAI PRIME MINISTER SKIPS LUNCH DATE WITH ASSEMBLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra disappointed a three-day gathering of mostly rural villagers from the Assembly of the Poor NGO by going on vacation in Japan rather than stopping by for lunch. The 900-strong peaceful demonstration in front of Thailand's Parliament [...]	2005-03-17 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TH TRT
05BANGKOK2260	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's March 28 courtesy call on the leader of Thailand's official Islamic community, the Chularatchamontri stated his support for the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) headed by former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. The 89-year-old Muslim cleric expr [...]	2005-03-30 11:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BIO NRC
05BANGKOK2261	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR HILL'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Designate for East Asia and Pacific and U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Hill met with opposition Democrat Party (DP) Deputy Leader and former Foreign Minister Dr. Surin Pitsuwan on March 29. Surin urged the U.S. to continue to pressure Thailand and ASEAN partners to seek [...]	2005-03-30 12:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TH BM BURMA ASEAN ARF NRC
05BANGKOK2537	AMBASSADORS HILL AND BOYCE MEET INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a March 29 meeting in Bangkok, Indonesian Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) Chairman Achmad Hasyim Muzadi told Ambassadors Hill and Boyce that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) had invited him to visit the troubled Muslim-majority southern border provinces of Thailand, speak with local [...]	2005-04-08 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK2636	BURMESE PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN THAILAND: DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly 2,000 out of 2,707 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) persons of concern (POC) have reported to Thai immigration offices in Bangkok and three provincial offices in Northern and Western Thailand. The largest number reported to the Mae Sot immigration [...]	2005-04-19 00:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK2749	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACOM CDR ADM FALLON [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Thai leaders and Chiang Mai to open this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to push forward a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have requested meetings for you with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra [...]	2005-04-22 02:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK2798	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO THAILAND OF USARPAC [...] (C) General Brown, your visit to Bangkok to meet with Royal Thai Army (RTA) leaders and Chiang Mai to observe this year's Cobra Gold exercise will allow you an opportunity to develop relationships with senior Thai Army officers. We have requested meetings for you with RTA CINC GEN Prawit Wo [...]	2005-04-26 01:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK2838	THAILAND: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary, on behalf of the entire Embassy community, I welcome you to Bangkok. You are visiting at an opportune point in our negotiations with the Thai on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra no longer distracted by elections and firmly back [...]	2005-04-26 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER TH OVIP
05BANGKOK2839	FAMILY OF MISSING MUSLIM HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mrs. Angkana Wongrachen, the wife (and presumed widow) of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit, has alleged that, after a letter was submitted on her behalf to the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) about the case of her missing husband, she received anonymous threatening phone c [...]	2005-04-26 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK2887	APPROVING MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM [...] (C) USPACOM proposed deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to Thailand to offer military support to public diplomacy. The focus of this team will be to advise and assist the Royal Thai Army in its efforts to address ongoing unrest in southern Thailand. Post concurs and r [...]	2005-04-28 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK3073	THAI GIVE APPROVAL TO PRM DAS RYAN FOR BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During an April 18-23 visit by PRM Bureau DAS Kelly Ryan, the Thai government gave its approval for a multi-year program to resettle Burmese refugees residing in camps along the Thai-Burma border to the United States. DAS Ryan told Thai officials that the United States wanted to [...]	2005-05-09 09:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK3074	BURMESE DISSIDENT GROUPS IN THAILAND DENY [...] (SBU) Summary: Burmese exile groups based in Thailand have denied any connection to the bombings in Rangoon on May 7, 2005. Most speculated, without any providing any hard evidence, that former associates of ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and the military intelligence services might be res [...]	2005-05-09 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK3145	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION RELEASES FULL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) recently released the complete texts of reports authored by two government-authorized "Independent Commissions" which investigated separate high casualty incidents in 2004 in southern Thailand involving Thai security forces. In April [...]	2005-05-11 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS NRC
05BANGKOK3203	THAILAND: DEALING WITH CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT [...] (S) SUMMARY: As separatist violence escalates in Thailand's deep South, USG officials must deal with the persistent and perhaps widening perception in the Thai public that the United States is fomenting the violence for its own purposes. When traveling in Thailand's southern provinces, Emb [...]	2005-05-13 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK3208	MY DINNER WITH THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary: I had dinner on May 12 with Prime Minister Thaksin. He was in a receptive mode. On trade issues, Thaksin indicated that he was ready to push his ministers to reengage on all FTA issues and said there was "no problem" in lifting Thailand's ban on U.S. beef. He accepted constr [...]	2005-05-13 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BU TH IZ BURMA ASEAN
05BANGKOK3333	THAIS CONTENT WITH LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS TO DEFUSE BORDER TENSIONS WITH CAMBODIA AT ANCIENT KHMER TEMPLE [...] Summary: Recent news stories about a dispute at a historically sensitive ancient Khmer temple at the border between Thailand and Cambodia inaccurately reported increased Thai troop deployments and explosion of a landmine inside the temple. Tensions at this temple site, which flare periodically, app [...]	2005-05-19 10:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL CB TH CAMBODIA

05BANGKOK3436	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance a number of key U.S. foreign policy objectives. We have just finished our annual Cobra Gold exercise -- the only multilateral training exercise in the Asia-Pacific region. This year's exercise [...]	2005-05-25 08:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK3522	COMMUNITY RADIO IN THAILAND: CRACKDOWN OR CROSSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: An estimated 2,000 (maybe 3,000) unregistered community radio stations continue to broadcast popular news and "call in" talk shows without a legal regulatory framework. Appointment of a National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) remains stalled in the Thai Senate. Although the Royal [...]	2005-05-31 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TH
05BANGKOK3633	THAILAND: VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH: VISIT TO SONGKHLA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the far southern province of Songkhla and the Muslim majority province of Satun May 23-24. Satun province has avoided the violence plaguing the three other Muslim majority Thai provinces despite a similar population and geographical location. A separate historic [...]	2005-06-03 06:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK3704	THAILAND-DPRK RELATIONS: RTG SEES ITSELF AS [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PARM PHUM KN KS TH DPRK
05BANGKOK3725	SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH THAI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld met on June 6 with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at Government House in Bangkok. Secretary Rumsfeld 1) encouraged Thailand to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Principles; 2) sought PM Thaksin's insights into [...]	2005-06-07 01:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM OVIP TH PSI
05BANGKOK3846	THAILAND TO CONTINUE PUSH TO SERVE AS "MEDIATOR" [...] (C) On the margins of an MFA briefing on the recent OIC visit to Thailand (septel) the chief of the MFA's ASEAN Affairs Policy Section, Suriya Chindawongse, pulled poloff aside to discuss North Korea (DPRK). Suriya repeated remarks made during recent high-level U.S./Thai meetings (reftels) [...]	2005-06-10 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TH DPRK
05BANGKOK3854	THAILAND: MFA BRIEFS ON OIC DELEGATION VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, the Foreign Ministry (MFA) briefed the Diplomatic Corps regarding the ongoing visit of a delegation from the Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC) looking into the Tak Bai incident and unrest in southern Thailand. The Royal Thai Government (RTG) emphasized t [...]	2005-06-10 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK3890	THAILAND: DRIVING FORWARD ON TRAFFIC SAFETY [...] Summary: The upcoming International Road Federation (IRF) meeting in Bangkok this June affords an opportunity to engage Royal Thai Government (RTG) contacts and consider USG follow- up work on traffic safety in Thailand, including the status of two US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) projects [...]	2005-06-13 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ELTN ECON ETRD PREL SOCI TH
05BANGKOK4108	THAILAND: NRC HEAD ANAND PANYARACHUN DISCUSSES [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 15, the Ambassador met with Anand Panyarachun -- the highly respected former Prime Minister and current head of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) -- to discuss the ongoing unrest in southern Thailand and Anand's role in RTG's efforts to end the violence. Anan [...]	2005-06-23 05:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4118	VIOLENCE IN SOUTHERN THAILAND MARKED BY INCREASE [...] (U) Summary: Assailants, suspected to be Muslim separatists, beheaded a Thai civilian in broad daylight at a teashop in Narathiwat province on June 22, the fifth beheading of civilians, all believed to be Buddhist, during this month. Three male Muslim volunteer teachers were shot to death at [...]	2005-06-23 08:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4220	THAILAND: UPDATE ON CONTROVERSIAL PAK MUN DAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, Poloffs visited Ubon Ratchathani province, where the controversial Pak Mun Dam is located. Representatives of an NGO alleged that the Pak Mun Dam has disrupted local fishing and farming communities, without producing anticipated levels of electricity and water. The [...]	2005-06-29 05:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV SOCI EFIS TH
05BANGKOK4238	THAILAND: CENSURE OF TRANSPORT MINISTER ENDS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Thai Parliament voted overwhelmingly and along party lines not to censure Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit for irregularities related to bribes reportedly paid by InVision Corporation to win a procurement contract for airport scanners at Bangkok's new international [...]	2005-06-29 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK4286	ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST SHOT IN TSUNAMI-HIT AREA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A reporter for a popular daily newspaper survived an attempt on his life near his home in the tsunami-affected province of Phang Nga on June 1. The attack SIPDIS occurred following his publication of articles about land encroachment on public forest lands by influential busine [...]	2005-06-30 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TH
05BANGKOK4324	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (C) Madame Secretary, all of us in Thailand look forward to your visit to Phuket. The Royal Thai Government is particularly enthusiastic about hosting you: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (Prime Minister TOCK-sin) and Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon (Minister KHAN-ta-tee) plan to [...]	2005-07-01 07:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP TH
05BANGKOK4332	ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TONES DOWN CRITICISM OF THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The RTG appears to have been successful in getting criticism of its practices in Southern Thailand toned down. On June 29, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) released its report on the conditions of Thai Muslims in Thailand,s southern provinces, at the 32nd Session [...]	2005-07-01 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK4367	THAILAND: PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION; CRIMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Thai Parliament approved a constitutional amendment revising the method for selecting the nation's National Counter Corruption Commission, the nation's chief independent corruption monitor. Based on petitions filed by members of the opposition Democrat Party, the Office of th [...]	2005-07-05 08:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4653	EMERGENCY DECREE UNVEILED; NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: The RTG unveiled its new Emergency Decree to the Diplomatic Corps at a July 18 briefing. MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn characterized the decree as SIPDIS "consistent with the Constitution" and subject to checks. He said that the RTG is drafting an explanat [...]	2005-07-19 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4696	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE SOUTH WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 15, Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng to discuss the situation in southern Thailand. Chaturon spoke frankly, and often critically, of the Thaksin Administration's handling of the situation in the South. Chaturon, a member of the National Rec [...]	2005-07-21 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK4697	RTG REDUCES AREAS UNDER EMERGENCY DECREE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG formally lifted martial law in the deep south and declared the southernmost provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani as an "area of extreme emergency." Contradicting earlier indications, the Cabinet decided not to implement the decree in any part of Songkhla provinc [...]	2005-07-21 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK4723	TRIAL BEGINS IN LIBEL CASE FOR RESPECTED THAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 19, witnesses for the prosecution began their arguments in the case of Shincorp versus Thai media activist Supinya Klangnarong. Supinya is being sued for libel over comments that she made in a 2003 interview with the Thai Post. Supinya told Poloffs she was disappointed [...]	2005-07-22 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK4901	SOUTHERN THAILAND VIOLENCE: THAKSIN AND ANAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and National Reconciliation Commission (NRC) head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun traded views on the Thailand's southern violence over national television on July 28 evening. They debated the root causes of the violence, the new [...]	2005-07-29 11:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK4946	THAILAND: CABINET SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: During tea with the Ambassador on July 28, RTG Cabinet Secretary-General Dr. Borwornsak Uwanno took issue with critics of the recently enacted emergency decree, saying that it contained legal safeguards and will be applied sparingly and only when absolutely necessary. Dr. Borwo [...]	2005-08-02 04:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
05BANGKOK5020	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, Embassy has done the following: -- Incorporated talking points for possible use in relevant high-level meetings with senior RTG officials; -- Discussed main points with working level counterparts in the RTG (See para 2); -- Post also ant [...]	2005-08-04 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS TH
05BANGKOK5366	THAI MFA EMBRACES CONCEPT OF STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TO [...] (C) Summary. The Thai MFA embraces the concept of a U.S.-Thai Strategic Dialogue -- seeing it as a way to strengthen the bilateral relationship in accord with PM Thaksin's call for an "Action Plan" with the United States. MFA proposes hosting a two day session to take place in early Novembe [...]	2005-08-19 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS TH
05BANGKOK5393	THAKSIN COMES TO LUNCH [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is confident and focused as he prepares for his September 19 meeting with the President. He is prepared to discuss ongoing separatist violence in Southern Thailand and his policy towards Burma. He welcomes the upcoming Thai-U.S. Dialogue on s [...]	2005-08-22 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
05BANGKOK5419	MORE CONCERNS ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AS RTG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two recent moves by the RTG against media operations critical of Prime Minister Thaksin's government have renewed concerns within the human rights community that the government is once again resorting to legal measures to intimidate the country's press. After being warned twice, [...]	2005-08-23 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK5503	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAKSIN MISTAKES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Prime Minister Thaksin's missteps and often heavy-handed responses to the unrest in far southern Thailand have clearly exacerbated a long-simmering conflict. However, while he has made mistakes, the Prime Minister has not paid a serious political price for his southern [...]	2005-08-26 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5626	FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: THAILAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: The responses below are in reply to questions contained in Reftel. In general, Thailand is increasingly capable and increasingly transparent in detecting, reporting, and planning for and responding to avian influenza outbreaks in animals and humans. Although Ministry of Publi [...]	2005-09-01 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI TBIO TH
05BANGKOK5706	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI MUSLIMS SEEK REFUGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The flight of 131 Muslim-Thais from a rural village in Narathiwat province, across the border into Malaysia, has embarrassed the Thaksin government and threatens to further strain relations between Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The possible involvement of UNHCR in the incident will [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5791	PM THAKSIN'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: PM Thaksin Shinawatra's September 19 meeting with the President presents an opportunity to underscore our deep and warm relations with Thailand and to build upon that relationship to strengthen our links to the rest of Southeast Asia. Thaksin is the strongest Prime Minister in Th [...]	2005-09-09 04:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP TH
05BANGKOK5940	FOT (FRIEND OF THAKSIN) BUYS UP HUGE SHARES IN TWO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Within two days, Thailand's largest entertainment conglomerate spent $US 66 million dollars to buy 32% and 23% of shares in the parent companies of two of Thailand's leading newspapers- Matichon, and the Bangkok Post respectively. The company's President, Mr. Paiboon Damrongchaith [...]	2005-09-15 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK5965	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AUG 29-31 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From August 29-31 Senate Foreign Relations Committee professional staff member Frank Januzzi visited Thailand's southernmost Muslim majority provinces for a follow-up assessment of the violence affecting the region. The recently announced Emergency Decree -- which has not yet ha [...]	2005-09-16 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6088	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objective The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to impr the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively it peacekeeping oblig [...]	2005-09-23 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6090	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in T Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the politi opposition stron [...]	2005-09-23 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6093	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6094	THAILAND: REQUESTS FOR FUNDING PKO PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to propose projects supporting U.S. strategic peace keeping and counter terrorism objectives. The Embassy outlines below several projects, in priority order, to improve the Thai ability to thwart terrorism and to fulfill more effectively its peacekeepin [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR TH PKO
05BANGKOK6095	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]	2005-09-23 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6096	TWO MOVES AGAINST THE THAI MEDIA: NEWSPAPER AVOIDS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 12, Thai entertainment tycoon Paiboon Damrongchaitham of GMM Grammy shocked Thailand by attempting a hostile takeover of the Matichon Group, as well as buying up a large stake in The Bangkok Post (Ref A). Press freedom advocates, academics and the political opposition [...]	2005-09-23 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH HUMAN RIGHTS
05BANGKOK6156	THAILAND AVIAN INFLUENZA: SITUATION REPORT 2 [...] On September 16, 2005, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) announced confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 90 birds in central Thailand (Saraburi and Kamphaeng Phet). This new detection was made in so-called native chickens (free ranging, backyard poultry) with minimum biosecuri [...]	2005-09-27 05:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV SOCI TH
05BANGKOK6269	SENATE SELECTION OF NATIONAL BROADCAST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long series of delays, Thailand's Senate nominated 7 candidates to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on September 27th. The selection of the candidates came amid controversy, as many of the Senators allegedly had previous connections with some of the candid [...]	2005-09-30 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK6524	DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR EAP FOCUS [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Thailand is the most democratic country in the neighborhood, with a lively press and fiercely competed elections. Thailand's remarkable political development, after a long period of military rule, progressed in tandem with its impressive economic development, whi [...]	2005-10-14 03:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL TH
05BANGKOK6618	EMERGENCY DECREE EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: On October 18, the Cabinet agreed to extend the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations in the three southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala for another three months. The move was expected. Opponents of the measures are criticizing t [...]	2005-10-19 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6693	THAI GROUPS PRESS TO LIFT U.S. SHRIMP TARIFFS [...] On October 26, about forty persons representing various Thai shrimp farmer organizations held a press conference on the sidewalk outside of Embassy Bangkok, expressing concern about the outcome of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) review of anti-dumping tariffs on Thai shrimp export [...]	2005-10-25 05:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON TH
05BANGKOK673	THAILAND REFOCUSES ON NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Thailand continues its relief and reconstruction efforts in the wake of last month's tsunami, but the nation is also focusing on the approaching February 6 national elections. Almost 45 million Thais are expected to go to the polls. All 500 hundred parliamentary seats (400 co [...]	2005-01-26 07:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT
05BANGKOK6798	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN PESSIMISTIC ON SOUTH, PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A Democrat party MP gave downbeat assessments of his party's short term prospects, and of the security situation in the troubled South. The MP warned that the current government would be unable to resolve the problems in the South because it had completely lost the trust of the p [...]	2005-10-28 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6850	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE NRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RTG has moved slowly to implement fourteen interim recommendations, issued by the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),to address violence in the South. While some of the interim recommendations may be of limited utility or impact, the thrust of the report is helpful, u [...]	2005-11-01 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6855	OPPOSITION WINS 3 0F 4 THAI BY-ELECTIONS, BUT DOES [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties may have won enough seats in the October 30th parliamentary by-election to initiate impeachment and censure moves against the ruling Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party government. Unofficial tallies have the opposition winning three of the four seats at stake despit [...]	2005-11-01 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BANGKOK686	THAILAND: DEEP SOUTH UPDATE - JANUARY 26, 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violence continues in the far southern provinces of Thailand, in stark contrast to images of ongoing relief efforts in neighboring provinces. With the tsunami garnering less attention the media, violence in the deep South is again re-emerging as a central domestic political iss [...]	2005-01-26 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK6875	2005 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD [...] I nominate Michael D. Sweeney for the 2005 Human Rights and Democracy Award. Mr Sweeney has spearheaded the Mission's initiatives on improving the human rights practices of the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and the expansion of democracy-related capacity-building programs. He has been a tire [...]	2005-11-02 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM TH
05BANGKOK6953	THAI REACT TO "SECRET PRISONS" ARTICLE: WILL THAKSIN SUE THE WASHINGTON POST? [...] (C) Summary: The Thai government has issued heated denials of the Washington Post report of a secret CIA-run prison here, and has sought embassy assistance in responding to the accusations. After a local newspaper identified our VOA facility in northeast Thailand as the site of the prison, t [...]	2005-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPOW TH CIA
05BANGKOK6979	ANAND COMMENTS ON FINAL PHASE OF NRC'S PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) Head and former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun on November 3 to discuss the NRC's wrap-up phase. Anand said that Thaksin still has no idea of the root causes of the problem and has used his aides and media infl [...]	2005-11-08 05:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH NRC
05BANGKOK7014	COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing insurgency in the southern three provinces is the most significant manifestation of extremism in Thailand. The problem is primarily ethnic and to some extent separatist in its origin, rather than sectarian, although international, radical Islam is having an effect, b [...]	2005-11-09 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL KMPI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK703	THAILAND SUPPORTS TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. [...] (C) Reftel A requests Post query the RTG for its views of the planned withdrawal of U.S. military assets from the tsunami affected region. Utapao naval air base, which is SIPDIS located in Thailand, serves as the regional hub for Combined Support Force 536 (CSF 536). Nodes from that hub, [...]	2005-01-27 06:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL MARR MOPS TH POL MIL
05BANGKOK7030	U.S.-THAI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 and 8, following up on the President's and Prime Minister Thaksin's commitment, senior U.S. officials met with Thai counterparts to inaugurate a bilateral dialogue on strategic and security issues. The U.S. side was lead by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eri [...]	2005-11-10 07:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PTER PREL KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7197	THE KING AND HIM; THE OPPOSITION PLAYS THEIR KING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Evidence suggests that Prime Minister Thaksin is alienating an ever-growing segment of the political class. The antipathy that started with NGOs and journalists is spreading; by some accounts, it includes many in the military leadership and reaches even to the [...]	2005-11-18 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
05BANGKOK7253	TENS OF THOUSANDS GATHER TO LISTEN TO SONDHI DISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Defying a November 17 court order banning him from criticizing the PM, outspoken talk show host Sondhi Limthongkul continued with his weekly "mobile talk show" in Bangkok. The rally attracted an estimated 30-40,000 people. Sondhi detailed two heretofore new scandals, alleging that [...]	2005-11-22 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7305	BESIEGED AUDITOR-GENERAL TALKS TO EMBASSY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff spoke with Khunying Jaruwan Maintaka, the besieged Auditor-General of Thailand, on November 14th concerning her controversial situation and about corruption in Thailand. Although Jaruwan has avoided speaking to the press and stays out of the public eye, she gave Polo [...]	2005-11-25 05:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH
05BANGKOK7317	COURT VICTORIES FOR RABBLE-ROUSING JOURNALIST [...] (U) SUMMARY. One week after Sondhi Limthongkul attracted nearly 40,000 people to Bangkok's Lumpini Park with his "mobile talk show", the businessman-turned-media defender won two significant legal victories, including a partial reprieve from last week's gag order on him and his associates. Mea [...]	2005-11-25 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO PINS PROP TH
05BANGKOK7462	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE ARMY'S HEARTS AND [...] Summary. (C) In a meeting with poloffs on 1 December, Royal Thai Army (RTA) civil affairs officer Lt. Col. Saniroj Thumayos explained the challenges facing the RTA's attempts to win the hearts and minds of the public in the violent South. Saniroj outlined RTG efforts to train and support Isl [...]	2005-12-02 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR TH
05BANGKOK7529	LUNCH WITH THAKSIN [...] (S) Summary: During lunch at the residence on December 7, Prime Minister Thaksin and I discussed the King's recent birthday speech, the situation in Thailand's south, the issue of extrajudicial killings, Thai-Malaysian relations, Burma policy, North Korea, the US-Thai Action Plan, Thailand's [...]	2005-12-07 12:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	ETRD PGOV PHUM PTER TH BURMA CIA
05BANGKOK7555	EMBASSY BANGKOK CONCERNS OVER ACES DATABASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After careful review at post, Embassy Bangkok believes the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) database falls short of its announced goal (reftel C) of being a tool to "facilitate the management of human rights abuse allegations and compliance with the Leahy amendment guidelin [...]	2005-12-09 03:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK7573	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LABELING THE MILITANTS "BRN-C" [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Thai officials and foreign observers have struggled to identify the militant movement responsible for the resurgent violence in far southern Thailand that has claimed over 1,000 lives since January 2004. The initial government response -- to blame criminals or local po [...]	2005-12-09 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BANGKOK7574	OLD FRIENDS, BAD DEALS, AND COMMUNITY RADIO: THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 1, Embassy Officers visited controversial community radio station 92.25. Station personnel reported that the station had started up operations a week after the August raid (Reftel A) and was now technically broadcasting their programs solely on the Internet, which we [...]	2005-12-09 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PROP SOCI KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7749	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: VILLAGERS FORCE POLICE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media and Embassy sources offered differing accounts of a December 19 event in which a mob of Muslim villagers in Narathiwat apparently forced police to release two men held in connection with the shooting of a local official. The media reported that up to 1,000 villagers had ta [...]	2005-12-20 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK7783	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT OF STAFFDEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) professional staffmember Frank Jannuzi visited the far southern Thai provinces of Songkhla and Yala as part of SFRC and Embassy Bangkok's ongoing effort to closely monitor the situation in that region. Jannuzi met with leading local gov [...]	2005-12-21 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK7918	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]	2005-12-30 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK868	THAILAND: NEWS AND NOTES ON THE ROYAL FAMILY [...] (SBU) On January 27, I attended the annual Prince Mahidol awards ceremony, which the King directly presides over. The annual awards, named in honor of the King's father, are presented to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine or public health. Princes [...]	2005-02-02 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL TH
