• wikileaks ico  Home
  • privacy policy Privacy

Search   through 251'286 wikileaks cables

browse by topics
| advanced search
Select office:
Select classification:
Tags: ALL or ANY
B   R   O   W   S   E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY


By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
[close]

More on tag:
AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
[close]

More on tag:
AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
[close]

More on tag:
APER PERSONNEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
[close]

More on tag:
ASEC SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
[close]

More on tag:
BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
[close]

More on tag:
BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[close]

OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
[close]

More on tag:
CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
[close]

Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
[close]

More on tag:
CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
[close]

Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
[close]

More on tag:
CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
[close]

More on tag:
CVIS VISAS
[close]

Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
[close]

More on tag:
EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
[close]

More on tag:
ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
[close]

Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
[close]

More on tag:
EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
[close]

More on tag:
EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
[close]

More on tag:
EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
[close]

More on tag:
EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
[close]

More on tag:
ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
[close]

More on tag:
ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
[close]

More on tag:
EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

[close]

More on tag:
ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
[close]

More on tag:
ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
[close]

More on tag:
EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
[close]

Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
[close]

More on tag:
KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
[close]

Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
[close]

Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
[close]

More on tag:
KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCOM: Chief of Mission
[close]

Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCRM: Criminal Activity
[close]

Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
[close]

More on tag:
KDEM: Democratization
[close]

Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
[close]

Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
[close]

Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
[close]

More on tag:
KGHG: Global Climate Change
[close]

Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
[close]

More on tag:
KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
[close]

Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
[close]

More on tag:
KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
[close]

Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
[close]

More on tag:
KHLS: Homeland Security
[close]

Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

[close]

More on tag:
KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
[close]

Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KIRF: International Religious Freedom
[close]

Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
[close]

More on tag:
KISL: Islamic Issues
[close]

Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
[close]

More on tag:
KJUS: Administration of Justice
[close]

Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
[close]

Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
[close]

More on tag:
KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
[close]

Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
[close]

More on tag:
KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
[close]

Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
[close]

Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAO: Public Affairs Office
[close]

Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
[close]

More on tag:
KPIN: Political Internationals
[close]

Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
[close]

More on tag:
KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
[close]

Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KPWR: Power Support Program
[close]

Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
[close]

More on tag:
KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
[close]

Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

[close]

More on tag:
KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
[close]

Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
[close]

More on tag:
KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
[close]

More on tag:
KSUM: Summit Meetings
[close]

Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
[close]

Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
[close]

Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
[close]

Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
[close]

More on tag:
KUNR: UN Reform
[close]

Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
[close]

Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
[close]

More on tag:
KWMN: Women Issues
[close]

Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
[close]

More on tag:
MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
[close]

More on tag:
MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
[close]

More on tag:
MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
[close]

More on tag:
ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
[close]

More on tag:
OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
[close]

EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
[close]

More on tag:
OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
[close]

Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
[close]

More on tag:
OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
[close]

More on tag:
OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
[close]

More on tag:
OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
[close]

More on tag:
OTRA TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
[close]

More on tag:
OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
[close]

Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
[close]

More on tag:
PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
[close]

Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PINR INTELLIGENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
[close]

More on tag:
PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
PREF REFUGEES
[close]

Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
[close]

More on tag:
PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
[close]

More on tag:
PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
[close]

Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
[close]

More on tag:
SMIG MIGRATION
[close]

Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
[close]

More on tag:
SNAR NARCOTICS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
[close]

More on tag:
SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
[close]

More on tag:
TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
[close]

More on tag:
TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
[close]

More on tag:
TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
[close]
By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA


Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable


Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1'000 rows / 11'322 results
IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
06ABUJA3163INEC OFFICIAL CLAIMS IWU AND OBASANJO BEHIND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior official in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discussed the current confusion in voters registration and elections preparation with PolCouns. He suggested that a "Plan B" already presented to the President and to the INEC Chairman could salvage the [...]
2006-12-11 07:50:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3181ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT OBASANJO WILL
[...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]
2006-12-12 16:24:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3186CORRECTED COPY - ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]
2006-12-13 09:06:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3220NIGERIA, REPORTED PRESIDENTIAL ANGER AT U.S.
[...] (C) Attorney General Bayo Ojo told me December 9 that President Obasanjo is Qdeeply angryQ over what he sees as U.S. failure to resolve QsatisfactorilyQ U.S. legal processes against former chief of State Gen. Abubakar. Expatriate Nigerians, the Attorney General continued, have brought suit i [...]
2006-12-15 15:28:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA483CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN
[...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five countries in the world perceived to be more corrupt than Nigeria. In 2004, only two countries had been listed as more corrupt. As expected, the GON both claim [...]
2006-02-28 12:03:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI
06ABUJA874MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS
[...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...]
2006-04-20 17:02:00Embassy AbujaSECRETPTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS
06ADDISABABA1326ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES MILITARY OFFENSIVE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Two senior Ethiopian General officers told DATT May 9 and May 11 that Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have begun an offensive aimed at neutralizing Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in the Somali region. The Ministry of National Defense advised that Combined Joi [...]
2006-05-12 09:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS CASC PREL ET KN
06ADDISABABA1634ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...]
2006-06-15 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA1763ETHIOPIA: ANALYSIS OF OLF CONNECTIONS TO TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for intel analysis on the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Post has gathered information from local sources, including clandestine reports, to respond to the questions posed. The information collected suggests that the OLF has, and continues to, support [...]
2006-06-28 06:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ET ER
06ADDISABABA1904CORRECTED COPY - ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]
2006-07-12 14:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA2203SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...]
2006-08-14 11:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG
06ADDISABABA2572ETHIOPIA: GENERALS' DEFECTION MAY SIGNAL DEEPER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent defections of senior Oromo military officers have shaken the Ethiopian military establishment. Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) defected to Eritrea on Aug 8, taking as many as two hundred soldiers and lower level officers with [...]
2006-09-21 13:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC ET ER
06ADDISABABA2708ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS
[...] (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National [...]
2006-10-06 08:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ET ER
06ADDISABABA2793ETHIOPIA: ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES INITIATE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. AS OF MID-DAY ON 16 OCTOBER 2006, ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES HAD INITIATED BATTALION-SIZE MOVEMENT INTO THE UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY SECURITY ZONE (TSZ) IN THE VICINITY OF OM HAJER (BR 468 858); MALUBA (CNA),BARENTU (CS 583 570),KARAKASH (CS 633 656) AND SHAMBIKO (CS 745 515). NO E [...]
2006-10-16 15:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA3211ETHIOPIA GIRDS FOR HIGH-RISK IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: Indications suggest that Ethiopia is preparing to increase its military involvement in Somalia in the coming weeks. The GOE feels ever more compelled to intervene in southern Somalia to counter what it sees as the growing threat of an extremist Islamic regime in Mogadishu that [...]
2006-12-06 13:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV PINS ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3410CORRECTED COPY: SOMALIA: GOE PM MELES SAYS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Charge that the "Jihadist" leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) had fled Mogadishu as ENDF and TFG forces closed in on the Somali capital. ACTION REQUEST: Meles ask [...]
2006-12-28 14:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETMOPS ASEC PREL PGOV SO ET
06ADDISABABA3411SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...]
2006-12-28 14:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ
06ADDISABABA3413SOMALIA: PM MELES REPORTS ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi informed Charge in the evening of December 28 that Ethiopian troops had not entered Mogadishu, and that Ethiopia would wait until the following day to assess circumstances and decide whether to intervene in Somalia's capital. Meles [...]
2006-12-28 19:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER MOPS KISL ET SO
06AITTAIPEI1142TAIPEI PCC SAFETY AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY
[...] (C) Per REFTEL A, AIT would like see the issue of indoor air quality (IAQ) in Taipei's ABCD addressed. Taipei was due for a complete PCC renovation and shielded enclosure (ABCD) replacement in 2004. It needed it; Taiwan is a high-humidity environment and the Soundsoak wall panels date back to t [...]
2006-04-03 05:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETABLD AMED AMGT KSAF KRIM
06AITTAIPEI1787MTAG: CONTINUED MACHINE TOOL PROLIFERATION TO IRAN
[...] (S) AIT delivered reftel points/non-paper on indications on continued machine tool sales to Iran to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on May 17. 2. (S) BOFT agreed to investigate the information in the non-paper and to report back to AIT with i [...]
2006-05-25 05:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC
06AITTAIPEI2349MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 08:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW
06AITTAIPEI2800TAIWAN DPRK NON-PAPER: ADDRESSING U.S. CONCERNS
[...] (S) MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL LEO LEE (CHEN-JAN) CONVEYED A TAIWAN INTERAGENCY DECISION ON NORTH KOREA-RELATED PROLIFERATION ISSUES TO AIT ON AUGUST 15. LEE EXPLAINED THAT THE "NON-PAPER" (TEXT IN PARA 2) WAS DRAFTED IN RESPONSE TO AIT'S REPEATED URGING THAT TAIWAN RESTRICT [...]
2006-08-16 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPGOV PREL TW
06AITTAIPEI2924MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Action request paras 3 and 5. 2. (S) Summary: AIT seeks reactions to the ref A non-paper on Taiwan's plans to restrict trade with North Korea and Iran and to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) repeated, and now urgent, BOFT requests for technical assistance (ref B) in its export [...]
2006-08-24 02:32:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT KGIT
06AITTAIPEI4167(S) IRANIAN MACHINE TOOL PROCUREMENT IN TAIWAN -
[...] (S) Summary: On December 20, 2006, AIT/T delivered reftel points to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT). BOFT informed us that it has added 109 items to its sensitive commodities list and is working on a list of luxury goods that would be banned for export to North Korea. End summary. [...]
2006-12-21 06:48:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR
06AITTAIPEI685MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL READOUT FOR FEBRUARY
[...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),AIT delivered ref A demarche and received assurances that BOFT would investigate the cases mentioned. As requested in the demarche, BOFT also provided AIT with an accuracy report on the Manford Vertical Machining Cent [...]
2006-03-06 02:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETECCT PARM MTCRE IR TW
06AITTAIPEI781TAIWAN CONTINUES TO WORRY ABOUT CENTRAL AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Central America and are particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might consider switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing. MOFA hopes US influence i [...]
2006-03-10 02:02:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETCR NC PAN PANAM PGOV PREL TW XR
06AITTAIPEI855MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),and a March 10 meeting with Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),AIT delivered ref A demarche on the need for Taiwan to expeditiously implement its "gameplan" commitments on export/transit/transshipment licen [...]
2006-03-15 22:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW
06ALMATY1162KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND
[...] (S) In a March 30 meeting with FM Tokayev (other issues reported septel),Ambassador reiterated Ref A request for the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS to the U.S. for countermeasures testing. Tokayev, although apparently not briefed on the request in advance of the meeting, responded very [...]
2006-04-03 07:36:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MARR KZ
06ALMATY1376SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...]
2006-04-14 12:36:00US Office AlmatySECRETKZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1482KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: During his first meeting with Marat Tazhin in his new position of Secretary of the Security Council, the Ambassador reviewed bilateral security cooperation efforts. He noted that counterterrorism cooperation with the KNB appeared to be back on track, DOD and MOD were engaged in a [...]
2006-04-24 05:21:00US Office AlmatySECRETPREL MARR PTER KZ
06ALMATY1956KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16
[...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...]
2006-06-02 09:46:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2549KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...]
2006-07-13 15:21:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2871KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS
[...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...]
2006-08-09 11:28:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2872KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF
[...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...]
2006-08-10 00:49:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2889KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...]
2006-08-12 03:09:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY2905SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of accelerating U.S. Kazakhstan bilateral engagement. With its economic strength, vast energy resources, strong commitment to the fight against international terrorism, and capacity and demonstrated willingness to craft an independent foreign policy, K [...]
2006-08-15 07:11:00US Office AlmatySECRETPREL KZ
06ALMATY3080(S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS
[...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...]
2006-08-31 10:44:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY3086KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...]
2006-08-31 11:11:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY761KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...]
2006-02-25 10:05:00US Office AlmatySECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY895KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND
[...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...]
2006-03-09 07:07:00US Office AlmatySECRETPARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL
06AMMAN1116JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN
[...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...]
2006-02-15 14:06:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR KPKO HA JO
06AMMAN1261SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...]
2006-02-21 12:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR JO
06AMMAN1285MUQTADA AL-SADR VISITS JORDAN
[...] (U) Muqtada al-Sadr visited Jordan February 17-19 for meetings with the King and Prime Minister, and to visit shrines venerated by Shiites. According to press reports, the King told Sadr that Jordan was eager to protect Iraq's unity, and stressed the importance of the political process and of [...]
2006-02-21 16:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IZ JO
06AMMAN1364EAST BANKER VIEWS ON HAMAS
[...] (S) Summary: Three political thinkers from Jordan's East Bank establishment shared with us their views ) ranging from alarmist to confident ) on the "Hamas effect" and Jordan's internal politics. In a separate meeting, the chief of Jordan's security service expressed confidence that the GOJ [...]
2006-02-23 15:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN1511AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...]
2006-03-02 10:38:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO
06AMMAN1526AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF
[...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...]
2006-03-02 14:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY LE JO
06AMMAN1657SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...]
2006-03-07 05:29:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN2234SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...]
2006-03-28 12:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREF
06AMMAN2325CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...]
2006-03-30 17:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO
06AMMAN234SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]
2006-01-12 18:09:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN2741SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COCHRAN
[...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes your visit April 18-20. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. 2. (C) You are scheduled for an audience with Prince Faisal, who is serving as Rege [...]
2006-04-17 12:42:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP JO
06AMMAN2854SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN
[...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Jordanian government look forward to your visit April 30 to May 3. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. You are scheduled for an audience with King [...]
2006-04-24 06:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PARM MASS MARR JO
06AMMAN3180SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT
[...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN3507HAMAS CONSPIRACIES - MANY AREN'T BUYING IT
[...] (C) Summary: Many Jordanians are unconvinced by the GOJ's public charges that Hamas cached weapons and sent terrorists to Jordan with the goal of targeting the GOJ. Local media, however, which initially expressed some skepticism toward the GOJ's version, is now largely backing the government [...]
2006-05-18 08:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN4124SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID
[...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]
2006-06-08 09:19:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06AMMAN5324JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court is responsible for handling all terrorism, state security, and drug-related cases. These trials are conducted in a mixed military and civilian court with hearings open to the public. The court has an increasing workload, with most of the growth [...]
2006-07-16 07:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN568A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH
[...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...]
2006-01-25 07:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO
06AMMAN6542LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE
[...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...]
2006-08-27 13:39:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS
06AMMAN6783DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...]
2006-09-04 05:22:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN6933SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH
[...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...]
2006-09-07 14:53:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL UN IS LE IZ JO
06AMMAN7924DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...]
2006-10-17 14:44:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO
06AMMAN8269PROSECUTOR DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST ADNAN ABU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor for Jordan's State Security Court announced November 5 that he had determined there were no grounds to take action on a complaint that several private citizens had lodged against Palestinian-Jordanian elder statesman and author Adnan Abu Odeh. End summary. [...]
2006-11-05 15:14:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PINR KPAL KDEM JO
06AMMAN8529U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS
[...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...]
2006-11-21 10:03:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR MASS JO
06AMMAN8549U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS
[...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...]
2006-11-22 09:07:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL MARR MASS JO
06AMMAN863SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]
2006-02-06 15:23:00Embassy AmmanSECRETJO MARR PREL
06ANKARA1043TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST
[...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...]
2006-03-02 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETNATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU
06ANKARA1152EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED
[...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...]
2006-03-08 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK
06ANKARA1651A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN
[...] (C) A/S Daniel Fried, accompanied by Special Negotiator Steven Mann and EUR/NCE Director Elizabeth Rood, discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian genocide resolution, Cyprus, Iran and the Balkans with MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu on March 16. Fried said [...]
2006-03-28 13:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL AM AJ GG IR KPAL IS CY TU
06ANKARA1657CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...]
2006-03-29 06:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA1748TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO
[...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...]
2006-04-03 06:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU CH
06ANKARA1821TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...]
2006-04-06 04:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA1877DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY ON
[...] (S) MFA Caucasus Director General Resit Uman briefed DAS Bryza April 4 on Turkey-Georgia relations, focusing on President Sezer's March visit to Tbilisi (ref a). He said Georgian MFA officials had told the Turks Georgia would prefer a "5 plus 2" formula in order to internationalize negotiatio [...]
2006-04-07 10:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL GG AR TU
06ANKARA2054TURKEY: BASE REALIGNMENT - ROUND 40 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: TGS indicated that Turkey would likely respond positively to a US notification to close the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal in accordance with provisions of the bilateral Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) which assume the Terminal will be turned over to Turkey. TGS also s [...]
2006-04-14 12:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR TU
06ANKARA2153TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT PKK'S SMUGGLING ARMS FROM IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (S) Summary: MFA requests the USG investigate the loss of 617 handguns that were intended for Iraqi government use and that ended up in criminals' hands in Turkey. Two people have been killed with these weapons, including the Italian priest [...]
2006-04-19 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU
06ANKARA2199SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (S) Thank you for coming to Turkey. The Mission and I look forward to seeing you here. Your visit can help us achieve three things. -- First, we need to restore lost confidence --on both sides -- about intent and capacity for genuine collaboration. Announcing the start of a strategic dialo [...]
2006-04-21 09:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV TU VISIT
06ANKARA2333GOI PROTESTS PRESENCE OF TURKISH TROOPS IN
[...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) The Government of Iraq has requested the removal of the 1500 Turkish troops who have long been stationed in northern Iraq to monitor the PKK, according to the Turkish MFA. We understand from Embassy Baghdad that this request may not have been fully coordinated within the Iraq [...]
2006-04-28 04:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMOPS PREL TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2410TURKEY/ARMENIA: YEREVAN'S RESPONSE TO JOINT
[...] (S) On April 28 the MFA provided us, in confidence, a copy of Yerevan's response to Turkey's March 10 non-paper seeking to bridge the gap between Turkey's April 2005 proposal for the establishment of a Joint Historical Commission and Armenia's counter-proposal of an Intergovernmental Commissio [...]
2006-05-02 14:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PHUM AR TU
06ANKARA2417INTENSIFYING COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM AGAINST PKK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We should move now to extend the effort to disrupt criminal networks in Europe that support PKK terrorist activity beyond France and Germany to other European countries that host significant PKK support networks. Belgium is a prime candidate. The recent arrest in Switzerlan [...]
2006-05-02 14:18:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER EFIN KTFN BE TU
06ANKARA2446TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS, ARMENIAN
[...] (S) The Foreign Ministry continues to analyze the Armenian response to Turkey's March 10 proposal on joint commissions. We are encouraging a positive Turkish response and early re-engagement with Yerevan. The MFA is also considering how to respond to the Canadian Prime Minister's statement on [...]
2006-05-03 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PHUM AM CA FR TU
06ANKARA2452PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES
[...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...]
2006-05-04 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER TU UK NO
06ANKARA2539DEEPENING ANTI-PKK COOPERATION WITH GERMANY
[...] (S) Summary: Following the productive launch of discussions with German authorities on combating illegal PKK support activities in Germany, we may wish to consider bringing Turkish services directly into the conversation with German counterparts in the trilateral exercise foreseen by ref A. [...]
2006-05-09 08:48:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU GE
06ANKARA2614SECOND ACTION REQUEST--TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT ARMS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (S) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven reminded us May 3 that he had requested information from us April 18 (see reftel) on 617 firearms that the Turkish authorities have recovered that apparen [...]
2006-05-10 13:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER TU IZ
06ANKARA2789TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL TALKS MAY 15 WITH LARIJANI
[...] (S) MFA Spokesman Namik Tan told the Ambassador May 15 that FM Gul took a long phone call from Larijani late that day to review and discuss further the state of play on Iranian nuclear issues. According to Tan, Gul was again insistent that Iran has a credibility problem and must compromise. [...]
2006-05-16 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNUC PREL PARM UN IR TU
06ANKARA3203SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...]
2006-06-02 08:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU
06ANKARA331SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-30 13:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA3619PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...]
2006-06-20 04:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA3775PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...]
2006-06-27 14:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC PTER MOPS PKK
06ANKARA3838ROMANIAN ARMS FOR IRAQ: INFORMATION ON TURKISH
[...] (C) Post researched all three companies listed ref a which may be involved as intermediaries in shipping weapons from Romania to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF): --Martel Electronics and Representations, Ltd.: This company was apparently the shipper of weapons to Iraq earlier this year. The [...]
2006-07-03 08:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC IZ TU RO TC
06ANKARA386AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH THE TURKISH GENERAL STAFF: IRAQ, PKK, IRAN AND DEFENSE PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Summary: During separate meetings with Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner, and Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit January 26 and 27, the Ambassador asserted that Turkey should do nothing to disrupt the fragile situat [...]
2006-02-01 12:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PTER MASS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA4405TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]
2006-08-01 14:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA4407TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...]
2006-08-01 14:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU
06ANKARA443TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS TO IRAN;
[...] (s) Ambassador was convoked February 3 by FM U/S Tuygan to be briefed on a call FM Gul made to Iranian FM Mottaki the day before to urge Iran to turn away from confrontation with the IAEA. Reading from the foreign ministry,s memcon, Tuygan said that Gul: -- Referred to earlier conversations [...]
2006-02-03 12:52:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MNUC KPAL IR IS TU
06ANKARA4450PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...]
2006-08-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU GM FR UK
06ANKARA4451TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...]
2006-08-02 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4489TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-05 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR
06ANKARA4608TURKS CLAIM PKK FRONT OFFICES REMAIN OPEN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed for MFA Deputy U/S Akgunay on August 9 the US-proposed way forward on the PKK trilateral process and our understanding of the actions taken by the GOI/KRG -- including the closure of some PKK front [...]
2006-08-10 12:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
06ANKARA4704TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-11 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4706TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-11 15:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4710TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...]
2006-08-12 08:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4753TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...]
2006-08-15 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU SY LE
06ANKARA4994TURKEY ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES;
[...] (U) An action request is contained in para 6. 2. (C) EXBS advisor discussed ref a points on nuclear fuel supply assurances with President Okay Cakiroglu of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) on August 25. Cakiroglu accepted the paper and points, assuring us that his agency would [...]
2006-08-29 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETENRG KNNP PARM TRGY TU
06ANKARA5212COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER?
[...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...]
2006-09-11 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PREL TU IR
06ANKARA5251TURKEY - ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Turkey as requested in ref a. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish Government contacts have little information about support for the Iraqi insurgency coming from Turkey. [...]
2006-09-12 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKTFN PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA5399PKK IN EUROPE: LEGATT DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROPEAN
[...] (S) Summary: Following up on the DCM's recent meeting with French, German and UK counterparts (ref A),LEGATT discussed PKK issues with law enforcement counterparts at these Embassies to increase collaboration on PKK issues. Separately, the Turkish National Police (TNP) called two meetings of [...]
2006-09-18 05:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA551MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...]
2006-02-08 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY
06ANKARA581UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR
[...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...]
2006-02-09 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR
06ANKARA6191SHIELD S22-06: TURKISH PROCUREMENT OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC TU IR
06ANKARA6230TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING
[...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...]
2006-11-01 15:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA6372IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...]
2006-11-08 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA
06ANKARA6392PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT:
[...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU
06ANKARA647SCENESETTER FOR THE FEB 15- 17 VISIT OF AMB
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Ankara provides a welcome opportunity to accomplish two things in our Iran diplomacy: brief the Turks on what we know about Iran's nuclear weapons development efforts and consult with them on the way forward. Turkey is at best a reluctant supporter of the internatio [...]
2006-02-14 06:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETAORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6519TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...]
2006-11-28 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL IR TU KNNP MNUC
06ANKARA6546TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA
[...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...]
2006-11-30 16:28:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6563TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...]
2006-12-01 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU
06ANKARA6565TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]
2006-12-04 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6574TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...]
2006-12-04 16:40:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL IR IZ LE SY TU
06ANKARA6674FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON
[...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...]
2006-12-16 08:32:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL EUN TU
06ANKARA6729GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]
2006-12-22 12:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA721TURKEY/IRAQ: IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS SEEK
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol informed DCM February 14 that Iraqi PM Jafari has been invited to Ankara and is expected to come after formation of the new government. At the same time, Moqtada al-Sadr and the [...]
2006-02-16 10:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER PREF ETRD IZ IR TU
06ANKARA722HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA
[...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]
2006-02-16 10:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER XF TU
06ANKARA972BRIEFING TURKEY ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte led a three member team to brief and consult with the Turkish government February 15-17 on the Iranian nuclear program and related diplomacy. MFA, Turkish General Staff and Turkish Intelligence officials were clearly already convinced of Iran's inten [...]
2006-02-28 10:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PARM PREL TU IR
06ASHGABAT1245(S) ASHGABAT DELIVERS FLIGHT BY NORTH KOREAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 12:58:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETIR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1260DPRK DID NOT REQUEST LANDING/OVERFLIGHT FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 13:32:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETIR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT1313DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006
[...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...]
2006-12-27 14:26:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT228SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER FROM
[...] (C) Turkmenistan is a hydrocarbon rich, strategically located dictatorship ruled by "President for Life" Saparmurat Niyazov. The South and Central Asia Bureau has inherited the eighth worst dictator in the world, according to "Parade" magazine; the third most corrupt country in the world, ac [...]
2006-02-23 12:49:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT828FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV SAYS TURKMENISTAN HAS
[...] (S) Charge delivered ref A appreciation to Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on August 3. Meredov took meticulous notes and said he would convey text verbatim to President Niyazov. Meredov added that "for your information only," the Government of Turkmenistan had denied overfligh [...]
2006-08-03 11:53:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETIR KN PARM PGOV PREL TX
06ASMARA1066ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA SKIRMISH AS THE RUMOR MILL
[...] (S) Reports of two separate attacks by Eritrean Defense Forces(EDF) on Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) (Reftel A and B) in the region of the central sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) and the rumors and rumblings in Asmara of an impending war, have increased the level of inte [...]
2006-12-22 08:43:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV KPKO MARR PINR UNSC ER
06ASMARA885ONE KILLED AS ERITREAN INTRUDERS ATTACK UNMEE
[...] (C) On October 21 between 20:00 and 21:00, an UNMEE Jordanian soldier shot and killed an Eritrean intruder in the Giega UNMEE camp near Barentu in UN West Sector. The Eritrean, accompanied by two others who managed to escape during the melee, illegally entered the camp by cutting through the [...]
2006-10-25 16:53:00Embassy AsmaraSECRETPGOV KPKO UNSC PINR ER
06ASTANA795KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...]
2006-12-08 01:44:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASTANA924KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...]
2006-12-26 01:37:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASUNCION1020PARAGUAY REJECTS IMMUNITIES FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Ruben Ramirez confirmed October 2 press reports that Paraguay had decided to reject A&T status for U.S. participants in military exercises proposed for 2007. He told the Ambassador that the decision had been made on the basis of legal and political considerations. The Ambass [...]
2006-10-05 21:07:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL MASS KICCPUR PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA
06ASUNCION1077PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...]
2006-10-26 14:03:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE
06ASUNCION1089PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG UNIT SUCCESS NO ACCIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) has taken serious steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs by disrupting important cocaine and marijuana trafficking networks in close cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. The arrests of important d [...]
2006-10-30 18:43:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA
06ASUNCION1208PARAGUAY: 12 CONVICTED FOR CECILIA CUBAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Twelve of the 15 individuals charged with the 2004-5 kidnapping and murdering Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were convicted November 28. Their sentences,released December 1, range from between 10 and 35 years. Several of the defendants have ties to the le [...]
2006-12-04 21:13:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KCRM PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION182PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ARRESTS
[...] SUMMARY: (S//NF) Police officials transferred the six members of the leftist Patria Libre Party, who were arrested on February 5 in connection to the recent seizure of a truck containing weapons and explosives, to Emboscada High Security Prison. Separately, they discovered letters declaring t [...]
2006-02-17 15:53:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION210PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN CONCEPCION
[...] (U) Summary: Patria Libre Party (PPL) militants blamed for the February 6 murder of a policeman in the Department of Concepcion (ref A) reportedly siphoned off funds transferred from bank accounts in Europe to legitimate campesino organizations. Brazilian authorities provided Paraguayan autho [...]
2006-02-27 11:09:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER PINR PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM
06ASUNCION325PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SHOPPING FOR
[...] (C) On 3/21, Spanish DCM Marta de Blas Mayordomo told PolOff and Colombian PolCouns Raul Sanchez that a lawyer representing the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL),whose military wing has ties to the FARC and was responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a for [...]
2006-03-22 21:59:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PTER PINR PA CO VZ SP
06ASUNCION392PARAGUAY: HATTEM BARAKAT SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, a Paraguayan court sentenced Hattem Barakat to six years in prison on charges of aggravated production and use of documents containing false information. Barakat is the brother of Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was convicted in 2003 of tax evasion and is currently s [...]
2006-04-12 18:08:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPTER KCRM PINR PREL PGOV PA
06ASUNCION503PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR
[...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...]
2006-05-12 14:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU
06ASUNCION590PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK
[...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...]
2006-06-07 17:07:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION757PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN
[...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...]
2006-07-24 18:40:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR
06ATHENS1057GREECE SUPPORTS INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-19 14:11:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR GR WMD
06ATHENS1806GREECE TO SUPPORT DELAY ON QATAR'S UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (S) In the absence from Athens of Foreign Minister Bakoyannis (her son is being married this weekend),Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA Secretary General Harlambos Rocanas at OOB Athens time July 13. Rocanas grasped the significance of the resolution and the necessity of the broadest [...]
2006-07-13 08:27:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL KWBG GR UNSC IS KPAL
06ATHENS1908GREECE AGREES UNSC ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas agreed with CDA on July 21 that all UNSC statements on Lebanon/Israel should have the broadest possible consensus. In that spirit, he read to us Greece's draft statement, which he intended to pass shortly to the Greek delegation in NY. Roc [...]
2006-07-21 13:06:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL UNSC IS LE GR
06ATHENS3232MOD'S MEIMARAKIS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the importance of his position, Greek Minister of Defense Vangelis Meimarakis remains largely an unknown quantity for the international community. Greeks, however, nearly universally regard him as a fish out of water. A New Democracy party politician and electoral strate [...]
2006-12-21 09:25:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS GR
06BAGHDAD101DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...]
2006-01-11 15:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1010ABDUCTION AND DEATH: ONE STORY TO ADD TO THE REST
[...] (S) In a March 22 conversation, Baghdad resident Mo'ayyad Al-Hamdani told PolOff that three of his brothers-in-law visiting from Diyala were stopped at a Sadr-City Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) checkpoint March 15, and were found in the morgue 4 days later (March 19). Al-Hamdani, who is also a news edi [...]
2006-03-27 12:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1012 CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: DIRTY TRICKS,
[...] (S) Summary. The number one candidate in Muthanna province for the National Peace List (#635, Laith Kubba's party),Talib Aziz al-Hamdani, acknowledged that his party made strategic mistakes, and that they got fewer than 5,000 votes nationwide, but said that they were also the victim of a c [...]
2006-03-27 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM
06BAGHDAD1023PM JAFARI SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 26 BAGHDAD
[...] (S) Prime Minister Jafari on March 27 evening told the Ambassador that the conflicting information circulating about the March 26 raid on a compound in Baghdad's Ur district was hurting Iraqi public confidence in Coalition Forces. Jafari said there was not a "crisis of confidence" yet, but t [...]
2006-03-28 17:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1024TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL
[...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...]
2006-03-29 10:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD1055FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]
2006-04-01 14:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1056IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...]
2006-04-01 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD106IRAQ'S ENERGY TIGHTROPE: ANOTHER PERFECT STORM AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Electricity has been in chronically short supply for months, and developments of recent weeks have exacerbated even the normally tight situation. Interdictions, low efficiencies caused by unscheduled maintenance, and use of inappropriate fuels have been the usual culprits behind [...]
2006-01-12 10:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1141MCNS MEETS TO APPROVE MILITIA ACTION PLAN
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On April 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) to discuss further the "Prime Minister's Plan to Manage the Issue of Armed Groups in Baghdad" that was approved initially on March 26 (reftel B [...]
2006-04-06 14:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1169MCNS DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BURATHA MOSQUE AND
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari the evening of April 8 to discuss the previous day's suicide bombing attack on the Buratha mosque and the overall security situation in Baghdad. [...]
2006-04-10 09:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1196MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...]
2006-04-13 02:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1247MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...]
2006-04-17 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1351BAGHDAD GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT PROVINCIAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Baghdad provincial governor Hussein Mohammed Al-Tahan indicated in an April 19 meeting with Baghdad PRT staff that Baghdad's security forces are not ready to take full responsibility for Baghdad's provincial security without significant Coalition support. Al-Tahan expressed doubt [...]
