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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06MUSCAT1535 | MEDIA REACTION: FERNANDEZ COMMENTS, DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM, [...] SUMMARY: Alberto Fernandez's Al-Jazeera remarks received extensive coverage in local press; government-owned "Oman Daily Observer" ran positive pictures of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi children; private daily "Al-Shabiba" criticized the "double standards" of U.S. policy on Israeli and North Korea [...] | 2006-10-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1541 | OFFICIALS INSIST LABOR REFORMS COMPLETE [...] (SBU) Officials in the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) informed Poleoff on November 1 that regulations covering union organizing, collective bargaining and the right to strike are complete, and await only Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma's signature. The regulations are contained in two minis [...] | 2006-11-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT1558 | OMAN'S FM ON RECENT VISIT OF IRANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi November 4 to review the October 31 visit to Oman of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki. Motaki, who stayed for only a few hours, told the Omani Minister that the Iranians had reached an u [...] | 2006-11-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MU IR |
06MUSCAT1561 | MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...] | 2006-11-06 10:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1564 | CUBA EMBARGO AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN MU |
06MUSCAT1565 | STATUS OF OMANI LABOR COMMITMENTS UNDER THE FREE [...] Summary: Oman committed to enact specific labor law reforms by October 31, 2006 under Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. To date, Oman has met almost all of its commitments regarding worker protections, collective bargaining and the right to strike. However, it has not published implem [...] | 2006-11-06 13:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT1566 | UNSCR 1718 AND THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met on November 5 with Ambassador Talab Miran, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and ref A and B points on UN Security Council Resolution 1718. Miran confirmed Omani support for P [...] | 2006-11-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP UN MU |
06MUSCAT1568 | OMAN'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KVPR EFIN ETTC MU |
06MUSCAT1572 | AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU |
06MUSCAT1573 | OMAN ISSUES ADDITIONAL LABOR REGULATIONS [...] On November 6, 2006, Minister of Manpower Juma bin al-Juma signed Ministerial Decision 311/2006 regulating the formation and activities of unions. On the same day, the Minister issued a legally-enforceable administrative circular prohibiting employers from withholding workers' passports, whic [...] | 2006-11-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT1574 | OMAN RESPONSE TO ITU NOMINATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECPS ITU MU |
06MUSCAT1575 | UN TRAFFICKING RAPPORTEUR'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) completed a fact-finding mission in Oman on November 7. The Rapporteur flagged as key concerns: the role of recruiting agencies and sponsors in bringing trafficking victims to Oman; the government's lack [...] | 2006-11-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT1576 | MUSCAT RESPONSE TO EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK; [...] (SBU) Per ref A, Econoff attempted to conduct a pre-license check on the College of Higher Technology, Ministry of Manpower. Econoff was unable to contact the Director General of Technology and Education at the Ministry of Manpower on three separate attempts (August 26, August 27, and Septemb [...] | 2006-11-12 06:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC MU |
06MUSCAT1579 | HEALTH MINISTRY ADDRESSES US PHARMACEUTICAL [...] (U) In response to U.S. pharmaceutical company and PHRMA concerns (ref),Econoff met with Dr. Batool Jaffer Suleiman, Director of Rational Drug Use, Ministry of Health, on November 7 to discuss Ministerial circular 5/2006, which mandated the re-registration of pharmaceutical companies and thei [...] | 2006-11-14 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON KIPR MU |
06MUSCAT1580 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR APPLICATION 050016241 [...] (U) Per reftel, the Political/Economic section, in conjunction with the Office of Military Cooperation, conducted a pre-license check on Muscat-based General Stores Trading, LLC. On October 29, Econoff met with Mohamed al-Zaabi, the company's managing director. Zaabi, educated at San Diego S [...] | 2006-11-14 06:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MU |
06MUSCAT1586 | TRAINING KEY TO SME DEVELOPMENT [...] SME training and development in Oman is largely facilitated through the Intilaaqah program, sponsored by Shell. The program, which has graduated over 3,000 participants and sponsors an annual award for best entrepreneur, is looking to refresh its course offerings. Oman's largest bank is also [...] | 2006-11-14 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN BEXP KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT1587 | MEDIA REACTION: TRAFICKING IN PERSONS, ISRAEL CRIMES [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned daily "Oman" condemned the latest Israeli assault against Palestinians and called for a strong action by the Security Council to deter Israel. Private daily "Al-Watan" believes that, condemnation or no condemnation, injustices against the Palestinians will continue. P [...] | 2006-11-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1588 | OMANI ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: Oman has not pursued proactive engagement with the Iraqi government due to a lack of strong tribal, economic or religious ties with Iraq, geographic distance, and a cautious foreign policy that seeks to avoid playing a highly visible role on contentious issues. Omani concerns a [...] | 2006-11-14 13:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR IZ MU |
06MUSCAT1595 | OMAN REACTS TO NEW UAE BORDER SECURITY POLICY AT [...] (C) A decision by the UAE in September to immediately implement border crossing controls at the Al-Buraimi oasis has disrupted the lives of residents and the flow of commerce in the conjoined cities of Al-Ain (UAE) and Al-Buraimi (Oman). Upset at the apparent absence of consultation on the c [...] | 2006-11-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MU |
06MUSCAT1596 | CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT OPENS BASEL II WORKSHOP [...] On November 13, Oman Central Bank Executive President Hamoud bin Sangour al-Zadjali opened a three-day workshop for Central Bank and commercial banking personnel on the requirements of the Basel II accords. In his remarks, ZadjaliQoted that the Central Bank would begin implementing the Basel [...] | 2006-11-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL MU |
06MUSCAT1599 | OMAN'S INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: The government of Oman has taken limited steps to address USG concerns highlighted in the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Embassy still is waiting for a response to the Ambassador's suggested action plan to combat trafficking (ref A),as well as the Embassy's recent [...] | 2006-11-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MU |
06MUSCAT1600 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...] | 2006-11-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
06MUSCAT1601 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA MU |
06MUSCAT161 | OMAN 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to submit the following Investment Climate Statement for 2006. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which is expected to account for 81% of the government's [...] | 2006-02-08 06:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB PGOV MU |
06MUSCAT1614 | MEDIA REACTION: NATIONAL DAY IN OMAN, AL JAZEERA [...] SUMMARY: Omani media focus this week was squarely - and nearly exclusively - on coverage revolving around the celebration of the country's national day (the Sultan's birthday). The very little press attention to other matters displayed mingled pride and concern over the startup of Al Jazeera [...] | 2006-11-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1618 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND FORUM FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi told Ambassador on November 21 that he will attend the Forum for the Future at the Dead Sea. Bin Alawi said he planned to arrive in Jordan in the mid-to-late afternoon [...] | 2006-11-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT1619 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND IISS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi informed Ambassador on November 21 that he planned to attend the third International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in Manama, currently [...] | 2006-11-22 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU |
06MUSCAT162 | MFA ARAB CHIEF ON IRAN, PALESTINE, SYRIA [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, MFA Arab Affairs Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthy expressed deep misgivings about the IAEA's decision to report Iran to the UN Security Council, fearing the move pushes a diplomatic solution further out of reach. He said recent Oman-Iran discus [...] | 2006-02-08 08:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL PARM KNNP PINR XF MU |
06MUSCAT1627 | OMAN: MIXED SIGNALS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (U) Two events during the past week presented a sharp contrast between rhetoric and reality in terms of public expression in Oman. On November 19, Minister of Information Hamad bin Mohammed Al Rasdhi addressed the Oman Journalists Association (OJA) and stated unequivocally that "the press in O [...] | 2006-11-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECPS KPAO MU |
06MUSCAT1635 | LABOR CAMPS FOR OMAN'S MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Poleoff visited two privately-operated labor camps for migrant workers in the Muscat area. Workers he met live in crowded rooms with poor sanitation, and reported that they work long hours for low monthly wages. Many are paying off debts to recruiting agencies in their home count [...] | 2006-11-27 12:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG MU |
06MUSCAT1638 | UPDATE ON OMANI ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID LE MU |
06MUSCAT1639 | MEDIA REACTION: GEMAYEL ASSASSINATION, IRAQI SECTARIAN [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" blames Israel's Lebanon policy for precipitating the Gemayel assassination; private paper "Al-Watan" says "foreign powers" are hindering solutions to Iraq's bloodshed; an "Al-Watan" columnist wants more "constructive criticism" in local media; Omani government shuts [...] | 2006-11-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1646 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF AUSTR FOR EUROPE AND THE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 4 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. In addition to your participation as the keynote speaker and panel participant in the December 6 U.S.-Oman FTA Awareness Conference, we have confirmed me [...] | 2006-12-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU |
06MUSCAT1657 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING WITH MFA UNDER [...] (C) During a November 26 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the Ambassador asked for an update on steps Oman has taken to address Trafficking in Persons (TIP) concerns, and reiterated Post's request for TIP-related statistics, including investigati [...] | 2006-12-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MU |
06MUSCAT1658 | OMAN COMMITS TO INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER SCANNING [...] (SBU) On December 3, Brigadier General Mahmood al-Kiyumi, Director General of Customs, Royal Oman Police (ROP),gave oral approval for Oman's public participation in the International Container Scanning Network (ICSN). Contacts at the ROP assured Post that the General's statement is sufficien [...] | 2006-12-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL EWWT ASEC KHLS ECON MU |
06MUSCAT1661 | MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN STRIFE IN IRAQ, REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" fears that Iraqi sectarian strife will lead to civil war and carries an appeal for international help in resolving regional conflicts; private daily "Al-Watan" thinks that external actors are driving tensions in Lebanon. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- [...] | 2006-12-05 07:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1668 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS: OMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD UNESCO MU |
06MUSCAT1670 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...] | 2006-12-06 14:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON |
06MUSCAT1674 | SUCCESSFUL USPTO IPR WORKSHOP CONCLUDES [...] The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sponsored a successful MEPI-funded intellectual property rights workshop for judges, prosecutors, investigators, and customs officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Office of Publi [...] | 2006-12-10 10:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND PREL KIPR KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT168 | OMAN ONLINE: FTA AND LABOR RIGHTS, OMANI REACTION TO [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...] | 2006-02-08 13:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT1680 | MEDIA REACTION: BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT, GCC SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: Private daily "Al-Watan" hails the "positive" recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton report and criticizes the Israeli response to it. State-owned "Oman" says that this year's GCC summit should focus on solving domestic problems in Arab Gulf states. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE [...] | 2006-12-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1684 | DIGITAL OUTREACH TO OMAN [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Embassy Muscat is happy to provide a brief list of popular web destinations for Omani surfers, preceded by some background that we hope will be of use to IIP's new Digital Outreach Team. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------- SKITTISH USERS UNLIKELY TO ENG [...] | 2006-12-13 08:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS KISL KPAO OIIP PTER MU |
06MUSCAT1685 | OIL AND GAS ADVISOR UPBEAT ON OMAN PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econoff discussed Oman's energy outlook with Khalifa bin Mubarak al-Hinai, technical advisor to the Minister of Oil and Gas. Hinai commented that contrary to popular concerns, Oman still had significant reserves to exploit. He noted that of the approximately 50 billion [...] | 2006-12-13 09:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EIND ECON MU |
06MUSCAT1690 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF TREASURY A/S PATRICK O'BRIEN [...] (C) Greetings and welcome to Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on December 18 to discuss with government and private sector officials Oman's current anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to press for Oma [...] | 2006-12-13 13:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD PTER OTRA MU |
06MUSCAT170 | AMERICAN FILMS SHOWCASED IN ARAB CULTURAL CAPITAL [...] Summary: This year's Muscat Film Festival, January 21- 28, was held in conjunction with the month-long Muscat Festival to showcase Muscat as this year's Arab Cultural Capital. Taken together, these events provided an ideal platform for the Embassy to reach a substantial Omani audience numbe [...] | 2006-02-08 14:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC IZ MU |
06MUSCAT1703 | MEDIA REACTION: BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT, ISRAELI NUCLEAR [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" hopes that implementing the Baker-Hamilton report can "save" Iraqis; privately owned "Al-Watan" calls on the U.S. and Europe to shoulder their "responsibilities" towards Israel's nuclear program; a surprisingly outspoken editorial in "Al-Watan" calls the Omani [...] | 2006-12-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1707 | NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...] | 2006-12-20 07:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU |
06MUSCAT1711 | UPDATE ON OMAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST WORST FORMS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID |
06MUSCAT1712 | OMAN NONCOMMITAL ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UNESCO MU |
06MUSCAT1722 | MORE PROMISED CHANGES TO OMAN'S LABOR LAWS [...] (C) On December 19, Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali Sultan Maqbool and Minister of Manpower Juma ali-Juma told Emboffs and representatives of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) that they intend to issue new ministerial decisions to fulfill Oman's labor reform com [...] | 2006-12-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT1726 | MEDIA REACTION: FTA AND OMANI PAY RAISE, CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY: Privately owned "Al-Watan" ties a royal decree raising civil-service wages to Oman's international economic policies including the U.S-Oman FTA; the same paper also criticizes closed Internet forum forum "Al-Sablah" for "crossing red lines." As Saudi King Abdullah visits Oman, state- [...] | 2006-12-24 08:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT1728 | SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) During a December 24 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi to discuss a range of regional issues (septels),Ambassador inquired about the visit of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al Saud to Oman. Bin Alawi stated that King Abdullah, who arrived to a red [...] | 2006-12-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SA MU |
06MUSCAT1736 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER SHARES THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi told Ambassador on December 24 that Oman was not directly involved in efforts to resolve conflicts in either Somalia or Sudan. The Omani government does, however, strongly support Arab League (AL) endeavors to quell violence in bo [...] | 2006-12-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO MU |
06MUSCAT1737 | NEA A/S WELCH ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETING WITH [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...] | 2006-12-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU |
06MUSCAT1738 | NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH ROYAL OFFICE MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...] | 2006-12-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU |
06MUSCAT176 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/08/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 8 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's [...] | 2006-02-11 06:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT191 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/11/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 11 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy' [...] | 2006-02-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT192 | SECURITY CONCERNS DAMPEN OMAN-IRAQ RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Iraqi and Omani diplomats agree that security concerns are frustrating the growth of bilateral relations, but disagree over whether Iraq has requested assistance. A draft joint statement forming the basis of a new bilateral relationship has yet to be signed, and the next binational comm [...] | 2006-02-13 04:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MU IZ |
06MUSCAT193 | UNESCO CONVENTION: OMAN [...] (SBU) The ratification of international conventions by Oman can be a time-consuming process. In light of Omani statements supporting USG interpretations of the UNESCO Convention and the pending ratification of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, there is little reason to believe the Conventio [...] | 2006-02-13 04:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL MU |
06MUSCAT203 | MEDIA REACTION: Economic Hopes for Hamas, Russia Hosting [...] The privately owned daily "al-Watan" published an editorial on February 8 entitled "Hamas and the Future": "The corruption that prevailed previously in the [Palestinians'] "Fatah" government was one cause of its downfall, to Hamas' benefit. One of the new government's priorities is the "Pal [...] | 2006-02-13 13:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT204 | SULTAN QABOOS' TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Omani dailies gave extensive coverage on February 12 to a wide-ranging interview Sultan Qaboos granted to the influential Kuwaiti newspaper Al Siyasa ("Politics"). The Sultan shared his vision of Oman, his leadership principles, and his quest to balance the modern with the traditional in [...] | 2006-02-13 13:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OPRC PTER ETRD PINR ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT207 | GOVERNMENT CRITIC ALLEGES AMCIT AILING IN PRISON [...] (SBU) Recently released former parliamentarian Taybah al-Ma'wali claims that unsanitary prison conditions and poor medical care have caused a serious decline in convicted Amcit Rebecca Thompson's health. Her charges, however, are at variance with what Conoff and other independent visitors have [...] | 2006-02-14 08:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT217 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/15/2006 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 15 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that th [...] | 2006-02-15 11:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT219 | OMAN ONLINE: HEALTH CARE, A DISMISSAL, AND DENMARK [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...] | 2006-02-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT222 | QUELLING VIOLENT REACTIONS TO OFFENSIVE CARTOONS: [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A demarche February 14 thanking the Omani government for its role in helping to calm public reactions to the offensive Danish cartoons and urging continued efforts to promote peaceful dialogue. To date, there have been no acts of violence stemming from the carto [...] | 2006-02-15 15:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KPAO PGOV XF MU |
06MUSCAT229 | SMALL STEP IN NATO-OMAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting, MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi shared an update on Oman-NATO relations with Pol/Econ Chief. (Note: Oman and Saudi Arabia are the only two GCC states not to have joined the NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). E [...] | 2006-02-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR XF MU |
06MUSCAT23 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/04/2006 [...] (SBU) The Acting DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 4 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the Em [...] | 2006-01-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT230 | DEFEATING VENEZUELA FOR NON-PERMANENT UNSC SEAT: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-19 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GT VE MU |
06MUSCAT231 | OMAN FM RETURNING TO IRAN [...] (C) On February 18, MFA International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi affirmed to Pol/E Chief that Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will "soon" be making a return visit to Tehran. Ambassador al-Raisi did not provide details on the pur [...] | 2006-02-19 12:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR MU |
06MUSCAT232 | UN COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS: STATUS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MU |
06MUSCAT234 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/19/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 19 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the [...] | 2006-02-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC |
06MUSCAT235 | REACTIONS TO UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT, [...] (SBU) In a February 18 call on MFA Chief of International Organizations Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi, P/E Chief took the opportunity to register USG objections to the UN Special Rapporteur's Report on detainee conditions in Guantanamo Bay (ref A),as well as to use talking points (refs [...] | 2006-02-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ASEC KPAO IZ MU |
06MUSCAT237 | CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) On February 18, Pol/Econ Chief called on MFA International Organizations Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran al-Raisi to inquire on the status of Oman's reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of July 27, 2005, conveying the USG's revised text of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Coun [...] | 2006-02-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KTIA PREL MU |
06MUSCAT25 | OMAN ONLINE: STUDENTS HARASSED; SORRY TO SHAYKHA; [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...] | 2006-01-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT256 | DELIVERED: POINTS ON UNSYG, PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UN MU |
06MUSCAT257 | MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN DANGERS IN LEBANON, LATEST ABU [...] Government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 17 under the title "Lebanon: Caution Is the Lesson from Past Conflict": "Political conflict and the resort to media statements by various powers is not in the best interest of the Lebanese, and on the contrary leads t [...] | 2006-02-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT26 | OMAN RESTRICTS BIRD IMPORTS IN RESPONSE TO AVIAN [...] In its efforts to prevent avian influenza from roosting in Oman, the government banned, through a November 2005 Ministerial decree, the importation of pet and wild birds from all countries. Oman issued its first ban on bird imports from selected European and Asian countries in April 2003, an [...] | 2006-01-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT262 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/22/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's [...] | 2006-02-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT268 | CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 09:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KPAO OPRC IZ MU |
06MUSCAT27 | FURTHER RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Subsequent to the Ambassador's December 5 meeting with MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi concerning the USG request for Omani assistance in resettling up to 15 Uighur detainees from Guatanamo (ref A),the Embassy reiterated the ref B request and background information to the Minist [...] | 2006-01-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MU |
06MUSCAT270 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 02/25/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 25 to assess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the [...] | 2006-02-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT276 | 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to relevant sections of ref A paras 21-24. ----------------- PARA 21: OVERVIEW ----------------- A. There were isolated and unsubstantiated reports that persons were trafficked to, from, or within the country. B. The law does not prohibit tr [...] | 2006-02-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT277 | OMAN: A SIX-CORNERED SULTANATE [...] The Ambassador, along with officials from the Ministry of Manpower and Muscat's Higher College of Technology, opened Oman's sixth American Corner on February 21, 2006, an event that generated excellent press coverage. The College's Dean used the event to announce his short-term goal of incre [...] | 2006-02-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC SCUL MU |
06MUSCAT288 | OMAN ONLINE: SECTARIAN STRIFE, MAHATHIR INTERVIEW [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wholly reflective o [...] | 2006-03-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT289 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI SECTARIANISM, MOSQUE BOMBINGS, [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on February 24 under the title "Stopping Turmoil in Iraq": "It seems the civil strife between Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis that has long been warned about has finally happened, through the bombing of mosques. Multi-national forces [...] | 2006-03-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT290 | MANGO DECLINE SPARKS GLOBAL PROJECT [...] The government of Oman will sponsor a five-year global mango classification project, which will enable the government to better identify which varieties of mango would be suitable for cultivation in Oman. Current production is down 60% since 1999, a result of fungal infestation and ground wat [...] | 2006-03-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR PREL SENV MU |
06MUSCAT291 | TSUNAMI FEARS FOCUS OF FORUM [...] USG scientists raised seismic awareness and delivered the keynote address on establishing a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean basin during the third annual Gulf Seismic Forum in Muscat. The real threat of tsunami-generating seismic activity between the Omani and Pakistani coasts was [...] | 2006-03-01 13:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TPHY KSCA SENV MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT292 | IRAQ STRIFE SPARKS DENUNCIATION, REFLECTION [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bin Alawi joined his GCC colleagues on February 24 in denouncing terrorism in Iraq in the wake of the Al-Askaria shrine bombing, while Oman's leading Arabic dailies also condemned the apparent effort to stoke civil war. Perhaps provoked by an "inappropriate" local Intern [...] | 2006-03-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PINS PGOV IZ MU |
06MUSCAT293 | OMANTEL TO FACE FIXED-LINE COMPETITION [...] (SBU) A Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Commissioner predicted that Oman would issue a second fixed-line license within the next year, ending Omantel's monopoly. She also predicted that Oman would open up the value-added services sector within the next three months, but would no [...] | 2006-03-01 14:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV PREL MU YM |
06MUSCAT294 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/01/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 1 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and agreed that the Emba [...] | 2006-03-01 14:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT296 | ENVIRONMENTAL MOU SIGNED [...] (SBU) Ambassador and Under Secretary of Commerce and Industry Ahmad bin Hassan al-Dheeb signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Cooperation (MoU) during a February 26 ceremony at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI). While other MOCI [...] | 2006-03-01 15:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL KPAO MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT297 | MFA CLARIFIES RELIGION NOTE, SAYS NOT DIRECTED AT [...] (SBU) Reportedly in reaction to diplomatic missions that had rented space for unsanctioned religious worship, the Foreign Ministry issued a broadly worded circular on February 18 reiterating standing regulations governing non-Muslim places of worship. MFA clarified points of concern to the Em [...] | 2006-03-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CASC KIRF MU |
06MUSCAT298 | TAIWAN REP ON WHO, OMAN TIES [...] (U) See bio notes in para 4. 2. (C) In a February 28 meeting in a neutral location, Paul Yung-feng Hsu, head of the local "Taipei Economic and Cultural Office," solicited Pol/Econ Chief's help to encourage Oman to support Taiwan's bid for observer status at the World Health Assembly in May [...] | 2006-03-01 15:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EFIS EPET TW MU |
06MUSCAT299 | GOT WATER? [...] Oman's Director General of Water Resources outlined the government's water management efforts in the wake of scarce rainfall, high demand, and increasing groundwater salinity. He noted that cross-border water usage was a concern, but that Oman stood ready to collaborate with the UAE on solutio [...] | 2006-03-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PREL TPHY MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT317 | EMBASSY MUSCAT - 03/04/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 4 to assess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's al [...] | 2006-03-05 15:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT345 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, ISRAEL, AND FTA [...] Government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on March 3 under the title "What's Happening in Iraq?": "Military operations in Iraq have created a security vacuum and contributed to the escalation of sectarian conflicts that have not existed for hundreds of years. Iraqi society [...] | 2006-03-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT346 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/08/2006 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 8 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already hei [...] | 2006-03-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC |
06MUSCAT350 | GOVERNMENT REINS IN SQUATTERS [...] (SBU) The Omani government has taken action in recent weeks to remove illegal squatter farms that local tribes had built up over the past year in a remote semi-desert area in the southern Dhofar region. The steps were spurred by concerns over illicit water usage and the government's efforts t [...] | 2006-03-10 19:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SENV PBTS PGOV SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT357 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/11/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 11 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's a [...] | 2006-03-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT382 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/15/2006 [...] (SBU) The DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 15 to assess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend, and in light of recent unsubstantiated threat reporting (references A and B). Noting no substantive changes in the local security env [...] | 2006-03-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC |
06MUSCAT383 | U.S. BEEF BANNED IN OMAN [...] Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have confirmed a ban on U.S. beef imports as a result of BSE reports. The question of when the ban might be lifted is still under study. End Summary. ---------------- U.S. BEEF BANNED ---------------- 2. On March 14, Econoff dis [...] | 2006-03-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PREL MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT384 | MOTOROLA EYES RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) Motorola expects to be one of three bidders for an upcoming tender for a $40-60 million national radio system in Oman. Motorola will be requesting USG advocacy in support of its bid. End summary. ----------- FAST TENDER ----------- 2. (SBU) On March 6, Econoff discussed Motorola [...] | 2006-03-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECPS PGOV PINR MU |
06MUSCAT385 | TWO AIRLINES BETTER THAN ONE? [...] (SBU) Profitable Oman Air plans to expand its medium and long-haul fleet with Boeing aircraft in a bid to compete directly with Gulf Air, as the latter relocates part of its operations from Abu Dhabi to Muscat's Seeb International Airport. End Summary. ------------ PROFIT FIRST ---------- [...] | 2006-03-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP ETRD PREL MU |
06MUSCAT386 | INSTRUCTIONS ON HAMAS MEETINGS [...] (C) Ref A points were previously reviewed with MFA Arab Affairs Department Chief Ambassador Ahmed al-Harthi (ref B). Follow-up conversations with MFA officials and the overwhelming tenor of local media editorials have reconfirmed the Omani government's position that Hamas is the elected Palest [...] | 2006-03-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MU |
06MUSCAT387 | MESSAGE TO OIC ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO ETRD KISL KPAO PREL PTER XF MU |
06MUSCAT388 | JERICHO PRISON ATTACK DRAWS IRE AT U.S., UK [...] (U) The March 14 Israeli raid on Jericho Prison and seizure of Palestinian suspects drew strong condemnation in Omani newspaper editorials the following day. The independently owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" placed its editorial on the front page, asserting that Israel's actions were clearly il [...] | 2006-03-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL SOCI OIIP KMDR KPAO IS MU |
06MUSCAT389 | OMAN ONLINE: HUMAN RIGHTS, FOLEY KILLERS, AND PRISON [...] Summary: The Omani Internet message board "al-Sablah" is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While neither totally free nor wholly reflectiv [...] | 2006-03-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SOCI MU |
06MUSCAT39 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/07/2006 [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 7 to review the Embassy's security posture both following the local weekend and prior to a January 9-14 holiday closure (reftel B). Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environmen [...] | 2006-01-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT390 | OMAN RESPONSE TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] The government of Oman has formally requested clarification on the following points regarding reftel demarche on financial assets of persons implicated in the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri: -- Pursuant to which principle can such an advisory notice be issued to financial i [...] | 2006-03-16 06:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN MU |
06MUSCAT396 | BASIC SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATIONCOLLABORATION: INTEREST, [...] This is an action message. Please see paragraph 76. ------- SUMMARY ------- 21. Embassy Muscat applauds USG plans to support science and mathematics education in the region and ssees excellent potential for numerous partnerships that would enable the reftel initiative to be successful [...] | 2006-03-17 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL SENV XF KMPI KPAO KGLB MU |
06MUSCAT397 | MESSAGE TO OIC ON ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO ETRD KISL KPAO PREL PTER XF MU |
06MUSCAT400 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND THE UN, PALESTINIAN WATER [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on March 10 under the title "The Iranian Nuclear Dossier and the UN Security Council": "The U.S. has successfully transferred this matter from a legal matter to a political one, now with the Security Council. The international [...] | 2006-03-18 09:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT408 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/18/2006 [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 18 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's alread [...] | 2006-03-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT430 | MEDIA REACTION: JERICHO PRISON RAID, HAMAS, DARFUR [...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" penned an editorial on March 15 entitled "Saadat Is the Real Winner": "The comic Israeli operation at Jericho prison raises questions about what sort of mentality Israel is using to handle the Palestinian dossier. The scenes of Israelis [...] | 2006-03-21 05:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT441 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/22/2006 [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's alread [...] | 2006-03-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS ABLD MU EAC |
06MUSCAT442 | DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, MARCH 28-29 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL XF MU |
06MUSCAT443 | OMAN DEPUTY PM PREPARED TO RECEIVE HAMAS OFFICIAL [...] (C) In a March 22 meeting with Charge and Pol/Econ Chief, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi said that Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal is expected to come to Oman as part of his regional tour. While Oman has not previously had connections with Hamas, the Minister sai [...] | 2006-03-22 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MU |
06MUSCAT445 | FTA AWARENESS LACKING [...] Meetings with Omani Ministry of Commerce officials reveal that Oman does not yet have an FTA awareness campaign in place. Examples of how other FTA partners promoted their agreements, as well as BFIF assistance, would aid in promotion efforts. End Summary. ---------------------- CAMPAIGN [...] | 2006-03-22 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ETRD PREL MU |
06MUSCAT449 | OMAN FEEDBACK: PROLIFERATION AWARENESS TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN/ECC - please see para 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) While the recent EXBS-sponsored Proliferation Awareness Technical Exchange (PAT) workshop raised awareness of proliferation materials, participants were keen on getting more practical experi [...] | 2006-03-23 14:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM KNNP KSTC PREL MU |
06MUSCAT455 | OMAN ASSURES DUTCH ON NATO RELATIONS [...] (SBU) In a March 21 confidential memo, acting "Allied Contact Point Ambassador" to Oman, Dutch Ambassador Annelies Boogaerdt, shared with Charge her readout of a March 15 meeting she conducted with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib bin Miran a [...] | 2006-03-25 03:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER MU |
06MUSCAT471 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 03/25/2006 [...] (SBU) The Charge chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 25 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel A),and agreed that the Emba [...] | 2006-03-26 04:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT473 | OMAN NOMINATION TO USPTO PATENT ACADEMY [...] Per reftel request, Embassy received the following nomination for the May session of the USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy on Patents: -- Batul bint Ja'far bin Sulaiman, Director of Drug Control, Ministry of Health. 2. Embassy requests confirmation that MEPI funds are availab [...] | 2006-03-26 09:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT48 | UPDATES TO THE 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-08 12:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT483 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, PALESTINIAN UNITY, AND ISRAELI [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on March 22 under the headline "Three Years of Bloodshed in Iraq": "Certainly the coalition forces that invaded Iraq did not anticipate the length of their stay there, having based their miscalculations on false assumptions. A [...] | 2006-03-28 14:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT484 | CONDITIONS, NOT BAN, ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] (U) On March 27, POLE Chief and Econoff delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Commerce and Industry Economic Advisor Said al-Riyami, who appeared unaware that the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries had ceased issuing permits for U.S. beef imports. Al-Riyami contacted the Ministry of Agr [...] | 2006-03-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAGR ETRD USDA USTR MU |
06MUSCAT50 | MEDIA REACTION: AMERICAN PRESSURE ON IRAN, ARAB MEDIA AS [...] The government-owned daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 8th under the title "Nuclear Weapons and Attacks Against Iran": "American threats from Secretary of State Rice to refer the Iranian nuclear file to the [U.N.] Security Council come in the framework of the unnecessary Americ [...] | 2006-01-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT501 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/01/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 1 to review the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened se [...] | 2006-04-01 14:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KVPR MU EAC |
06MUSCAT502 | COMMERCE MINISTER ASSERTS NO BEEF BAN OR [...] (U) This is an action cable for USTR. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In a March 29 meeting with EmbOffs, Minister of Commerce Maqbool Sultan responded to USG concerns over contemplated Omani conditions on U.S. beef imports by assuring that no ban or conditions were curren [...] | 2006-04-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL MU |
06MUSCAT503 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPHÂ¥S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman. We are seeking high-level meetings with senior Omani foreign policy and security personnel with key roles on Iran policy, the Proliferation Security Initiative, and nonproliferation concerns. Your visit comes at a key moment in Oman's efforts to win C [...] | 2006-04-02 09:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MARR KNNP OTRA IR MU |
06MUSCAT509 | OMAN ROLLS OUT AVIAN FLU PLAN [...] Oman rolled out in February its much anticipated National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Plan with a view toward promoting public awareness, and will conduct a series of simulations in the Dhofar region to test its effectiveness. As of April 1, Oman remains avian influenza-free, notwithstandi [...] | 2006-04-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU ECON PREL MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT510 | EXBS: EXPORT CONTROLS PROGRAM PLAN FOR OMAN [...] In response to the Export Controls Program Plan for Oman (reftel A),Embassy Muscat offers the following feedback: -- As EXBS programming moves forward in Oman, it may be worth reconsidering the Advanced Legal/Regulatory Training and the Export Licensing workshops tentatively scheduled for [...] | 2006-04-03 10:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSCT PREL MU |
06MUSCAT512 | PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM BOOSTS UNIONIZATION [...] (SBU) With considerable media attention, a leading Muscat businessman devoted the March 31 session of his influential discussion forum to promoting Oman's labor union movement. Union leaders addressed key CEO's on their growing pains, while one company exec suggested that Omani unions be permi [...] | 2006-04-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT517 | INNOVATION FRONT AND CENTER AT OMAN SUMMIT [...] Muscat hosted the 2006 World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship from April 1-3, which brought together public and private leaders to discuss emerging trends in the global economy. The Minister of Commerce and Industry stressed innovation and entrepreneurship's importance to Oman's grow [...] | 2006-04-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ENRG PREL MU |
06MUSCAT518 | NEW HERITAGE UNDERSECRETARY BRINGS PASSION, NEW IDEAS [...] Summary: Oman's newly appointed Undersecretary for Heritage at the Ministry of Heritage and Culture is a dynamic, American- educated leader with a strong entrepreneurial bent and a refreshingly informal approach. His eagerness to promote change - especially by integrating international-standa [...] | 2006-04-04 04:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT524 | TRADE MINISTER REAFFIRMS STRONG COMMITMENT TO FTA [...] (U) Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbul Sultan reiterated Oman's strong commitment to seeing the FTA through the Congressional review process, expressing Oman's readiness to ratify the agreement once U.S. deliberations are complete. End Summary. ----------------------- ADDRESSING FTA CON [...] | 2006-04-04 09:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT527 | HAMAS OFFICIAL VISITS OMAN [...] (C) Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in Muscat April 2 for two days of meetings with Omani government leaders. A former senior USG official happened to witness Meshaal's arrival via a special flight from Qatar, noting that Meshaal was greeted in warm style at the airport by Min [...] | 2006-04-04 11:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MU |