05BANGKOK869	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE SOUTH WITH KEY [...] (C) Summary: On January 27, I called on Pansak Vinyaratn, a principal advisor to Prime Minister Thaksin. Our conversation focused on the violence in southern Thailand and how the situation affects Thailand's ability to deploy additional troops to Iraq; how Thaksin is learning, slowly, to de [...]	2005-02-02 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TH
05BANGKOK980	THAI ELECTION: THAKSIN IN AN "AVALANCHE" [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has won a massive mandate in the February 6 parliamentary election -- unprecedented in Thai history -- for a second term as Thailand's Prime Minister. The results are still unofficial (and won't be finalized for a few days),but reliable est [...]	2005-02-07 11:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TH
05BASRAH148	IRAN PURSUING ACTIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM IN BASRAH, [...] (C) Summary. Iran is pursuing an aggressive public diplomacy campaign in Basrah and Maysan Provinces that includes programs similar to the State Department's public diplomacy (PD) programs: visitor programs, book fairs, book reprinting services, libraries and media training programs. In Nove [...]	2005-12-15 10:09:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PREL PROP KPAO IZ
05BASRAH149	DESPITE MINOR HICCUPS, SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN THE SOUTH [...] Summary: December 15 elections in Basrah and the other three southern provinces generally ran smoothly and without many signs of significant fraud or security incidents. Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Iraqi Provincial Action Officers (IPAOs) visited three polling centers in the morning [...]	2005-12-15 17:19:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
05BASRAH150	ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STABILITY IN DHI QAR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 12, Ambassador Khalilzad announced to the Dhi Qar Governor and Provincial Council (PC) the approval of $7.0 million in assistance for critical reconstruction projects in the water and electric power sectors and the building of several new roads. The projects will he [...]	2005-12-17 11:04:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM EAID PGOV PINS ECON IZ
05BASRAH152	INFORMAL ELECTION-DAY POLL RESULTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. During the December 15 election REO Basrah partnered with Al-Manarah newspaper, Radio Shinasheel and the AFAQ Media NGO to conduct informal polling of Iraqi voters in the south. These three organizations conducted election-day polling in all four (4) southern provinces, using the [...]	2005-12-19 13:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ
05BASRAH153	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BASRAH GOVERNOR MOHAMMAD [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with REO Basrah's new regional coordinator, Basrah Governor Mohammad Mossibh Al Wahili touted the possibility of a national unity government in Baghdad. After being pressed on the question of the Fadhila party's loyalty to the United Iraqi Alliance (555) [...]	2005-12-21 12:39:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
05BASRAH155	REO BASRAH SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE MEDIA IN THE RUN-UP TO THE [...] Summary. REO Basrah programmed $145,000 in public diplomacy grant funds to media organizations for coverage of key election issues in the run-up to the December 15 national election. Al-Samawah, Al-Manarah, Shatt Al-Arab, Al-Haqeeqa and Basrah Politics newspapers and Radio Shinasheel each rec [...]	2005-12-24 16:08:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PGOV IZ
05BEIJING5704	REACTION TO DISSIDENT LIU XIAOBO'S ONLINE ARTICLE [...] (C) Post has been monitoring Chinese websites and checking with contacts to track the reaction in China to an online article by dissident Liu Xiaobo criticizing racist comments toward Secretary Rice expressed by some netizens on Chinese websites at the time of the Secretary's March visit. Liu, [...]	2005-04-05 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI CH
05BERN2360	ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 12:04:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU
05BOGOTA10061	VICE PROSECUTOR GENERAL OTALORA REPORTS ON JUSTICE [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Vice Prosecutor General Otalora on October 20 to discuss the status of the Justice and Peace (J&P) Unit, the new oral accusatory justice system, and extradition. French recognized the significant progress made in Colombia on various bilateral fronts, [...]	2005-10-26 11:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA10106	ELN PEACE HOUSE AT ONE MONTH: INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The "ELN Peace House" was inaugurated one month ago after the GOC and National Liberation Army (ELN) leadership released imprisoned ELN spokesperson Gerardo Antonio Bermudez Sanchez, AKA "Francisco Galan," for three months to help establish peace talks. Galan has spent his first month unde [...]	2005-10-26 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10230	FORMER PRESIDENT GAVIRIA HIGHLIGHTS PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Former President Cesar Gaviria told Polcouns October 28 that paramilitaries are threatening and intimidating Liberal Party candidates and office holders, and claimed President Uribe's efforts to combat such activities are conspicuous by their absence. The Liberal Party would continue to [...]	2005-11-01 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CO ELN FARC
05BOGOTA10232	CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS JUDGED TO BE IMPROVING [...] (U) Colombian government officials, academics, and international military speakers discussed civil-military interaction at an Embassy co-sponsored seminar on October 26. Vice Minister of Defense Andres Penate reported that the civilian-military relations were "mature" and improving under the [...]	2005-11-01 13:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10383	GOC RESPONSE TO WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATION QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO
05BOGOTA10498	COLOMBIAN THINK TANK SEEKS TO ADVANCE ELN PEACE [...] (C) The consultative process underway between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and Colombian advisors is unlikely to lead to substantive peace talks with the GOC unless the international community, especially the United States, nudges the parties forward, according to Ideas for Peace (Ideas P [...]	2005-11-07 20:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10686	COURT APPROVES ELECTORAL GUARANTEES LAW; NO [...] (U) Summary: As expected, the Constitutional Court approved the electoral guarantees law, the final remaining legal hurdle to President Uribe's running in the May 28, 2006 presidential election. The Court made some changes to the original law, toughening campaign finance rules and limiting [...]	2005-11-16 14:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA10890	DIAGNOSTIC RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL STOLEN FROM [...] Summary. Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol confirmed that a small container of diagnostic radioactive material was stolen from one of its facilities in early October. The material is used to measure flow rates through its oil pipelines and contains a very low concentration of Cesium-137 [...]	2005-11-22 15:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ENRG EPET CO
05BOGOTA10891	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTER'S NOVEMBER 8 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his visit to Colombia, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters met with the Director of Colombia's National Directorate on Dangerous Drugs (DNE),Juan Vives. Dr. Vives and his DNE colleagues briefed Director Walters on DNE activities, includi [...]	2005-11-22 15:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR CO
05BOGOTA10895	GOC REOPENS PEACE NEGOTIATION OPTION WITH ELN [...] (U) On November 13, in response to a letter from the guarantors group of the "Peace House" initiative with the ELN, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo issued a call to the National Liberation Army's (ELN) Central Command leaders to begin negotiations with the government under the auspices [...]	2005-11-22 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10992	ELN WARMING TO NEGOTIATION OPTIONS, FARC NOT MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On November 21, ELN Spokesperson "Francisco Galan" announced that the ELN was ready to begin establishing peace talks with the Colombian government. Civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas reported optimism that the ELN could be successful in this negotiation effort. At the same tim [...]	2005-11-28 15:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA10993	CHINA'S LIMITED TIES TO COLOMBIA [...] Summary. Ties between China and Colombia are based on a modest economic relationship with minimal interaction on political issues. The level of Chinese investment in Colombia has been very small compared to other countries, but 2005 will show a slight increase from past levels. China views [...]	2005-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PGOV
05BOGOTA11256	G/TIP REPORTS OFFICER REVIEWS COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS [...] On November 6-7 G/TIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and Poloff conducted meetings with the GOC, international organizations and NGOs regarding trafficking in persons from and through Colombia. Colombia continues to prevent trafficking through programs with heavy involvement of NGOs, internation [...]	2005-12-05 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB CVIS CO
05BOGOTA11615	COLOMBIA'S REACTION TO U.S.-PERU FTA [...] Summary: GOC policy makers are putting a positive public spin on Peru's decision to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. on December 7. With the Peru agreement, Colombia now has a clear understanding of the way forward to completion of its own FTA. Critics are suggesting the GOC [...]	2005-12-14 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CO FTA
05BOGOTA11700	REGULATING MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 27, President Uribe announced his intention to run for reelection. Uribe's 90-minute radio interview on November 29 caused debate, as National Electoral Council (CNE) head Guillermo Mejia questioned equality of access for opposition candidates. A separate CNE magi [...]	2005-12-16 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO CO
05BOGOTA11743	SFRC STAFFER MEACHAM DISCUSSES DRUGS, [...] (C) SFRC staffer Carl Meacham discussed GOC counternarcotics efforts, paramilitary demobilization, extradition, and Venezuela with senior GOC figures during his December 11-14 visit to Bogota. (Meacham's meeting with President Alvaro Uribe is reported reftel.) Inspector General Edgardo Maya [...]	2005-12-19 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CO
05BOGOTA118	COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]	2005-01-05 22:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA11926	GOC-ELN TALKS: CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR PROVIDES [...] (C) One of the five civil society guarantors for the GOC-ELN talks, Moritz Akerman, said December 26 the ELN wanted to end its insurgency and run candidates for mayoral offices in 2007. The ELN would like to participate in the 2006 Congressional and presidential polls but only by "consulting [...]	2005-12-27 19:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA12023	SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...]	2005-12-30 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA12024	SPANISH CHARGE SAYS SPAIN OPPOSED TO MOVING ELN [...] (C) On December 29, Spain's Charge d'affaires in Bogota said it was not prepared to support moving GOC-ELN talks from Cuba to Europe and predicted the talks would have little substantive result before the May 2006 presidential elections. He said Norway and Switzerland, who are "accompanying [...]	2005-12-30 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA1604	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, JANUARY, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during January, 2005. ---------- DOJ/ICITAP ---------- 2. (U) From January 25-28, the DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and U.S. Secret Service (USSS) presented a Fina [...]	2005-02-18 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
05BOGOTA1735	U/S GROSSMAN AND SENATOR PARDO DISCUSS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, visiting U/S Grossman and Ambassador discussed the status of draft demobilization legislation with Senator Rafael Pardo. U/S Grossman expressed the U.S. desire that any legislation be transparent, workable, and put the paramilitaries out of business. Pardo worr [...]	2005-02-23 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
05BOGOTA1751	UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14, U/S Grossman and President Uribe discussed the demobilization law, Uribe's preparations for his meeting with President Chavez the following day, securing support from neighboring countries in the fight against narco-terrorism, human rights, and potential GOC counte [...]	2005-02-24 12:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL

05BOGOTA2001	COLOMBIA: SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Per reftel, Econoff met with appropriate Colombian government authorities, including the GOC's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT),and provides the following responses to complaints about excessive mobile to mobile termination rates, excessive fixed to mobile termination rates, an [...]	2005-03-02 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ECPS CO
05BOGOTA2011	FARC REPEATS EXCHANGE TERMS AND ATTACKS [...] (C) On February 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique reiterating its interest in a humanitarian exchange of prisoners with the GOC. Such an exchange, according to the FARC leadership, would have to include Simon Trinidad (extradited to the U.S. in Decem [...]	2005-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA2563	Colombia's First Oral Trial [...] On March 11, the first trial under the new Criminal Procedure Code took place at "Paloquemao", the main local judicial district and courthouse in Bogota. A standing-room only crowd of about 60 people watched this historic event, including television and print media and the Deputy Prosecutor G [...]	2005-03-17 19:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM SNAR PREL CO
05BOGOTA2566	AUC REJECTS LAW FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE [...] (C) The AUC publicly rejected the GOC's draft Law for Justice and Peace on March 15. They complained it did not provide genuine reinsertion benefits, generated too much legal uncertainty, should be a statutory law, and imposed unfair prison sentences. In response, the House and Senate first [...]	2005-03-17 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM CO AUC
05BOGOTA2582	LIVELY DEBATE UNDERWAY ON DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: The week of March 8 saw heated public debate over important aspects of demobilization legislation. The three principal issues that captured attention were: (A) whether the GOC's bill could complicate the extradition of paramilitaries on drug trafficking charges; (B) the desirabil [...]	2005-03-17 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER CO
05BOGOTA3235	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Director of Military Penal Justice (MPJ) Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes told Emboff on March 16 that the "shock" reform package (reftel) would be submitted to Congress this week. In preparation for the rollout, Puentes an [...]	2005-04-07 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KJUS MOPS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3390	VOA Delegation Strengthens Relations in Colombia [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a visit to Colombia March 15-16, Broadcast Board Governor (BBG) Blanquita Cullum, Voice of America (VOA) Director David Jackson, and VOA Director for Latin America Richard Araujo met with leading Colombian broadcast journalists and news directors to discuss VOA programming and [...]	2005-04-12 17:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3422	ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...]	2005-04-13 14:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3726	PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...]	2005-04-19 20:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA3863	COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ [...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...]	2005-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV
05BOGOTA3929	SENATE HEARING ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES: [...] (U) Summary: On April 19, the Senate Second Committee (Defense, Foreign Relations, Trade, and Borders) conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel details the purchases). Foreign Minister Barco and Minister of Defense Uribe were called to testify. Committee Chair Ramiro [...]	2005-04-25 21:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS VE CO PBTS
05BOGOTA4342	FY 2007 COUNTER NARCOTICS AND ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE BUDGET - (REVISED COPY - SEE USAID SECTION - PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD CO PREL SNAR MASS
05BOGOTA4534	U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR [...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...]	2005-05-13 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4808	NGO ESTIMATES 10 PERCENT INCREASE IN NEW INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. A respected Colombian NGO, the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) estimated that there were 61,996 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the first quarter of 2005, a 10 percent increase over the same period in 2004. CODHES attributed the rise to an incre [...]	2005-05-20 12:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4960	COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE [...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...]	2005-05-24 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA5006	MEDIA REACTION: ERADICATION [...] Op-ed in national daily El Tiempo (5/24) by environmentalist and priest Andres Hurtado entitled: "Colombia Needs to be Washed with Dirty Glypho-dirty," argues: "Besides poisoning the soil, glyphosate proves that the truth is modifiable and responds to power... Let us not lie to ourselves: g [...]	2005-05-24 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA5218	LANDMINE CONCERT RAISES AWARENESS AND MONEY [...] (U) On May 23, the Vice President's office of Landmine Coordination (Observatorio de Minas) and the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) co-sponsored a fund-raising concert to benefit the University Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Bucaramanga, Santander Department. The performance was [...]	2005-05-31 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KHDP CO
05BOGOTA5223	MEDIA REACTION: FREE TRADE [...] Leading editorial in Medellin-based daily El Colombiano (5/31) entitled: "FTA Is A Priority," notes: "The negotiations on a free trade agreement with the U.S. are entering their final phase. We are starting to hear a few voices expressing a lack of enthusiasm due to an unhurried process, as [...]	2005-05-31 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO FTA
05BOGOTA5287	COLOMBIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS FOR ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian charge Sigurd Endresen provided further details to polcouns about the December 2004 reactivation of the Group of Friends for the ELN peace process and deactivation four months later, as well as about Cuban efforts, via the group, to replace Mexico as facilitator. Endre [...]	2005-06-01 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO ELN
05BOGOTA5497	PRESIDENT URIBE AND COLOMBIA FACE UNCHARTERED [...] (C) For the first time in Colombian history, the sitting President is a potential candidate for re-election. The political landscape is new for the President, the Congress and the public. The script is being written as they go and the disquiet has been evident everywhere. Over the last few [...]	2005-06-08 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO
05BOGOTA5510	FARC PROOF OF LIFE: MILITARY ATTACKS YIELD [...] (S/NF) Violence orchestrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continues at increased levels in 2005 and aims to chip away at public support for President Uribe's tough stand against the guerrillas. The FARC's activities have not affected the COLMIL's military campaigns aga [...]	2005-06-09 15:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC
05BOGOTA5619	OBSERVATIONS REGARDING PARAMILITARY INFLUENCE OVER [...] (C) Summary: During the week of June 6, the press focused on the long-standing rumor that 30-35 percent of Congress is beholden to the paramilitaries. Our best and, in our estimation, "cleanest" Congressional interlocutors believe that figure is roughly on the mark. Overt support for the A [...]	2005-06-13 16:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM CO AUC
05BOGOTA5794	CIUDAD BOLIVAR VIOLENCE DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary: "Ciudad Bolivar," a sector of underprivileged neighborhoods located in southeastern Bogota, has long been notorious for violence and disorder. In May, staffers from Mayor Garzon's office told Poloffs that the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had infiltrated the area [...]	2005-06-17 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA6143	HIGHLIGHTS OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite a slow start, Congress completed work on several major pieces of legislation, including the Justice and Peace Law (demobilization),pension reform, implementing legislation for presidential reelection and associated level-playing field guarantees, enhanced legal protecti [...]	2005-06-28 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KJUS CO
05BOGOTA6237	FARC PUTUMAYO ATTACK KILLS 21 SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) carried out their deadliest one-day attack since President Uribe took office. The twelve simultaneous strikes killed 21 and wounded 11 soldiers in southeastern Putumayo Department. President Uribe, disturbed by the hi [...]	2005-06-30 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PGOV MOPS EC CO FARC
05BOGOTA6914	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) President Uribe and the Embassy welcome the visit of Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns with enthusiasm. Current hot topics include: --U.S. support in out years --Demobilization and reinsertion of almost 6,000 paramilitary terrorists and several thousand more expected [...]	2005-07-25 14:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA7312	NEWEST PUTUMAYO ATTACKS TARGET GOC AND CIVILIANS [...] (C) On July 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas began the second offensive in under a month against Putumayo Department. The five-day mission targeted nine municipalities, including Mocoa, the department's capital. As with attacks against military bases last month [...]	2005-08-02 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BOGOTA7358	GOC POSES NEGOTIATION OFFERS TO GUERRILLAS [...] (SBU) In mid-June and July, the GOC sent several communiques in an attempt to resuscitate negotiation processes with both the National Liberation Army of Colombia (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The GOC hoped to restart preliminary peace negotiations with the ELN w [...]	2005-08-04 15:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA7588	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION UPDATE [...] (C) In early August, three more paramilitary blocs demobilized, bringing the total number of demobilized paramilitaries to over 8,700 since 2003. The Liberators of the South demobilized 676 members, the Heroes of Granada demobilized 2,033, and the Self-Defense Forces of Meta and Vichada demob [...]	2005-08-10 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PGOV CO AUC
05BOGOTA7727	COLOMBIA WANTS IRISH THREE BACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombian Foreign Ministry officials say they are in the process of requesting that Ireland extradite three Irish citizens convicted of aiding Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. GOC officials have stressed that, although Ireland does not have an [...]	2005-08-16 19:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL EI CO UN FARC
05BOGOTA8157	MEDIA REACTION: DETAINED AMERICAN SERVICEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 11:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8174	MEDIA REACTION: AERIAL ERADICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PREL SNAR PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8367	GOC AND FARC FROZEN ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE; [...] (U) FARC "spokesperson" Luis Edgar Devia AKA Raul Reyes communicated on August 22 their demand that the GOC demilitarize certain municipalities as a precondition for talks on a humanitarian exchange. Reyes' statement effectively ended the Catholic Church's offer to mediate a "pre-dialogue" ou [...]	2005-09-06 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PTER CO FARC ELN
05BOGOTA8454	FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...]	2005-09-08 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI
05BOGOTA8550	COLOMBIAN PROSECUTOR BEGINS TO IMPLEMENT JUSTICE [...] (C) The GOC has taken important steps to implement the Justice and Peace (J&P) law, but much more needs to be done. The most significant steps so far include the naming of J&P Specialized Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez in the Prosecutor's Office (Fiscalia) and the creation of the National Reconcilia [...]	2005-09-12 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER PREL PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8602	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCHR MICHAEL FRUHLING [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Ambassador met with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Director in Colombia Michael Fruhling and his deputy, Amerigo Incalcaterra. Fruhling raised several concerns about the implementation of the Law on Justice and Peace, and about huma [...]	2005-09-13 21:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO
05BOGOTA8695	DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRO-URIBE POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Four center-right political parties -- Radical Change, National Unity, Democratic Colombia, and the Conservatives -- are vying to be the lead vehicle for President Uribe's reelection drive. While all are viable electorally, the continued existence of National Unity and Democr [...]	2005-09-15 14:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA8696	THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]	2005-09-15 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC CO
05BOGOTA9087	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Colombia's Justice and Peace (J&P) Law, created to process demobilizing illegal armed fighters and compensate victims, directed the GOC to create an institution to manage the National Reconciliation and Reparations Fund. Vice President Francisco Santos structured the National Reconciliati [...]	2005-09-23 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM SOCI CO
05BOGOTA9294	COLOMBIA COMPLIES WITH 2005 IACHR RECOMMENDATION; [...] The Colombian Government formally accepted responsibility September 29 for the 1989 murder of 12 members of a GOC judicial commission at La Rochela by paramilitary forces, working in collaboration with elements of the GOC military. The Colombian Government's acceptance of responsibility on be [...]	2005-09-30 15:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MARR CO
05BOGOTA9595	FORMER PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ TO RETURN TO ECUADOR, [...] (S) Former Ecuadorian president Lucio Gutierrez told poloffs October 5 that he intends to return to Ecuador, perhaps within weeks, and expects to be jailed on his arrival. Gutierrez said he wants to run for president in 2006 and would like the U.S. to ensure that his life is protected while in jail [...]	2005-10-07 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EC CO
05BOGOTA9759	TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BOGOTA IN TWO DAYS; [...] (C) Bogota experienced two terrorist incidents in 48 hours. On the evening of October 10, a remote-controlled 50-kilogram explosive device hidden in a parked car was detonated in northern Bogota as Senator German Vargas Lleras's motorcade drove past. Vargas escaped unharmed, but nine Colomb [...]	2005-10-14 18:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CO FARC PGOV
05BOGOTA9785	LABOR AND INDIGENOUS PROTESTS AGAINST FTA FIZZLE [...] Summary. Public concerns over FTA negotiations were highlighted as indigenous groups and the major labor unions held anti-FTA protests around the country this week. While most of the demonstrations were peaceful and smaller than predicted, some protesters were injured and one protester died [...]	2005-10-14 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV CO FTA
05BRASILIA1030	BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...]	2005-04-15 11:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR
05BRASILIA1053	BRAZIL'S QUARTERLY ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: The following is a summary of events relating to the Brazilian environmental situation from January to March, 2005. End Summary ------------------------------------- Transposing the Sao Francisco River ------------------------------------- 2. Transposing the waters of the Sao F [...]	2005-04-18 19:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY KSCA BR
05BRASILIA1142	SLOW GROWTH IN US EXPORTS TO BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS IS A JOINT STATE/FCS MESSAGE; IT INCLUDES INPUT FROM AMCONSULATES SAO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO. UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, DISCUSSION OF U.S. EXPORT TOTALS IS BASED UPON USDOC, NOT GOB, DATA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. OVER THE PAST DECADE GROWTH IN U.S. EXPORTS TO BRAZI [...]	2005-04-28 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR BR
05BRASILIA1164	AGRARIAN TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BRAZIL'S PARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions between small farmers, large landowners and government authorities continue to run high in the Brazilian state of Para, two months after the murder of US citizen nun Dorothy Stang. Five suspects are in custody for Stang's killing. The Brazilian Agriculture Minister rel [...]	2005-05-02 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR
05BRASILIA1188	BRAZIL HEALTH NEWS UPDATE [...] Summary: Brazil's Ministry of Health has made headlines both domestically and internationally, primarily regarding HIV/AIDS programs and drugs. The GOB has demanded negotiations for voluntary licensing for key HIV/AIDS "cocktail" drugs; refused approximately US DOL 24 million in potential fu [...]	2005-05-05 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO TPHY KSCA BR
05BRASILIA119	BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2005 Investment Climate Statement. Introduction - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- 2. Openness to Foreign Investment. Brazil knows that achieving sustained, rapid growth depends on for [...]	2005-01-12 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB BR OPIC USTR
05BRASILIA1230	ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: THE SUMMIT DECLARATION [...] (C) At the final preparatory Ministerial meeting on May 9, a compromise, of sorts, was reached on contentious "terrorism" language for the Summit Declaration, according to press reports. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim affirmed that the Declaration would condemn terrorism "without a [...]	2005-05-10 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF
05BRASILIA1252	ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: BRAZIL LOSES CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY and INTRODUCTION: Despite its confident demeanor going into the Arab-South America Summit, the GOB has stumbled in its handling, trying to manage an event involving heads of state when national interests are incongruent. It is proving to be beyond Itamaraty's ability. Perhaps [...]	2005-05-11 16:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF
05BRASILIA1278	ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT - A NEGATIVE BALANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Arab-South America Summit ended May 11. Unfortunately, for the GOB the reverberations may take longer to subside. The overwhelming consensus among Brazilian opinion-makers is that the event, and its ill-conceived declaration, will not enhance Brazil's image and call into [...]	2005-05-12 20:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV XR XF
05BRASILIA1317	BRAZIL LANDLESS ACTIVISTS STAGE LARGE MARCH IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of its continuous campaign for agrarian reform, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) often schedules a wave of land occupations and other activities in the month of April. But 2005 has been a slow year for MST, and the traditional "Red April" events were delayed and downsi [...]	2005-05-18 14:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BR PHUM TIP
05BRASILIA1325	BRAZILIAN INDIANS DEMAND RIGHTS, FAULT GOB FOR [...] (U) Summary. In his September 2002 "Commitment to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil," then-candidate Lula da Silva recognized past GOB policy errors on indigenous issues and pledged to create "a coherent indigenous policy" to address land and other human rights issues. During Lula's first two [...]	2005-05-18 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PNAT SOCI BR TIP
05BRASILIA1466	CHAVEZ'S ACTIVITIES IN THE HEMISPHERE - BRAZIL [...] (S) Ref A requested Mission's assessment of the extent and nature of possible Venezuelan Goverment (GOV) and/or "Bolivarian" activities in Brazil, GOB views of same and of Chavez's regime in general. Refs B-H provided extensive information on GOB political views on Chavez, with reporting on [...]	2005-05-31 18:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER BR VZ
05BRASILIA1549	BRAZIL: LULA ENVOY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador and PolCounselor met on 8 June at the residence for a private lunch with President Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato. Garcia has traveled repeatedly as Lula's "fireman" to Venezuela (he speaks by phone and m [...]	2005-06-08 21:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR BL