2006-04-25 15:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1422MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...]
2006-04-30 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1438AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...]
2006-05-01 17:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ
06BAGHDAD1492BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA
[...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...]
2006-05-05 19:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1552SHAHRISTANI: PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING
[...] (S) Summary: Dr. Husayn Shahristani, under consideration by some in the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) to become Oil Minister, shared his ideas for the oil sector with EmbOffs on May 1. Key themes included the needs to attract foreign investment, combat oil smuggling/corruption and increase tr [...]
2006-05-10 03:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEPET ENRG KCOR PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1655IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END
[...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...]
2006-05-18 15:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1683IRAQI VILLAGERS AND SECURITY FORCES FOIL JAYSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Diyala cable. A May 11 raid by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) elements on a Sunni village east of Khan Bani Sa'd was foiled by the response of villagers and the coordinated response of local Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units. Twenty-eight detained members of the g [...]
2006-05-22 08:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1754SENIOR KURDISH AIDE: IRAN WANTS A DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (S) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and close confidant Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff on May 23 that all of Iran's activities in Iraq and the broader Middle East were just aimed at jumpstarting bilateral relations with the U.S. He urged Washington to engage Tehran as a means of h [...]
2006-05-25 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1766AUSTRALIAN CONCERNS ABOUT MNF-I DETENTION OF
[...] (SBU) On May 24, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown and Australian Consul Alan Elliot met with Pol- MilCouns and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO) to express Canberra's concern about the detention of Australian national Bradley John Thompson by US military forces [...]
2006-05-27 10:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1792FM AGREES TO SEND LETTERS TO UNSC AND TROOP
[...] (S) Political Counselor delivered ref A points to Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari on May 28 and asked that the Iraqi Government prepare a letter from the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister to the UNSC asking for the continuation of MNF-I presence in Iraq. FM Zebari said that the last time su [...]
2006-05-29 11:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL UNSC IZ
06BAGHDAD1843ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR REPORTS SISTANI SUPPORTIVE
[...] (C) Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani told Poloff that his May 31 visit to Najaf was successful. During the one day trip, Lamani met separately with Ayatollah Sistani, Fadilah Party Spiritual Leader Muhammad al-Yaqubi, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. Lamani [...]
2006-06-01 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1844MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...]
2006-06-01 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1845PM HEADING TO BASRAH TO ADDRESS SECURITY,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki will focus on security during his May 31 trip to Basrah. Maliki said he will announce his nominees for Minister of Defense and Interior at the next session of parliament (either June 1 or June 4. The leading candidate for MOI now appears to be Farouq Al-Araj [...]
2006-06-01 09:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1869PM HOPES TO COMPLETE SELECTION OF SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting with Ambassador, PM Maliki repeated his intent to complete selection soon of Ministers of Defense and Interior. MinDef will be either Abdel Qader al-Mufraji (if Kurds can be brought on board) or Nabil Khalil Saeed. MinInt candidates are Tawfiq Yasseri or Farouk [...]
2006-06-03 16:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD1920MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...]
2006-06-07 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1973MCNS APPROVES SECURITY MEASURES, DISCUSSES UNSCR
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) agreed to implement the Baghdad Security Plan beginning June 13 and to follow up with a series of speeches and press events by senior GOI officials and others in [...]
2006-06-11 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1983SESSIONS 24-32: SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE WITNESS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: From May 15-31, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) heard testimony from defense witnesses for the eight defendants in the Ad-Dujayl trial. Amid concerns over testimony given by four defense witnesses, a hearing was held to assess perjury charges. The perjured witnesses revealed that [...]
2006-06-12 11:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD202AMB AND TALABANI DISCUSS IRAN, DE-BA,ATHIFICATION,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. would never relent on the war against terror, refuting SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's public statements accusing the USG of encouraging terrorism with its Sunni Arab outreach program. Ambassador [...]
2006-01-24 17:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD2041REQUEST: FULL RELEASE U.S. ORIGIN EQUIPMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The Core Country Team for Security Matters requests the full release of the AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System and AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System to the Government of Iraq. These systems are currently deployed on [...]
2006-06-16 12:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD2059XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY
[...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]
2006-06-18 12:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2065MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO
[...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...]
2006-06-19 09:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2080PM DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, SITE 4,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador and GEN Casey discussed the Baghdad security plan; the Site 4 investigation; Basrah; military operations in Ramadi; security transition; the Arab League Boycott; and an upcoming detainee release. END SUMMARY. -------- [...]
2006-06-19 14:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2114MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]
2006-06-21 02:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2116WHERE WE STAND ON CRUDE EXPORTS, ELECTRICITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's hours of power increased in June to an average of 8-9 hours per day, up from 4-5 a month ago. Improvements are attributable to more focused security and the return to service of several power plants that had been down for maintenance or other reasons. Crude exports are [...]
2006-06-21 06:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU SY IZ
06BAGHDAD2135MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]
2006-06-22 02:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2165PRESIDENT TALABANI: UPBEAT ON RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani hosted the Ambassador for lunch June 23 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani said that the Prime Minister's reconciliation proposal would go forward to the Council of Representatives. Barham expressed deep concern over as-yet unchallenged infiltrati [...]
2006-06-24 09:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD217POSSIBLE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006 at about 1411 hours local time, a possible surface-to-air missile (SAM) was fired at a Coalition aircraft eight miles southwest of Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Countermeasures were deployed and a possible detonation 100 meters from the aircraft was re [...]
2006-01-26 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2237DEATH OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DEFENSE ATTORNEY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On the morning of June 21, multiple assailants entered the home of Khamees Al-Obeidi -- one of two principal Iraqi defense attorneys in the Ad-Dujayl trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants. The assailants removed Khamees from his home, transported him to the Jamilah neighb [...]
2006-06-27 02:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2281PM MALIKI UPBEAT ON REACTION TO RECONCILIATION PLAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki said that he is optimistic about his upcoming trip to the Gulf and pleased with Ambassador's readout of his own consultations in Jeddah, in which Ambassador reported that the Saudis are ready to help Maliki with reconciliation and the In [...]
2006-06-29 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2323DPM SHAWAYS DISCUSSES SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Ambassador, former Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) parliamentarian Rowsch Shaways discussed suggestions for the rules, administration, and structure of the National Policy Council (NPC). Shaways proposed a two-level stru [...]
2006-07-03 12:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2354AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, SERVICES, AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on June 29, the Ambassador raised points on security and economic issues, ranging from a military operation in Fallujah to the draft investment law. The Ambassador also discussed the Kurds, and he indicated to Maliki th [...]
2006-07-05 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2401PRIME MINISTER MALIKI PLEASED WITH VISITS TO SAUDI
[...] (S) During a July 8 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki told the Charge that he had been extremely well-received in his stops in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait and that overall he was very pleased with the results of these visits. He said that Kuwait had promised to establish relations at the amba [...]
2006-07-09 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL IZ KU AE SA
06BAGHDAD2444RESPONSE TO GOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOSTAGE
[...] (S) Per reftel, the Mission will work closely with the GOR and GOI to coordinate efforts to recover the Russian Embassy staff members' remains and assist in apprehending those responsible for their murders. 2. (S) At this time, the location of any remains is unknown. Post recognizes the imp [...]
2006-07-10 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PINS PGOV RS IZ
06BAGHDAD2464MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...]
2006-07-12 14:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2581TALABANI: IRANIAN UPDATE AND SEEKING POLITICAL
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, just back from consultations in Washington, met President Talabani July 17. Talabani briefed the Ambassador on the latest Iraqi discussions with the Iranians, and they discussed ways to leverage concerns about Iran into greater support for Iraq from Sunni neighbo [...]
2006-07-19 09:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2587MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...]
2006-07-19 16:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2591IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]
2006-07-20 02:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2622POST SUPPORT FOR IRAQI PURCHASE OF ISR AIRCRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-22 10:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2628KURDS WANT TO RESOLVE THE PKK PROBLEM
[...] (S) Summary: Talabani understands the seriousness of situation with Turkey. He and Barzani are in agreement on steps show Iraqi-Kurdish bona fides. In addition to steps aimed at stopping PKK attacks on Turkish targets, he believes that progress toward a comprehensive solution could be achiev [...]
2006-07-22 19:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2629SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO
[...] (S) Introduction and Summary: Two months into his tenure as Iraq's first permanent Prime Minister since liberation, Nuri Kamel Maliki has staked his reputation and political future on improving the security situation, providing basic services, and rebuilding the Iraqi economy. Although he fac [...]
2006-07-22 19:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2646HUNGER STRIKE BY AD-DUJAYL DEFENDANTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2006, Saddam Hussein began a hunger strike in response to the June 21, 2006 murder of one his defense attorneys. He also ordered Taha Yaseen Ramadan, Barzan al-Tikriti, and Awad al-Bandar (three co-defendants in the continuing Ad-Dujayl trial) to participate in this hun [...]
2006-07-24 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM
06BAGHDAD2655IRAQIS AND KURDS INITIATE ACTION AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) Summary: Chief of Staff (COS) Karadaghi told Poloff on July 23 that President Talabani was following up on his pledges to curb PKK activity in Iraq. The day after Talabani issued the order to shut down PKK offices in Baghdad, the COS was checking with the MOI on the status of that request. [...]
2006-07-24 17:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2677IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...]
2006-07-26 19:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2692GOI OPEN TO MAKHMOUR TRIPARTITE
[...] (S) Per Department's instructions (ref A),on July 27, Acting PolCouns and RefCoord called on the Minister of Displacement and Migration (MODM) and the MFA Undersecretary - Multilateral Affairs to engage them on moving forward on resolving Makhmour through the GOT-GOI-UNHCR tripartite agreemen [...]
2006-07-28 12:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREF PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2768IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME MOVEMENT ON RESOLVING PKK ISSUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on July 30 and 31, President Talabani and Foreign Minister Zebari assured Charge d'Affaires that the Iraqi Government (GOI) remained committed to resolving the PKK issue and resuming the trilateral meetings. Talabani reported that the GOI had taken steps to cl [...]
2006-08-02 11:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2844TALABANI DISCUSSES PKK, BAGHDAD SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on August 6, President Talabani and the Ambassador focused on the PKK and improving Baghdad security. The Ambassador stressed the importance of not allowing the PKK to put the Kurds, achievements in Iraq at risk. Talabani assured the Ambassador that he, Kurdistan Re [...]
2006-08-07 17:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD2907PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]
2006-08-12 09:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2908IRAQI MOD - QUELLING VIOLENCE TOP PRIORITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At an August 7 working lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and Minister of Defense Abdul Qader al-Mufraji discussed the current security situation, relations with the Ministry of Interior (MOI),MOD reforms and future plans, the regional environment, and ideas for reforming MOI. Al-Mufraj [...]
2006-08-12 10:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2927AMBASSADOR,S AUGUST 6 AND 7 MEETINGS WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on both August 6 and 7 with Prime Minister Maliki to review plans for the second phase of the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki -- focused on national reconciliation -- hoped that residents forced out by sectarian intimidation would return on [...]
2006-08-12 12:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2928AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on August 11 with Prime Minister Maliki to review the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki gave his consent to a revised plan for a more flexible checkpoint system and appeared markedly more forward leaning on operational security cooperation th [...]
2006-08-12 12:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2932MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...]
2006-08-13 13:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3014SEVENTH IMAM PILGRIMAGE: IRAQI MOI AND MOD PREPARE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In order to avoid a repletion of last years tragedy when nearly one thousand pilgrims were killed at the Seventh Imam pilgrimage, both the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) have conducted extensive operational planning to ensure order and prevent a repeat [...]
2006-08-19 14:19:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3025MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...]
2006-08-20 11:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3051KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS PESHMERGA, PKK WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a series of brief asides at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Erbil on August 16, the Ambassador discussed plans to integrate the KDP and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga forces into a single, unified structure and the conti [...]
2006-08-22 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3053AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR,
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]
2006-08-22 11:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3057IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...]
2006-08-22 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3058LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ
[...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...]
2006-08-23 10:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3121BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN MOVES TOWARD NORMALCY IN
[...] (C) Leaders in Baghdad District Advisory Councils (DAC) continue to praise the improved security situation resulting from the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives in focus areas throughout the city (reftels). To encourage further normalcy of the city's neighborhoods, Coalition Forces (CF) [...]
2006-08-27 09:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3157MCNS AUGUST 21
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...]
2006-08-28 17:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETGPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3205MCNS - AUGUST 27
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3273MCNS -- SEPTEMBER 3: BSP UPDATE AND MOSQUE POLICY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Prime Minister's absence, National Security Advisor Rubaie chaired the September 3 Ministerial Committee on National Security -- despite the fact that both Deputy PMs (Barham Salih and Salam al-Zubai) were in attendance. General Casey argued that the Baghdad Security Plan [...]
2006-09-05 15:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3345SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BAATH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Salah ad Din Province Vice Governor Abdullah H. M. Ejbarah claims the Baath Party is planning to hold a national convention in Salah ad Din province before the end of the year to begin the party's reintegration into Iraq's political process. The party will expel Saddam to demons [...]
2006-09-09 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3346MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM;
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...]
2006-09-09 13:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3358NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS
[...] (C) Unending fuel shortages in Ninewa are the preoccupation of all/all PRT interlocutors, second only to ongoing violence in Mosul. These shortages are the single most critical issue impeding improved security and economic rehabilitation throughout Ninewa. They restrict mobility of Iraqi s [...]
2006-09-10 07:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD338ALLAWI SAYS IRAN STRONGER IN IRAQ THAN U.S.
[...] (S) At a February 1 dinner with the Ambassador, Dr. Ayad Allawi said that there is "unchecked Iranian involvement in Iraq." Allawi specifically cited the new constitution's provisions on federalism and decentralization as well as Iranian institution-building within the Iraqi Security Forces ( [...]
2006-02-06 10:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPNAT PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD3456MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY
[...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]
2006-09-14 19:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD352DE-BAATHIFICATION AND THE IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 4, 2006, Ambassador and Regime Crimes Liaison Kevin Dooley met with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi to discuss how the January 18, 2006 order of the High National Commission of De-Ba'athification (HNCD) - which declared Judge Sa'eed Mousa Alhamash as subject [...]
2006-02-06 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3539NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20
[...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...]
2006-09-21 13:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3724PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...]
2006-10-07 15:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3738LEAHY IN IRAQ
[...] (U) Restated questions from Ref A para 7 followed by Post's answers. ---------- QUESTION A ---------- 2. (SBU) What measures have Post or MNF-I taken to prevent human rights abusers from receiving U.S. security assistance and to improve the human rights record of units receiving U.S. a [...]
2006-10-09 08:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PHUM PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3757OCTOBER 8 MCNS: REFORM ON THE MIND
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: In the October 8 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),PM Maliki expressed his frustration with the current MCNS process, arguing that it should be more focused on decision making. MCNS members agreed that MOI and MOD reform was a priority, inclu [...]
2006-10-10 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3901IRAQI LEADERS DEBATE EXTENSION OF UNSCR MANDATE ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16, President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih informed the Ambassador that the second session of the extended Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting focused almost exclusively on the question of whether to extend the UN [...]
2006-10-17 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3926PRESIDENT TALABANI REPORTS ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 16, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Presidency Council (PC) - Talabani, Sunni Arab Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi, and Shia Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi - had met that day and agreed to bring their respective parties together to w [...]
2006-10-20 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV FR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD3927TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...]
2006-10-20 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
06BAGHDAD3928NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE ON DDR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie told MNF-I and Emboffs on October 14 that Prime Minister Maliki has mandated a new committee to address security sector reform and DDR issues. The committee has been charged with producing a report with recommendations on security sect [...]
2006-10-20 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3985IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLAME PRIME MINISTER'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16 with President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, both assured the Ambassador that the third National Reconciliation Conference for Political Party leaders was "indefinitely postponed," rather than cancelled outright. Both Talaban [...]
2006-10-23 19:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3992PRT ANBAR: IRAQ DEPUTY NSA ON ANBAR
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Safa A. Hussein provided an analysis to Anbar PRT PolOff October 19 of recent developments in Anbar regarding reconciliation between the provincial government and the tribes. He expressed cautious optimism regarding the poss [...]
2006-10-24 18:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KDEM PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD3994PRT ANBAR: ANBAR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND TRIBES
[...] (S/REL MCNI) Summary: MNF-W hosted an Iftar dinner October 17 for Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani and prominent Anbar Sheikh Sattar Al- Rishawi to follow up on the reconciliation momentum generated from the previous joint meeting held October 10 (reftel). The atmospherics were [...]
2006-10-25 10:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KDEM PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD4016NINEWA: PENDING RELEASES OF FOREIGN INSURGENT
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities at Ninewa's Badush Prison remain urgently concerned about the pending release of 150 foreign fighters, at least one of whom is an admitted al-Qaeda member. These prisoners have completed sentences and, absent other arrangements, will be released at the prison and ar [...]
2006-10-27 11:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4017NINEWA: IIP CHAIR ON ELECTIONS, DISPUTED
[...] (C) In a recent meeting with Team Leader Knight and other PRT members, Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) Chair Dr. Mohammad Shakir indicated that they expect legislation to schedule provincial elections will be addressed by the Council of Representatives (COR) shortly after Ramadan. Shakir also indi [...]
2006-10-27 11:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREF PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD402SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]
2006-02-10 08:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4054AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...]
2006-10-29 18:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ
06BAGHDAD4111AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL, ANBAR WITH PM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 1 meeting the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki focused on UNSCR 1546's extension, national reconciliation and progress in Anbar, recent statements to the press from Maliki's confidants, and a visit to Baghdad by KRG leadership. In a brief comment at the [...]
2006-11-03 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4140FORMER MINISTER DISCUSSES KURDISH EXPANSION INTO
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Industry and Minerals and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member from the cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party Osama Al-Najafi said Kurdish expansionism constitutes the most serious threat to Iraqi unity. [...]
2006-11-05 19:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4168DHI QAR PRT AND U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS PERSONNEL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and U.S. Army 1/34 Civil Affairs personnel met with a representative of the Jaysh Al Mahdi Militia (JAM) on October 26 to discuss access to parts of the province under the influence of the JAM. The inter [...]
2006-11-07 13:40:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4184SADDAM VERDICT AND APPELLATE TIMEFRAME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death in the Iraqi High Tribunal ("IHT"). Of the remaining seven defendants, 2 others received death sentences, one received a sentence of life imprisonment, three received sentences of 15 years impriso [...]
2006-11-08 16:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD420GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA
[...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...]
2006-02-11 13:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD421(U) PROMINENT KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN
[...] (S) Summary: In a February 8 meeting, outspoken Kurdish negotiator Dr. Mahmud Othman bitterly criticized the Prime Minister candidates as unfit to lead and claimed that the Shia Islamist Coalition's delay naming its prime minister candidate had made Iraq look foolish. Othman urged the U.S. g [...]
2006-02-11 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4217PM RAISES SUNNI LEADERSHIP, UNSCR AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki discussed continuing concerns over the sincerity of Sunni cooperation within the GOI, specifically referring to their efforts towards reconciliation. The Ambassador raised UNSCR renewal, highlighting potential contradiction [...]
2006-11-13 07:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4241IRAQI PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS CONTROVERSIAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki raised with the Ambassador concerns about a planned conference for Iraqi Sunnis hosted by Qatar-based NGO Global Anti-Aggression Campaign scheduled to occur in Turkey November 15-16. The PM expressed concern that Conference organizers consider both Shi [...]
2006-11-15 07:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4267NOVEMBER 15 MCNS ON MOD REFORM
[...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: On November 15, Minister of Defense Abdul Qader presented a report on MoD reform to the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),focusing on the current situation in the ministry. Following the MinDef's presentation, National Security Advisor Rubaie said the [...]
2006-11-16 21:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4270MOI INTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (S) Summary. Ministry of Interior Director for Internal Affairs Brigadier General Ahmed Taha al-Mosawi told EmbOffs November 8 that conditions for accountability had improved since Minister Bolani took office. Al-Mosawi, who in February complained to us that Minister Bayan Jabr rarely, if [...]
2006-11-17 10:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4295PRT DIYALA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA) detainee abuse cases reported to Coalition Forces (CF) in Diyala Province since Major General Hulal Husain Shakir, a Shi'a Arab, was appointed commander of the 5th IA Division in July 200 [...]
2006-11-20 13:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4317MALIKI CREATES CRISIS CELL; INVITES AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) On November 11, we received a letter (e-mailed to NEA-I) from National Security Advisor Rubaie informing us that Prime Minister Maliki was establishing a Crisis Cell of key decision makers which could be called together in the event of a crisis in Iraq. In his letter, Rubaie sai [...]
2006-11-21 17:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4330NOVEMBER 19 MCNS: NAJAF TO PIC; BSP TO BE REVIEWED
[...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: The November 19 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security agreed to transfer security responsibility for Najaf to Iraqi authorities. The Committee also agreed to study the security situation in Diyala, which PM Maliki referred to as being in the hands o [...]
2006-11-23 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER
06BAGHDAD4335FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAN, THE PRIME
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Zebari expressed to the Ambassador on November 23 his view that the USG should take a tough stance with GOI ministers to bring about an agreement on national reconciliation. He explained how the restoration of diplomatic ties with Syria was brought about through [...]
2006-11-24 17:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4350REPORT ON ENERGY COMMITTEE MEETING ON HYDROCARBON
[...] (S) Summary: At the invitation of Oil Minister Shahristani and DPM Barham Salih, Econ MinCouns attended two sessions of the Energy Committee meeting on November 23 and 24. On the key issue of contracting, considerable progress was made. The committee will refer the issue to the "political leve [...]
2006-11-26 08:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD4351AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met evening of November 22 with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the outlook for the November 23 GoI Energy Committee discussion of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani expressed optimism that a breakthrough with the Kurds can be reached if the U.S. makes i [...]
2006-11-26 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON ENRG EPET IR IZ PREL SY TU
06BAGHDAD4367REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 13:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4370APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT
[...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...]
2006-11-27 17:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4373IRAQ,S KURDISH, SUNNI, SHIITE LEADERS PLEDGE
[...] (S) Summary: At a November 26 meeting, SCIRI chairman and Shi'a coalition leader Abdulaziz al-Hakim and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (IIP/Sunni) continued discussions started November 25 (reftel). President Talabani (PUK),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani (KDP),[...]
2006-11-27 20:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4384PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY GENERAL TARGETING DIYALA,S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Credible evidence collected by Coalition forces (CF) working with Iraqi Army (IA) battalions and reported by senior Diyala government officials indicates that Diyala's IA Fifth Division Commander, Major General Hulail Husayn Shakir (Shi'a),is targeting Sunnis and abusing detain [...]
2006-11-28 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4387PM DISCUSSES INTEL CHIEF'S RETURN TO IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to take steps that would allow Iraqi intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani to return to Iraq without fear of arrest because of an indictment based on debunked charges. MNF-I CG Casey expressed concern with the PM about accelerating the trans [...]
2006-11-28 21:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4390LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Leading Shia Coalition and SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 27 that he had presented his national compact plan (reftel) to President Talabani, who approved of it. Hammoudi will brief PM Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hashimi, and then present his plan to th [...]
2006-11-29 06:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4391TEXT OF DPM SALIH'S ECONOMIC DOCUMENT FOR AMMAN
[...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih provided post with a draft of the comments on economic issues he developed for the Prime Minister for the upcoming summit in Amman. In the wide-ranging document, Barham outlines a vision for the development of the petroleum sector, the centrality of the [...]
2006-11-29 07:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON EINV IZ PREL
06BAGHDAD4392AMBASSADOR HOSTS FRANK RXCHANGE BETWEEN IRAQI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Sunni Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi had a frank exchange on differences and prospects for cooperation in a meeting with the Ambassador on November 27. Maliki also discussed dealing with national level problems and his lack of auth [...]
2006-11-29 07:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4407PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...]
2006-11-30 05:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4425IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...]
2006-12-03 03:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4426IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...]
2006-12-03 03:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4430DHI QAR PRT FOLLOW ON MEETING WITH JAM OFFICIAL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S//REL UK, AUS) Summary: Dhi Qar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Provincial Program Manager (PPM) met on November 6 with a mid-level Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) member, who presented himself as a liaison officer for JAM in Dhi Qar Province, to discuss the [...]
2006-12-03 06:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4440IRAQI LEADERS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS OF MODERATE
[...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 2 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They seemed to be moving toward the creation of an executive body representing the Kurds, IIP, SCIRI, and Dawa, perhaps as embodie [...]
2006-12-04 10:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4450AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH IRAQI
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili discussed a draft law to make the Ministry of State for National Security (MSNS) a regular Ministry; Wa'ili envisions one cabinet level official would coordinate and channel [...]
2006-12-05 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINS TU SY IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4487MODERATE FRONT DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: NO AGREEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 6 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They were unable to reach agreement on how to organize themselves. Two options emerged: (1) expand the Presidency Council to inc [...]
2006-12-08 18:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4527IRAQI MODERATE FRONT ORGANIZERS CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (S) Summary: In the latest meeting of political leaders quietly organizing a moderate front, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made clear his desire to keep their effort out of the media and expressed frustration at the front's lack of progress thus far. Usual participant Sunni VP Tariq al [...]
2006-12-12 12:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4529MCNS DECEMBER 3
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...]
2006-12-12 13:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4530MCNS DECEMBER 10
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...]
2006-12-12 13:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD454GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION PONDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish leadership, Ayad Allawi, and Tawafuq leaders met the morning of February 13 to consider their reaction to Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination to the premiership. Their discussions included two options: (a) forging a contract with Jafari on the basis of a clear government [...]
2006-02-14 15:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4552MASHHADANI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON HIS NATIONAL BLOC
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani told the Ambassador December 11 that approximately 100 CoR members are in agreement with the National Bloc proposal he presented to the CoR December 5. He said the National Bloc could be in formal opposition to the modera [...]
2006-12-14 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4564PM TELLS CODEL MCCAIN BETTER WEAPONS AND QUICKER
[...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told CODEL McCain December 13 that Iraq did not need more U.S. troops, but rather access to better weapons for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to win against militias and insurgents. He agreed with the CODEL that Iraq needed to "work quickly" to demonstr [...]
2006-12-14 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD459JAFARI HOPES TO FORM CABINET WITHIN 30 DAYS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari told the Ambassador in a February 13 meeting that he was humbled by his re-election by the Shia coalition and hopes to build on lessons of past mistakes. Jafari said he plans to appoint a team of negotiators to oversee the government formation process with [...]
2006-02-14 15:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4609IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERTAE
[...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on the evening of December 16, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's [...]
2006-12-18 15:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4612ANOTHER SENIOR DAWA FIGURE QUESTIONS THE MODERATE
[...] (S) Falih al-Fiyadh, a senior Dawa figure who is a member of the Council of Representatives (CoR) and of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, told PolCouns December 17 that he had serious doubts about the efficacy and utility of and the intentions behind the emerging moderate fron [...]
2006-12-18 19:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD462MINISTRY OF INTERIOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF
[...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Interior Director for Internal Affairs Brigadier General Ahmed Taha Al Mosawi (strictly protect) told Poloff February 8 that he has evidence linking MoI Commandos to widespread abductions and extra-judicial killings. Saying that he was too fearful for his life and the [...]
2006-02-14 20:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4625BARZANI AND TALABANI DISCUSS PKK, TURKISH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In recent meetings the Ambassador raised Turkish concerns about a possible resurgence in PKK activity with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani (KDP) and Iraq President Jalal Talabani(PUK). In separate meetings both Barzani and Talabani commented that the [...]
2006-12-19 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4631VP ABDEL MEHDI DESCRIBES "SETBACK" IN MODERATE
[...] (S) Summary: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on December 19 that there haQbeen a "setback" in negotiations oQthe moderate front. The IIP representative had come to the most recent meeting with a set of conditions that had to be filled before the party would join. Th [...]
2006-12-20 09:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4638CHALABI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO SYRIA WITH
[...] (S) In a December 15 meeting, Ahmed Chalabi discussed his recent trip to Syria with the Ambassador and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani. In an unofficial visit, Chalabi met with Syrian officials including Vice President Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu [...]
2006-12-20 16:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS EPET SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4651IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERATE
[...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met on the evening of December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's institution [...]
2006-12-21 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4652SUNNI LEADER DISCUSSES IIP DEMANDS FOR JOINING
[...] (S) Summary: Minister of Planning and senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader, Ali Baban, explained to the Ambassador in a December 19 meeting his party's concerns about participating in the moderate front before their recently presented demands have been met. IIP needs to demonstrate to thei [...]
2006-12-21 15:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4654THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...]
2006-12-21 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4667PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON
[...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...]
2006-12-22 14:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4672IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...]
2006-12-22 17:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4673IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
[...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided in Arabic a list of his recommendations for Baghdad security, during a December 20 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador (septel). Among other recommendations, Talabani calls for a unified Iraqi military command in Baghdad; t [...]
2006-12-22 18:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4696AL-HASHIMI DISCUSSES US TRIP, MODERATE FRONT,