06MUSCAT531 | OMAN COMMITS TO SIGNIFICANT LABOR REFORMS [...] (U) On March 26, Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbul bin Ali Sultan transmitted the following letter to Congressman Bill Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Shared with the Embassy by a Min Commerce official, the letter is in response to questions raised about Oman's [...] | 2006-04-04 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT538 | U.S. BEEF CLEAR TO ENTER OMAN [...] A Ministry of Agriculture official confirmed on April 4 that Oman does not have in place either a ban, or any additional conditions beyond customary health certifications, on U.S. beef. End Summary. ----------- NO BAN HERE ----------- 2. On April 4, ATO Dubai Regional Director Michael [...] | 2006-04-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ESTH |
06MUSCAT539 | GULF AIR PLANS NON-STOP TO PARIS, RENEWAL OF AGING FLEET [...] (SBU) On April 4, the Gulf Air Area Manager for Muscat, Bennet Stephens (protect) told the DCM that on April 6, Gulf Air charter planes would be bringing 250 French tour agents to Oman for a 4 day/5 night familiarization/marketing tour of the Sultanate, paid for and sponsored by the Omani Minis [...] | 2006-04-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT553 | PSI: EXPANDING PARTICIPATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) With other Omani officials unavailable to receive reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the points on April 4 with Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for FM Yusuf bin Alawi. Taking on board the USG's points and pledging to pass them directly to the Minister, al-Hassan observe [...] | 2006-04-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP MNUC PGOV PHSA PREL MU |
06MUSCAT554 | BIN ALAWI CONVOKES U.S., EU AMBASSADORS TO REVIEW MESHAAL VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs delivered a three-point message to visiting Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on April 3-4: Hamas must concentrate on building a viable and stable Palestinian state; must join the PLO and (implicitly) submit to previous PLO agreemen [...] | 2006-04-05 14:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT555 | PRICING STRATEGY HARMS U.S. FIRM IN RADIO TENDER [...] (SBU) On April 5, Econoff discussed the upcoming nationwide radio system tender with Brigadier Hajji bin Adam al-Balushi, Director of Communications for the Internal Security Services (ISS). Al-Balushi confirmed that the ISS has invited only Motorola, Thales (France),and Rhode and Schwartz ( [...] | 2006-04-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT577 | CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS OMAN'S ENERGY CHALLENGES [...] At the Muscat-hosted 2006 Oil and Gas West Asia Exhibition and Conference on April 9, Omani government and oil company officials focused remarks on meeting Oman's energy needs and oil production challenges through increased investment in technology and human resources. Meanwhile, the Dolphin [...] | 2006-04-10 13:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ECON EINV ETRD MU |
06MUSCAT588 | LABOR FEEDBACK ON ILO VISIT, NEED FOR TECHNICAL [...] In meetings held April 3-4, an International Labor Organization (ILO) delegation met with Ministry of Manpower officials, employers and worker committee representatives to discuss ongoing labor reforms and proposed plans for technical assistance. Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali bin Jumaa t [...] | 2006-04-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KMPI PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT589 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/11/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 11 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that [...] | 2006-04-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT590 | IRAN: FM SHARES NUCLEAR CONCERNS, QUESTIONS U.S. [...] (C) In his April 9 meeting with U/S Joseph, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi argued that rather than getting sucked into divisive debates about Iran's WMD capability a la Iraq, the U.S. needs to change the tack that has led to other recent conflicts and instead seek com [...] | 2006-04-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IR MU |
06MUSCAT60 | MEDIA REACTION: DEALING WITH IRAN, BERNARD'S BIAS, AND [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" published an editorial on January 15 under the title "The Iranian Nuclear File": "Escalating statements between Iranian and Western officials are not serving the goals of peace and security in a region that needs no additional problems. The Iranian [...] | 2006-01-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT601 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-16 11:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PHUM KUNR MU |
06MUSCAT602 | URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE 2005 SUA [...] (SBU) During the course of an April 16 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Chief Ambassador Talib Miran al-Raisi on other matters (septel),Ambassador encouraged Oman's signing and ratifying the 2005 Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful [...] | 2006-04-16 11:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PTER PARM PREL MNUC KTIA MU |
06MUSCAT603 | MFA REAFFIRMS PSI INTEREST, TAKING IRAN SERIOUSLY [...] (U) This is an action request for T, ISN - please see para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Clarifying FM Bin Alawi's April 9 conversation with visiting U/S Robert Joseph, the MFA's Chief of International Organizations on April 16 reiterated to the Ambassador Oman's interest in parti [...] | 2006-04-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC IR MU |
06MUSCAT605 | OMAN RATIFIES IAEA COMPREHENSIVE SAFEGUARDS, [...] (U) Sultan Qaboos issued royal decree 32/2006 on April 2, 2006, formally ratifying Oman's IAEA safeguards agreement and the Additional Protocol. This issue was the subject of Embassy and EU demarches in December 2004 (reftels). MFA Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to [...] | 2006-04-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | TRGY KNNP PREL AORC MU |
06MUSCAT611 | MEDIA REACTION: THE QUARTET AND THE UN, IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 11:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT617 | OMAN'S GRAND MUFTI SPEAKS TO SHIA, URGES UNITY [...] (U) Oman's top Ibadhi religious leader, Grand Mufti Shaykh Ahmed bin Hamad al-Khalili, addressed a capacity crowd of over 1300 people at Muscat's largest Shia mosque on April 15. Celebrating the recent birthday of the Prophet Muhammad but clearly having in mind the continuing sectarian violenc [...] | 2006-04-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL KIRF PGOV KISL MU |
06MUSCAT618 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FM YUSUF BIN ALAWI [...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi will be in Washington, DC, approximately April 20-25 for meetings with Secretary Rice, Secdef Rumsfeld, USTR Portman and other Administration and Congressional officials, optimally to include Vice President Cheney. Secretary Rice la [...] | 2006-04-17 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MNUC KPAL PGOV XF MU |
06MUSCAT620 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MOU ON CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KTIA PREL MU |
06MUSCAT622 | FM UPDATE ON IRAN, PSI ATTENDANCE, AND U.S. VISIT [...] (C) FM Bin Alawi confirmed Omani attendance at upcoming PSI events in May and June, as suggested during the recent visit of U/S Joseph. Clarifying remarks on Iran, he said Oman harbors no illusions about Iranian actions but nevertheless cannot advocate actions that might trigger conflict. He [...] | 2006-04-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP PGOV ETRD IR XF MU |
06MUSCAT631 | OMAN LAUNCHES E-GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN [...] In an effort to further boost e-government efforts, the Sultanate launched its "eOman" campaign on April 15 through the unveiling of a new website, logo, and slogan. The government is raising public awareness of its e-initiatives in hopes of moving Oman increasingly toward a knowledge-based e [...] | 2006-04-19 05:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON TINT MU |
06MUSCAT639 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/19/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 19 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...] | 2006-04-19 14:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT649 | IRAN: OMANI PUBLIC STATEMENTS [...] (SBU) Oman's Foreign Ministry Under Secretary made a rare public statement on April 22, renewing Oman's call for a peaceful resolution of the Iran nuclear crisis, while stating for the first time that force would only be permissible if sanctioned by the UN. End summary. 2. (SBU) Per ref A [...] | 2006-04-24 07:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC OPRC IR MU |
06MUSCAT66 | OMAN'S 2006 BUDGET: SURPLUS FUELS INVESTMENT [...] (U) High oil prices in 2005 led to a record Omani budget surplus of $3.8 billion and a blistering GDP growth of 21.7 percent. The 2006 budget, announced on January 1, projects massive government spending on industrial and tourism projects that could produce a deficit as large as 6 percent of [...] | 2006-01-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET MU |
06MUSCAT667 | MEDIA REACTION: SUPPORTING PALESTINE; DEMOCRACY AND HAMAS; THE AMERICAN EMPIRE; BIN LADEN AND DAHAB [...] Privately owned Arabic daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) published an editorial April 21 under the headline "The Sultanate and the Commitment to Supporting the Palestinian Issue": "The Sultanate tirelessly dedicates itself to reaffirming its support for Arab and Islamic issues, chief amon [...] | 2006-04-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT668 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 04/26/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 26 to assess the Embassy's overall security posture. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting, and agreed that the Embassy's already heightened s [...] | 2006-04-26 13:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS KCRM MU EAC |
06MUSCAT670 | OMAN DENOUNCES DAHAB TERROR BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL PTER OPRC EG MU |
06MUSCAT671 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON IRAN, HAMAS, IRAQ [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Sayyid Badr reiterated to the Ambassador on April 25 Oman's paramount concern at finding a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear standoff, expressing frustration that creative solutions and confidence-building measures are not being more aggressively p [...] | 2006-04-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL MNUC IR IZ XF MU |
06MUSCAT672 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DISCUSSIONS WITH OMAN [...] (SBU) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, Omani government officials pledged cooperation on trafficking in persons queries, including arranging a visit to a deportation detention facility in May. The Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police noted that 80-100 migrant smugglers are arr [...] | 2006-04-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB PREL KPAO MU |
06MUSCAT686 | MEDIA REACTION: DIPLOMACY AND IRAN, DAHAB POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-01 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT687 | SOMALI MIGRANTS: SMALL PROBLEM, BUT INCREASING [...] (U) Somali migrants infiltrating Oman from Yemen or by sea, often engaged in unskilled labor but sometimes accused of theft and confrontations with police, have sparked calls for government action from angry local residents and farmers in Southern Oman. Army patrols and police checkpoints have [...] | 2006-05-02 05:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PGOV PREL PINR SO MU |
06MUSCAT701 | OMAN "SUPPORTS" IRAN CANDIDACY TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi indicated to Ambassador May 3 that Oman would support Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) if Tehran runs for a seat. The Under Secretary believes that including Iran on the Council will prove to be an effectiv [...] | 2006-05-03 13:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL PHUM KUNR MU |
06MUSCAT702 | OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) In a May 3 call on MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, Ambassador shared reftel information on the BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and urged Omani official participation. The Under Secretary confirmed Oman's participation in earlier DAD events but did not know if Oman [...] | 2006-05-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMPI MU |
06MUSCAT706 | SAYYID BADR PREVIEWS GCC HEADS OF STATE [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi assured the Ambassador May 3 that Oman supports reconstruction efforts in Iraq, has forgiven all Iraqi debt, and will consider opening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad once the security situation there has improved. He indicated that Oman would sup [...] | 2006-05-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KNNP XF MU |
06MUSCAT727 | PRESIDENTIAL LETTER TO GCC LEADERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL MU |
06MUSCAT728 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF EB DAS AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Greetings and welcome to the Sultanate of Oman. My team and I look forward to your arrival on May 12 in conjunction with the USTDA Information and Communication Technology regional forum, May 14-16. In addition to conference activities, we are seeking a meeting with the Telecommunications R [...] | 2006-05-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON PGOV OTRA MU |
06MUSCAT73 | EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 01/21/2006 [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the full Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 21 to review the Embassy's security posture following a January 16-20 holiday closure. Members noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting (reftel),and a [...] | 2006-01-23 04:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC |
06MUSCAT733 | OMANI FM CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO [...] (C) FM Bin Alawi reiterated to the Ambassador on May 9 that Oman feels obligated to support Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council as part of an OIC agreement on a slate of 13 states. The Ambassador urged Oman to reconsider and warned of USG disfavor over its decision. End summary. [...] | 2006-05-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA OPDC PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IR MU |
06MUSCAT734 | OMANI FM ON IRAN DISCUSSIONS, GCC SUMMIT, FTA, AND [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi summarized his recent trip to Europe, stating that while no one desires confrontation with Iran regarding its nuclear program, there is concern over Tehran's intent. Bin Alawi reported receiving a [...] | 2006-05-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ETRD IR MU |
06MUSCAT739 | MEDIA REACTION: GCC AND IRAN, DARFUR, ARAB REFORM, AND [...] The privately owned Arabic daily "al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) published an editorial on May 8 on "The GCC Countries and the Dangers of Nuclear Weapons": "During the GCC summit in Bahrain, the leaders demanded that Iran act responsibly towards its Gulf and Arab neighbors, as well as the i [...] | 2006-05-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT744 | OMAN FM ON US-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM [...] The is an action message. Please see para 5. 2. In a May 9 meeting, the Ambassador briefed Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi on the upcoming U.S.-Arab Economic Forum in Houston from June 27-29 (reftel). The Ambassador described the Forum as a unique opportunity to [...] | 2006-05-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAID ECON ETRD XF MU |
06MUSCAT745 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KBCT KIRF ABLD PHUM AL MU |
06MUSCAT781 | OMAN ESCHEWS DAMASCUS BOYCOTT MEET [...] (U) As reported in regional and international media, including by the Syrian Arab News Agency, Oman was not/not represented in a four-day conference of Israel Boycott Liaison Officers that began May 15 in Damascus. 2. (SBU) A senior contact in the Foreign Ministry reiterated to P/E Chief Ma [...] | 2006-05-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KBCT KIRF PHUM AL IS MU |
06MUSCAT782 | EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD [...] U.S. Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate Pol/LaborOff Cynthia L. Plath for the 2006 Labor Diplomacy Officer of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding support of USG labor and human rights policies in Oman. Her dedication, initiative and responsive reporting were invaluable to the [...] | 2006-05-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT784 | MEDIA REACTION: USTDA CONFERENCE, PALESTINIAN UNITY, [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) highlighted this week's USTDA-sponsored conference on Information Communications Technology (ICT) in its May 14 editorial, "Communications in the Middle East and Developing Skills": "The conference that His Excellency Ahmad Macki, [...] | 2006-05-16 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT792 | MILITARY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SOMALI [...] (C) Reflecting growing public concern over violent incidents involving infiltration by Somali and Yemeni illegal migrants across the Oman-Yemen border, the Omani army, air force, special forces and police have launched operations in Oman's southern Dhofar region that have reportedly already sw [...] | 2006-05-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINS PREF MOPS PREL SMIG KCRM SENV SO MU |
06MUSCAT793 | LABOR UPDATE FOR US-OMAN FTA HEARINGS [...] The Ministry of Manpower confirmed on May 13 that it is researching and preparing ILO-consistent legislation to meet recent labor reform commitments for ratification of the US-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Labor committee members and government officials assert that, in practice, the government [...] | 2006-05-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT809 | OMAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] Government-owned Oman News Agency reported May 23 the Sultanate's official comments hailing the formation of a new Iraqi government: "Oman welcomed today the forming of the new Iraqi government, expressing its hope for the government to be able to find solutions to political issues that Iraq [...] | 2006-05-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OPRC IZ MU |
06MUSCAT815 | MEDIA REACTION: GCC SECURITY; OMANI OFFICIAL VISIT TO [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) carried an editorial by an Omani columnist Awadh Baqwair on May 16 entitled "The Role of GCC in Preserving Security in the Gulf": "Due to the precarious security environment in Iraq, the issue of regional stability is becoming a to [...] | 2006-05-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT823 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL MEETING MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 11:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL AORC IAEA UNSC IR MU |
06MUSCAT841 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER: TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GCC [...] (C) The timing is not right for an Oman-led GCC mission to Tehran, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador in a late evening meeting May 26. He predicted that such a mission, if not properly planned and timed, would entangle GCC governments in unproductive [...] | 2006-05-29 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PREF IR IZ LY MU |
06MUSCAT846 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: STATE-OWNED DAILY CALLS FOR ARAB [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) carried an uncharacteristically ringing call for Arab support for Iraq's new government in its May 27 editorial, "The New Iraqi Government and the Importance of Arab Support." The piece stands out both for its strongly worded eloque [...] | 2006-05-30 12:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT847 | OMAN REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] In a May 24 note verbale, Oman reaffirmed its April 4 commitment to permit the importation of U.S. beef. The text of the note verbale issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is below. 2. Begin informal translation: This Ministry would like to inform the Embassy that the concerned aut [...] | 2006-05-30 13:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EAGR ETRD MU ESTH |
06MUSCAT850 | OMAN STILL MULLING HCOC [...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche and information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 29, encouraging Oman's subscription to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) and attendance at the June 22-23 HCOC Fifth Regular Meeting in Vienna. 2. [...] | 2006-05-31 09:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MU |
06MUSCAT851 | RARE PUBLIC PROTEST BY TEACHERS, GRADUATES [...] (SBU) In a rare protest on May 28, approximately 200 teachers and graduates from government-operated Colleges of Education (CoE) gathered in front of the Ministry of Education (MoE) and demanded to speak with the minister, Yahya bin Saud al-Salimi, about diminishing promotions for teachers and [...] | 2006-05-31 09:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV ELAB PINS MU |
06MUSCAT852 | COMMERCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT FTA, DESCRIBES [...] (C) Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool Sultan, long impatient over the slow pace of Free Trade Agreement ratification in Congress, claims he has abandoned hope of any progress and is contemplating suspending the work of Oman's expensive advisers in Washington until prospects improve. Th [...] | 2006-05-31 09:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ELAB KBCT EPET PINR IR MU |
06MUSCAT853 | OMAN SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING FOR HIGH-PROFILE SHIP [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: Building on the success of Oman's participation in the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Sultanate plans to raise its profile in the U.S. by sending a tall ship to at least three East Coast ports in July 2007. The visit [...] | 2006-05-31 10:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OVIP SCUL KPAO OEXC MU |
06MUSCAT857 | MEDIA REACTION: LONDON IRAN DISCUSSIONS, PRE-EMPTIVE [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) carried an editorial on May 24 entitled "London Meetings and the Iranian Nuclear Dossier": "The London meeting, which includes intensive talks with multiple parties, has the potential to forge a unified stance regarding the Irania [...] | 2006-05-31 11:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT858 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA, [...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...] | 2006-05-31 11:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU |
06MUSCAT859 | MINISTER OF MANPOWER REPORTS RAPID LABOR REFORM [...] (SBU) In a May 31 meeting, the Minister of Manpower showed the Ambassador completed draft legislation of all labor reform commitments made to Congress by the Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Minister reiterated his commitment to complete the reforms ahead of time and said that it was no [...] | 2006-05-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV KCRM KMPI PHUM MU |
06MUSCAT868 | OMAN'S FM REPORTS INITIAL IRANIAN RESPONSE TO USG [...] (C) Omani FM Yusuf bin Alawi personally contacted Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani and FM Mottaki in the hours following announcement of the USG initiative toward Iran. While Mottaki was tight-lipped, Larijani offered a negative reaction to the U.S. announcement, saying that it ign [...] | 2006-06-01 08:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC OPRC IR MU |
06MUSCAT869 | OMAN PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTS USG INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Per ref A assurance from FM Yusuf bin Alawi, the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a public statement June 1 welcoming the USG's May 31 proposal to open conditional negotiations with Iran (ref B). The statement, which follows, was reported by the government-owned Oman News Agency [...] | 2006-06-01 08:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPRC MNUC IR MU |
06MUSCAT871 | INVESTMENT PROMOTION CHIEF DECLINES FORUM [...] (SBU) Reflecting growing Omani concern about Congressional deliberations on the Free Trade Agreement (ref A),the Executive President of Oman's Investment Promotion office declined an invitation to participate in the June U.S.-Arab Economic Forum. Further FTA ratification delays will likely h [...] | 2006-06-04 07:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP PREL MU |
06MUSCAT879 | OMAN QUESTIONS NEVADA TEST EXPLOSION [...] (SBU) In a June 4 meeting requested by MFA Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami, Pol/Econ Chief addressed a number of Omani concerns regarding the high explosives test previously scheduled to take place in Nevada on June 6 known as "Divine Strake" (ref A). Al-Riyami specifically inqu [...] | 2006-06-05 04:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTBT KTIA PINR MU |
06MUSCAT881 | TELECOM INCUMBENT READIES FOR FIXED-LINE COMPETITOR [...] (SBU) Omantel is focusing on expanding its fixed-line subscriber base by promoting enhanced services and considering flexible Internet access options. The move is intended to strengthen Omantel's position before competition is introduced in the fixed-line sector. For security-related and eco [...] | 2006-06-05 06:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON EINV MU |
06MUSCAT887 | DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT CONCERNING IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref A points on June 3 to the Foreign Ministry expressing the USG's serious disappointment with the Non-Aligned Movement statement in support of Iran's nuclear program at the Ministerial meeting in Kuala Lumpur. P/E Chief previewed the USG position on June 1 with the [...] | 2006-06-05 11:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR MU |
06MUSCAT896 | LOFTY AIRLINE PLANS REMAIN INTACT [...] (SBU) Heady expansion plans for both Gulf Air and Oman Air remain on track. While it is still unclear if the Omani market, and Muscat's undersized airport, can support such lofty ambitions, the commitment of both airlines to Oman appears firm. End Summary. ---------------------- Gulf Air [...] | 2006-06-05 13:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP ECON PREL MU |
06MUSCAT903 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: AES [...] Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate AES Barka for the Secretary's 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. AES Barka's SIPDIS pivotal role in meeting Oman's increased electricity and water demands through private sector generation, and its strong commitment to corporate governance, community [...] | 2006-06-06 10:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ELAB ENRG KSEP SENV AMGT MU |
06MUSCAT904 | READOUT ON SULTAN'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH IRAN FM [...] (C) Iranian FM Mottaki assured Sultan Qaboos in a June 5 meeting that Iran will give careful study to the incentive package that EU foreign policy chief Solana will deliver on June 6, as well as to the USG's May 31 offer. He offered no indication of where Tehran is leaning. Mottaki reassured [...] | 2006-06-06 13:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC SENV PINS IR IZ MU |
06MUSCAT905 | PORT, BORDER SECURITY A TOP OMANI PRIORITY [...] (SBU) In the wake of recent security incidents on ships that have visited the Port of Salalah, an Omani transportation official says there will soon be significant improvements in port and border security. Oman also continues to mull the creation of a new Homeland Security-type ministry. The [...] | 2006-06-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KSTC ASEC PREL KHLS EWWT MU |
06MUSCAT906 | ENHANCING ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN OMAN [...] At a recent seminar, representatives from business, government, and academia discuss how Oman could improve its economic freedom ranking. Participant viewpoints on business regulations, free trade, and government size, among other topics, will be incorporated into an action plan for review by [...] | 2006-06-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP BTIO ETRD TINT PGOV MU |
06MUSCAT907 | TIP: OMAN DISMAYED BY TIER 2 WATCH LIST RANK [...] (C) Following the June 5 delivery of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report to the Foreign Ministry, the MFA Under Secretary roundly condemned the U.S. text in a June 6 phone SIPDIS call with the Ambassador. Calling the report "unfair and arrogant," he accused the USG of ignoring Oman's pro [...] | 2006-06-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV MU |
06MUSCAT910 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN INITIATIVES, THE LESSONS OF [...] State papers voiced strong support for proposed U.S.-Iran dialogue, along with concern about the possibility of military escalation. Private daily Al-Watan accuses the U.S. of insincerity for promising to hold U.S. troops accountable for alleged Iraqi massacres while failing to impose harsh s [...] | 2006-06-07 10:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT916 | OMANIS GRUMBLE OVER ALLEGED USG REMARK ON STRAIT [...] (SBU) In recent days, popular Omani on-line message board al-Sablah has featured animated and overwhelmingly negative reactions to a USG official's alleged remark about the Strait of Hormuz on the al-Jazeera television network. Allegedly responding to statements from Iran that it could close o [...] | 2006-06-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL KBCT EWWT OPRC IR MU |
06MUSCAT939 | HCOC: OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT VIENNA, STILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MU |
06MUSCAT94 | LONDON CONFERENCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: OMAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) The Embassy delivered demarche and background papers (reftels) to the Foreign Ministry on January 25, encouraging Oman's attendance at the London Conference and pledge for Afghanistan reconstruction. 2. (SBU) UK Deputy Head of Mission Charles Hill informed us on January 24 of his ongoin [...] | 2006-01-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV AF MU |
06MUSCAT942 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEATH OF ABU MUSAB AL ZARQAWI [...] On June 9, all English and Arabic-language press carried front-page agency reports on the death of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, along with the postmortem photograph. Government-owned, Arabic- language "Oman" (circ. 38,000) headlined "Rejoicing in the United States, Europe, and Israel over Zarqawi's [...] | 2006-06-11 12:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT945 | PSI: OMAN STUDYING POLAND INVITE [...] (SBU) Foreign Ministry Disarmament Affairs officer Abdullah al-Riyami confirmed to Pol/Econ chief June 11 that Oman has received the official Polish invitation to attend the June 23 Proliferation Security Initiative High-Level Political Meeting (refs A-C),including information regarding on-li [...] | 2006-06-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PL MU |
06MUSCAT948 | OMAN COMMITTED TO PROTECTING IPR; SOME CONCERNS [...] (U) The Omani government remains committed to protecting IPR, as evidenced by the recent confiscation of pirated media and the hosting of a regional IPR seminar. Omani officials welcome further technical assistance from U.S. counterparts to help improve the Sultanate's IPR regulations and enf [...] | 2006-06-12 05:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ECPS MU |
06MUSCAT949 | RELIGIOUS VOLUNTEERS DISCUSS TIP ISSUES [...] (SBU) Religious leaders and charitable organization volunteers recently shared their views on trafficking in persons in Oman. Though they argue Oman's TIP problem is small in comparison to its neighbors, all are calling for prompt government action to enforce Oman's labor law, increase oversi [...] | 2006-06-12 08:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ELAB MU |
06MUSCAT952 | MILITARY'S ANTI-INFILTRATOR OPS END IN SOUTH [...] (S) According to senior military officials in the Royal Oman Army and Sultan's Special Force, military operations in Oman's southern Dhofar region to sweep up illegal Somali and other infiltrators have ceased as of early June. When they began in late April, the operations were primarily focuse [...] | 2006-06-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINS PREF SMIG MOPS KCRM SO MU |
06MUSCAT953 | OMAN WELCOMES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE, WARSAW PSI [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A non-paper and talking points June 12 in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. Sayyid Badr welcomed the initiative to establish the Gulf Security Dialogue, and said he would review the points presented in the non-paper. 2. (SBU) Recalling [...] | 2006-06-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS MARR MU |
06MUSCAT954 | OMAN REAFFIRMS NO ISRAELI BOYCOTT, DENOUNCES [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Emboffs, Omani officials denounced a Jerusalem Post article alleging the application of the Arab League boycott in Oman. The government plans to respond formally to a Congressional inquiry on the matter, but will not comment publicly. End Summary. ---------- [...] | 2006-06-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KBCT OPRC PREL IS MU |
06MUSCAT955 | MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL'S TARGETED ASSASSINATIONS, [...] SUMMARY: Daily newspaper "Oman" condemns Israel's targeted assassinations and questions U.S. motives for humanitarian intervention, "Al-Watan" supports Palestinian "self defense." Gadfly columnist Essa al-Zedjali of "The Times" calls democracy a guise for U.S. interests. Limited coverage of [...] | 2006-06-12 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT963 | OMAN REJECTS MEPI ELECTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi conveyed on June 12 Oman's decision to disallow MEPI-funded programming related to elections and "internal politics," including the voter education aspects of a new IRI program that was set to begin this month. MEPI programs in less sensiti [...] | 2006-06-14 09:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMPI KWMN MU |
06MUSCAT97 | MEDIA REACTION: BARRIERS TO A HAMAS GOVERNMENT, BIAS [...] The privately owned Arabic daily newspaper "al-Watan" published a January 17 editorial entitled, "What Comes after Courtesies?": "As a diplomatic courtesy, during his visit to Ramallah, Spain's foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos expressed his respect for Palestinian democracy and candid [...] | 2006-01-26 10:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR OIIP MU |
06MUSCAT982 | MINISTER OF AWQAF APPRECIATES OUTREACH, SEEKS [...] (U) Oman's Minister of Awqaf expressed his appreciation for recent U.S. military outreach efforts involving an exchange of visits. He noted that such cultural dialogue benefits both countries and advances mutual goals of promoting tolerance. In the context of Muscat as "Cultural Capital of t [...] | 2006-06-18 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL SOCI MASS KIRF SCUL MU |
06MUSCAT989 | PSEG TO SELL OMAN UTILITY INVESTMENT [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information - please protect. 2. (SBU) On June 17, PSEG officials Nelson Garcia, Vice President, Generation and Technical Services, and Hal Sunar, Business Director, Development and Management, informed Econoff that the company would be divesting itself fro [...] | 2006-06-19 11:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MU NOTAG |
06MUSCAT990 | COMMERCIAL CONSIDERATIONS KEY TO GULF AIR PURCHASE [...] (SBU) Conversations with the Minister of Transportation and Communications and the Under Secretary for Civil Aviation Affairs indicate that Gulf Air's upcoming purchase of aircraft will be based on purely commercial grounds, with fuel efficiency being the top concern. While careful not to tip [...] | 2006-06-19 12:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EAIR ECON ETRD PREL BA MU |
06MUSCAT991 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR POLLUTION IN THE GULF, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned daily "Oman" worries about nuclear pollution in the Gulf and supports Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's reconciliation initiative. "Al-Watan" is skeptical about prospects for an international investigation into the alleged Israeli shelling of a Gaza beach. Online discu [...] | 2006-06-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
06MUSCAT993 | TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION MINISTER SETS SIGHTS [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information - please protect. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador called upon the Transport and Communications Minister to review recent developments in the sectors and to advocate for Gulf Air's purchase of Boeing aircraft (ref A). The Mi [...] | 2006-06-20 05:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP EAIR ECPS ELTN MU |
06MUSCAT999 | OMAN REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] (C) In a June 20 call on Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi, the Ambassador raised reftel points, urging that the inaugural session of the new UN Human Rights Council not get bogged down in divisive debate over particular countries when more basic decisions about the new [...] | 2006-06-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MU |
06NAHA103 | OKINAWAN EXCEPTIONALISM: THE CHINA THREAT OR LACK THEREOF [...] (C) Summary: Despite China's rapidly expanding economic and military activities, including in waters near Okinawa, Okinawans claim they do not share America's or Japan's sense of threat from China. While many mainland Japanese officials and influentials say they recognize China as a potent [...] | 2006-04-26 01:20:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS JA CH TW |
06NAHA199 | OKINAWA MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BODE WELL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-11 12:16:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS JA |
06NAHA204 | ONE SMALL STEP FOR THE FUTENMA REPLACEMENT FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first tangible step towards building the Marine Corps Airs Station Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF),late the afternoon of September 15 the Okinawa Defense Facilities Administration Bureau (DFAB) and Nago City Board of Education officials entered Camp Schwab to begin a [...] | 2006-09-19 09:39:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV JA |
06NAHA209 | GOVERNOR'S RACE: REFORMISTS UNITE BEHIND ANTI-BASE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of polarizing debate and a brief split, Okinawa's six reformist parties agreed to back a single candidate for the Okinawa prefectural governor's race, upper house national Diet member Keiko ITOKAZU. If all six parties remain united, Itokazu's chances for election ar [...] | 2006-09-22 11:02:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA213 | LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...] | 2006-09-25 09:01:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS JA |
06NAHA214 | LDP SEEKING SILVER LINING IN PENDING GUBERNATORIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: Conservative, pro-US/Japan alliance Okinawans selected the capable but not particularly popular Hirokazu NAKAIMA as their candidate for the November prefectural governor's election, then hoped the anti-alliance reformists would run two or more candidates and split the opposition [...] | 2006-09-25 09:01:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS JA |
06NAHA225 | SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 10:55:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA227 | SURVEY OF PAST OKINAWAN POLLS SHOWS INCREASING ACCEPTANCE [...] (C) Summary. In the upcoming November 19 gubernatorial election, the reformist camp, led by candidate Keiko ITOKAZU,has made opposing the relocation of Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma within Okinawa and pushing for withdrawal of US bases from the prefecture its primary focus for the elec [...] | 2006-10-16 08:40:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA228 | PAC3 SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED TO OKINAWA [...] (C) Summary: The introduction of the Patriot PAC-3 Air Defense Battalion into Okinawa is a success, with the locally (in Okinawa) most difficult part, the ground movement of sensitive equipment from port and pier to its destination within Kadena AFB, completed October 13. Despite some miscalc [...] | 2006-10-16 10:19:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS JA |
06NAHA229 | OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE PLATFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: Recently both Okinawa gubernatorial candidates have announced their policy platforms, which are long on aspirations and short on details. Reformist candidate Keiko ITOKAZU declared her top issue to be opposing the relocation within Okinawa of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futen [...] | 2006-10-18 08:41:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA238 | OKINAWA GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN: POSTER SPOT REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial race remains too close to call, and the two major candidates are engaged in a technically illegal unofficial poster campaign. The reformist parties backing the woman running as their unified candidate seem torn between self-promotion and gett [...] | 2006-11-08 03:11:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR JA KN |
06NAHA241 | OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S RACE VERY CLOSE, BUT WINDS SHIFTING TO [...] (C) With just three days left until the November 19 Okinawa gubernatorial election, all the media in Okinawa and both campaign camps still say they see the race as too close to call. Nevertheless, we are willing to go out on a limb and predict a narrow victory by the conservative candidate Hir [...] | 2006-11-16 12:04:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA243 | CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE NAKAIMA WIN OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S RACE [...] (C) Summary. On November 19, Okinawan voters elected conservative candidate Hirokazu NAKAIMA over reformist, anti-base candidate Keiko ITOKAZU as their new governor by a margin of 5.6 points. Nakaima's victory showed the Okinawan electorate rejected Itokazu's focus on the elimination of Marine [...] | 2006-11-20 07:55:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA PREL MARR |
06NAHA253 | HOW THE LDP MACHINE USED PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING TO WIN THE [...] (C) Summary. In the November 19 Okinawan Gubernatorial election, conservative Governor Hirokazu NAKAIMA beat his rival candidate reformist Keiko ITOKAZU by over 37,000 votes (347,303 votes to 309,985),in an election that the press was reporting as too close to call right up to election day. E [...] | 2006-12-20 08:49:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | JA MARR PREL |
06NAHA56 | GOJ TAKING HARD LINE WITH OKINAWAN OFFICIALS ON FUTENMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly-elected Nago City Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro said he had a disappointing dinner March 6 with Japan Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga. Shimabukuro said Nukaga refused to discuss agreed plan to relocate a Marine air station to Nago City, deflecting conversa [...] | 2006-03-07 08:33:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS JA |
06NAHA66 | OKINAWA'S ECONOMY: A SLOW TRANSITION [...] Summary: Okinawa's economy has several contradictions. Since 1972, this island economy has been growing two times faster than the rest of Japan, yet wages remain 70% of the mainland average. Jobs are being created, yet unemployment remains stubbornly high. The classic Japanese export-based [...] | 2006-03-17 01:15:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED | JA MARR PREL |
06NAHA79 | FUTENMA RELOCATION: NAGO MAYOR'S HIGH-WIRE ACT GETS SHAKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: As events appear to be building toward a "final decision" by the GOJ on the specific location and configuration of the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF),the personal negotiation track between Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshik [...] | 2006-03-31 00:14:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06NAHA85 | GOJ-NAGO AGREEMENT ON FUTENMA PLEASES CONSERVATIVES, ANGERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2006 Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Director General Fukushiro Nukaga and Nago Mayor Yoshikazu Shimabukuro reached an agreement on a two runway, V-shaped configuration for the Marine Corp Air Station (MCAS) Futenma relocation facility (FRF) to be constructed on the co [...] | 2006-04-11 08:51:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06NAHA96 | OKINAWA'S NEXT GOVERNOR: POSSIBLE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Introduction: In the following discussion of possible candidates for governor in this November's gubernatorial election, it is worth noting that Okinawa, unlike Japan as a whole, has had a functioning two-party system since reversion in 1972. Since that time, Okinawa has seen the fortun [...] | 2006-04-20 10:16:00 | Consulate Naha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL JA |
06NAIROBI1003 | JUSTICE MINISTER WON,T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...] | 2006-03-07 07:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1008 | IMMEDIATE RESPONSE NEEDED TO ADDRESS EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) On March 5, I hosted a lunch for 15 Nairobi-based Chiefs of Mission in honor of visiting World Food Program Executive Director James T. Morris. The reason I was willing to press the other COMs to give up their Sunday afternoon was this Mission's growing concern about the unfolding huma [...] | 2006-03-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI1011 | CHIEF OF MISSION COMMENDATION FOR ANTI-PIRACY [...] (U) Vice Admiral Walsh, It is with great pleasure that I send this cable thanking you and the sailors of NAVCENT, particularly the men and women on the USS Winston Churchill and the USS Nassau, for your outstanding support in suppressing piracy along the Somali coast. 2. (U) This is a dif [...] | 2006-03-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KE MOPS OPDC PGOV PREL MAS |
06NAIROBI1015 | AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...] | 2006-03-07 10:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE |
06NAIROBI1019 | KENYA SOMALIA DROUGHT EMERGENCY TASK FORCE [...] Summary: On February 27, Ambassador Bellamy established an inter-agency Drought Emergency Task Force for Kenya and Somalia at post to coordinate information and both short and long-term responses to the current crisis. Post estimates that the current drought in the Horn of Africa has placed [...] | 2006-03-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON |
06NAIROBI1023 | PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...] | 2006-03-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI1032 | Challenges to Airport Certification in Nairobi [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting U.S. FAA airport certification specialist Ed Dorsett's training for Kenyan inspectors highlighted many deficiencies at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) that will likely prevent its certification to ICAO standards until 2007. Regulator Kenya Civil A [...] | 2006-03-08 05:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI1048 | NAIROBI INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] In response to reftel, please find at para 2 Post's input for the President's report to Congress on Kenya's political and economic climate as it relates to AGOA eligibility. This text has also been sent by e-mail to AF/EPS and AF/E. In addition, please note that this mission, through USAID- [...] | 2006-03-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAID PREL KE |
06NAIROBI1059 | THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEE CONFERENCE [...] USAID/REDSO through the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, supported the Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) to once again successfully implement and host the Third African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition, known by many as the World?s WILDEST Coff [...] | 2006-03-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KE PGOV SENV |