05BRASILIA1578	BRAZIL: SENIOR GOB OFFICIALS DISCUSS HAITI WITH [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 21:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRASILIA1622	BRAZIL SCANDAL LIKELY TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Brazilian Congressman Roberto Jefferson, in his testimony before the Congressional Ethics Committee this week, did not provide proof to support his charges that senior officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) were involved in a scheme to buy votes in Congress from [...]	2005-06-16 20:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR
05BRASILIA1680	BRAZIL: GOB LABOR TASK FORCE LANDS MAJOR BUST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 15 a Brazilian Labor Ministry task force made its largest bust to date, freeing approximately 1,200 slave laborers working at an ethanol refinery in Mato Grosso state. The GOB sanctioned the refinery for labor violations previously, and as a result, ethically conscious c [...]	2005-06-23 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP
05BRASILIA1714	FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] Summary. The IV Global Forum on Fighting Corruption (GF IV): "From Words to Deeds" was held from June 7 to 10 in Brasilia, Brazil. An estimated 1800 representatives from 103 countries including government officials and representatives from international organizations and civil society parti [...]	2005-06-27 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV ECON BR
05BRASILIA1874	BRAZIL: LULA'S APPROVAL INCREASES AMIDST [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA1973	BRAZIL SCANDAL: THE "OFFICIAL STORY" CRUMBLES AS [...] (C) Summary: The scandals (reftels) affecting the government of President Lula da Silva and his PT party reached a serious new level in recent days. Former PT officers implicated in the alleged financial improprieties have now attempted to present suspect financial transfers managed by a pr [...]	2005-07-22 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
05BRASILIA2025	BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 25-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY. This week saw further developments in the corruption scandals (reftels) that are roiling Brazilian domestic politics: the wife of Marcio Valerio-- the PT's money man in illicit financial schemes at the center of the crisis --testified before the Postal Service Congressional Inqui [...]	2005-07-29 18:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2066	SCENESETTER CABLE FOR VISIT OF A/S DESUTTER [...] (U) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia, August 14-16. We are currently working with your staff on the logistical arrangements for your travel. In Brasilia, we have confirmed meetings for you with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy dis [...]	2005-08-04 17:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC US
05BRASILIA2082	BRAZIL: CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 1-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hearings on the corruption scandals (refs) in the Brazilian government continued this week, as Congressman Jose Dirceu, President Lula da Silva's former Chief of Staff and closest advisor, testified on 2 August before the Chamber's Ethics Committee. Dirceu categorically denied [...]	2005-08-05 18:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA210	REGIONAL ISSUES: GOB VIEWS ON VENEZUELA-COLOMBIA [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOB officials told Ambassador and PolCounselor this week that Brazil is prepared to play an informal role in helping mediate a resolution to the Venezuela-Colombia dispute following the rendition of a FARC official from Venezuela to Colombia in recent days. President Lula d [...]	2005-01-24 15:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRASILIA2150	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 8-12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In one of the most dramatic moments thus far in the continuing corruption scandals (refs a-f) plaguing the Brazilian government, President Lula da Silva's 2002 campaign publicity coordinator Duda Mendonca stated on 12 August before the Postal Service CPI that the Workers' Party [...]	2005-08-12 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2153	UNTIMELY CHAVEZ-LULA VISIT [...] (U) On August 11 Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez made a stop-off in Brasilia during a quick tour of South American countries, and called on President Lula da Silva. Over dinner, official releases from the presidency indicate they discussed bilateral relations, focusing on a joint venture betw [...]	2005-08-12 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BR
05BRASILIA2219	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) Introduction: Per refs, Jose Dirceu, formerly the most powerful minister in President Lula da Silva's cabinet and currently a federal deputy subject to possible revocation of his congressional status, is a central figure in the ongoing scandals roiling the government and PT Party. As suc [...]	2005-08-19 11:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2226	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 15-19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This was a somewhat quiet week in the the corruption scandals (refs) plaguing Brazilian President Lula da Silva's government and the Workers' Party (PT). Two protests, one in support of and one against Lula, took place in Brasilia on 16-17 August. In his testimony before the [...]	2005-08-19 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2282	BRAZIL: A/S DESUTTER'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance Paula A. DeSutter met on 15 August with Foreign Ministry Officials for compliance diplomacy discussions, led on the Brazilian side by Ambassador Antonio Guerreiro, Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs (in [...]	2005-08-24 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP PARM PREL BR CWC
05BRASILIA2305	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 22-26 [...] (U) SUMMARY. During the week of 22-26 August, the ongoing, scandal-driven political crisis shaking the Lula da Silva government and PT party (refs) was augmented by the new corruption allegations against Finance Minister Antonio Palocci (refs I and J). Political reactions to Palocci's 21 Aug [...]	2005-08-29 11:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2317	BRAZIL: CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) In response to reftel request, post provides the following information regarding Chinese activities in Brazil. Economic, trade, investment, and science and technology information will be provided septel. Ref B outlines recent developments on environmental cooperation between China and Br [...]	2005-08-29 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAIR MARR CH BR
05BRASILIA233	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCounselor, met on 24 January with Marcos Aurelio Garcia, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia had just returned from a weekend meeting in Caracas with President Chavez and provided a briefing on Brazil's efforts to facilitate a re [...]	2005-01-26 11:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
05BRASILIA2348	BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 29 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A joint report by the two lead congressional committees investigating Brazil's interlocking corruption scandals (refs) this week recommended the expulsion from Brazil's congress of 17 legislators on suspicion of taking bribes for votes from a PT party affiliated money man, and a [...]	2005-09-02 20:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2384	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF [...] (SBU) President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (U.S. House Speaker equivalent) Severino Cavalcanti is in danger of removal from his position, as bribery allegations against him appearing in weekend newspapers became seemingly irrefutable this week in the face of testimony by witnesses a [...]	2005-09-09 17:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2387	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL: A GUIDE TO IMPEACHMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Per refs, over the past three months the political crisis in Brazil caused by interlocking corruption scandals has led to public discussion of the question of presidential impeachment. In a 4 September interview in &O Estado do Sao Paulo,8 Brazilian Supreme Court President [...]	2005-09-09 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA239	Brazil Copyright Piracy: "ISTO E DINHEIRO" [...] The January 26 "Isto E Dinheiro" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes a low-cost CD alternative that its inventor hopes will put Brazilian piracy out of business. 2. Begin Unofficial Embassy Translation Headline: Ralf, the Saviour? A low-cost CD with only three tracks an [...]	2005-01-26 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
05BRASILIA24	BRAZIL ENACTS FIRST WAVE OF SWEEPING JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's justice system does not enjoy the confidence of society, being widely-perceived as slow, inefficient and accessible only to the wealthy and powerful. But the failures of the courts are increasingly viewed as an impediment to social and economic development. In December [...]	2005-01-04 11:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS SOCI EINV BR
05BRASILIA2539	BRAZIL - CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE, WEEK OF 19-23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Chamber of Deputies President Severino Cavalcanti resigned both his position and his mandate this week in disgrace in the face of corruption allegations, the first Chamber leader to fall in such circumstances in Brazil's history. The resignation sets the stage for a succession [...]	2005-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BR
05BRASILIA2599	MPA RECOMMENDS TERMINATION OF BRAZIL'S GSP [...] (SBU) Summary. According to a Business Software Alliance representative, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) will likely communicate to USTR on Monday October 3 the action it recommends taking on Brazil's GSP Review. In a written submission to IIPA, the Motion Picture Asso [...]	2005-09-29 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD IPR
05BRASILIA2601	STAINED VICTORY: LULA'S MAN WINS THE CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary. In an extremely close race on 28 September, Aldo Rebelo, a communist party legislator with close ties to President Lula Inacio da Silva, won the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house in Brazil's congress. Lula's government pulled out all the stops to win votes for [...]	2005-09-29 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
05BRASILIA2675	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of State Zoellick, accompanied by Ambassador Danilovich and delegation, met on 6 October with Marco Aurelio Garcia, International Affairs Advisor to President Lula da Silva. Garcia has often served as Lula's special envoy for crisis situations in the region, and [...]	2005-10-07 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR OVIP US
05BRASILIA2687	BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL UPDATE: WEEK OF 3-7 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BR
05BRASILIA2813	SURVEY OF BRAZIL'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (U) Introduction. Under pressure from the USG's review of trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) (ref A) and in response to domestic concerns about organized crime, tax losses, and risks for consumers associated with illegitimate products, the GoB has over the last on [...]	2005-10-21 13:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON
05BRASILIA295	NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE: BRAZIL PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Poloff discussed ref B non-paper with Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division Chief, Santiago Mourao, who is preparing the GOB position for the 2005 NPT Revcon. Mourao strongly defended the NPT. He agreed that the Treaty required "strengthen [...]	2005-02-01 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC BR IAEA NPT
05BRASILIA298	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROBERTO RODRIGUES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Danilovich met with the Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Supply ("MAPA" is the Portuguese acronym),Roberto Rodrigues, on January 25 in Brasilia to discuss trade concerns and issues leading up to the CCA meetings in Washington in March 2005. Rod [...]	2005-02-01 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV ECON BR
05BRASILIA3008	BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...]	2005-11-14 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU
05BRASILIA3043	BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...]	2005-11-18 13:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU
05BRASILIA3130	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - [...] (C) Brazil enjoys a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB has refused to criticize directly the Castro regime's human rights policies. In a rare public statement on Cuba in April 2005, President Lula implied criticism of Castro when he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...]	2005-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL BR CU
05BRASILIA318	BRAZIL: REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING FOR AIR [...] (C) Summary: Ref query requested Embassy views on the potential for sharing U.S. information (particularly ROTHR data) with the GOB as part of cooperative regional effort at air bridge denial (ABD) that may also include Colombia. In summary form below are our observations, based on the history [...]	2005-02-03 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MARR MOPS PINR BR POL MIL
05BRASILIA321	BRAZIL'S FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW FACES FIRST [...] (U) This cable has been coordinated with Consulates Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF),a cornerstone of the nation's fiscal recovery, is facing its most serious threat since its enactment in 2000. The law, meant to enforce prudent [...]	2005-02-04 12:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN SOCI BR
05BRASILIA3278	BRAZIL - ATSC DTV ADVOCACY AND SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge delivered reftel letter from Secretaries Rice and Gutierrez to Communications Minister SIPDIS Costa in a December 13 meeting. Costa stated his principal concern with the ATSC standard was the expense of repeater stations to enhance broadcast coverage. The letter w [...]	2005-12-16 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV BR
05BRASILIA415	LULA IN CARACAS -- PARSING A "STRATEGIC ALLIANCE" [...] (C) Summary: President Lula da Silva's state visit to Venezuela this week saw declarations and a formal statement by Lula and President Chavez announcing formation of a "strategic alliance." In practice, this seems to translate to enhanced cooperation in integration and development aimed at i [...]	2005-02-16 19:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR
05BRASILIA437	Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...]	2005-02-18 15:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP
05BRASILIA455	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 50 [...] The following is the fiftieth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science & technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed d [...]	2005-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
05BRASILIA521	BRAZIL - THE MICROECONOMIC REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to Brazil's recent outstanding macroeconomic performance, its progress on the microeconomic and structural reforms necessary to sustain healthy growth levels has been mixed. The GoB has a well- articulated reform agenda and continues to push key measures through [...]	2005-02-28 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR
05BRASILIA564	ISRAELI EMBASSY FOCUSED ON ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (C) In March 1 discussion with Poloff, Embassy of Israel Minister Counselor Eitan Surkis reiterated the GOI'S concerns with Summit preparations and Brazil's Summit-related diplomacy to date. Although the Embassy had already met with the head of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Middle [...]	2005-03-02 16:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER KSUM XF XM BR
05BRASILIA574	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON ARAB SUMMIT AND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche late on 2 March to Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, chief of staff to Foreign Minister Amorim. (Note: Ambassador had planned to demarche Acting FM Guimaraes, but the meeting was postponed by Guimaraes until 8 March; Ambassador will reiterate key re [...]	2005-03-03 17:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KSUM XF XM BR
05BRASILIA599	BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes (Council) has formulated a national plan consisting of 91 measures, broken down into three categories based on their expected timeframe for im [...]	2005-03-07 14:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD KJUS BR IPR

05BRASILIA658	JEWISH SOCIAL PROGRAMS, CONCERNS WITH ARAB-SOUTH [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: During a two-day visit to Sao Paulo to meet that city's Jewish leadership, Ambassador witnessed the community's highly effective social welfare programs and delivered messages of support for the commonality of ties between the U.S., Israel, and Brazil's Jewish c [...]	2005-03-09 19:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KSUM PTER XF XM BR
05BRASILIA698	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BRAZILIAN WORKERS' PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 9, Ambassador Danilovich met with Jose Genoino, the President of Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) and the PT's Secretary for International Relations, Paulo Ferreira. Genoino noted that the PT is now celebrating its 25th anniversary and has evolved into a modern nationwide i [...]	2005-03-14 18:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI BR US
05BRASILIA949	BRAZIL: CHIPPING AWAY AT THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Faced with the awkward prospect of enforcing the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LRF) against former Sao Paulo mayor, friend of Lula and prominent Workers' Party (PT) figure Marta Suplicy (reftel),the GoB has been less than coherent. Finance Minister Palocci sent to Congress a let [...]	2005-04-06 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV BR
05BRATISLAVA1010	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] (C) NGO Obciansko-demokraticka mladez (Citizens' Association for Democratic Youth) has made a deal with center-right parties SDKU and KDH to act as their official mud-slingers / Smer fact-checkers in the upcoming parliamentary campaign. During the 2002 campaign, Obciansko-demokraticka mlade [...]	2005-12-23 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KPAO SOCI UP BO LO
05BRATISLAVA161	2004 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR SLOVAKIA [...] Slovakia has enacted nearly all of the intellectual property legislation required by TRIPS, and the overall IPR situation has improved from a historical perspective. Piracy of optical and other visual medias remains minimal, but home "burning" of CDs has likely increased. The Ministry of Inte [...]	2005-03-01 14:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON XG LO
05BRATISLAVA17	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 07, 2005 [...] (SBU) Lubomir Cano, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, said the MOD and MFA have agreed upon a proposal to send five Slovak soldiers to the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The original parliamentary mandate allows up to 110 non-combat personnel to be deployed under O [...]	2005-01-10 06:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM LO IZ
05BRATISLAVA187	MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION IN SLOVAKIA ON [...] Summary: The President's visit to Slovakia was generally perceived by media analysts and public commentary as an expression of positive U.S.- Slovak relations and of appreciation for Slovakia's support of the U.S. in the war against terrorism, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The meeting [...]	2005-03-08 06:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA198	EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. None. 2. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD. A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD. Â [...]	2005-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA215	EXBS: UPDATED EXPORT CONTROL SYSTEM STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information for Slovakia's Export Control System Standards, effective February 28, 2005. 2. Begin "Export Control System Standards - Slovakia - February 2005". I. Adequate commitment, legal and regulatory framework, and governmental structure to regu [...]	2005-03-15 14:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRATISLAVA229	SLOVAKIA'S HIV/AIDS SITUATION: WELL-POSITIONED FOR [...] Summary: Although the country's low rate of registered HIV/AIDS cases hampers social awareness, a three-year National Prevention Plan (NPP),improved school programs, and NGO outreach efforts demonstrate Slovakia's dedication to public education in preventative measures and risks associated wi [...]	2005-03-18 13:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF LO
05BRATISLAVA236	RECENT POLLS: SLOVAKS MORE POSITIVE ON NATO [...] (U) 60.8 percent of Slovaks view the country,s NATO entry as a good decision. The OMV polling agency and the Institute of Political Science at the Slovak Academy of Sciences carried out the February 3-10 poll which had a sample of 2,221 respondents. The OMV polling agency indicated mostly un [...]	2005-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO LO NATO
05BRATISLAVA247	EMBASSY BRATISLAVA RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL [...] Post is forwarding documentation relating to the following cultural grants: -- PAS covered the cost of U.S. visa fees for recipients of the Open Society Foundation's (OSF) high school student essay competition in 2003 and 2004. These students attended high schools in the U.S. for one year. [...]	2005-03-24 10:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KPAO LO
05BRATISLAVA25	LOCAL PERSPECTIVE ON FOREST DISASTER [...] (U) Summary. On January 4, Econoff and FSN visited civic leaders in the Tatra region to discuss restoration and renewal efforts in the wake of the recent wind disaster that leveled 250 square kilometers of forest (reftel A). Two of the leaders are also members of the GOS Commission establis [...]	2005-01-12 14:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO
05BRATISLAVA302	IRAQI CIVIL SERVANTS AND NGO REPS TRAIN IN SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Through a grant from the International Republican Institute (IRI),the Pontis Foundation brought nine Iraqi civil servants and NGO leaders to Slovakia for three weeks in March. This was the second group of four planned. It consisted of one IRI-Baghdad employee, two NGO, four Ministry o [...]	2005-04-15 05:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO IZ
05BRATISLAVA31	SLOVAKIA LOSES USD 867 MILLION ARBITRATION WITH [...] Summary. An arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Czech bank Ceskoslovenska Obchodna Banka (CSOB) in its claim against Slovakia and ordered the GOS to pay the bank SKK 24.7 billion (USD 867 million). CSOB's claim dates back to 1993, when it provided a loan to a special state agency set [...]	2005-01-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN LO EZ
05BRATISLAVA319	RADICAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS? MAYBE NOT [...] (C) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most radical reforms in the world." The laws seek to reduce the GOS's role in health care and make Slovaks pay for medical services that were once free as a way of [...]	2005-04-21 16:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR LO
05BRATISLAVA357	SLOVAKIA FIRM ON IRAQ MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Slovak defense policy players have recently raised publicly whether the GOS should reopen the parliamentary debate on the Slovak troops in Iraq. State Secretary at the MOD Martin Fedor stressed publicly the SIPDIS importance of a renewed UN Security Council mandate, w [...]	2005-05-09 07:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LO IZ
05BRATISLAVA365	GROWING OPTIMISM BUT LITTLE POLITICAL INSPIRATION [...] (U) Summary. The Institute for Public Affairs' (IVO) 2004 annual Summary Report on Slovakia shows growing public optimism about the direction Slovakia is taking, increased apathy toward high-level corruption, and increasing acceptance of economic reforms. Slovak parties are becoming more simi [...]	2005-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON LO
05BRATISLAVA38	SLOVAKIA - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] SINCE 1998, SLOVAKIA'S ONCE TROUBLED ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A BUSINESS FRIENDLY STATE THAT LEADS THE REGION IN ECONOMIC GROWTH. IN ITS DOING BUSINESS IN 2005 REPORT, THE WORLD BANK NAMED SLOVAKIA AS THE WORLD'S TOP REFORMER IN IMPROVING ITS INVESTMENT CLIMATE OVER THE LAST YEAR, AL [...]	2005-01-20 17:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB LO OPIC USTR
05BRATISLAVA412	THE FUTURE OF GMOS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff held a series of meetings to assess the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. The Minister of Environment Laszlo Miklos, previously a supporter of GMOs, has now succumbed to unspecified political pressures and is attempting to bar their usage in [...]	2005-05-27 13:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR ETRD LO
05BRATISLAVA42	SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 2004 [...] (U) Summary. Slovakia's economic fortunes have had a sharp impact on both the country's environment and the policies that manage it. Following independence in 1993, public interest in the environment waned as economic necessities took on a more dominant role. Today, even though the economy [...]	2005-01-25 15:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV LO
05BRATISLAVA462	SLOVAKIA ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT US-EU CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Oldrich Hlavacek, Director of the MFA Fourth Territorial Division (covering Africa, Asia, and the Middle East),told pol-econ chief June 13 that Slovakia is "very enthusiastic and looking forward to" the U.S.-EU conference on Iraq (ref A). He said the two most important things about the [...]	2005-06-15 05:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IZ LO EUN
05BRATISLAVA473	REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES TRY OUT ALLIANCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of Slovakia's regional elections (scheduled for November 26),political parties have begun to experiment with different pairings and coalitions in the "consequence-free environment" of regional politics. At the local and regional level, Slovak politics is based less [...]	2005-06-20 11:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LO
05BRATISLAVA486	CORRUPTION: SOME GOOD LAWS IN PLACE; LOCAL [...] Summary: Reducing corruption in Slovakia has been a long-term U.S. goal. The laws are now generally good, although some gaping weaknesses remain. An area of growing concern is public procurement at the local and regional levels, where officials act beyond the control of the national auditor' [...]	2005-06-22 08:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA531	DZURINDA'S GOVERNMENT SURVIVES ANOTHER [...] (U) Summary. In the last parliamentary vote before summer recess, Smer Chairman Robert Fico's motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda received only 60 votes out of the 76 necessary to recall him. Smer, LS-HZDS (People's Party - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia),and [...]	2005-07-08 15:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV LO
05BRATISLAVA550	TATRAS RENEWAL DEBATE [...] Summary. On June 16, 2005, post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) to introduce two American forestry experts to Slovaks working on restoration efforts in the Tatras Mountains (ref A). The conversation allowed the Americans to begin assessing the specific damage, better understand the [...]	2005-07-12 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KPAO AMGT KSCA LO
05BRATISLAVA606	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 1, 2005 [...] (SBU) Progressive political party Alliance of New Citizens (ANO) has drafted a law which would change Slovakia's current religious registration system (under which registered churches receive state funding) to abolish state funding and, in essence, make religious groups equal to non-governme [...]	2005-08-03 13:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KIRF PHUM PGOV LO
05BRATISLAVA618	PAVOL RUSKO: THE SLOVAK BERLUSCONI WANNA-BE [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the New Citizens Alliance Party (ANO),Minister of Economy Pavol Rusko, has been a controversial figure within Slovakia's ruling coalition government and is the leading cause of its internal tensions. His continued dominance of the largest private broadcaster in [...]	2005-08-04 13:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA626	DZURINDA CONCERNED ABOUT RUSKO, BUT NEEDS HIM [...] (C) During Charge's August 4 farewell call on Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, the Prime Minister shared some candid thoughts on Economy Minister Pavol Rusko (reftel). Dzurinda told Charge that he is increasingly concerned about Rusko. He said that he has traditionally dealt with Rusko in k [...]	2005-08-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA637	GITMO DETAINEES: A NON-ISSUE IN SLOVAKIA [...] (SBU) Embassy has shared reftel talking points with Prime Minister Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor, and will also share them with experts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the week of August 8 (most of the lead people have been on vacation during recent weeks). 2. (SBU) The issues surrou [...]	2005-08-08 15:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA661	FOR THE ROMA IN PRESOV, ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposal to erect of a wall between Roma and non-Roma citizens in the Stara Tehelna neighborhood of Presov seems to be advancing, despite negative media coverage and an initial retraction of the plan by the Mayor. In an August 12 meeting between the GOS Plenipotentiary for [...]	2005-08-17 15:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV KPAO EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA663	KDH ULTIMATUM: EITHER RUSKO GOES OR WE DO [...] (C) Summary: The latest threat by coalition partner KDH to leave the government if Prime Minister Dzurinda doesn't fire Economy Minister Pavol Rusko (ANO) is more serious than previous bluffs. No matter what happens, there is not enough support in parliament for early elections (90 votes are [...]	2005-08-17 17:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR LO PGGOC
05BRATISLAVA670	OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS [...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...]	2005-08-19 09:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA677	MINISTER RUSKO'S WILD RIDE [...] (C) Following the Christian Democratic Party (KDH) announcement last week that it would leave the coalition if Minister of the Economy Pavol Rusko was not removed from office by August 23 (Ref C),Rusko's ANO party closeted itself August 22 to determine next steps. In Bratislava, the only t [...]	2005-08-22 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA702	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, AUGUST 2005 [...] (C) During a meeting with Cino Straka, a former Slovak arms dealer, Poloffs learned of a erroneous (yet perhaps auspicious) piece of misinformation: the assumption by this arms dealer that all exports of Slovak manufactured military hardware must be approved by the United States Embassy in B [...]	2005-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PARM SOCI KDEM LO
05BRATISLAVA713	SENIOR ADVISOR SPIRNAK, GMOS, AND SLOVAKIA [...] (U) Summary. During the July 29 to August 1 visit of Madelyn Spirnak, the Department's Senior Advisor on Agricultural Technology, Econoffs obtained additional insight into the status of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Slovakia. In science and industry, Slovaks appear educated, prac [...]	2005-09-08 15:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ETRD LO
05BRATISLAVA735	"NO ROMA WALL HERE" PRESOV AUTHORITIES TELL [...] (SBU) During a September 13 visit to Presov in eastern Slovakia, Ambassador raised the issue of the so-called "Roma Wall" (reftel) with the two Deputy Mayors (Presov Mayor Milan Benc was out of the country). Both officials assured the Ambassador that no wall would be built separating Roma fr [...]	2005-09-16 14:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA79	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 02, 2005 [...] (SBU) Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, met with Slovak NGO and governmental representatives January 14 on Cuba issues. Franco said the highlight was his meeting with Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hruso [...]	2005-02-02 12:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU LO RU
05BRATISLAVA804	SLOVAKIA: BELARUS IS DETERIORATING, NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, DCM and Poloff (notetaker) delivered reftel demarche to Stefan Rozkopal, MFA Director for CIS and Balkan Peninsula Countries. Rozkopal, who had met the day before with two opposition politicians from Minsk, offered Slovakia's support for democratization effor [...]	2005-10-03 14:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KDEM PGOV LO BO
05BRATISLAVA808	SLOVAKIA CODIFIES RELATIONSHIP WITH US IN NEW [...] (SBU) On September 27, Parliament approved a new Security Strategy for Slovakia which supersedes the previous security policies in place since 2001. The security strategy notably acknowledges "special status" for the "Euro-Atlantic" security relationship, and calls for Slovakia to support " [...]	2005-10-04 08:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EU LO
05BRATISLAVA815	MORE CABINET SHAKEUPS: LABOR OUT, ECON IN [...] (C) SUMMARY - Labor Minister Ludovit Kanik announced his resignation October 5 after admitting that he made a mistake in applying for EU Funds for the refurbishing of a hotel that he owns in the resort town of Banska Stiavnica. Kanik's announcement will complicate his efforts to formalize a de [...]	2005-10-05 15:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KDEM LO PGOV PINR