[...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (Iraqi Islamic Party - IIP) discussed his recent trip to the US and emphasized his desire to speak with Secretary of Defense Gates. On the Moderate Front, al-Hashimi stated that he wanted a "systematic" approach which included guarantees, ti [...]
2006-12-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4698SECDEF MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During Secretary of Defense Gates' December 21 meeting with Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mufraji, Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani and National Security Advisor Mowaffuk al-Rubaie, Iraq's key security officials focused on institutional challenges and capacity building. They al [...]
2006-12-24 13:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4706IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...]
2006-12-26 07:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4715MCNS DECEMBER 17
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...]
2006-12-26 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4765DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4766DHI QAR PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Dhi Qar is a largely rural province, where tribal loyalties are still very strong. Four Shi'a parties largely control provincial politics, with the help of affiliated militias. Reccurrent electricity shortages affect Dhi Qar particularly hard since farmers need electricity to pow [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4767KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4768THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ISSUES, THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is flourishing compared to the rest of Iraq, and is actively recruiting foreign investment and even international tourism. The Kurdish region is generally much more secure than the rest of the country, although illicit trafficking in arms, fighters [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4770BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4772BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE
[...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4773WASIT: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS
[...] (C) Wasit has seen a significant rise in the influence of Sadrist politicians, who are likely to sweep the next provincial elections. Highly dependent on agriculture, the province is plagued by high employment and extreme shortages of all critical goods. An Iraqi-led effort to disarm militi [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS,
[...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4791DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART II: FADILA PARTY;
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the second in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in ref B. This cable focuses on the Fadila party. 2. (C) Summary: Fadhila was founded and is led today by Ayatollah Mohamme [...]
2006-12-31 09:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD501LEADERS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION DISCUSS "NATIONAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Sunni Arab Tawafuq list, and Allawi's Iraqiyya List met on February 16 and agreed to work to form a united front to change the balance of power in the government formation process. Their first goal is a "National Salvation Front" that draws i [...]
2006-02-17 08:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD507HAKIM LOOKING TO UNSEAT JAFARI WITHOUT BREAKING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador February 17 that he wanted to work to block Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination without breaking the Shia coalition. Hakim said he had met with Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf February 16 and found that Sistani was unhappy with Jafari's [...]
2006-02-17 18:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD519COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SYG REQUESTS USG HELP TO HIRE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 13, the day after the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) nominated Ibrahim Jafari for Prime Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General (SYG) Emad Dhia al-Khirsan told PolOffs that Jafari knows there were weaknesses in his administration. Dhia said that he is trying t [...]
2006-02-19 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD52SHIA ALLIANCE LEADERS BLAME MNF-I AND SUNNIS FOR
[...] (S/REL) SUMMARY: A Shia Coalition "security committee" told the Ambassador and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) that the level of violence in Iraq since the election has prompted community and religious leaders to call for taking measures to defend themselves. The committee members said [...]
2006-01-07 17:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD534SADRISTS EXTEND HAND AS PLOT AGAINST JAFARI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A Sadrist leader presented a flexible approach to government negotiations in a February 19 conversation with the Ambassador, but, in a subsequent meeting, Ayad Allawi and Kurdistan President Masud Barzani made clear that they want to continue to develop plans to upend Jafari's nom [...]
2006-02-20 15:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD537TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN - SESSIONS 11 AND 12
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The eleventh and twelfth sessions of the Ad Dujayl trial continued with witness testimony and minimal difficulties related to the defendants' previous refusal to attend trial. The Court now has received evidence from all but one witness. In a surprise move, however, the Chief J [...]
2006-02-21 07:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD544GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON
[...] (S) In an evening meeting on February 20 at President Talabani's residence, leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Tawafuq Front, and the Allawi list agreed to accelerate the government formation process and to calm the tense Iraqi public. Ambassador attended the meeting, which included a readout [...]
2006-02-21 12:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD566PM JAFARI AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI WARN
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari and Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi emphasized to the Ambassador and General Casey midday on February 22 that the bombing of the Askeri mosque in Samarra had inflamed sectarian tensions and rais [...]
2006-02-22 20:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD569POLITICAL UPDATE: SHAWAYS DOUBTS NON-SHIA
[...] (S) Summary. The Kurds together with the Sunni Arab bloc and Ayad Allawi's group are writing up a program that they can present as a national salvation front program. They aim to attract Shia Islamists who will split from Prime Minister Jafari. Deputy Prime Minister Shaways told PolOffs Feb [...]
2006-02-22 20:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV
06BAGHDAD570GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE, FEBRUARY 22 -
[...] (S) The effort to oust Ibrahim Jafari from the Prime Ministry is on two tracks. February 21 and February 22 the Kurdish/Allawi/Sunni Arab group began developing the principles from the meeting a month in Kurdistan into a broader government program. This program would be introduced be the K [...]
2006-02-22 21:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD574(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...]
2006-02-23 13:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD58PM JA,AFARI, MOI JABR, MOD DULIME BLAME COALITION
[...] (S/REL) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'afari, Interior Minister Jabr, and Defense Minister Dulime conveyed their concern with the increasing level of violence in Iraq since the election, particularly in and around Baghdad. As these officials relayed to the Shia Coalition "security commission" ea [...]
2006-01-08 15:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD584SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK
[...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...]
2006-02-23 20:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD597FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 21:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD628NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...]
2006-02-27 19:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK
06BAGHDAD643AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...]
2006-02-28 16:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD646IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN
[...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...]
2006-02-28 16:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD653AMIDST VIOLENCE IN BAGHDAD, KURDS AIM TO BLOCK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Military and press reports indicate significant incidents of violence February 28 and March 1. Eighty percent of a Shia mosque in Kathamiya was destroyed in an IED explosion February 28. Military sources reported 23 civilian deaths on March 1 as of 1600 hrs. In a March 1 convers [...]
2006-03-01 19:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD67MASROUR BARZANI REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN KRG
[...] (S) Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani's son and advisor, telephoned DCM staff assistant on January 7 to relay that Kurdistan's two main political factions -- the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- had come [...]
2006-01-09 10:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ KRG
06BAGHDAD682SCIRI SIGNALS READINESS TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT PM;
[...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini advised us March 4 of a party statement expressing commitment to the UIC 555 nomination of Jafari as PM, but indicating openness to discussions about who would be the best Prime Minister. PUK's Barham Salih welcomed the SCIRI statement and [...]
2006-03-04 20:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD707MIXED SUPPORT FOR JAFARI WITHIN SHIA COALITION AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The rejection of Shia Prime Minister nominee Ibrahim Jafari by the Kurds, Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc and the secular Allawi bloc has generated at least initial tough responses from the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555). There are also hints of flexibility about dumping Jafari. TN [...]
2006-03-06 12:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD750CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI OIL MINSTRY FAVORS FADHILA
[...] (S/REL UK) Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director General Mussab al-Dujayli (strictly protect) told US and UK Emboffs that the Fadhila Party was blatantly trying to use its control over the Ministry of Oil to raise as much money from corruption as possible. Dujayli obtained su [...]
2006-03-09 03:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV KCOR ECON EPET KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD759PM JAFARI APPROVES AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 11:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD811FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER PONDERS HOW TO COMPETE
[...] (C) Summary. Former Interior Minister Nuri Badran, brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told Poloffs that sectarian parties are the only way to have influence in Iraqi politics today. Moderate Shia like himself must ally themselves with Islamists to have a chance to gain in [...]
2006-03-13 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD812MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ -
[...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]
2006-03-13 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD822SHIA HARDLINER HINTS THE SHIA COALITION MAY YET
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 19:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD837DIPNOTE PASSED ON UMAR SABAWI
[...] (U) This is a response to action cable STATE 30018. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Baghdad passed the DIPNOTE outlined in para 3 of STATE 30018 regarding extradition from Yemen of Umar Sabawi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9, with copies to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Dep [...]
2006-03-15 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS CJAN MOPS PHUM PTER IZ YM
06BAGHDAD944POWERPOINT AND PSYCHO-BABBLE: SECOND-TIER JAFARI
[...] (S) Summary. In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, PM advisors (and brothers) Bashar and Zuhair al-Naher, who aspire to join Jafari's inner circle, presented a plan they said PM Jafari had approved to reorganize the PM's office substantially and creating policy development and follo [...]
2006-03-22 10:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD975 AL-DABBAGH SAYS MARJA'IYYA UNHAPPY AT DELAY;
[...] (S/REL UK) Summary. Independent Shia political figure Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) told us on March 23 after his late March 22 phone call with Mohammed Ridha Sistani that the Shia clerical establishment in Najaf (marja'iyya) was unhappy at the delay in government formation. PM Jafari' [...]
2006-03-24 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD981MCNS DISCUSSES MILITIA DEATH SQUADS, RECENT
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on March 22, MNF-I Commanding General Casey presented information indicating militia death squads are most likely responsible for recent spikes in murders and executions that have followed t [...]
2006-03-25 07:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAKU1530NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY
[...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...]
2006-10-20 05:49:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ
06BAKU1533NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...]
2006-10-20 12:43:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ
06BAKU1540ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...]
2006-10-21 08:57:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1709ISRAELI READOUT ON MOD GILAD'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad's October 30-31 visit to Azerbaijan was low-profile and short on substance. Gilad engaged Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Abiyev in a detailed discussion of Iran' [...]
2006-11-24 13:22:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1857TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...]
2006-12-22 12:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ
06BAKU369SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO
[...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...]
2006-03-07 13:38:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ
06BAKU430PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...]
2006-03-21 13:09:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ
06BAKU660EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...]
2006-05-01 12:24:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD
06BAKU661THE IRANIANS ARE COMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to rumors, press reports and Azerbaijani government officials, an increasing number of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and buying property here. Most -- but not all -- of these Iranians are ethnic Azeris. Although some portray this as nothing more than Iranians tryin [...]
2006-05-02 08:12:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR
06BAMAKO1237MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-27 14:06:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1244TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 08:20:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1359MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 17:05:00Embassy BamakoSECRETPREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO577ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL -
[...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...]
2006-05-23 13:44:00Embassy BamakoSECRETASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN167DISCOURAGING VISIT TO IRAN BY SULTAN OF BRUNEI
[...] (S) Summary: As a result of our demarches about the inadvisability of the Sultan accepting an Iranian government invitation to visit Iran, it now appears less likely that any such invitation will be accepted. The British will reinforce our position in their own contacts with the Government o [...]
2006-03-28 08:43:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETPREL BX IR
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN555OCTOBER MEETING OF CTAG CHIEFS OF MISSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Missions from G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) member countries resident in Brunei plus Australia discussed following topics at their October meeting: -- CTAG members continue to rate the threat of domestic terrorism in Brunei as low, but remain concerned ab [...]
2006-11-01 06:31:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETPINR PTER BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN636PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFO EXCHANGE WITH BRUNEI
[...] (C) Reftel requested reporting on Government of Brunei (GOB) activities to collect identifying personal information on terrorists or suspected terrorists. Following post assessment is keyed to questions posed reftel. The majority of this information has not/not been publicly released by the [...]
2006-12-22 08:36:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanSECRETASEC BX CVIS KHLS KVPR PINR PREL PTER
06BANGKOK2270MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY
[...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...]
2006-04-19 23:37:00Embassy BangkokSECRETASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH
06BANGKOK2335SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAIS TO BEGIN TALKS WITH PULO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) has facilitated talks between the RTG and purported leaders of southern Thai separatist groups. The talks, scheduled for June, will take place in Geneva and reportedly have the support of key parts of the Thai government. Talks are po [...]
2006-04-21 08:53:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH SNAP
06BANGKOK2337SOUTHERN THAILAND: CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (S) Summary. Over the past two years, Post has focused much of our wide ranging assistance and training programs to help the RTG deal with the growing problem in the South. We have been very careful to avoid overt, direct involvement--the RTG sees this as a domestic issue and the insurgency i [...]
2006-04-21 09:19:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINS TH
06BANGKOK2338THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...]
2006-04-21 09:37:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINS PINR TH
06BANGKOK2359WANG BINGZHANG: THAI POLICE FOUND ENOUGH TO EXPEL
[...] (S) Summary: Poloff recently met with Police Colonel Sanya Thongbud of Royal Thai Police (RTP) Special Branch II to discuss the 2001 investigation of Chinese dissident Mr. Wang Bingzhang (see Reftel) and verify claims made by a human rights advocate from the NGO Worldrights. Sanya revealed th [...]
2006-04-24 08:53:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH TH HUMAN RIGHTS
06BANGKOK258CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND
[...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...]
2006-01-13 09:32:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH
06BANGKOK2890A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN
[...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...]
2006-05-16 23:44:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3202THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...]
2006-05-26 06:54:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH
06BANGKOK3913RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...]
2006-07-03 10:28:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PINR PREL TH BM
06BANGKOK501AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES CT COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton and Ambassador Boyce met with Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Chidchai Wannasathit, National Security Council General Secretary General General Winai Phattiyakul and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counter-terrorism Coordinator Ambassador [...]
2006-01-26 09:04:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL PTER TH PSI
06BANGKOK5705EYE ON AMERICA? - CHINESE MEDIA IN THAILAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representing television, radio and print media, six Mainland Chinese press outlets are present in Thailand. Each organization's mandate varies, but all have small staffs and budgets. Most reporters do not speak Thai and English appears to be their working language. While the [...]
2006-09-15 09:50:00Embassy BangkokSECRETOPRC PREL PGOV CH TH ASEAN
06BANGKOK6941THAILAND: IRAN BRIEFING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke on November 9 to MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnchana-Gooncharn regarding reftel briefing. SIPDIS Given the nature of the issue, Krit recommended that the briefing be given to the MOD Permanent Secretary [...]
2006-11-16 10:08:00Embassy BangkokSECRETIAEA TRGY ENRG MNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR AORC TH
06BANGKOK926U.S.-THAI MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF
[...] (S) Eric and Peter: My country team continues to explore ways to improve our military cooperation with Thailand in order to address the violence in the South here. I know these are issues that are important to you. I'd like to share my views with you and suggest ways we can help the Thai. [...]
2006-02-16 02:19:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPGOV PREL TH POL MIL
06BANJUL645UNSC ELECTION ON AGENDA OF GAMBIAN SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-17 13:58:00Embassy BanjulSECRETPREL UNSC GT VE GA
06BASRAH10BASRAH GOVERNOR FAILS TO IMPOSE BOYCOTT ON BRITISH FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 17:04:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH109MODERATE IMAMS IN BASRAH
[...] (S) Summary: During the past two months the Regional Embassy Office (REO) has met regularly with moderate Shia and Sunni clerics to follow their efforts with regards to the current security situation in Basrah. Independent and moderate, these clerics currently represent the best alternative [...]
2006-06-20 15:12:00REO BasrahSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IZ
06BASRAH128MILITIAS IN BASRAH BEGIN TO INFILTRATE IRAQI ARMY
[...] (S) Summary: On August 2, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Majed al-Sari, the intelligence chief and representative of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Basrah. He confirmed that a new battalion of the Iraqi Army (IA) in the south of the city is being composed entirely of Fadhilla [...]
2006-08-03 09:18:00REO BasrahSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IZ
06BASRAH145MURDER INVESTIGATION OF REO BASRAH LOCAL EMPLOYEE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom w [...]
2006-09-11 14:12:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PGOV IZ
06BASRAH177REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 12/29/06
[...] (S) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2006, to discuss impending execution of Saddam Hussein. As per reftel, the EAC assessed the local reaction and threat in response to the execution. The EAC along with the British milit [...]
2006-12-29 13:22:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC IZ CMGT
06BASRAH55MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED
[...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...]
2006-04-15 06:17:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BASRAH67BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 05/01/06
[...] (SBU) The Regional Coordinator for Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The Deputy Regional Coordinator, RSO, ORA, CPATT, Triple Canopy, POL/ECON Section, USAID, SCID and KBR manage [...]
2006-05-05 12:00:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PTER IZ
06BASRAH91EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - REO BASRAH
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The discussion centered on the impact of the Prime Minister's announcement of a state of emergency in Basrah, FSN intimidation, and the [...]
2006-06-03 05:11:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC PTER PGOV IZ
06BEIJING10909A/S HILL'S MAY 25 WORKING LUNCH WITH VFM WU DAWEI
[...] (S) Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill urged VFM Wu Dawei to improve relations with Japan and use PRC influence to push the Burmese regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) during a May 25 working lunch. A/S Hill also noted the negative impact of PRC/Taiwan competition on Pa [...]
2006-06-02 00:21:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH
06BEIJING12181CHINA SHOCKED AT E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF FOUR
[...] (S) The U.S. decision to designate four Chinese companies under E.O. 13382 demonstrates that dialogue with the United States is useless, a shocked and shaken MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan told DCM in response to ref demarche points delivered on June 13. News of th [...]
2006-06-13 15:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL EFIN ETTC CH
06BEIJING1238(S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...]
2006-01-20 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH EAID ECON PREL
06BEIJING1427VISIT OF CONGRESSMEN KIRK, LARSEN AND FEENEY TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as the Shuangchengzi Missile and Space Test Center, the site of China's manned space launches, on January 13. In this rare visi [...]
2006-01-24 08:39:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH PINR PGOV PREL
06BEIJING18589PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...]
2006-09-05 07:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH
06BEIJING19404DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH AFM HE YAFEI AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESS REPORTS THE USG MAY SELL TAIWAN F-16S AND OVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAY SEEK TO CREATE A CROSS-STRAIT CRISIS WHEN AFM HE MET EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN. DAS CHRISTENSEN SAID U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN, INCLUDIN [...]
2006-09-13 09:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING19483DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BEIJING SENDS POSITIVE SIGNAL
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao on September 14. Noting that Indonesia has no objection to the UN 1267 Committee's listing of the Indonesian branch of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),Poloff passed a copy of r [...]
2006-09-14 06:08:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPTER EFIN PREL IN CH
06BEIJING19683PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D357208 DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of the DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER OF CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS),No. 4 [...]
2006-09-18 06:45:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20073POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D321423 AND D321151
[...] (U) REFTEL A requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at the CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (COMRA) in order to determine that COMRA is in possession of commodities shipped against USDOC license applications D321523, D32115 [...]
2006-09-21 07:46:00Embassy BeijingSECRETBEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20974INTERAGENCY INSIGHTS FROM NDRC FINANCE DIRECTOR
[...] (S) The recently-promoted National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) Director General in charge of financial affairs (protect) offered candid and even critical comments about the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the People's Bank of China (PBOC),and the internal workings of the NDRC itself. He f [...]
2006-09-29 08:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV KPAO CH
06BEIJING21219DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: ROK, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-07 09:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC KN CH KS JA RU
06BEIJING21220DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE
[...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...]
2006-10-07 11:22:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU
06BEIJING21224REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT""
[...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...]
2006-10-09 11:50:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU
06BEIJING23736CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS
[...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...]
2006-11-13 06:54:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV CH TW
06BEIJING24237CHINA URGED TO PREVENT TRANSFERS TO IRAN MISSILE
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Yu Dunhai on December 1, urging China to investigate quickly and fully the activities of two Iranian front companies seeking to procure missile-related equipment from Chinese fi [...]
2006-12-01 10:47:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH IR
06BEIJING4671MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 09:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH
06BEIJING8334CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-06 00:44:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREF PTER CH AL
06BEIJING8919URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: PARTICIPATION IN MAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:56:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL SNAR CH RS TI
06BEIRUT1072MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO
[...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...]
2006-04-06 12:38:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA
06BEIRUT1339MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES
[...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...]
2006-05-01 12:43:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR
06BEIRUT1464MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...]
2006-05-10 06:45:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT1496MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS
[...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...]
2006-05-11 14:57:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG
06BEIRUT1530MGLE01: UNIIIC SAYS USG ASSISTANCE IS
[...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department -- please see paras 9-10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a May 12 meeting with emboffs, senior investigators from the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) said that the USG's responsiveness on the UNII [...]
2006-05-16 12:13:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PINR KCRM LE SY UN
06BEIRUT1544MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS
[...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...]
2006-05-17 15:33:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1560MGLE01: NASRALLAH SKETCHES OUT PERMANENT STATE OF
[...] (S) In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Amin Gemayel and Marwan Hamadeh read aloud their notes from the 5/16 session of the National Dialogue. The participants agreed to disagree on the issue of the presidency, leaving the subject unresolved. On Hizballah's weapons -- the final agend [...]
2006-05-18 13:56:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY IS IR KISL
06BEIRUT1675MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT
[...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...]
2006-05-30 11:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE
06BEIRUT1676MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES
[...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...]
2006-05-30 11:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT1678MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR
[...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...]
2006-05-30 11:54:00Embassy BeirutSECRETASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY
06BEIRUT1680MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/CT Coordinator Crumpton and the Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met May 23 with Director of LAF G2 Brigadier General Georges Khoury. BG Khoury provided an overview of the terrorism situation from the LAF G2 perspective. He noted three distinct terrorist threat l [...]
2006-05-30 12:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL MARR MOPS LE
06BEIRUT1682MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat, accompanied by Internal Securtity Forces Director General Ashraf Rifi, told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboff that his highest priority regarding counterterrorism in Lebanon was reconstruc [...]
2006-05-30 13:02:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER MASS PREL PGOV LE
06BEIRUT1735MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE
[...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...]
2006-06-01 15:36:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO
06BEIRUT1746MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN
[...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...]
2006-06-02 12:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY
06BEIRUT1771MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT SINIORA'S
[...] (S) In a 5/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja insisted that there is no current "Saudi initiative" to reduce Syrian-Lebanese tension. He expressed deep worry about Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's safety. He cited a recent article in al-Hayet by Syria's Ambassado [...]
2006-06-05 14:01:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA
06BEIRUT1849MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN,
[...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...]
2006-06-08 15:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR
06BEIRUT1964MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT
[...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...]
2006-06-15 14:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIR LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2220MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE
[...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...]
2006-06-30 15:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE
06BEIRUT2353MGLE01: LEBANESE PM SINIORA: "WE NEED HELP."
[...] (S) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed deep concern to the Ambassador this morning that the current security crisis is unfolding "as if by script," with Israel and Hizballah dutifully playing out the assigned roles one would expect in a worst case scenario path to regional war. He argu [...]
2006-07-13 11:01:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIS IZ LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2437TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN
[...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...]
2006-07-21 12:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT268MGLE01: UN LEGAL AFFAIRS CHIEF BRIEFS P-3 ON UNSCR
[...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, UN Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel briefed P-3 ambassadors on his consultations with GOL authorities on follow-up to UNSCR 1644. Michel said that he was pleasantly surprised and relieved by the broad base of support he found for an internatio [...]
2006-01-30 07:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT2698DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING
[...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...]
2006-08-18 18:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE
06BEIRUT2767LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE,
[...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL LE
06BEIRUT281MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO
[...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...]
2006-01-31 09:03:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA
06BEIRUT2826LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON
[...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...]
2006-08-31 15:15:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2838LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...]
2006-09-01 08:51:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT2928ALLEGED FINANCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND
[...] (U) This is an action cable -- see para 5 below. 2. (S) Media reports suggest that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hizballah have a new area of cooperation: financing reconstruction for the south. Newspapers and media have carried stories and pictures that show FPM and [...]
2006-09-11 13:38:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER KDEM EFIN LE SY IR IS
06BEIRUT3006IS MICHEL AOUN PLAYING WITH PRISONER EXCHANGES?
[...] (S) In a 9/15 meeting with the Ambassador, an agitated Ghattas Khoury -- conveying information on behalf of Saad Hariri -- claimed that Michel Aoun's sudden and mysterious trip to Belgium was part of a prisoner exchange scheme that would destroy the Siniora government's credibility in the pr [...]
2006-09-15 15:28:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER LE IS
06BEIRUT3010AOUN CONFIRMS BELGIUM TRIP LINKED TO PRISONER
[...] (S) At the conclusion of a 9/16 meeting with Michel Aoun and his advisor/son-in-law Gebran Bassil (septel),the Ambassador asked to see the General one-on-one to ask about Aoun's mysterious 48-hour trip to Belgium, concluded the previous day. Aoun confided that, besides meeting with some Bel [...]
2006-09-18 07:54:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3014UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING
[...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]
2006-09-18 10:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3017AOUN DENIES HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL LINKS, PLEDGES
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with General Aoun and his son-in-law and chief advisor Gebran Bassil to deliver reftel demarche points. Aoun emphatically denied that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has taken money from Hizballah or "any other state." Feltman a [...]
2006-09-18 11:02:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3018UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING
[...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...]
2006-09-18 11:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT3021HARIRI ALLEGES THREAT OF SYRIAN NERVE GAS ATTACK
[...] (S) MP Saad Hariri passed via messenger threat information alleging that the Syrians are planning a nerve gas attack against either a UN or March 14 target in Lebanon during the month of September. The attack will be portrayed as an al-Qaida operation. According to the information, five Sy [...]
2006-09-18 12:31:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3042LEBANON: UNIFIL HITS MILESTONE FORCE LEVEL,
[...] (S) We were told today by Milos Strugar, UNIFIL spokesman, and by Imran Reza, Senior Advisor in the UN Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary General (UNOPRSG),that UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have reached the 5000 troop level. Except for troops transiting in and out through Bei [...]
2006-09-19 16:01:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIS LE PREL
06BEIRUT3060LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC
[...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]
2006-09-20 16:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3062SPECULATING ABOUT HIZBALLAH'S RALLY
[...] (S) Hizballah is applying pressure to Lebanese from all political factions to show up at "the largest rally in Lebanon's history" tomorrow (9/22),by hinting that those who don't share in the collective celebration of Lebanon's "divine victory" must be Israeli collaborators. Syria, accordin [...]
2006-09-21 08:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3084LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADE SEES +BAD TIMES TO COME,
[...] (C) In a 9/22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh described a March 14-led cabinet attack on Wafiq Jezzini, the Hizballah-allied Surete General chief, the previous evening. He said that the cabinet also agreed to pay outstanding debts to lando [...]
2006-09-22 16:05:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY MARR PARM
06BEIRUT3128PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT
[...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Geir Pedersen, the UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon, reported that he has learned that Annan plans to appoint former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer as his special envoy for Lebanon. Describing the idea as "terrible" for both [...]
2006-09-27 15:03:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3130PEDERSEN BELIEVES HIZBALLAH SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING
[...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 9/27, UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that he found a meeting he had the previous day with his "usual Hizballah contact" (i.e., Wafiq Safa) both "reassuring and alarming." The reassuring part, Pedersen s [...]
2006-09-27 15:46:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3132LEBANON: SHIA HEALTH MINISTER EVALUATES HIZBALLAH,
[...] (S) Shia Health Minister Khalifeh (Shia, allied with Nabih Berri) told the Ambassador that while Hizballah is cornered in a security sense, it remains potent and dangerous politically and could even make major inroads into Lebanon's Sunni community. He speculated that Hizballah is using Miche [...]
2006-09-28 08:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETLE PGOV PREL PTER KDEM
06BEIRUT3164SECURITY SECTOR COORDINATION: PROCEEDING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Siniora, Deputy Prime and Defense Minister Murr, and French Ambassador Emie all agree: despite rumors to the contrary, Emie was not the cause of Siniora's rejection of a UK-led security sector reform and coordination unit in his office. The three argue that the U [...]
2006-10-02 07:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MARR PARM MOPS PGOV LE UK FR
06BEIRUT3209LEBANON: DRUZE LEADERS ASSESS SYRIA THREAT,
[...] (S) Druze politicians Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh offered us suggestions for helping Lebanon overcome Syrian influence, and discussed how to counter March 8 group calls for a national unity government. They were optimistic about improvement in the March 14 group's relations with Speaker [...]
2006-10-04 15:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT3225LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON UNIFIL,
[...] (S) Defense Minister Murr is positive on the deployment of and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL. On the political scene, Murr is pessimistic about potential future Hizballah and FPM demonstrations. Deeply worried about Shia-Sunni tensions that he fears Internal Security Forces could in [...]
2006-10-05 11:28:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL MASS LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3311LEBANON: THREE LOCAL BANKS WORTHY CANDIDATES TO
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel action request. The Embassy finds no reason to object to an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) proposed investment guaranty that would result in Citibank N.A. and OPIC together lending to three selected Lebanese banks: Byblos Bank, Bank Medit [...]
2006-10-13 14:42:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEINV PTER ECON LE
06BEIRUT3517RIZK BEWILDERED BY LAHOUD'S ATTACK ON TRIBUNAL,
[...] (S) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/1, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk expressed bewilderment over the blistering attack his childhood friend (and Lebanese President) Emile Lahoud launched against him and the special Hariri tribunal on 10/30 and 10/31 (reftel). Rizk, who felt until La [...]
2006-11-01 16:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3518LEBANON: AOUN "RIGHT-WINGER" ON HIZBALLAH, MONEY,
[...] (S) A Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) contact claimed to us that he represents a less-vocal, less-visible wing of the party that is anti-Syrian, skeptical of Hizballah, and which seeks closer ties with the international community. He says that FPM leader Michel Aoun himself is worried about the [...]
2006-11-01 16:54:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3540LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP,
[...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...]
2006-11-03 17:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3565LEBANON: SPARKS FLY ON FIRST DAY OF NATIONAL
[...] (S) Druze Telecommunications Minister and frequent Embassy contact Marwan Hamadeh (protect) read to Ambassador and polchief his notes from the first day of the national consultations sponsored by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri. Hamadeh characterized the consultations as "heading for [...]
