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06ATHENS825	GREECE UPGRADING C-130S IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) Greece is in the process of upgrading the self-protection systems on 2 of its C-130s and, once complete and providing national security conditions allow, will make one of them available to ISAF, MFA NATO Affairs Division official Andreas Kintis told poloff March 27. Based on a March 24 [...]	2006-03-27 13:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR MARR NATO PREL NATOAFGHAN

06ATHENS904	GREEK VIEWS ON INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Greek MFA NATO Division Deputy Director Theodore Daskarolis on April 3. Greece shared the positive assessment of the pace of Georgia's progress by in many areas, Daskarolis said. He noted that other accomplishments, such as the growth of ci [...]	2006-04-04 14:02:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AA GG GR NATO PREL NATOBALKANS
06BAGHDAD1006	UN MOVES FORWARD ON IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. UNAMI Human Rights Chief Gianni Magazzeni explained to PolOffs March 17 that the UN was spearheading efforts with Iraqi Government leaders to establish a Human Rights Commission in Iraq by fall 2006 (reftel). The Commission, mandated in Article 50 of the TAL (and reconfirmed in A [...]	2006-03-27 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1007	IRAQIYYA LIST COR MEMBER DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SISTANI- [...] (C) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit) told PolOff March 26 that the List is trying to arrange a visit by Ayad Allawi to Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf. He also mentioned that he is exploring preliminary talks with the [...]	2006-03-27 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1010	ABDUCTION AND DEATH: ONE STORY TO ADD TO THE REST [...] (S) In a March 22 conversation, Baghdad resident Mo'ayyad Al-Hamdani told PolOff that three of his brothers-in-law visiting from Diyala were stopped at a Sadr-City Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) checkpoint March 15, and were found in the morgue 4 days later (March 19). Al-Hamdani, who is also a news edi [...]	2006-03-27 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1012	CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: DIRTY TRICKS, [...] (S) Summary. The number one candidate in Muthanna province for the National Peace List (#635, Laith Kubba's party),Talib Aziz al-Hamdani, acknowledged that his party made strategic mistakes, and that they got fewer than 5,000 votes nationwide, but said that they were also the victim of a c [...]	2006-03-27 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM
06BAGHDAD1015	BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CEASES RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),after a four hour meeting, voted to cease all communication with the Embassy and U.S. Army Forces. This decision came in a March 27 resolution protesting U.S. participation in a military operation March 26 evening in the Shaab neighborhood of north Ba [...]	2006-03-27 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD1024	TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...]	2006-03-29 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD1025	COR MEMBERS ALLEGE DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia Council of Representatives (CoR) members report more displacements of Shia families under threat of violence. Shia Coalition member Hassan Radi al- Sari (Missan Governorate) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit Governorate) told PolOffs March [...]	2006-03-29 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER KDEM KISL KAWC IZ
06BAGHDAD1050	SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHARPLY CRITICIZE U.S. [...] (U) On March 28,the office of Ayatollah Sadiq al- Husayni al-Shirazi in Karbala issued a statement (ref a) condemning the Iraqi/US raid in the Ur neighborhood as a "heinous crime." Shirazi's statement also warned "the occupation forces" not to clash with the Shia majority to satisfy a Sunni [...]	2006-03-31 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1054	SUNNI PARTIES SQUABBLE OVER POSITIONS [...] (C) Hassan al-Bazzaz, an advisor to Tawaffuq leader Adnan al-Dulaymi, told Poloff on April 1 that government formation talks are suffering from internal squabbling among the three Tawaffuq leaders. Bazzaz said that Tareq al-Hashimi is trying to exclude Adnan al-Dulaymi from a senior position [...]	2006-04-01 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1055	FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]	2006-04-01 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1087	FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...]	2006-04-03 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1096	FADHILA MEMBER DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) In a March 29 introductory meeting, Council of Representatives (CoR) and Fadhila member Kareem Mushin Hassan al-Yaqubi told PolOff and PolFSN that the Tawafuq coalition plan to invest a Deputy Prime Minister with absolute authorities (including assigning people and chairing the Ministerial [...]	2006-04-04 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1097	BAGHDAD BUSINESSES TARGETED IN ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. Businesses in Baghdad have been increasingly targeted as insurgents, criminals, and elements dressed as Iraqi Security Force (ISF) members concentrate on soft targets. These businesses have been targeted in two ways: small-scale but violent attacks on small entities such as bake [...]	2006-04-04 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT ECON EFIN KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD113	ELECTION RESULTS TIMELINE MUCH CLEARER BUT STILL [...] (C) The Acting UN SRSG Michael von der Schulenburg told the Charge January 11 that, in general, the international observer team (IMIE) is positive about its assessment of the electoral process and the work of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI). He added that the IMIE team int [...]	2006-01-13 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1131	BASRA TRIBAL SHAYKH CRITICIZES UR RAID AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting March 28, Shia Independent and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Shaykh Haider Subkhi al-Jurani criticized the March 26 Ur raid and said militias should not be confronted until after the insurgency and terrorism are dealt with. He dismissed the i [...]	2006-04-05 19:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1137	SHIA INDEPENDENT MEMBERS DISCUSS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Shia Independents and Council of Representatives (CoR) members Dr. Haider Karim al-Suweidi (no. 8 on List 555 in Babil),Muhammad Izz al-Din al-Khateeb (no. 1 ) Wasit),and Taha De'ra al-Saadi (no. 1 ) Diyala) met with PolOff and PolFSN March 27. In the first part of the meeting, they cri [...]	2006-04-06 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1151	COMMUNIST LEADER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATIONS WITH [...] (C) CoR and Iraqiyya list member (and head of the Iraqi Communist Party) Hamid Majeed Mousa told PolOff and PolFSN April 4 that, although there are regular meetings of the Iraqiyya List members, there is no effective system within the bloc for consultations or exchange of ideas. Mousa complai [...]	2006-04-07 20:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1153	UPDATE ON PALESTINIANS ON JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 10 and 11. 2. (C) Summary: Following the March 18 exodus of 88 Palestinians from Baghdad, we have received news that at least 33 more have fled to the makeshift camp on the Iraqi side of the Jordanian border (23 individuals on April 1, and [...]	2006-04-08 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO
06BAGHDAD1155	COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER COMPLAINS ABOUT JAFARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. CoR and Iraqiyya list member (and head of the Iraqi Communist Party) Hamid Majeed Mousa told PolOff and PolFSN April 4 that a delegation of Jafari supporters from Dawa and Dawa Tanzim had met with an Iraqiyya List delegation April 3. The Jafari supporters reportedly said the Shia [...]	2006-04-08 19:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1199	ACCOUNT OF AN ALLEGED DETENTION BY JAYSH AL-MAHDI [...] (C) Summary. In an April 6 conversation, Baghdad resident Hussein Muhammed (strictly protect) told PolOff he was kidnapped from his home February 22 by Jaysh-al-Mahdi (JAM) and taken blindfolded to an unknown location where he was physically abused after refusing to admit his Sunni affiliation [...]	2006-04-13 10:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1300	BAHAI LEADER SAYS STILL NO PROGRESS IN [...] (C) In an April 6 conversation, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Advisory Group in Iraq, Abdul Razaq Abaychi told PolOff that Iraq's Bahai community had not made any headway in canceling the effects of the July 24, 1975 regulation (rule number 358) prohibiting the registration of nati [...]	2006-04-21 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1306	SUNNI PARLIAMENTARIANS FORM HUMAN RIGHTS BOARD; [...] (C) In an April 18 conversation, Sunni Council of Representative (CoR) and National Dialogue member Hasan Dekan Khudeir Al-Janabi told Poloff that Tawaffuq had created a human rights abuse review board to focus on displacement and detentions. Degan said that the Board, currently comprised of [...]	2006-04-22 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1326	FEMALE IRAQI MAJOR: "THEY DON'T EVEN SALUTE ME" [...] (C) On April 11, PolOff met with Major Angham Ahmed from the Iraqi Army Military Police Brigade to discuss the role of women in the Iraqi military. Major Ahmed was one of almost 90 women recruited into the Iraqi military and trained in Jordan during the CPA period. She complained that women i [...]	2006-04-24 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN JA
06BAGHDAD1329	14 SUNNIS ALLEGEDLY ARRESTED BY MOI APPEAR IN [...] (C) Summary. On April 22, Baghdad resident Dena Ahmed told Poloff that the bodies of 14 Sunni laborers detained April 15 at a checkpoint by individuals in MoI uniforms were later found in the morgue April 22. Ahmed, a cousin of one of the laborers, explained that the 14 were seen detained on [...]	2006-04-24 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1352	POLITICAL BLOCS MOVING TO NEGOTIATE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Three days after the Parliament elected its Presidency Council and House Speakers, the four major political blocs have switched focus to the next step in the government formation process, the naming of a cabinet. They are forming committees to negotiate ministerial names with e [...]	2006-04-25 18:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1354	DEPUTY SPEAKERS DISCUSS INTERNAL REFORMS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with PolOffs April 23 and 24, Council of Representatives (CoR) Deputy Speakers expressed the desire that leadership of the CoR be more participatory and power be less concentrated in the hands of the Speaker. They also said they hoped that the CoR will conve [...]	2006-04-25 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1355	PROVINCIAL REACTION TO PM SELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial reactions from provincial contacts to Nuri Kamal (Jawad al-Maliki)'s selection as Iraq's next PM have been positive. Shia Islamists tended to view the new PM as equally capable as Jafari at promoting the UIC agenda. Sunnis and Kurds tended to question his independence, [...]	2006-04-25 20:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1360	SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS ALREADY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab politicians in Tawafuq remain internally divided about the new Iraqi government formation. A well-connected Sunni Arab politician told us April 23 that there is great resentment that the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is dominating the process at the expense of the other tw [...]	2006-04-26 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1368	YOUNG PUK COR MEMBER CRITICIZES SPEAKER; WARNS OF [...] (C) In an April 24 meeting with PolOffs, Kurdish Alliance and new Council of Representatives (CoR) member Tania Tal'at Muhammad Gilly expressed great disappointment with new CoR Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani's April 22 acceptance speech and his recent comments in the press. Gilly charged that M [...]	2006-04-26 18:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD1369	SHIA CLERIC: POOR EDUCATION FEEDS SECTARIANISM [...] (C) In an April 23 meeting with PolOff, Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, a local Shia imam, deplored the manner in which religion is misused in Iraqi politics. He attributed the situation to the low level of education of many Iraqis. Despite Grand Ayatollah Sistani's injunction to "follow their minds," [...]	2006-04-26 19:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1370	FADHILA MEMBER ON PARTY'S ASPIRATIONS, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila Party parliamentarian Basim Sherif Nsaif al-Hechaimi told PolOff in an April 24 meeting that Abd al-Raheem al-Hasuna will be the next Fadhila Party Secretary General. Al-Hechaimi predicted that al-Hasuna's appointment, along with the addition of former UIA 169 independen [...]	2006-04-26 20:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PNAT ENRG ECON KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1383	SENIOR KURDISH POLITICIANS WARN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOffs on April 26-27 that there was deep concern about the cabinet formation process among senior Kurdish negotiators. Despite President Talabani [...]	2006-04-27 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1395	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet discussions between the Shia Coalition and the Kurds are well underway (See reftel). Internal Iraqiyya meetings have yet to produce results, as members await Ayad Allawi's decision whether or not Iraqiyya will participate. Iraqiyya may opt to go into opposition unless th [...]	2006-04-28 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1440	MEHDI HAFEDH: IRAQIYYA LIST NOT YET PREPARED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) senior member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh told PolOffs April 28 that he had discussed possible changes to the National Policy Council with Ayad Allawi that might enable Allawi to accept the Secretary General position. He asserted that Allawi will not accept a Deputy [...]	2006-05-01 20:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1441	CABINET FORMATION AND PM OFFICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In an April 30 meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition independent Sami al-Askari reported that PM-designate Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has named Ahmad al-Saadawi as his private office director. Al-Maliki's inner circle is moving forward with re-organization and expansion plans for the PM [...]	2006-05-01 22:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1469	COR UPDATE: BYLAWS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their May 3 session, Council of Representatives (CoR) members appeared to take in stride security concerns, building maintenance problems, and occasional outbursts from the floor to appoint a committee to draw up a list of internal bylaws. Speaker Mahmud al-Mashadani gave a t [...]	2006-05-03 21:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD148	JA'FARI WOOS RAMADI, ANBAR SECURITY COUNCIL WOWED [...] (C) Summary. The Anbar Security Council warmly welcomed Prime Minister Ja'fari on January 15. The PM deftly fielded the Anbaris' complaints regarding the fate of former Iraqi military service members, the inclusion of Anbaris in the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),the release of 'innocent' deta [...]	2006-01-18 12:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1485	SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...]	2006-05-04 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1492	BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA [...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...]	2006-05-05 19:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1540	DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON GOVERNMENT POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. The day before PM-designate al-Maliki's May 9 target date for announcement of the new government, debate among and within political blocs continued over key positions. Tawafuq appears to have settled on Agriculture specialist (and Adnan al-Dulaimi ally) Salam Zakam al-Zuba'i as [...]	2006-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1554	CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, MISSING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki told reporters May 9 that he might take all the time allotted to form his cabinet. He told the Ambassador May 8 that he would bend to the Kurds' insistence that Barham Salah become DPM but considered it an uncooperative beginning to their [...]	2006-05-10 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1555	FALLUJAH ARMY RECRUITS GRADUATE; SOME REBEL OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Fallujah-area Iraqi Army (IA) recruits, numbering approximately 800 out of a total of 978 in the training class (the first of several planned waves),participated in a graduation ceremony April 30, 2006 in Habbaniyah (ex-British base located in Al Anbar Province, near [...]	2006-05-10 09:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1558	COUNCIL MEMBERS YELL AND SCREAM, THEN RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary. At the May 10 session of the Council of Representatives, Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani and SADR CoR member Gufran Abbod Husayn al-Saadi entered into a long and heated argument about a scuffle between their bodyguards. This resulted in Mashhadani storming out of the session. Al-Saad [...]	2006-05-10 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1559	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE: PROGRESS BUT STILL A [...] (C) Summary: At the close of May 10, we see progress in the cabinet formation negotiations, with some ministries, such as the Foreign Ministry, Electricity and Oil, nearly finalized while debates about several ministries crystallized. Prime Minister-designate al- Maliki and Shia Coalition I [...]	2006-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1560	SECTARIAN CONCERNS AT IMN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 4 meeting, Presidential media advisor Hiwa Osman and former Iraqi Media Network (IMN) Directors General Ahmad al-Rikaby and Jalal al-Mashta told Poloff that media will be just as important to stemming violence in Iraq as the security portfolio. They lamented the growing [...]	2006-05-10 19:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAS ECPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1562	JA'AFARI'S FAREWELL: PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a lavish farewell lunch hosted by President Talabani for outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari on May 8, the entire Iraqi political world showed up to pay their respects. In the end, however, Ja'afari's farewell mirrored his tenure as Prime Minister as all those present [...]	2006-05-11 06:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1566	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MUCH SWIRLING, [...] (C) Summary: We still see no closure on the key Interior, Defense and Finance ministry portfolios. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff on May 10 that Tawafuq wanted the Planning, Education and Health Ministries but has not yet received confirmation that they will get them. He also said [...]	2006-05-11 17:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1570	ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...]	2006-05-12 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1572	UNIFIED KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT FORMED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iraqi and foreign government officials gathered on May 7 in Erbil to celebrate the naming of the unified Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Iraqi government officials present included Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi, Speaker Mahmud al-Mashadani, Tawafuq leader Adnan [...]	2006-05-12 18:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1613	COR RANK AND FILE GRUMBLE OVER GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. While their party leaders talked in more restricted settings, in May 14 conversations with PolOffs, a number of Council of Representatives (CoR) rank and file members expressed dissatisfaction with the ministerial positions they understood PM-designate Maliki had offered to their [...]	2006-05-15 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1618	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT'S MOST WANTED: [...] (C) SUMMARY: While waiting for a visa to the U.S. on May 11, newly-appointed Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of State for External Relations Mohammad Ihsan outlined his policy agenda for his term. As the current personal advisor to Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and the former [...]	2006-05-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1623	TAWAFUQ GRUMBLES OVER HEALTH; FADHILA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff May 15 that PM designate Nuri al-Maliki had informed the Sunni Arab bloc that they would not receive, as expected, the Health Ministry. Baban predicted that the Sadr movement would get the ministry instead. Baban said that in compensation, Tawafuq [...]	2006-05-16 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1641	SCIRI POLITBURO MEMBER COMPLAINS ABOUT MALIKI; [...] (C) SCIRI political bureau member Ridha Jawad Taki complained to Poloff May 17 that PM-designate Nuri al-Maliki had failed to keep his word to SCIRI to allow the party to name the Interior Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General and advisors on the PM's staff. Taki said SIPDIS al- [...]	2006-05-17 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1645	BAGHDAD REGIONAL COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ALLEGES FATWA BY [...] (C) Baghdad Regional Council (BRC) Chairman Khadem Al-Shamary told PRT Baghdad PolOff this afternoon that Abdulhadi Al-Haraji, allegedly a spokesman for Moqtada Al-Sadr, issued a fatwa on 16 May ordering the deaths of Mr. Al-Shamary and the remaining Sunni members of the BRC. According to Mr. [...]	2006-05-18 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD165	CONSTITUTION REVIEW SHOULD BE DELAYED SAYS SUNNI [...] (C) Saleh Mutlak, whose National Iraqi Front (NIF) won eleven seats in the December 15 elections, told Poloff on January 18 that Constitutional reform should be put off until the next Council of Representatives. The country cannot focus on the Constitution until there is security - the violenc [...]	2006-01-20 17:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PNAT
06BAGHDAD1655	IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END [...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...]	2006-05-18 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1658	SADR CITY DAC MEMBER ON RECONSTRUCTION; DAC ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Baghdad City Council member Khudair al-Lami told PolOff on May 15 that Sadr City residents would give Coalition Forces (CF) credit for reconstructing their area if large, visible structures were built. It is difficult to notice sewer [...]	2006-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD166	SUNNI LEADERS FEAR STREET REACTION TO ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on January 15 with key leaders from the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC). Sheykh Khalaf Al-Ayan said that Tawaffuq Front was under pressure from the "street" to abandon the political process if the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) assessment d [...]	2006-01-21 03:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1664	MALIKI WINS BROAD CONFIDENCE IN A NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won a wide vote of confidence in a national unity cabinet in a special parliament session on May 20, but not before several Sunni Arab parliamentarians walked out of the session protesting their exclusion and a continued deadlock over the security por [...]	2006-05-20 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1677	MALIKI MOVES QUICKLY TO ACTIVATE CABINET, FILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-elected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met the Ambassador and General Casey May 21 and outlined ambitious plans to jump-start his government and fill the security gaps in his cabinet. Maliki convened both the incoming and outgoing cabinets for a joint meeting May 21 to hand [...]	2006-05-21 20:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1689	CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...]	2006-05-22 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1690	IMPLICATIONS OF SUNNI COALITION SPLIT [...] (C) Summary. The simmering conflict within the Sunni Tawafuq bloc exploded on May 20 when Adb Nasir al-Janabi lead a walkout by about a dozen of the 59 Sunni Arab CoR members during Prime Minister Maliki's presentation of the cabinet (reftel A). The walkout was a manifestation of a long sta [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1691	DISAGREEMENT OVER SPEAKER AUTHORITIES HOLDS UP [...] (SBU) The Council of Representatives (149 members attending) convened its seventh session May 22 for the third reading of the Council's bylaws but adjourned without completing its work. Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiyah chaired the session in the absence of Speaker Mahmoud Mashdani. Since there w [...]	2006-05-22 19:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1703	SENIOR SHIA CLERIC CALLS FOR FOCUS ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarian and senior SCIRI cleric Sheikh Jalal al-Din al-Sagheer told PolOff May 22 that the new government's top priority should beimproving security for the country. Al-Sagheer warned that the Najaf clerical establishment (marja'iyah) is rapidly losing patience and migh [...]	2006-05-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1704	KURDS HAVE MIXED REACTIONS TO AL-MALIKI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 21-22, an informal survey of Kurds from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),and Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),all of whom have ministries in the new government, revealed a little optimism, but mainly deep misgivings about the quality [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1719	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS OUTLINES HER PRIORITIES [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting with Poloffs and ROL Coordinator, newly appointed Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail Salim said she perceives her Ministry has a role both in reducing human rights abuses and in educating the Iraqi public about human rights more generally. She explained that th [...]	2006-05-24 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1735	MUTLAK SAYS HE WANTS TO BE IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Sunni Hewar leader Saleh Mutlak told Poloff on May 23 that he believed SCIRI and perhaps President Talabani engineered the exclusion of his party from the cabinet. Mutlak claimed to be still very interested in being part of the government and was looking for Embassy support. He said, howe [...]	2006-05-24 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1743	QUBAD TALABANI: A PRETENDER TO THE THRONE [...] (C) Summary: In a long conversation on May 22, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington and President Talabani's younger son Qubad Talabani assured PolOff that Prime Minister al- Maliki's cabinet was more competent than former Prime Minister Ja'afari's, and requested E [...]	2006-05-25 03:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1753	FORMER TNA SPEAKER'S CHIEF OF STAFF ASSESSES NEW [...] (C) Summary: Chief of the Research Directorate at the Council of Representatives (CoR) and Chief of Staff to the former Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) Saifaldin Abdul-Rahman told PolOff on May 22 that the current crop of parliamentarians is more sectarian and far less pr [...]	2006-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1754	SENIOR KURDISH AIDE: IRAN WANTS A DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and close confidant Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff on May 23 that all of Iran's activities in Iraq and the broader Middle East were just aimed at jumpstarting bilateral relations with the U.S. He urged Washington to engage Tehran as a means of h [...]	2006-05-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1760	BOMBING OF MULTIPLE MINOR SHRINES IS A NON- EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Baquba cable. The reported bombings of several shrines on May 13-14, which have provoked comparisons in the international press with the late February bombing of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra, appear to have had virtually no effect on Sunni-Shi'a relations in D [...]	2006-05-26 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1764	ASSEMBLY BYLAWS UPDATE: DEBATE CONTINUES ON [...] (C) Council of Representatives Deputy Speaker Arif Taifour confirmed to PolOff and PolFSN May 24 that the current impasse on the allocation of authorities between the Speaker and the two Deputies revolves around the question of who will control staff appointments (reftel). He cited the recent [...]	2006-05-26 20:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1778	SHAWAYS' JADIRIYYA BUNKER REPORT SUMMARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Then Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways met on May 13 with Rule of Law Coordinator Yellin and Poloff to review the findings of the Investigative Committee in the Al-Jadiriyya Shelter, which Shaways chaired. The report, translated on May 20, concluded that serious human rights vi [...]	2006-05-29 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1806	NATIONAL IRAQI MINORITIES COUNCIL CONFERENCE HOLDS [...] (U) On May 27, PolOffs and PolFSN attended the Second Annual National Conference of the Iraqi Minorities Council, held at Baghdad's Rashid Hotel. The conference, attended by about 250 people, opened with remarks by surprise guest Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani. Mashadani [...]	2006-05-29 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1822	MANSOUR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAD SAYS KILLINGS HAVE [...] (C) Hussein Al-Bayati, the human rights lead for the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC),told PolOffs May 24 that the Baghdad neighborhoods of Khadra, Ghazaliya, and Hatin have experienced a marked decrease in reported extrajudicial killings (EJK) over the past month. Based on conversati [...]	2006-05-30 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1825	PARLIAMENT SEEKS IECI GUIDANCE ON HOW MEMBERS ARE [...] (C) Deputy Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Arif Taifour told PolOff and PolFSN May 24 that Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani had sent a letter to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) requesting their guidance on how members who have resigned to become ministers or members of th [...]	2006-05-31 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1833	SADR CITY RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT SECURITY [...] (C) At a May 25 meeting, five Sadr City residents told PolOffs that they were disappointed the security situation had not improved over the past year, and not hopeful that it would improve in the upcoming months. "You can not even trust your own neighbor these days," said Huda, a young female [...]	2006-05-31 13:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ PGOV
06BAGHDAD1834	DEFENSE MINISTRY HUMAN RIGHTS LEAD FOCUSING ON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 24 conversation, MoD's Human Rights lead Iman Naji told PolOffs that her office is developing the capacity to receive and address MoD human rights abuse complaints, but right now is primarily focusing on detainee abuse. Naji's directorate, located within the Inspector G [...]	2006-05-31 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1843	ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR REPORTS SISTANI SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani told Poloff that his May 31 visit to Najaf was successful. During the one day trip, Lamani met separately with Ayatollah Sistani, Fadilah Party Spiritual Leader Muhammad al-Yaqubi, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. Lamani [...]	2006-06-01 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1886	TURKISH ENVOY CELIKKOL PROPOSES SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Special Envoy for Iraq Oguz Celikkol met with Ambassador on May 31 to review his meetings with Vice President Tarik Hashimi, Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, Speaker Mashadani, and Prime Minister Maliki. Celikkol said he invited the Ir [...]	2006-06-05 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1894	PARLIAMENT SESSION POSTPONED; NO VOTE ON MOD OR [...] (U) Three hours after the scheduled session start time, Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiyah announced to the media June 4 the postponement of the Council of Representatives (CoR) session "until further notice" to "give the PM a greater chance to hold further consultations" on the candidates for the [...]	2006-06-05 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1896	MOI CANDIDATE AL-ARAJI A POLITICAL UNKNOWN [...] (C) Ambassador and General Casey met on May 30 with Farook Mohammed Sadik al-Araji, who is under consideration by Prime Minister Maliki for the Interior Minister position. Farook told the Ambassador and General Casey that he is an independent, non-sectarian, has good relations with everyone, [...]	2006-06-05 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1899	DIYALA: MAYOR'S ASSASSINATION CAPS RECENT VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The assassination of the IIP Sunni mayor of Muqdadiyah, Diyala's political center of gravity, caps several weeks of increased violence in and around the city. The perpetrators remain unknown, but Shia are steeling themselves for retaliation while the IIP has pledged not to respond [...]	2006-06-05 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1922	MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS ADVOCATES FOR FULL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 4, PolCouns met with newly appointed Minister of State for Women's Affairs Fatin Abd al-Rahman to congratulate her and re-affirm USG support for women's rights in Iraq. Abd al-Rahman agreed that the ministry should focus on programs that unite women from all backgrounds. [...]	2006-06-07 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1925	PROMINENT WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST POSITIVE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 5, prominent Iraqi women's rights activist Dr. Sundus Abbas told Poloff that Minister of State for Women's Affairs Faten Abd al-Rahman seemed receptive to working with the NGO community. Dr. Abbas expressed cautious optimism about the direction the ministry would take unde [...]	2006-06-07 19:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1926	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES SET TO RECONVENE JUNE [...] (C) In separate meetings June 7, Council of Representatives (CoR) Deputy Speakers Khalid Attiyah and Arif Taifour confirmed to PolOffs and PolFSN that they expected the CoR to reconvene June 8 to vote on the Ministers of Defense and Interior. Prior to the meeting, Taifour's staff confirmed th [...]	2006-06-07 20:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1945	ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY MOVES TO IZ FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani moved out of his house in the MFA compound on June 6 for the International Zone after reported security incidents. Lamani said he continued to plan for the June 20-22 reconciliation conference but conceded that no Arab Foreign Ministers h [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG IZ
06BAGHDAD1957	SADR CITY DAC WOMEN'S AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jasim told PolOff in a June 5 meeting that both he and his wife, fellow Sadr City DAC member and chair of the DAC Women's Affairs Committee Siham Hatab, were told by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members that they must resign their [...]	2006-06-10 04:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1958	SADR CITY DAC MEMBERS ON SECTARIAN DISPLACEMENT, [...] (C) Summary. On June 5, PolOffs met with Sadr City District Advisory Council members to discuss their assessment of security and human rights abuses. DAC Chairman Juwad Kadhem Al-Atabi, Deputy Chairman Abbas Ali Al-Tamimi, and member of the Sadr City human rights committee Dr. Haider Jabr Ze [...]	2006-06-10 04:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1965	SCIRI CONTACTS SAY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF COUNCIL OF [...] (C) At a June 9 luncheon with PolOffs, SCIRI politburo member Ridha Jawad Taki reported that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had rejected multiple SCIRI-proposed candidates for the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers position. According to Taki, Maliki had firmly refused previous Se [...]	2006-06-10 17:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1982	PARLIAMENTARY ATMOSPHERICS AS NEW SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just before his June 8 nomination as Interior Minister, Jawad al-Bolani met with the Ambassador and reconfirmed his loyalty to the government and his independence from any pressures, parties, or party leaders. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was scrambling to deter [...]	2006-06-12 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1985	JUNE 8 PARLIAMENT SESSION DEADLOCKS OVER SPEAKER'S [...] (C) Summary. The June 8 Council of Representatives (CoR) session deadlocked in a dispute over the powers of the Speaker over CoR personnel matters. The Shia Coalition supported an amendment that would limit the authority of the Speaker, thus allowing the two Deputies to overrule the Speaker [...]	2006-06-12 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1994	BADR ORGANIZATION AND FADHILA MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with PolOff, Badr Organization parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al-Din al-Fayyad said the current violence in Basrah can and should be contained by the provincial council. In a June 8 meeting with PolOff, Fadhila parliamentarian Kareem al-Yaqubi, cousin of Fadhil [...]	2006-06-12 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2013	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2026	IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE DELAYED TO AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C delivered on June 12 reftel points to Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ahmed Bin Hili and Ambassador to Iraq Mokhtar Lamani. Bin Hili said that the Iraqi National Accord Conference scheduled for June 20-22 was pushed back to the first week of August due to a date con [...]	2006-06-15 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2028	NEW MINISTER OF DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION BRINGS [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns, RefCoord and IRMO/MODM consultants had a positive initial meeting with the new Minister of Displacement and Migration Abd-al- Samad Rahman Sultan on May 31. Sultan was well informed about all the populations of concern to the Ministry, and expressed a desire for a conti [...]	2006-06-15 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PNAT SMIG KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2047	APPARENT KIDNAPPING OF DIYALA HEALTH DG FROM [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The apparent kidnapping of Diyala's top health official and three companions from inside the Ministry of Health June 12 has raised considerable consternation among Diyala Sunnis. Local officials in the Iraqi Islamic Party, of which the kidna [...]	2006-06-17 10:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ

06BAGHDAD2048	NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR SUGGESTS IRAQ MOVE AWAY FROM [...] (C) After three years on the job Ninewa's vice governor, Khasro Goran, has proven to be a very polished and powerful politician with strong ties to the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan. Goran, a Kurd, sees Iraq's future through a Kurdish lens. In his mind, the Kurds' Arab counterparts [...]	2006-06-17 11:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON
06BAGHDAD2059	XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]	2006-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2065	MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...]	2006-06-19 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2067	INITIAL EMBASSY MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2068	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2081	PARLIAMENT BEGINS COMMITTEE ALLOCATION PROCESS; [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Khalid al-Attiyah told Embassy Legal Adviser June 18 that committee formation should be completed within a week. The CoR session broke early in the afternoon so that the CoR leadership and political bloc leaders could meet t [...]	2006-06-19 14:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2083	SADR CITY CONTACT LOOKS TO START LIBERAL POLITICAL [...] (C) On June 11, Sadr City General Information Center manager Nsaif Jasim told PolOff he and his supporters wanted to start a liberal, secular political party called the Gathering of Iraqi Liberals. A brother-in-law of former Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Siham Hatab (reftel [...]	2006-06-19 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2085	DOCTOR COMPLAINS OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI "TAKEOVERS" AT [...] (C) On June 8, Dr Bashor (LNU),an emergency care physician at Karama hospital (located in the Saliya neighborhood near the IZ),complained to Poloff that Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia hospital "takeovers" have become common practice in several hospitals across Baghdad, including his own. The [...]	2006-06-19 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2099	DAWA ADVISORS TALK ABOUT PM OFFICE, NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. To compensate for a weak cabinet, the Prime Minister has plans to divide his Office into four separate divisions, creating small groups of specialized, expert advisors, organized around key ministries that would provide policy guidance and oversight. The PM has yet to appoint th [...]	2006-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2112	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ALLOCATION [...] (SBU) The political blocs have completed negotiations on the leadership of the 24 permanent Council of Representatives (CoR) committees, but have not finished the committee membership lists. Once the committee member names are finalized, the CoR will vote to approve the composition of each co [...]	2006-06-20 19:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2136	MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR, JAWAD [...] (C) On June 18, EmbOffs met with the new Minister of Interior, Jawad al-Bolani, to congratulate him on his appointment and to pledge ongoing U.S. support for the ministry's efforts to combat terrorism and criminality. EmbOffs emphasized the importance of enhancing public confidence in the mini [...]	2006-06-22 02:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2148	REACTIONS TO THE BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN [...] (C//REL MNFI) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Baghdad Security Plan commenced operation June 14. The June 20 MCNS review of the plan assessed the operation positively, noting room for improvement (reftel). On June 24, the plan will be formally reviewed to determine what modifications are needed to [...]	2006-06-22 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD22	INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQI ELECTIONS (IMIE) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 3, IMIE representatives Fred Schaffer and Reem Ersheid told Poloffs that IMIE is sensitive to the media and political pressures associated with their efforts, and would therefore make a preliminary announcement before IECI's final certification of results. The IECI pl [...]	2006-01-03 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2203	PM PRESENTS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PM Maliki delivered his national reconciliation statement to the Council of Representatives (CoR) June 25. Leaders of political blocs responded in turn, with broadly supportive speeches. Points of contention included de-Baathification and the distinction between terrorists an [...]	2006-06-25 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2238	EU TROIKA QUESTIONS URGENCY OF IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and A/DCM Speckhard met June 24 with an EU Troika delegation (participants listed para 10) to discuss EU policy toward Iraq, particularly with regard to the Compact process. The EU delegation expressed the EU's desire that the Compact be more than "just a pledging exer [...]	2006-06-27 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PREL PINR IZ EUN IR GCC
06BAGHDAD2263	TWO SISTANI STUDENTS COMMENT ON MARJAIYA VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting, Sheikh Ahmed al-Dhahabi and Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi, students of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff the political and economic situation in Iraq is steadily improving but more needs to be done to rebuild the country. Al-Dhahabi relayed to PolOff the Marjaiya [...]	2006-06-27 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PNAT KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2286	ATTACK ON BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS KILLS FOUR [...] (C) On the morning of June 26, the Palestinian "compound" in Baghdad's Baladiat neighborhood was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants. Saeed al-Jafari from the Palestinian Human Rights organization told PolFSN that four residents were killed and nine injured in the melee. PLO representa [...]	2006-06-29 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ JO SY
06BAGHDAD2289	TAWAFUQ INDEPENDENT SEEKS TO FORM NEW COR BLOC -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shaikh Wathab Shakir, who entered the CoR as a member of the National Dialogue Council, claimed to have recently broken with both the NDC and the Tawafuq bloc. As an independent, he claimed to be seeking broad-based support for forming a new bloc, "Iraq First." According to Sha [...]	2006-06-29 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2314	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Pol/C delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who acknowledged the USG perspective, but said that after discussing the matter with the Prime Minister, they have decided that he would attend the Iraq Neighbors Conference in Tehran July 8-9. FM sai [...]	2006-07-02 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AL EG