05BRATISLAVA835	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 11, 2005 [...] (SBU) Despite the announcement that a group of former ANO MPs lead by Lubomir Lintner will form a new political party, other politicians -- including members of the coalition who work closely with Lintner -- feel it is "too late" to begin a new party. Lintner, never considered a particularl [...]	2005-10-11 14:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KDEM SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA876	FORMER ECON MINISTER RUSKO TO SELL TV SHARES [...] (C) Central European Media Enterprises (CME),an American Media firm, is finally poised to take control of TV Markiza by buying out the shares held by dismissed Economy Minister Pavol Rusko. Rusko, apparently badly in need of "clean" cash, finally agreed to sell all his shares -- and thus con [...]	2005-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON LO PGOV PINR
05BRATISLAVA878	SLOVAKIA APPROVES ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR UKRAINE [...] On October 25, the GOS approved an assistance plan to help Ukraine meet the objectives outlined by the EU Ukraine Action Plan. The proposed GOS activities will focus on sharing Slovak knowledge and experience in democratic and economic reforms with Ukrainian partner agencies. The specific a [...]	2005-10-31 14:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV LO
05BRATISLAVA903	SLOVAKIA SUBMISSION FOR TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Below, please find responses to the post-specific questions raised reftel outlining the progress the Government of Slovakia has made in the following areas: A. CREATING A NATIONAL COORDINATING EXPERT WORKING GROUP AND APPOINTING A NATIONAL COORDINATOR: The Slovak Republic appoint [...]	2005-11-10 14:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN SMIG PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA924	SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...]	2005-11-18 16:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO
05BRATISLAVA935	SLOVAKS ANSWER AVIAN FLU QUESTIONS [...] The following are the responses to the reftel request for information about Slovakia's avian and pandemic influenza preparedness. 2. The GOS first drafted an emergency preparedness plan for pandemic influenza in 2001. It was updated October 2005 to factor in recent developments and curre [...]	2005-11-22 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL LO
05BRATISLAVA936	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP NOVEMBER 22, 2005 [...] (C) Pavol Rusko, former Minister of Economy and leader of political party ANO, sold his majority voting share in Slovakia's Markiza television station to American company Central European Media Enterprises (CME). As predicted reftel B, the ANO party -- which started the year with 11 MPs, a [...]	2005-11-23 08:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA939	GUIDANCE REQUEST: SLOVAKS BUYING MILITARY SUPPLIES [...] SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. The Slovak Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with a Slovak firm to purchase replacement military parts made in Belarus. Embassy Bratislava requests guidance on the USG's view of a NATO ally indirectly purchasing military supplies from Belarus. END SUMMARY A [...]	2005-11-25 13:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PM LO BO
05BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...]	2005-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO
05BRATISLAVA981	NO ROMA CANDIDATES WON IN SLOVAK REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Slovakia continues to invest considerable time and effort towards the development of viable Roma political candidates. Their latest project -- training Roma candidates in Slovakia's November 26 regional elections (reftel) -- yielded [...]	2005-12-13 07:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI LO
05BRUSSELS1147	RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel),EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...]	2005-03-18 16:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1466	DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE EU'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Integrated Rule of Law Mission for the Iraqi criminal justice system plans to train 770 individuals from the senior management ranks of the police, the judiciary, and the penal system. The Director of the mission believes that police and military roles and tasks must be [...]	2005-04-13 12:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER MARR IZ EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1593	COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING [...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...]	2005-04-22 10:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1620	THE EU "GYMNICH" MEETINGS - HOW THEY OPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Informal transatlantic "Gymnich" style meetings could provide a useful forum for informal exchanges that might help bridge the current impasse in NATO/EU relations. END SUMMARY 2. (C) In recent months, several proposals have been floated for more informal meetings between for [...]	2005-04-25 14:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1727	NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary General Kobieracki, met with EU General Secretariat SIPDIS and EU Military Staff (EUMS) members led by Director General for ESDP, Pieter Feith in the EU's Kortenb [...]	2005-05-03 14:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2146	CZECH FONMIN PUSHING IDEAS TO TOUGHEN EU CUBA [...] (S) On the margins of a European Parliament conference on Cuba on June 2, Czech FonMin Cyril Svoboda told us he had "four or five" specific proposals for toughening the EU's stance on Cuba. In the run-up to the June 13 EU FonMins meeting, at which Cuba policy will be reviewed, Svoboda is tryi [...]	2005-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PREL PHUM PINR CU EUN
05BRUSSELS2440	Juncker, Blair Debate EU Future [...] SUMMARY: Outgoing EU Presidency Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg and incoming Presidency Prime Minister Tony Blair of the UK outlined different visions for Europe and perceptions of the "European crisis" during speeches before the European Parliament on June 22-23. Juncker bl [...]	2005-06-27 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN UK LU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2607	EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official response. The EU will likely be most supportive of a conference whose participants include at least Russia and, ideally, Transnistria as well. The EU sugge [...]	2005-07-08 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2739	CONNECTING THE EU TO ITS CITIZENS: MISSION [...] As the EU enters a "period of reflection" on its future, Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrm, charged with communication strategy, will soon gain wider public exposure. She intends to press the Commission's case for the EU to draft a so-called "Plan D" - where D stands for dialogue, de [...]	2005-07-19 15:41:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL PROP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3346	EU ELECTION TEAM LEADER DENOUNCES ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Summary. At a September 13 hearing of the European Parliament, the Chief Observer of the EU's election observation mission in Ethiopia, MEP Ana Gomes (Portuguese Socialist),condemned the GoE's handling of the redress process and related human rights abuses. She urged the international c [...]	2005-09-13 15:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3534	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...]	2005-09-28 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4296	EU MOVES TOWARD LEGISLATION ON RETENTION [...] The UK Presidency in the December 2 meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (JHA Council) secured a majority agreement on a compromise to approximate member states' legislation on the retention of telecom data. Ministers agreed to require the storage of traffic information for a mi [...]	2005-12-06 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]	2005-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS807	MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's visit. Tarlev sought the meeting to convey concerns about Russian interference in the upcoming legislative elections in Moldova. He said recent U.S. critici [...]	2005-02-28 14:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1003	GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...]	2005-04-22 13:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUCHAREST1030	HOSTAGE CRISIS TESTS ROMANIAN PRESIDENCY; BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and potential killing of three Romanian journalists presents an unprecedented challenge to President Traian Basescu, four months into his tenure. He has staked out a firm position in favor of strong transatlantic ties and a continued Romanian military contribution [...]	2005-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ RO
05BUCHAREST1084	POLLS SHOW ROMANIANS' VIEWS ON IRAQ, EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent polls show mixed results about Romanian military engagement in Iraq, with numbers varying as to when and how the question was asked. Results generated by an April 23-24 poll directly linking a pull-out to saving Romanian hostages' lives showed 70 percent in favor of [...]	2005-05-05 12:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON IZ RO
05BUCHAREST1123	BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...]	2005-05-12 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO
05BUCHAREST1126	OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS ON KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW, ALLEGES U.S. MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Deputies from the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) stormed out of the Romanian Parliament May 10 to avoid a vote on strengthened financial disclosure legislation, a key component in the new government's anti-corruption program. The PSD, which lost the 2004 presidential vote ami [...]	2005-05-13 09:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ECON SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1190	ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE [...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...]	2005-05-23 13:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO
05BUCHAREST1245	ROMANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the six parties in the Romanian parliament have explicitly redefined themselves as "popular" or "conservative" this year and President Basescu's Democratic Party (PD) is considering a similar move. Their motive is to curry favor with the European Popular Party (EPP),a [...]	2005-05-26 13:13:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO
05BUCHAREST133	BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECT FOR ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Unique in the region, Romania which is expected to join the European Union (EU) in 2007, is a biotech pioneer, promoting and cultivating transgenic soybeans currently not approved for commercial planting in the EU. The Mission's objective is to help Romania enter the EU with i [...]	2005-01-18 12:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO RO
05BUCHAREST1336	ROMA HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR HELD JUNE 1 AT EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Romania, NGOs, international institutions, and academia met in the Embassy Public Diplomacy auditorium June 1 for a half- day seminar on the progress of Roma human rights issues. Some seventy attendees interacted with panels addressing a wid [...]	2005-06-10 07:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1347	BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP [...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI),USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...]	2005-06-13 08:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU
05BUCHAREST1348	DAMAGED EGOS, DIVIDED PARTIES -- FISSURES IN [...] (C) Summary. Six months after national elections, Romania,s parliamentary opposition has been shaken by public squabbling and some political defections that may precipitate more fundamental changes. Ex-President Ion Iliescu has threatened to resign from the former ruling Social Democratic Pa [...]	2005-06-13 09:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1378	POLLS SHOW STRONG SUPPORT FOR BASESCU, CENTER- [...] Summary: Opinion polls conducted in May and June indicate continued strong support for President Traian Basescu, particularly after the release of three Romanian hostages from Iraq on May 22. A poll of June 14 showed Basescu with an approval rating of 71 percent while his center-right Libera [...]	2005-06-17 13:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON RO
05BUCHAREST1433	NEW ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? MAYBE... [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu continues to push for early parliamentary elections, asserting that they would allow the center-right government to gain a clear majority. The National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) party alliance is divided over the issue, with the PNL and Prime Minister C [...]	2005-06-24 12:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO
05BUCHAREST1478	ROMANIAN RAILWAY STRIKE FAILS IN FACE OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following 80 days of negotiations, railway workers went on a general strike on June 8 which lasted for 23 days. The GOR, with IMF-monitored fiscal restraints this year, had little flexibility in meeting the strikers' demands. The strike ended with the unions obtaining only add [...]	2005-07-01 11:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON RO
05BUCHAREST1521	RULING ALLIANCE MOVES TOWARD ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The governing Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance on July 8 continued to send out strong messages that the country is headed for early parliamentary elections, following the surprise July 7 resignation of the cabinet. President Basescu is expected to accept the resignations and [...]	2005-07-08 15:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1529	PRESIDENT BASESCU ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, ADOPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told Charge July 11 that snap elections are not a given, as there is a chance he will mediate a solution to avoid an early return to the polls. He acknowledged that earlier he had expressed support for new elections and that his Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alli [...]	2005-07-11 14:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST153	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST WEEKS - BASESCU COMES OUT STRONG [...] (C) Summary: During his first several weeks in office, President Traian Basescu has been outspoken on the fight against corruption, foreign policy priorities and the status of the center right National Liberal Party -Democratic Party (PNL-PD) political alliance with the small Humanist Party (PUR). [...]	2005-01-18 14:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUCHAREST1557	EARLY ELECTIONS? BASESCU CONVENES SENIOR POLITICAL LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 14:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1563	PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS RESIGNATION; COMMITS TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu July 13 announced he would officially step down from office early next week and that the government has begun plans for snap parliamentary elections. The announcement followed a special joint session of parliament and a July 12 meeting among [...]	2005-07-13 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1578	PD BUCHAREST'S CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: FROM JUNE 22-25, PD BUCHAREST HOSTED A SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MORE THAN 90 MUSEUM DIRECTORS THAT PROMOTED REGIONAL COOPERATION AND GAVE THEM PRACTICAL IDEAS ON HOW TO THRIVE AS CIVIC INSTITUTIONS IN A MARKET ECONOMY. THE SEMINAR DIRECTOR, DR. MARC PACHTER, ENSURED [...]	2005-07-15 11:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO RO
05BUCHAREST1584	ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...]	2005-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST199	FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY FACES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. The formerly ruling center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) is roiled by internal divisions and faces a leadership struggle, with former President Ion Iliescu and ex-PM Adrian Nastase the principle contenders to lead the party. The PSD recently reestablished its "Permanent Del [...]	2005-01-21 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO
05BUCHAREST371	ROMANIAN LIBERAL PARTY DISPLAYS UNITY, AS [...] (C) Summary. Delegates to the congress of Romania's center-right National Liberal Party (PNL),the largest party in the governing alliance, strongly endorsed Prime Minister Tariceanu's bid for PNL President. Delegates also turned down for the time being a proposed merger with the Democratic [...]	2005-02-10 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR RO
05BUCHAREST476	ROMANIA'S EMERGING FOREIGN POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu will likely seek to focus on solid support in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Black Sea Security, and Moldova during his March 8-9 trip to Washington. He has defined a strong strategic relationship with the U.S. as the central component of hi [...]	2005-02-25 15:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS MD RO
05BUCHAREST490	ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...]	2005-02-28 15:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO
05BUCHAREST548	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MARCH 8-9 TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During the first few months of his mandate, President Traian Basescu has pledged to vigorously battle corruption, supported implementation of free market economic reforms and promised to steer Romania to EU accession in 2007. Basescu is intellectually and emotionally pro-American- a st [...]	2005-03-04 16:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON RS MD RO
05BUCHAREST658	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...]	2005-03-16 15:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO
05BUCHAREST659	ROMANIA: CHILD MARRIAGE SURVEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 15:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN RO
05BUCHAREST665	ROMANIA: TRADE UNIONS VIEW THE NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's principal trade union federations are unanimous in taking the position that the existing labor code requires enforcement, not amendment. They hold out the possibility of a general strike if the GOR modifies the code without their consent. For their part, businesses in Romani [...]	2005-03-17 09:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV RO
05BUCHAREST742	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...]	2005-03-24 13:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO
05BUCHAREST806	POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF ROMANIANS OPPOSED TO [...] (U) Summary: A Center for Urban and Rural Sociology (CURS) poll released March 28 shows that more than half of Romanians oppose the country's military presence in Iraq. On other key issues, the poll indicates that Romanians are against early elections and believe the fight against corruption [...]	2005-03-31 13:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST818	AMBASADORIAL FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] Post appreciates ECA/P/C indulgence. This is the formal request for the project discussed in Ref B emails. Charge has seen and approved this request. 2. GRANTEE: The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (NVM) Address: 28, Kiseleff Bv., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 011 4021 222.9 [...]	2005-04-04 11:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL
05BUCHAREST837	FORMER VICE-PREMIER ADRIEAN VIDEANU ELECTED MAYOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance candidate Adriean Videanu won the Bucharest mayoral election on April 3. Given that he received more than half the vote, there will not be an electoral run-off. Videanu is a successful pro-American businessman with the ear of President Ba [...]	2005-04-05 13:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO
05BUCHAREST887	MAYOR BOC MENDS FENCES IN MULTICULTURAL CLUJ [...] Summary: An archeological dig in Cluj's central square has been a source of ethnic division in this multicultural city for more than a decade. Reform-minded Cluj Mayor Emil Boc has forged a democratic solution to address the concerns of both ethnic Hungarians and archeologists -- filling the [...]	2005-04-08 13:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM RO MO

05BUCHAREST902	ROMANIAN-ISRAELI POLITICIAN LEAVES EXTREME [...] (SBU) Summary: The only Jewish MP from Vadim Tudor,s extreme nationalist Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) resigned from the party April 7 due to publication of an article in one of Tudor,s publications denying the existence of the Holocaust in Romania. The PPRM responded by expelling the [...]	2005-04-12 12:53:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON RO
05BUCHAREST914	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell March 20-23 met with senior GOR figures and members of the Romanian Jewish community to discuss property restitution and other concerns related to Romanian efforts to redress its Holocaust past. The Romanian delegati [...]	2005-04-13 06:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RO
05BUENOSAIRES190	ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...]	2005-01-27 20:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR
05BUENOSAIRES260	ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...]	2005-02-04 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR VE
05BUENOSAIRES264	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...]	2005-02-04 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES496	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...]	2005-03-03 21:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA
05BUENOSAIRES507	ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...]	2005-03-04 17:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR
05CAIRO2281	CODEL PELOSI MARCH 19-20 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with CODEL Pelosi, PM Nazif asserted that Egypt is "systematically" building a democratic system. He also highlighted Egypt's economic reforms and called for strengthening the bilateral economic relationship. Nazif expressed concern over the image of the U.S. [...]	2005-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EG IZ
05CAIRO2285	CHARGES AGAINST AYMAN NOUR: ADDITIONAL DETAILS [...] (C) The statement of Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed, released on March 22 when the GOE formally charged Ghad Party leader and aspirant presidential candidate Ayman Nour with forgery and knowingly using forged documents (ref A),provides additional details on the GOE's case against Nour. [...]	2005-03-23 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO2405	BOGEYMAN OF FOREIGN INTERFERENCE STALKS EGYPT: [...] Opposition newspaper Al-Wafd launched a campaign on March 20 against foreign economic assistance and "interference." Several newspapers picked up this thread of criticism throughout the week, but none were as vociferous as Al-Wafd in calling for Egypt to refuse U.S. assistance. Commentators [...]	2005-03-28 08:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2410	ANOTHER CARTOONIST CROSSES THE LINE [...] Summary: A small, middle-of-the-road Cairo weekly magazine ran a cartoon on March 19 of a swastika- covered U.S. soldier. Embassy staff met with the editor on March 23 to protest the cartoon. The editor stated that the cartoon was a 2004 work by a Palestinian freelancer. Although the edito [...]	2005-03-28 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2416	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-28 12:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2433	EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL [...] (C) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops in riot gear thwarted the attempt of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),accompanied by a smattering of leftists, to stage a demonstration either at the parliament bui [...]	2005-03-28 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC EG
05CAIRO2524	THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF EGYPT'S REACTION TO USG [...] (C) Egyptian anger at our March 3 announcement of direct USG funding for democracy promotion has now reached the Parliament. After several weeks of increasingly strident editorial coverage in newspapers controlled by or sympathetic to the GOE, the People's Assembly has debated the implicati [...]	2005-03-31 11:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KMPI KDEM EG
05CAIRO2532	CODEL DREIER MARCH 23-25 VISIT TO CAIRO: PRIME [...] (C) In a March 24 meeting with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif, CODEL Dreier (consisting of Representatives Dreier, Diaz-Balart, Alcee Hastings, Doc Hastings, Gingrey, and Crenshaw) discussed the potential for political and economic reform in Egypt, links between economic development and the f [...]	2005-03-31 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP EG
05CAIRO2536	WHAT IF YOU HELD A COMPETITIVE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) President Mubarak's late February proposal to amend Article 76 of the Egyptian constitution will, once parliament has hammered out the modalities, allow for direct, competitive presidential elections for the first time in the country's history. Although no announcement has yet been made, [...]	2005-03-31 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO2589	REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY [...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...]	2005-04-04 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2596	EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES [...] (C) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia) on charges of involvement in both a 2004 act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and in conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in Egypt, including planning an assa [...]	2005-04-04 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ASEC IR EG
05CAIRO2691	PROGRESS OF DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) Post is moving to implement an ambitious program of directly-funded democracy and governance (D&G) activities in Egypt, using USAID and other resources. Implementation of MEPI-funded D&G projects is a key component in this process. Post signed a new directly-funded D&G grant on March 3 [...]	2005-04-06 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI PREL EG PDEM
05CAIRO2693	EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...]	2005-04-06 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG
05CAIRO2722	EGYPTIAN REACTION TO DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE, Egyptian religious leaders, and the Egyptian media have joined the worldwide outpouring of condolences and respect on the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II. Although the Roman Catholic population of Egypt is relatively small (about 350,000 from a total Egyp [...]	2005-04-07 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL EG VC
05CAIRO2734	CONTINUING TO PURSUE RADIO SAWA TRANSMISSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Continuing to seek permission for Radio Sawa to retransmit its signal in Egypt, the Charge sent a letter on March 31 to newly appointed Minister of Information Anas El Fekki reiterating the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors's (BBG's) long-standing request for facilities to [...]	2005-04-07 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP KPAO EG BBG
05CAIRO2736	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO2740	EGYPT: RAISING AWARENESS OF PSI [...] (SBU) Post appreciates ref A opportunity to consider how public diplomacy might raise awareness of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in Egypt. Egypt is an influential leader in the non-proliferation (NP) community and Egyptian experts hold unequaled sway in international fora. Whi [...]	2005-04-07 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PHSA OIIP KNNP KPAO EG
05CAIRO2744	APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...]	2005-04-08 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2789	TERRORISM IN CAIRO; ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICISM OF [...] All media outlets gave wide coverage to the bombing attack in Cairo's Khan Al-Khalili market, highlighting PM Ahmed Nazif's April 8 hospital visit to victims and Egyptian government officials' claims that the attack was "an individual act." All commentators feared the attacks would unsettle [...]	2005-04-11 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO2792	APRIL 3 VISIT TO ISMAILIA: "ACTIVATING" THE [...] (U) The Charge on April 3 visited Ismailia, the Egyptian governorate with which Embassy Cairo cooperates in running an experimental Virtual Presence Post (VPP),or "Virtual Consulate" (reftels). The Governorate's expanded engagement with the project, coupled with enhanced participation on th [...]	2005-04-11 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ETRD KWWW PREL TINT EG
05CAIRO2799	CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: ARRESTS, CLAIMS, AND REACTIONS [...] (SBU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of the April 7 terrorist attack in the Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar as an 18-year old engineering student from the Delta province of Qalyubia. The announcement [...]	2005-04-11 16:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2852	IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...]	2005-04-12 15:49:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO2853	APRIL 12 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, the Charge chaired a regular meeting of post's IDWG, which was attended by American and LES staff from the Public Affairs Section (including information and cultural affairs staff, as well as the grants specialist),the combined Economic-Political Section (ECPO),[...]	2005-04-12 16:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO2854	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]	2005-04-12 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS
05CAIRO2876	EGYPT'S NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has publicly released its first annual report. Although there are several obvious omissions, the breadth of the report's coverage suggests an organization that is balancing its close links with the Government of Egypt with a desire to demon [...]	2005-04-13 16:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO2877	EGYPT: SMEAR PUTS MUSLIM BROTHERS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) Enemies of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have seized on an erroneous report as an opportunity to attack the group as duplicitous and disloyal. In early April, Egyptian media began reporting (baseless) rumors that the U.S. and the MB had covertly opened a channel for dialogue and potential cooperat [...]	2005-04-13 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO2898	EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...]	2005-04-14 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2899	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: MODEST [...] (U) Reaction to the April 7 bombing in Cairo has been muted on the economic front, with the stock market registering a slight dip in the opening hours of trading on the first day after the bombing. The downturn was quickly reversed, however, and the market recovered the following day. For t [...]	2005-04-14 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PTER EG
05CAIRO2930	IRAQI JOURNALISTS VENT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At a backyard reception for a group of visiting Iraqi journalists, Embassy staff witnessed a spirited discussion among the Iraqis and invited Egyptian journalists over the shortcomings of Egyptian media reporting on Iraq. The lively interaction between the two groups of jour [...]	2005-04-18 07:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO IZ EG
05CAIRO2968	EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR [...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...]	2005-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG
05CAIRO2969	EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING [...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...]	2005-04-18 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2971	AL-AZHAR BOMBER IDENTIFIED, CO-PLOTTERS ARRESTED: [...] Summary: Egyptian Television (ETV) reported the identity of the Al-Azhar terrorist bomber on April 11. The following day, photos of the bomber's blast-damaged face appeared above the fold in all of Egypt's major newspapers, along with Interior Ministry claims that "jihadi" publications had [...]	2005-04-19 06:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO2990	BOGUS USG MEMO 'EXPLAINED' BY AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT [...] (SBU) Summary: PA officer visited Abdel Latif Al Manawy, Cairo bureau chief of pan-Arab Al Sharq Al Awsat newspaper, to discuss an April 3 article appearing on page 9 of that paper referring to an alleged State Department memo "urging the White House to begin direct talks" with the Muslim B [...]	2005-04-20 09:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PROP OIIP KPAO EG
05CAIRO3066	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-24 05:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG KIIP
05CAIRO3086	MULTI-HOUR MUBARAK INTERVIEW TO AIR STARTING APRIL [...] (SBU) A multi-hour interview with President Mubarak will be aired over three consecutive days on Egypt Channel One starting on the evening of April 24. The regional Arabic news channel Al-Arabiya has also bought the broadcast rights and will be airing it at the same time. The interview was [...]	2005-04-24 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EG
05CAIRO3089	EGYPTIAN JUDGES LAUNCH "INTIFADA", THREATEN TO [...] (C) Over 1000 Egyptian judges meeting under the auspices of the Alexandria Judges' Club launched in mid-April what one paper dubbed "the judges' intifada." In their meeting, the assembled judges threatened to abstain from their supervisory role in the fall 2005 elections unless a new draft jud [...]	2005-04-24 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3131	FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...]	2005-04-27 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3132	FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...]	2005-04-27 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3133	FY06 MRP "GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM," JANUARY 19 [...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Shafky Halim Aly EL MONIERY, Presenter and Producer, Egyptian Television, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixe [...]	2005-04-27 13:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3164	EGYPTIAN MEDIA CAMPAIGN AGAINST USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been a marked increase recently in negative Egyptian media commentary concerning USG assistance to Egypt, with opposition daily Al-Wafd (circulation: 200,000) leading the charge. Critical commentaries and articles have consistently portrayed USG assistance as 'inter [...]	2005-04-28 11:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO EG MEPI USG