06NAIROBI106 | KENYA: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT (CORRECTED) [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. The first section updates the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism section on Kenya. The second section provides supplemental information. Proposed Text for Patterns of Global Terrorism Report ------------------------------- [...] | 2006-01-10 05:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MARR EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI1075 | COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) held an East African regional hearing February 27-28 on implementation of counter-terrorism (CT) legislation and its compatibility with international human rights laws. The ICJ,s ultimate goal is to make recommendations on finding the [...] | 2006-03-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PINS PREL KE |
06NAIROBI1077 | MUSYOKA: LIES, LOVERS, AND MERCENARIES IN KENYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition politician Kalonzo Musyoka privately sees sabotage by supporters of a fellow presidential aspirant as behind the false story suggesting he was cutting a political deal with President Kibaki. The reason for the Government's own visceral reaction to this story (and raiding th [...] | 2006-03-09 01:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1082 | SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ADJOURNED; DONORS EXAMINE [...] (C) The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) appears set to attempt the actual work of creating legislative committees and discussing the country's future. A risk that the TFP would tear itself apart over the fate of the Prime Minister seems to be receding, as MPs fear that finding som [...] | 2006-03-09 05:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI1087 | KENYA TO SELL 30% OF PARASTATAL POWER GENERATOR [...] Summary: The Kenyan government announced on March 3 its intention to sell 30% of the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen),the country's dominant power generating firm, through an initial public offering on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE). The majority of the offered shares will b [...] | 2006-03-09 07:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE |
06NAIROBI1090 | JUSTICE MINISTER WON'T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...] | 2006-03-09 08:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1094 | SOMALIA: DONORS PREPARE TO SUPPORT SECURITY FOR THE [...] (SBU) Donors and UN agency representatives have enthusiastically endorsed a Security Plan for the Transitional Federal Parliament's (TFP) interim seat in Baidoa. A March 7 fact-finding trip may have generated commitments of funds sufficient to finance the entire plan - - including the very se [...] | 2006-03-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI1107 | KENYA WAVERS ON AMIS RE-HAT [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with poloff, Kenyan MFA Head of International Organizations and Conferences Division Tom Amolo included Kenya among a group of AU member states inclined to support the AMIS re-hat. Although this consensus exists, there are "a few" member states trying to bulldoze thei [...] | 2006-03-10 06:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU KE |
06NAIROBI1111 | IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI1113 | ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCEDES NEED TO DESTROY COCAINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Kenya's Attorney General has agreed to international supervision of the verification and destruction of more than one ton of cocaine seized in December 2004. He predicted the two remaining hurdles -- publication of new regulations and the approval of the presi [...] | 2006-03-10 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI1114 | AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...] | 2006-03-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1154 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...] | 2006-03-15 02:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1161 | 17TH HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM [...] The 17th Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) climate outlook forum (COF) took place in Nairobi March 1-3, organized by the USAID-supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). The forum brought together policy makers, technical expert [...] | 2006-03-15 04:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SENV TPHY XW ZF EAGR ECON ETRD KE PGOV SOCI |
06NAIROBI1174 | KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC RESOURCES [...] Econoff delivered reftel points on March 9 to Elijah Manyara, Director, Department of External Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry. Manyara noted that the trade in genetic resources is an important issue for Kenya, which feels that its biological diversity has been exploited by "foreign en [...] | 2006-03-15 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO KE |
06NAIROBI1187 | "MERCENARIES" IN KENYA TURN TABLES ON THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stepping out of the shadows, Kenya's "foreign mercenaries" stun Kenya with claims the opposition, not the government, tried to hire them to bankroll regime change. Following the foreigners' March 13 staged press conference, ostensibly to clear their names, the intensity of the [...] | 2006-03-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CVIS KE |
06NAIROBI1224 | SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT IN NAIROBI RISKS UPSTAGING [...] (SBU) Somali politicians fear that the upcoming summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) may repeat the mistakes of March 2005. The specter that Somali President Yusuf may again ask IGAD to express readiness to deploy foreign troops from neighboring countries to Somalia, [...] | 2006-03-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI1237 | MISERY LOVES COMPANY: DROUGHT AND CONFLICT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harsh drought conditions in Mandera district are having a devastating effect on livestock and their owners. While the deprivations of the drought have alleviated some of the causes of inter-clan conflicts in the area, the loss of livestock (and the income generated thereby) is r [...] | 2006-03-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV PINS ECON MARR KE |
06NAIROBI1238 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...] | 2006-03-17 10:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO |
06NAIROBI1239 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the second update cable in response to Ref A request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and REDSO/Somalia contributed to this report. REGIONAL REPORTS 2. NAIROBI-BASED REGIONAL MEETINGS A [...] | 2006-03-17 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KESO |
06NAIROBI1243 | SOMALI PIRATES CAPTURED AFTER FIRING ON US NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post sees no likelihood of Kenyan prosecution of those captured March 18 for armed attack against U.S. warships off the coast of Somalia. Post supports direct transfer (NOT via Kenya) of the detainees for U.S. prosecution. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Presumed Somali "pirates" enga [...] | 2006-03-18 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHSA ASEC PTER KE SO |
06NAIROBI1261 | SOMALIA: WORST COMBAT IN FIVE YEARS PUT AT USG [...] (S) A broad array of post's Somali and the international community contacts see the heavy recent fighting in Mogadishu between an Alliance to Combat Terror and Jihadist- linked militias as being at least USG-financed, perhaps USG- instigated. This broad consensus -- across clan and political [...] | 2006-03-20 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI1262 | POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...] | 2006-03-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI1283 | ADDITIONAL KENYA REPLY ON SHARING OF GENETIC [...] SUMMARY: Following the delivery of Ref A talking points last week, Econoff met with Kenyan trade officials and heard additional details of Kenya's strong support for a binding, negotiated protocol on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources (ABS). Kenya believes that a new protocol i [...] | 2006-03-21 13:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD TBIO KE |
06NAIROBI129 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Ms. S. Luyali, Third Secretary, Africa Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Luyali welcomed the suggestion of the U.S. to begin planning for re-hatting, particularly given the U.S. commitment to press for an Af [...] | 2006-01-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU KPKO KE |
06NAIROBI1311 | KENYAN COURT ORDERS PROMPT DESTRUCTION OF COCAINE [...] (C) Senior Principal Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule March 21 ordered the Kenyan government to begin immediate preparations for the verification, analysis, and destruction of the more than one ton (1141.5 kilos) of cocaine held in police custody since its seizure in December 2004. Following the M [...] | 2006-03-22 17:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI1348 | PARLIAMENT ALREADY FLIRTING WITH A STALEMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki kicked off the re-opening of the long-suspended Parliament March 21 by highlighting the government,s economic successes and glossing over or completely ignoring issues potentially damaging to the government. As expected, the opposition was quick to criticize the [...] | 2006-03-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI135 | KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...] | 2006-01-12 06:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI1362 | KENYA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (C) In recent conversations with poloff, Tom Amolo, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations and Conferences Division, has inquired as to how the U.S. would view Kenya's planned bid for membership on the newly established UN Human Rights Council. Amolo has repeated [...] | 2006-03-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI1363 | COCAINE VERIFICATION HITS A GLITCH [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., and United National Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) international experts, accompanied by GOK chemists, arrived at the General Services Unit (GSU) training school the morning of March 27 to begin the verification process of the one and a quarter ton of cocaine seized in De [...] | 2006-03-27 15:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI1378 | VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...] | 2006-03-28 13:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI1393 | KENYA AGREES TO TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI [...] (SBU) Juliet Gicheru, Acting Head of the Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),confirmed to poloff March 29 that Kenya consents to both the immediate transfer of Somali pirate suspects in Kenya and temporary detention of those suspects identified for repatriation to Somalia. Post [...] | 2006-03-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MAAR PHSA SO KE |
06NAIROBI1434 | KENYA FY2006 DHRF BUDGET REQUEST [...] Embassy Nairobi requests USD100,000 for our FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) program. This represents a USD9,000 increase over the amount obligated in FY2005. Post is requesting this small increase to have the flexibility to either fund one more deserving organization than the f [...] | 2006-03-31 08:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI1438 | OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...] | 2006-03-31 09:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAGR SENV SOCI |
06NAIROBI1439 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...] | 2006-03-31 11:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1444 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya and Ethiopia, REDSO (Somalia, Djibouti),and OFDA/ECARO contributed to this report. FLASH REPORT 2. Early reports from an ongo [...] | 2006-04-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ASEC |
06NAIROBI1445 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] This is the third update cable in response to Ref A request for biweekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. USAID Missions in Kenya, Ethiopia, REDSO Somalia, Djibouti, and OFDA contributed to this report. ------------ FLASH REPORT ------------ 2. Early rep [...] | 2006-04-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE SO |
06NAIROBI145 | LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL MAKES SPLASH IN KENYA [...] Living Water International, the Texas-based Christian NGO that specializes in bringing clean water to rural communities in developing countries, scored a signal success in Kenya January 10 when President Kibaki and cabinet ministers spent more than 8 hours with the group inaugurating two new w [...] | 2006-01-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV EAID OREP KE |
06NAIROBI1473 | VERIFICATION OF THE COCAINE BEGINS [...] (SBU) U.S., U.K., United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime experts, together with Kenyan law enforcement authorities and chemists, began the physical verification of the 955 packets (twenty-two foot lockers) of cocaine on March 28. The international team estimates that it will take several day [...] | 2006-04-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI1484 | AMBASSADOR TO YUSUF: ALLIANCE AGAINST TERROR NOT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a March 31 meeting with Somali Transitional Federal President Abdullahi Yusuf, Ambassador reassured Yusuf of our support for the Transitional Federal Government, specifying that our support for counter-terrorism activities in Mogadishu were directed only at foreign terrorist [...] | 2006-04-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SO KE |
06NAIROBI1500 | TERROR SUSPECT OMAR SAID OMAR SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the first successful Kenyan prosecution of a terror suspect, 2002 Kikambala bombing defendant Omar Said Omar was found guilty April 4 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Although exonerated in June 2005 for his role in the deadly 2002 terror attacks, Said had been immediately re-arr [...] | 2006-04-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KJUS PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI1514 | OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S MARSABIT DISTRICT [...] An acute dry season, amplified by poor seasonal rains last November is eroding livelihoods and food security of pastoralist populations in Kenya's Marsabit District. Livestock numbers have declined due to the lack of access to pasture and water. Tribal conflict is preventing many pastoralis [...] | 2006-04-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE SOCI SENV ETRD EAGR ECON PGOV PREL |
06NAIROBI1547 | KENYA RENEWS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) formally reiterated April 6 its request for U.S. support for Kenya's candidacy for a seat on the first U.N. Human Rights Council (text in paragraph 2). Ref A communicated the same informal request from the MFA and asked for Department guidance. Departmen [...] | 2006-04-07 07:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA KUNR KE |
06NAIROBI1560 | UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...] | 2006-04-10 09:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO |
06NAIROBI1561 | USAID/OFDA VISIT TO KENYA'S KAJIADO DISTRICT. [...] Three weeks of consistent rainfall has replenished pasture and natural water points in the Mashuru Division of Kenya's Kajiado District. The start of the long rains season should halt the decline in livestock numbers caused by recent dry conditions. Farmers have extensively planted crops an [...] | 2006-04-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI |
06NAIROBI157 | FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU COMMITS ON ISSUES OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tuju told Ambassador January 11 that Kenya will now proceed, in coordination with the U.S. and UK governments, with the prompt establishment of the long-stalled Joint Terrorism Task Force. Given the government's multiple and unfulfilled previous pledges, Tuju set [...] | 2006-01-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EAID ASEC MASS KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI1573 | KENYAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT CRASHES IN MARSABIT [...] (SBU) A Kenyan military Y-12 aircraft crashed and caught on fire in Marsabit town (Eastern Province, north-central Kenya) at approximately 10:00 a.m., April 10 due to poor weather conditions and ground obstruction near the airfield. According to Defense Minister Njenga Karume, the plane was c [...] | 2006-04-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI1600 | FIVE KENYAN PARLIAMENTARIANS KILLED IN CRASH [...] (U) The April 10 crash of a Kenyan Air Force Y-12 plane in Marsabit, north-central Kenya (reftel),claimed the lives of 14 of 17 passengers, including five sitting members of Parliament. Announcing the names of the deceased and injured, President Kibaki declared three days of national mourni [...] | 2006-04-11 14:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MASS PREL ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI1601 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy met Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on April 6 at the Residence. Gedi offered an up-beat account of developments within the TFIs, especially the work of parliamentary committees in Baidoa. He also worried about the recent fighting in Mogadishu. The A [...] | 2006-04-12 03:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHSA MARR SO KE |
06NAIROBI1614 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...] | 2006-04-12 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1635 | THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...] | 2006-04-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1637 | KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...] | 2006-04-13 12:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI1643 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter (ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply. P [...] | 2006-04-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE |
06NAIROBI1650 | SOMALIS IN KENYA: ABANDONED KIDS, IMPOSTORS, AND [...] (U) Summary: Post has seen great activity since Ref A among naturalized Somalis and Somali nationals in Kenya. A rash of Somali Amcit, LPR, and asylee children have contacted post with stories of abandonment by Somali family members after trips to Kenya or Somalia. Post has also noted sever [...] | 2006-04-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI1651 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...] | 2006-04-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI1652 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator for DCHA, visited Kenya from April 7 - 13, on the first leg of a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia to assess and bring attention to the drought and pastoralist crisis in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Hess traveled to the drought affected towns of Mandera and El Wa [...] | 2006-04-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI1661 | ICRC AGREES TO REPATRIATE SOMALI PIRATE SUSPECT'S [...] (C) The Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Somalia (based in Nairobi) agreed to the Embassy's formal request (dated April 13) to facilitate the repatriation of the remains of the deceased Somali national to Somalia. The ICRC's April 18 communication states " [...] | 2006-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHSA ICRC SO KE |
06NAIROBI1680 | SAFE SKIES FOR AFRICA REVIEW [...] Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) is one of the most valuable programs the USG and the Embassy are engaged in with the Government of Kenya (GOK). Under SSFA, we work closely with Kenyan civil aviation officials to enhance the safety and security of air travelers in Kenya. Our goal is to assist th [...] | 2006-04-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EAID ECON KE |
06NAIROBI1688 | RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...] | 2006-04-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1697 | TENSIONS ESCALATING IN MOGADISHU [...] (S) Somali Prime Minister Gedi telephoned Ambassador late April 19 to convey great concern over apparent preparations for renewed fighting in Mogadishu. There are reports, he said, of roadblocks going up and movements of men and weapons. Civilians are fleeing. (NOTE: We are receiving confirma [...] | 2006-04-19 16:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI1701 | (C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...] | 2006-04-20 06:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1705 | Embassy Urges Ex-Im Support for Locomotive Export [...] Summary: Ex-Im rejection of U.S. producer NREC's application for support for sale of eight locomotives to Kenya's Magadi Soda would contradict U.S. policy to help African countries expand their foreign trade, and produce a terrible optic for the USG. Embassy questions Ex-Im's projection that [...] | 2006-04-20 07:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV EAID ECON KE |
06NAIROBI1715 | KENYA NON-COMMITTAL ON AFRICAN CANDIDATES FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. While Amolo did not offer a Kenyan commitment to not support the UN Human Rights Council candidacies of serious human rights violators such as Sudan and Zimbabwe, [...] | 2006-04-20 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PHUM UNHCR KE |
06NAIROBI1720 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...] | 2006-04-24 05:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI1761 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR [...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of AA/AFR/EA Lloyd Pierson from o/a April 30 to o/a May 3, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to visit USAID Staff and Programs. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel [...] | 2006-04-25 14:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
06NAIROBI1772 | DONOR COORDINATION FOR KENYA DROUGHT [...] Donor agencies and governments, including USAID, have stepped up to coordinate efforts to respond to the current humanitarian emergency in Kenya. In regular meetings, donors share information on funding, activities, and partners in an effort to avoid overlap and gaps in programming. Meetin [...] | 2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1773 | USAID Assessment of Food Security [...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...] | 2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1775 | USAID Assessment of Food Security [...] Agricultural inputs provided by USAID/OFDA partner Catholic Relief Services (CRS) improved crop production and diversification among vulnerable farmers in Kenya's Kitui District despite a poor short rains in 2005. Farmers saved seeds from the last harvest and are preparing to plant this sea [...] | 2006-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1789 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEIS SHERDEL [...] USAID/REDSO grants country clearance for the visit of Weis Sherdel from June 18 to July 21, 2006 to provide Phoenix 6.0 training and support services. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, visitor has secret security [...] | 2006-04-26 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE OTRA |
06NAIROBI1804 | RAINS STABILIZE PASTORALIST DECLINE IN KENYA [...] The arrival of the long rains in Kenya's Garissa and Wajir districts have stabilized the dramatic decline in pastoralist livelihoods experienced in recent months. However, humanitarian interventions remain necessary to ensure both short- and long-term recovery. Potential interventions shoul [...] | 2006-04-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1805 | BOREHOLE INTEGRITY IN KENYA'S WAJIR DISTRICT [...] Boreholes, pumping water from depths of 200 meters, are critical in sustaining pastoralists and livestock in Kenya?s arid Wajir District. Pumps have been operating continuously during the last six-month dry period and their mechanical integrity is now questionable. Exhausted generators, bro [...] | 2006-04-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1808 | Drought and Oil Prices Drive Kenya's Inflation [...] Drought-induced food price increases and rising oil prices caused Kenya's overall inflation rate in March 2006 to jump 19.4% compared to March 2005. This will exacerbate poverty in Kenya, where over half the population is unemployed and living on less than $1/day. However, underlying inflati [...] | 2006-04-26 14:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI1819 | POST'S RESPONSE TO PROPOSED WJEI PROGRAM FOR KENYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Interagency Assessment Team,s recommendations for a Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) in Kenya and its request for Post input on the advisability, feasibility, and costs of the proposed activities, as well as a second area for geographic focus. Po [...] | 2006-04-27 08:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI182 | GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...] | 2006-01-13 07:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI1826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO PRINCIPAL REG [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Reg 2. The purpose of travel is to review the OFDA program and staffing i 3. Travel details for John Myer are as follows: 05/08/06 NBO/BJM KQ 474 1330/1410 05/11/06 BJM/NBO KQ 474 1345/1625 4. Mission [...] | 2006-04-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI1850 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] The widespread heavy rains experienced in the region during the first ten days, or dekad, of April subsided in the second dekad. During the second dekad of April, most parts of Somalia and Djibouti, northern and eastern Kenya, and the eastern half of Ethiopia, where most of the drought-affec [...] | 2006-04-28 09:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI1874 | LAMU LEADERS GIVE U.S. EFFORTS MIXED REVIEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs addressed a Town Hall meeting of the Lamu County Council, and responded to community,s concerns about USG policies, military presence in Lamu and various assistance programs. The tone of the meeting was cordial, although several participants expressed resentment over perc [...] | 2006-05-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO KE SO |
06NAIROBI1875 | USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia Humanitarian Update [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded Malnutrition Rising While food insecurity is chronic throughout southern Somalia, malnutr In Gedo Region, the USAID-supported Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU In Bay Region, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Switzerland co [...] | 2006-05-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
06NAIROBI1881 | USAID/OFDA Southern Somalia [...] Somalia is experiencing the worst drought in a decade, compounded by the effects of fifteen years of armed conflict that has destroyed public infrastructure and basic services, and stressed the population?s coping strategies. The majority of the 2.1 million drought-affected people resides i [...] | 2006-05-02 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
06NAIROBI1883 | U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALIS REPATRIATED TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten Somali nationals under U.S. control since an encounter on the high seas in mid-March were successfully repatriated April 29 to Somalia via Kenya with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The remains of the deceased Somali are expected to be [...] | 2006-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
06NAIROBI1930 | USAID ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL HESS [...] From April 7 to 13, Assistant Administrator of the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (AA/DCHA) Michael E. Hess traveled to Kenya to assess the impact of drought and to view USAID interventions. AA/DCHA Hess visited drought-affected pastoralists in Mandera Dist [...] | 2006-05-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI1939 | MEASLES AND POLIO INCIDENCE AND RESPONSE IN [...] Since 2005, isolated measles and polio cases surfaced in drought-affected Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Increased migration by pastoralists during the drought has raised concerns of a widespread, regional outbreak. In response, the U.N. Children?s Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization [...] | 2006-05-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
06NAIROBI1951 | CHINA'S PRESIDENT HU VISITS KENYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese President Hu Jintao's late April visit to Nairobi further strengthens the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries through several economic, technical, and financial assistance agreements. While the balance of the economic relationship is heavily tipped i [...] | 2006-05-05 05:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAIR ECIN ECON EFIN ELAB EINV ETRD PREL |
06NAIROBI1953 | KENYA: 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to U.S. concerns about the worsening counterfeiting problem in Kenya, the country's top trade bureaucrat acknowledged the government's weaknesses in adequately enforcing IPR, and showed interest in working with the USG and the U.S. private sector to improve the situ [...] | 2006-05-05 06:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KE |
06NAIROBI1956 | DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOMALIA DROUGHT [...] To date, donor governments and agencies, including USAID, have contributed over 87.8 million U.S. Dollars (USD) towards the United Nations (U.N.) humanitarian appeal for the drought emergency in Somalia, in addition to more than 60.0 million USD outside the appeal. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, [...] | 2006-05-05 06:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
06NAIROBI1968 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA staff, Ms. Andrea Tracy to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 10- 13, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with and support OFDA/ECARO Office on Burundi programming issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Mayfair Hotel. H [...] | 2006-05-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI1980 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Operations Officer, Myra Kraut Vinner to travel to Bujumbura, Burundi during the period o/a May 14-18, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to follow up on transition of the Burundi OFDA Office and to coordinate administrative requirement [...] | 2006-05-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA BU |
06NAIROBI1987 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Drought Assessment Team Member, Ms. Ngoc Clark to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 14, 2006 to June 30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to assess drought and humanitarian conditions in drought-stricken districts in Northeast Kenya; provide rapid as [...] | 2006-05-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI1997 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a May 14 - 23, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to work on drought response issues with the OFDA team. 3. Travel details for John Myer will [...] | 2006-05-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI2003 | COMPENSATION DEMANDS BY DECEASED SOMALI'S FAMILY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) The family of a Somali national killed during a mid-March engagement with the U.S. Navy intends to request compensation from the USG as a condition for accepting the remains. Post recommends against offering any f [...] | 2006-05-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA MOPS ASEC PTER PREL ICRC SO KE |
06NAIROBI2009 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA GIS [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA GIS Officer, Eric Sawyer to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 12-16, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide global information systems support in the Horn of Africa. Mr. Sawyer will meet with representatives of the U.N. and NGOs to discuss informa [...] | 2006-05-09 11:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2011 | SOUTH/CENTRAL SOMALIA FOOD DISTRIBUTION [...] From February to mid-April, 2006, a total of 25 251 MTs of FFP Title II emergency food aid has been distributed to 1,296,818 victims of the drought in South and Central Somalia. This represents a 44 % achievement in comparison to planned levels. The food pipeline will remain stretched and d [...] | 2006-05-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE SO |
06NAIROBI2012 | SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TEAM ATTENDING USAID/SUD [...] USAID Sudan Field Office kindly requests for country clearance for Name: Allan Reed (Director - Sudan Field Office) Sex: Male Date of Birth: 09/19/1943 Passport Type & Number: Diplomatic/900335787 Agency: USAID Date of issuance: September 25, 2002 Date of Expiration: September 24, 2007 [...] | 2006-05-09 11:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
06NAIROBI2023 | IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR THE UNHRC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging Kenya to oppose Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division. Amolo's response was not encouraging. Thanking poloff for sharing the U.S.' view, he noted t [...] | 2006-05-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL KUNR KE IR |
06NAIROBI2034 | MOGADISHU FIGHTING PAUSES, AFTER INTENSE ACTIVITY [...] (C) The United Nations Security Office reports that fighting in Mogadishu has paused, following four days of intense conflict. The UN has received reports of 100 to 150 casualties (no break out yet of dead and wounded),while press reports indicate up to 85 deaths since May 7. Estimates from [...] | 2006-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS SO |
06NAIROBI2053 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Health Officer, Ms. Zeline Pritchard to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 13-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide health and nutrition support in the Horn of Africa. Ms. Pritchard will assess health and nutrition programming. 3. Hote [...] | 2006-05-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2054 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Overseas Admin Team Leader, Sydel Maher to Nairobi, Kenya o/a May 25-30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to discuss with the USAID/OFDA staff and RFMC administrative and finance issues. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the [...] | 2006-05-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2056 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Bujumbura, Burundi during the period o/a May 21-26, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit and review OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are as follows: 05/21/06 Nbo/Buj K [...] | 2006-05-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI2059 | NEW SEARCH AND RESCUE CENTER MAY BOLSTER [...] Summary: The recent launch of a new regional search and rescue center in Mombasa could potentially serve as crucial resource in furthering maritime security in the region. However, the limited capacity of maritime forces may undermine the center's effectiveness. Incidents of piracy in the r [...] | 2006-05-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PHSA PTER PREL IMO KE |
06NAIROBI2063 | SOMALIA: BRIEFING THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Bellamy briefed a small group of ambassadors and special envoys on U.S. policy toward Somalia on May 9. The group responded largely favorably to the briefing, with several finding areas of convergence between their policy priorities and ours. In response to concerns t [...] | 2006-05-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER EAID PGOV SO |
06NAIROBI2068 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team, Alvin Phillip, Sebrina Robinson, Steve Fitzgerald, Steve Tashjian, and Hung Vu from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 12, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actu [...] | 2006-05-12 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2075 | KENYA STRUGGLES TO GET WIRED - THE ONGOING SAGA [...] (SBU) Summary: Regional efforts to at last bring economically vital fiber optic connectivity to Africa's East Coast are being stymied by South African efforts to impose a monopolistic model on the planned East African Submarine System (EASSy),a 5,500 mile undersea cable that would link Durba [...] | 2006-05-12 06:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI2089 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] In Kenya, initial projections are that the long rains maize harvest will be approximately 25 percent higher than the average. Rapid assessments in three districts indicate a worsening food security situation and food aid beneficiary numbers increased by 81,000. In Ethiopia, the outlook for t [...] | 2006-05-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI210 | SOMALIA'S PRESIDENT, SPEAKER AGREE -- THE END GAME [...] (C) The January 5 agreement signed in Aden between the Somali Transitional President and Speaker of the Parliament can only be welcomed, at least as a reflection of the dialogue that produced it. But such dialogue and agreement may nonetheless herald the end of the Transitional Federal Instit [...] | 2006-01-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI2120 | RECENT COCAINE BUSTS HIGHLIGHT KENYA'S CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent string of cocaine seizures at Nairobi's international airport highlights the continuing drug trafficking problem in Kenya, despite April's success in the verification and destruction of the record cocaine seizure. While the arrests of "mules" may have alerted trafficking [...] | 2006-05-16 07:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI2141 | SOMALI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER KEEN FOR U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Somalia's Parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden May 11 to discuss current developments in Somalia. The conversation particularly focused on the fighting in Mogadishu and possible ways to bring it to an end, with the Speaker agreeing that he may be i [...] | 2006-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS CVIS PTER SO KE |
06NAIROBI2142 | SOMALI PRESIDENT YUSUF: LOST IN TRANSLATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met May 15 with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, who was transiting through Nairobi en route to Somalia. Yusuf vacillated between professions of wanting the Mogadishu ministers back in government and threats of action against them if they did not come on board. H [...] | 2006-05-16 14:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SO KE |
06NAIROBI2165 | U.S. ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE FIGHTING IN [...] (C) Extensive press reports, including the front-page piece in today's Washington Post, convey the misleading impression that the USG is funding warlords to fight extremists in the streets of Mogadishu as part of the Global War on Terrorism. Initial fighting in February between the Alliance f [...] | 2006-05-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS SO KE |
06NAIROBI2166 | SOMALIA: UPDATE ON DISPOSITION OF DECEASED [...] (C) Pursuant to ref A, Post requested the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convey the message to the deceased Somali's next of kin their two options: that they can either accept the remains without any form of compensation from the USG or that the body will be properly disposed [...] | 2006-05-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PHSA ICRC ASEC MARR PREL KE SO |
06NAIROBI2168 | KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...] | 2006-05-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI2174 | USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S SAMBURU [...] Consistent rains over the past month have improved pasture and natural water points that are critical to the largely pastoralist population in Kenya's Samburu District. However, according to district officials, ethnic conflict and cattle theft have displaced an estimated 20,000 people in the [...] | 2006-05-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO KE ET |
06NAIROBI2175 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MALIK M. CHAKA, [...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of Malik M. Chaka, Director, Threshold Program, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from o/a May 23 to o/a May 26, 2006 and a one night layover on May 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess progress in the Threshold Program, meet [...] | 2006-05-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
06NAIROBI2178 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of IRG training facilitators, Jenna Luche-Thayer and John Taber, o/a June 10, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide CTO training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed trave [...] | 2006-05-18 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2190 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM SOMALI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Embassy Nairobi received May 16 a letter from Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi requesting, in general terms, U.S. support for the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia. Post has sent a generic interim response expressing USG support for the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI [...] | 2006-05-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID SO KE |
06NAIROBI2203 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIE-CLAIRE SOW [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of Marie-Claire Sow, Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist from May 24th to 26th, 2006 to perform Acquisition and Assistance services for USAID/Uganda. USAID switchboard number is 254-2-8622000 and after- hour telephone number is 254-2-856-2 [...] | 2006-05-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTR |
06NAIROBI2210 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a May 30, 2006 through o/a June 7, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit partner programs in Pader, Kitgum and Lira. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are a [...] | 2006-05-19 07:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI2219 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR M/OAA GRANTS.GOV [...] USAID grants country clearance for the visit of M/AAO Grants.gov Team member, Betty Chung from o/a June 2, 2006 to o/a June 24, 2006 to travel to Kenya to provide Grants.gov training. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per r [...] | 2006-05-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2348 | COTU Convention Generates Plenty of Public [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Organization of Trade Unions - Kenya (COTU) election convention was unusually calm and well-organized, partially because there was no challenger to Secretary General Francis Atwoli and his Executive Board. Presidential contender and local hero MP Raila Odinga delive [...] | 2006-05-30 03:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ECON ETRD PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI2369 | BI-LATERAL MEETING BETWEEN USAID/REDSO/FFP AND [...] Summary: On May 3, 2006, USAID/REDSO/FFP and the regional WFP Operations Division Kampala (WFP/ODK) held their third annual bi-lateral meeting. These annual meetings are designed to provide a forum for each party to discuss topics of mutual concern in managing the nearly 1.6 million MTs of Ti [...] | 2006-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ ER EAID SO |
06NAIROBI2386 | KENYA CONSIDERS IOM EXCOM CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's International Organizations and Conferences Division who expressed an interest in Kenya's own candidacy for chairman of the IOM's Executive Committee. While Kenya had not previously considered seeking the position, Amolo stated [...] | 2006-05-31 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KNNP AORC KE IR |
06NAIROBI2397 | KENYAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Action request - para 3. 2. (SBU) Kenyan Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Moses Wetangula requested a May 26 meeting with Ambassador Bellamy to discuss the case of two Kenyan telecommunication engineers possibly abducted in Baghdad. Wetangula presented the Ambassador with a lette [...] | 2006-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI2399 | KENYA: RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Lazarus Amayo the evening of May 31. (Head of state and foreign minister were unavailable.) Amayo discussed at length the recent G-77 meeting in Malaysia and Iran's attempt to introduce a statement on [...] | 2006-05-31 16:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI2414 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...] | 2006-06-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI2418 | Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] | 2006-06-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
06NAIROBI2419 | Uganda Makes Progress on GSP/AGOA Labor Complaint [...] (U) Summary: Regional Labor Attache's second visit to Kampala found encouraging progress on addressing the worker rights issues described in the AFL/CIO petition seeking to revoke Uganda's trade privileges under the General System of Preferences (GSP). Uganda has passed four significant labor [...] | 2006-06-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV UG |
06NAIROBI2425 | SOMALIA: A STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post envisions a Somalia strategy that builds on existing counterterrorism contacts and tactics, connecting the ARPFAT with the TFIs, establishing relations with moderate Islamic courts, and developing a network within the Ayr and business communities in Mogadishu. This approach [...] | 2006-06-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV EAID SO |
06NAIROBI2438 | USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT OF KENYA'S GARISSA [...] Although long season rains improved pasture conditions and water availability in most drought- affected areas of Kenya, patchy showers in Garissa District have left many areas dry, impeding recovery efforts. Water tankering activities continue in several divisions where residents still face a [...] | 2006-06-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI2443 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA/OD IO/NGO Donor Coordinator Miriam Lutz to Nairobi, Kenya o/a June 08-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to consult with implementing partners working on Somalia and to attend the Biennial Conference of the Active Learning Network for A [...] | 2006-06-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2453 | S/CT Ambassador Crumptons Meeting with President [...] (S/NF) S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton called on Kenyan President Kibaki May 26. Crumpton hailed U.S.Kenyan anti- terrorism cooperation in recent years and urged that Kenya continue to treat regional threats seriously and work with us to strengthen further our CT cooperation. Crumpton asked Kib [...] | 2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI2454 | SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositi [...] | 2006-06-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI2455 | SRSYG FRANCOIS FALL WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC COURT [...] (C) SRSYG for Somalia Amb. Francois Fall called me June 5 to voice concern over reports that the Islamic Court militias were gaining ground in Mogadishu and southern Somalia and may soon be in a position to establish their own government. Fall was worried about Islamists' longstanding oppositio [...] | 2006-06-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV SO |
06NAIROBI2456 | SOMALIA: MILITARY AND POLITICAL ADVANCES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although two Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Fight Against Terrorism (ARPFAT) leaders retain control of their territory, the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) now controls the bulk of Mogadishu. The UIC's advance on Jowhar is further cause for concern, both because it will [...] | 2006-06-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PTER PREL KISL SO |