06BAGHDAD2346	TAWAFUQ WALKS OUT OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY Reactions to the July 1 Sadr City car bombing and kidnapping of a female Tawafuq parliamentarian dominated the July 2 Council of Representatives (CoR) session. A leading Sadrist demanded that the CoR vote to choose a date for MNF-I withdrawal and to activate "popular committees" t [...]	2006-07-03 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2377	UNHCR IRAQ HEAD OF DELEGATION ENGAGES GOI [...] (C) Summary: New UNHCR-Iraq Head of Delegation Janvier de Riedmatten made his initial calls on GOI MOI, MFA, and MODM on July 1 and 2. He advised RefCoord and PolOff that although the GOI Ministries gave positive signals on willingness to help on Makhmour, they did not offer specifics. UNHC [...]	2006-07-06 19:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM UNHCR IZ
06BAGHDAD2445	MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs July 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...]	2006-07-10 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2446	MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs June 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...]	2006-07-10 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2460	VICE CHAIR OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Saleem al-Jaboori, Vice Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Legal Affairs Committee, told Legal Adviser and PolOff July 10 that he expected the Tawafuq members to end their legislative boycott, which he characterized as a signal to the other parties and the USG not to t [...]	2006-07-11 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2461	TAWAFUQ PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Tawafuq members did not participate in the June 11 Council of Representatives (CoR) session although a handful of members sat outside the session room in the cafeteria. A five-person delegation led by Iraqi Islamic Party member Nooraldin al-Hayali made a statement to the media announcing [...]	2006-07-11 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2462	KARKH RESIDENTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF DAILY LIFE [...] (C) Summary. When asked in a meeting with PolOff to identify the most pressing issue affecting their lives, six residents of Baghdad's Karkh district (comprised of a mixture of Sunni, Shia, and Kurds) answered by highlighting the lack of electricity and its affect on their daily lives. Severa [...]	2006-07-12 02:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD2471	FADHILA LEADER CALLS MILITIAS DEFENSIVE MEASURE [...] (C) Summary. In a July 9 meeting with poloffs, Fadhila Party General Secretary Abd al-Rahim al-Hasuna said that his party continued to consider itself a part of the Shia Coalition, despite the "unfair" outcome of the government formation process which left it without any ministries. Al-Hasuna [...]	2006-07-13 02:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2512	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES LEGAL COMMITTEE TO PUSH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 18:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2519	UPDATE ON THE BAHAI: NO PROGESS YET ON IDENTITY [...] (C) On July 4, President of the Bahai National Spiritual Advisory Group Abdul Razaq Abaychi complained to Poloff that no progress had been made toward allowing Bahai to legally register for the national identity card, or "jensiyya" (reftel). Abaychi nonetheless expressed appreciation for the [...]	2006-07-15 17:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2569	PRT BAGHDAD: DISPLACED PERSONS STILL A CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with PolOffs July 9, representatives of the 9 Nissan's District Advisory Council (DAC) described the difficulties facing the IDPs in the area, notably lack of assistance by the Iraqi government and the international community. The representatives commented on insecu [...]	2006-07-18 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD258	ALLAWI ALLY SAYS AYAD OPEN TO OVERSEEING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Safia Suhail told Poloffs January 30 that former PM Allawi would be open to a government appointment overseeing the security ministries. She added that SCIRI's Abd' al-Aziz al-Hakim is trying to establish a political marja'iya in order to remain in power over ever-increasing popul [...]	2006-01-30 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD259	ZEBARI DISCUSSES PM CANDIDATES AND CABINET [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD2590	COR HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIR SUPPORTS HR COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. On July 12, EmbOffs met with newly appointed Chair of the Human Rights Committee for the Council of Representatives (CoR),Mohammed al-Haideri (Shia Coalition/Independent). With less than two weeks under his belt, al-Haideri told PolOff that his Committee was still in the process [...]	2006-07-20 02:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PHUM PNAT
06BAGHDAD262	SADR CITY WOMEN COMPLAIN OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 22 meeting with PolOff, three Sadr City women complained about the challenges women face living in Sadr City, including a serious erosion in their legal rights. The women said that that it is difficult for women to be politically active in Sadr City because they can [...]	2006-01-30 16:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KISL KWMN
06BAGHDAD2632	IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR NONCOMMITTAL ON ARREST [...] (C) Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator urged Iraqi Minister of Interior Bolani to execute immediately the arrest orders for people implicated in abuses at the detention facility known as Site 4. Bolani was noncommittal. Comment: Execution of the arrest orders by Bolani would help demons [...]	2006-07-23 02:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD265	MEETING OF THE BAGHDAD GENERAL SECRETARIAT (BGS) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 28, the BGS met with a proposed agenda including discord among its members, the group's purpose, upcoming provincial elections, and a future meeting of all provincial councils. Instead the BGS Members discussed the absence of some members, salaries, and the need to ra [...]	2006-01-30 19:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2655	IRAQIS AND KURDS INITIATE ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Staff (COS) Karadaghi told Poloff on July 23 that President Talabani was following up on his pledges to curb PKK activity in Iraq. The day after Talabani issued the order to shut down PKK offices in Baghdad, the COS was checking with the MOI on the status of that request. [...]	2006-07-24 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD267	MASHHADANI SAYS SEIZE MOMENT TO END INSURGENCY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc figure Mahmud Mashhadani told Poloff January 29 that his group favors Nadeem al-Jabiri for the prime ministership but is more focused on the dynamics of the next government than its members. Mashhadani said that Tawafuq strongly supported the creat [...]	2006-01-31 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2685	BULLET CONVINCES WOMAN TO VEIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 16 meeting, Radio Al Mahaba reporter Wafa Al-Sagheer told Poloff of recent threats against her life, producing a typed letter warning her to cover her head in public or face violent consequences. To bolster the message, a bullet was also included in the envelope. Whil [...]	2006-07-27 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KWMN PHUM
06BAGHDAD2690	PM MALIKI WEIGHS IN ON DE-BATH RULING [...] (C) Five party leaders from the Iraqiyya list met with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 22 to ask for assistance in reversing De-Ba'thification rulings that prevented three of them from taking their CoR seats. Adnan al-Janabi, Rasim al-Awadi, Saad al-Janabi, (the three who were de-Bathed) joined [...]	2006-07-28 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2704	IRAQI PARTICIPANTS IN US-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FEEL ISOLATED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 08:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD2749	IRAQI REACTION TO SISTANI'S SECOND LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. On July 31, Ayatollah Al-Sayyid al-Sistani issued a strongly worded statement condemning Israeli actions in Lebanon following reports of heavy civilian casualties in Qana. The statement was widely and uncritically reported by local news media. Some Shia observers said that Sista [...]	2006-08-02 02:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD275	IRAQI INTELLECTUALS WANT STRONGMAN, U.S. TO SOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, the MNF-I/Embassy militia working group discussed militias or Extra-Governmental Armed Groups (EGAGs) with members of Iraq's intelligentsia. The Iraqi participants agreed that the GOI has failed to protects its citizens and solve the EGAG problem. Iraq, they asse [...]	2006-01-31 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD2750	VOTE ON ELECTION COMMISSION LAW POSTPONED UNTIL [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the Council of Representatives (CoR) legislative term concluded with a decision to postpone a vote on Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) law until after the August recess. According to contacts on the CoR legal committee, it appears that a inter-committee mi [...]	2006-08-02 02:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM
06BAGHDAD294	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: ALLAWI SAYS SCIRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi told the Ambassador on February 1 that the Shia Coalition is confused, with SCIRI fearing a Sadrist and Fadhila pullout. Allawi claimed that Mohammed Ridha Sistani is exerting efforts to hold the coalition together, but has limited influence over the Fadhila Party. Referri [...]	2006-02-01 20:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2959	REPORTED CHANGES AT THE DE-BAATHIFICATION [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. In an August 9 meeting, National De-Baathification Commission (NDC) General Secretary Talib Al-Muhanna (a Jafari holdover) said that Jalal Ad-Din Al-Sagheer was the new temporary Chairman of the NDC, with a mandate to remain in the position until the Council of Representat [...]	2006-08-14 19:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3012	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNORATES COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met August 16 with Deputy Chair of the Council of Representatives' (CoR) Committee on Regions and Governorate Affairs Nada Abdullah al-Sudani (Shia Coalition/Dawa). Al-Sudani said she had collaborated with fellow Shia Coalition member Minister of CoR Affairs Safa al-Safi [...]	2006-08-18 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3036	KRG TELLS UNCHR THEY OPPOSE MAKHMOUR INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR-Iraq officials Burgi Englbrecht and Charlie Lynch met August 6-8 with KRG officials and residents of the Makhmour refugee camp. According to Englebrecht and Lynch, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Omar Fattah Hussayn, KRG Minister of Interior Osman Haji Mahmud, and Chief of Staff [...]	2006-08-21 08:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM UNHCR IZ TU
06BAGHDAD3145	TRIBAL SHAYKHS ENDORSE PM RECONCILIATION PLAN, [...] (C) Minister of State for National Dialogue Akram Al-Hakim hosted the first of four promised reconciliation conferences (reftel) August 26. Prime Minister Maliki addressed the event, which was attended by over 500 tribal representatives at Baghdad's Babylon Hotel. The attendees endorsed the P [...]	2006-08-28 10:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3158	DEPUTY LEGAL CHAIR (TAWAFUQ) HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Chair of the Legal Committee Saleem Al-Jaboori (Tawafuq) told Embassy Legal Adviser and PolOff August 22 that Tawafuq wants federalism-related legislation on region formation delayed until after the constitutional review process is complete. He said Tawafuq is consideri [...]	2006-08-28 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD319	IECI COMMISSIONER SAFWAT ARGUES FOR DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IECI Commissioner Safwat told poloffs February 1 that provincial elections should be delayed until at least midyear to give the IECI more time to prepare. He added that the IECI would need changes and improvements, with priorities including revamping the voter registry and reform [...]	2006-02-04 18:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ UN
06BAGHDAD320	IECI COMMISSIONER SAFWAT ARGUES FOR DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: IECI Commissioner Safwat told poloffs February 1 that provincial elections should be delayed until at least midyear to give the IECI more time to prepare. He added that the IECI would need changes and improvements, with priorities including revamping the voter registry and reform [...]	2006-02-04 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ UN
06BAGHDAD3224	SPEAKER NOT OUT OF THE WOODS; REPORTEDLY CEDES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Speaker of the Council of Representatives Mahmoud Al-Mashadani has reportedly ceded some of his authorities to Deputy Speaker Khalid Al-Attiyah as part of an agreement to try to preserve his position. While press speculation that he may be removed as Speaker has largely disap [...]	2006-09-01 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3253	GOI, KRG CONFLICT OVER BARZANI DECREE BANNING [...] (C) In a meeting with President Talabani on September 2, Charge d'Affaires raised the issue of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's recent Kurdistan Decree No. 60 on banning the raising of the current Iraqi flag in KRG-administered territory. Talabani attempted to cla [...]	2006-09-04 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3254	HONOR KILLINGS AND SUICIDE BURNINGS REPORTEDLY ON [...] (C) Summary. Kurdistan civil society and political leaders warned PolOffs in separate conversations late August that honor killings and suicide burnings were on the rise. Representatives of women's shelters in Kurdistan said that women were seeking out their help more frequently and that they [...]	2006-09-04 19:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3260	GOI, KRG CONFLICT OVER BARZANI DECREE BANNING [...] (C) In a meeting with President Talabani on September 2, the Charge raised the issue of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's recent Kurdistan decree No. 60 on banning the raising of the current Iraqi flag in KRG-administered territory. Talabani attempted to clarify t [...]	2006-09-05 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD328	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SECURITY DISPUTES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Iraqi leadership luncheon at the Ambassador's residence February 4, bringing together the four largest blocs in the parliament, produced a heated argument over Ministry of Interior raids and alleged abuses. Prime Minister Ja'afari argued to a group of dubious Tawaffuq leaders [...]	2006-02-05 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3318	KRG HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSSES TRANSITION, [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting, KRG Minister of Human Rights Yousif Mohammed Aziz told PolOff that the integration of the two KRG human rights ministries had proceeded smoothly (ref A) and that he was looking forward to developing the new ministry into a stronger institution. As such, he was ins [...]	2006-09-06 20:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD332	FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...]	2006-02-06 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3345	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BAATH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Salah ad Din Province Vice Governor Abdullah H. M. Ejbarah claims the Baath Party is planning to hold a national convention in Salah ad Din province before the end of the year to begin the party's reintegration into Iraq's political process. The party will expel Saddam to demons [...]	2006-09-09 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3357	KURDS HOLDING FIRM ON FLAG, CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] (C) Senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Council of Representatives (CoR) member Saadi al-Barzinji said on September 7 that he could not understand the U.S. Embassy's reaction to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's statement on flying the 1958 Iraqi flag rather th [...]	2006-09-10 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3374	ABU GHRAIB PRISON TRANSFERRED TO GOI, FUTURE USE [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Effective September 1, 2006, responsibilities for securing and administering Abu Ghraib prison transferred to an on-site Iraq Army unit and Ministry of Justice officials. A platoon of U.S. Marines will remain at the location until mid-Sept [...]	2006-09-11 06:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3407	IRAQI WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER OFF TO A SLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. After three months on the job, little has changed within the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MOWA) under Minister Fatin Abd al-Rahman. Abd al-Rahman's personal concerns have largely dominated her time in the ministry. MOWA Economic Advisor Salam Smeisim said that Abd al- [...]	2006-09-13 06:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD3422	AHD AL-IRAQ TO PRESENT DRAFT LEGISLATION IN NEXT COR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD3423	IRAQI WOMEN JOURNALISTS: LABOR ISSUES, NOT SECURITY, [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 06:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD3458	DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Qusay Al Qubaisy, chief advisor to FM Zebary. Al Qubaisy said he relayed the message to both FM Zebary and Deputy FM Mohammad Bidan, who is traveling with the delegation. Al Qubaisy told poloff that both Zebary and Bidan appreciated USG views on the cri [...]	2006-09-15 05:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC SU IZ
06BAGHDAD3471	FALLUJAH - DISPLACED SUNNI ARABS RELOCATE TO AL [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Sectarian violence has prompted thousands of Sunni-Arabs to relocate to Al Anbar Province. Many have moved to Fallujah given its proximity to Baghdad and lack of Shia militia activity. Fallujah city leaders have taken steps to address the [...]	2006-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3498	DRAFT IRAQ ELECTION COMMISSION LAW UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Election Commission of Iraq (IECI) commissioners and International Election Assistance Team officials (IEAT) are concerned about the draft law to form a permanent election commission, worsening IECI morale, and a loss of IECI capacity due to staff departures. Election [...]	2006-09-18 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PNAT
06BAGHDAD3501	AL ANBAR GOVERNOR QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar Governor Ma'moun Sami Rasheed Al- Awani told MNF-W Deputy Commanding General and Al Anbar PolOff August 21 that central government officials appeared to want to sideline the province. The lack of sustained financial resources prov [...]	2006-09-19 06:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3529	NO FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON FEDERALISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to CoR contacts, the political bloc leaders meeting held late on September 18 ended with a "compromise deal" of sorts. Under this Kurdish-proposed agreement, all sides concurred that the first reading of the regions formation law be postponed for a number of days. In [...]	2006-09-20 17:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3534	REGIONS LAW ACTION NOW SET FOR SEPTEMBER 24 [...] (C) CoR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashadani announced to the CoR September 20 that the parliamentary bloc leaders had agreed to delay action on the region formation law until September 24. The agreement states that "we agreed on how to deal with these issues, among them the draft law on region form [...]	2006-09-21 05:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3535	CIVIL SOCIETY NATIONAL RECONCILLIATION CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second of four national reconciliation conferences was held in Baghdad September 16-17. The conference, organized by the Ministries of State for National Dialogue and Civil Society Affairs, focused on the importance of civil society organizations in national reconciliation. [...]	2006-09-21 05:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD356	ELECTORAL PANEL TO START FINAL DELIBERATIONS [...] (C) Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) UN International Commissioner Craig Jenness and UN Legal Adviser to the IECI Jose Maria Aranaz told poloffs February 5 that the final court decisions on the appeals could be completed as early as February 8. Aranaz explained that the Transit [...]	2006-02-06 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD357	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHAHRISTANI SAYS GAP [...] (C) Shia Independent PM candidate Shahristani told visiting DAS Godec February 6 that the gap has narrowed considerably in UIA 555 discussion on PM candidates. Both Shahristani and Shia Independent Sami al-Askari told us February 6 that the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) would put the mat [...]	2006-02-06 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PNAT
06BAGHDAD3626	IRAQ'S COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq,s Council of Representatives (CoR) approved the membership of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) and conducted the first reading of the region formation law September 26, despite efforts by members of Sunni parties Hewar and National Dialogue Council to disrupt the r [...]	2006-09-27 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3628	IRAQ'S COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq's Council of Representatives (CoR) approved the membership of the Constitution Review Committee (CRC) and conducted the first reading of the region formation law September 26, despite efforts by members of Sunni parties Hewar and National Dialogue Council to disrupt the r [...]	2006-09-28 05:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3689	STATE MINISTER CRITICAL OF COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with EmbOffs September 27, the Shiite Minister of State for Council of Representatives (CoR) Affairs Safa al-Safi was critical of the CoR for infringing on executive functions and often acting in ignorance of the Constitution and its own bylaws. He [...]	2006-10-03 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3693	POLITICAL LEADERSHIP WELCOMES MALIKI PEACE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The four-point agreement signed October 2 by representatives of all the main Sunni and Shia political groups pledging to end militia violence was met with optimism by most national-level GOI contacts poloffs spoke to. Some Sunni political leaders noted that while the [...]	2006-10-03 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3727	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER UPBEAT TO CODEL FRIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not downplaying the security challenge facing Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki gave an upbeat assessment to CODEL Frist. He hailed the four point agreement announced October 2 (reftel) as a genuine effort by diverse political parties to work together on security and said that [...]	2006-10-07 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD374	SHARIA COURTS UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on January 22, 23, and 24, Shia imam Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Mustafa Jasim told PolOff and Pol/FSN about extra- judicial sharia courts operating in Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad, and [...]	2006-02-07 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER IZ KDEM KWMN
06BAGHDAD3789	REGION FORMATION LAW PASSES AFTER LAST-MINUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Council of Representatives (CoR) passed the region formation law October 11. While it seemed initially that quorum would not be reached, vigorous side negotiations between parliamentary party leaders led to changes in the text that brought some Iraqiyya members back into ses [...]	2006-10-11 19:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3792	BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN PROGRESS IN MANSOUR DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil affairs construction teams and the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC) have reported signs of success in the two Baghdad Security Plan Special Focus Areas located in the Mansour District. Trash pick up in the Ameriya Focus Area is 65% complete and the neighborhood's res [...]	2006-10-12 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD383	NEW SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIANS TALK ABOUT MOI, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 introductory meeting, two newly-elected SCIRI parliamentarians rejected Sunni complaints about MOI abuses and stated that Minister of Interior (SCIRI) Bayan Jabr is doing an excellent job. They added that the Shia Coalition will insist on retaining the MOI in g [...]	2006-02-08 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD3835	VP HASHIMI AND SUNNI ARABS BATTLE FOR A PLACE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent meetings with the Ambassador, Sunni Arab VP Tariq Al-Hashimi has taken a more upbeat tone when discussing the political process and prospects for cooperation with other players. This is a significant change from Hashimi's tenor during August and early September, wher [...]	2006-10-15 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3900	DAWA STRATEGIST ON PARTY'S SUPPORT FOR FEDERALISM [...] (C) Falih al-Fiyadh, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Dawa party strategist, told PolOff on October 16 that the Dawa party supported SCIRI in its drive to pass a regions formation law (reftel) because the party supports the principle of federalism and wanted to respect the constitu [...]	2006-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3927	TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...]	2006-10-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
06BAGHDAD393	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) Human Rights Committee lodged complaints January 28 about the alleged abuse of human rights of MOI and MOD detainees. IIP presented to EmbOffs lists of detainees held by MNF-I, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior. The IIP Committ [...]	2006-02-09 08:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD396	SHIA INDEPENDENT: WHO WILL DEFEND IRAQ WHEN U.S. [...] (C) Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) independent parliamentarian Sami al-Askari asked PolOff in a February 6 meeting, "Who will defend Iraq after coalition forces (CF) leave?" Al-Askari said he is concerned that the U.S. will withdraw its forces soon because of its domestic political situat [...]	2006-02-09 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR
06BAGHDAD3964	DE-BAATH REFORM LEGISLATION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The Higher National De-Baathification Commission (HNDBC) has been working on draft reform legislation since August, and Chairman Ahmed Chalabi recently passed the updated version to the Ambassador for review. The draft law contains few substantive changes from the previous [...]	2006-10-22 18:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV
06BAGHDAD3965	IRAQI DEPUTY MINISTERS COMMENT ON SITE 4 [...] (C) As reported previously, Minister of Interior Bolani formed three committees to investigate the cases of the 52 policemen for whom arrest warrants were issued in connection with the abuses at the former detention facility known as Site 4. These policemen include Major General Mahdi Sobiah, [...]	2006-10-22 18:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD3971	IRAQI MP GIVES SHI'A NARRATIVE OF DIYALA'S [...] (C) Summary: According to Diyala native and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Taha Der'a al-Saadi (Shi'a coalition independent),nascent cross-sectarian security cooperation in Iraq's Diyala governorate has ended and Sunnis, with the help of local offcials, are actively seeking to expe [...]	2006-10-23 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINS PREL
06BAGHDAD3985	IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLAME PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16 with President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, both assured the Ambassador that the third National Reconciliation Conference for Political Party leaders was "indefinitely postponed," rather than cancelled outright. Both Talaban [...]	2006-10-23 19:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3986	IRAQI DEPUTY MOI SAYS INVESTIGATIONS COMPLETE [...] (C) On October 21 Deputy Minister of Interior for Security Ayden told us that the three committees formed by Minister of Interior Bolani to investigate Site 4 had finished their work and had recommended that most of the arrest warrants issued by an Iraqi investigative judge be issued. (As repo [...]	2006-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD3992	PRT ANBAR: IRAQ DEPUTY NSA ON ANBAR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Safa A. Hussein provided an analysis to Anbar PRT PolOff October 19 of recent developments in Anbar regarding reconciliation between the provincial government and the tribes. He expressed cautious optimism regarding the poss [...]	2006-10-24 18:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KDEM PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD401	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHIA COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate February 8 conversations with PolOffs, two Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) members expressed opposition to the proposed National Security Council. One of them, independent Taha Dera' al-Saadi, said that the entity would be anti- constitutional and could undermine [...]	2006-02-09 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD402	SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]	2006-02-10 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4020	IRAQ'S REGIONS FORMATION LAW: LESSONS LEARNED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed on October 11 a law defining the executive procedures for forming regions (ref E). The law was extremely contentious: all Arab Sunni MPs boycotted the session where the vote took place, and some described the law as paving the [...]	2006-10-29 03:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4023	BAGHDAD'S KARADA DISTRICT SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 PolOff met with Abdulla Amir, Deputy Council Chairman and District Douncil Security Chairman in Karada, a relatively prosperous, predominantly Shia but mixed Baghdad district near the International Zone (IZ). Abdulla told PolOff that Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) militia me [...]	2006-10-29 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD407	RAIDS AND RANSOMS: UNIFORMED MEN SPREAD FEAR IN [...] (C) Summary: Residents of Al-Adhamiyah District in Baghdad told Poloff, February 8, that several organized raids had taken place over the past few months in which uniformed men had taken family members from their homes at night. Many of their family members, they said, were ransomed for releas [...]	2006-02-10 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD409	IECI ANNOUNCES CERTIFIED ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) At a February 10 press conference, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) formally announced the certification of results for the December 15 Council of Representatives elections. The press conference was called to order by IECI Chairman Izaddin Hindawi who thanked all contri [...]	2006-02-10 18:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ

06BAGHDAD4109	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP ILC UNGA IZ
06BAGHDAD4110	TURKISH EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD INACTIVE ON PKK, [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs informed Turkish Embassy in Baghdad DCM Yazal about the recent meeting that UNHCR held with the GOI and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) regarding the future of the Makhmour refugee camp; Yazal was unaware of the meeting. Poloffs encouraged the GOT to engage with the [...]	2006-11-03 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU
06BAGHDAD4119	BAGHDAD PRT - CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18 Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers and PolOff attended an NGO-sponsored conference to generate support for provincial elections and governorate powers legislation. The conference was hosted by the NGO Najaf Human Rights Commission and brought toge [...]	2006-11-04 10:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD414	INSURGENTS DISABLE ANBAR TELEPHONE NETWORK [...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Attacks on a Ramadi telecommunications office have left much of the province without landlines (no cell phone network has survived in the troubled province.) Local officials speculate that beyond satisfying the terrorist's goal of creating chaos, [...]	2006-02-11 07:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD420	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...]	2006-02-11 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD421	(U) PROMINENT KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN [...] (S) Summary: In a February 8 meeting, outspoken Kurdish negotiator Dr. Mahmud Othman bitterly criticized the Prime Minister candidates as unfit to lead and claimed that the Shia Islamist Coalition's delay naming its prime minister candidate had made Iraq look foolish. Othman urged the U.S. g [...]	2006-02-11 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD422	(U) KURDISH NEGOTIATOR SHAWAYS FRUSTRATED AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Rowsh Shaways told PolCouns and PolOff on February 9 that he was pessimistic that government formation negotiations would be finished anytime soon. Shaways expressed frustration at the bickering inside the [...]	2006-02-11 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD423	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: VERY CLOSE COUNT ON [...] (C) Summary: In the competition for Iraq's Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) to name a prime minister nominee, we estimate that incumbent Prime Minister Jafari has a slim lead on challenger Adil Abd al-Mahdi, but the race is too close to call. On February 11, Shia Coalition members decided [...]	2006-02-11 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4242	PUK PARLIAMENTARIAN TANIA GILLY ON FUTURE OF KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 12, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Council of Representatives (CoR) member Tanya Gilly expressed the Kurds, determination to hold the referendum on Kirkuk by December 31, 2007 as specified in Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution. She also articulat [...]	2006-11-15 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4245	PRT ERBIL: KRG PESHMERGA MINISTER'S TAKE ON TURKEY [...] (C) This is a PRT Erbil cable. Omer Othman (known as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views on Kurdish-U.S. relations, the PKK, negotiations with Baghdad, and freedom of the [...]	2006-11-15 11:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4248	GOI OFFICIALS CONDEMN KIDNAPPINGS; MANY STATEMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the November 14 kidnapping of dozens of people from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, GOI officials and Council of Representatives (CoR) members have issued strong statements condemning the incident. Many statements reflect sectarian divi [...]	2006-11-15 11:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4271	REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD432	INITIAL REACTION TO JAFARI NOMINATION: MUTED [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) February 12 voted 64-63 to renominate incumbent Ibrahim Jafari as Prime Minister. Jafari was supported by his Dawa Party, Dawa Tanzim, the Sadrists, and some independents in the Coalition. Jafari's challenger, Deputy President Adil Abd al- [...]	2006-02-13 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4347	RECONCILIATION MINISTER DISCUSSES CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: On November 23 the Ambassador met Akram al-Hakim, Minister of State for National Dialogue and Reconciliation. They discussed obstacles to the reconciliation process, the recent travels of a delegation from the National Reconciliation Commission, the recently-postponed political [...]	2006-11-25 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4367	REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4376	COR HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE -- DIVERSE PLAYERS, [...] (C) Summary. After almost 5 months and countless meetings, the Council of Representatives (CoR) Human Rights Committee has yet to demonstrate that it will be an effective entity to draft or review key human rights legislation or substantially engage the CoR on its issues. Comprised of diverse [...]	2006-11-28 03:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4405	WHAT A SADRIST WITHDRAWAL FROM GOI WOULD - AND [...] (C) Summary: The Sadrist threat to pull out of Prime Minister Maliki's government if he meets with President Bush in Jordan is likely an empty one. The Sadrists have threatened to suspend their Council of Representatives (CoR) membership previously, but have not done so (although they have [...]	2006-11-29 17:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD442	FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ASSASSINATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assailants assassinated Sheikh Kamal Shakir Al-Nazal. Fallujah City Council (FCC) Chairman and senior city imam, on February 7, 2006 in central Fallujah. He had generally pursued a cooperative relationship with coalition forces. Sheikh Kamal, along with other Fallujah imams and [...]	2006-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4422	UNAMI TO REDUCE IRAQI STAFF BY 40% [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 20:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO KU IZ
06BAGHDAD443	(U) KDP AND PUK ALLIANCE NOT ALL SMILES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 8 dinner party at Iraqi Minister of Planning (and senior PUK Politburo member) Barham Saleh's house, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Intelligence Chief Masrur Barzani revealed deep-seated suspicions of the rival Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),confirming th [...]	2006-02-13 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD444	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDISH MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY On February 13, the day after the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) decision on PM nomination, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih cautioned poloffs against assuming that Jafari now has a lock on the premiership. Salih said he would push for Thamir Ghadb [...]	2006-02-13 20:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4451	ADNAN DULAYMI'S GUARDS IN POLICE CUSTODY [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs have received numerous reports from the mixed Sunni-Shia Al-Adil neighborhood, where Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan Dulaymi is based, of anti-Shia harassment and violent acts attributed to Dulaymi's security detail. In a controversial twist, nine of Dulaymi's bodyguard [...]	2006-12-05 09:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4461	SADRIST TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ'S [...] (U) Iraq,s Sadrists have commenced their "temporary withdrawal" from the government as they promised in a press statement after Prime Minister Maliki met with President Bush in Amman on November 30. None of the five Sadrist ministers attended the Council of Ministers meeting on December 3. C [...]	2006-12-05 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4464	BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...]	2006-12-06 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4503	KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...]	2006-12-10 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD451	UN DISTRESS OVER STAFF HOUSING AVERTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi met Ambassador Khalilzad on January 26 and hinted that the UN would re-evaluate its presence in Iraq if security concerns for housing of its staff in Baghdad were not addressed. Qazi said the UN was concerned a [...]	2006-02-14 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT UNSC PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4510	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON PRISON INSPECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Human Rights Wijdan complained to Human Rights Officer December 6 that the Ministry of Interior had begun preventing her inspection teams from accessing MoI detention facilities, having turned her teams away during the last three inspection attempts. She admitted that [...]	2006-12-10 18:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM DOJ CRIM OPDAT KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4571	AL ANBAR: IRAQI SOLDIERS DISCUSS GOI, [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar PolOff met in early and mid-December 2006 with several Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units and Coalition trainers December 4-6 based near Fallujah to discuss Baghdad violence, CF training efforts, GOI logistical support, an [...]	2006-12-15 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4581	UNAMI DEPUTY DISCUSSES DRAWDOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 12, DCM met with UN Deputy Special Representative to the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Michael von der Schulenburg to express strong concern over the signal the UN decision to draw down UNAMI's in-country staff would send and the ability of UNAMI to stay meaningfully engag [...]	2006-12-16 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IO IZ
06BAGHDAD4605	WOMEN,S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS GRADE COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of prominent women's rights activists gathered in early December to critique the government institutions that most affect their work. Speaking on issues beyond just women's rights, the group expressed the view that none of the three bodies that most influence their activit [...]	2006-12-18 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4609	IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERTAE [...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on the evening of December 16, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's [...]	2006-12-18 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4612	ANOTHER SENIOR DAWA FIGURE QUESTIONS THE MODERATE [...] (S) Falih al-Fiyadh, a senior Dawa figure who is a member of the Council of Representatives (CoR) and of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, told PolCouns December 17 that he had serious doubts about the efficacy and utility of and the intentions behind the emerging moderate fron [...]	2006-12-18 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4613	POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...]	2006-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD462	MINISTRY OF INTERIOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Interior Director for Internal Affairs Brigadier General Ahmed Taha Al Mosawi (strictly protect) told Poloff February 8 that he has evidence linking MoI Commandos to widespread abductions and extra-judicial killings. Saying that he was too fearful for his life and the [...]	2006-02-14 20:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4622	DISABLED IN IRAQ: HANDICAPPED SOCIETY DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Iraqi Handicapped Society (IHS) told Emboffs December 13 that physically and mentally handicapped persons continued to be marginalized in Iraq, receiving little political attention or services from the government. "In the old regime, Saddam paid little attention [...]	2006-12-19 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD463	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: HIZBALLAH LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi politicos are still adjusting to the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Jafari being named again by the Shia Islamist Coalition to be its prime minister nominee. A key element of the Shia Coalition, the SCIRI party, is worried about the rising influence of the rival Sad [...]	2006-02-14 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD47	IRAQI ELECTION COMMISSION DISQUALIFIES IRAQI VOTE [...] (C) On January 4, Commissioner Safwat Sidqi told Poloff that the IECI Board had disqualified all of the Istanbul votes due to strong evidence of fraud. Ninety-five percent of these votes, estimated between 10,000-20,000, were for the Iraqi Turkman Front. The disqualification of these votes w [...]	2006-01-06 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD4706	IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...]	2006-12-26 07:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4721	SHI'A INDEPENDENT ON SISTANI, NEW POLITICAL FRONT, [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah, Shi'a independent and First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave Charge a readout of his December 23 trip to Najaf. Al-Attiyah and several other Shi'a leaders, primarily from the Dawa party, visited Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Muqtada al [...]	2006-12-27 06:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4776	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4777	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD480	RE-ELECTED INDEPENDENT SHIA ISLAMIST [...] (C) At a February 14 introductory meeting, Hassan Radi Khadim al-Sari, leader of the Hezbollah Movement of Iraq Party, repeatedly railed against the Embassy for reaching out to Sunni "terrorists" and for ignoring the Shia. He said the U.S.-Shia relationship used to be a partnership, but that [...]	2006-02-16 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD481	SCHEMING IN BAGHDAD: SUNNI ARAB DESCRIBES PLAN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Allawi allies told us February 15 that the USG should urge Talabani to join with Sunni Arabs and Allawi to form a larger parliamentary bloc than that of the Shia Islamist List 555. Separately, Sunni Arab Tawafuq Front official Mahmoud al-Mashadani speculated that Sunni and Kurdi [...]	2006-02-16 09:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM
06BAGHDAD49	INTERNATIONAL MONITOR GROUP'S GOAL TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting, the international monitoring group (IMIE) representative Mazen Chouib confirmed to Poloff that the IMIE assessment team's goal is to produce a preliminary statement on their findings before the Iraqi election commission (IECI) announces its own preliminary election [...]	2006-01-06 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD490	SADR CITY DAC MEMBERS PREDICT JA'FARI WIN WILL [...] (C) Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) chair Hassan Shama and Sadr City DAC member Dr. Haider Jabar Ziden told PolOff in a February 13 meeting that Prime Minister (PM) Ibrahim Ja'fari's renomination to the PM post will likely boost Sadrist influence in Sadr City. Ja'fari has thus far al [...]	2006-02-16 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD496	BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS PREDICTS [...] (C) Baghdad Provincial Council member and Sadr City resident Fatima Hassan al-Muqdadi told PolOff in a February 12 meeting that her Dawa Party would like to see 25 percent of provincial and local government representatives be female. Other political parties, she said, are actively recruiting [...]	2006-02-16 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD497	(U) KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN: KIRKUK IS [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish government formation negotiating team member Dr. Mahmud Othman told PolOffs on February 15 that he stood by his comments in Al Dustour newspaper calling on Prime Minister- elect Ja'afari to commit publicly to resolving the Kirkuk issue. On Ja'afari nomination, Othman su [...]	2006-02-16 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD498	ZEBARI SAYS JAFARI DOES NOT HAVE LOCK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY FM Zebari told PolCouns February 16 that Jafari does not have a lock on the premiership, although Zebari doubted SCIRI and Fadhila would leave the Shia Coalition as that would be contrary to the wishes of Grand Ayatollah Sistani. SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini, told Pol [...]	2006-02-16 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM
06BAGHDAD499	INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLES 54 AND 55: COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Article 54 of the new Iraqi Constitution requires that the Presidency Council issue a decree within fifteen days of the certification of election results to convene the Council of Representatives (CoR). It does not require the CoR to convene within 15 days of the certification o [...]	2006-02-17 01:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD508	PM SENIOR ADVISOR PREDICTS GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. In a February 15 meeting, Jafari senior advisor Hassan Hamid Hassan Al-Seneid told PolOffs that the Shia Coalition has placed conditions on Jafari assuming the premiership, as well as on any other Shia Coalition holder of positions in the new government. He estimated that govern [...]	2006-02-17 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD509	FADHILA MEMBER AND SUNNI ARAB SHAYKH STRESS [...] SUMMARY: In a February 16 meeting, Fadhila Member Mohammed al-Kusai told PolOff that he doubted PM Jafari would be successful leading the new government. However, he maintained that the UIC 555 would seek to motivate Jafari to perform well. Also on February 16, an al-Dulaymi tribal leader lin [...]	2006-02-17 19:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD51	(U) DAWA MEMBERS THINK SHIA COALITION STILL FAR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, senior Dawa Party members Ali al-Adeeb and Jawad al-Maliki thought the decision on whom the Shia Islamist camp would put forward as prime minister is still some distance off. They both acknowledged tough competition between current Prime Minister, and Dawa l [...]	2006-01-07 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD510	DECLARED SHIA INDEPENDENT WORRIES ABOUT FRACTIOUS [...] (C) At a February 16 introductory meeting, independent Shia Coalition member Shatha Mosa Sadiq al-Mousawi expressed her strong resentment toward the Embassy for reaching out to Ayad Allawi and Sunni "Ba'thists" and for "ignoring" the Shia. She warned that public perception about Americans is [...]	2006-02-17 20:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD515	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Maysoon Ahmad Bekr, head of women's programs for the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),and Shatha Abd al-Razzak, IIP member of the Council of Representatives from Salah al-Din province and a member of the Iraq's Promise (Ahad al-Iraq) movement, told Poloff February 16 that the IIP wome [...]	2006-02-18 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD516	FORMER EXILE IRAQI BUSINESSMAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary. Former exile Iraqi businessman Muhanned Eshaiker, cousin to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, described the challenges of doing business in Baghdad: when and whether to pay bribes, the difficulty of finding qualified, energetic professional workers, and keeping up with the politic [...]	2006-02-19 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD517	KIU OFFICIALS SAY THEY,RE JOINING KURDISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 15 meeting, Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) head Salah ad-Din Baha al-Din informed Ambassador that the KIU decided to join the Kurdistan Alliance (KA) after weeks of pressure from the two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Ku [...]	2006-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD519	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SYG REQUESTS USG HELP TO HIRE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 13, the day after the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) nominated Ibrahim Jafari for Prime Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General (SYG) Emad Dhia al-Khirsan told PolOffs that Jafari knows there were weaknesses in his administration. Dhia said that he is trying t [...]	2006-02-19 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD53	(U) SENIOR DAWA MEMBER ON THE SECURITY SITUATION: [...] (C/REL TO MNF-I) In a meeting with senior Dawa Party member Ali al-Adeeb on January 3, al-Adeeb blamed the Iraqi government's difficulties with the security situation on the "interference of American advisors." Al-Adeeb complained that the Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr was being restrained [...]	2006-01-08 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD548	DANISH DCM COMMENTS ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Danish DCM Torkild Byg told Poloff February 20 that Denmark is getting mixed signals from the Iraqi Government on whether the Danes are welcome in Iraq in the aftermath of protests over publication of the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Foreign Minister Zebari and Defense Minister [...]	2006-02-21 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DA IZ
06BAGHDAD550	DEPUTY TNA SPEAKER SPECULATES ON FUTURE [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Poloff, Deputy TNA Speaker Arif Taifour discussed the transition from the Transitional National Assembly to the Council of Representatives (CoR). He speculated that he or Fu'ad Ma'asum (leader of the Kurdish Alliance delegation in the TNA) would be a Deput [...]	2006-02-21 19:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD551	MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS LOSING ITS DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Minister of Human Rights Aida Ossairan told PolOff February 16 that she will leave the Ministry within the next two weeks to focus on her new role as a Council of Representatives member. In that capacity, she said, she will seek to head up the Human Rights Committee. Ossair [...]	2006-02-21 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD563	SECTARIAN NERVES ON EDGE AFTER SAMARRA SHRINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are many rumors of attacks on Sunni religious sites and anti-Sunni demonstrations in the wake of the February 22 bombing of the Shia holy mosque in Samarra, but there appears to be much less occurring on the ground. Sunni Arab Iraqi Islamic Party Deputy Secretary-General A [...]	2006-02-22 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD569	POLITICAL UPDATE: SHAWAYS DOUBTS NON-SHIA [...] (S) Summary. The Kurds together with the Sunni Arab bloc and Ayad Allawi's group are writing up a program that they can present as a national salvation front program. They aim to attract Shia Islamists who will split from Prime Minister Jafari. Deputy Prime Minister Shaways told PolOffs Feb [...]	2006-02-22 20:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV
06BAGHDAD570	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE, FEBRUARY 22 - [...] (S) The effort to oust Ibrahim Jafari from the Prime Ministry is on two tracks. February 21 and February 22 the Kurdish/Allawi/Sunni Arab group began developing the principles from the meeting a month in Kurdistan into a broader government program. This program would be introduced be the K [...]	2006-02-22 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD573	PATRIARCH DELLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly told PolOff that conditions for his community were getting worse. He expressed concern about human rights, religious freedom and political representation for Chaldean Catholics in Iraq. He noted that Christians elected to the [...]	2006-02-23 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD574	(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...]	2006-02-23 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD581	ARAB LEAGUE VISIT TO BAGHDAD: WAIT UNTIL MARCH FOR [...] (C) Following three days of meetings with senior Iraqi officials, the Arab League (AL) delegation left with no set details for the AL-sponsored conference on Iraq. During a February 22 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed al-Abbawi told PolOff that AL meet [...]	2006-02-23 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
06BAGHDAD583	IRAQI LEGAL ADVISERS AGREE THAT COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary. The requirements of Article 54 of the Constitution continue to elicit multiple legal opinions. In separate meetings February 21 and 22, TNA Legal Committee Muhsin Saadoun and Presidency Council Legal Adviser Ameer Al-Shammari offered separate interpretations. The former said Ar [...]	2006-02-23 18:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD584	SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK [...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...]	2006-02-23 20:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD591	SUNNI ARAB LEADERS' REACTION TO SAMARA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Sunni Arab Tawafuq leaders refused to join President Talabani at a gathering of top Iraqi government officials in response to sectarian violence that followed the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara. At an afternoon press conference, Tawafuq leader [...]	2006-02-24 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD593	OLDEST MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolFSN met February 22 with new Council of Representative (CoR) member Dr. Abd al-Lateef Abd al-Wahab Hassan al-Bedri. Dr. al-Bedri was the first candidate on the National Iraqi List (Allawi) slate in Salahadin. When PolOff informed him that he appeared to be the olde [...]	2006-02-24 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD594	QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...]	2006-02-24 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD595	GATHERING OF IRAQI LEADERS PRODUCES FRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders arrived at a frail consensus for calm after a day of meetings and mutual recriminations on February 23. President Talabani issued a statement (after reading it aloud to unanimous approval at a meeting he hosted for Iraq's leadership) calling for peaceful demonstratio [...]	2006-02-24 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD600	IRAQI OFFICIAL REPORTS TALABANI WILL NOT CONVENE [...] (C) Presidency Council Chief of Staff and President Talabani's aide Kamran Karadaghi told PolOffs on February 24 that Talabani does not plan on convening the Council of Representatives (COR) on February 25. Karadaghi claimed that since the Iraqi Government was still operating under the Trans [...]	2006-02-25 16:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD601	SITUATION UPDATE SATURDAY: VIOLENCE DIMINISHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: By most accounts, Baghdad saw fewer acts of sectarian violence on 25 February than it had over the previous several days, largely due to the extended curfew still in effect. A variety of contacts told us that anti-Sunni violence had occurred overnight February 24-25, especially a [...]	2006-02-25 16:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD602	AMBASSADOR RALLIES KEY PLAYERS AROUND PM'S CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a day of prodding, Sunni Arab leaders agreed over February 24-25 to join a government advisory committee that will unite key leaders and convene the evening of February 25 to plan the next steps following the Samarra tragedy. Prime Minister Jafari issued a plan February 24 [...]	2006-02-25 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD610	RELATIVE CALM IN BAGHDAD; JAFARI MEETS WITH SISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of sectarian violence dropped further February 26. There were reports of mortar fire on a mosque in Sadr City and of an IED outside a mosque in Basra. Jafari's Chief of Staff reported that the PM had traveled to Najaf where Grand Ayatollah Sistani "approved" of the pr [...]	2006-02-26 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD620	(U) IRAQI OFFICIAL ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff and Embassy Legal Advisors on February 26 that the government formation process appeared to have been temporarily derailed by the attack on the Samarra mosque and its aftermath. While sounding pessimistic overall, K [...]	2006-02-27 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD621	SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN: JAYSH AL-MAHDI BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 26 telephone conversation, Sadrist Council of Representatives member Kusai al-Suhail told PolOff that the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is not fully under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr. JAM is not an organized army, al-Suhail said, and "anyone with a gun" can dress in blac [...]	2006-02-27 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER IZ KISL
06BAGHDAD624	RAMADI CONUNDRUM: COMMERCE AMID TERROR [...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Iraqi Police employees working for the Governor painted for PolOff earlier this month a bleak picture of intimidation and paralysis on the streets of Ramadi. Terrorists use criminal enterprise to fund their jihad. While the people hope for a gr [...]	2006-02-27 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD626	RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overall security situation in Baghdad is relatively calm and reports of sectarian violence once again decreased overnight. The ban on vehicular movement in Baghdad was lifted at 0600 hrs on February 27, and our contacts appeared to be largely consumed with personal errands f [...]	2006-02-27 19:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD627	WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS LOG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 22, Poloffs met SCIRI parliamentarians Jinan Jasim Ali Al Ubaidi and Muna Noor Zalzala, two of this year's Iraqi delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women. Al-Ubaidi lamented that the role of women in society had been greatly diminished during Saddam's reign, [...]	2006-02-27 19:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD629	SHIA INDEPENDENT SAYS DO NOT BLAME US FOR JAFARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Shia Independent Mahmoud Muhammad al-Sheikh Radhi told PolOff that Shia Independents were being blamed unfairly for the Jafari victory in the PM race. He downplayed the effect of Sadrist "threats" before the election. Al-Sheikh Radhi [...]	2006-02-27 20:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD63	THE CITIZENSHIP LAW IN TAL CONTROVERSY [...] (C) On December 17, Saifaldin Abdurrahman, Chief of Staff to Dr. Hajim al-Hasani, the Speaker of the TNA, told PolOff that members of the Shia Coalition were agitated because VP Adel Abdul Mehdi evidently never agreed to the veto of the Nationality Law that the Presidency Council (PC) issued on [...]	2006-01-09 06:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD637	IRAQI OFFICIAL ON GOVT FORMATION-CONVENING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD644	(U) KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN: THE INSIDER [...] (C) Summary: In the first of a series of in- depth studies of the various Kurdish parties that will operate in the new Council of Representatives (COR),this cable examines the history and the evolution of one of the most powerful Kurdish independents in Iraqi politics. Dr. Mahmud Othman's [...]	2006-02-28 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD65	ALLAWI/SUNNI ARAB GROUPS WILL ACCEPT ELECTION [...] (C) Ibrahim al-Janabi, Chief of Staff to Dr. Ayad Allawi, told PolOffs January 8 that the political parties working with Allawi and the Sunni Arabs (MARAM) are beginning to concede the reality of the election results. He anticipated that they ultimately will negotiate for entry a national uni [...]	2006-01-09 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD653	AMIDST VIOLENCE IN BAGHDAD, KURDS AIM TO BLOCK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Military and press reports indicate significant incidents of violence February 28 and March 1. Eighty percent of a Shia mosque in Kathamiya was destroyed in an IED explosion February 28. Military sources reported 23 civilian deaths on March 1 as of 1600 hrs. In a March 1 convers [...]	2006-03-01 19:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD659	MARCH 2 SECURITY MEETING PRODUCES LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Because of the latest spat with the Kurds, PM Jafari canceled a morning meeting of top political leaders that had been scheduled to discuss the security situation in Iraq. After much pushing from post, the meeting was held the evening of March 2. However, all the participants co [...]	2006-03-02 20:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD665	BAGHDAD NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING THEIR OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since the attack last week on the Shia mosque in Samarra, district advisory councils (DACs) chairman in two Sunni Arab districts within the city have told PolOff of how neighborhoods are organizing to protect themselves against attacks by Shia militias. Separately, another polit [...]	2006-03-03 18:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD681	SIGNS OF URBAN FABRIC FRAYING: SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of Samarra mosque bombing, Post has received reports of sectarian displacement in some Baghdad neighborhoods. The most credible and significant information is about approximately 150 Shia families who quit their homes in Abu Ghreib, Tarmiyah, and al Doura over the [...]	2006-03-04 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD682	SCIRI SIGNALS READINESS TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT PM; [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini advised us March 4 of a party statement expressing commitment to the UIC 555 nomination of Jafari as PM, but indicating openness to discussions about who would be the best Prime Minister. PUK's Barham Salih welcomed the SCIRI statement and [...]	2006-03-04 20:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD707	MIXED SUPPORT FOR JAFARI WITHIN SHIA COALITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rejection of Shia Prime Minister nominee Ibrahim Jafari by the Kurds, Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc and the secular Allawi bloc has generated at least initial tough responses from the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555). There are also hints of flexibility about dumping Jafari. TN [...]	2006-03-06 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD725	UPDATE ON CONVENING OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) President Talabani convened a meeting of political party leaders March 7 to break the standoff over when to hold the first session of the Council of Representatives. That meeting was still in session at 1530 hrs local time. 2. (C) TNA Speaker Dr. Hajim al-Hasani (as he was heading for t [...]	2006-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD733	POLITICAL LEADERS MEETING ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the close of the day March 7, it appeared that the Shia Islamists were resisting the Talabani call to convene the Council of Representatives March 12. List 555 independent Sami al-Askari told us March 7 that Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi's refusal to sign the convocation with [...]	2006-03-07 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD734	IRAQ: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's submission to the annual trafficking in persons report. Embassy point of contact is PolOff Lourdes Lamela, US phone 914-822-2901 and at email Lamelalm @ state.gov. This report reflects approximately 26 hours of preparation. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (U [...]	2006-03-07 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PTER
06BAGHDAD736	LONE YEZIDI PARLIAMENTARIAN CRITICIZES KURDISH [...] (C) New Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Yezidi Movement for Progress and Movement President Amin Farhan al-Marwani told PolOffs that the Kurds "stand against" the Yezidis because the Yezidis refuse to adopt Kurdish identity and insist on keeping their own. He claimed most of the Y [...]	2006-03-07 19:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD737	MINISTER OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS SEEKS AREAS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, PolOff met with Minister of State for Women's Affairs Dr. Azhar Al-Sheikhly. Sheikhly was cautiously optimistic that her proposal to elevate the status of her Ministry would be approved in the new Council of Representatives. She repeated her dismay at the final versi [...]	2006-03-07 20:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD738	UNAMI TO PULL BACK ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 27 meeting with MNF-I Deputy Chiefs of Staff MG Lynch, MG Findley and Poloff, DSRSG Stephan De Mistura said UNAMI clearly understood that constitution review would be best left off the agenda at the present time. De Mistura indicated that UNAMI would shift resources [...]	2006-03-08 03:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD749	JAFARI PM NOMINATION STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is no consensus yet on the fate of Ibrahim Jafari's PM nomination, with the Shia Coalition offering incentives for votes and Kurdish leaders threatening to withdraw from the government if a new nomination is not put forward. As of COB on Wednesday, we had conflicting repor [...]	2006-03-08 18:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ

06BAGHDAD75	ELECTION OBSERVER TEAM STILL AT WORK WHILE [...] (C) Summary. The international monitoring team (IMIE) continues its post-election assessment work, and has decided that its building workload will require postponement of its preliminary report about January 14. Partly as a result of this new date, the Iraqi election commission (IECI) has de [...]	2006-01-09 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD750	CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI OIL MINSTRY FAVORS FADHILA [...] (S/REL UK) Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director General Mussab al-Dujayli (strictly protect) told US and UK Emboffs that the Fadhila Party was blatantly trying to use its control over the Ministry of Oil to raise as much money from corruption as possible. Dujayli obtained su [...]	2006-03-09 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EPET KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD759	PM JAFARI APPROVES AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD768	REPORTS OF ATTACKS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Shia community in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, told Poloff March 6 that hundreds of families had moved out of Nahrawan under threat from Sunni Arab terror groups. A USAID contractor NGO with substantial field expertise in mi [...]	2006-03-09 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD773	ACTING HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON DISAPPEARANCES AND [...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Human Rights Narmeen Othman told PolOffs March 5 that, although acts of violence and displacement appeared to have leveled off over the past two days, the situation remains tense. Minister Othman asserted that reports of sectarian displacement had decreased ov [...]	2006-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD776	MODERATE ISLAMIST DEPLORES 555 INTIMIDATION; [...] (C) National Iraqi List CoR member for Baghdad Izzat al-Shahbandar told Poloffs that Allawi's party was beginning to prepare for provincial elections. He said Allawi's list was planning steps to counter "forgery and intimidation," use local media, and set up effective get-out-the-vote progra [...]	2006-03-10 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD777	ABD AL-MAHDI'S ADVISORS CONTEMPLATE CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) In a March 7 conversation, Zuhair Humadi, Kadhim Shubber, and Fareed Yasseen, advisors to Deputy President (DP) Adel Abd al-Mahdi, told PolOffs they plan to organize a think tank, to be called Al-Rafidain, which would include a number of people around DP Abd al-Mahdi on its board. The thre [...]	2006-03-10 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD778	SHIA INDEPENDENT STILL FEARS SUNNI PERSECUTION [...] (C) In a March 5 introductory meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition Independent and re-elected Council of Representatives member Shaikh Khalid Abathar Atiyyah said that security for Iraq can only be attained through "inclusion" of the Shia. Atiyyah expressed his concern about the fear among th [...]	2006-03-10 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD807	SADR CITY OFFICIALS SAY MAHDI ARMY ACTIVITY IS ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations, the Mayor of Sadr City 1, Sheikh Rahim Sahood, and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jassim told PolOff that the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) have been flexing their muscles in Sadr City. Sahood said, even though the Sadri [...]	2006-03-13 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD811	FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER PONDERS HOW TO COMPETE [...] (C) Summary. Former Interior Minister Nuri Badran, brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told Poloffs that sectarian parties are the only way to have influence in Iraqi politics today. Moderate Shia like himself must ally themselves with Islamists to have a chance to gain in [...]	2006-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD813	SUNNI AND ALLAWI BLOCS READY FOR MORE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of the March 14 meeting of the major political blocs' leaders to work on resolving the government formation dilemma, Tawafuq official Mahmud al- Mashadani told us that Sunni Arab and Shia Coalition negotiators were working toward formation of an Arab political bloc. H [...]	2006-03-13 20:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD823	FEMALE SHIA COALITION SAY THEY DEFER TO 555 [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with PolOffs, two female Shia Coalition parliamentarians declined to engage in discussion about Ibrahim Jafari's struggle to hang on to the PM nomination. Re-elected Council of Representatives member Iman Khalil Sha'lan al-Assadi said that the decision about the PM no [...]	2006-03-14 19:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD848	SHIA COALITION HARDLINER'S VIEW OF ATTACKS ON SHIA [...] (C) Summary. In a March 14 meeting, SCIRI member Shaikh Jalal ad Din al-Sagheer (from Baratha mosque) told PolCouns about Shia families fleeing their homes fearing violence from Sunnis. He warned that continued violence against the Shia may trigger a more violent reaction than seen after th [...]	2006-03-16 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD852	IECI COMMISIONER COMMENTS ON LESSONS LEARNED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Chair of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Hamdia Al-Hussaini, met with PolOff 9 March to discuss recommendations from the IMIE-sponsored after action conference in Madrid and the future of the IECI. Recommendations from the Madrid conference include item [...]	2006-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD863	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDS FEAR NO [...] SUMMARY. While all eyes on March 16 were focused on the first session of the Council of Representatives (CoR),several members offered their assessment of the government formation negotiations. Kurdish Alliance members were more pessimistic about the progress being made, while Sunni Arab memb [...]	2006-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD866	RESOLVE AND RECRIMINATIONS BOTH IN THE AIR AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Like so many carefully scripted events in Iraqi politics, the inauguration of the Council of Representatives on March 16 began poetically, had its moments of bickering over rules and procedures, and then spilled out into the hallway and onto the airwaves. After week [...]	2006-03-17 13:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD867	IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE ? [...] (C) Summary: As we watch the political machinations unfolding over national government formation, it seems increasingly clear that there is not one party able to drive the process by itself, particularly in regards to selecting the next Prime Minister. The Shia Coalition, with its 128 seats [...]	2006-03-17 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD869	KURDISH INDEPENDENT ADVOCATES CROSS-PARTY DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 14, Kurdish Independent parliamentarian Samia Aziz told poloff that although 25 percent of the Council of Representatives is made up of women, they are grossly underrepresented at the highest levels of inter-party discussion. She said she hoped to once again serve on the [...]	2006-03-17 18:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD870	SADR CITY CAR BOMBS AND THE AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: As noted Ref A, Sadr City contacts told us March 13 and 14 that in the aftermath of the March 12 VBIED attacks that occurred in Sadr City, the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) has been actively patrolling the area, setting up checkpoints, and searching cars. Tensions were alr [...]	2006-03-17 19:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD895	NEW SADR CITY DAC CHAIR PLANS TO END CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) voted 22-17 to replace Hassan Shama as the DAC chair with Jawad Khadum. Khadum told PolOff on March 13 that he wants to make the DAC a robust body that serves the needs of the people of Sadr City. To accomplish this, he [...]	2006-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD896	SADR CITY OFFICIAL WANTS JAYSH AL-MAHDI TO SECURE [...] (C) In a March 14 conversation with PolOff, the supervisor of the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) General Information Center (GIC),Nsaif Jassim, told PolOff that Coalition Forces (CF) need to "take care" of Iraq's militia problem. This will demonstrate that CF are serious about bui [...]	2006-03-20 08:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD905	SHIA NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST SUPPORTS CPA DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 conversation, Al-Adala newspaper columnist Ali Khaleef told PolOff and PAS/Off that economic progress in Iraq has not kept pace with political progress. Coalition Forces (CF) need to do more to fight corruption and promote economic growth in Iraq, he said. Khaleef [...]	2006-03-20 10:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PNAT PTER ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD910	ALLAWI ALLY THINKS SHIA ISLAMISTS' INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Southern Iraq secular politician and Allawi camp member Wa'el Abd al-Lateef told us March 13 that the Shia will have to make a choice about the kind of federalism they want in the South. He thought giving each governorate authorities like the Kurdish region already enjoys would [...]	2006-03-20 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD911	DAWA HARDLINER INSISTS DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a March 15 meeting with PolOffs, re- elected Dawa Council of Representative (CoR) member Kamal Abdullah Khallawi al-Saidi expressed only guarded support for Prime Minister Jafari to remain as PM, admitting that Jafari is not the most competent politician. He doubted anyone els [...]	2006-03-20 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD918	89 BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS FLEE TO JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary. According to representatives from the Palestinian Human Rights Organization, 89 Palestinians, including 42 children, left Baghdad by bus March 18 for the Jordanian border hoping to gain entry to Jordan. They were accompanied by two Christian Peacekeeping Team (CPT) members whose [...]	2006-03-20 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO
06BAGHDAD922	ALLAWI OBJECTS TO PROPOSED POLITICAL BODY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) member, former Planning Minister, and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member Dr. Mehdi al-Hafedh told PolOffs March 20 that the composition and powers of the "Political Committee for National Security" (PCNS) are not settled. He said that Iraqiyya [...]	2006-03-21 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD929	MOST IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, responding to a request by SCIRI head Abdul Aziz Hakim, said Iran is ready to hold talks with the US on Iraq. Most - but not all - SCIRI leaders from the Shia Islamist Coalition were supportive of the talks [...]	2006-03-21 10:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD93	BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL (BPC) CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 08 PolOff discussed the new Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) initiative with Mu'een Hameed, the new Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Chairman. Mu'een supports the initiative and is eager to work with the PRT. The Chairman also commented on the termination of Baghda [...]	2006-01-11 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD930	BADR LEADER AGREES THE MILITIA SHOULD DEMOBILIZE [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives member and Badr Organization leader Hadi Farhan Abdullah al-Amiri told PolOffs on March 19 that the Al-Askariya shrine bombing was the work of Saddamists. PolOffs pressed al-Amiri that all militias needed to be under the control of the State. Amiri ag [...]	2006-03-21 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD931	TRIBAL SHEIKH WANTS TO BE BIGGER THAN SCIRI [...] (C) In a March 4 conversation, Sheikh Talib al-Yasseri of Najaf told PolOffs that the politicians who were elected in the December 15 elections do not represent the ordinary people of Iraq. "There was much fraud," he said, "but the people remain silent. The winners passed over the heads of o [...]	2006-03-21 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD944	POWERPOINT AND PSYCHO-BABBLE: SECOND-TIER JAFARI [...] (S) Summary. In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, PM advisors (and brothers) Bashar and Zuhair al-Naher, who aspire to join Jafari's inner circle, presented a plan they said PM Jafari had approved to reorganize the PM's office substantially and creating policy development and follo [...]	2006-03-22 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD953	IECI COMMISIONER DEFENDS IRAQI ELECTION IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Electoral Commission (IECI) Chief Electoral Officer Adil Mohammed Alwan Al-Lami described to PolOff on March 19 his defense of the Iraqi elections as valid, fair and representative at a regional election workshop in Cairo on March 12-13. Speaking to skeptical workshop [...]	2006-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ EG
06BAGHDAD975	AL-DABBAGH SAYS MARJA'IYYA UNHAPPY AT DELAY; [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. Independent Shia political figure Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) told us on March 23 after his late March 22 phone call with Mohammed Ridha Sistani that the Shia clerical establishment in Najaf (marja'iyya) was unhappy at the delay in government formation. PM Jafari' [...]	2006-03-24 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD978	DE-BAATH COMMISSION DISFUNCTIONAL, COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 21 meeting, parliamentarian and National De-Baathification Commission (NDC) board member Yonadam Kanna told PolOffs that the De-Baathification Commission was too politicized and was not comprised of the "right" people. He claimed that the commission had not met in ove [...]	2006-03-24 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD979	BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS RETURN TO IRAQ, BUT MORE [...] (C) Summary. On March 22, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Border Officials escorted the 88 Palestinians (note: not 89) out of the No Man's Land (NML) between the Iraqi and Jordanian border (ref A) and back into Iraqi territory. The Palestinians are now located in Trebil close to the border in Anbar [...]	2006-03-24 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO
06BAGHDAD984	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]	2006-03-25 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1019	AZERBAIJAN SETS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that municipal elections will be held on October 6. Three types of elections will be held: re-run elections in the municipalities that participated in the 2004 elections in which the results were invalidated (141 municip [...]	2006-07-13 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1044	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INFORMING PARTNERS ON THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref points to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov. Poloff emphasized that since Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations Human Rights council, the US Government takes seriously Azerbaijan's commitment to work constructively on human rights issues and, for this [...]	2006-07-17 13:24:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PGOV PHUM PREL AJ
06BAKU1082	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1084	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1091	AZERBAIJAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Americas Desk officer Ilgar Mukhtarov July 24. Mukhtarov told Poloff that the GOAJ was concerned that the Israeli-Lebanese conflict might distract the international community's attention from the P5 1 incentive package negotiations and therefore inter [...]	2006-07-25 13:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR EU AORC AJ
06BAKU1109	ALLEGED COUP PLOT DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained former minister Farhad Aliyev and former presidential aide Akif Muradverdiyev were transferred out of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) detention facility into separate state-run medical facilities operated by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) over the past week, report [...]	2006-07-28 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1124	AZERBAIJAN: HAJI MAMMADOV KIDNAPPING RING TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov and his 26-member gang began on July 20. The group is charged under 50 articles of the Criminal Code, including kidnapping and manslaughter. Mammadov has plead guilty t [...]	2006-08-01 05:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ
06BAKU1134	AZERBAIJAN: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the talking points as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the High Level Dialogue, but said that he would brief the MFA leadership and inform Poloff of the MFA's [...]	2006-08-02 08:58:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AJ
06BAKU1140	AZERBAIJAN: UN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the text of the Iraq-UN statement and the U.S. statement as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the International Compact, but said that he would brief the MFA le [...]	2006-08-02 12:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM KISL IZ AJ
06BAKU1164	AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...]	2006-08-08 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1189	PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...]	2006-08-11 10:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ
06BAKU1194	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...]	2006-08-11 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1208	AZERBAIJAN FALL LEGISLATURE PREVIEW: POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although several weeks remain until the October 1 start of the fall session of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) are already full of speculation about potential upcoming draft legislation. Two new draft laws, on education and on political parties, are expected to be on the a [...]	2006-08-15 12:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1231	AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM TRENDS RAISE [...] (C) Summary: The past six months have seen the emergence of disturbing trends in Azerbaijan's media climate. Senior GOAJ officials, most prominently the Minister of the Interior, have sued numerous journalists for civil and criminal libel in response to criticism in the print press. These law [...]	2006-08-18 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1267	FARHAD ALIYEV'S WIFE CLAIMS AUTHORITIES SEEK [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting with Poloff, Sabina Aliyeva, wife of detained ex-minister Farhad Aliyev, alleged that mid-level GOAJ officials have been pressuring Farhad Aliyev to sign a confession in return for being pardoned. Aliyeva claims that her husband has rejected the confession in part b [...]	2006-08-25 12:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1279	IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...]	2006-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ
06BAKU1283	AZERBAIJAN: PSI POINTS DELIVERED; MFA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Citing a recent speech by Undersecretary for Arms Control Robert Joseph on PSI and the e [...]	2006-08-30 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AJ
06BAKU1288	SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...]	2006-08-30 14:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ
06BAKU1289	AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC [...] (C) Poloff delivered REF A points to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the of International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Gurbanov called Poloff on August 29 to follow up, and said that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) proposal to open an office in Bagh [...]	2006-08-31 10:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ
06BAKU1367	THE CHANGING ROLE OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOSITY IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Fifteen years after independence, Islamic religiosity, while far from widespread, is on the rise in Azerbaijan. This slow but steady growth of religious observance stems from two factors: a natural rediscovery of Azerbaijan's Muslim religious heritage, and active proselytizing [...]	2006-09-19 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ
06BAKU1409	AZERBAIJAN: CUBA-UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche September 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Mahmud Mammadguliyev. The DFM said that he was unaware of Cuba's initiative at the UNHRC to eliminate the Council's mandate on Cuba and block the participation of NGOs. The DFM appreciated USG's engagemen [...]	2006-09-27 02:58:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AJ
06BAKU1422	INVITATION DELIVERED TO AZRBAIJANI MFA FOR [...] (U) As requested reftel, post delivered invitation for a civilian GOAJ representative to attend the CDRUSCENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference via letter to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on September 25. Poloff also delivered advance copy on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, director [...]	2006-09-28 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL AJ IZ
06BAKU1444	AZERBAIJAN'S OCTOBER 6 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to hold partial municipal elections on October 6, campaigning has proceeded quietly and calmly, with far greater interest in rural areas than in Baku. 4,562 candidates remain in competition for 1,931 seats. Candidates are actively campaigning by word-of-mout [...]	2006-10-04 08:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON EAGR AJ
06BAKU1487	RULING PARTY WINS MAJORITY OF VOTES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) released the first results of the October 6 partial Municipal Elections. As expected, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party won 60 percent of the votes, while independent candidates captured 36 percent. Total voter turn-out [...]	2006-10-12 12:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1572	AZERBAIJAN: INDEPENDENT YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16 the Baku Mayor's Office denied an application to hold a protest rally from the independent youth movement Yox, stating that a rally was "not advisable." The leader of Yox, Ali Ismayilov, announced his plans to carry on with the protest, and was subsequently detained [...]	2006-10-30 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ
06BAKU1579	CORRECTED COPY: FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Parliament's draft law criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" has triggered a heated reaction from the Azerbaijani public, including several atempted protests at the French Embassy. Azerbaijan's parliament criticized the draft law, stating that it cast doubt on [...]	2006-10-30 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM FR
06BAKU1580	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 13:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1606	AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 21 President Aliyev pardoned 106 prisoners, among them two journalists convicted of libel in 2006. The pardon was met with skepticism in the human rights community, in part because it overlooked popular political satirist, Mirza Sakit who was sentenced to prison on drug [...]	2006-11-03 14:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1622	AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT EXPECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting, the UK representative of International Advisors Working Group (IAWG),retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson said that Azerbaijan's National Security Concept (NSC) will likely be finished and approved by the end of 2006. Johnson reported that his role as advi [...]	2006-11-08 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ
06BAKU1654	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 13:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AJ
06BAKU1666	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 06:18:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU
06BAKU1672	WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACT SHEET DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 6 Poloff delivered reftel fact sheet to Chair of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues Hijran Huseynova. Poloff left the fact sheet as a nonpaper. Huseynova expressed a high interest in engaging with the USG on women's empowerment issues. She identified [...]	2006-11-17 06:00:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA AJ