05CAIRO3239	TERRORISM STRIKES CAIRO AGAIN; MUBARAK'S [...] (U) Summary: TV and print media devoted extensive coverage to the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo, quoting GOE officials' statements and noting that several eyewitnesses had given conflicting versions of how the attacks unfolded. Statements of condemnation from leading Egyptian figures [...]	2005-05-04 06:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IS RS EG
05CAIRO3421	EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST [...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...]	2005-05-05 16:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO3424	A SEASON OF UNCERTAINTY IN EGYPTIAN POLITICS [...] (C) As Cairo's weather warms up this spring, Egyptian intellectuals and observers are preoccupied by a growing sense of anticipation and uncertainty about Egypt's political future. Contacts are focused on a series of "unprecedented" recent developments which, in combination, are charging the [...]	2005-05-05 18:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL EG
05CAIRO3495	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND THE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) is expected to approve on May 10 legislation that would amend Article 76 of the constitution to allow, for the first time, the direct and competitive election of the President. The bill was approved by the PA's legislative affairs committee and endorsed on Ma [...]	2005-05-09 18:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3589	POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...]	2005-05-11 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3626	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN'S FIRST VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) The visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin April 26-27 to Cairo, Egypt will be remembered more for its ceremonial and nostalgic aspects than for substantive agreements or strategic re-alignments. Putin and Egyptian President Mubarak released a joint statement after their summit meetin [...]	2005-05-12 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP ECON EG IS UNSC
05CAIRO3755	THE GOE AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) In recent months, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has adopted both increasingly confrontational street tactics and reform-touting rhetoric (as opposed to its traditional Islamist slogans). As of mid-May, the MB's more aggressive approach, and the GOE's response, has built into what is be [...]	2005-05-17 04:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL EG
05CAIRO3763	POST CONTINUES TO ENGAGE KEY EGYPTIAN FIGURES ON [...] (C) Embassy Cairo has engaged key contacts vigorously in response to initial allegations of Koran desecration at U.S. detention facilities in Guantanamo and Newsweek's subsequent retraction. During a May 12 meeting with Prime Minister Nazif, the Charge drew from ref C talking points to empha [...]	2005-05-17 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO3767	MUBARAK BLAMES DEMONSTRATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT; [...] Constitutional reform: The People's Assembly debate and approval of a constitutional amendment to article 76 dominated media coverage May 10 - 15. Viewers of Egyptian TV and pan-Arab satellite channels Al-Jazeera and Al- Arabiya on May 10 - 11 saw scenes of heated debate, with Ayman Nour an [...]	2005-05-17 12:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3792	Egypt PD Results (04/21/05-05/11/05) [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-18 07:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3807	THE FIRST LADY'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the visit of First Lady Laura Bush to Egypt. This visit is an opportunity for the U.S. to emphasize for the Egyptian public and its leadership our concern over the essential societal issues of education and literacy. Egypt's first lady, Suzanne Mubarak, [...]	2005-05-18 18:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA PREL EG
05CAIRO3840	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR, SUPPORTERS FACING HARASSMENT [...] (C) Sustained threats, intimidation, and harassment are making it "impossible" for Ayman Nour, the embattled leader of the opposition Ghad Party, to conduct his presidential campaign, according to his wife (and closest confidante and advisor) Gamila Ismail. Ismail accuses the ruling NDP, with [...]	2005-05-19 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO3841	MAY 10 MEETING OF EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired the May 10 IDWG meeting, which was attended by the Acting DCM; USAID Deputy Director and USAID D&G staff; PA Counselor and PA staff; and ECPO staff. MEPI Tunis Regional Director Peter Mulrean also attended. The meeting opened with Mulrean's review of MEPI activities [...]	2005-05-19 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO3901	MIXED COMMENTARY ON NAZIF VISIT TO WASHINGTON: [...] Headlines: President Mubarak's visit with Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi and other African leaders to discuss Darfur May 17 - 18 was widely covered, as was Mubarak's May 17 statement encouraging Egyptians to get out and vote on the constitutional amendment referendum on May 25. Mubarak met May [...]	2005-05-23 08:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3941	ARREST OF SENIOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIAL [...] (C) The GOE arrested on May 22 Mahmoud Ezzat, Secretary-General of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Ezzat SIPDIS is the most senior MB official to be arrested in at least a decade. His arrest comes in the context of an increasingly sharp and sustained confrontation between the government a [...]	2005-05-24 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL EG
05CAIRO3952	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...]	2005-05-25 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU
05CAIRO4005	REFERENDUM MARRED BY LOW TURNOUT AND REPORTS OF [...] (C) The May 25 referendum on revising the Egyptian constitution to allow for direct presidential elections was characterized by low turnout. Although the process was generally peaceful, there were sporadic incidents in Cairo of government-directed beatings of opposition protestors and journ [...]	2005-05-26 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
05CAIRO4025	CHARGE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON VISITS OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Charge briefed the diplomatic corps May 26 on the visits of Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif to the United States and First Lady Laura Bush to the Middle East. Sharing transcripts of public statements and media interviews related to the two recent visits, the Charge offered hi [...]	2005-05-26 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG OVIP
05CAIRO4123	CHARGE PRESSES REFORM WITH EGYPTIAN COUNCIL FOR [...] (U) Summary: Members of the American-Egyptian Relations Committee of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs invited the Charge to discuss the bilateral relationship during an informal session on May 31. The event provided an opportunity to stress the importance to the bilateral relationsh [...]	2005-06-01 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4124	RECENT EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo continued in May its robust outreach program to support the expansion of democracy and freedom in Egypt, with a particular focus on international monitors. Activities in May included the visit of the First Lady to Egypt; a grants-signing ceremony for the latest civil socie [...]	2005-06-01 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM EG
05CAIRO4126	REFERENDUM CALLED "HISTORIC" BY GOVERNMENT MEDIA; [...] May 25 referendum on constitutional amendment to change presidential election process - TV: Egyptian TV coverage showed enthusiastic voters casting their ballots and praising President Mubarak and the referendum throughout May 25. "We now have true democracy in Egypt and thanks to our Pres [...]	2005-06-02 05:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4127	SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...]	2005-06-02 05:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO4170	EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING OF MAY 25 [...] (C) Summary: Six Egyptian civil society organizations, led by the Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC) and with training and coordination support from the National Democratic Institute (NDI),completed a modest but significant monitoring effort of the May 25 referendum. NDI's Senior Regional Represent [...]	2005-06-02 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL EG NDI
05CAIRO4304	CRITICS ACCUSE NDP OF USING "THUGS" AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While the pro-government press was praising the May 25 referendum, independent and opposition commentators criticized what they considered poor media coverage and accused ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) members of acting like "thugs" and "mercenaries." One commentator [...]	2005-06-08 06:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4309	IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN [...] (C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...]	2005-06-08 07:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN
05CAIRO4321	WELL-KNOWN JOURNALIST LAUNCHES NEW NEWSPAPER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Al Fagr ("The Dawn"),the latest weekly independent newspaper in Egypt, published its first edition on June 4. The newspaper's founder and editor, Adel Hamouda, stated on Egyptian TV that Al Fagr "aims to improve the state of Egyptian journalism," while privately telling a P [...]	2005-06-09 05:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4336	GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN [...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]	2005-06-09 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG
05CAIRO4359	EGYPT: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT [...] (C) Madame Secretary, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt and looks forward to the opportunity to advance U.S. interests. Political reform, Egypt's desire for a free trade agreement (FTA),Gaza disengagement, Iraq, and Sudan are likely to be the issues on the top of the agenda [...]	2005-06-09 17:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EG
05CAIRO4360	SUDAN: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE AND THE [...] (C) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) officials confirmed June 7 that negotiations would commence June 12 in Cairo between the NDA leadership and senior Government of Sudan (GOS) officials. The negotiations will cover political and security issues and are scheduled to be completed by June 18 [...]	2005-06-10 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM EG SU ER
05CAIRO4362	GOE FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT KORAN MISHANDLING [...] (C) Summary: Following media reports of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's condemnation of the alleged desecration of the Koran at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, the MFA called the Charge to complain about the reported mistreatment, explaining that it had delayed comment until the USG [...]	2005-06-10 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KISL EG
05CAIRO4430	FAMILY-FRIENDLY TAXES AND DOCTORS WITHOUT [...] Summary: The pro-government media highlighted a new tax law, signed by President Mubarak on June 8. TV talk shows hosted a parade of government spokesmen and financial experts who commented positively on the law over the weekend. Meanwhile, the opposition and independent press continued to [...]	2005-06-13 11:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO4441	SYRIAN "HIT LIST" NOT NEWS IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian media have largely ignored recent press reports citing U.S. comments about a possible Syrian 'hit list' of targeted Lebanese public figures opposed to continued Syrian influence in Lebanon. To the extent the issue has been covered locally, two pro- government newspap [...]	2005-06-13 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO EG SY
05CAIRO4495	GOE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DETAILS U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) On June 13, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel met with the Charge for consulations prior to the Minister's June 18-28 visit to the U.S. Minister Kamel reviewed for the Charge the trip schedule, highlighting technology agreements to be discussed and/ [...]	2005-06-14 12:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV OVIP PREL KGIT EG
05CAIRO4519	EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM AGENDA: MORE IN THE [...] (C) The amendment of Article 76 of Egypt's constitution, ratified by public referendum on May 25 (refs A and B),was the centerpiece of the GOE's 2005 political reform package, but not the only item on the agenda. Parliament has been debating this week a new law that will govern Egypt's first [...]	2005-06-14 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4532	EGYPT: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a) Claimant A b) 2001 c) In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters of claimant's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As a re [...]	2005-06-15 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EFIN EINV KIDE PGOV EG OPIC
05CAIRO4534	REPORT: MUBARAK TO NAME VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) The London-based Financial Times reported on June 15 that President Mubarak intends to name a Vice President - a step he has refused to take throughout his 24 year tenure as President - after the September Presidential elections. We reached out to the reporter who filed the story, who confir [...]	2005-06-15 16:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4577	UPDATE ON THE GOE-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD STAND OFF [...] (U) Government sources quoted in media reports claim that approximately 300 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),detained during a large GOE arrest campaign in May (reftels),were released in the week of June 13. The GOE maintains that 349 of the MB members arrested in May remain in custody [...]	2005-06-16 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL EG
05CAIRO4598	OPPOSITION PRESS AGREES WITH CHANGES TO [...] Summary: Opposition press eagerly engaged in the debate over changes made by Parliament to the constitutional amendment on Egypt's presidential elections law changes that they perceived would exclude Gamal Mubarak from running for the presidency. However, one commentator in leading pro-gov [...]	2005-06-19 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO IZ EG
05CAIRO4709	SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...]	2005-06-21 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL
05CAIRO4756	EGYPTIAN E-JOURNALISM - TWO WEBSITES IN VANGUARD, [...] Summary: Two Egyptian websites - Masrawy.com and ArabAmbassador.org are striving to establish themselves as credible Egyptian Internet news sources. Masrawy styles itself as a reliable source for general news, while Arab Ambassador aims to serve as a "bridge" between the Arab and western w [...]	2005-06-23 09:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR OPRC SCUL KPAO EG
05CAIRO4781	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESENTS REPORT TO MUBARAK; [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) president Dr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali met with President Mubarak to formally present the Council,s first annual report, which had been publicly released in mid-April (ref B). Following the meeting, Boutros Ghali announced tha [...]	2005-06-23 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO4877	SENIOR EGYPTIAN CLERICS' REPORTED UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian media reports this week quote Egypt's two most prominent Islamic figures, the Mufti and the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, each appointed by the GOE, as making unhelpful public remarks that imply religious justification for the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. Embassy requests for cl [...]	2005-06-27 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PGOV EG IZ
05CAIRO4882	CRITICAL COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT IN [...] Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt continued to receive positive coverage in the pro-government press; however, commentary in the opposition and independent press took a more critical stance. One independent commentator dismissed the Secretary's calls for democratic reform in Egypt as [...]	2005-06-28 06:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO IZ SU EG
05CAIRO4981	EGYPT: AT SECOND DAY OF AYMAN NOUR TRIAL, [...] (C) Summary: In a second chaotic session of the Ayman Nour trial, a codefendant and witness for the prosecution recanted his guilty plea and claimed he had been pressured by the government to testify against Nour. The development emboldened Nour and his supporters but surprised the judges, wh [...]	2005-06-30 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5000	EGYPT PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESULTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-03 10:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5009	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN [...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...]	2005-07-03 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5054	QURANIC TEACHINGS, BLACK MAGIC, AND SCHOOL [...] Summary: While Egypt plays host to several religious media outlets, only Holy Quran Radio has any real influence on the Egyptian population and that remains a religious influence. Tightly controlled by the Egyptian government, Holy Quran Radio avoids hard news of any kind, while the three [...]	2005-07-05 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SCUL KPAO EG
05CAIRO5055	MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on June 29 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO and HSWG members discussed security developments in the Sinai in reference to regional terrorist threats and in light of rep [...]	2005-07-05 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG
05CAIRO5057	EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR [...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...]	2005-07-05 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5058	MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S [...] (C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...]	2005-07-05 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO5084	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR'S TRIAL POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER, [...] (C) Summary: At the third session of opposition leader Ayman Nour's forgery trial, the lawyer for defendant number three, Ayman Ismail Hassan, reiterated his client's retraction of his confession, the prosecution claimed to have a videotape of Nour advising a legal client to fake a torture inj [...]	2005-07-06 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO5185	EGYPTIAN MEDIA LEGEND IBRAHIM NAFEI SHOWN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Of all the changes to the pro- government press leadership announced by the Shura Council on July 3 (ref A),most significant is the replacement of media giant Ibrahim Nafei, former Editor-in-chief and Board Chairman of Al-Ahram. Nafei, who was appointed Editor-in- chief by [...]	2005-07-07 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5194	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes you to Egypt and believes your visit comes at a particularly significant moment for reform in Egypt. You will be able to review a number of important internal and regional developments, discussed below, since the S visit, in your me [...]	2005-07-07 17:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG

05CAIRO5210	EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: INTERNAL COUP REPORTS, [...] (C) There have been numerous reports in early July that Mahdy Akef, the Supreme Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB),has been sidelined by an internal coup. Akef, and his alleged successor, Deputy Supreme Guide Mohammed Habib, have denied the reports, but their denials have yet to douse t [...]	2005-07-10 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM EG
05CAIRO5245	EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...]	2005-07-11 08:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO LE EG
05CAIRO5264	BLACK DAY OF TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media roundly condemned the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. "Black Day of Terrorism" was one leading newspaper's headline. All media outlets covered remarks by the Mufti of the Republic labeling Al-Sharif's killers as "thugs" w [...]	2005-07-11 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5272	EGYPT: AN ASSESSMENT OF KIFAYA - THE POPULAR [...] (C) The Kifaya (Enough) protest movement has made a significant impact on Egypt's internal political scene in the first half of 2005. Kifaya is an umbrella movement encompassing groups and individuals spanning a broad range of tendencies and ideologies, united by opposition to the Mubarak reg [...]	2005-07-11 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO5344	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...]	2005-07-13 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO5472	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Assistant Secretary David Welch's statements following a meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit received straightforward, lengthy inside-page coverage in almost all Egyptian dailies on July 17, 2005. The coverage stressed Egyptian-U.S. cooperation on the Israeli withdrawal from G [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5473	TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5477	EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...]	2005-07-18 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5514	VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH TO CAIRO [...] (C) In a July 16 meeting, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch asked Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to agree to the installation of a FM transmitter in Egypt to facilitate Radio Sawa broadcasts. Until this is done, A/S Welch underscored, $227 million in ESF money will not be released. He f [...]	2005-07-19 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG
05CAIRO5521	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]	2005-07-19 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU
05CAIRO5524	VISIT OF NEA PDAS CHENEY: PM NAZIF REVIEWS U.S. [...] (C) NEA PDAS Liz Cheney met with PM Nazif, Minister of Trade Rashid Rashid and Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin June 30th for almost an hour at Nazif,s office in the "Smart Village" outside Cairo. Cheney urged a more proactive GOE role on direct USG assistance to NGOs in Egypt in the [...]	2005-07-19 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5553	FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making [...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...]	2005-07-20 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5591	JULY 18 MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S INSTITUTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge chaired the July 18 meeting of the Embassy's Institutions of Democracy Working Group (IDWG),which was attended by the USAID Director, USAID Democracy and Governance (D & G) staff, PAO, ECPO Counselor, and ECPO staff. The meeting included discussion on facilitati [...]	2005-07-21 16:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO5592	EGYPT: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Egypt's leftist Tagammu' Party, which holds six seats in the People's Assembly, announced on July 19 that it would not field Khalid Mohieldin, or any other candidate, in Egypt's first competitive presidential election, anticipated, though not yet formally announced, for September 7. A spo [...]	2005-07-21 17:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5622	EMBASSY CAIRO'S EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO SHARM [...] (C) At an EAC meeting on the morning of July 23, Charge and Embassy officers reviewed the latest information on the terrorist attacks on Sharm el-Sheikh which occurred at 1:15 AM. Varying reports put the number of dead at 75-85, with at least 100 wounded. There are so far no reports of Americ [...]	2005-07-23 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO5650	EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS [...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...]	2005-07-24 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG
05CAIRO5652	"THIS MEANS WAR": EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Summary: Egyptian TV covered the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings extensively throughout the day. TV images immediately after the attacks showed emergency workers removing bodies from the bomb sites and assisting the injured, while government officials and intellectuals gave phone interview [...]	2005-07-25 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5695	EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA [...] (C) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Cairo rumor mill immediately suggested the incident was a botched terror attack, but an Egyptian security official suggested it was simply an industrial mishap [...]	2005-07-25 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC ASEC EG
05CAIRO5743	CHARGE DISCUSSES RADIO SAWA AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Charge and PAC met with Information Minister Anas Al Fekki on July 26 to urge that GOE allow Radio Sawa to create a broadcast facility in Egypt and to relay the complaint from foreign correspondents stationed here that they lack on-the-record access to GOE officials. The Minister agreed to meet [...]	2005-07-26 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO5744	SHARM TERRORISM CONDEMNED: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Sharm El Sheikh terrorist attacks on July 23 dominated Egyptian media coverage the following two days (reftel). All commentators condemned the attacks. On July 25, some TV and print press commentators began to question why the attacks occurred and who was behind them; then eng [...]	2005-07-26 16:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IS EG
05CAIRO5753	PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY [...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...]	2005-07-27 12:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5757	SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes the Department's initiative outlined in ref A. The Embassy has a strong record of engagement and contacts with influential Islamic leaders in Egypt but agrees more can and should be done. Key leaders like Sheikh Tantawi are generally allies in the struggle a [...]	2005-07-27 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER KPAO EG
05CAIRO5814	SENIOR EDITOR PRAISES PRESIDENT BUSH'S SIGNING [...] (U) The new editor-in-chief of the very influential pro-government news weekly Al Ahram Al Arabi (circulation: 80,000) had high praise for President Bush's signing the condolence book for victims of the Sharm bombings, at the Egyptian Embassy. (A color photograph of the same appeared on the [...]	2005-07-28 11:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5820	UNPRECEDENTED OPENNESS?: EGYPTIAN MEDIA HAS FREE [...] Summary: A surprisingly large amount of Egyptian media commentary critical of Egyptian society and the government has appeared since the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh bombings. While some commentators continue to blame Israel for terrorism in the region, many commentators have pointed fingers squa [...]	2005-07-28 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5821	MUBARAK ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY; PROPOSES ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) In a July 28 keynote speech, President Mubarak made several major announcements, including his decision to run for a fifth term, plans to replace the Emergency Law with new anti-terror legislation, and a call for an emergency Arab summit to be held in Sharm el-Sheikh on August 3. Mubara [...]	2005-07-28 17:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5944	EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...]	2005-08-02 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5946	A NEW GOE APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATIONS? [...] (C) Summary: A July 30 anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo was violently disbanded by Egyptian riot police and NDP "thugs," possibly including undercover security personnel. The tactics were reminiscent of events during the May 25 constitutional referendum (reftels),but on a much smaller [...]	2005-08-02 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
05CAIRO6093	30 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST [...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...]	2005-08-08 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO6133	HERE COME THE CANDIDATES: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: The media reported at length on the candidates who had registered for Egypt's presidential elections. Although the pro-government media continued to devote the majority of their coverage to Mubarak's candidacy, they also gave prominent coverage to the candidacies of two other polit [...]	2005-08-09 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO6137	PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL MONITORING OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Since President Bush's May 7 call for international monitoring of Egypt's presidential elections, the GOE has expressed little enthusiasm for the idea, but has also avoided rejecting it. The GOE continues to argue that international monitoring is opposed by many in the Egyptian public a [...]	2005-08-09 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6200	DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS GEARING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian civil society is preparing to monitor the upcoming presidential and parliamentary campaigns and elections. USG funding is playing a key role in this process. Many challenges remain, but available information suggests that the upcoming elections will receive more sc [...]	2005-08-11 13:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6210	BBG REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS RADIO SAWA WITH [...] (C) During their meeting with Information Minister El Fekki and other broadcast officials, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) team headed by Executive Director Brian Conniff found no Egyptian willingness to find a quick solution that will enable Radio SAWA to build a broadcast tower in Egypt [...]	2005-08-11 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC EG BBG
05CAIRO6211	AN UPDATE ON MEPI FUNDING IN EGYPT: REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 16-20, MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Alexandria and Cairo to meet with current and prospective MEPI grantees. In Cairo, two of the five Civil Society (CS) grantees described difficulty in obtaining approval from Egypt's Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs ( [...]	2005-08-11 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV EG MEPI
05CAIRO6270	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COVERAGE LURCHES ALONG: [...] Summary: The media devoted most of its leading coverage to the presidential nomination process. One independent newspaper continued to offer readers in-depth coverage of the candidates, publishing an informal poll on August 9 in which many of those interviewed claimed not to know the candid [...]	2005-08-15 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
05CAIRO6419	EGYPT'S NEW TAX LAW [...] (SBU) In June President Mubarak signed into law a new tax code that substantially reduces personal and corporate taxes. The law also includes provisions to settle outstanding tax debts and to encourage the informal sector of the economy to begin paying taxes. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) c [...]	2005-08-21 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
05CAIRO6508	ELECTIONS IN EGYPT: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Commentaries this past week indicate that many educated Egyptians think that the presidential elections next month, even if the results are a foregone conclusion, will be a rehearsal for the parliamentary ones next November and a healthy experience for the body politic. The Ghad Party's sup [...]	2005-08-24 10:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG EG
05CAIRO6510	ARAB ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY: [...] (SBU) Reftel requests financial information on Egyptian and other Arab contributions to the Palestinian Authority in order to assist the work of Special Envoy James Wolfenson. MFA officials responded to post's request with the following information, noting that the financial data had just been [...]	2005-08-24 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO6539	EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #2 [...] (C) One week into the presidential campaign, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) is drawing criticism for a lack of transparency. A local domestic monitoring coalition has publicly accused the PEC of obstructing Egypt's effort to conduct a free, fair, and transparent presidential ele [...]	2005-08-24 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6577	VISIT OF NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH: MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch met with Egyptian Prime Minister Nazif on August 18 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. Welch pointed out that the U.S. had delivered on its promise of greater engagement on the peace process and would engage further as both sides made progress. The internati [...]	2005-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EG
