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07JAKARTA3390	ISRAEL -- VISIT BY INDONESIAN MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The visit of five moderate Indonesian Muslim leaders to Israel December 2-8 has created small ripples of criticism in Indonesia, with a few officials and religious leaders quietly criticizing the visit. T [...]	2007-12-13 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF

07JAKARTA3391	COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRIAL OF KEY MILITANT KICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant Abu Dujana opened in Jakarta on December 12. Dujana was indicted on four separate counts under the Anti-Terror Law. Top prosecutors from a key task force are handling the case. Several other militants are expected to appear in [...]	2007-12-13 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
07JAKARTA3396	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...]	2007-12-14 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3401	PAPUA -- GOI SLAPS CHARGES ON DETAINED ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities have formally charged Papuan human rights activist Sabar Iwanggin with "inciting public hatred" via inflammatory SMS texts. No trial date has been set and his lawyer reports he is being treated well in prison. Mission continues to raise concerns about th [...]	2007-12-14 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
07JAKARTA3407	KOSOVO FINAL STATUS -- ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Kosovo Final Status points with GOI contacts on December 14, reiterating the points on December 17. GOI interlocutors did not have any substantive response, commenting that they would review the points with Indonesia's mission in New York ahead of the December 19 [...]	2007-12-17 03:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI ID
07JAKARTA3408	HUMAN TRAFFICKING -- INDONESIA ESCALATES LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement agencies are escalating the war against human trafficking, armed with the robust new anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) law and invigorated political will. Arrest and prosecution is at a record pace and corrupt officials who facilitate trafficking are [...]	2007-12-17 05:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SMIG PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA3409	HUMAN RIGHTS DAY -- INDONESIANS HIGHLIGHT PROGRESS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: International Human Rights Day was celebrated across Indonesia with civil society rallies, symposiums and much commentary about the country's human rights record. In line with the immense progress made since the fall [...]	2007-12-17 07:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3410	DARFUR -- INDONESIA PREPARES PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has confirmed that it is ready to send a force of 170 police to Darfur to contribute to UN Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan. The UN has requested that the officers arrive in early January 2008, but Indonesian funding issues will likely delay the unit's [...]	2007-12-17 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
07JAKARTA3419	LAW ENFORCEMENT -- INCREASING COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, French Embassy contacts have underscored their interest in an enhanced working relationship with the U.S. on transnational crime and counter-terrorism issues. Mission has already enjoyed a productive relationship with the French in terms of anti-human traffi [...]	2007-12-18 05:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KJUS ID FR
07JAKARTA3426	COUNTER-TERRORISM: MORE MILITANTS GO ON TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants--including senior leader Zarkasih--have been formally charged with terrorism. JI co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has also been in the news, making a none-too-veiled threat after meeting the three jailed Bali bombers. Few people believe, h [...]	2007-12-18 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ASEC ID
07JAKARTA343	ETHNIC CHINESE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: A prominent Chinese-Indonesian human rights lawyer and leaders of NGOs focused on fighting racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination expressed guarded optimism about the status of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. In a January 25 discussion, they said a new citizenship law unequivo [...]	2007-02-08 06:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3439	SINO-INDONESIAN TIES -- CAUTIOUS BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: China is becoming an increasingly important player in Indonesia. It has incipient defense cooperation relations, and growing trade, investment and cultural ties with Indonesia. Taiwan and historical legacies complicate relations, while Indonesia's Chinese community offers a poi [...]	2007-12-19 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ECON ID CH
07JAKARTA3442	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ISLAMIC SECT COMES UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Ahmadiyah community--an Islamic sect--have had their local activities halted by militants during a violent confrontation in West Java, December 18. Several Ahmadiyahs were injured in the melee. Mobile Brigade (a.k.a., "Brimob") units were sent in and--to the GOI' [...]	2007-12-19 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3447	PERTAMINA CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY; IRANIAN [...] (U) Summary. In a ceremony at its Jakarta headquarters that included President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian oil company Pertamina celebrated its 50th anniversary, highlighting past achievements and future priorities. President Yudhoyono urged Pertamina [...]	2007-12-21 06:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ID IR PREL
07JAKARTA345	ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) Ambassador made key points reftel to Indonesian Presidential Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on February 7. Ambassador said he was unsure of Indonesia's steps to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737, which, of course, was binding on all UN members. He urged that Indonesia rev [...]	2007-02-08 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR ID
07JAKARTA3450	LEGISLATORS RAMP UP CRITICISM OF DEFENSE ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement with Singapore has come under renewed attack in the Indonesian legislature (DPR). Legislators cite the allegedly adverse effect that its proposed activities would have on local farmers and fishermen near one of the accord's proposed tr [...]	2007-12-21 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA3451	EXECUTION NEARING FOR BALI BOMBERS? [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists who carried out the first Bali bombing are another step closer to execution. A Bali court has formally received the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the death sentence imposed on the t [...]	2007-12-21 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
07JAKARTA3461	HUMAN RIGHTS -- COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF KEY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesia's Supreme Court reconvenes in January to review the case file of the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib. A ruling on whether to overturn the 2006 acquittal of a key suspect is due in early 2008. In ongoing proceedings, prosecutors have called in a fo [...]	2007-12-26 05:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3464	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI TRIES TO CONTAIN ATTACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla--who has close links to Muslim groups--has strongly condemned last week's attack on the Ahmadiyah religious sect. Kalla's statements placed pressure on Islamic militants seeking to use religious edicts issued by the Indonesian Ulama Council (MUI) to justify [...]	2007-12-26 07:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA3465	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- U.S. NAVY VISIT BRINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A U.S. Navy cruiser--the USS Port Royal--visited Tanjung Priok, Jakarta's port, from December 17-20. The crew enjoyed limited shore leave, engaging in a charity event involving Indonesian children. The stop was given prominent coverage by local media. The visit was also posi [...]	2007-12-26 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3467	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO REPORTEDLY PLANNING VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission contacts report that President Yudhoyono is planning to visit Iran, January 10-12. The President's Office has not confirmed the visit. If it is a go, it would be Yudhoyono's first visit to Iran and would reciprocate President Ahmadinejad's visit to Jakarta in May 2006 [...]	2007-12-27 05:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IR
07JAKARTA3468	CHRISTMAS IN INDONESIA -- AMID TIGHT SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the direct order of the President, Indonesian police made an impressive show of force to bolster security at churches across Indonesia during the Christmas season. No incidents of violence were reported. In public events in this Muslim majority but diverse country, politici [...]	2007-12-27 06:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
07JAKARTA3469	SUPREME COURT UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision ordering new provincial elections in South Sulawesi has revived allegations of incompetence and political influence peddling at the Court. Critics of the decision--which has [...]	2007-12-27 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA3472	IRAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: TRADING CAR PARTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KFTN EFIN ID IR
07JAKARTA3484	CONTROVERSIAL EX-MINISTER MAKES A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after his removal from the Cabinet in the wake of corruption allegations, former minister Yusril Mahendra is making a political comeback. The Palace recently appointed Yusril to be a Presidential legal adviser. There are also reports that he may be nominated to beco [...]	2007-12-28 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KISL ID
07JAKARTA3487	INDONESIA UPDATES RULES ON POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much discussion, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) recently passed comprehensive legislation on political parties. The legislation--which should be signed into law soon--is meant to: encourage more political participation; press women's involvement; and, set out new guid [...]	2007-12-31 03:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3490	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ARRESTS MADE IN ATTACKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested approximately 50 people in connection with attacks on an Islamic sect in West Java. Prosecutors are examining whether to bring formal charges. Local Muslim leaders played a positive role in making sure the arrests were peaceful. The fact that the arre [...]	2007-12-31 05:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
07JAKARTA388	DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF [...] (C) We called again on our contact in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on February 12 to inquire about any results of the GOI's investigation of the possible conventional arms purchases reported ref b. We emphasized tha [...]	2007-02-13 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC ID
07JAKARTA427	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON VP KALLA [...] (C) During a Feb. 15 farewell call, the Ambassador congratulated Vice-President Kalla on the successful election process in Aceh; expressed support for government efforts to control violence in Sulawesi; urged the GOI to open Papua to foreign visitors; raised plans to increase USG technical a [...]	2007-02-16 05:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET PINS ABLD ID
07JAKARTA429	WIRAJUDA RAISES BURMA, MIDEAST IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's farewell call on February 13, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda said he was pressing ASEAN to form a three-country "troika" (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore) to re-engage Burma. The Ambassador questioned the efficacy of ASEAN's dialogue with [...]	2007-02-16 06:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN XF BM ID
07JAKARTA430	JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...]	2007-02-16 07:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS ID
07JAKARTA452	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell call on Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on February 16, the Ambassador reviewed progress in bilateral relations and military-to- military cooperation and stressed continued progress on military reform was important to a good relationship. Describing Pap [...]	2007-02-20 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA507	BURMA-INDONESIA JOINT COMMISSION MEETS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) Summary. After three postponements, the Burma-Indonesia Joint Commission met in Jakarta on February 14 - 15. The Commission agreed to develop bilateral cooperation in sectors including commerce and trade, forestry, tourism, law enforcement, culture, and education, but more detailed agr [...]	2007-02-23 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA514	JUDICIAL COMMISSION FAILS TO ADVANCE REFORM [...] (SBU) The Judicial Commission, formed in 2005 to strengthen the accountability and integrity of the judiciary, has fallen far short of expectations and has yet to play a constructive role in judicial reform. The Commission's primary task, to monitor the behavior of judges and recommend sancti [...]	2007-02-26 06:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA515	USG PUSHES INDONESIA TO HELP STOP STATE SPONSORED [...] (C) Summary: During his February 19-20 visit to Jakarta, Special Representative for Social Issues, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG's concern over the Burmese government's use of rape as an instrument of violence in three separate meetings with Indonesian Department of Foreign A [...]	2007-02-26 06:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA517	AMBASSADOR REES MEETS BURMA CAUCUS CHAIR [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Djoko Susilo, the Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma, Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees commended the DPR's activism on Burma (Ref A),and discussed additional measures the DPR might take [...]	2007-02-26 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA545	INDONESIA'S DETACHMENT 88 HITTING ITS STRIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since first emerging in the wake of the 2002 Bali terror attacks, Detachment 88 has begun to establish itself as the counterterrorism flagship of the Indonesian National Police (INP). A growing list of successful CT operations marks the Detachment's maturing capabilities. Recentl [...]	2007-02-27 23:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA576	AMB. REES RAISES RAPE IN BURMA WITH ASEAN SYG ONG [...] (C) Summary: On Feb. 19, Special Representative for Social Issues, Amb. Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG concern over Burma's use of rape as an instrument of policy to ASEAN Secretary-General (SYG) Ong Keng Yong. Amb. Rees pushed for ASEAN support of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolu [...]	2007-03-01 01:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA635	PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES ANTI-TERROR MEASURES, NAMRU [...] (C) In a February 26 hearing with several security Ministries, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) urged the government of Indonesia to address terrorism's root causes more forcefully. The DPR's Commission I, the Commission for foreign policy and defense issues, summoned Coordinatin [...]	2007-03-06 05:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL SN ID
07JAKARTA660	DEFENDERS OF THE FAITHFUL: DEWAN DAKWAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) Summary. On February 22, we met with the Executive Board of Dewan Dakwah Islamiyah Indonesia (DDII),a historically important hard-line Islamist group whose charitable wing, KOMPAK, has been linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). DDII, which has a reputation for being anti-West, anti-Semitic a [...]	2007-03-08 00:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA706	U.S. TEAM VISITS INDONESIA'S SULAWESI SEA AREA [...] (C) Summary. In late January, a DS/ATA-led team of U.S. and GOI security officials sponsored by S/CT assessed the security needs along Indonesia's Sulawesi Sea border areas. The visit was part of the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) targeting the strategic Indonesia-Malaysia-Philip [...]	2007-03-12 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA72	DPR VICE CHAIRMAN RECALLED BY HIS OWN PARTY [...] (C) On January 8 the Reform Star Party (PBR) exercised its right to recall member Zaenal Ma'arif from the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Zaenal, who served as the Vice Chairman of the DPR, had systematically aggravated the PBR party leadership by neglecting his constituents in nort [...]	2007-01-09 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
07JAKARTA725	INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John inquired about Pakistani President Musharraf's Middle East peace initiative during his meeting with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director General Imron Cotan. According to Cotan, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda attended the meeting as part of Indonesia [...]	2007-03-13 22:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ID
07JAKARTA726	DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General for Defense Strategy BG Dadi Susanto told EAP DAS Eric John March 7 that defense spending was still below the Indonesian military's (TNI) needs but was the government's second-highest priority after education; that the TNI was satisfied with the pace of military-t [...]	2007-03-14 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA727	DAS JOHN ENGAGES PARLIAMENTARIANS AND GOI ON BURMA [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John discussed Burma with members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma and, in a separate meeting, with GOI Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Imron Cotan. DAS John emphasized that Indonesia' [...]	2007-03-14 00:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA738	KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) PolCouns met March 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and International Security Mohammad Hery Saripudin to follow-up the ref B demarche made by the Charge and deliver the points contained in ref. A. Saripudin attempted to explain away some of the press [...]	2007-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA739	DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...]	2007-03-14 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID
07JAKARTA740	CDA COURTESY CALL ON NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On March 13, the CDA made a courtesy call on the new Saudi ambassador to Indonesia, Abdulrahman Mohammed Amen A. Alkhayyat. The Ambassador told us that the Saudi Embassy engages with the GOI primarily on labor and religious pilgrimage issues. When asked for his opinion of Indo [...]	2007-03-14 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA754	JUSTICE CONTINUES TO ELUDE VICTIMS OF 1998-1999 [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, the Indonesian parliament's (DPR) consultative council rejected the legal affairs committee's (Commission III) recommendation to set up an ad-hoc human rights court on the 1998-1999 killings of 29 civilian protestors by the Indonesian military (TNI) at Trisakti Univer [...]	2007-03-15 08:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID
07JAKARTA767	THE SECRETARY,S MARCH 22 MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Wirajuda appreciates the Secretary's invitation to meet with her in Washington and looks forward to the opportunity to exchange views on the Middle East and UNSC issues. FM Wirajuda is the GOI point man behind Indonesia's recent activism on Israel-Palestinian issues and S [...]	2007-03-16 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA768	UNSC/IRAN: INDONESIA WANTS MORE TIME ON UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Summary. On March 16, Charge and PolCouns pressed several Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs officials and advisors to President Yudhoyono to support the P-5 UNSC resolution on Iran (reftels). Foreign Minister Wirajuda, who is currently traveling in Europe, will ultimately decide th [...]	2007-03-16 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA821	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS GENERATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Constitutional Court, created in 2003 to improve rule of law and act as a check on Legislative and Executive power, has been the subject of intense criticism by the media and public after a series of controversial decisions overturned important pieces of legislation. Court d [...]	2007-03-22 05:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA822	Indonesia: Central Java NU Leader Views on [...] (C) SUMMARY. Consulate General Surabaya met with Muhammad Adnan, Chairman of Central Java Nadhlatul Ulama (CJNU),Central Java's largest Muslim organization, and his deputies on March 2, 2007. Adnan commented that CJNU is less involved in local politics than its East Java counterpart and East [...]	2007-03-22 06:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI PTER ID
07JAKARTA826	TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: POSO TERRORISTS CONVICTED [...] (U) Three Indonesians involved in the October 2005 beheading attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were convicted of terrorism in Jakarta on March 21. They were sentenced to 20, 14 and 14 years respectively. The sentences imposed, while less than the maximum, appear to be the result of the defe [...]	2007-03-22 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA827	INDONESIAN CT UNITS ARREST TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20-21, Indonesian National Police (INP) units, including Detachment 88 officers trained by DS/ATA, carried out CT operations in Central Java that resulted in the arrest of at least five suspected terrorists. INP units fatally shot one suspect in a shootout Tuesday night [...]	2007-03-22 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR
07JAKARTA830	RESPONSE ON UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES IN THE ASEAN [...] (U) We met with Deputy Director for ARF Issues Aji Surya at the Department of Foreign Affairs on March 21 to present U.S. proposals (reftel) and hear initial Indonesian reactions. Proposals had been faxed to Surya the preceding day. Surya stressed that his comments were "preliminary" only an [...]	2007-03-22 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ARF MARR EAID PARM XB ID
07JAKARTA851	KUWAITI AMBASSADOR WELCOMES INDONESIAN ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary. CDA met Kuwaiti Ambassador Mohammad Fadel Khalaf on March 20 to discuss Indonesia's Middle East initiatives. The Kuwaiti Ambassador has encouraged Indonesian activism on the Middle East. On Iran, Khalaf said the GOK had raised its concerns about Iran's nuclear program repeate [...]	2007-03-23 07:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID
07JAKARTA852	PAPUA GOVERNOR OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WELCOMES [...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 16 meeting with Charge and USAID and Embassy officials, Governor Barnabas Suebu explained that his development strategy for Papua focuses on four areas: good governance, village-based development, infrastructure improvements, and law and order. Suebu said that his [...]	2007-03-23 08:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ID
07JAKARTA86	MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI [...] (C) Summary. Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]	2007-01-10 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA87	AMBASSADOR URGES FORMIN WIRAJUDA TO SUPPORT UNSC [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda remained non-committal on support for our draft UNSC resolution on Burma. He continued to question whether the Burmese regime poses a significant threat to international peace and security. The GOI, he said, [...]	2007-01-10 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC ASEAN SY BM ID
07JAKARTA871	UNSC/KOSOVO: DEMARCHE TO INDONESIA ON AHTISAARI [...] (C) Summary. According to an official at Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, the GOI is still developing its position on independence for Kosovo. Despite long-held principles that would preclude support for an independent Kosovo, our contact conceded that the GOI would remain flexible [...]	2007-03-26 23:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI ID
07JAKARTA882	WEST JAVA'S GREEN UNIVERSITIES: ISLAM ON CAMPUS [...] (C) Summary. On February 28-March 1, poloffs traveled to Bandung, West Java, the wellspring of Indonesia's hard-line "tarbiyah" student movement, which is modeled after the Muslim Brotherhood and originated there in the 1970s. The development of the tarbiyah movement arguably brought about a [...]	2007-03-27 07:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ID
07JAKARTA908	COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS [...] (C) Summary: Following up on two days of hearings in Bali in February, the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) began a weeklong series of hearings March 26-30. Featuring both prominent (Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo and former Indonesian President Habibie) [...]	2007-03-29 12:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA92	MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]	2007-01-11 04:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA930	FORMIN WIRAJUDA GRILLED OVER UNSC IRAN VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda defended Indonesia's vote in support of UNSCR 1747 before a hostile parliamentary committee. Despite Wirajuda's thorough explanation of the GOI's decision and the purpose of the resolution, the legislators accused him of [...]	2007-03-30 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA932	SECURITY ISSUES AT FREEPORT MINE IN PAPUA, [...] (C) Summary. Executives of the U.S.-owned Freeport mine near Timika, Papua, report that despite a difficult start, police Mobile Brigade personnel have successfully taken over the Indonesian Armed Forces' old role in supporting the company's security operations. Freeport provides some financ [...]	2007-04-01 22:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV EMIN CASC ID
07JAKARTA949	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ATTRIBUTES INDONESIA'S UNSCR [...] (C) As part of a series of courtesy calls on Arab ambassadors to discuss Indonesia's Middle East peace initiatives and Iran's nuclear program (refs A and B),CDA met with Egyptian Ambassador Mohamed El Sayed on March 30. El Sayed was non-committal about the utility of Indonesian peacemaking e [...]	2007-04-02 23:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID
07JAKARTA98	FURTHER EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Post continued to press the GOI to support the draft UNSC resolution on Burma. On January 10 and again on January 11, the Ambassador pressed Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal again on Burma, emphasizing the need for Indonesia to take a leadership role in the UNSC on this imp [...]	2007-01-11 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA993	RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET IN BOGOR TO BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary. Sunni and Shi'a religious and political figures from the Muslim world met in Bogor on April 3-4 to bridge the Sunni-Shi'a sectarian divide, especially in Iraq. Despite high expectations, only eight Muslim countries sent representatives; aside from the Pakistani Minister of Relig [...]	2007-04-09 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL PGOV IZ ID
07JAKARTA994	ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia will resist taking a clear position on the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo until the last minute and will look for UNSC consensus and a solution agreed by both Serbia and Kosovo. We see little prospect for Indonesian leadership on Kosovo, nor even tacit support for Kosov [...]	2007-04-09 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPAO UNMIK PGOV YI EU ID
07JEDDAH419	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 14 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on September 14, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque devoted his sermon to the holy month of Ramadan. He stressed the importance of total abstinence and helping the poor. The following week he continued on the same theme, [...]	2007-09-30 09:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH450	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 28 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on September 28, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque focused his sermon once again on Ramadan. He repeated his call for the congregation to read the Koran and stressed the importance of purifying oneself to prepare for the [...]	2007-10-17 11:16:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH469	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA OCTOBER 19 AND [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the Eastern Province on October 19, a substitute Imam at the al-Khobar Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque focused his sermon on respect for family values and how it relates to current discontent in the Muslim world. On October 26, Sheikh Mohammad Saleh al-Munajjid at the Omar b [...]	2007-10-31 16:06:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH481	VISIT OF STAS FEDEROFF TO KAUST GROUNDBREAKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the King SIPDIS Abdullah University for Science and Technology on October 21. The university is part of a development plan to also include a Petroleum Complex and King Abdullah Economic C [...]	2007-11-24 06:15:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON TNGD TPHY KISL SA
07JEDDAH492	HEJAZIS UPSET BY FATWA ABUSE IN ONGOING ISLAMIC [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Dr. Izzat Atiyya of al-Azhar University's Hadith Department issued a polemical fatwa last May arguing that women and men could work together provided that they become family members through breastfeeding. This is one of several fatwas that the Islamic establishment has issu [...]	2007-11-27 12:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN SA
07JEDDAH498	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN THE HEJAZ: [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the number of reported domestic abuse cases varies depending on the source, Hejazi (inhabitants of the Western Province) experts focused on addressing violence against women agree that the number of cases in the Western Province is rising. The President of [...]	2007-11-30 18:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SA
07JEDDAH506	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA NOVEMBER 16, 23, [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Grand Mufti recommended on November 30 that terrorists be sentenced to "Had al-Haraba," a Quranic punishment that can include execution followed by displaying the body in crucified pose. Sermons in the Eastern Province's al-Khobar al-Rawdha Grand Mosque on November 16 [...]	2007-12-09 08:51:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL SA
07JEDDAH508	KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY: BRAVE IDEAS, SHAKY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after the launch of construction, the King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) remains the flagship among the megaprojects that represent King Abdullah's push for modernization and economic diversification. Although the King's support for the city still appears stron [...]	2007-12-10 15:12:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ELAB ENRG EPET
07JERUSALEM1023	BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: GAZA NSF COMMANDER JAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) JAMAL M M KAYYAD (SPELLED "KAIED" ON HIS PA TRAVEL DOCUMENT) IS COMMANDER OF NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES (NSF) FOR GAZA. PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. DPOB: SAIDA, LEBANON, 19 JULY 1958. MARRIED TO HUSUN M HAMAD. RESIDES IN [...]	2007-06-01 08:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1024	BIOGRAPHICAL REPORT: NEW POLICE CHIEF KAMAL [...] (C) BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) KAMAL AL-SHAYKH (ALSO SPELLED "SHEIKH" IN SOME PAST REPORTING) IS THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE PALESTINIAN POLICE (APPOINTED IN MAY 2007). PERSONAL DATA AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOLLOWS. 2. (C) PERSONAL. AL-SHAYKH COMES FROM MAZRA AL-QIBLIYA, A VILLAGE NORTHWE [...]	2007-06-01 08:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1090	CODEL LEAHY MEETS WITH EREKAT AND TRAVELS TO ABUD [...] (C) PLO Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat told CODEL Leahy May 30 that there is no hope for the moderate Palestinian leadership unless the GOI agrees to negotiate permanent status issues with PA President Abbas. Erekat called on the USG to encourage the GOI to move towards a permanent status agre [...]	2007-06-07 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1094	PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR DISCUSSES CELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR MUSTAFA IS CONFIDENT THAT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT WILL ALLOCATE THE NECESSARY FREQUENCIES FOR A SECOND PROVIDER OF MOBILE PHONE SERVICE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. HE IS ALSO FULLY CONVINCED THAT A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP IS NEEDED AT THE GENERAL ADM [...]	2007-06-07 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ECPS KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1095	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN VIEWS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND CEO MOHAMMED MUSTAFA SAID THAT AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF OFFSHORE GAZA GAS BY CONCESSION OPERATOR BG GROUP TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTQD BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MUSTAFA SAID HE DISAGREED WITH THE H [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1100	CONFLICT CONTINUES BETWEEN FATAH FIELD COMMITTEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 6 meeting with PolChief, Fatah West Bank Field Committee Chairman Hussein al Sheikh said the head of Fatah's Office of Mobilization Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala,a) is trying to restructure Fatah to consolidate his own power and undermine the Field Committees. Al Sheikh said he [...]	2007-06-08 08:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM1105	SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 6 meeting with PolChief and USAID/OTI Deputy Country Representative, Yousef Barakeh, the Fatah Secretary General in Jalazoun refugee camp and a member of the North Ramallah Fatah Committee outlined his efforts to strengthen Fatah in this politically competitive region t [...]	2007-06-08 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM1106	SUPPORTING PRO-FATAH NGO'S IN NORTH RAMALLAH [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 10:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM112	HOME DEMOLITIONS IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 81 structures, including 63 homes, in East Jerusalem for lack of permits in 2006, according to a report released by the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD). Activists from ICAHD and the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim argue P [...]	2007-01-22 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1172	GAZA: SIX KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES; NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AT LEAST NINE PALESTINIANS (6 FATAH OR PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF),AND 3 HAMAS) WERE KILLED IN RENEWED FACTIONAL VIOLENCE IN RAFAH AND GAZA CITY FROM JUNE 8 TO 1600 LOCAL ON JUNE 11. BOTH SIDES ALLEGE SEVERAL ABDUCTIONS AND ABUSE/TORTURE OF PRISONERS. HAMAS PM ISMAYIL [...]	2007-06-11 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1179	HEAVY FACTIONAL FIGHTING IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. At least 14 Palestinians were killed in gunbattles in Gaza as of 1600 on June 12, with heavy violence in most cities and especially in Gaza City, the site of most political and security headquarters. Hamas warned all Palestinian security forces (PASF) to vacate their bases, an [...]	2007-06-12 17:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM120	SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19 VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COM [...]	2007-01-22 15:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM126	SIGNED LETTERS SENT REGARDING STOPPING CASH [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KWBG EG
07JERUSALEM1275	HEBRON REMAINS QUIET, THANKS TO RESPONSIVE [...] (C) Summary: In June 12 conversations with the Consul General, the Hebron governor, the mayor of Hebron, and a Hebron-based Fatah PLC member noted that Hebron remains calm, despite on-going violence in Gaza and the areas, strong Hamas elements. Hebron Mayor Osaily stressed his priority to pr [...]	2007-06-20 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1276	GAZA BANKS OPERATING NORMALLY BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and regional banks operating in Gaza are open and report "business as usual." Hamas is currently taking a "hands-off" approach to Gaza's banking sector, but banks are implementing some precautionary measures, such as restricting the authority of Gaza-based staff and [...]	2007-06-20 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1279	CONSUL GENERAL MEETS NEW PA MINISTERS; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Consul General and USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director met June 19 with two newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members, explaining to them that the USG is resuming broad-based assistance and suggesting that discussions and planning on best use of this assistanc [...]	2007-06-21 04:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1290	CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER [...] (C) The Consul General met the newly appointed Minister for Information and Justice Riad Malki on June 20 at the Ministry of Justice headquarters in Ramallah. Noting that he is the new government's spokesman as well as responsible for two significant ministerial portfolios, Malki said the jo [...]	2007-06-22 07:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER EAID KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM1295	PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SLAMS HAMAS, SUPPORTS ABBAS [...] (C) The PLO Central Council met in Ramallah June 20-21 and issued a statement (summarized in paras. 3-4) that condemned Hamas for its action in Gaza and expressed support for PA President/PLO ExComm Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Salam Fayyad. (Note: The Central Council is a 115-me [...]	2007-06-22 11:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM1297	ABBAS SPEECH TO PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL AND REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Abbas's speech to the PLO Central Council on June 20 condemned HAMAS's actions in the Gaza Strip in unambiguous terms and called for a revival of the PLO without HAMAS. Consulate contacts expressed support for the clear direction that Abbas offered in spite of contin [...]	2007-06-22 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1303	CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PA PM FAYYAD [...] (C) Begin Summary. Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Issa June 24 that West Bank security is his first priority, and he will seek GoI coordination for the movement of the PASF between West Bank cities. He said improving access and movement in the West Bank is his second pri [...]	2007-06-25 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1320	CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH YASER ABED RABBO [...] (C) Begin Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yaser Abed Rabbo told CODEL Issa June 24 that the government of PM Salam Fayyad, if successful, could lead to the creation of a new political current, mobilize disaffected voters, and weaken HAMAS. He accused HAMAS of trying to i [...]	2007-06-27 08:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL

07JERUSALEM1321	GAZA CASH SHORTAGE MAY PREVENT PA SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Banks in Gaza do not have sufficient cash to pay Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries next week, and Israeli authorities are preventing cash transfers through the Erez crossing, according to bank officials. Cairo Amman Bank should begin paying UNRWA salaries in two days, [...]	2007-06-27 08:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN IS
07JERUSALEM1330	NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER FOR PLANNING DESCRIBES [...] (C) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Minister of Planning and Labor Samir Abdullah June 25 at the Ministry of Planning headquarters in Ramallah. Abdullah began by saying that recent events in Gaza -- while unfortunate -- could nonetheless create opportunities for positive chan [...]	2007-06-27 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM1334	ABU MAZEN EXEMPTS GAZANS FROM PA TAXES TO DENY [...] (SBU) PA President Abbas issued a presidential decree June 26 exempting Gazans from fees for services provided by PA entities, value-added tax on local activity, and from income tax on companies and individuals. Press accounts described the move as a response to the difficult circumstances u [...]	2007-06-27 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1346	AGREEMENT REACHED TO RESUME TRANSFER OF REVENUES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI agreed June 27 to resume the transfer of frozen clearance revenues, starting with a transfer of NIS 500 million on/about July 1, according to PA Prime Minister and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad. Regular monthly clearance revenue transfers will resume as well, along with [...]	2007-06-28 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1360	HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH: SECURITY FIRST PRIORITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. On June 28, Fatah grassroots leader Hussayn al-Shaykh told PolChief that he supports the new government and the appointment of Salam Fayyad as Prime Minister. He urged an immediate re-examination of the entire security apparatus, claiming that West Bank PA security forces [...]	2007-06-29 10:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1363	NABLUS INCURSION: IDF WITHDRAWS FROM CITY CENTER, [...] (SBU) According to Palestinian security contacts and press, the IDF is wrapping up operations in/around Balata Refugee Camp in Nablus as of 1400 local June 29, and has left the city center. The IDF shot and killed al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Haytham Salih in al-Dahiya early June 29, an [...]	2007-06-29 12:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1371	DFLP CLAIMS MORTAR STRIKE ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING [...] (SBU) The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) claimed joint responsibility (along with the PRC and al-Baraq Army) for mortar attacks against Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings on June 27, claiming the attack was "retaliation for the murder of Palestinians by occupation forces [...]	2007-07-02 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KWBG KPAL IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM1372	CLEARANCE REVENUE TRANSFERS AND CASH SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) PA Ministry of Finance Director General of Customs Hatem Yousef confirmed to Econoff July 2 that the GOI had transferred July 1 NIS 500 million (USD 118 million) in clearance revenues to the PA. Yousef said that this amount will be sufficient to pay PA employees their full salaries for J [...]	2007-07-02 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM138	EXCAVATION BEGUN TO CONNECT SILWAN TO THE OLD CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI ORGANIZATION ELAD HAS BEGUN EXCAVATION OF A TUNNEL FROM THE POOL OF SILWAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN WALL, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIN. IR AMIN REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 METERS OF TUNNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PALESTI [...]	2007-01-24 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1406	KHALIL SHIKAKI ON FATAH'S WEST BANK SITUATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) Director Dr. Khalil Shikaki told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on July 3 that Fatah is disorganized and has failed to consolidate power in the West Bank, but remains the protector of liberal values in P [...]	2007-07-09 04:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS KWBG KPAL
07JERUSALEM1411	PA PAYS EMPLOYEE SALARIES; HAMAS BLOCKS ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid full salaries to public employees July 4 for the first time in 15 months, according to local press reports and Ministry of Finance officials. In accordance with an earlier PA cabinet decision nullifying appointments and promotions after Dec [...]	2007-07-09 07:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1420	CONTINUED ROADWORK AND CONSTRUCTION ON POLICE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed July 2 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and the exterior of the police station building is near complete. Retaining walls for roadways and grading along the hillsides leading up to and surrounding the police s [...]	2007-07-09 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KWBG PREL IS
07JERUSALEM1429	PM FAYYAD LAYS OUT SECURITY/DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. At a July 5 meeting in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad told Congressman Steve Israel (D-NY) that the PA must make immediate progress--including a political track with Israel--because this government is probably Palestinians' last chance. PM Fayyad said security is his government's pr [...]	2007-07-10 09:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS OREP EAID PGOV ECON
07JERUSALEM1435	JAPANESE AGRICULTURE ASSISTANCE IN JORDAN VALLEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japan International Cooperation Agency's (JICA) Jordan Valley agricultural development initiative began in March 2007 with a technical assistance program and two feasibility studies scheduled to run 18-22 months. The technical assistance program will train Palestinian far [...]	2007-07-10 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD IS JA JO KWBG
07JERUSALEM1440	PALESTINIAN TRADE UNION LEADER KIDNAPPED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) Chairman Shaher Sa'ad was kidnapped in the West Bank town of Nablus on the afternoon of July 10. He was released unharmed following one hour of physical threats and demands by the kidnappers for him to (a) resign his post [...]	2007-07-11 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON KPAL KWBG CASC ASEC
07JERUSALEM1453	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN MOBILE TELECOM TENDER - GOI [...] (C) Gulf-owned mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see reftel) before it can commence operations, according to PLO Negotiations Support [...]	2007-07-13 13:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1454	FAYYAD TO CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER; THREE NEW [...] (C) On July 13, shortly before the expiration of the state of emergency declared by PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),three new ministers were sworn in: Ali Khashan as Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Ibrash at Minister of Culture, and Tahani Abu Daqqa as Minister of Youth and Sports. Con [...]	2007-07-13 13:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS PINR