06BAKU1677	LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST GOAJ FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE [...] (C) Political analyst (as well as former Parliamentary candidate and former Embassy Baku FSN) Ilgar Mammadov, through his lawyer, filed a lawsuit November 15 against the GOAJ for failure to disclose information on roll-call votes in Parliament. Mammadov's lawsuit is based on Article 25 of the [...]	2006-11-17 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ
06BAKU1680	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 13:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ILC UNGA
06BAKU1683	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EMERGENCY SESSION OF UNGA ON ISRAELI RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA AJ UN IS
06BAKU1684	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...]	2006-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP
06BAKU1687	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CWC AND BWC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 10:13:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN
06BAKU1700	AZERBAIJANI "ANTI-ISLAM" ARTICLE PROVOKES REACTION [...] (C) Summary: On November 9, a little known Azerbaijani newspaper, Sanat, published an article described as "anti-Islamic" in conservative religious quarters. The article provoked a shrill if short-lived reaction in both Azerbaijan and Iran. In Nardaran, a village near Baku known for its reli [...]	2006-11-24 05:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL IR AJ
06BAKU1704	UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the year that has passed since the November 2005 Parliamentary Elections, the GOAJ has placed severe restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly, which is recognized in Azerbaijani law. Since the violent break-up of a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2 [...]	2006-11-24 07:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1714	UPDATE ON OPPOSITION EVICTION; U.S, UK AND EU [...] (U) Early morning on November 25 Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs and city officials carried out the November 24 court-ordered eviction of the opposition Popular Front Party (PFP),the opposition newspapers Azadliq and Bizim Yol and Turan news agency from their central Baku he [...]	2006-11-25 14:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
06BAKU1729	AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...]	2006-11-28 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ
06BAKU1730	DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR SHARED WITH AZERBAIJANI MFA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 15:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC IZ AJ
06BAKU1731	MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 06:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF
06BAKU175	OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY TO TAKE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) On February 5 a conference of the members of opposition Musavat Party decided to allow its MPs elected on November 6 to take up their mandates and to allow its members to participate in the May 13 rerun elections of ten canceled constituencies. Musavat, as a member of the Azadliq Bloc, [...]	2006-02-07 06:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ
06BAKU1762	"FONTLINE: SEX SLAVES" SCREENING: EVENT [...] On December 2, Poloff screened the documentary film "Frontline: Sex Slaves" with a group of approximately 35 members of the American Alumni Association, an organization comprised of Azerbaijani youth, mostly in their twenties and thirties, who have studied in the U.S. 2. After viewing the f [...]	2006-12-04 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO OIIP PRE PHUM SOCI SCUL KWMN KCRM
06BAKU1795	PUBLIC REMAINS QUIETLY DISTURBED BY ANS CLOSURE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks after the November 24 closure of independent ANS Television and the eviction of the residents of the Azadliq newspaper building, the public, while concerned, remains quiet. After the President's November 29 comments on the ANS "suspension," many were optimistic that he w [...]	2006-12-08 15:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1810	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...]	2006-12-12 08:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1836	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's and Polish Ambassador Krajewski's joint PSI demarche (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov said the GOAJ politically and morally supports PSI, but it has not officially agreed to the Statement o [...]	2006-12-20 11:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR RS AM AJ
06BAKU1845	INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...]	2006-12-21 13:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ
06BAKU1856	AZERBAIJAN: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 11:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN SMIG AJ
06BAKU1859	AZERBAIJAN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Approximately 100-150 former students of the closed Azerbaijan Independent University (AIU) remain on hunger strike in protest of the slow trial proceedings to determine their academic fate. AIU was closed by the Ministry of Education (MOE),along with 17 other private academic instituti [...]	2006-12-22 12:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU315	AZERBAIJAN: GOVT CONVICTS 10 OF ELECTION FRAUD [...] (U) On February 24 First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told Poloff that the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has obtained criminal convictions of 10 individuals for election fraud in connection with the November 6 parliamentary elections. Few political observers were aware of these [...]	2006-02-28 11:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU328	AZERBAIJAN: BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PUSHES UK [...] (C) Summary. In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Lord Lester, a British barrister representing jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, probed USG interest in political asylum for Aliyev in the UK. The Ambassador eventually declined to support this approach while [...]	2006-03-01 14:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU339	AZERBAIJAN CONSIDERS CHANGES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS [...] (C) Summary: Rafiq Aliyev, Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) informed us that the GOAJ has begun writing sermons for Azerbaijan's mosques. Aliyev confirmed news reports that the GOAJ plans to amend the Law on Religious Freedoms to address the threat of [...]	2006-03-03 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AJ
06BAKU341	AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTOR GENERAL: OPPOSITION YOUTH [...] (C) First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told us February 24 that the GOAJ criminal investigation into accused youth opposition activist Ruslan Bashirli was almost complete and the case would go to trial between March 10 and March 15. Bashirli was the first of three opposition youth le [...]	2006-03-03 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHEM KDEM AJ
06BAKU359	A SNAPSHOT OF POVERTY IN BAKU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nasib Nassibli, an opposition MP and former Fulbright scholar, took PolOff on a tour of his constituency which includes some of Baku's poorest families. The squalor in which his constituents live often goes unnoticed as more attention often goes to IDPs, refugees, and orphans. [...]	2006-03-07 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ECON ELAB SOCI AJ
06BAKU469	AZERBAIJAN OPPOSITION JOURNALIST CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 PolOff visited Fikret Huseynli, a journalist for the opposition Azadliq newspaper (the mouthpiece for Ali Kerimli's Popular Front Party) to investigate his reported March 5 assault. Huseynli, who appeared to be recovering from an attack, claimed that high-level GOAJ o [...]	2006-03-28 10:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU478	AZERBAIJAN MAKING SOLID PROGRESS ON TIP COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) The GOAJ has made substantial progress in the past several months to meet its trafficking in persons (TIP) commitments outlined in the USG's annual trafficking in persons report. In the two months since PolOff last visited the site of the victims' shelter, the GOAJ has transformed a bui [...]	2006-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG EAID PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU519	CLOSED TRIAL FOR YENI FIKIR ACTIVISTS TO START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 31 Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes held the pre-trial hearing for the three Yeni Fikir (New Thought) youth group activists accused of plotting a violent takeover of the government and engaging in illegal entrepreneurship. The panel of three judges heard arguments fr [...]	2006-04-05 03:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU572	AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH ACTIVIST TRIAL RESUMES, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) The closed trial of Yeni Fikir youth activists Ruslan Bashirli, Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuriyev resumed April 12 at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The trial had been postponed for 48 hours after the defendants rejected court-appointed attorneys. The Court subsequently selected new lawyer [...]	2006-04-14 04:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU574	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON DETAINED FORMER MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Lawyers for jailed ex-Minister Farhad Aliyev report that his health continues to deteriorate due to inadequate GOAJ medical care; they also claim that the GOAJ has been criminally negligent in its medical treatment of Aliyev. ICRC, which has regular access to Aliyev and the rest [...]	2006-04-14 09:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU606	AZERBAIJAN SEEKS ELECTION TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On April 10, post received a diplomatic note from the MFA in which the GOAJ formally requested the USG support its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. The text of the dipnote follows in paragraph 3. We understand the GOAJ presented a similar dipnote to USUN. 2. (C) During an [...]	2006-04-19 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR OPDC PHUM UNGA AJ
06BAKU631	CONVICTION OF ARMY OFFICER IN HUNGARY SPARKS SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case closely followed by many Azerbaijanis, on April 13 a Hungarian court convicted Army Lieutenant Ramil Safarov to life imprisonment for the February 2004 murder of an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Azerbaijani media has followed every [...]	2006-04-25 10:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PBTS ASEC AM AJ

06BAKU700	PREPARATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY RERUNS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 13 parliamentary rerun race in the northwestern region of Zaqatala promises to the most interesting of an otherwise low-key campaign. Prominent opposition leader Arif Hajili is running in a field of six other serious candidates that includes a government ruling YAP candid [...]	2006-05-11 11:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU702	AZERBAIJAN: A VOTER TURNOUT SCHEME IN JALILABAD? [...] (U) In the aftermath of the November 6 parliamentary election, the GOAJ Constitutional Court invalidated the results of several precincts within constituency 69 located in Jalilabad along Azerbaijan's southern border with Iran. Citing widespread fraud in the November vote count, the Court canc [...]	2006-05-11 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU733	UN AGENCIES ENCOURAGE AZERBAIJAN TO PLAN FOR IDP [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM AM AJ
06BAKU824	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER EXPECTS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that he believed the violent protests in northern Iran by Iran's ethnic Azeri population had only temporarily abated. Sadiqov commented that the breath and scope of the protests underscored deeper discontent among the ethnic Azeri Ira [...]	2006-06-05 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR AJ
06BAKU946	AZERBAIJAN: FIRES IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the past several weeks, fires in the Armenian-occupied territories of Aghdam, Khojavand, and Tartar have been a constant news item and subject of commentary by politicians and analysts. The Azerbaijani press and Members of Parliament (MPs) have focused on blaming Armenian forc [...]	2006-06-27 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU953	AZERBAIJAN: CHAIRMAN OF STATE RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE [...] (C) In a June 27 announcement, President Aliyev dismissed Rafiq Aliyev, the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA). No reason was given publicly for Aliyev's dismissal. Aliyev (no relation to the president) was originally appointed in 2001 by Heydar Aliyev [...]	2006-06-28 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAMAKO421	ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY [...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...]	2006-04-07 13:27:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML
06BAMAKO520	PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...]	2006-05-08 12:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV
06BANGKOK1042	THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) On February 21, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Counselor for American and South Pacific Affairs Paisit Boonparlit. Paisit promised to advise the Embassy if the RTG has any defense articles it wishes to donate to Afghanistan or Iraq. BOYCE [...]	2006-02-22 02:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ TH
06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK113	THAI MFA DISCUSSES THAI INVOLVEMENT WITH BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 4, Poloff and Econoff met with Mr. Damrong Kriakruan, the Burma desk officer at the Thai MFA. Damrong confirmed press and NGO reports that the state-owned power company EGAT Plc has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Burma,s Ministry of Electric Power on [...]	2006-01-06 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1237	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEBRUARY VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 15-16 visit to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla poloffs discussed the influence of radical Islam and other factors behind the violence. They heard continued concern over divisions between the Buddhist and Muslim communities and c [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1302	THE THAI ARMY COMES TO DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC, GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin and his senior staff appeared relaxed and gave no indication that the Army plans to involve itself in the ongoing political crisis. Sonthi told the Ambassador that he had rec [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MARR TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1346	BANGKOK READIES ITSELF FOR TWO OPPOSING WEEKEND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two large political rallies are scheduled to take place in Bangkok's Sanam Luang royal plaza over the weekend. On March 3, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his Thai Rak Thai party are preparing to mobilize 200-300 thousand supporters, including many who will be brought in fro [...]	2006-03-03 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1376	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: DUELING DEMOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's ruling Thai Rak Thai had the bigger demonstration, but the opposition rally on Sunday had more spirit. Thaksin promised more of everything: political reform, transparency and, by the way, a pay raise for civil servants. The opposition scored by turning out a bigger cr [...]	2006-03-06 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TH SNAP TRT
06BANGKOK1408	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: ANTI-THAKSIN FORCES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a March 6 rally at Sanam Luang Park, People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders called for a large scale march on Government House next week to coincide with the meeting of the caretaker cabinet. The organizers also plan a "rehearsal" demonstration at Sanam Luang on March [...]	2006-03-07 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1568	THAILAND CABINET ENDORSES CHANGES TO THE 505 [...] Both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense advised the Embassy that, during a March 14 Cabinet meeting, the Royal Thai Government formally endorsed changes to the bilateral U.S.-Thai agreement respecting military assistance requested in reftel. Paisit Boonparlit, Politic [...]	2006-03-14 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK1600	THAILAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MDA: SIGNING OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ
06BANGKOK1626	MORE CANDIDATES DISQUALIFIED FOR THAI SNAP ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The April 2 snap election is in trouble. The Election Commission (EC) has disqualified more than one-third of registered candidates--almost all from the minor parties. More than half of the election districts in the country will have only one candidate running--almost always from [...]	2006-03-16 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1629	MEDIA ACTIVIST WINS LANDMARK LIBEL CASE AGAINST [...] (U) On March 15, the Thai Criminal Court ruled in favor of media activist Supinya Klangnarong, affirming that she had not libeled the Shin Corporation. Shin Corp, which was until January owned by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, had filed the case against Supinya and five exec [...]	2006-03-16 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK1630	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: PROTESTS CONTINUE, THAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Privy Council President General Prem Tinsulanonda urged both the PM and the opposition to work together to end the crisis, a view which reflected the views of most Bangkokians according to a new ABAC Poll. Three Thai Ambassadors, including a former Ambassador to the U.S., spoke [...]	2006-03-16 11:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1692	ELECTION UNCERTAINTIES LOOM OVER TRT IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 16-17 survey through Chonburi and Rayong provinces, POLOFFS noted a great deal of political confusion and uncertainty in these once Thai Rak Thai (TRT) strongholds in Eastern Thailand. The election boards in both cities have disqualified a total 15 out of 16 small-p [...]	2006-03-20 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1693	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: FATIGUE SETTING IN [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations for a public debate between the PM and opposition broke down late Friday, with both sides demanding that the other capitulate before their scheduled debate. Thousands of peaceful pro-Thaksin farmers have arrived in Bangkok from the provinces and are camped out--trac [...]	2006-03-20 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1702	REQUEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: POLOFF ANNY C. HO [...] (U) Country Clearance is requested for Anny C. Ho, political officer at AMEMBASSY BANGKOK for consultations with ASEAN. 2. (U) Itinerary as follows: Arrive: 1125 on March 28, 2006 via Thai Airways TG 433. Depart: 1245 on March 30, 2006 via Thai Airways TG 434 [...]	2006-03-21 03:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL TH
06BANGKOK1747	TELEVISION IN THAILAND: WHO HOLDS THE LEASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RTG has traditionally maintained tight control over the information presented to the public over the airwaves. The RTG owns all of the country's six television licenses, although three are licenses to commercial operators. Reform of broadcast media, though mandated by the [...]	2006-03-22 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
06BANGKOK1844	SOUTHERN THAILAND: MORE ELECTION UNCERTAINTY [...] SUMMARY: During a March 20-21 visit to the far southern provinces of Songkhla and Pattani, poloffs heard that in several districts Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party candidates would not receive the minimum votes needed to take their seats in parliament. Local TRT candidates are keeping a low profile [...]	2006-03-27 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK1889	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: REFUGE AT THE MALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: More rumors from Thaksin's cabinet predicts that the PM may be "taking a break" from politics. Reflecting a change in tactics, the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stationed their demonstration today at Siam Square, the heart of Bangkok's shopping district. Three major shopp [...]	2006-03-29 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1945	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: THAKSIN LOYALISTS FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Chiang Mai, around one thousand agitated Thaksin supporters disrupted the Democrat's planned rally last night, forcing the Democrats to cancel the rally amidst flying rotten eggs and cries to "get out." Meanwhile, in Bangkok, heavy rain poured on People's Alliance for Democracy [...]	2006-03-31 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2004	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2005	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2081	INITIAL THAI RESPONSE: UN TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit from MFA's North Americas Division and to Charn Jullamon from the International Organizations Division. Paisit confirmed that Thailand has offered 12 military engineers for deployment to Darfur as requested by the UN. The caretaker [...]	2006-04-07 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU TH
06BANGKOK2088	THE 1997 CONSTITUTION - FINDING AND FIXING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. While much of the opposition rhetoric fueling the current political crisis focuses on vilifying Thaksin, the roots of the crisis lie in the Prime Minister's deft exploitation of certain key weaknesses inherent in the 1997 Constitution. POLOFF recently discussed these weaknesses [...]	2006-04-10 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK2096	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PROMINENT ACADEMIC WARNS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a prominent academics and central member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),expressed concern that "conflict entrepreneurs" were making exaggerated assessments of the role of radical Islam in southern Thailand. Chaiwat did not believe the [...]	2006-04-10 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2135	BURMA: DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING IN [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA's East Asian Affairs Director for Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Brunei Mr. Damrong Kriakruan on April 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and asked for RTG views. Damrong noted that ASEAN's credibility is on the line, but the RTG still believes that e [...]	2006-04-12 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH ASEAN BURMA
06BANGKOK2157	THAILAND: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) [...] (U) Per reftel, poloff delivered points on UN Human Rights Council and message from Secretary Rice for RTG Foreign Minister Kanthati to RTG Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Social Division Director Dusit Manapan on April 12. 2. (SBU) Director Dusit t [...]	2006-04-12 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PHUM PREL TH UNGA
06BANGKOK2190	PSI: URGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of MFA. Charn said that the Thai government could not move forward towards endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative given that the current government is in caretaker [...]	2006-04-17 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP TH PSI
06BANGKOK2294	MORE TROUBLED ELECTIONS: SENATE RESULTS AND MP [...] (U) Summary: Thai voters turned out in reportedly lower than expected numbers on April 19 to elect new members of the 200 seat Senate. The polls were largely uneventful save in the separatist violence afflicted southern border province of Narathiwat, where three persons died in separate sho [...]	2006-04-20 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK235	SOMCHAI VERDICT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On January 12, the Thai First Sentence Criminal Court announced a verdict in the case of missing Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit that is certain to disappoint most followers of this case. Five police officers had been charged wi [...]	2006-01-12 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK2359	WANG BINGZHANG: THAI POLICE FOUND ENOUGH TO EXPEL [...] (S) Summary: Poloff recently met with Police Colonel Sanya Thongbud of Royal Thai Police (RTP) Special Branch II to discuss the 2001 investigation of Chinese dissident Mr. Wang Bingzhang (see Reftel) and verify claims made by a human rights advocate from the NGO Worldrights. Sanya revealed th [...]	2006-04-24 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK2370	THAILAND: ELECTION RERUN LEAVES PARLIAMENT'S [...] (U) Summary: The April 23rd rerun votes for the lower house, held in 40 unresolved constituencies, has left the question of how and when to seat the Parliament still hanging in the air. Lower numbers of voter turnout compared to the April 2 general election seem to be driven by increased vo [...]	2006-04-24 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2420	THAILAND TO SUBMIT CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KUNR TH UN UNHRC
06BANGKOK2548	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - THAILAND SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On April 28, POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel A) to the Thai MFA regarding Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The MFA confirmed Thailand's own candidacy within the Asia Group for a UNHRC se [...]	2006-05-02 06:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR TH UNHRC UN
06BANGKOK2887	HCOC: THAILAND NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. MFA officers said Thailand was considering subscription to the HCOC and had submitted the text to the MFA legal department. T [...]	2006-05-16 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA TH MTCRE
06BANGKOK2888	CWC: THAILAND ON EXTENSION REQUEST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director Charn Jullamon and Nichamon Agrasuta of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division. The Thai government was still working out internally which agency would represent Thailand on the OPCW Executive Council (EC) a [...]	2006-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TH CWC
06BANGKOK3192	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MAY 17-18 VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 17-18 visit to the far southern provinces of Pattani and Yala, poloffs heard optimistic reports from security officials. The Emergency Decree has allowed the government to detain suspects and develop information on insurgent members and tactics. Statistical data fr [...]	2006-05-26 05:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3196	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE POLICE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. While the Royal Thai Army has moved to reassert its traditional role of managing security in the restive South, the Royal Thai "provincial" police remain the foundation for investigating, arresting and prosecuting militants. Over the past two years, senior Thai officials have mo [...]	2006-05-26 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3272	THAILAND'S NON-RESPONSE ON DEMARCHE REGARDING NAM [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on May 25, 2006 via fax to the International Organization Bureau of Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA confirmed receipt of the talking points and forwarded them to Director Charn Jullamon of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division. [...]	2006-05-31 07:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IR PSI
06BANGKOK3302	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] (U) On May 25, 2006 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of Administrative Affairs Division of the International Organization Bureau of the Thai MFA. On May 31, Phasporn returned an official response to the U.S. points. Generally Disappointed -------------- [...]	2006-06-01 08:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC UN
06BANGKOK3371	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON NAM STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Poloff furnished Reftel A demarche points to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 2, 2006. On June 5, the MFA notified Poloff that they have forwarded the points to Mr. Charn Jullamon, Director of the Office for Peace, Security, and Disarmament of the International Organiza [...]	2006-06-05 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KNNP IR IAEA UNSC
06BANGKOK3410	DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] (U) On the evening of June 6, 2006, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified Poloff that Iran has withdrawn its bid for the Chairman of IOM EXCOM. Instead, Sri Lanka will be announced as the Chairman during the IOM meeting today. BOYCE [...]	2006-06-07 01:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG IR AORC
06BANGKOK3522	SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On June 14, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit of MFA's North American Division and to Krit Tankanarat of MFA's South Asia Division. Both Paisit and Krit assured PolOff that they would pass reftel points to their superiors but suggested they would not have a formal re [...]	2006-06-14 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE TH
06BANGKOK3543	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 02:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TH UNHRC UN
06BANGKOK3608	THAI TEA WITH THE CHINESE [...] (SBU) Poloffs shared tea with Chinese diplomats on June 14, 2006 as part of a regular informal meeting mechanism that post has with the PRC Embassy in Bangkok. The Chinese asked about the 19th US-ASEAN Dialogue that took place on May 23, 2006 and talked about their own preparations for the P [...]	2006-06-16 06:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH CH IS
06BANGKOK3648	ONE NORTH KOREAN AND ONE PRC NATIONAL APPROACH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KNEP KS TH
06BANGKOK3664	MDA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarches (reftel A and B) on June 16 and June 19, 2006, respectively, to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Bureau of International Organization at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dusit was non-committal on whether Thailand will vote again [...]	2006-06-20 07:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IS TH
06BANGKOK3743	THAI-TAIWANESE ON CHINA AND CHINA'S NEW PARADIGM [...] (C) Summary. Thai-Taiwanese business representatives in Bangkok are very cognizant of the growing PRC presence in Thailand yet do not believe their business interests are threatened in the foreseeable term. Taiwan remains the third largest source of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand, af [...]	2006-06-23 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN TH XE
06BANGKOK3785	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NRC REPORT - THE LONG VIEW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The final report of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),"Overcoming Violence Through the Power of Reconciliation" was issued on June 5. The report provides solid background on the origins of the conflict and context on how specific local factors are influenci [...]	2006-06-27 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3799	OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE? A CROSS-BORDER AID [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Defense Attache met recently with a representative from an organization that provides cross-border assistance to conflict-affected populations in northern Karen State, Burma. He stated that though the number of casualties remains low, the ongoing military action is th [...]	2006-06-28 01:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF TH BM
06BANGKOK3883	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE ARMY TAKES THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin has charged Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin with overall command of the security situation in the restive South, formally returning the Army to preeminence in that region. Many observers have hailed the appointment of Sonthi--h [...]	2006-06-30 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3913	RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...]	2006-07-03 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL TH BM
06BANGKOK4001	THAI REACTION TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) In a statement to reporters on July 5, Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkohn called upon North Korea to "refrain from doing any activities which will create mistrust" and urged Pyongyang "to seek peaceful negotiations to prevent any misunderstandings." According to Kantathi, Thailand [...]	2006-07-06 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH KN KNNP PARM
06BANGKOK4181	"UNCLE SAM, I'M BEING BULLIED!" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few days, the Thai media has widely reported on and printed copies of the exchange of letters between caretaker PM Thaksin Shinawatra and President Bush (ref letters). While the President's letter to Thaksin is regarded as uncontroversial and indeed has been praise [...]	2006-07-13 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4212	AND THE PAD MARCHED ON [...] (SBU) On July 14, as promised (reftel B),the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) returned to the streets to present their views of the current political situation in Thailand to the international community. Approximately 1,000 demonstrators marched on the Chinese, French, Japanese, Russi [...]	2006-07-14 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4254	ETHNIC-CHINESE THAI IN THE FAR SOUTH: US, CHINA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. As a southern province with a minority of Muslim Thai, Songkhla is a relative safe-haven for ethnic-Chinese Thai families living in the deep South. But the southern unrest has taken a toll on Hat Yai, the trade capital of Songkhla, where tourism has declined by over fifty pe [...]	2006-07-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO TH CH
06BANGKOK4374	SRI LANKA: TENTATIVE THAI RESPONSE ON CONTACT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2 (C) On July 20, poloffs had follow-up consultation with Panyarak Poolthup, Deputy Director-General from MFA's Department of South Asian Affairs and other MFA South Asian and Counter-Terrorism officials to discuss reftel demarche. Panya [...]	2006-07-20 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PREL PTER CE TH
06BANGKOK4446	PSI: ENCOURAGING THAI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA American Division Director General Nongnuth Phetcharatana said that Foreign Minister Kantathi would discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with the Indonesian and Malaysian Foreign Ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur. She suggested that Thailan [...]	2006-07-24 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP KPAO TH
06BANGKOK4480	CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Chinese television dramas and the prospects for better-paying jobs for Chinese speakers increase, Chinese language learning programs have taken off in the southern Songkhla Province. Along with for-profit cram schools, various Chinese associations there have opened their own [...]	2006-07-25 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER TH CH TW
06BANGKOK4505	THAI REACTION TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 04:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC TH
06BANGKOK4803	CHINESE ON NORTH KOREA AND THE UNSYG CANDIDATE [...] (C) As part of AmEmbassy Bangkok's regular tea meetings with the Chinese, Chinese political officer Wang Shuai told Poloffs that North Korea is committed to the Six-Party Talks, but it may be "counter-productive" for the US to exert "negative pressure" on the regime to return to the negotiati [...]	2006-08-08 03:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN CH TH KN
06BANGKOK4848	CHINESE VIEW OF BURMA FROM THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, the Political Officer from the Embassy of the People's Republic of China who covers Burma issues offered open and frank commentary on a wide variety of topics including PM Thaksin's recent trip to Burma, PRC relations with Burma, the move of the capital to Naypyitaw, [...]	2006-08-09 06:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH BM CH
06BANGKOK4917	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: VISIT TO PROMINENT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: As part of our public affairs outreach program, Embassy Bangkok officers visited the Attarkiah Islamiah School in Narathiwat and the Thammawittahya School in Yala, two of the largest, and in the case of Thammawittahya, most controversial private Islamic schools in far southern Tha [...]	2006-08-11 06:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
06BANGKOK4921	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) On August 11, Poloff delivered diplomatic note and Reftel demarche to Deputy Director of the Social Division of the Department for International Organizations, Ms Phantipha Iamsudha. Poloff conveyed the great importance that the USG attached to the re-election of Professor Ruth Wedgwood, [...]	2006-08-11 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM US UNHRC TH
06BANGKOK4939	THAILAND: UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1701 [...] On August 12, PolOff delivered reftel demarche, talking points, resolution text and the Secretary's statement to MFA North American and South Pacific Affairs Division Director Amornsate Singha. Amornsate promised to relay the demarche points to his Director General and Permanent Secretary. H [...]	2006-08-12 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TH
06BANGKOK4982	THAILAND: UNIFIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On August 16, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit, Political Counselor for the MFA's North American and South Pacific Affairs Division. Paisit said that the MFA had begun in-house discussions about Thailand's possible response to the situation in Lebanon during the week [...]	2006-08-16 06:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE TH
06BANGKOK5032	UNSYG UPDATE: SURAKIART'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai's campaign to succeed Kofi Annan is on track, according to his campaign manager Suriya Chindawongse, and his team is hoping for a conclusion to the race in September/October. Surakiart is "not worried about Asian support for his candi [...]	2006-08-17 08:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH UNSC
06BANGKOK5157	ARREST OF NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) detained 175 North Koreans after raiding a house run by a South Korean church in Bangkok. Sixteen were subsequently released. The remaining 159 will be charged with illegal entry into Thailand and are currently being held at the Immigrat [...]	2006-08-23 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
06BANGKOK5215	RTG RECONSIDERS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM US UNHRC TH
06BANGKOK5456	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1695 [...] (U) On September 6, 2006 post delivered Reftel A demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the Administrative Affairs Division, International Organization Bureau, of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Phasporn acknowledged receipt of the talking points, but informed Poloff that no [...]	2006-09-06 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS
06BANGKOK5460	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On September 5, 2006 post received and delivered Ref A demarche to Phasporn Sangasubana, Director of the Administrative Affairs Division, International Organization Bureau, at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Ms. Phasporn confirmed that Thailand "has a commitment to support [...]	2006-09-06 08:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU
06BANGKOK5553	THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 06:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC TH
06BANGKOK5584	THAI ARMY CHIEF VISITS BURMA [...] (U) On September 11, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin led a delegation of 25 Army officers on a three-day visit to Burma. According to the MFA, this is a routine visit that has been in the works since November 2005 when Gen. Sondhi assumed command of the RTA. 2. (C) MFA Burma Division Director [...]	2006-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH BM
06BANGKOK5705	EYE ON AMERICA? - CHINESE MEDIA IN THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representing television, radio and print media, six Mainland Chinese press outlets are present in Thailand. Each organization's mandate varies, but all have small staffs and budgets. Most reporters do not speak Thai and English appears to be their working language. While the [...]	2006-09-15 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	OPRC PREL PGOV CH TH ASEAN
06BANGKOK5711	MILITARY AND PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF OVER MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested more military personnel from the controversial military Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) in connection with the alleged car bomb assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai opinion is still very divided about whether t [...]	2006-09-15 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH
06BANGKOK5834	THAILAND UPDATE: LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL [...] (C) Summary: The press published a "royal order" from the King appointing General Sonthi as leader of the Council for Democratic Reform. Public opinion polls have varying estimates of the popularity of the coup, but opinion in Bangkok remains positive. Whatever discontent people upcountry [...]	2006-09-21 11:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5874	THAILAND UPDATE: CONTINUED CALM; THAKSIN TAKES A [...] (C) Summary. The Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy (CDRM) lowered its media profile on September 22 as efforts to set up an interim civilian government intensified. Several key security portfolios at the sub-ministerial level have been shuffled. Thaksin released a statement fr [...]	2006-09-22 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK6085	COUP REACTION IN THAKSIN-COUNTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a visit to gauge sentiments toward the coup in the northeastern city of Khon Kaen, Emboffs were kept under close watch by the local authorities. Local interlocutors also expressed concerns over meeting with us to discuss politics. While NGO and media-types discussed how the [...]	2006-10-04 09:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK6095	THAILAND: CHINESE REACTION TO THE COUP [...] (C) Summary. Although surprised by the coup, Chinese Embassy officials in Bangkok are confident that Sino-Thai relations will continue to thrive under the new Thai government and see opportunities for expanding influence while the United States imposes sanctions. Likely Chinese responses t [...]	2006-10-05 08:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH CH
06BANGKOK6096	THAI STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] Thailand is gravely concerned with the recent announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that is will conduct a nuclear test in the future. 2. Thailand urges DPRK to abide by the principles of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Ener [...]	2006-10-05 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH NK
06BANGKOK6121	THAILAND UPDATE: OCTOBER 5 [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the press that the parliament would have to initiate the lifting of martial law; involving the not-yet-formed parliament could significantly delay the restoration of full civil liberties. An academic advisor to t [...]	2006-10-05 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON MOPS KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK6290	THE "CHINESE" AMERICAN CORNER [...] (C) Emboffs visited the newly-renovated American Corner (AC) at Khon Kaen University as part of a broader reporting trip to Thailand's northeastern region (Reftel A, B). During a luncheon held after meeting with the school officials, university student volunteers at the AC approached Poloff w [...]	2006-10-13 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OPRC TH CH
06BANGKOK6354	CIVIL SOCIETY: PATIENCE WEARING THIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Civil society contacts are extremely concerned about the continued imposition of martial law and restrictions on civil liberties. There are more diverse views on other topics, including the advisability of accelerating the election timetable. Many are disappointed by the appoi [...]	2006-10-17 23:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6398	THAILAND UPDATE OCTOBER 19: IT'S BETTER TO BE GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a vigorous debate over the choice of president of the new assembly, which will begin work next week. Several members of the cabinet are advocating "anti-vice" measures, including raising the drinking age to 25 and ending the national lottery, as well as introducing a st [...]	2006-10-19 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK6399	GETTING TO A NEW THAI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The new Thai constitution will only be the fourth (of 18) that involves broader participation in its production and the first to be approved by public referendum. Estimates for how long this will take vary widely--the last two constitutions each took 10 months from start to finis [...]	2006-10-19 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
06BANGKOK6442	CHINA ON THE THAI COUP, ASEAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. As part of Embassy Bangkok's regular tea meetings with the PRC Embassy, Chinese diplomats explained that China openly welcomed Thai interim PM Surayud Chulanont because the PRC holds "different standards" than the US. They confirmed that PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will meet with Sur [...]	2006-10-24 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CH KN ASEAN
06BANGKOK6552	DEMARCHE RE MARITIME SERVICES FOR DPRK SHIPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 08:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PARM TH