05CAIRO6654	EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #3 [...] (C) As Egypt's first campaign for the direct election of the president heads into its final week, the political landscape remains largely unchanged. There are no indications that the NDP's lock on political power is easing. Neither of President Mubarak's two leading challengers is making m [...]	2005-08-29 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6877	VISIT OF CODEL DAVIS TO EGYPT, SEPTEMBER 2-5: [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif told visiting members of Congress that Egypt's September 7 presidential elections represent major milestone in Egypt's democratic development. He said that the GOE could not overrule the independent electoral commission's decision to bar outside observers from the pol [...]	2005-09-06 08:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV EG IS KPAL KWBG IZ OREP
05CAIRO6908	EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: UPDATE #5--FINAL [...] (C) The official campaign period for Egypt's first presidential election, which began on August 17, closed on September 4. The final few days witnessed a flurry of last minute campaigning by the leading candidates, as well as a growing storm of legal controversy. President Mubarak, Ayman N [...]	2005-09-06 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO6912	EGYPT'S SEPTEMBER 7 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: HOW IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 7 presidential election will be the Egyptian people's first opportunity to select a president in a competitive process. Although the GOE claims 31 million citizens are eligible to vote, participation will be much lower, and actual turnout rates could become a sour [...]	2005-09-06 17:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO6913	ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EGYPT [...] (S) During their September 4 introductory meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit touched on Syria. The Ambassador sought Egyptian support to press Damascus and Lebanon to follow through with UNSCR 1559 implementation, removing all Syrian operatives from Lebanon, ending Syria [...]	2005-09-06 17:36:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON PTER EG SY LE UNSC UNGA
05CAIRO6915	PROPOSED STATEMENT ON EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 18:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
05CAIRO6945	HURRICANE KATRINA, RECOGNIZING EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The GOE has sent two C-130 aircraft with relief supplies for Katrina victims. Senior Embassy officials have made televised statements and issued a press release to express U.S. gratitude. End summary. 2. The Government of Egypt has agreed to donate the following items to American [...]	2005-09-08 07:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
05CAIRO6989	AS PROMISED, EGYPTIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN MEDIA [...] Summary: Media coverage for Egypt's September 7 presidential election campaign largely lived up to Minister of Information Anas El Fekki's promise to be more open and balanced. While print and television the latter, without a doubt, the most influential medium in Egypt covered all candida [...]	2005-09-08 14:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO6991	DOMESTIC MONITORS ISSUE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS [...] (C) Several Egyptian civil society groups which observed the September 7 election have issued preliminary findings. Although the election results have not yet been announced--and will likely remain unknown until Saturday at the earliest--the domestic monitors are wasting no time in criticizi [...]	2005-09-08 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CAIRO7045	NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was given unprecedented power over the conduct of the election. The positives of September 7 -- sidelining of the NDP "old guard" and the security forces -- were [...]	2005-09-12 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO7088	ARAB LEAGUE RESOLUTIONS: IRAQ, PALESTINE, [...] The following are unofficial embassy translations of Arab League resolutions on Terrorism, Palestine, Iraq, and the Third Protocol/Magen David Adom issue, approved by Arab Foreign Ministers during their meeting in Cairo on September 8. The documents were obtained in draft format but have re [...]	2005-09-12 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID PTER EG IZ IS ICRC
05CAIRO7104	AND THE WINNER IS...: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: Since Egypt's September 7 presidential election the media has focused on Mubarak's victory, widely announced on September 10. Coverage also featured a debate among commentators about the election's importance, with many in the pro-government newspapers focusing on it as the first s [...]	2005-09-13 05:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7113	(C) SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S SEPTEMBER [...] (C) General Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your return visit to Egypt. Your visit for the Bright Star exercise will reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-GOE bilateral relationship and our common commitment to regional stability. I look forward to discussing with you recent internal po [...]	2005-09-13 10:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS KPAL EG IS OVIP
05CAIRO7149	AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]	2005-09-14 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7238	AMBASSADOR STRESSES COOPERATION IN GLOBAL WAR ON [...] Summary: To commemorate the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the Ambassador conducted an exclusive one-on- one interview with leading Egyptian satellite network, Dream TV, on September 11. He also attended the opening of a September 11 phot [...]	2005-09-19 05:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7423	RAFAH-GAZA BORDER: EGYPT STRUGGLES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) The recent chaos on the Rafah-Gaza border laid bare Egypt's dilemma of trying to balance its strong support for Palestinian statehood with its efforts to prevent extremism in Egypt. Clearly caught unprepared by the influx of people into Egypt from Gaza, Cairo's "humanitarian" response to [...]	2005-09-26 08:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO7450	AL-GHAD PARTY PUBLIC MELTDOWN CONTINUES: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: Public infighting among members of opposition Al-Ghad Party continued, with two members engaged in a shouting match on a popular satellite TV program on September 20. The same day, Al-Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour appeared on another TV program to accuse the government of trying to [...]	2005-09-27 07:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ GZ IS EG
05CAIRO7501	EGYPT: SENIOR NDP OFFICIAL MAINTAINS OBJECTIONS TO [...] (C) During a September 22 meeting, Ahmed Ezz, a senior member of the ruling NDP, told visiting DAS Dibble that Egypt aspired to the highest standards for the coming parliamentary elections. However, Ezz asserted that a GOE invitation to international monitors was highly unlikely, not because t [...]	2005-09-28 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO7547	U/S HUGHESÂ´ MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER NAZIF [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on September 26. Hughes asked Nazif what could be done to improve understanding of America in the Middle East. Nazif said that Gaza presented an opportuntity to changes per [...]	2005-09-29 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG OVIP
05CAIRO7549	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO EGYPT OF IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey, we are looking forward to hosting you and your delegation here in Cairo to pursue the first phase of your Arab outreach strategy on Iraq. Your visit provides an opportunity to consult with the GOE on Iraq at a critical time. We believe you should use your visit to en [...]	2005-09-29 14:31:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO7626	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2: [...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...]	2005-10-03 11:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7783	PDAS ELIZABETH CHENEY'S MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) During their September 27-30 visit to Cairo, NEA PDAS Cheney and DAS Scott Carpenter met with the leadership of Egypt's two strongest opposition political parties, the Wafd and the Ghad. From both, they heard strong complaints about the way the GOE and the ruling National Democratic Party [...]	2005-10-11 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG OVIP
05CAIRO7792	COMBATING EXTREMISM: STREET-LEVEL COMPETITION IN [...] SUMMARY: The USG, GOE, and a wide range of non- governmental organizations in Egypt are vigorously engaged in efforts to combat extremism. In response to reftel request, this message describes efforts in Egypt to reduce the sources of extremism, counter extremism in the media, create a poli [...]	2005-10-11 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER
05CAIRO7885	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAQ, PALESTINE, AND SYRIA [...] (C) During an October 9 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit expressed pessimism about the near-term outlook in Iraq, but affirmed support for a comprehensive Arab diplomatic approach aimed at preserving national unity and promoting reconciliation. The Foreign Min [...]	2005-10-13 12:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EG
05CAIRO7937	HELPING REBUILD EGYPTIAN-IRAQI POLITICAL RELATIONS [...] (C) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, senior GOE and GOI interlocutors have expressed a willingness to engage more robustly and productively with their Iraqi counterparts in a number of specific areas. Post strongly endorses taking prompt advantage of this opening to help repair frac [...]	2005-10-16 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO7946	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...]	2005-10-17 07:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO7963	ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...]	2005-10-17 09:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ
05CAIRO8009	UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI [...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]	2005-10-18 06:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO8024	ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007 FULBRIGHT EGYPTIAN [...] CECEUS/E received 147 applications from Cairo-based and regional universities, government and private organizations, for academic year 2006/2007 Egyptian Student Program (5 in accounting, 6 in archeology, 31 in fine and performing arts, 6 in business administration, 1 in computer supervision, [...]	2005-10-18 12:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL
05CAIRO8034	EGYPT: AYMAN NOUR AT THE END OF HIS ROPE [...] (C) Opposition leader Ayman Nour recently gave poloff a dramatic account of his current political travails, claiming the GOE has responded "with ferocious vengeance" to his strong showing in the September 7 presidential election. While this is Nour's version of events, and needs to be put in t [...]	2005-10-18 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8110	FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...]	2005-10-20 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR
05CAIRO8112	EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 1 [...] (C) Four weeks before the first round of parliamentary elections, we have achieved several modest successes and a setback in the effort to help Egypt realize a more transparent electoral process. Meanwhile, the ruling NDP has released its slate of parliamentary candidates: The list drops 35 p [...]	2005-10-20 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8137	SADDAM IN A CAGE; SECTARIAN STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA: [...] Summary: While the Egyptian media covered the opening of Saddam Husseins trial extensively, there was little commentary. One opposition commentator decried the trial as "illegitimate, partial, and subordinate to the American occupiers." Violence between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria [...]	2005-10-23 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO8143	STATUS OF REPATRIATED NLEC SAMI EL-LAITHY [...] (C) Guantanamo detainee Sami El-Laithy, returned by the U.S. to Egypt on October 1 after being designated "No Longer an Enemy Combatant," was met by Egyptian authorities at the airport and taken to hospital. Within 24 hours, following a set of medical tests, El-Laithy was released and returned [...]	2005-10-24 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM EG KWRC
05CAIRO8191	TRANSPARENCY WITH A SMILE: GOE MEDIA AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an Oct. 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Information Minister Anas al Fekki did his part to make the GOE's plans for the November Parliamentary elections look transparent and fair. The approach may in fact lead to gains for transparency and freedom, in both politics and the GOE-dominat [...]	2005-10-25 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EG IS KRAL
05CAIRO8288	STRIFE IN ALEXANDRIA BLAME GAME; PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: Commentary on sectarian violence in Alexandria on October 21 continued, with many commentators condemning the violence and a few blaming religious leaders for failing to control their followers. The editor-in- chief of Egypt's leading newspaper, Al-Ahram, was critical of the Muslim [...]	2005-10-30 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8392	EGYPT: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 3 [...] (C) A key member of the ruling NDP's leadership recently defended the party's slate of candidates for the People's Assembly elections, which will be held in three stages, starting November 9 and concluding December 7. Many have assailed the NDP for favoring "old school" party veterans over yo [...]	2005-11-01 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8421	TALKING REFORM: EMBASSY CAIRO ORGANIZES IFTAR [...] Summary: As part of ongoing efforts to support and encourage reform in Egypt, post funded and organized a series of iftar seminars during Ramadan. PA worked with members of the Al-Ahram Regional Press Institute to arrange three iftars from October 19 to October 30. The iftar seminars took [...]	2005-11-02 14:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KPAO OPRC EG
05CAIRO8462	CAMPAIGN PROMISES AND SYRIA: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Summary: With Egypt's parliamentary elections scheduled for November 9, the pro-government media reported on several government initiatives such as a 20 percent bonus for government employees and a program to provide low-cost housing. Al-Ahram's editor-in-chief criticized the Muslim Brothe [...]	2005-11-06 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC SY EG
05CAIRO8498	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AT ISSUE IN EGYPT [...] (C) Egypt has witnessed two recent cases related to protection and expansion of freedom of speech. In the first case, State Security in Alexandria has arrested and detained a young blogger, Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman, apparently because his recent blog entries have carried strongly-worded at [...]	2005-11-07 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KMDR EG
05CAIRO8501	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PREVIEW # 4 [...] (SBU) On the final day of campaigning before Egypt's three-stage parliamentary elections kick off on November 9, the stage is set for numerous bitterly contested races. A number of members of the cabinet and other key GOE and opposition figures have their seats on the line in this first roun [...]	2005-11-07 16:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG KPAL
05CAIRO8534	EGYPT'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: USG FUNDING [...] (SBU) USAID and MEPI funds are supporting a wide range of initiatives linked to Egypt's 2005 parliamentary elections, which begin on November 9 and will continue through December 7. This message provides an update on unprecedented USG initiatives, which are proceeding without GOE interferen [...]	2005-11-08 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KDEM KMPI EG
05CAIRO8556	EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the first round of People's Assembly elections. As anticipated, many races have gone to a runoff stage, which will take place on November 15. There have been d [...]	2005-11-10 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8587	ROUND ONE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: EGYPTIAN [...] Summary: The Egyptian media gave extensive coverage to the first round of parliamentary elections on November 9, with Egyptian TV devoting live coverage throughout the day of voting. Pro-government media coverage emphasized what it termed the election's "transparency" and high voter turn-ou [...]	2005-11-14 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC JO EG
05CAIRO8663	EGYPT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS INDICATE FLAT NDP [...] (C) Summary: Though official results are not yet out, much "unofficial" data on results of the first round of People's Assembly elections is in circulation as of late afternoon, November 16. The unofficial results show a flat performance by the ruling NDP, complemented by a relatively strong [...]	2005-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8700	DETAINED BLOGGER RELEASED; AUC STILL STYMIED IN [...] (SBU) Blogger Abdul Karim Nabil Soliman has been released after spending more than two weeks in the custody of Alexandria's State Security Investigative Service. Abdul Karim announced his November 13 release with a post on his blog (www.karam903.blogspot.com). Aside from his post, Karim ha [...]	2005-11-17 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL EG
05CAIRO8745	THE BELL RINGS FOR ROUND TWO OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Egypt's second round of parliamentary elections--in Alexandria, and eight other governorates, where approximately 1700 candidates are competing for 144 seats--were conducted on November 20 amidst GOE arrests of Muslim Brotherhood activists and multiple reports of attacks by NDP "bullies" [...]	2005-11-20 17:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO8786	EGYPT: MORE ON VIOLENCE, INITIAL RESULTS IN STAGE [...] (SBU) On November 20, the second stage of People's Assembly elections was held in the provinces of Alexandria, Gharbiya, Beheira, Qalyoubia, Suez, Fayyoum, and Qena. Violent incidents marred polling in a number of districts, particularly in the provinces of Alexandria and Beheira. While the mo [...]	2005-11-21 16:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8812	ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE [...] (U) The text below represents an unofficial translation of the "Agreed Statement" produced following the three day Conference for Iraqi National Accord, held in Cairo November 19-21. BEGIN TEXT: "The Preparatory Meeting of the Conference for Iraqi National Accord convened at the Headquar [...]	2005-11-22 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ EG
05CAIRO8822	AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...] (C) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Mostafa Fiqqi, a prominent member of Gamal Mubarak's circle of "reformists" in the ruling NDP, in the gritty Nile Delta city [...]	2005-11-22 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8873	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE 2005 U.S.- EGYPT MCC [...] (C) The U.S. - Egyptian military partnership represents the foundation of our broader strategic relationship. Although both nations benefit from the relationship, we occasionally differ in the strategies we adopt to achieve our shared goals. Egypt is committed to strengthening our ties, and [...]	2005-11-23 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS KDEM KPAL IS IZ EG
05CAIRO8911	EGYPT: SECOND STAGE RUNOFFS: MORE VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Runoffs for People's Assembly seats took place on November 26 in seven provinces. The November 26 polls were marred by street fighting, charges that security forces blocked access to some polling places, and charges that domestic monitors were threatened "systematically" and deni [...]	2005-11-27 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO8917	EGYPTIAN PRIME MINISTER URGES FTA ANNOUNCEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Nazif convoked the Ambassador on November 27 to make a strong plea for an FTA announcement during this week's TIFA Council meeting in Washington. Citing President Bush's promise to take "positive steps" by the end of the year, Nazif stressed that the GOE has demo [...]	2005-11-28 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG
05CAIRO8933	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, NOVEMBER 13-20: IRAQI [...] In contrast to the Egyptian media's previous distancing itself from coverage of Iraqi developments, this week's Arab League-organized Iraqi reconciliation conference received remarkably thorough coverage. Pro-government papers endorsed the conference warmly, while independent papers treated i [...]	2005-11-29 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO IS IZ LE EG
05CAIRO8937	PROGRESS WITH CUSTOMS AND TRADE REFORM IN EGYPT [...] This report outlines the major reforms undertaken by the GOE in the customs and trade areas since the appointment of the new Cabinet in July 2004, highlighting USAID's support for the process. It updates and expands on Cairo 00367 dated January 15, 2004 on customs reform. 2. Under the le [...]	2005-11-29 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EG EWWT ECON EAID ETRD
05CAIRO9053	EGYPT: OPPOSITION LEADER NOUR REMANDED TO CUSTODY [...] (C) Judge Adel Abdel Salam Gom'a ordered opposition leader Ayman Nour remanded to custody on December 5 until a December 10 hearing. Amir Salim, Nour's lead defense attorney, told the media he presumed the detention order was a prequel to a conviction and prison sentence. In late November mee [...]	2005-12-06 06:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9071	Media Themes In Egypt, November 28 December 4: [...] Summary: As Egypt entered the turbulent third round of its parliamentary elections, commentators discussed the violence that marred them, as well as the significance of the continued gains of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Some "lack of civic awareness" was seen as a contributing to success of [...]	2005-12-06 12:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC AL EG
05CAIRO9100	TAKING STOCK OF EGYPT'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) After the relatively positive presidential elections, Egypt's parliamentary elections were marred by a low turnout, vote-rigging, and violence -- but nonetheless signify a new stage in the country's political transition. Gains by Islamists and the role played by civil society testify to a [...]	2005-12-07 09:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO9134	MUBARAK REBUFFS DECEMBER 6 AL SHARA'A PLEAS [...] (C) President Mubarak met with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al Shara'a in Cairo on December 6. Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad gave the DCM a readout of the meeting on December 7. Awad said that Al Shara'a asked Mubarak to mediate for Syria with Chirac and the President and to recruit [...]	2005-12-07 17:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE EG
05CAIRO9167	EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),PART I [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 12:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EG
05CAIRO9249	ASD RODMAN DISCUSSES FMF, REGIONAL AFFAIRS, AND [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman discussed the vulnerability of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing (FMF),regional affairs, and internal politics during their December 1 meeting, held while Mr. Rodman was in Cairo for the annual Military [...]	2005-12-13 10:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAL EAID IS IZ SY EG

05CAIRO9254	EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE REACTION TO MURDER OF [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel demarche December 13 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Arab League, calling for prompt condemnations of the December 12 murder of Lebanese politician Gibran Tueni and strong support to the Government of Lebanon. MFA Cabinet staff member Amr Sherbiny welcomed [...]	2005-12-13 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
05CAIRO9263	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt, which comes at a critical time not only in our relations, but also in Egyptian history: the slow sunset of a quarter century of benevolent but authoritarian rule. At 77, beginning his fifth Presidential term, Hosni Mubarak is the indispe [...]	2005-12-13 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL PHUM EAID KDEM IS IZ SY EG
05CAIRO9271	ROUND THREE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS - MORE [...] Summary: The third and final round of voting for the Parliamentary elections occurred on Dec. 7, amidst violence and closure of numerous polling stations. According to election monitors and news reports, journalists and television crews in some flashpoint locations were turned away from pol [...]	2005-12-14 07:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO9294	CAIRO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 12/13/05 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2005, DCM convened a meeting of the full EAC to discuss the worldwide public announcement issued by the Department of State (Ref A),the current threat situation in Egypt (Ref B),Post tripwires regarding Avian Influenza (AI),the ongoing Emergency Action Plan (E [...]	2005-12-15 09:03:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC EG KFLO PTER EAC
05CAIRO9314	2005 IN EGYPT: SERIOUS CHANGE RAISES SERIOUS [...] (C) Serious political and economic change in Egypt this year generated serious resistance to change. Mubarak has tolerated the former but yielded to the latter. Following the country's first ever Presidential election and nearly a month of parliamentary elections, Egypt's political landscape [...]	2005-12-15 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9350	IRAQ: EGYPT SEES ELECTIONS AS "STEP FORWARD" TO [...] (U) The Charge delivered foreign policy reftel demarche to Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Soliman Awad ahead of Iraq's national parliamentary elections, encouraging the GOE to publicly support and congratulate the Iraqi people for their democratic achievement, once election results had bee [...]	2005-12-19 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM EG IZ
05CAIRO9380	AMERICAN IMAM CAMPAIGNS FOR TOLERANCE, [...] SUMMARY: American Imam Mohammed Bashar Arafat engaged religious scholars, students, journalists, and media audiences across the Arab world with his message of tolerance and hope during a visit to Egypt Dec. 1-13. In purposeful, persuasive Arabic cadences, Bashar preached respect for Christi [...]	2005-12-20 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP KIRF EG
05CAIRO9384	EGYPT: EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW MARKETS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although its audience in Egypt appears to be modest, Al-Manar TV recently gained notoriety in Cairo for broadcasting a program deemed to be insulting to President Mubarak. Al ManarÂ´s hostility to the United States and endorsement of conspiracy theories make the station a perfect [...]	2005-12-20 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL ANET EG
05CAIRO9387	EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...]	2005-12-21 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG
05CAIRO9388	American Author Promotes Dynamic View of US [...] SUMMARY: American foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead engaged Egyptian audiences with his dynamic vision of U.S. foreign policy during three days of lectures, roundtable discussions, and media interviews November 27-29. Meads visit coincided with the Embassys release of the Arabic tra [...]	2005-12-21 06:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP EG
05CAIRO9468	SYRIA/LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (S) During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed recent Arab League and GOE interactions with Syrian and Lebanese leaders. Clearly working hand-in-hand with the GOE, Moussa said that AL and GOE aim to calm tensions between Damascus and Beiru [...]	2005-12-22 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG LE SY UNSC
05CAIRO9545	AYMAN NOUR CASE: THE POST-CONVICTION STAGE [...] (C) Reactions in the Egyptian media to the December 24 conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Ayman Nour on criminal forgery charges have been low key, with a few exceptions. The broader public reaction is more difficult to gauge. Many appear to believe that the case against Nour was [...]	2005-12-28 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CALCUTTA101	ULFA BLASTS ACROSS ASSAM [...] (U) Over three days from March 8-10, a series of blasts rocked the Northeast Indian state of Assam. A senior Assam Police officer told Post that in a total of 17 violent incidents - bomb blasts and grenade attacks -- one policeman died, and three policemen and two civilians were injured. Th [...]	2005-03-10 14:08:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PGOV PREL BG IN
05CALCUTTA18	ARUNACHAL PRADESH: ISOLATED TRIBAL STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Geographic isolation, historical misfortune and deliberate choice combine to make the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh India's most isolated and among it least developed. As home to 26 major tribal groups, Arunachal is something of an anthropologist's dream, but a politic [...]	2005-01-18 09:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON ENRG PBTS PREF CH IN
05CALCUTTA418	ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]	2005-11-21 12:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALCUTTA420	NDA DECISIVELY WINS IN BIHAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In November 22 voting results, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a landslide victory in Bihar's State Assembly elections, winning more than the 122 seats needed for a governing majority. The [...]	2005-11-22 15:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
05CALGARY577	MEXICAN PRESIDENT DRUMS UP OILPATCH INVESTMENT DURING [...] (SBU) Calgary was the first stop on Mexican President Vicente Fox's whirlwind tour of Western Canada on Thursday, September 29th. The trip was designed to "strengthen commercial, political and educational ties between Western Canada and Mexico". During his one-day visit to Calgary, President [...]	2005-10-03 23:15:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV XM CA
05CALGARY599	USDOE OFFICIALS LEARN ALBERTA OILPATCH DOES ALL IT CAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Calgary welcomed USDOE officials Mr. Gary Ward, Director, American Affairs, and Ms. Kathleen Deutsch, Senior Analyst, American Affairs, to Calgary September 27 - 30, 2005. In addition to presenting a speech at the Far North Oil and Gas Conference and touring northern Alberta' [...]	2005-10-07 17:29:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA
05CALGARY643	URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT" [...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...]	2005-10-28 21:59:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA
05CALGARY706	FOUL FOWL FLU FIGHTERS [...] (U) Taking advantage of the media frenzy generated by the recent discoveries of a low pathogenic strain of avian flu in British Columbia and California, the Calgary Health Region (CHR) board announced on November 29 its strategy for combating pandemic outbreaks. Experts predict that, in the eve [...]	2005-12-01 19:21:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA SOCI PREL CA WHO KSTH
05CANBERRA1129	AUSMIN 2005: INITIAL LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOA convened an initial AUSMIN interagency planning session with Emboffs on June 29 to consider logistics issues: dates, accommodations, security, transportation, number of delegates, advance teams, media, etc. DFAT and other GOA agency representatives stressed the importan [...]	2005-06-30 09:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP OTRA PREL ASEC PGOV AS
05CANBERRA1253	AUSTRALIA'S LOST AND STOLEN PASSPORTS REPORTING [...] (U) Action request for CA at para 3. 2. (U) At present post does not receive information on lost and stolen passports (LASP) directly from the Australian Government. Occasionally, post receives reports from other embassies advising us of LASP and we usually forward this information on to [...]	2005-07-24 21:33:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KPAO AS EUN
05CANBERRA1381	MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...]	2005-08-12 07:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS
05CANBERRA1423	AUSTRALIA: LONDON BOMBINGS PROMPT CT SUMMITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July London bombings have prompted Australia to conduct a national, government-wide counterterrorism review to assess Australia's capacity to respond to a terrorist attack. PM John Howard will meet with state and territory leaders in late September at a national counterterr [...]	2005-08-22 08:17:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR AS
05CANBERRA1455	PM HOWARD ENLISTS MUSLIM LEADERS TO COMBAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister John Howard and thirteen Australian Muslim leaders met at an August 23 "summit" to find ways in which the government and Islamic leaders could work together more closely to combat the spread of extremism within Australia's Islamic community (Refs A and B). After t [...]	2005-08-29 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR AS
05CANBERRA284	BALANCED AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO MAMDOUH HABIB MEDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian former detainee Mamdouh Habib's first media appearance since his release from Guantanamo received predictably wide coverage here, but overall the reporting has balanced his accusations of torture with questions about why he refuses to account for his pre-9/11 activiti [...]	2005-02-14 05:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MARR PHUM OPRC AS
05CANBERRA386	AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]	2005-03-02 01:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA387	NPT REVCON: AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON USG PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. GOA officials have provided additional comments on U.S. preparations for the 2005 NPT Review Conference (Ref A) to those they offered to NPT Envoy Ambassador Jackie Sanders (Ref B) during her February 9-10 visit. The additional comments reinforce Australian support for the over [...]	2005-03-02 02:26:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP AORC AS IR IAEA