06NAIROBI2482 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...] | 2006-06-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI2501 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...] | 2006-06-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI2509 | DIVERSITY VISA FRAUD - OPERATION GHOST MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2 Post culminated over six months of investigations into a marriage fraud ring with the arrest by Kenyan authorities of over 70 Diversity Visa applicants. Simultaneous arrests and searches in other locations revealed a criminal ring was involved in matching Kenyan appli [...] | 2006-06-07 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI2518 | UN WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN [...] On May 29, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened a three-day humanitarian information network workshop in Nairobi focused on Africa-specific concerns. This year's workshop is a continuation of a process begun in 2002. The primary purpose of the Nairobi wo [...] | 2006-06-08 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
06NAIROBI2525 | SOMALIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INTERNATIONALS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with European Union ambassadors on June 2 and with members of the Somalia contact group on June 8 to share our thoughts on Somalia. At both events, he covered the following points: - The ICU has clearly gained considerable ground. We do not consider the Union monolit [...] | 2006-06-08 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS SO |
06NAIROBI2532 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] Water availability has improved due to the recent rainfall, but rains were below average to poor in some pastoralist districts. Livestock conditions are improving and prices of livestock have increased. However, full recovery will require several consecutive seasons of good rains. In additio [...] | 2006-06-09 06:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI2564 | KENYA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] Kenya sent Embassy Nairobi a diplomatic note indicating it will support the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood for the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC). 2. The text of the Government of Kenya's diplomatic note follows. (BEGIN TEXT.) MFA 33/214/001 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2006-06-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC PREL KE |
06NAIROBI258 | KENYA GETS A NEW INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's January 16 removal of Brigadier (ret.) Boinett as head of Kenya's National Intelligence Service (NSIS) removes the USG's main ally in the counter-terror struggle and one of the few remaining true professionals at the highest level of the Kenyan Government. Boin [...] | 2006-01-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PINS PREL PTER KE |
06NAIROBI259 | KENYA SUBMISSION FOR INSCR PART II, MONEY [...] Per Ref A request, below is post's submission for Part II of the INSCR Report on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Unfortunately, there has been very little change in the conditions, laws, or policies surrounding money laundering and financial crimes (and many other issues) since last yea [...] | 2006-01-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR KE |
06NAIROBI2594 | VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU EXACERBATES [...] In May 2006, an ongoing low-intensity conflict between warlords and factions aligned with the Islamic courts in the Somali capital of Mogadishu escalated into large-scale violence throughout the city. On June 5, the Islamic Court Union (ICU) claimed control of Mogadishu, with most of the war [...] | 2006-06-14 03:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SO |
06NAIROBI260 | SOMALIA: ALL SIDES READY TO DELIVER A PARLIAMENT - [...] (C) The "Aden Declaration," signed by the Somali President and Speaker of the Parliament, provides an entry point to engage with the parties to the divided Transitional Federal Institutions. They, in turn, have asked the USG for specific diplomatic efforts to improve the environment for the c [...] | 2006-01-20 01:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI2616 | AIRPORT SECURITY INCIDENT LEADS TO EXPULSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Airport security is optional, for those with connections to high-level government officials and their associates. This point was underscored June 8 when two Armenian "mercenaries" (reftels) assaulted security officials at Kenya's main airport, waving firearms and bypassing inspe [...] | 2006-06-14 13:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI2618 | JOWHAR FALLS [...] (U) Action request - para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The town of Jowhar came under Islamic Court Union (ICU) control the afternoon of June 14. The UN received direct assistance from known extremist Aden Hashi Ayrow to protect the UN compound in Jowhar, an incident that makes it appear that Ayrow [...] | 2006-06-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MARR SO |
06NAIROBI2640 | SOMALIA: ISLAMIST ADVANCES, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Somali town of Belet Weyne was taken over by the Islamic Courts Union (ICU),apparently by fiat rather than force, the morning of June 15. This now puts the ICU in control of the entire Shebelle valley and offers enhanced connections to supplies from the Gulf. Leaders in the [...] | 2006-06-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL SO |
06NAIROBI2653 | LETTER FROM THE SOMALI ISLAMIC COURTS: A PROPOSED [...] (C) Post received a letter from the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) June 12 (e-mailed to AF/E). The letter, similar to other missives issued by the UIC, portrays the UIC as a largely benevolent entity interested primarily in the well-being of the residents of Mogadishu. The letter lists the or [...] | 2006-06-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PGOV PHUM SO |
06NAIROBI2654 | SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...] | 2006-06-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF |
06NAIROBI2655 | IGAD FOREIGN MINISTERS DEBATE SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A June 13 meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers produced much debate about the ability of neighboring states to intervene in Somalia's affairs, but ended with a communique re-affirming the position that any IGAD peace mission to Somalia would involve only Sudanese and Ugandan t [...] | 2006-06-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SO |
06NAIROBI274 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Following is the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Kenya. This information will also be transmitted to EB/IFD/OIA via e-mail and included in Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for Kenya, to be delivered through FCS channels. ----------------------------------- A.1. Opennes [...] | 2006-01-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI2744 | GETTING TO AN INTERAGENCY 3D APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 04:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SECDEF OSD SOLIC |
06NAIROBI2755 | KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among African nations as a country of special interest to the United States. With substantial existing infrastructure, a well-educated work force and a diverse economy, Kenya could become East Africa's engine for economic growth. In [...] | 2006-06-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI2757 | A/S FRAZER MEETS KENYA FM TUJU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Kenya' s Foreign Minister Raf ael Tuju, Assistant Secretary Frazer END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Frazer noted that she came to Kenya at the s pecific direction of Secretary Rice to consult with our Kenyan allies on Somali a. A/S Frazer e [...] | 2006-06-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO |
06NAIROBI2758 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Parliamentary Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, Assistant Secretary Frazer highlighted U.S. priorities for Somalia and SIPDIS expressed concerns about territorial expansion by the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). Sharif Hassan had similar concern [...] | 2006-06-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KISL SO |
06NAIROBI2759 | KENYAN OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kibaki Government is unresponsive and acting with impunity, opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer during a June 21 meeting in Nairobi. SIPDIS The only solution is for Kenyans to vote in a new government, which is why politicians are fixed on the 2007 [...] | 2006-06-25 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL KCOR PTER KE SO |
06NAIROBI2760 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali Prime Minister Gedi, Assistant Secretary Frazer outlined U.S. priorities for Somalia and solicited Gedi's thoughts on the most appropriate role for the U.S. at this time. Gedi identified security needs as the top priority to enable other activitie [...] | 2006-06-26 03:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS EAID SO |
06NAIROBI2761 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S MEETING WITH SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 21 meeting with Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf, Assistant Secretary Frazer spelled out the U.S. priorities of support to the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and the people of Somalia, enhancing regional stability, and countering terrorism. Frazer and Yusuf di [...] | 2006-06-26 03:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KISL SO |
06NAIROBI2781 | SOMALI SUPREME ISLAMIC COURTS COUNCIL: THE WOLF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The formation of a Supreme Islamic Courts Council headed by al Qaida associate Hassan Dahir Aweys has raised concerns in the Transitional Federal Government about the possibility of alternate governing structures becoming more firmly rooted in Mogadishu. While one civil society a [...] | 2006-06-27 03:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV SO |
06NAIROBI2782 | ARMENIANS IN KENYA - PASSPORTS AND OFFICIAL ID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reftels describe the exploits of the Armenian "Artur brothers," Artur Margaryan and Artur Sargasyan, who were hastily deported from Kenya after attempting to clear a colleague from Kenyan Customs and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at gunpoint. News reports stated t [...] | 2006-06-27 03:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI279 | HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN KENYA?S NORTHEASTERN [...] Persistent drought and underdevelopment in Kenya's Northeastern Province continues to erode humanitarian indicators. Erratic rainfall during the Sept-Nov short rains season has failed to replenish natural water points or pasture causing degradation of local livestock, the main source of food [...] | 2006-01-20 07:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI |
06NAIROBI2793 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA/DRM Director, Antoinette Ferrara to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 10-13, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA/ECARO staff and REDSO Mission staff. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Intercontinental Hotel. The Ho [...] | 2006-06-27 06:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2794 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Field Officer, Ms. Nazik Salih to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 12-15, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in response to the Horn of Africa drought in the region. 3. Hotel accommod [...] | 2006-06-27 06:25:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI284 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LET THE FIREWORKS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: It is widely expected that a newspaper serial exposing in gory detail evidence of grand scale corruption in the administration of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki will begin the week of January 22. If so, it will likely destabilize an already fragile administration. Kibaki appears aw [...] | 2006-01-23 01:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI2842 | LEAHY HR VETTING FOR NEXT GENERATION LEADERS [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following two candidates of the Kenyan Army, nominated to participate in a Next Generation African Military Leaders Course to be held July 10 to August 4, 2006 in Washington, D.C., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Pos [...] | 2006-06-29 04:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KE |
06NAIROBI285 | Drought's Limited Impact on Kenya's Economy - So [...] Summary: Although drought has put 2.5 - 3.5 million Kenyans in Northern, Northeastern and Coast provinces in desperate need of aid, Kenya's economy grew about 5% in 2005, and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) forecasts stronger growth in 2006. Unless the March-August long rainy season fails, to [...] | 2006-01-23 01:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR EIND EFIN PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI2870 | KENYA: SCANDAL CONTROL CROWDS OUT INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With another corruption scandal emerging, this time involving private corporations whose malfeasance may have been enriching government officials, and another ministerial tirade against the media, the government has again demonstrated its aversion to transparent, democratic gover [...] | 2006-06-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL KCOR EAID KE |
06NAIROBI2924 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA staff, Mr. Richard Quinby to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 8- 10, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA Principal Regional Advisor to discuss strategy and planning for USAID/OFDA activities in Northern Uganda. 3. Hotel accommod [...] | 2006-07-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI2933 | CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their July 5 meeting with CODEL Dreier in Nairobi, opposition leaders emphasized the constraints on their effectiveness imposed by insufficient resources and limited understanding of the opposition's legitimate function. KANU party members Justin Muturi, Chief Oppositio [...] | 2006-07-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI2951 | CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier and Vice President Moody Awori engaged in a comparative exchange on how business is conducted in the U.S. and Kenyan legislatures on July 5 in Nairobi. In his capacity as Leader of Government Business, Awori informed the visiting delegation of the Kenyan Parliamen [...] | 2006-07-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI2952 | CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier met with members of the Legal Affairs and Defense and Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committees July 6 in Nairobi. The eleven members of Parliament, including Deputy Speaker of the House, David Musila, raised a number of concerns including U.S. counter-terrorism [...] | 2006-07-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PREL ASEC KE SU SO |
06NAIROBI3004 | SOMALIA: COURTING AND POSTURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: European members of the IGAD/AU mission to Somalia came away with the impression that the Islamic Courts in Mogadishu are much more organized than the government in Baidoa. The Transitional Federal Government seems to have no clear idea of what it must do to implement the National [...] | 2006-07-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO |
06NAIROBI3016 | PROCEEDINGS FROM 19TH SEMI-ANNUAL ALNAP [...] From June 13 to 15, 2006, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) convened its 19th semi- annual conference. The aim of the meeting was for humanitarian actors to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability, and performance related t [...] | 2006-07-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
06NAIROBI3025 | NO UNITED NATIONS OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE IN KENYA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 10:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI3034 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEWS NET STAFF, MOHAMED [...] USAID/East Africa Regional Economic Growth and Integration Office requests country clearance for Mohamed Suleiman, Regional Representative, FEWS NET, to travel to Ethiopia from July 14 to 19, 2006. He will arrive in Addis Ababa on KQ402 at 0940hrs on July 14 and depart on July 20 on KQ403 at [...] | 2006-07-12 06:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
06NAIROBI3068 | Optimistic GOK Budget Focuses on Development, But [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to address popular frustration at the slow pace of economic development and poverty reduction, Finance Minister Kimunya's presentation of the GOK's budget for FY 2006-07 stressed social spending and tax relief provisions targeted to assist the poor and vulnerable. [...] | 2006-07-13 13:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB AGOA ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI3088 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO REGIONAL ADVISOR, ALAN DWYER [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Bujumbura, Burundi during the period o/a July 23-28, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit and review OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are as follows: 07/23/06 Nbo/Bjm [...] | 2006-07-17 02:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE NOTAG |
06NAIROBI3090 | PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS SET THE MOOD FOR 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, five new members of parliament will be chosen in the largest by-election in Kenyan history. Not only is the upcoming election significant in its size, but also for its timing - little more than a year before the next general election, and its location - four of the [...] | 2006-07-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI3096 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STEPHEN KAIRU [...] USAID/EA requests country clearance for Mr. Stephen Kairu, RFMC Deputy Chief Accountant, to travel to Kigali, Rwanda from o/a July 30, 2006 to o/a August 5, 2006 to provide financial management services to client mission. Mr. Kairu holds an FSN-type security clearance. 2. His flight schedu [...] | 2006-07-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC |
06NAIROBI3111 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a July 31, 2006 through o/a August 12, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit OFDA projects in Northern Uganda. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are as foll [...] | 2006-07-18 02:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI3112 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a July 24, 2006 through August 2, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with Senior OFDA Program Officer, OFDA field officers and meet with OFDA [...] | 2006-07-18 02:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ET |
06NAIROBI3145 | IV FSN WORKSHOP (PC-123),SEPT 11-15, 2006 [...] (U) Post proudly nominates Honey A. Mohamud for the IV FSN WORKSHOP (PC-123),September 11-15, 2006. 2. NOMINATION INFORMATION: A. Name: MOHAMUD, Honey A. (female). B. Grade 6/2 C. Consular Section Chief is Consul Scott Riedmann, Consul General is David Stone. D. Date of [...] | 2006-07-19 08:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT AFSI AMGT AFIN CVIS |
06NAIROBI315 | PATRONAGE IN MOMBASA: THE KENYA PORTS AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Based on demands from local politicians for an appointee from Coast Province, Kenyan Transport Minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere appointed Abdalla Mwaruwa to the critical position of Managing Director (MD) of the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Minister ignored the KPA Board,s recom [...] | 2006-01-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT KCOR ETRD PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI3153 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Field Officer, Ronald E. Libby to travel to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 27, 2006 through August 2, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to debrief the OFDA/ECARO after 3 months in Ethiopia. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Norf [...] | 2006-07-19 12:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI3173 | COURTS ADVANCING ON BAIDOA? POSSIBLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of an imminent Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) attack on Baidoa appear exaggerated. Two reports, although differing in details, link the militia movement to Rahanweyn clan disgruntlement with the Transitional Federal Government. The UN advises that the Court militia has re [...] | 2006-07-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PTER KISL SO |
06NAIROBI3213 | East African Regional Labor Reports for Host [...] Summary: Regional Labor Officer (RLO) will send compilations of the State Department, Labor Department, ICFTU, and other reports on worker rights, child labor, and TIP for the 13 East African countries and destination countries in the Middle East and Europe to Labor Reporting Officers in the E [...] | 2006-07-25 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KCRM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI3214 | PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULTS HAND [...] (U) Preliminary results from the parliamentary by-elections held on July 24 give the newly formed NARC-Kenya party a lead over its rivals in three out of the five constituencies left vacant following an April plane crash in which the sitting members of parliament were killed (reftel). NARC-Ke [...] | 2006-07-25 13:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI3217 | CHARTERHOUSE WHISTLEBLOWER DETAILS MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan auditor Peter Odhiambo exposed billions of shillings of tax evasion and money laundering at his former employer, Charterhouse Bank, by a group of major companies partly owned by notorious businessman John Mwau and MP William Kabogo. On July 20, Odhiambo briefed Emboffs on [...] | 2006-07-26 02:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE TZ UG |
06NAIROBI3220 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] USAID grants country clearance for USAID/DCHA/OFDA Health Officer, Ms. Zeline Pritchard to Nairobi, Kenya o/a July 30, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to transit through Nairobi on her way to Washington. 3. Hotel accommodation has been arranged at the Intercontinental Hotel. Hotel t [...] | 2006-07-26 05:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI3256 | Chinese Make Only Concessional Loans to Kenya [...] Summary: China has extended or agreed to extend to the GOK a total of Ksh3.54 billion ($45.5 million) in concessional loans since 2002 for road and hospital projects. Non-concessional foreign borrowing by the GOK fell 5.5% from 2004 to 2005, and the GOK appears to be relying on domestic lendi [...] | 2006-07-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID KE |
06NAIROBI3258 | Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents [...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...] | 2006-07-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI3261 | Kenya Dodges Bullet; Adequate Rainfall Prevents [...] Summary: The April rains exceeded expectations, filling Kenya's hydropower reservoirs close to capacity and avoiding a recurrence of the power rationing in 2000 that cost the economy $48 billion and cut GDP growth to 0.4% in 2000. The 140 MW generators temporarily installed in case the droug [...] | 2006-07-28 02:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI3262 | CT Finance; Kenyan Nominees for Regulatory [...] (SBU) Post's main interlocutor for CT finance issues is the GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force. Post approves of the following list of officials proposed by the AML for the September training program in Reftel B. All appear to be well-qualified and working in relevant positions [...] | 2006-07-28 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS KTFN PTER PREL KE |
06NAIROBI327 | NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: US ASSISTANCE UNDERWAY [...] SUMMARY: A four-story building under construction in central Nairobi collapsed mid-day January 23, injuring 105, and killing 20, with an unknown number unaccounted for, according to on-site press reports as of January 24 afternoon. Responding to the Kenyan government's request for assistance [...] | 2006-01-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS PREL AMGT KE |
06NAIROBI3270 | PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: PRO-KIBAKI PARTY WINS [...] (SBU) Summary: NARC-Kenya's victory in three of five July 24 parliamentary by-elections was a much needed endorsement for the Kibaki government following several months of setbacks from November's referendum defeat and the public exposure of the massive Anglo Leasing corruption scandal. The n [...] | 2006-07-28 08:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI3292 | AWEYS' POSSIBLE WEAKNESS [...] (C) In a July 26 conversation, European Commission Senior Political Advisor on Somalia Walid Musa shared that Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys is unable to travel to Mogadishu because of disputes with clan leaders in the city. He has likewise been unable to appoint more [...] | 2006-07-31 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PTER SO |
06NAIROBI3317 | OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA [...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...] | 2006-08-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI3324 | OFDA DRM DIRECTOR VISIT TO KENYA [...] OFDA Director for Disaster Response and Mitigation (DRM),Ms. Antoinette Ferrara, traveled to OFDA's East and Central Regional Office (ECARO),Nairobi, from July 12-16. The purpose of the visit was to consult with USAID regional leadership on OFDA activities, meet current OFDA regional partn [...] | 2006-08-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI3392 | KENYA COAST: FAILING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to Mombasa and Lamu to assess the impact of our outreach efforts to this marginalized region. From conversations with a variety of contacts who have worked with us over the past few years, one theme dominated: the message of our contributions to promote develop [...] | 2006-08-04 07:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER MASS MOPS KISL KPAO EAID |
06NAIROBI3394 | REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
06NAIROBI342 | UPDATE: NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE [...] SUMMARY: Rescue efforts at the scene of the collapsed multi-story building in central Nairobi continue, with 14 confirmed deaths, 107 injured, and an unknown number missing. While the government announced there is little hope of finding more survivors, and that the Israeli rescue team will co [...] | 2006-01-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI3437 | KENYA CRIMINALIZES SEXUAL (AND SOME TRAFFICKING) [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, Kenya's National Assembly voted to criminalize the worst forms of sexual offenses, including rape, defilement, child pornography and sex tourism, and sexual harassment. While amendments to the bill may have watered down some of the proposed protections, the passage of [...] | 2006-08-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI3441 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PREF PREL IGAD CENTCOM KE |
06NAIROBI3500 | KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a country that stands out among its East African neighbors as a stable, open democracy and as a key regional partner for the United States. The country is making a dramatic break from its past by greatly improving respect for human rights and by expanding d [...] | 2006-08-11 10:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI3570 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Bangui, Central Africa Republic during the period o/a August 24, 2006 through September 10, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is for assessment and review of OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for [...] | 2006-08-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI3582 | AGOA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL [...] Summary: Kenya's AGOA garment exports to the U.S. fell 8.7% in the first six months of 2006 to $121.4 million, but still represented 73% of Kenya's total exports to the U.S. Non-garment AGOA products pineapple, roses and nuts represent only 2.1% of AGOA imports. Kenya's cotton and textile ind [...] | 2006-08-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTEX AGOA ECON KE |
06NAIROBI3630 | REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP [...] The second stage of implementation of the Crop Crisis Control Project (C3P) was launched with a regional planning workshop in Kigali, Rwanda June 13- 15, 2006. The goal of this activity, supported by the Famine Prevention Fund, is a regionally coordinated response to the catastrophic spread of [...] | 2006-08-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI UN XA |
06NAIROBI3685 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR WILSON NGUGI [...] USAID/EA requests country clearance for Mr. Wilson Ngugi, RFMC Financial Analyst, to travel to Kampala, Uganda from o/a August 30, 2006 to o/a September 1, 2006 to provide financial management services to a regional partner, Regional Center for Quality Health Care (RCQHC). Mr. Ngugi holds an F [...] | 2006-08-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC |
06NAIROBI37 | SOMALIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post provides the text below as our submission to subject report. Embassy Nairobi POC is Somalia Watcher Michael Zorick, email: zorickmp@state.gov. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Somalia Somalias lack of a functioning central government, protracted state of violent instability, long unguarded coastl [...] | 2006-01-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC SO KE |
06NAIROBI3726 | KENYAN GOVERNMENT DROPS ONE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: An almost one-year old legal case against two journalists charged with publishing an "alarming" article has been quietly dropped by the government of Kenya (GOK). But the GOK is pursuing another legal case against other journalists under the same law, despite the risk of negative [...] | 2006-08-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI3731 | ERITREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Asmara, Eritrea during the period o/a September 9 - 21, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet UN, NGOs and partners and to conduct a field trip to monitor partner program implementation [...] | 2006-08-25 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI3733 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref F reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-08-25 07:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI3778 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Overseas Admin Leader, Sydel Maher and Support Coordinator, Sarah Potts from o/a September 19- 26, 2006 to discuss outstanding administrative issues with OFDA and USAID Mission staff. Country clearance is granted subject to th [...] | 2006-08-29 08:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI3836 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOMALIA TFG SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 30, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Speaker of Parliament gave his view of the current situation in Somalia, emphasized the need for American involvement and "neutral" troops, and described his planned approach to anyone in [...] | 2006-09-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC PREL SO KE SU |
06NAIROBI3876 | ETHNIC SOMALIS DISCUSS ETHIOPIA, THE ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is part of a series following an early August USAID-sponsored conflict mitigation workshop in Mandera, Northeastern Province, Kenya. This message was cleared with the USAID participant in the discussions. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Cross-border conflict mitigation [...] | 2006-09-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE ET SO |
06NAIROBI3879 | Retention of DHS/TSA Kevin Jones in Kenya [...] (SBU) I understand that TSA's Office of International Transportation Security Networking recently turned down a request from the Department of Transportation (DOT) and Embassy Nairobi for TSA to rehire Kevin Jones as a retired annuitant. The decision, as SIPDIS we understand it, would have [...] | 2006-09-07 05:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI3886 | MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KE |
06NAIROBI3900 | SOMALI REFUGEES IN KENYA (C-TN6-01351) [...] (C) The following answers are keyed to original lettered questions in reftel. A. (C) HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA RESPONDED TO THE FLOW OF SOMALI REFUGEES TO DADAAB? IS THE INFLUX OF SOMALI REFUGEES INTO KENYA A THREAT TO KENYAN STABILITY? IF SO, HOW? The GOK continues to fulfill its [...] | 2006-09-08 08:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI393 | NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE: RESCUE MISSION [...] SUMMARY: As U.S., Israeli and British rescue teams wrapped-up their much-appreciated operations on January 26, the Kenyan government transitioned the rescue operation to recovery, with a reported three more bodies pulled from the rubble overnight. At a January 26 remembrance ceremony held at [...] | 2006-01-27 08:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI395 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...] | 2006-01-27 10:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI3952 | Information Requested For Secretary's Initiative On Global [...] The GOK generally recognizes the role of information Communication and Technology (ICT) in national development and the need for a national policy that promotes and facilitates private sector investment for the benefit of all Kenyans. The Kenya Communications Act (KCA) 1998 and the GOK's subse [...] | 2006-09-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI3973 | GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...] | 2006-09-13 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI3974 | OBAMA DISCUSSES CORRUPTION AND TRIBAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 meeting with Senator Obama, Official Leader of the Opposition Uhuru Kenyatta predicted that ethnicity would dominate the 2007 national elections. While he stressed that his party, KANU, would strive to move beyond ethnic politics, he feared that the electora [...] | 2006-09-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI3988 | KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE - September 2006 [...] Kenya's long rains (March-June) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. 2. The asse [...] | 2006-09-14 07:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE |
06NAIROBI4000 | KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions an [...] | 2006-09-14 11:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI4002 | KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama?s (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions a [...] | 2006-09-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI401 | COAST PROVINCE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Kenya's coastline and ports present critical vulnerabilities to terrorist infiltration and attack, as well as smuggling of goods and persons. December 13-16, an Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) Assessment Team and Embassy officials met senior provincial-level representatives from [...] | 2006-01-30 04:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EWWT ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI4018 | KENYA AND SOMALIA: MFA PITCHES AGAIN FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Kenya views U.S. support as crucial to the success of its imminent plan to secure UN Security Council endorsement for an IGAD peacekeeping mission to Somalia. Kenya's delegation to the UNGA will be seeking consultations with the U.S. on this issue after September 19 in New York. E [...] | 2006-09-14 14:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SO KE |
06NAIROBI4020 | S&P Gives Kenya Sovereign Credit Rating Grade B [...] Summary: In its first sovereign credit review, Kenya earned a "stable" outlook, grade 'B+' long-term foreign currency, and 'BB-' long-term local currency credit ratings from Standard and Poor's (S&P),making GOK securities below the minimum BBB- rating for investment grade. The private sector [...] | 2006-09-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI4048 | KENYA SUSPENDS EXPERIMENTAL SHRIMP TRAWLER OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has temporarily suspended experimental trawler operations pending a September 21 stakeholders' meeting, when an environmental impact statement on the effects of trawling for shrimp within three to five nautical miles is to be released. The decision to suspend, rather than [...] | 2006-09-18 09:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI4070 | KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...] | 2006-09-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE |
06NAIROBI4105 | KENYAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: "DON'T DOUBT OUR WILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya Attorney General Amos Wako told the Ambassador on September 12 that the absence of prosecutions in major corruption cases was not for lack of will, but is a matter of capacity. The Ambassador made clear that the cloud of high-level corruption hangs heavy, shadowing some pos [...] | 2006-09-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI413 | NO EXIT? GOK SAYS IT WILL DENY EXIT PERMITS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities have long expressed concerns about "undocumented" refugees (those not registered with UNHCR),and often threatened to stop issuing exit permits to them. The latest threat seems more serious than previous ones. It is possible that the GOK will back down, per [...] | 2006-01-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF ET KE |
06NAIROBI4137 | PRESIDENT KIBAKI SPEAKS TO THE AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unprecedented gesture, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki addressed the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya on September 19. Touching on familiar economic reform and market opening themes, Kibaki hit all the right notes in his speech. But the real importance lies in the gestu [...] | 2006-09-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI4155 | CLIMATE OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER ? DECEMBER 2006 [...] This is a joint cable prepared by FEWSNET Nairobi and USAID/East Africa?s Food for Peace Office. USAID/EA/FFP and Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) Offices attended the 18th Climate Outlook Forum (COF) August 31 ? September 1, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was convened by the Int [...] | 2006-09-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE |
06NAIROBI416 | U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES NOW IN KENYAN CUSTODY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten Somali pirates captured by the U.S. Navy for high-seas piracy of an Indian vessel have been turned over to Kenyan authorities. Absent interventions by U.S. or Indian authorities to assert jurisdiction, Kenyan police are proceeding full steam to prosecute domestically. END S [...] | 2006-01-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI4239 | WHERE'S KABUGA? DIPLOMATS URGE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hussein Bubacar Jallow, joined by like-minded Nairobi-based chiefs of mission, delivered a strong message to the Government of Kenya urging more cooperation in apprehending Rwandan genocidaire Felicien Kabuga. Kenya's [...] | 2006-09-29 14:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE |
06NAIROBI4249 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regioal Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a October 10 - 18, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with Senior OFDA Program Officer, OFDA field officers and meet with OFDA implementing [...] | 2006-10-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ET |
06NAIROBI4263 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD QUINBY, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Program Officer, Richard Quinby from o/a October 5-11, 2006 for consultations with USAID/OFDA Senior Regional Advisor in Nairobi. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed tr [...] | 2006-10-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI4275 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGER ETIENNE LEBAILLY TO DO CONSULTATIONS WITH LONDON'S FRAUD UNIT ON MONDAY OCTOBER 16, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THESE CONSULTATIONS IS TO REVIEW LONDON'S FRAUD PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AN EFFORT TO EXPAND ON NAIROBI'S CURRENT CAPABILITES. [...] | 2006-10-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE |
06NAIROBI428 | SOMALIA: PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER COOPERATING, PRIME [...] (C) Somali President Yusuf told Ambassador January 29 that he and the Speaker of the Parliament continue to work together to implement the "Aden Declaration" they signed January 5, calling for the parliament to begin work inside Somalia. The Prime Minister and two key political/clan allies ar [...] | 2006-01-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI4299 | FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...] | 2006-10-05 06:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI4313 | KENYA MOYALE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER ON THE OROMO [...] (SBU) Summary: The District Commissioner of Moyale, on Kenya's border with Ethiopia, admits that the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) uses his district as a sanctuary, despite his best efforts. He expresses annoyance with the "hostile" attitude of his Ethiopian counterparts and with the Ethiopia [...] | 2006-10-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL PGOV ET KE |
06NAIROBI4321 | AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...] | 2006-10-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI4327 | KENYA'S HEAD PROSECUTOR "COMMITTED" TO ANTI-GRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenyan Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko told the Ambassador that while he is committed to prosecuting high-level corruption cases, the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Commission are slowing him down. Delivering a message closely echoing that of the Attorney General [...] | 2006-10-05 14:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL KCOR PINR KE |
06NAIROBI4330 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori, who sets parliament's agenda as leader of the House Business Committee, assured the Ambassador that an anti-money laundering bill and plea bargaining legislation will be passed by this parliament. He also insisted that long pending appointments t [...] | 2006-10-06 06:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AGOA PTER KE |
06NAIROBI4334 | COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...] | 2006-10-06 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR |
06NAIROBI4348 | LEAHY HR VETTING FOR INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT COURSE [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following 13 candidates of the Kenyan security forces nominated to participate in an ATA-sponsored Instructor Development course to be held October 24 to November 3, 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...] | 2006-10-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KE |
06NAIROBI4359 | AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR REMARKS ON THE COAST [...] (U) The Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, Kenya's port town and a center of its Islamic culture, on September 26 (reftel),early in the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan. The dinner was attended by an overflow crowd of Kenyan Muslim dignitaries, including the Chief Khadi (judge and sc [...] | 2006-10-10 07:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL KISL KE |
06NAIROBI4366 | AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR REMARKS ON THE COAST [...] The Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, Kenya's port town and a center of its Islamic culture, on September 26 (reftel),early in the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan. The dinner was attended by an overflow crowd of Kenyan Muslim dignitaries, including the Chief Khadi (judge and schola [...] | 2006-10-11 07:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PREL KISL KE |
06NAIROBI4372 | SEEING IN 3-D: USG REGIONAL COORDINATION TO [...] (SBU) Field and Washington representatives of State, USAID, and DOD met in Nairobi in August to coordinate efforts to combat terrorism in the Horn of Africa (HOA). Participants agreed to form a regional team to serve as a point of contact among relevant USG players. They also agreed to deepen [...] | 2006-10-11 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER SO KE ET |
06NAIROBI4376 | Overall Inflation Climbs Again in Third Quarter [...] After falling in the second quarter from the drought-induced March peak thanks to a good rainy season, overall inflation began climbing again in August. Since September 2005, food prices have risen 20%, which impacts the poor most heavily. Interest rates began rising in August. The Central B [...] | 2006-10-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR KE |
06NAIROBI4377 | BORANA PARAMOUNT CHIEF ON THE OROMO LIBERATION [...] (C) Summary: Paramount Chief Abdisalan claims that Ethiopia has an active informant network in northern Kenya's Moyale District targeting OLF supporters and that many Kenyan officials in Moyale are on Ethiopia's payroll. He believes that the leadership class of Moyale District supports Ethiop [...] | 2006-10-11 13:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV ET KE |
06NAIROBI4378 | Overall Inflation Climbs Again in Third Quarter [...] After falling in the second quarter from the drought-induced March peak thanks to a good rainy season, overall inflation began climbing again in August. Since September 2005, food prices have risen 20%, which impacts the poor most heavily. Interest rates began rising in August. The Central B [...] | 2006-10-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR KE |
06NAIROBI4413 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to N'Djamena, Chad and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a November 5 - 18, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to monitor OFDA humanitarian programming. 3. Travel details for Joh [...] | 2006-10-13 08:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI4414 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Program Officer, John Augsburger from o/a October 18-25, 2006 for meetings with OFDA Regional Office, to include planning of program strategy for FY 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at [...] | 2006-10-13 08:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI4420 | SECURITY CONCERNS PERSIST AT WILSON AIRPORT [...] (C) Summary: Concerns about security and possible terrorism at Nairobi's Wilson Airport persist. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) notice of October 4 moving all Somalia passenger flights from Wilson to the better-regulated Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) should help, but Ke [...] | 2006-10-16 03:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR CASC ECON KE SO |
06NAIROBI4421 | Charterhouse Bank and Money Laundering; Still Waiting for [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is fighting a rearguard legal battle to keep Charterhouse Bank temporarily closed in light of convincing evidence that the bank is little more than a money laundering machine. Beyond this, however, the GOK appears to be doing little to bring the cas [...] | 2006-10-16 03:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PREF ECON EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI4422 | MONEY LAUNDERING IN KENYA: FDIC TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyan participants in the FDIC's September bank supervision regulatory training class praised the course highly and said they would apply elements to Kenya's own draft anti-money laundering (AML) bill. They suggested increased case studies, practical visits to agencies, tips f [...] | 2006-10-16 04:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER ECON KE |