2006-11-07 12:09:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3599LEBANON: RESORT TO DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENED AS
[...] (S) Despite consistent reports of a positive atmosphere, the November 9 session of Parliament Speaker Berri's national consultations ended with no progress or compromise on the key issues. The group adjourned until November 11. Veteran insider Michel Murr conveyed to us on November 9 a grave [...]
2006-11-09 15:31:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3601SINIORA, HAMADEH PERCEIVE SIGNS THAT HIZBALLAH MAY
[...] (S) Filling in more details of the 11/9 third round of consultations, Prime Minister Siniora and Minsiter Marwan Hamadeh mused that the March 14 decision to stand tough and even suggest counter demonstration had a positive impact. Both saw initial signs in today's session suggesting Hizballa [...]
2006-11-09 18:55:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER PGOV LE
06BEIRUT3602LEBANON: ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (C) October saw a notable increase in the number and intensity of Israeli overflights in Lebanese airspace. The overflights were noted with indignation by politicians and the press, and documented by UNIFIL. According to our contacts, the IAF has conducted the flights beyond the south, inclu [...]
2006-11-09 19:07:00Embassy BeirutSECRETMARR PGOV PREL LE IS
06BEIRUT3606SINIORA DEFENDS CABINET, VOWS TO PASS TRIBUNAL
[...] (S) Meeting with the Ambassador late on 11/12, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora projected serenity and strength, as lawyers, aides, and ministers whirled in and out of his office offering advice on transcending Lebanon's latest made-in-Damascus political crisis. Siniora provided a detailed chro [...]
2006-11-13 09:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3619LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A
[...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...]
2006-11-14 14:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3651SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 09:25:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3652SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 13:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3653BERRI CLAIMS MARCH 14 PERFIDY, HINTS AT TIME BUT
[...] (S) In a 11/18 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri portrayed himself as the only adult amidst squabbling, selfish children. He claimed success twice already in preventing street demonstrations. Yet his attempts to find a way out of Lebanon's political mess was under [...]
2006-11-18 15:15:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT3656CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT,
[...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...]
2006-11-18 16:55:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE
06BEIRUT3695RUMP CABINET PASSES TRIBUNAL; HIZBALLAH PLANS
[...] (S) Last-ditch shuttle diplomacy between the March 14 majority and Speaker Berri on 11/24 failed to find a political breakthrough to Lebanon's cabinet crisis. Lebanon's rump cabinet -- missing its Shia members, one Lahoud ally, and the murdered Pierre Gemayel -- thus proceeded on 11/25 to ap [...]
2006-11-27 08:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3703LAHOUD REJECTS PATRIARCH'S CALL TO QUIT
[...] (S) In a one-on-one 11/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- asking that this information be closely held -- revealed that he had recently sent a written letter to President Emile Lahoud suggesting that Lahoud resign for the sake of Lebanon. Faced with Lahoud's rejecti [...]
2006-11-27 17:01:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3757GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH
[...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...]
2006-12-04 17:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV PREL LE SY
06BEIRUT3766DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS
[...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...]
2006-12-05 17:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3775MARCH 14, GOL LEADERS ON AMR MOUSSA'S PLAN, OTHER
[...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on December 6, March 14 officials reacted with skepticism to Amr Moussa's plan to solve the Lebanese political crisis. They believed that Nabih Berri, Michel Aoun, and Hizballah will find ways to reject it. Or, if they do accept it, that will signal that [...]
2006-12-07 10:03:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3782LEBANON: BERRI FOR BOTH SINIORA AND CABINET
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, a curiously jubilant Speaker Berri laid out his positions: he is for the current GOL, including PM Siniora, staying; opposed to any confidence or no-confidence vote or a new Ministerial Declaration; but in favor of the opposition obtaining a "blocking minor [...]
2006-12-07 13:02:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3784WITH GOL APPROVAL OF TRIBUNAL, ARE MARCH 14 AND
[...] (S) We have heard from March 14 figures that Fouad Siniora plans to use the emotionally charged date of December 12 -- the one-year anniversary of the assassination of MP and al-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni -- to convene the cabinet to approve the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. If current pla [...]
2006-12-07 15:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3913LEBANON: HIZBALLAH HINTS AT HAJJ VIOLENCE; BERRI
[...] (C) Walid Jumblatt hosted the Ambassador and Polchief for lunch at his Beirut residence in the neighborhood of Clemenceau December 29. As is often the case when Jumblatt meets with us in Beirut, Druze Communications Minister Marwan Hamadeh joined the meeting. Unusually, however, the Informat [...]
2006-12-29 14:36:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3914CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON
[...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...]
2006-12-29 16:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ECON LE PGOV
06BEIRUT563MGLE01: HARIRI AND JUMBLATT DISCUSS STRATEGY
[...] (S) On February 23, while waiting for Secretary Rice to arrive for a meeting with MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt at his house in Beirut, econoff and FSN senior political specialist were invited to sit with these two leaders. The small talk with FSN senior political specialist eventual [...]
2006-02-24 15:01:00Embassy BeirutSECRETLE PGOV PREL SA SY
06BEIRUT579MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS
[...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]
2006-02-27 17:13:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT581MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS
[...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...]
2006-02-27 17:14:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKDEM PTER KISL LE SY
06BEIRUT647MGLE01: ALL IN THE (FIRST) FAMILY: LAHOUD
[...] (S) In a 3/3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he had been threatened by his father-in-law, President Emile Lahoud, in front of friends and relatives over dinner the previous evening. Lahoud, according to Murr, ordered Murr to recant [...]
2006-03-06 06:58:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT727FOLLOW UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 15:35:00Embassy BeirutSECRETASEC KISL PTER LE SY
06BELGRADE1308ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHES DELIVERED RE SYRIA AND
[...] (s) We delivered reftel demarches in separate meetings with Assistant DEFMIN for Material Resources COL Markovic, MFA Chief of the Directorate for Arms Control Branka Latinovic, and YugoImport Director Stevan Nikcevic August 15-17. In each meeting, we impressed upon our interlocutors the se [...]
2006-08-18 08:38:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPARM BEXP PREL SR SY VE
06BELGRADE1325ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 3: AUGUST 18, 2006
[...] (c) One month into the announcement of the Action Plan (AP),there is still no sign of a sustained and public senior-level effort to prepare the ground for a Mladic handover. Visiting ICTY officials shared our disappointment at the pace of work on the action plan, and agreed that the ultima [...]
2006-08-22 10:15:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR
06BELGRADE1407TADIC AND KOSTUNICA
[...] (U) As Tadic heads to Washington, we would like to share some additional observations about him, about how his views on key issues compare with Kostunica's, and why his visit represents an opportunity different from Kostunica's July visit. 2. (S) Tadic tends to take a more realist, pro-Wes [...]
2006-09-01 12:00:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPGOV PREL
06BELGRADE861RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 06:39:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR
06BELIZE471BELIZE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 15:46:00Embassy BelmopanSECRETKNNP PREL AORC UNSC IEAB BH
06BELIZE543BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE
[...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize),which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...]
2006-06-16 16:49:00Embassy BelmopanSECRETPARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH
06BERLIN1160SCENESETTER: AG GONZALES MEETING WITH INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, looks forward to discussing ongoing as well as additional cooperation with the U.S. Our work to date, as with his predecessor, in fighting terrorists and international criminal groups, while excellent, is sometimes [...]
2006-04-28 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM
06BERLIN1443TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK
[...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...]
2006-05-26 19:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU
06BERLIN1570SCENESETTER: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Germany gives Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, his long-awaited chance to discuss with you personally ongoing and additional bilateral cooperation. Your visit also lets you thank former Minister Schily, who enjoys good relations with [...]
2006-06-09 13:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM
06BERLIN2060TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO: ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 15:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN GM
06BERLIN2303SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...]
2006-08-11 11:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM
06BERLIN2577SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...]
2006-08-31 16:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER PGOV GM
06BERLIN2593GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SANCTIONS, EU3 UNITY
[...] (U) Summary: Charge raised Iran with Foreign Office State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) August 30 and Embassy delivered SIPDIS reftel demarche August 31. Germany is ready for discussion of Iran to return to the Security Council and supports discussion of punitive measures. The critical task, [...]
2006-09-01 16:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEU IR KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN
06BERLIN2785U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE
[...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...]
2006-09-21 08:46:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU
06BERLIN3059GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY
[...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Global Affairs officer briefed German officials in Bonn on the U.S. National Space Policy October 16. Although the German officials appreciated the information, they also expressed some reservations. In sum, they contended [...]
2006-10-20 17:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM GM
06BERLIN3259GERMAN RESPONSE: UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND KOMID
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche November 6 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke. Global affairs officer subsequently delivered ref B demarche November 7 to MFA International Economic Policy Division Desk Officer Bernd Forster and MFA Nuclear Nonprolife [...]
2006-11-07 17:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV DPRK KN CH GM
06BERLIN3374(S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning contacts between the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) and [...]
2006-11-28 15:16:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH
06BERLIN3380(S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN SEEKING GERMAN-ORIGIN ENGINES
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke thanked us for the information concerning the Dutch firm Aviation Services International's procurement efforts of German-produced Limbach Flugmotoren engines on b [...]
2006-11-28 16:48:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW IR
06BERLIN3450DEMARCHE ON E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF
[...] (S) Global Affairs counselor and Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche December 6 to officials from the Foreign Trade Law Division in the German Economic Ministry. Foreign Trade Law Division Office Director Ursina Krumpholz thanked us for the information and said she would discuss it with [...]
2006-12-07 16:44:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN GM
06BERLIN3505GERMAN REQUEST CONCERNING KOMID FINANCIAL
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer met Christian Mayer, deputy director of the German Finance Ministry's Division for Monetary Transactions and Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, November 24 to follow up ref B demarche and the Germans' interim reply (ref A). Mayer said relevant G [...]
2006-12-14 17:08:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KNAR GM CH
06BERLIN3506(S) DEMARCHE PASSED TO GERMANY ON POTENTIAL SALES
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Divison Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 14. Schuett thanked us for the information. She said that the German firm Spinner Machine Tools is a well-known producer of CNC machinery, but she had no knowledge of prolif [...]
2006-12-14 17:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW SY KN
06BERLIN3554GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE-BASED MAYROW
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 4. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the procurement efforts by a Berlin-based man, Akbar Ashraf Vaghefi, and a [...]
2006-12-20 17:31:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL AEMR GM IR
06BERLIN3566GERMAN QUERY ON PRC UNIVERSITY SEEKING FILAMENT
[...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance -- please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Global Affairs officer met German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 21. Kauke passed a nonpaper concerning an export license application currently undergoing review by the [...]
2006-12-21 16:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE TNGD PARM PREL PINR GM CH
06BERLIN3580(S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 27. Schuett thanked us for the information and said she would convey it to appropriate government officials for consultation. She said that the Federal Economic and Export [...]
2006-12-28 11:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL GM
06BERLIN889SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY:
[...] (S) Upon receipt of Ref A, DCM chaired a meeting of relevant members of the country team and post raised the issue of PKK support in Germany with the Turkish DCM and senior members of the German government. German officials state an awareness of the threats posed by the PKK and a readiness to [...]
2006-03-31 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL FR GM
06BERLIN988ADDITIONAL GERMAN ACTION AGAINST THE PKK
[...] (C) Recent allegedly PKK-linked violence in Germany and one arrest in Berlin formed the backdrop for continued engagement with senior German officials pursuant to ref B. Demonstrations -------------- 2. (C) According to local press reports, on the evening of April 1, alleged PKK supporte [...]
2006-04-11 15:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL GM
06BERN1218(S) SWISS AIMING TO PREVENT MEDIA TORNADO ON
[...] (S) Charge d'Affairs a.i. Carol Urban met with Department of Finance (EFD),Director for Financial Markets, Rene Weber to deliver points in REF A mid-afternoon June 23, 2006. The Charge highlighted the legal safeguards and auditing that are in place in the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program an [...]
2006-06-23 14:59:00Embassy BernSECRETPTER EFIN SZ
06BERN1867S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-02 14:48:00Embassy BernSECRETPTER ETTC SZ
06BERN1896MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-05 16:57:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM ETTC SZ IR
06BERN2060SWISS-DPRK TRADE VERY LIMITED
[...] (S) Summary: In response to REFTELS A and B, on November 7 Emboffs spoke with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Bilateral Economic Relations Division, Export Controls and Sanctions Chief Othmar Wyss about Swiss-DPRK trade relations. According to Wyss, Swiss trade with North Korea [...]
2006-11-08 16:20:00Embassy BernSECRETETTC KNNP PARM TRGY MNUC IAEA SZ
06BERN545SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 14:00:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL KPAL IS SY SZ
06BISHKEK1196BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV: BOTH PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 11 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher, SIPDIS President Bakiyev turned straight to investment issues, urging U.S. involvement in major hydro-electric projects. Surprising everyone with an about-face, Bakiyev said that the [...]
2006-08-16 06:37:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL ENRG EINV MARR KG
06BISHKEK1297REPORT OF THE BISHKEK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 6, 2006 to review the disappearance of Major Jill Metzger, assigned to Manas Airbase. Present at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, DAO, PAS, CONS, MGT, RLA, GSO and Base Representative [...]
2006-09-07 09:55:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG PINR
06BISHKEK457BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sense of last year's Tulip Revolution. Although the government declared March 24 a national holiday ) "People's Revolution Day" ) and staged a Soviet-style milita [...]
2006-04-05 12:33:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG
06BISHKEK779ALL SIDES PREDICTING A PEACEFUL MAY 27
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the May 27 opposition demonstration in central Bishkek (reftel),both government and opposition contacts continue to predict a violence-free demonstration. One protest organizer told the Embassy on May 26 that the opposition is expecting 30,000 demonstrators to [...]
2006-05-26 10:11:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG
06BOGOTA10214ARAUCA AND CATATUMBO: 3 KEYS TO SECURITY
[...] (S) Security in Arauca department is much improved, with no pipeline attacks this year and the population increasingly cooperating with the COLMIL. Three keys to this progress are U.S.-funded helicopters for combat air mobility, judicial processes against militias relying on out-of-town pros [...]
2006-11-02 18:54:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPROG PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10785POSSIBLE FARC THREAT TO EMBASSY BOGOTA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Bogota is in receipt of information concerning a possible attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) against the American Embassy compound, allegedly being coordinated by elements of the FARC's Antonio Narino Urban Front (RUAN). Biographic details of [...]
2006-11-28 22:39:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER
06BOGOTA10933PLAN PATRIOTA - THE SEQUEL
[...] (S) Building on the progress of Plan Patriota, Colombia's Ministry of Defense is in the process of planning its 2006-10 campaign. The outlines which follow are still tentative. Operationally the new Plan is more a natural evolution of Plan Patriota than a change of course. The COLMIL's main [...]
2006-12-01 16:58:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO MARR
06BOGOTA11380UAVS -- "EYES IN THE SKY" FOR COLMIL OPERATIONS
[...] (S) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a low-tech, low-cost, and low-risk but potentially high-impact new addition to USG-GOC intelligence cooperation in support of counterterror and counterdrug efforts. Since their arrival in July, a test package of UAVs has provided valuable, real-time ae [...]
2006-12-20 21:10:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA11488COLMIL: JTF-O ONTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE FOOTING
[...] (S) In the Colombian military's main focus area against the FARC, the incoming commander is planning two changes to improve results. First, he will spread battalion formations to widen their area of control and increase chances of enemy contact. Second, he will create new companies dedicated [...]
2006-12-27 19:01:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
06BOGOTA1643ANALYSIS OF FARC'S POLITICAL-MILITARY STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) According to Colombian security analysts, the FARC's principal short term goals are to sabotage Uribe's reelection prospects; influence Congressional elections with intimidation and funding; and energize leftist constituencies. The FARC, though weakened by the Colombian military's offensi [...]
2006-02-22 16:00:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA1981NEW ARMY COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL MARIO MONTOYA
[...] (C) On February 22, Major General Mario Montoya Uribe was sworn in as the Commander of the Colombian Army (COLAR). Montoya had been Commander of the Army First Division and the Caribbean Joint Task Force, one of Colombia's two major commands. Montoya replaced Major General Reinaldo Castellano [...]
2006-03-06 18:24:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV MOPS PINR CO
06BOGOTA2076CUCUTA PERSPECTIVE ON COLOMBIA-VENEZUELAN BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: During a pre-election trip to Cucuta (septel will detail electoral issues),an Army commander told poloff that COLMIL forces were prohibited from crossing the Venezuelan border to pursue guerrilla high value targets (HVTs),in contrast to his counterparts on the Ecuadorian borde [...]
2006-03-08 16:00:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS PTER SNAR CO VE
06BOGOTA2518FARC IDEOLOGY ON THE BACKBURNER
[...] (C) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began in 1964 as a Marxist insurgency dedicated to redressing rural grievances, at a time when the democratic left had been politically marginalized. Over time, illicit activity and alienation from the democratic left have taken the FARC f [...]
2006-03-21 21:06:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2858S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND OAS PERMREP MAISTO
[...] (C) On the margins of the 6th Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE),Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) John F. Maisto met for an hour with Vice Foreign Mini [...]
2006-03-29 11:37:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER CO
06BOGOTA3814COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q1'06
[...] (C) This quarterly review of the security outlook in Colombia considers Plan Patriota, FARC, ELN, and paramilitaries. The first quarter of 2006 was dominated by FARC pre-election actions and by large paramilitary demobilizations. Near the end of President Uribe's first term, his security in [...]
2006-05-01 17:20:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4348FARC URGES VOTING AGAINST URIBE; IMPLIES WILL NOT
[...] (C) In recent communications implying the guerillas' intent to refrain from disruptive actions, FARC Secretariat leaders have urged Colombians to participate in May 28 presidential elections. This reversal of past pronouncements may be a face-saving maneuver to mask impotence against the GOC [...]
2006-05-16 23:30:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA435DAS DIRECTOR PENATE ON VENEZUELA
[...] (S) At a British Embassy dinner on January 14, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS, roughly the FBI equivalent) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that Hugo Chavez's entourage remains convinced there is a U.S.-directed conspiracy to kill Chavez with support from Colombia. Penate s [...]
2006-01-18 20:28:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPINR PREL CO
06BOGOTA4750ESTIMATES ON REGROUPING OF DEMOBILIZED
[...] (S) Estimates of the collectively demobilized paramilitaries (30,902 to date) that have regrouped into criminal organizations range from 2 to 4 percent. According to Colombian National Police Intelligence (DIPOL) analysts and the Military's Joint Intelligence Center, 21 new criminal groups h [...]
2006-05-30 19:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4752INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TO BLOCK PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY
[...] (C) On May 15-19, approximately 16,000 indigenous people and supporters in 9 Departments blocked major highways to protest perceived GOC failure to follow through on land agreements. The demonstrations, which GOC authorities said were instigated and supported by the FARC, also criticized pres [...]
2006-05-30 19:12:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA4983FARC/ELN: TERRORIST TAKEDOWNS REFLECT USG-GOC
[...] (S) The GOC captured or killed 29 key midlevel operatives of the country's main guerilla insurgencies, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN),from September 2005 through April 2006. Takedowns were concentrated among three groups -- front com [...]
2006-06-05 15:53:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA5497COLAR PREDICTS ESCALATION BEFORE NEGOTIATION
[...] (S) Commanders of Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),the Colombian military's elite force at the core of the Plan Patriota campaign, see the conflict with the FARC entering a phase of more direct confrontation. They contend the FARC has determined it cannot withstand four more years under re-ele [...]
2006-06-16 15:26:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO FARC
06BOGOTA5940COLAR TAKES DOWN FARC GENERAL STAFF MEMBER
[...] (S) On June 27 an elite Colombian Army (COLAR) unit killed FARC leader "Juan Carlos," a member of the FARC's General Staff military command (equivalent of the capture of Simon Trinidad in 2004). For the COLAR the takedown is a boost to morale, a credit to its new rapid reaction force units, [...]
2006-06-30 21:02:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO
06BOGOTA7383COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q2'06
[...] (C) Police and military operations at least temporarily pushed the FARC -- and many of its senior leaders -- out of the eastern side of the Macarena Park. Fighting on the western side continued. Police and the COLMIL deterred significant attacks during the presidential elections. FARC acti [...]
2006-08-14 14:48:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA7397INDUMIL DOWNSTREAM: TIGHTER CONTROLS, FEW LEAKS
[...] (S) Responding to possible weapons leakage to terrorist groups from state weapons manufacturer INDUMIL, econ/poloffs went beyond a routine factory licensing review (reftel C) to investigate inventory controls in the later stages of storage, transport, and retail sales. INDUMIL outlined compr [...]
2006-08-14 17:42:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BOGOTA7485FARC ATTACK ON FUEL DISTRIBUTOR IN LA GUAJIRA
[...] (C) On August 14, 2006 at approximately 0230 hours, the 59th Front of the FARC attacked a fuel distribution outlet in Guajira close to the Colombian/Venezuelan border. The attack was launched using gas cylinder bombs, destroying 85 fuel trucks and 15 other vehicles, and reportedly injuring 8 [...]
2006-08-16 15:16:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPTER PGOV EINV ENRG VE CO
06BOGOTA7602GOC PREPARING DETENTION CENTERS FOLLOWING URIBE'S
[...] (C) Of the 38 AUC leaders the GOC is seeking, 16 have turned themselves in, 3 have been located, and 19 remain at large including Vicente Castano and Rodrigo Tovar (AKA Jorge Cuarenta). Police analysts expect the remaining leaders to turn themselves in soon; President Uribe may extradite any [...]
2006-08-18 21:28:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA7893COLMIL PENETRATES FARC HEARTLAND IN LA MACARENA
[...] (S) After months of intense campaigns, the COLAR has occupied former FARC strongholds and harried key FARC cocaine trafficking fronts in the Macarena region. La Macarena (Meta department) is key to the FARC -- as a core zone of coca cultivation, a historic homeland, and a strategic rear guard [...]
2006-08-29 15:11:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER CO
06BOGOTA830EX-LABOR LEADERS SAID TO USE ASYLUM IN EUROPE TO
[...] (C) In a meeting on January 24 with LABOFF, leaders from Colombia's largest banker's union and its labor confederation claimed that exiled labor leaders with guerrilla affiliations are behind a Danish T-shirt sales campaign, whose proceeds reportedly are destined for the Revolutionary Armed For [...]
2006-01-30 16:19:00Embassy BogotaSECRETELAB PGOV PHUM PTER CO DA XT KLAB
06BOGOTA871FARC LEADER'S MESSAGE TO GUERRILLAS
[...] (S) Poloff met with a military intelligence analyst who discretly shared a secret communique sent in January to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its Supreme Commander Pedro Antonio Marin, AKA "Manuel Marulanda" or "Tirofijo". (Please protect source and information.) The [...]
2006-01-31 15:15:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA9448COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q3'06
[...] (C) Combat continued in Meta and Antioquia, where the COLMIL aggressively battled concentrated FARC and ELN forces. The COLMIL shifted more resources to the Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela after increased FARC attacks, but has not yet established control in the area. The Southwest borde [...]
2006-10-13 17:51:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CO
06BRASILIA1910BRAZIL: GOB OFFICIALS COMMENT ON REFUGEE CASE OF
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Charge and PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to senior GOB officials, stressing USG concerns about the 14 July 2006 decision by Brazil's national refugee commission (CONARE) to grant refugee status to suspected FARC terrorist Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos (refs B and D),de [...]
2006-09-12 13:20:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL PTER SNAR BR
06BRASILIA1966BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On 14 September, Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns and DATT) made a courtesy call on General Jorge Armando Felix, Minister for Institutional Security in the Brazilian Presidency. Felix's office oversees both national intelligence and narcotics prevention efforts nationwide, [...]
2006-09-18 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL BR
06BRASILIA593NO BRAZILIAN BROADCASTS OF AL-MANAR
[...] (S) Post delivered Ref A, paragraph 3 talking points to the Maria Luiza Lopes da Silva, the Foreign Ministry Deputy Coordinator for the Combat Against Illicit Transnational Activities, in a March 22 conversation. Silva had no substantive response. 2. (S) Alberto Milgewitz of the local Jewi [...]
2006-03-23 17:53:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER ASEC ETTC KPAO BR
06BRATISLAVA167SLOVAK POLICE WORRIED ABOUT NEW INTERIOR
[...] (S) Poloff spent February 23 participating in weapons training at the invitation of Pavol Draxler (protect),the Ministry of the Interior's National Coordinator for the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons. Draxler, an up-and-coming policy-maker at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),spent t [...]
2006-03-03 08:57:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KPAO PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA562NEW SLOVAK FM PROMISES FULL COORDINATION ON
[...] (U) This message includes an action request and recommendation in para 3. 2. (S) New Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told Charge today that he would personally "take care of the issue of the Slovak troops in Iraq." Speaking privately just after an introductory session with the diplomatic [...]
2006-07-10 15:05:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPREL MARR LO IZ
06BRATISLAVA617FM KUBIS: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO UNDERSCORE
[...] (C) In a 7/28 meeting at the MFA, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told the Ambassador and DCM that the government's program to be issued on August 1 will highlight Slovakia's continued support for stability and democratization in Iraq, despite planned changes in the military presence. Although the [...]
2006-07-28 15:40:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA619GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...]
2006-07-29 17:42:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETIZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA673SLOVAKIA TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL SHARES FROM
[...] (S) Summary - On August 9, Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reached an agreement with Yukos Finance representatives Steve Theede and Bill Shoff on a deal that allows Slovakia to repurchase the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance and thereby obtain greater energy independence. A "share p [...]
2006-08-10 15:42:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA720SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL
[...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...]
2006-08-25 14:33:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA790SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER, IN AFGHANISTAN, PLEDGES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico traveled to Afghanistan on September 27 to meet with NATO/ISAF commanders and Afghan officials to discuss Slovakia's future military contributions to Afghan reconstruction. The one day trip included Slovakia's Ministers of Defense and Interior [...]
2006-09-27 14:01:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPGOV PREL AF IZ LO
06BRUSSELS1083TURKS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PKK ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (S) The Turkish Embassy in Brussels presented Embassy a package March 23 containing two DVD's of recordings of various broadcasts of ROJ TV, as well as their texts translated in English. The recordings cover the period from August 29 through October 11, 2005, and January 3 through February 9 [...]
2006-03-29 14:48:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PTER BE TU
06BRUSSELS1585APPROACHING BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post has worked to push appropriate Belgian ministries, including MFA, Justice, and Interior, on increasing action against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) activities in Belgium. The Belgians want to do more and have told us that, in addition to information, increased dialogue wou [...]
2006-05-11 14:32:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPTER PREL BE TU
06BRUSSELS3930USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities to discuss ways to engender joint cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers Pa [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETBE PREL PTER TU
06BRUSSELS3947USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities to discuss ways to engender joint cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers Pa [...]
2006-11-28 14:49:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PTER TU BE
06BUCHAREST1171THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL
[...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...]
2006-07-21 17:35:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO
06BUCHAREST1223ROMANIAN WEAPONS PURCHASE AND POTENTIAL MANPADS
[...] (S) On July 20, PolOff delivered to Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, reftel demarche regarding GOR's weapons systems purchase and possible cooperation on surplus MANPADS destruction. On July 21 PolOffs delivered the same demarche to MOD Director for Internat [...]
2006-08-01 14:06:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL MASS RO
06BUCHAREST153S59-05 AND S23B-04: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ALERT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 15:49:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW KNNP IR RO
06BUCHAREST1685ROMANIA COMMITTED TO UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 07:12:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPARM PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1693SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (S) I welcome your upcoming visit to Bucharest November 13-14. I want to share some thoughts about the extraordinarily strong bilateral partnership we have with the Romanians, the political backdrop to your visit, and how your trip can help advance USG interests here. Romania is a reliable [...]
2006-11-07 15:33:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1694RAFO REFINERY – A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...]
2006-11-07 15:37:00Embassy BucharestSECRETENRG ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1747FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA
[...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...]
2006-11-17 16:45:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST278ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM
[...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...]
2006-02-16 16:00:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU
06BUCHAREST344ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing "great" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD coll [...]
2006-02-27 15:57:00Embassy BucharestSECRETKCFE NATO PREL MARR PARM RO
06BUCHAREST618TURKISH AND SAUDI PRESSURE ON ROMANIAN MUFTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...]
2006-04-14 15:26:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI TU SA RO
06BUCHAREST814ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 10:53:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPARM PREL ETTC RO
06BUCHAREST881ROMANIA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Romania's president, foreign minister, and national security advisor agreed to support U.S. efforts to resolve Kosovo's final status when they met in Bucharest with Ambassador Frank Wisner, the Secretary's Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks. While noting serious con [...]
2006-05-30 15:52:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPREL PGOV YI EU RO
06BUCHAREST902SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...]
2006-05-31 17:57:00Embassy BucharestSECRETECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUDAPEST2230SURVIVOR HUNGARY: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT'S
[...] (S) Beset by continuing political attacks and public protests, the Gyurcsany government is circling its wagons as winter approaches. Although even the opposition concedes that crowds will fall as the temperature does, few doubt that they will return in force in the spring, when the full econo [...]
2006-11-02 15:57:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPGOV KDEM HU
06BUDAPEST2269HUNGARY'S PARTIES PREPARE FOR A WINTER OF
[...] (S) Summary: Conflict between and within Hungary's political parties continues even as the likelihood of large-scale public demonstrations declines. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 7, opposition FIDESZ party leader Viktor Orban alleged that the Gyurcsany government is enforcing par [...]
2006-11-09 08:41:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPGOV KDEM ECON HU
06BUENOSAIRES1594ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS
[...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...]
2006-07-18 21:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2568TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] (s) Econoff conveyed reftel demarche and background information November 16 to Gustavo Urutia, Deputy Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Urutia said the normal procedure for handling U.S. prenotifications is for the MFA to hold the information until the day [...]
2006-11-16 20:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES746THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA
[...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...]
2006-03-31 18:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPINR PREL AR
06CAIRO175ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC
[...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...]
2006-01-15 11:52:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE
06CAIRO2162CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH
[...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...]
2006-04-09 14:27:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP
06CAIRO2432AMBASSADOR´S MEETING WITH MIN INFO AND EGIS CHIEF ON RADIO SAWA AND AL-MANAR
[...] (S) Summary: On April 20th, the Ambassador pressed MOI Al-Fiqqi on the GOE´s media portrayal of issues important to the US-Egyptian relationship, including Iran, Hamas, and Iraq. He also again raised the issues of Radio Sawa and Al-Manar. The Ambassador argued that if the GOE values its relation [...]
2006-04-23 13:44:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KPAL EG
06CAIRO3270(U) PRESSING EGYPT ON TORTURE CASE
[...] (C) Summary: Egyptian human rights circles are outraged by reports of the alleged torture by police of Mohammad Al-Sharqawy and Kamal Al-Shaer, activists with "Youth for Change," an offshoot of the Kefaya movement. According to press and blog accounts, police detained Sharqawy and Shaer af [...]
2006-05-30 14:47:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG US
06CAIRO493SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-29 11:49:00Embassy CairoSECRETPTER KCRM PREL EG
06CAIRO5270AL MANAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Ref B and previous messages report our campaign against Al Manar on NileSat over the past year. When circumstances permit, we will resume our advocacy with every influential top official. Further discussion with the GOE at this time regarding removing Al Manar broadcasts from NileSat would not [...]
2006-08-22 16:21:00Embassy CairoSECRETECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF EG
06CAIRO557SOLIMAN ON ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ CONFERENCE VENUE
[...] (S) Ambassador told EGIS chief Omar Soliman that we had heard that the AL was thinking of postponing its planned follow-up conference involving all the Iraqi factions, and of moving it outside Iraq. We could understand the need to postpone such a conference, particularly pending the formati [...]
2006-01-30 15:49:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO6106SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...]
2006-09-28 19:25:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG
06CAIRO6461(C) THREATS TO LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER OF SERIOUS
[...] (S) During an October 17 meeting with MFA Cabinet Advisor for Syrian and Lebanese Affairs, Nazih Al Negeiry, poloff raised reftel demarche points on Syrian-originated threats against Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. Negeiry was familiar with the topic, referring to Egyptian embassy rep [...]
2006-10-18 15:05:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PTER MEPN UNSC EG LE SY
06CAIRO6474EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: SUPREME GUIDE AND
[...] (S) This is the first in a series of cables addressing INR queries (ref A) regarding the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). All of Embassy Cairo's reporting on the MB is based on open sources and second-hand information that poloff obtains from non-MB members. ------------------------------ SUPREME [...]
2006-10-19 10:11:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PINR KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO6678(C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS
[...] (S) During an introductory meeting on November 2 with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Affairs, Ambassador Magdy Amer, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Egypt's obligations with respect to North Korea and UNSCR 1718. Amer was not aware of any Egyptian ties with the Korea Mining [...]
2006-11-02 15:23:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV PARM EG NK
06CAIRO6770IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB
[...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, CONTINUES TO BE QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND IS INTERESTED IN DEEPENING BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATIO [...]
2006-11-07 15:27:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER UNSC EG IZ
06CAIRO6825IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB
[...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...]
2006-11-09 16:35:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ
06CAIRO7000MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE
[...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...]
2006-11-28 15:59:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU
06CAIRO7074IRAQ: ENGAGING THE ARAB LEAGUE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 12:52:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL EG IZ
06CAIRO7122THWARTING HAMAS CASH TRANSFERS THROUGH RAFAH
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador on December 12 that Egypt "had taken a decision" and is striving to find a legal mechanism to stop Hamas officials from taking cash through Egypt into Gaza. Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali reportedly has "found one bank" in which th [...]
2006-12-12 15:51:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PTER KPAL EFIN IS EG
06CAIRO7190GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...]
2006-12-20 07:23:00Embassy CairoSECRETECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG
06CAIRO7208EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY
[...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...]
2006-12-21 07:42:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL KNNP IR EG
06CANBERRA2043INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 04:50:00Embassy CanberraSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AS
06CARACAS1026ACCION DEMOCRATICA: A HOPELESS CASE
[...] (C) Accion Democratica (AD),Venezuela's largest opposition party, is going nowhere fast. Its leader, secretary general Henry Ramos Allup, is unimaginative, SIPDIS overconfident, and even repellent. Rather than seeking unity among the opposition, Ramos Allup insults other party official [...]
2006-04-17 12:34:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1461BRV VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES TERRORISM, EXTRADITION
[...] (S//NF) Venezuelan vice foreign minister Maria Pilar Hernandez called in the Ambassador on May 17 to discuss the status of BRV extradition requests on alleged terrorist bombers Jose Antonio Colina, German Varela, and Luis Posada Carriles. She said her government had taken the position that [...]
2006-05-22 17:44:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPREL SNAR PTER KSAF VE
06CARACAS1635THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY IN GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
[...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to nominate military personnel to serve in the most senior elected and appointed positions of his administration. Although we lack precise numbers, Embassy contacts and research suggest the military's presence in civilian government continues to [...]
2006-06-05 16:21:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV MARR VE
06CARACAS219CUBA/VENEZUELA AXIS OF MISCHIEF: THE VIEW FROM
[...] (S//NF) As noted in REF A, the Venezuelan relationship with Cuba continues to intensify. Thousands of personnel sent by the Cuban Government are involved in the Venezuelan health sector and other BRV social missions. Cubans cooperate extensively with Venezuelan intelligence services. Cubans ma [...]
2006-01-30 19:12:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3356USAID/OTI PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY TEAM 5
[...] (S) During his 8 years in power, President Chavez has systematically dismantled the institutions of democracy and governance. The USAID/OTI program objectives in Venezuela focus on strengthening democratic institutions and spaces through non-partisan cooperation with many sectors of Venezue [...]
2006-11-09 15:03:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS494CHAVEZ NATURALIZES COLOMBIANS TO GET VOTES
[...] (C) In an effort to reach President Chavez' goal of obtaining 10 million votes in December's presidential elections, the BRV is using the tried and true method of stuffing the voter registry by naturalizing migrants and handing out identification cards through its Mision Identidad (Mission I [...]
2006-02-22 21:09:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS776CARRIER VISIT TO BENEFIT US POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA
[...] (U) See Ambassador's comment para 9. 2. (S) Post supports Southcom's planned "Partnership of the Americas" maritime surge to the Caribbean to be led by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington. The deployment will help us to counter President Hugo Chavez' courtship of Caribbean co [...]
2006-03-23 19:26:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPGOV MOPS MASS VE
06CARACAS852BRV COUNTERDRUG AMBIVALENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV's CN relationship with us continues to be ambivalent. On one hand, the Antidrogas command of the National Guard (GN) is increasingly willing to work with us within our Port Security Project, while BRV Drug Czar Luis Correa appears to be penalizing NGO Alianza for having to [...]
2006-03-28 19:45:00Embassy CaracasSECRETSNAR PREL PINR VZ
06CASABLANCA576TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST
[...] (S) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. Post does not object to the proposed designations of Moroccan nationals Mohammed Moumou and Farid Lamrabet. Post does not anticipate any negative impact of reftel designations in Morocco. Post also believes GOM would [...]
2006-05-26 17:12:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPREL PTER EFIN KTFN UN IT BE NR AG EG MO
06COLOMBO1241ALLEGATIONS OF LTTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITY
[...] (S) On July 27, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara passed Charge' a document from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense (full text below) which discusses an alleged chemical weapons capability by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Palihakkara said his government is extremely concerned by th [...]
2006-07-31 08:08:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER MCAP PARM CE
06COLOMBO142SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDERS PREPARE FOR TWO KINDS
[...] (S) Summary: On January 10, poloff accompanied Defense Attach to Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQJ) at the Palaly military base on the Jaffna peninsula. During the three hour visit poloff and DATT met with the commanding general, received a tactical briefing and attended a frank needs [...]
2006-01-25 05:19:00Embassy ColomboSECRETMOPS PINS PTER CE
06COLOMBO1428SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SRI LANKAN
[...] (C) Charge' met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva on August 30 regarding U.S. concern that Sri Lanka may be considering procuring lethal military equipment (LME) from Iran. Charge' explained that under the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act, procuring LME [...]
2006-08-31 11:36:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1745LTTE DELEGATION TO GENEVA: NAMES AND TRAVEL
[...] (S) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer passed A/S Richard Boucher a copy of a Norwegian non-paper outlining the travel arrangements proposed for the LTTE delegation's travel to Geneva. Following their humiliating experience at the Colombo airport in June, the LTTE group has asked for [...]
2006-10-23 12:04:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO1874SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE PARTY SAYS "INDIAN MODEL" FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A Member of Parliament from Jaffna for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a pro-Tamil Tiger party, told us on November 8 that the Indian constitution was worth studying, but that the "Indian model" of federalism would not work in Sri Lanka. He thought the Indian government was i [...]
2006-11-09 07:09:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1887SRI LANKA: KARUNA PARAMILITARY IMPLICATED IN WAVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in March 2004, has renamed itself the Tamil Makkal Vidutalai Pulikkal (TMVP),or Tamil People's Liberation Tigers. The TMVP claims to be a democratic organization [...]
2006-11-09 12:46:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1925SRI LANKA LOOKS FOR HELP FROM INDONESIA ON TAMIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan MFA Director General for Southeast Asia, who accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit to Indonesia, gave us a readout of their meeting with the Indonesian President on Tamil Tiger activities in the region. Indonesia has become a major transshipment and logistic [...]
2006-11-16 10:50:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06CONAKRY101GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE;
[...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]
2006-01-30 12:55:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPREL PGOV MASS KDEM GV
06CONAKRY93DASD WHELAN SCORES RARE ENCOUNTER WITH GUINEAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a surprise development, Guinean President Lansana Conte received Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan at the Presidential Palace on January 25. Plagued by poor health, Conte has not to our knowledge held any meetings with persons outside h [...]
2006-01-27 12:58:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL MASS KDEM PINS GV
06CONAKRY94GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE;
[...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...]
2006-01-27 12:59:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPREL KDEM PGOV MASS GV
06DAKAR1427 IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK?
[...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...]
2006-06-15 14:10:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR1721SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE
[...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...]
2006-07-18 08:45:00Embassy DakarSECRETPGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG
06DAKAR2940CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...]
2006-12-12 12:25:00Embassy DakarSECRETPINS SOCI PINR KISL SG
06DAKAR681A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 16:25:00Embassy DakarSECRETPINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG
06DAMASCUS3485TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 02 AS OF 1230 LOCAL, MONDAY,
[...] (S) Summary: Initial eyewitness reports estimated that as many as 20,000 Syrians participated in a SARG-orchestrated demonstration July 17 in downtown Damascus. Protesters mainly expressed pro-SARG and pro-Hizballah messages. Separately on July 17, the Syrian MFA's Protocol Director summone [...]
2006-07-17 12:00:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3490TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-making body met July 17 and urged the SARG to prepare for all possibilities in view of Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The SARG has rejected a proposed visit to Syria by UN env [...]
2006-07-18 11:38:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3577TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 05 FOR THURSDAY, JULY
[...] (S) Summary: On July 20, Syria's President Bashar al-Asad met with Russian Middle East envoy Saltanov and, separately, called Turkish PM Erdogan to discuss the Israel-Hizballah conflict, according to media reports. The Ba'ath party's most important policy-making body met for the third conse [...]
2006-07-20 13:48:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS3601TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 07 FOR SUNDAY, JULY
[...] (S) Summary: Contacts are reporting a dramatic rise in anti-American sentiment in Syria over the past ten days. The influential director of the Abu Noor Institute, Sheikh Saleh Kuftaro, called upon the SARG "to open the borders with Israel for resistance" during Friday prayers on July 21. O [...]
2006-07-23 13:31:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS3627TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 08 FOR MONDAY, JULY
[...] (S) Summary: Up to 250,000 people have entered Syria from Lebanon since the start of the Israel-Hizballah conflict, with up to 90,000 needing "immediate assistance," according to contacts. Displaced Lebanese are settling throughout the country, with many seeking aid from the government, Syr [...]
2006-07-24 14:30:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS3711TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 12 FOR SUNDAY, JULY
[...] (C) Summary: An Israeli missile strike on July 29 destroyed the road serving a main Lebanese border crossing between Damascus and Beirut about five miles west of the official Syrian border crossing, effectively closing the crossing, according to contacts and press reports. Several hundred p [...]
2006-07-30 12:44:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3742TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 13 FOR MONDAY JULY 31,
[...] (S) Summary: For the second time in two days Israel bombed the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, more than three miles from the Syrian border. Syrian artillery, missile and ground forces are being defensively dispersed from their garrisons throughout Syria and Syrian air defenses [...]
2006-07-31 13:04:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PREF LE SY
06DAMASCUS3754TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 14 FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST
[...] (U) Summary: Syrian President Asad asked the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for the Lebanese "resistance" against Israel, according to reports of Asad's July 31 annual address commemorating the foundation of the Syria Arab Army. Israel launched its t [...]
2006-08-01 12:33:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3806TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 15 FOR WEDNESDAY,
[...] (U) Summary: Syria's President Asad was expected to meet visiting Spanish FM Moratinos August 2 in Damascus, according to Arabic regional media. Germany's FM linked Syrian cooperation in ending fighting between Israel and Hizballah to closer relations with the European Union, including impr [...]
2006-08-02 13:41:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS3851TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 17 FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 6,
[...] (S) Summary: Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal called the August 4 al-Qaa strike that killed 26 Syrians "a racist, fascist and terrorist act committed with American weapons." The Syrian Foreign Minister on August 5 sent two letters regarding the al-Qaa killings to the UN SYG and the he [...]
2006-08-06 15:57:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS4025SYRIA REJECTS MEETINGS WITH ICRC PRESIDENT, ICRC
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC President Jakob Kellenberg cancelled a planned August trip to Syria after the SARG refused to offer him any high-level meetings, according to Damascus-based ICRC representative Jean-Jacques Fresard. Fresard described noted that in during a recent encounter with Hamas leader [...]
2006-08-16 13:57:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL PHUM PGOV KPAL SY IR IZ
06DAMASCUS4612INITIAL EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PRESS SARG ON INCREASED
[...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the September 12 attack on the Embassy, the Embassy has pressed the SARG through various channels for increased security for USG facilities in Damascus and for complete sharing of details of the SARG investigation into the attack. RSO has relied on informal conta [...]
2006-09-21 16:31:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5399INFLUENCING THE SARG IN THE END OF 2006
[...] (S) Summary. The SARG ends 2006 in a much stronger position domestically and internationally than it did 2005. While there may be additional bilateral or multilateral pressure that can impact Syria, the regime is based on a small clique that is largely immune to such pressure. However, Basha [...]
2006-12-13 16:03:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SY
06DARESSALAAM1076CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]
2006-07-03 07:07:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PTER PREL EAID
06DARESSALAAM1089(CORRECTED COPY) CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND
[...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...]
2006-07-03 10:11:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PTER PREL EAID
06DARESSALAAM1260TANZANIA READY FOR ACOTA ACTION; OPEN TO ARTICLE 98
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Tanzania is eager to get the ACOTA program underway. In mid-July meetings with ACOTA's Chip Beck, officials from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) addressed specific training and equipment options while Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials showed increased interest in, and [...]
2006-07-27 15:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL MARR ASEC TZ
06DARESSALAAM522TANZANIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES
[...] (S) Ambassador Retzer met the Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 15 in Arusha to discuss Article 98, the upcoming late March visit of an ACOTA team, and the long-standing U.S. request for Tanzania to allow surveillance over-flights. Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, appointed as Minister of Foreign Affa [...]
2006-03-24 14:34:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM592TANZANIA OVERFLIGHTS REVISITED, NO READ ON RESPONSE
[...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),through Grace Martin, Head of Section for Europe and the Americas, contacted Poloff April 4 regarding the outstanding USG request for overflight permission. In a April 5 meeting, Martin told Poloff that she had been directed to research the issue, [...]
2006-04-10 14:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETMOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ MARR
06DARESSALAAM640TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...]
2006-04-19 16:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ
06DARESSALAAM641TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...]
2006-04-19 16:42:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ
06DARESSALAAM715AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS
[...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...]
2006-05-03 12:43:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ
06DARESSALAAM771OVERFLIGHTS: HELP US DO IT OURSELVES
[...] (S) Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Europe and Americas Division, has informed Ambassador Retzer that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would like to develop its own capacity to conduct aerial surveillance and reconnaissance missions rather than allow USG ov [...]
2006-05-11 06:54:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETMARV MOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ
06DARESSALAAM864NAM STATEMENT ONE OF PRINCIPLE, PER TANZANIA
[...] (S) Poloff reviewed points in reftel with Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on May 25. Mulamula said the statement being considered by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a general message which would underline the position that [...]
2006-05-26 14:29:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TZ
06DHAKA1525WELCOME TO SCA: THE BANGLADESH AGENDA
[...] (C) It's not George Harrison's Bangladesh anymore. Major advances in health, education, and food security have given Bangladesh a stability and a future that seemed unthinkable just 20 years ago. Bangladeshis are tolerant, moderate people who generally live at peace with their Hindu and Chri [...]
2006-03-20 09:10:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PTER KISL KDEM BG
06DHAKA1865SCA DAS GASTRIGHT MEETINGS AT MFA
[...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials, DAS Gastright commended the BDG on recent arrests of terrorist leaders and stressed the need for further investigations and timely prosecutions. DAS Gastright offered continued technical assistance in counterterrorism efforts, especi [...]
2006-04-04 09:35:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV UNGA UNSC BG
06DHAKA2573JMB TERRORIST INVESTIGATION MARCHES ON--UP TO A
[...] (S) Summary. The BDG's pursuit of JMB crossed a huge threshold in April with the capture of the last two members of JMB's senior leadership body. Overall, some 693 alleged JMB activists have been arrested, 141 criminal cases have been filed, and 31 defendants have been convicted and sentence [...]
2006-05-03 05:19:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KISL PGOV PHUM BG
06DHAKA280YOUR VISIT TO BANGLADESH
[...] (S) Everything and nothing has changed in Bangladesh since your last visit in May 2005. JMB's stunning onslaught of violence finally forced the BDG to acknowledge that terrorism and extremism exist in Bangladesh, but domestic politics remain as polarized and painful as ever. Your BNP and MFA [...]
2006-01-20 11:54:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PTER KISL KDEM BG BGD
06DHAKA2886EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH BANGLADESH FOR JULY 2-8
[...] (S) On May 21, we proposed to MFA Americas-Pacific DG Shahidul Islam an exchange of diplomatic notes per reftel in support of the port visit of the USNS Mercy. We stressed the importance the USG places on such agreements and of a timely and positive response. 2. (U) We will follow up with [...]
2006-05-21 09:47:00Embassy DhakaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL KTIA BG
06DHAKA3060DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL MEETING MAY
[...] (S) On May 25, we conveyed reftel points to MFA UN Director Hamid Rashid, stressing the importance of addressing Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability and holding it accountable to its international obligations. Rashid expressed appreciation for the points and undertook to ensure the [...]
2006-05-25 08:15:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR
06DHAKA3453IMPROVING BANGLADESHI COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See Paragraphs 14 and 22. 2, (S) Summary: After discussion of current mission Counter Terrorism efforts, embassy believes that enhancement to current programs is justified and should be explored. Embassy believes that next steps include steps towards initiation of a Rewa [...]
2006-06-13 10:42:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KCRM KISL EAID ASEC BG
06DHAKA352SPECULATION ON BDG'S FAILURE TO CATCH JMB LEADERS
[...] (SBU) On January 19, 2,000 police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off an area in Kushtia, 120 kilometers west of Dhaka, to hunt for fugitive JMB leader Bangla Bhai, according to police and media reports. Five helicopters, a huge deployment for Bangladesh, supported the effort reportedly t [...]
2006-01-23 11:25:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KCRM PGOV BG
06DHAKA3538TABLIGH-E-JAMAAT: ISLAMIC REVIVALISM STRIKING DEEP
[...] (S) Summary. Tabligh-e-Jamaat (TJ) is a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has deep roots in Bangladesh. Its followers here probably number in the millions, and the organization's influence extends to every corner of the country. The most unique feature of TJ is its emphasis on [...]
2006-06-15 04:37:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPGOV PINR PINS PTER BG
06DHAKA3889IMPROVING BANGLADESHI COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See Paragraph 21. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy thoroughly reviewed USG Counter Terrorism assistance to Bangladesh and believes that enhancement to current programs is fully justified and should be explored. Paragraph 21 outlines proposed next steps. We do not believe that [...]
2006-06-29 10:58:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KCRM KISL EAID ASEC BG
06DHAKA5332INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS SHOW NEW STRAIN
[...] (S) Summary. After a brief respite between the Dhaka SAARC summit in October and Prime Minister Zia's visit to New Delhi in March, Indo-Bangladeshi relations are again showing strain. Given India's support for the opposition Awami League, Indian antagonism towards the current government, and [...]
2006-08-22 08:23:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER PGOV KISL IN BG
06DHAKA5892FACILITATING POLITICAL DIALOGUE: "PLEASE DO
[...] (S) Summary. As Bangladesh's polarized political parties count down to the arrival of the Caretaker regime in late October, we, with support from our Canadian, British, and Australian colleagues, are working publicly and privately to promote dialogue between the opposition Awami League and the [...]
2006-09-18 11:47:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM BG
06DHAKA6738EMERGING LEADERS IN BANGLADESH (C-NE6-01896)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 09:11:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPINR PGOV BG
06DILI203DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO
[...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]
2006-05-03 11:06:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI226EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING?
[...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]
2006-05-11 19:08:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI228EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING?
[...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...]
2006-05-11 19:24:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI229RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION
[...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...]
2006-05-12 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI254EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME
[...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]
2006-05-24 15:36:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI262EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME
[...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...]
2006-05-25 07:27:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI263DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES
[...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...]
2006-05-25 15:11:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI274EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006
[...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...]
2006-05-30 11:30:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI291AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-03 19:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO
06DILI298EAC MEETING: REVERSE TRIPWIRES ESTABLISHED
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 7 June to develop reverse tripwires related to the current political and security situation in East Timor, discuss added security measures at the Embassy, and review the Mission's policy for travel within East Timor. Deputy C [...]
2006-06-07 11:17:00Embassy DiliSECRETAEMR ASEC AMGT TT
06DILI303EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...]
2006-06-12 15:16:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT
06DILI335EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY
[...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...]
2006-06-28 11:22:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DILI357PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...]
2006-07-11 15:12:00Embassy DiliSECRETPREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT
06DJIBOUTI82PII CASE # CT09-1205-191-1945
[...] (S) On 01/19/2006 at approximately 1030 hours, a man approached the Embassy requesting to speak with Michael Fogarty from the security office. ARSO was notified and identified the subject as Kader Dirar Ragueh reported in REFTEL. After careful screening the subject was escorted to a secured a [...]
2006-01-20 05:41:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC DJ PINR PTER
06DOHA1288SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR
[...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]
2006-08-27 10:43:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA1610IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...]
2006-11-05 14:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA
06DOHA1789TERRORIST FINANCE: LIKELY QATARI VIEWS ON POSSIBLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-28 05:32:00Embassy DohaSECRETPTER ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA1791REPORT OF VISIT TO TEHRAN FOR IAEA TRAINING COURSE
[...] (S) Summary. A Qatar-based Jordanian nuclear expert believes he and other participants of an IAEA workshop in Tehran in December were targeted by internal security services. He said the Iranian nuclear agency had increased its security. The Iranian official in charge of safety at the Bushehr p [...]
2006-12-28 11:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP IR QA
06DOHA219AL JAZEERA AND KIDNAPPING TAPES
[...] (S) Summary: Officials from Embassies Doha and Baghdad met with Al Jazeera leadership on Feb 11 to discuss Al Jazeera,s handling of videos that Al Jazeera receives from terrorist hostage takers, its broader editorial polices, and the media,s role in hostage and terrorist crises. Al Jazeera o [...]
2006-02-13 13:07:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA371AL JAZEERA AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH QATAR
[...] (S) I recently asked LGEN Mike Maples USA, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),to address this question: "Does Al Jazeera's reporting/commentary incite violence against the United States?" I did so because I have long heard that Al Jazeera,s broadcasts do exactly this - or, wors [...]
2006-03-12 10:05:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PTER KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA461COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]
2006-03-27 09:41:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA562U/S JOSEPH MEETING ON IRAN WITH MINISTER OF STATE
[...] (S) Summary. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph told Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud that Iran was approaching the "point of no return" on its nuclear program, after which it will be much more difficult and costly to stop the country [...]
2006-04-12 14:15:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP IR QA UNSC
06DOHA616INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: QATAR'S
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud April 18. Al-Mahmoud said that, as he told U/S Joseph during his recent visit (ref B),Qatar is in a "difficult position." He said Qatar's main interest is to resolve the crisis peacefully so that [...]
2006-04-20 12:03:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR QA
06DOHA77SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...]
2006-01-17 14:53:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC
06DOHA868A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR
[...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]
2006-06-06 12:28:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DUBAI10GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND
[...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...]
2006-01-02 12:28:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO
06DUBAI1217IRAN: ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-04 14:04:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV SOCI IR
06DUBAI1319IRAN'S HOJJATIYEH SOCIETY (C-NES-01487)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 16:12:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PGOV PHUM PINR
06DUBAI1322IN DUBAI, U/S MCCORMICK HEARS SADNESS, FRUSTRATION ON DPW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-11 10:36:00Consulate DubaiSECRETECIN ECON PREL PGOV AE
06DUBAI1728ONE IRANIAN REFORMER'S REACTION TO RECENT U.S. POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 14:30:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI1807IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER AHMADINEJAD (C-NE5-01038)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-26 13:02:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PREL PGOV PINR PINS
06DUBAI1873TEHRAN CHANGING POLICY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-02 07:55:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
06DUBAI1904SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-04 14:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBAI2300VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-23 13:49:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR SOCI
06DUBAI2756IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 13:33:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI2757IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-15 14:06:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR PHUM
06DUBAI292SABA TV DENIED LICENSE TO BROADCAST FROM DUBAI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 14:30:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPINR ECPS IR PGOV SCUL TC
06DUBAI3131JEWISH MP: NO CHANGE IN SITUATION FOR IRANIAN JEWS BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 15:30:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI347UAE OFFICIAL PUBLICLY OPPOSES IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (S) Stepping far ahead of the Gulf governments' previous public comments on Iran's nuclear program, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) told reporters while in France (meeting President Chirac) that the UAE was opposed to the acquisition of nuclear capability by Ira [...]
2006-01-24 15:06:00Consulate DubaiSECRETKNNP PARM PREL IR TC
06DUBAI4511DEMONSTRATORS IN DUBAI VOICE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-18 14:19:00Consulate DubaiSECRETASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AE LE
06DUBAI5191IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 12:07:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE
06DUBAI52JEWS IN IRAN OKAY, BUT HAMPERED BY GLASS CEILING
[...] (C) Summary: According to an Iranian Jewish couple, the situation of Jews in Iran is pretty good, as long as they remain apolitical. They are allowed to worship freely. The main drawback of being an Iranian Jew is the inability to move up in jobs with the Iranian government. End Summary. Ira [...]
2006-01-03 13:51:00Consulate DubaiSECRETIR PHUM PINR PGOV
06DUBAI528FIGHTING DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV/AIDS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 07:40:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV SNAR SOCI IR
06DUBAI543IRANIANS CLAIM NUCLEAR CRISIS HELPS GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-06 12:08:00Consulate DubaiSECRETAORC IAEA KNNP EU IR
06DUBAI583REFORMERS IN IRAN TRYING TO REGROUP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 07:58:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPGOV IR PREL
06DUBAI6926AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-13 14:32:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AF LE AE
06DUBAI852WOMEN'S RIGHT IN IRAN ON SLOW DECLINE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-19 09:01:00Consulate DubaiSECRETPREL PGOV IR SOCI SCUL
06DUBLIN274TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 14:16:00Embassy DublinSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC EI
06DUBLIN342TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 16:50:00Embassy DublinSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI
06DUBLIN668GAERC: IRELAND HOPES FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME TO
[...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent. Kelly stated that Montenegro will highlight the discussions on the Balkans and that he believes the EU will welcome the Montenegrin Parliament's expected declaration of independe [...]
2006-06-09 18:29:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PHUM PTER EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI
06DUBLIN798IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478)
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...]
2006-07-07 16:45:00Embassy DublinSECRETPINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR
06DUBLIN800IRELAND: TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 07:15:00Embassy DublinSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC
06DUSHANBE1285TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER NAZAROV ON INCREASING REGIONAL
[...] (S) In a 'just between us' session with the Ambassador on July 6, Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov offered a litany of challenges to Tajikistan's regional foreign policy and even sovereignty. The meeting was ostensibly to preview Secretary Rumsfeld's July 10-11 visit with President Rahmonov, b [...]
2006-07-07 04:06:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE1296RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE
[...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...]
2006-07-12 11:35:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MARR TI
06DUSHANBE179COUNTERING NEO-SOVIET ANTI-U.S. AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Especially when analyzing the so-called "color revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, neo-Soviet authoritarians have dominated the information space and defined the world view in Central Asia. U.S. Embassies' Public Affairs Sections face an up-hill battle because Russian media [...]
2006-01-27 10:34:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE669TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...]
2006-04-12 09:03:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI
06DUSHANBE858SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]
2006-05-10 06:39:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06DUSHANBE870URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA NINE BELOW. 2. (S) ON MAY 11 AT 1800 LOCAL, GENERAL-COLONEL SAIDIMIR ZUHUROV, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAJIK STATE BORDER COMMITTEE, CALLED THE U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. GENERAL ZUHUROV TOLD THE DATT HE HAD A SERIOUS INTERNATIONA [...]
2006-05-11 16:47:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PINR SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE909TAJIKISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL CN CONFERENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies along with U.S. CENTCOM and Tajikistan's Committee on State Border Protection organized the International Conference on Counter Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Securi [...]
2006-05-18 13:22:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPGOV PREL SNAR TI
06FREETOWN360AMCIT DETAINED FOR PHOTOGRAPHING SPECIAL COURT, NO
[...] (C) On May 2, AmCit Michael Chemidlin was arrested for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (reftel) where war crimes indictee former Liberian President Charles Taylor is incarcerated awaiting trial. Chemidlin was accompanied by two Sierra Leoneans who he said told him to [...]
2006-05-05 17:13:00Embassy FreetownSECRETASEC CASC PREL SL LI
06GEORGETOWN112SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR?
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72),Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guyanese state akin to Pablo Escobar's erstwhile control over Colombia. Khan is presently active in drug trafficking, money laundering, and arms smuggling. His [...]
2006-02-01 13:37:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETSNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY
06GEORGETOWN137DEATH THREAT AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PROMINENT
[...] (S) Ambassador met with Major General (ret.) Norman McLean on February 8 at McLean's request. At the meeting, McLean handed Ambassador a sheet of paper listing information he had received from a policeman who has access to the Buxton area. This paper described a discussion regarding an operati [...]
2006-02-08 23:27:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETASEC PTER PGOV PREL SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN183REQUEST FOR EVALUATION OF SECURITY INFORMATION
[...] Visas Viper 2. (U) Khan, Shaheed Roger; AKA Khan, Roger; Male; Marital Status: Unknown; DOB:13 January 1972; POB: Guyana; Passport Data: A028178; Physical Description: Race: Black Height: 64 Weight: 128 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black; Current Occupation: Director of Classic Development Inc. and Dr [...]
2006-02-24 21:12:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETCVIS PTER PINR ASEC
06GEORGETOWN278SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and, concurrently, a secret recording of Police Commissioner Winston Felix's phone conversations was anonymously and widely distributed to the [...]
2006-03-23 20:33:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETSNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY
06GEORGETOWN815(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121)
[...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]
2006-08-14 17:42:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETPINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN828SECURITY FEARS MAR RUN-UP TO GUYANA ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after the August 8 execution-style killing of five Kaieteur News printery employees (ref A),we take stock of the consequences for Guyana and the August 28 elections. Uncertainty remains over the gunmen's motive, but the front-running theory of conspiracy-minded Guyanese [...]
2006-08-16 21:32:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETPINS PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM GY
06GUANGZHOU31747South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station: Commissioner Jaz
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 02:39:00Consulate GuangzhouSECRETENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH
06GUANGZHOU31861South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station:
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a September 26, 2006 tour of the Ling Ao units of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station near Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, Steven Lau, Senior Vice President of the Daya Bay Operations and Management Co., told NRC Commissioner Gregory Jazcko that Chinese plans for nuclear pow [...]
2006-10-30 07:54:00Consulate GuangzhouSECRETENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH
06HANOI1535VIETNAMESE PROTESTANTS WARY OF / EXPEL POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In early June, Hanoi Protestants expelled activist political dissident Lawyer Dai Nguyen from their church executive board because of concerns that his recent political activities would damage church interests. They also suspect that, at the worst, he may be a GVN agent provocate [...]
2006-06-22 07:21:00Embassy HanoiSECRETPGOV PHUM HUMANR VM
06HANOI1947SBV DEPUTY GOVERNOR DETAILS NORTH KOREAN BANKING
[...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Tran Minh Tuan, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart SIPDIS Levey reiterated U.S. concerns over North Korean financial transactions with Vietnam,s State-owned commercial ban [...]
2006-08-01 11:53:00Embassy HanoiSECRETEFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI1948TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY MEETS WITH THE COMMUNIST
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Le Quang Ba, Deputy Director General of the Vietnamese Communist Party (CPV) External Relations Commission North East Asia Department, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey encouraged the Party to follow through on information previously passed [...]
2006-08-01 11:54:00Embassy HanoiSECRETEFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI1949VIETNAMESE RESPOND FAVORABLY TO U.S. REQUEST FOR
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for the Asia I Department Nguyen Ba Cu, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean banking activity in Vietnam. This was following up on p [...]
2006-08-01 11:54:00Embassy HanoiSECRETEFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VN
06HANOI1950VFM PHUNG RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREAN
[...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Standing Vice Minister Le Cong Phung, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean interactions with two of Vietnam,s State-owned commercial banks. Phung made clear that [...]
2006-08-01 11:54:00Embassy HanoiSECRETEFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM
06HANOI2239NORTH KOREAN BANKING: MFA NERVOUS IN THE FACE OF
[...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials contacted us August 31 to request clarification of Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey,s itinerary during his trip to the Asia Pacific region in July 2006. Econoff provided MFA officials with this information, which U/S Levey had already share [...]
2006-09-01 06:21:00Embassy HanoiSECRETEFIN KTER ECON IO PREL NK VM
06HARARE1299CHURCH LEADERS "NATIONAL VISION" REJECTED BY
[...] (C) Summary. A group of religious leaders presented President Mugabe October 27 with a so-called "national vision" document they said is intended as a road map for dialogue leading to a resolution of Zimbabwe,s problems. While stating that the document could lead to consensus among Zimbabwea [...]
2006-10-31 14:43:00Embassy HarareSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
06HARARE1349DISCORD IN THE MILITARY
[...] (C) MDC shadow minister for defense Giles Mutsekwa told Ambassador November 8 that according to his sources morale has plummeted at all levels of the military. The military does not yet view the MDC as a solution to the country's problems and may consider a coup, which would not be in the be [...]