05CANBERRA436	AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]	2005-03-04 07:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA779	FIRST AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE IN IRAQ WILL NOT ALTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOA responded strongly to the first kidnapping of an Australian citizen in Iraq by decrying the actions of the insurgents who seized him, rejecting their demands for a withdrawal of Australian troops, and affirming that Australia's commitment to Iraq would not waiver. Short [...]	2005-05-04 02:01:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AS IZ
05CANBERRA808	AUSTRALIAN HOSTAGE CASE: OUTLOOK BLEAK, NEW PLAYERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian government expectations for the release of the first confirmed Australian hostage in Iraq, Douglas Wood, remain low, according to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Bassim Blazey. Prominent Australian Sunni cleric, Sheik [...]	2005-05-09 08:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AS IZ
05CANBERRA879	AUSTRALIA: EAP A/S HILL'S DFAT ROUNDTABLE, SESSION [...] (C) In a May 17 roundtable attended by senior Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials, DFAT Deputy Secretary Geoff Raby told EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill that Australia supports the U.S. approach to the DPRK nuclear problem and would continue to conv [...]	2005-05-23 23:27:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AS CH TW ID TT ARF APEC NK SK
05CANBERRA944	UNIONS/ALP SEEK TO BLOCK GOA LABOR LAW REFORMS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia on May 26 announced a major reform of laws governing industrial relations. If passed, the reform package would dramatically reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that currently characterize how Australian workers are hired, fired, and paid. The GOA expects that in [...]	2005-06-01 06:45:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON KTDB AS
05CARACAS1047	SEN. COLEMAN MEETS WITH POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) visited Venezuela on April 1-3, 2005 and held talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, business and religious leaders, and representatives of the country's opposition legislators. President Chavez, according to the Senator was gracious and spoke of trying to [...]	2005-04-11 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS1188	SUMATE: PRESSURE CONTINUES [...] (C) Maria Corina Machado, Executive Vice President of the Venezuelan NGO Sumate, said April 11 that judicial and social pressure against Sumate leaders was growing. Machado told poloffs that Venezuelan electoral officials continue to violate electoral law, and said she could not recommend p [...]	2005-04-21 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS1205	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador's trip to Anzoategui State March 8-9 concentrated on the Barcelona/Puerto La Cruz area and the Jose industrial complex - a multi-billion dollar US investment. The objectives were to emphasize the importance of the US-Venezuelan oil relationship, to get a better sense of the [...]	2005-04-22 18:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE ENGY
05CARACAS1298	THE TELESUR SAGA: CHAVISTA CNN, THE MANAGER'S [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez has been vigorously pushing for the creation of TELESUR, a hemisphere-wide, multi-national, Latin American satellite television network, to offer a different point of view from CNN. TELESUR would promote GOV interests, and it would promote Chavez,s ambitions for cont [...]	2005-04-29 18:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS KPAO OPRC PGOV PINR XM VE
05CARACAS1389	VENEZUELAN POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Venezuelan judges will soon open hearings to decide whether Venezuelan Workers' Confederation President Carlos Ortega, detained since March 1 2005, and former Miranda Governor Enrique Mendoza will stand trial for civil rebellion. A judge in Aragua is in the midst of hearings to decide w [...]	2005-05-06 11:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
05CARACAS1551	SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...]	2005-05-20 17:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER VE
05CARACAS1635	GOV HOLDS TIPS HEARING IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) At the behest of Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. Bernardo Alvarez, National Assembly Foreign Relations Committee president Saul Ortega (MVR),convened a hearing May 25 on organized crime, particularly trafficking in persons. In addition to poloffs, three National Assembly deputies and so [...]	2005-05-31 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN VE
05CARACAS165	GRANDA AFFAIR CAUSES TRADE JITTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, in a speech to the Venezuelan National Assembly, President Chavez announced that he was suspending trade ties with Colombia as a result of the alleged kidnapping of FARC "Foreign Minister" Rodrigo Granda. In the aftermath of this announcement, banks and companies w [...]	2005-01-19 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV VE
05CARACAS1673	AMBASSADOR VISITS MIRANDA STATE [...] The Ambassador's visit to the central northern coastal state of Miranda on April 20, 2005 included meetings with the Governor, the Dean of the Andres Bello Catholic University, the Electricity Plant of Caracas, as well as a USAID funded NGO. Miranda is the state in which the nation's capital, [...]	2005-06-03 19:13:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG EAID VE
05CARACAS168	CHAVISTAS GET TOUGH: VENEZUELA'S PENAL CODE [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Assembly approved amendments to the Penal Code January 6, which a prominent Venezuelan lawyers criticized as repressive, and unconstitutional, while a Chavez supporter called them "fascist". The amendments criminalize popular forms of protest such as banging pots [...]	2005-01-19 19:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS VE
05CARACAS1703	MEDIA PLAY 6/1-7: BUSH-MACHADO (SUMATE) MEETING [...] The May 31 meeting between Maria Corina Machado, the director of Venezuelan pro-democracy NGO SUMATE and President Bush has created outraged reactions from Chavez supporters. Comments made by senior government officials claim Machado is trying to garner support from the U.S. in preparation for [...]	2005-06-06 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS1786	SPEAKER EXPLAINS U.S. VIEWS ON GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) Rand Corporation Senior Policy Analyst, Dr. Angel Rabasa, traveled to Venezuela February 28-March 5 to address the media, national police, private security organizations, and academic audiences on the topic of terrorism. Rabasa's visit was designed by PAS Caracas to lay the groundwork fo [...]	2005-06-13 14:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER VE
05CARACAS1822	NUCLEAR VENEZUELA A LONG WAY OFF [...] (C) In public comments on May 22, President Chavez raised the prospect of Venezuela (with Iranian assistance) developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. But to undertake any new nuclear program the GOV would have to start from scratch. Venezuela's small research reactor, built in the [...]	2005-06-15 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG MNUC PREL VE
05CARACAS1829	GOV DOGGED BY REPORTS OF MILITARY DISSENSION [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Armed Forces' operations against illegal armed groups on the Colombian border begun after a Venezuelan soldier died in a May 17 shoot-out with irregular troops have not yet abated despite some internal disagreements over the new policy, accusations of human righ [...]	2005-06-16 17:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM VE
05CARACAS1842	FREEDOM HOUSE WORKING WITH VENEZUELA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] USAID Venezuela entered into a cooperative agreement with the US-based human rights organization Freedom House in September 2004. Through this project, Freedom House is increasing the capacity of Venezuelan human rights defenders to document and report on the human rights situation in Venezue [...]	2005-06-17 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE
05CARACAS1866	MORE ALLEGED INFIGHTING IN THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez fired the National Guard General in Bolivar State for corruption June 3 and replaced the National Guard Regional Command June 7 with Army personnel from the Fifth Infantry Division. Opposition media sources have alleged other National Guard unit [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR VE
05CARACAS1867	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ZULIA STATE - JUNE 3-5 [...] (U) The Ambassador's trip to Zulia State June 3-5 concentrated on the Maracaibo area. The trip marks the Ambassador's second trip to the region since October 2004. The Ambassador met again with the mayors of Maracaibo and San Francisco, as well as state's Governor. He also met with local busin [...]	2005-06-21 15:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE ENGY
05CARACAS1913	VENEZUELAN POLITICAL MOVEMENTS MULTIPLY [...] (C) Since early 2005, several political opposition movements defending democracy or human rights have appeared in Venezuela, each spurred by an opposition political activist. The organizations include Federacion Verdad Venezuela (Tulio Alvarez_),Alianza Popular (Oswaldo Alvarez_ Paz),Electo [...]	2005-06-23 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
05CARACAS219	CHAVEZ IN 2005 -- SCANT POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is unlikely to face significant political opposition in 2005. The opposition political parties are in a re-building phase after being smashed in last year's presidential recall vote. Civil society groups which railed against the President until recently a [...]	2005-01-25 12:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS220	VENEZUELA CONTENT FOR "SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) This cable contains post's proposed draft for the country narrative for the 2004 "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record" report. 2. (U) Begin text: In 1998 Venezuelans elected Hugo Chavez president. Since then, the political situation has become highly polarized as [...]	2005-01-25 12:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL VE
05CARACAS2228	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO LARA STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador visited Barquisimeto in Lara state 14-15 July to inaugurate the first American Corner and Virtual Presence Post in Venezuela, visit social programs, and meet with local business executives, media outlets, religious leaders, and a Venezuelan baseball hero. Politicians fr [...]	2005-07-25 18:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS2258	THE CHURCH (FINALLY) STIRS IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para. 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After a year of relative silence, the Venezuelan Church has come alive in challenging President Hugo Chavez's authoritarian tendencies. Chavez has counterattacked viciously. The Vatican in-country representatives are not suppor [...]	2005-07-26 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
05CARACAS2267	TELESUR DEBUTS WITH MUCH FANFARE, LITTLE [...] (SBU) THE MUCH-AWAITED LAUNCH OF TELESUR, THE REGIONAL TELEVISION STATION HATCHED BY VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ-WITH NOMINAL COOPERATION FROM ARGENTINA, BRASIL, CUBA, AND URUGUAY-OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JULY 24. THE INITIAL BROADCAST ORIGINATED FROM A THEATER IN CARACAS WHERE SELECT INVITED [...]	2005-07-27 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV VE
05CARACAS2277	MEDIA PLAY- TELESUR DEBUT AND U.S. [...] Telesur, the regional TV channel backed primarily by the Venezuelan government, debuted July 24. Recent comments made by officialist press reflect disappointment in the United States for what they consider another attempt to hinder efforts towards regional integration. They further claim the U [...]	2005-07-28 13:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV VE
05CARACAS2317	ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION AGAINST [...] (C) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez announced the launch of a criminal investigation against Caracas daily El Universal July 27. The Attorney General called the paper's July 25 editorial entitled "Justice Kneels Down" "a journalistic plot taken from the next chapter in the CIA's Manual of C [...]	2005-08-01 21:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
05CARACAS2404	REACTION TO IACHR VARGAS DECISION [...] (C) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) passed a resolution accepting Venezuela's admission of responsibility for all charges in the case of Blanco Romero y Otros vs. Venezuela. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) and representatives for the victims (th [...]	2005-08-08 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CS VE
05CARACAS2406	CNE PERFORMANCE IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CONFIRMS [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) showed its continued bias in favor of the governing coalition during municipal elections on Sunday. Despite media and opposition reports of low turnout, CNE President Jorge Rodriguez arbitrarily extended voting hours twice, citing problems in some sta [...]	2005-08-08 21:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
05CARACAS293	GOV TAKES ANTI-US TACK ON GRANDA AFFAIR [...] (C) Venezuelan officials shifted from the battle with Colombia over the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda to anti-US criticism January 19. The officials took advantage of comments regarding Venezuela by the Secretary designate in her Senate confirmation hearings and began painting the G [...]	2005-01-28 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS324	WOMEN'S GROUPS REGISTER SUPPORT FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (U) Leaders of women's rights groups came to the Embassy on January 28 to deliver a letter repudiating the comments made by President Hugo Chavez about Secretary-Designate Rice during a rally on January 23 (ref a). The letter is signed by the National Women's Front, a group of 26 organizations [...]	2005-01-31 20:05:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN PHUM VE
05CARACAS3584	TELESUR MARCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, 2005 the Venezuelan Government supported international, cable channel TELESUR began broadcasting 24 hours a day. PD officer conversations with both the President and Director General of TELESUR reveal that they remain concerned with financial and programming issue [...]	2005-11-29 18:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS3713	WHY THE OPPOSITION WITHDRAWAL SURPRISED OBSERVERS [...] (C) Five of six major Venezuelan opposition parties withdrew from the December 4 National Assembly elections in a move that surprised political experts and international observers. The pullout was also unplanned by the parties themselves. Eleventh-hour cooperation by the National Electoral [...]	2005-12-09 18:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS3829	EXXONMOBIL FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on December 20 that his company is under increasing pressure from the GOV to sign a transitory agreement by December 31. The GOV has publicly stated that it will seize fields if the operators do n [...]	2005-12-21 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
05CARACAS412	WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Caracas has identified a number of organizations that could be contacted to discuss the sectoral approac liberalization. 2. (U) Organizations and contact information: Federation of Venezuelan Chambers of Commerce, Fedecamaras (Federacio Camaras y Asociacion [...]	2005-02-04 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD VE WTO
05CARACAS471	CHAVEZ-URIBE MEETING STILL PENDING [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between Venezuela and Colombia over the capture of senior FARC official Rodrigo Granda remains on hold after Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's postponement of the February 3 scheduled meetings. Venezuelan press, distracted by a holiday weekend and destructive loca [...]	2005-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER VE
05CARACAS485	GRANDA DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (C) One of five Venezuelan national guard officers in custody for his alleged involvement in the capture of FARC leader Rodrigo Granda has accused the GOV of torturing him and denying him due process. GOV spokespersons have continued to rail against Washington for fomenting the crisis and [...]	2005-02-11 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER VE
05CARACAS509	UNION LEADERS DIVIDE WHILE WORKER DISCONTENT GROWS [...] (C) Senior leaders of Venezuela's two principal labor confederations -- one pro-Chavez, the other in opposition -- are gridlocked over upcoming elections in their respective organizations. The traditional Venezuelan Workers Confederation (CTV) is split over whether to roll back a reform for t [...]	2005-02-15 15:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
05CARACAS512	VENEZUELA: BIOS OF SELECTED GOVERNORS [...] (C) Candidates backed by President Hugo Chavez won 20 of 22 gubernatorial races on October 31, 2004, in addition to the Caracas mayoralty. Chavez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) and allied parties picked up 7 states and lost only one. The new governors' competence varies; some are career p [...]	2005-02-15 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VE
05CARACAS527	LULA COMES TO CARACAS [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva concluded a 24-hour visit to Venezuela on February 14. His visit included public appearances at a conference of business leaders along with a joint Brazilian-Venezuelan declaration and signing ceremony for more than two dozen agreements. The [...]	2005-02-16 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ENRG MASS BR VE
05CARACAS53	CHAVEZ SPEECH SHOWS MILITARY "CUBANIZATION" AFOOT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on December 27 addressed the armed forces in an over two hour pep rally and romanticized Venezuelan history lesson that glorified the military's growing role in society. Peppering his remarks with anti-US rhetoric, he unveiled to the public a r [...]	2005-01-07 12:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
05CARACAS546	FLOODING: DECENT GOV RESPONSE, WITH LOTS OF SPIN [...] (SBU) From February 7 to February 13, heavy rains fell through much of Venezuela, along the north coast at first and later in the Andean region. As a result, President Hugo Chavez declared states of emergency in nine states, plus the capital district of Caracas. The death toll to date is at [...]	2005-02-18 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV VE
05CARACAS598	BOLIVARIAN HUBRIS: CHAVEZ WARNS OF US [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez February 20 accused the USG, and President Bush specifically, of plotting to kill him. During his weekly television program, he warned the US President that if he were killed, his people would fight a follow-on US invasion and sever US oil shi [...]	2005-02-24 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
05CARACAS603	"GO TO HELL" VENEZUELAN MINISTER OF INFORMATION [...] Summary: (U) Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Andres Izarra followed up on President Hugo Chavez's February 20 claim that the U.S. was trying to kill him by launching his own attack on the U.S. and Venezuelan media, starting with a February 21 press conference. He claimed [...]	2005-02-25 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL PROP
05CARACAS624	VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...]	2005-02-28 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF
05CARACAS670	HOW DARE YOU! GOV REACTS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Venezuelan government officials reacted angrily to the release of the Human Rights Report February 28. Vice President Juan Vicente Rangel said the USG lacked "moral authority" to talk about human rights, and accused the USG of being the country that most violated human rights, alleging [...]	2005-03-04 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VE
05CARACAS713	CHAVEZ SHARPENS OIL RHETORIC, FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) While in India, March 7, President Chavez revived his threat to cut off oil sales to the U.S. in the event of U.S. "aggression" while proclaiming the end of the era of cheap oil. Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez, however, reaffirmed the importance of the oil relationship with the U.S. Pr [...]	2005-03-10 14:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL VE
05CARACAS759	THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION IN CARABOBO STATE [...] (C) Movimiento Quinta Republica's (MVR) Carabobo State coordinator Luis Medina told poloff the selection of MVR candidates by the people is a sign the Bolivarian Revolution has evolved and is becoming more democratic. By 2007 President Hugo Chavez's supporters would unite under the MVR party, [...]	2005-03-14 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS839	TOUGH TALK, BRAVE FACES, AND SELF-CENSORSHIP IN [...] (U) Three months after President Hugo Chavez signed the "Law of Social Responsibility in Radio and Television" (the content law),the GoV phased-in the second tier of requirements on March 7. Regulations have yet to be published, and the telecommunications regulatory agency (CONATEL) is final [...]	2005-03-21 18:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
05CARACAS921	FREEDOM HOUSE STRENGTHENS VENEZUELAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] In response to the alleged human rights violations of February/March 2004, USAID Venezuela entered into a cooperative agreement with Freedom House in September 2004. Through this project Freedom House will increase the capacity of human rights defenders in Venezuela to document and report on t [...]	2005-03-31 10:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KDEM PHUM VE
05CARACAS943	VENEZUELA: SIX WEEKS AFTER THE FLOODS [...] (C) Venezuelan Red Cross officials remain highly critical of the GOV's handling of the major floods which hit the central coast (especially Vargas state) and western Venezuela in February, telling econoff that the NGO continues to get a cold shoulder at the national level and inadequate inform [...]	2005-04-01 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV VE
05CARACAS98	COLOMBIANS ALLEGEDLY CAPTURE FARC "FORMIN" IN [...] (C) The alleged abduction from Caracas to Colombia of FARC "foreign minister" Rodrigo Granda during December 13-14 has become the most publicized news story of the new year after initially garnering little attention from the Venezuelan press. On December 15, the Colombian Defense Ministry c [...]	2005-01-12 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE
05CASABLANCA1316	IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...]	2005-12-21 11:29:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
05CHENNAI1582	MAOIST SCARE FORCES FIVE AP MINISTERS TO QUIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Revealing the muscle of the Maoists in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP),five ministers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithy (TRS) quit the Congress-led state government on July 4. Their decision, ostensibly to press the Congress to expedite the formation of a separate s [...]	2005-07-07 10:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PTER IN
05CHENNAI1976	INDEPENDENCE DAY TERROR: MAOISTS SLAUGHTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Indian Independence Day, Andhra Pradesh Maoists gunned down a senior Congress legislator and eight others at a public function in broad daylight. The biggest Maoist attack since the peace process broke down in January has sent shockwaves among politicians who are getting rea [...]	2005-08-16 10:24:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PTER IN
05CHENNAI2075	SEASON OF SCANDALS: PARTIES SQUIRM IN AP AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Volkswagen scandal in Andhra Pradesh and Canada's SNC Lavalin scandal in Kerala continue to make headlines. The former involves the questionable transfer of government funds to a dubious company that featured the VW initials but no further relationship with Volkswagen, in a [...]	2005-08-25 11:22:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV IN
05CHENNAI2480	CONGRESS SLIDES; COMMUNIST PARTY SET TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ruling Congress-led coalition's slide continues in Kerala and will likely end in its defeat in the 2006 state assembly elections. In a state where anti-incumbent voting is the norm, the Opposition Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist),is directly benefi [...]	2005-10-24 04:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IN
05CHENNAI609	SLOW PROGRESS ON BONDED LABOR IN TAMIL NADU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although the government of Tamil Nadu acknowledges the problem of bonded labor and has done more to address the issue than other Indian states, progress on its elimination in the state has been slow. Enforcement of laws against the practice has been inconsistent due to competing [...]	2005-04-05 06:43:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI IN
05CHENNAI695	CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO KICKS OFF INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 03:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
05CHIANGMAI171	CHIANG MAI ENERGY CONSERVATION STILL IN FIRST GEAR [...] Summary: Residents of Chiang Mai Province spend heavily on energy, much of it on transportation. Despite efforts to encourage public sector energy conservation, promote bio-fuels and re-introduce public bus service, the local government seems unable to do much to reduce this economic burden. En [...]	2005-07-15 08:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY ELTN EPET PGOV TH
05CHIANGMAI173	MAE RIM HMONG LINKED TO LAOS, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Lost in the bigger news of over 6,000 Hmong seeking refuge in Petchabun province, a much smaller group has settled into a former resort in Mae Rim, north of Chiang Mai. With one exception, Thai media have been silent on these 42 Hmong, reportedly part of a group with connections to [...]	2005-07-19 09:14:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF TH LA PGOV PHUM PINR
05CHIANGMAI187	HMONG U.S.-THAI-LAO LINKS UNDER INCREASED SCRUTINY [...] (sbu) Summary. Thai authorities in Bangkok and Chiang Mai are showing increasing concern over the activities of former American citizen Willis Bird Jr. and a group of Hmong who have settled near Mae Rim, 20 kilometers north of the provincial capital. Despite finding only two illegal Hmong d [...]	2005-08-11 03:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
05CHIANGMAI214	CORRECTED COPY: THAI-CHINESE TRADE TALKS AIM HIGH - SOME [...] Summary. Thai and Chinese officials charted an ambitious five-year "strategic economic partnership" during the Second Meeting of the Joint Committee on Trade, Investment and Economic Cooperation in Chiang Mai September 21-23. While news accounts headlined "Chinese investment to surge", some [...]	2005-09-30 05:02:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN PREL CH TH WTRO ASEAN
05CHIANGMAI228	BURMESE MIGRANT RIGHTS GROUPS SEE CAUSE FOR HOPE IN COURT RULING [...] Summary. Two years after the brutal slaying of six Burmese workers in Mae Sot, a Thai provincial court has convicted four local Thai officials for the crime. Legal and human rights organizations say that conditions for Burmese migrant workers have improved since the 2003 murders and that this [...]	2005-10-26 03:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
05CHIANGMAI229	OPPOSITION CARRIES PICHIT ELECTION WITH MONEY, EMOTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A surprising Oct. 30 victory by the opposition candidate in a by-election in northern Phichit province that pit the sons of two powerful families against one another dented the governing Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party's censure-proof majority in parliament. One of four by-elections held on [...]	2005-11-01 05:17:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH KDEM
05COLOMBO1004	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 13 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) Little has been achieved toward advancing the peace process in the year since President Chandrika Kumaratunga's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) took over the government in April 2004. The President and her inner circle blame both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),with [...]	2005-06-03 06:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1020	Pro-JVP Media Minister Persuaded to Resign [...] (SBU) Summary: Aviation, Ports and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera resigned from the media portfolio today amid speculation the President had asked him to do so due to his alleged favoritism towards the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP),the government's Marxist/Sinhala nationalist junior all [...]	2005-06-08 01:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO1050	SEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE SEVENTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 1-3, 2005. A SARI/ENERGY SPONSORED REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY REPORT PREPARED BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE REGION LAID OUT RECOMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS FOR ADDRESSING REGIONAL ENERGY SHORTAGES AND [...]	2005-06-13 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KSCA XD ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1056	FACTIONS STILL MONK(EY)ING AROUND WITH JOINT [...] (U) On June 13 the President launched a campaign to garner public support for the proposed joint mechanism (JM) to distribute tsunami aid (Reftel A). The President has asked all the Members of Parliament in her coalition to raise awareness about the JM in their constituencies. She has reques [...]	2005-06-15 01:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE

05COLOMBO1063	Special Media Reaction: Statement of the co- [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan media provided prominent, widespread and positive coverage to the statement issued June 13 by the Tokyo donors' conference co-chairs following their Washington meeting. Electronic media reported the statement on Tuesday, June 14, while all print media carried front-pa [...]	2005-06-15 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1088	SRI LANKA'S JOINT MECHANISM: DEBATES OVER THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Political parties and citizens continue to debate the Joint Mechanism (JM) for tsunami relief, and although the President continues to express her determination to go forward with the JM, she has not yet done so. Various parties are criticizing the JM, and the longer she waits [...]	2005-06-20 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1127	Special Media Reaction: Predictable Coverage of [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan media provided widespread prominent editorial coverage of the June 24 signing of the Joint Mechanism (Post-Tsunami Management Structure, P-TOMS) between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in high circulation Sunday edition newsp [...]	2005-06-27 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1212	MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY IS NO DAY AT THE BEACH [...] (SBU) Summary. On a recent trip to Maldives, poloff spoke with government officials and members of the newly registered opposition Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) about the country's improvements to the police and judicial systems and its transition to multi-party democracy. While the Govern [...]	2005-07-13 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1218	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (JULY [...] (U) This cable provides information for the July 13, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Maldives (GORM) informed Econoff that Riluwan Shareef, Executive Director of the Ministry of Finance, met with the Ministry of Planning on July [...]	2005-07-13 13:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1247	SRI LANKA QUALIFIES FOR EU GSP PLUS BENEFITS [...] Summary: Sri Lanka is among a group of 14 developing countries which qualified for duty free access to European Union (EU) under the EU GSP plus scheme from July 1, 2005. As a result, most Sri Lankan exports from apparel (Sri Lanka's main export) to ceramics will be eligible to enter EU mark [...]	2005-07-18 08:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1316	UNICEF REPORTS SPIKE IN LTTE CHILD RECRUITMENT IN [...] (U) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a press statement saying there has been a significant increase in the number of reports concerning child recruitment by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the month of July. Since the tsunami, UNICEF had seen a considerable [...]	2005-07-28 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1318	SRI LANKA: CONTROVERSY OVER END DATE OF [...] (U) Summary. Controversy abounds in Sri Lanka about the date President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's term of office ends. While the Constitution allows a single person to hold two six-year terms as president, the document is vague regarding the rules if the incumbent calls for early e [...]	2005-07-29 03:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1331	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable provides information for the August 3, 2005 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Maldives Update --------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Maldives (GORM) still has not submitted plans for using USG funds. The Planning Ministry gave a July 17 deadline to the line ministries for s [...]	2005-08-01 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1335	IPR SEMINARS IN COLOMBO HIGHLIGHT ISSUES [...] Summary: A series of USPTO sponsored Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) seminars were held in Colombo on July 23 and 25 when Professor William O. Hennessey of the Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire, and Timothy Browning, Attorney-Advisor with the Office of Enforcement, Depart [...]	2005-08-01 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EAID ECON CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1338	SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] (C) Ambassador raised issue of understanding for US detainee operations with Foreign Minister Kadirgamar on August 1, explaining that we wanted our friends to better understand our operations and the rationale for them, and to convey their support to broader constituencies. Kadirgamar noted [...]	2005-08-02 06:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05COLOMBO1366	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO1396	SRI LANKA: THESE TIGERS DON'T PURR: ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) exercise de facto control over parts of northern and eastern Sri Lanka, and the LTTE claims to have created a separate and fully functional government infrastructure within the areas it controls. These institutions include political [...]	2005-08-10 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1404	PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY DEEMS SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Sri Lankan health authorities are discussing a new National Medicinal Drug Policy (NMDP) that would theoretically preserve access to low-cost, essential medicines. The main selection criteria for drugs under this new policy will include cost-effectiveness, need, quality, safety and [...]	2005-08-11 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID CE WTO