06BANGKOK6654	ANTI-COUP SUICIDE FOLLOWED BY SMALL PROTEST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31, a taxi driver who made headlines earlier by ramming his taxi into a tank, committed suicide by hanging himself. In a note left near his body, Nuamthong Phaiwan claimed that he took his life as a form of protest against coup. On the evening of November 1, a about [...]	2006-11-03 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK6655	HUMAN RIGHTS: SOMCHAI NEELAPHAIJIT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After 10 months with no significant developments, the investigation into the disappearance of Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit is again making headlines. On October 31, junta leader Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratkalin stated publicly that a close aide of ex-PM Thaksin ma [...]	2006-11-03 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK6666	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CWC - SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nichamon Agrasuta of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Nichamon noted that Thailand "does not have any objection" to the extension request. BOYCE [...]	2006-11-03 03:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW TH
06BANGKOK6682	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ILC ELECTION - NO POSITION YET [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kakanang Amaranand, Officer at the Legal Affairs Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Kakanang acknowledged our position, but indicated that Thailand does not yet have a position on the ILC elections. She predicted that a position may be [...]	2006-11-06 04:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP ILC UNGA TH
06BANGKOK6742	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Regarding the resolution, Mr. Charn indicated that Thailand will vote as it did last year, which is "to support but not co-sponsor" the resol [...]	2006-11-08 08:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU TH

06BANGKOK6757	THAILAND'S BURMA POLICY: SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary: Following the appointment of Gen Surayud Chulanont as interim PM, many observers anticipated a clear shift in Thailand's policy toward Burma. One month into the interim administration, it appears that, with a few exceptions, revisions in policy will be manifest in subtle, yet no [...]	2006-11-08 23:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH BM
06BANGKOK6888	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAI WILL NOT SUPPORT MICHAEL [...] Per reftel A, post followed up on the ILC demarche (reftel B) with the Legal Affairs Division at the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 15, 2006. The Thai informed Poloff that because they have already made "an arrangement to exchange votes [...]	2006-11-15 04:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CONS ILC UNGA
06BANGKOK6957	THAILAND WILL ABSTAIN FROM COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HR [...] Poloff followed-up on reftel A demarche with Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the International Organization Department of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and thus would suppo [...]	2006-11-17 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN TH
06BANGKOK6958	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 11/17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS TH
06BANGKOK6959	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUSIAN ANTI-US RESOLUTIONS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Dusit explained that Thailand "fundamentally does not believe in country resolutions" and therefore would not support them. It is unclear, however, what mechan [...]	2006-11-17 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BO TH
06BANGKOK7061	GHOSTS OF 2003 WAR ON DRUGS RETURN TO HAUNT THAKSIN [...] (C) Summary. A prominent group of human rights activists and justice advocates is mounting a fresh campaign to re-open investigations into killings that occurred during former Prime Minister Thaksin's 2003 "War on Drugs." The interim government appears to be responding to this campaign and is [...]	2006-11-22 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR TH
06BANGKOK711	SOMCHAI VERDICT - WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The verdict in the trial of five police officers implicated in the disappearance of Somchai Neelapaijit, while disappointing, opens the door for further investigation of the police role in the case. Trial observers agree that the weak effort of the prosecution is largely to bl [...]	2006-02-07 02:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TH
06BANGKOK7286	CHASING "UNDERCURRENTS" IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. Despite the interim government's decision to extend martial law in some provinces (refs A-C),our contacts in three Northeaster provinces--the heart of Thaksin country--are nearly unanimous in their denial that any political "undercurrents" are active in that region. During a vi [...]	2006-12-06 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL TH
06BANGKOK7330	THAILAND: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TH
06BANGKOK7501	THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...]	2006-12-20 08:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH
06BANGKOK7549	POLITICAL MANEUVERING IN NORTHEAST THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. In a recent trip to the rural northeast, our contacts downplayed and in most cases outright denied the existence of political "undercurrents" (ref A),but pointed to energetic efforts by former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) members of parliament to reorganize and choose new party affiliatio [...]	2006-12-21 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR TH
06BANGKOK80	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: KEY CONTACT'S NEW TIDBITS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a 28 December meeting with Polcouns and poloffs, Dr. Panitan Wattanayagorn, a well-regarded academic with close ties to the military and the palace, outlined his continued frustration with Prime Minister Thaksin's micromanagement of RTG policy towards the South and offered new [...]	2006-01-06 00:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK829	THAKSIN VERSUS SONDHI: MOBILIZING THE CROWDS [...] (C) Summary. Anti-Thaksin agitator Sondhi Limthongkul is trying to build on the success of his February 4 rally by expanding the movement to oust the Prime Minister. This new "Alliance for Democracy" will rally again this Saturday, February 11. Prime Minister Thaksin opened the week with a f [...]	2006-02-10 10:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK885	THAILAND'S BALANCED REACTION TO IRAN-IAEA VOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref points and statements to MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Udomsak Sritangos on February 10. In a follow-up meeting on February 14, Udomsak explained that Thailand supports world opinion on this issue but must balance this position with its growing economic ties [...]	2006-02-14 09:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PINS PREL TH
06BANGKOK922	SONDHI'S LAST STAND II - THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, 2006 the second major anti-Thaksin rally in as many weeks drew a crowd conservatively estimated by the media at over 50,000. Sondhi Limthongkul broadened his movement to oust the Prime Minister by bringing together students, academics, opposition Senators, and gr [...]	2006-02-15 11:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK963	THAI MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES UN REFORM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed UN reform issues with MFA International Organizations Department (IO) Counselor Tanee Sangrat on February 15. Tanee said that Thailand's final positions on UN reform issues are being reviewed by the Thai Permanent Mission in New York, but offered his impressio [...]	2006-02-16 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TH UN
06BANJUL269	THE GAMBIA: INDEPENDENT STILL SHUT; GM DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The General Manager of the journal,"The Independent", Madi Ceesay, met with DCM and Poloff on April 27 to advise us of the ongoing closure of the journal by the GOTG and to make us aware of the torture that he and others have experienced while in detention. Ceesay was detained from [...]	2006-05-02 10:08:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA GA
06BANJUL354	THE GAMBIA: CONVERSATION WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met on June 1 with the Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS),Hannah Forster (protect),to discuss her observations and her NGO's activities regarding the current human rights environment in The Gambia. Ms. Forster had recently a [...]	2006-06-05 15:15:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AU GA
06BANJUL375	THE GAMBIA: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On June 5, Post delivered Trafficking in Persons (TIP) demarche (ref a) to the Foreign Ministry. Copies of demarche and country report were delivered to the Vice President, Secretary General, Attorney General, Secretary of State for Interior and Secretary of State for Health & Social Welfa [...]	2006-06-13 17:36:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG GA
06BANJUL382	THE GAMBIA: TSA AND USCG SECURITY ASSESSEMENT VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The port and airport of Banjul were reviewed by visitors from USCG and TSA in early June. Gambian officials welcomed the visits and were open to all recommendations for improvements to enhance security. Both the port and airport received overall favorable reviews and are judged t [...]	2006-06-15 17:51:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAA PTER ASEC OTRA EWWT ETRD GA EAIR ECON
06BANJUL411	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]	2006-06-28 17:48:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BANJUL526	REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...]	2006-08-23 17:18:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA
06BANJUL542	PROMINENT GAMBIAN JOURNALIST RELEASED FROM [...] (U) Following her arrest by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) on August 29 (reftel),Amie Sillah, a journalist, campaigner for gender equality, and executive member of a Gambian opposition party, the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD),was released later on the same d [...]	2006-08-31 16:49:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GA
06BANJUL583	THE GAMBIA: GOTG ISSUES INITIAL OIL EXPLORATION [...] (SBU) Local media have announced a September 8 agreement between the GOTG and a Canadian oil company, Buried Hill Energy Company (BHEC),whereby the latter obtained an oil exploration license covering two of six blocks in the GOTG-designated offshore exploration zone. Issuance of the explorat [...]	2006-09-19 17:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV OPIC EXIM USTDA GA CA
06BANJUL594	THE GAMBIA: OPPOSITION, OBSERVER REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Presidential candidate Ousainou Darboe challenged the results of the September 22 presidential election as a sham, but nonetheless vowed to participate in the upcoming National Assembly elections rather than boycott them, as in 2002. Darboe acknowledged better behavior by the ruling APRC p [...]	2006-09-26 18:05:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMCA GA
06BANJUL653	GAMBIAN JUSTICE UPDATE: GOOD AND BAD NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: High-profile detainees and trials continue to create headlines in The Gambia. Some long-term detainees, such as former journalist Malick Mboob and former National Assembly member Duta Kamaso, have been released. Other detainees continue to languish in jail awaiting trials that [...]	2006-10-20 17:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GA
06BANJUL744	THE GAMBIA: CEMENTING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) On December 5, President Yahya Jammeh returned from a brief official visit to Tehran, where he had meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other high-level members of the GOI as well as with religious leaders. The visit, Jammeh's first trip since the March 21 aborted coup attempt [...]	2006-12-11 12:05:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IR GA
06BANJUL775	THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES "FORMER [...] (U) The National Assembly recently approved a "Former Presidents' Bill" providing a benefits package for former Gambian Presidents serving at least two terms. According to media reports, the package includes a monthly stipend of 50,000 dalasis (approx. dols 1,700) and other assorted benefits, [...]	2006-12-28 14:06:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GA
06BANJUL776	NDI IN THE GAMBIA: EXPLORING POLITICAL SPACE [...] (C) In preparation for the January 25, 2007 National Assembly elections, representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI) conducted Training of Trainers sessions on election observation with the three main political parties/coalitions December 15-21. The reps found all three par [...]	2006-12-28 16:13:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMCA GA
06BASRAH102	BASRAH GOVERNOR RENEWS EFFORTS TO REMOVE POLICE CHIEF, [...] (C) Summary: Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli again renewed his efforts to replace Chief of Police (CoP) Hassan Sewady al-Saad by calling for a vote of no confidence on June 11. He said that the emergency security plan was not successful in halting violence in Basrah because the CoP was no [...]	2006-06-14 05:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IZ
06BASRAH103	UPDATE ON BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the UK and Iraq was extended for a second time to June 30, 2006. The second extension occurred because certification of the air traffic controllers (ATCs) is still pending, a shortage of fire trucks, issues with the [...]	2006-06-17 16:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EAID IZ
06BASRAH107	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...]	2006-06-20 09:07:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON EPET IZ
06BASRAH110	PROVINCIAL ELECTION IN BASRAH LIKELY TO BE WAR BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on June 15 and June 19, Hazim Joda, the branch manager for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),and Osama Khalil, the Basrah IECI media manager, gave Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Poloff an overview of issues in the pre-provincial election seaso [...]	2006-06-21 06:49:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM KISL IZ
06BASRAH114	SECURITY SITUATION IN MAYSAN [...] Summary: On June 28 the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with the Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Iraqi Army (IA),Commander of the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) and Chief of Police in Maysan province. All three men grumbled about the lack of heavy weaponry their forces [...]	2006-07-05 06:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL IZ
06BASRAH117	BASRAH CHIEF OF POLICE CLAIMS HE IS STILL IN CHARGE [...] (C) On July 12, Basrah Chief of Police (CoP) Hassan Sewady al-Saad met with Poloffs and affirmed that he remains CoP despite a no-confidence vote against him by the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) on July 7. This is the second time in the past month that the BPC has voted to remove him (see [...]	2006-07-13 11:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BASRAH119	THE DISMAL STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: The hospitals and clinics in Basrah suffer from a shortage of the most basic supplies and equipment. There are a total of 17 hospitals and numerous clinics in Basrah province. Most of the citizens of Basrah go to the public hospitals and clinics to receive free healthcare, the [...]	2006-07-19 15:34:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI IZ
06BASRAH122	GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-22 11:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ
06BASRAH131	STATE OF PLAY IN MAYSAN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 15, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff met with Abu Muslim al-Saadi, a close REO contact from Maysan province. Abu Muslim expressed his concern with democracy building in Iraq and suggested that coalition forces work closely with and support moderate religious cl [...]	2006-08-17 06:59:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
06BASRAH134	NEW BASRAH INA CHIEF'S VIEW ON SECURITY [...] (C) On August 21, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff paid a visit to the newly appointed head of the Iraqi National Accord (INA) in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC),Sayed Khalaf Shamhood. The discussion centered primarily on the security situation in Basrah and [...]	2006-08-22 04:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BASRAH136	THE GATHERING TO SAVE BASRAH -- A NEW POLITICAL ENTITY [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and poloffs hosted three members of the newly established Gathering to Save Basrah (GSB) group. The GSB was established by a group of influential politicians, clerics, tribal leaders, and educators in Basrah who believe that [...]	2006-08-24 04:34:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BASRAH138	SHAHID AL-MEHRAB EXPLAINS VIEWS, ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, the head of the Basrah branch of the Shahid al-Mehrab Islamic organization, Sheikh Diya al-Timimi, hosted the Regional Coordinator and poloff and briefed them about the educational and charitable activities of the group. The sheikh said that Shahid al-Mehrab has 5, [...]	2006-08-24 16:30:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BASRAH140	SUNNIS RETURNING TO BASRAH? [...] (C) Summary: The Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff held separate meetings with three prominent Sunni leaders - Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, Sheik Yusif al-Hamdani and Sheik Adnan al-Ghanim - to determine if there has been any improvement in the security environment for Sunnis in Basrah All th [...]	2006-08-28 09:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF IZ
06BASRAH141	BASRAH'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DECLINES BY ONE-THIRD [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Electric Committee of the Basrah Provincial Council, Ghazy Smari Jaafar told poloff on August 24 that the electricity supply has fallen from three hours on, three hours off to two hours on, four hours off in recent weeks. He pointed to soaring August temperatures [...]	2006-08-30 05:46:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV IZ
06BASRAH142	PRINCE OF THE MARSHES ON MAYSAN'S NOBLE COUNCIL AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and poloff met with Abu Hatem and discussed Maysan's Noble Council and the current security situation. Abu Hatem said he established the Maysan Noble Council (MNC) in April to ensure that all segments of the community were r [...]	2006-09-01 15:09:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
06BASRAH143	BASRAH'S ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE URGES TRAINING TO REFORM THE [...] (U) Summary. On September 4, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and poloff met with Brigadier General Mohammed Hammadi al-Musawi, Basrah's acting Chief of Police and the brother of the chairman of the Basrah Security Committee. Although Hammadi made it clear that he believes he is quit [...]	2006-09-05 16:14:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BASRAH151	THE BASRAH ASHURA COUNCIL - AN AL-MUSAWI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi to discuss the Ashura Council he recently formed to advise and support the local government. The Ashura Council is inclusive of all religious, political and tribal groups as well as women, academ [...]	2006-09-18 06:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
06BASRAH160	SECURITY IN MAYSAN PROVINCE DETERIORATES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 12 meeting between Maysan contact Abdul Kareem Mahod (Abu Hatem) and the Regional Coordinator (RC) at the REO, the discussion centered on the deteriorating security situation in Maysan. Violence and assassinations have markedly increased since the departure of Coa [...]	2006-10-13 10:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH161	BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER DEPLORES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff met with Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayed Ghali Nujem Mutar. The discussion focused on the miserable security situation in Basrah and the ineffectiveness of the security committee led by General Ali al-Hammadi a [...]	2006-10-15 17:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH164	MAJED AL-SARI ON ASSASINATIONS AND IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 16:37:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH166	BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBER ON MAYSAN FIGHTING AND OPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 08:10:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH167	MEDIA IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and people involved with media in Basrah are under constant threat from extremists and politicians. There is pressure from religious and political organizations to not report on issues they deem taboo. Journalists continue to be murdered, but many are willing to r [...]	2006-10-26 06:20:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KDEM IZ
06BASRAH168	IIP LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH SAYS SECURITY HAS IMPROVED FOR [...] (C) On October 26, the RC and poloff met with Haji Khalaf Mohammad Abid al-Mawla, parliamentarian and former head of the IIP in Basrah, and Sheik Abdul Karim Jurad al-Dosari, acting IIP head. Haji Khalaf was upbeat during the meeting and told the RC that the security situation for Sunnis in B [...]	2006-10-27 09:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH172	BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BUDGET AND SECURITY WOES [...] (C) Summary. On November 14 and 15 the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and poloffs met with three close contacts of the REO who are Basrah Provincial Council members (one from Iraqi National Accord, one from Fadhillah Party, and one independent). The three separately voiced concerns over [...]	2006-11-18 09:24:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH175	BASRAH'S DATE PALMS PROJECT OFFERS JOBS, POSSIBILITY OF [...] (U) This cable was cleared by PRT Basrah. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Basrah provincial government has begun implementation of a $10 million project to restore the date palm plantations of Basrah, creating 2,000 immediate jobs. The director of the Basrah Date Palm Research Center, Mohammed A. H [...]	2006-12-02 20:02:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD ETRA IZ
06BASRAH176	MAYSAN PROVINCE CONTACTS SAY IT IS NOT READY FOR PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5 and 10, the Acting Regional Coordinator (ARC) and poloff met with frequent contacts Hussein Jaloob al-Saadi and Abdul Kareem Mahod respectively, from Maysan province. Both men told the ARC that following days of fighting between Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) and the Iraqi P [...]	2006-12-12 21:15:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH22	MAYSAN PROVINCE: AVIAN INFLUENZA, FLOODING AND AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Information from the Danish Embassy Office and the UN indicates that there are confirmed cases of H5N1 in birds in Maysan province. There is currently no evidence that it has affected humans, but there are six suspicious cases (including one death) still awaiting test results. Recen [...]	2006-02-20 11:53:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AMED EAID ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IZ
06BASRAH43	GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...]	2006-03-31 11:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ
06BASRAH45	SOUTH OIL COMPANY - TOO MANY RUMORS AND NOT ENOUGH [...] Summary: On March 29, Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with General Manager of South Oil Company (SOC) Jabbar Ali Husayn Al Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO). Al Lu'aybi refuted concerns of oil smuggling through the SOC terminal and questioned a report he had receive [...]	2006-04-03 16:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EINV IZ
06BASRAH48	COUNCIL DITHERS AS BASRAH SECURITY WORSENS [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hakim Abdul Sahib Kadum (Independent- Basrah Islamic Coalition),Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and Head of the Supervisory Security Committee of the council. He insisted that the U.S. REO take an "active role" i [...]	2006-04-06 12:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL IZ
06BASRAH54	SUNNI KILLINGS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: Since March 30, 12 high-profile killings of Sunnis have taken place in Basrah. This cable builds on Ref A and discusses targeted killings of Sunnis in Basrah, as well as threats and intimidation campaigns against Sunni and Christian minorities. The local Shia government is at b [...]	2006-04-12 09:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI KISL IZ
06BASRAH56	TRIBAL LEADERS FED UP WITH BAD SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On April 12, Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheikh Kadim Al Gatrani, the Chair of the Basrah Council of Nobles (CoN) and leader of the Al Gatrani tribe in Basrah. As one of the most powerful and influential sheikhs in Basrah, Sheikh Kadim's message that security in Ba [...]	2006-04-15 11:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL SOCI IZ
06BASRAH57	HIZB DAWA ISLAMIYA PERSPECTIVES IN BASRAH [...] (C) Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff on April 6 met with Amer Al-Khuzaei, field coordinator for the Basrah branch of the Hizb Dawa Islamiya party and Deputy Health Minister, to discuss the Dawa party's views on various issues. Poloff on April 14 conducted a similar conversation with Abu Fa [...]	2006-04-17 15:06:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH65	HASSAN AL-RASHID ON SECURITY, THE BASRAH GOVERNMENT AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 3 meeting with Badr Organization chief Hassan al-Rashid, the Regional Coordinator (RC) discussed the threats against the employees of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah and suggested that splinter groups could be responsible. Hassan believes that the Basrah Pro [...]	2006-05-04 16:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ
06BASRAH66	MODM BASRAH OFFICIAL ON IDP CAMP FOR DISPLACED SHIA [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and PolOffs met with Abdul Kareen Salman, Director of Human Affairs from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) for the Southern Region to discuss the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in southern Iraq. Abdu [...]	2006-05-05 10:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF SMIG SOCI EAID KISL IZ
06BASRAH69	SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHIEF PESSIMISTIC, BUT COMMITTED TO A [...] (C) On May 4, Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and Poloff met with South Oil Company (SOC) General Manager Jabbar Ali Husayn al-Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) as part of an ongoing dialogue. Looking visibly tired, Jabbar started the meeting on a positive note and confirmed re [...]	2006-05-06 15:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
06BASRAH77	BLEAK BUT IMPROVING - PRISON CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Prison conditions in southern Iraq are comparable to those of a poor third world country -- bleak and dismal. However, real progress has been made, and despite political pressure the Regional Director of Prisons for southern Iraq is committed to improving prison and related huma [...]	2006-05-16 09:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS IZ
06BASRAH78	SUNNI LEADERS EXPRESS THEIR ANGER OVER KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 2006, the Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and Poloff attended a meeting with six prominent Sunni leaders at the diwan at the Al Abayachi mosque of Sheik Khalid al-Mulla, a moderate Sunni imam and a close contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref. A). The Sunn [...]	2006-05-16 10:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ
06BASRAH80	IRANIAN CONSULATE IN BASRAH [...] (C) On May 18, Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and poloff met with Sayed Rajah Al Musawi, Assistant to the Basrah Governor (Independent) to discuss the current political situation. During the course of the meeting, DRC inquired whether the Iranian Consulate was officially opened today (Note: [...]	2006-05-21 09:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ
06BASRAH81	POLITICAL PICTURE IN BASRAH - NOT PRETTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) hosted separate meetings with Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayed Ghali (Iraqi National Accord) and Assistant to the Governor, Sayed Rajeh Al Musawi (Independent) at the Regional Embassy Office. The discussions focused on the [...]	2006-05-21 10:48:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KCRM IZ
06BASRAH85	BASRAH PC MEMBER ON OPTIONS TO OUSTING THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and Poloff met with Munathil Abd Khanjar, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member. He described a number of options the BPC was considering as alternatives to removing the Governor. The BPC's efforts to brainstorm up alternati [...]	2006-05-27 07:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH86	BASRAH PC MEMBER: SECURITY PROBLEMS IN BASRAH IMPEDES [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and Poloff met with Munathil Abd Khanjar, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and head of the Economic Committee. Munathil provided a bleak picture of economic development in Basrah, saying that deteriorating security por [...]	2006-05-27 14:34:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD IZ
06BASRAH88	BASRAH ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, Dr. Wathib Al Amood, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and member of the Reconstruction Committee, told Poloff that electricity availability in Basrah had declined from "three on, three off," to "two on, four off" since the beginning of May. With temperatures in t [...]	2006-05-29 11:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD IZ
06BASRAH89	SUNNI MOSQUES CLOSE IN BASRAH AGAIN AS VIOLENCE SURGES [...] (C) Summary: Since the end of March, violence targeting the Sunni minority in Basrah has produced sensational headlines in the local news and a growing stack of bodies in local morgues. With a new rash of high-profile killings since May 10, the Sunni Endowment closed its mosques in Basrah from [...]	2006-05-30 05:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI SMIG KISL IZ
06BASRAH92	BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...]	2006-06-03 15:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ
06BASRAH99	READ-OUT FROM NEW FADILLAH PARTY LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with the new head of the Basrah Fadillah Party, Dr. Jamal Abdul Zahra Mezel, at the Fadillah Party headquarters. Dr. Jamal stated that the Fadillah Party in Basrah believed that the media was blowing the security issue out of pr [...]	2006-06-07 07:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ENRG EPET IZ
06BEIJING10098	TIBET RAILWAY COMPLETION ADVANCES AMID PROBLEMS [...] (C) Meeting the scheduled July 1 completion date for the high-profile Qinghai-Tibet railway line will be a major challenge, according to an Amcit engineer heavily involved in the project. Although the Minister of Railways reportedly ordered the completion date moved up to coincide with his p [...]	2006-05-24 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON CH
06BEIJING10104	PRC/UN: MFA BRIEFS ON UNSYG ANNAN VISIT [...] (C) UN SYG Annan asked President Hu Jintao what opinions or advice the UN can offer to help break the current Six-Party Talks impasse, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Guo Xuejun told Poloff on May 23. Hu said China continues to work with the other Partiesto resume the Six-P [...]	2006-05-24 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV UN CH
06BEIJING10507	CULTURAL REVOLUTION REMEMBERED BY SOME, FORGOTTEN [...] (C) Chinese authorities are treading carefully around sensitive anniversaries this month related to the launch of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. The Propaganda Department has restricted media commemorations or commentary. Security officials have prevented some survivors of the tumult from [...]	2006-05-26 12:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
06BEIJING1058	HUMAN RIGHTS: RAID OF HOUSE CHURCH AND DETENTION [...] (C) On January 17, poloff conveyed to MFA Human Rights Division official Wang Gang USG concern about recent reports that the Beijing Ark House Church was raided on January 8 and 15, and reports that defense lawyer Gao Zhisheng was detained on January 13. Wang agreed to inquire about the event [...]	2006-01-17 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
06BEIJING10734	PRC/GERMANY: MERKEL VISIT READOUT [...] (C) China supports a more important role for Germany in the United Nations, China's leaders told visiting German Chancellor Merkel, according to MFA European Affairs Division Director Wang Shunqing. Wang said that during Mrkel's May 21-23 visit to China, China and Germany agreed to initiate a [...]	2006-05-31 08:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV GE CH
06BEIJING10779	PRC/SINGAPORE: LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew used his May 10-17 isit to China to urge Chinese cunterparts including Premier Wen Jiabao to develop a bilateral relationship that reflects the increased role of energy security in world affairs, according to Chinese MFA Deputy Director He Wei. The t [...]	2006-06-01 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SN TW
06BEIJING10823	PRC EVACUATES CITIZENS, OTHERS FROM EAST TIMOR [...] (C) A charter plane arrived in China from Dili on the evening of May 30 with over 240 PRC citizens, overseas Chinese, non-PRC nationals and PRC Embassy staff, MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director He Wei told poloff on May 31. He Wei said he has not received any reports of Am [...]	2006-06-01 08:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC CH TT
06BEIJING10891	PRC RESPONDS TO INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV EAID CH ID
06BEIJING11075	STAFFDEL CUTS SHORT XINJIANG VISIT AFTER KADEER [...] (C) Summary: House International Relations Committee Staffdel Halpin cut short its visit to Xinjiang and returned to Beijing June 2 after Chinese officials confirmed they have detained three of Rebiya Kadeer's adult children on suspicion of tax evasion. Xinjiang officials also accused Kadeer [...]	2006-06-02 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING11182	SECURITY TIGHT, MEDIA SILENT ON 17TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (C) The seventeenth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989 passed quietly on Sunday, with an elevated security presence in and around the Square. Poloffs visiting the Square throughout the day saw no protest activity or police actions, although press reports later said [...]	2006-06-05 10:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING11183	PRC/JAPAN: BEIJING SATISFIED WITH LI-ASO MEETING, [...] (C) China was satisfied with the tone of the meeting between Foreign Ministers Li Zhaoxing and Taro Aso on May 23 in Doha, MFA Deputy Director of the Japan Division Lu Guijun told poloff, while cautioning that bilateral relations remain difficult. The decision to allow FM Li to meet his count [...]	2006-06-05 11:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING11606	PATRIOTIC EDUCATION FOR IMAMS IN XINJIANG [...] (C) Local authorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China's far northwest are stepping up efforts to cultivate "patriotic" religious personnel through a second round of intensive training, according to local officials. Following an initial round of patriotic training from 2001- [...]	2006-06-08 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KISL CH
06BEIJING11753	CHRISTIANITY GAINING POPULARITY IN XINJIANG, EVEN [...] (C) Interest in Christianity is growing in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),but local authorities are reportedly trying to control the growth in order to avoid conflicts with the majority Muslim community. According to local Christian leaders and congregants, the community's gro [...]	2006-06-09 11:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS CH
06BEIJING11754	KHOTAN OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHTS IMPROVED SECURITY [...] (C) The vast improvement in the security situation in southwest Xinjiang's Khotan Prefecture is due to both heightened government counterterrorism activities and the public's strong support in combating the "Three Forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, Khotan officials told poloffs d [...]	2006-06-09 12:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KISL CH
06BEIJING11756	MEDIA TESTS LIMITS ON COVERING LEADERS' PERSONAL [...] (C) The envelope-pushing Southern Weekend newspaper recently challenged a longstanding taboo on reporting on the private lives of retired leaders when it published a retrospective on the activities of Jiang Zemin, Li Peng, and other recently-retired leaders. Embassy contacts said that the pa [...]	2006-06-09 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING11811	HIRC STAFFDEL HALPIN'S CHINA VISIT [...] (SBU) Reftels reported that House International Relations Committee (HIRC) STAFFDEL Halpin, consisting of Dennis Halpin and Hans Hogrefe, cut short its visit to Xinjiang after members of the family of Rebiya Kadeer were detained. As noted reftels, the STAFFDEL and the Embassy repeatedly urged [...]	2006-06-12 03:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC ENRG UNAUS CH JP
06BEIJING12177	HUMAN RIGHTS: BLIND ACTIVIST CHARGED WITH [...] (C) Summary: Blind legal activist and family planning whistleblower Chen Guangcheng has been formally charged with intentionally destroying public property and inciting a mass traffic jam. The charges and Chen's transfer to the Shandong Province Yinan County detention center end nearly three [...]	2006-06-13 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING12526	HUMAN RIGHTS: NORWEGIANS ON REBIYA KADEER FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN CH
06BEIJING12532	PRC OPPOSES UNSC TAKING UP BURMA ISSUE [...] (C) China firmly opposes UNSC involvement in Burma and has serious concerns about the proposed U.S. resolution, MFA International Organizations Department Director General Wu Hailong told the DCM on June 15. ASEAN nations, except for Singapore, share China's opposition to the U.S. initiative, [...]	2006-06-15 13:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
06BEIJING12650	TRIAL OF NEW YORK TIMES EMPLOYEE ADJOURNS WITHOUT [...] (C) The trial of New York Times researcher Zhao Yan on charges of leaking "state secrets" and fraud adjourned without result on June 16. A verdict should issue within 30 days, according to Chinese law. 2. (C) The proceeding in Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court was closed to the public, mean [...]	2006-06-16 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO CH
06BEIJING13004	PRC/NEPAL: BEIJING ASSESSING HOW TO ENGAGE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The eight-point agreement between the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists in Nepal could be a turning point in the peace negotiations between the two sides, a Chinese MFA official said. The SPA and the new government are aware that if they do not solve the Maoist question, [...]	2006-06-20 06:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING13023	HENAN STUDENTS RANSACK COLLEGE CAMPUS [...] (C) Post has confirmed foreign news reports that thousands of students at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, engaged in violent demonstrations in recent days. Quiet has been restored on campus, according to a journalist named Zhang (w [...]	2006-06-20 11:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING13025	CHALLENGING MEDIA TABOOS IN XINJIANG [...] (C) Xinjiang journalists face particularly heavy restrictions stemming from Xinjiang's unique political sensitivities and large ethnic minority population. The local media is generally prohibited from reporting on interethnic disputes, matters pertaining to terrorism or separatism as well as [...]	2006-06-20 13:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL CH
06BEIJING1305	GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR TO PRESSURE BEIJING ON [...] (C) The German Political Director will travel to Beijing January 23-24 to lead the EU-3 effort to pressure China to support its position on Iran's nuclear program, according to German Embassy Officer Aron Mir Haschemi. In a January 19 meeting and follow-up conversation on January 20, Aron sai [...]	2006-01-20 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING1306	STRONG DOMESTIC PRESSURE DRIVING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: A strong domestic consensus in Iran is driving the government to restart enrichment activities and to pursue an indigenous nuclear program, according to MFA West Asia and African Affairs Iran Division Director Xu Wei. In a January 19 meeting, Xu said that Beijing believes it is [...]	2006-01-20 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH

06BEIJING13187	HUMAN RIGHTS: SARS WHISTLEBLOWER DR. JIANG STILL [...] (C) SAS Whistleblower Dr. Jiang Yanyong remains bannd from traveling overseas nearly two years after he was detained for asking Chinse officials to reconsider their verdict on the 1989 Tiananmen massacre in the run-up to the 15th anniversary of those events. Dr. Jiang's work unit, People's L [...]	2006-06-21 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KHIV CH
06BEIJING13273	HUMAN RIGHTS: POLICE FORCE CHEN GUANGCHENG'S [...] (C) Chen Guangcheng's elderly mother and three-year old son were taken from Beijing and forcibly returned to Linyi, Shandong Province on June 19 because they had planned to participate in a news conference highlighting Chen's mistreatment. Attorneys and other supporters of Chen involved with [...]	2006-06-22 05:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TBIO CH
06BEIJING13274	JIANGXI IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR: MILLIONS LEAVE ONE [...] (C) Millions of residents of Jiangxi province have left home in search of work in construction, factories and the service sector in China's coastal boomtowns. The outflow has both positive and negative aspects, according to local officials and residents. Brain drain is a problem, as Jiangxi' [...]	2006-06-22 05:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB CH
06BEIJING13333	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON BEATING OF THREE GORGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA Human Rights Division official told Poloff the June 8 beating that paralyzed Three Gorges dam opponent Fu Xiancai was a common crime that would be punished and was not politically motivated. In a June 22 meeting, Poloff raised USG concern and asked for information about re [...]	2006-06-22 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF SENV CH
06BEIJING13471	BEIJING VICE MAYOR FIRED FOR "DECADENCE" OR [...] (C) Beijing is abuzz with talk of corruption scandals, following the abrupt sacking on June 11 of Beijing Vice Mayor Liu Zhihua for leading a "decaent lifestyle" and the ongoing investigation of a navy commander for bribery. In a departure from the usual popular approval for arrests of corrup [...]	2006-06-23 12:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
06BEIJING13473	CHINESE CHRISTIAN IN XINJIANG DISCUSSES SOCIAL ILLS [...] (C) During a recent visit to China's predominantly Muslim Xinjiang region, local radio talk show host Zhou Jianjun described to Poloff his strong Christian faith and his disappointment with modern Chinese society. The Chinese Communist Party has lost its moral legitimacy, he stated. Zhou ask [...]	2006-06-23 13:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING13476	HARD TIMES, HOT PROPERTY IN HUNAN [...] (C) During a June 9 visit to Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, poloff discussed development trends with a broad range of local professionals (protect all),all of whom agreed that Hunan's economy has grown rapidly over the past 3-4 years. Investments from the major coastal cities have [...]	2006-06-23 13:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI EAGR CH
06BEIJING13477	PARTY INTELLECTUAL SEES "LEFTIST" LEANINGS AMONG [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloffs, high-profile Party intellectual Ma Licheng (protect) maintained that it is too early to speculate about leadership maneuvering for next fall's 17th party congress. However, he provided a general readout on political dynamics at the top of the Party. In M [...]	2006-06-23 17:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING13859	PRC/UN: UN MANAGEMENT REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) China believes meaningful management reforms can be adopted before the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA's) Fifth Committee adjourns, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs on June 29 in response to Poloffs delivery of reftel points and draft resolution. China [...]	2006-06-29 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC AMGT UNGA CH
06BEIJING13860	BEIJING SILENT ON VATICAN TALKS; ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Officials of China's Foreign Ministry, State Administration for Religious Affairs and Catholic Patriotic Association all denied knowledge of any Vatican delegation in Beijing for talks concerning relations between China and the Holy See. American NGO activist John Kamm told the Ambassador [...]	2006-06-29 11:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL CH VT
06BEIJING14514	PRC ON EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) China and Japan agreed to continue the process of consultations on the East China Sea dispute, to establish a panel of technical experts and to set up a hotline, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff during a July 11 briefing on the July 8-9 tal [...]	2006-07-11 14:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA CH
06BEIJING14617	PRC/AFRICA: WEN JIABAO HIGHLIGHTS PRC INTEREST IN [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of seven African nations provided an opportunity for China to highlight the humanitarian aspects of its engagement in Africa, according to MFA Africa Department Officer Zhang Dianbin. Wen refuted criticism that China engages in neo-colonialism in Africa [...]	2006-07-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING14724	PRC/UNSC: MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) The PRC is willing to approach Qatar to delay the vote on the draft UNSC resolution (reftel) if the United States can propose a time certain for the vote and commits to support the resolution in whichever form it is finally put to a vote, MFA International Organizations Officer Sun Zhiqiang [...]	2006-07-13 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG CH
06BEIJING15153	TFLEO1: PRC/LEBANON - BEIJING CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) China is concerned about the situation in Lebanon, but has no clear definition of a red line that would trigger a stronger Chinese reaction to Israel's offensive, according to an MFA official. China's response to unfolding events will depend on the reaction of the international community, [...]	2006-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CH IS LE