06NAIROBI4470 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR VICTOR [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Victor Bushamuka, OFDA Program Officer from o/a October 24-28, 2006 to meet with OFDA/ECARO to discuss technical and administrative assistance for OFDA/Kinshasa. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the ti [...] | 2006-10-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI4472 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - KENYA [...] This message responds to ref A's request for updated information pertaining to Kenya's continued eligibility for trade preferences under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). Country: KENYA Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Population of 33.5 million in 2 [...] | 2006-10-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AGOA ECON ETRD KE |
06NAIROBI4473 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/EAST [...] USAID/East Africa requests country clearance for employee for the period o/a October 29, 2006 to o/a November 3, 2006 to enable employee travel to Bamako to provide financial management services to Mali Mission. 2. Mr. Kairu's flight schedule is as follows: KQ 512 29Oct NBO-BKO 0830 124 [...] | 2006-10-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC |
06NAIROBI4477 | POLIO SURFACES IN KENYA REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) On October 16, Refcoord Addis learned from UNHCR and other sources that a case of polio had been discovered at Dadaab refugee camp. The case, the first in Kenya in twenty years, was originally identified on September 23 by GTZ doctors at the camp. GTZ doctors turned the information over [...] | 2006-10-17 04:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI4489 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, John Myer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a October 23-27, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with partners and monitor OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for Myer are as follows: [...] | 2006-10-17 09:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI4555 | INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALIA COMMUNIQUE [...] The International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Nairobi on October 19. The full text of the final communiqu follows in para 2. Post will report on the ICG meeting septel. 2. Begin text: International Contact Group on Somalia Nairobi October 19, 2006 The International Contact [...] | 2006-10-23 07:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM PTER KE SO |
06NAIROBI462 | KENYA CONFIRMS INTENT TO PROSECUTE U.S.-CAPTURED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenyan authorities confirm their intent to proceed to prosecute and bring to trial in coming days the 10 Somali pirates captured January 22 by U.S. forces. They seek immediate transfer to Kenyan authorities any/all items of evidentiary value still in U.S. hands. The nation's [...] | 2006-02-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI4628 | KENYAN SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI DEEPLY CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's Minister of National Security is seized with Somalia and the possible implications of a complete takeover of that country by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). He expressed deep concern over the likely implications of this scenario, regionally and in Kenya, and urged U [...] | 2006-10-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PREF KE SO |
06NAIROBI4629 | TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA [...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...] | 2006-10-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH |
06NAIROBI4631 | AG Wako sends Anglo-Leasing Files Back to KACC; Shell Game [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in reftel, Kenya Attorney-General Amos Wako sent the files of 12 prominent people recommended for prosecution back to the Kenya Anti-Corruption (KACC),saying they were inadequate to ensure successful prosecutions in court. The latest developments indicate that Anglo- [...] | 2006-10-27 14:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PREL ECON EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI4685 | CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE [...] Nairobi Embassy received a fax of the following Diplomatic Note numbered MFA.261/328/301A Dated October 25, 2006 with an invitation to Secretary Rice. 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: MFA.261/328/301A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Office of the Great Lakes Region, Ministry of Forei [...] | 2006-11-02 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT KE XA |
06NAIROBI4726 | NO PLANK TO WALK BUT TEN GUILTY PIRATES GET SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Mombasa court found all ten of the Somali nationals captured by the U.S. Navy off the coast of Somalia in January guilty of piracy on the high seas and sentenced each to seven years imprisonment on November 1. The defense's planned appeal of the verdict on jurisdictional gr [...] | 2006-11-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI4740 | KENYA: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] Kenya is significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe, and, increasingly the United States. The seizure of more than one ton of cocaine in December 2004 raises concerns that international drug trafficking rings have made inroads in Kenya and may benefit from a climate o [...] | 2006-11-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR |
06NAIROBI4741 | Proposed Kuwaiti Investment in Kenya Looks Fishy [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's Al Bader International Development Company allegedly asked the Kenyan Government for exclusive rights to develop a port, airport, resort, and oil complex near Lamu on Kenya's north coast, but the project appears impractical. Post is concerned the proposal may instead be [...] | 2006-11-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU |
06NAIROBI4834 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] NAIROBI REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONSULAR OFFICER ETIENNE LEBAILLY'S TDY TO BUJUMBURA FROM NOVEMBER 13 TO NOVEMBER 17, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TDY IS TO PROVIDE CONSULAR SERVICES AT AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IN THE ABSENCE OF THEIR CONSULAR OFFICER. 2. MR. LEBAILLY REQUIRES AIRPORT TRANS [...] | 2006-11-13 09:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT KE |
06NAIROBI4841 | KENYA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Kenya has made minimal progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),but there are ambitious plans for the near future. Senior GOK officials acknowledge the gravity of the TIP problem in Kenya, and have expressed support for the establishment of a Steering Commit [...] | 2006-11-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG KE |
06NAIROBI4868 | SOMALIA HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE [...] South central region of Somalia is the most unstable area of the country where insecurity exists primarily due to interclan fighting, tensions brought about by the spread of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and the ineffective governance of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). 2. [...] | 2006-11-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE NOTAG SO |
06NAIROBI4871 | KENYA SUSPENDS SOMALIA FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing security concerns, the Government of Kenya (GOK) suspended all scheduled flights between Somalia and Kenya effective November 13. In so doing, the GOK will require all charter flights to apply for clearance, providing a detailed manifest of passengers, crew, travel docume [...] | 2006-11-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PGOV KE SO |
06NAIROBI4899 | COWS VERSUS CROPS: GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent government crack down on the influx of pastoralist migrants occupying privately-owned land in Laikipia is a short term solution to a very complex problem. Scarce resources and poor management of them will continue to drive desperate pastoralists to seek much needed [...] | 2006-11-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI4902 | ARMENIAN THUG RETURNS TO KENYA? THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader and presidential hopeful Raila Odinga claims there is a plot to assassinate him involving one of the Armenian "mercenaries," who is back in Kenya. Odinga's outrageous claims have proven at least partly true in the past. The Armenian may be back, but we trust t [...] | 2006-11-17 08:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI494 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS, [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...] | 2006-02-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI4942 | SPEECH ON U.S.-KENYAN RELATIONS DELIVERED BY THE AMBASSADOR [...] Following is the text of a speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations delivered by the Ambassador before the American Chamber of Commerce in Kenya on November 21. Significant local media coverage is expected. 2. Begin text The United States and Kenya: A Robust Partnership By Ambassador Michael E. R [...] | 2006-11-21 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL |
06NAIROBI5001 | KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND [...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...] | 2006-11-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA |
06NAIROBI5003 | KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...] | 2006-11-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI5014 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Alan Dwyer to travel to Kampala, Uganda during the period o/a December 12-22, 2006. 2. The purpose of travel is to visit OFDA programs. 3. Travel details for Dwyer are as follows: 12/12/06 Nbo/Ent KQ 410 0 [...] | 2006-11-24 08:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA |
06NAIROBI5023 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/OFDA/ECARO [...] Country Clearance is requested for USAID/OFDA/ECARO Regional Advisor, Georgianna Platt to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the period o/a December 12 - 22, 2006 and during the period o/a January 2-9, 2007. 2. The purpose of travel is to meet with OFDA field officers and meet with OFD [...] | 2006-11-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ET |
06NAIROBI5076 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR KENYA FLOODS [...] Summary: The October to December 2006 rains have been exceptionally heavy throughout Kenya resulting in serious flooding in the Coast, Western and Northeastern Provinces directly affecting approximately 300,000 persons and with 23 recorded deaths so far as reported by Kenya Red Cross (KRC) a [...] | 2006-11-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI5077 | IMF MISSION VISITS KENYA, WANTS TO EXTEND PROGRAM AND STAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF wants to remain engaged in Kenya, and has therefore temporarily extended until February 2007 its three-year, $240 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF),which had been set to expire this month. It hopes by early 2007 to complete the program's second revie [...] | 2006-11-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI5099 | WHEELING AND DEALING AS KENYA'S OLDEST PARTY SPLITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brewing split in Kenya's KANU party boiled over on November 28 when party leaders elected from a rival faction were officially registered, ousting Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta from the party's top seat. The registration of Biwott as Chairman leaves Kenyatta legally no longer Lead [...] | 2006-11-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI511 | KENYA SEEKS USG AND UN ASSISTANCE IN DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of inaction and mounting concern over the integrity of the one ton-plus of cocaine currently in police custody, the Kenyan government is now seeking outside assistance in the verification and disposal of the massive seizure. By formally asking the UN Office of Drugs [...] | 2006-02-05 02:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN |
06NAIROBI5112 | GUNS, THUGS, AND POLITICS: INSECURITY IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary: The recent attack on Kenya's top official responsible for security and the outbreak of gang violence in one Nairobi slum have focused national attention on what the government in a November 9 statement called the "recent upsurge in rape, house robberies, carjacking, and general [...] | 2006-11-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI5126 | THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE: KENYA [...] Summary. The Government of Kenya (GOK),represented by the Minister for Health, Mrs. Charity Ngilu, and Mr. Jackson Kinyanjui, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance, are enthusiastic about the prospect of taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Ambassador Rannebe [...] | 2006-12-01 09:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | BN ET GH KE LI MA ML ZA |
06NAIROBI5129 | POLITICAL PARTIES IN DISARRAY, OPPOSITION SMELLS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of the hostile takeover in Kenya's KANU party, members of the (mostly pro-government) FORD-K party attempted a similar coup. The original leaders in both cases received support November 30; KANU's Kenyatta from Parliament and FORD-K's Kombo from the High Court. In [...] | 2006-12-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI5130 | SENATOR FEINGOLD & FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Kenya supports a UNSC resolution adjusting the Somalia arms embargo to permit an IGAD peace support mission. Tuju considers passage of such a resolution to be "a strong signal that the international community will not accept an extremist state in the region and that the CIC must [...] | 2006-12-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KE PREL SO |
06NAIROBI5145 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-12-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI5165 | SENATOR FEINGOLD QUERIES THE GOK ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senator Feingold sought views on Iraq from President Kibaki, Foreign Minister Tuju and Trade Minister Kituyi. Kibaki was strongly supportive of the USG's efforts in Iraq and counseled steadfastness. His Foreign and Trade ministers, however, were highly critical of the USG's ac [...] | 2006-12-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KE PREL |
06NAIROBI5177 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHRISTINE [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Christine Gottschalk, OFDA Regional Coordinator from o/a December 9-12, 2006 to meet with the OFDA/ECARO Principal Regional Advisor, partners and other USG officials and meet with UN organizations regarding Northern Uganda, the Horn of Africa [...] | 2006-12-06 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI5183 | SENATOR FEINGLOD TOLD OF CHALLENGES TO KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Top electoral and human rights officials confided to Senator Feingold the numerous challenges facing the independence of their institutions. The Electoral Commission of Kenya highlighted the limitations on their ability to penalize electoral malpractices, while the [...] | 2006-12-07 05:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI5196 | Terrorist Lists; Kenya Has None [...] Kenya does not have its own list of terrorist organizations. It relies on a UN list, presumably the 1267 Committee designations. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) uses the OFAC list when examining banks, since Kenyan banks have to be able to deal with U.S. banks and their CT finance requirements [...] | 2006-12-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER KE |
06NAIROBI5207 | KENYA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION: DETERMINED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Electoral Commission of Kenya is not insulated from the rising political temperature in Kenya ahead of next year's general election. The Commission is feeling the heat too, Chairman Samuel Kivuitu told the Ambassador, describing how party politics and government machinatio [...] | 2006-12-08 07:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI5214 | KENYA: THE BIWOTT SIDE OF THE KANU STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 conversation with Poloff, newly elected KANU Secretary General Josephine Ojiambo made the case for the Nicholas Biwott-led coup in the party. Ojiambo, a Parliamentary hopeful, insisted the matter was purely an issue of internal party democracy, contrary to observe [...] | 2006-12-08 09:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI5217 | ESTABLISHING A CONSULATE IN MOMBASA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) PolCouns has informally discussed establishing a consulate in Mombasa with the Protocol Office of MFA. MFA Protocol reviewed draft dipnote on the subject (see para 3 below) and communicated agreement in principle. MFA Protocol noted tha [...] | 2006-12-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE PGOV |
06NAIROBI5231 | KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...] | 2006-12-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI525 | STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...] | 2006-02-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE |
06NAIROBI5253 | REQUEST FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION OF U.S. CITIZEN [...] (C) Summary: I write to request the formal investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) of Merlyn H. KETTERING, a U.S. citizen currently residing in Maryland, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Available evidence indicates Kettering was directly involved in several grand-scale [...] | 2006-12-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI526 | KENYA ARRAIGNS U.S.-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES [...] (SBU) The government of Kenya formally announced its intent to prosecute the 10 Somali pirates captured by U.S. forces January 22 (reftels) via a diplomatic note dated February 1. The note stated that the government "is willing to prosecute the 10 alleged pirates." (MFA Diplomatic Note MFA. [...] | 2006-02-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI5261 | KENYAN MINISTRIES NAMED AND SHAMED IN PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive development for government accountability in Kenya, the results of a performance evaluation of public agencies were announced on December 8. Equally noteworthy, President Kibaki insisted on the presentation of the full results, including the under-performers, duri [...] | 2006-12-14 12:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI5265 | U.S. FIRMS IN THE RACE TO BUILD A FIBER OPTIC CABLE IN EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and the rest of the East Coast of Africa are on the cusp of achieving interconnection to the worldwide web via undersea fiber optic cable. Two projects are racing to begin construction, and the leading contender, Seith East Africa, is 100% U.S.-owned. Moreover, Seith has [...] | 2006-12-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN KE IN AE |
06NAIROBI5267 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-12-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI527 | OFFICIAL CORRUPTION: PRESIDENT KIBAKI UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Judging from his remarks to a small group of Ambassadors February 2, President Kibaki does not/not see a need for decisive action in the face of the growing public outcry over official corruption. Kibaki derided his former top adviser on corruption, John Githongo, calling him "a p [...] | 2006-02-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI5282 | FORMER GANG LEADER'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS LEAVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a likely foreshadowing of a troubled election year ahead, a political rally in Kenya's largest slum turned violent on December 17 leaving three dead. Police had earlier denied permission for the gathering, organized by Ndura Waruinge, a feared criminal gang leader turned pas [...] | 2006-12-18 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM KE |
06NAIROBI5299 | USG HUMANITARIAN PLANNING FOR SOMALIA [...] Fears of conflict between the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and the Islamic Courts are growing. USG and other humanitarian organizations are working together on contingency planning efforts. These include developing scenarios (based on the assumption that non-combatants will be [...] | 2006-12-19 13:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI PREF PREL SO |
06NAIROBI5304 | UNICEF LAUNCHES SHOCKING STUDY ON CHILD SEX TOURISM [...] Summary: On December 19, 2006, UNICEF and the Ministry of Home Affairs launched their long-awaited joint research report on child sex tourism (CST) in four of Kenya's main beach resorts. Surveys and research indicate that up to 30% of all 12-18 year old girls living in these areas are involved [...] | 2006-12-20 06:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KCRM ECON PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI5338 | OTHER PARTNER CT EFFORTS IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. is by far the most significant player among donor countries seeking to assist Kenya in counterterrorism (CT) training and capacity-building. Next comes the UK, followed by Denmark, which is funding a joint UNDP/UNODC project that has the potential to produce very useful [...] | 2006-12-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL XW YM ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI5345 | KENYA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is post's submission for the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. (SBU) The government of Kenya continued to cooperate with the United States in identifying terrorist groups operating within Kenya. However, more work remains to be done in domestic areas such as law enf [...] | 2006-12-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KE |
06NAIROBI5367 | KENYA GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION: CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Summary: The Kenya Girl Guides Association (KGG) unveiled its new emphasis on educating girls and young women on health issues, especially reproductive health, at a six hour ceremony featuring addresses by First Lady Lucy Kibaki, Minister of Youth Dr. Mohammed Kuti, and MP Njoki Ndungu, [...] | 2006-12-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV KWMN KE |
06NAIROBI5375 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TOM ROGERS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Tom Rogers, OFDA Field Officer from o/a January 8 - March 8, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of propos [...] | 2006-12-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI5376 | FOREIGN MINISTER TUJU & TRADE MINISTER KITUYI [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Tuju characterized Kenya's growing relations with China as a case of "diversifying our portfolio." Trade Minister Kituyi lauded China's price and quality competitiveness in infrastructure projects. Senator Feingold spoke of the necessity of improving Africa's i [...] | 2006-12-28 10:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD CH SO KE |
06NAIROBI5378 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TIARE CROSS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Tiare Cross, OFDA Information Officer from o/a January 3- February 15, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Humanitarian activities. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed tr [...] | 2006-12-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
06NAIROBI5388 | Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 1, The [...] (SBU) Summary: A common Kenyan view of the colonial period holds that blatant favoritism by those in power on behalf of their own ethnic group was never more intense than in Kenya's first 68 years of its 111 year existence. Major political figures in today's Kenya were in their 30s at indepen [...] | 2006-12-29 06:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI5390 | KENYA HIGH COURT REINSTATES KENYATTA AS KANU CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, Kenya's High Court ruled in favor of ousted KANU party Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta restoring him as the party's leader and allowing his court case against the registration of a rival slate of party officers to go forward. The decision, a surprise to Kenyatta suppor [...] | 2006-12-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI5393 | Ethnicity & Politics in Kenya: Part 2, Kenya's Major Ethnic [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite attempts to steer the political debate in Kenya away from ethnic considerations towards issues-based politics, ethnic identity continues to factor prominently. This message is a survey of the major ethnic groups in Kenya and how their perceptions and history manifest [...] | 2006-12-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI5399 | Ambassador's Discussion with CIC Foreign Secretary Addow [...] (C) Summary: During a December 29 meeting in Nairobi, the Islamic Court (CIC) Foreign Secretary Ibrahim Addow told Ambassador Ranneberger that the CIC is willing to resume dialogue with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to find a political solution to the current crisis in Somalia. Ad [...] | 2006-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE KM |
06NAIROBI550 | UPDATE: EXTRADITION OF KAROLI MULIRO [...] (U) This is an action cable - action request para 5. 2. (SBU) Post has engaged directly with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriakio Tobiko, and held lengthy discussions with the case prosecutor, Horace Okumo, concerning the U.S. extradition request for Karoli Muliro to stand tr [...] | 2006-02-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR KE |
06NAIROBI566 | (S/NF) NEW DEFENSE MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's initial courtesy call, Kenya's new Defense Minister asked the Ambassador to help find a way out of the Article 98 impasse and for approval of Kenya's plan to purchase Saudi F5s. Minister Karume was appreciative of U.S. efforts to stop piracy of Somalia [...] | 2006-02-08 12:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MASS PTER KE SO |
06NAIROBI567 | KENYA 2006 ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSAL [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post endorses the following anti-trafficking in persons project proposal aimed at improving victim care, expanding shelter capacity, supporting public awareness campaigns, assisting with victim rehabilitation and reintegration programs, and increasing government and n [...] | 2006-02-08 13:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG |
06NAIROBI59 | SUSPECT CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF ROCKET LAUNCHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite racy press headlines accusing him of al-Qaida ties, Embassy has as yet found no connections between al-Qaida and a Somali arrested in Kenya December 14, and charged December 28 in court, for possession of a rocket launcher and four projectile grenades. Kenyan and mission [...] | 2006-01-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PARM KVPR KE SO |
06NAIROBI592 | US-CAPTURED SOMALI PIRATES' TRIAL CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) The trial of 10 Somali pirates (reftel) began February 8 in Mombasa, as scheduled, with lawyers for the suspects arguing that the Kenyan judicial system did not have the authority to try the men. In a February 9 ruling, however, the presiding magistrate ruled in favor of the prosecutio [...] | 2006-02-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA MOPS EAID ASEC PTER PREL SO KE |
06NAIROBI598 | A LETTER, DIALOGUE, SILENCE: UPDATE ON EXIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOK recently informed Refcoord and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that the government would soon stop issuing exit permits for refugees not recognized by UNHCR. A large percentage of refugees resettled out of Kenya fall into this category. Refcoord has [...] | 2006-02-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CVIS KE |
06NAIROBI607 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...] | 2006-02-10 11:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE |
06NAIROBI627 | KENYAN PRESS REPORTS FOILED CAIRO TERROR ATTACK [...] (SBU) On Sunday, February 12, a leading Kenyan daily newspaper, the Nation, reported that Kenyan police arrested five individuals planning a terrorist attack in Cairo. 2. (SBU) Post has independently confirmed the arrests with high-level contacts at the Anti Terrorist Police Unit, although [...] | 2006-02-13 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER KE |
06NAIROBI633 | SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT STUMBLES TOWARD BAIDOA [...] (C) The Somali President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Parliament gathered over the February 11 weekend to iron out their differences over holding the first-ever session of the Somali Parliament inside Somalia. Politicians from the Haber Gedir clan met the same weekend to seek an end to [...] | 2006-02-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI635 | MUSLIMS PROTEST IN NAIROBI OVER CARTOONS OF THE [...] (SBU) A group of approximately 2,000 Muslim protestors held what began as a peaceful march in Nairobi February 10 to condemn the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed initially published in a Danish newspaper. The procession began immediately after the Friday prayers at downtown's Jamia Mosque and [...] | 2006-02-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC SCUL KISL KE |
06NAIROBI659 | SOMALIA: ACTIVIST MP SEES A PLOT UNDER EVERY STONE [...] (C) Asha Haji Elmi, Somalia's most dynamic female MP, privately says she fears her life may be in danger when she attends the upcoming parliamentary session in Baidoa, but insists she will attend. Amidst swirling conspiracy theories, she claimed that all facts point to underhanded agreements [...] | 2006-02-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI661 | CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...] | 2006-02-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE |
06NAIROBI67 | KENYA EMOP RESOURCES - WHEAT SWAP WITH KENYAN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. To address the immediate food needs of an estimated 2.5 million drought victims throughout Kenya, particularly in eastern and northeastern pastoralist areas, while also supporting Kenya?s oversupplied maize market, post recommends USAID/FFP [...] | 2006-01-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE EAGR ECON ETRD |
06NAIROBI72 | (S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...] | 2006-01-09 01:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI735 | KENYA: 2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Post provided no new commodities or services under the international narcotics and crime program to the government of Kenyan in 2005. Post's End Use Monitoring Report is as follows: 2. (U) Procedures: The Kenyan Police Service was notified of monetary resources through the 2002 ALOA c [...] | 2006-02-17 06:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN SNAR KE |
06NAIROBI738 | AMBASSADORS' FIRST HAND LOOK AT FAMINE CONDITIONS [...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),Ambassador Tony Hall, joined Ambassador Bellamy, the Swedish Ambassador, the Deputy U.K. High Commissioner, WFP, USAID and GOK officials including Assistant Secretary Ibrahim Maalim and District Commissioner Samuel [...] | 2006-02-17 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD ECON EAGR SENV PREL PGOV SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI741 | (C) FOILED CAIRO TERROR ATTACK TURNS OUT TO BE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 12 Kenyan press reports that Kenyan Police foiled an Al Qa'ida terrorist plot against Cairo appears to be another case of the media jumping the gun and getting the story wrong. While some suspects were indeed arrested following an information request from Interpol, n [...] | 2006-02-17 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER EG KE |
06NAIROBI744 | KENYA DROUGHT UPDATE ? FEBRUARY 2006 [...] The short rains (October-December) food security interagency assessment has been completed. The overall assessment process and methodology was coordinated and backstopped by the Kenya Food Security Steering Group (KFSSG) comprising of representatives of GOK, NGO and UN agencies. USAID/Kenya E [...] | 2006-02-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KE EAGR EIND PGOV SOCI |
06NAIROBI766 | SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT IN BAIDOA WILL NEED -- [...] (S) Staff at the UNDP's Rule of Law and Security (ROLS) Programme believe there is reason for very guarded optimism that the Somali Parliament can meet in Baidoa -- though perhaps not as soon as February 26. Although they see the available funding for security and logistics as completely insu [...] | 2006-02-21 12:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI799 | KIUNGA: A BORDER TOWN WITHOUT A BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The impoverished hamlet of Kiunga is where Kenya ends -- and Somalia and the Indian Ocean begin. Security, especially cross-border banditry by Somalis, is the prime concern of local officials. USG-provided assistance is designed to enhance security, border controls and maritime [...] | 2006-02-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE |
06NAIROBI817 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref B reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2006-02-23 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
06NAIROBI818 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and message February 23 to Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, Head, Middle East Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chepsongol stated that Kenya did not anticipate receiving a delegation from Hamas. He explained that the Kenyan government agreed with the [...] | 2006-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KE |
06NAIROBI819 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT KIBAKI TO FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (U) On February 21, Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note transmitting the following letter from His Excellency President Mwai Kibaki of the Republic of Kenya to former President Jimmy Carter via the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the letter, Kibaki spells out Kenya's curre [...] | 2006-02-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC OPDC PREL KE UNHRC |
06NAIROBI837 | CLOSING RANKS ON CORRUPTION AS CABINET GETS A PAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the number of individuals targeted for corruption investigations continues to grow exponentially, the effectiveness of these investigations is called into question. Lucrative recent increases in allowances for members of Kenya's cabinet may prove effective enticements to inst [...] | 2006-02-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR KE |
06NAIROBI839 | ATTORNEY GENERAL WAKO UNCONVINCING ON SEIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Attorney General Wako offers inconsistent, unconvincing explanations of why more than one ton of cocaine held by the Government of Kenya (GOK) for over a year cannot yet be destroyed. We agree with the U.K. to give the GOK another 3 weeks to develop a credible plan before going pu [...] | 2006-02-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI840 | SOMALIA: FIGHTING IN MOGADISHU AND POTENTIAL IMPACT [...] (S) Heavy fighting in Mogadishu February 18-21 between the Alliance to Combat Terror and militias associated with Jihadist groups was, at its heart, a conflict among sub- clans of the large Hawiye clan. Several militias associated with Islamic Courts and their founding sub-clans have expanded [...] | 2006-02-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI859 | REVOCATION [...] Post requests the revocation of a visa as required by 22 CFR 42.82(e) for the following applicant: HASSAN, Neseem Mumbi. 2. Date and place of birth: 19-OCT-1990; Nairobi, KENYA. 3. Country of nationality and residence: Kenya. 4. Date of issuance of visa, date of expiration of visa [...] | 2006-02-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS |
06NAIROBI869 | SOMALIA: PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLES IN BAIDOA IN LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somali Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) on February 26 opened its first-ever session inside the country. MPs turned up in the south-central Somali town of Baidoa in much larger numbers than predicted. The 211 MPs reported present were easily in excess of the quorum requ [...] | 2006-02-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE |
06NAIROBI916 | NYANZA IS ISOLATED, RESIDENTS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] The people of Nyanza are isolated from Nairobi, residents and officials from the Province told the Ambassador during his one-day trip to the area February 21. While there, he participated in a school dedication, presented awards to CDC Kenyan staff, and launched a food security assistance pr [...] | 2006-03-01 10:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL EAID EAGR KE |
06NAIROBI919 | AMBASSADOR BELLAMY VISITS COAST PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 31 February 3 visit to Mombasa and the Coast Province, the Ambassador discussed counter-terrorism with Provincial Commissioner Maina. Ambassador Bellamy called on Mayor Taib of Mombasa who requested disaster management assistance and met with members of Parliament [...] | 2006-03-01 10:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR PTER |
06NAIROBI920 | KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...] | 2006-03-01 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE |
06NAIROBI93 | CODEL BROWNBACK EXAMINES CONSERVATION AND FEEDING [...] Summary: Senators Brownback and Durbin visited Kenya December 4 through 6 to examine conservation efforts in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Senator Durbin then returned to Nairobi and visited several World Food Program (WFP) feeding programs in the sprawling Kibera slums. Senator Durbin [...] | 2006-01-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KHIV ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL |
06NAIROBI939 | MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration,s respect for the rule of law. The &Standard8, despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard-hitting investiga [...] | 2006-03-02 10:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI944 | 212 (F) VISA SAO REQUEST: ALFRED GETONGA, ANURA [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nairobi hereby seeks security advisory opinions under section 212(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States of the following individuals: -- Alfred Getonga, -- Anura Perera, -- Deepak Kaman [...] | 2006-03-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC CVIS ECON KCOR KCRM KFRD PGOV PREL PTER |
06NAIROBI945 | MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration's respect for the rule of law. The "Standard", despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard- hitting investiga [...] | 2006-03-02 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI946 | PROVINCIAL SHAKEUP INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN KIBAKI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 27 shakeup of provincial commissioners is a thinly veiled move by the Kibaki administration to tighten its grip on key elements within the civil service. By disposing of a number of Moi-era civil servants and promoting a new guard, the government seems poised to ensure [...] | 2006-03-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
06NAIROBI950 | KENYA AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE [...] Summary: To date, Kenya has no confirmed cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza, but suspect samples from flamingos, as well as poultry samples from Uganda, are being analyzed by CDC-Kenya. Kenya does have a valuable interagency AI Task Force, and a cadre of well-trained technical officials who shou [...] | 2006-03-03 01:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI96 | Disaster Re-Declaration, Kenya Drought [...] Summary: Drought conditions continue in Kenya. Ambassador declares a disaster for FY 2006 and requests new assistance from USAID's Offices of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Food for Peace. End Summary 2. Drought conditions persist in Kenya due to widespread failure of the short rains s [...] | 2006-01-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD ECON PREL PGOV SOCI KE |
06NAIROBI968 | HORN OF AFRICA, STATE - USAID HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Summary: ------------ This is the first cable in response to reftel request for bi-weekly reports on the humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa. It is formatted according to reftel guidelines. USAID Missions in Ethiopia and Djibouti contributed to this report. A regional humanitari [...] | 2006-03-03 08:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | DY EAID ET PHUM PREF EGAD CENTCOM PRES ECON |
06NAIROBI973 | KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...] | 2006-03-03 12:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI974 | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON PRESS [...] (U) The pre-dawn March 2 Kenyan police commando-style raids on the Standard Media Group's headquarters, television transmission station, and printing plant, which resulted in the destruction of property, arrests and the burning of newspapers, and the disruption of newsprint and broadcasting op [...] | 2006-03-03 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE |
06NAIROBI988 | MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...] | 2006-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE |
06NAPLES102 | LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...] | 2006-03-29 15:47:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06NASSAU1044 | BAHAMAS, CARICOM LIKELY TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that The Bahamas will follow CARICOM's lead on the vote for the regional representative to the UNSC. Reports from those present at CARICOM'S Heads of Government meetings in St. Kitts indicate that CARICOM will vote as a block [...] | 2006-07-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BF |
06NASSAU1050 | BAHAMAS CLAIMS NO FINAL DECISION FOR VENEZUELA ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC VE BF |
06NASSAU1051 | NORTH KOREA MISSLE LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 20:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP BF |
06NASSAU1096 | BAHAMAS STRENGTHENS DIPLOMATIC TIES TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas opened an embassy in Cuba July 17. This expansion of diplomatic ties appears driven by a pragmatic goal of addressing chronic Cuban migration issues. However, as a result of embarrassing incidents involving Cuban migrants, The Bahamas' vote for Cuba on the United Na [...] | 2006-07-19 20:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU BF |
06NASSAU1117 | C-NC6-00829: BAHAMAS IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-24 18:55:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PINR PINS PTER CIVS KFRD BF |
06NASSAU1196 | DEA/OPBAT PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) representatives have proposed a new program to the Bahamian Government to improve cooperation in the interdiction of illegal migrants and drugs from Haiti, which could also serve as excellent source of [...] | 2006-08-08 21:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PREL SMIG SNAR PINR HA BF |
06NASSAU1234 | THE BAHAMAS IS NEWEST PARTICIPANT IN CONTAINER [...] SUMMARY: After nearly a year of negotiations and last-minute jitters that nearly scuttled the deal, US and Bahamian customs officials signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the Container Security Initiative (CSI) in Nassau on Friday August 4. The MOU provides for technology and [...] | 2006-08-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KHLS BF |
06NASSAU1239 | BAHAMAS UNGA REPRESENTATION AND RELATED QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is in response to reftel request. The Bahamas will be represented at UNGA by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Paulette Bethel, and a junior officer to be determined. Prime Minister Christie will not attend. ---- [...] | 2006-08-15 21:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UN BF |
06NASSAU1273 | BAHAMAS REQUEST - WHA SPRING 2007 INTERN PROGRAM [...] The Bahamas requests two interns as part of the WHA Spring 2007 intern program. Our response is formatted pursuant to reftel request: a. Internships offered: Two. b. Language requirements: None. c. Other special selection criteria: Graduate experience preferred but not required; inte [...] | 2006-08-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BF |
06NASSAU1300 | BAHAMAS LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT OF UN MIGRATION [...] (U) The Bahamas provided no initial response following July delivery of reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers or following re-delivery of the demarche to MFA Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle on August 17. 2. (C) On August 23, Poloff again [...] | 2006-08-24 21:05:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA BF |
06NASSAU1302 | BAHAMAS FOCUSED ON SEPTEMBER NAM MEETING [...] (C) Per Department's request, Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle regarding The Bahamas participation in the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) September 14 meeting in Havana. Ms. Zonicle confirmed that Foreign Minister Mitchell would attend, possibly with th [...] | 2006-08-24 21:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR BF |
06NASSAU1312 | PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank discussion in a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Christie expressed surprise at the Bahamian voting record in the U.N. and limited multilateral cooperation with the U.S. at the UN. The Prime Minister and Ambassador agreed that bilateral coop [...] | 2006-08-28 22:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR UNGA BF |
06NASSAU1313 | FOREIGN MINISTER MITCHELL RAISES CONCERNS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Mitchell meet with the Ambassador August 28 to express his concern about an Op-Ed that called for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Bahamas in the UN that had appeared in the Nassau Guardian earlier this month. Mitchell told the Ambassador he felt that th [...] | 2006-08-28 23:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UN BF |
06NASSAU1566 | MEDIA REPORTS ON CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Local media sources have reported the presence of at least five Cuban intelligence officers in The Bahamas. The operatives, allegedly working undercover in Bahamian retail establishments and with Havantur, are reportedly gathering intelligence regarding Cuban-Americans in Th [...] | 2006-10-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PINR PREL CU BF |
06NASSAU1597 | NO ANTICIPATED TAIWAN PRESSURE ON BAHAMIAN [...] (C/NF) Bahamian elections must be held no later than May 2007, and are expected sooner. Campaigning is underway without any known Taiwanese involvement. For both Bahamian political parties, the potential to open The Bahamas' tourism economy to millions of Chinese tourists, the attraction of [...] | 2006-10-20 12:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL TW BF |
06NASSAU1609 | BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT OAS DECLARATION ON US [...] On October 23, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Following discussion of U.S. concerns, Zonicle acknowledged similar Bahamian sensitivity to border control issues in light of Bahamian challenges with Haitian and [...] | 2006-10-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER SMIG MX XM OAS BF |
06NASSAU1610 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PHUM PTER IS LE BF |