07JERUSALEM1473	POSITIVE PALESTINIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Most West Bank political contacts said they were pleased by President Bush's July 16 speech and praised his call for an international meeting to support progress toward a two-state solution. Most contacts said the speech offers an opportunity to move forward with negotiations [...]	2007-07-17 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1483	UTILITY PAYMENTS INDIRECTLY SUBSIDIZING HAMAS IN [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he no longer wants the European Union to fund utility payments through the Temporary International Mechanism (Window II) or the GOI to deduct utility payments from clearance revenues. Fayyad belie [...]	2007-07-18 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1486	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY AND GAZA BANKS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) and banks operating in the Gaza Strip continue to implement measures to thwart Hamas interference in the banking sector, according to PMA Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Most commercial banks have moved their headquarters to the West Ban [...]	2007-07-18 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1489	MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE [...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...]	2007-07-19 09:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM
07JERUSALEM1491	VATICAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Chief Vatican negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told PolOff July 12 that his team had just wrapped up a "positive but incomplete" negotiating session with the GoI on a general legal/fiscal agreement and made some progress on tax exemptions, judicial remedies and property claims. Jaege [...]	2007-07-19 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF IS PBTS VT KWBG
07JERUSALEM1499	ABBAS SLAMS HAMAS IN OPENING OF PLO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a strongly-worded speech to the PLO Central Council (PLO CC) on July 18, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) rejected dialogue with "Hamas mutineers" and called for Hamas leaders to be punished for taking over PA institutions in Gaza. He also called for early presidential a [...]	2007-07-19 11:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
07JERUSALEM1502	QADURA FARES ON INTERNATIONAL MEETING AND FATAH [...] (C) Summary. In a July 18 meeting with PolChief, grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares welcomed President Bush's call for an international meeting and said serious momentum is needed to bring Palestinians and Israelis back to the negotiating table. He said Fatah reform has stalled since Hama [...]	2007-07-19 13:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1514	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATORS CONCERNED ABOUT PLC'S [...] (C) Summary: The Fatah PLC bloc intends to boycott the July 22 PLC session called by the Hamas Acting Speaker. Fatah and independent PLC members say they are concerned about the future role of the PLC, given that the body has been unable to convene with a quorum while the new government is m [...]	2007-07-20 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1519	NORWEGIAN AND PA VIEWS ON PROPOSED AHLC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he supports the proposal to convene an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September 2007. Fayyad stated that the meeting should be limited to AHLC members only. He also suggested that a proposed follow-on [...]	2007-07-23 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM1522	PLC SESSION FAILS AGAIN, FAYYAD CONTINUES GOVERNING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KDEM PGOV PREL PTER
07JERUSALEM1523	PLO CENTRAL COUNCIL SUPPORTS ABBAS, CONDEMNS HAMAS [...] (U) Summary: The PLO Central Council (PLO-CC) released a July 20 statement (Ref A) after two days of meetings supporting President Abbas and PM Fayyad and calling on HAMAS to restore the Gaza Strip to PA control. PLO-CC Speaker Salim Zanun said this PLO leadership body will follow Abbas' le [...]	2007-07-23 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1524	HAMAS REPLACES THREE GAZA MAYORS, PRESSURES OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Hamas has taken control of three Gaza municipalities, replacing Fatah mayors and city council members. Gaza's other Fatah mayors report limited Hamas interference, but express concern about the agenda of Hamas' former Minister of Local Government. Gaza City's mayor described e [...]	2007-07-23 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL
07JERUSALEM153	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...]	2007-01-26 07:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1536	NEW PA JUSTICE MINISTER'S PRIORITY IS "SERVICES TO [...] (C) Summary. At a July 23 meeting in Ramallah, Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khassan told USAID Country Director Sumka and PolOff that he is concentrating on rebuilding the MoJ and instilling a focus on provision of services to the people. He said he is developing plans to build the MoJ into a s [...]	2007-07-24 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KDEM IS KJUS
07JERUSALEM155	QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...]	2007-01-26 07:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1554	PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...]	2007-07-26 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1565	DAHLAN RESIGNS AS NSA; ABBAS ACCEPTS RESIGNATION [...] (C) According to Palestinian contacts, President Mahmud Abbas accepted Muhammad Dahlan's July 26 resignation as National Security Advisor (NSA) for health concerns. The resignation letter and reply follow in paras. 2 and 3, respectively. Muhammad Dahlan's Resignation --------------------- [...]	2007-07-27 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PINS IS
07JERUSALEM1567	NEW PA PLATFORM: CABINET PLEDGES TO DELIVER [...] (C) Summary. In a progressive platform to be publicly announced July 28, PM Salam Fayyad's Cabinet commits "to fully abide by (PA and PLO agreements) including those agreements signed with Israel." The platform contains no references to revolutionary struggle. In a July 27 conversation wit [...]	2007-07-27 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS KISL
07JERUSALEM1570	NEW MUGHRABI GATE RAMP ROUTE STILL UNDEFINED [...] (C) Summary. Ir Amim founder Danny Seidemann told ConGen and Embassy PolOffs July 23-24 that Mughrabi Gate ramp plans are far from settled, contrary to Israel press reports claiming a new design has been adopted. Seidemann commented that PM Olmert is under pressure from religious-nationalist [...]	2007-07-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS KISL KIRF
07JERUSALEM1571	CEC READY FOR ELECTIONS BUT NOT EXPECTING THEM [...] (C) Summary. In a July 23 meeting, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOffs that the CEC is prepared to administer presidential and PLC elections, but the situation in Gaza creates major obstacles. Kuhail predicted that Fatah -- but not Hamas -- [...]	2007-07-27 16:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1574	FAYYAD STILL CONCERNED ABOUT GAZA UTILITY [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 26 that he has raised his concerns about Hamas benefiting from EU funding for utility payments in Gaza with EC Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (reftel),but he has not yet explicitly asked the EU to cut off [...]	2007-07-30 06:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1590	OLD GUARD TAKES CONTROL OF FATAH "REFORM" [...] (C) Summary. On July 25, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) convened Fatah's Office for Mobilization to begin the process of forming a new Fatah High Council to replace the West Bank and Gaza Field Committees. The formation of the High Council was approved by the Fatah R [...]	2007-07-31 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1646	SETTLERS OUT OF HEBRON WHOLESALE MARKET...FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, some 3000 Israeli security personnel removed settlers from three crowded structures in Hebron's wholesale market area. Four settlers were arrested. Hundreds of settler youth protested the action and tried to stop the Israeli security forces, but did not resort to [...]	2007-08-08 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1648	SETTLERS EXPANDING AROUND HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On August 6, Poloffs visited the southern Hebron Hills. They observed how Susiya settlement and Avigail outpost are expanding and how the area's settlements and outposts stretch across the hilltops south of Hebron. PolOffs saw the IDF manning special security zones (SSZs) that e [...]	2007-08-09 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1652	TWO JERUSALEM PLC MEMBERS OFFER DISSENTING VIEWS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Independent PLC member Bernard Sabella told StafDel Makovsky August 8 that continued closure of Gaza is a mistake that could lead to the PA government's failure. He said Palestinian Authority PM Fayyad should look to end the blockade without giving HAMAS any political ben [...]	2007-08-09 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1653	FAYYAD SEEKS AN "IMPRESSIVE" AID PACKAGE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Lantos August 7 that an immediate and "impressive" aid package for the PA will send an important message of political support and focus the attention of Palestinians and people throughout the region. He called the present PA government the [...]	2007-08-09 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL EAID
07JERUSALEM1656	PA AND FATAH CONTINUE TO REJECT ANY DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the press that Hamas is willing to resume Hamas-Fatah dialogue, and his political advisor Ahmad Yusef claimed that Hamas and Fatah are having "secret talks." However, PM Salam Fayyad and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd al-Rahman r [...]	2007-08-10 03:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1684	GOI REMOVES CONCRETE BARRIER IN SOUTH HEBRON HILLS [...] (C) Summary. On August 6, Poloffs saw workers removing a 41 kilometer-long, 82 centimeter-tall concrete barrier between Shima and Karmel settlements in the southern Hebron Hills area. According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI),the barrier was dismantled and removed per [...]	2007-08-14 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1686	MALKI: PA HOPES INTERNATIONAL MEETING WILL BE A [...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Information Riad Malki told StaffDel Makovsky August 13 that the PA hopes there will be a "pleasant surprise" at the international meeting in the Fall. Malki said the Palestinians plan to work hard to achieve a "Declaration of Principles" between the PA and the GO [...]	2007-08-14 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1690	PA REBUILDING FOREIGN MINISTRY; MFA PUSHES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry Director General for Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Ibrahim Krayshah told PolOff August 13 that PM Fayyad may appoint a new Foreign Minister, but has not selected a candidate. He said the PA Foreign Minister and PLO Political Bureau Chief posts [...]	2007-08-15 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM1691	ABU MAZEN LIKELY TO DECREE CHANGES TO LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is expected to issue a decree amending the 2005 elections law. According to a draft obtained by Post, the decree will change the electoral system from mixed to 100 percent proportional representative for legislative and presidential election [...]	2007-08-15 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1717	HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff he believes Palestinian homes near Israeli neighborhoods and roads are more likely to be demolished than homes in other areas. He said he thinks that certain West Bank areas are being targ [...]	2007-08-16 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM
07JERUSALEM1720	GRAND MUFTI CONDEMNS REP. TANCREDO COMMENTS, SAYS [...] (C) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with PolOffs in Jerusalem, Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussayn (with Supreme Islamic Council member Adnan Hussayni) said Rep. Tom Tancredo's remarks (rebroadcast on al-Arabiya television) about possible retaliation against Mecca and Medina were hurtful to Muslims [...]	2007-08-17 08:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KIRF PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1735	GAZA ELECTRICITY CURTAILED AS EU SUSPENDS [...] (C) Summary. A security threat against Nahal Oz transfer station and increased HAMAS interference in the collection and distribution of utility revenues has led the EU - at the urging of the Palestinian Authority (PA) - to suspend its financial support for fuel shipments into Gaza, resulting in [...]	2007-08-20 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1755	NEW OUTPOST NEAR BEIT EL CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler youth have gathered at encampments in high-profile locations, including Givat Ha'or near Ramallah and Homesh in the Northern West Bank. The encampments involve little construction, but may serve test the depth of Israeli, Palestinian and international opposition to sett [...]	2007-08-23 13:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1756	ALLON SHEVUT: PROPERTY VALUES HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 August Poloff visited the Allon Shevut settlement in the Gush Etzion bloc and met AmCit Regional Councilwoman Ruth Lieberman. According to Lieberman, Gush Etzion residents are more confident than ever that their community will be inside Israel in any permanent status agre [...]	2007-08-23 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS ASEC
07JERUSALEM1766	PA MORE THAN 1.5 BILLION IN THE RED FOR 2007; [...] (U) On August 20, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet approved its 2007 budget, with total expenditures of USD 2.5 billion and an estimated budget deficit of more that USD 1.5 billion this calendar year. The PA's wage bill remains its single largest expenditure: more than USD 1.3 billion a [...]	2007-08-24 16:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1792	MUSTAFA BARGHOUTI SEES HIMSELF LIKELY SECOND [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Barghouti discussed Hamas' internal tensions in an August 18 meeting with Staffdel Talwar. He said the national unity government (NUG) had been a "missed opportunity" that the international community could have used to demonstrate Hamas' inability to govern. Barghouti sai [...]	2007-08-27 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL
07JERUSALEM1793	YASER ABED RABBO URGES SERIOUSNESS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee Secretary General Yasser Abed Rabbo told Staffdel Talwar in an August 18 meeting that he questions U.S. seriousness about the planned international meeting in November. Abed Rabbo said Gaza's prospects are difficult, and the government must demonstrate tha [...]	2007-08-27 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM KPAL
07JERUSALEM1794	GAZA CITY MAYOR: HAMAS PROVIDING SECURITY BUT [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Mayor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent, appointed by President Abbas in 2005) told PolOff August 20 that Hamas has effectively portrayed itself as a victim of hostile external policies and that most Gazans blame their suffering on Israel, the PA and the international comm [...]	2007-08-27 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL
07JERUSALEM1795	FAYYAD SAYS TERROR LITIGATION POSES "EXISTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told a visiting interagency team that the suits brought against the PA in the U.S. and Israel pose an "existential threat" to the Palestinian cause. Fayyad urged the State Department to provide a Statement of Interest in supp [...]	2007-08-27 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER KPAL EINV
07JERUSALEM1801	ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...]	2007-08-27 12:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1804	ABU ALA'A TO MEET WITH EGYPT'S SULAYMAN, LOOKING [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) security contacts say Fatah Central Committee (FCC) member and former PM Ahmad Quraya' (Abu Ala'a) left Ramallah August 26 to meet with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Sulayman in Cairo on Palestinian security matters. Contacts say PA President Mahmud Abbas (A [...]	2007-08-27 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL EG IS
07JERUSALEM1820	PA CLOSES 103 NGOS AND CHARITIES, MOST WITH LINKS [...] (U) PM Salam Fayyad announced August 27 a PA cabinet decision to dissolve 103 charitable and non-governmental organizations in the West Bank and Gaza due to violations of laws governing civil groups. Publicly, Fayyad denied that the action is aimed at Hamas institutions, asserting that NGO c [...]	2007-08-29 04:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PTER PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1821	FAYYAD COMMENDS PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES WHO [...] (C) At a August 28 meeting with NEA DAS Rob Danin in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad praised Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) personnel who protected an IDF officer who accidentally entered Jenin August 27, passing A/PO a copy of his official commendation to Jenin security officers (pri [...]	2007-08-29 04:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1829	BEIT JALA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT ROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 21, Poloffs saw workers along Route 60 continuing construction of the security barrier around Beit Jala, south of Jerusalem, which Beit Jala mayor Raji Zeidan said will separate his town from nearly fifty percent of its total land, once completed. Mayor Zeidan and mun [...]	2007-08-29 16:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1835	GAZA PLC MEMBER: PALESTINIANS BLAME ISRAEL, U.S [...] (C) Summary. Gaza PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa told PolOff August 22 and 27 that most Gazans view Israel, enabled by the U.S. and EU, as the cause of Gaza's closures and poverty, not Hamas. Externally-imposed restrictions allow Hamas to claim it is the main force resisting occupation and shi [...]	2007-08-30 12:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER KDEM PREL
07JERUSALEM1837	YASSER ABD RABBO BRIEFS CODEL ACKERMAN ON [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, PLO Executive Committee Secretary-General Yasser Abd Rabbo told CODEL Ackerman that SIPDIS the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "not bad," but that he had hoped for better results. Abd Rabbo said Abu Maz [...]	2007-08-30 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM184	EXCAVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION NEAR HARAM AL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGISTS TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 26 THAT EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE OHEL YITZHAK SYNAGOGUE IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY HAS BEEN HALTED, PENDING AN ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA) DECISION ABOUT A CRUSADER-ERA HALL BELOW THE SYNAGOGUE. TH [...]	2007-01-30 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1840	ABU DIS: MAYOR ASK FOR USG HELP ON THE ROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary: In separate August 27 and 28 meetings, the Mayor of Abu Dis, Ibrahim Jaffal, and Abu Dis's lawyer, Shlomo Lecker, requested USG assistance to encourage Israel to reconsider the route of the separation barrier around the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim. This is part of the barrier is [...]	2007-08-30 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1850	HUSSAYN AL-SHAYKH WITH CODEL ACKERMAN ON FATAH [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, Fatah leader and PA Civil Affairs director Hussayn al-Shaykh told CODEL Ackerman that PM Fayyad has taken bold steps in addressing internal Palestinian security issues, dissolving Hamas charities, and calling for a three-year economic development plan. He added th [...]	2007-08-31 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1852	CEC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS DECREE, HAMAS, AND PA [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir and Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhayl told USAID and PolOff that legislative and presidential elections must include both the West Bank and Gaza. Nasir said that if Palestinian Authority (PA) President Ma [...]	2007-08-31 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1853	BIR ZAYT MAYOR RESHAPES MUNICIPALITY [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Bir Zayt Mayor Yusif Nasser told USAID and Poloff that his goal is to reshape the Municipality by institutionalizing office structures, ensuring more efficient output from employees, and increasing public awareness on local issues. Nasser plans to hold regular tow [...]	2007-08-31 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1859	AL-'AZARIYA: MAYOR ASKS FOR CHANGES IN BARRIER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, al-'Azariya mayor Issam Farun said he hopes the GoI will re-route the separation barrier near Ma'ale Adumim to avoid cutting off al-'Azariya from its only vacant land. He said an alternate route would simplify barrier construction while retaining reside [...]	2007-09-05 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS PBTS
07JERUSALEM1862	ICRC REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 30, International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) Field Coordinator Jean-Christophe Sandoz reported to RefCoord that the August 29 meeting between the Government of Israel (GoI),Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Magen David Adom (MDA) laid a positive foundation fo [...]	2007-09-05 15:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ICRC IS KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM1863	PROMINENT FATAH FIGURES CALL FOR HAMAS TO BE [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on August 28, Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE) CEO Hassan Abu Libdeh and Al-Ayyam Editor Akram Haniyah told NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israeli and international support is crucial to demonstrate tangible improvement in Palestinians' daily lives. Abu Libdeh said [...]	2007-09-05 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS KTFN ECON EFIN
07JERUSALEM1874	PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET, LACKING POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) is down more than 25% for 2007. Analysts say a lack of positive political signals is holding the market down. Efforts are underway to boost investor interest in the PSE through such measures as relaxing margin account restrictions, fo [...]	2007-09-07 13:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM1875	GAZA GOVERNOR SLAMS HAMAS "CRIMES" AND PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 4 meeting in Jerusalem, Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said Hamas has stepped up harassment of Fatah and independent activists and journalists in Gaza. He called Hamas "more brutal than Israel was in 27 years of occupation" in arresting, beating and torturing pr [...]	2007-09-07 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM188	HOME DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been fifteen demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, including three on January 30. The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) held a protest vigil later on January 30 at Jerusalem City Hall. End Summary. [...]	2007-01-30 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1893	SEPARATION BARRIER PREVENTS EFRAT FROM EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Efrat settlement, met with Mayor Eli Mizrachi, and viewed the route of the separation barrier north of Bethlehem that cuts off Eitam Hill from Efrat. The Mayor said his main challenge is finding space for outward expansion and he wants to see Eitam included in th [...]	2007-09-09 12:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1897	HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...]	2007-09-10 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1898	PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ALTERS ELECTIONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Abbas issued a presidential decree amending the PA elections law on September 2. The new law modifies the electoral system to be fully proportional; requires the president to obtain an absolute majority of votes; and requires candidates to accept the PLO as the sole, [...]	2007-09-10 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1899	HAMAS BREAKS UP FRIDAY PUBLIC PRAYERS, BEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a Hamas ban on public prayers and measures to prevent large gatherings, thousands of Palestinians assembled in Gaza's major cities September 7, attempting to hold Friday prayers that double as anti-Hamas demonstrations. According to Arabic media and local contacts, se [...]	2007-09-10 10:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1905	BILIN CELEBRATES COURT VICTORY, BUT WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Bil'in residents celebrated the Israeli High Court's decision to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit on September 7 and described the decision as a victory for non-violent resistance. However, Bil'in activist Muhammad al-Khatib said [...]	2007-09-10 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM1907	MAYOR OF ARIEL: FORGET LAND FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mayor of the Ariel settlement Ron Nachman told PolOff during a lengthy August 29 meeting that the USG pursuit of land for peace is "a big mistake" and proposed splitting the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. For thirty years, Nachman has been the Mayor of Ariel, which is home [...]	2007-09-11 07:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1910	LIST OF 105 ORGANIZATIONS CLOSED BY PA [...] (U) Post has received from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Interior (MOI) a list of 105 charities and NGOs closed on August 27 (reftel). Post translation of the list below, at para 3. 2. (C) MOI officials claim that the first 84 organizations listed below are suspected of having [...]	2007-09-11 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM1917	AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...]	2007-09-11 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1918	SHILO, OFRA ARE NUCLEI FOR ILLEGAL OUTPOSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Shilo and Ofrah, two major settlements north of Ramallah on August 31. Surrounding outposts included Amona, where the GoI destroyed nine permanent structures in February 2006 and where there are now over fifty caravans. There are clusters of caravans on most hill [...]	2007-09-11 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1936	40,000 ULTRA ORTHODOX SETTLERS NOW IN MODIIN ILLIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Founded only thirteen years ago, the ultra-orthodox settlement bloc of Modiin Illit now has 40,000 inhabitants, according to Mayor Yakov Gutterman. The residents of this settlement east of the green line and west of the separation barrier are motivated primarily by economic and [...]	2007-09-12 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1952	SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...]	2007-09-19 08:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1965	HEBRON: 450 SETTLERS IN THE CENTER OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hebron settler spokesman David Wilder led Poloff on a September 7 three hour tour of downtown Hebron. Hebron's 450 settlers (plus 250 yeshiva or religious school students) are known for their disruptive presence in the center of a large Palestinian city. Wilder told PolOff that [...]	2007-09-20 07:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL ASEC IS
07JERUSALEM1989	CEC DOWNSIZES BUT REMAINS READY FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir announced that the CEC is reducing its sixteen West Bank and Gaza offices to six and 83 employees to 76. CEC Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail told PolOff that nonetheless, "the CEC is always ready to [...]	2007-09-21 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1994	PM FAYYAD DESCRIBES PA EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister and Finance Minster Salam Fayyad recently told a Treasury Department delegation that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is committed to taking aggressive action against groups and individuals involved in terrorism financing. Fayyad urged the USG to pass him relevant [...]	2007-09-24 08:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1995	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY GOVERNOR OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: Banks continue to operate normally in Gaza, without any direct contact with Hamas, according to Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor George Abed. Two Gaza-based Palestinian banks will complete the transfer of their headquarters to the West Bank by the end of September 20 [...]	2007-09-24 08:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1999	FAISAL HUSSEINI FOUNDATION IFTAR DISRUPTED [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Faisal Husseini Foundation told PolOff September 21 that Israeli police attempted to cancel the Foundation's annual Ramadan fundraising Iftar on September 20, but eventually allowed the dinner to proceed without fundraising activities. One official said he fe [...]	2007-09-24 13:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2004	UN OCHA: ISRAELI INFRASTRUCTURE NOW COVERS 38 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) released a 147 page report on August 30 on the humanitarian impact of settlements and their infrastructure in the West Bank. The report finds that 38 percent of the West Bank is "taken up by Israeli infrastructure, [...]	2007-09-25 06:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2017	HANAN ASHRAWI: INTERNATIONAL MEETING, FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On September 25 in Ramallah, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Hanan Ashrawi told the Consul General that the international meeting this fall must produce concrete results. She said PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert should use their discuss [...]	2007-09-26 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
07JERUSALEM2018	ISRAELI BANK CUTOFF PORTENDS GAZA BANK CLOSURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Hapoalim's decision to sever ties with banks in Gaza, and an expected move by Israel Discount Bank to do the same, could result in cash shortages, bank closures, and a suspension of commercial imports into Gaza, most of which are food, according to Palestinian banking sect [...]	2007-09-26 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2020	UK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REGARDING PLANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with PolChief, the British Consul General requested USG support to prevent demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem and the construction of an Israeli apartment complex in its place. Local contacts say a new Israeli development in East Jerusal [...]	2007-09-26 15:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2032	E-1 UPDATE FROM LATE SEPTEMBER 07 [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs observed September 25 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem and has begun on external structures near the E-1 police station building. They also observed two new traffic circles, which may suggest future road system expansi [...]	2007-10-01 10:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2044	SETTLERS TEMPORARILY ERECT 5 NEW OUTPOSTS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Settler activists ascended five West Bank hilltops to establish new outposts on September 30. IDF forces and Israeli police maintained a low key presence at each site and began removing settlers and temporary dwellings on October 1. At Hashmonaim, west of Ramallah, four activi [...]	2007-10-01 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM206	EU'S SOLANA ON PALESTINIAN SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: EU High Representative Javier Solana told U.S. Security Coordinator (USSC) LTG Keith Dayton on January 21 that he wants to discuss EU COPPS assistance to Palestinian Civil Police at the February 2 Principals Quartet meetings. He said he supports placing the Police under governor [...]	2007-01-31 15:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2060	MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...]	2007-10-02 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS

07JERUSALEM2061	PALESTINIAN POLLSTER SHIKAKI'S VIEWS OF THE WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 25 meeting with USSC LTG Keith Dayton, Dr. Khalil Shikaki, Director of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (www.pcpsr.org) assessed that West Bank Palestinians have high expectations of PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),but low expectations [...]	2007-10-02 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM2067	WESTERN WALL SYNAGOGUE PROMPTS PALESTINIAN CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: The al-Aqsa Foundation and Mufti of Jerusalem have publicly criticized the opening of a synagogue located adjacent to the Western Wall Tunnel, close to sensitive Jewish and Muslim holy sites. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation told PolOff that the synagogue is not new, but was [...]	2007-10-03 08:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM2096	PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRISONER RELEASE, HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Israel released 87 Palestinian prisoners October 1-2, including members of most Palestinian factions other than HAMAS. Palestinians welcomed the release and urged that the GoI release larger numbers and coordinate with the Palestinian Authority on which prisoners will be releas [...]	2007-10-05 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM PHUM
07JERUSALEM2100	SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...]	2007-10-09 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2104	HEBRON SETTLERS BRACE FOR ANOTHER EVICTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers in Hebron are bracing for another eviction after Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on October 1 that eviction orders proceed against two settler families squatting in Hebron's triangle market. According to Peace Now, which filed the original complaint agai [...]	2007-10-10 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2124	WEST BANK LAND CONFISCATION TAKES ONE STEP CLOSER [...] (C) Summary: Ha'aretz reported October 9 that the GoI confiscated more than 1,100 dunums of Palestinian land to build a road for Palestinians to travel between Abu Dis and Jericho without traversing the E-1 area. PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat is [...]	2007-10-11 16:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2131	PALESTINIANS CONDEMN LAND CONFISCATIONS SOUTH OF [...] (C) Summary. Prominent Palestinians harshly condemned the recent Israeli confiscation of Palestinian land for a road near the Ma'ale Adumim settlement bloc, which they believe will contribute to the eventual development of the E-1 area. Mayor of the neighboring town of al-'Azariya Issam Far [...]	2007-10-12 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2153	TOURISM: PALESTINIAN EXPECTATIONS RISE, BUT TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli Ministers of Tourism met October 9 for the first time since cooperation was suspended after the March 2006 formation of a Hamas-led government. The ministers agreed to re-establish a joint committee and working-level technical commit [...]	2007-10-18 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2154	CONCERNS ABOUT EXPECTED INCREASE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff October 5 that according to Jerusalem Municipality sources the Municipality intends to use its remaining home demolition budget in the coming months. He said his organization received a num [...]	2007-10-18 12:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2156	PA CONCERNED ABOUT ENHANCED GOI RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami complained to ConGen political specialist that recent Israeli Prison Service (IPS) decisions are undermining the PA's standing among prisoners and the Palestinian public. He pointed to an IPS prohibition on the entry of 16 tons [...]	2007-10-19 10:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2169	PA TO RESTRUCTURE ZAKAT COMMITTEES IN EFFORT TO [...] (C) PA Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Religious Affairs Jamal Bawattna, who also serves as chairman of The Higher Committee for Zakat Affairs, announced October 17 that all Zakat committees in the West Bank will be restructured. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed this decision to the C [...]	2007-10-19 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV KFTN PTER
07JERUSALEM2183	PM FAYYAD REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. PA PM Salam Fayyad requested USG intervention to prevent demolition of an East Jerusalem apartment building in a phone conversation with the Consul General on October 19. The developer and his attorney claim that they had obtained the necessary permits from the Municipality, bu [...]	2007-10-22 16:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2187	HEAD OF SETTLER COUNCIL ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS [...] (C) Summary: Settler leader and Chairman of the Yesha Council Danny Dayan told Poloff on October 16 that Israeli Defense Minister Barak is "blackmailing" settlers by ceasing to issue permits for West Bank construction until there is an agreement on outposts. Dayan also told Poloff that he i [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2188	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority (PA) does not control borders or administer border crossings. It does not collect information on travelers who enter the West Bank/Gaza from Israel or Israeli-administered crossing points. Response to Ref A's specific information requests follow: 2. (C) A [...]	2007-10-23 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PINR ASEC PTER CVIS KHLS
07JERUSALEM2197	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed October 19 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, with two new antennae atop the police station building. Curbs have been installed along nearly the entire road, and water and sewage systems have been installed und [...]	2007-10-24 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2199	MUGHRABI GATE RAMP PLAN PROGRESSING, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem municipal official Irene Rubin told PolOff October 19 that the Regional Planning Committee approved blueprints for a new Mughrabi Gate ramp and there is now a period of public review during which interested parties can present objections to the plan. Jerusalem attorney [...]	2007-10-24 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM220	BARDALA/BISAN CROSSING IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian farmers in the JV reported that the January 15 opening of the Bardala/Bisan agricultural crossing has allowed their fruits and vegetables to be exported to Israel within a day of being picked, resulting in higher prices for farmers. Farmers continue to experience s [...]	2007-02-02 09:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2200	GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA [...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...]	2007-10-24 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2205	PA CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO KETZIOT PRISON RIOT [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, one thousand Palestinian prisoners rioted at Ketziot Prison in response to a search by Israeli Prison Service (IPS) officials for cellular phones. PIJ member Muhammad al-Ashqar was killed, and nine Palestinian prisoners and 15 IPS officials were wounded. On Octo [...]	2007-10-25 13:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2206	BANK OF PALESTINE DENIES PASSING CASH TO PALESTINE [...] (C) Bank of Palestine (BoP) General Manager Hashim Shawa vehemently denied allegations contained in a September 27 Reuters report that BoP branches in Gaza transferred cash to the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB),which in turn deposited the funds into accounts held by Hamas Executive Force members [...]	2007-10-25 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2210	BANKS AWAIT NOVEMBER 30 CUTOFF OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Palestine (BoP) and Arab Bank have been told by their Israeli correspondent banks that they will terminate all correspondent banking services effective November 30. BoP and Arab Bank have no clear indication if the Israeli state-owned Postal Bank is willing to provi [...]	2007-10-26 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM222	PA PRESIDENCY PAYS PA SALARIES [...] (C) Summary: The PA Presidency disbursed salary payments to PA security and civil service members, except health and education employees, beginning January 28. This marks the first time that the Presidency has made salary payments on behalf of the PA government. The PA government disbursed [...]	2007-02-02 12:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA IS AE
07JERUSALEM2226	DISTRICT COURT APPROVES BEIT HANINA HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The District Court upheld the order to demolish a Beit Hanina apartment building on October 24. Advisor to Mayor Lupolianski Elad Halevy told PolOff the Municipality has 30 days to implement the court decision. According to the Municipality's October 25 press release, a building [...]	2007-10-26 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM224	GAZA'S WOOD AND FURNITURE INDUSTRIES STARVED OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Restricted throughput at the Karni/al-Mintar crossing has deprived Gaza's wood and furniture manufacturing sector of raw materials, driven up transportation costs, and severely limited access to the industry's sole export market: Israel. Industry representatives say about 10 [...]	2007-02-02 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND EAID KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM2240	PRESIDENT ABBAS SIGNS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DECREE [...] (C) On October 27, President Abbas signed a presidential decree enacting anti-money laundering legislation intended to make it harder for groups such as Hamas to obtain funds (reftels). Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad told the Consul General that the legislation would be enacted by decree, g [...]	2007-10-29 16:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM2245	PA MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS VISITS KETZIOT [...] (C) PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami met with fourteen prisoners from various political factions at the Israeli prison at Ketziot. On October 28, he told ConGen political specialist that Israeli Prison Service (IPS) allowed the visit, but only if supervised by IPS o [...]	2007-10-30 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM225	GREEK PATRIARCH: RECOGNITION, BEIT SAHOUR HOME [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the Consul General and Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed the Greek Orthodox Church's role in inter-faith dialogue. Theophilos requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli recognition of him as Patriarch and to pre [...]	2007-02-02 16:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2259	ISRAEL ENACTS LAND EXPROPRIATION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: Ir Amim Executive Director Amos Gil confirmed to PolOff press reports that in March 2007 the GoI implemented an expropriation order for 30 dunums of East Jerusalem olive orchards, part of a 40 dunum property known as Karam ha-Mufti. Ten dunums were not expropriated. Following t [...]	2007-11-01 07:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS KDEM
07JERUSALEM226	GAZA TRUCE BREAKS DOWN [...] (C) Summary. The January 30 Gaza ceasefire proved short-lived, and 21 Palestinians died in interfactional clashes on February 1 and 2. The "Executive Force" attacked a supply convoy of items donated by the UAE escorted by the Presidential Guard (PG) in central Gaza on February 1, killing fi [...]	2007-02-02 16:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PTER
07JERUSALEM2265	CEMENT BARRIERS BLOCK ACCESS TO JAMMA'IN VILLAGE [...] (C) According to Ahmad Hussein, a resident of Jamma'in village in the central West Bank between Salfit and Nablus, Israeli bulldozers placed large cement blocks in front of the entrance to the village (population 8,000) on October 29, preventing vehicle or pedestrian access from Route 505. H [...]	2007-11-01 13:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2284	SENIOR GAZA PLO LEADER: GAZANS SEE "NO FUTURE"; [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone that Hamas has built a mini-state in Gaza with strong security forces, and cannot be effectively challenged if Gazans are too desperate to consider political alternatives. He said the near-total closu [...]	2007-11-02 15:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2293	NABLUS DEPLOYMENT: PATROLS/ARREST OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander BG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and other PA security forces (PASF) contacts, NSF-led forces are patrolling Nablus, inspecting vehicles at six major checkpoints, and have surrounded Balata refugee camp in an operation to a [...]	2007-11-05 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2319	SURVEY OF WEST BANK ROAD OBSTACLES: SOME [...] (C) Summary: ConGen officers visited 21 of 23 West Bank obstacles to movement that the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) identified as recently dismantled (reftel) on November 2. While the removal of some will facilitate local movement, the overall impact of this step will not significantly [...]	2007-11-06 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG ECON PHUM IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2328	RACHEL'S TOMB UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, PolOffs visited Rachel's Tomb, outside of Bethlehem. The tomb is surrounded by the separation barrier, and access is allowed only from Jerusalem. Rachel's Tomb has been the site of more than fourteen reported security incidents in 2007. A representative of the [...]	2007-11-07 12:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2330	NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 7: IDF ACTIVITIES [...] (C//REL UK, CAN) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) sources reported that NSF-led forces are manning six fixed positions in Nablus and conducting vehicle and foot patrols around the city. Mukhabarat and PSO issued summons to 30 individuals and arrested 2 HAMAS members. More summons wil [...]	2007-11-07 17:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2342	QUARTET ENVOYS MEETING: SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary. Quartet envoys expressed support November 1 for the Annapolis meeting and agreed to meet before it takes place. Envoys discussed rallying Arab support for the meeting. A/S Welch stressed that that meeting will not be an "end in itself," but rather a catalyst for negotiations. [...]	2007-11-09 11:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2344	DENIAL OF DOLLARS TO GAZA BANKS HELPS HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cash shipments of NIS sufficient to cover October Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries entered the Gaza Strip November 6, but Israeli authorities continue to deny bank requests for USD and Jordanian dinar (JD) cash transfers, according to bank representatives. Bank officials a [...]	2007-11-09 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN
07JERUSALEM2347	NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 9: PASF SEIZE ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) soldiers are operating checkpoints and mobile patrols throughout Nablus November 9, and Friday prayers proceeded without incident. The security situation is quiet as of 1630 local. PA police and intelligence units report seizing several weapons in [...]	2007-11-09 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2374	SENIOR PA OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In November 13 meetings with PolChief, senior PA officials, Minister of Local Government Ziad al-Bandak, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, and Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami offered support for the Annapolis meeting, but said the USG must push the GoI for changes o [...]	2007-11-15 14:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2377	PALESTINIAN INTERLOCUTORS SEE DISCONNECT BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian interlocutors told ConGen officers that success at the Annapolis meeting depends on tangible improvements to Palestinian life. Advisor to President Abbas Adnan Husseini said GoI home demolitions and land confiscations undermine the prospects for progress at Annapoli [...]	2007-11-15 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2381	KEY GAZA CONTACTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary. Key Gaza political contacts told PolOff that they have low expectations for the Annapolis meeting and believe it is less relevant to Gazans' lives than Hamas threats or GOI-imposed closures of crossings. Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said concrete results on core issues are n [...]	2007-11-16 12:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PTER IS PREL
07JERUSALEM2390	KIRYAT ARBA MAYOR PROUDLY GUIDES TOUR OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kiryat Arba Mayor Zvi Katsover showed Poloff an encampment of five caravans near the settlement on November 14. Katsover said the outpost was built over the last three years "in the middle of the night," piece by piece, without required permits, and "despite President Bush." [...]	2007-11-19 12:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2392	NABLUS OPERATIONS NOVEMBER 16-19: PASF BESIEGE [...] (C) Summary. PA National Security Forces (NSF) continued a cordon/arrest operation to arrest 4 PFLP gunmen in Ein Bayt al-Ma' Refugee Camp ("Camp 1") for a second day on November 19. The raids follow PA Interior Minister (MoI) Abd al-Raziq al-Yahya's November 17 public pledge to disband all [...]	2007-11-19 15:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM2394	ICRC REPORTS HARSH CONDITIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary. ICRC Head of Delegation Christophe Harnish and Gaza Office Director Tony Dalviel said Gazans face a steady decline in health, reduced services, decaying infrastructure, and an intensified sense of isolation. They said the building-blocks for a large-scale humanitarian disaster a [...]	2007-11-19 15:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM2400	OUTPOSTS CONTINUE TO GROW AMIDST SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Congen Poloff and Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Hagit Ofran visited 13 West Bank outposts believed to be on the GoI's list of 26 outposts for possible removal. Each of the outposts has five to sixty caravans (mobile homes) on hilltops in the vicinity of exi [...]	2007-11-20 13:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2412	HAMAS AND TELECOM SERVICES IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas recently announced that telephone bills in Gaza would be reduced by 75 percent, a move aimed to punish Palestinian Telecommunication Company (Paltel),which - in accordance with the order of PA President Abbas - has not paid taxes in Gaza since the Hamas coup in June. In [...]	2007-11-21 12:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KWBG PTER
07JERUSALEM2415	CHIEF JUSTICE ON CASE BACKLOG AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. In a November 13 meetings with PolChief, Chief Justice of the High Judicial Council (HJC) Issa Abu Sharar said the significant case backlog in the Palestinian justice system derives from too few judges; inadequate training for judges; and movement restrictions that impede judges [...]	2007-11-21 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2416	MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING [...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...]	2007-11-21 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2419	SETTLER LEADER SAYS OUTPOST REMOVAL IMPOSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that he intends to evacuate ""illegal outposts,"" Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff that this is ""technically impossible"" and will produce violent reactions from settlers. Dayan said the Yesha previously thought the G [...]	2007-11-21 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2422	ABBAS ISSUES PREVENTIVE SECURITY (PSO) DECREE IN A [...] (C) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree clarifying the mandate of the Preventive Security Organization (PSO) on November 19 (full text in para 3). Security contacts say the PSO decree is part of a general effort to clarify the mandates of the respective security services and es [...]	2007-11-21 16:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2429	JORDAN VALLEY SETTLER: ANNAPOLIS "IRRELEVANT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman Dubi Tal told PolOffs 20 November that economics are the key to peace, and Israelis and Palestinians are only in the Jordan Valley "to make money." He did not press his previous claim (reftel) that GOI control of the Jordan Valley is crucia [...]	2007-11-23 11:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2430	HOMESH LEADER SHOT DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many settlers are linking the November 19 killing of Ido Zoldan, a 28-year old settler activist, with the upcoming Annapolis meeting. Karnei Shomron settlers told PolOff November 21 that Annapolis is a dangerous mistake, because Palestinians will not act responsibly and "we are h [...]	2007-11-23 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2431	OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...]	2007-11-23 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2445	PA SECURITY ADVISORS: ANNAPOLIS DECLARATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Presidential security advisor Haj Ismayil and the Prime Minister's security advisor, BG Hazem Attallah, told PolOff on November 28 that the Annapolis declaration's target timeline for negotiations and U.S. monitoring/assessment are very positive. They welcomed U.S. assessment o [...]	2007-11-28 15:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2447	PEDUEL: "ISRAEL'S FRONT PORCH" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peduel spokesman Yehoshua Ben David told PolOff during a November 23 visit to Peduel that the settlement is continuing to expand and settlers are concerned about Annapolis-related political developments. He noted an increase in security incidents along the road to the settleme [...]	2007-11-29 08:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2453	HAMAS AND PA DUEL FOR CONTROL OF HAJJ PILGRIMAGE [...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff November 29 that Hamas is obstructing PA efforts to move Hajj pilgrims out of Gaza through Erez Crossing in an effort to force the use of Rafah crossing and avoid Israeli screening of pilgrims. He said only 200 (out of over [...]	2007-11-29 16:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG
07JERUSALEM2454	WEST BANK POLITICAL REACTION TO ANNAPOLIS MIXED; [...] (C) Summary. West Bank political contacts gave mixed reviews to the Annapolis joint understanding and speeches. Most offered praise for elements of the joint understanding, especially the USG monitoring role, but expressed doubts about Israeli seriousness to meet Roadmap obligations or condu [...]	2007-11-29 17:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2458	GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...]	2007-11-30 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2463	HEBRON HILLS SETTLERS: STOPPING GROWTH "IMPOSSIBLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Hebron Hills Regional Council chairman Zviki Bar Hai at Otniel settlement November 27. Bar Hai told PolOff the USG cannot understand the importance of a Jewish presence in the West Bank and that it is "impossible" to stop settlement growth. Bar Hai dismissed US [...]	2007-11-30 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2464	PALESTINIAN RED CRESCENT AMBULANCES OPERATE IN [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Amin Abu Ghazali of the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital in East Jerusalem told ConGenOffs that the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) operated five additional ambulances in East Jerusalem and Israel after the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH) approved the ambulances and [...]	2007-11-30 15:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2468	HAMAS STRENGTHENS GRIP ON GAZA JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary. Since the June takeover of Gaza, Hamas has strengthened its control of the Gaza judicial system by taking over courthouses and appointing its own High Judicial Council, Chief Justice, and Attorney General. On November 26, Hamas took control of Gaza City's Judicial Compound, whi [...]	2007-12-04 10:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2472	SETTLEMENT SUBURBIA: BUILDING GOES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In suburban settlements between the green line and the separation barrier, construction continues, property values are high, and settlers dismiss recent political developments. Poloff visited four such settlements - Barkan, Elkana, Oranit, and Hashmonaim - the week of 26 Novemb [...]	2007-12-04 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2473	BEIT EL RECEIVES NEW TRAILER WITH IDF PERMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beit El Settlement Mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff November 29 that he had received a new trailer with IDF permission. He said Givat Haor, the hillside outpost occupied by Beit El youth and removed in November, was only a ritual bath but he wants it to be reestablished as an e [...]	2007-12-04 13:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2476	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES [...] (SBU) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad HaLevy and members of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition (ICAHD),the Municipality demolished a multi-story house under construction in Bayt Hanina (belonging to the Hajluni family) and a house foundation in Abu Tor for lack of [...]	2007-12-04 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2498	PA ANGRY THAT HAJJ PILGRIMS ARE ALLOWED TO USE [...] (C) Summary. PA officials--including President Abbas and PM Fayyad--have strongly condemned Egypt and Saudi Arabia for their roles in facilitating the movement of Hajj pilgrims through Rafah Crossing, in coordination with Hamas. President Abbas called the Egyptian and Saudi action "shameful" [...]	2007-12-05 12:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG
07JERUSALEM2500	NEW HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) The GOI Interior Ministry demolished Amcit Mahir Siaj's home in Bayt Hanina, East Jerusalem on December 5. PolOff visited the site while the demolition was in progress and was told by Siaj that Israeli police had forced him, his wife and four children from the house at 0730. He said the [...]	2007-12-05 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2513	PDAS DIBBLE: MEETINGS TO ADVANCE PARIS DONORS' [...] (SBU) Summary: EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met on November 29 in Jerusalem with officials from the World Bank and IMF, the PA Ministry of Planning, the French Consulate and the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) to discuss planning for the December 17 Paris Donors' Conference and to sol [...]	2007-12-07 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM2514	GAZA: REDUCED FUEL IMPORTS RESULT IN GAS STATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli restrictions on fuel shipments to Gaza, imposed on October 27, remain in effect, according to the head of the Palestinian Petroleum Corporation (PPC) in Gaza. In reaction, Gaza gas station owners began a work stoppage on December 1, despite the continued importation of [...]	2007-12-07 12:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM2517	ABOUD VILLAGE: SEPARATION BARRIER, UNEMPLOYMENT, [...] (C) Summary. Father Firas Aridah told ConGenOffs December 4 that the separation barrier near Aboud village is not yet complete, but when finished, the 130 foot-wide fence and ditch barrier will cut off the village from 36 percent of its agricultural land. Aridah said he has been the primary [...]	2007-12-07 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2519	PA SECURITY NEXT STEPS: READYING SHIFT TO [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) officers report the MoI has directed them to plan security operations in Bethlehem starting mid-December to encourage Christmas tourism and move ahead on Roadmap Phase One obligations. An Israeli undercover unit shot and killed an NSF soldier in B [...]	2007-12-07 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM252	MUGHRABI GATE RAMP EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: EXCAVATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP TO THE MUGHRABI GATE TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF HAVE INFLAMED TENSIONS IN JERUSALEM'S OLD CITY. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE WAQF SAID ISRAELI POLICE HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FOR THE PAST TWO D [...]	2007-02-07 15:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2520	PASF SECURITY OPERATIONS: NABLUS STILL FOCUS [...] (C) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts and local press report the NSF is continuing aggressive operations in Nablus and has arrested several dozen Hamas and criminal suspects since November 30. They also report near daily IDF incursions in/around Nablus. 13 fugitives, includi [...]	2007-12-07 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2522	GAZA CITY'S MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL SUSPEND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Mayor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent) told PolOff by phone December 7 that he and the city council have suspended operations to protest illegal Hamas interference in municipal operations and personnel decisions. He said that, if not reversed, Hamas' appointment of a D [...]	2007-12-07 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2524	NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...]	2007-12-07 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2527	SECRETARY ALBRIGHT MEETS WITH PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Summary. PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright December 6 that the Annapolis conference was a "big success" and that permanent status negotiations, which are scheduled to start December 12, and the December 16 Paris Donors' Conference wi [...]	2007-12-10 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2539	FATAH LEADERS ADVOCATE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. In December 7 and 10 meetings with Polchief Fatah leaders Azzam al-Ahmed and Nabil Amre advocated replacing some members of PM Fayyad's cabinet with Fatah members. They said the current cabinet is weak and isolated, and the PA must draw on Fatah's popular strength. PolChief exp [...]	2007-12-12 12:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM254	PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE SEEKS STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING A METEORIC RISE IN 2005, THE AL-QUDS INDEX OF THE PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE (PSE) DROPPED 46 PERCENT IN 2006. PSE'S CHAIRMAN ASSERTS THAT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF HAMAS' ELECTION VICTORY HAS BEEN CONTAINED, IN PART DUE TO A MORE AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT OF DISCLOSURE REQUIR [...]	2007-02-07 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL
07JERUSALEM2540	QADURA FARES SAYS MARWAN BARGHOUTI SUPPORTS PM [...] Summary. Qadura Fares, a close ally of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, told PolChief December 10 that PM Salam Fayyad should concentrate on governing and ignore those voices from Fatah who want to see a change in government. He said Barghouti supports PM Fayyad and his government, but [...]	2007-12-12 13:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2541	PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...]	2007-12-12 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2542	MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES OLD CITY HOME [...] (SBU) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem's Old City for lack of permits on December 11. About 100 police cordoned off the site and removed the family's belongings while contractors demolished the fully-built, 12x25 meter house off al-Wad Street in the Musl [...]	2007-12-12 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2546	PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY TAKES CONTROL OF [...] (C) Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Acting Governor Jihad al-Wazir told Econoff December 4 that the PMA has taken control of the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB). (Note: PIB has long been under scrutiny for reported ties to Hamas. End note.) Al-Wazir said he will serve as PIB's chairman for [...]	2007-12-12 16:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2555	AL-NUEMAN VILLAGE: CAUGHT BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of al-Nueman and village residents told Poloffs November 30 that they "feel trapped" in their own homes, noting that al-Nueman is within the 1967 Jerusalem municipal boundaries, but two-thirds of residents have West Bank IDs. Residents said they are surrounded by the sep [...]	2007-12-13 12:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2557	PALESTINIAN BANKS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian banking officials are concerned that recent moves by Hamas have increased the likelihood of interference in Gaza bank operations. Bank of Palestine (BoP) leadership fears significant financial loses should it fail to honor Hamas changes in the signatory authority ove [...]	2007-12-13 13:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2566	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed December 12 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim, and external structures at the police station building are nearly completed. The road leading to the police station is entirely paved, although sidewalks, medians [...]	2007-12-14 12:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2568	PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS URGE "MARSHALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian business leaders told Treasury DepSec Kimmitt that the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza is getting worse, particularly in Gaza where Israeli restrictions on the flow of goods are most severe. They asserted that the capital necessary to stimulate the ec [...]	2007-12-14 13:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2583	PA CONTINUES TO SCRUTINIZE ALMS COMMITTEES AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to demand the restructuring of Zakat (alms) committees and strict adherence to regulations governing NGOs. The Ministry of Awqaf has dismantled some 92 Zakat committees in the past three months and reformulated district committees. The [...]	2007-12-18 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV PTER KWBG
07JERUSALEM2584	MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE RISKS RAISING TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary. The Director of the Waqf and Jerusalem's Grand Mufti responding to Israeli press reports criticized the unilateral nature of the GoI decision to renew Mughrabi Gate excavations and said such action undermines Muslim and Palestinian confidence that Israel will cooperate with the P [...]	2007-12-18 10:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2589	GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH SAID TO BE OFFICIALLY [...] (C) Summary. Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III received official Israeli recognition on December 16. Theophilos told PolOff December 18 that the Patriarchate will honor previous agreements with the GoI and treat the issue of properties sold to Israelis as a legal matter. He said forme [...]	2007-12-18 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2602	TRANSITION UNDERWAY IN YESHA COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The settlers' Yesha Council is in transition following the late November election of candidates from outside the traditional settlement pioneer leaders. Settler pioneers Benzi Lieberman and Pinchas Wallerstein are finishing their terms in office, having been accused of "losing t [...]	2007-12-21 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2606	HAMAS REJECTS COOPERATION WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Mohammed Al Madhoun, Hamas spokesman and aide to Hamas leader Ismael Haniyah, said on December 25 that Hamas "will not coordinate with the Palestinian government in Ramallah regarding the opening of the Gaza crossings." Quoted by Al Ayyam, Madhoun said "any initiative to open (the cross [...]	2007-12-26 15:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IS KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM2609	DECEMBER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff undertook a series of trips in December to assess West Bank settlement construction. At Tekoa, Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit, Elkana, and Har Adar, PolOff saw active construction on medium and large scale projects. PolOff saw no construction at Kedumim, Adam, and Shaare Tik [...]	2007-12-27 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2628	PA ARRESTS SUSPECTS IN KILLING OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad and PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) have confirmed that PA security officers arrested two suspects in the killing of two off-duty IDF soldiers outside Hebron on December 28 and will prosecute them. PA security officials say the suspects will be moved to Jer [...]	2007-12-31 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
07JERUSALEM272	INITIAL PALESTINIAN REACTION TO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political contacts all characterized the February 8 national unity government (NUG) agreement as positive, but expressed mixed views on whether Hamas will abide by its agreements and if the NUG will end Palestinian infighting. A Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee me [...]	2007-02-09 12:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM274	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...]	2007-02-09 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM33	GAZA: HANIYAH REENTERS AFTER INSPECTION; RAFAH OPEN [...] (C) PA Prime Minister Haniyah (accompanied by Foreign Minister Mahmud al-Zahar, Interior Minister Sa'id Siyam and acting PLC speaker Ahmad Bahar) entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing January 4 at 1645 local, according to EU-BAM Operations Chief Patrick Delval. Delval said that Egyp [...]	2007-01-05 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM358	USG-FUNDED PHARMACEUTICALS BLOCKED FROM ENTERING [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOI has been more aggressive in efforts to stop the flow of Palestinian-produced pharmaceuticals to East Jerusalem pharmacies and hospitals, according to ConGen contacts. Israeli Ministry of Health inspectors have stepped up warnings and inspections of pha [...]	2007-02-21 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM ETRD ECON PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM378	NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Gaza PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told ConGen Poloff that PM-designate Ismayil Haniyah's goal of establishing the NUG by March 8 will be difficult to achieve. There is no agreement yet on the Deputy PM, Interior Minister or most other cabinet portfolios, she said, [...]	2007-02-23 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM401	UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: According to the Economic Advisor to the PA Presidency, British Gas (BG) continues to negotiate with the Israeli government on the sale of natural gas from the offshore Gaza natural gas fields. British Gas is the operator of the consortium licensed to commercially develop the fi [...]	2007-02-27 08:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM417	UPDATE ON NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah officials and Hamas press statements suggest that the national unity government (NUG) could be finalized by March 8. Fatah PLC leader Azzam al-Ahmad said President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will return to Ramallah and meet with Fatah leadership March 2 and PM Ismayi [...]	2007-02-28 16:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM437	NABLUS INCURSIONS ENDS AFTER ONE KILLED, DOZENS [...] (C) Summary. According to Palestinian security commanders and Arabic-language press, Israeli security forces departed Nablus late March 1 after four days of intermittent operations. The West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander told Poloff that the IDF entered Nablus February 25 an [...]	2007-03-02 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER

07JERUSALEM443	WAQF DIRECTOR REPLACED WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Adnan Husseini was replaced March 2 as director of the Waqf by the Jordanian government while he was out of the country trying to gather support in Turkey and Qatar for protests against excavations by the Israeli Antiquities Authority at the Mughrabi Gate ramp. Husseini is being replaced b [...]	2007-03-05 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM449	PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD) SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR [...]	2007-03-06 13:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM460	UPDATE ON WORK AT E-1 [...] (C) INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. POLOFF OBSERVED ON MARCH 8 TWO ADDITIONAL GRADED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION. (NOTE: THE LAR [...]	2007-03-08 15:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM470	REACTION TO EC CONCEPT PAPER ON AN INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's draft concept paper on an international mechanism for support to Palestinians is largely focused on a further revision of the donor coordination mechanism, rather than the content of assistance. Both Salam Fayyad and the Norwegians have expressed opposi [...]	2007-03-10 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM489	NEW WAQF DIRECTOR, BUT NO POLICY CHANGE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE WAQF SAID MARCH 13 THAT ISLAMIC AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP AND THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP THERE. HE SAID THAT LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, NEITHER HE NOR ANY WAQF OFFICIAL WILL MEET WITH JERUSALEM'S MAYOR OR [...]	2007-03-13 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM493	FATAH REFORM: GAZA COMMITTEE CHIEF SAYS RAPID [...] (C) Summary. In a March 6 DVC with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, Gaza Fatah Committee chairman Majid Abu Shammali said 18 years without democracy in Fatah decision-making is principally to blame for the faction's "catastrophic" defeat in January 2006 elections. He said the loss was a needed wake [...]	2007-03-14 14:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV KPAL IS KISL PREL
07JERUSALEM494	FATAH REFORM: WIDESPREAD EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter March 6-8, Palestinian political and civil society leaders shared views on Fatah's current state and recommended steps to improve its performance in future elections. Contacts often differed on tactics, but agreed that severe [...]	2007-03-14 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM496	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...]	2007-03-14 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM502	FATAH WEST BANK FIELD COMMITTEE CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a decree on March 1 creating a 33-member Fatah field committee for the West Bank with Hussayn al-Shaykh as chairman. While Abbas charged the national, West Bank, and Gaza field committees with the general mission of organizing and mobil [...]	2007-03-15 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM503	NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROVED, SWORN IN [...] (C) PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Ismayil Haniyah announced agreement on a national unity government (NUG) and publicly released the list of the NUG's 23 ministers on March 15. Haniyah will deliver a speech to the PLC in Gaza City March 17 presenting the NUG and discussing its [...]	2007-03-15 15:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS KPAL
07JERUSALEM504	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TENDERS [...] (C) The Kuwaiti mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see ref A),according to Enas Abu Laban, a policy advisor in the PLO's Negotiations [...]	2007-03-15 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM512	GAZA INDUSTRIAL ZONE TALKS BY TURKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish business interests continue to promote plans to revitalize the Palestinian Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ),but progress has been slow, according to the Turkish DPO. President Abbas has reportedly agreed that Presidential Guard forces will guard the zone's perimeter while a [...]	2007-03-16 17:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EIND KWBG TU IS
07JERUSALEM529	POSSIBLE NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COMPANY ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian truckers and businessmen allege that a new Israeli-Palestinian transport company is seeking complete control over goods transiting the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. The new company reportedly includes Israeli firms already involved in manipulating the crossing's current [...]	2007-03-21 13:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KCOR KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM535	NEW CONSTRUCTION NEAR ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST OF 50 HOUSING UNITS IN NOF HASHARON, NEAR THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT OF ALFE MENASHE. POLOFF VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH 19. THE MAYOR OF ALFE MENASHE SAYS NOF HASHARON IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS MUNICIPALITY AND THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS AN EXT [...]	2007-03-21 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM623	CODEL WOLF MEETS WITH PA MINISTERS OF TOURISM AND [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on April 3, PA Minister of Tourism Dr. Khulud Dabis (independent, nominated by Fatah) told Congressmen Wolf, Pitts, Aderholt and Smith that the national unity government (NUG) needs the support of the U.S, Israel and the international community to strengthen mod [...]	2007-04-05 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV IS
07JERUSALEM630	CODELS PELOSI AND WEXLER MEET WITH ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary. Codels Pelosi and Wexler, including Representatives Lantos, Waxman, Rahall, Hobson, Slaughter, and Ellison, met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) April 3. Abu Mazen said he signed the Mecca agreement to prevent a Palestinian civil war - one that Hamas might have won. [...]	2007-04-06 08:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM639	ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 6 THAT RIGHT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTERED THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM A-SHARIF COMPOUND ON APRIL 4 AND 5. AL-KHATIB SAID ON APRIL 4 SIXTY ACTIVISTS ENTERED THROUGH THE MUGHRABI GATE AND TOURED THE COMPOUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, ESCORTED BY ISRA [...]	2007-04-06 12:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM640	MINISTER OF INTERIOR PROPOSES "100-DAY SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEW PA INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI (INDEPENDENT) TOLD PALESTINIAN PRESS APRIL 4 THAT THE MOI HAS PREPARED A 100-DAY SECURITY PLAN TO ENFORCE DOMESTIC LAW AND ORDER. TECHNICAL TEAM FOR REFORM (TTR) CHAIRMAN BASIL JABR TOLD POLOFF APRIL 5 THAT THE MOI PLAN IS "LOUSY, [...]	2007-04-06 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV
07JERUSALEM670	RESTRICTIONS ON MOVEMENT AND ACCESS CRIPPLE NABLUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND MOVEMENT CONTINUE TO DEGRADE THE NABLUS ECONOMY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL BUSINESSMEN. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HAS PLUMMETED, TRANSPORTATION COSTS KEEP RISING, BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED OR, IN SOME CASES, MOVED TO NEARBY CITIES OR OUT OF THE WEST BANK. UNEMPLO [...]	2007-04-13 11:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD EINV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM686	PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) SIGNED A DECREE APRIL 8 ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC). FULL TEXT AT PARA 4. THE DECREE LISTS THE COUNCIL'S TEN POSITIONS (VICE INDIVIDUALS BY NAME). THE NSC WILL BE COMPOSED OF: PRESIDENT (ABU MAZEN) PRIME MINISTER (ISMAYIL HANIYAH) F [...]	2007-04-16 13:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV
07JERUSALEM688	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on April 12. Abbas said he was preparing for an April 15 meeting with Israeli PM Olmert. He noted that PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad would soon be in Washington and hoped he would be [...]	2007-04-16 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM689	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad on April 9 and Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr on April 10. Fayyad focused on the impact of financial restrictions, the importance of security reform, and Fatah,s lack of internal reform. In his first meeting with a US [...]	2007-04-16 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM700	PALESTINIANS COMMEMORATE PRISONERS' DAY [...] (U) PALESTINIAN POLITICAL LEADERS COMMEMORATED PALESTINIAN PRISONERS' DAY (APRIL 17) WITH RALLIES AND PRESS STATEMENTS. RALLIES WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, INCLUDING AT ICRC OFFICES IN GAZA CITY AND RAMALLAH. PM HANNIYEH ADDRESSED HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS' RELATIVES IN GAZA CITY [...]	2007-04-18 13:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM704	RAFAH SECURITY WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: USSC Dayton chaired the Security Working Group (SWG) on the Rafah Crossing April 15. All sides agreed to create a sub-working group on persons of concern. The GoI provided an approved list of goods of concern. The next SWG meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 16. 2. (C) [...]	2007-04-19 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM71	ISRAELI ARABS PROVIDE SILVER LINING TO ANOTHER [...] (C) THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IN BETHLEHEM WAS THE WORST IN FIVE YEARS FOR INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND RETAIL SALES, ACCORDING TO BETHLEHEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (BCCI) OFFICIALS. HAVING SOUGHT REFUGE IN THE AREA DURING ISRAELS CONFLICT WITH HIZBALLAH LAST SUMMER, RECORD NUMBERS OF ISR [...]	2007-01-16 08:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM717	PALESTINIANS FAVOR TURKISH INDUSTRIAL ZONE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian business leaders support the Turkish initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, but they want more details on how the Palestinian economy will benefit. Palestinian companies expect to be partners in industrial zone joint-ventur [...]	2007-04-20 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EIND PREL KWBG IS TU
07JERUSALEM75	PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR NOTES POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SA'EB EREKAT, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY AGREED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIAL PERMITS TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF PROMINENT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTO ISRAEL, IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN LABORERS ALLOWED INTO [...]	2007-01-17 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM785	INTERIOR MINISTRY SECURITY PLAN: LONG ON [...] (C) Summary. PA Interior Minister (MoI) Hani al-Qawasmi (Independent) issued a 100-day security plan in early April, but the plan has already languished without political and security commander support. Technical Team for Reform (TTR) Chairman Basil Jabr presented Poloff with a list of probl [...]	2007-05-03 10:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM815	AZARIYAH: POSSIBLE LAND CONFISCATION [...] (C) Summary: Azariyah Mayor Isam Far'un told PolChief on April 23 that the route of the separation barrier will divide the town, east of Jerusalem, from 2000 dunums (about 510 acres) of its municipal land. Of this land, 800 dunums (205 acres) is a hill that the municipality zoned for commercia [...]	2007-05-07 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM833	VIGILANTES TARGET GAZA BUSINESSES/INSTITUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Palestinian media and security sources, militants in Gaza have damaged or destroyed at least five internet cafes, two music shops, one bookstore, and three other businesses, and attacked two schools in recent weeks. In most instances, an Islamist group or groups [...]	2007-05-08 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PTER
07JERUSALEM851	FAYYAD AND TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM [...] (C) The head of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) management unit Mario Mariani confirmed May 8 that he had coordinated an early May disbursement of allowances with Palestinian Authority (PA) Finance Minister/PLO Economic Affairs Department head Salam Fayyad. The TIM disbursed 21 m [...]	2007-05-10 08:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM866	GAZA: SECURITY FORCES BEGIN DEPLOYMENT, BUT POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY FORCES (PASF) INCREASED THEIR PRESENCE IN GAZA STRIP CITIES MAY 9-10. TECHNICAL TEAM FOR REFORM (TTR) CONTACTS SAY PA PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) ORDERED PASF TO SUPPORT INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI'S "100-DAY SECURITY PLAN" (REFTE [...]	2007-05-11 11:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM876	TURKISH ADVOCATE OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Guven Sak, the Turkish coordinator of an initiative to rebuild the Palestine Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ) in northern Gaza, reported May 8 that only minimal progress has been achieved since the project was first conceived and currently "nothing is moving." He noted there has be [...]	2007-05-14 10:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP KWBG IS TU
07JERUSALEM882	GAZA SECURITY: CLASHES INTENSIFY; INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. AFTER TWO DAYS OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES THAT HAVE LEFT 7 DEAD AND 58 INJURED, PM ISMAYIL HANIYAH ANNOUNCED INTERIOR MINISTER (MOI) HANI AL-QAWASMI'S RESIGNATION ON MAY 14. HANIYAH SAID HE WILL ACT AS MOI UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF A NEW MINISTER. AT A MAY 14 PRESS CONFERENCE, AL-QAWAS [...]	2007-05-14 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM891	AT LEAST 8 KILLED IN HAMAS ATTACK ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. In the most serious factional clashes since January 2007, Hamas military-wing gunmen assaulted a Presidential Guard (PG) training compound near Karni/al-Mintar, ambushed a National Security Forces (NSF) truck and killed its occupants, according to Gaza NSF and PG commanders. Du [...]	2007-05-15 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM895	PALESTINIAN STOCK EXCHANCE SLIDES; LOOKS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lowered investor expectations following the formation of the PA national unity government have caused the Al-Quds Index of the Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) to decline to its lowest level in nine months, closing at 492.76 points on May 15, down from a nine-month high of [...]	2007-05-16 09:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM899	GAZA: AT LEAST 16 MORE DEAD AS HAMAS STRIKES AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IN A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION OF FIGHTING BETWEEN HAMAS- AND FATAH-ALIGNED FORCES, 43 PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OVER 110 INJURED SINCE MAY 12. HAMAS ATTACKS HAVE CONCENTRATED ON KEY LEADERSHIP/FACILITY TARGETS, WITH MILITARY-WING GUNMEN KILLING 6 FATAH BODYGUARDS AT INTE [...]	2007-05-16 14:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS
07JERUSALEM905	GAZA: CEASEFIRE DECLARED, BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SEPARATE CEASEFIRES ORDERED BY HAMAS AND PRESIDENT MAHMUD ABBAS (ABU MAZEN) HAD A CALMING INFLUENCE EARLY MAY 17, BUT VIOLENCE RESUMED BY 1330 LOCAL. FIGHTING SPREAD TO RAFAH AND THE CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, WITH 5 PALESTINIANS KILLED IN FACTIONAL CLASHES AS OF 1700 LOCAL. PRESIDE [...]	2007-05-17 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS PTER PGOV PINS ASEC
07JERUSALEM93	NEW HAR HOMA HOUSING UNITS PART OF "VERY OLD PLAN" [...] (C) Summary: The construction of 1000 new housing units in Har Homa southeast of Jerusalem, announced January 8, are part of an existing plan and are not the result of the cancellation of the "Safdie plan" to build 20,000 housing units in the hills west of Jerusalem, according to both the For [...]	2007-01-18 15:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM931	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY REFORMS GEARED [...] (C) Summary: George Abed, Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),told the Consul General May 11 that his program to reorganize the PMA along the lines of a central bank is 70 percent complete. He hopes that the U.S. and other donors will increase training and technical assist [...]	2007-05-21 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM970	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE CHAIR: PLAN FOR [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING FEBRUARY 28 AND MAY 10 HAARETZ REPORTS OF EAST JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PLANS, JERUSALEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN PLANNERS AND ATTORNEYS CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOSHUA POLLAK DISCUSSED SEVERAL RE [...]	2007-05-25 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS PBTS KPAL PGOV
07JERUSALEM983	ASSESSMENT OF FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES AND PASF [...] (C) SUMMARY. FACTIONAL CLASHES THAT FLARED MAY 13-18 DEMONSTRATED THE WILLINGNESS OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES (PASF) TO FIGHT HARD TO DEFEND MAJOR INSTALLATIONS, BUT ALSO SHOWCASED SUBSTANTIAL HAMAS ADVANTAGES IN TACTICS, EQUIPMENT AND MOTIVATION. END SUMMARY. METHODOLOGY ----------- [...]	2007-05-25 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS PREL KPAL IS PTER MOPS
07KABUL1009	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: SPANTA SAYS AFGHANS WANT TO [...] (C) During a bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister Spanta and senior members of the U.S. Delegation to the March 13 US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership meeting reaffirmed the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship. Both agreed the Strategic Partnership meeting was particularly imp [...]	2007-03-27 10:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1010	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: NSA RASSOUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan National Security Advisor Rassoul told visiting U.S. Delegation to the US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks that the situation in Helmand remained problematic due to the volatile mix of drug traffickers and Taliban. Unlike six months ago, Rassoul believed Iran was m [...]	2007-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1014	KARZAI SUPPORTS CONTINUED ERADICATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai convened a counter-narcotics cabinet meeting on March 27 where he discussed eradication efforts with key ministers and representatives of the international community. Prior to the cabinet meeting he told Ambassador that he would push for an additional 5000 hect [...]	2007-03-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL AF
07KABUL1015	VISITING GERMAN DELEGATION ASKS FOR MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A German government delegation, visiting to inaugurate the newly completed German Police Program Office facility in Kabul, discussed Afghan National Police (ANP) training and reform with Ambassador Neumann, emphasizing the need for more intensive U.S.-EU cooperation. The Germans [...]	2007-03-27 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1016	PRESIDENT KARZAI REAFFIRMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) During a March 13 meeting with a senior U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks, President Karzai reaffirmed the strategic importance of the relationship. He asked that the U.S. do whatever it must to minimize collateral damage and civilian deaths in U.S. milit [...]	2007-03-27 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1017	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE [...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]	2007-03-27 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1020	SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY GROWING IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that Afghan Parliamentarians are growing into their roles and warming up to more democratic processes. Such signs include more actively exercising their oversight responsibilities, devising political (vs. personality-based) platforms, and trying to impose a [...]	2007-03-28 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AF
07KABUL1023	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - GOVERNOR: SECURITY LIMITS TRIBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In meetings March 18 and 24, Governor Wafa reiterated that the security situation was the over-riding concern in Helmand Province. He was initially dismissive of the need for significant outreach to tribal leaders on governance and development, essentially saying that "having e [...]	2007-03-28 10:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1030	PRT KANDAHAR: ASSESSMENT -- WHERE WE ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable assesses developments in Kandahar Province in 2006 through security, political, economic, and social lenses. The cable does not review ISAF performance or programs, but looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2007 and notes areas in need of further attention from [...]	2007-03-28 11:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL1032	HOW NOT TO LOSE THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been caught off guard by the Taliban's opportunistic efforts in the South, post stepped back to look at the situation in the North to assess how best to avoid destabilizing violence and power vacuums in the region. The current stability in northern Afghanistan can be credit [...]	2007-03-28 11:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR SNAR AF
07KABUL1055	PRT LASHKAR GAH: SEMI-ANNUAL HELMAND REVIEW [...] (C) Helmand faces serious problems within all PRT pillars )- security, governance and development. Security is the most pressing and immediate concern for the province. Apart from intense civilian and military focus on major projects such as Kajaki, little progress can be expected on governa [...]	2007-04-01 11:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1058	KARZAI MAKES "SURPRISE" VISIT TO HELMAND [...] (C) President Karzai's March 29 short-notice (for security reasons) visit to Helmand was well received but much less impressive than his December visit to Kandahar which lasted three days. Karzai repeated several themes during his four hour visit to Lashkar Gah which included meetings with pr [...]	2007-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL115	KARZAI DECIDES ON SENIOR POLICE REASSIGNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 President Karzai signed an order to replace 11 police chiefs who had been found unqualified by the Police Probation Board as well as other senior police chiefs who have not performed up to professional standards in their current assignments. The signature followe [...]	2007-01-12 10:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PHUM PTER AF