06BEIJING15377	PRC ON CHINA-JAPAN SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) China agreed to resume the China-Japan Security Dialogue after a two-year hiatus to show the importance of the bilateral relationship, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloffs on July 24. Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and Deputy Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-07-25 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JA
06BEIJING15378	PRC/SUDAN: AMIS-UNPKO TRANSITION FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan government must agree to the terms of a transition from African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) before any transition proceeds, MFA Deputy Director for West Asia and North Africa Weng Meihui told Poloff, explaining PRC [...]	2006-07-25 14:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPKO PHUM CH SU UN
06BEIJING15437	HUMAN RIGHTS: CHINAÂ´S DIALOGUE PARTNERS HAVE MIXED [...] (C) Countries that conduct formal human rights dialogues with China are disappointed that the exchanges rarely yield immediate, tangible results, contacts at foreign embassies in Beijing told us. Nonetheless, most dialogue partners judged that the exercise remains useful as a forum a) to express hu [...]	2006-07-26 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING15559	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA ON RELIGIOUS PRISONERS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, POLOFF RAISED USG CONCERN ABOUT THE RECENT DETENTION OF AN AIDS ACTIVIST, THE BEATING DEATH OF A JOURNALIST AND THE CONVICTION OF SEVERAL UNDERGROUND PROTESTANT LEADERS, INCLUDING SOME SENTENCED TO DEATH. AN MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION OFFICIAL HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT [...]	2006-07-27 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF CH
06BEIJING15796	HUMAN RIGHTS: ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG BEATEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ATTORNEY GAO ZHISHENG, WHO REPRESENTS FALUN GONG, HOUSE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER DISSIDENTS, WAS BEATEN BY JULY 30 AFTER HE COMPLAINED ABOUT LOUD DISTURBANCES BY HIS "UNDERCOVER" SECURITY DETAIL THAT KEPT HE AND HIS FAMILY AWAKE. SEPARATELY, HUBEI ELECTION ACTIVIST YAO [...]	2006-08-01 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF
06BEIJING15855	PRC/SUDAN: BEIJING CAN SUPPORT CHAPTER VI DARFUR [...] (C) THE PRC CAN ACCEPT A UNSC CHAPTER VI RESOLUTION WITH CHAPTER VII ELEMENTS ON DARFUR PROVIDED THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AGREES TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MISSION AND THE TERMS OF THE MANDATE, ACCORDING TO MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO WHO MET WITH POLOFFS ON AUGUST 2. DRAWING [...]	2006-08-02 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CH SU
06BEIJING15857	TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST [...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...]	2006-08-02 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS
06BEIJING16057	CHINESE LEADERSHIP MULLS INCLUSION OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Party leaders appear to be laying the groundwork for including the issue of political reform on the agenda of the 17th National Party Congress next year. Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that a treatise on political reforms written by Central Party School scholars and posted to the web [...]	2006-08-04 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
06BEIJING16502	BEIJING DOES NOT EXPECT SERIOUS ANTI-JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEITHER JAPANESE DIPLOMATS NOR BEIJING-BASED JAPAN EXPERTS ANTICIPATE LARGE-SCALE ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS SUCH AS THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL 2005 SHOULD JAPANESE PM KOIZUMI VISIT YASUKUNI SHRINE ON OR AROUND AUGUST 15. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY HERE TWEAKED ITS EMERGENCY PLAN IN CA [...]	2006-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING16740	ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER CUI DEPARTS BEIJING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING16819	FOREIGN MINISTRY CONDEMNS PM KOIZUMI'S SHRINE [...] (C) Summary: Beijing strongly condemned the visit by Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi to Yasukuni Shrine, with the Foreign Ministry stating that PM Koizumi was "challenging international justice and trampling human conscience." Foreign Minister Li told Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto that PM Ko [...]	2006-08-15 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC JA CH
06BEIJING16822	PRC/LEBANON: BEIJING SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING BELIEVES UNSRC 1701 IS A "GOOD RESOLUTION" BUT IS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION. MFA WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA DEPARTMENT LEVANT DIVISION DIRECTOR CHEN WEIQING SAID AUGUST 15 THAT EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1701 WILL DEPEND ON RESOLVI [...]	2006-08-15 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS CH UN IS LE
06BEIJING16879	CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS: PRC SCHOLARS EXPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING PM KOIZUMI'S VISIT TO YASUKUNI SHRINE, CHINESE JAPAN SCHOLARS ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT APPROACH CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY ABE MIGHT TAKE IF, AS WIDELY EXPECTED, ABE BECOMES JAPAN'S NEXT PRIME MINISTER AFTER PM KOIZUMI STEPS DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. ABE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABLE TO AV [...]	2006-08-16 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA CH
06BEIJING16959	LOCAL FARMERS LAUNCH "PEOPLE'S TV" TO SHORT- LIVED [...] (C) According to a senior journalist at the State Council Development Research Center paper, China Economic Times, local farmers in south-central China recently defied a prohibition on privately-run broadcasting facilities and established their own "People's TV." When authorities got wind of [...]	2006-08-17 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING16960	HUMAN RIGHTS: ACTIVIST LAWYER GAO ZHISHENG [...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia telephoned poloff August 17 to report that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has drawn Chinese Government ire for defending dissidents, was detained on August 15 in Shandong Province. Gao was having lunch with a mutual friend of Hu's when two [...]	2006-08-17 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING16961	BROADCAST NEWS: CCTV YOUTH MOVEMENT EARNS [...] (C) Two young anchors unexpectedly debuted on China Central Television's 7 p.m. national news broadcast early this summer. The appearance of Mr. Kang Hui and Ms. Li Zeming, both in their early 30s, has stimulated debate about CCTV's direction and spurred rumors about the possibility of chang [...]	2006-08-17 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING17031	HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG'S LAWYERS DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY. LEGAL ACTIVIST CHEN GUANGCHENG'S DEFENSE LAWYERS XU ZHIYONG AND LI FANPING WERE DETAINED AUGUST 18 PRIOR TO CHEN'S TRIAL IN SHANDONG'S YINAN COUNTY, WHICH BEGAN AT 2:30 P.M. POLICE BARRED CHEN'S WIFE AND MOTHER FROM ATTENDING CHEN'S TRIAL, BUT CHEN'S OLDER BROTHER WAS TO HAVE BE [...]	2006-08-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING17493	ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA COMPLAINS OF INCREASED [...] (C) GRASS-ROOTS ELECTIONS ACTIVIST YAO LIFA (PROTECT) DESCRIBED TO POLOFF ON AUGUST 21 THE INCREASED HARASSMENT THAT ELECTION AND OTHER ACTIVISTS ARE FACING ACROSS CHINA. THE CCP IS FEELING THREATENED, YAO CLAIMED, BY THE LINKS ACTIVISTS IN A NUMBER OF FIELDS HAVE ESTABLISHED NATIONWIDE VIA TH [...]	2006-08-22 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
06BEIJING17497	PRC/SUDAN: CHINA EMPHASIZES NEED FOR KHARTOUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN MFA OFFICIAL TOLD US THE PRC SUPPORTS REHATTING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN (AMIS) PEACEKEEPERS BUT CONTINUES TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF SUDANESE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY (GNU) CONSENT TO SUCH AN OPERATION. BEIJING BELIEVES SUCH CONSENT IS NECESSARY PRIOR TO PROCEE [...]	2006-08-22 14:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO SU CH
06BEIJING1773	CHINA/INDIA: INDIAN EMBASSY READOUT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) India and China maintain different positions on Iran and Nepal, according to Indian Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Vinay Kwatra. Providing a readout on Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran's January 9-11 visit to Beijing and in follow-on discussion, Kwatra noted India's continued opposit [...]	2006-01-27 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH IN NP IR
06BEIJING17957	ROK READOUT OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG [...] (C) ROK NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SONG MIN-SOON'S AUGUST 24-25 VISIT TO BEIJING FOCUSED ON PLANNING FOR ROK PRESIDENT ROH'S OCTOBER VISIT AS WELL AS DISCUSSING NORTH KOREA. AN ROK EMBASSY OFFICER STRESSED THAT BOTH SIDES LOOK TO PRESIDENT ROH'S VISIT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN BILATERAL [...]	2006-08-25 12:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS
06BEIJING17959	CHINA TELLS NGO ACTIVIST JOHN KAMM HIS HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS TOLD JOHN KAMM OF THE NGO DUIHUA FOUNDATION ON AUGUST 24 THAT HIS DIALOGUE ON PRISONER CASES WITH CHINESE OFFICIALS IS OVER AND THAT CHINA WAS "SICK AND TIRED" OF RESPONDING TO FOREIGNERS' REQUESTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASES. IN A SEPARATE, MUC [...]	2006-08-25 13:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
06BEIJING18217	CHINA UNLIKELY TO CO-CHAIR ARF 1540 SEMINAR [...] (C) Summary: China is unlikely to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on USNCR 1540 Implementation with us according to MFA Asian Affairs Department official Ma Jia. Lack of funding prevents China from co-hosting, Ma said, but she suggested that the United States might be able to reclama [...]	2006-08-29 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH
06BEIJING18542	CHINA CAUTIOUS ON ASEAN+6 TRADE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA IS REACTING CAUTIOUSLY TO JAPAN'S PROPOSALS FOR AN ASEAN 6 FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AND OTHER EFFORTS TO INCREASE REGIONAL INTEGRATION. FURTHER DECISIONS ON SUCH STEPS COULD COME AT DECEMBER'S EAST ASIAN SUMMIT, BUT CHINA WILL CONTINUE TO LET ASEAN TAKE THE LEAD, FOREIGN MINIST [...]	2006-09-01 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD XE JA CH
06BEIJING18543	CHINA REACTS TO JAPAN'S PROTEST OVER EAST CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN AUGUST 30 AGAIN VOICED DISAGREEMENT WITH JAPAN OVER GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. AFTER TOKYO RAISED OBJECTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE "STRUCTURES" IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EAST CHINA SEA IN JULY, BEIJING RESPO [...]	2006-09-01 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING18547	PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE [...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...]	2006-09-01 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH PK
06BEIJING18589	PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...]	2006-09-05 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING18886	FORMAL MFA REPLY ON ARF 1540 SEMINAR [...] (SBU) China formalized its inability to co-host an ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar (ARF) on UNSCR 1540 in a September 7 letter delivered to the Embassy. Full text of the letter to Blair Hall, EAP/RSP Director, is contained para 2. The letter was faxed separately to EAP/CM. China would likely [...]	2006-09-07 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM CH
06BEIJING19033	PROPOSED CHEN YUNLIN VISIT TO TAIWAN, NEVER [...] (C) THE MAINLAND'S TAIWAN AFFAIRS OFFICE (TAO) TOLD THE CHINESE PRESS THAT TAO DIRECTOR CHEN YUNLIN WAS FORCED TO "CANCEL" HIS PLANNED TRAVEL TO TAIWAN FOR AN AGRICULTURAL FORUM IN OCTOBER, AS TAIWAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING A LENGTHY MEE [...]	2006-09-08 11:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
06BEIJING19039	HUMAN RIGHTS: RIGHTS ACTIVIST HU JIA RELEASED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: BEIJING-BASED ACTIVIST HU JIA WAS RELEASED BY SECURITY AUTHORITIES ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 7, IN APPARENT COMPLIANCE WITH A RULE THAT ALLOWS AUTHORITIES TO DETAIN CITIZENS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO 12 HOURS FOR QUESTIONING WITHOUT EXPLANATION. AUTHORITIES INTERROGATED HU ABOUT HI [...]	2006-09-08 14:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING19362	CUSTOMS' EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: The PRC's General Administration of Customs (GAC) utilizes a risk management system to identify "certain countries and regions" and "certain goods" to be subject to physical inspection before export, Customs officials at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port told Poloff during a September 7 [...]	2006-09-13 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING19406	PARTY PLENUM IN MID-OCTOBER [...] (C) THIS YEAR'S COMMUNIST PARTY PLENUM IS LIKELY TO BE HELD IN MID-OCTOBER, BASED ON A CREDIBLE HONG KONG MEDIA REPORT AND THE PRC'S POSTPONEMENT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL'S VISIT TO BEIJING, SCHEDULED FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9. ACCORDING TO THE SEPTEMBER 12 WEN WEI PO, A PRC-OWNED HONG KONG NEWS [...]	2006-09-13 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
06BEIJING19483	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BEIJING SENDS POSITIVE SIGNAL [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao on September 14. Noting that Indonesia has no objection to the UN 1267 Committee's listing of the Indonesian branch of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),Poloff passed a copy of r [...]	2006-09-14 06:08:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PTER EFIN PREL IN CH
06BEIJING19543	WREATHS LAID, SONGS PLAYED AS MEMORIES FADE [...] (C) Party leaders allowed limited media coverage but no official commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death on September 9. In a carefully managed, low-key observance, the Party convened no official functions and issued no official statements to mark the event. Media and cu [...]	2006-09-14 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
06BEIJING19661	CHINA-JAPAN: BEIJING AWAITS ABE'S REMARKS BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA HAD NO ROLE IN PUBLICIZING A PHOTO OF PREMIER WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AT THIS WEEK'S ASEM SUMMIT, A FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID. CHINA REMAINS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, THE OFFICIAL SAID, BUT AWAITS PRESUMPTIVE NE [...]	2006-09-15 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING20011	MFA REACTION TO COUP IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary: China was "somewhat surprised" by the coup against Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, but expects the matter to be resolved peacefully, MFA Deputy Director Sun Xiangyang told poloff September 20. Beijing expects the coup to have little impact on Thai foreign policy, including [...]	2006-09-20 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TH CH
06BEIJING20012	CHINA DISAPPOINTED BURMA PLACED ON UNSC AGENDA [...] (C) China was disappointed by the decision to place Burma on the UN Security Council's agenda, MFA Deputy Division Director for United Nations Affairs Yao Shaojun said in response to reftel demarche. After noting he would convey the USG position and seek an official response, Yao offered his [...]	2006-09-20 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING20360	SHANGHAI PARTY LEADER CHEN LIANGYU FIRED IN [...] (C) Xinhua News Agency announced the morning of September 25 that Politburo member Chen Liangyu was removed from his post as Shanghai Party Secretary by the Politburo due to corruption allegations. A terse Xinhua statement noted that Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng was named Acting Party Secretary [...]	2006-09-25 23:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING20679	PRC-JAPAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: VFM DAI RETURNS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's "Strategic Dialogue" with Japan finally ended September 27 amid upbeat rhetoric but no concrete decision about the possibility of a summit meeting between Chinese President Hu Jintao and newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to the Japanese Embassy h [...]	2006-09-27 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA CH
06BEIJING20892	PRC-SUDAN: CHINA HOLDING FAST ON SIX-MONTH [...] (C) Summary: China sees no need to provide the Panel of Experts responsible for the Darfur region of Sudan with a one-year mandate, MFA International Organizations Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told poloff September 28. The ultimate resolution of the Darfur issue depends [...]	2006-09-28 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU CH
06BEIJING20898	PRODI IN CHINA DISCUSSES ARMS EMBARGO, TRADE AND [...] (C) Italy leans to lifting the embargo of arms sales to China, said Italian Premier Romano Prodi, in China from September 13-19 with a 500-person Italian trade delegation. In Beijing, Prodi met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Communist Party Central Committee head Wang Jiarui. [...]	2006-09-28 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU IT CH
06BEIJING20973	HUMAN RIGHTS: WIFE SAYS NO PUBLIC HEARING FOR CHEN [...] (C) Yuan Weiqing, the wife of jailed blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, telephoned poloff September 29 to advise that the Shandong court would not hold a public hearing in the appeal of her husband's conviction for obstructing traffic and destroying public property. Chen's lawyers were to [...]	2006-09-29 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING20986	TAKEDOWN OF SHANGHAI PARTY BOSS GETS ATTENTION OF [...] (C) The significance of the sacking of Shanghai Party Secretary and Politburo Member Chen Liangyu this week lies in SIPDIS the shock effect it will have on headstrong local leaders who put their parochial (and sometimes personal) interests ahead of their responsibilities to the central leade [...]	2006-09-29 13:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
06BEIJING21220	DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...]	2006-10-07 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU
06BEIJING21224	REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT"" [...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...]	2006-10-09 11:50:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU
06BEIJING21227	REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: REACTION OF BEIJING [...] (C) Officials from the Japanese, ROK, Russian, French and British Embassies in Beijing were in contact with Chinese officials October 9 about the reported DPRK nuclear test and said their capitals had made or would make statements condemning the DPRK action. The Japanese geological service re [...]	2006-10-09 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC MNUC PINR KN CH JN KS RU
06BEIJING21638	AMBASSADOR RAISES REPORTED SHOOTINGS OF TIBETANS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed to Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi the United States' deep concern about reports that Tibetans crossing into Nepal were fired upon on September 30 by a Chinese border patrol. Reports indicate a Tibetan nun and perhaps one other Tibetan were shot and ki [...]	2006-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF CH
06BEIJING21795	CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE ON HOLD; CUT BACKS [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian Embassy has halted preparations for its next round of human rights dialogue with China pending clarification of Canadian Parliamentary Secretary Jason Kenney's unconfirmed statement that the dialogue has been "suspended." Separately, China told the British Embassy it [...]	2006-10-13 13:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH CA UK
06BEIJING21796	BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...]	2006-10-13 13:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN
06BEIJING21990	HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORIAN DING DONG DETAINED [...] (C) Police detained historian and activist Ding Dong at his home on the morning of October 17, Ding's wife Xing Xiaoqun told poloff by phone. This is the first time Ding has been detained, Xing said, adding that police provided no explanation for the detention. Authorities have also seized D [...]	2006-10-17 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING21991	MEAN STREETS: SOCIAL STRAINS PLAGUE CHINA'S "URBAN [...] (C) New Chinese "shantytowns," onetime rural villages swallowed by China's expanding cities, have become a hot topic in China. Often not incorporated into their official urban jurisdictions, these former rural districts are administrative vacuums, lagging on provision of urban public service [...]	2006-10-17 11:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING22131	HU'S IN CHARGE AND HARMONY IS THE WATCHWORD [...] (C) China's recent Party Plenum Decision, which elevated President Hu Jintao's concept of building a "harmonious society," indicates that Hu is firmly in charge and set to pursue policy changes aimed at restoring some balance to China's growing gaps. The harmonious society slogan is also an e [...]	2006-10-18 11:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
06BEIJING22370	PRC/AFRICA: AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE HEADING TO [...] (C) More than forty African Heads of State or Government are expected to travel to China for the Beijing Summit of the triennial Forum for China-Africa Cooperation ("The Beijing Summit")(Reftels A and B),November 3-5. Egypt President Mubarak, Nigerian President Obasanjo, South African Preside [...]	2006-10-23 10:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING22493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) Beijing will review carefully the Franco-American proposal on removing names from the list of those targeted for sanctions under UNSCR 1267, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Deputy Director Yao Shao Jun. Poloff and French Counselor Erkki Maillard delivered reftel points October [...]	2006-10-24 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC CH
06BEIJING22628	ASEAN-CHINA MEETING HOPES TO CHART COURSE TO FTA, [...] (C) Summary: The October 30-31 ASEAN-China Prime Ministers' meeting in Guangxi Province will celebrate 15 years of China's special dialogue partnership with ASEAN and chart the course for the next 15 years, including implementation of an ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement. MFA officials plannin [...]	2006-10-25 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ASEAN CH
06BEIJING22633	CHINA'S LOCAL CONGRESS ELECTIONS: REFORMERS [...] (C) The elections for local people's congresses currently being held across China are being closely watched by reformers who hope that real independent candidates might run some successful campaigns and become members of what have traditionally been seen as rubber-stamp bodies. The congresses [...]	2006-10-25 12:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
06BEIJING22747	EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF KADEER SONS [...] (C) Poloff expressed concern to MFA Human Rights officer Zhou Feng on October 27 over reports that the trial of two of Rebiya Kadeer's adult sons has been held in Xinjiang Province. Poloff noted reports that Alim and Kahar, who have been charged with tax fraud, were tried in a closed proceed [...]	2006-10-27 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH
06BEIJING22812	JIANGXI STUDENT RAMPAGE ENDS, BUT REMAINS TALK OF [...] (C) Police have restored calm at the Jiangxi Province Clothing Vocational Institute where thousands of students rioted October 23-24, Mo Yaping (protect),a professor at Nanchang University, told poloff by phone October 27. Mo confirmed media reports that students at the vocational college, [...]	2006-10-27 09:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING22825	BEIJING HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHERS DISCUSS EU HR [...] (C) Summary: The 22nd round of the China-EU human rights dialogue took place October 19 in Beijing, with special emphasis on freedom of expression, criminal justice reform and combating racism. Chinese officials denied that censorship exists, challenged the basis for some of UN Special Rapporteur o [...]	2006-10-27 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV CH
06BEIJING22919	PRC/AFRICA: CHINA-AFRICA FORUM GOALS: POLITICS, [...] (C) Politics remains the cornerstone of Sino-African relations even though the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) will tout extensive economic ties, including burgeoning two-way trade and as many as 2,500 bilateral agreements, Chinese scholars have told us. As China increasingly [...]	2006-10-30 13:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING2306	PRC PROPOSES ISSUING LIMITED NUMBER OF ONE YEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) MFA Office of Korean Peninsula Affairs Deputy Director MA Jia called representatives from the U.S., ROK and Japanese Embassies February 7 to deliver diplomatic notes proposing to issue one-year multiple entry diplomatic visas to four offi [...]	2006-02-08 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS CH
06BEIJING23353	SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]	2006-11-02 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23354	PRC-THAILAND: THAKSIN MEETS BUSINESS CRONIES AND [...] (C) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met with business partners and the Thai Ambassador to China since he arrived in Beijing on November 1. MFA officials said Thaksin's visit was a private one and a Thai Embassy official in Beijing confirmed that Thaksin has not met Chinese G [...]	2006-11-02 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR XC TH CH
06BEIJING23355	BEIJING'S TAIWAN WATCHERS WARN OF CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Beijing-based Taiwan scholars fully expect Chen Shui-bian to try to cause problems in cross- Strait relations to further his own political interests between now and summer 2007. Beijing does not believe that Chen will have the necessary support to pass a new Constitution, but is concerne [...]	2006-11-02 11:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING23546	HUMAN RIGHTS: LAWYERS MEET WITH AN UPBEAT CHEN [...] (C) Summary. Members of activist Chen Guangcheng's legal defense team traveled to Shandong Province November 3 to visit Chen following the Linyi Intermediate Court's decision ordering a new trial in his case. Chen, who remains in prison but appeared strong and in good spirits, avowed the im [...]	2006-11-06 11:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING23548	PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...]	2006-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23629	EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER DETENTIONS OF [...] (C) Elections activist Yao Lifa was reportedly detained by local police in Hubei Province on November 6, was released and was subsequently redetained on November 7. In between detentions, Yao reported that several other independent candidates running in Hubei's November 8 elections had also [...]	2006-11-07 11:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING23631	ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES [...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]	2006-11-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23695	PRC/AFRICA: BEYOND THE BEIJING SUMMIT TRADE AND [...] (C) China and African countries announced 16 trade deals worth USD 1.9 billion at the conclusion of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),but contacts tell us that the real number and value of bilateral contracts signed during the Beijing Summit is likely [...]	2006-11-08 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23712	POLITICAL ASYLUM INQUIRY FROM CHINESE CITIZEN [...] (C) A Chinese national male approached the Embassy on November 8 and said he wanted to request political asylum on the grounds that he had been unable to find employment since 1999 because of his political beliefs. In accordance with the procedures in 2 FAM 228 and relevant Department guidance [...]	2006-11-09 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CH
06BEIJING23817	PRC RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT KOMID DEMARCHE BECAUSE OF [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A demarche with considerable difficulty after our regular contacts at the People's Bank of China (PBOC) and the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department refused to meet with us. We received no direct response when we finally managed to discuss KOMID with the IO Depa [...]	2006-11-16 14:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC CH NK
06BEIJING23849	PRC/INDIA: DESPITE CHINA'S AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (C) China and India are working closely together to ensure that Preident Hu Jintao's November 20 ) 23 trip to India is a success, according to a Chinese MFA official and an Indian Embassy officer. In separae meetings, both officers confirmed that recent press statements made by China's Ambass [...]	2006-11-17 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN PK CH
06BEIJING23850	PRC/IRAQ: CHINA TO SUPPORT MNF-I MANDATE EXTENSION [...] (C) China will support the extension of the Iraq MNF-I mandate out of respect for the will of the Iraqi government and people, MFA International Organizations Department Director Yang Tao informed Poloffs November 17 in response to reftel points and letter. Tao warned that although China woul [...]	2006-11-17 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC CH IZ
06BEIJING23852	USUN FOR PHEE, CARPENTER AND MORRIS NSC FOR [...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...]	2006-11-17 12:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KN CH
06BEIJING23853	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) China's full and effective implementation of UNSCR 1718 sanctions against the DPRK is especially important given China's P-5 status and its special relationship with the DPRK, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering the United States' 1718 report and provisi [...]	2006-11-17 13:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KN CH
06BEIJING23854	PRC/BURMA: CHINA URGES THAT BURMA NOT BE RAISED AT [...] (C) While China is gradually changing its foreign policy to accept cases for humanitarian intervention before the UN Security Council in instances of gross human rights violations, Burma's domestic problems do not constitute such a threat to international peace and security, MFA IO UN Division [...]	2006-11-17 14:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM CH
06BEIJING23933	PRC SUPPORTS UNSC ACTION ON IRAN; DIFFERS ON SCOPE [...] (C) Given Iran's failure to cooperate with the IAEA and comply with UNSCR 1696, it is imperative that the UN Security Council reach agreement as soon as possible on a sanctions resolution based on the EU3 draft text, Poloff stressed to MFA IO UN Division Director Yang Tao when delivering refte [...]	2006-11-20 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL CH
06BEIJING23955	HUMAN RIGHTS: CHEN GUANGCHENG TRIAL POSTPONED; [...] (C) Summary. Chen Guangcheng's wife reported to poloff that Chen's retrial, previously scheduled for November 20, was postponed. Chen's lawyer, Li Fangping, believes the trial will go forward on November 27, after the trial judge has had more time to prepare and local officials have "prepar [...]	2006-11-21 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING24002	(C) PRC/SUDAN: PRC MFA ON BASHIR AT THE BEIJING [...] (C) President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao urged Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with the international community on Darfur during bilateral meetings on November 2 and 3 in Beijing in advance of the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according M [...]	2006-11-22 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH SU
06BEIJING24004	PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]	2006-11-22 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIJING24030	STATIC ON THE STREETS OF BEIJING: NEW CCTV TOWER [...] (C) Construction of China Central Television's soaring new headquarters tower is in full swing in central Beijing. But even as the ambitious project generates a buzz at New York's Museum of Modern Art, criticism and controversy simmer at home. Contacts groused that the cost of the building [...]	2006-11-24 07:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24127	PRC SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 15-20 state visits to Vietnam and Laos succeeded in strengthening Beijing's relationship with these two socialist neighbors, according to MFA officials and third-country diplomats. In Hanoi, Hu pledged support for Vietnamese efforts to enter [...]	2006-11-28 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG CH VM LA
06BEIJING24199	PRC/INDIA: PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S STATE VISIT TO [...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20)23 visit to India strengthened the "mutual political trust" and "strategic cooperation" between Beijing and New Delhi, according to MFA officials and third country diplomats. The Summit between President Hu and Indian Prime Minister Singh resulted [...]	2006-11-30 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CH
06BEIJING24231	PRC-THAILAND: WEN JIABAO POSTPONES BANGKOK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao has canceled a planned trip to Bangkok that would have been the highest-level PRC visit since the coup. The trip, which Wen had promised to make during an October bilateral meeting with General Surayud at the China-ASEAN Summit, will be rescheduled because of W [...]	2006-12-01 08:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER TH CH
06BEIJING24237	CHINA URGED TO PREVENT TRANSFERS TO IRAN MISSILE [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Yu Dunhai on December 1, urging China to investigate quickly and fully the activities of two Iranian front companies seeking to procure missile-related equipment from Chinese fi [...]	2006-12-01 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH IR
06BEIJING24246	HANDFUL OF INDEPENDENTS WIN TICKETS TO CHINA'S [...] (C) Although Beijing's popular elections for local people's congresses on November 8 were hailed by the Chinese media as a democratic triumph, they appear to have been a highly orchestrated effort that left little to chance. At a pre-election neighborhood meeting between candidates and prospe [...]	2006-12-03 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH

06BEIJING24311	POPULAR GLOSSY CENSURED OVER ARTICLES ON CULTURAL [...] (C) The high-circulation lifestyle magazine Sanlian Life Weekly has been censured for recent articles that crossed censors' redlines on the Cultural Revolution and Tibet, Sanlian staff and other contacts confirmed. The editor in chief has received a reprimand and may be fined or fired. Jour [...]	2006-12-05 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24316	PRC/SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI IN CHINA [...] (C) Beijing's decision to give President Mbeki one of the limited number of state visits following the recent Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC, Ref A) reflects Beijing's view of South Africa's importance and the "very friendly" relations between the two countries, [...]	2006-12-06 01:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING24348	(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]	2006-12-06 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24421	CHINESE SCHOLAR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) China's good will towards North Korea has been destroyed by the nuclear test and a fundamental change is taking place in Sino-DPRK relations, according to Beijing University Professor Zhu Feng. Noting that his view is in the minority, Zhu said that he believes sanctions against the North [...]	2006-12-08 12:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP JA CH
06BEIJING24422	CPA'S LIU BAINIAN ON ORDINATION OF XUZHOU BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Chairman of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) Liu Bainian defended the November 30 ordination of Bishop Wang Renlei as the auxiliary bishop in Xuzhou (reftel),Jiangsu Province, saying that the Chinese Government gave advance notice of the appointment to the Vatican an [...]	2006-12-08 12:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CH VT
06BEIJING24423	PRC/IRAN: THINK-TANKER DISCUSSES IRANIAN VIEWS ON [...] (C) Iranian diplomats told Chinese officials in October that the North Korean test will "derail" UNSC actions against Iran, according to Li Guofu, of the MFA-affiliated China Institute of International Studies. Li said that Beijing is redefining its national security interests and is changing [...]	2006-12-08 12:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24430	NOT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEXT: "RISE OF THE [...] (C) A popular CCTV-2 documentary "The Rise of the Great Powers" has set Beijing's chattering classes abuzz in recent weeks. The 12-part series tells the story of how nine nations, including the UK, Japan, Russia and the United States, rose to become great powers at various points in history. [...]	2006-12-10 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING24491	HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY URGES RELEASE OF YANG [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CH
06BEIJING24492	PRC/IRAN: DEMARCHE ON UK-FRENCH DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfortable with reftel draft tex [...]	2006-12-13 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24495	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA OFFICIAL TOUTS JUDICIAL PROCESS [...] (C) MFA Human Rights official Xu Jing touted the Chinese Government's handling of Chen Guangcheng's retrial (reftel) during a December 8 meeting, claiming that "it shows China is governed by the rule of law." Xu told poloff she would inquire about the Chinese Government's investigation into th [...]	2006-12-13 12:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24497	PRC/BURMA: BEIJING STRONGLY OPPOSES UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) The PRC "strongly opposes" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and would consider using its veto, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 in response to reftel message. Though the PRC shares many of the U.S. concerns [...]	2006-12-13 13:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING24498	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG REPORTEDLY ADMITS GUILT [...] (C) Beijing-based democracy activist Hu Jia told poloff December 13 that Gao Zhisheng, a Beijing-based lawyer who has angered Chinese Government authorities by defending dissidents in politically sensitive cases, was tried in Beijing Number One Intermediate Court and admitted guilt on a charge [...]	2006-12-13 13:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24499	CORRECTED COPY: PRC/IRAN: BEIJING RESPONDS TO [...] (C) Noting President Hu Jintao's commitment to President Bush in Hanoi that China will support UN sanctions on items that could contribute to Iran's nuclear program, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs December 13 that Beijing is comfor [...]	2006-12-13 14:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ETTC IR CH
06BEIJING24536	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24537	PRC/SYRIA: NO VISITS PLANNED, MFA PROVIDES READOUT [...] (C) China has no plans for a high-level visit by Syrian officials, according to MFA Levant Division Director Chen Weiqing. Providing a readout of Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun's December 6-8 trip to Israel, Ramallah and Syria, Chen said that Israeli officials asked the PRC to urge Syria [...]	2006-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS LE SY IZ CH
06BEIJING24541	PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...]	2006-12-15 00:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CE PK CH
06BEIJING24597	MFA, SCHOLARS ON POSTPONED ASEAN-RELATED MEETINGS [...] (C) China is amenable to rescheduling the postponed ASEAN-related meetings in Cebu in mid-January, but if the dates slip further it could be difficult for Beijing, MFA officials and scholars told us in separate meetings. Japan and China had planned to announce at an Abe-Wen meeting in Cebu a [...]	2006-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN CH JA
06BEIJING24718	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL TO HEAD [...] (C) Although it has yet to receive a formal invitation for the second meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, China tentatively believes that Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan will head China's delegation to the Ankara meeting, MFA Arms Control De [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH
06BEIJING24741	HUMAN RIGHTS: GAO ZHISHENG GIVEN SUSPENDED [...] (C) Beijing rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was given a three-year sentence for subversion with a five year suspension, according to a Xinhua News Agency report. Gao was accused of posting nine seditious articles that defamed China's government and system, according to the report. Fellow activist [...]	2006-12-22 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24799	PRC/IRAN: UNSCR 1737 POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IR CH
06BEIJING24800	PRC/BURMA: BEIJING'S OPPOSITION TO UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) The PRC continues to "strongly oppose" a UN Security Council Resolution on Burma and though ready for a "political confrontation" with the United States in order to block a resolution, prefers to work with Washington to find "more effective" ways to communicate dissatisfaction to the Burmes [...]	2006-12-27 09:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH
06BEIJING24811	PRC/HAITI: CHINESE FRUSTRATION WITH HAITIAN [...] (C) Though the PRC agrees that MINUSTAH plays an important role in Haiti, Beijing is "very frustrated" with Haiti's active efforts to support Taiwan's membership in the UN, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told poloff in response to reftel demarch [...]	2006-12-27 09:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC HA CH
06BEIJING24812	HUMAN RIGHTS: EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Lawyers for jailed legal activist Chen Guangcheng were beaten by thugs while traveling to Shandong Province by bus on December 27 to try to meet with their client, according to accounts given by several Beijing-based rights lawyers involved with the case. When the coach the lawyers were r [...]	2006-12-27 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING24844	CONFUCIUS SAYS: STUDY CHINESE AND SUPPORT CHINA [...] (C) Confucius Institutes are designed to promote the study of Chinese language and culture, thereby increasing familiarity with and support for China internationally, according to Xu Lin, Director General of the Office of the Chinese Language Council International (Hanban). Hanban, which is i [...]	2006-12-28 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV CH
06BEIJING2681	PRC/PA: PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING2776	BURMA CONSULTATIONS WITH PRC [...] (C) The PRC recognizes that the situation in Burma is bad, agrees that the regime's isolationist behavior is growing and welcomes further discussion with the United States, but Beijing does not believe that Burma threatens regional security at present. After listening to a review of current [...]	2006-02-15 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC UNGA CH BM
06BEIJING2778	PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUN POSTPONES TRIP AFTER [...] (C) Summary. State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has postponed his trip to Nepal originally scheduled for later this week, according to MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. China views King Gyanendra as "only one of the important forces" that could bring peace and stabilit [...]	2006-02-15 10:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP CH
06BEIJING2780	CHINA/QDR: CHINESE THINK TANK PERSPECTIVE FROM [...] (C) The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) contains positive language about China but PRC analysts are concerned about the identification of China as the country having the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States as well as the explicit reference to a policy of hedg [...]	2006-02-15 11:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CH
06BEIJING2952	PRC/AFRICA: MFA UPDATE ON SUDAN, UNSC AND STATUS [...] (C) Beijing considers the November 2005 Africa subdialogue between A/S Frazer and now-VFM Lu Guozeng to have been a success and looks forward to a second annual dubdialogue with Washington later this year. China believes Khartoum should have the final say on whether the UN takes over peaceke [...]	2006-02-17 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH SU AX
06BEIJING2981	MFA ON DAI - YACHI MEETINGS IN JAPAN [...] (C) China will not change its policy of friendship towards Japan nor its opposition to visits by Japan's leaders to Yasukuni Shrine, EVFM Dai Bingguo told VFM Shotaro Yachi during the fourth session of their Comprehensive Policy Dialogue. According to the MFA Japan Division Director, Yachi ca [...]	2006-02-17 14:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH KN JA
06BEIJING3388	CHINA: DEMARCHE REQUESTING STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ CH
06BEIJING3851	PRC/NEPAL: MFA OFFICIAL DOES NOT DENY THAT PRC IS [...] (C) MFA Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian did not deny that Beijing is pressuring King Gyanendra to seek reconciliation with Nepal's political parties. In a March 2 meeting, Huang stressed that the PRC is reaching out to all the "constitutional forces" in Nepal, inc [...]	2006-03-02 11:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP CH
06BEIJING4020	PRC/PAKISTAN: PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's February 19-23 visit to China appears to have gone predictably well, with no real surprises other than a strong push to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a full member. The largely pro-forma MFA readout called the trip a success [...]	2006-03-03 12:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH
06BEIJING4216	PRC/BURMA: MORE ON SOE WIN VISIT AND BEIJING'S [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao told Burmese PM Soe Win that China hopes Burma will move forward with national, political and ethnic reconciliation, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos Chen Dehai. Chen first denied that this was a new [...]	2006-03-07 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
06BEIJING4361	PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL, [...] (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Ta [...]	2006-03-08 05:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING4560	CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...]	2006-03-11 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH JA
06BEIJING4671	MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH
06BEIJING4761	SCHOLAR DISCUSSES PRC ANALYSIS OF QDR AND [...] (C) Chinese analysts are closely scrutinizing the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" speech, according to Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean of the School of Strategic Studies at Renmin University. During a meeting with Poloff March 8, Jin, [...]	2006-03-14 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL CH JP
06BEIJING4893	PRC/IRAN: CHINA OFFERS COMPROMISE SOLUTIONS TO P5 [...] (C) Summary: The PRC is prepared to adopt what it believes are compromise solutions to the current P5 disagreements over the text of a UNSC Presidential Statement (PRST),according to MFA International Organization Department Division Director Yang Tao. Noting Ambassador Wang Guangya,s discus [...]	2006-03-15 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING4955	PRC INFORMED OF RELEASE OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPAO CH
06BEIJING5362	PRC-PACIFIC ISLAND CONFERENCE: BUSINESS AND AID, [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will use the first visit by a PRC Premier to a Pacific Island nation to launch a China-Fiji co-hosted economic development and cooperation conference on April 5, according to a MOFCOM American and Oceanian Affairs Division Director. MOFCOM Minister Bo Xilai will joi [...]	2006-03-23 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING5703	PART I OF III: PRC/INDIA: INDIAN DIPLOMAT REPORTS [...] (C) Border talks between China and India are making progress, according to an Indian Embassy officer, who described the March 11-13 discussions between Indian National Security Advisor Shri M.K. Narayanan and EVFM Dai Bingguo as "optimistic." He also noted that Indian PM Singh and President H [...]	2006-03-28 16:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IN CH
06BEIJING6347	PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON REPORTS HAMAS [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]	2006-04-05 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6348	CORRECTED COPY: PRC/HAMAS: EMBASSY CAUTIONS PRC ON [...] (C) The DCM expressed U.S. concern about media reports (reftel) that the PRC invited Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China (ref) to MFA Acting Director General for North American Affairs Xie Feng on April 5. Noting that such an invitation could call into que [...]	2006-04-05 11:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6349	PRC/SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING [...] (C) The PRC is giving serious consideration to participating in the "possible" UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur, MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao told Poloffs in response to Reftel A points. The PRC does not want to a Darfur UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) without the [...]	2006-04-05 12:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU CH
06BEIJING6531	PRC/HAMAS: BEIJING BACKS OFF INVITE BUT LEAVES [...] (C) MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao's announcement at the regular MFA press briefing that "there is no plan for Foreign Minister Zahar to visit China" (ref C) leaves open the possibility of a visit at a later date. This followed an earlier statement to AFP that "as far as we know, China at the pre [...]	2006-04-06 13:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING6612	IS CHINA'S RIGHTS PROTECTION MOVEMENT REACHING THE [...] (C) Summary: The rights protection movement in China has created a nationwide network in recent months, but insists on remaining a "virtual" network rather than a formal organization for fear of inviting a crackdown. The network centers on rights lawyers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Si [...]	2006-04-07 07:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING6629	PRC/UN: SCALE ASSESSMENTS AND UN REFORM [...] (C) The PRC is concerned at Japan's proposal to change the UN Scale of Assessments and is working to solidify its support with G-77 members to block the changes, according to MFA IO Department UN Division Director Yang Tao. Yang told Poloffs April 5 that Beijing is unhappy with the U.S. propo [...]	2006-04-07 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN CH
06BEIJING7041	HUMAN RIGHTS: LEGAL EXPERTS TELL COURT NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: The defense attorney for jailed New York Times' researcher Zhao Yan has filed a statement to the court from six top Chinese legal scholars arguing that Zhao should have been released when prosecutors withdrew the fraud charge against him on March 17. New York Times Beijing Bureau [...]	2006-04-13 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
06BEIJING7118	U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S [...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...]	2006-04-14 12:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON CH
06BEIJING7349	WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH [...] (SBU) Over dinner with Chinese businessmen and academics on April 13, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon explained that the United States is launching consultations with China on Latin America as part of a broader dialogue. The Chinese executives explained that their firms operate in La [...]	2006-04-18 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH CU TW VE XM
06BEIJING7353	MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHINA'S CONCERNS [...] (C) Beijing believes that military conflict involving Iran would severely threaten China's oil imports from the region, according to prominent Middle East scholar Yin Gang. Chinese Government officials are frustrated with President Ahmadinejad because he fails to accept the possibility of an [...]	2006-04-18 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG IR CH
06BEIJING7652	PRC/IRAN: MFA SAYS TEHRAN SHOWS LITTLE FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai went to Tehran April 15)16 to deliver the message that Iran must stop its uranium enrichment activities in order to prevent the current situation from spiraling out of control, according to MFA Iran Desk Director Xu Wei. Xu, who served as Cui's inter [...]	2006-04-21 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR CH
06BEIJING7653	PRC/CAMBODIA: MFA GIVES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Chen Dehai's April 20 readout to Poloff of Premier Wen's April 7-8 visit to Cambodia tracked closely with reftel. While calling the trip a "full success," Chen admitted that much of the results touted by the leader [...]	2006-04-21 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH CB
06BEIJING7835	PRC/AFRICA: PREPARATIONS FOR NOVEMBER CHINA-AFRICA [...] (C) China has invited the heads of state, foreign ministers and commerce ministers of 47 African countries to Beijing for the triennial Forum on China- Africa Cooperation (FOCAC),to be held November 1-5, according to an MFA Deputy Division Director. The MFA is already grappling with the logi [...]	2006-04-25 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID TW CH
06BEIJING7838	PRC/NEPAL: CHINA ENCOURAGED BY KING'S SPEECH BUT [...] (C) China has already issued a statement of support for the agreement reached by the King and the Seven-Party Alliance to restore order and stability to Nepal, according to MFA Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian. In an April 25 meeting, Huan [...]	2006-04-25 13:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP CE CH
06BEIJING8027	AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES IRAN, NEPAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the CDA that Beijing welcomes the May 9 New York meeting of P-5 plus one Foreign Ministers and appreciates close consultation with the United States on Nepal. Raising the apparent detention of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, the CDA pointed ou [...]	2006-04-27 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV CH
06BEIJING8115	HISTORIAN STRIKES BACK AT CONTROVERSIAL "FREEZING [...] (C) The recent rebuttal by Zhongshan University Professor Yuan Weishi, who wrote the article that spurred censors to suspend China Youth Daily's provocative Freezing Point insert in January (ref A),is causing a stir among Beijing's elite. Yuan's latest effort is a detailed refutation of a r [...]	2006-04-28 11:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING8788	CHINESE MUSLIM COMMUNITY MARKED BY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) The most significant trend in Chinese Islam is the rise in factions within the Muslim community, largely due to increasing domestic migration and closer ties with the Muslim world, several Chinese Islam scholars observed recently. The Saudi Arabian- influenced Salafiyya, for example, adv [...]	2006-05-11 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KISL CH
06BEIJING8804	PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC is concerned about "expanding" UNSCR 1559 and setting precedents for the Security Council involving itself in calling for establishment of diplomatic relations as well as demarcation of borders, is disappointed that the P-3 have not shared a draft text of the proposed resolution bu [...]	2006-05-11 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING9010	PACOM COMMANDER FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH PLA [...] (C) President Hu discussed with President Bush the need for the United States and China to view their bilateral relationship from a strategic level with a long-term perspective, PLA Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Ge Zhenfeng told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon during a May 10 meeti [...]	2006-05-15 05:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIJING9041	PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) During an extended discussion, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon that the PLA sought more military exchanges with the United States; discussed the PLA's strategy and budget priorities; and repeated fami [...]	2006-05-15 06:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP
06BEIJING9091	PLAGIARIZE OR PERISH? SCANDALS ROIL CHINESE [...] (C) Headline-grabbing scandals have erupted at the most prestigious Chinese universities as a wave of plagiarism and academic misconduct is stimulating sharp debate on campuses, in courtrooms and in the media. The Propaganda Department has banned coverage of one case involving a prominent la [...]	2006-05-15 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCUL SOCI CH
06BEIJING9289	PRC/LEBANON: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN SECURITY [...] (C) The PRC remains opposed to a new UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon and continues to seek watering down of any UNSC call for Lebanon and Syria to establish diplomatic relations, but would be willing to support a Presidential Statement stronger than what Russia has proposed. During [...]	2006-05-16 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE SY CH
06BEIJING9397	PRC/HAMAS: HAMAS FOREIGN MINISTER INVITED TO [...] (C) MFA West Asian and North African Affairs Department Deputy Director General Chen Xiaodong called in poloffs at 8:45 a.m. May 17 to inform that Palestinian Government Foreign Minister Mahmoud Al- Zahhar has been invited to Beijing for the second meeting of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to [...]	2006-05-17 07:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING9665	QINGHAI MUSLIMS BUYING CLOUT, BUILDING MOSQUES AS [...] (C) Tensions between Muslim communities in ethnically diverse Qinghai Province, particularly in relations between the traditional Qadim group and the Saudi Arabian-influenced Ikhwan and Salafiyya movements (see ref A),were apparent during a mid-May visit by poloff to the cities of Xining and [...]	2006-05-19 08:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL CH
06BEIJING9673	SCO: MFA, SCO SECRETARIAT AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (C) Senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official Du Wei, who serves as Assistant to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang, expressed understanding of U.S. concerns regarding the possibility of statements critical of the U.S. presence in Central Asia being issued at the June SCO Summi [...]	2006-05-19 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR RS CH KZ TI UZ
06BEIJING9758	PRC/IRAQ: RESPONSE TO SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 10:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ CH
06BEIRUT1024	MGLE01: LEBANON'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS NOT [...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the Maronite church, and Patriarch Catholicos Aram I, head of Lebanon's Armenian Orthodox community, both expressed doubt that the current political deadlock between the March 14 forces and the informal coalition of Hizballah, Amal, and Michel Aoun's Fr [...]	2006-03-31 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1040	MGLE01: AOUN ADVISOR COMMENTS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Gebran Bassil, senior advisor to Michel Aoun, said the recent deterioration in relations between the March 14 coalition and the Hizballah/Amal/Lahoud alliance was just the latest indication the Siniora/Hariri government was incapable of leading the country. Bassil, who appears to have c [...]	2006-04-03 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1050	MGLE01: INDEPENDENT MP FRANJIEH TRIES A NEW [...] (C) MP Samir Franjieh, a founding member of the Qornet Shehwan pro-reform movement, believes the March 14 coalition has effectively worked its way into a trap, partly set by the Syrian regime, by focusing almost exclusively on the replacement of President Emile Lahoud. He contends that chan [...]	2006-04-04 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1092	MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES PARLIAMENT NEGLECTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KPAL LE SY IR
06BEIRUT1166	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH REVIEWS ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said this coming week's visit to Washington and New York by PM Siniora and four of his ministers is well-timed and should produce helpful results. The pro-Syrian foreign minister insisted he welcomes the support of Washington in Lebanon's transition to de [...]	2006-04-13 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1308	MGLE01: JUMBLATT CONCERNED WITH GROWING IRANIAN [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt expressed concern that Iran appears to be gaining influence in south and north Lebanon. In both regions, the economically disadvantaged are vulnerable to well-funded and growing Iranian efforts. When he visited Saudi King Abdullah two weeks ago, Jumblatt discussed this i [...]	2006-04-27 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1337	MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...]	2006-04-28 17:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINS PHUM PREL SY LE
06BEIRUT1417	MGLE01: UNIIIC CHIEF BRAMMERTZ CITES PROGRESS, [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 16 below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz said his team is now well-established, has considerable momentum, and is pursuing several fruitful lines of inquiry. In a meeting that took place before the GOL's o [...]	2006-05-05 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1424	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) Pol-Mil A/S Hillen informed Lebanon's PM Siniora that the final approvals were in the works for what we hope will be USD 10 million grant (Section 1206) for immediate equipment and training needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. Expressing deep appreciation to the President and Secretary, P [...]	2006-05-08 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC MASS KDEM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1465	MGLE01: A/S HILLEN MEETS WITH UN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) UN Representative Geir Pedersen believes the events of the past few months have greatly changed the political situation in Lebanon, particularly concerning Hizballah. Whereas before, Hizballah essentially had a free pass on its arms and political objectives, now the terrorist organization [...]	2006-05-10 06:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT1559	MGLE01--MICHEL AOUN ON HIZBALLAH DEFENSE VISION [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, The Ambassador, accompanied by PolChief, met with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),to discuss USG concerns over the presentation reportedly made by Hizballlah at the 5/16 National Dialogue session. The Ambassador revealed pieces of the full r [...]	2006-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER KISL KPAL PGOV PINS IS LE SY
06BEIRUT1717	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER COMPLAINS THAT SINIORA [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk voiced disappointment with Prime Minister Siniora's apparent decision to reject Rizk's proposed list of candidates for Lebanon's Higher Judicial Council. Rizk maintained that Siniora is bent on achieving a council majority that would allow him to control th [...]	2006-06-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY IS
06BEIRUT1752	MGLE01: MARONITE PATRIARCH CONCERNED ABOUT SUNNI [...] (C) Maronite Patriarch Sfeir expressed unease with reports that Lebanon's Sunni-dominated Internal Security Force (ISF) could become a Sunni "gendarmerie" outside the control of the state. He said he fully supports proposals to increase the capabilities of the more broadly representative Le [...]	2006-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT1805	MGLE01: PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL BELIEVES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Maronite presidential hopeful Nassib Lahoud said he believes that adoption of Lebanon's draft electoral law will hinge on how much political capital Saad Hariri commits to it -- as well as a decision by Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah to only mildly resist it. The reform min [...]	2006-06-07 11:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1811	MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN -- STILL NOT READY TO TAKE [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolChief, Michel Aoun fended off attempts to nudge him back into the mainstream of Lebanon's political life. We told Aoun that the Lebanese may be ready to accept a leader with strong moral authority who is neither March 14/Hariri, nor March 8/Hizballah- [...]	2006-06-07 13:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PTER KPAL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT1902	MGLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM AND [...] (C) PM Siniora is optimistic that Lebanon's draft electoral law will survive intact upcoming debates in the Cabinet and Parliament. Although the size of the electoral districts could be a sticking point with several constituencies, Siniora believes the overall beneficial impact of a new ele [...]	2006-06-13 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT1966	MGLE01: HARIRI ADVISOR STRONGLY CRITICIZES DRAFT [...] (C) MP Bahije Tabbarah, a close advisor to former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, gave a point-by-point critique of the draft electoral law that left little doubt he would be advising his Future Movement colleagues to oppose the law when it comes up for debate in Parliament. Tabbarah, who is n [...]	2006-06-15 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT2093	MGLE01: MICHEL AOUN RATCHETS UP THE [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun strongly attacked an array of perceived enemies in a televised speech on June 21, and the next day led a combined FPM/Hizballah delegation to Lebanon's Constitutional Council to protest judicial "inactivity" regarding a number of FPM challenges t [...]	2006-06-23 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT2155	MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...]	2006-06-28 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR
06BEIRUT2343	MGLE01: PLO REP TO LEBANON LAUDS GOL'S [...] (C) The recently-appointed Palestinian Representative to Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, described humanitarian conditions in the 12 refugee camps located in Lebanon as dire, requiring immediate, comprehensive infrastructure and humanitarian assistance. Representative Zaki praised the efforts of Prime [...]	2006-07-11 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2390	TFLE01: HIZBALLAH'S RECKLESSNESS SPLITS AOUN'S [...] (C) Aounist advisor MP Ibrahim Kanaan expressed frustration and deep concern over the present course of events in Lebanon and said he has advised his party leader General Michel Aoun to put distance between himself and Hassan Nasrallah. Kanaan is convinced that Hizballah, with "its extreme overconf [...]	2006-07-14 13:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2417	TFLE01: AOUN'S ADVISORS PROPOSE DIFFERENT PATHS [...] (C) While Michel Aoun's close advisor Gebran Bassil continues to defend Hizballah's actions (but with less energy than before),Aoun's other influential advisors MP Farid el-Khazen and MP Ibrahim Kanaan unambiguously stated to poloff that Hizballah deliberately started the current cycle of violence [...]	2006-07-18 18:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2437	TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...]	2006-07-21 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2441	TFLE01 MARCH 14 LEADER BOUTROS HARB ALSO URGES [...] (C) MP Boutros Harb, a key figure in the pro-reform March 14 movement, believes Hizballah, as of July 21, has not been significantly hurt -- either in its leadership or its military capabilities. Harb said that if Hizballah can reach a cease-fire in its present relatively strong condition, it will [...]	2006-07-22 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2471	TFLE01: SAMIR JA'JA' SUPPORTS PROPOSED PATH TO [...] (C) After the Ambassador reviewed current thinking regarding the components of a possible cease-fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' expressed his overall support of the approach, particularly the intent to implement all the components in a single phase. He also conveyed his belief that a holl [...]	2006-07-25 18:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2489	TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...]	2006-07-29 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2504	TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...]	2006-08-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2508	TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN" [...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...]	2006-08-01 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2529	TFLE01: NASSIB LAHOUD OFFERS ADVICE FOR THE DAY [...] (C/NF) Displaying notable resilience and cautious optimism despite the difficult conditions his country faces, pro-reform leader Nassib Lahoud advised the Embassy that the most critical element in preventing a Hizballah "victory" after the war is to take the lead in the reconstruction of post-confl [...]	2006-08-03 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2535	TFLE01: PM SINIORA WANTS A SINGLE PHASE AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) PM Siniora pushed back hard against the US/FR plan to implement a cessation of hostilities and Israeli withdrawal in two phases. Worried about Israeli troops remaining inside Lebanon, Siniora prefers a single phase that combines a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanese territory with an [...]	2006-08-05 08:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2538	TFLE01: LEBANON,S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 3 PolOff hosted a dinner at his residence in the Embassy compound. The guests were young professionals in the government, media, and private sectors. They are disappointed that in their view Israel is losing the war against Hizballah. These educated, Christian professionals d [...]	2006-08-05 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS LE PREL PTER SY

06BEIRUT2540	TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...]	2006-08-06 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2541	TFLE01: A/S WELCH MEETS WITH SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by Foreign Policy Advisor Ali Hamdan, at his office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch explained to Berri the two-phase resolution being proposed to end [...]	2006-08-06 07:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2545	TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS [...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...]	2006-08-07 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2551	TFLE01: LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR [...] (C) In an August 7 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and TDY poloff, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said that the Lebanese financial situation had so far avoided disaster through some creative "financial engineering" and other confidence-building measures such as a $1 billion loa [...]	2006-08-07 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EINV LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2553	TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID [...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...]	2006-08-08 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2566	MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL [...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...]	2006-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2578	LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...]	2006-08-09 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2580	LEBANON: A/S WELCH EXPLAINS NEW U.S. POSITION TO [...] (C/NF) On August 5, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's office in Ain al-Tinneh, Beirut. A/S Welch reviewed with Berri the possibility that, under a potential UNSCR, [...]	2006-08-09 16:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2582	LEBANON: TWO MEETINGS WITH SINIORA NARROW THE [...] (C/NF) PM Fouad Siniora clearly understands that time is short, and he specifically asked A/S Welch about a possible August 9 Israeli security cabinet decision to expand operations. Siniora realizes that the French-American discussions on a draft UNSC resolution are difficult, but he remains adaman [...]	2006-08-10 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2583	LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN [...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...]	2006-08-10 05:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2588	LEBANON: SINIORA DISCUSSES LATEST DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) PM Siniora and senior advisers Mohammad Chatta and Rola Noureddine met with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on the morning of August 10. Ambassador Feltman reviewed the latest U.S. draft resolution with Siniora (Note. Siniora had a meeting immediately afterwards with French Ambassador [...]	2006-08-10 12:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2599	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...]	2006-08-11 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2600	LEBANON: FOR BERRI RESOLUTION COMES DOWN TO ONE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 11 NEA A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, accompanied by his foreign policy advisor Ali Hamdan, at Berri's Ain Al Tinneh office. A/S Welch told Berri that we hoped that the UNSC resolution addressing the current conflict wou [...]	2006-08-11 17:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2601	LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS WITH PM SINIORA ON [...] (C/NF) Over the course of three hours in two meetings on August 11, PM Fouad Siniora made steady, but incremental movement toward accepting the most recent draft language of the UN resolution. His strongest objections were directed toward the specific use of chapter 7 to authorize the multi-nationa [...]	2006-08-12 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2602	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]	2006-08-12 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2604	LEBANON: SALLOUKH PREDICTS CABINET APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, joined by three of his MFA staff, urged that the Israeli blockade be lifted as soon as possible, but brushed aside concerns that arms smuggling will resume withou [...]	2006-08-12 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2608	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL [...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...]	2006-08-14 04:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2609	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS DRAFT TRIBUNAL [...] (C) During an August 13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the United Nations had provided him with a draft framework for a "special tribunal of international character" to try suspects in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and that the draft is [...]	2006-08-14 08:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PINR MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2613	LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH [...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...]	2006-08-14 12:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2625	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SUPPORTS GRADUAL SOLUTION [...] (C) During an August 14 lunch with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, former Hariri MP and Jumblatt-ally Ghattas Khoury said that now -- meaning today -- is not the time to corner Hizballah on full disarmament, although that moment is quickly approaching. Voicing concern about the increasingly threteni [...]	2006-08-14 16:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SY LE IS
06BEIRUT2644	LEBANON: CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PM SINIORA [...] PM Siniora described to Congressman Issa the serious damage the present conflict has inflicted on his country, as well as his hope that the American people would continue to support the people of Lebanon. Congressman Issa praised PM Siniora's leadership and courage during this difficult peri [...]	2006-08-15 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2665	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER AWAITS CABINET DECISION [...] (C) During a downbeat 8/15 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said he awaits a Cabinet decision on moving forward with LAF deployment to the South, but that his personal opinion is that the LAF cannot coexist for long in the South with an armed Hizba [...]	2006-08-16 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2671	LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]	2006-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2672	LEBANON: PM SINIORA PLANS COUNTER-PUNCH (BUT, [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Siniora stated that his number one goal at this point is to get the LAF into south Lebanon as quickly as possible. This will be a significant achievement. He discounted much of Hassan Nasrallah's recent "victory" rhetoric as simply that, and [...]	2006-08-16 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2683	LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...]	2006-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2691	LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AL-AHDAB FEARS MARCH 14 HAS [...] (C/NF) During an August 17 luncheon with the Ambassador and poloff, Tripoli MP Mosbah al-Ahdab presented a bleak precis of the situation in Lebanon. Ahdab, a Sunni and March 14 charter member, described the March 14 movement as rudderless and bereft of good ideas. The government is ill-pre [...]	2006-08-17 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2697	BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]	2006-08-18 17:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2705	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...]	2006-08-21 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS SY IS
06BEIRUT2706	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS LEBANESE MARSHALL PLAN [...] (C/NF) During a difficult 8/20 meeting at his Qureitem mansion with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman and poloff, a somewhat erratic Saad Hariri pressed for the immediate reopening of Lebanon's ports and airports. Pushing back, the Ambassador said that until the Government of Lebanon (GOL) does more to im [...]	2006-08-21 05:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2721	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PARTY OPPOSES TURKISH DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) The largest Armenian-Lebanese political party, the Tashnag, opposes deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. On August 18, the Tashnag sent a petition to the Ambassador listing its concerns. Poloff also discussed the issue with Tashnag Member of [...]	2006-08-22 14:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS LE AR TU
06BEIRUT2735	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CALLS FOR SYRIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) In a wide ranging discussion at his Qureitem home on August 22, an effusive and provocative Saad Hariri met with senior Senate Foreign Relations staffer Puneet Talwar and poloff (notetaker). Saying that the continued Israeli blockade of ports and airports is "killing the Cedar Revol [...]	2006-08-24 06:17:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2751	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BLOCKADE IS [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT),Al Green (D-TX),Robert Inglis (R-SC),Brian Higgins (R-NY),Ambassador Feltman, and staffers and poloffs, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad (a Protestant close to March 14) said that anti-U.S. feeli [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2752	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT [...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT2768	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH SEES OPENING FOR REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador delivered on August 25 the Department's demarche on the upcoming Stockholm Conference to Foreign Minister Salloukh. FM Salloukh stated that Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will lead the delegation and his office was presently formulating a list of assistance priorities. [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2769	LEBANON: TASHNAG INSECURE ABOUT TURKISH TROOPS [...] (C) During an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN, Armenian-Lebanese politician Hagop Pakradounian (MP for Bourj Hammoud) claimed that the entire Armenian community in Lebanon opposes the deployment of Turkish troops as part of an augmented UNIFIL, adding that they sus [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO AR TU LE
06BEIRUT2772	LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...]	2006-08-26 06:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2775	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GERMANS ARRIVING IN A FEW DAYS [...] (C) During an August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh overlooking Beirut, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr reiterated what he told the Ambassador the previous [...]	2006-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR MOPS LE SY
06BEIRUT2777	LEBANON: AOUN UNREPENTANT ON HIZBALLAH ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a August 26 meeting with Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA),Mrs. Lantos, Ambassador Feltman, senior staffer Alan Makovsky, and poloff at his home in Rabieh, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader and ex-General Michel Aoun tried unconvincingly to rationalize his political alliance with H [...]	2006-08-28 05:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2791	LEBANON: EDDE SEES DIMINISHED MARONITE ROLE; [...] (C) During an August 24 luncheon with the Ambassador, Pol/econ chief, and poloff at his home in Yarze, ex-Minister and Head of the Maronite League Michel Edde offered familiar lamentations that Christians in Lebanon are no longer as influential as they once were and that the Shi'a and Sunna [...]	2006-08-28 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2803	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2805	LEBANON: GEIR PEDERSEN ON ANNAN'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) On August 29, the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh (please protect both throughout) briefed Ambassador Feltman and poloff on UNSYG Kofi Annan's Beirut meetings on August 28. While Pedersen covered much of [...]	2006-08-30 05:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2813	LEBANON: GERMAN AMBASSADOR SAYS ANY SUPPORT MUST [...] (C) Summary: During an 8/28 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, German Ambassador to Lebanon Marius Haas provided a readout on the recent visit of a German military delegation to Lebanon. Haas said that Germany is willing to provide technical equipment and support to Lebanon, as wel [...]	2006-08-30 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO LE SY
06BEIRUT2814	LEBANON: LAF CHIEF CLAIMS ARMY IS IN CONTROL OF [...] (C) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, and poloff, a very defensive and somewhat brusque Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Sleiman, maintaining a straight face, gave the preposterous claim that the LAF has established a "watertight" cordon along the bor [...]	2006-08-30 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2815	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH THINKS BERRI CAN BE TURNED [...] (S/NF) During an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Minister of Communications (and Jumblatt ally) Marwan Hamadeh discussed the draft agreement to establish a special tribunal to try suspects in Hariri assassination (and possibly other attacks). Agreeing with USG co [...]	2006-08-30 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2831	LEBANON: ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ADVISES INDIRECT [...] (C) Armenian Patriarch Catholicos Aram I suggested that now was an opportune time to pull Syria from the Iranian orbit. He recognized the perfidious nature of the Asad regime and the considerable role it played in the shipment of arms to Hizballah, but the senior cleric also argued that Bas [...]	2006-09-01 06:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2841	MURR: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE PLOTTING SINIORA'S [...] (S/NF) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah, Michel Aoun, and their allies are planning to launch a potentially violent civil disobedience campaign in November aimed at toppling the Siniora government and putti [...]	2006-09-01 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2844	LEBANON: ROBERT GHANEM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BAABDA [...] (C/NF) During an expansive luncheon with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN on August 29, West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem said that there needs to be better coordination of the reconstruction effort and recommended establishing an umbrella organization to oversee the effort. Ghanem (who, as w [...]	2006-09-01 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER SY LE KDEM
06BEIRUT2851	LEBANON: SINIORA AND HAMADEH EXPECT CABINET [...] (C) The Ambassador and poloff met separately with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and Information Minister Marwan Hamadeh on the afternoon of September 4. Siniora, joined by advisors Mohammad Chatta and Roula Noureddine, appeared very upbeat and is optimistic that this evening the Cabi [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2853	LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) On September 2, the Ambassador and poloff received a cross-confessional, multi-party delegation of Lebanese MPs -- one of several sent to foreign embassies -- despatched to deliver a message from the protesting Lebanese Chamber of Deputies imploring the United States to put all pressure [...]	2006-09-04 15:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT286	MGLE01: SINIORA NOT OPTIMISTIC THAT SHIA [...] (C) Following a two-hour meeting with Hassan Nasrallah on February 1, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador the next morning that he was "not optimistic" the boycotting Shia ministers will soon return to his government. Siniora stated further that his cabinet cannot push through the nec [...]	2006-02-01 16:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2867	LEBANON: MURR SAYS GOL-UNIFIL MARITIME FORCE [...] (S/NF) During a 9/5 meeting at his Rabieh home with the Ambassador and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that the GOL and UNIFIL had worked out the operational guidelines governing international maritime assistance, adding that Prime Minister Siniora [...]	2006-09-06 05:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS CVIS LE SY
06BEIRUT2869	LEBANON: GREEK ORTHODOX CLERIC SLAMS MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi discussed the atmosphere of the August 2 meeting of Lebanese clerics. He also gave his impressions of PM Siniora and the three Greek Orthodox Cabinet ministers: Elias Murr, Tariq Mitri, [...]	2006-09-06 09:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2874	LEBANON: GHATTAS KHOURY SHARES DRAFT MARCH 14 [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting with Ambassador and poloff, former MP Ghattas Khoury discussed the upcoming 9/7 gathering of the March 14 forces and shared a draft communique to be issued after the meeting. Khoury, a Maronite close to Saad Hariri and Walid Jumblatt, said that the Christian [...]	2006-09-06 14:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM SY LE
06BEIRUT2881	LEBANON: SIMON KARAM SAYS RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS A [...] (C) During an August 31 lunch with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN at the Ambassador's residence, former Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Simon Karam suggested there is a prevailing sense of catastrophe among the Shi'a community. Karam believes Hizballah may be somewhat susceptible to ot [...]	2006-09-06 16:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2901	LEBANON: NICHOLAS MICHEL IN LEBANON; NEEDS TIME [...] (C) During a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Phoenicia Hotel, UN Legal Adviser Nicholas Michel provided an overview of his discussions with the Lebanese regarding the draft "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." On sequencing, Michel said that PM Siniora should wai [...]	2006-09-08 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT2920	LEBANON: PRESSING FOR GOL CLARITY ON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador, DART Team coordinator, and poloff met with the Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) new director Nabil Jisr -- a close Siniora confidante -- on September 8 to discuss coordination of the reconstruction effort and the reported GOL interest in using prefabricated [...]	2006-09-11 06:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE XF
06BEIRUT2922	LEBANON: HARIRI AND HAMADEH GIVE POST-BLOCKADE [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on 9/9 with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and Minister of Information Marwan Hamadeh -- both March 14 members -- to review the situation and next steps in Lebanon now that the air and sea blockades have been lifted. Both meetings touched [...]	2006-09-11 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT2934	LEBANON: COUNCIL OF THE SOUTH PRESIDENT COMPLAINS [...] (C/NF) Qabalan Qabalan, President of Lebanon's Council of the South, insisted that his organization had been given the responsibility by Prime Minister Siniora to replace all housing units destroyed during the recent hostilities, as well as the repair of damaged "civil society" structures, s [...]	2006-09-12 08:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2935	LEBANON: SINIORA UNCONCERNED BY AOUNIST THREAT [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Grand Serail, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora reviewed his recent visit to Saudi Arabia as well as British Prime Minister Tony Blair's stop in Beirut. On the reconstruction effort, Siniora provided a clearer picture [...]	2006-09-12 10:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS LE SY
06BEIRUT2947	LEBANON: HADDAD AND AZOUR URGE DUAL [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on September 11 with Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad and Finance Minister Jihad Azour to discuss the recent conflict's impact on the Lebanese economic and financial situation. Both expressed some frustration at the lack of clarity of th [...]	2006-09-12 15:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EAID LE
06BEIRUT2970	LEBANON: RIZK ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL STATUTE [...] (C/NF) During a September 11 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at his Asrafieh home, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk discussed the draft statute to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the Hariri assassination (and possibly other related attacks). He focused particularly on th [...]	2006-09-13 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM LE
06BEIRUT2971	LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Grand Serail, PM Siniora's reconstruction adviser Ghassan Taher-Fadlallah described his specific role in the reconstruction effort, noting that he is the point person for project coordination. Taher explained the GOL st [...]	2006-09-13 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE
06BEIRUT2975	LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS EVERYTHING REVOLVES AROUND [...] (S/NF) During a 9/13 meeting with Ambassador and poloff in the library of his Mukhtara home, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said the next three months will be critical for Lebanon and that the Hariri tribunal will be the driving concern. Claiming that last week's attempted assassination of ISF [...]	2006-09-14 07:51:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT2984	LEBANON: ELIE FERZLI BASHES HARIRI; CALLS FOR [...] (C) During a September 5 lunch with the Ambassador and poloff and a September 8 dinner with poloff and PolCouns, former MP and Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Elie Ferzli, a member of an anti-March 14 coalition, said that the perception is that the U.S. is only backing one [...]	2006-09-14 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT2987	LEBANON: PATRIARCH SFEIR CRITICIZES MICHEL AOUN [...] (C) During a brief September 14 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at his seat in Bkirke, Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir discussed the September 6 Maronite Bishop's statement. Deeply concerned by Michel Aoun's alliance with Hizballah, the Patriarch believes that a post-R [...]	2006-09-15 06:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF LE
06BEIRUT3003	LEBANON: NASRALLAH'S THREATENING WORDS ELICIT [...] (C/NF) An extended two-part Hassan Nasrallah interview on Al-Jazeera television on 12-13 September has provoked a sharp response across the political spectrum in Lebanon. Pro-reform forces were both outraged and felt threatened by the harsh rhetoric that Nasrallah employed. His accusations [...]	2006-09-15 12:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3060	LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]	2006-09-20 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3159	LEBANON: DEFMIN ELIAS MURR SEEKS FURTHER U.S. [...] (S/NF) On September 26, the Ambassador and poloff met with the Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Elias Murr. Murr reinforced his commitment to cooperation with the U.S. on defense reform and modernization for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). He favored U.S. efforts over the European Uni [...]	2006-09-29 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	LE PGOV PREL MASS