06NASSAU1611 | PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE CALLS FOR DELAY IN WHTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Perry Christie called on Caribbean countries to form a united front in seeking to postpone implementation of the passport requirement until the land and sea requirement is implemented in 2009. Addressing the 29th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Freeport, Christie [...] | 2006-10-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS PREL ECON BF |
06NASSAU1616 | RHODE ISLAND NATIONAL GUARD PARTNERSHIP FORGES [...] Since its inception in December 2005, the Bahamas-Rhode Island National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) has helped forge new avenues of cooperation between the United States and the Bahamas. These SPP initiatives have supplemented Embassy efforts to build local capacity and have helped [...] | 2006-10-24 21:29:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PHUM BF |
06NASSAU1659 | ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE SHAKEUP STARTS AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lt. Commander Clifford "Butch" Scavella has been named the new Commander of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF),pushing former Commander Davy Rolle into retirement. The long-expected move is the first major step in implementing a major overhaul of the neglected and underutil [...] | 2006-11-01 19:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PINR BF |
06NASSAU1663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA [...] DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle October 27. Zonicle acknowledged the U.S. points without significant comment, and promised to forward them to The Bahamas UN PermRep. 2. COMMENT: The Bahamas generally follows t [...] | 2006-11-01 21:33:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BF UNGA |
06NASSAU1675 | CHURCH LEADER SPEAKS OUT ON THE NEED FOR CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In wide-ranging remarks on October 24, Anglican Archbishop Drexel Gomez criticized the role of money in Bahamian politics, lamented corruption in government, and called for a stronger focus on character in selection of political leaders. The remarks, witnessed by Gomez special [...] | 2006-11-02 22:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BF PGOV PREL KCOR |
06NASSAU1704 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU |
06NASSAU1706 | CUBAN PROPAGANDA AND THE BAHAMIAN FRIENDS OF THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Friends of the Cuban Five -- a small group of leftist Bahamians with pro-Cuban sympathies -- has recently organized pro-Castro rallies and supported anti-U.S. propaganda in The Bahamas. The group, which is aided by the Cuban embassy in Nassau, has described Cuba [...] | 2006-11-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PREL PINR CU BF |
06NASSAU1707 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: BAHAMAS ASSESSING COUNTRY [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarches to Foreign Minister Mitchell and MFA Permanent Secretary Rodgers, noting that the Secretary had asked that we convey strong U.S. opposition to the use of 'no action' motions to block UNGA consideration of human rights issues. He emphasized tha [...] | 2006-11-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA BF |
06NASSAU1711 | HURRICANE ANNA NICOLE WREAKS HAVOC IN THE BAHAMAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several months into her Bahamian residency, American B-list celebrity and regular entertainment television fixture Anna Nicole Smith has changed the face of Bahamian politics. Not since Category 4 Hurricane Betsy made landfall in 1965 has one woman done as much damage in Nassau. Lying [...] | 2006-11-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF PGOV PREL CASC SMIG |
06NASSAU1712 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHALLEGES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two rulings November 7, a Bahamian Supreme Court Justice lashed out at the Government in a forceful assertion of judicial independence, initially generating fears of a temporary shutdown of the Supreme and Magistrate courts. One ruling challenged the Attorney General's implem [...] | 2006-11-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS |
06NASSAU1717 | BELARUS RESOLUTIONS AT UNITED NATIONS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA PermSec Rodgers, following up earlier conversations on the UNGA Third Committee resolutions. DCM emphasized that under UN rules for this vote, an abstention would have the same effect as a "yes" vote and that we wanted these three retalia [...] | 2006-11-16 19:08:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA BF |
06NASSAU1799 | BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...] | 2006-12-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD PREL CU BF |
06NASSAU1800 | BAHAMAS: GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas cooperates closely with the U.S. on counter-terrorism, but lacks the funding or infrastructure to effectively track and monitor terrorist suspects through its 700 islands and cays. The Bahamas maintains an immigration database at major air POES, but does not maintain [...] | 2006-12-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS BF |
06NASSAU1811 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] On December 6, Charge approached Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers deliver demarche on the UNHRC Special Session on Sudan. After reviewing the U.S. points and looking into the issue, Rodgers informed Charge that The Bahamas would not be represented in Geneva and [...] | 2006-12-11 13:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN BF |
06NASSAU1814 | BAHAMASAIR HEMORRHAGING CASH, NO LONGER FOR SALE [...] (U) Speaking at a signing ceremony for a contract with middle-management, Bahamasair Chairman Basil Sands admitted that the government-owned airline lost approximately $18 million during fiscal 2006, slightly less than the estimated $20 million it lost during fiscal 2005. Sands' comments come [...] | 2006-12-11 21:28:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BF EAIR ECON PGOV |
06NASSAU1815 | COMMODORE ATTACKS CORRUPTION, PROMISES TO FIRE 25 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella asserted in a December 5 radio interview that 25 percent of the roughly 1000 RBDF officers are corrupt. He has pledged to move expeditiously to deal with corruption in the force and to improve its ef [...] | 2006-12-11 21:46:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP KCOR BF |
06NASSAU1840 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SUCCESS: NEW NGO FORMED WITH US [...] On December 10, several local activists announced the formation of The Bahamas first national human rights NGO - The Bahamas Human Rights Network. The Network was formed as a result of Post's encouragement and supported by the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. The Network, including membe [...] | 2006-12-15 21:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KPAO HA BF |
06NASSAU238 | BAHAMAS OPENS EMBASSY IN BEIJING, SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell visited China and India January 17-30, expanding political ties in China and business ties in India. In China, the GCOB opened its new embassy in Beijing, discussed UN reform, and received a gift of $3.75 million dollars from the PRC. The use of the [...] | 2006-02-10 17:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BF CH IN KUNR |
06NASSAU243 | U.S. JOURNALISTS' ALTERCATION AT DETENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Miami-based reporter from Univision suffered injuries to the head after an altercation February 7 with guards at the Immigration Detention Center in Nassau. The incident sparked protests at the Bahamian Consulate in Miami and has prompted several Cuban exile groups to call for [...] | 2006-02-10 20:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU BF KPAO |
06NASSAU277 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant Anti-American demonstrations? - No B. Have there been Anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months? - No C. Have these demonstrations [...] | 2006-02-17 13:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | ASEC AMGT PTER |
06NASSAU302 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FOR CONSULAR MANAGEMENT [...] Post welcomes Consular Management Assistance Team (CMAT) and grants country clearance. 2. The team of Carolyn Huggins, Scott Boswell and Janie Friedlein will be met at the airport by the Consular Chief and taken to the Comfort Suites Hotel on Paradise Island where we have confirmed reserva [...] | 2006-02-21 22:26:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC AMGT OTRA BF WHA |
06NASSAU303 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL AVIATION [...] Post grants country clearance for the following Federal Administration employee to visit The Bahamas from March 7-9,2006. James R. Piccoli, Aviation Safety Inspector 2. We note the purpose of this trip is to perform surveillance on CSC Applied Technologies. We understand that no embassy [...] | 2006-02-13 18:02:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA ASEC BF |
06NASSAU325 | GOVERNOR BUSH'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES BETWEEN [...] SUMMARY: During a productive February 20 visit to The Bahamas, Florida Governor Jeb Bush met with Prime Minister Christie and members of his Cabinet, launched a cooperative educational program between Florida and The Bahamas, visited a primary school and addressed the Chamber of Commerce and [...] | 2006-02-24 16:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET PHUM SMIG CU BF |
06NASSAU327 | BAHAMAS: INPUT FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] No CD's, VCDs, or DVDs are legally mass-produced in The Bahamas. Music CDs produced in The Bahamas by Bahamian artists are duplicated and packaged for sale by U.S. facilities. There is widespread sale of pirated goods, however. A chain of video rental/sales stores, Super Video, openly sell [...] | 2006-02-24 18:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BF KIPR |
06NASSAU350 | FAVORABLE WEATHER BRINGS SECOND HAITIAN MIGRATION [...] (U) The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) and Bahamian immigration officials intercepted 568 Haitian migrants in eight separate February interdictions. All but 39 were discovered in the Bahamas' Exuma Islands in the Central Bahamas, several days journey from Haiti and well north of the Wind [...] | 2006-03-01 16:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL HA BF |
06NASSAU357 | PARLIAMENT DEBATES CUBAN DETAINEES: PM SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Hubert Ingraham in a bruising March 1 parliamentary session questioned the government's handling of two Cuban dentists held at the Carmichael Road Detention Center for the past 10 months (reftel). The ensuing debate on the issue divided strictly on party lines [...] | 2006-03-01 23:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PREF PHUM CU BF |
06NASSAU358 | BAHAMAS: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) A,B: There have been no substantiated reports of specific instances indicating that The Bahamas is a country of origin, transit or destination for trafficking in persons. However, general reports regarding potential trafficking, especially in the vulnerable Haitian communities, are st [...] | 2006-03-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG PREF ELAB ASEC BF KCRM KWMN KFRD |
06NASSAU363 | BIRD FLU FEARS LIKELY UNFOUNDED [...] Twenty-one wild birds, mostly flamingos, were found dead February 28 on the island of Great Inagua in the Southern Bahamas, and testing is underway to determine if the H5N1 virus, avian influenza, is to blame. Bahamian authorities are working closely with the Pan American Health Organization [...] | 2006-03-02 16:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF |
06NASSAU365 | BAHAMAS RECEPTIVE TO GUATEMALA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points supporting Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council and opposing that of Venezuela, to Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell on February 24. Mitchell indicated that The Bahamas has not yet focused on the issue. He was receptive to U.S. concern [...] | 2006-03-02 18:27:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL VE BF |
06NASSAU367 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE BAHAMAS 2006 [...] THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL. INVESTMENT CLIMATE A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian [...] | 2006-03-02 22:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV BF ECON |
06NASSAU368 | FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS SUGGEST NO BIRD FLU [...] The Bahamian Ministries of Agriculture and Health sent a surveillance team to the southern island of Great Inagua on March 2 to investigate whether a group of wild birds found dead several days ago could have been the Western Hemisphere's first cases of avian influenza or bird flu. The team [...] | 2006-03-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL BF |
06NASSAU442 | SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...] | 2006-03-14 21:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL |
06NASSAU61 | PM PREDICTS PLP ELECTION WIN, LAMENTS AIRPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minster Perry Christie in a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador confidently predicted that his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would win the elections he must call no later than May 2007 unless the Government makes some big mistakes between now and then. Christie also com [...] | 2006-01-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR BF |
06NASSAU612 | BAHAMAS BACKGROUND FOR CARICOM-USTR MEETING [...] The Bahamas will be represented at CARICOM's April 12 meeting with USTR Portman by Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell and Leonard Archer, the Bahamian Ambassador to CARICOM. Background material on The Bahamas and Minister Mitchell follows. Economy is Small but Developed ----------------------- [...] | 2006-04-06 20:27:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL BF |
06NASSAU616 | MINISTRY OF TOURISM SUPPRESSES BIRD FLU RESPONSE [...] Environmental officials informed the Embassy April 4 that the Bahamian Government has ceased its investigation of multiple suspicious bird deaths on Great Inagua Island. In late February, the discovery sparked fears of the first bird flu cases in the Western Hemisphere (reftels b and c). Lab [...] | 2006-04-06 21:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL BF |
06NASSAU657 | HAITIAN ROUND-UP YIELDS MAINLY LEGAL RESIDENTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian immigration and police officials carried out a series of early-morning raids April 7, detaining 455 presumed illegal Haitians from three locations in the Family Islands. Once the detainees were processed for possible repatriation, however, 244 were found to have valid [...] | 2006-04-18 15:32:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SMIG BF |
06NASSAU673 | IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH U.S. ERODE CARICOM SUPPORT [...] DCM discussed Venezuela's candidacy for the UN Security Council with Marilyn Zonicle, MFA Acting Permanent Secretary, on April 19, conveying reftel points on Venezuela's unsuitability for a UNSC seat. Zonicle reported that the Caribbean Community's foreign minister group, COFCOR, had not mad [...] | 2006-04-19 21:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC VE BF |
06NASSAU674 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BAHAMAS CALLS FOR [...] DCM delivered the Secretary's letter outlining the U.S. pledge to support only countries with credible human rights records for the new UN Human Rights Council to Marilyn Zonicle, MFA Acting Permanent Secretary, on April 19, for delivery to Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell. 2. Zonicle empha [...] | 2006-04-19 22:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA BF |
06NASSAU678 | BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...] | 2006-04-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD PREL CU BF |
06NASSAU71 | BAHAMAS - CRIME STATISTICS AND TRENDS [...] (SBU) Statistics from the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) just released show that during 2005 there has been a 10 per cent increase in serious crime recorded in Nassau, with increasing figures reported for murder, armed robbery, attempted robbery and unlawful sexual assaults. Serious crime ha [...] | 2006-01-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
06NASSAU727 | BAHAMAS SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] Political-Economic Chief informed Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers on April 28 that The Bahamas would appear on the 2006 Special 301 Watch List (reftel). Dr. Rodgers noted that the placement of The Bahamas on the Watch List was unchanged from 2005, as were the [...] | 2006-05-01 21:18:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR BF |
06NASSAU782 | MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PREVAL: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Louis Joseph, met with Poloff May 11 to discuss Haitian migration and the urgent need to create jobs in Haiti. Joseph rebuffed recent media reports of impending violence by the Haitian immigrant community on Abaco Island, Bahamas, but registere [...] | 2006-05-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SMIG EAID HA BF |
06NASSAU862 | FM MITCHELL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell asked to meet with the Ambassador May 24 to coordinate management of mounting public concerns about sonar testing at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). During the meeting Mitchell also sought to defend The Bahamas' vote for [...] | 2006-06-01 19:59:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KUNR CU BF |
06NASSAU863 | 2006 AMBASSADOR'S SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM FOR HIV/AIDS [...] SUMMARY: The Bahamas is making continued progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS because of the cooperative efforts of government and non-governmental organizations. However, persons living with HIV/AIDS face stigma and discrimination as a result of their infection. To address this concern, [...] | 2006-06-01 20:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID TBIO KHIV BF |
06NASSAU867 | BAHAMAS - 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Post requests $20,000 under the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees to establish The Bahamas Human Rights Council. As stated in Post's 2006 Human Rights Report, "Anti-Haitian prejudice and resentment regarding continued Haitian migration were common." Beatings and other abuses against non-Ba [...] | 2006-06-01 21:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM HA BF |
06NASSAU922 | BAHAMAS FAVORABLE TO HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 21:26:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA BF |
06NASSAU940 | MALARIA OUTBREAK IN THE BAHAMAS [...] SUMMARY: As of June 14, 2005, The Bahamas Ministry of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have confirmed 16 cases of malaria on Great Exuma Island, approximately 120 miles from Nassau. An American tourist who visited Exuma has now contracted Malaria. All confirmed cases appear to hav [...] | 2006-06-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CASC PREL BF |
06NDJAENA1382 | CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-30 18:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA1003 | CHAD'S BESIEGED PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent publication of a "white paper" by a leading Chadian business union spells out in detail the Government of Chad's failure to sustain a minimally enabling environment conducive to national and foreign investment. Chad's besieged private sector increasingly believes do [...] | 2006-07-31 13:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD CD |
06NDJAMENA1006 | FRANCE REFUTES OFFICIAL CHAD SUPPORT FOR DPA [...] (C) Summary. Allegations by SLA leader Minni Minawi concerning Chad's support for DPA spoilers are false, according to the French Ambassador to Chad. He understands that President Deby's brother Daoussa Deby, and Mahamat Ali Nasser, Minister of Territorial Administration, are (with Libyan sup [...] | 2006-07-31 16:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD PGOV PREL SU |
06NDJAMENA1013 | CHAD: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian authorities have taken concrete steps to demonstrate their commitment to the July 13 agreement between the GOC and the World Bank, according to the Bank's Senior Advisor on the Chad oil project. However, the Bank will still need to come to an agreement with the GOC on [...] | 2006-08-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1014 | CHAD: CHADIAN REBEL PRESENTS GLOOMY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former GOC loyalist, current opposition member and ethnic Zaghawa Tom Erdimi paints a troubling near-term future for Chad. He claims that rebel groups consider the possibility for political dialogue with President Deby as dead, leaving the military solution as the only way to cha [...] | 2006-08-01 17:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1018 | CHAD:NON-PRO COURIER APPROVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OTRA CD |
06NDJAMENA1024 | EASTERN CHAD/SUDAN: PERSPECTIVES FROM DPA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Darfur Peace Accord signatories and non-signatories from the Sudanese rebel movement residing in Chad continue to accuse each other of being responsible for the recent violence in Darfur. Non-signatories still continue to call for a re-evaluation of the DPA, and have noted their [...] | 2006-08-08 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1025 | CHADIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION SURPRISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad has become accustomed to its habitual position near the bottom of most international rankings, from infrastructure to human development. However, they now find themselves at the top of the Transparency International list of most corrupt countries, tied with Bangladesh. [...] | 2006-08-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1026 | CHAD: NEW THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: A harsh new proposed law governing the press in Chad is back in the hands of its authors - high-ranking cabinet members - after being simultaneously recalled by the government and rejected by a National Assembly commission, who qualified it as "repressive." The proposed law, [...] | 2006-08-08 16:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1028 | CHAD: BORDER SITREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the onset of the rainy season has greatly reduced vehicule movements, Chadian military forces appear to be beefing up their presence along the eastern border. On the other side of the border, Chadian rebels are reported to be reorganizing their leadership structure. Eth [...] | 2006-08-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1032 | CHAD: DAOUSSA DEBY DENIES CHADIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daoussa Deby, special advisor and half-brother of President Idriss Deby Itno, denied accusations by Sudanese Liberation Movement leader Minni Minawi and others that the Chadians are supporting Sudanese rebels who refused to sign the Darfur Peace Accords. He asserted that while [...] | 2006-08-11 14:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1037 | CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUDAN, DARFUR, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The long-term success of the recent rapprochement between Khartoum and N'Djamena will hinge on the good will of the countries' respective leaders, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. He not only denied accusations of Chad's support for Sudanese rebel movements, but accused [...] | 2006-08-14 10:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1054 | TAIWAN DIPLOMATS BID ADIEU TO CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The timing of Chad's resumption of diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China was exquisitely timed to create the most humiliating situation possible for Taiwan, according to the outgoing Taiwan Ambassador. He speculated that Chad's decision was based on a desire to h [...] | 2006-08-14 18:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CD TW |
06NDJAMENA1055 | CHAD'S POLITICAL TALK: DIALOGUE OR MONOLOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Making good on informal commitments voiced before the May 3rd election, President Deby's government completed a week of "political dialogue" sessions on August 2. Dubbed by the opposition parties who boycotted the sessions and the independent press as a "monologue," a "masquer [...] | 2006-08-14 18:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1057 | ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR CHAD'S PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, after nearly sixteen years in power, President Deby rolled out the red carpet for himself and ten visiting African heads of state in a celebration to honor his claim to five more. The ceremony was marked by public displays of Chad's new rapprochement with Sudan and [...] | 2006-08-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1068 | TEXT OF JULY 26 CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT [...] On August 11, Post received a hardcopy of the July 26 agreement signed by the Government of Chad and the Government of Sudan. Below is a translation of the relevant points of the agreement: 2. (BEGIN TRANSLATION) The two parties agree to interdict the use of their respective territori [...] | 2006-08-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1069 | CHAD/SUDAN: THE SUDANESE REBELS' "LONG GOOD-BYE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between Chad and Sudan, Sudanese rebels loyal to the Justice and Equality Movement and the recently-formed National Redemption Front (NRF) have been asked by the GOC to leave Chad. According to representatives of the NRF, Sudanese rebels will conti [...] | 2006-08-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1070 | CHAD: NEW GOVERNMENT NAMED [...] (C) Summary. President Deby,s new cabinet rewards those opposition parties which participated in the May Presidential elections and subsequent "political dialogue," but makes no other gestures towards broadening Chad,s political space. The reappointment of heavyweights to the key positions of [...] | 2006-08-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1071 | INSECURITY IN GUEREDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The town of Guereda, a hub for services to five Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad, has experienced escalating insecurity since July 2006. In the most recent incident, the U.S.-funded NGO International Medical Corps (IMC) suffered a major theft and violent assault on nation [...] | 2006-08-18 10:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1073 | CHAD SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad sits precariously between the Darfur conflict to its East, the chronically unstable Central African Republic to its South, and Niger, an equally impoverished neighbor to the West. Past a vast mine-pocked desert -- home to a tenacious but isolated Chadian insurgency -- li [...] | 2006-08-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1078 | FRANCE ASKS WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE ON CHAD [...] (C) Summary: France is prepared to hold President Deby to account if Minni Minawi's claims that Government of Chad (GOC) support is being channeled to Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories can be proven, the French Ambassador to Chad told us August 21. However, France is concerned that [...] | 2006-08-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1079 | NRF REPS DECRY AU EVICTION DECISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representatives for the Justice and Equality Movement/National Redemption Front, who are still in N'Djamena, have instructed their representatives in El Fasher that they should not leave the Cease Fire Commission unless the African Union provides a written statement requesting [...] | 2006-08-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1080 | CHAD: ESSO CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of Chad's renewed diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, Esso is concerned that Chad's intention to re-negotiate the conventions with the Consortium and develop a national oil company portend a desire to do business with another more accommodating oil p [...] | 2006-08-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1089 | CHAD DELIVERS OIL ULTIMATUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend, President Deby announced that the Government of Chad is instructing Oil Consortium members Chevron and Petronas to "close operations" and leave the country immediately, for alleged failure to pay income taxes. He has also announced the creation of a national c [...] | 2006-08-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA109 | CHAD: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS, MIXED SIGNALS FROM GOC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While signs are emerging of a resumption of dialogue between the World Bank and the Government of Chad (GOC),the National Assembly's passage of a resolution highly critical of the World Bank reveals significant obstacles still remain between the two players. On a positive not [...] | 2006-01-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA1091 | CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM MULLS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC has formally issued a notice to Chevron and Petronas suspending their oil activities in Chad for an alleged failure to pay income taxes. Petronas and Chevron are still determining whether and when to enter into arbitration over the tax dispute. Exxon-Mobil will seek a [...] | 2006-08-28 19:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1094 | THE CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT: CAN IT HOLD? [...] (C) Summary: Chadian officials claim that the recent Chad-Sudan agreement has the potential to improve relations between the two countries and enhance regional stability, but admit that it will be very difficult to implement. Some half-hearted measures are reported to have been taken by the [...] | 2006-08-30 19:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1095 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...] | 2006-08-30 19:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1096 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS TAX DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reiterating that oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas' tax agreement was "illegal," acting Petroleum Minister and National Petroleum Coordinator both expressed confidence that the situation could be resolved so long as Chevron and Petronas paid the taxes owed. According [...] | 2006-08-30 19:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1097 | UNHCR REVIEWS SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-31 11:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1105 | GOC REFUSES CHEVRON'S RIGHT TO CHAD'S OIL, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, the GOC informed Esso that Chevron and Petronas were not permitted to produce or lift the country's crude oil for exportation and sales overseas. Chevron has alerted the Cameroon Oil Company that it intends to continue lifting its crude oil. Contrary to Chevron's [...] | 2006-09-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1112 | SENATOR OBAMA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby stressed to Senator Obama the negative impact that continued violence in Darfur would have on regional security, and expressed his support for a United Nations Peacekeeping operation to pave the way for the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement. Deby also [...] | 2006-09-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1113 | SENATOR OBAMA VISITS REFUGEE CAMPS IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Following meetings with the African Union, UNHCR and partner organizations, and the Sudanese refugees, the message to Senator Obama was clear: a United Nations force was needed to bring security to the region. 2. (U) On September 2, Senator Barack Obama, accompanied by members of th [...] | 2006-09-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA112 | CHAD: SECOND REQUEST TO DISCUSS EVACUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR CASC AMGT CD |
06NDJAMENA1124 | CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) CHAD'S AMERICA/EUROPE DESK OFFICER ADOUM MAHAMAT YAHYA AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) INFORMED PAO AND POLOFF THAT CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND THE NON-ALLIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) SUMMIT IN HAVANA, CUBA, SEPTEMBER 11-16. THE DESK OFFICER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION B [...] | 2006-09-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1127 | SIGNS OF INSECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between Chadian government forces amd rebel groups have occured in eastern Chad, following two days of a visible military buildup by the Chadian National Army and the movements of rebel groups inside eastern Chad. There are also signs of possible infiltration by Darfur Pe [...] | 2006-09-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1137 | EVEN WITH AGREEMENT, CHEVRON STILL NOT OUT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Since the compromise between Chevron and the GOC following the meeting between CEO O'Reilly and President Deby, the company still faces significant obstacles before it can re-enter the Consortium. While Chevron has agreed to pay taxes proportional to the taxes paid by Exxon-Mo [...] | 2006-09-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1151 | NRF REPRESENTATIVE ON CURRENT FIGHTING IN DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to their representative in N'Djamena, following what he claimed to be the National Redemption Front's victory in Um Sidir, the Sudan Armed forces are attempting to mount another offensive in the area, but have encountered opposition within their own ranks. SAF buildup [...] | 2006-09-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1153 | CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR NEW SUDANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR is concerned that it will be unable to handle a massive influx of Sudanese refugees into Eastern Chad. The lack of viable camp sites (with adequate access, water sources, and assurances of security),along with UNHCR's own resource constraints, will hinder the organizatio [...] | 2006-09-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1163 | CHEVRON FINALLY ABLE TO ARRIVE, GOC PRESSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a brief delay, Chevron, which finally received authorization to arrive in Chad, will meet GOC officials on Thursday to try to pay its taxes, per the September 7 agreement in Paris between President Deby and CEO O'Reilly. The GOC continues to press on with preparations fo [...] | 2006-09-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1166 | FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...] | 2006-09-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1167 | FIGHTING ESCALATES IN EASTERN CHAD (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Chadian forces launch an offensive against rebel groups in eastern Chad, President Deby himself has gone out to the battlefield to oversee the operations. Chadians are suspicious of French military involvement against the rebel movements, who are being reinforced by a prominen [...] | 2006-09-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1173 | NMRD REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION IN DARFUR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the NMRD, a non-signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement, still wish to be involved in the Darfur Peace Agreement's implementation, but point to the need for dialogue among the non-signatories of the DPA and their inclusion into the implementation of the agreemen [...] | 2006-09-25 16:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1178 | CHAD OPPOSITION SEEKS INTERVENTION IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of reported heavy fighting in eastern Chad, opposition leaders called on the Ambassador to urge the international community to impose a cease-fire and force President Deby to hold a national dialogue which included the rebel factions. The Ambassador assured them of [...] | 2006-09-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA1182 | NEW DIRECTOR OF CHAD PRESIDENT'S CIVIL CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The new Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet told the Ambassador that Chadian rebels in the east were effectively confined to a zone near the border and would not venture further into Chad. He spoke frankly of ongoing negotiations with the rebels and reported some success [...] | 2006-10-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA1183 | UNHCR'S SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR still remains concerned that it will not have the capacity to cope with a refugee influx, and new IDP movements should violence in eastern Chad escalate after the end of the rainy season. Chadian government representatives are absent from a number of areas where UNHCR op [...] | 2006-10-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1184 | SECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD FOLLOWING GOC-REBEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the most recent clashes in eastern Chad between GOC forces and Chadian rebels, President Deby has returned to N'Djamena and is trying to negotiate with individual rebel factions, but still appears to be reinforcing his military along the eastern front. The rebels appea [...] | 2006-10-02 16:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1199 | CHAD CONSIDERING ATTACK ON REBELS IN SUDAN [...] (S) General Ismail Chaibo, director general of Chad's National Security Agency, told the Ambassador October 3 that an attack by the Chadian army against Chadian rebel positions in western Sudan is likely in the period after Ramadan and the end of the rainy season in early November. Chaibo sa [...] | 2006-10-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1205 | CHAD: MORE TROUBLES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The respite President Deby enjoyed after his inauguration on August 8 for another five-year term in power did not last long. Last month he had to intervene personally in campaigns to rout out Chadian rebel forces from their strongholds in eastern Chad. The failure of his offe [...] | 2006-10-04 12:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1213 | CHAD:CHEVRON STILL SEEKING A RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chevron representatives are currently in N'Djamena, and plan to use high-profile consultant Andrew Young to meet directly with President Deby to resolve the company's tax dispute with the GOC. Chevron still asserts that the tax benefit agreement it negotiated with the GOC is a [...] | 2006-10-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1215 | CHAD REFUGEES CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUDANESE [...] (SBU) Less than 24 hours after UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative informed Charge that Sudanese refugees in camps along the northern Chad border with Sudan were in imminent danger, fighting broke out in and around the camps between Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signat [...] | 2006-10-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1216 | CHAD: CHEVRON/PETRONAS AGREE ON TAX PAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) agreed October 6 to lift the suspension of oil consortium members Chevron and Petronas after Chevron and Petronas agreed to pay USD 281 in taxes. Payment will be made in a lump sum seven days after the agreement is officially promulgated. A Chevro [...] | 2006-10-09 11:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1224 | CHAD ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 09:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM MNUC WMD KPAO PTER KNAR CD |
06NDJAMENA1232 | SLM ON CHAD BORDER CLASH [...] (C) Summary. Adam Shogar, the Sudanese Liberation Movement,s N,Djamena representative, told Poloff in a 10/12 meeting that the SLM had beaten Sudanese government forces in Darfur in a battle on 10/07 near the Chadian border, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing many soldiers and a gr [...] | 2006-10-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL MOPS CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1238 | CHAD: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP VOTE [...] (SBU) Charge made points in reftel B to Djinna Moussa Outman, Chad Minister Delegue (Deputy Foreign Minister) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 13, 2006. Outman informed Charge that Chad shared the U.S. view that the election was an important one but made no other comment on the c [...] | 2006-10-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC GT VE PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1245 | CHAD STILL MUM ON SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC GE VT CD |
06NDJAMENA1249 | SUDANESE REBELS CALL THE SHOTS IN CHADIAN TOWN OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The northeastern Chadian town of Bahai was revealed to be a JEM-controlled stronghold following the clash between the National Redemption Front (NRF) and Sudanese Government forces October 7-8. Following that battle, numerous Sudanese soldiers remain in Chadian custody and the [...] | 2006-10-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV SU CD |
06NDJAMENA1255 | CHADIAN REBELS AND INTER-ETHNIC CLASHES IN GOZ [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, Chadian rebels occupied the Chadian town of Goz Beida (southeastern Chad) for less than 24 hours. Able to take the town without a fight (local authorities had left the day before),the rebels reportedly departed northward. Rebels did not threaten humanitarian wo [...] | 2006-10-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1256 | EASTERN CHAD REFUGEES: CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] Summary. UN and NGO contingency planning for new refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Chad is significantly constrained by site availability. Sites exist on a permanent or transit basis for roughly 35,000 refugees. If an influx exceeds this absorption capacity, UNHCR [...] | 2006-10-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1259 | N'DJAMENA ON HIGH ALERT [...] (U) Summary. N'Djamena is on high alert as rebel forces have moved into central Chad. End summary. 2. (SBU) With the end of Ramadan and the beginning of the dry season, rebel activity, as expected, has increased in eastern Chad. Embassy contacts are reporting that rebel forces entere [...] | 2006-10-24 16:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1268 | CHADIAN REBELS PULL BACK [...] (U) There were no reported rebel advances today (10/25). Rumors have the rebels located anywhere within the Chari Baguimi district (11,00 N; 17,00 E),as well as near Mongo (12,11 N; 18,42 E) and Am Timan (11,02 N; 20,17 E),from 200 to 400 KM from N,Djamena. Embassy sources, including a w [...] | 2006-10-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1272 | CHAD DIMENSIONS OF UNSC 1706 [...] (SBU) Summary. There is an acute need for an international presence on the Chadian side of the border, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) N'Djamena. UNHCR reports a fledgling collaboration with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in implementin [...] | 2006-10-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PHUM PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1273 | CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE--INTACT [...] (U) Rebel forces continue their withdrawal, so far eluding any attempt by the Chadian National Army (ANT) to intercept them. Reports indicate that this morning they were only 90 KM from the Central African Republic and were heading toward CAR rather than directly back to Sudan, thus avoiding [...] | 2006-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MOPS PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA1276 | CHADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBELS AND DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. In a 27 October meeting with the Ambassador, Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-Mi contended that Chadian rebels are an extension of the Sudanese government's policy of destabilizing Chad. The Foreign Minister stated that Chad favors an international peacekeeping force on Sudan's [...] | 2006-10-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CD SD |
06NDJAMENA1281 | CHAD GENERAL KILLED IN AMBUSH BY REBELS [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading Chadian general died of his wounds after being ambushed by the rebel group Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD). Government of Chad reports of Sudanese bombing in Chad's north eastern border region were contradicted by humanitarian groups on the ground [...] | 2006-10-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1297 | CHAD:TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 17:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN CD |
06NDJAMENA1301 | MANAGING CHAD'S OIL REVENUES: 2005 REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chad's Oil Revenue Management College 2005 Annual Report presents a vivid picture of just how difficult it is to spend money well in Chad -- despite the multitude of needs. While the College continues to strengthen its ability to verify use of oil revenues, it lacks the resourc [...] | 2006-11-06 08:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1306 | DPA DISENCHANTMENT AMONG CHADIAN OFFICIALS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of both the Chadian Government refugee agency (speaking unofficially) and a Chad-based Darfur rebel group had common interpretations of the ineffectiveness of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) and of the responsibilities of the international community, namely the [...] | 2006-11-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREF PREL SU KPKO |
06NDJAMENA1307 | IMF-WORLD BANK TEAM PRESENTS GLOOMY REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IMF-World Bank joint mission is facing challenges in its attempts to work with Chadian authorities to develop a medium-term expenditure framework for oil revenue management, according to the mission's team leaders. The GOC's inability to accept the realities of dwindling o [...] | 2006-11-07 07:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1310 | CHAD'S COMMERCE MINISTER FOLLOWING WASHINGTON VISIT [...] SUMMARY: While noting the positive spirit of meetings in Washington and understanding of the U.S. position in the WTO trade negotiations, Chad's Minister of Commerce reiterated Chad's insistence on the specific treatment of cotton in the context of global trade discussions. He was also critic [...] | 2006-11-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV ETRD CD |
06NDJAMENA1316 | CHAD GEARING UP FOR OIL CONVENTION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC is continuing to develop its gameplan for the country's upcoming negotiations with the oil consortium, according to Chad's petroleum minister. The Government believes that the country should have a greater stake in Chad's petroleum production, and will insist on greate [...] | 2006-11-08 15:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1318 | NEW CHADIAN REBEL ALLIANCE--UFDD [...] (C) Summary. Three Chadian rebel groups formed a new alliance in October 2006. According to its communique, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) wants to organize transparent elections and abhors taking power by force. Nonetheless, it sent an armed column into central [...] | 2006-11-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV RREL PINR CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1320 | BORDER TENSION BETWEEN CHADIAN AND SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite talk of reconciliation between Chad and Sudan, the Chad/Sudan border north of the Abeche corridor appears to be the scene of continued tension between Chadian and Sudanese forces. End Summary. GOS VS GOC AT THE BORDER ------------------------ 2. (SBU) The Head of [...] | 2006-11-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1321 | INTER-ETHNIC FIGHTING IN CHAD & POSSIBLE SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. Ethnic violence has broken out along the southeast Chad-Sudan border south of Goz-Beida in the Salamat region. According to our contacts, more than 100 individuals have been killed in fighting between Arabs and non-Arabs; and senior Chadian officials are linking the violence to [...] | 2006-11-09 18:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1327 | CHAD IMPOSES STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. The Chadian Government has imposed a State of Emergency on eastern, southern, and northern provinces, reportedly to combat rebel activity and to quell inter-ethnic violence. Two ministers were given extraordinary powers at the regional level to control the GOC response to rebel [...] | 2006-11-14 18:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CD |