07KABUL1154	AEF FINISHES ERADICATION IN HELMAND; URUZGAN A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The INL-funded Afghan Eradication Force (AEF) concluded poppy eradication operations in Helmand province on April 7 due to continued local civilian resistance and absence of political support. The AEF eradicated 7,573 hectares of poppy in the province since it started operation [...]	2007-04-08 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KCRM AF
07KABUL1162	AFGHANISTAN WILL NOT ATTEND NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Davood Moradian, Foreign Minister Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor, who explained that Afghanistan's Embassy in Tehran had received standing instructions three months ago to avoid any events or activities related to Iran's nuclear program. He as [...]	2007-04-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR UNSC IAEA
07KABUL1167	FM SPANTA'S SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON IRAN [...] (C) Afghanistan is acutely aware of U.S. concerns over Iran's nuclear program and will study U.S. non-paper and UNSCR 1747. Foreign Minister Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor, Davood Moradian, expressed to Embassy April 4 concerns over the formation of both the National Unity Council and Nationa [...]	2007-04-09 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF IR RU
07KABUL1190	IRAN AND FORMER-SOVIET STATES VIE FOR INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several sources within the GOA and media community have pointed out increasing efforts by Iran, Russia and former-Soviet Central Asian states to gain influence in the Afghan media. Minister of Information Abdul Karim Khoram has described Afghan culture as "under assault" from Ira [...]	2007-04-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF IR
07KABUL1198	NATIONAL FRONT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED [...] (C) On April 3, several parliamentarians and jihad leaders announced the formal launching of the United Front (reftel A). MP Rabbani was declared the group's leader, and MP Sayed Mustafa Kazimi its spokesperson. Vice President Massoud, Water and Energy Minister Ismail Khan and the ex-King' [...]	2007-04-11 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AF
07KABUL1246	AMNESTY BILL ENTERS TWILIGHT ZONE [...] (C) There is continuing uncertainty about the current status of the Afghanistan's new Amnesty Bill, which would give general amnesty to all political sides involved in conflict prior to the establishment of the interim administration (Reftel). Parliamentarians and their staffers note that t [...]	2007-04-14 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1345	TENSION FLARES OVER PAKISTAN FENCING ALONG [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani actions to fence areas near the eastern border are seen by the Afghans as a deliberate effort to provoke a crisis over acceptance of the Durand Line. Shots have been fired, and President Karzai is said to have instructed Minister of Defense Wardak not to allow any enc [...]	2007-04-19 18:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF PK
07KABUL137	TEA CLUB OPENS DISCUSSION OF BERLIN JCMB AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-15 08:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL1370	IRANIAN WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN: MFA ASKS TO KEEP [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) wants to keep the issue of the Iranian-made weapons recently found in Kandahar under the radar screen in the lead up to the June visit of the Iranian President to Afghanistan. According to the MFA, President Karzai supports the plan to avoid additiona [...]	2007-04-22 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL1391	KOREAN TROOP DEPARTURE: AFGHANS WANT HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is requesting U.S. assistance in reversing the decision made late last year by the South Korean Parliament to not extend ROK troops in Afghanistan beyond December 31, 2007. Post leaves it up to Washington and Seoul to evaluate whether [...]	2007-04-23 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF KS
07KABUL1394	THE NATIONAL FRONT: POLITICAL FLAME OR SPUTTERING [...] (C) Officially launched with great fanfare on April 3, the United Front may already be losing momentum as a political movement. Several Afghan VIPs who were reputedly members have turned out to not be officially in the group after all, although they may just be bending with the wind and waiting [...]	2007-04-24 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF
07KABUL1412	ATTEMPTED IED ATTACK AT KABUL AIRPORT [...] (C) At approximately 1000 hours local time on 18 April, a pipe bomb was detected aboard a fuel truck shortly after it entered the north (military) gate to Kabul International Airport. The truck had just passed through an Afghan National Army (ANA) checkpoint and, according to witnesses, the d [...]	2007-04-25 13:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC PTER ECON AF
07KABUL142	PAG: MUSA QALA TEST BEGINS BUT NEXT STEPS DEFERRED [...] (C) At the January 11 PAG, MOI reported that 40 ANAP who had been recruited from Musa Qala (MQ) had been deployed back to the district, which satisfied Test 1 agreed to by the PAG on December 21 (reftel). An additional 20 ANAP are in training in Lashkar Gah and will be deployed to MQ soon. [...]	2007-01-16 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1454	PRESIDENT KARZAI ON EXPECTATIONS FOR THE ANKARA [...] (C) Ambassador used April 27 meeting with Karzai and CENTCOM CG Admiral Fallon to preview the upcoming trilateral with President Musharraf in Ankara. The Ambassador presented Ref A suggestions on ways to achieve a productive exchange. 2. (C) Karzai had a press conference on the Ankara m [...]	2007-04-29 13:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK TU AF
07KABUL1478	PRT JALALABAD: FALLOUT FROM MILITARY OPERATION IN NANGARHAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the night of April 28, coalition and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) conducted an operation against a suicide bomb cell in the vicinity of Bati Kot, about 20 miles southeast of Jalalabad. In the course of the operation, four insurgents as well as a woman and teenage gir [...]	2007-05-02 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1569	LAGHMAN'S AGGRESSIVE ERADICATION EFFORT LACKS ANA [...] (C) Summary. Laghman province has eradicated more than 60 times as much poppy this year compared to 2006, but ANP eradication missions are encountering increased resistance. Two ANP officers were killed in a clash on April 18. Governor Mangal has repeatedly requested increased support from [...]	2007-05-09 15:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL1570	PRT MAZAR-E-SHARIF: POPPY PRODUCTION DOWN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northwest Afghanistan (Balkh, Jowzjan, Samangan, Sar-e Pul and Faryab provinces) will produce much less poppy than last year as a result of a substantial drop in cultivation in Balkh Province, the sixth largest producer last year in Afghanistan. Some governors exaggerate their [...]	2007-05-09 15:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL1571	PRT QAL-E-NOW: BADGHIS GOVERNOR SET TO PROFIT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April visit to the Badghis district of Murghab, PRToff was told by local police that 80 percent of the district's poppy crop had been eradicated. Personal observations, reports from the Police Support Team (PST) Commander and other PRT units strongly indicate that fa [...]	2007-05-09 16:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL1594	ILLEGAL AFGHANS DEPORTED FROM IRAN FACE DIFFICULT [...] (SBU) Since April 21, Iranian authorities have deported approximately 52,000 Afghans living and working illegally in Iran. UNHCR estimates that there are as many as one million illegal Afghans in Iran in addition to the approximately 920,000 Afghan refugees registered there. IOM conducted an [...]	2007-05-13 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV AF IR
07KABUL1605	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCULES: FM SPANTA [...] (C) The Wolesi Jirga held a no-confidence vote against Foreign Minister Spanta and Refugee Minister Akbar on May 10, the day after the ministers' "unsatisfactory" appearance before Parliament to answer questions about the more than 50,000 Afghans deported by Iran in recent weeks (Ref A). Akba [...]	2007-05-14 11:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IR AF
07KABUL1609	NATO SCR EVERTS CALLS FOR MORE UNITY OF EFFORT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Cohen, NATO Senior Civilan Representative Daan Everts said that the North Atlantic Council (NAC) had a "distinctly more positive" view than they had previously, based on their most recent visit to Afghanistan. His own view was somewhat different, however, [...]	2007-05-14 13:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1610	NDS SALEH ON PAKISTAN, THE TALIBAN, AND AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Eliot Cohen, National Director of Security Amarullah Saleh analyzed the nature of the Taliban and its links to Pakistan. He said that despite repeated attempts to share information with the Pakistanis, they have not been responsive to his initiat [...]	2007-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR NATO AF
07KABUL1679	KARZAI: CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 DIAG meeting, President Karzai voiced concerns about the perception of defenselessness held by citizens in Paktia following the recent skirmish between Afghan and Pakistani forces on the border. He cited citizens' concerns that the disarmament process has diminished the [...]	2007-05-17 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1700	AUXILIARY POLICE: SOME PROGRESS BUT HOW MUCH AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 06:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL1725	AFGHANISTAN - JCMB "INFORMAL GROUP" REVIEWS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EAIR PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL1747	MP MALALAI JOYA VOTED OUT OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) On May 21, the Lower House plenary session voted almost unanimously to expel Farah Province MP Malalai Joya from Parliament permanently for making (during a CNN profile that was rebroadcast by Tolo TV and then shown on the floor of parliament) what were perceived as deeply offensive comm [...]	2007-05-24 14:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1749	COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHAN SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Counselor Cohen reviewed Afghanistan,s internal and external security situation in recQt meetings with Minister of Defense Wardak and Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbel. Wardak emphasized the need for a larger, more capable, and better equipped Afghan National Army. According to his calc [...]	2007-05-25 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1756	DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF ARB III [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On May 27, deputy polmilcouns provided reftel A notification to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC). Deputy polmilcouns reiterated Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures, per reftel, and requested that the G [...]	2007-05-27 08:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF
07KABUL1757	COUNSELOR COHEN AND NSA RASSOUL DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent wide-ranging conversation with Counselor Cohen, National Security Advisor emphasized that the security situation in Afghanistan has improved significantly since last summer, particularly in Kandahar, and that reconstruction is starting to take hold in many areas. He [...]	2007-05-27 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1812	PRT BAMYAN: AMBASSADOR, GOVERNOR DISCUSS BAMYAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Bamyan Provincial Governor Habiba Sarabi's May 20 introductory meeting with Ambassador at the Embassy, she expressed concerns over levels of U.S. and international funding, commented that connections between Bamyan and the central government were relatively good, and expr [...]	2007-05-31 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF IR
07KABUL183	BOUCHER AND SPANTA TALK NEIGHBORS, COORDINATION [...] (C) On January 9, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta discussed Pakistan, cross-border jirgas, U.S. funding for Afghanistan, Iran, the Strategic Dialogue, and the U.S. proposal to energize the Joint Coordinating and Monitoring Board. Spanta was downbeat over recent [...]	2007-01-20 11:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK
07KABUL184	A/S BOUCHER MEETING WITH AFGHAN NSA RASSOUL [...] (C) During a January 9 meeting between Assistant Secretary Boucher and Afghan National Security Advisor SIPDIS Rassoul, Rassoul offered a comprehensive look at the security situationin Afghanistan, and the two shared concerns over the situation in Musa Qala and poppy cultivation. Boucher s [...]	2007-01-20 12:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR PK ECON
07KABUL186	BOUCHER AND WARDAK TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Defense Minister Wardak, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher assured Wardak that the United States is working to provide "bigger and better" support to the Afghan National Security Forces. Wardak replied that, in the [...]	2007-01-21 01:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO MOPS PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL1860	PRT GARDEZ: ASSESSMENT TEAM SUPPORTS NEW CZECH PRT [...] (C/REL) The Czech Republic is considering establishing a new PRT in Logar Province. During a May visit to US-led PRT Gardez, which currently has responsibility for Logar, a Czech assessment team indicated it planned to give a favorable recommendation to the Czech government and to ISAF HQ for [...]	2007-06-05 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL1861	PRT/BADGHIS: PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS STEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last winter, the eight-year drought in Badghis ended with torrential rains, which caused major flooding throughout the province. On two occasions, the flooding prompted provincial authorities to request humanitarian assistance (HA) from NGOs and donor countries. The heavy rains, [...]	2007-06-05 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AF
07KABUL1867	NY TIMES BESTSELLER PROMPTS THREATS FOR KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL EMPLOYEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-06 07:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PHUM PK PREF PREL PTER
07KABUL187	AFGHAN AND UN OFFICIALS COVER KEY DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-21 01:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID PGOV EFIN AF
07KABUL1896	POLITICAL OR PERSONAL? TWO FEMALE JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The June 5 assassination of Zakia Zaki marked the second murder of a female journalist in Afghanistan in a week. On June 1, Shakiba Sanga Amaaj, anchorwoman for Shamsad TV, was similarly gunned down at her home in Kabul. While not directly connected, the two murders have sent shock wave [...]	2007-06-08 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL1909	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel points to FM Spanta's Senior Policy Advisor Davood Moradian June 9. Moradian assured us the GOA was completely in agreement with U.S. points and supported U.S. goals for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),including continued U.S. and allied access to [...]	2007-06-10 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF RS CH
07KABUL1946	AFGHAN UPDATE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Reftel A (June 6) reported on the outcome of the recent Afghan-Pak meeting in Islamabad on Jirga preparations. On June 11, Director of the Afghan Jirga Preparation Commission Farook Wardak briefed the international community on latest developments, highlighting two outstanding issues: pa [...]	2007-06-12 08:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1961	JUNE 12 INCIDENT IN NANGARHAR [...] (C) An Afghan police unit became engaged with Coalition Forces during a nighttime operation on June 12 in Nangarhar Province, leading to the death of 7 and injury of 4 police. The Governor quickly held a press conference, then met with the PRT and Special Troop Battalion Commanders. The Govern [...]	2007-06-14 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2005	AFGHAN PREPARATIONS FOR PEACE JIRGA ON TRACK; [...] (SBU) The Afghan Crossborder Jirga Preparation Commission is making good progress on its preparations for the August event. A number of substantive and logistical issues will be finalized based on input from the Pakistanis. The joint Afghanistan-Pakistan technical committee could meet as ear [...]	2007-06-21 15:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL201	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO APHSCT TOWNSEND [...] (C) U.S. Embassy welcomes the visit of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend and grants country clearance for her visit February 8-9, 2007. Country Clearance is also granted to members of the APHSCT Townsend delegation: Michele [...]	2007-01-22 06:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON POL INTEL AF
07KABUL2032	DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF THIRD GROUP OF [...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On June 25, polmiloff provided reftel A notification to Malik Quraishi, Director, Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),who will relay it to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director. Salehi, our primary ONSC contact on detainee issues, [...]	2007-06-26 05:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF
07KABUL2099	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS SEE MANAS IMPACT ON WAR IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and a six member delegation of Kyrgyz senior officials to Afghanistan June 13-14 to allow them to better understand the importance of Manas Air Base in supporting coalition military and reconstruction efforts. The delegation me [...]	2007-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF KG

07KABUL2130	PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]	2007-07-05 08:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2131	PRT LASHKAR GAH: ASSESSING SANGIN SECURITY [...] (C) Over the last two weeks, Helmand Province's Sangin district has seen a spate of violence directed not only at ISAF and Government of Afghanistan (GOA) military forces but also at Afghans with links to those forces or to reconstruction efforts. Taliban attacks have resulted in the deaths [...]	2007-07-05 08:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF EAID
07KABUL2133	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] (C) The proposed date for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crossborder Peace Jirga is less than four weeks away. Post remains concerned that the Afghans and Pakistanis have not come to agreement on several key outstanding issues. The Bilateral Technical Committee, which the Afghans had hoped would me [...]	2007-07-05 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2143	PRT/BADGHIS: DEALING WITH ETHNIC POLITICS, [...] (SBU) The June 9th insurgent attack against the Murghab district center that left two Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Officers dead and three government buildings damaged by fire was the largest and best organized insurgent attack to date in normally calm Badghis Province. The attack i [...]	2007-07-08 10:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL2155	STATUS OF JIRGA PREPARATION FOLLOWING MEETING OF [...] (C) The joint Afghan-Pakistan Peace Jirga Technical Committee met in Kabul on July 8 and, according to Afghan Commission Director Farook Wardak, reached agreement on the duration, rules and procedures, and format of the jirga. Wardak said the Pakistanis are increasingly comfortable with the i [...]	2007-07-10 09:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL217	PRT-GARDEZ: NEW PAKTIA GOVERNOR,S VIEWS ON KEY [...] (C) Paktia Governor Rahmatullah Rahmat shared his views on major issues facing the Province during recent meetings with the Gardez PRT. Rahmat identified development activities as key to ensuring a stable and productive province. The Governor praised PRT development projects and pledged to f [...]	2007-01-22 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
07KABUL2189	PRT GARDEZ: LOGAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Logar is a stable, secure, and prosperous province close to Kabul. The onset of warm weather increased the number of security incidents but the province remains generally stable and attractive for development efforts. The exception is isolated Kharwar District, which insurgents use as a [...]	2007-07-11 14:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2190	PRT KHOST: KHOST PROVINCE SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Khost Province, located on the eastern-most edge of Afghanistan, remains vulnerable to extremist activity due to its close proximity to the Waziristan region of Pakistan. Attack levels have risen in recent months, directed at Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and Coalition Forces (CF). [...]	2007-07-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2191	PRT BAMYAN: POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS IN BAMYAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 meeting, Chief of the National Directorate for Security's Bamyan office MG Wasiq described the overall security situation in Bamyan as positive but also spoke of recent intelligence indicating a Taliban plot to attack targets in Bamyan. Wasiq said that while Bamyan [...]	2007-07-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV MOPS PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2246	FOLLOW-UP ON ATTACKS AND THREATS TO AFGHAN FEMALE [...] (C) Following the murders of two prominent female journalists (Zakia Zaki and Shakiba Sanga Amaj),Embassy officers met with both women's families to get further details on what happened. One case appears to have resulted from a family dispute. The family of the other victim report they hav [...]	2007-07-12 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2250	OSCE INTEREST IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambant briefed Ambassador July 2 on OSCE's interest in forging a partnership with Afghanistan. OSCE plans to take a step-by-step approach to Afghanistan, beginning in limited, specific areas. It is looking at a possible border manageme [...]	2007-07-12 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF OSCE ECON EAID
07KABUL226	KARZAI OPENS PARLIAMENT'S SECOND YEAR [...] SUMMARY: (C) On January 21, Parliament held its second annual inauguration ceremony. The President and parliamentary leadership reflected on accomplishments in 2006 in their speeches but said little about plans for the future. Karzai spoke on large themes -- security, corruption, educatio [...]	2007-01-23 04:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL2300	GOA ADDITIONS TO UN1267 LIST NOT IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOA remains willing to cooperate with the UN 1267 Committee by updating biographic information and responding to specific requests to add names to the 1267 list, but expresses frustration with the Committee's inability to delist individuals, particularly Uruzgan Governor Monib. O [...]	2007-07-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC AF
07KABUL2324	UNHCR VIEWS ON AGHANISTAN, IRANIAN DEPORTEES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 5 meeting, Ambassador and UNHCR Country Representative Salvatore Lombardo discussed a wide range of issues. Chief among these were the politicization of the Afghan refugee situation in Pakistan, Afghan deportees from Iran and concerns regarding President Karzai,s forth [...]	2007-07-19 02:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL AF IR PK
07KABUL2343	PRT/QALENOW: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C) In Badghis economic and social indicators continue to improve slowly, but growth has been restrained by a deteriorating security environment caused by a recently-removed corrupt and inefficient Governor. Recent insurgent attacks have grown in size and coordination in the Pashtun parts of [...]	2007-07-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL2362	PEACE JIRGA PREPARATIONS CONTINUE UNDER THE BIG TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Afghan and Pakistani Joint Peace Jirga Commissions have agreed on jirga dates and that the international community will be invited to observe the opening and closing ceremonies. The Afghan Secretariat has shared the list of Afghan participants SIPDIS and continues physical [...]	2007-07-23 15:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2379	PRT KANDAHAR: SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) are taking steps to improve security, governance, and the economy in Kandahar Province, but it remains a struggle. ISAF forces are taking the fight to districts north of Kandahar City. The [...]	2007-07-25 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON EAID CA
07KABUL246	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL2465	KHOST GOVERNOR PRAISES COALITION/AFGHAN [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Khost Governor Arsala Jamal in Kabul on July 19. Governor Jamal praised the strong coordination between Coalition Forces (CF) and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He also positively assessed his partnership with the PRT. He encouraged more U.S. investment i [...]	2007-07-31 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2467	PRT FARAH: DETERIORATION IN SECURITY, RISE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security in Farah Province deteriorated over the past six months. The Province now has its third ineffective governor since September 2006. The province continues to be plagued by high rates of kidnappings, robberies, and insurgent activity; weak and corrupt provincial and di [...]	2007-07-31 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID ECON KSEC SOCI IR AF
07KABUL2468	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (C) The Taliban have been hit hard in Helmand over the past six months. Military operations in Nahri Sarraj and Sangin disrupted the Taliban and weakened their support but have not resulted in enduring stability. Despite this military disruption, the expansion of reconstruction and developm [...]	2007-07-31 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK
07KABUL247	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL2470	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) During Ambassador's July 8 meetings in Kabul with members of Parliament from Nangarhar Province and his July 9 visit to Jalalabad, the MPs, Governor Sherzai, and provincial leaders highlighted security concerns, Pashtun community sentiments towards the IROA, and drugs. They expressed sup [...]	2007-07-31 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AF
07KABUL2497	PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH [...] (SBU) Nangarhar's strategic location on the Pakistan Border and relative economic prosperity make it an important indicator of progress in Afghanistan. Recent set-backs in security and an increase in poppy production over the last six months are disappointing. ISAF and CF forces have intens [...]	2007-08-02 10:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2505	PRESIDENT KARZAI APPOINTS NEW GOVERNORS [...] (C) Governors have recently been sacked and replaced in Badghis, Ghor, Kapisa, and Logar. The status of the governor in Jowzjan remains unresolved, though he is no longer in the province. The governors from Faryab and Takhar were shifted to new provinces. Faryab remains vacant. The Ministry [...]	2007-08-03 03:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL2507	PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Security remains a concern in Nuristan, especially in the districts bordering Pakistan. Political activity continues to center on Governor Tamim who travelled to remote districts to firm up support and allegiance to the provincial and national governments. Construction on the more than 4 [...]	2007-08-03 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON SNAR MARR SOCI PHUM AF
07KABUL2510	PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Unlike some neighboring provinces, Bamyan Province has enjoyed a calm security and political situation during the last six months. There is increased concern over threats from outside, due drug and weapons trade believed to be transiting the province. Bamyan remains one of Afgha [...]	2007-08-03 07:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL EAID ECON SOCI AF
07KABUL256	MUSA QALA: PRESSING FOR TEST TWO [...] (C) Deputy MOI Minister Khalid updated the PAG January 20 on Musa Qala developments since the last meeting (ref A). He reported that the GOA had sent a Commission to Musa Qala and Lashkar Gah to meet with the elders and the Chief of Police. The Commission confirmed that 40 ANAP were operating [...]	2007-01-25 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL260	KARZAI TELLS SENATOR BROWNBACK IRAN SHOULD IMPROVE [...] (C) During a January 8 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Karzai was critical of Iranian policy toward the U.S. He reported on his recent meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister where he called on Iran to improve relations with the U.S. He argued that normalized U.S.-Iran relations [...]	2007-01-25 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL2919	INSURGENCY AND ETHNIC TENSIONS FLARE UP IN WARDAK [...] (C) Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) have not been able to reverse a spike in insurgent attacks on provincial government and foreign contractors in Wardak province, 20 miles from Kabul, since late May. The MOD reports that as many as 750 armed "enemy" combatants are operating in the pro [...]	2007-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR AF
07KABUL2987	NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON DEPLOYMENT WITH DUTCH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian MFA Political Director Kai Eide, in an August 30 office call on DCM, was noncommittal about how Norway would respond to a Dutch request that Norwegian troops be deployed alongside the Dutch in Uruzgan province. Eide indicated that the GON would remain engaged in the Nort [...]	2007-09-06 13:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL2998	BOUCHER AND KARZAI, SPANTA ON JIRGAS, DRUGS, ECON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's August 27 meetings with President Karzai, Foreign Minister Spanta, Lower House Speaker Qanooni and National Security Advisor Rassoul spanned a range of key topics. Boucher, Karzai and Rassoul agreed to focus on t [...]	2007-09-08 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON IR AF
07KABUL3066	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-12 15:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3067	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-12 15:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3068	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3069	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3070	UNHCR FEARS NEW WAVE OF AFGHAN DEPORTATIONS FROM [...] (C) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office here fears Iran is about to announce a "No Go" policy for Sistan Va Baluchestan province that would force resident Afghans to either relocate to remote refugee camps or repatriate, triggering a humanitarian crisis on both side [...]	2007-09-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM AF IR
07KABUL3182	FOUR NEW GOVERNORS APPOINTED AS NEW GOVERNANCE [...] (C) President Karzai has approved the appointments of new governors in Jowzjan, Faryab, Ghazni, and Uruzgan provinces. The appointments in Faryab and Jowzjan fill vacancies. The appointee in Uruzgan may have benefited from an early assertion by the new Director General of the Office of Local [...]	2007-09-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3192	U.S.-AFGHAN-PAKISTANI TRILATERAL: MOVING FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON AF PK
07KABUL3194	KARZAI CHIEF OF STAFF OUTLINES PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) President Karzai's Chief of Staff outlined for the Charge his government's priorities for the planned meeting with President Bush in New York. These include electricity as a top development priority, the government's openness to discussions with the Taliban premised on respect for Afghani [...]	2007-09-21 06:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3208	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Post had delivered request for Afghan support for the U.S. candidate to the Committee Against Torture on August 12 and followed up on September 19. 2. (C) G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA told Poloff on Septembe [...]	2007-09-22 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3237	LOWER HOUSE QUESTIONS MANDATE AND LEADERSHIP OF [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of Parliament's September 1 discussion of the Structure of Government Law included heated debates over the mandate and leadership of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC). Following scathing criticism of the AIHRC, the Lower House voted to [...]	2007-09-25 08:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL324	CLARIFICATION ON PARLIAMENTARY DECLARATION ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. Several media outlets are reporting a decision on Wednesday, January 31, by the Afghan Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) to approve a declaration which would provide protection from prosecution for all the political and opposition elements that were in involved in war with each other o [...]	2007-02-02 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL3437	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a manner that reinforces Q) not und [...]	2007-10-09 03:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL3458	OCTOBER 7 EXECUTIONS; ALLIES DISMAYED, POPULACE [...] (SBU) The Afghan government executed 15 convicted criminals on the grounds of the Ministry of Justice-run Pol-I-Charki prison outside Kabul October 7. All had received their death sentences for a variety of serious non-political crimes, including murder; all were multiple offenders. None of [...]	2007-10-10 08:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3460	SPANISH OFFER TO TRAIN AFGHAN ARMY COMPANY [...] (U) This is a resend of Kabul 03437. This is a joint Embassy-Combined Security Transition Command Q) Afghanistan message. 2. (C) Spanish willingness to support and train the Afghan Army is appreciated. Our concerns here are that Spanish (and other) Allied assistance be provided in a [...]	2007-10-10 08:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
07KABUL3498	KARZAI POLICY CHIEF OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT [...] (C) Republic Party Chairman and President Karzai's Chief of Policy Sebghatullah Sanjar outlined in a September 24 conversation with POLCOUNS his plan for winning the 2009 presidential election. Sanjar's strategy is based on "drawing a line between those who favor the Constitution and those wh [...]	2007-10-15 10:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3501	POLICE LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] SUMMARY: President Karzai announced the appointment of 28 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers for ANP command positions and Ministry of the Interior (MOI) headquarters staff jobs October 5. All of the 28 have been vetted through the rank reform process, UN human rights review and the USG L [...]	2007-10-16 09:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL3510	SRSG KOENIGS QUESTIONS IC ENVOYS ON MOI REFORM [...] SUMMARY: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) to Afghanistan Tom Koenigs met with SIPDIS the U.S., U.K., and Italian Ambassador and the Canadian DCM to discuss his October 15 presentation to the U.N. Security Council. Koenigs wanted IC impressions prior to reporting [...]	2007-10-16 12:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
07KABUL3562	NEW GHAZNI GOVERNOR AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TALIBAN [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting October 16, recently appointed Ghazni governor Lawang Faizan appeared to seek the Ambassador's endorsement for his plans to reach out to Taliban fighters in Ghazni. The Ambassador welcomed Faizan's efforts in principle, but cautioned that reconcilees must not ha [...]	2007-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS AF
07KABUL359	PRT KHOST - GOVERNOR JAMAL: FUNDING DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During mid-December meeting with PRT, Khost Governor Arsala Jamal expressed concern that, due to funds from the Ministery of Interior into his Governor's Discretionary Fund drying up at the end of the fiscal year, he would not be able to pay the governor's militia that he was rel [...]	2007-02-05 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL360	PRT QALAT: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The political situation in Zabul is fairly stable, with a good governor, Delbar Jan Arman, who has served for almost two years. His efforts are undermined by a weak administration both in the capital and in the districts, and his own unwillingness to empower and build the cap [...]	2007-02-05 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL3662	D/NSA LTG LUTE AND D/SRSG ALEXANDER DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Deputy SRSG Chris Alexander used an October 22 meeting with Deputy NSA LTG Lute to lay out a proposal for closer UNAMA-ISAF coordination on an overall counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. He reported close coordination between the SRSG and COMISAF, but highlighted difficulties coor [...]	2007-10-28 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID AF
07KABUL370	PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Bamyan continues to enjoy relative peace and security. Development assistance from the U.S. Government is on the rise, almost entirely due to the twelve fold increase in CERP assistance for 2007. On the political front, Governor Sarabi has taken steps to counter criticism from her poli [...]	2007-02-06 06:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PHUM AF
07KABUL3714	NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR POPAL LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Jelani Popal's three-year strategic plan for his new Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) aims to strengthen sub-national governance by holding appointed representative District Councils accountable for local governance, development, poppy-eradication, and security. To re [...]	2007-10-31 08:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR EAID KDEM AF
07KABUL375	PRT/BAMYAN: ANA OPENS INTELLIGENCE BRANCH [...] (C) The Afghanistan National Army (ANA),which previously consisted of three recruiters in Bamyan, was augmented in December to include an intelligence component of approximately 20 soldiers. Their stated mandate is to recover arms caches and investigate smuggling. They have reached out to [...]	2007-02-06 11:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF
07KABUL3767	DEPUTY NSA IBRAHIM ON IRAN, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, AND [...] (C) DCM used his introductory meeting with Deputy NSA Engineer Ibrahim to underline U.S. support for the new Independent Directorate for Local Governance, headed by Jelani Popal, highlighting the role it can play in ensuring the Afghan National Development Strategy (ANDS) both addresses local [...]	2007-11-06 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3774	UNITED FRONT SETS ITS SIGHTS ON PRESIDENCY AND [...] (C) Summary: Looking ahead to the 2009 presidential and 2010 parliamentary elections, the newly-formed United Front is working to market itself as a mainstream pan-Afghan opposition party offering positive alternatives to what it characterizes as Karzai's failed leadership and policies. The U [...]	2007-11-08 01:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL3791	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3792	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 [...]	2007-11-09 02:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3793	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3794	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3795	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3796	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3797	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3798	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3799	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para. 2). 2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb attack that killed over 50 pe [...]	2007-11-09 02:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL3800	USDP EDELMAN NOV 7 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his November 7 office call on President Karzai, USDP Edelman expressed condolences for the victims of the November 6 bombing in Baghlan Province and highlighted the opportunity presented by this heinous act to reinforce Afghan national unity and action against the Taliban. Karzai we [...]	2007-11-10 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL3848	AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: SHIFT TO FOCUSED DISTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghan National Police (ANP) development has lagged behind that of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Despite the training of over 70,000 ANP individuals and advances in equipping and recruiting, the police remain largely ineffectiv [...]	2007-11-15 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
07KABUL3871	FOUR NEW GOVERNORS CONFIRMED; MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) The Government has announced that President Karzai has officially confirmed the appointment of new governors in Jowzjan, Faryab, Samangan, and Kunar provinces. Staff at Popal's Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) had shared earlier Karzai's intention to appoint Hashim Zari [...]	2007-11-19 14:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
07KABUL4005	CANADA'S MANLEY PANEL IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian DCM Hoffman on December 4 provided the Charge with an assessment of the 10-day visit to Afghanistan by the Panel on the Future Role of Canada in Afghanistan (Manley Panel). Hoffman emphasized repeatedly that the Panel,s report will be critical to the future of the Canad [...]	2007-12-06 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL4019	DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQI BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Per Reftel, on December 05, Post delivered talking points regarding the Declaration of Principles recently signed and long-term goals in Iraq to Aimal Zaman of the Fifth Political Division (U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand) at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]	2007-12-09 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ AF
07KABUL4020	AFGHANISTAN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] (U) On December 07, Post delivered reftel points and materials to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan regarding the candidacy of Pierre Richard-Prosper to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Committee. On December 08, G. Seddiq Rasuli, D [...]	2007-12-09 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA AF
07KABUL4021	DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] (C) Per Reftel, Post approached the MFA regarding the resolutions to be submitted to the upcoming UNGA Plenary passed by the Third Committee. G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy G. Seddiq Rasuli, Deputy Director of the United Nations and International Conferences Department of the MFA, told poloff that [...]	2007-12-09 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA AF
07KABUL4107	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S SHORT TERM STABILIZATION PLANS [...] (C) During a December 15 meeting, Presidential Adviser "Engineer" Ibrahim outlined for the DCM the GIRoA's efforts to stabilize the district of Musa Qala in Helmand province, now that Afghan and ISAF troops have driven the Taliban from the area. Ibrahim said President Karzai had dispatched In [...]	2007-12-16 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4133	KARZAI BAITS HIS EMERGING POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai recently fired several public salvos at his emerging political opposition, the Northern Alliance-backed United Front. He complained that his government's efforts to bring alleged human rights abusers to justice are being stymied by regionally powerful former war [...]	2007-12-17 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4179	KARZAI REACHES OUT TO HIG SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai recently appointed Hezbi-Islami-Afghanistan (HIA) Chairman Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal to the post of presidential tribal affairs advisor. The Pashtun Arghandiwal is a former close associate of blacklisted Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG) leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Ka [...]	2007-12-22 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL4197	TAJIK-PASHTUN SUSPICIONS INFORM PARLIAMENT-PALACE [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary: Parliament debated and passed more legislation in its 2007 session than in any previous year, but became embroiled in a power struggle with the Karzai government. Palace-Parliament disputes erupted with increasing frequency throughout the session, and, at times, threate [...]	2007-12-26 10:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL4207	MOI PERSONNEL CHANGES: SCORE CARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. In late September, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced some 33 mid- to senior-level Palace appointments, including commanders for all four of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP)'s brigades and several provincial chiefs of police. Anecdotal inform [...]	2007-12-27 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL4208	FRANCE REPORTEDLY WILLING TO HOST AFGHAN DONOR [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta relayed to the Ambassador December 26 French Foreign Minister Kouchner's willingness to host an Afghan donor conference in May or June. On December 22, during President Sarkozy's one-day visit to Kabul, Spanta had inquired of Kouchner about France's interest in host [...]	2007-12-27 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MARR PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL439	STATE OF PLAY AND ACTION REQUESTS ON UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Embassy is working with the GOA to set dates and fix the agenda for upcoming working-level and senior-level Strategic Partnership meetings. We are in direct contact with our GOA counterparts for each working group. The MFA is responsible for overall organization of the Strategic Partne [...]	2007-02-09 05:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS ECON EAID SNAR AF
07KABUL442	CODEL PELOSI CITES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During January 28 CODEL Pelosi visit to Kabul, Pakistan and poppy were dominant themes. Speaker Pelosi, Chairmen Skelton (Armed Services),Lantos (Foreign Affairs),and Reyes (Intelligence) and Sub-Committee Chairs Murtha (Defense Appropriations) and Lowey (State/Foreign Operatio [...]	2007-02-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PTER PGOV SNAR MOPS AF
07KABUL466	UPDATE ON AMNESTY RESOLUTION [...] (U) During a press conference on February 6, Presidential Spokesman Karim Rahimi said that President Karzai may reject the draft resolution on amnesty passed by the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on January 31. Even if Karzai were to reject the resolution, it could still pass if i [...]	2007-02-10 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL605	NORTHERN GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON POPPY ERADICATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, the Ambassador met with the Commander of PRT Mazar i Sharif and held a joint meeting with Interior Minister Moqbel Zarar and five governors from the Northern provinces to discuss poppy eradication efforts in the north. The counternarcotics strategy in the North [...]	2007-02-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF
07KABUL606	KARZAI DISCUSSES SECURITY, PAKISTAN WITH CODEL [...] (U) On February 21, Codel Dicks discussed security and reconstruction issues with President Karzai. Karzai expressed confidence about GOA and ISAF ability to succeed. Attendees included Representatives Dicks, Kaptur, Frelinghuysen, Rothman, Carney, and Murphy. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-25 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL643	DIAG: STALLED AND SEARCHING FOR MOMENTUM [...] (C//REL/) Summary: President Karzai chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers and international community representatives February 7 to review progress made to date by the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) program and to approve formally the new DIAG Action Plan. While the revised [...]	2007-02-27 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC PTER AF
07KABUL662	OSD DELEGATION DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: In February 13-15 meetings, a delegation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense discussed Pakistan, Iran, Afghan security forces development, and the Strategic Partnership with key leaders in the Afghan government. National Security Advisor Rassoul advised that the GOA is w [...]	2007-02-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV SNAR NATO AF
07KABUL663	UPDATE ON THREATS AGAINST MP SHAKILA HASHEMI [...] (SBU) On February 13, PolOff met with Parliamentarian Shakila Hashemi and discussed the details of her daughter's murder, which occurred on January 3 in the front yard of Hashemi's home. Hashemi thought the bullet was intended for her due to her activities in support of women's rights and t [...]	2007-03-01 03:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PRM PHUM AF
07KABUL672	RUSSIAN FM SAYS NATO MUST LEAVE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Drawing on Cold War rhetoric, Russian FM Lavrov told FM Spanta on February 23 that NATO must leave Afghanistan as it was an enduring presence against Russia (according to Spanta's debrief). The GOR is also worried about Iran's nuclear program and does not trust its regional intentions. [...]	2007-03-01 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO RU IR AF
07KABUL679	TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA FOCUSING ON HELMAND [...] Helmand Governor Wafa assesses that most districts in his province are either under the control of the Taliban or surrounded by Taliban, as Taliban and Al Qaeda are focusing on Helmand and their numbers are on the rise. Wafa wants military operations to commence in five districts in Helmand, [...]	2007-03-01 15:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL682	ANSF AMMUNITION STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting of the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) Ammunition Working Group, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A) urged the MOD to destroy its stockpiles of unserviceable ammunition. The buildup of unserviceable ammunition in MOD depo [...]	2007-03-02 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL AF
07KABUL700	PRT FARAH: SEMI ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Incidents and attacks continue and security remains tenuous and uncertain, but the police now show a heightened presence with patrols and raids in Farah Province. Governing dynamics will be seriously affected as Farah deals with its third governor in less than six months. The [...]	2007-03-04 06:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR PINS PREL SOCI IR AF
07KABUL759	REMAINS OF MEMORIAL TO SOVIET PILOTS AT BAGRAM AB [...] (C) Summary: In the late 1980s, members of a Soviet military unit stationed at the then Soviet Bagram Air Base constructed a memorial to five of their pilots who had been killed in action fighting the Mujahideen. There are no/no graves known or believed to be associated with the memorial. In [...]	2007-03-05 16:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS AF
07KABUL829	SHIA ACTIVIST DESCRIBES IRAN'S EFFORTS TO EXPAND [...] (C) According to Sayed Jawad Husseini, the leader of a minor political party, "Afghan Youth", Iran is stepping up its efforts to influence the Afghan media, education, and influential Parliamentarians. At least four television stations financed by Iran are scheduled to go on the air in April [...]	2007-03-12 07:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR AF
07KABUL834	LOWER HOUSE APPROVES PRESIDENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, the Lower House of Parliament passed the amended amnesty bill that included the President's proposed changes by a vote of 128-3. Speaker Qanooni interrupted the budget discussions in the plenary to announce that he had received the President's amendments to the bill [...]	2007-03-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL839	KARZAI DESCRIBES "TERRIBLE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with Governors Tim Pawlenty (R-MN),Janet Napolitanto (R-AZ),and Brad Henry (D-OK),Lisa Marie Cheney, Lt. Gen. Steven Blum (Chief, National Guard Bureau),and Charge, President Karzai described Afghanistan's current relationship with Pakistan as "terrib [...]	2007-03-13 02:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL852	STAFFDEL GROVE'S FEBRUARY 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary: Mr. Hakan Abaci, Civilian Director of the Turkish-led PRT in Wardak province, emphasized that the PRT is mainly a "civilian" operation, which seeks to minimize the visibility of the Turkish military element that provides security for the PRT compound. He said he believes [...]	2007-03-13 12:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP MASS EAID SNAR ASEC AMGT AF
07KABUL910	PRT HERAT: IRAN INCREASES VISIBILITY IN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran has recently taken steps to establish "operational centers" for police cooperation in three provinces in western Afghanistan: Nimroz, Herat and Farah. These new centers complement Iranian efforts to establish relations with Afghan security forces and increase the range of the [...]	2007-03-19 16:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL919	NATIONAL FRONT: REFERENDUM ON KARZAI? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several jihadi commanders, concerned about the worsening security situation across the country have formed a political group, the National Front (NF),with two mandates: (1) changing the system of government to a parliamentary model and (2) electing governors (vice Presidential [...]	2007-03-20 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AF
07KABUL954	KOENIGS AND BOUCHER ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) A special response fund to allow the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan close developmental cooperation with ISAF would advance civilian-military coordination; Washington support requested. Additionally, in a March 14 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central A [...]	2007-03-24 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF IR

07KAMPALA1159	UGANDA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS TEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan military and civilian officials view the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process as important for confidence-building between the parties and for keeping pressure up on neighbors to rein in negative forces. Ugandans argue that the process has resulted in behind-the-scen [...]	2007-07-13 08:09:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BY CG RW UG
07KAMPALA1187	UGANDA: RESPONSE ON FOREIGN ACQUISITION OF NATURAL [...] (C) Summary. Chinese interest in Uganda's natural resources consists largely in importing timber, copper, and cobalt. Currently, Chinese investment in these sectors is limited. Ugandan law contains a variety of legal statutes aimed at protecting biodiversity and natural resources, but natio [...]	2007-07-20 07:16:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON CH PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1197	NORTHERN UGANDA: KEEPING MOMENTUM IN THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The peace talks between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are at another important juncture. Currently, the parties are consulting with the stakeholders on the mechanisms for accountability and reconciliation. We expect the recess to be extended for anoth [...]	2007-07-23 12:57:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1199	UGANDA: CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (C) Summary: The Government requested a postponement of the high profile trial of former Ministry of Health officials involving the redirection of funds for immunization to political mobilization campains. The trial, which began on July 16, was delayed because the Government said it was not [...]	2007-07-24 08:10:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM UG
07KAMPALA1236	NORTHERN UGANDA: CURRENT TRENDS IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Juba Peace Talks are on recess while the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) undertake consultations with various stakeholders. The break has provided many observers and the Government of Uganda an opportunity to take stock of the process and potential scen [...]	2007-07-31 11:43:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1482	NORTHERN UGANDA: MILITARY OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan and Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley discussed Congolese plans for dealing with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park with Ugandan officials. The meeting took place at the conclusion of t [...]	2007-09-24 13:40:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1490	UGANDA/DRC: MORE ON LAKE ALBERT CONFRONTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kampala follow-up on the incidents on Lake Albert confirm basic elements of the confrontation (retel). The details of the second incident remain in question and under investigation by a joint FARDC-MONUC-UPDF team. MONUC said that the UPDF fired unprovoked on a civi [...]	2007-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1708	UGANDA: GAVI SCANDAL TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Health Ministry officials and a State House mobilizer for the diversion of Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) funds resumed on October 29. The Chief Magistrate overruled two defense team motions, causing the lawyers to walk out of court. [...]	2007-11-02 08:37:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KAMPALA1709	UGANDA: POST DOES NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Post does not assess the Democracy and Governance environment in Uganda to be conducive for a quick success for the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) pilot. Government officials, including President Museveni, have publicly complained about outside interference on gover [...]	2007-11-02 08:44:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID EUN OECD UG FR
07KAMPALA1741	UGANDA: SOLICITOR GENERAL SQUARES OFF WITH IGG [...] (C) Summary: A continuing showdown between the Inspector General of Government (IGG) Faith Mwonhda, and the Solicitor General, Lucian Tibaruha, could have important Constitutional implications for the IGG's institutional credibility and its capacity to fight corruption. The High Court found [...]	2007-11-09 05:36:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1743	NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA REPORTEDLY SPLINTERING [...] (C) Summary: In a phone call to a northern Ugandan politician, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony confirmed a rupture within the LRA, and claimed that Vincent Otti was under arrest for plotting against him. GOU officials are convinced that Otti is dead. On November 7, GOU intel [...]	2007-11-09 12:35:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1847	UGANDA: RULING PARTY GEARS UP FOR FIGHT OVER [...] (U) Summary: Residents in the eastern county of Bugweri, Iganga District are preparing for a second parliamentary election following a High Court ruling that nullified the February 2006 results. The court, responding to a Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) petition, noted a number of irregula [...]	2007-12-06 12:35:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
07KAMPALA1894	LRA PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Turmoil within the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),including the execution of LRA deputy leader Vincent Otti and recent defections, have injected uncertainty into the future of the peace process. The LRA negotiating team's consultations were set to wrap up in Uganda on December 8, but fu [...]	2007-12-17 13:29:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MOPS PGOV SU UG
07KAMPALA1895	UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI FLEXIBLE ON "PLAN B" [...] (C) Summary: President Yoweri Museveni does not believe that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony wants peace, but is willing to allow the peace process to continue until March. On December 14, Museveni complained to U.N. Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano that [...]	2007-12-17 13:39:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA193	UGANDA: VOTE ON APPROVAL OF SOMALIA DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) On January 31, ruling party parliamentarians rejected the Defense Minister's motion to short-circuit parliamentary procedures to move forward a resolution to approve the Ugandan military's deployment to Somalia. In a 45-43-4 vote, ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentaria [...]	2007-02-01 02:51:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID KPKO ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA238	UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, Parliament referred the Somalia resolution to the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee. The committee's chairperson, Rose Nsereko Namayanja, told P/E officer on February 9 that the committee was wrapping up its work on the Somalia resolution. She would be preparing the [...]	2007-02-12 02:35:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA342	UGANDA: ACTION ITEMS ON SOMALIA FROM EUCOM DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command General William Ward, discussed a wide range of issues with Ugandan military and civilian officials during his visit to Uganda from February 27 to 28. Ward praised President Museveni's commitment to regional stability. Senior military off [...]	2007-02-28 12:28:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA669	UGANDA: OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ERITREA ON [...] (C) Summary: President Museveni and Foreign Minister Kutesa held two separate, but similar, meetings with Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki over the issue of external support for Somali factions. Museveni and Kutesa asked that Eritrea end its support for the Islamic Courts in early April an [...]	2007-04-20 10:05:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KAMPALA744	UGANDA: IF A TREE FALLS IN MABIRA FOREST, WHO WILL [...] (C) Summary: The April 12 and 17 violence associated with the campaign to stop the sale of land in the Mabira Forest to foreign investors continues to reverberate throughout Uganda's political arena. Five people died after frustrations were taken out on Asians during violent confrontations. [...]	2007-05-02 07:12:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV UG
07KAMPALA780	UGANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA'S UNHRC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 06:50:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UG
07KAMPALA854	UGANDA/SOMALIA: MILITARY AND CIVILIAN VIEWPOINTS [...] (C) Summary: Support for Uganda's deployment to Somalia remains firm among Ugandan military and civilian officials. During Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan's visit to Uganda from May 7-9, the Minister of Defense, Chief of Defense Forces, and parliamentarians raised a number [...]	2007-05-18 09:16:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE UG
07KARACHI755	SINDH GOVERNOR ON BHUTTO BOMBING AND INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Ambassador and Consul General (CG) met with Sindh Governor Ishrat-ul-Ebad. The Governor provided his official perspective on the security issues surrounding the October 19 attack on Pakistan People,s Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto and the subsequent investi [...]	2007-10-29 10:34:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK
07KARACHI756	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BENAZIR BHUTTO ON SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION OF KARACHI ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting in Karachi, Pakistan People,s Party Chairman Benazir Bhutto told the Ambassador that she was dissatisfied with the government's investigation of the October 19 bombing that targeted her motorcade. The Ambassador noted we had absolutely no evidence anyone [...]	2007-10-29 10:36:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER PK
07KARACHI784	SINDH GOVERNOR SUMMONS THE CONSULAR CORPS TO HIGH [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, 2007, the Governor of Sindh summoned all Consuls General for a meeting to explain and justify the recent declaration of a State of Emergency. Within the one-sided conversation, the Governor touched upon press freedom, judicial activism, and how the abuse of freed [...]	2007-11-06 12:30:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC CASC PK
07KARACHI861	MQM LEADERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders discussed their election plans at a meeting with the Consul General (CG) at their party headquarters on December 13, 2007. The MQM sees itself as a national party and will field candidates throughout Pakistan. Party leaders have been in [...]	2007-12-14 06:26:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PK
07KARACHI869	CONTINUING ORDEAL OF MUNIR MALIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Supreme Court Bar Association President Munir Malik has been released from detention and hopes to travel from hospital to the UK for treatment of renal failure. Malik alleges that he is suffering due to abuse he received while in jail; the government claims this is a pr [...]	2007-12-18 17:59:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PK
07KATHMANDU1001	BHUTANESE REFUGEES WORRY ABOUT ONGOING [...] (C) Recent press reports in Nepal and India have concluded that 70,000 - 80,000 Nepali-ethnic Bhutanese, called Lhotsampa, were not permitted to participate in the mock elections held in Bhutan in April. The reports also suggested that these people might be subject to eviction from Bhutan. G [...]	2007-05-18 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1002	UNMIN CHIEF CONFIRMS VERIFICATION, ELECTION PREP [...] (C) UNMIN Chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador May 17 that he continued to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists to allow the second phase of combatant verification to begin, but so far had seen little movement. Martin and visiting Senior UN Political Affairs Officer for South A [...]	2007-05-18 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1003	NEPAL: SILENCE HANDICAPS OHCHR [...] (C) On May 17, the Ambassador told Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),that OHCHR's silence regarding the Young Communist League (YCL) was destroying OHCHR's credibility. Sundh assured the Ambassador that OHCHR was preparing [...]	2007-05-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: NEW PEACE MINISTER STARTING TO MAKE PROGRESS [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador May 18 that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel was getting things done. Under his leadership, the Government of Nepal (GON) was finally starting to come to grips, most importantly, with conditions in t [...]	2007-05-21 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1009	NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO BEGIN SOON [...] (C) On May 21, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Suresh Chalise confirmed to Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Hugins that the Maoists had agreed to allow verification of Maoist combatants to begin. Chalise expected verification might commence within a week. Prime Minister [...]	2007-05-21 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1027	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES MEETS WITH CORE [...] (C) On May 23, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres thanked the Core Group in Kathmandu for paving the way for third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. He had observed in his May 22 meetings that the Government of Nepal (GON) had accepted and endorsed a [...]	2007-05-23 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU1028	NEPAL: FORMER PM: "EVERYONE IS KEEPING MUM" [...] (C) On May 23, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra had no intention to step down. Thapa had told Gyanendra that it might be wise to abdicate in order to "preserve [...]	2007-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1033	NEPAL: CHINESE AMBASSADOR AGREES MAOISTS HAVE NOT [...] (C) The Maoists have not given up violence and intimidation, agreed Chinese Ambassador Zheng Xianglin in a May 23 meeting with the Ambassador. The two Ambassadors also discussed splinter ethnic groups in the Terai, their potential impact on elections, and the Maoist reaction to these groups. [...]	2007-05-24 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF PHUM KDEM CH NP
07KATHMANDU1035	MELAMCHI FIASCO HAS JAPANESE WONDERING ABOUT [...] (C) On May 24, Japanese Ambassador Tsutomu Hiraoka indicated to the Ambassador that Japanese soft lending may be affected by recent mishandling of the Melamchi Water Supply Project by Minister of Physical Planning and Works Hisila Yami. Her decision to refuse to award the management contract [...]	2007-05-25 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL ECON EAID ADB ABLD JA NP
07KATHMANDU104	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT POLICE ADVISORS, EXPLOSIVES [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee requested a meeting with the Ambassador January 18 to relay New Delhi's concern with references in the draft UN Security Resolution (UNSCR) on Nepal to police advisors as well as the U.S.-proposed clause on explosive devices. Ambassador Mukherjee said that, whil [...]	2007-01-18 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP UN
07KATHMANDU1042	NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO RAISE PENDING [...] (C) In response to a request from the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Pradhan agreed May 24 to raise the U.S. interest in a speedy process for parents with pending Nepali adoptions with Maoist Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Biswokarma and in the cabinet. At the same time, the Am [...]	2007-05-25 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS KFRD KOCI PREF PTER EAID ADB
07KATHMANDU1045	NEPAL: MADHESI CONCERNS ARE PRIORITY IN CENTRAL [...] (C) Political leaders and government officials in the capitals of three Central and Eastern Terai districts -- Janakpur, Siraha, and Biratnagar -- expressed concern to Emboff during a May 16-18 visit that political turmoil in the troubled Southern borderland with India would increase dramatica [...]	2007-05-25 12:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU105	NEPAL: UN ARMS MONITORING BEGINS [...] (C) On January 17, Ian Martin's political advisor John Norris told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the UN arms monitoring team had begun the arms management process at the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) 3rd Division cantonment site in Chitwan District at around noon. The process began with [...]	2007-01-18 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1058	NEPAL: NEW ELECTION DATE STILL PROVING ELUSIVE [...] (C) A leading Nepali Congress - Democratic politician told the Ambassador May 28 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance was still at loggerheads over a new date for the Constituent Assembly election. According to Member of Parliament Minendra Rijal, Alliance meetings on May 27 and 28 failed t [...]	2007-05-29 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1059	AMBASSADOR VISITS BHUTANESE REFUGEE CAMPS, [...] (SBU) On May 25, despite rocks thrown by Young Communist League activists in Jhapa District (ref A),the Ambassador held several successful meetings with refugee teachers, youth and the elected camp management. Questions regarding resettlement were largely practical. On May 26, Communist Par [...]	2007-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1064	NEPAL: PURE PROPORTIONAL SYSTEM FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (C) In two recent meetings, IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Nepal's agenda for the Constituent Assembly election was largely stalled. Certain steps, such as the registration of political parties, were moving ahead, but man [...]	2007-05-30 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1069	AMBASSADOR URGES HOME MINISTER TO HOLD MAOISTS [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting with Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula, the Ambassador sharply criticized the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) for attacking his vehicle in Jhapa on May 25 and for threatening and intimidating Nepalese with impunity across the country. The Maoist leade [...]	2007-05-30 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM ASEC PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1077	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS GROWING INCREASING [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on May 22 and May 30 both Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D),and Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist SIPDIS Leninist (CPN-UML),blamed Prime Minister Koirala for [...]	2007-05-31 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1078	ROYAL CONFIDANT SAYS PROGRESS ON "DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador May 30 that he and others were working to build a democratic front that would unite the main political parties in support of the Prime Minister. The front would then pressure the Maoists to uphold peace agreement commitments. Rana repor [...]	2007-05-31 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU1089	FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR MORE PROGRESS ON MAOIST [...] (C) On May 31, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concern regarding continued Maoist abuses; he also stressed the need to set a timetable for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and to include marginalized ethnic [...]	2007-06-01 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1091	NEPAL: SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT HOPEFUL POLITICAL [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the governing Eight-Party Alliance had reached an informal understanding on a new date for a Constituent Assembly ele [...]	2007-06-01 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1092	NEPAL: ELECTION COMMISSION HAS PLAN BUT LACKS LAWS [...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty May 31 that the externalities, including the uncertain security situation and the absence of election legislation, were the Election [...]	2007-06-01 13:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1093	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESOLUTE THAT ELECTION BE [...] (C) On June 1, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala explained to Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the Eight-Party Alliance had agreed the day before to hold the Constituent Assembly election in November. All of the parties had si [...]	2007-06-02 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1099	OHCHR FAILING TO REPORT ON MAOIST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 31 Lena Sundh, head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, defended her recent newspaper interview in which she slammed the failure by the Government of Nepal (GON) to implement its human rights commitments while saying nothing about Maoist abuses [...]	2007-06-04 11:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1116	NEPAL: MEETING LEAHY AMENDMENT CONDITIONS ON [...] (C) There is a strong case for certifying that the requirements of the Leahy Amendment for U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) have been met for Nepal given the significant progress the Government of Nepal (GON) has made in restoring human rights. Resumption of FMF is also in U.S. national [...]	2007-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1117	KATAWAL CONFIRMS NEPAL ARMY'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal(COAS) told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty June 1 that the Nepal Army (NA) was uncomfortable with the prospect of working under a "leftist" regime. Katawal explained th [...]	2007-06-06 10:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1118	NEPAL: MINORITY LEADERS DEMAND MEANINGFUL ELECTIONS [...] (C) On May 31, three leaders from politically underrepresented groups and a human rights leader expressed to visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and Ambassador Moriarty their concerns about equal representation in the Government and a meaningful C [...]	2007-06-06 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1119	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL NGOS PESSIMISTIC ON NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) The IFES Country Representative, Asia Foundation Country Representative, and Carter Center Field Director told Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on June 2 that many complex issues would have be resolved if the Government of Nepal hoped to [...]	2007-06-06 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1132	HOME MINISTER RELINQUISHES ROLE AS NEGOTIATOR WITH [...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula stressed to the Ambassador June 6 that "it was no longer my job" to negotiate with Maoists on behalf of the Seven-Party Alliance. Peace and Reconstruction Minister Poudel would now be taking the lead. Sitaula told the Ambassador that the four Young Communist League [...]	2007-06-07 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1133	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER CLAIMS ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On June 5, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, who is the second-most senior Maoist leader, phoned the British Deputy Chief of Mission Paul Bute, to ask that he pass two messages to the U.S. Embassy. According to Bute, Bhattarai said that the May 25 stoning by Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) activ [...]	2007-06-07 13:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1137	NEPAL: NHRC STILL AWAITING COMMISSIONERS [...] (C) On June 1, Acting Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),Padma Mathema, told visiting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron that the absence of Commissioners was the NHRC's most critical concern. Mathema said that she had stressed to [...]	2007-06-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1167	NEPAL: ACTIVE MAOISTS, INACTIVE POLICE IN POKHARA [...] (C) In Pokhara on June 12, Western Region Administrator Medini Sharma told the Ambassador that attacks by the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) were ongoing, despite police efforts to "coordinate with security forces and political parties." Political party representatives from the Nepali Co [...]	2007-06-13 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1168	UNMIN CHIEF SAYS MAOIST COMBATANT VERIFICATION TO [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),announced at a June 12 press conference that UNMIN would begin verification of Maoist combatants on June 14. Martin also highlighted the importance of public security for a free and fair Constituent Assembly election an [...]	2007-06-13 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1188	KILLINGS OF MAOISTS IN TERAI PROMPT DELAY IN [...] (C) United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador June 14 that the launch of the second phase of UNMIN's registration of Maoist "combatants" -- combatant verification -- had been unexpectedly delayed. He indicated the senior Maoist leadership had decided to hold [...]	2007-06-15 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1194	SPEAKER NEMWANG UPBEAT AFTER PARLIAMENT PASSES [...] (C) On June 15 the Ambassador congratulated Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on the Interim Parliament's passage on June 14 of the key Constituent Assembly Members Election Act. The Speaker emphasized that he and others had made great efforts to ensure the election process woul [...]	2007-06-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1196	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER CALLS FOR U.S. TO TALK TO [...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on June 14 and 16, and strongly in a June 16 press conference, former President Jimmy Carter called for the United States to end its policy of not meeting with the Maoists. Although press reports claimed in the wake of Mr. Carter's June 15 session with Maoi [...]	2007-06-18 13:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1204	UNDP PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE TO UNMIN [...] (C) UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Matthew Kahane told the Ambassador June 18 that UNDP was contributing the majority of the over 100 UN personnel deployed to manage verification of Maoist combatants. Kahane said the duration of the process would depend on whether the [...]	2007-06-19 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: FORTY-EIGHT NEW MPS ROUND OUT INTERIM [...] (C) On the eve of the Interim Parliament's first session on January 15 (Ref A),the governing Seven Party-Alliance and the Maoists appointed representatives to fill the 48 additional seats the November 8 peace agreement had allocated to civil society (Ref B). The Maoists had previously announ [...]	2007-01-19 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU1227	NEPAL GOVERNMENT AND UNHCR MUST ACT QUICKLY ON [...] (SBU) In a briefing for donors on June 18, visiting UNHCR Field Security Advisor Leigh Hollingsworth lamented that the Government of Nepal (GON) had failed to communicate to local officials and security forces in Jhapa District its policy to support third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refu [...]	2007-06-21 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1228	NEPAL: UN EXPERT MONITORING TEAM COMPLETES FIRST [...] (C) The Team Leader of the United Nations Electoral Expert Monitoring Team told the Ambassador on June 20 that he was optimistic about the progress Nepal was making in preparing for a Constituent Assembly (CA) election in November. Dr. Rafael Lopez-Pintor was satisfied with the recently enacte [...]	2007-06-21 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU123	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER SAYS POLICE TO BE DEPLOYED [...] (C) On January 19, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to re-instate all police posts across the country within one week. Sitaula added that the GON also planned a significant presence of the Armed Police Force in every voting co [...]	2007-01-19 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1236	MAOISTS INTIMIDATE PRIVATE MEDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) The decision this week by a private Nepal media house to suspend publication of its two daily newspapers in the face of Maoist pressure has fanned concern among private news executives about threats to their editorial independence. Kamana Prakashan Samuha (Pvt.) Ltd., which has resisted [...]	2007-06-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU1247	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER OPPOSED TO LEFT ALLIANCE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on June 22, Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader and former Foreign Minister K.P. Oli stressed that the center-left UML would reject any attempt at an alliance with the Maoists. Oli was critical of both Home Minister Sitaula (Nep [...]	2007-06-25 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1248	NEPAL: FINANCE MINISTER WANTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Finance Minister Mahat told the Ambassador June 22 that the Government of Nepal's most pressing need was support for the Nepal Police to ensure a free and fair Constituent Assembly election. The Ambassador said the U.S. had come up with an additional USD 2.8 million for election security [...]	2007-06-25 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1249	NEPAL: CABINET SETS DATE OF NOVEMBER 22 FOR [...] (U) The Nepali Cabinet agreed at its meeting on June 24 to hold the Constituent Assembly election on November 22. The decision, which had been expected at the previous cabinet meeting on June 21, was on the early side of the range of dates under consideration. Prime Minister Koirala had publ [...]	2007-06-25 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1292	NEW DELHI OFFERING NEPAL SIGNIFICANT SECURITY [...] (C) On June 29, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that the Government of India (GOI) would significantly enhance security assistance to the Nepali Police and Armed Police Force. The Indian Ambassador said New Delhi had already clamped down on the Nepal-India borde [...]	2007-07-03 06:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU1297	NEPAL: MUSLIMS WANT AN ELECTION QUOTA TOO [...] (C) On June 27, Izhar Mikrani, who is the President of the Intellectual Muslim Association of Nepal, requested that the United States use its influence to persuade the Government of Nepal (GON) to revise the Constituent Assembly (CA) Members Election Act (reftel) to grant Muslims a specific per [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1298	NEPAL: UNMIN POLITICAL ADVISER SAYS COMBATANT [...] (C) On July 1, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) political adviser John Norris informed Emboff that Maoist chief Pushpa Dahal had suspended further verification of Maoist combatants after receiving the results of UNMIN's review of members of the Maoist "1st Division." Dahal had asked for a delay unt [...]	2007-07-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1314	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF OPPOSES INTEGRATION OF MAOISTS [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal told the Ambassador July 2 that he opposed integrating Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army for "five years." He estimated it would take that long for democracy to take root in Nepal. He said he had stressed to Prime Minister G.P. Koirala on [...]	2007-07-06 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER IN CH NP
07KATHMANDU1320	AMBASSADOR TELLS FOREIGN MINISTER: REFUGEE CAMPS [...] (C) On July 6, the Ambassador highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concerns regarding the intimidation and terror tactics the Bhutanese Communist Party and traditional Bhutanese refugee leaders were using in the refugee camps to discourage resettlement. Pradhan agreed that ther [...]	2007-07-09 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER CVIS KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1328	NEPAL: HOME MINISTRY TO HIRE 75,000 POLICE FOR [...] (C) During a farewell call July 10 on Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, the Ambassador stressed that the Maoists had miscalculated by assuming that the Nepal Army would acquiesce if the Maoists attempted to seize power. Pushing ahead with the Constituent Assembly polls in November was the best wa [...]	2007-07-11 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1329	NEPAL PROMISES TROOPS FOR DARFUR MISSION [...] (C) The Acting Defense Secretary told Emboff and the Defense Attache July 3 that the Defense Ministry supported contributing troops to the planned UN/African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur. The Prime Minister had recently approved increasing the ceiling on the number of Nepali peacekeepers [...]	2007-07-11 11:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS KDEM SU NP
07KATHMANDU1332	NEPAL: SPEAKER SAYS INTERIM PARLIAMENT SERIOUS [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador July 10 that the Interim Parliament was busy preparing for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and the passage of a new budget. Nemwang stated that, after the budget was passed, the Interim Parliament had one more ele [...]	2007-07-12 15:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1333	NEPAL: PEACE MINISTER SAYS EUROPEANS PAMPERING [...] (C) On July 10, Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador that the Maoists were delaying resumption of the combatant verification and had not changed their behavior. The Minister complained that the Europeans, by "pampering" the Maoists, were increasing Maoist [...]	2007-07-12 15:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR EAD UN NP
07KATHMANDU1334	NEPAL: REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Representatives from several child-focused international NGOs reported to Emboffs in late June that they and other similar NGOs under the leadership of the UN Children's Fund were poised to assist with reintegration of former Maoist child combatants. They had devised a standard reinte [...]	2007-07-12 15:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU1339	MAOIST DELAYING VERIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) On July 12, UNMIN Chief Ian Martin told the Ambassador that the Maoists had suspended the verification process, stating that they wanted further discussions on separate issues with other political parties and wanted to hear the views of the Maoist commanders on the ground. Martin indicate [...]	2007-07-13 04:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU1340	KOIRALA THANKS U.S. AND CRITICIZES YCL [...] (C) In comments to the Ambassador after serving as the guest of honor at the dedication of the New Embassy Chancery on July 11, Prime Minister (PM) Girija Prasad Koirala expressed deep concern about the intentions and goals of the Maoists. The PM was also worried about continued unrest in the [...]	2007-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1341	DEUBA FRUSTRATED BY MAOISTS IN NEPAL [...] (C) Meeting the Ambassador July 12, Sher Bahadur Deuba, President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) party, expressed frustration with the Maoists and the Young Communist League (YCL),stressing that they consistently ignored agreements made with the government. Deuba confirmed that uni [...]	2007-07-13 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1344	UPDATE FROM NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokhrel told the Ambassador in a July 12 meeting that negotiations that same day on a Code of Conduct had focused on election expenses. Pokhrel had already designed an enforcement strategy to counter code violations. Getting the Maoists to participate i [...]	2007-07-13 07:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1345	KING'S SUPPORTERS HAVE LOST HOPE [...] (C) On July 11, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra's supporters had lost all hope for the future of the monarchy. Rana said the King was aware of his extremely weak position, but he still hoped that the Government of India and the passage of time might r [...]	2007-07-13 08:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ECON IN NP
07KATHMANDU1347	MK NEPAL CONFIRMS NO LEFT ALLIANCE [...] (C) On July 10, MK Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),reported to the Ambassador that his party had finished a 15 day party meeting at which the party members had discussed the conditions for the election in the countryside. Nepal told [...]	2007-07-13 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PREF PTER KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU1530	NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI [...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]	2007-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPRECIATES [...] (C) On August 10, with just over 100 days to go before the Constituent Assembly (CA) election, Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel reviewed for the Ambassador the Commission's current work on voter education, the code of conduct, as well as its efforts to encourage political parties [...]	2007-08-15 06:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU157	INDIA, UK, NORWAY ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee, Norwegian Ambassador Toreng and UK Ambassador Hall lamented the agreement to give a Maoist the Deputy Prime Minister slot, discussed the need for a strong Election Commission mandate, and shared growing [...]	2007-01-22 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU1572	NEPAL: MAOIST LETTER TO AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR NEW [...] (C) On August 20, the Ambassador received a letter from Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) leader Krishna Mahara in his capacity as a Central Committee member. Mahara also serves as Nepal's Minister of Information and Communications, but wrote only in his party capacity. The two-page [...]	2007-08-20 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1577	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF ASKS FOR AMBASSADOR'S HELP TO [...] (C) At an August 15 introductory courtesy call, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal requested the Ambassador's assistance to protect the Nepalese Army from institutional alteration after the Constituent Assembly election. General Katawal listed the chief threats he perceives [...]	2007-08-21 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU158	INDIAN AND UK AMBASSADORS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) In separate meetings January 18 with Ambassador Moriarty, Indian Ambassador Mukherjee and UK Ambassador Hall stressed the importance of arms management before Maoist entry into government and expressed concern over the security climate in the countryside. Ambassador Moriarty and Ambassado [...]	2007-01-22 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN UK NP
07KATHMANDU1580	FINANCE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATING [...] (C) On August 20, Nepali Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat told the Ambassador, USAID Director Beth Paige and visiting senior Senate Appropriations Committee staffer Tim Rieser that the Government of Nepal (GON) anticipated a shortfall of approximately USD 30 million in funds for the Const [...]	2007-08-22 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU160	NEPAL: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MAY BE A MAOIST [...] (C) Hannes Siebert, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, informed the Ambassador January 19 that the Maoists had expected to obtain the Speakership of the Interim Parliament and had been surprised when the Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) agreed to give them the Deputy Prime Ministership instead. T [...]	2007-01-23 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1603	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION, REFUGEES AND [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Pradhan on August 13, the Ambassador emphasized the ongoing U.S. interest in assisting Nepal with its upcoming Constituent Assembly election and its democratic transition. Minister Pradhan responded that the election was the Gov [...]	2007-08-24 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PREF ELAB KDEM KWMN AMGT BT
07KATHMANDU1613	HOME MINISTER TRYING TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) On August 23 Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the violent activities of the Maoists and of Madhesi splinter groups in the Terai were among many challenges to the Constituent Assembly election. Sitaula said that the Government of Nepal (GON) was attempting to r [...]	2007-08-27 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF EAID KSEC KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU164	NEPAL: MECHANISMS OF GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) At its second sitting on January 17, the Interim Parliament elected Subash Nemwang as Speaker. Nemwang was the Speaker of the previous House of Representatives as well. The election came after a day of negotiations between the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists. Manohar [...]	2007-01-24 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1665	INDIAN AMBASSADOR ON UNMIN MANDATE AND CONCERNS OF [...] (C) During a meeting August 31 with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee noted that he is increasingly concerned about UN mission creep in Nepal. He started by saying that unless work begins now in New York on an extension of the current mandate, the UN staff here will s [...]	2007-09-04 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1666	BOMBINGS IN KATHMANDU [...] (C) At approximately 4:30 p.m. September 2, three bombs exploded simultaneously in downtown Kathmandu, killing two and injuring twenty nine. Two little know Terai based groups -Terai Utthan Sangh (Terai Upliftment Union) and Terai Army -have claimed responsibility, but investigations continue [...]	2007-09-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP

07KATHMANDU168	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OLI WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL'S [...] (C) In a hospital bedside conversation with the Ambassador January 23, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister K.P. Oli expressed his grave concern about Nepal's political situation. Oli stressed that the Maoists had not given up their goal of capturing state power. He stated that it was [...]	2007-01-25 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PINR BT NP
07KATHMANDU1687	NEPALI CONGRESS CENTRAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FEDERAL [...] (U) On September 5, the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress endorsed a proposal for a federal democratic republic. A long time in the making, this step demonstrates that those in favor of a ceremonial monarchy have lost the upper hand within the party. Measures in the proposal d [...]	2007-09-06 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1691	UPDATE ON ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL [...] (C) At the inaugural meeting of Post's Democracy Working Group August 31 representatives from NDI and IFES presented sobering assessments of the status of preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 22. Behind the scenes discussions to ensure that leaders of the Eight- [...]	2007-09-07 05:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU171	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR TALKS TOUGH, BUT SEEMS WORRIED [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, stressed to the DCM January 24 that the Maoists would not be allowed into the Interim Government until Maoist arms management was complete. Chalise was unhappy with the way the UN was handling arms monitori [...]	2007-01-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1714	UPDATE ON ELECTION CHALLENGES IN NEPAL [...] (C) On September 7, the Democracy Working Group meeting focused on IFES, concerns about technical and logistical challenges to the Constituent Assembly (CA) election. IFES has made progress in enhancing Nepal's ability to print the ballots in Nepal for the CA election, however, outstanding is [...]	2007-09-11 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1720	NEPAL: AIRPORT THREAT PROMPTS ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) A leftist weekly, Jana Aastha, reported September 12 that Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) had received an emailed threat of an attack against Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport September 10 from an unknown group. The email was signed "T Army of Nepal." (Note: An organizati [...]	2007-09-12 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1744	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 65 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) During the week of September 10, the Carter Center's observers, USAID partners IFES and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and other Embassy contacts reported increased political party activity in the districts and more momentum at the center to hold the November 22 Constituent Assembl [...]	2007-09-17 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1750	NEPAL: MAOIST MINISTERS RESIGN FROM INTERIM [...] (C) Citing the Interim Government's failure to operate as agreed, the four remaining Maoist ministers submitted their resignation to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala the afternoon of September 18. The Maoists had been threatening to resign on the 18th if their 22 demands, including the im [...]	2007-09-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU1755	NEPAL: MAOIST RESIGNATIONS STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) One day after the September 18 resignations of the four remaining Maoist ministers in Nepal's Interim Government, it is still not clear if the Maoists will leave the cabinet or not. Prime Minister Koirala's nephew and close adviser Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff September 19 that an eigh [...]	2007-09-19 12:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU176	AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR PLANS TO MEET WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Australian Ambassador Lade told Ambassador Moriarty January 24 that Canberra had authorized him to meet with the Maoists. He conceded that he had no illusions about the Maoists and acknowledged they were continuing their abuses. Nevertheless, the Government of Australia had interests in N [...]	2007-01-26 00:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG EAID AS NP
07KATHMANDU1783	NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]	2007-09-24 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU179	INDO-NEPAL BORDER TOWN SOUNDS OFF ON MAOISTS [...] (C) In a visit to the Terai border town Nepalgunj January 19, government officials told Emboffs that Maoist activity had stopped in the region and that the government would now solve the problems. The police were struggling to win public approval and noted that now was the time to remind the [...]	2007-01-26 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1811	NEPAL: DRAFT GUIDANCE AND ACTION PLAN IF ELECTION [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- SEE PARA. 3. 2. (C) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, his partners in the Interim Government and the Maoists may agree in the coming days to postpone Nepal's Constituent Assembly election, which is currently scheduled for November 22, 2007, until April or May 200 [...]	2007-09-28 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR EAID KDEM KPAO UN NP
07KATHMANDU1817	CA ELECTIONS - TO BE OR NOT TO BE: 51 DAYS [...] (C) The week of September 24-30 ended with an 11th hour announcement from the Election Commission (EC) that the deadline for candidate nominations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election would be delayed by five days at the request of all seven major parties. The new deadline for submissio [...]	2007-10-01 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1833	NEPAL'S ELECTION: DO THE COMBATANTS HOLD THE KEY? [...] (C) In recent days, senior diplomats have told the Ambassador that if Prime Minister Koirala wishes to hold a Constituent Assembly election in November, he must come up immediately with some satisfactory solution on the Maoist combatants. UN Mission in Nepal political adviser John Norris insi [...]	2007-10-04 03:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER KDEM UN NP
07KATHMANDU1847	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION POSTPONED [...] (C) Nepal's Election Commission announced the morning of October 5 that it was suspending the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for November 22. The Commission postponed the polls at the request of the Interim Government. All of the governing parties apparently agreed to the Maoist dema [...]	2007-10-05 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1868	NEPAL: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARLIAMENTARY SPECIAL [...] (C) Senior staff at the Interim Parliament expect the special session which begins October 11 will address two topics only: a purely proportional system for the Constituent Assembly election and the declaration of a republic. Maoist Members of Parliament cited these two issues when they invok [...]	2007-10-10 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU188	PARTY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT A MAOIST DEPUTY [...] (C) In separate meetings January 22, 23 and 26, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Pashupati Shumsher Rana, and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal all told the A [...]	2007-01-26 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU1901	NEPAL: NO POLITICAL PROGRESS LIKELY UNTIL AFTER [...] (C) Nepal's Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are not expected to reach any agreement on resolving the current political deadlock until after the Hindu holiday season of Dashain. Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary M.K. Nepal informed the Ambassador Oct [...]	2007-10-17 13:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1922	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN [...] (C) On October 29, K.B. Rokaya, a Nepali Christian leader who was recently appointed as a member of the National Human Rights Commission at the urging of the Maoists, delivered a letter dated October 28 from Krishna Mahara, in his capacity as a member of the Maoist Central Committee, via Emboff [...]	2007-10-30 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
07KATHMANDU1935	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) On October 31 Post contacted the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi as the mission responsible for relations with Nepal regarding Argentine's effort to persuade the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) General Assembly to confirm the issuance of six Red Notic [...]	2007-11-01 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IN AR NP
07KATHMANDU1942	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEPAL TO SUPPORT WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 09:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU1944	EXIT PERMIT PROCESS FOR RESETTLEMENT OF BHUTANESE [...] (C) In meetings with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey October 31, Nepal's Home and Foreign Ministers expressed receptiveness to streamlining the exit permit process for Bhutanese refugees, although they could not state what the new process would be or when i [...]	2007-11-05 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1945	AS SAUERBREY'S MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Sauerbrey November 3, Prime Minister Koirala expressed concern about four aspects of the resettlement program for Bhutanese refugees: the citizenship status of the refugees, speed of the resettlement program (he [...]	2007-11-06 07:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU1961	NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY BUT [...] (C) A temporary parliamentary alliance with the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),gave the Maoists the votes on November 4 to pass their resolution calling for a fully proportional election system. In return the Maoists backed UML's resolution directing the [...]	2007-11-08 09:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1983	NEPAL'S POLITICIANS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE WAY [...] (C) Nepal's peace process, which established an interim government and brought the Maoists into the Parliament, is experiencing a crisis. Despite weeks of talks, the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists have yet to agree on a new date for the Constituent Assembly election, which was postponed i [...]	2007-11-15 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU199	NEPAL: UN CONCERNED ABOUT DETERIORATING SITUATION [...] (C) John Norris, Political Advisor to the Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin, told the DCM on January 25 that the UN was concerned that the deteriorating security situation in the Terai could have an adverse effect on UN arms monitoring operations. Norris said that the Gov [...]	2007-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2005	NEPAL'S SOUTHEAST SHOWING IMPROVED SECURITY FOR NOW [...] (C) Government, police, and party officials in Jhapa (on November 14) and Ilam (on November 15) reported to Emboff that the security situation in their district was manageable. However, all the officials agreed that if the politicians in Kathmandu cannot resolve their current impasse and set a [...]	2007-11-21 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KSEC NP
07KATHMANDU2012	NEW COMMERCE MINISTER MAY STRAIN MADHESI UNITY [...] (U) Prime Minister G.P. Koirala swore in Shyam Sundar Gupta of the Madhesi-based Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (NSP-A) as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies on November 20. The post had been vacant since Rajendra Mahato resigned on September 30 after the Election Commission den [...]	2007-11-26 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON NP
07KATHMANDU2027	NEPAL: PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUT POLITICAL DEADLOCK [...] (C) Nepal's Interim Parliament resumed its regular session November 29 after a 10-day recess, but without any progress on resolving the political deadlock. As expected, a last-ditch meeting of the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists the morning of November 29 saw no breakthrough. Senior leade [...]	2007-11-29 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU203	NEPAL: NC LEADERS SAY SITUATION BAD IN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (C) On January 25, five Parliamentarians and district leaders of the Nepali Congress Party (NC) and one from the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador that the security situation in the countryside in their districts remained poor. They wanted to see the current Home Minister [...]	2007-01-29 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU204	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR POSITIVE ABOUT ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 26, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee expressed confidence that India could squeeze the Maoists and the Government of Nepal (GON) into doing the right thing regarding arms management. Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that India would do wha [...]	2007-01-29 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU2042	NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2043	NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN [...] (C) On December 4, Charge delivered to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan and Lekhnath Bhattarai, Section Officer for the Europe and Americas Division at the Foreign Ministry, reftel non-paper and talking points on the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nu [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2044	NEPAL: FORMER PRES. CARTER PROPOSES COMPROMISE TO [...] (C) On November 24, at the end of a four-day visit to Kathmandu, former President Jimmy Carter proposed a three-point compromise to end Nepal's political deadlock and lead the way to a Constituent Assembly election. His first point was that the Interim Parliament should declare Nepal a republ [...]	2007-12-05 01:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2065	NEPAL: MADHESI CABINET MINISTER RESIGNS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Several senior Madhesis, including Minister of Science and Technology Thakur and three other Members of Parliament, resigned their positions in the Cabinet, Parliament and respective political parties on December 10 to protest the government's failure to address Madhesi concerns. They in [...]	2007-12-11 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU2085	SOME PROGRESS BUT DEAL FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On Saturday December 15 the Six-Party Alliance registered a constitutional amendment with the Interim Parliament to eliminate the requirement to hold the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the end of the Nepali month of Mangsir (which ended December 15),but it would keep the requirem [...]	2007-12-17 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU210	NEPAL REQUESTS EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On January 25, Post received a letter from Under Secretary for Planning and Procurement Shiva Thapa of the SIPDIS Ministry of Defense requesting delivery to Nepal of all its excess defense articles (EDA). In a conversation with the Office of Defense Cooperation Chief the same day, Secr [...]	2007-01-30 07:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS NP
07KATHMANDU2118	NEPAL: POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED BUT OBSTACLES [...] (C) On December 23, after a nearly three-month stalemate, the Six-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed a twenty-three-point agreement, which addressed two major Maoist concerns: declaration of the republic and the electoral system. They agreed to revise the Interim Constitution to decl [...]	2007-12-26 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2135	NEPAL: ALLEGATION OF MASS CREMATION SITE STILL [...] On December 19, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) members, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) staff, and local human rights representatives went to Shivapuri National Park. At least one, and possibly more, of the 49 Maoists allegedly killed by the Ne [...]	2007-12-31 09:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU2136	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT REQUESTS EXTENSION OF UNMIN [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin revealed at a press conference December 27 that the Nepali Government had formally requested an extension of UNMIN's mandate for an additional six months. The 23-Point Agreement that the poltical parties and the Maoists signed on December 23 ap [...]	2007-12-31 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UNSC NP
07KATHMANDU2138	NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES VERIFICATION OF MAOIST [...] (C) On December 27, the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) chief Ian Martin announced that UNMIN had verified 19,602 members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army and disqualified more than 12,600. In a conversation with the Defense Attache December 28, the Nepal Army's Director of Public Relations [...]	2007-12-31 11:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PTER PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU2139	NEPAL: MAOISTS REJOIN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala appointed five Maoists to Nepal's Interim Government on December 30. With the exception of the new Minister for Women, Children, and Social Welfare, the Maoist ministers returned to portfolios they had held before they resigned in August and September. Additionally [...]	2007-12-31 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM PINR NP
07KATHMANDU23	POLICE ACROSS WESTERN NEPAL UNDER ORDERS NOT TO [...] (C) Police officials from across Western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Nepal Police were nervous and afraid of the Maoists. Officials said they were under orders not to confront the Maoists under any circumstances. The bombed-out shells of police buildin [...]	2007-01-05 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU232	NEPAL: JTMM WREAKS HAVOC IN TERAI [...] (C) The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM)(Terai People's Liberation Front),a Maoist splinter group, has played a key role in racheting up violent protests wracking Nepal's Terai, or southern belt. The JTMM broke with the Maoists in 2003 over its demand for an independent state for the Ma [...]	2007-02-01 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU26	NEPAL: CONCERN ABOUT MAOISTS GROWING AMONG [...] (C) In separate meetings on January 3 and 4, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Ambassador that they were concerned about continuing Maoist violence and inti [...]	2007-01-05 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU265	NEPAL: MADHESI LEADERS SAY GOVERNMENT OFFER NOT [...] (C) Upendra Yadav, head of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Supreme Court lawyer and senior MPRF member, told Emboff February 1 that the Prime Minister's January 31 speech was not enough to stop the ongoing movement in the Terai. Yadav stated that the demand [...]	2007-02-02 09:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU266	NEPAL: INDIAN DCM CONCERNED ABOUT TERAI UNREST [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting with the DCM, Indian DCM Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya said that she was dismayed by the current unrest in the Terai, adding that she thought the Prime Minister had missed an "historic opportunity" to solve the problem with his January 31 speech to the nation by speaking o [...]	2007-02-02 09:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU267	NEPAL: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TERAI? A SHORT [...] (C) The Madhesi people believe they have been consistently oppressed in the course of Nepal's social, economic, and political development. The Terai (the lowlands of Nepal where most Madhesis live) is the breadbasket of Nepal, producing most of its agricultural and industrial output, and serv [...]	2007-02-02 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU303	MAOISTS SHAKEN BY UNREST IN TERAI [...] (C) USAID-contracted peace facilitator Hannes Siebert told the Ambassador February 2 that the Maoist leadership had been shaken by the unrest in the Terai. Government officials, meanwhile, were struggling to make sense of the situation and respond appropriately. The peace facilitator agreed w [...]	2007-02-06 08:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID PHUM UN NP
07KATHMANDU304	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT FIDDLES WHILE TERAI BURNS [...] (C) On February 4, Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, requested suggestions from Post on a solution to the unrest in the Terai. Chalise stressed in a meeting with the DCM on February 5 that the government was worried about the growing unrest but had a plan to sol [...]	2007-02-06 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU317	NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER AGREES TO RESETTLE [...] (C) In a February 7 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala agreed to allow third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. On the ongoing violence in the Terai, the Ambassador encouraged the Prime Minister to both initiate a dialogue with all ethnic minoritie [...]	2007-02-07 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: PM'S SPEECH MIGHT CALM TERAI UNREST [...] (C) At nearly midnight on February 7, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on national television to announce a series of steps to meet Madhesi demands and to call for calm in the Terai (his second address to the nation in one week). The speech followed several days of negotiations among [...]	2007-02-08 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU327	NEPAL: OHCHR WORRIED ABOUT TERAI UNREST [...] (C) In a February 6 briefing, Country Representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Lena Sundh told Chiefs of Mission that OHCHR worried about the growing violence in the Terai. OHCHR officers were worried about the actions of the Nepal Police and the Armed [...]	2007-02-08 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU335	THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK! [...] (SBU) I would like to personally thank you and your staff for their hard work and dedication in advancing the U.S. resettlement program for the Bhutanese refugees. PRM's support and forward thinking, particularly the offer to accept 60,000 refugees back in October, re-energized the search for [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU338	CORE GROUP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES EAGER TO MOVE [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with Ambassadors representing the Core Group on Bhutanese refugees, Ambassador Moriarty informed his colleagues that Prime Minister had approved large-scale resettlement (ref A). The Ambassador's briefing was well-received and helped the Core Group to define its ne [...]	2007-02-09 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU339	NEPAL: MAOISTS CONTINUE TO INTIMIDATE INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) On February 8, the Industrial Security Group (ISG),a business-diplomatic group, chaired by the Ambassador, discussed continued Maoist threats against the commercial and industrial sectors. Extortion, kidnappings and violence continued and appeared to be soaring in the run-up to a planned [...]	2007-02-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON ELAB UK NP
07KATHMANDU340	UN WILL REPORT MAOIST WEAPON DISCREPANCIES AFTER [...] (C) Newly-designated Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Nepal Ian Martin told the SIPDIS Ambassador February 8 that once the UN arms registration process was complete, the UN would report the total number and type of weapons the Maoists had turned in to the Government [...]	2007-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU341	U.S., UK, INDIA, AND UN DISCUSS CHALLENGES [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Hall, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) head Ian Martin, and an Indian Embassy representative, a visiting UK security assessment team described the key challenges facing the police as: 1) the absence of public debate on public security a [...]	2007-02-09 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU342	NEPAL: FRANCE AND GERMANY AGREE TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) On February 8, Ambassador Moriarty, French Ambassador Jolivet and German Ambassador Ring agreed that on-going concerns with international adoptions in Nepal required a joint push for reform. The meeting followed the Government of France's decision to suspend all individual adoptions from [...]	2007-02-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU345	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Recent events around the country indicate that Maoists continue to use violence to advance their agenda. Maoist actions have disrupted the voter registration process, spurring a request from the Election Commission to allow registration to continue beyond the initially planned closing dat [...]	2007-02-12 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU367	NEPAL: MAOIST RALLY BIG BUT BLAND [...] (SBU) On February 13, Maoist Supremo Prachanda and other Maoist leaders addressed a rally in Kathmandu, drawing between 150,000 and 200,000 people. The rally was peaceful and well-organized, with security provided by 4,000-5,000 members of the Maoist Youth Communist League. Many of the parti [...]	2007-02-14 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON NP
07KATHMANDU402	CANADIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASED BY PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Canada's New Delhi-based Ambassador to Nepal David Malone told the Ambassador recently he was pleased to hear of Prime Minister Koirala's recent decision to approve third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. He indicated that the Government of Canada had not yet decided how many re [...]	2007-02-21 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PTER BT IN CA NP
07KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT KING, [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador February 21 that King Gyanendra's speech on Democracy Day reflected the monarch's increasingly deliberate efforts to interfere with Nepal's democratic transition and derail the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Mukherjee said that the Sev [...]	2007-02-21 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER NP
07KATHMANDU408	NEPAL: ELECTION COMMISSION WAITING IN THE GATES [...] (C) On February 12, Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel told the Ambassador and a visiting team from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the Home Ministry and Nepal Police were taking care of security for the planned [...]	2007-02-21 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU42	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT AND MAOISTS AGREE ON INTERIM [...] (C) On January 8, leaders of the governing Seven-Party Alliance (SPA) and the Maoists signed an agreement to promulgate an interim constitution and form an interim parliament on January 15. The new parliament will have representation from the Maoists, opening the door for their entry into an [...]	2007-01-09 09:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU423	NEPAL: STAFFDEL FITE HEARS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. [...] (C) During a visit to Kathmandu from February 20-22, Staffdel Fite heard from various interlocutors that, despite many obstacles and challenges in the months ahead, there was an opportunity for Nepal to achieve a peaceful democracy; the Staffdel also heard that additional funding would be nece [...]	2007-02-23 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OREP NP
07KATHMANDU426	NEPAL: THE PERFECT STORM GATHERING [...] (C) Three issues threaten to coalesce into a "perfect storm" that could blow the winds of change in Nepal in a dangerous direction: Maoist arms management and entry into Nepal's interim government, ethnic unrest in the Terai, and the fate of the monarchy. A derailing of Nepal's peace process [...]	2007-02-23 15:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU427	NEPAL: UNMIN COMPLETES ARMS AND COMBATANT [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador February 22, UNMIN chief Ian Martin said that the UN would be releasing final numbers of arms (roughly 3,400) and combatants (roughly 30,000) registered by UNMIN on February 23. The Ambassador emphasized to Martin that he should also release the types of w [...]	2007-02-23 15:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU445	FOREIGN MINISTER WORRIES BUT HOME MINISTER [...] (C) In separate meetings with the Ambassador on February 26, Foreign Minister K.P. Oli worried that the Maoists intended to make a grab for power while Home Minister Sitaula hoped that Maoists would enter the political mainstream and renounce violence. Oli believed the Prime Minister would st [...]	2007-02-28 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU447	NEPAL: NO OBJECTION TO RESETTLEMENT OF BHUTANESE [...] (C) In separate meetings on February 26, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister K.P. Oli and Home Minister K.P. Sitaula on Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 approval of U.S. plans to resettle Bhutanese refugees (reftel). Both ministers were noncommittal, but raised no objections to the U.S [...]	2007-02-28 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV CH BT NP
07KATHMANDU465	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for Europe and the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing concern over illicit cash carriers given Nepal's substantial reliance on non-traditional forms of money transfer. Bairagi said he would share [...]	2007-03-02 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL NP
07KATHMANDU468	NEPAL: GON PRESENTS TOUGH LINE FOR MAOIST ENTRY [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM March 1 that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to take a hard line on Maoist entry into an interim government. The GON considered that arms management would be complete when UN monitoring equipment was in pl [...]	2007-03-02 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL NP
07KATHMANDU469	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS FEAR UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) In separate meetings on February 29 and March 1, leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador they were not optimistic about the prospects for Nepal in light of Maoist insincerity. Political leaders [...]	2007-03-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU480	NEPAL: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER HAS HANDS FULL [...] (C) Speaker Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 1 that he expected the Interim Parliament to amend the Interim Constitution in two phases. The Government of Nepal (GON) was under pressure, he said, to act quickly to translate into action the promises in Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 [...]	2007-03-05 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: MINISTER FOR WOMEN AGREES ADOPTION REFORM [...] (C) On March 5, the Ambassador identified three areas in which Nepal's adoption process required reform to Urmila Aryal, Minister for Women and Children. Aryal stressed that she would continue to push policy makers for change in Nepal's adoption system. Aryal cited the Ministry's accomplishm [...]	2007-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-06 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-07 02:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU511	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS INTERIM GOVERNMENT LIKELY IN 5-6 [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister (PM) Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM March 8 that Maoists were likely to join an interim government in the next five to six days. Chalise said the Prime Minister, leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC),and Maoist leaders had reached an under [...]	2007-03-09 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER OFFERS DIRE [...] (C) Three-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador March 8 that the government was not acting quickly enough to resolve the Terai unrest or negotiate with other ethnic groups. Thapa worried that the Indian government would become involved if the situation wors [...]	2007-03-09 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU525	AMBASSADOR DEMANDS ACTION ON ALLEGED THREAT TO [...] (C) Nepal media widely reported March 8 that Maoist Supremo Prachanda had alleged during a public rally in western Nepal that royalists were planning to kill U.S. officials in Nepal. In a meeting March 10 with Under Secretary Fore and the Ambassador, Prime Minister Koirala SIPDIS emphasize [...]	2007-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU530	UNDER SECRETARY FORE DECRIES LAW AND ORDER VACUUM [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore voiced her concern about the poor law and order situation in Nepal to Prime Minister Koirala. The Prime Minister acknowledged the problem. He told the Under Secretary and the Ambassador that one reason was the failure by the Maoists to meet their [...]	2007-03-12 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU537	NEPAL'S TOP LEGISLATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 12 that an overwhelming majority of MPs voted March 9 to amend the Interim Constitution per the Prime Minister's speech to the nation in February. According to Nemwang, the package of amendments prioritizes the incl [...]	2007-03-13 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU542	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR NP
07KATHMANDU55	UN SAYS ARMS MONITORS SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL [...] (C) UN Political Advisor John Norris informed Charge January 9 that fifteen UN arms monitors were currently on the ground, and another twenty would arrive by the end of the week. The team would be partially operational by January 15, and fully operational by January 20. A second phase of Pe [...]	2007-01-10 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU550	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic minorities and other historically disadvantaged groups. The Prime Minister responded that he had asked Subash Nemwa [...]	2007-03-15 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU551	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF KATHMANDU 550. CORRECTION IN FINAL PARAGRAPH (COMMENT). Summary ------- 2. (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic [...]	2007-03-15 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT MAOISTS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador March 12 that Maoist leader Prachanda should provide evidence of his claim of a royalist plot to assassinate official Americans and that, if he failed to provide evidence, the Government of Nepal (GON) should issue a publ [...]	2007-03-16 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN NP
07KATHMANDU560	FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]	2007-03-16 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU562	AMBASSADOR TELLS PARTY LEADERS PRACHANDA'S REMARKS [...] (C) In separate meetings March 12 and March 14 with the leaders of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) the Ambassador expressed his concern about Maoist leader Prachanda's remarks regarding a royalist plot to kill American of [...]	2007-03-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU568	NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON [...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]	2007-03-19 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU574	CARTER CENTER'S ELECTION OBSERVERS DEPLOYED [...] (C) The Carter Center's Advisor on Nepal, Peter Burleigh, told the Ambassador March 13 that 12 of 13 planned Carter Center long-term election observers had been deployed across Nepal's five development regions. Burleigh and Carter Center Kathmandu representatives described the potent Madhesi [...]	2007-03-19 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU580	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) EmbOff expressed serious U.S. concern March 20 over the recent barbaric events in Zimbabwe to Dinesh Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Nepal to issue a statement of public condemnation. Considering Nepal's own traumatic human rights expe [...]	2007-03-20 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI NP
07KATHMANDU581	HOME MINISTER WILL ASK PRACHANDA TO INSTRUCT CADRE [...] (C) On March 17, the Ambassador stressed to Home Minister Sitaula that, although he considered Maoist Supremo Prachanda's March 8 allegation of a royalist plot to kill U.S. officials (reftel) to be a hoax, the U.S. remained concerned. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for Prime Minister K [...]	2007-03-20 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU582	HOME MINISTER SAYS TRUST IS BIGGEST HURDLE WITH [...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula told the Ambassador March 17 that the biggest difficulty the Government of Nepal (GON) faced in forming an interim government with the Maoists was "biswas" (trust). He noted that the Maoists had started to return some land they had seized but continued to violate man [...]	2007-03-20 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF BH NP
07KATHMANDU589	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES PEACE PROCESS AT [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty encouraged Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng March 19 to support fully Prime Minister Koirala's efforts to prevent Maoist entry into an interim government until Maoist behavior improved. Toreng worried, however, that the widening credibility gap between the Seven-Party [...]	2007-03-21 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PREL PGOV PREF UN BH NP
07KATHMANDU60	NEPAL: GON HAS NO PLAN FOR DEALING WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Charge January 10 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had no plan on how to handle the Maoists once they joined the interim parliament. He insisted, however, that Prime Minister Koirala would stand firm and not allow th [...]	2007-01-11 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU61	NEPAL: INTERIM PARLIAMENTARY CHALLENGES ABOUND [...] (C) In a meeting on January 10, Subash Nemwang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told Charge that he was optimistic about the peace process, but expected difficulties in the interim parliament. Nemwang told Charge about the logistics of the upcoming promulgation of the interim constit [...]	2007-01-11 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU613	NEPAL: MPRF LEADER FEARS MAOIST ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) At a meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 20, political party and Madhesi leaders hotly debated the government's response to ongoing tensions in the Terai, acknowledging the urgent need for dialogue. They feared that violence in the Terai could turn communal and threatened to destroy th [...]	2007-03-22 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU614	PRACHANDA ORDERS CADRE NOT TO HARM U.S. OFFICIALS [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's nephew Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff March 21 that, per the U.S. request, Maoist Supremo Prachanda had verbally conveyed to Maoist cadre that same day that they should not harm U.S. officials. According to Dr. Koirala, Prachanda finally issued the order after the [...]	2007-03-22 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP

07KATHMANDU615	UNMIN CHIEF MARTIN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP WITH HIS [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Ian Martin asked for U.S. assistance in restoring cuts the UN's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions (ACABQ) had made in UNMIN's budget. The cuts would eliminate nearly half of UNMIN's planned c [...]	2007-03-22 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN NP
07KATHMANDU619	UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]	2007-03-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KATHMANDU63	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NP
07KATHMANDU638	PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]	2007-03-26 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT TIMELY ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 28, Indian Charge d'Affaires Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya stressed to the Ambassador the importance of holding the Constituent Assembly election by June as specified in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Since only an interim government could declare the date for the election und [...]	2007-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU653	NEPAL: PEACE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS FORMATION OF [...] (C) Pradip Gyawali, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) representative on the Government talks team with the Maoists, told the Ambassador March 28 that he expected the formation of an interim government would be delayed until after the South Asian Association for Region [...]	2007-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU667	KEY ALLIANCE LEADERS DIVIDED OVER INTERIM [...] (C) In meetings March 29 and March 30 with Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary MK Nepal and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, the two senior Seven-Party Alliance leaders expressed divergent views on the formation of an interim [...]	2007-03-30 16:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU668	PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669	NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN, [...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]	2007-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU675	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEMANDS LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) On March 29, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepali human rights activist, told the Ambassador that if the Government of Nepal (GON) did not begin to effectively enforce law and order, the country was in danger of falling into chaos. In the name of bringing the Maoists into the mainstream, the GON and [...]	2007-04-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU678	INDIAN AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS JUNE ELECTIONS AND LAW [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador April 2 that he supported Prime Minister Koirala's decision to hold Constituent Assembly elections by June 20. He suggested, however, that the GON might have to stagger the elections. The Ambassador replied that the U.S. would do everything [...]	2007-04-03 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU689	NEW MAOIST MINISTER FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AIMS TO [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Local Development Dev Gurung told AmCit Robert Bestani (please protect) April 3 that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) recognized it was part of a coalition government and would have to accept the government consensus. Gurung stressed the need for e [...]	2007-04-04 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ECON EFIN EINV NP
07KATHMANDU698	AMBASSADOR TO OHCHR, DIP CORPS: TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) On April 3, the Ambassador urged Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),to send a stronger message to the Maoists. The Ambassador stressed that it was important for the Maoists to know that, if the Constituent Assembly elec [...]	2007-04-04 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU702	SPEAKER CONCEDES KEY ELECTION LAWS, MINORITY [...] (C) Interim Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador April 4 that the Parliament needed to pass two more electoral laws before the June 20 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections: the CA Court bill, which would create a special court to hear electoral disputes, and the CA Member E [...]	2007-04-05 07:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU719	AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]	2007-04-06 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION [...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]	2007-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU728	SECOND PHASE OF MAOIST COMBATANT REGISTRATION [...] (C) A Nepali journalist told the Ambassador April 5 that, on a recent tour of one of the Maoist cantonments, he had observed military training of new People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits. He claimed that many of the PLA's most skilled combatants remained outside the UN-monitored camps; mos [...]	2007-04-09 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU738	NEPAL: HEART DOCTOR EXAMINES MAOIST CHIEF [...] (C) Dr. Bharat Rawat, a prominent cardiologist who works at Norvic Escorts International Hospital in Kathmandu, told the Ambassador recently that he had received a request that he could not refuse from the Maoists not long ago. According to Dr. Rawat, a group of Maoists had shown up at his off [...]	2007-04-10 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR AMED NP
07KATHMANDU739	AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]	2007-04-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU740	FORMER PM TO INDIA TO ASCERTAIN FATE OF MONARCHY [...] (C) On April 9, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa would travel to New Delhi soon to confer with top Indian political leaders about the fate of Nepal's monarchy and the country's uncertain future. Rana requested that the Ambas [...]	2007-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: DIFFICULT TO HOLD ELECTION ON TIME [...] (C) Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES Nepal, and Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),told the Ambassador April 6 that holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the proposed June 20 date would be difficult. Erben outlined the major technical [...]	2007-04-10 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU747	NEPAL: SENIOR MP CALLS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) Hirdayaram Thani, a Nepali Congress Member of the Interim Parliament and the former chairman of the State Affairs Committee, told Emboff recently that the Maoists had failed to abide by their peace commitments. Thani, whose committee has oversight over the police and the Election Commissi [...]	2007-04-11 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU748	NEPAL: NEPAL BAR ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 9, Bishwa Kanta Mainali, President of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA),told the Ambassador that the NBA planned to monitor the June 20 Constituent Assembly election. Mainali had recently been elected President of the NBA and planned to make the NBA an apolitical association. Th [...]	2007-04-11 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU751	TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS [...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]	2007-04-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU759	MFA COMMENTS ON IRAN'S STATUS AS SAARC OBSERVER [...] (C) On April 12, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Joint Secretary for the Foreign Ministry's South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, stated to Emboff that Iran had sent a note to the Prime Minister of India and the SAARC Secretary General expressing its interes [...]	2007-04-13 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SAARC IN IR NP