06BEIRUT322	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK DISCUSSES [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk said that an international tribunal formed under the auspices of the UN Security Council, but operating in accordance with Lebanese law, was the only way to prosecute not only those responsible for the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, but those responsible for [...]	2006-02-03 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3225	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON UNIFIL, [...] (S) Defense Minister Murr is positive on the deployment of and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL. On the political scene, Murr is pessimistic about potential future Hizballah and FPM demonstrations. Deeply worried about Shia-Sunni tensions that he fears Internal Security Forces could in [...]	2006-10-05 11:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL MASS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3245	LEBANON: UNTSO OBSERVERS COULD MONITOR SYRIAN [...] (C) The unarmed observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) will likely remain in Lebanon for the foreseeable future even with the expanding mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Answering to its own chain of command, UNTSO provides an ind [...]	2006-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT335	MGLE01: RADICAL SUNNIS CONTROL OF BEIRUT VIOLENCE [...] (C) The February 5 violent protests by Sunni radicals in Beirut exposed two serious faultlines in Lebanon's effort to transition to democracy: first, the Siniora government was unable -- or unwilling -- to prevent Sunni radicals from hijacking the demonstration and causing material damage an [...]	2006-02-06 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3431	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SALLOUKH MEETING WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh emphasized resolution of the Palestinian situation as the key to peace and stability throughout the region. He also indicated that improving Lebanese relations with Israel depended on Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar, Lebanon gaining control of the Sheba'a Fa [...]	2006-10-25 09:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT352	MGLE01: AOUN'S ADVISOR GIVES HIS INTERPRETATION [...] (C) Gibran Bassil, close advisor to Michel Aoun and a participant in the February 6 meeting between Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah, insists Aoun has achieved a political breakthrough by getting Nasrallah to sign on to a comprehensive list of commitments that will protect Lebanon's sovereignty, es [...]	2006-02-07 17:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3643	LEBANON: EMBASSY DELEGATION VISITS UNIFIL, BLUE [...] (C) An Embassy Beirut delegation visited UNIFIL's Naqoura headquarters and toured the Blue Line area November 14. UNIFIL Commander General Alain Pellegrini and senior officers gave a positive overview of UNIFIL's deployment in the south, but he and top commanders expressed private reticence tow [...]	2006-11-17 11:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR LE IS
06BEIRUT377	MGLE01: ONE YEAR AFTER HARIRI ASSASSINATION -- [...] (C) In the aftermath of the February 5 destruction of the Danish consulate in Beirut and the paradigm shift of the February 6 joint communique between Michel Aoun and Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah, discussion in Parliament and among Lebanon's political leadership has focused on the direction [...]	2006-02-09 13:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT413	MGLE01: AOUN PERPLEXED BY CRITICISM, MAINTAINS HE [...] (C) In a lengthy meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Michel Aoun expressed astonishment that his February 6 joint communique with Hizballah's Hassan Nasrallah has generated such strong criticism. He was resolute in his belief that the document was actually a significant step forward in hi [...]	2006-02-13 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT425	MGLE01: BACK CHANNEL TALKS BETWEEN SINIORA AND [...] (C) Following initial contacts between representatives of Prime Minister Siniora and Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun in late December, a series of substantive meetings were held in January between the two camps in an attempt to come up with a blueprint for Lebanon's political and [...]	2006-02-14 14:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT488	MGLE01: INFLUENTIAL AOUNIST MP ACKNOWLEDGES FLAWS [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement MP Farid El-Khazen conceded that the February 6 joint communique of Michel Aoun and Hassan Nasrallah was a flawed document with ambiguities and omissions, but should be used as a starting point to prompt a passive government into action. According to El-Khazen, it [...]	2006-02-17 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT517	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE'S READY TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nabih Berri stated that his "national dialogue conference," scheduled to run March 2-9, could seal the fate of President Lahoud, if the participating political blocs can agree on a consensus replacement. As he has throughout his career, Berri has assiduously counted the votes and has co [...]	2006-02-21 14:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT544	MGLE01: FM SALLOUKH HELPFUL ON UNSC DEMARCHE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salloukh defended meeting with Hamas officials as important in maintaining normal relations with a democratically-elected Arab government. He urged the USG to give Hamas an opportunity to change its behavior, which he believed would happen as it struggled to meet its ne [...]	2006-02-22 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT545	MGLE01: AOUNISTS AGREE TO DIALOGUE, STILL [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) member and advisor to Michel Aoun Gebran Basile met with Poloff to discuss his party's position on the national dialogue proposal of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Basile said that Michel Aoun would represent his party at the March 2-3 meetings, [...]	2006-02-22 16:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SY LE
06BEIRUT546	MGLE01: AMAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary and introduction: On February 17, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri renewed his call for a dialogue among members of the Parliament's leadership. Berri emerged from addressing his Hizballah-allied parliamentary partners to call for a gathering of political leaders on March 2-9 t [...]	2006-02-22 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY
06BEIRUT550	MGLE01: LEBANESE FORCES MP DESCRIBES LEBANON'S [...] (C) MP George Adwan, who represents Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'ja' in inter-communal negotiations, said much of the rhetoric coming from Michel Aoun and Samir Ja'ja concerning the tenure of President Lahoud is irresponsible and dangerous. Adwan believes the inexperience and excessive e [...]	2006-02-23 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT629	MGLE01: PARLIAMENTARY LEADER VIEWS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Veteran Maronite MP Robert Ghanem expressed guarded optimism on both the process and possible outcome of this week's "national dialogue" conference organized by Speaker Nabih Berri. Ghanem admitted he was somewhat surprised that Berri had been able to bring together the disparate power [...]	2006-03-02 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT645	MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE CONFERENCE BEGINS ON [...] (C) For the first time since the 1989 Ta'if Accord, the full range of Lebanon's political leadership is now engaged in face-to-face negotiations -- this time, in Beirut rather than a foreign venue (and without any international "referees"). The first session on March 2 closed with consensus [...]	2006-03-03 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT714	MGLE01: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister (and eternal presidential aspirant) Jean Obeid believes the national dialogue effort will founder unless regional assistance is provided on the two critical issues: the fate of President Lahoud, and disarming Hizballah. According to Obeid, Lahoud will not resign [...]	2006-03-08 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT726	MGLE01: JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Despite the fact that the legal team sent to New York returned with a different concept for the tribunal than that contained in their cabinet instructions, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk emphasized that the Siniora government considers the talks to have been very successful -- to the p [...]	2006-03-09 15:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY UN
06BEIRUT735	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI BLAMES MARCH 14 COALITION [...] (C) Speaker Nabih Berri believes the "national dialogue" has thus far been a worthwhile endeavor, which may produce a breakthrough in the way Lebanon's traditional political blocs resolve national issues. But he expressed deep concern that an intractable Hariri-Jumblatt alliance in the conf [...]	2006-03-10 10:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT745	MGLE01: ARMENIAN CHURCH PATRIARCH'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) The patriarch of the Armenian church in Lebanon, Catholicos Aram I, believes the political situation has improved significantly in the past week due to the opening of the national dialogue. He concurred with his Maronite counterpart, Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, that Lahoud has be [...]	2006-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT827	MGLE01: STATUS OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- SIDE [...] (C) Following the March 14 evening session, Speaker Nabih Berri announced a break in the national dialogue conference until March 22. This development was somewhat unexpected, considering that Druse leader Walid Jumblatt had just returned to Beirut two days earlier to rejoin the talks, but [...]	2006-03-17 09:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT898	MGLE01: SINIORA VIEWS SITUATION PRIOR TO [...] (C) In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denied reports that he had asked Terje Roed-Larsen to help him, along with Saudia Arabia and Egypt, negotiate with Syria on Lebanon's behalf. Regarding the national dialogue, Siniora said that Egyptian an [...]	2006-03-21 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SA
06BEIRUT928	MGLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR REPORTEDLY ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) A respected intermediary who carries out dialogue between Patriarch Sfeir and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the Maronite religious leader has decided to get off the fence and support Nassib Lahoud as the principal Maronite candidate to replace President Emile Lahoud. Sfeir [...]	2006-03-24 08:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06BEIRUT955	MGLE01: NON-HIZBALLAH SHIA PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Shia MP Ali Bazzi and MP Ali Osseiran view the on-going national dialogue as an important development whose long-term impact considerably outweighs any immediate results. These independent Shia politicians believe that, although several formerly sensitive issues had already entered publ [...]	2006-03-27 07:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT969	MGLE01: PRO-SYRIAN MARONITE PERCEIVES SUNNI THREAT [...] (C) Former Minister of Interior Suleiman Franjieh believes the greatest threat facing Lebanon is the concentration of power in the hands of Saad Hariri's Sunni majority. He maintains that both Christian and Shia communities fear marginalization as Hariri's political bloc dominates the polit [...]	2006-03-28 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BELGRADE1015	DISSOLUTION OF STATE UNION OF SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO - [...] (U) Introduction: The Republics of Serbia and of Montenegro will need to take a series of steps to implement the dissolution of the State Union. Belgrade and Podgorica posts are reporting periodically on the actions being taken by the republics and by the USG to ensure the peaceful and, to th [...]	2006-06-23 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR SR MW
06BELGRADE1063	KOSOVO: GOS ASKS FOR OUR SUPPORT WITH UNESCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbian Presidential advisor Ambassador Dusan Batakovic requested UNMIK and Contact Group support for the GOS effort to name three Serbian Orthodox religious sites in Kosovo as UNESCO protected buildings during the bodyQs July 8 Q 16 meeting in Vilnius. Batakovic expressed his h [...]	2006-07-05 08:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BELGRADE1092	SERBIAN REACTION TO ORIC VERDICT/SENTENCING [...] (u) Summary: The recent verdict of the Hague Tribunal (ICTY) against wartime commander of Muslim forces in Srebrenica, Naser Oric, has enraged the Serbian leadership and public and received widespread negative coverage in local media. To many here, the Tribunal's decisions - coming on the h [...]	2006-07-07 14:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY KCRM PHUM PREL SR
06BELGRADE1154	SERBIAN RESPONSE TO ATTENDANCE REQUEST [...] (U) On July 18, Poloffs met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding Serbia's official representation at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) high-level events in September 2006, per reftel instructions. MFA said the government was just starting to arrange its delegation, but confirm [...]	2006-07-19 09:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL SR
06BELGRADE1157	Elections Timetable Speculations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite previous pronouncements suggesting fall elections, many of our interlocutors believe that the current coalition will hold together until after a decision is made regarding Kosovo's final status, with new elections occurring about 45 to 90 days later. Although elections [...]	2006-07-20 06:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR

06BELGRADE1207	SOUTHERN SERBIA: QUIET ON THE ABL, BUT POLITICALLY ADRIFT [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Kosovo negotiations in full swing, Southern Serbia is calm and without incidents of interethnic violence. Politically, however, hardline Albanians in the ethnically-mixed muncipality of Bujanoviac are trying to squeeze Serbs out of participation in the municipal government th [...]	2006-07-31 12:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BELGRADE1277	Serbian Parties Begin to Prepare for Elections [...] (SBU) Responding to perceptions that the international community will decide Kosovo independence in the near future, parties across the spectrum have begun to prepare for a tense political period and probable early elections in the aftermath. Across the board, democratic parties remain unpre [...]	2006-08-14 09:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE128	EU Envoy Tempers Optimism on Montenegro [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the Montenegrin referendum are slowly progressing, but the two sides remain far apart on key modalities. After a month of talks, little has been decided, but discussions will begin to quicken as pro-Independence and pro-Union forces hopefully resolve the less c [...]	2006-01-27 13:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM SR PBTS PGOV PNAT MW
06BELGRADE1325	ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 3: AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (c) One month into the announcement of the Action Plan (AP),there is still no sign of a sustained and public senior-level effort to prepare the ground for a Mladic handover. Visiting ICTY officials shared our disappointment at the pace of work on the action plan, and agreed that the ultima [...]	2006-08-22 10:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1379	SERBIA UNDECIDED ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding to request Serbian support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood per reftel request. Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but will consider Professor Wedgwood's candidacy very closely. An [...]	2006-08-30 14:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL SR
06BELGRADE1380	SERBIA UNDECIDED ON MATHESON CANDIDCY [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 206, poloff met with representatives of the Serbin MFA regarding to request Serbian support for thecandidacy of Michael Matheson per reftel request Serbia is unable to give an answer at this time, but will consider Mr. Matheson's candidacy very closely. Any additional info [...]	2006-08-30 14:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL SR
06BELGRADE1420	61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: SERBIAN HIGH LEVEL [...] (U) On AUGUST 28, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA regarding Serbia's official representation at the 61st UN General Assembly (UNGA) high- level events in September 2006, per ref B instructions. The President and Foreign Minister plan to attend. Their information is as [...]	2006-09-05 07:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL SR
06BELGRADE1492	SERBIAN REPSONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (U) On September 12, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to deliver reftel points on USG views on UNSC Resolution 1695 on North Korea's missile programs. Serbia said that as a member of the U.N. they fully support this resolution and will fulfill their commitment. Any ad [...]	2006-09-15 12:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS
06BELGRADE1502	Serbia: New Poll Indicates Softening Support for Radical [...] SUMMARY: The latest poll (conducted in early September) by a well-respected electoral/political NGO in Serbia, records a significant softening in the popularity of the Radical Party and an improvement for PM Kostunica's DSS party. The results continue to show sky-high rates of abstention and [...]	2006-09-16 12:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KPAO SR
06BELGRADE1532	SERBIAN RESPONSE TO UNGA CD MINISTERIAL REQUEST [...] (U) On September 20, 2006, poloff met with representatives of the Serbian MFA to request information on Serbia's attendance at the UNGA CD Ministerial per reftel. MFA thought that Assistant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sahovic would attend, but plans were SIPDIS not definite. Serbia full [...]	2006-09-21 06:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL SR PGOV PHUM KDEM
06BELGRADE1694	WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR FED UP, THREATENS TO QUIT [...] (c) War Crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic stunned local journalists and emboffs when he announced on Ocotber 17 that he was tendering his resignation as operational coordinator for the GoS's Action Plan for ICTY cooperation. Vukcevic cited to us his deep frustration over not having the aut [...]	2006-10-17 14:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY PREL PGOV KCRM SR
06BELGRADE1698	SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UNSC VOTE [...] (U) DCM raised reftel points with Serbian Assistant Foreign Minister Sahovic, and Poloff conveyed substance of reftel points to representatives of the Serbian MFA as requested. MFA officials noted Serbia usually supports the EU consensus position. We expect they will continue to be sensitiv [...]	2006-10-18 07:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC GT UN VE SR
06BELGRADE1849	SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR EU'S DECISION TO VOTE AGAINST [...] On November 09, 2006, poloff met with a representative of the Serbian MFA to obtain additional information on Serbian (and EU) vote against ref B request on the amendment to the resolution on Cuba. Per ref A, Serbia said on 08 November 2006 that they would "constructively support" reftel requ [...]	2006-11-13 13:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	UN UNGA PHUM KTIA SR
06BELGRADE1850	NIS Democracy Roundtable Breathes Fresh Air into Local [...] (U) In the first of what Embassy Belgrade hopes to be a series of such events, poloff moderated a roundtable in Nis on November 4 designed to bring together Serbian democratic bloc parties to show our support for them and to help them encourage voter participation as part of our overall GOTV c [...]	2006-11-13 13:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE1917	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost all Albanian party leaders from southern Serbia have expressed support for a joint Albanian list in Serbia's upcoming Parliamentary elections. Party leaders hope to announce an agreement by November 28, but remain wary that one or more parties will reverse and mount a b [...]	2006-11-24 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BELGRADE1927	"Long Live Serbia" -- DSS Plumbing the Depths of [...] (SBU) Campaigning under the slogan "Long Live Serbia," PM Kostunica's DSS has made it abundantly clear that its election campaign will revolve around "patriotic" issues, especially Kosovo. Its coalition with populist mayors from central Serbia (including a close associate of assassinated war [...]	2006-11-28 07:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SR YI PREL
06BELGRADE2016	VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the January 2007 training course at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Amendment Human Rights Vetting, these [...]	2006-12-15 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS KCRM PREL IT SR
06BELGRADE2061	BIG BLOC OF SERBIA'S DEMOCRATIC VOTERS [...] (SBU) Early election forecasts from Serbia's major polling agencies suggest that the ultranationalist Radical and Socialist parties have little chance of forming a government alone after the 21 January elections. Pollsters indicate that President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and PM Kostuni [...]	2006-12-22 10:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
06BELGRADE207	VIENNA DECENTRALIZATION TALKS: KEEPING THE SERBS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 17:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SR YI
06BELGRADE210	MONTENEGRO: AFTER THE REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: It is increasingly likely that Montenegro will hold a referendum on independence in the spring of 2006. Whether or not the vote is for independence, Montenegro's relationships with Serbia, and, potentially, with the United States will change significantly. Regardless of the ou [...]	2006-02-13 10:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR MW PNAT
06BELGRADE257	SERBIA'S DEMOCRATS UNDER THREAT? [...] (SBU) Recent polls indicate that Serbia's anti-Western nationalists are within striking distance of capturing a parliamentary majority in new elections. Potentially traumatic issues later this year, such as Kosovo final status, could strengthen their hand even further. Early elections, perha [...]	2006-02-21 09:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE341	SERBIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON CEKU NOMINATION [...] (C) Summary: While the Serbian government declared publicly that Agim Ceku's nomination as Kosovo's prime minister is "unacceptable," in private conversations with poloffs, government officials have been much more practical and indicated a "wait-and-see" approach to gauge how the new premier w [...]	2006-03-03 16:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SR YI
06BELGRADE406	Serbia: The Democratic Party's Future Challenge [...] (SBU) A recent Democratic Party (DS) Party Congress in Belgrade provided further evidence that the DS is not doing enough to strengthen its party machinery for the next parliamentary elections. Polling data suggests that the party has lost support over the last year because of cautious and o [...]	2006-03-15 13:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE427	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Both blocs began quiet door-to-door campaigns, unmarked by the death of Milosevic. The Parliament selected members of the Referendum (electoral) Commissions at all levels, the last legal step needed. OSCE has recommended that 20 long-term observers be deployed from early April, [...]	2006-03-17 15:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE480	Serbia: Karic/PSS Fading Fast -- Turn to [...] (U) Summary: Force of Serbia Movement (PSS) President Bogoljub Karic has returned to his ultra-nationalist roots in order to save his business empire, as Prime Minister Kostunica remains steadfast against allowing him to return to Serbia without being prosecuted. He is gambling that a Social [...]	2006-03-27 15:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE515	SERBIA: DEL PONTE NOT SATISFIED W ICTY COOPERATION [...] (c) SUMMARY: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte,s March 29 visit to Belgrade reinforced previous trends ) she will continue to push the EU to maintain a hard line on Mladic conditionality for SAA talks, and she continues to be unimpressed by Belgrade,s lack of effort to bring the PIFWC i [...]	2006-03-31 15:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SR YI ICTY
06BELGRADE521	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: MINORITY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bosniac-Muslim and most Albanian parties have joined the pro-Independence bloc (ref). The ethnic groups represent 15 percent and 7 percent of the population respectively. In poloff's meetings with the Democratic Union of Albanians (DUA),the Bosniak Party (BP),and the Demo [...]	2006-04-03 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE572	LDP Working Hard to be a Contender [...] (U) Summary: The nascent Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),although still with much work to do before being ready for a nationwide election, has been buoyed by better-than-expected results in recent by-elections and a successful party congress. The party still faces a significant challenge in [...]	2006-04-13 05:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE615	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The past week saw the referendum campaigns begin in earnest, with billboards, TV spots, and - for the pro-Union bloc - a large public rally. The pro- Union bloc continued its focus on alleged improprieties by the GoM (and media). The GoM published a Declaration on Independence, [...]	2006-04-19 12:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE632	TOUGH MESSAGE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE AND BELGRADE [...] (c) Summary: In meetings with U.S. Special Envoy Frank Wisner in Belgrade on April 17, PM Kostunica, President Tadic, and FM Draskovic reiterated strong GoS opposition to an independence outcome in Kosovo status talks, but sought to reassure that Belgrade was not seeking a "permanent carve-o [...]	2006-04-25 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SR
06BELGRADE641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and a hard copy of Secretary Rice's letter as instructed to Katarina Lalic-Smajevic, Deputy Director for the Directorate of the United Nations, Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 13. The Ambassador also conveyed [...]	2006-04-26 07:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SR
06BELGRADE679	MONTENEGRIN INDEPEDENCE REFERENDUM: TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tensions relaxed after both blocs realized that they had "gone too far" in the past week. In the wake of the heavily publicized opposition trip to Washington, strong public and private statements by Ambassador Polt and the Consulate cautioned politicians against effor [...]	2006-05-03 08:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE808	Trial of Djindjic Assassins in Final [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the suspected assassins of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and their co-conspirators is nearing its final stage. While obstacles could still arise which may delay a final verdict, a ruling is expected around October. Although the case is not done, observers [...]	2006-05-19 12:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS SR
06BELGRADE860	MONTENEGRIN REFERENDUM: STEPS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the vote, the positions of the Governments of Montenegro and Serbia are converging around the inevitability of a divorce. While neither government has presented a concrete and definitive plan, both have indicated to us they anticipate swift dissolution of the Sta [...]	2006-05-31 06:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MW SR
06BELGRADE862	Draskovic: To Be Foreign Minister or Not to Be [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 08:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE879	SERBIA: STATE AND CHURCH REMAIN IN LOCKSTEP ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite the impression of improved atmospherics following the May 23 Vienna talks on religious issues, Prime Minister Kostunica continues to work with more conservative elders in the Church to derail efforts by moderate elements to define a balanced and independent SOC position on [...]	2006-06-02 08:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF YI SR
06BELGRADE962	KOSOVO: CCK SAYS RETURNS CONTINGENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 07:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BELGRADE964	KOSOVO: GETTING REAL WITH SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COMs of Contact Group countries and the UN told influential Serbian opinion makers that the GOS must do more to prepare its citizens for the likely outcome of Kosovo's final status. The UN and Contact Group stand ready to assist Serbia to get through the Kosovo settlement and [...]	2006-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BELGRADE966	MONTENEGRO: SERB OPPOSITION PREPARING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Andrija Mandic of the Serb People's Party (SNS) outlined his plans to solidify support among ethnic Serb voters in advance of the fall parliamentary elections, on a platform of decentralizing government to the local level. He readily acknowledged Montenegro's independ [...]	2006-06-19 10:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MW
06BELIZE147	BELIZE: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (the Convention) has not been included on the agenda for cabinet discussion or the next meeting of the Belizean National Assembly. [...]	2006-02-14 21:21:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SCUL UNESCO BH
06BELIZE198	BELIZE: RUN-UP TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The ruling Peoples United Party (PUP) recently had manifesto launches in nine municipalities. The Belize City event focused on lower taxes, more jobs and good governance. Some observers have contrasted the PUP's event with the more subdued UDP Plan of Action launch (REF A). Leader of [...]	2006-03-01 17:10:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN ECON PINR BH
06BELIZE200	BELIZE: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to Ref A "Checklist" paragraphs 21-24. 2. (SBU) Para 21: Overview of Belize's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Belize is a transit and destination country for international trafficked men, women and children, though apparently [...]	2006-03-01 17:13:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BH
06BELIZE211	OPPOSITION DOMINATES BELIZE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) dominated Belize's March 1 municipal elections. The UDP won eight of nine mayoral races, and garnered 56 of 58 councilor seats. Prior to the elections, the PUP controlled six of nine municipalities. Many races were close, and voter turnout ra [...]	2006-03-03 16:34:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR BH
06BELIZE269	BELIZE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE OPPOSING RESOLUTION TO [...] (U) Per reftel, post PolOff delivered demarche to Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for Central America - Guatemala, Taiwan and the Caribbean Alphonso Gahona. 2. (SBU) Gahona sought information from the Belize Mission to the United Nations (UN) on the proposed resolution [...]	2006-03-23 16:19:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECLAC BH
06BELIZE272	BELIZE: MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) Per reftel PolOff delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. Desk Officer Gianni Avila with a copy of enclosed unclassified statement. 2. (SBU) Avila stated that MFA had no comment at this time. ------- Comment ------- 3. (SBU) Annually, during September National [...]	2006-03-24 12:34:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BH
06BELIZE289	BELIZE: SOLICITOR GENERAL ACCUSED OF VIOLATING CODE [...] (SBU) In December 2005, the watchdog group the Association of Concerned Belizeans (ACB) called for an investigation of the privatization of the Belize Companies Registry (BELIPO) alleging possible unethical actions by Solicitor General Elston Kaseke, Minister of Foreign Affairs Godfrey Smith a [...]	2006-03-29 15:47:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
06BELIZE331	BELIZE: AWARENESS CAMPAIGN CITED AS SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (U) Local media outlets have reported the arrest and charging of a 69 year old German-born naturalized Belizean on rape and two counts of trafficking-in-persons charges. On April 10, Henry Stein was charged for having sexual relations and taking nude photographs of a 12 year old girl on two [...]	2006-04-18 12:13:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV PREL PINR BH
06BELIZE358	BELIZE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING VENEZUELAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-25 22:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER BH
06BELIZE369	BELIZE: UPDATED BIO OF NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Eamon Harrison Courtenay, DOB: 11 June 1960, married to Denise Courtenay (nee Mitchell) with two children: Gavin Harrison and Alyson Giselle, was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 11 APR 2006 and re-appointed Senator on 18 APR 2006. From 2003 to August 2004 Courtenay [...]	2006-04-27 15:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
06BELIZE379	BELIZE BECOMES EARLY MEMBER TO THE LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY. On April 26, Prime Minister the Right Honorable Said Musa and Regional Representative of Save the Children - Sweden Per Tamm signed an agreement to implement Belizean cooperation in the Latin American Network for Missing persons (aka Red Latinoamericanos Desaparecidos). The signing [...]	2006-04-28 17:57:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL PINR KWMN BH
06BELIZE471	BELIZE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 15:46:00	Embassy Belmopan	SECRET	KNNP PREL AORC UNSC IEAB BH
06BELIZE472	BELIZE: DEMARCHE SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 16:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV BH
06BELIZE491	BELIZE: WILL GOB SELL ITS WHALING VOTE? [...] (SBU) In recent weeks media speculation has increased as to how Belize will vote in the upcoming International Whaling Conference (IWC). Belize is a member of the IWC, which is scheduled to meet in June. The Government of Belize (GOB) is in arrears in payment of its dues (REF A),and last ye [...]	2006-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA TW BH
06BELIZE502	BELIZE: DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD'S [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Ambassador Amalia Mai, CEO of Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Belize MFA U.N Desk Officer Alphonso Gahona. Mai stated that she would pass along the diplomatic note and Professor Wedgwood's C.V. to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...]	2006-06-07 19:08:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM US UNHRC BH
06BELIZE530	BELIZE: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 14:34:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR BH
06BELIZE533	BELIZE: 2006 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post delivered, on June 5, report and talking points to CEO Ambassador Amalia Mai and U.N. Desk Officer Alphonso Gahona of Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with the report, PolOff presented the 60- day mini-plan. Mai's reaction was polite but muted; she noted, [...]	2006-06-14 16:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG VZ CU BH
06BELIZE96	BELIZE: BIO OF NEW TAIWAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy of Taiwan announced the appointment Joseph Ting Shih as the new Ambassador to Belize. Shih comes from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand, and is expected to arrive within the next week. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Shih's curriculum vitae is: Educ [...]	2006-01-31 21:14:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON NZ AIT BH
06BELIZE971	GLENN GODFREY MADE ME DO IT! [...] (U) Summary. On the first day of testimony at the resumed Developm Finance Corporation (DFC) investigative hearings, former general manage Roberto Bautista said that changes in policy left the Corporation vulne to significant losses. Lending policies were Qrelaxed,Q and the DFC Bo instructed [...]	2006-11-01 21:06:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH
06BELIZE973	GLENN GODFREY MADE ME DO IT! [...] (U) Summary. On the first day of testimony at the resumed Development Finance Corporation (DFC) investigative hearings, former general manager Roberto Bautista said that changes in policy left the Corporation vulnerable to significant losses. Lending policies were "relaxed," and the DFC Boar [...]	2006-11-02 19:42:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BH
06BELMOPAN56	TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED TO [...] Per reftel, on December 7 poloff delivered domestic USG designations of Hizballah-related individuals/entities in the Tri-Border Area to Ambassador Amalia Mai, Chief Executive Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Copies of the designations were also delivered to Geral [...]	2006-12-07 19:45:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BH
06BELMOPAN75	CHAIRMAN OF DFC COMMISSION OF INQUIRY DIES IN CUBA [...] On December 13, local media reported that David Price, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating the financial dealings of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC),died in Cuba. Price, who suffered from diabetes, flew by air ambulance to Cuba on November 13 to seek tr [...]	2006-12-18 17:47:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV BH
06BERLIN1414	MANAS AIRFIELD: SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ISAF/OEF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message May 22 to Eckart Blaurock, MFA NATO Desk Action Officer in charge of ISAF affairs. Blaurock was very supportive of the request and undertook to pursue the matter with the relevant MFA regional bureau. 2. (C) Also on May 22, DAO passed reftel message to H [...]	2006-05-24 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL KG GM
06BERLIN1501	PSI: GERMAN ATTENDANCE AT HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 15:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PL GM
06BERLIN1502	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA AORC PREL UNSC IR EU GM
06BERLIN1595	FMCT: GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 14:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP PREL CDG GM
06BERLIN1654	GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTRY TO OPEN DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of media attention on immigration and integration policy, German Interior Minister Schaeuble has decided to organize a conference and meet directly with representatives of a number of Islamic organizations. The decision represents a significant policy shift for the G [...]	2006-06-16 09:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL GM
06BERLIN1993	POLITICAL GOALS OF THE GERMAN EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) (Summary) According to our contacts, the Germans have identified four main political goals to pursue during their EU presidency next year. They hope to create a new EU neighborhood policy that encourages countries of the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine and Georgia to pursue reforms d [...]	2006-07-14 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GM
06BERLIN2175	GERMAN COMMENTS ON FMCT COORDINATION PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL CDG
06BERLIN2593	GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SANCTIONS, EU3 UNITY [...] (U) Summary: Charge raised Iran with Foreign Office State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) August 30 and Embassy delivered SIPDIS reftel demarche August 31. Germany is ready for discussion of Iran to return to the Security Council and supports discussion of punitive measures. The critical task, [...]	2006-09-01 16:01:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EU IR KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN
06BERLIN3045	IRAQ/US/UK JOINT DEMARCHE ON IRAQ COMPACT; [...] (C) Iraqi Embassy Counselor Qais Naif Abboud and Attache Bashar F. Al-Bander, UK Embassy Poloff Neil Holland, and Global Affairs Officer jointly delivered ref demarche October 16 to MFA Iraq Working Group Chief Ruediger Lotz and two of his staff including desk officer Christofer Burger. Abboud [...]	2006-10-19 18:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN IZ GM
06BERLIN3412	DEMARCHE TO GERMAN MFA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel demarche to Sabine Sparwasser, MFA Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Affairs, on December 1. MFA Iran Desk Officer Deike Potzel also attended. Sparwasser stated that she expects EU coordination on any public statement regarding the upcoming Iranian ele [...]	2006-12-01 14:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3527	IRAN HOLOCAUST DENIERS' CONFERENCE: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian government-sponsored Holocaust conference received wide official and media attention in Germany, with sharp criticism coming from the Chancellor downwards. It is not yet clear if authorities will pursue criminal charges against Germans involved with the conference. [...]	2006-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GM IR
06BERLIN3529	ENGAGING MUSLIMS IN GERMANY ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] Summary. Mission Germany has expanded its Muslim engagement efforts to include a series of roundtable discussions on U.S. foreign policy with prominent members of Germany's Muslim communities. Despite skepticism and suspicion from some interlocutors, most are keen to express their political [...]	2006-12-18 16:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	GM KISL PTER
06BERLIN3551	GERMAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES SUPPORT IN DARFUR [...] (C) A parliamentary debate on the future of German contributions to a peace operation in Darfur shows that there is an emerging - if vague - support for an enhanced operation in Sudan. SPD, Greens and FDP expressed cautious support, depending on the details, of an extended peace support opera [...]	2006-12-20 15:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GM XA SU
06BERLIN477	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS LAUNCH DISCUSSION OF NEW BASIC [...] (U) Under the slogan "New Justice Through More Freedom," Chancellor Merkel hosted a mini-covention of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on February 21 to launch the development of a new Basic Program for the party. Merkel emphasized the many challenges not addressed in the 1994 Basic Progr [...]	2006-02-21 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GM
06BERN1138	TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE: SWITZERLAND ALIGNS WITH EU [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 14:59:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SZ
06BERN1223	SWISS REPLY ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 15:07:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV EAID VE SZ
06BERN1253	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 10:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC SZ
06BERN1280	IRAN: LARIJANI MEETS WITH SWISS FM CALMY-REY \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:51:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC SZ
06BERN1462	UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON: SWISS AMBIVALENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER MOPS IS
06BERN1505	SWISS WELCOME UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 10:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN IS PREL PTER MOPS UNSC
06BERN1571	STOCKHOLM DONORS CONFERENCE: SWISS AID TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SZ SW
06BERN1626	ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 06:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ
06BERN1639	DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 05:51:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU SZ
06BERN1686	SWISS DFA DEPUTY POLDIR ON IRAN, UNHRC, AND \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP CASC SZ
06BERN1710	SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING, [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 10:45:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ
06BERN1804	GOS "HEADS UP": SWISS FEDERAL PROSECUTOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 15:28:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PHUM SZ
06BERN1867	S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 14:48:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PTER ETTC SZ
06BERN1896	MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 16:57:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM ETTC SZ IR
06BERN1910	SWISS REACTION TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 13:59:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM SZ
06BERN1947	SWISS VIEWS ON LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 16:39:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER MOPS SZ
06BERN1981	SWISS ASSISTANCE WITH USINT OPERATING DIFFICULTIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 16:56:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT SZ CU
06BERN2046	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 16:23:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL SZ
06BERN2059	SYRIA/LEBANON: SWISS OFFICIAL REPORTS ON DAMASCUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 16:10:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MEPP SY LE IS SZ
06BERN2115	SWISS TO BAKER COMMISSION: USG SHOULD NO LONGER \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER ETTC IR IZ SZ
06BERN2142	CUBA AND TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: SWITZERLAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:59:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU SZ
06BERN545	SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BERN587	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: SWISS NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 16:00:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSCA KNNP ENRG PARM ETTC IN SZ
06BERN593	SWISS ADOPT RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL OF EXCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 10:39:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PREL IZ SZ
06BERN688	BELARUS: SWITZERLAND WEIGHS VISA BAN, TARGETED [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 15:24:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EU BL SZ

06BERN716	CUBA: SWISS FM CALMY-REY'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 16:12:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC CU SZ

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