06NDJAMENA1333 | GOC PLANS TO PURGE GUEREDA? [...] (SBU) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Guereda report escalating ethnic violence between Zaghawas and Tamas, and suspect the Government of Chad (GOC) is stepping up its campaign to purge Guereda of Tamas. NGOs accuse the GOC of trying to eliminate any possibility of international scru [...] | 2006-11-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1334 | IDP CRISIS IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) Goz Beida has become significantly more unstable as a result of attacks on villages which have produced a new wave of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Attempts to tally numbers of individuals and families are underway, but UNHCR staff from the town of Kou Kou-Angarana estimated that [...] | 2006-11-15 16:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1339 | REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT REFERRAL: DAOUD IBRAHIM HARI [...] (SBU) Embassy N'Djamena would like to refer the following refugee resettlement case. Below is the biographic information of the candidate, a description of the persecution claim, and a justification of resettlement. 2. (SBU) NAME: Daoud Ibrahim Hari DOB: 1973 POB: Musbat, Darfur [...] | 2006-11-20 06:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1343 | CHADIAN REBEL GROUP UFDD ESTABLISHES POLITBURO [...] In a communique dated November 12, 2006, the Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) named its politburo. An informal translation follows: Quote Republic of Chad Political Military Opposition Union of Forces for Democracy and Development (UFDD) After consultations amon [...] | 2006-11-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR CD |
06NDJAMENA1348 | ESSO'S CONCERNS ON CHAD SECURITY, CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Esso-led oil consortium has formally notified the GOC that it will not re-negotiate its existing convention with the Government, but will consider new agreements that would allow the GOC to have a role in the country's oil production at new sites. While the government has [...] | 2006-11-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA1350 | UN AND NGO COMMUNITY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two separate meetings on November 21, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Chad made clear that any eventual international force on the eastern border with Sudan should focus on protection of humanitarian corridors and not involve itself in Chadian [...] | 2006-11-22 16:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO |
06NDJAMENA1351 | NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO CHAD ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The new French Ambassador to Chad acknowledged that France's special relationship with Chad made it difficult to push for the kind of political overtures which were needed to strengthen Chad's democratic institutions; he looked to the EU troika to assist in carrying the message. [...] | 2006-11-24 15:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD PGOV PREF SU |
06NDJAMENA1356 | CHADIAN REBELS LAUNCH OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Chadian rebels may have taken the important regional capital of Abeche and appear to have taken Biltine. Looting is reported in Abeche, though the French garrison has secured the airport and is offering sanctuary to civilians. Two major rebel groups appear to be cooperating i [...] | 2006-11-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PREF CD MOPS |
06NDJAMENA1357 | NDJAMENA EAC FOLLOW UP [...] (C) On November 25, 2006, the EAC reconvened at 1600 to reassess the reports of the Chadian rebel attacks on Abeche and in the East. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) US Embassy EAC met previously at 0900 (REFTEL). The situation [...] | 2006-11-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1358 | UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE [...] (C) The Chadian National Army (ANT) reoccupied the regional capital of Abeche this morning, 11/26, after the rebel United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD) pulled out at about 0400 hours local heading east with 180 vehicles in the direction of the Sudan border. The World Food Progr [...] | 2006-11-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD |
06NDJAMENA1359 | EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REBEL ADVANCE [...] (C) On November 26, 2006, the N,djamena EAC reconvened at 1300 and later, 1900 to discuss the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) When the US Embassy EAC met 1300, the [...] | 2006-11-26 19:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1360 | CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE--EVENING UPDATE [...] (C) As of 1900 hours local, the French Ambassador reported that the UFDD rebel column which withdrew from Abeche (13,49 N; 20,49 E) this morning, 11/26, was approximately 100 KM northeast of Abeche and that the northern SCUD (RaFD) column was approximately 100 KM west of Biltine, significant [...] | 2006-11-26 20:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD |
06NDJAMENA1368 | CHADIAN FM ACCUSES SAUDIS OF AIDING REBELS [...] (U) Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-Mi called in the Ambassador this morning, 11/27, to discuss the current rebel attacks in Chad and the GOC's public allegation that Saudi Arabia is supporting the rebellion. The FM was meeting with each Chief of Mission individually. 2. (C) The FM stat [...] | 2006-11-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF CD SU SA LY |
06NDJAMENA1369 | UPDATE ON CHADIAN REBEL OFFENSIVE [...] (U) Mahamat Nouri, leader of the United Front for Democracy and Development (UFDD),told BBC that rival rebel forces (read Timan Erdimi's RaFD/SCUD) were located in Kanem Region northeast of Moussoro (13,39 N; 16,29 E) about 200 Km from N'Djamena. The Chadian Defense Minister denied Nouri's [...] | 2006-11-27 17:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD |
06NDJAMENA1370 | N'DJAMENA EAC FOR NOV 27, 2006 [...] (C) On November 26, 2006, the N,djamena EAC convened at 1600 to assess the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) The situation remains stable for now as no confirmed mov [...] | 2006-11-27 18:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1371 | CHADIAN UPDATE [...] (C) There are no reports of new rebel movements today, 11/28. There are unconfirmed press reports that Mahamat Nouri's United Front for Democracy and Development rebels shot down a Chadian military aircraft northeast of Abeche with a SAM-7 missile taken from Chadian army stores in Abeche. [...] | 2006-11-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CD |
06NDJAMENA1372 | N'DJAMENA EAC CONVENE FOR NOV 28 [...] (C) On November 28, 2006, the N,djamena EAC convened at 1730 to assess the movements of the Chadian rebels moving west towards N,djamena. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DAO, RSO, CONS, POL, ECON, GSO, MGT, MO, POL/MIL. 2. (C) The situation in the East is still uncertain with the re [...] | 2006-11-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
06NDJAMENA1376 | INTER-ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN SOUTHEASTERN CHAD: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inter-ethnic violence in southeastern Chad, which has its roots in historical divisions and competition for land resources, has been amplified by deteriorating relations between Chad and Sudan, according to human rights researchers groups visiting the region. While [...] | 2006-11-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1378 | PRESIDENT DEBY ON INTERNATIONAL FORCE ON CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Meeting with the Ambassador, President Deby stressed that he was not against an international force in eastern Chad, but needed to know the composition, mandate and authority before taking a decision. He reminded the Ambassador that Sudan would use any excuse to place a "pro- [...] | 2006-11-29 19:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1379 | A MUZZLED CHADIAN PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Losing readership and unable to report on the real news in Chad, representatives of the francophone print media are demoralized and frustrated. While independent newspapers reach only a small Chadian elite, the censorship imposed during the State of Emergency has dealt a seve [...] | 2006-11-30 08:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CD PGOV |
06NDJAMENA1380 | CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 com ================ The Election Request ================ 2. (U) In a letter dated October 5, 2006, Chadian Prime Minister Pasc 3. (U) Separate studies funded by the UNDP and the EU concluded that --a population c [...] | 2006-11-30 10:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA1381 | CHAD 11/30 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Chad remains jumpy about rumors of rebel activities. It appears that rebel forces have not withdrawn to Sudan. At a convocation of ambassadors on 11/28, Chad's Foreign Minister issued a statement about the state of war that exists between Chad and Sudan. Pre [...] | 2006-11-30 18:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF CD |
06NDJAMENA1382 | CHADIAN ELECTIONS IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chadian government estimates that the 2006 communal elections and the 2007 legislative elections will cost around $11.65 million; and it has requested financial assistance from the US, France, Germany, the European Union, and the United Nations Development Program. Th [...] | 2006-11-30 18:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA1383 | DPKO STILL FORMULATING PLAN FOR EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Poloff met with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Technical Assessment Mission (TAM) on December 1 and 2, before and after a meeting between the TAM and President Deby. The TAM reported that Deby had agreed in principle to deployment [...] | 2006-12-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC CD KPKO |
06NDJAMENA1389 | INTERNATIONAL FORCE IN CHAD: SIDE WITH THE GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. This cable outlines some of the important factors we recommend for consideration in preparing for a possible peacekeeping presence in Chad. Above all, the mandate of this force should be focused on the area which could make the most immediate impact on the ground: pro [...] | 2006-12-05 12:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD KPKO PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC |
06NDJAMENA1393 | LETTER FROM CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) The Embassy received a letter dated December 5, 2006 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for transmission to the Secretary of State. Unofficial translation follows: SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Madam Minister, I write to you after returning home to Tchad following a fruitful and friendly e [...] | 2006-12-05 16:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PREF PREL SU |
06NDJAMENA1400 | CHAD: GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK AND IMF AGREE ON 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank and the IMF and the Government of Chad have been able to agree on what the Bank believes is a sustainable budget for 2007. A Bank mission will return in mid-December to continue work on a stabilization mechanism for unspent oil revenues and finalize a poverty re [...] | 2006-12-06 15:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1402 | JEM'S KHALIL IBRAHIM VISITS CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Instability in Chad is a result of the Government of Sudan's plans to destabilize the Deby regime, destroy indigenous populations, and permit the migration of Arab communities to these areas, according to Justice and Equality Movement's Khalil Ibrahim. Khalil would not openly ad [...] | 2006-12-07 11:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1404 | UN DRAWDOWN IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN convoked donors and UN agencies to describe the deteriorating security situation in eastern Chad and steps the UN has taken to protect staff and ensure the delivery of essential services. Refugee camps in northern Chad are essentially being run by refugee committees with [...] | 2006-12-07 20:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PGOV SU CD |
06NDJAMENA1405 | CHAD: REPORT FROM BAHAI AS UN STAFF DRAW DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Typically an area of activity between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the National Redemption Front (NRF) rebels, Bahai was eerily quiet December 5-7, as the town and nearby Oure Cassoni refugee camp prepared for the December 7 departure of United Nations essential staff. NR [...] | 2006-12-07 20:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREF PHUM SU PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA141 | CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...] | 2006-01-31 11:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1411 | CHAD SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: N'djamena today is a tank-ringed garrison town as President Idriss Deby Itno defends his 16-year regime against increasingly emboldened rebels -- many of them from his own clan. Civil society and the opposition political parties have called for an inclusive dialogue and an end t [...] | 2006-12-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1414 | CHAD: MINISTER DEFENDS PRESS CENSORSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The continued censorship of the Chadian press is justified as long as Chad is in a state of war with rebel movements trying to destabilize the country, according to the country's Minister of Communication, responding to concerns raised by the Ambassador about the restrictions. [...] | 2006-12-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA1416 | CHADIAN ARMY PURSUES REBELS INTO SUDAN [...] (C) Chadian army units crossed into Sudanese territory late on December 12 in pursuit of Chadian rebel forces, according to Acting Foreign Minister Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor in a brief meeting held at his request with the Ambassador December 13. Doumgor said he was under instructions from Pr [...] | 2006-12-13 14:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD |
06NDJAMENA1419 | CHAD GOVERNMENT SETS UP IDP FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Concerned that escalating violence in eastern Chad has reduced the capacity, if not the commitment, of the international humanitarian community to respond to the needs of newly internally displaced persons (IDPs),the Government of Chad (GOC) seeks foreign donor contributions [...] | 2006-12-14 06:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA142 | CHAD: ESSO FEARS STOP ORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is concerned that the World Bank's response to the Consortium's request for a waiver could prompt President Deby to ask the Consortium to halt oil production. Esso has also pointed out the possibility of an income tax windfall from the Consortium into the GOC's coffers, p [...] | 2006-01-31 11:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA1423 | CHAD:MAJOR BATTLES FOUGHT IN EAST [...] (C) Summary: The Chadian government has announced that Chadian rebels have been decisively vanquished in the latest round of battles in Biltine and Hadjer Marfaine and pushed back into Sudan. French Ambassador Foucher seconded the GOC's claim that the opposition had been crushed in a conve [...] | 2006-12-14 15:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV CD SU |
06NDJAMENA143 | CHAD: REBEL SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chad is bracing for more rebel attacks along the border. Chadian authorities firmly believe that the Government of Sudan is supporting Mahamat Nour, and possibly others, in their efforts to overthrow the regime of President Idriss Deby Itno. This perception, coupled with Chad' [...] | 2006-01-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1431 | CHADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER FLOATS IDEAS FOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo told Ambassador that he is floating ideas with President Deby, the French and leaders of Chad,s political and armed opposition for a dialogue that could lead to comprehensive internal and regional peace. More flexible than the pr [...] | 2006-12-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
06NDJAMENA1432 | MEETING WITH KHALIL IBRAHIM IN ABECHE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a two-hour meeting in Abeche, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim expressed JEM's desire to be included in any forthcoming negotiations on an international presence in Chad. He was evasive about JEM involvement in recent fighting between Chadian g [...] | 2006-12-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA1433 | TENSIONS MOUNTING IN GOZ BEIDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As UNHCR prepares for the High Commissioner's visit to IDP camps near Goz Beida, there are a number of reports of Janjaweed activity in the vicinity; the Chadian military and local self-defense militia appear to be reinforcing their elements for a possible defense. UNHCR expect [...] | 2006-12-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREF SU PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA1434 | CHAD: GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - GLOBAL PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Per reftel, below are responses to questions on host country's terrorist information exchange programs: A. Immigration Databases: Chad does not have computerized immigration databases. B. Watchlist and Information Sharing: There is a name-based watchlist used to screen travelers [...] | 2006-12-19 10:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS |
06NDJAMENA1444 | LULL IN CHAD REBEL ACTIVITY; GOC TRIES NEW TACK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between Chadian rebel forces and the Chadian Army (ANT) has subsided since December 18. Reports of a rapprochement between rebel FUC (United Front for Change) leader Mahamat Nour and President Deby providing for the integration of Nour forces into the ANT have not been [...] | 2006-12-22 12:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PREL SU CD |
06NDJAMENA181 | CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...] | 2006-02-08 09:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA182 | CHAD AND WORLD BANK: TALKS ON OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the breakdown of talks between the Government of Chad (GOC) and the World Bank, both sides in N'Djamena privately indicate that the other is at fault. GOC representatives claim that World Bank President Wolfowitz reneged at the last minute on a proposal (agreed to by b [...] | 2006-02-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA210 | CHAD:DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST DANISH CARTOONS [...] At approximately 0800 on February 11, 2006 a group of 3,000 Chadians gathered at the Grand Mosque, located approximately 2 miles from the U.S. Embassy, to protest the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The group proceeded to the parade ground in front of the Presidential Palace [...] | 2006-02-13 14:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASCR CD |
06NDJAMENA217 | CHAD: EAC CONVENES ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Ndjamena Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened Monday, February 13 and discussed Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in northern Nigeria. Given weak animal-health border controls between Nigeria and neighboring countries Niger, Chad and Cameroon, EAC agreed that the outbreak met the criteria fo [...] | 2006-02-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR CD |
06NDJAMENA240 | CHAD: NSDD 38 - DOD/DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | AODE KMRS AMGT ABLD ASEC KSPR CD |
06NDJAMENA243 | CHAD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ENHANCE GOC REVENUES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While discussions between the Government of Chad and the World Bank over revisions to the revenue management law remain at an impasse, other developments are affecting the country's oil sector. The agreement between the GOC and the Taiwan state-owned China Petroleum Company has [...] | 2006-02-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA244 | CHAD: DEBY MEETS WITH ESSO, RESPONDS TO WOLFOWITZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby has raised with Esso the possibility of severing links with the World Bank, and ordering a shut-down of the Consortium's operations. For its part, Esso has noted the grave implications of such actions, and is proposing a possible compromise to reopen dialogue amon [...] | 2006-02-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV |
06NDJAMENA251 | CHAD PLEASED WITH U.S. SUBSIDY ELIMINATION, [...] SUMMARY: Following Hong Kong, Chad's Minister of Commerce has expressed the GOC's approval for U.S. measures to eliminate the Step 2 program, and provide technical assistance for Chad and other cotton-producing countries. Nevertheless, the GOC remains concerned by the rapid need to improve th [...] | 2006-02-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA252 | CHAD: GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES WILLINGNESS TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: The Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to state its willingness to talk the opposition about participation in the electoral process and to welcome donor assistance for the upcoming elections. Members of the diplomatic corps asked the Government what actions it had [...] | 2006-02-21 17:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA296 | CHAD: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador in Chad gave vent to a gloomy view of the Chadian political scene to the EU and U.S. Ambassadors and UN resrep February 24. Meeting the day before the announcement that presidential elections will take place May 3, he acknowledged that Deby was unacceptable [...] | 2006-02-26 18:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA299 | CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER'S RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] In a meeting with Chad,s Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-mi February 27, the Ambassador delivered the demarche on UN reform per ref A and provided Allam-mi with a French-language nonpaper. Allam-mi responded that he saw no difficulty on the issue of management reform. Allam-mi said that &every [...] | 2006-02-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KUNR CD |
06NDJAMENA300 | DARFUR/CHAD: JEM'S KHALIL SKEPTICAL ON UN FORCE [...] (C) Summary: In February 25 conversation with Ambassador Wall, JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim lamented the international community's focus on mounting a UN force in Darfur, when security, he claimed, was better than at any time since the rebellion began, even with intra-Sudan Liberation Movement/A [...] | 2006-02-27 17:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA301 | CHADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, LIBYA, UN ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi expressed doubt that the ongoing Libyan mediation between Chad and Sudan or the Abuja peace talks would produce much, during a meeting with Ambassador Wall on February 27. He said that Sudanese President Bashir had called a halt to the Chadian [...] | 2006-02-28 06:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA305 | CHAD: ROLE OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby's opponents are trying to capitalize on his unpopularity and a heightened level of general discontent to push for a political transition. However, since coming to power, Deby has stacked the political arena against his opponents, cleverly buying off, exploi [...] | 2006-02-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA336 | CHAD: MAVERICK OPPOSITIONIST UNDERLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Yorongar, in a call on the Ambassador February 27, said that the opposition would never agree on a single candidate but, if (huge if) fair elections could be assured, Deby would lose to almost anyone. He cited recent rebel activity in the south as a further [...] | 2006-03-01 16:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA337 | CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART I) [...] Summary. Despite severe resource constraints, the Government of Chad is taking steps to address problems of child trafficking which are commensurate with the scope and magnitude of the problem. Government officials are working on each of the elements of the Trafficking in Persons workplan t [...] | 2006-03-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
06NDJAMENA338 | CHAD: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART II) [...] Summary: This cable represents a continuation of Embassy N,Djamena,s responses to reftel regarding Chad,s prosecution and protection efforts. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - PROSECUTION EFFORTS - - - - - - - - - - 2. (23. A) Trafficking cases are generally prosecuted using charges [...] | 2006-03-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CD |
06NDJAMENA339 | CHAD: PREPARING FOR THE AI INEVITABLE [...] Summary. With Avian Influenza (AI) confirmed in neighboring Nigeria and Niger, we believe that it is only a matter of time before AI is found in Chad. We are fortunate that the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in N'djamana is able and engaged. However Chad lacks the [...] | 2006-03-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU TBIO EAID AMED EAGR CD |
06NDJAMENA346 | CHAD: ARCHBISHOP ON MUSLIM ATTACKS AND ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador March 1, Archbishop Ngartery said the anti-Danish-cartoons violent demonstration on February 11 had been an opportunity for Chadian Christians to show the path of peacefulness in not reacting. He said that the only way out of Chad's present po [...] | 2006-03-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA351 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON A COORDINATED APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, saying he had been authorized by Paris to brainstorm with the Ambassador, volunteered a scenario March 3 (uncleared by his government),in which the U.S. and France would support and facilitate a graceful exit for President Deby. Under this scenario, [...] | 2006-03-06 16:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA352 | CHAD: UN RESREP DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MPS [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Head Amaning told Misoffs March 4 that he had an encouraging meeting with President Deby March 1 in which Deby agreed that opposition participation in the upcoming elections was worth working for. While Deby refused to consider postpon [...] | 2006-03-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM UNDP CH |
06NDJAMENA357 | AFRICAN UNION'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Mahamat Saleh Annadif, former Director of Cabinet for President Idriss Deby and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, departs next week for New York to assume his post as the African Union's Ambassador to the United Nations. In recent conversations, Annadif described his responsibilities [...] | 2006-03-07 14:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UN CD |
06NDJAMENA360 | EASTERN CHAD: ABSENCE OF CHADIAN FORCES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A security void caused by the repositioning of Chadian police and military forces since December is the principal factor in the increased raiding and looting in the border area south of Adre. First-hand accounts by refugees arriving from these areas and assessments by senior sta [...] | 2006-03-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC UN SU |
06NDJAMENA365 | TRANSLATION OF CHAD HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA39 | CHAD:NEW OIL LAW PROMULGATED [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby promulgated the amended oil revenue management law on January 11, reportedly after being shown a letter from the World Bank to Citibank requesting Citibank to block transfers to Chad's account. We understand Chad's options to include foregoing oil revenues for the [...] | 2006-01-12 12:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA400 | CHAD: OPPOSITION ADAMANT ABOUT BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The opposition coalition rejects UNDP's proposal for participating in the May 3 election and intends to call for boycott and, possibly, obstruction of the election. End Summary 2. (SBU) On March 8 Poloff called on Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Kanembou ethnicity (nort [...] | 2006-03-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA404 | CHAD: PRESIDENTIAL LETTER ON BORDER INSECURITY [...] Embassy received March 13 a letter from President Deby to President Bush on border insecurity and rehatting. Original has been pouched to AF/C for transmittal to the White House. Following is Embassy unofficial translation. 2. Begin Text: Republic of Chad Presidency of the Republic T [...] | 2006-03-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL CD SU |
06NDJAMENA409 | CHAD: VIEW OF OPPOSITION LEADER FROM EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The leading oppositionist from the East, Ibni Oumar, describes the drawdown of Chadian security forces in the border area as a net plus, despite the resulting lawlessness. He says that his public call for obstruction of the May 3 election has not yet taken specific form. En [...] | 2006-03-14 12:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA413 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM MONITORING VISIT [...] Summary. PRM/AFR Neil Ahlsten (Chad/Darfur Program Officer) travelled to eastern Chad from February 17 to March 2 to visit refugee camps sheltering over 200,000 Sudanese refugees from Darfur. Since January, at least 3,500 new arrivals have been registered in Gaga Camp after fleeing from ins [...] | 2006-03-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM ASEC CH UN SU |
06NDJAMENA421 | CHAD: VOICES OF THE RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary General of the ruling party acknowledges rot in the party and an up-hill battle to stimulate popular interest in the coming election. The Governor of Kanem, a former rebel, dismisses the political opposition as ineffective and looks toward an ill-defined "polit [...] | 2006-03-15 18:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA425 | EASTERN CHAD: ICRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC estimates there are approximately 20,000 Chadians displaced along the border south of Adre by raids by Arabic-speaking nomads from both sides of the border. It has no evidence of direct Sudan government involvement but assumes complicity. The principal factor in ICRC's a [...] | 2006-03-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA427 | CHAD: UNDP CONVENES OPPOSITION AND AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDP resrep invited hand-picked key opposition leaders for an unprecedented discussion March 16, with U.S. and French ambassadors present. CPDC members and Yorongar stated their willingness to engage in national dialogue but emphasized that the blame lay on President Deby fo [...] | 2006-03-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA431 | CHAD: FRENCH VERSION OF COUP ATTEMPT, DEBY'S [...] (C) Summary: According to the French Ambassador, the March 14 coup activity involved another member of Deby's extended clan and has made him more paranoid and less amenable to reason. The supposed coup leader, commander of an armored squadron in the presidential protective reserve force, i [...] | 2006-03-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA433 | CHAD: SEBY AGUID AND THE ZAGHAWAS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby's Zaghawa clan is severely divided, a result of his insufficient support for the Darfur rebellion and fears of tribal retribution against his rule, according to the son of the Sultan of Iriba. Recent conversations with him provided insights into the Zaghawa and [...] | 2006-03-20 17:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA441 | CORRECTION: CHAD: ALTERCATION NEAR PALACE SPARKS RUMORS [...] (U) On March 22, at approximately 10:30 a.m. N'djamena time, a disgruntled deminer apparently threatened the Chadian coordinator of the High Commission for Demining (French acronym HCND) with a pistol. Shots were reported fired. The dispute may have been over salaries. The authorities were [...] | 2006-03-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER CD |
06NDJAMENA443 | CHAD: GOVERNMENT TROOPS TAKE ON REBELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Chadian armed forces, led by President Deby, moved against a Zaghawa rebel group on Chad's eastern border on March 20-21. Both sides claimed victory and it is doubtful that Government of Chad (GOC) action dealt a death blow to the rebels. Deby has bolstered his image -- but hi [...] | 2006-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL CD SU |
06NDJAMENA453 | CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...] | 2006-03-27 12:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA460 | CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...] | 2006-03-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY |
06NDJAMENA462 | CHAD: INTERIOR MINISTER SEES DEBY AS "LEAST BAD," [...] (SBU) Summary: Close Deby advisor and fellow Zaghawan Interior Minister Mahamat Ali described Deby as the "least bad" option for Chad, in conversation with Ambassador March 28. Claiming total victory in the March 20 battle against the Chadian Zaghawa rebels, he downplayed anxieties over in [...] | 2006-03-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA463 | CHAD'S TROUBLES ON ELECTION'S EVE AND WHAT WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Troubles are ahead in the run-up to the presidential elections on May 3. The opposition parties are calling for obstructing them outright as well as for a boycott. Security is under strain, but President Deby is fighting back, with resolute support from the French. The belea [...] | 2006-03-29 14:56:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL |
06NDJAMENA467 | CHAD: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS ON POLITICAL WARPATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The approach of the May 3 election has prompted civil society leaders publicly to ask the international community to pressure the regime to postpone the election. Some have privately lumped the United States with France in supporting the regime. The operative thesis is that [...] | 2006-03-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA482 | CHAD: DEBY ON DARFUR, DEMOCRACY, AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Deby, in a meeting with Ambassador Wall March 30, said that Islamic fundamentalism and the deteriorating situation in Darfur threatened the stability of the entire Sahel region, and he asked for more forceful action from the international community. He reacted equably [...] | 2006-03-31 10:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA487 | CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-04-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA492 | CHAD/SUDAN: FIGHTING, IDPS, AND RECRUITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC does not foresee a major displacement of Chadian IDPs away from the border unless fighting is persistent; UNHCR is more worried. UNHCR has long suspected recruitment in the refugee camps and now has clear proof. UNHCR sees Chad as complicit and Darfur rebels as the recrui [...] | 2006-04-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA517 | CHAD/SUDAN: DADJO BITTERNESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dadjo, probably the most populous tribe in Eastern Chad, have taken the brunt of Arab cross-border attacks and are, according to one of their leaders, angry toward Arabs on both sides of the border and also at the regime for leaving them unprotected. They could align with [...] | 2006-04-08 09:08:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA520 | CHAD: ANOTHER PLEA FROM CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading civil society activist, urging a national forum for reconciliation, painted a bleak picture for Chad and the region if the U.S. did not take a strong stand against the May 3 election. The Ambassador was sympathetic but doused expectation of U.S. support for her prop [...] | 2006-04-08 11:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA521 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, in conversation with Ambassador Wall April 7, confirmed that the March 30 battle went badly for the Chadian armed forces, but said that Deby was using oil tax payments to buy helicopters and was building up for an imminent riposte against the rebels led [...] | 2006-04-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR |
06NDJAMENA526 | CHAD: A WARY CALM IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a sequence of events which appeared to surprise both the Chadian government as well as the French forces in Chad, rebel forces under the loose umbrella group FUC, possibly in conjunction with southern rebel group led by Djibrine Dassert, penetrated Chad's eastern border with [...] | 2006-04-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA529 | CHAD: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan's Foreign Minister told the Ambassador April 9 that he was bringing his Africa ambassadors together in Ndjamena for a strategy session on how to cope with China's ratcheted-up efforts to expand influence in Africa and squeeze Taiwan out. Taiwan's assistance programs to [...] | 2006-04-12 18:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA530 | CHAD: REBEL CONVOY BLOODIED LESS THAN 100 MILES [...] (SBU) Summary: A rebel convoy of perhaps 40 vehicles moved to within less than 100 miles southeast of Ndjamena. According to the French Ambassador, Chadian armed forces engaged the convoy and largely destroyed it. A larger military threat may be looming on the eastern border. The French ar [...] | 2006-04-12 19:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MOPS CH |
06NDJAMENA535 | CHAD: GOVERNMENT SURVIVES FIGHTING IN NDJAMENA [...] (U) Rebels reached the northeastern and eastern sections of Ndjamena during the night, and fighting erupted at dawn and lasted throughout the morning April 13, with the Chadian armed forces beating them back. Ndjamena has been quiet ever since, except for sporadic gunfire to the east. Embass [...] | 2006-04-13 18:21:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MOPS CH |
06NDJAMENA536 | TFCD-01 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 18:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA539 | CHAD: MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one hundred prisoners were displayed on the parade grounds in Ndjamena the morning after the April 13 fighting, amid government nervousness that a number of rebels had fled. The French are widely perceived to have been crucial to beating the rebels. Some senior [...] | 2006-04-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AESC MOPS CH |
06NDJAMENA541 | CHAD: RUPTURE WITH SUDAN, THREAT ON REFUGEES, OIL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA543 | CHAD: A $500 MILLION DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: Possibly piqued that World Bank President Wolfowitz did not contact him after the World Bank/IMF visit, and evidently needing cash immediately, President Deby has ordered Esso to stop production Tuesday, April 18 at 1 p.m. unless it pays Chad's royalties into the Chadian Treasury [...] | 2006-04-16 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA544 | PRESIDENT DEBY CLARIFIES POSITION ON REFUGEES AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-16 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL CD PREF |
06NDJAMENA545 | DASH ACROSS CHAD: FRENCH VERSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The French, according to Ambassador Bercot and his Defense Attache, only became aware two days before the fight in Ndjamena on April 13 that the rebel force was aiming at the relatively undefended city. The city and government were saved, they say, because the rebels stalled [...] | 2006-04-16 06:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREL SU FR CD |
06NDJAMENA546 | CHAD: OPPOSITION QUANDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Lol Mahamat Choua cast the opposition's quandary in clear focus in conversation with the Ambassador April 14: The democratic opposition could call for massive obstruction to the May 3 election, but to do so would bring brutal repression. The democratic oppos [...] | 2006-04-16 16:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA547 | CHAD: REFUGEES, RECRUITMENT, IDPS, PRISONERS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: ICRC accounts for 250 prisoners (of whom some are Sudanese) and 250 war-wounded from the fighting April 13. ICRC has withdrawn staff from the eastern border for the time being but affirms a continued movement of IDPs to Goz Beida. UNHCR has cut its international staff in the [...] | 2006-04-16 16:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA551 | CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFICATION ON REFUGEES [...] (SBU) In a meeting April 17 with the Ambassador principally addressing political blockage in Chad (septel),Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-mi provided clarification on Chad's announcement April 15 (reftel) that the international community had until the end of June to find a solution to the confl [...] | 2006-04-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA555 | FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES CHAD'S FRAGILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Allam-mi and Ambassador agreed to disagree April 17 on the urgency of political dialogue, Allam-mi saying the absolute priority was going forward with the May 3 election to ensure preservation of the outward form of rule of law at a time of external aggression [...] | 2006-04-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA57 | PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...] | 2006-01-18 07:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA576 | CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...] | 2006-04-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA577 | CHAD: ANXIETIES OVER REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Resrep agrees with the fears of the Chadian government it will be unable adequately to protect refugees and IDPs if, as he thinks likely, there are increased attacks over the next month before the rainy season. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Kingsley Amaning, Resident Coordinat [...] | 2006-04-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA579 | CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY THANKS U.S. FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Wall on April 20, President Deby thanked the United States for condemning Sudan's role in the recent attacks on Chad. He shared information on what he feared would be a new attack in the East in the coming days, and stated that Sudan was also arming Ce [...] | 2006-04-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV EPET ENRG CD |
06NDJAMENA586 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...] | 2006-04-21 20:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU |
06NDJAMENA587 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...] | 2006-04-21 20:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU |
06NDJAMENA589 | CHAD: SOUTHERN OPPOSITIONIST INSISTS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Southern oppositionist Kamougue said April 21 that the political opposition would not be again deceived into taking a post in a Deby government, unless the election were delayed, a national conference convened, and Deby became a titular transitional president alongside [...] | 2006-04-23 08:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA590 | CHAD: REFUGEE PROTECTION AND IDP PULL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ideas for immediate refugee protection are few and far between, according to those working the issue in Ndjamena. UNHCR will explore devoting more resources to paying and equipping gendarmes. The AU could be pressed to send more AMIS missions across the border. Chadian Forei [...] | 2006-04-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA591 | DARFUR REBEL LEADER COMFORTABLY HOUSED IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim received the Ambassador April 22 at his temporary quarters in Ndjamena (home belonging to President Deby's half-brother) and expressed unhappiness at the negotiations in Abuja and, in particular, the close relationship between the Americans a [...] | 2006-04-23 17:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CD SU |
06NDJAMENA592 | CHAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS MAY 3 ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Better to have a president chosen in flawed elections than to risk the anarchy that a delay in elections could provoke, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. In other comments in his meeting with the Ambassador April 21, he blamed the opposition for the breakdown in dialogue; [...] | 2006-04-24 08:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA599 | CHAD: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In meeting with French Ambassador Bercot April 25, DAS Yamamoto explained that he had urged President Deby to delay the May 3 election and begin a dialogue with the opposition. Bercot regretted this approach. He put little store in political dialogue. He preferred to ask Deby [...] | 2006-04-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU FR |
06NDJAMENA604 | DAS YAMAMOTO VISIT TO CHAD APRIL 24-25 [...] (C) Summary: During his April 24-25 visit to Chad, DAS Yamamoto conveyed to President Deby a message from the Secretary calling for postponement of the May 3 election and SIPDIS initiation of constructive political dialogue. Deby refused to postpone the election, citing a constitutional v [...] | 2006-04-26 17:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA608 | CAR: BOZIZE WILL MEET CAR REBELS, ARCHBISHOP SAYS [...] (U) The following cable was drafted by U.S. Embassy Bangui. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Archbishop of Bangui told Poloff on April 25 that the CAR rebel group Union of Republican Forces (UFR) and President Bozize recently agreed to meet and engage in a dialogue. Some issues remain, but the Archbish [...] | 2006-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CT |
06NDJAMENA611 | ESSO PLEASED WITH CHAD-WORLD BANK DECISION, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Esso is pleased with the interim agreement reached between the World Bank and the GOC, and received formal word from the Government that it was rescinding its request for Esso to halt production. Nevertheless, it admits that the possibility of another threat from the GOC to hal [...] | 2006-04-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG EPET ECON EINV CD |
06NDJAMENA612 | CHAD: ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chadian presidential election campaign ends midnight on May 1, with elections scheduled for May 3. From the field of 5 original candidates it appears that only four remain. Opposition groups continue to call for a "ville morte" (dead city) on May 3 and for citizens to boycot [...] | 2006-04-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA618 | SLM EXCLUDED FROM ABUJA WARN OF CIVIL WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As peace negotiations enter an extra 48-hour inning in Abuja, three Chad-based Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) representatives told the Ambassador during a May 1 meeting that their delegation had been effectively excluded from the Darfur peace talks in Abuja by the AU, which inst [...] | 2006-05-01 17:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SU |