07KATHMANDU76	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST AGREE MAOISTS [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Maoists were effectively in control of their districts. The only difference between the Maoists before the April 2006 cease-fire and after the cease-fire [...]	2007-01-12 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU761	PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY, [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]	2007-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU762	ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS FOR ELECTION DELAY; [...] (C) IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Ambassador April 13 that Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel had given a letter to Prime Minister Koirala stating that a Constituent Assembly election could not be held by June 20. Pokhrel and his fellow commissioners were asking f [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU77	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST--WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that they trusted the police as a legitimate force to restore security and lamented the fact that the police were not allowed to do their jobs. There was, for the [...]	2007-01-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID NP
07KATHMANDU771	NEPAL ELECTION: TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] (C) On April 13, the Election Commission publicized a letter it had sent to the Interim Cabinet one day earlier stating that it could not hold a Constituent Assembly election by June 20, the date the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed upon when they formed the Interim Government o [...]	2007-04-16 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU774	NEPAL: NC-D PARTY CHIEF PLEASED THAT ELECTION [...] (C) President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba stated to the Ambassador April 16 that it was good that the Constituent Assembly election had been delayed from its planned June 20 date. The situation in the countryside was still bad, and a free and fair election would [...]	2007-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF [...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]	2007-01-12 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU809	CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU81	NEPAL: VIEW OF TWO MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) During a driving tour of western Nepal from December 14-25, 2006, Emboff had the opportunity to get a glimpse of two Maoist People's Liberation Army cantonment sites. The first, on December 22, 2006, was a main cantonment site, situated on the north side of the Mahendra Highway, a few kil [...]	2007-01-12 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR NP
07KATHMANDU82	NEPAL: STUDENT LEADERS TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE [...] (C) Student leaders from four districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25, 2006 that they were ready for change in Nepal's political system. Students lamented the fact that they had no option outside of the mainstream political parties for having their voice [...]	2007-01-12 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU824	MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN [...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]	2007-04-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU825	NEPAL: ELECTION PROCESS FLAWED, MAOISTS BENEFIT [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),and Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES, told the Ambassador that the election process thus far had been flawed -- to the Maoists' advantage. The new constituencies t [...]	2007-04-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU826	NEPAL: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MODEL IS UNDER DEBATE [...] (C) Retief Olivier, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, told the Ambassador April 20 about a 10-person official delegation headed by Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav that he was taking to the United Nations in New York as well as Peru April 22 - May 1 to look at transitional justice issues. [...]	2007-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PTER CVIS UN SF NP
07KATHMANDU830	CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]	2007-04-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU831	NEW CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) On April 19, the Ambassador met with recently appointed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi Gurung to reiterate his concern about the presence of Maoist porters at the cargo terminal at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. The Maoists were a designated terroris [...]	2007-04-24 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAIR ETRD NP
07KATHMANDU855	NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR WANTS COOPERATION ON NEPAL [...] (C) Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zheng Xianglin told the Ambassador April 27 that he wanted to see more cooperation among China, India, and the U.S. to help Nepal's peace process succeed. The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the U.S. had a common interest in Nepal achieving [...]	2007-04-27 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR ELTN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU856	BRITISH AND INDIAN AMBASSADORS AGREE: NEED TO NAG [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, and the Ambassador April 26 agreed that the Government of Nepal (GON) should set a date for a Constituent Assembly election and enforce law and order. The Maoists needed to be made aware that serious abuses in t [...]	2007-04-27 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PHUM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU858	NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE [...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]	2007-04-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU859	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]	2007-04-28 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU869	NEPAL: YCL CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE IN RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Nepal Police and Nepal Army sources told Emboff during a trip with Defense Attaches from the U.S., Great Britain, China, Pakistan, and India on April 25 to Dolpa and Dang Districts in rural western Nepal that the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) continued to intimidate people [...]	2007-05-01 06:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU879	NEPAL ABLE BUT UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NP
07KATHMANDU88	NEPAL: MAOISTS JOIN INTERIM PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Nepal's Parliament, which had been reinstated after the successful People's Movement of April 2006, promulgated the interim constitution and dissolved itself on January 15. Immediately upon dissolution, the Maoists joined a new, Interim Parliament. In a feel-good session welcoming the Mao [...]	2007-01-16 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU883	NEPAL: POLITICO PREDICTS BAD TIMES AHEAD [...] (C) Dr. Narayan Khadka, Central Committee Member of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D),told Emboff April 30 that Nepal was heading in a bad direction with the Maoists poised to take control. Prime Minister Koirala had been acting alone, and all the main parties in the coalition gove [...]	2007-05-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884	MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI [...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]	2007-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU895	NEPAL TAKES DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On April 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) took delivery of an estimated USD 35 million of military equipment, including excess defense articles (EDA) and 500 night vision goggles, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The EDA consisted of non-lethal equipment, such as body arm [...]	2007-05-04 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU915	MAOIST TAKES THE HELM AT MINISTRY OF WOMEN, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Prem Shukla (please protect),an Indian national and the Country Director of Plan Nepal, the new Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma, explained that he wanted to restructure the ministry to ensure that the maximum amount of be [...]	2007-05-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID KWMM KOCI CVIS NP
07KATHMANDU916	UNMIN: HURRY UP AND WAIT ON PHASE II OF ARMS [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Political Advisor John Norris told the Charge May 7 that UNMIN was in "hurry up and wait" mode regarding the start of Phase II of the arms management process. UNMIN Chief Ian Martin had declared publicly May 1 that UNMIN was ready to begin verification of Peo [...]	2007-05-09 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU937	NEPAL WILL OPPOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) I am confident that Nepal will oppose Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission discussed the issue May 10 with Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise. Dr. Chalise assured both the A/DCM and, later, in a [...]	2007-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO NP
07KATHMANDU956	NEPAL TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SI BK NP
07KATHMANDU96	NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]	2007-01-18 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU965	NEPAL: ROYAL CONFIDANT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On May 12, royal confidant Prabhakar Rana expressed optimism to the Ambassador that the Government of India might take a more positive role in Nepal's politics. According to Rana, who met with Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on May 11, Mukherjee planned to push Prime Minister Koir [...]	2007-05-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points on May 10 to Mani Battarai, Section Officer for the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the importance of Nepal's continued cooperation with the World Health Association (WHA) on the issues of pandemic influenza preparedness a [...]	2007-05-16 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ARC PREL KFLU WHO NP
07KATHMANDU973	PEACE MINISTER'S DIALOGUE WITH MADHESIS STALLED [...] (C) Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador May 15 that Madhesi insistence on the immediate formation of a high-level Commission of Inquiry into events in the Terai had delayed his scheduled dialogue with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). However, P [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU974	NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]	2007-05-16 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]	2007-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU988	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED [...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]	2007-05-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU990	NEPAL: CARTER CENTER WORRIED ABOUT THE TERAI [...] (C) On May 7, Peter Burleigh, Carter Center consultant, described the situation in the Terai as one of fundamental insecurity. Burleigh told the Charge d'Affaires that the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to set a firm date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and expressed concern over [...]	2007-05-18 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KHARTOUM1005	REGIME HARDLINER TO CDA: THERE IS A GOLDEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 24 meeting with CDA Fernandez, regime hardliner Magzoub al Khalifa declared that a "golden opportunity" exists for progress on Darfur. Expressing his eagerness to work with the U.S., Khalifa stated that the next six months will be crucial for building a platform condu [...]	2007-06-24 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1036	DARFUR SAGE EXPOUNDS ON SOME UNCOMFORTABLE GROUND [...] (C) CDA caught up with Al-Fasher University Professor Abdulajabbar Abdullah Fadul, probably the single most knowledgeable Darfuri academic alive today, on June 28 right before his departure for London to participate in a panel on social science research methods on Darfur. ------------------- [...]	2007-06-29 10:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1037	IRC PRESIDENT SEES TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN GOS [...] (SBU) CDA met with International Rescue Committee President George Rupp and his visiting delegation (and IRC Country Representative Nicky Smith) to get a sense of their week-long stay in Sudan and interaction with the GOS. The delegation was generally quite pleased with their meetings with GO [...]	2007-07-01 09:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM104	SUDAN: CONDEMNING THE JAN. 24 HIJACKING INCIDENT [...] (C) During a January 24 meeting of Charge Hume with Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail to discuss reftel demarche, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs asked that the USG condemn the January 24 hijacking of an Air West aircraft in Darfur (details covered in septel),because it was a t [...]	2007-01-24 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KPAO PTER EAIR US SU
07KHARTOUM1043	DARFUR: MAINTAINING FOCUS IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) A recent African Union-sponsored conference on the Abuja talks and the current Darfur peace process provided insights into the direction of the UN/AU strategy. In the lead up to a July meeting of special envoys in Tripoli, Libya, the U.S. can exert leverage with the UN, AU, and key govern [...]	2007-07-02 07:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER LY
07KHARTOUM1044	AFTER KHALIFA: WHO WILL BE THE GOS POINT MAN ON [...] (C) Summary: The death in a traffic accident of Presidential Advisor (and Darfur Peace Agreement negotiator) Dr. Magzoub al-Khalifa on June 27 has focused speculation that "the Darfur file" in the GOS is up for grabs. Confirmation of this came in the form of press reports in the local Arabic l [...]	2007-07-02 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1047	DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS: UN/AU PLANS STILL LACK [...] (C) In advance of the Darfur summit meeting scheduled for Tripoli July 15-16, the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) are assessing the viability of two parallel efforts to energize the Darfur political process: a conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories hosted by the [...]	2007-07-02 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM105	KHARTOUM CDA PRESENTS CASE ON AU CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) On January 24 CDA Hume met Presidential Adviser Mustafa Ismail in the airport's VIP departure lounge to ask that President Bashir not submit his candidacy for AU Chairman. Hume explained that, with AU troops still in Darfur, a Bashir candidacy would present questions of a conflict of inte [...]	2007-01-24 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AU SU
07KHARTOUM1051	BETWEEN DEFIANCE AND COMPLIANCE - THE KHARTOUM [...] (C) Summary: Discussions with a wide range of local players and observers reveal a Sudanese regime that is aggressively honing its survival strategy in the wake of its apparently real but very reluctant acceptance of the UN/AU Hybrid Force. Seeking to navigate a "middle path" between outrig [...]	2007-07-03 11:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM106	SAVING THE NORTH/SOUTH PEACE [...] (C) Summary: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),the keystone of U.S. policy toward Sudan, is at risk. The death of John Garang, the south,s charismatic leader, and the marginalization of Vice President Ali Osman Taha, the co-architect of the peace agreement, have taken vision and energ [...]	2007-01-24 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM1090	SUDAN OFFICIALS DIFFER ON DARFUR PKO, POLITICAL [...] (C) On July 12, Special Envoy Natsios met separately with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie, and Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs (and UN/AU hybrid negotiator) Mutriff Siddiq to discuss deployment of the hybrid peace-keeping force and bolster UN/AU efforts to ach [...]	2007-07-13 10:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1092	DARFUR: SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met with UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and EU Envoy Torben Brylle in Khartoum on July 12 to discuss the Darfur political process. Eliasson planned to use the upcoming Tripoli summit to declare an end to the first, "convergence" phase of the UN/AU roadmap and to launch the seco [...]	2007-07-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1095	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH ACTING UNMIS HEAD [...] (C) Summary: In a July 13 meeting with Special Envoy Natsios, CDA Fernandez and others, UNMIS Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Taye-Brooke Zerihoun stressed the need to focus on supporting the CPA, which was still vulnerable despite significant progress in some are [...]	2007-07-15 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM1100	MINAWI TO S/E NATSIOS: IDP CAMPS POLITICIZED FROM [...] (C) During a meeting with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi, Special Envoy Natsios solicited insights on the UN/AU political process, rival SLM leader Abdulwahid al-Nur, and widespread reports of the resettlement of Chadian Arab groups in [...]	2007-07-15 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1105	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS JULY 11 MEETING WITH SPLM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Envoy met with GOSS senior officials Luka Biong Deng, Paul Mayom, and Cirino Hiteng to discuss the status of CPA implementation, U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Abyei impasse, road development in the South, and the SPLM's efforts on Darfur. Despite the u [...]	2007-07-16 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM EPET EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1109	NCP OFFICIAL IMPLICATES U.S. IN ALLEGED COUP [...] (SBU) Influential regime hard-liner Nafie Ali Nafie has implicated the USG in a coup plot that the Sudanese Government claims to have disrupted on July 14. Speaking on Al Jazeera, the Presidential Assistant and former director of the security services accused the U.S. of supporting an attempt [...]	2007-07-16 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1116	MFA U/S, CDA DISCUSS NCP VISIT TO U.S., NAFIE [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq, CDA Fernandez said that the U.S. would welcome the visit of Sudanese officials to Washington in the near future to discuss a "range of issues." This question had been raised by the Government with S/E Natsios duri [...]	2007-07-18 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1134	SLM TRIAL BEGINS FOR DEADLY MARCH CONFRONTATION IN [...] (C) The trial of five members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) involved in the Spring confrontation with Sudanese security services in Khartoum began July 2. SLM Legal Advisor Abdulaziz Sam told Poloff on July 19 that the five are accused of killing three policemen and wounding six afte [...]	2007-07-22 15:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1137	CENSUS DELAY LIKELY - POLITICS AND MONEY CAUSE [...] (C) Summary: The Census Technical Working Group is planning for the delay of the nation,s first nationwide census (and Comprehensive Peace Agreement milestone) by at least one month. The cause: continued delay in the release of long-promised funding by Khartoum to census programmers in both [...]	2007-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1141	SPLA DEPLOYS NEW TACTICS IN REDEPLOYMENT QUAGMIRE [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM and NCP are renegotiating a redeployment deadline of 9 November 2007 for southern-deployed Sudanese Armed Forces. In contrast, the SPLA has commenced redeployment of SPLA forces north of the 1956 line in advance of standing CPA deadlines, despite significant hardship, in [...]	2007-07-23 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS SU UN
07KHARTOUM1144	EGYPT VERIFIES COUP PLOT, "OBJECTS" TO UNSCR, [...] (C) Meeting with Poloff on July 22, Egyptian Deputy Chief of Mission Osama Shaltout (strictly protect) asserted that the alleged coup by Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak Al Fadil and a group of retired military officers was a true attempt to destabilize the Sudanese Government (re [...]	2007-07-23 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPKO UN AU SU EG LY
07KHARTOUM1150	BASHIR IN DARFUR: UNITY, STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT, [...] (C) President Bashir and members of the Sudanese cabinet made an unprecedented trip to Darfur July 21-23 in an attempt to portray the region as stable, emphasize the unity of the Sudanese people, underscore the need for development, and call for the return of the internally displaced to their [...]	2007-07-24 14:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1157	DENG ALOR: NCP-SPLM AT LOGGERHEADS ON ABYEI, SAF [...] (U) This cable has an action request (see para. 11). 2. (C) The SPLM and the NCP have reached an impasse on the status of Abyei and the redeployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from Southern Sudan, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez. Following senior-level internal c [...]	2007-07-25 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM116	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONF INCHES FORWARD, THREAT [...] (C) The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur is inching forward. In a meeting on January 25 with S/CRS Poloff, North Darfur Wali Yousef Kibir said that a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) general from Khartoum met with local military commanders and poli [...]	2007-01-26 09:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1165	BASHIR ADVISOR: SUDAN AT END OF TETHER WITH U.S. [...] (C) Meeting with CDA Fernandez on July 25, Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin mused about the deterioration of the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Recalling the last 18 years of National Congress Party (NCP) rule in Sudan, Salaheddin said that Khartoum was at "the end of its tether" in [...]	2007-07-25 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SU
07KHARTOUM118	U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]	2007-01-26 10:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM119	CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER? [...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM120	SUDAN'S PRESIDENT BASHIR WILL NOT CONTEND AU [...] (C) On January 27, Presidential Adviser Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Hume that President Bashir had decided not to contend the African Union (AU) chairmanship. Ismail said he would fly with Bashir later in the day to Addis Ababa for the AU summit. On behalf of President Bashir, he would enga [...]	2007-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM1321	UPDATE ON DETENTION OF UMMA PARTY LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, PolOff met with family members of detained Umma Reform and Renewal Party leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi. According to the family, Al-Fadil remains in solitary confinement in Khartoum's Kobeir Prison. Al-Mahdi was arrested along with some 20 others on July 14 (see r [...]	2007-08-22 13:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SU
07KHARTOUM134	MFA UPDATE ON DELAYED NEC CONTAINERS [...] (C) During a January 29 meeting with MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi and Deputy Director Abdel Rahman Sharfi, Charge Powers again raised the issue of the Embassy's detained containers at the Port of Sudan (Refs B, C, and D). Noting that next week would represent a delay in their clea [...]	2007-01-29 15:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM1342	CANADA, EU TAKE DIFFERENT TACKS ON EXPULSION ORDER [...] (SBU) Canada and the European Commission (EC) are taking two different tacks on Sudan's threatened expulsion of their chiefs of mission. Both delegations had sent identical letters to National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh in early August to request inf [...]	2007-08-27 10:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SU EUN CA
07KHARTOUM1359	AU ENVOY: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, COMPENSATION [...] (C) At the tail-end of his recent visit to Sudan, AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told the international community in Khartoum that agreement on a cessation of hostilities and compensation between Sudan and Darfur's rebels were "doable" outcomes for the UN/AU-led negotiations scheduled to begin in [...]	2007-08-29 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1369	SLM/MINAWI COMMANDER VENTS ON AMIS AND DISCOUNTS [...] (SBU) S/CRS Field Officers met with Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Minawi General Commander Jumah Hagar and three of his staff to discuss security in areas of Darfur under his control, alleged SLA-Minawi involvement in carjackings, strained relations between the rebel group and AMIS, and prospect [...]	2007-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1384	ON EVE OF UNSYG VISIT, UN CHIEF DISCUSSES NCP, [...] (C) Noting that the relationship between Sudan and the UN had improved in the last year, the UN Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General told CDA Fernandez that UNSYG Ban Ki Moon's September 4-8 visit comes at an ideal time to sustain momentum on the Darfur peace process, pave th [...]	2007-09-04 06:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1401	SUDAN MOVES CLOSER TO RELEASE OF SULEIMAN JAMOUS [...] (SBU) Both the Arabic and the English press on September 5 reported widely President Omar Al bahshir's remarks following his meeting with visiting UNSYG Ban Ki Moon on September 3, reiterating the Sudanese Government's intention to allow the release of former Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) hu [...]	2007-09-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO UN SU

07KHARTOUM1411	UN/AU, SPLM IRONICALLY OUT OF STEP ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UN/AU and the SPLM are proceeding along two parallel tracks in their political initiatives for Darfur. While the SPLM hopes to hold a meeting in Southern Sudan in the next two weeks to bring unity to the SLM and prepare the movement for negotiations, the UN/AU have positioned themselve [...]	2007-09-06 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1415	SAF/SPLA STAND-OFF COMES CLOSE TO EXPLODING [...] (C) Summary: The tank-supported SAF encirclement of an SPLA platoon in Muglad, Southern Kordofan, has reportedly been resolved. The Joint Defense Board convened an emergency session in Khartoum the morning of September 8, and the Ceasefire Political Commission met and ordered SPLA forces to im [...]	2007-09-09 10:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS EPET SU
07KHARTOUM143	SO. SUDAN: UPDATE ON UNMIS PKO KILLING AND LRA [...] (C) Summary: A January 26 ambush of a UN peacekeeping convoy southeast of Juba left one Indian peacekeeper dead and one injured. The Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is suspected of responsibility for the attack. The incident follows a breakdown in peace talks between the LRA [...]	2007-01-30 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM SU UG CG KE
07KHARTOUM1432	AL-SAMANI: SUDAN READY FOR THE HYBRID [...] (C) Summary: Reiterating Sudan's committment to the hybrid force in a September 11 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani said the ball was now squarely in the UN's court. Appealing to the perceived close relationship between the US and the south, al-Sa [...]	2007-09-11 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1439	VIOLENCE IN HASKANITA LINKED TO ATTACK IN KORDOFAN [...] (C) A Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) attack near Haskanita, South Darfur on September 9, which had included aerial bombardment, was in direct response to the August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan led by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Unity (reftel). [...]	2007-09-12 09:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1472	FM AKOL DISCUSSES UNGA, U.S.-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, CDA Fernandez previewed two critical issues that would be raised during Akol's visit to New York on September 21: Sudan's cooperation on facilitating the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the hold put on the r [...]	2007-09-18 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1476	SPLA FORCES ENCOUNTER SAF FORCES IN EL-MUGLAD; [...] (SBU) On Sept 18, media reported that on September 17, elements of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) encountered Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) troops in El-Muglad for the second time in a month. The UN told embassy that SPLA Commander Hassan Hamed along with ten soldiers attempted to enter [...]	2007-09-19 13:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1477	NEW--AND GROWING--CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT DARFUR [...] (SBU) Calls for an independent Darfur--infrequent in the past--have now taken a more prominent place in the region's political discourse. In a recent television interview, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Khalil Ibrahim warned that the failure of negotiations with the Sudanese Gover [...]	2007-09-19 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU US SU
07KHARTOUM1480	TO GO OR NOT TO GO: DARFUR REBELS DEBATE LIBYA [...] (C) Many Darfur rebel groups are ambivalent about attending the UN/AU-sponsored negotiations scheduled to begin in Libya on October 27. This ambivalence is a consequence of three factors, which have influenced each of the rebel factions in different ways: 1) Disunity within the Sudan Liberati [...]	2007-09-20 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER LY
07KHARTOUM1488	WHAT'S IN A NAME? FOR MINAWI, EVERYTHING [...] (C) While flexible on many elements of the DPA--including a willingness to renounce his position as Senior Assistant to the President--SLM leader Minni Minawi will reject a change in the agreement's name or any result from the UN/AU negotiations that ignores the "courage" his movement showed i [...]	2007-09-21 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM15	GOS BOMBS VILLAGES AFTER AU OUTREACH TO REBEL [...] (C) Summary: As an outgrowth of the December 15 Cease Fire Commission and with the support of UNMIS, the AU Force Commander traveled to Um Rai in North Darfur to meet with non-signatory rebel commanders on December 28. He reportedly obtained an agreement by the rebels to join the second chamb [...]	2007-01-04 12:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1535	HASKANITA ATTACK PART OF INCREASED VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) One day after the September 29 attack on the its camp near Haskanita, South Darfur, AMIS evacuated 10 dead and 14 wounded peacekeepers with the help of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Reports abound on the number and identity of the assailants, ranging from two Darfur rebel factions to [...]	2007-10-01 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM155	DARFUR: COMMANDERS CONFERENCE IN FLUX [...] (C) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) again postponed the conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders in North Darfur to February 5 due to logistical problems in transporting the commanders to the event site, having already moved 24 commanders to North Darfur on [...]	2007-02-01 16:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM1569	S/E NATSIOS, MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) S/E Natsios and Presidential Advisor Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie agreed that they have low expectations for the initial Darfur peace talks in Tripoli, but hope that it may start a process that will eventually bear fruit. Nafie responded defensively to S/E Natsios, proposal for a package of confi [...]	2007-10-08 13:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM157	SO. SUDAN: SOUTH'S MINISTRY OF FINANCE WRACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The troubled finance ministry in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) has been hit by new allegations of corruption. The latest dispute concerns $60 million in interim payments from Khartoum to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),most of which the SPLM believes was [...]	2007-02-04 11:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCRT SU
07KHARTOUM1587	AS DARFUR VIOLENCE SPREADS, SLM THREATENS RETURN [...] (C) Violence in South Darfur--set off by an August 30 rebel incursion into Kordofan--continues to escalate with the onset of an attack on Muhajeria that began October 8 (Ref. A). The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) led by Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minawi, which controls Muhajeri [...]	2007-10-09 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS AU SU
07KHARTOUM1588	GENERAL AGWAI: MONTHLY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES A [...] (C) On October 9, CDA met with African Union (AU) force commander Lt. General Martin Agwai Also present were DATT and poloff (notetaker). Agwai said that problems with the MSA could spark future unrest amongst rebel forces, that he believed that the Haskanita attack may have been the result [...]	2007-10-09 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1589	`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]	2007-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1596	SUDAN, AU IMPLICATED IN SOUTH DARFUR ATTACK [...] (U) Please see para. 10 for an action request. 2. (C) A Sudanese Government representative, the UN, and the SLM have reported that AMIS requested SAF intervention in Muhajeria, South Darfur, precipitating an attack that has left at least 30 civilians dead and an equal number missing. SLM of [...]	2007-10-10 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1599	SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED [...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]	2007-10-11 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM16	UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]	2007-01-04 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1626	NO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OIL SHOULD SOUTH SECEDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of interviews conducted between September 24 to October 6, petroleum industry insiders and officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mining told EconOffs and visiting Washington analysts that there is no contingency planning for the oil sector in the event the south [...]	2007-10-17 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1660	SPLM STRATEGY FOCUSED ON NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez and poloff (notetaker) met with GOSS President Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng, SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman, and SPLM Deputy Chairman Malik Agar. Luka expressed satisfaction that the SPLM successfully raised the alarm about the non-implemen [...]	2007-10-25 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1661	MUTRIFF DENIES GOS INVOLVEMENT IN KALMA CAMP [...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq categorically denied that the GOS has a policy of forced relocation at the Kalma IDP camp and suggested measures to improve international community confidence in the GOS role at [...]	2007-10-25 14:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1663	BANK OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: LABORING TO BUILD A [...] (U) Summary: The Bank of Southern Sudan is struggling to establish the foundation for an independent financial system in the South in the face of physical difficulties and passive resistance from the authorities in the North. End summary. ---------------------------------- One Country, Tw [...]	2007-10-25 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1673	FORMER DARFUR GOVERNOR SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NCP PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Chief met October 27 with the Governor of Khartoum State Dr. Abdel Halim Mutaafi. The Governor provided insights on the Darfur conflict and made suggestions on how it might be resolved. Mutaafi is the former Governor of Darfur State and is married t [...]	2007-10-29 14:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1690	ACTING FM KARTI ON GUANTANAMO, DARFUR, AND CPA [...] (C) Summary: Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 27 with acting Foreign Minister Ali Karti. Regarding the Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo, the Charge encouraged the Minister to accept the text of the certification in order to expedite their return to Sudan as soon as possible. On Dar [...]	2007-10-31 10:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM17	UN LIGHT PACKAGE IN DARFUR NEEDS AN ENERGIZER [...] (C) Summary: A January 3 visit to El Fasher revealed numerous problems with the initial deployment of the UN light package. As reported septel, the small initial UN military contingent has yet to be integrated with the AMIS peace-keeping force. The UN police contingent is trying to define a [...]	2007-01-04 12:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM170	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE NON-SIGNATORIES [...] (C) Summary: The conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders has again been delayed to allow time for more commanders to assemble in North Darfur. A variety of Embassy contacts report that efforts to unify the commanders, facilitate negotiation within the framework of [...]	2007-02-05 15:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM1702	CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND ON INTENTIONS IN DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Despite differences in ideologies and political platforms, leaders of Darfur groups are expressing a common level of suspicion about the Government of Sudan's (GOS) current actions with regard to Darfur. They believe the GOS is pursuing a strategy to further undermine the efficac [...]	2007-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1705	AEC CHAIR PESSIMISTIC FOLLOWING BASHIR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen provided a readout November 1 to AEC Coordinators on his October 31 meeting with GOS President Al-Bashir. Vraalsen said Bashir was positive about the importance of the AEC and of the two-year report. However, the embittered Vraalsen left convinced that th [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1706	NCP INSIDER TALKS ABOUT ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (C) Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 31 with National Congress Party (NCP) insider and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, Dr. Sayed Al-Khateeb. Khateeb, who helped negotiate the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and is still heavily involved in representing the NCP in ongoing [...]	2007-11-03 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1708	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]	2007-11-04 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM171	CHINA: LITTLE REVEALED ON DARFUR DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) The February 2-3 visit to Khartoum of Chinese president Hu Jintao involved substantial pageantry, a variety of aid and trade agreements (septel),and a series of high-level meetings, but little new information on efforts to address a transition to UN peacekeeping in Darfur. The visit, the [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV UN CH SU
07KHARTOUM172	DARFUR: UNDP ISSUES STATEMENT ON NYALA ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: Reftels detail the January 19 incident wherein 20 UN, NGO, and African Mission in Sudan (AMIS) personnel were arrested following the violent breakup of a social event, which resulted in serious injuries to several of the humanitarian personnel. On January 30, UN Deputy Special R [...]	2007-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID PREF SOCI AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1720	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]	2007-11-05 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1721	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT ALI OSMAN [...] (C) Summary: S/E Andrew Natsios met November 3 with GOS Vice President Ali Osman Taha. Taha, the chief NCP negotiators of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),said that there is "no time to waste" on implementation of the CPA. He said all of the decisions taken the previous night by [...]	2007-11-05 07:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1723	S/E NATSIOS' MEETING WITH SPLA SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 1 meeting in Juba, the senior leadership of the Sudan People,s Liberation Army (SPLA),told U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios that the SPLA is showing restraint in the face of provocations by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) along the North-South border and avowed [...]	2007-11-05 14:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SU
07KHARTOUM1761	NCP SEES SPLM AS INCREASINGLY HARDLINE [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials participating in negotiations with the SPLM on a way out of the current political crisis complained that the SPLM has reneged on past agreements during the negotiations, and that the SPLM has become more hardline in its tactics with each meeting. Based on Embassy me [...]	2007-11-12 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1770	ADADA CITES "PROGRESS" IN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Encouraged by his meeting with MFA State Minister Al Wasila earlier in the day, Joint Special Representative Adada told Western governments on November 13 that UNAMID deployment is "progressing" and that Sudan has re-affirmed its commitment to facilitate the force's deployment through th [...]	2007-11-14 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1780	SPLM OUTLINES RISKY STRATEGY OF BRINKSMANSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA met November 15 with SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Amum said the SPLM could no longer afford to play the National Congress Party's (NCP) game, which is just to play for time in talks over implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in order to continue to [...]	2007-11-15 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1793	MEDIA BATTLE ESCALATES WHILE NCP-SPLM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The media battle between the NCP and the SPLM has intensified, with President Bashir mobilizing the Popular Defense Forces (septel) and rallying the "mujahadeen" at a mass rally south of Khartoum November 17, seemingly in response to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum's widely publ [...]	2007-11-18 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1798	AS SLM FRAYS, MINAWI STANDS BY POSITION ON UN/AU [...] (C) Despite NCP demands to the contrary, SLM leader Minni Minawi insists that his movement will only participate in the UN/AU-led Darfur peace process as a signatory to the DPA and not as a member of the Government delegation. Secretary General Mustafa Tirab defied the SLM's official position [...]	2007-11-19 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM18	DARFUR: DSRSG DEFENSIVE ON LIGHT PACKAGE, CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting between Charge d'Affairs Hume and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for the United Nations (UN) in SIPDIS Sudan Manuel Aranda d'Silva, the two discussed the CDA's recent visit to UN Light Package elements in El Fasher (ref [...]	2007-01-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL SU UN
07KHARTOUM1807	GULF BETWEEN AFRICAN AND ARAB TRIBES IN DARFUR [...] (C) During his November 13-14 visit to El Fasher, Darfur, both African and Arab tribal representatives told CDA Fernandez that they have historical grievances that are not being addresses adequately by the UN/AU peace process. Both groups feel marginalized by the process and believe that neit [...]	2007-11-19 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1810	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]	2007-11-19 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1813	SHINING AN AMERICAN LIGHT ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: With the ongoing political crisis between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in its second month, the conflict over the oil-rich Abyei region takes center stage once again as the key irreconcilable difference between the two parties, th [...]	2007-11-20 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1819	LAM AKOL CRITICIZES SPLM FOR NEGOTIATING IN BAD [...] (C) Summary: Erstwhile Minister of Foreign Affairs, potential Minister of Cabinet Affairs and SPLM renegade Lam Akol told CDA Fernandez November 13 that the SPLM is engaged in dangerous brinksmanship and is negotiating in bad faith with the NCP. He said that if the SPLM wants to make accusati [...]	2007-11-21 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1822	CONCILIATORY AL-BASHIR ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT AT [...] (SBU) Less than five days after a warmongering speech to militia forces (reftel b),a more statesman-like President Al-Bashir called for peace, national unity and democracy in an address to party faithful at the National Congress Party (NCP) Annual General Assembly on November 21. A full house [...]	2007-11-21 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1847	NCP EAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH SPLM, OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: NCP negotiator Dirdeiry Mohammad Ahmed told polchief November 25 that the NCP is eager to resume discussions with the SPLM. He claimed SPLM sources told him that First Vice President Kiir would be open to an invitation to meet with President Bashir by the end of the week, when th [...]	2007-11-26 08:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1848	IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 08:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU
07KHARTOUM1849	ADADA MOVES TO DEFUSE TENSION OVER KALMA IDP CAMP [...] (C) Joint Special Representative Rudolphe Adada and the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) are trying to broker a solution to mounting tensions in the Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in South Darfur, the JSR's chief of staff, Abdulrahman Abubakr, told Poloff on November 26. Following a [...]	2007-11-26 08:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1857	TRANSFER OF DETAINEES TO SUDAN [...] (C) CDA Fernandez delivered points in reftel a to MFA Protocol Director Ali Yusuf on November 26. Ambassador Yusuf subsequently confirmed that the GOS will permit refueling of the plane after landing in Sudan and transferring detainees to Sudanese exclusive custody and control. He added that [...]	2007-11-27 10:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER SU
07KHARTOUM1858	SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The American invitation to the National Congress Party (NCP) to participate in a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Ministerial on December 5 in Ethiopia with Secretary Rice and regional countries has caused SIPDIS consternation for NCP officials who are unsure exactly how to [...]	2007-11-27 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU IGAD SU
07KHARTOUM1881	AEC COORDINATORS REVISE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Khartoum November 29, AEC Working Group coordinators (UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy Ambassador plus US CDA) decided to delay presentation of their proposal on strengthening the role of the AEC chair till after presenting and gaining confirmation of the proposed UK cand [...]	2007-11-30 08:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1888	OCHA: NO EASY SOLUTION TO COMPLEX KALMA CAMP ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: OCHA field officers see no real solution to the massive problems confronting the very large Darfur IDP camp of Kalma, a particular target of Sudanese Government ire. They recommend engagement with the GOS on the issue while cautioning that the Khartoum regime will certainly manipu [...]	2007-11-30 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1894	NCP AND SPLM READY TO RESUME TALKS BUT DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir and First Vice President Kiir will meet again December 3 to try to clear the way for the NCP and SPLM to resume negotiations to end their political stalemate, representatives of both parties confirmed. The SPLM is still holding out for a negotiating agenda that i [...]	2007-12-02 10:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1904	MINAWI PUSHES FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION, SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Sole signatory to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Mini Minawi told CDA Fernandez he plans to work through regional partners and the international community to pressure the Government to implement the agreement. Despite sitting in a regal office on the grounds of the Presidential [...]	2007-12-03 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1906	FIRST TRANCHE OF CHINESE ENGINEERS WAITING FOR [...] (SBU) Chinese Defense Attache Dong Jian Dong told poloff December 3 that 140 Chinese engineers arrived at the Nyala Forward Operating Base (FOB) on November 24, but have not yet started construction of the initial part of the UN-African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID) supercamp. Dong said tha [...]	2007-12-03 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1930	VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]	2007-12-06 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1938	SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER [...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM194	OIL REVENUE: 2007 GNU BUDGET BASED ON QUESTIONABLE [...] (c) Summary: The 2007 budget for the Government of National Unity (GNU) assumes relatively high oil prices and production figures. Revenue, and therefore expenditures, are based on these optimistic projections. Non-discretionary spending, primarily salary and wage commitments, will consume [...]	2007-02-09 08:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL EPET SU