05COLOMBO1417	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER KILLED BY SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was shot by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins at his Colombo home between 10:30 - 11:00 p.m. local time on August 12. He died shortly after midnight August 13. The cold-blooded killing of this prominent, vocally an [...]	2005-08-12 21:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1419	SRI LANKA: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOLLOWING [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency the morning of August 13 following the killing of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins the previous night (Ref A). The measure, which gives police and military ex [...]	2005-08-13 05:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1424	WB/ADB report highlights constraints in Sri [...] Summary: According to a recent Asian Development Bank (ADB)/World Bank (WB) investment climate assessment, Sri Lankan firms have identified sharply deteriorated infrastructure (electricity and transport) and cost of finance as major constraints for doing business. Urban firms also cite econ [...]	2005-08-15 05:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1428	Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...]	2005-08-15 09:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1449	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION ACCUSE EACH [...] (C) Although the streets of Male' were calm August 15 for the first night since August 12, at least 137 people remain in detention as a result of the preceding nights' unrest. ICRC is planning a visit to Maldives to meet the detainees. In an August 15 meeting in Colombo, opposition Maldivi [...]	2005-08-17 13:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1451	Leading Tamil Announcer and Husband Murdered in [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram (Ref A)and several alleged death threats received by other prominent Tamil journalists (Ref B),a well-known Tamil radio and television personality and her husband -- a former member of the Pe [...]	2005-08-18 07:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO149	MALDIVES: FORMER DETAINEE EXPECTS FREER, FAIRER [...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 call on the Ambassador, former SAARC Secretary General and detainee Ibrahim Zaki expressed gratitude for U.S. support, crediting concern from the international community for the Government's decision to release him from detention and drop sedition charges against [...]	2005-01-19 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1493	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TALKS WITH TIGERS AT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 12. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) Nearly a week after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement, details regarding the timing, venue and le [...]	2005-08-25 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1508	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: JVP PONDERS [...] (C) Following the August 26 Supreme Court decision that presidential elections must be held by November 22 (Reftel),the nationalist Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is facing a fierce internal debate about whether to support Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate and current Prime M [...]	2005-08-29 13:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1523	Grenade attack on pro-LTTE newspaper office shakes [...] (U) Summary: Two men threw two grenades into the premises of the Sudar Oli newspaper office in Colombo August 29, killing one and injuring three. Sudar Oli, an unapologetically pro-LTTE paper, was the object of an unsuccessful grenade attack on one of its Colombo branch offices on August 20, [...]	2005-08-31 07:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1547	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...]	2005-09-02 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1592	AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: EconOff met with the Chief Epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health (MOH) as well as an officer working in the Colombo office of the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding reftel. Sri Lankan officials and academics are watching for signs of avian flu and other illnesses wi [...]	2005-09-09 05:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CE KSTH WHO
05COLOMBO16	TFXO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, SITREP NO. 7, [...] (SBU) Sri Lankan Needs/Requests: It is becoming increasingly clear that Sri Lanka has an urgent need for engineering expertise, construction equipment and heavy-lift capability to move that equipment for a national reconstruction effort of staggering proportions. On January 3 Margareta Wah [...]	2005-01-03 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC EAID PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1680	MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Although Maldives was not listed as a focus country in Reftel A, assisting Maldives in a peaceful transition to multi-party democracy would serve broad USG interests in promoting democracy and advancing human rights. Maldives is a moderate Islamic country where both the government [...]	2005-09-22 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID MV
05COLOMBO1681	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable is for the first Tsunami Oversight Quarterly Mechanism Meeting 2. Summary: Tsunami reconstruction activity in Sri Lanka continues apace, with improvements in overall coordination, but bottlenecks due primarily to the 100/200 meter ?buffer zone.? There have been recent suggesti [...]	2005-09-22 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO17	TFXO01: LTTE PEACE SECRETARIAT HEAD BRIEFED ON [...] (C) On January 2 USAID Mission Director Carol Becker, USAID/OFDA DART leader Bill Berger and poloff met with S. Puleedevan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Peace Secretariat at the Norwegian Ambassador's residence to explain U.S. disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka. The [...]	2005-01-03 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AEMR CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1714	Special Media Reaction: E.U. Ban on LTTE Travel [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media reacted strongly to the European Union's travel ban on the LTTE. Mainstream and Sinhala nationalist media led with news of the ban, praising the move and speculating the decision could lead quickly to the EU's designation of the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Or [...]	2005-09-29 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1716	MALDIVIAN DEMOCRATIC REFORMS: PROGRESS PLODDING [...] (C) During a September 25-27 visit to Maldives as part of the first US-Maldives Friendship Week (septel),Ambassador met Government of Republic of Maldives (GORM) representatives, including President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leaders to discuss the [...]	2005-09-29 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1814	FIRST US-MALDIVES FRIENDSHIP WEEK A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first-ever US-Maldives Friendship Week ("Friendship Week") which took place on September 23-28 furthered the Mission Performance Plan (MPP) goal of stable and secure partners worldwide and enhanced bilateral ties in the political, economic, cultural and security realms. Bu [...]	2005-10-17 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP PREL MV
05COLOMBO1817	Public Diplomacy Programs Enrich First U.S. - Maldives [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's public diplomacy programs formed a large part of the first annual U.S.- Maldives Friendship Week September 25 through September 28. In addition to a trade show organized by the Economic/Commercial Section, PD organized the signing of the first Ambassador's Fund for Cultur [...]	2005-10-18 02:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO OIIP OEXC OPRC PREL SCUL
05COLOMBO1823	GORM INDIRECTLY TARGETS OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER STAFF [...] (C) Summary: In a perceived crackdown on an opposition newspaper, police in Male detained two popular columnists for "Minivan" on October 13 on charges unrelated to journalism. Mohamed Nasheed and Ablo Saeed were summoned to the police station and detained on respective charges of "instigating [...]	2005-10-18 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL MV
05COLOMBO1831	SRI LANKAN ELECTION SURVEY REVEALS GREATER VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Results of recent polls indicate that a cross-section of Sri Lankans have greater confidence in the opposition United National Party's (UNP) ability to control the cost of living and negotiate a peace agreement with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the two most import [...]	2005-10-20 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1860	COLOMBO TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1953	MIXED MESSAGES FROM MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT MOVES [...] (C) During a November 9-11 visit by polcouns and Sri Lanka/Maldives Desk Officer Molly Gower to Maldives, discussions with government and opposition figures revealed a now-familiar mix of signs of progress--if intermittent and faltering--toward democratic reform, along with some disturbing in [...]	2005-11-15 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1992	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - SRI [...] (U) THIS IS THE SECOND CABLE REPORTING ON PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY TO PREVENT A HIGHLY PATHENOGENIC AVIAN INFLUENZA (HPAI) IN SRI LANKA (REF A) AND RESPONDS TO REF B QUESTIONS REGARDING SRI LANKA'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL AVIAN FLU AND ITS CAPABILITY TO RESPOND TO AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC. PREPAREDNES [...]	2005-11-23 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EAGR CASC CE KSTH WHO
05COLOMBO1994	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) On November 23 President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed a 25-member Cabinet that retained many Ministers in the posts they held during former President Chandrika Kumaratunga's administration (septel). Among the few changes made, however, was the appointment of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) [...]	2005-11-23 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL CE
05COLOMBO1998	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE APPOINTS SLIMMER CABINET [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapakse appointed his cabinet on November 23, delayed reportedly because of several days of debate about who should control which portfolios. With 25 ministers, the new cabinet is slimmer than in the previous administration, with one notable deletion being s [...]	2005-11-23 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CE
05COLOMBO2008	SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S ANNUAL MESSAGE GIVES [...] (C) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27, while less belligerent than many had feared, put the new government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on notice that it must "come forward soon with a reasonable political framew [...]	2005-11-28 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2014	Special Media Reaction: LTTE Leader Vellupillai [...] (SBU) Summary: Following LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27(reftel),Sri Lankan television and newspapers on November 28 and 29 focused on the future of the peace process with a renewed sense of hope and pragmatism. In response to the election of President [...]	2005-11-29 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2017	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS OFFER [...] (C) In public statements made since his November 17 election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered few concrete details into how he plans to realize his oft-stated goal of achieving a political resolution to the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In particular, how [...]	2005-11-29 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2025	MALDIVES: PLODDING PROGRESS ON THE PATH TO REFORM [...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) is attempting to move forward with media and judicial reforms with bills in the People's Majlis (parliament) to create a freer press and the formation of a new Judicial Services Commission. However, the Maldives Human Rights Comm [...]	2005-12-01 08:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MV
05COLOMBO2038	MALDIVES: PROPOSED LETTER FROM SECRETARY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (SBU) Maldives has made some progress in implementing democratic reforms, but significant problems, including limitations on the opposition and on pro-opposition media, as detailed in Reftels B and C, remain. The Maldives is a moderate, [...]	2005-12-05 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO2056	Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]	2005-12-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2112	POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...]	2005-12-19 08:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2136	Special Media Reaction: December 19 Statement by [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked banner headlines and lead stories of all print and electronic media on December 21. However, only the mainstream independent Daily Mirror and its sister Sinhala paper, Lanka [...]	2005-12-21 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2144	MALDIVES: POST SUPPORT FOR NDI PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. The Republic of Maldives, a moderate, pro-Western Muslim nation, is taking its first faltering steps along the path to democratic reform (Ref A). A special Parliament is meeting to consider far-reaching changes, but is moving slowly. In p [...]	2005-12-22 09:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MV
05COLOMBO2145	MIXED RECORD CONFRONTS SRI LANKA, MALDIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the one year anniversary of the December 26, 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka has avoided the mass outbreak of disease and unrest that some feared early on, established a network of transitional shelters, begun to build permanent housing, elected a new President, establis [...]	2005-12-22 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2155	ATA-5459, OFFER FOR TRAINING: SRI LANKA SENIOR [...] AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, LISTED BELOW IS THE FINAL LIST OF NAMES AND DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OF THOSE NOMINATED BY THE GOVT OF SRI LANKA TO ATTEND THE SENIOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON FROM 23 TO 27 JAN 2006. ALL ATTENDEES ON THIS LIST HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED, CLEARED FAVORABLY [...]	2005-12-27 05:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CE
05COLOMBO2157	MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL: ASSASSINATION OF [...] (SBU) Following two consecutive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacks on the Sri Lanka Navy in the northern district of Mannar on December 22 and 23 (Refs A and B),the violence continues in the north and east with no respite for the holiday. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Joseph [...]	2005-12-27 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2158	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR ACTION AS VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair Chiefs of Missions (COM's) met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on December 23 to de-brief on Brussels meeting. In light of renewed Tiger attacks, GSL asked Co-Chair COM's to travel to Kilinocchi to deliver hard message to Tigers. COM's (minus US Ambassador) de [...]	2005-12-27 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO2164	Special Media Reaction: Tsunami Anniversary [...] (U) Summary: All three English dailies carried Ambassador Lunstead's tsunami memorial message titled "America Joins Sri Lanka in Remembrance" on Friday, December 23. Sinhala and Tamil newspapers carried the op-ed in the vernacular on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26. Complementin [...]	2005-12-28 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO2166	Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked a considerable amount of editorial comment in the English and Sinhala press in the week following its December 21 release in Colombo. Editorialists analyzed the statement am [...]	2005-12-28 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2167	SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...]	2005-12-28 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE
05COLOMBO244	Special Media Reaction: Colombo Press Conference [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of post's January 29 press conference to announce plans to transition from a mix of military and civilian tsunami relief efforts to a fully civilian one was prominent and widespread, generating front-page headlines but little editorial comment. Most media focused [...]	2005-02-01 01:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO285	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] As of January 31, according to the Center for National Operations (CNO),the earthquake and tsunami had killed 30,959 people in Sri Lanka. The CNO is scheduled to transition responsibilities for the tsunami relief effort to the Ministry of Public Security, Law and Order during the week of F [...]	2005-02-03 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO312	SRI LANKA: EASTERN LTTE POLITICAL LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, E. Kausalyan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Political Leader for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, was killed in an ambush in a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled area while driving to Batticaloa from LTTE-controlled territory in t [...]	2005-02-08 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE
05COLOMBO314	FROM COMITY TO CALUMNY: SRI LANKAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Six weeks after the tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, the main political parties have fallen back into their previous pattern of exchanging accusations and denunciations in the media. This return to fractiousness has dissolved the relative comity that prevailed imm [...]	2005-02-09 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO324	SRI LANKA: LTTE POST-TSUNAMI CHILD RECRUITMENT, [...] (C) Summary. January media reports highlighted Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) recruitment of child soldiers in the north and east, particularly in welfare camps for tsunami-affected persons. In early February, displeased by unfavorable media attention, the LTTE threatened to pull o [...]	2005-02-10 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 20-21 [...] (SBU) The December 26 tsunami, in spite of its cruel humanitarian toll and staggering financial costs, has provided the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a chance to re-engage after a near two-year hiatus in negotiations. The tragedy has mitigated [...]	2005-02-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO338	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] On February 4, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) closed the Center for National Operations (CNO) and transferred its functions to the recently established Task Force for Relief (TAFOR). USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) assessments indicate that emergency needs for food, [...]	2005-02-14 06:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO347	SRI LANKA: POST-TSUNAMI REPORTS OF CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Sensationalist speculation in the local media that the December 26 tsunami would spawn "spin-off" misery for Sri Lanka's displaced--e.g. hordes of homeless orphans, increased child trafficking, and an uptick in sexual- and gender-based violence--has proven, fortunately, unfou [...]	2005-02-14 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SMIG CE KWMM LTTE
05COLOMBO395	Special Media Reaction: Former Presidents [...] (U) Summary: The visit of former Presidents Clinton and Bush to Sri Lanka February 20-21 elicited copious, straightforward media coverage, with all media outlets, print as well as electronic, featuring the visit prominently. Editorial comment was largely positive as well, but a few outlets [...]	2005-02-22 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO EAID PTER OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO399	SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH AND CLINTON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 20 meeting, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton an assessment of Sri Lanka's post-tsunami progress, including immediate relief efforts and longer-term reconstruction plans. President Kumar [...]	2005-02-22 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO451	SRI LANKA: TIGERS TRY TO DOWNPLAY, DENY CHARGES [...] (SBU) Over the past week the local media have given broad coverage to reports of the February 23 UN Security Council session on child soldiers, highlighting in particular the reported recommendation by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict that the Co [...]	2005-03-01 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER CE UNICEF LTTE
05COLOMBO457	(SBU) SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND [...] (U) At a February 21 meeting, the Commissioner General of Essential Services instructed the Government Agents (GA) and lead shelter agencies to establish a district project office that will coordinate transitional shelter issues in each affected district. In addition, the Commissioner state [...]	2005-03-02 10:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO464	SRI LANKA RELIEF TO RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) We are sending these various items in hope they will be helpful in this week's IAWG discussions. 3. (U) Summary: --The GSL has outlined its policy on housing and tourism industry rebuilding alo [...]	2005-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN CE
05COLOMBO471	SRI LANKA: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BILL DEBATED IN [...] (U) Summary. Recently proposed legislation to curb domestic violence contains provisions for victims, including interim and one-year protection orders, as well as supplementary orders mandating counseling for abusers. An NGO representative pointed out that the bill does not provide counseli [...]	2005-03-04 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV CE
05COLOMBO487	SRI LANKA: KILLINGS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary: Separate deadly incidents in the north and east March 4-6 highlight continuing tensions between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the northern Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE's fractured control of areas in the east. Security forces fired [...]	2005-03-07 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO532	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse March 14 to discuss problems in post-tsunami reconstruction. (n.b., Rajapakse has no formal role to play in reconstruction process, since the Prime Minister's functions are severely limited under the Sri Lankan Constitution. Rajapaks [...]	2005-03-14 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL
05COLOMBO557	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told President Kumaratunga that reconstruction effort was running into problems, especially on transitional shelter, with monsoon season looming. There was a risk of major problems that could cost Sri Lanka the international good will it had achieved in the emergency [...]	2005-03-18 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TPHY EAID CE
05COLOMBO559	SRI LANKA: SHIFTING FOCUS FROM POST-CRISIS TO [...] (C) Several recent events indicate that the domestic political scene may be gearing down from the post-tsunami crisis mode of the last three months--in which more blatant displays of self-interest and short-sightedness had to be held in check--back to politics as usual. Examples include dela [...]	2005-03-18 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO616	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: SWIFT RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In sharp contrast to the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that caused devastating loss of life in Sri Lanka and Maldives, both governments responded quickly and efficiently to the potential for another deadly tsunami following the March 28 earthquake off the Indonesian islan [...]	2005-03-29 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC PHUM PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO629	SRI LANKA - SITUATION REPORT ON SRI LANKAN RESPONSE [...] On March 28, 2005, at 2315 local time, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of Indonesia, destroying buildings and causing numerous deaths on the Sumatran island of Nias. The following cable details the actions taken by the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) to alert residents to the [...]	2005-03-30 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO635	NORWEGIANS: JOINT MECHANISM ABOUT TO HAPPEN! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador thinks both sides are close to agreement on Joint Mechanism, but it may not be finalized until after mid-April holidays. "Off shore" issue is sole remaining dispute. Kumaratunga may conclude agreement as President, not on behalf of current government. Both [...]	2005-03-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CU NO LTTE
05COLOMBO651	REPORTED TRAVEL TO LTTE-CONTROLLED TERRITORY BY [...] (C) Several Colombo Sunday (April 3) newspapers ran brief articles reporting that U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th District - Illinois) had visited Kilinocchi and Mullaitivu in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)- controlled "Wanni" region of northern Sri Lanka the day before. Ac [...]	2005-04-04 07:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OREP CE LTTE
05COLOMBO663	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES NO COMMITMENTS ON CHR [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting with President Chandrika Kumaratunga during the visit of Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth, Ambassador raised the resolution on Cuba. As in previous demarches (Refs A-C),Ambassador stressed the closeness of last year's vote, the composition of th [...]	2005-04-05 07:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CE UNHRC
05COLOMBO67	TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...]	2005-01-10 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO70	TXFO01: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SITREP NO. 9, [...] (U) Consular efforts: As previously reported, the number of American citizens killed as a result of the tsunami stands at eight, with one additional AmCit missing and presumed dead. Conoffs have reduced the number of welfare and whereabouts cases: 15 AmCits remain unaccounted for in Sri La [...]	2005-01-11 01:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR EAID CASC PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO786	SRI LANKA: INTERNECINE FIGHTING IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Violence in the Eastmainly involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Karuna faction cadres, and even the Sri Lankan militarycontinues to percolate, keeping tensions raw in this troubled region and slowly testing the limits of both the ceasefire agreement (CFA) and [...]	2005-04-27 03:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO788	SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA'S DISCUSSIONS ON THE PEACE [...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and political leaders on April 20, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and the Ambassador urged greater flexibility from both the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in approaching the peace process. T [...]	2005-04-27 06:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO807	SRI LANKA: WESTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: A growing controversy over the future of the Chief Minister of the Western Province has exacerbated already-strained tensions within the United People,s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and has breathed new life into the long-dormant opposition United National Party (UNP). At the same t [...]	2005-04-29 01:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER CE
05COLOMBO813	TSUNAMI AID AND STATUARY: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's April 8-9 visit here yielded some modest tsunami aid and debt relief, mutually reinforcing public condemnations of the "evil" of separatism, and a new bust of Chou Enlai for a Chinese-built conference center in Colombo. For the Sri Lankans, who face a hefty [...]	2005-04-29 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CH CE
05COLOMBO816	GSL IPR Enforcement Continues, Expands; [...] Summary: Sri Lankan courts recently convicted three stores in Colombo for IPR violations, following a major police crackdown on illegal music and video stores. The raids were carried out as a result of complaints made by a leading local agent of international movie and video recordings. Sri [...]	2005-05-02 03:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KIPR OTRA CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO832	Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder [...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...]	2005-05-04 08:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO845	MALDIVES: PROGRESS ON REFORMS: GLACIAL BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 release, the Government of the Republic of Maldives said it would seek to legitimize political parties under the current constitution, based on a legal opinion by the current Attorney General Dr. Hassan Saeed. The move stems from growing dissatisfaction across the po [...]	2005-05-05 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MV
05COLOMBO875	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ECONOMICS EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
05COLOMBO888	SRI LANKA: PROPOSED JOINT MECHANISM NOW POLITICAL [...] (C) Hopes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would sign a joint mechanism on tsunami aid before the May 16-17 Development Forum are fading. The proposal has become a political hot potato for President Chandrika Kumaratunga, with her opponen [...]	2005-05-13 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO897	Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...]	2005-05-16 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO900	Outreach on Newsweek Retraction of Koran [...] Reaction in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the original Newsweek story about alleged desecration of the Koran was muted and low-key. Media in both countries ran straight wire service reports about the controversy, but abstained from publishing or broadcasting outraged commentary and editorial [...]	2005-05-17 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO KISL OIIP PREL CE MV
05COLOMBO921	SRI LANKA: POLICE SOFT-PEDALING INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Findings from Pol FSN's May 16 visit to the site of a church attack in the southwestern district of Galle indicate an unwillingness from local authorities to prosecute the perpetrators, who include two Buddhist monks and the chairman of the village council. The pastor of the church, w [...]	2005-05-19 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV CE
05COLOMBO94	TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION [...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...]	2005-01-12 14:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO954	Leading Tamil Editor Receives Death Threats [...] (U) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, (Reftel),another prominent Tamil journalist, Vediwel Thevaraj, Acting Editor- in-Chief of the mainstream independent Tamil daily Virakesari, has reported receiving anonymous death threats. Mr. [...]	2005-05-26 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO955	SRI LANKA: COMMUNAL TENSION CONTINUES OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious and ethnic tensions continue to percolate in Trincomalee over the May 16 erection of a large Buddha statue on public land in the city center. A May 18 decision by a local judge ordering the removal of the statue has not yet been implemented, and the statue remains, [...]	2005-05-26 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF CE LTTE
05COLOMBO961	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR AIR DEFENSE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS REQUESTED THROUGH A US COMPANY PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM SALE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE RADARS. LIKELY RADARS MENTIONED ARE THE SENTINEL OR ANTPQ36A. A SYSTEM SALE WOULD INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, SPARES AND [...]	2005-05-31 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO968	FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON EMPHASIZES JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Clinton visited a tsunami-hit area in Sri Lanka's Muslim East where he heard SIPDIS complaints about the coastal buffer zone from NGO's and tsunami victims. He praised the proposed Joint Mechanism in SIPDIS talks with President Kumaratunga and publicly. Kuma [...]	2005-05-31 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL LTTE
05COLOMBO971	Special Media Reaction: Former President Bill [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of President Clinton's May 27-28 visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Relief was prominent and widespread. Electronic and print media reported on the visit through the weekend and Monday. The coverage of the former Presi [...]	2005-06-01 01:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE

05COLOMBO976	SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is for the Tsunami IAWG on June 1, 2005. 2. (U) The May 27-28 visit by former President Clinton went well and is summarized in Ref A. Media reaction is provided in Ref B. Update on USG Activity ---------------------- 3. (U) On the ground progress continues, with the [...]	2005-06-01 09:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV CE MV

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