06NDJAMENA643 | PRESIDENT DEBY'S ELECTION: NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few bothered to vote, no opposition leader of any stature was a candidate, and the voter registration lists were virtually useless, but never mind. Now that these peaceful, but flawed elections held on May 3 are behind him, President Deby will claim a popular mandate for holdi [...] | 2006-05-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA646 | CHAD-BASED SLM LEADERS URGED TO SUPPORT PEACE [...] (SBU) In a meeting May 5 with Chad-based SLM leaders Dr. Sharif Hariri and Adam Shogar, the Ambassador urged them to help keep the peace process on track -- and at a minimum, not undermine it. Shogar and Hariri responded that they had been sidelined by the African Union, but were not obstruct [...] | 2006-05-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
06NDJAMENA651 | CHAD: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO PROCEED TO POST [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-07 09:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CD |
06NDJAMENA653 | CHAD: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED TO POST [...] Post requests permission for DATT Tim Mitchell and PAO Art Bell to return to post after one-day visit to constituent post Bangui. Planned travel is May 12-13. 2. Post requests retroactive permission for Department of Defense employee Tod Dolgoff to proceed to post. Mr. Dolgoff is implem [...] | 2006-05-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CD |
06NDJAMENA671 | CHAD:REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED TO POST [...] Post requests permission for Corporal Ivan Alfonzo, member of the Marine Security Guard (MSG) Battalion, to proceed to post o/a May 20 for a TDY assignment of approximately two months. Corporal Ivan Alfonzo will assist post cover MSG vacancies during scheduled leave. 2. Post also request [...] | 2006-05-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CD |
06NDJAMENA672 | CHAD: PRESIDENT DEBY RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE [...] The Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet has sent the following written response to Ambassador Wall concerning reftel B demarche on ending support to Sudanese rebels. 2. Begin text: May 11 Excellence, Mr. Ambassador, I have the honor to bring to your attention that His Excel [...] | 2006-05-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS SOCI SU CD |
06NDJAMENA678 | UN'S JAN EGELAND COMES TO EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a visit to eastern Chad May 11, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland visited a makeshift camp for as many as 13,000 displaced Chadians driven from their villages on the border with Sudan by attacks by jandjaweed militias. Egeland urged local officials to assure securi [...] | 2006-05-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA684 | CHAD: ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing what most observers considered a formality, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced last night that President Idriss Deby Itno was the projected winner of the May 3 presidential election. According to the preliminary results, which must be cer [...] | 2006-05-15 16:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF |
06NDJAMENA699 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CHADIAN PARTICIPANTS IN [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the following individuals nominated for the Special Operations Forces conference in Stuttgart from May 21-25 as of this date. --Abdallah Idriss Amir, DPOB 1 January 1966, [...] | 2006-05-17 07:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS PREL PINS PINR KSEP CD |
06NDJAMENA700 | CHAD: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KAWC PINR PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA702 | CHAD: IMF/WORLD BANK TEAM ADMITS THAT THEY FACE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the recent agreement between the World Bank and GOC, IMF and World Bank mission officials have arrived in Chad to assist the GOC to pass and implement the 2006 Budget and push reform efforts of the country's public finance system. Mission officials also hope to expl [...] | 2006-05-18 05:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA704 | CHAD'S GRAND IMAM WELCOMES [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hassan Hissein Abakar, the spiritual leader of Chadian Muslims. The Grand Imam was seriously injured last week in a dispute outside his office, and the visit provided an opportunity to wish him a speedy recovery. [...] | 2006-05-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PREL PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA705 | CHAD'S ARCHBISHOP GIVES STARK [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no hope for a dialogue on Chad's political future as long as President Deby remains in power, according to Chad's influential Archbishop. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, the religious expressed his view that, although President Deby had more material wit [...] | 2006-05-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NDJAMENA706 | DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT UPDATE: N'DJAMENA ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction leader Minni Minnawi was warmly welcomed in N'Djamena, where he is consulting with the Chadian Government, SLM followers in Chad, non-governmental organizations, and the media. Minni described his meetings with President Idriss Deby as p [...] | 2006-05-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU |
06NDJAMENA734 | CHAD: UNPREPARED FOR FINANCIAL WINDFALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chad (GOC) has complied with its commitments to date under the April 26 accord between the GOC and the World Bank, according to team leaders for the World Bank and IMF. The next steps are to develop a revised 2006 budget that conforms to the accord, and final [...] | 2006-05-22 09:46:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA737 | CHAD: OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOPE U.S. WILL PLAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent meetings two opposition leaders of the CPDC coalition reiterated that the May 3 presidential election was a farce and said it was "too late" to negotiate with President Idriss Deby Itno, at least without the significant involvement of and pressure from the interna [...] | 2006-05-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EPET CD |
06NDJAMENA745 | N'DJAMENA EAC [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'djamena convened an EAC on May 24. The EAC discussed the currently security environment in N'djamena following the May 3 Chadian Presidential elections. The EAC agreed that the situation continued to be stable and reiterated recommendation (reftel) to lift Authorized Depar [...] | 2006-05-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV CASC CD |
06NDJAMENA747 | EQUIVOCAL MESSAGES ON DARFUR PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. Key Darfur interlocutors in N'djamena explained their reasons for dissatisfaction with the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in meetings with Ambassador Wall May 24 and 25. JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim poured venom on SLM leader Minni Minawi, whom he described as "dead [...] | 2006-05-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SU CD |
06NDJAMENA748 | IMPLEMENTING THE DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Differing reports are coming in about a clash between SLM forces near Birzamma in Sudan across the frontier from Chadian border town of Bahai. SLM leader Minni Minawi accused opponents of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of initiating the attack with some Chadian supporters [...] | 2006-05-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD |
06NDJAMENA755 | DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: TOUGH SELL IN REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees say they will support the Darfur Peace Agreement if Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Abdelwahid Nur signs and their need for individual compensation are adequately met. From May 23 to 27, P/E officer traveled to six of twelve refugee camps to explain [...] | 2006-05-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA768 | CHAD: WORLD BANK, IMF ASSERT PROGRESS MADE, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion of their visit, the joint IMF-World Bank stated that Chad's rectified 2006 budget is on its way to being finalized, and steps are being taken to advance plans to assist the country's financial system. Nevertheless, questions remain over specific spending acti [...] | 2006-05-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA771 | CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY [...] (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May the official results of the 3 May presidential elections. The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast, from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7 mil [...] | 2006-05-31 16:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA772 | DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: CHADIAN OFFICIALS DENY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto raised the reports of Chadian support for groups undermining the Darfur Peace Agreement with President Idriss Deby Itno on May 30 and with his close advisor, Minister of Territorial Administration General Mahamat Ali Abdullah on May 29. De [...] | 2006-06-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA775 | CHAD: FRANCE CITES CHADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 29, French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Bercot made a pitch to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Yamamoto for USG efforts in the UN Security Council for sanctions against individual Chadian political and armed opposition leaders whom he called directly engaged in activit [...] | 2006-06-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CD |
06NDJAMENA778 | CHAD: PRESIDENT, OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto discussed with Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno on 30 May the pressing need for the creation of a space for political dialogue between Deby and Chad's political opposition. Opposition politicians were fulsome in their description of the barriers and [...] | 2006-06-02 10:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA779 | CHAD: FRANCE ON POST-ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wall, French Ambassador Bercot outlined the Paris-blessed strategy for expanding a political dialogue and establishing the foundations for better economic and political governance in Chad after elections. He cautioned that the regime's ongoing effort [...] | 2006-06-02 10:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA787 | CHAD: WISE MEN'S CHAIR MALLOUM SEEKS GUIDANCE [...] (C) The Chair of President Deby's Committee of Wise Men on political dialogue does not see any indication from the President or his opposition of the political will necessary for compromise and reconciliation. He hopes that international pressure will bring Deby to understand the need for rea [...] | 2006-06-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA788 | CHAD: UNDP ON POST-ELECTION "FRAMEWORK" [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Coordinator Amaning sees a two-month window for the government and the opposition to agree to a framework for shared supervision of political and economic reforms. He was concerned that the government might succeed at co-opting [...] | 2006-06-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNDP CD |
06NDJAMENA789 | CHAD: CONTINUED INDICATIONS OF INSECURITY IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRM DAS Fitzgerald visited Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad June 1-2. Recruitment appears to be taking place in Oure Cassoni and Mile camps, and armed elements are in extremely close proximity to the Oure Cassoni camp. Humanitarian workers continue to face the threat of [...] | 2006-06-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM CASC PGOV |
06NDJAMENA801 | CHAD: BRINGING PEACE CORPS BACK [...] (SBU) Peace Corps is to my mind the single most effective U.S. Government-funded program in Chad. Now that the Department of State has authorized the lifting of Authorized Departure status (reftel),Peace Corps's suspension should be reconsidered as well. Peace Corps volunteers are already [...] | 2006-06-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA815 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points June 7 to Chad's Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integreation, Ahmad Allam-mi. Ambassador stressed the need for action, through the issuance of a public statement of support, as well as the use of direct contact with Iranian officials to encourage [...] | 2006-06-08 13:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR CD |
06NDJAMENA820 | AMBASSADOR'S FY 2006 DISASTER RE-DECLARATION OF A [...] Disaster Determination. The Republic of Chad continues to suffer from an ongoing disaster that warrants U.S. Government assistance to meet the emergency requirements of conflict-affected populations in the east of the country. This disaster exceeds the host country's ability to provide an ade [...] | 2006-06-09 10:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SOCI CD |
06NDJAMENA821 | CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affai [...] | 2006-06-09 10:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG KDEM CD KCRS PHUM |
06NDJAMENA822 | CHAD TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post delivered June 9 reftel demarche diplomatic note regarding the candidature of Prof. Ruth Wedgwood for re-election to the UNHRC to Chad MFA North America Desk Officer Adoum Mahamat Yahya. Pol/Econ Officer stressed Prof. Wedgwood's qualifications, and provided her CV with the diplomatic no [...] | 2006-06-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC CD |
06NDJAMENA826 | CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION PROPOSES UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Chad's political opposition's ideas for a non-exclusive political dialogue would emasculate President Deby inside a multi-headed executive structure as part of a "Government of Broad Union", created to implement a "National Pact for Peace, Unity and Democracy" aimed at a root-and-branch re [...] | 2006-06-12 09:55:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA828 | CHAD: PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR "DIALOGUE" REJECTED [...] (SBU) The Chadian President has instructed his Council of Ministers to take the initiative for a "Chado-Chadian, internal political dialogue" to allow Chadians -- not foreigners -- to take control of the political development of the country. The political opposition publicly rejected any prop [...] | 2006-06-12 10:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA831 | PRESIDENT DEBY TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL: STOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Deby made an impassioned plea for UN intervention in Darfur and along Chad's border in a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) June 10. He accused Sudan of aggression against Chad and warned that Chad's collapse would spread chaos in the [...] | 2006-06-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CD SU |
06NDJAMENA847 | CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION TO TAKE FRANCE TO TASK [...] (C) Chad's political opposition intends to tell the visiting French Minister-Delegate for Cooperation that she should see President Deby's initiative for political dialogue as they see it: a red herring designed to tell the international community what it wants to hear. That said, the opposit [...] | 2006-06-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA853 | CHAD/DRFUR: AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS [...] (C) UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations reported in N'Djamena that expectations of the impact of a UN PKO in Darfur are unrealistic on both sides of the Chad/Sudan border. He called the logistical challenge of standing up the force "a nightmare", and cautioned that it would be at least [...] | 2006-06-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA862 | CHAD/DARFUR: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SETS LIMITS ON [...] (SBU) France's Ambassador to Chad told UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations that there should be no illusions about using France's troops in Chad as an arm of an eventual PKO in Darfur. He stressed the need for international protection of the refugees and IDPs in Chad, made clear France [...] | 2006-06-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA864 | CHAD: THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's victories this spring provide him an opening for reaching out to his opponents. While their starting positions appear unbridgeable, and neither side has manifested the political will for compromise, at least Deby is making gestures in the right direction and [...] | 2006-06-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CH |
06NDJAMENA867 | CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...] | 2006-06-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA87 | CHAD AND JUSTICE AND EQUALITY MOVEMENT MAKE UP [...] (C) Summary: During a two-week stay in N'Djamena, the President of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Dr. Khalil Ibrahim, shared his thoughts on the normalization of relations between Chad and the JEM, the Chadian-Sudanese conflict, prospects for peace at the negotiating table in Abuja [...] | 2006-01-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA880 | CHAD OIL CONSORTIUM FEELING PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of Government of Chad (GOC)-instigated pressures on the Exxon/Mobil-led oil consortium in Chad has led Esso management to conclude that the GOC is once again desperate for cash. Esso feels that they will be able sort out a dispute with the government over alleged unp [...] | 2006-06-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA882 | CHAD: CREDIBLE OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Senior Chadian government officials have succeeded in blocking any discussion of capturing all or some indirect oil revenues generated by taxes and customs fees into an "improved" revenue management scheme for poverty reduction. They see no need to change the current distribution of funds [...] | 2006-06-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID EPET KDEM PREL PGOV KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA893 | CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT [...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...] | 2006-06-29 08:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA894 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR BLAMES POLITICAL [...] (C) The French Ambassador to Chad believes that none of the actors in Chad's political-military conflicts are willing to use dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the country's succession problem. Although he believes that the international community must keep up the pressure on all partie [...] | 2006-06-29 08:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA906 | CHAD/DARFUR: NEW PATTERNS IN EASTERN CHAD'S [...] (SBU) Human rights groups and international NGOs point to an apparent shift toward ethnically or racially motivated attacks in eastern Chad in the area bordering Darfur. The period of September 2005 through May 2006 saw numerous such attacks; the month of June has been relatively quiet. Alleg [...] | 2006-07-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA907 | POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN CHAD: SEARCHING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary. A United Nations Development Program-hosted meeting to discuss the current state of the Chadian political dialogue provided little to chew on. The French Ambassador reiterated his concern that the opposition continued to look to the international community for direction. He s [...] | 2006-07-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA908 | CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF [...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...] | 2006-07-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA929 | CHAD: MARAUDING YOUTH THREATEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS [...] (SBU) A tense day of stand-off between local youths ostensibly demonstrating for employment, and humanitarian NGOs working in the Sudanese refugee camps outside the eastern Chadian town of Bahai ended July 7 with one locally engaged staff member of the International Rescue Committee injured. [...] | 2006-07-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS ASEC PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA935 | CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ATA TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for "ATA-5933 Chad: Integrating Counterterrorism Strategies at the National level" training. 2. For training in ATA-593 [...] | 2006-07-11 17:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS MOPS PREL PINR PINS CD |
06NDJAMENA95 | CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON WORLD BANK AND DEBY [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging tour d'horizon, the French Ambassador in Chad defended President Deby as the only option for Chad, and affirmed that France would defend Chad's territorial integrity. France, according to Ambassador Bercot, is working to prevent Chad from becoming a failed sta [...] | 2006-01-26 06:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CD |
06NDJAMENA950 | CHAD/DARFUR: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Chad's Foreign Minister says he proposed to Khartoum a kind of reciprocal withdrawal of sanctuary for armed groups. Sudan suggested joint Chad/Sudan patrols of the common border. Neither side gave formal responses to the other's proposals. Chad awaits a follow-on mission from Khartoum [...] | 2006-07-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD |
06NDJAMENA968 | CHAD/DARFUR: NMRD CLAIMS CHADIAN PRESSURE TO JOIN [...] (C) The Darfur rebel group National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) has indicated a desire to revisit its objections to the DPA, and implied a readiness to support DPA implementation. The group's General Secretary has stated that the group must be recognized as a valid interlocutor [...] | 2006-07-19 14:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD SU |
06NDJAMENA981 | CHAD: WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WOLFOWITZ'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lightning three hour visit to N'djamena on July 20, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz agreed that the recent Memorandum of Understanding between the World Bank and the GOC on the country's management of its oil revenues is a positive first step in reaching an overall ag [...] | 2006-07-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV CD |
06NDJAMENA986 | CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...] | 2006-07-24 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA987 | CHAD/SUDAN: JEM NEGOTIATOR CALLS FOR RETHINKING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: New political and military realities on the ground in Darfur will make the implementation of the Darfur Peace Accords impossible, and the International Community must consider changing the structure of the current agreement, according the Justice and Equality Movement's chief neg [...] | 2006-07-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
06NDJAMENA989 | CHAD'S POLITICAL DIALOGUE DEADLOCK [...] (C) Post's monitoring of Chad's political pulse since the May 3 Presidential poll indicates, with each passing week, less and less life in any of the ideas so far proposed to bring a political solution to Chad's institutional crises. The two major blocks in the face-off, roughly centered on Pr [...] | 2006-07-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD |
06NDJAMENA994 | "THE CHADIAN ILLNESS:" OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Armed opposition groups must be brought to the table if a national dialogue is to have any hope of success and the "Chadian illness" of armed rebellion is to be cured, former Chadian Prime Minister Alengue told us July 20. The respected opposition leader stressed that it is [...] | 2006-07-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CD ASEC |
06NEWDELHI1094 | UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...] | 2006-02-13 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN |
06NEWDELHI1095 | CARTOONS: GOI ISSUES STATEMENT OF CONCERN, INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslims joined in scattered protests against the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad following Friday prayers on February 10. Most denounced the offensive cartoons, while a few directed their anger into either anti-US demonstrations (encouraged by the Iranian E [...] | 2006-02-13 14:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KISL KDEM SCUL IN DA IR |
06NEWDELHI1162 | BJP OBEYS HINDU RIGHT IN OPPOSING IRANIAN BOMB [...] (C) Summary: Following a week of halfhearted denunciations of the UPA government for "selling out" to the United States by voting at the IAEA to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council, the opposition BJP Parliamentary Party executive committee concluded on February 14 that i [...] | 2006-02-15 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP KISL IN IR |
06NEWDELHI1169 | NEW INDIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BACKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 to review plans for the President's visit, push for an Indian reply on our proposal for a democracy initiative (Ref B) and present the US appeal for further Indian assistance equ [...] | 2006-02-15 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER MARR MASS MOPS KNNP |
06NEWDELHI1171 | AFGHAN MILITARY DONATIONS: GOI READY BUT NEEDS A [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Ambassador presented reftel appeal for assistance to the ANA to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 (septel),noting India's generous contribution of vehicles for the ANA and suggesting that New Delhi [...] | 2006-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR MOPS PINS IN AF |
06NEWDELHI1172 | RECENT SRI LANKAN TAMIL REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the promise of upcoming talks to strengthen the Cease-Fire Agreement has slowed the flow of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming to South India, there are now about 400 refugees at the Mandapam refugee transit camp in Tamil Nadu, near Palk Bay. In recent meetings, UNHCR an [...] | 2006-02-15 14:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SL IN |
06NEWDELHI1174 | PRESIDENT KALAM LOOKS FARTHER EAST FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Giving new reach to India's "Look East" policy, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's January 31 to February 9 visit to Singapore, the Philippines and South Korea produced new education, defense and economic initiatives in a region whose importance to the GOI is growing steadily. Durin [...] | 2006-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEAN ENRG KNNP ETRD ECON SOCI SCUL MASS |
06NEWDELHI1175 | PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...] | 2006-02-15 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK |
06NEWDELHI118 | EMBASSY NEW DELHI AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Post has published Avian Influenza pandemic tripwires from ref A) on the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS) per ref B). These tripwires apply to Embassy New Delhi and all three constituent posts in India: Calcutta, Chennai and Mumbai. 2. (U) Personnel respons [...] | 2006-01-06 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR IN |
06NEWDELHI1220 | EXPANDED CSLA SCOPE IS BLOCKING AGREED PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Approaching the President's visit to India, we need action by Washington principals in order to consolidate recent progress on civilian space cooperation and disentangle this from our trade agenda. The original NSSP goal to permit Indian launch of US satellites and foreign satel [...] | 2006-02-16 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD KSCA TSPA KNNP IN OVIP POTUS |
06NEWDELHI1230 | INDIA BUILDING UP ITS SECURITY CONTIGENT IN [...] (C) Media reports that India was deploying "commandos" or "sec ret police" to Afghanistan were "rubbish," Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloff on February 16. However, the growing security threats to India's Border Roads Organization (BR [...] | 2006-02-16 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR IN AF |
06NEWDELHI1268 | PM RESPONDS TO IRAN VOTE CRITICISM IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: In his February 17 statement to Parliament addressing the domestic criticism of India,s vote on the Iran nuclear issue at the IAEA Governing Board, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered a vigorous defense of his government's position, maintaining that the UPA's stance was consist [...] | 2006-02-17 15:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG EPET IN IR |
06NEWDELHI1269 | INDIAN ARMY CHIEF DEMANDS END OF CUSTODIAL DEATHS [...] (SBU) Custodial deaths will no longer be tolerated in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Chief of Army Staff General J.J. Singh told his field commanders on February 9. "Singh convened a meeting in Baramulla (approximately 30 miles from Srinagar) and categorically told his subordinates that custodial [...] | 2006-02-17 15:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI130 | FM ASO INVIGORATES THE INDO-JAPANESE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso's January 3-5 visit to New Delhi sent clear signals to the GOI that Tokyo wants to work past nuclear differences and build a closer strategic relationship with India. Within Japan, the Indians say, Aso has been a primary proponent of better ties [...] | 2006-01-06 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ECON ENRG EPET ETRD JA IN |
06NEWDELHI1315 | MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...] | 2006-02-22 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI1318 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED DELIVERABLE ON [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PM -- see Para 5. 2. (SBU) National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) Joint Secretary Arvind Gupta and NSCS Deputy Director Cdr. Mukesh SIPDIS Saini on February 21 discussed with Poloff Reftel questions relating to Articles 1.2 (the joint Cybersecurit [...] | 2006-02-22 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCIP KCRM ECPS EFIN TINT IN |
06NEWDELHI1320 | INDIA AND THE US ON NEPAL: STILL NO DAYLIGHT, WE [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran sought reassurance on February 22 that India and the US were still reading off the same page on Nepal policy, and underlined that India still sees the Maoist insurgency as the principle problem in Nepal. He requested USG action to convinc [...] | 2006-02-22 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IN NP PK |
06NEWDELHI1321 | CHIRAC VISIT PUSHES US AGENDA ON CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's February 19-21 trip to New Delhi, which focused on political, economic, defense and energy cooperation, served as a preview for President Bush's upcoming visit. In a program and agenda very similar to our President's, the GOF made progress on "soft power" issue [...] | 2006-02-22 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP FR IN |
06NEWDELHI1395 | AHLUWALIA: INDIA RESPONSIBLE NUCLEAR POWER, FAVORS [...] (C) Summary: The civil-nuclear deal continues to be a political "hot-button," but Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia stated to Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) on February 20 that the UPA Government supports the July 18 agreement and hopes a viable separation p [...] | 2006-02-24 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET OVIP IR IN |
06NEWDELHI1396 | POSITIVE BURNS-SHARMA FEBRUARY 24 MEETING FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: The February 24 meeting between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Indian Minister of SIPDIS State for External Affairs Anand Sharma reflected important GOI political endorsement of the positive direction of our bilateral relationship. Sharma, well-versed in the w [...] | 2006-02-24 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP OVIP CVIS EINV ENLT KFLU TBIO |
06NEWDELHI1415 | CONGRESSMAN CROWLEY AND RAHUL GANDHI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. In a half hour February 20 meeting with Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY),Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi was eager to learn the Democratic party positions on a number of foreign policy issues, including the war in Iraq, the situation in the Middle East and the US relations [...] | 2006-02-27 09:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN IZ IR |
06NEWDELHI1445 | KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...] | 2006-02-27 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ |
06NEWDELHI1559 | NEW DELHI-BASED CHIEFS OF MISSION BRIEFED ON [...] (U) Drawing from reftel, DCM briefed New Delhi-based Chiefs of Mission and senior officers from key Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) and IAEA member countries on March 3, including Israel and Pakistan, regarding the March 2 announcement that President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh had reac [...] | 2006-03-06 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ENRG ETTC KSCA KNNP IN IAEA |
06NEWDELHI1572 | RGOB REMAINS COMMITTED TO REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering's comments in Ref A that the RGOB my not repatriate SIPDIS any refugees, in a February 15 meeting with Poloff, Bhutanese Second Secretary Karma Thinley (Strictly Protect) stated that Thimphu remains committed to repatriating those in [...] | 2006-03-06 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT |
06NEWDELHI161 | D/NSA SUPPORTS INTEL SHARING ON TERRORISM; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar pledged to seek the NSA's approval for greater intelligence sharing on terrorism threats within India, particularly as the upswing in USG official visits and US investment increases the p [...] | 2006-01-09 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN OVIP PINR ASEC ENRG MNUC |
06NEWDELHI1611 | INDIANS SATISFIED WITH CONTINUED INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Indians are generally pleased with the status of Indo-Pakistan relations; as long as terrorism levels stay low and the bulk of jihadi terrorism stays in J&K, the GOI and our contacts support continued incremental progress on the peace process between South Asia's nuclear neighbors. A rec [...] | 2006-03-08 03:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS PBTS ETRD SCUL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI162 | TERRORIST FINANCE: POSTPONEMENT OF ACTION ON LET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-09 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN IN PK |
06NEWDELHI163 | INDO-PAK WALTZ SLOWS: BACKWARD ON RHETORIC, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 conversation with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar underlined that much of the current friction between India and Pakistan stems from ongoing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism against India, including the spectacular Diwali bombings and t [...] | 2006-01-09 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ELTN ECIN ETRD IN PK |
06NEWDELHI1631 | INDIA WILL SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Prashant Pise told Poloff on March 7 in response to reftel demarche that the MEA's legal division was preparing the ratification process for the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. "We will sign it," he stated, but did not [...] | 2006-03-08 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IN SZ |
06NEWDELHI1632 | JIHADIS PRIME SUSPECTS IN VARANASI BLASTS; [...] (C) Summary: A March 7 evening terrorist bomb attack at one of three main Hindu temples in the holy city of Varanasi, followed by a second blast at the city's train station, put the country on high alert, but has not yet incited a major communal backlash, which terrorist analysts say was the [...] | 2006-03-08 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC PREL IN PK |
06NEWDELHI1653 | GOI COMPARES NOTES ON NEPAL WITH PDAS CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran told visiting SCA PDAS Don Camp on March 7 that the GOI was not worried about the RNA's ammunition supplies (Refs A and B). New Delhi is "revisiting" its policies toward Nepal, but continues to stand by supporting the seven-party alliance [...] | 2006-03-09 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER IN NP |
06NEWDELHI166 | SYRIAN OIL DEAL DEMARCHE: INDIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref-A demarche points, Additional Secretary Ahmad of India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas told CDA that he had had concerns about the economic benefit of the joint India-China purchase of equity in a Syrian oil field, and that -- had he known there would be [...] | 2006-01-10 01:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV IN SY CH IS LE |
06NEWDELHI1660 | RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...] | 2006-03-09 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI1670 | A REVISIT TO INDIA'S CYBERSECURITY "CERT-IN" [...] Poloff on February 16 briefly revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) facility (Reftel) and made the following observations: Security -------- 2. Nearly all interior doorways were secured with an infra-red badge reader, including every door that led to a room hous [...] | 2006-03-10 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI1699 | INDIA AND AUSTRALIA SEEING EACH OTHER IN A NEW [...] (C) Summary: Australian Prime Minister John Howard on March 9 concluded a successful four-day visit to Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai and signed six agreements on a range of issues, including a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Defense Cooperation that will bury lingering Indo-Australian suspic [...] | 2006-03-10 14:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG ECON ETRD MNUC TRGY TSPL ASEAN |
06NEWDELHI1738 | GOI HOPES FOR RESPONSE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that India is awaiting a US response to its proposal to set up a New Delhi office of the UN Democracy Fund. The GOI also l [...] | 2006-03-13 13:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM IN |
06NEWDELHI1764 | INDIA PONDERING A POSSIBLE EXPANDED ROLE IN SUDAN [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that UN representatives had informally approached him to ask about India's willingness to help with any UN peacekeeping operation in the Darfur region of Sudan, drawing on India's presence as the major for [...] | 2006-03-14 11:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS PHUM IN |
06NEWDELHI180 | THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA [...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...] | 2006-01-10 05:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN |
06NEWDELHI1806 | PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL |
06NEWDELHI1814 | GOI MOVING DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE FORWARD [...] (C) The Charge, accompanied by PolCouns and Poloff, called on Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on March 16 to further our discussion on democracy initiatives. Charge explained USG reservations regarding the initial GOI proposal to establish a New Delhi office of the UN Dem [...] | 2006-03-16 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI1818 | LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...] | 2006-03-16 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI1850 | GOI HOPING FOR POSITIVE BANGLADESH PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Zia's March 20-23 visit to New Delhi, reciprocating Prime Minister Singh's visit to Dhaka in November 2005, reflects in large part Singh's sustained efforts and desire to ease long-standing bilateral tensions. Zia is expected to attend a ceremonial rece [...] | 2006-03-17 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETRD PTER EINV PBTS IN BD |
06NEWDELHI1851 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR NON-PERMANENT SECURITY [...] (C) Using a March 16 meeting with Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma to follow up on an earlier letter, Charge shared reftel USG concerns on the upcoming election for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat between Venezuela and Guatemala, pointing out Venezuela's disruptive [...] | 2006-03-17 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IN GT VE |
06NEWDELHI1854 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND [...] (SBU) Senator Bond, your delegation's 22-23 March visit to India provides a significant opportunity to assess the accelerating India-US relationship on the heels of President Bush's historic summit and help shape the next phase of this growing partnership. After forty years of mutual indiffe [...] | 2006-03-17 14:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM INCB IN |
06NEWDELHI1953 | SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES, [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...] | 2006-03-22 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN |
06NEWDELHI1974 | RUSSIAN PM,S VISIT UNLIKELY TO REVIVE DECLINING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to New Delhi (March 16-17) was intended to reinvigorate the declining India/Russia relationship, but there is little indication that the visit broadened Indo-Russian relations or injected much forward momentum. The delegation included the [...] | 2006-03-22 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | POV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA MASS TRGY EPET ENRG |
06NEWDELHI20 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTERT [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaker Hastert, your delegation's upcoming visit to India on January 10-13 provides a significant opportunity to advance the burgeoning India/US relationship. After forty years of drift during the Cold War, the US and India are making up for lost time. Thanks to the energy a [...] | 2006-01-03 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS OREP KSTC KOMC PARM PK INCB IR |
06NEWDELHI2021 | SONIA GANDHI'S RESIGNATION FROM PARLIAMENT SETS [...] (C) Summary: Complicated political maneuvering culminated in Sonia Gandhi's dramatic resignation from Parliament and as head of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on March 23. Congress set off the furor when it tried to use an obscure Constitutional act which forbids MPs from holding "offices [...] | 2006-03-23 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI2057 | BOND: CIVIL NUCLEAR DEAL FACES HURDLES IN US [...] (C) Summary: Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) told Minister of State Anand Sharma on Wednesday, March 22 that the civil-nuclear agreement faces stiff opposition in Congress, and Americans of Indian descent should actively engage their congressional representatives and urge them to support it. Sh [...] | 2006-03-24 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN |
06NEWDELHI2058 | SENATOR BOND DISCUSSES FIGHTER PLANES WITH DEFMIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Senator Kit Bond of Missouri discussed the growing US-India defense relationship with Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee on March 23. Senator Bond encouraged the GOI to select F/A-18 fighter aircraft to help replace its aging MiG fleet, and Mukherjee sounded out the Se [...] | 2006-03-24 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MARR ETRD IN |
06NEWDELHI206 | INDIAN GENERAL TO LEAD SUDAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-10 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS PINR IN SU |
06NEWDELHI2060 | CODEL BOND, NSA NARAYANAN FOCUS ON AREAS OF [...] (C) Summary: In his March 22 meeting with Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri),National Security Advisor MK Narayanan reiterated the GOI's commitment to the transformed US-India relationship, and stressed the common ground India shares with the US. Narayanan responded positively to Senator Bond's c [...] | 2006-03-24 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER ECIN ENRG MARR MASS OREP EAGR US IN |
06NEWDELHI2061 | UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDING SONIA GANDHI'S [...] (C) Summary: One day after Sonia Gandhi's surprise resignation of her Parliamentary seat, she retains the moral high ground and appears to have enhanced her stature. Press accounts relate that a coterie of Congress insiders engineered a scheme to protect Sonia Gandhi that went awry. Althoug [...] | 2006-03-24 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IN |
06NEWDELHI2090 | PM'S OLIVE BRANCH TO PAK: BUREAUCRACY, PUNDITS SEE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh's speech launching the bus service to Nankana Sahib from Amritsar on March 24 continued his efforts to push rapprochement with Pakistan, but Singh still faces resistance from skeptical Indo-Pak watchers in India and his own bureaucracy. Singh's speech was no [...] | 2006-03-27 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN PK |
06NEWDELHI2091 | INDIA DENIES FLIRTING WITH IRANIANS [...] (C) Summary: In response to DCM's questions and concern about a Defense News article detailing Indian ""training"" of the Iranian Navy in Cochin, Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told DCM and Poloff on March 27 that the visit of an Iranian Vice President to New Delhi and p [...] | 2006-03-27 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET MOPS IR IN |
06NEWDELHI2131 | HELPFUL CONGRESS STATEMENT ON U.S. TIES DEEPENS [...] (U) A signed editorial by Sonia Gandhi in the March edition of the Congress party journal "Sandesh" praised the civil nuclear agreement as "historic" and congratulated Prime Minister Singh for "ensuring the success of President Bush's visit despite opposition from key allies (read the Left Fr [...] | 2006-03-29 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL IN |
06NEWDELHI2138 | INDIAN ACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO INDEPENDENT INQUIRY [...] Summary: The Volcker Committee probing allegations of illegalities in the oil-for-food program had identified Indian entities including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh and the Congress Party among the non-contractual beneficiaries of illegal oil allotments. In India, a special inquiry a [...] | 2006-03-29 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KFIN PGOV IN IZ |
06NEWDELHI2151 | BHUTAN HINTS AT QUID PRO QUO FOR VENEZUELA UNSC [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche asking Bhutan to support Guatemala's candidacy to represent GRULAC in the 2007-2008 UNSC and detailed our concerns about Venezuela. Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering responded that he would forward the message to Thimphu. 2. (C) Tshering noted that the Ro [...] | 2006-03-30 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC PREF GT VE IN |
06NEWDELHI2167 | BHUTAN INVITES NEPALESE FM TO THIMPHU TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering told PolCouns and PolOff on March 30 that the RGOB invited Nepalese Foreign Minister Pandey to Thimphu to expedite a solution to the refugee problem. In a welcome reversal of his previous statements to us, Tshering asserted that the RGOB position on [...] | 2006-03-30 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM IN BT NP |
06NEWDELHI2171 | FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...] | 2006-03-30 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
06NEWDELHI2172 | INDIA WILL SUPPORT OUR INCB CANDIDATE IF WE [...] (SBU) After PolCouns raised reftel points regarding the nomination of Ambassador Levitsky for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on March 29, MEA Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Manjeev Puri responded that India would be pleased to support the US candidat [...] | 2006-03-30 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR AORC PREL UN IN |
06NEWDELHI2173 | GOI PRIVATELY MAINTAINING PRESSURE TO DEMOCRATIZE [...] (C) Summary: MEA Burma watcher Mohan Kumar told PolCouns March 30 that the GOI is continuing privately to push the military regime in Burma to pursue democratic reforms. Kumar elaborated on President Kalam's visit to Burma earlier this month, and indicated that discussions on democracy figur [...] | 2006-03-30 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM BM IN |