07KHARTOUM1968	JANJAWID WARLORD: WE WANT AMERICA AS OUR PATRON [...] Summary: Alleged Janjawid turncoat Juma Dagalo claims that his well-armed movement is sincerely opposed to Khartoum, despite sketchy evidence to the contrary, and has forged new ties with mostly African Darfur rebel groups. He seeks American moral and political support for a confrontation with [...]	2007-12-12 09:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1989	MILITANT DARFUR IDP LEADERS: NO CHINESE, ARABS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Kalma IDP camp disavow having any weapons while at the same time admitting that they successfully drove out thousands of fellow IDPs in an October uprising. The Kalma sheikhs claimed AMIS was a failure and UNAMID would also fail if it consisted only of African, Arab an [...]	2007-12-13 06:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1995	CHIEF MEDIATOR RIEK MACHAR ON LORD'S RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met briefly with GOSS Vice President and Chief Mediator Riek Machar before the opening of a Human Rights Day ceremony at the Juba National stadium on December 10. Machar opened the meeting by stating that [...]	2007-12-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1996	DENG ALOR ON THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley met with future GNU Foreign Affairs Minister Deng Alor to update him on the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),recent developments in Garamba Park, and to ask for his assistance in ending the 21-year w [...]	2007-12-13 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM201	FPOTUS CARTER PROVIDES READOUT ON MEETING WITH [...] (C) Former President Jimmy Carter provided a read-out to Charge Hume following his February 10 meeting with President Bashir. Regarding the North-South situation, Carter reported that Bashir was in favor of further involvement by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD),perhaps [...]	2007-02-11 16:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM2010	GHAZI SULEIMAN: US SUDAN POLICY "SATISFIES MORAL [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) National Assembly leader and human rights advocate Ghazi Suleiman sees the SPLM as almost certainly running with and not against the National Congress Party in 2009 elections, criticized US Sudan policy as "too clumsy," described power in [...]	2007-12-16 09:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM2019	WISE WORDS FROM FREED OPPOSITION LEADER MUBARAK [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez on December 17, Umma Renewal and Reform leader Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi urged the US to encourage widening the CPA to include parties other than the NCP and SPLM. Al-Fadil described President Bashir as essentially a 'fall guy' for the [...]	2007-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM2026	PAGAN AMUM: ABYEI IN EXCHANGE FOR NCP/SPLM UNITY [...] (C) Summary: The NCP has made a strategic decision to meet all SPLM demands and ultimately will have to accept the ABC report on Abyei if it wants a partnership with the SPLM in the 2009 election, according to SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amum. Although SPLM Ministers will rejoin the Governmen [...]	2007-12-18 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM203	DARFUR: A REVIEW OF RECENT SECURITY TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese government has scaled back the execution of sustained military operations in Darfur since the beginning of Ramadan in the fall of 2006. From Ramadan to present, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) appears focused on troop rotation, garrison activities, and logistical st [...]	2007-02-11 16:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM208	REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS [...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]	2007-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM215	REV. GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Rev Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan,s Purse (SP),met with President Bashir on February 12, after visiting South Darfur and Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government excluded former Senator Bill Frist, who is traveling as a guest of SP, from the meeting. Graham characterized [...]	2007-02-13 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU US
07KHARTOUM224	CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]	2007-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM228	DARFUR APPOINTMENTS: A HOLLOW GESTURE [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with poloffs, Ibrahim Madibbo -- a signatory to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) and Rizeigat leader -- admitted that the January 4 announcement of his appointment as chairman of the Darfur Resettlement and Rehabilitation Commission was unexpected (reftel). Mad [...]	2007-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM235	ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF [...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...]	2007-02-16 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US
07KHARTOUM239	CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH [...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]	2007-02-18 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM256	UNSYG REP DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN, PEACEKEEPING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with CDA Hume, the acting head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) described the Sudanese government's obstruction of UN operations, the deteriorating security environment confronting the humanitarian community, and the difficulties in implementation [...]	2007-02-20 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY UN US
07KHARTOUM272	SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT [...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]	2007-02-22 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM275	STATE OF DARFUR: THE POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: CDA Hume traveled to Darfur from February 19-21 to gauge the status of the political process, monitor the conditions for humanitarian operations, and assess the status of the peace-keeping operation stipulated in the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006. In visits to [...]	2007-02-22 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM280	STATE OF DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). In North, South, and West Darfur, INGO and UN agencies' opera [...]	2007-02-23 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US EUN
07KHARTOUM281	STATE OF DARFUR: PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). This message--the last of three cables on these meetings--focu [...]	2007-02-23 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD US
07KHARTOUM287	DARFUR: UN/AU TASK FORCE NEEDS USG SUPPORT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) On February 25, UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Director for Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua briefed Poloff on the progress made in establishing the joint UN/African Union (AU) task force to engage with Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) n [...]	2007-02-26 07:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU KPAO UN SU
07KHARTOUM30	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]	2007-01-08 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM309	LRA ENTERS CAR, SPLA AND UPDF PLAN MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Reports have proliferated in southern Sudan that Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has entered the Central African Republic (CAR) with a small force. However, the senior Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) official with responsibility for th [...]	2007-02-28 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM31	SEX ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS [...] (U) After a UK newspaper reported that UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) personnel engaged in sexual exploitation of children, the UN confirmed that four Bangladeshi peacekeepers had been repatriated over the charges and that their cases will be pursued in Bangladesh. The UN also confirmed that th [...]	2007-01-08 17:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KPKO SU UNSC
07KHARTOUM313	DENG ALOR: NCP WILLING TO ENGAGE, SPLM TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In the wake of the announcements from the International Criminal Court (ICC),Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on February 28 that the indictments might soften some of the hard-liners in the National Congress Party (NCP) and might "make them mor [...]	2007-02-28 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU CD ER LY
07KHARTOUM317	SLM DISCONTENT ON DARFUR APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Though the Sudanese government has moved forward with appointments to the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority (TDRA),the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minni Minawi has not signed off on any of the nominations prior to their announcement. In a February 27 meeting with Poloff, Minawi [...]	2007-03-01 10:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM324	NORTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: PERMITS, ACCESS [...] (C) In a follow-on meeting to their February 20-21 visit, CDA Hume and USAID Director Almquist met again on February 27 with North Darfur Governor Yousef Kibbir in his El Fasher headquarters. Accompanying Governor Kibbir were the State Minister for Information, the State Humanitarian Affairs C [...]	2007-03-01 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM330	EX-SUDAN ARMED FORCES SOLDIERS PROTEST IN JUBA [...] (C) A group of 150-200 ex-soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) marched across central Juba March 1 before staging a brief demonstration in front of the Juba headquarters of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). The decommissioned soldiers, who fought for the north during Sudan's [...]	2007-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM332	AHMADINEJAD: DOWN, DOWN USA; COME TO JESUS [...] (C) Summary: In a speech March 1 at the Chinese-built Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad excoriated the U.S. for its role in the region, support for Israel and opposition to Iran's nuclear program, as well as heaped criticism on the United Nations and Israel. L [...]	2007-03-02 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU IR
07KHARTOUM340	SPLA CLASHES WITH LRA ON THE BORDER OF CAR [...] (C) A Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) detachment came under attack March 1 from a group of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) fighters at the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). One SPLA soldier was killed in the attack, and one wounded, according to SPLA Chief of Sta [...]	2007-03-05 06:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC SU CG UG CT
07KHARTOUM350	(C) SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF DOESN'T LIKE HIS SAF [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng told ConGen Juba staff recently that he has a poor relationship with his Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) counterpart. Deng and SAF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hajj Ahmed el-Jailee Hajj Ahmed ("el-Jailee") met "one-on-one" on the [...]	2007-03-05 12:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM351	UN ENVOY MEETS WITH LRA CHIEF KONY; PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met with Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony March 2 in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to sources in the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). Chissano, the UN special envoy for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) pro [...]	2007-03-05 13:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM360	SE NATSIOS MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie and Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Salah Ghosh, SE Natsios outlined the three goals of USG policy in Darfur: advancing the political process, ensuring the continuation of huma [...]	2007-03-08 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PINR AU UN SU CD LY ER
07KHARTOUM361	INGOS TO SE NATSIOS: DARFUR SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting in Khartoum, members of the INGO steering committee briefed Special Envoy Natsios on humanitarian operations in Darfur. The INGOs, including CARE, Oxfam, Mercy Corps, Goal and MedAir, reported that the situation on the ground had deteriorated since his last v [...]	2007-03-08 10:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM362	NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]	2007-03-08 10:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM363	RESPONSE TO REQUEST: UK-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (C) Per reftel, post provides supplemental information background information: General Ali al-Sharif al-Tahir Ahmed, SAF Western Military Commander Major General Abdullah Khalif Bashir, Former SAF Western Military Commander Lt. General Mohammed Abdel Qadir, SAF Airforce Commander Mah [...]	2007-03-08 11:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM388	SE NATSIOS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SE Natsios delivered a strong message of support for the modernization of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in a meeting with senior SPLA officers on March 6. SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng said he faces enormous difficulty in simultaneously absorbing thousands of former militia int [...]	2007-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU

07KHARTOUM390	SE NATSIOS MEETING WITH UN, AU, TROIKA PLUS [...] (C) Representatives from the UN, African Union (AU),UK, Norway, the Netherlands, the European Commission, and Germany (on behalf of the EU Presidency) met with SE Natsios on March 7 to discuss international coordination for the Darfur political process. AU head of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) [...]	2007-03-13 13:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LB ER US
07KHARTOUM391	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS SEEM LIKELY TO [...] (C) Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano met leadership of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border March 11 and secured an apparent agreement that the LRA will return to peace talks once various LRA concerns are addressed. L [...]	2007-03-13 15:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU CG UG
07KHARTOUM392	SUDAN REJECTS UN HEAVY SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (C) President Bashir's March 6 letter to UNSYG Ban Ki-moon on assistance for the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rejected the UN's Heavy Support Package. Bashir's response contradicted the Addis Ababa and Abuja agreements of November 2006 and the Presidential Statement in the UN Security [...]	2007-03-13 16:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU UN US
07KHARTOUM406	SUDAN, ACCEPTING ISOLATION, TURNS TO IRAN, QATAR [...] (C) Egypt's influence on Sudan's leadership and its ability to persuade the government to engage in constructive dialogue with the international community has waned, Egyptian diplomat Hani Khedr (please protect) told Poloff on March 15. Sudan has accepted its growing isolation from the West, m [...]	2007-03-15 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UN SU EG IR CD QA
07KHARTOUM409	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR ER US
07KHARTOUM410	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR US
07KHARTOUM44	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]	2007-01-11 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM442	UN PREVIEWS ELIASSON/SALIM VISIT TO KHARTOUM [...] (C) UN Director of Political Affairs Abidoun Bashua told Poloffs on March 20 that both the international community and the Darfur rebel movements have unrealistic expectations about the political process. UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim, who are scheduled to arrive in Kha [...]	2007-03-21 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD
07KHARTOUM451	DENG ALOR: TWO ROADS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on March 19 that the National Congress Party (NCP) has decided to confront the international community on Darfur. He admitted that his belief in productive engagement with Khartoum "was getting weaker and weaker [...]	2007-03-22 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN AL SU EG SF NO US
07KHARTOUM455	SUDAN: TENSION OVER ARREST OF SENIOR SPLA GENERAL [...] (C) A top officer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was placed under house arrest in Juba March 20, provoking tensions between troops loyal to the officer and other military elements. Juba was calm in the immediate aftermath of the arrest. The officer, Major General Obutu Mamur M [...]	2007-03-22 14:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR SU
07KHARTOUM456	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION CHARGES, OTHER INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING [...] Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption scand [...]	2007-03-22 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM460	US/SUDANESE RELATIONS AT THE DIVIDE [...] (C) Summary. U.S./Sudanese relations are poised to pass from one watershed into another. From the U.S. perspective, Sudan's rejection of UN peace-keeping in Darfur pushes relations toward direct confrontation, just as Sudanese see the U.S. imposition of additional sanctions as proof of enduri [...]	2007-03-23 11:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU AL CH IN
07KHARTOUM466	MINAWI CONSIDERS RETURN TO DARFUR AFTER ATTACK ON [...] (C) A force of nearly 200 police and elements of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) attacked a house inhabited by partisans of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Minawi and then raided the SLM party headquarters in the Omdurman section of Khartoum on March 24. Of the 29 SLM [...]	2007-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU ASEC UN SU
07KHARTOUM468	GOSS FINANCE MINISTER SUSPENDED OVER CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Finance Minister Arthur (Akuien) Chol was suspended following months of speculation about his alleged involvement in a government vehicle purchasing scandal. Akuien is the most senior GOSS official to be implicated in the ongoing corruption s [...]	2007-03-25 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM SU PGOV
07KHARTOUM470	SUDAN: SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS HE MIGHT BE [...] (C) Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Oyai Deng has had a history of disagreement with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, and admits that Kiir may replace him. Deng blames Kiir for inaction on problems facing the SPLA, and denies rumors that [...]	2007-03-25 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU UG
07KHARTOUM478	ELIASSON, SALIM CONSIDER UN/AU SUMMIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: During their March 22-27 visit to Sudan, UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told CDA Hume of the need to develop a credible political process for Darfur involving key stakeholders in Sudan and in the region. CDA Hume emphasized that the UN and AU had a limited ti [...]	2007-03-27 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM480	SUDANESE GOVERNMENT: SET A FIXED TIMELINE FOR [...] Summary: CDA Hume met with presidential advisor Maghzoub al-Khalifa on March 26 to discuss Sudanese government plans on Darfur in light of the current visit of special envoys Eliasson and Salim. Al-Khalifa called for renewed international cooperation on DPA implementation, including assistance [...]	2007-03-27 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO SU UN AU
07KHARTOUM484	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES DARFUR RETURN [...] (C) In private, Minni Minawi continues to contemplate a return to Darfur in the wake of the March 24 attack on Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) facilities in Khartoum and the ambush of a prominent SLM commander near Nyala. Minawi is pressing the Sudanese government to account for the dead, wou [...]	2007-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM485	BASHIR ADVISOR: STRUCTURE DARFUR PROCESS [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Hume on March 28 that Sudan and the U.S. government had an "intellectual duty" to address the urgent aspects of the Darfur crisis. He suggested that the two governments structure a process to lay the groundwork for resolution of these issues [...]	2007-03-28 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM511	MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) CDA Hume met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh on March 29 to discuss the current impasse on the deployment of UN peace keepers in Darfur. CDA underscored that the UN Security Council, including China, viewed UN command and contro [...]	2007-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM521	STATUS OF UN/AU POLITICAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) The UN and AU plan to begin negotiations with the non-signatory rebels in late June. Many UN and AU contacts, however, question Special Envoys Eliasson and Salim's commitment to the process and ability to lay the groundwork for successful negotiations. Though Eliasson has secured a renun [...]	2007-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM522	NCP DIVIDED ON COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (C) Discussions between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) regarding the Government's position on the International Criminal Court (ICC) have revealed divisions within the NCP. Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director an [...]	2007-04-02 16:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU US
07KHARTOUM524	SLM NEEDS USG HELP AFTER KHARTOUM ATTACK [...] (C) Most members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) arrested during a March 24 raid on SLM facilities in Khartoum have been released or taken to hospitals for medical treatment. Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi has maintained calm within the movement in the a [...]	2007-04-03 14:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM549	CDA HUME URGES CHANGE IN SUDANESE POSITION ON [...] (C) Summary: Previewing the forthcoming visit of Deputy Secretary Negroponte with Presidential Advisor Ismael, CDA SIPDIS Hume said that Secretary Rice was sending Negroponte to Sudan because of her concern about the overall outlook for U.S.-Sudanese relations. Secretary Rice was concerned [...]	2007-04-07 12:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM574	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]	2007-04-14 06:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM575	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]	2007-04-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM576	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UNMIS FC LTG [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with UNMIS Force Commander (FC) Lt. General Lidder and Head of Security for UN/OCHA in Darfur Michael McDonagh. Both emphasized that simply increasing the size of peace-keeping operations (PKO) would not stabilize Darfur. General Lidde [...]	2007-04-15 03:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM577	DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MEETING WITH AU AMB IBOK [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Ambassador Sam Ibok, African Union (AU) Head of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) Implementation Team. Ibok explained that the rebel groups outside the DPA will remain divided but might accept a shared position if the international [...]	2007-04-15 03:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM581	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SENIOR ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: On April 15, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Senior Assistant to the President and Sudanese Libaration Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi. Minawi characterized the security situation in Darfur as "fragile" and urged the international community to push for a political solution [...]	2007-04-16 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM582	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte travelled to El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur. During his day-long visit, the Deputy Secretary met with U.S. military observers, UN personnel, IDP camp representatives, an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Colonel, th [...]	2007-04-16 05:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM583	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]	2007-04-16 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM589	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Nafie Ali Nafie, a trusted advisor to President Bashir and a key hard-liner in the National Congress Party (NCP). The Deputy Secretary told Nafie that the most pressing issue of his trip was the situation in Darfur in all its aspects [...]	2007-04-16 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM590	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORTH DARFUR WALI [...] (C) Summary: In his April 14 meeting with the wali of North Darfur Yousef Kibbir, Deputy Secretary Negroponte stressed the strong interest taken by the US government and the American people in the situation in Darfur and the need for the Sudanese government to implement commitments made in the [...]	2007-04-16 10:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PMAR
07KHARTOUM596	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh. The Deputy Secretary opened by thanking Ghosh for Sudan,s counter-terrorism cooperation. He then outlined U.S. expectations and ur [...]	2007-04-17 06:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM599	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]	2007-04-17 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM613	SPLA AND FORCES LOYAL TO FORMER MILITIA LEADER [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) military police had a standoff over food rations at SPLA Headquarters (HQ) with forces under the control of the current Deputy Commander in Chief (also the former Southern Sudan Defense Forces (SSDF) leader, Lt. Gen. Paulino Matip [...]	2007-04-19 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SU
07KHARTOUM621	SUDAN - LOCAL AND NATIONAL NGO HARASSMENT [...] (C) While acts of violence and intimidation of international humanitarian organizations and staff are well documented, particularly in Darfur, the harassment of national and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has received comparatively limited attention. Activities funded by USAID an [...]	2007-04-19 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM636	SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]	2007-04-23 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM637	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]	2007-04-23 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KHARTOUM644	SENIOR UN OFFICIALS PROPOSE STRUCTURE FOR TRIPOLI [...] (C) The April 28 summit in Tripoli on the Darfur political process presents an opportunity to harmonize international efforts to overcome the political stalemate and establish a common set of principles for re-invigorating peace negotiations, according to senior UN officials in Khartoum. Agree [...]	2007-04-24 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LY ER US
07KHARTOUM657	KHARTOUM: DARFUR PARTNERS DISCUSS OUTCOMES FOR [...] (C) Meeting on April 25 and 26, the UK convened a meeting of the U.S., EU, EC, Norway, France, and the Netherlands to discuss a set of potential outcomes for the upcoming Tripoli talks. The goal of the Darfur Partners' discussions was to promote a coordinated approach among the Western envoys [...]	2007-04-26 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU EUN SU CD LY ER EG
07KHARTOUM668	SUDAN: LOW PRICE FOR PETROLEUM CAUSING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy and Mining has provided information on why a large part of Sudanese oil production is being sold at a price of less than USD 25 per barrel while the benchmark crude price is over USD 60 per barrel. Difficulties in refining Sudanese oil limits the price that [...]	2007-04-29 03:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM671	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...]	2007-04-29 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM72	MFA COMPLAINS RE SEARCH OF EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD, [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, the MFA summoned DCM Powers to raise several issues of concern. Director of Americas Al-Sanosi relayed concerns over a U.S. break-in of the Sudanese embassy in Baghdad, the status of Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo (covered septel),Special Envoy Natsios' meeting [...]	2007-01-17 16:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CVIS ABLD AMGT ASEC US SU
07KHARTOUM73	MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]	2007-01-17 16:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM749	SUDAN/UGANDA/CONGO: PLANS FOR LRA MOVEMENTS NOT [...] (C) Summary: Proposed corridors for the movement of the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to a single assembly point on the Sudan/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border have not yet been accepted by LRA leadership, according to sources in ongoing peace talks between the LRA a [...]	2007-05-13 12:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM753	DIALOGUE WITH SUDANESE [...] (C) On May 10, embassy officer met with Sayed El Khatib to discuss the work of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) and to review a matrix prepared by the Embassy on the status of CPA implementation two years into the interim period. El Khatib attends AEC plenary meetings as the NCP [...]	2007-05-14 06:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM80	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES DPA NON-SIGNATORIES: RETRANSMISSION [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-19 13:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM813	SPLM DARFUR CONFERENCE: ABDELWAHID AND FINANCES [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement continues to move towards a June 11 commencement of "consolidation talks" between Darfur rebels interested in participating in a rejuvenated political process. Limited financial resources and a lack of clarity on future funding streams i [...]	2007-05-24 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM814	SOUTHERN LEADERS WELCOME U.S. SUPPORT FOR DARFUR [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) has deployed teams to Darfur and Chad to try to gain support for a planned conference of Darfur rebel groups to be held somewhere in southern Sudan by mid-June. Senior SPLM officials welcomed a strong message of U.S. support for their initiati [...]	2007-05-24 12:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM817	DARFUR: EGYPT SEEKS STRATEGY FOR POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Meeting with Poloff on May 21, Egyptian DCM Osama Shaltout underscored his government's desire for a clear UN and AU strategy for advancing the political process in Darfur. Shaltout said he had reiterated the points reported in reftel with Khartoum-based representatives of UN Envoy Jan El [...]	2007-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU EG
07KHARTOUM839	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES [...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]	2007-05-29 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM849	DARFUR: STATUS OF THE SPLM INITIATIVE [...] (C) Recent meetings with First Vice President Salva Kiir, SPLM insider Luka Biong Deng, and SPLM Darfur Task Force members have underscored the SPLM's intention to bring DPA non-signatories to Southern Sudan to prepare them for negotiations with the Sudanese Government. Though the SPLM views [...]	2007-05-30 13:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER CD LY
07KHARTOUM855	COMMANDER OF JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS PROVIDES GRIM [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Sudan's Joint Integrated Units (JIU) provided a grim assessment of the JIUs, their progress toward forming the nucleus of a new national army under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the prospects for withdrawal of the Khartoum-based Sudan Armed Forces ( [...]	2007-05-31 09:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SU
07KHARTOUM857	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM STATE ANNOUNCES INTENT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Khartoum State has announced in the press that the street in front of the U.S. Embassy will be immediately reopened to vehicular traffic. The Embassy is currently seeking assurances from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the street will actually remain c [...]	2007-05-31 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM859	DARFUR DONORS CONCERNED ON HAAVISTO APPOINTMENT, [...] (C) Meeting on May 30, the core group of Western donors in Khartoum expressed reservations over the appointment of former EU Special Envoy for Sudan Pekka Haavisto as UN Envoy Jan Eliasson's new representative for the Darfur political process. While Haavisto's terms of reference had not yet b [...]	2007-05-31 16:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER CH
07KHARTOUM879	SPLM LEADERSHIP TO DEFINE TASKFORCE, SUPPORT [...] (C) Discussions continue within the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on the structure and focus of its role in the Darfur political process. Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun said that the party recognized that resolution of the [...]	2007-06-04 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM890	MINAWI ON JEM DYNAMICS, ARAB-GOVERNMENT CONFLICT [...] (C) Meeting with AID Mission Director and Poloff on June 3, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi discussed the shifting power dynamics within the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the increasing disaffection among Arab tribes toward the [...]	2007-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU CD
07KHARTOUM898	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: "DECLARATION ON ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: In one of the stranger twists of the protracted Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) peace process, the chief mediator has issued a detailed "declaration" of arrangements for the Ugandan rebel group to cross the Nile in southern Sudan and assemble at the Sudan/Congo border--despite the fa [...]	2007-06-07 11:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM91	DARFUR: ASSAULTS AGAINST HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Government of National Unity National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) officers arrested 20 staff members of the UN, non-governmental organizations (NGO),and African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) during a social event at the American Refugee Committee (ARC [...]	2007-01-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM912	ARAB POP STAR EVENT UNDERSCORES SUDANESE, ARAB [...] (U) Newly arrived CDA was invited at the last moment by the Libyan Ambassador to a late night concert/reception for Arab pop music stars who are performing in Sudan in solidarity with the suffering people of Darfur. The event included a concert by local Sudanese musicians (some from Darfur it [...]	2007-06-10 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM925	GOVERNOR OF KHARTOUM MAINTAINS THAT EMBASSY STREET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Fernandez met the Governor of Khartoum State, Dr. Abdulhalim al Mutaafi, to discuss the Governor's May 30 declaration that the street directly in front of the U.S. Embassy will be reopened to vehicular traffic. In the meeting, al Mutaafi dir [...]	2007-06-11 13:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SU
07KHARTOUM93	DARFUR: MINAWI DISCUSSES CHADIAN CONNECTION [...] (C) In a January 20 meeting with Poloff and a January 21 meeting with AF/SPG Deputy Director Jason Small, Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi described the Chadian connection to the Darfur crisis and to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA [...]	2007-01-22 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KHARTOUM931	CPA IMPLEMENTATION - ACCESS TO OIL CONTRACTS [...] (U) Summary: An attorney provided to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) through USG funding was granted permission by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minsitry of Energy and Mines (MEM) to review existing oil contracts (i.e. those that pre-date the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...]	2007-06-12 16:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM934	HYBRID FORCE AS SPUN INTERNALLY TO THE SUDANESE - [...] (U) On June 13, semi-official Khartoum daily "Akhbar al-Yawm" clarified the meaning of the Sudanese Government's acceptance of the AU/UN Hybrid Force to its pro-regime, Arabic speaking readership. It did so in a half-page "dialogue" in a question and answer format based on telephone conversat [...]	2007-06-13 11:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO KPAO OIIP SU AU
07KHARTOUM94	TIME TO TEST PRESIDENT BASHIR ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy in Sudan is blocked on three fronts. This message, the first in a three-part analysis, examines the worsened situation in Darfur and identifies a narrow window of opportunity to implement Plan A by re-activating the Darfur peace process and by pushing for UN peacekee [...]	2007-01-22 15:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM PREF SOCI US SU
07KHARTOUM943	SCENESETTER FOR AMB KHALILZAD VISIT TO SUDAN [...] (C) In keeping with the last twenty years of the bilateral relationship, the USG continues to use three instruments to implement our policy in Sudan: sanctions, humanitarian and development assistance, and diplomacy. An end to the crisis in Darfur is being pursued along two policy tracks--pea [...]	2007-06-14 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM948	FIRST SUDATEL, NOW SUDAN AIRWAYS - PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Sudanese State Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sudan Airways, Kamal Abdel Latif, announced that Sudan Airways will be privatized. The following day the government of Sudan (GoS) signed the deal with Aref Investment Group of [...]	2007-06-14 15:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KHARTOUM953	SPLM SUGGESTS DELAY IN CONFERENCE WITH DPA [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will most likely postpone the second and third phases of their conference in Southern Sudan because key leaders of the Darfur rebel movements have not agreed to attend. The first phase of the conference--focused on civil society groups, tradit [...]	2007-06-15 18:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM956	BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM957	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Meeting with the United Nations Security Council on June 17, Sudanese officials emphasized Sudan's commitment to the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006 and the conclusions reached in Addis Ababa on June 11-12 to permit a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM959	DARFUR: MUTRIFF REITERATES SUDAN'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Sudan reiterated its acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force during a June 18 briefing in Khartoum. Siddiq Mutriff, the Government's lead negotiator during the recent consultations in Addis Ababa, said that this acceptance included UN command and control, non-African personnel, and a full tr [...]	2007-06-18 15:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM962	"BROKEN PROMISES:" RESENTMENT GROWS WITHIN THE SLM [...] (C) Resentment toward the lack of financial and political support from the U.S. is growing within the ranks of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),a mid-ranking cadre in Khartoum told Poloff on June 17. Emphasizing that he was "speaking frankly among friends," the SLM member said that after [...]	2007-06-19 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM974	MINAWI WARNS OF NEW WAVE OF NRF ATTACKS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi warned Poloff on June 19 of a new infiltration of National Redemption Front (NRF) forces into South Darfur near Haskanita. UN reports of June 18 had indicated that a group of NRF fighters had m [...]	2007-06-20 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM978	(C) SAF WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE WILL BE MISSED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) will not complete the withdrawal of their troops from southern Sudan by the July 9 deadline mandated by the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Moreover, UNMIS recalculation of figures tied to earlier troop movements now places the total percentag [...]	2007-06-21 13:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM EIAD SU
07KHARTOUM98	DARFUR: UPDATE ON NYALA ASSAULT [...] (U) A January 22 press release from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and an UNMIS News Bulletin the same day attributed the January 20 physical assault on UN staff in Nyala to local police (reftel). According to the same statements, the raid on the compound of an international non- [...]	2007-01-23 13:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF PREL SOCI SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM983	KAJBAR VIDEO SYMBOLIZES SUFFERING OF DARFUR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, police killed four demonstrators protesting the construction of a dam near Kajbar (reftel) . Several days later, a ten minute video of the dead and wounded from Kajbar appeared on the Internet. On June 20, in the Sudanese independent daily "Al-Ayaam," Murtadi Al-Gh [...]	2007-06-21 14:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PAO SCUL KDEM PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM984	DENG ALOR SEES CHANGES IN NCP POSITIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with CDA Fernandez, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor characterized the National Congress Party (NCP) as split between those who acknowledged the "new reality" of Sudan--where the NCP could no longer make unilateral decisions and needed to engage in dialogue [...]	2007-06-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM99	(CORRECTED COPY MRN: KHARTOUM 00080): MINAWI [...] (C) Summary: In spite of his efforts to reserve government positions for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories as an incentive to support the agreement, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is frustrated with the Sudanese government' [...]	2007-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN
07KIGALI1000	RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...]	2007-11-01 12:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1020	RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING [...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]	2007-11-06 17:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1022	RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING [...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]	2007-11-06 17:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1024	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY CALLS ON NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador called on National Security Advisor Emmanuel Ndahiro on October 6 to discuss enhanced US engagement on addressing negative forces in eastern DRC and ending the stand-off with Nkunda. Ndahiro pledged Rwandan [...]	2007-11-07 13:39:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1026	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY MEETS FORMER FDLR [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor Timothy Shortley met with Major General Paul Rwarakabije November 7 to discuss the FDLR's current operations and its relations with the DRC government. Rwarakabije claimed the FDLR cooperated closely with the DRC government, received materiel assistence from it, a [...]	2007-11-08 05:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS RW
07KIGALI1033	UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]	2007-11-09 10:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040	UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]	2007-11-14 14:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1069	RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR [...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]	2007-11-19 11:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1075	RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]	2007-11-20 15:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1077	GOMA DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER: NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Embassy officers met November 10 in Kigali with Harald Hinkel, who works for the World Bank's Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) office in Goma. Hinkel, who had working in Goma since January 2005, spends his work weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( [...]	2007-11-21 11:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR PINS RW
07KIGALI1085	PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...]	2007-11-26 15:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS RW
07KIGALI1092	MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]	2007-11-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1104	RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 14:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI1120	DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]	2007-12-14 11:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI142	GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]	2007-02-12 16:11:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI146	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS LEAHY MESSAGE TO FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary. On 12 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to deliver demarche per reftel. This meeting was a follow up to a 2 Feb meeting with Minister of State for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali where Ambassador first formally informed MINAFET that the USG had derogatory [...]	2007-02-14 12:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ASEC SU RW
07KIGALI152	FDLR POLITICAL OPERATIVES IN RWANDA [...] (C) Summary. GOR sources confirm recent reports of activity in Rwanda by political operatives of the exiled Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). FDLR operatives have been arrested both inside the country, and at its borders. These incidents reflect episodic attempts by the [...]	2007-02-15 11:10:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI167	GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS [...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]	2007-02-21 06:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168	GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS [...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]	2007-02-21 06:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW

07KIGALI178	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]	2007-02-22 17:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW

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