2006-11-09 14:24:00Embassy HarareSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1356AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TANCHON COMMERCIAL
[...] (S) Ambassador Dell delivered demarche (reftel) to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono November 13 on the alleged request by Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account with Harare,s Merchant Bank of Central Africa. Gono promised full cooperation. He called in the RBZ Director of the [...]
2006-11-15 05:38:00Embassy HarareSECRETEFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE1365TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK DEMARCHE RESPONSE:
[...] (S) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono conveyed to the Ambassador in a letter dated November 14 the outcome of the RBZ's investigation into the alleged request from North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account in Zimbabwe (reftel). RBZ Senior Division Chief ) Financial I [...]
2006-11-16 13:32:00Embassy HarareSECRETEFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE178GONO ON POLICY FRUSTRATIONS, SUCCESSION TENSIONS,
[...] (S) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono bemoaned the GOZ's unwillingness to address deepening corruption, fiscal indiscipline and parastatal inefficiencies. Depicting himself as under seige politically, he said the leadership had talked him into wi [...]
2006-02-16 05:45:00Embassy HarareSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI
06HARARE183INFLATION SOARING EVER HIGHER
[...] (SBU) The GOZ's Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported February 13 that the annualized rate of inflation reached 613 percent in January, up from 585 percent in December (ref D). Food and non-alcoholic beverages, which make up nearly one third of the consumer price index basket, posted an an [...]
2006-02-17 05:40:00Embassy HarareSECRETECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
06HARARE46INFLATION ENDS 2005 ON A HIGH, POISED FOR INCREASE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOZ,s Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported that the cost of living increased to 585.8 percent in December, up from the annualized November rate of 502 percent (ref A). A steep increase in the price of transportation services and food dominated the month-on-month ri [...]
2006-01-13 09:26:00Embassy HarareSECRETECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HAVANA10031NEW CUBAN AMBO TO BOLIVIA: RAFAEL DAUSA
[...] (S) The Cuban regime has nominated senior Foreign Ministry honcho Rafael Dausa Cespedes as its ambassador to Bolivia. This in the context of greatly improved relations between Cuba and Bolivia in the wake of Evo Morales' election. Dausa can be expected to intensify Cuba's assault on Bolivia's [...]
2006-05-11 13:27:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPINR PREL ASEC BO CU
06HAVANA10104"GREEN EYESHADE" SOBERON: CUBA'S SENIOR ECON GUY
[...] (C) Summary: Unhindered by his modest background in accounting, Central Bank President Francisco Soberon has become one of Castro's key advisors. The architect of GOC efforts to recentralize the economy, Soberon has recently eclipsed most other ministers in influence and public profile (with [...]
2006-05-12 15:58:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPGOV EFIN ECON PINR CU
06HAVANA10189CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006
[...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...]
2006-05-12 16:54:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU
06HAVANA16609CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 18, 2006
[...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church's senior official in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, celebrated a mass for recently deceased pro-democracy activist Gustavo Arcos on August 17, with diplomats, activists and journalists in attendance. For an hour, at least, Arcos got his dying wish of a unified o [...]
2006-08-18 19:55:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA21638CONFERENCE CALL TO MEXICO BRINGS CUBAN YOUTH
[...] (S) Summary: Leaders of two Cuban pro-democracy youth groups took part in a USG-facilitated teleconference October 17 with university students in Monterrey, Mexico. At the Havana end, at the PAO Residence, 25 young Cubans took part, mainly from the Marti Youth Coalition (CJM) but also from Yo [...]
2006-10-19 22:47:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM PREL SOCI CU
06HAVANA23579CUBAN 75ER PALACIOS GAINS CONDITIONAL RELEASE
[...] (S) Summary: The Cuban Government granted conditional probation December 6 to self-described pro-democracy activist Hector Palacios Ruiz, allowing him to head home from the Havana hospital where he says he spent the last three years. Palacios, apparently freed on health grounds, belongs to the [...]
2006-12-06 22:39:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA23611"LADIES IN WHITE" WEBSITE LAUNCHED
[...] (C) A new, polished website on Cuba's "Ladies in White" was launched on December 18, produced by the NGO Spanish Solidarity With Cuba. The professionally crafted website (www.damasdeblanco.com),created with the Ladies' permission, describes the group's genesis (in April 2003, following the " [...]
2006-12-18 20:44:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HAVANA9102ROCA, SANCHEZ RAP USINT'S INTERNET-ACCESS POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXX on April 18 requested a meeting with COM, without declaring the reason. At the April 24 meeting, they presented a list of 10 independent journalists banned from USINT's two Internet Centers since 2004, saying they had been unfairly blacklisted. XXXXXXXXXXX called the [...]
2006-04-27 19:40:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
06HELSINKI115SHIELD S59-05: AG ALERT ON IRANIAN PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) On February 8, Political Section Chief delivered subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debrais, the Finnish MFA's Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Kansikas-Debrais said that no Finnish firm has applied for a GOF license to sell dual-use items to the Iranian procur [...]
2006-02-08 13:54:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW
06HELSINKI116S23B-04: IRANIAN RESEARCHER AND DUAL-USE RESEARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 14:01:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW
06HELSINKI117MTAG 05-96: IRANIAN UAV/CRUISE MISSILE ENTITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-08 14:09:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL FI MTCRE
06HELSINKI1217PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East Officer Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen thanked us for sharing further information about SARG efforts to destabilize the Lebanese government and expressed great concern about what may happen next in Lebanon in light of the recent murders and [...]
2006-12-08 15:17:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS FI
06HELSINKI495SALE OF TELESCOPING MASTS TO SYRIA
[...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, MFA Director for the Unit on Arms Control. Kansikas-Debraise was unfamiliar with the Finnish company Mastsystem International which, as yet, has made no application for an export license to sell any communication or other equ [...]
2006-06-01 10:59:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETETRD ETTC FI PARM PCI PREL SY
06HILLAH102QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...]
2006-06-12 16:11:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH103NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: BABIL POLICE CHIEF UNDER FIRE
[...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Babil Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri has yet again come under political fire from the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) affiliated Babil Provincial Governor, Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi. This time Qais [...]
2006-06-12 16:19:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH104RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Events in four South Central provinces over the last twenty-four hours indicate that although the incidence of terrorist acts remains low in this seemingly stable region, tensions are increasingly manifesting themselves in public demonstrations, ultimatums to provincial government [...]
2006-06-14 12:20:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PGOV PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH106NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: PART II
[...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings Babil Province Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi and members of the Provincial Council (PC) related to REO and PRT staff that the security situation in the province is deteriorating as evidenced by the v [...]
2006-06-17 05:34:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH107DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: MAHDI MILITIA ON THE OFFENSIVE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Diwaniyah, REO staff found that with the fulcrum of political influence in Diwaniyah swinging toward the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) and its associated Mahdi Militia (MM or Jaysh al-Mahdi),the Mahdi Militia are increasingly able to declare large sections [...]
2006-06-20 04:51:00REO HillahSECRETPTER PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH117GENERAL QAIS DISMISSED AS BABIL PROVINCE POLICE CHIEF
[...] (S) SUMMARY General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri told RC that on July 13, Minister of Interior Jayad al-Bulani signed an order removing Qais as Chief of Police in Babil Province, transferring Qais to an unspecified desk job in Baghdad. Qais said Ministry contacts told him that al-Bulani bowed [...]
2006-07-16 18:05:00REO HillahSECRETPTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH13WASIT BADR ORG. DEPUTY ON THE SADRIST CHALLENGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 18:22:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV MOPS KDEM IZ
06HILLAH131QADISIYAH INA LEADER: BADR ORGANIZATION IS SETTING UP SADR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a August 2 meeting with REO staff, Abd Muslim, the head of the moderate Iraqi National Accord party in southern Qadisiyah (Diwaniyah) province, warned against attributing all instability in Diwaniyah Province to the Mahdi Militia (MM). Muslim believed that local MM cells ar [...]
2006-08-10 11:54:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PTER MARR IZ
06HILLAH147SWAT COMMANDER'S DEATH MAY JEOPARDIZE NON-PARTISAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The head of the Al-Hillah SWAT team was assassinated in his office on Oct. 13, days after being informed by the office of the Prime Minister (PM) that he was being replaced. Though the victim had a warrant out for his arrest on terrorism charges, a confluence of factor [...]
2006-10-13 18:23:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PINS PREL PINR PTER PHUM IZ
06HILLAH39MEETING OF REO AL-HILLAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC)
[...] (C) Summary: The REO Al-Hillah EAC was convened on 1 March 2006. It was chaired by the Regional Coordinator, and in attendance were representatives from RSO, POL, PRT, USAID, KBR, and ORA. The REOs US Army LNO and the 2/4 BCT S-9 were also present, and advised on the posture of Coalition f [...]
2006-03-06 10:50:00REO HillahSECRETASEC AEMR AMGT IZ
06HILLAH44WELCOME TO IRAQ: SCENES FROM THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER CROSSING
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A March 8 visit by Regional Embassy Office Al-Hillah staff to the Arafat Border Patrol station and Zorbatiyah Point of Entry (PoE) confirmed continuing reports of nearly unrestricted movement of people and goods across the Iran/Iraq border in Northeast Wasit province. The Border [...]
2006-03-14 08:51:00REO HillahSECRETPBTS PGOV PTER KCRM IR IZ
06HILLAH50SCIRI LEADER AL-HAKIM'S SON ISSUES INVITATION FOR U.S./IRAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, Sheikh Ammar Al Hakim petitioned the Regional Embassy Office, Al Hillah staff for a dialogue between the United States and Iran. He noted that this dialogue should be at the highest levels possible within Iraq and that SCIRI would [...]
2006-03-26 09:19:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL EAIR IZ
06HILLAH52MOQTADA AL SADR ISSUES STATEMENT ON RECENT FIGHT WITH ISF
[...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Radical anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr met March 26 in Najaf with clerics from his organization and members of his Mahdi Militia. He called on them to be calm and show restraint in the wake of renewed fighting with Iraqi Security Forc [...]
2006-03-27 18:34:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH54FORMER NAJAF GOVERNOR ON AL-SADR, IRANIAN INFLUENCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party Adnan Al Zurfi believes Muqtada Al-Sadr wishes to avoid armed confrontation with coalition forces, but is finding it difficult to keep Madhi Army militia under his direct control. Sadr, Zurfi commented, is listening to [...]
2006-04-05 10:05:00REO HillahSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH78MUQTADA AL-SADR MEETS WITH MAHDI MILITIA LEADERS ON BASRA
[...] (S) According to a source close to cleric Muqtada's Al-Sadr's immediate circle, radical cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr met with unidentified Mahdi Militia (MM) leaders on May 6th. Participants discussed the MM response to the downing of a British helicopter in Basra. 2. (S) Our source told REO staf [...]
2006-05-07 18:44:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PGOV PTER IZ
06HILLAH84GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]
2006-05-14 18:14:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH85GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED?
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]
2006-05-15 12:31:00REO HillahSECRETKISL PGOV MARR IZ
06IRANRPODUBAI11ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 14:50:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV
06IRANRPODUBAI13AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI
06IRANRPODUBAI15IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 18:09:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETPGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR
06IRANRPODUBAI17EX-CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS STATISTICS FIXED IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 07:51:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETECON EFIN IR PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12689PAKISTAN MANPADS COLLECTION PROGRAM: JULY 3 FIELD
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On July 3, 2006, poloff and PM/WRA Kabul-based EOD contractor Drew Prater flew to Quetta, Balochistan to assist Government of Pakistan (GOP) Ministry of Interior (MOI) program manager COL Abbas and field manager [...]
2006-07-05 13:34:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV MASS
06ISLAMABAD18189 Test message
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-14 09:24:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PGOV PK
06ISLAMABAD20836PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S.
[...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...]
2006-10-23 13:25:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PTER IZ
06ISLAMABAD22174TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267
[...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...]
2006-11-27 09:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN
06ISLAMABAD354215TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]
2006-03-03 02:00:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3575SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOW SHEETS AND RODS
[...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, who, in turn, discussed the issue with SIPDIS the Prime Minister. Based on this conversation, Khan subsequently informed the Ambassador that Pakistan was not in a position to touch the ship in Karachi. 2. (S [...]
2006-03-03 13:17:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPARM PREL ETTC PK
06ISLAMABAD3705POST REQUESTS TWO WEEK DELAY IN JUD DESIGNATION
[...] (S) After reviewing the time line presented in ref A and B for moving forward with the UN 1267 and domestic terrorism finance designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as an alter-ego of current terrorism finance designee Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LeT),Ambassador requests a two-week delay in pre-notificaion, pr [...]
2006-03-07 15:10:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD3807POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]
2006-03-08 14:31:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3895MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]
2006-03-10 04:28:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD3898MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN
[...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...]
2006-03-10 06:04:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD4373POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...]
2006-03-17 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD4767ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE
[...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...]
2006-03-22 05:59:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS PK
06ISLAMABAD4960COORDINATING PAKISTAN PROGRAM FOR SENATOR HAGEL
[...] (SBU) Post is looking forward to the anticipated visit to Islamabad by Senator Chuck Hagel on 12-15 March. We understand from email and telephone communications with Senator Hagel's Legislative Assistant Rexon Ryu that the Senator desires a program addressing his interests as a chair of the [...]
2006-03-24 13:57:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAMGT PREL OTRA OVIP
06ISLAMABAD5070MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE
[...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...]
2006-03-27 10:55:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN
06ISLAMABAD5123A/S HILLEN VISIT TO PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Introduction: On his March 15-18 visit to Pakistan, A/S John Hillen and PM/RSAT Tom Canahuate met with senior Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, as well as Pakistan's top military leadership. Describing his role in soliciting support for USG security assistance to Pakistan from the U [...]
2006-03-28 08:54:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL
06ISLAMABAD5357TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY
[...] (U) This message contains action requests; please see Para. 5. 2 (S) Post has had several opportunities in the past week to update the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on the USG intention to request that the UN 1267 Committee amend the designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LET) to include Jammat-u [...]
2006-03-30 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PTER KTFN UN
06ISLAMABAD5381AFGHAN AMBASSADOR SAYS PAK-AFGHAN ATMOSPHERICS ARE
[...] (C) In a March 29 conversation, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told Ambassador that he feels that the atmosphere between Islamabad and Kabul is clearing. On the eve of his return to Kabul for consultations, Tarzi said that he sensed that the GOP is eager to put aside the heated public rhetoric that [...]
2006-03-31 02:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD5382AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...]
2006-03-31 02:48:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP
06ISLAMABAD5537POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned April 12-15 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan towa [...]
2006-04-03 06:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEAID MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD5596GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED
[...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]
2006-04-03 14:36:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD5767YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A
[...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...]
2006-04-05 13:09:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PK PGOV PTER IN
06ISLAMABAD5887TERROR FINANCE: INFORMATION DELIVERED ON 1267
[...] (S) On April 5, Poloff delivered Ref A talking points and background papers on Laskhar-e-Tayyba (LET) and Al-Akhtar Trust to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Poloff pressed Siddiqui of the importance the U.S. places on full and vigorous implementation of UN 1267 Committee terror finance sa [...]
2006-04-06 12:52:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL KTFN PTER ETTD PK EFIN
06ISLAMABAD6420PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-14 15:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETAF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD6647WITH SENATOR HAGEL, FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI PUSHES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS AND WARNS THAT A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD MEAN DISASTER FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-17 16:38:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETIN IR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD7537BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION
[...] (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written notification to the Government of India regarding this missile test [...]
2006-04-28 11:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKNNP MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7564SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned May 3-4 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharra [...]
2006-04-28 15:13:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPREL PK PGOV MASS MOPS PTER MCAP
06ISLAMABAD7629POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCENESETTER FOR
[...] (U) In anticipation of the U.S.-Pakistan Defense Consultative Group (DCG) meetings in Washingont May 1-5, Embassy Islamabad offers the following snapshots of political and security assistance developments in Pakistan. U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership ----------------------------------- [...]
2006-05-01 11:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETMASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD7780SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL AIR FORCES COMMANDER
[...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your May visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of [...]
2006-05-02 12:20:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETMASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD8148A STRATEGY FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: With the appointment of a credible, permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),Pakistan is moving in the necessary direction for free and fair elections in 2007. Post believes that the credibility of the 2007 contest has significant implications for long-term stability and de [...]
2006-05-05 08:40:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV KDEM EAID OIIP KPAO PK
06ISLAMABAD8829S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP
[...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]
2006-05-16 02:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETMASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD9088AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO
[...] (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice. As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that w [...]
2006-05-18 11:22:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL IR TK
06ISLAMABAD9336NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN
[...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...]
2006-05-22 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PK PREL AF
06ISLAMABAD9499PM AZIZ TO TALK SENSE TO IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 13:54:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETIR PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9585FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...]
2006-05-24 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPL PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD9708FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-25 12:15:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]
2006-05-26 01:37:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISTANBUL2013ISTANBUL'S KURDISH INTELLECTUALS: THE TIME IS NOW
[...] (S) Summary. Istanbul's Kurdish intellectuals opine the evolving political situation in Turkey and the region sets a favorable stage for agreement to end the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. According to these intellectuals, Turkey's Kurds -- accepted as equals during Turkey's war of independenc [...]
2006-11-02 13:59:00Consulate IstanbulSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER TU
06JAKARTA10039GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS
[...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY),has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...]
2006-08-09 10:51:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ
06JAKARTA10189BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS
[...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...]
2006-08-14 07:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID
06JAKARTA10395TERRORIST FINANCE: REMOVAL OF NASIR ABAS FROM
[...] (S) Embassy Jakarta wishes to reaffirm its ref a stance in support of the delisting of former JI-leader Nasir Abas from the USG Executive Order 13224 and UNSCR 1267 terrorist finance designation lists. This position reflects our consideration of recent additional intelligence reporting on Nas [...]
2006-08-18 09:57:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA10570TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF
[...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...]
2006-08-25 10:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA10926MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS
[...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...]
2006-09-01 11:22:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA11482THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...]
2006-09-18 06:13:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA1179YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN;
[...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...]
2006-01-31 11:16:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR
06JAKARTA12160DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL
[...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...]
2006-10-03 11:00:00Embassy JakartaSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE
06JAKARTA13193YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...]
2006-11-13 10:11:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA13385MUNIR CASE: INDONESIAN POLICE SAY FBI COULD HELP
[...] (S) A police team investigating the case of murdered human rights campaigner Munir will visit FBI Quantico December 4-9, accompanied by Embassy Legatt, for technical assistance in retrieving SMS messages among Munir and those implicated in his murder (Ref A). Lead police investigator Anton C [...]
2006-12-04 07:02:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA13509INDONESIA'S TOP THREE WANTED TERRORISTS AND A
[...] (S) Summary: Despite hundreds of terrorists arrested by Indonesian authorities in the past several years, three top operatives linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain on Indonesia's "Most Wanted" list. Of these, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top is well known; the other two, Indonesians Abu Duja [...]
2006-12-18 07:26:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KVPR CVIS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA252TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI FURTHER ON TF
[...] (S) As requested reftel, Embassy Jakarta proposes the following talking points for an initial approach to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on securing better implementation of Indonesia's exiting UNSCR 1267 obligations. We recommend the same approach this time as in the past, i.e., a separa [...]
2006-01-06 10:30:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA2527TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI ON TF ADN
[...] (S) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials raised concerns about the effect of additional UN 1267 designations of Indonesia's on the country's international reputation. Generally speaking, though, they did not voice specific initial opposition to a U.S. and Australian plan to move [...]
2006-02-24 09:58:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PREL AS ID
06JAKARTA3241 TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION
[...] (S) As requested in ref Ref a, on March 13 we notified Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Officer Aris Munandar that, o/a March 30, the U.S. and Australia plan to submit the names of the JI-4 to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee for inclusion on [...]
2006-03-13 08:29:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN PTER PREL ETTC ID
06JAKARTA4757MUNIR CASE: AMBASSADOR SIGNALS CONTINUED U.S.
[...] (S) In an April 11 meeting intended to signal continued U.S. concern over the Munir case, Suciwati, the widow of the murdered human rights campaigner, told the Ambassador of her plan to visit Washington in late April as part of a schedule organized by U.S. human rights groups. The visit would [...]
2006-04-13 12:14:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
06JAKARTA5040PROSECUTORS UNFAZED BY AMROZI'S TESTIMONY FOR
[...] (S) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi appeared in the Cilacap District Court on April 19 to testify on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process. With hundreds of Ba'asyir supporters in tow, Amrozi repeated his previously submitted testimon [...]
2006-04-20 11:01:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA5217SBY OPPONENTS WAVE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM FLAG
[...] (C) Summary: Former People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Amien Rais and retired General Wiranto continue to wave the flag of economic nationalism in hopes of strengthening their likely presidential bids in 2009 and stirring up trouble for President Yudhoyono in the meantime. In their latest [...]
2006-04-26 07:27:00Embassy JakartaSECRETECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID
06JAKARTA5704GOI, UNIONS ASSIGN BLAME FOR MAY 3 VIOLENCE
[...] (S) Jakarta is awash in speculation as to the possibility or extent of political manipulation behind the massive May 3 labor demonstrations that turned violent at the Parliament's gates (ref A). In the course of expressing his concern over the violence, President Yudhoyono publicly called on [...]
2006-05-05 12:24:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV PHUM ELAB ID
06JAKARTA5778TERRORISM FINANCE: MA'ARIF EDUCATION FOUNDATION
[...] (S) The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) education office tells us that the Sidoarjo-based Yayasan Pendidikan Ma'arif (the Ma'arif Educational Foundation) has no links to the al Ma'arif Education Foundation in the Philippines (reftel). "Ma'arif" means "learning" or "knowledge" in Arabic, and thousands of [...]
2006-05-08 10:27:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ID
06JAKARTA7378PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER CONTROL NEEDS
[...] (U) This is an action request:see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly supports S/CT's Ref A interest in a border control needs assessment for the Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia triborder area. Post agrees that host nation support is essential and will discuss the po [...]
2006-06-12 07:36:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7397REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM
[...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]
2006-06-12 09:53:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7501TERRORIST FINANCE: THE GOI AND 1267 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: This cable provides post,s responses and comments to questions and issues raised in ref a. Embassy Jakarta supports the creation of a bilateral group to discuss counter terrorism finance (CTF) issues and sees a proposed U.S.-Indonesia Justice Sector Joint Working Group (JSJWG) C [...]
2006-06-14 02:11:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER ID
06JAKARTA7941ADVISOR WORRIES ABOUT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL
[...] (S/NF) President Yudhoyono has yet to consolidate political power and could lose his 2009 reelection bid if he cannot show significant achievements in the near future, according to T.B. Silalahi, Special Advisor to the President. In a June 13 meeting, T.B. told us that he had recently sought [...]
2006-06-23 09:51:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPGOV KDEM ID
06JAKARTA8088TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO
[...] (S) As requested in reftel, we met with Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Fajar Wirawan Harijo on June 27 to pre-notify him of the USG,s intention to request on July 20 UN 1267 designation of the Philippines and Indonesia branches of the Inter [...]
2006-06-28 05:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETEFIN KTFN KISL PTER PREL ETTC ID
06JAKARTA9045NASIR ABAS DISCUSSES HIS APPEAL FOR UN DELISTING
[...] (S) Summary. Per REFTEL, former terrorist Nasir Abas, now a key CT asset of the Indonesian National Police (INP),met with Embassy officers in Jakarta on June 4 and discussed his request to be removed from the U.S. and U.N. lists of designated terrorists. The following additional details of [...]
2006-07-19 10:36:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS KISL
06JEDDAH286THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART II - THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the formal meeting between the Consul General and Nejran Governor Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, CG, Congenoff, and A/RSO were invited for drinks with the Governor at his home. Throughout the 2 hour-long informal meeting Prince Mishael spoke candidly [...]
2006-04-11 10:40:00Consulate JeddahSECRETEAID ECON IR KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
06JEDDAH372INTERNAL SAG RIVALRIES ON CLOSING PALESTINE STREET
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As part of his research for a SAG-commissioned report on improving the issuance of US visas to Saudi nationals, Nawaf Al Obeid, an advisor to Saudi Ambassador to the US Turki bin Feisal Al Saud, met with the Consul General and Conoff on May 17. The CG emphasized that though mino [...]
2006-05-20 13:51:00Consulate JeddahSECRETCMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SA PTER ASEC ABLD AMGT
06JEDDAH381JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN: IRAN ESTABLISHING GRASSROOTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with ConGenoff, a Jeddah businessman and former International Visitors Program participant claimed that he had been approached by representatives of the Iranian government to participate in a new strategic media initiative to foment anti-US sentiment in th [...]
2006-05-23 01:37:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER SA SCUL
06JEDDAH449AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...]
2006-07-05 04:04:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH450AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: Meeting with King Abdullah U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ King Abdullah Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Miister Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Sec [...]
2006-07-05 04:04:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH545AMBASSADOR URGES SAG TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S UNSC
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter renewed USG concerns with Venezuela's candidacy for Latin America's open UNSC seat during an August 15 meeting with FM Saud al-Faisal. The Ambassador raised Ref A points, adding that President Chavez had vowed to support Iran "at any time and under any conditions" d [...]
2006-08-16 06:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPREL UNSC GT VE SA
06JEDDAH559FM'S VIEWS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter delivered Reftel points on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 21. The Ambassador emphasized tha the HRC has not taken a balanced approach to theIsrael-Hizballah conflict and he questioned why he Council spoke out so strongly agai [...]
2006-08-23 14:29:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPHUM PREL SA XF
06JEDDAH623SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING
[...] (S) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...]
2006-09-24 15:07:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI
06JEDDAH643IIRO SECRETARY-GENERAL TALKS OF SAUDI PROGRAMS AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the headquarters of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) on September 18, Secretary-General Dr. Adnan Khalil Basha told PolOffs that IIRO headquarters in Jeddah has administrative and budgetary control of all 28 country branches and receives no [...]
2006-10-09 07:52:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KISL SA
06JEDDAH700TALES OF A PRINCE: CG MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF
[...] (S) On November 7 the CG met with a prominent Western businessman who is close to the Governor of Asir, Prince Khalid bin Faisal. The businessman is known as a "fixer" for Prince Khalid. During their conversation, he recounted to the CG a number of his interactions with the Prince. 2. (S) Their f [...]
2006-11-08 14:37:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PINR SCUL
06JEDDAH769IRF OFFICER MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS
[...] (S) Summary. In a visit to Jeddah and Dhahran, DRL/IRF officer Kate Lurie met with various leaders of the Christian communities. In Jeddah, Lurie and Poloff held several meetings with leaders of Christian congregations. In Dhahran, Lurie met with three Americans, two Protestants and one Ca [...]
2006-12-19 15:56:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKIRF SOCI SA
06JERUSALEM1704KARNI CROSSING ATTACK: INTRA-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?
[...] (S) The April 26 attack on the Karni crossing (details ref (a)) appears to have been the work of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC),according to PA security sources and an April 26 conversation between Consul General and Fatah PLC member Mohammed Dahlan. The PRC has officially denied any [...]
2006-04-27 14:40:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM666MOI DG SALAMAH: HAMAS WILL NOT COLLAPSE QUICKLY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PA Interior Ministry Director General Ibrahim Salamah told Poloff and USSC staff during a February 13 meeting that he disagreed with predictions of a rapid collapse of a HAMAS-led government. Salamah said HAMAS is capable of enduring international pressure for quite some time tha [...]
2006-02-14 16:10:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM799GI CHIEF AL-TIRAWI OFFERS IDEAS ON PASF CONTROL,
[...] (S) In a February 23 meeting with PolChief, General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi said he favors plans to retain presidential control of the PA Security Forces (PASF) through the creation of an Officers Committee and a restructured National Security Council (NSC). With regar [...]
2006-02-24 15:28:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM888IRANIAN FINANCING FOR HAMAS?
[...] (S) ConGen contacts in Fatah and the PA have not been able to confirm press reports that Iran pledged to provide USD 250 million in funding to the incoming Hamas government. However, our contacts do agree that Hamas is reaching out to countries such as Iran to obtain funding in the face of Isr [...]
2006-03-02 13:33:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL EFIN KPAL KWBG IR
06KABUL1103PRT/TARIN KOWT - TALIBAN REMAIN POTENT THREAT IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The security environment in the province of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan remains grave. The Taliban threat has not diminished over time and may increase in the near term. The provincial government - only marginally effective on the best of days - shows signs of surrendering [...]
2006-03-14 15:55:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR SNAR PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL152TERRORISM FINANCE: POST VETTING
[...] (S) POST DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATING HIG AS A PARTY WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ELIMINATING SOURCES OF FUNDING TO GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR, BUT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ONGOING RECONCILIATION PROCESS. AS MENTIONED IN REF A OF REFTEL, THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY TIES BETWEEN [...]
2006-01-11 13:32:00Embassy KabulSECRETEFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC AF
06KABUL1769PRT/TARIN KOWT - DUTCH PREPARING FOR ISAF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province is getting underway. Under NATO'S ISAF Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan will transfer from U.S. to Dutch-NATO command on or about July 31, 2006. In recent months, several D [...]
2006-04-19 14:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR PTER PREL ASEC SNAR AF NL AS
06KABUL1828PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED
[...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...]
2006-04-24 14:05:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR ASEC AF CA
06KABUL2178PRT/TARIN KOWT: GOVERNOR MONIB'S TENUOUS GRASP ON URUZGAN PROVINCE
[...] (C) The security situation in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province remains acute seven weeks after the arrival of a new governor. Unhelpful interference by the previous governor, stepped up Taliban activity, and police forces operating outside governmental authority impede Governor Monib's ability [...]
2006-05-14 11:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2366REPORT FROM KANDAHAR: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN U.S.
[...] (S) Conflicting reports about the U.S.-led forces (CJSOTF) attack the evening of May 21 on the village of Azizi in Panjwai district about 25 kilometers from Kandahar City reflect, in part, an ongoing Taliban psychological operations (psyops) campaign to misrepresent coalition military operat [...]
2006-05-24 16:01:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL258PRT/BAMYAN: POOR FACILITIES, CORRUPTION PLAGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The law enforcement organs in Bamyan are on life support. Poorly paid, equipped, and trained police do little to counter lawlessness in the Central Highlands. Police and prosecution corruption exacerbates and undermines the people's already shaky faith in Central Government aut [...]
2006-01-18 06:25:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL2802DRAFT AFGHAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DETAINEE
[...] (S) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council (ONSC),in consultation with relevant Ministries, the U.S. mission, and its own contracted legal expert, has developed a legal framework for Afghan detainee operations. The framework, as briefed to the polmiloff and representatives of CFC-A, a [...]
2006-06-21 02:19:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM KWCR AF
06KABUL2841ASSESSING THE PASHTUN BELT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-Embassy Islamabad-CFC cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Neumann, Ambassador Crocker, CFC Commanding General Eikenberry, and their senior staffs met at Embassy Kabul for the first of a series of planned periodic inter-Embassy meetings prompte [...]
2006-06-24 02:52:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER USAID MASS PINR AF
06KABUL2970NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND
[...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...]
2006-07-02 13:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER PREL MOPS AF PK
06KABUL2975ZABUL GOVERNOR ON ROMANIAN DEPLOYMENT, UAE AID,
[...] (S) In a meeting with Ambassador Neumann on June 30, Zabul Governor Arman expressed his concern with the ability of the Romanians to operate in Zabul province without additional support. Leaving aside the question of combat capability, he cited three factors: 1) the Romanian troops will be n [...]
2006-07-03 07:08:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3719PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI
[...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]
2006-08-21 10:18:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL4005KARZAI COMMENTS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICY
[...] (S) Ambassador Neumann met with President Karzai and discussed the Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. Karzai is vehemently against aerial spraying saying that we would eliminate poppy for one year at the price of turning Afghanis permanently against GOA and putting large numbers into the [...]
2006-09-06 12:54:00Embassy KabulSECRETSNAR AF
06KABUL4045NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE
[...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...]
2006-09-10 03:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL4251SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT
[...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...]
2006-09-19 05:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL4321SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN
[...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]
2006-09-21 14:00:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL4965SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHAN DETAINEES INTO THE
[...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel message on October 8 to Jamil Bahramy, an official of the Afghan National Security Council. Bahramy was aware of the impending transfer, thanked polmiloff for the confirmation, and acknowledged GOA responsibilities under the August 2005 exchange of diplomatic no [...]
2006-10-11 03:24:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL AF
06KABUL5082NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY
[...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...]
2006-10-19 06:52:00Embassy KabulSECRETPINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM
06KABUL5277SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (S) Your November 1-3 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President and Afghan government with security and reconstruction very much on their minds. The country is facing some of its most serious challenges since the fall of the Taliban. Since his return from Washington, President Kar [...]
2006-10-30 14:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
06KABUL5387NSA HADLEY HEARS PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VIEWS ON THE
[...] (S) President Karzai used his November 2 dinner with NSA Hadley to lay out his goals and plans for the cross-border jirgas agreed to at the September 27 trilateral dinner in Washington. Karzai confirmed that he hopes there will be two parallel events, each addressing the security issues in th [...]
2006-11-07 04:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5444RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...]
2006-11-13 12:08:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
06KABUL5452PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...]
2006-11-14 04:27:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5584MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...]
2006-11-27 01:34:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF
06KABUL5679KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD
[...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...]
2006-12-04 12:11:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5734KHOST SECURITY AGREEMENT NOT LIKE MUSA QALA:
[...] (C) Summary: Governor Jamal underlined that the November 23 Khost Security Resolution was "totally different" from the Musa Qala agreement, and that there was nothing in the resolution that would limit the operation of ISAF/Coalition forces or Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He asked [...]
2006-12-07 10:41:00Embassy KabulSECRETMARR MOPS NATO EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL5777NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES
[...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...]
2006-12-11 04:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF
06KABUL5823KARZAI AND SPANTA ON FM KASURI VISIT ON JIRGAS: NO
[...] (S) President Karzai believes the Pakistanis are having trouble accepting the idea of large cross-border jirgas, due to their deep fear of the Pashtuns, and that we have to work to remove these fears. During his recent meeting with Pakistani FM Kasuri, Karzai did not accept the GOP proposal [...]
2006-12-12 15:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5920BAGHLAN WARLORD AMIR GUL RELEASED
[...] (S) Post learned on 12 December that Baghlan warlord Amir Gul, detained in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody since his July 2006 capture by Afghan National Army (ANA) and coalition forces, has been released despite recommendations to the contrary made by the Ambassador, COMISAF, [...]
2006-12-21 04:08:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5952PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR
[...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...]
2006-12-26 09:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5958DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...]
2006-12-27 08:48:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL8SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. On 28 Dec, the Governors and Police Chiefs of Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces met with key Regional Command (RC) South commanders and staff. Security dominated the agenda. Many Taliban are migrating to Pakistan for the winter but RC South and the governors all want to ke [...]
2006-01-02 10:50:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF PK
06KABUL855PRT FARAH - ASSESSMENT OF 10 FEBRUARY ATTACK
[...] (C) Summary. PRT Farah was attacked by rockets and mortar rounds, followed by small arms fire, in the early morning of February 10. Although no injuries or damage occurred, the well-coordinated attack demonstrated the growing sophistication of anti-Coalition elements. This and similar even [...]
2006-02-28 04:02:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER AF
06KATHMANDU1030AMBASSADOR URGING PARTIES TO DEVELOP GAMEPLAN, AND
[...] (S) On April 23, the eighteenth day of the seven-party alliance general strike and demonstrations, the Ambassador contacted the Party leaders to urge them to develop a gameplan for transferring power, should the King publicly accede to their agenda. While the leaders were concerned about the [...]
2006-04-23 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU135CONTACTS RELATING TO KIDNAPPED SDU SHIFT LEADER
[...] (S/NF) On January 12, at the recommendation of Post's EAC (ref A),Emboff contacted a political party member known to have contacts with the Maoists, Hridayesh Tripathi, and asked that he convey to the Maoists that the USG would not tolerate threats and/or attacks against its employees and woul [...]
2006-01-13 10:08:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP
06KATHMANDU2364AMBASSADOR URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
[...] (S) The Ambassador made the case for continued UK political engagement in Nepal in an August 29 meeting with the new British Ambassador. The Ambassador explained why he did not believe a Maoist victory was inevitable. UK Ambassador Hall expressed concern that nothing be done to impede the pe [...]
2006-08-31 12:05:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PREL PTER UK NP
06KATHMANDU2488TERRORISM FINANCE: CANDIDATES FOR TRANCHE II OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 10:30:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC NP
06KATHMANDU2917POINTS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 03:56:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPARM XX KN NP
06KATHMANDU450MAOIST LEADER CALLS U.S. THE ENEMY
[...] (C) The Maoists appear engaged in a big push to declare the U.S. the enemy and India the good guy. In his early February interview with the Hindu, Maoist Chairman Prachanda contrasted the roles of India and the U.S since the King's February 1, 2005 takeover. Although he urged India to abando [...]
2006-02-15 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPTER PREL PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU583CRITICAL AMMUNITION SHORTAGE
[...] (S) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Master General of Ordnance Major General Prakash Bahadur Basnyat told Emboff on February 28 that the RNA was running critically low on almost all types of ammunition. The RNA had 16,800 rounds of M-16 ammunition remaining in the depots for its 16,000 M-16s. In othe [...]
2006-02-28 12:11:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPREL MOPS MASS PTER NP
06KATHMANDU689PDAS CAMP VISIT: INDIAN, UK ENVOYS ON STATE OF
[...] (S) Visiting SCA PDAS Camp and the Ambassador alerted the Indian and British ambassadors in a March 9 meeting that the Chief of Army Staff had acknowledged that the Royal Nepalese Army's stocks of ammunition were so low as to have reached a "crisis" point. Indian Ambassador Mukherjee maintain [...]
2006-03-15 11:26:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPREL PGOV MARR NP
06KATHMANDU971KING'S NEW YEARS' MESSAGE DISAPPOINTING
[...] (C) The King's much anticipated New Year's speech on April 14 contained no concrete initiatives, but called on "all political parties to join in a dialogue, which we have always advocated, to bear the responsibility of and contribute towards activating the multiparty democratic polity." Par [...]
2006-04-14 07:08:00Embassy KathmanduSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM NP
06KHARTOUM1117AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...]
2006-05-11 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1974DARFUR: REBEL SURFACE-AIR MISSILE CAPACITY
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (S) Summary: The sophistication of military operations in Darfur appears to have been raised another notch this summer with the potential introduction of surface to air missiles. Shortly after returning from an investigation of recent fighting [...]
2006-08-19 15:59:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETMCAP MOPS PREL PINS ASEC FR CH SU
06KHARTOUM2100SITUATION IN DARFUR CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE;
[...] (C) Summary: Without political intervention, the government offensive will continue, resulting in increased displacement and hardship for the people of Darfur and lack of progress in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) over the near to mid-term. Numerous attacks by the National Redemption Front [...]
2006-08-31 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2264DARFUR: REALIGNMENTS AND FRAGMENTATION OF DPA
[...] (S) Summary: An effective and successful organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the near-term appears unlikely. Fur commanders have splintered into three or four groups with a new breakaway faction splitting from Ahmed Abdul Shafi. Abdel Wahid appears [...]
2006-09-17 16:59:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM2381SLM/A EFFORTS TO WIN OVER G-19 COMMANDERS FALTER
[...] (C) Summary: Minni Minawi continues to complain that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders and Suleiman Jamoush are actively engaged in an effort to prevent the breakup of the National Redemption Front (NRF) and G-19 commanders from rejoining the SLM/A. Meanwhile, Minawi,s military del [...]
2006-09-27 15:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM239A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH GOS NISS D/G GHOSH ON 25
[...] (S) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met with NISS D/G Saleh Ghosh on January 25 following the AU Summit in Khartoum. This was A/S Frazer,s second meeting with Ghosh, the first was in late November 2005. Ghosh emphasized his and his government,s desire to make the Darfur issue go away, noting that activ [...]
2006-01-31 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV PINR US AU
06KHARTOUM2616DPA NON-SIGNATORY COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE PLANNING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The development of an organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward slowly and fitfully. Development of a conference is hindered by numerous field commanders touting separate efforts with vague objectives and disjointed co [...]
2006-11-05 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM2631MINAWI ON THE EVE OF HIS DARFUR TRIP
[...] (S) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Sr. Security Advisor, SLM leader Minni Minawi approached his upcoming trip to Darfur practically, intent on taking his message directly to the people, but understanding he had little to offer at this stage. He expects the Government to throw some obs [...]
2006-11-07 10:39:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL SU UN CD ER
06KHARTOUM2687CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR
[...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...]
2006-11-16 12:01:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN
06KHARTOUM2894DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT - CORRECTED COPY
[...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...]
2006-12-22 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETEAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU
06KHARTOUM655DARFUR: CHARGE MEETS WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Cameron Hume and MFA Undersecretary Saddiq Mutriff discussed the AU mediation's new "Enhanced Humanitarian Ceasefire" proposal on March 14. Hume advised Mutriff to use the document to engage the other side in negotiations, and work constructively on the proposal. Mutriff b [...]
2006-03-14 13:02:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL KPKO SU AU
06KHARTOUM713SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE
[...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...]
2006-03-20 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN
06KIEV1136UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ON ELECTIONS, COALITIONS
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Yushchenko expressed confidence that problems in staffing polling stations would be fixed in time for the March 26 elections, but said that he would not sign a Rada-passed bill allowing citizens to be added to the voter list on ele [...]
2006-03-24 07:54:00Embassy KyivSECRETPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU
06KIEV1185UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU
[...] (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk, First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official [...]
2006-03-28 12:17:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM
06KIEV1921MTAG/UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN EXPORT ACTIVITY TO IRAN
[...] (S) Stressing the importance of this issue, Ambassador passed ref A talking points to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during his May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk said he would pass the information to the relevant officials in his ministry and pay personal attention to the preparation of a respo [...]
2006-05-18 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC IR UP
06KIEV2452UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON SCUDS INVENTORY BY JULY NPWG
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points on the need for a SCUDS inventory and a proposed timeline for a USG assessment team visit June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko noted the topic had been raised in a recent meeting between [...]
2006-06-22 12:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
06KIEV2453UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points with information on Yemeni arms brokers efforts to obtain weapons and ammunition June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko said he would relay the information to other Ukrainian government of [...]
2006-06-22 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2523UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please advise how to respond to MFA inquiry in para 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko requested clarification of the following point contained in our demarche of June 22 (taken from ref B) regarding arms [...]
2006-06-29 09:49:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2589UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]
2006-07-05 15:06:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV3021UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]
2006-08-03 13:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3672UKRAINE/MTCR: VENEZUELA ARMS SALES POLICY BRIEFED,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) On September 22, we relayed ref A points on changes in USG policy regarding arms sales to Venezuela and MTCR papers in other reftels to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles [...]
2006-09-22 13:54:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL ETTC MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR DA KN
06KIEV380UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS
[...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...]
2006-01-30 14:39:00Embassy KyivSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP
06KIEV604UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]
2006-02-15 13:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL NATO
06KIEV743UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS
[...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...]
2006-02-23 17:05:00Embassy KyivSECRETPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ
06KINGSTON1045DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MAY 27 NAM MINISTERIAL
[...] (S) On May 26, P/E Couns and Poloff delivered reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Given staffing gaps on the Ministry, this was the earliest the meeting could be scheduled. Brown read the poi [...]
2006-05-26 20:22:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR JM
06KINGSTON1097DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...]
2006-06-05 12:05:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM
06KINSHASA898ITURI UPDATE: TALKS STILL UNDERWAY FOR RELEASE OF
[...] (C) According to MONUC and Congolese government officials, talks are still underway with militia leader Peter Karim and his Front for National Integration (FNI) regarding the release of seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured in Tsupu May 28 (ref C). MONUC officials confirm that a Crisis Managemen [...]
2006-06-06 12:17:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV KPKO CG
06KIRKUK119OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...]
2006-06-20 14:41:00REO KirkukSECRETPGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK12(C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...]
2006-01-28 20:03:00REO KirkukSECRETPGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL
06KIRKUK20(U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED
[...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...]
2006-01-31 06:37:00REO KirkukSECRETPTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK25(SBU) KRG DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...]
2006-02-04 17:16:00REO KirkukSECRETPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK27(S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK
[...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...]
2006-02-05 06:40:00REO KirkukSECRETMOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK3002/07/06 EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A),PRT Leader (A),RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...]
2006-02-07 19:53:00REO KirkukSECRETASEC PTER IZ
06KIRKUK44(S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE
[...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...]
2006-02-24 10:21:00REO KirkukSECRETPINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK50(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF
[...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]
2006-03-02 05:41:00REO KirkukSECRETPGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK64(S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD
[...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...]
2006-03-17 14:27:00REO KirkukSECRETMOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ
06KIRKUK70(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON
[...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]
2006-03-27 18:43:00REO KirkukSECRETPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK80MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...]
2006-04-07 14:07:00REO KirkukSECRETPINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR
06KUALALUMPUR1096PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...]
2006-06-15 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1259SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]
2006-07-07 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1525MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS
[...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...]
2006-08-14 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1764"NO TEARS FOR THAKSIN" -- INITIAL MALAYSIAN
[...] (S) Summary: Malaysian officials and politicians reacted with ambivalence on September 20 to news of Thailand's military coup, shedding no tears for the widely disliked Thaksin, but expressing disapproval at the use of force to change their neighbor's government. Malaysians, beginning with P [...]
2006-09-20 10:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PINS MOPS TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR1812MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS
[...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...]
2006-09-27 09:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1834SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...]
2006-09-30 00:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1884MALAYSIA "DEPLORES" NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST,
[...] (S) Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid reacted initially to the October 9 North Korean nuclear test announcement by calling for North Korea to halt its tests and return to the Six-Party Talks. Kuala Lumpur toughened its rhetoric somewhat on October 10 with the release of a Foreign Ministry sta [...]
2006-10-10 09:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM KNNP KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2041SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]
2006-11-01 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2056DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND MARITIME
[...] (C) We delivered refs A and B demarches, concerning obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK conventional arms and maritime services for DPRK ships, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division, on November 3. Bala Chandran indicated that Malaysia takes [...]
2006-11-03 07:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM ETTC MNUC KN MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]
2006-11-08 08:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2108MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS
[...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...]
2006-11-14 09:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2198NSD CHIEF DETAILS SECURITY DUTIES, THAI VISIT,
[...] (C) The head of Malaysia's National Security Division (NSD),Ahmad Fuad, discussed NSD's broad duties, including its disaster management role, and inquired about U.S. technical assistance during a November 29 meeting with the DCM. Fuad said that Thai General Sonthi had used his visit to Kual [...]
2006-11-30 09:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID SENV RP TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR2235DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF
[...] (S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest informal talks between the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In meetings held in Kuala Lumpur the week of November 27, GRP clari [...]
2006-12-08 10:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR2287DAS JOHN EXPLORES STRONGER TIES WITH MALAYSIA,
[...] (C) DAS John encouraged stronger ties with Malaysia during his December 6 meetings with Foreign Ministry officials Ambassador Ghazzali Khalid and the new Americas division chief Ramlan Ibrahim, with both sides concluding that good relations between President Bush and Prime Minister Abdullah p [...]
2006-12-15 00:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PINS ECON KISL ASEAN MY
06KUALALUMPUR832SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...]
2006-05-08 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY
06KUWAIT1010ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1011ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW
[...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...]
2006-03-22 07:40:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT1138MFA OFFICIAL CITES INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN RIHS
[...] (S) During a March 20 meeting, and in subsequent conversations, Econoff followed-up with Khaled Al-Maqamis, the MFA's Director of Follow-up and Coordination (MFA TF lead) to elicit GOK feedback on the USG non-papers about the Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and potential TF-des [...]
2006-04-02 12:43:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KU
06KUWAIT1675REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS:
[...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...]
2006-05-11 03:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT363CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request, at para 3. 2. (S) In a January 21, 2006 meeting with General Abizaid, Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff General Fahad Al-Amir asked that USG provide Kuwait a wide range of training and technical capabilities to deal with emerging nuclear issues posed b [...]
2006-02-01 10:49:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT407KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...]
2006-02-06 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MCAP MOPS KU
06KUWAIT4345AMBASSADOR VOICES U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT AT KUWAIT
[...] (S) Taking advantage of opportunities to speak separately to the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Foreign Minister on the margins of other events on 1 November, I expressed U.S. disappointment on the cancellation by Kuwait of its agreement to observe the recent PSI Leading Edge ex [...]
2006-11-04 12:30:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR KUWAIT RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4405ENGAGEMENT OF REGIONAL STATES FOR IRAQ: WHAT CAN
[...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for ideas on Iraq-Kuwait engagement. Kuwait's relationship with Iraq continues to be colored by their difficult shared history. While Kuwaitis are elated to see Saddam condemned by an Iraqi court, and recognize the danger of a failed state on thei [...]
2006-11-07 14:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL IZ XF MOPS MAPP
06KUWAIT4681GUANTANAMO RETURNEES MAY SOON BE RELEASED
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post has learned that Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti nationals returned from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base in September 2006, may be released by the judge presiding over their investigation when their cur [...]
2006-12-20 06:37:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4703AMBASSADOR RAISES HOLD ON DESIGNEES WITH FM
[...] (S/NF) In a 12/24 meeting with Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador requested again that the GOK instruct Qatar to lift the UN hold on the U.N. designation of three Kuwaitis for involvement in terrorism: Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali (reftel). [...]
2006-12-24 14:46:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON PGOV PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT560SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...]
2006-02-15 15:56:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPGOV EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT616CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT
[...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...]
2006-02-21 15:45:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT913REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS:
[...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...]
2006-03-18 04:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT999DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR TELEVISION, THE LEBANESE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER ASEC ETTC KU
06KYIV4062UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS
[...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]
2006-10-20 16:25:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4251UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]
2006-11-13 15:21:00Embassy KyivSECRETPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4432UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY:
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]
2006-12-01 16:33:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4469UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE
[...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...]
2006-12-05 16:12:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP
06LAGOS1218DAMACHI: OBASANJO FAVORS ODILI, TURNS UP THE HEAT
[...] (C) On September 7 Professor Ukande Damachi, long-time advisor to Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and an established Mission contact, told the Consul General that President Obasanjo was intent on garroting Babangida,s presidential ambitions but Babangida was adamant about ru [...]
2006-09-25 11:19:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1248PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY
[...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...]
2006-10-03 16:53:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1429GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...]
2006-12-15 22:08:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS225TELECOM AND HOSTAGE CRISIS
[...] (S/NF) Vmobile Chief Regulatory Officer told us the Bayelsa State Director State Security Services (SSS) approached the company during the hostage crisis to request data on kidnappers who were apparently using Vmobile networks to communicate. In a series of four to five meetings with the SSS, [...]
2006-02-15 15:14:00Consulate LagosSECRETECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS226NDDC OFFICIAL SAYS IJAW MILITANTS LIKELY TO STRIKE
[...] (S/NF) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, Timi Alaibe, Executive Director for Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),expressed fear that Ijaw militants would soon honor their threats to cause more disruption in the Delta. Alaibe a [...]
2006-02-16 08:58:00Consulate LagosSECRETPREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS251NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3
[...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...]
2006-02-19 14:57:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS263NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5
[...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...]
2006-02-21 18:20:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS274NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6
[...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...]
2006-02-22 18:52:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS279NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7
[...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...]
2006-02-23 19:08:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS287NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8
[...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]
2006-02-24 17:29:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS288NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9
[...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...]
2006-02-25 16:34:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS346NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19
[...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...]
2006-03-08 18:29:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS54OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5
[...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...]
2006-01-17 15:47:00Consulate LagosSECRETEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS743THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...]
2006-06-02 13:20:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV EPET PINS PTER NI
06LAHORE590TEST LAHORE CLASS NET CABLE RECEIPT -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 11:06:00Consulate LahoreSECRETACOA
06LAPAZ3258THE MEDIA LUNA DECEMBER 1 CIVIC STRIKE
[...] (U) On December 1 the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Tarija began a one day civic strike in response to frustration with recent GOB moves on a variety of fronts. The strike is also being partially observed in Pando, Cochabamba, and parts of Chuquisaca. The strike is due to end at 6 p.m. [...]
2006-12-01 20:26:00Embassy La PazSECRETECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ615FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...]
2006-03-07 21:40:00Embassy La PazSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL
06LAPAZ886EVO AND HIS ADVISORY CIRCLE (PART 1 OF 3)
[...] (C) Summary: President Morales is an astute domestic political operator but lacks confidence in his economic and international relations abilities. As a result, Morales has surrounded himself with three compartmented groups of advisers. The first are domestic political operators who implement [...]
2006-03-30 16:47:00Embassy La PazSECRETECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ906THE ROLE EVO'S "INTELLECTUALS" PLAY (PART 2 OF 3)
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales' circle of Bolivian intellectual advisers occupies half of the President's Cabinet, including the top three positions: the Vice President, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning. While the intellectuals have m [...]
2006-03-31 13:26:00Embassy La PazSECRETECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LAPAZ908EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3)
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...]
2006-03-31 14:07:00Embassy La PazSECRETECON PGOV PREL BL PINR
06LIMA1079BUSINESS SECTOR'S ANALYST FORESEES HUMALA VICTORY
[...] (S) A management consultant hired by a small group of Peruvian businessmen to study electoral trends has conducted 54 focus groups nationwide with C-E (lower-middle class to poverty stricken) sector participants. His analysis of the focus groups and polling by the Apoyo consultancy points to a [...]
2006-03-20 21:17:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1126OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...]
2006-03-22 20:40:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PREL EU PE
06LIMA1233VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL
[...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]
2006-03-29 20:47:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1452APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 22:48:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1473PERUVIAN PRIVATE SECTOR GEARS UP FOUR-WEEK
[...] (S) A marketing consultant hired by top Peruvian business sector leaders to design and implement a four-week public information campaign to promote the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) provided a briefing to the Ambassador and Emboffs on 4/6. The consultant explained that the campaign [...]
2006-04-17 22:12:00Embassy LimaSECRETPROG PREL ETRD PE
06LIMA4570PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA'S EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL
[...] (S) This message is in response to reftel request for information on the emotional and physical health of President Alan Garcia. Our responses are slugged to the questions in reftel paragraphs. We do not always have first-hand information on the questions asked, a fact reflected in some of our answ [...]
2006-12-04 22:44:00Embassy LimaSECRETPINR PGOV PE
06LIMA622NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR'S BRIEFING ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY. National Intelligence Directorate Chief Julio Raygada sees SL as collaborating with the narcotics trade, but does not consider the Senderistas to be simply "narco-terrorists;" he asserts that the group remains ideologically focused in its activities. Raygada points out that in recent f [...]
2006-02-14 18:09:00Embassy LimaSECRETPTER PGOV PE
06LIMA850(S) IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN PERU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 20:10:00Embassy LimaSECRETPINR PREL IR PE CO
06LISBON1014PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON EAST TIMOR AND DEPLOYMENT PLANS
[...] (C) Portuguese interlocutors from the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and Republican National Guard (GNR) have confirmed Portugal's plans to help East Timor stabilize, although not under the auspices of the Australia-led Joint Task Force. Both the Portuguese Defense Minister's Advisor and [...]
2006-06-02 19:09:00Embassy LisbonSECRETPREL MOPS TT PO
06LISBON1921AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...]
2006-09-08 16:57:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PREL PTER PO US VE
06LISBON2366SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]
2006-10-20 17:13:00Embassy LisbonSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LJUBLJANA329SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]
2006-05-25 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA45S23B-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVENIA ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on January 23 to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman. Jerman did not have any immediate comment other than to note that socialist Yugoslavia never had a biological weapons program. Jerman promised to investigate any cases of Iranian ci [...]
2006-01-23 07:29:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SI
06LJUBLJANA553SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]
2006-08-24 14:42:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETNATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA57SHIELD S59-05: SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON IRANIAN
[...] (S) On January 26, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy staffer Bostjan Jerman. Jerman noted that Slovenia had not had any dual-use transactions with the UAE in recent years but promised to update his database with the information provided. 2. (S) Jerman also raised a [...]
2006-01-26 06:33:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC SI
06LJUBLJANA758ITF AND DONOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (S) On November 22, COM attended the International Trust Fund (ITF) Advisory Board of Donors meeting in Ljubljana. Before the meeting COM delivered the points from reftel A to Slovenian ITF Director Goran Gacnik sharing, in a side conversation, USG concerns about allegations of corruption and [...]
2006-11-28 11:44:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETMASS MOPS PGOV PREL SI
06LONDON4338UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN
[...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...]
2006-06-16 10:23:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR
06LONDON5500TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 09:15:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LUXEMBOURG662LUXEMBOURG INFORMED ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS SOUGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 10:44:00Embassy LuxembourgSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL
06MADRID1722SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ
[...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...]
2006-07-06 10:34:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PREL IZ SP
06MADRID1914COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN"
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...]
2006-07-28 11:05:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID2322SPAIN: PRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA BUT KEEP MINURSO FOR
[...] (S) Spanish MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo welcomed enthusiastically new US engagement on Western Sahara and efforts to break the stalemate by pressing Morocco for a credible autonomy plan and talks with the Polisario, along with urging Algerian support and flexibility (reftel). [...]
2006-09-15 15:00:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PGOV MO WI AG FR SP
06MADRID2380DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN -
[...] (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deploye [...]
2006-09-22 12:12:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP
06MADRID2813SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718 CONVENTIONAL ARMS OBLIGATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 09:57:00Embassy MadridSECRETPARM SP
06MADRID2908DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30
[...] (S//NF) Ambassador raised reftel demarche during a November 17 meeting with Spanish FM Moratinos. (Note: Other meeting topics are covered septel. End Note.) Moratinos stated he was completely unaware of any such deal, but noted that Iberia was a private commercial enterprise with no government inte [...]
2006-11-17 17:13:00Embassy MadridSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP
06MADRID2938DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30
[...] (S/NF) As promised in Reftel A, FM Moratinos called the Ambassador back to say that he had looked into the potential Iberia-Iran Air deal and that it would not happen. The Ambassador referred to the possible use of shell companies and the Foreign Minister reiterated that the deal would not happen b [...]
2006-11-22 13:51:00Embassy MadridSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP
06MADRID3006SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED
[...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...]
2006-12-07 09:28:00Embassy MadridSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP
06MADRID801SPAIN: SEVEN ARRESTED SUSPECTED OF ACQUIRING ARMS,
[...] (S) Spanish National Police units arrested seven suspected arms traffickers in Madrid and Alicante in raids on March 29. The suspects are from various countries including Spain, Syria, Argentina, Egypt, Estonia and Germany. They are suspected of working to acquire arms and explosives for Isl [...]
2006-04-03 15:42:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
06MANAGUA1209UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]
2006-06-05 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1383SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT
[...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]
2006-06-23 17:16:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1539NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-12 22:11:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU
06MANAGUA1960TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...]
2006-09-06 22:32:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1972WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...]
2006-09-07 19:15:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1977MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]
2006-09-08 17:37:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2044NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE
[...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]
2006-09-18 19:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2116NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW
[...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]
2006-09-26 18:49:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2160"EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN
[...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...]
2006-09-29 22:44:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2377 NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]
2006-10-25 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2518THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]
2006-11-14 23:02:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA432SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT
[...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]
2006-02-24 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA474(C-NE6-00140) CURRENTLY NO IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC
[...] (S) According to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, although Nicaragua and Iran do enjoy diplomatic relations, the Government of Iran currently has no diplomatic presence in Nicaragua, neither an embassy or consulate, nor any bilateral or international agency representations. The Iranian Embassy [...]
2006-03-03 15:52:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPINR PREL NU
06MANAGUA674MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]
2006-03-24 21:17:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA755NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 20:37:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA841VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]
2006-04-17 21:26:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA882NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 23:34:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA943FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]
2006-05-02 14:45:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETEAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1'000 rows / 11'322 results

This work is licensed under a creative common licence creative commons image creative commons another image